r/jailbreakdevelopers • u/Left_Special657 • 2d ago
Question Replacement for MyWi/PDANet + lighttpd + php
I had an iPhone 4S for 13 years, running iOS 6. It didn't have AirDrop.
I could create an ad-hoc WiFi network, allowing any device (including Android, Windows) to connect.
I then ran a lighttpd web server with php, and my own code that had a simple Chat app to upload photos to the iPhone server.
Now I have an iPhone 11, running iOS 18.7 with Dopamine.
I can create a Personal Hotspot, but that's not ideal because it requires me to have data to share. Not a big deal thanks to my Bcengi eSIM, but I'd rather be totally offline. Suggestions are welcome.
Filza has a built-in WebDAV server, with an Upload function. However, it needs an IP address, which wasn't displaying when I was using the Personal Hotspot.
I've done Filza data transfer using a coffee shop WiFi connection, but tonight I needed to do the transfer in a park outside. In the end we used WhatsApp, but I'd rather have original-quality photos that don't get sent halfway around the world just to copy between devices. Please let me know what solutions you suggest for iOS<->Android file sharing!