[sgt]

I tried this once a few years ago.. had half a dozen Samsung Android phones running an SSH daemon with some functionality that could be remotely accessed. However, what I learned is that phones generally don't like to run 24/7 as servers. They start giving you trouble after a while, never figured out why.

But I suspect it's just the "always on" nature and the battery. The usage pattern is just entirely different than having a phone in your pocket and using when you need it.

You're welcome to try though, maybe phones got more reliable.

[jayd16]

I don't think people generally turn off their phones so it would be interesting to learn exactly what the difference was.

[sgt]

Exactly but I suspect phones last longer when they are in idle/near sleep mode with screen off.

[jayd16]

There was an era of mobile chips where they would clock very high for burst performance and get very warm, then throttle, and then repeat the cycle. It might be an issue of not properly getting into "sustained performance mode."