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Access Android Storage Remotely using Termux and SSH
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Steps

  1. Install Termux on android device.

  2. Find Termux username.

    $ whoami
u0_a96

  3. Set a password.

    $ passwd

  4. Allow storage access:

    $ termux-setup-storage

  5. Install OpenSSH.

    $ pkg install openssh

  6. Start SSH server

    $ sshd
$ pkill sshd  # for stopping the server

  7. Find IP of your android device.

    $ ip r
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.3

  8. Now you can SSH into your android device. You can access storage (/storage/emulated/0) because of termux-setup-storage

    $ ssh -p 8022 u0_a96@192.168.1.3
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Toolapk commented May 18, 2022

ssh -p 8022 u0_a96@192.168.1.3

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Hi @mjnaderi, thank you for providing this concise set of instructions. It has helped.

Just FYI for subsequent readers, please note the following: 📖

⚠️ 1. Regarding Step 1: Install Termux on android device,

Please ensure you install Termux via F-droid on your android device. Reason being the termux-mirror.ml repositories has been shut down since 2021, as stated by a Termux developer in the linked reddit post.

❌ Installing Termux via Google Play Store will result in your Termux app not being able to install any packages.

Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/msn5rr/comment/gutlzt5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

To install F-droid, please use the link below:
Link: https://f-droid.org/

⚠️ 2. Regarding Step 3: Set a password,

You will need to install termux-auth package beforehand. Otherwise, you will encounter an error stating you need to install it anyway:

pkg update
pkg install termux-auth

⚠️ 3. Regarding Step 7: Find IP of your android device.,

If you are trying to avoid using too much memory on your android device like me, running ip r would take up additional space by requiring you to install iproute2. Instead, just use ifconfig command as shown below:

ifconfig | grep inet

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Hay

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