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- Rooted Android device
- Uninstall any previous versions of Linux Deploy or Pi Deploy and reboot your device.
- Failure to heed this advice will cause issues!
- Install the latest Pi Deploy APK
- Go to Settings
- Change "Source path" to "https://github.com/LeBazarDeBryan/Raspberry_Pi_OS_for_Android/releases/download/Pre-Release/raspberry_pi.tgz"
- Close Settings
- Tap the main menu (Three dots at the top right of screen)
- Tap Install
- In a few minutes, the Raspberry Pi Image will be downloaded and installed on your device.
- When deployment is complete, tap [ ▷ START ] to launch the instance.
- The instance will provide you with a password to login to Pi-hole webadmin or via SSH/RDP (Username: android, see screenshot below)
- Note: The password appears only once when the image is deployed, make sure you record this information.
- Hint: The password text can be highlighted and copied to your clipboard for easier management.
INSTALLATION COMPLETE · Raspberry Pi is running on your Android Device
The Android device's IP is shown at the top of the Linux Deploy main window. You can interact with Pi-hole in several ways, the examples below use IP 10.73.0.31
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From a Windows desktop, connect via RDP ->
mstsc.exe /v:10.73.0.31 -
From a computer running Linux, connect via SSH ->
ssh android@10.73.0.31 -
Pi-hole administration is accessible from any browser on your network ->
http://10.73.0.31/admin -
If your Android device has a display, you can RDP into the Pi-hole instance (as localhost) by installing the Microsoft Remote Desktop client.