Android <-> PC notepad style file editor/sync

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

General info

Mobile and PC can be in any different networks, ssh is used for comms. OpenVPN is used for handy and secure access bridging any networks.

Android setup

install “Simple SSHD” from play market, it is dropbear sshd daemon
- inject your public key into phone sshd
- configure port etc
- create sshd shortcut on home screen
install fossify notepad from play market
- configure new txt file with export to sd option
- make the file /sdcard/000notepad.txt

Linux setup

working ssh client and some network required
openvpn client is required

Place editor script into PC ~/bin/memo

#!/bin/bash
MNT=$(mktemp -d); sshfs phone:/sdcard/ $MNT && vi $MNT/000notepad.txt && umount $MNT && rmdir $MNT

SSH client config setup with LAN/VPN aliasing

# phone in VPN network
Match originalhost op10 localnetwork 172.16.10.0/24
Hostname 172.16.10.2

# phone in home LAN
Host op10
HostName 192.168.1.44
Port 2222

Usage

Run memo command in any network while phone sshd is running and you can view/edit the file from anywhere