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Might be difficult. File-manager apps demand file system to transfer files.
Now you need this to be done "raw" without any filesystem. I think android security prevents this.
Well tbh, I already transferred some... legally obtained movies from my phone to said Linux mint system with no issues so... it might work...? Plus the movies are still available on my phone too.
 
My un vetted opinion is they are receiving bribes from Microsoft to do this.
However it works, all those one-type-of-overall-for-everybody things only work if almost everybody wears them.
If there are enough people doing it otherwise, their ways have also to be respected.

Example: In public transport they can only realize tickets on smartphones only if the number of passengers not using it is neligible small. Otherwise they would lose too many passengers, and getting additional problems, like more usage of cars, lack of parking spots, more air pollution etc.

Of course, not everbody swimming with the swarm is something hard to grasp for simpletons. Insubordinance is abomination to them.
Evolution teaches variations, divergences, and aberrations are crucial for alternatives, and flexible adaption to changes, so are vital for a species to survive. Nature is change. There was no life on this planet anymore, if it would not change itself.
Swimming with the swarm is comfortable: Lower cost for the individual and for the whole swarm. You don't have to think for yourself, being protected by the swarm, and you can produce a one-size-fits-all for everybody.
But when the whale comes - and sooner or later it will - the whole swarm is eaten. The species can only survive if not all swim with the swarm, but if there are individuals living apart from the swarm, trying, finding, proving, and living alternatives.
That's the difference between democracy and dictatorship exactly: Democracy cultivates divergence. Dictorship cultivates conformity. (Don't look at what is said. Look at what is done.)

Individualism is harder, of course: You have to think for yourself. Do more things yourself. Find other ways, which means failures and retry attempts. And being mocked by the swarm members for being so stupid not swimming with the swarm.
But it's also more fun: You have to think for yourself. Do more things yourself. Get way more satisfaction this way, especially when you found a solution. And think of all the fun you'll have when the whole swarm is eaten but you. 😁

"Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance run, all alone, very exhausting."
Albert Camus

"They who can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Benjamin Franklin

So, be a bit insubordinate,
dump your smartphone,
deinstall Windows,
and use an alternative OS instead,
e.g. FreeBSD. :cool:
 
Well tbh, I already transferred some... legally obtained movies from my phone to said Linux mint system with no issues so... it might work...? Plus the movies are still available on my phone too.
It should work.

1) Download the file FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img on your phone (from https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/). Don't download the .xz version because you might not be able to unpack it on your Linux Mint 19 w/o internet.

2) Transfer it to Linux Mint.

3) Connect the USB.

4) Execute lsblk to list your drives and detect which one is the USB stick. Make sure you got the correct one. It should be in the form /dev/sdX where X is a letter.

Note: X is in uppercase, but your USB stick's will be in lowercase.

5) If the USB got auto mounted, unmont it with sudo umount /dev/sdX?*, where X is the letter of your USB stick. This makes sure that all partitions are dismounted.

6) Copy the FreeBSD installer to the USB using sudo dd if=FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fdatasync, where X is the letter of your USB stick.

7) You are ready to boot from the USB and install FreeBSD 15.
 
Indifference-ninja: Once you are already running FreeBSD you are of course welcome to post anywhere you want, especially in this thread, but if you've got questions about FreeBSD, even noob's questions, you'll get more responses if you open a thread in the pertinent section of the forums. As the instructions say somewhere, use "General" if you are not sure in which section (or forum) they should go.
 
Indifference-ninja: Once you are already running FreeBSD you are of course welcome to post anywhere you want, especially in this thread, but if you've got questions about FreeBSD, even noob's questions, you'll get more responses if you open a thread in the pertinent section of the forums. As the instructions say somewhere, use "General" if you are not sure in which section (or forum) they should go.
Yeah, I was reading the manual pages I bookmarked on my phone and couldn't see if something like this could even happen, but I'll try the above and maybe start a new thread in general depending on what I run into.
 
Okay I did it! Ugh, took me 45 minutes to shut it down, turns out I forgot to put su in front of shutdown command 😑
Now I have a headache and am going to lay down for a bit
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