Doc Strange here. I've been a travelling shaman for 30 years. I carry almost nothing. And I've just figured out how to carry a whole community in my pocket — using a phone that was gathering dust in a drawer. Let me show you.
Somewhere in your house there's a phone doing nothing. You're about to turn it into a FeelFamous node — a walking WiFi library that broadcasts to everyone within range, works with no internet, costs nothing to run, and belongs to no platform.
No technical knowledge needed. Five minutes. That's it.
On the old phone, connect to WiFi and download the basecamp zip. Everything is in one file.
⬇ Download feelfamous-basecamp.zipYour phone will offer to unzip it automatically. Do that. It creates a folder called feelfamous-basecamp.
Open your file manager. Find the feelfamous-basecamp folder (usually in Downloads). Move it to Internal Storage and rename it basecamp.
Structure needed: Internal Storage → basecamp → index.html. The files need to be at the root of that folder, not buried inside another subfolder.
Open Play Store. Search HTTP File Server. Install the one by Slowscript. Free.
Open the app. Tap the folder icon. Navigate to Internal Storage → basecamp. Select it. Hit Start.
The app shows an IP address when running — something like 192.168.x.x:8080. Screenshot it. You'll need it in step 5.
Settings → Network → Mobile Hotspot. Turn it on. Change the name to FeelFamous. Remove any password — leave it open. This is intentional. The whole point is that people can connect.
Keep HTTP File Server running in the background while the hotspot is on.
On another device connected to your FeelFamous hotspot, open a browser and go to:
http://[your IP]:8080/files/qr.html
Paste in: http://[your IP]:8080/files/index.html — generate the QR, save it. That's what people scan to go straight into the basecamp.
The IP can change when you restart the phone. Check the app each time and regenerate the QR if it's different.
Phone in your bag. Powerbank plugged in. Hotspot on. Server running. Done.
People nearby see FeelFamous WiFi. They connect. They scan the QR. They land on the basecamp. They can become nodes too. The fire spreads.
You don't have to do anything. You just have to show up.
Every person who connects can become a node too. The files are on the basecamp — they can download the zip and set up their own phone. Peer to peer. No platform. No extraction. Just people, passing the fire along.