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Generally speaking I find USB hubs with ports on them work pretty well with android as they're just relying on the Linux kernel drivers for the USB support.
That's what I expected, gonna have to play around with an old phone I've got lying around.
At a functional level I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work. Though my preffered method for that has always been old desktops over phones as it gives a lot more flexibility overall.
I just tried and my hub allows powering the phone while plugging a drive in. I haven't tried a USB network card though. I agree old desktops or laptops work also work pretty well. It just bothers me how. old phones are fully fledged computers in a really nice small package, and there's no easy way to make them useful.