Golden oldie, terminal access in rpi ?

Hey folks

Sorry, I did a lot of searching on this one and the threads that came up didn't work, but also hinted tantalizingly that it was possible.
SSH is a pain in the rear from my phone/tablet to make minor adjustments on the CLI, so I guess I have confirmation bias to hope it's possible.
I install the tools addon, and when I launch it it says something like "Start a terminal?" but nothing happens.
thanks and sorry for the (I'm sure generally known) question.

Quote from chewitt

Some of the tools are console only.. requiring you to open an SSH console. There is a web-based SSH console add-on in our repo which might be easier on a tablet device.

Is that to say there's no ability to run a terminal right on the libreelec screen?