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Put an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone

A developer reverse-engineered a 48 MB RAM Nokia 110 to run an AI agent and automate a few actions.

By anupray on Hacker News · Posted · Added Oct 15, 2026

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33 HN points17 comments · fetched Oct 15, 2026

What they did

anupray uses a Nokia 110 to cut screen time. Installing Android failed, so he spent a few days reverse-engineering the phone.

How it went

He got an AI agent working and automated a few actions; the code is on GitHub.

Worth knowing

Hardware hacking can brick devices.

Builder recipe

Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.

Stack

  • Nokia 110
  • Reverse-engineering tools
  • A cloud LLM API

Steps

  1. List the devices and data sources.
  2. Have the agent write the integration code.
  3. Test on one device first.
  4. Automate and monitor.

Starter prompt

Help me map the phone’s key events and SMS interface so a cloud agent can receive a text command and reply.

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