Put an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone

Reverse-engineered a Nokia 110 after Android install failed on 48MB RAM, then ran an AI agent that automates a few actions.

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anupray on Hacker News · 2026-10-08 · Project link

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What they did

Reverse-engineered a Nokia 110 after Android install failed on 48MB RAM, then ran an AI agent that automates a few actions.

Result (as claimed)

Working agent on extreme low-RAM hardware for lower screentime.

Tools they used

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Goal: Put an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone
What the original author did: Reverse-engineered a Nokia 110 after Android install failed on 48MB RAM, then ran an AI agent that automates a few actions.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Working agent on extreme low-RAM hardware for lower screentime.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006114
Tools they used: not named in the source
Category: Personal & life

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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Goal: Put an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone
What the original author did: Reverse-engineered a Nokia 110 after Android install failed on 48MB RAM, then ran an AI agent that automates a few actions.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Working agent on extreme low-RAM hardware for lower screentime.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006114
Tools they used: not named in the source
Category: Personal & life

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot.

Goal: Put an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone
What the original author did: Reverse-engineered a Nokia 110 after Android install failed on 48MB RAM, then ran an AI agent that automates a few actions.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Working agent on extreme low-RAM hardware for lower screentime.
Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006114
Tools they used: not named in the source
Category: Personal & life

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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