Run an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone
Community report: the builder studied the Nokia 110 4G firmware and boot process, then ran custom code in RAM through the Calculator entry point. They turned Calculator into a chat app that sends typed messages to the DeepSeek chat API and acts on tool calls. Over mobile data, unplugged, it can answer questions, check the battery, switch the torch on and off, start a call and set an alarm.
- Agent or tool
- Custom agent
- Topic
- Productivity
- Reported on
- Hacker News
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 196 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 185 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into your own agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Help me run an AI agent on a Nokia 110 feature phone. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006114. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.