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How to control your phone by texting a Telegram bot with Needle

Run a background Telegram listener so text commands like flashlight or battery status run on your phone.

Credentials. The Telegram bot token gives control over the phone's listener, so keep it private and do not paste it into shared logs or chats.

Who it is forA phone owner who is away from the device and wants to check battery or toggle hardware by sending a message from Telegram.

The problemChecking or changing phone state, such as battery level or the flashlight, requires being physically near the phone.

The outcomeTexts sent to your bot return results from the phone, and you can switch models with /model from Telegram.

What you need first

  • An Android phone with Termux and the Termux:API app installed
  • Python and git available in Termux, with the Ubuntu PRoot environment set up as the README describes
  • A Telegram bot token if you want remote control

Steps

  1. In Termux, run pkg update && pkg upgrade, then pkg install termux-api python git, pkg install proot-distro, proot-distro install ubuntu, and proot-distro login ubuntu.
  2. Inside Ubuntu, run apt update && apt upgrade -y and apt install git python3 python3-pip python3-venv ca-certificates -y.
  3. Run git clone https://github.com/AbuZar-Ansarii/Needle.git, then cd Needle, python3 -m venv myenv, source myenv/bin/activate, and pip3 install -r requirements.txt.
  4. Start the listener with python3 app.py --model 3 --telegram YOUR_BOT_TOKEN, replacing YOUR_BOT_TOKEN with your token.
  5. Send your bot a message such as "what is the battery percentage and health?" and check that the reply contains battery details.

Prompt for your agent

Using the Needle repo at <repo path>, set up the Termux environment, then start the Telegram listener with python3 app.py --model 3 --telegram <bot token>. Send the bot the message "turn on the flashlight" and report the reply. Verify that the reply confirms the torch action and that /model returns the current model.

Caveat. The README does not describe the Telegram bot's access controls, so anyone who can message the bot may be able to trigger phone commands.

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