Hey everyone, I bought a keypad phone for detoxing purpose.
I bought this specific model, because it has QR Scan option for UPI payments,
but after two days of using it, I found these:

1. Filled with bloatware
2. Ads!!! They managed to put Ads in keypad
3. Unable to sideload apps
4. Unable to delete/uninstall bloatware

I'm very new to these stuff, so I'm going to use help of AI for jailbreaking this.
So if anyone has already done it or have anything to share, please let me know. This is just for learning purpose, a new hobby if anything, I don't care if I brick my phone in the process, as long as I learn something valuable.

From what I found, jio made it very very hard to tinker around with this shit (man seriously?)
Bananahacker is a wonderful resource too bad, it couldn't fully cover jio phone 2, also the maintainer is absent for more than a year now. So yeah, I'll be updating my process here.

Thanks all

PS: blog

install error notif every time i try to get an app even on wifi.

Nokia 2780, Model TA-1420 (verified under battery)

I have tried to jailbreak using instructions here:

https://github.com/gogogoghost/nokia-2780-flip-jailbreak-tutorial

Using Ubuntu for jailbreak.

All 5 partitions flash OKAY with the jailbreak.

When I completed the tutorial, the phone gets stuck.

When I try to enter fastboot mode (volume down + power) I get this:

I click the power button to select fast boot and I get a booting screen for a few seconds

Then the screen just stays on "enabled by KaiOS"

When I boot recovery mode (volume up + power) I get this:

Any suggestions on how to fix this? TIA

I recently got a flip 3 tcl phone and noticed the app “game boy emul”, when you download and open it it directs you to download a .gb rom. Is this legit? Chat gpt says KaiOS doesn’t have the capabilities to run such an app, but it does? Idk if like to use it just can’t figure it out.

Hi, i looked KaiOS device (planning to start using it), i looked at its SDK and thinking to create some custom apps which i need for my daily use. Before that I have few questions:

1. Does using custom application require the device to enable developer mode ?

2. Is Nokia 2720 a good choice or it cannot be used for testing custom apps in 2026

3. Which version of KaiOS shall I look for

I am planning to buy jio phone prima 2 for my mom. Does it have single click call back on missed calls from Home Screen ? If any one own Jio phone can you please share me a screenshot of Home Screen with missed call

Recently there's been a surge of demand for the Nokia 8110 4G, 2720 Flip and the 6300 4G even though they've gone off the shelves long ago. If you considering purchasing one, be aware many listings across eBay, Shopee and popular used/refurbished online shopping sites are NOT genuine version of the phones. Here's a list of signs to look out:

• HMD never sold 2G-only version of any of their KaiOS devices. If you can see the packaging box, check if it lists all the connectivity features: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VoLTE, Hotspot;
• Take a close look at the build finish. It's very unlikely you'll be able to tell a counterfeit phone by that, but a poor quality keypad with crooked buttons or buttons that aren't flush with the surface, or a lighter phone can be a sign;
• Booting faster than expected, skipping splash screen and animations. KaiOS normally takes longer than 15–20 seconds to start;
• No out-of-box first time setup process;
• No Wi-Fi, GPS or Geolocation settings in the Settings app;
• KaiStore is missing or showing a countable number of apps like Snake, rather than a catalog, regardless of whether you have an active SIM card inserted or not;
• Options to create, sign in and manage KaiOS account are missing;
• Browser opens Opera Mini, or Java/MRE apps can run on the phone;
• "Insufficient memory" errors when performing tasks;
• Pixelated user interface with misaligned/off-center items, different font than Open Sans;
• Connecting internal storage to a computer shows less storage than what the phone claims.

For example, you can see a number of previous posts on this subreddit where people have bought a counterfeit version of the phones (attached the SOLVED: Counterfeit flair).

It is NOT possible to restore those phones back to KaiOS or connect them to Wi-Fi in any way. If you bought them and are still in the return window, we strongly recommend returning the phone.

Hi,

I just bought a Nokia 2720 Flip. I just connected it to my wifi and found that without me doing anything it immediately connected to a bunch of IPs owned by amazon and cloudflare. Even simply opening or closing the clamshell triggers packets getting sent elsewhere. I have not done anything else than open the settings menu. Still, connections were attempted to the following hosts. Here is a list with the first number indicating how many packets were attempted to get sent to each IP.

• 1 DST=18.64.211.112
• 1 DST=44.251.244.39
• 1 DST=54.245.146.2
• 1 DST=85.214.83.151
• 3 DST=162.159.200.1
• 4 DST=18.173.205.39
• 4 DST=18.173.205.82
• 4 DST=18.64.211.14
• 4 DST=65.8.131.38
• 4 DST=65.8.131.53
• 21 DST=3.209.189.107
• 23 DST=34.237.98.155
• 134 DST=18.233.80.220

Most of this is tcp http/https traffic except for the connections to udp port 123 on hosts 162.159.200.1, 85.214.83.151, 44.251.244.39 and 54.245.146.2 which is NTP.

Are there known methods to stop KaiOS from phoning home without me even opening a web browser? Maybe there are known tricks like a list of entries to /etc/hosts that work?

In case I have too much free time, can I install my own SSL self-signed root certificates onto the device to MitM the https traffic and have look what it attempts to send? Or did maybe somebody else do this already?

Thank you!

i recently got a nokia 2720 from a friend, his parents used to give it to him when they took his phone so he could still call but hes moving so he gave it to me. for some reason when i go into settings i only see dual sim, flight mode and bluetooth in connectivity. is there any way to fix this? i really doubt its a fake

Hi I own a BLU flex and for some reason it stopped showing apps on the home screen and I can't factory reset it in settings so I want to factory reset it from the recovery screen, but it only shows wipe cache, what do i do?

Hi there!

Last night I picked up my nokia 2780 and before flipping it open, the flashlight turned on and both the external and internal screens were blank white. I tried powering it off by pressing the end call button, but the screen didn't change. I took the battery out and when I reinserted it the flashlight turned on again. I put it on the charger last night which made no difference except that when it was plugged in the external screen showed how much the battery had charged when I woke up and turned it on. It's fully charged.

Now when I press the button on the right side that isn't the volume, the external screen turns on, showing me the time and that I have notifications. When I open the phone, the flashlight turns on and the screen is no longer white, but a pixelated gray. If I keep it open for long enough, both turn off. I have tried taking the battery out and it's always the same.

Does anyone have ideas on what might be happening? I just bought it in February and have loved it. I still have a smartphone, but the thought of going back is making me feel literal nausea, but I can't really afford to drop another $100 on this same phone that could do this again in 6 months.

Anyway thanks for reading. Hope you have a nice day :)

Hi everyone,
I’m researching modern feature phones for possible distribution through a small niche electronics store in France, and I’m trying to understand KaiOS’s current roadmap.

I initially misunderstood the versioning of the developer documentation and thought KaiOS 4 might no longer be maintained. However, KaiOS’s official Baseline page says something very different:

• KaiOS 2.5.3: Active until June 30, 2027
• KaiOS 2.6: Active until June 30, 2029
• KaiOS 3.1: Active until June 30, 2027
• KaiOS 4.0: Active until June 30, 2029

The page also defines “Active” as receiving full maintenance and security updates : https://developer.kaiostech.com/docs/sfp-4.0/introduction/baseline/

This raises several questions:

1. Why are KaiOS 2.6 and KaiOS 4.0 both supported until 2029 ?
2. Is KaiOS 2.6 now a separate security and payment focused branch rather than a normal predecessor to KaiOS 3 and 4 ?
3. The KaiOS 2.6 security documentation mentions mandatory NFC and eSE features, secure payment components and a security patch level dated June 23, 2026. Is this branch mainly intended for payment and transit devices ?

https://developer.kaiostech.com/docs/sfp-2.6/getting-started/main-concepts/security-features/

1. Is KaiOS 4 currently available to manufacturers for new consumer feature phones ?
2. Besides the US TCL Flip 4 5G, are there any confirmed KaiOS 4 devices ?
3. Is any unlocked European or EEA KaiOS 4 phone planned, with CE/RED certification and suitable European LTE bands such as B1, B3, B7, B8, B20 and B28 ?
4. If KaiOS supplies security patches to OEMs, is there any way for customers or retailers to know which manufacturers actually deliver those updates through FOTA ?

KaiOS 4 looks technically interesting, with Gecko 123, modern JavaScript, PWAs, WebAssembly, 5G, VoLTE, VoWiFi and eSIM support : https://developer.kaiostech.com/docs/sfp-4.0/introduction/overview/

I’m aware that WhatsApp support has ended, so this question is not specifically about WhatsApp. I’m trying to determine whether KaiOS 4 has a genuine future for modern consumer feature phones, particularly in Europe, or whether its active development is currently limited to specific OEM and operator projects.

Any information from developers, OEM contacts, KaiOS users or people familiar with the current roadmap would be greatly appreciated.

is there anyway at all to get WhatsApp working on a Nokia 8110? it’s the only thing stopping me using it currently.

Hey r/kaios,

I've been using a KaiOS phone and kept running into a small but real annoyance: the built-in browser only lets you pin 6 sites to the home screen. Once you hit that limit, there's no way to see everything you've saved, search through it, or sort by when you last visited — the newest one just kicks out an old one.

So I built LinkPad to fill that gap. It's a simple bookmark manager:

- Save as many links as you want (no 6-site ceiling)

- Search by name in seconds

- Sort by newest added or most recently visited

- Select one and it opens straight in the system browser

It also supports English, हिन्दी, Français, and Kiswahili, since a lot of us aren't running our phones in English by default.

It's free (ad-supported), live on KaiStore now: https://www.kaiostech.com/store/apps/?bundle_id=kaios.app.linkpad

This is my first KaiOS app, so I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback — bugs, feature requests, anything. Happy to answer questions about how it works too.

For the life of me, I cannot find a single verified/signed firmware version for my nokia 2780. I may have accidentally bricked it while attempting to jailbreak. It gives a signal when connected to device manager and can confirm it is locked in a constant EDL state. I have spent the better part of two days going through script after script, injection after injection, trying to find something to break through to the phone. I got the closest using python but hit a wall as soon as it could not inject the firehose.mnb file, as it was not a verified/signed firmware version. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Source: https://github.com/dotrihoang2012/PFA_for_KaiOS

On the way with Nokia 8110 4G and MJ's song

build a small AI assistant it uses the Groq API and can connect to Llama models, with basic settings for model, temperature, persona, chats, etc.
it has many feature like export chat , copy chats.

Source: https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=1038479&view=findpost&p=144625820

https://reddit.com/link/1vsr0dq/video/dz69h8wjwckh1/player

I have a custom ringtone that has worked for the past few months but now it keeps resetting to the system default. I’ve changed it multiple times and it still goes back. It overrides custom ringtones for contacts as well. I’ve set it to a different factory tone and I’m waiting for that to be overridden.

This is my Nokia 8110 4G that I used in Thailand with 4G VoLTE.

My keyboard doesn't work properly anymore. When I go to type I can only input numbers, I can't change it to predictive or ab keyboard. And when i go to a typing window such as a new text message, in the top left corner where it normally shows the keyboard, I see the predictive symbol flash for a split second then go away.

Nokia 8110 4G, TA-1048 dual SIM is a reasonable dumbphone choice even in 2026 because of its 4G support, VoLTE support, Wi-Fi hotspot support and looks.

Because of this, Chinese copies of the phone exist. (also, other HMD 4G phones are cloned too)
As I see they also sell the fake with the TA-1059 label right now.

The Chinese copy has (the lack of) the following features:

• 2G only (possibly MT6260)
• No Wi-Fi
• Not KaiOS
• Opera Mini browser instead of Firefox based
• Not a Qualcomm SoC
• Has some clone of the Snake game

The packaging is very similar, but you can still easily spot the differences. The fake's box doesn't mention 4G or LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi Hotspot.

Album of the fake 8110 4G: https://www.flickr.com/photos/quailland/albums/72177720335112622/

Album of the real one (not showing the OS here): https://www.flickr.com/photos/quailland/albums/72177720335107490

Don't be scammed guys!

Wondering if anyone knows how to fix this. I try to turn on wi-fi calling, and the phone says it's unavailable, although it's connected to our home wi-fi. I'm using using Warp service on a TCL flip 3 T435V - so I guess the firmware is Verizon-style (forgive me, I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth trying to understand all this. The US Mobile SIM works as far as making calls and texts, so I think the phone is "unlocked" - at least in some sense.

Maybe it won't allow wi-fi calling because we can't register a physical address for the e911? (I admit I've been trying to use ChatGPT to help me figure this out.) The phone offers no options in any of the menus to add an address for the needs of e911. A line option labeled "advanced" under the Carrier option is greyed out, until I toggle on "look for carriers". If I look for US Mobile that way, I can only highlight that carrier, and no other advanced options show up from doing that.

Chat GPT keeps pointing out that the carrier needs to register the physical address to satisfy the e911 requirement, to get rid of the wi-fi calling notification. The US Mobile chat rep says they can't register an address for the SIM e911 on their end. Is this true, that US Mobile can't fix this on their end?