⚙️ Duino Coin Mining on Nokia 3 Android Phone 📱

In this post, I show how to mine Duino Coin directly on a Nokia 3 Android phone using UserLand to run Ubuntu 🐧.
It’s a simple experiment to see how much performance you can get from a basic smartphone CPU ⚙️📲

🎥 Video Tutorial

🧰 Step-by-Step Setup

  1. ⚙️ Enable Developer Mode Go to Settings → About phone scr1 Tap Build number seven times to unlock Developer options
  2. 🔋 Enable "Stay Awake" In Developer options, enable Stay awake while charging to prevent sleep mode during mining scr2
  3. 🛍️ Install F-Droid
  4. Search for F-Droid in Google or visit f-droid.org scr3
  5. Download and install the F-Droid app scr4
  6. 🧩 Install UserLand
  7. Open F-Droid scr5
  8. Search for and install the UserLand app
  9. 🐧 Launch Ubuntu in UserLand scr6
  10. Run UserLand and choose Ubuntu
  11. Set:
    • Username 👤
    • Password 🔑
    • VNC password (for graphical access) scr7

  12. On the next screen, select SSH for terminal mode scr8

  13. 🔑 Login

  14. When the virtual machine starts, enter your defined password
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🧱 Installing the Miner

  1. 🔄 Update repositories: 
    apt update

scr10 8. ⬆️ Upgrade system packages: 

sudo apt upgrade

scr11 9. ⚙️ Install required dependencies:

sudo apt install git python3 python3-pip python3-dev

scr12 10. 📥 Clone the Duino Coin miner:

<pre>git clone https://github.com/revoxhere/duino-coin.git</pre>

scr13 11. 📂 Enter the miner directory:

<pre>cd duino-coin</pre>

scr14 12. ▶️ Run the miner:

<pre>python3 PC_Miner.py</pre>

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🧾 Miner Configuration

When prompted, enter:

  • 👤 Username (Duino Coin wallet)
  • 🔑 Mining key
  • ⚙️ Intensity level
  • 🧵 Number of threads
  • 🎯 Difficulty
  • 🏷️ Rig name
  • 💰 Donation level scr16

⚡ Performance Result

🚀 Average mining speed: ~2.18 MH/s ⚡🔥 💡 Not high, but impressive for a basic Android phone running Ubuntu in a virtualized environment! scr17