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What about something more general and even more text-based, like "Execute Console/Commandline Programs over SMS".

Edit: What I mean is sending text commands to a restricted shell, i.e., program launcher, over SMS. Then returning the console text output from the server over SMS to the Android user.

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In theory, you could adapt this approach to whatever needs you have. I have heard people suggest implementing IP over SMS, setup as a local VPN. I would say the sky is the limit, but I think with how brittle, unreliable, and slow SMS is, IP over SMS would definitely be out of scope. If you wanted to make a quick jank solution to your problem, this app works with all HTTP GET requests. So, simply host a local webserver on your PC, have your server phone connected to the same Wi-Fi, and provide a text input box that will accept any command and append it to the url with a basic <form> tag. Then the server can generate the output, and send the result back to you.

"What about something more general and even more text-based, like "Execute Console/Commandline Programs over SMS"."

I built this a couple months ago. It's fairly straightforward.

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