diff --git a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
index 0e18b8ab1..db01e95f3 100644
--- a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ void PhoneAPI::handleStartConfig()
     }
 
     // even if we were already connected - restart our state machine
-    state = STATE_SEND_MY_INFO;
+    if (config_nonce == SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_NODES) {
+        // If client only wants node info, jump directly to sending nodes
+        state = STATE_SEND_OWN_NODEINFO;
+        LOG_INFO("Client only wants node info, skipping other config");
+    } else {
+        state = STATE_SEND_MY_INFO;
+    }
     pauseBluetoothLogging = true;
     spiLock->lock();
     filesManifest = getFiles("/", 10);
@@ -224,7 +230,12 @@ size_t PhoneAPI::getFromRadio(uint8_t *buf)
             // Should allow us to resume sending NodeInfo in STATE_SEND_OTHER_NODEINFOS
             nodeInfoForPhone.num = 0;
         }
-        state = STATE_SEND_METADATA;
+        if (config_nonce == SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_NODES) {
+            // If client only wants node info, jump directly to sending nodes
+            state = STATE_SEND_OTHER_NODEINFOS;
+        } else {
+            state = STATE_SEND_METADATA;
+        }
         break;
     }
 
@@ -388,8 +399,14 @@ size_t PhoneAPI::getFromRadio(uint8_t *buf)
         config_state++;
         // Advance when we have sent all of our ModuleConfig objects
         if (config_state > (_meshtastic_AdminMessage_ModuleConfigType_MAX + 1)) {
-            // Clients sending special nonce don't want to see other nodeinfos
-            state = config_nonce == SPECIAL_NONCE ? STATE_SEND_FILEMANIFEST : STATE_SEND_OTHER_NODEINFOS;
+            // Handle special nonce behaviors:
+            // - SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_CONFIG: Skip node info, go directly to file manifest
+            // - SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_NODES: After sending nodes, skip to complete
+            if (config_nonce == SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_CONFIG) {
+                state = STATE_SEND_FILEMANIFEST;
+            } else {
+                state = STATE_SEND_OTHER_NODEINFOS;
+            }
             config_state = 0;
         }
         break;
@@ -415,7 +432,8 @@ size_t PhoneAPI::getFromRadio(uint8_t *buf)
     case STATE_SEND_FILEMANIFEST: {
         LOG_DEBUG("FromRadio=STATE_SEND_FILEMANIFEST");
         // last element
-        if (config_state == filesManifest.size()) { // also handles an empty filesManifest
+        if (config_state == filesManifest.size() ||
+            config_nonce == SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_NODES) { // also handles an empty filesManifest
             config_state = 0;
             filesManifest.clear();
             // Skip to complete packet
diff --git a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
index 681b244c8..0d7772d17 100644
--- a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
+++ b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #error "meshtastic_ToRadio_size is too large for our BLE packets"
 #endif
 
-#define SPECIAL_NONCE 69420
+#define SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_CONFIG 69420
+#define SPECIAL_NONCE_ONLY_NODES 69421 // ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
 
 /**
  * Provides our protobuf based API which phone/PC clients can use to talk to our device