Alright folks, this is the single biggest news in iPhone hacking ever since the jailbreak. iPhone hacker and Dev-Team member Planetbeing apparently just managed to port Google’s Android Mobile OS to the iPhone.
I repeat, he took the Android OS, the system that runs on the Android phones, and installed it on an iPhone. I believe this is the very first time someone managed to install a non-Apple OS on the iPhone and the implications of this are absolutely huge.
It’s still in alpha version for now, but with some improvements, this would allow anybody to use both iPhone and Android OS on their iPhone. Just like you can do Bootcamp on your Mac to access PC apps, you’ll be able to go on Android to try all these apps that don’t exist, or were not allowed on the iPhone. Imagine for a second that Adobe manages to puts flash on there, well, you’ll get to have it too.
Check it out, it’s just sick:
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[via Planetbeing]
wow! magnificent!!! excelent work man!
I wonder how long it will take him to hack it to work on Verizons network.
Not without a soldering iron …
Right, and where on earth would someone possibly be able to find a soldering iron? I hear they are incredibly rare and staggeringly expensive!
Actually the appropriate response would be “not going to happen since the hardware is made for GSM/GPRS and Verizon uses CDMA/EVDO”.
he can get one by going to michaels and then breaking apart a verizon phone and trading the cellular chips in the iphone. problem solved. that will be 1 tater tot
A soldering iron, is not incredibly rare or very expensive lol, clearly you don’t have a clue what one is, you can buy them for like <10$ google or wiki it lmao
back on topic, that guys work is amazing!
I think he was commenting more on the fact that it would require a hardware hack rather than a software hack
I’m pretty sure he was actually just being facetious.
wow! magnificent!!! excellent work man!
Flash? is there FLASH on the android?
Flash for Android is coming in a few short months.
Yup. And you can sign up for the beta now.
http://bit.ly/cgynwq
W
Flash has been coming to Phones since, what, 2005? I’ll believe it (it = a non retarded Flash Player on Phones) when I see it.
The N900 has quite usable Flash Support
Simply a lie. You’re lying. I have one. It doesn’t work at all. No mobile device, ever, has had usable Flash support. Let’s see some video showing it being usable. None exist. It is the dirty secret that certain types of religionists want to keep quiet.
“Quite usable”? Lets see — works with Hulu? Works with websites using new Flash/action script features? Yeah, didn’t think so.
Please stop pretending that Flash works on phones. It doesn’t, it never has. To see how well it works now with 10.1 beta just look at the JooJoo which has a lot more processing power than most phones.
The HTC Desire running Android 2.1 has Flash
HTC Hero already have Flash !!!
Since Android 1.5
It’s Flash Lite.
I remember a while ago someone hacked and iPhone to dual boot windows and iPhone OS.
Sorry, but that was a fake one.
wow. this is pretty big. no choice anymore between iphone and android- i will probably be able to get both eventually
Oh good, I’m sure a lot of iPhone users will do this. You know, all the normal people with normal jobs who use iPhones. They are likely to figure out how to do something like this and will definitely care enough to spend the time and effort. Also, it will be good for them to see all the garbage, script-kiddie apps that are available for Android and wish they had them on their iPhone OS and will probably just stick with Android as a result…
Do I need a /sarcasm tag here? I don’t think so.
Just because the normal iphone user wouldn’t use Android on a phone doesn’t mean it immediately becomes stupid and worthless like you implied. More options the better.
You’re missing the point. This release, at least today, isn’t for ordinary users. It’s for geeks who appreciate a good hack, and want to see Android run well on iPhone hardware as an alternative to an OS we’re not happy with anymore for a variety of reasons. It accomplishes that in spades.
World domination can come later.
Great speech. The worlds estimation of your intellectual prowess is clearly on the rise.
You definitely need an idiot tag, though!!
Well, I did it and I’m a high school dropout. Also a little stoned.
Good job! After seeing android OS , I’m really glad I don’t have one, it’s so ugly its ridiculous
That’s because you have been using it as a mirror.
Try to avoid getting your reflection on it and you’ll be able to see just how beautiful android is.
is wrong with you?
Someone should seriously consider donating that dude some cashola. I would but it turns out an education costs an arm and a leg these days.
Finally, I can get some porn on my iPhone.
You mean gadget porn, right?
Never underestimate the pure lust that goes int unpacking an iPhone, gadget porn at it’s best.
Love android (Running a G1 with a mod) but Video or it didn’t happen…
Wow. I want to try it.
Great one.
By the way, is dual boot possible ?
trying to use iPhone as a smaller version of a laptop is awesome.
I now saw the video completely. Great dual boot.
What’s that Blogspot address again?
Great, now I can run Android on an iPhone.
Not sure why I’d want to run Andy on such a piece of crap, but hey, great hack!
If not useful, at least it’s amusing!
I agree great hack on crappy hardware. Hmm, let’s see, slide out keyboard on my android phone or clunky on screen keyboard that eats up most of your screen. Yeah, I just don’t get it. Unless you love being locked in to itunes then it makes perfect sense.
Oh, you mean Adobe Flash that was supposed to come out on the Android a year ago, but crashes so often, that it’s taken over a year and reports are that it’s still buggy? No thanks.
Also, what are HTC users going to do without the useless nipple?
We are talking about Adobe Flash Player 10.1 which is the first release from the Open Screen Project founded by Adobe and supported by Google and most manufacturers (except Apple of course). It fully supports multi-touch and a lot more while reducing memory and cpu usage. Saw a few demos on a conference last week and it rocked on Andoid. It’s going to be released and shipped with Andoid phones shortly.
See above for link to beta signup.
aw, hell here it is again http://bit.ly/cgynwq
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yeah, and today it was revealed that Flash 10.1 will only be available for Android Phones with at least a beefy Cortex A8 or bigger Processor.. Still wondering why Apple told Adobe to go screw themselves? It will not run (perform) on a 3GS let alone on a 3G. You will need at least a 4G to actually run that bloated piece of junk if Apple would allow it on their platform.. I’m so happy not to be in this bag of hurt..
It was the other way around. Adobe told Apple to screw themselves.
That is insanely cool.
@Tony:
http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/
@Tony
I think it rejected my comment, or held it for moderation, due to including a link. The blogspot address is linuxoniphone, or click on my name (I don’t have anything to do with it, but I put the address as the “Website” for my comment).
Was he asking for a ‘couple of lines of coke’ there at the end?
How do I install this on my iPhone 2g?
I want this on my iphone…wow……great
Beautiful work, may actually get an ipone now
Seems interesting and a clever hack. I can’t imagine they’d be able to get the cellular baseband software to work in Android, so I would think you’d basically have a glorified iPod touch really. We’ll have to see.
absolutely.
awesome.
rocksteady,
danno~
This is great news. I spend $450 on an iPhone but I hate the O/S. The only reason I bought the iPhone was because of the hardware. I can’t wait till I can install Android on it. You would think that I can actually buy one of 24 Android handsets already in the market. The issue is that although I love Android, I hate the hardware it is installed on. So, the best combination is to get iPhone hardware and install Android software on it. Love it..
What exactly do you hate about current Android hardware? Most of the android handsets have better hardware than the iphone.
Examples: Droid, Nexus one, HTC Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, etc.
Chris Hanson: Watch the video, he already has baseband working! It texts and does calls too!
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You run anything on Nokia n900 – literally – …iPhone – gave one to my pet turtle as it wasn’t smart enough to operate a Nokia – but was ok with the iPhone……noobs.
“The single biggest story…”
Well aren’t you full of your self importance! Twat.
Okay, well done hackers, you’ve cracked it. Now fuck off and get a proper fucking job and stop with the pointless hacks. No one in their right mind would want to use Android software! I like my apps with a grown-up feel as I’m older than twelve.
Childrens software (Android) for childrens phones (Nokia, HTC, all the rest…)
blah blah blah. This post was almost as pointless as the hack itself and just a little more boring than this comment.
MrT, you’re a wanker
Agreed!
Now if we can just get the baseband issue solved were golden!
It is more like he is fucked up. That is called Apple fanboy who likes the iPhone to be locked in. What a fuckin douche.
I do want Android on my iPhone… Tired from Apple/iTunes/AppStore crapolicy.
Congrats, this is really impressive work.
When stable I would seriously considering replacing my iPhone OS with Android instead of throwing away the closed-environment-censored-iphone
I’d like to see what the battery life is with all those tasks running….and where will developers make their money now…?
Handy for people whom want to watch porn on their iPhone?
This is awesome!!!
Yes that’s right. With a fully functioning web browser you can’t get porn on the iphone at all. Not a nipple.
Almost gives me a reason to get an iphone if I’m unable to get a Droid
Amazing how creative people get when fighting for freedom. Evil never wins in the long run
beautiful \m/
Nice its Relay Cool……..
YEEEEESSSS!!!! That’s brillant!!
Why would anyone who has an iPhone want Android OS? Go back to your crappy HTCs.
it’s not difficult to do a simple websearch and find out why Android is a superior mobile OS. either you’re being willfully ignorant or are seriously too stupid to do basic consumer research.
Actually, it is quite hard, since everyone that reviewed both OS’s agrees that Android is ‘catching uo’ or ‘almost as good’ as iPhone OS.
i’m sure that some do mistakingly state that or believe that. that’s their opinion, fine. but the majority of reviews credit Android with superiority, and just looking at the basics of both OS’s, it’s pretty obvious why.
“either you’re being willfully ignorant or are seriously too stupid to do basic consumer research.”
Not really. Read this — http://www.marco.org/380868888
exceptions don’t prove a rule.
Superior? HAH. If you’re a Google sucker and use Google this and Google that, it might be superior, but for the rest of us adults, Android is a complete farkin FAILURE. Look at the bugs (many of them involving permanent data loss) at code.google.com/p/android – a big one now is that the OS is simply blowing away saved text messages. Email is broken. Bluetooth is half assed. You still can’t install apps on the SD card. It still barfs at PDF support. It barfs with Google DOCS for pete’s sake. Android is a half baked broke ass shareware project. I am amazed that any company is shipping phones with it in the state that it’s in. Seriously… look at all of the problems that people are having with it on their Droid. Poor Exchange support, crappy email, weak media player. Aside from multitasking (which sucks battery life) what DOES Android really do better? I can’t think of anything except cater to Google.
Oh, and yes, I had an Android phone. Had a Mytouch 3G just a couple of months ago. Now Android 2.x is shipping and phones that are less than 6 months old are being left behind completely. At least Apple has tried to keep the older phones with a current OS. Google left new hardware behind already.
Let’s also remember that they have decided to say “We’re not working on it anymore” for the HUGE 3G bug on the Nexus One.
many of the bugs you’ve mentioned were bugs that were resolved while Adroid was still in beta. you might want to recheck that list. also, it’s reassuring that it Android actually has a bug tracker and responds to customer issues in a timely matter. unlike Apple, who just ignored most of it’s shortcomings until Android starting eating up marketshare and lit a fire under it’s ass.
some of your other issues are justs imply made up, or at least not being reported by anyone else. at least cursory search results yield nothing. sounds like an operator error, which i guess makes sense why you would now be using the dumbed-down iphone.
i like how you think of a more robust, powerful system as less adult. try looking at the main iphone demographic, then look at what the “adult” business demographic is using.
(also, in some cases you’ve described, you’re confusing bad hardware as an OS fault.)
Ok, here is the next task:
(1) Make iphone dual boot – IPhone OS and Android
(2) How to fit a set of cheap LEDs from ebay for IPhone flash
(3) Front facing camera for video chat
(4) FM Radio
(5) TV Tuner
The New iPhone releaseing in June has a flash, front facing camera so that 2 more problems solved
I wonder if we can get the iPhone OS on the Nexus one thats a way better piece of hardware.
dude you forgot 2x500W amp, with matching speakerset..
Will the Android OS be available on the iPod Touch MC Models once there is going to be a jailbreak for them?
If the Android OS will be available for the iPod Touch, it probably wont let you be able to talk. But it might be if you connect a microphone to it like you can do with the Fring APP to call people for free.
This is neat. Kudos.
But I would love it the other way around: iPhone OS on a small phone with a real keyboard.
Hi,
Just wondering, but do some of U think it will be possible doing this on the ipod touch?
Why not?
I guess you have a hard time making phone calls
but other than that it should just work fine..
Android is also playing nice in my VMware VM..
You guys are wrong about the porn on the iPhone. Pornhub . Com works just fine on the iPhone.
“Imagine for a second that Adobe manages to puts flash on there” Who gives a shit about Flash, it sucks ass and it’s slow – why woud you want to pollute your phone like that?!
I can’t imagine ever using something like that on my iPhone, but I *love* seeing people do things like that! The hacker gene is alive and well. =:)
Jay Jennings
Respect.
Nice work. Would be nice to see a how to do it.
Why is it that everyone who has an iphone can’t just open up? Constantly, people that i talk to hold their locked down iphone on a pedestal and close off everything else. Yes, iphone was ground breaking, it set a standard that NOTHING has truly threatened, until android OS, and now when your groundbreaking phone falls down some pegs, the spikes deploy and you go on the offensive. This is a HUGE accomplishment, but Apple has already sent 1,000,000 standard iphones to google to implement android OS for verizon.
Android is still in its infancy, and will only get better. There ARE bugs, no doubt, but the 3 years that iphone has had to iron theirs out, (kinda) shouldn’t be compared to this fledgling rouge system. I don’t understand why people say that Android is for kids, there are apps all over the place for productivity, and work. The iphone can’t run an alarm with out threat of being turned off by navigating away from the application. Irrelevance though.
Through this down right anger toward android, without actually knowing it inside and out, proves that it is something that is exploding onto the scene as a force to be reckoned with. Especially when you can’t accept that people want it on their iphones, or take the time to see how they can improve it, not depending on their locked software tyrants. As it progresses toward its truest and most dynamic form, it cant help but leave things behind.
To me what we all need to understand is there is no “best” OS – never has, never will. There are always differences. Software designers are creative people, and as long as creative people are designing software we will live in dynamic, ever-changing software landscape. Embrace it! It’s what makes the world exciting – life would suck without the Android, webOS, Blackberry OS. What makes me laugh a bit is how defensive and entrenched people get in defending their purchase choices – most software developers don’t act like this because we realise that there is no “best” anything. Just differences. Does Windows suck? Sometimes. Do Macs suck? Yeah, sometimes.
Why not just get a nexus one.
I’m thinking the new Android 2 that is on the Nexus One might work better, because it is also missing a lot of the buttons that other phones are not (no call/end button for instance) which reduces the amount of button remapping thats needed. in fact all its physical buttons could be mapped to the single iPhone button using timing/counting… e.g. press == Back; 1 Second Press == Menu; double press == Home etc.
So far I like my Nexus One, except that I’m not happy with the keyboard.. the iPhone keyboard is far better IMO, but i can’t tell yet if its because of hardware or software that i like it better. Do you have any insight on that since you have been able to try the android keyboard on the iPhone hardware?
incidentally, I’m willing to help, but I’l be limited to working on the OS features rather than the native code.
Who can you please send me the link of the software?
Wow great news i loved it.
Cool stuff!
Meanwhile, for those who are not fond of hacking their phone, there’s a solution to ease the port of Android apps on iPhone, it’s called iSpectrum ( http://www.flexycore.com ).
Check what they did in only two days!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIt5HMWcgE&feature=player_embedded#!
sorry to burst your aw about the first non apple os, but linux was installed on iphone about a year ago.
there was no gui, but it is called open i boot (the same tech this guy used)
ANDROID, LE MONSTRE AUX YEUX VERTS !
Comment osez-vous faire de la propagande pour un système aussi diabolique ?
C’EST UN BLASPHEME !
Moi qui suis si heureux de sortir en ville avec mon iPhone dans une poche et mon iPad dans l’autre ! (j’ai fait coudre une poche spéciale pour iPad sur chacun de mes pantalons)
Moi qui apprécie tellement que mes communications soient coupées sans raison, une fois sur trois !
Evidemment, mon iPhone n’a pas pour vocation première de téléphoner.
C’est plutôt un signe absolu de reconnaissance entre nous, les fidèles de la Pomme.
Ainsi, lorsque je croise un autre fidèle qui tient le sien à la main, je m’approche, et la conversation s’engage.
Puis nous frottons nos iPhones l’un contre l’autre, et très vite, survient l’orgasme !
Quel Android pourrait en faire autant ?
Alors, mes frères AppleManiaques, n’hésitez pas :
- Faites savoir partout que BIG BROTHER surveille tout, et ne manquera pas de châtier comme il se doit tous ceux qui oseraient critiquer l’iPhone (car ils sont manifestement de mauvaise foi, étant donné que l’iPhone est parfait)
Notre Très Cher Steve vous en sera reconnaissant, et il a absolument besoin de notre argent pour ses bonnes oeuvres…
(10% iront aux petits chinois, et 90% pour sa Pomme bien-aimée)
Je compte sur vous pour agir avec fermeté, et sans la moindre pitié.
Et n’hésitez pas à recopier ce post sur un maximum de forums, afin de faire progresser notre juste cause !
Votre dévoué Président des AppleFanBoys de France.