Hacker dual-boots iPhone to run Android OS
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A member of the a group called the iPhone Dev Team devoted to hacking iPhones posted a video demonstrating Google's Android operating system on an Apple iPhone.
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David Wang, the 'planetbeing' member of the a group called the iPhone Dev Team devoted to hacking iPhones, on Wednesday posted a video demonstrating Google's Android operating system on an Apple iPhone.
The demo shows the boot process — complete with the Tux Linux mascot — and Wang using Android for browsing, receiving a text message, answering a phone call and playing music. The phone is set up with a dual-boot configuration and indeed the video begins with the device running iPhone OS.
"It's not really production-quality yet," Wang said on the video. "I'd say it's alpha quality. But pretty much everything works."
For more on this story, read Hacker runs Google's Android on Apple's iPhone on CNET News.
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Nowadays you can find a lots of people hacking the OS to get the best out of their phones. I saw a video few days back which shows a person running Ubuntu on an iPhone. If you try to search on Google, you can find lots of videos on hacking the OS.
Installing Ubuntu on an iPhone is all very well,
but it's not very good for actually answering
phone calls, text messages or you know, phone
stuff...
but it's not very good for actually answering
phone calls, text messages or you know, phone
stuff...
This has been done for about 3 months now on Windows Mobile. Their version is actually pretty stable and not considered Alpha. I have spent a day in Android before.
"...This has been done for about 3 months now
on Windows Mobile. Their version is actually
pretty stable and not considered Alpha. I have
spent a day in Android before..."
Actually, I saw
Linux run on Windows Mobile 3 (aka Pocket PC
2000 operating system, as it was called back
then) almost TEN YEARS AGO in June 2001:
http://tinyurl.com/27b2alb
(This redirects to
linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/06/01/linux
_ipaq.html ... this URL is too long to be
clicky)
That's on a Compaq iPaq 3650 Pocket PC, running
an early version of Microsoft mobile operating
systems.
That said, I am reasonably impressed that they
managed to crack an iPhone to run a Linux
derived OS such as an Android. What would be
even more impressive is if Linux got hacked
onto BlackBerry -- Originally, RIM has made
those devices more secure than Apple made
iPhones.
on Windows Mobile. Their version is actually
pretty stable and not considered Alpha. I have
spent a day in Android before..."
Actually, I saw
Linux run on Windows Mobile 3 (aka Pocket PC
2000 operating system, as it was called back
then) almost TEN YEARS AGO in June 2001:
http://tinyurl.com/27b2alb
(This redirects to
linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/06/01/linux
_ipaq.html ... this URL is too long to be
clicky)
That's on a Compaq iPaq 3650 Pocket PC, running
an early version of Microsoft mobile operating
systems.
That said, I am reasonably impressed that they
managed to crack an iPhone to run a Linux
derived OS such as an Android. What would be
even more impressive is if Linux got hacked
onto BlackBerry -- Originally, RIM has made
those devices more secure than Apple made
iPhones.
I can't wait to see a hacker hack Windows Phone 7 phone to include Android for dual-booting. That'll be nice. 
iPhone with Android - Nice OS on nice Hardware - No other way to get it...
Win Phone 7 with Android? Nice OS on an HTC? Why not just buy an HTC with Android?
ON A SEPARATE NOTE:
I went into the T-Mobile store Saturday and the sales guy was like, "I use Android myself, but if you use your phone for business you really need to check out Windows mobile on these new HTC phones"...
I responded, "Oh yeah, crappy mobile OS on fragile plastic hardware, I'm sure I'll be the envy of all my friends when the only way my phone can call them is if I throw the useless brick at their head with a note wrapped around it...No thanks"
Win Phone 7 with Android? Nice OS on an HTC? Why not just buy an HTC with Android?
ON A SEPARATE NOTE:
I went into the T-Mobile store Saturday and the sales guy was like, "I use Android myself, but if you use your phone for business you really need to check out Windows mobile on these new HTC phones"...
I responded, "Oh yeah, crappy mobile OS on fragile plastic hardware, I'm sure I'll be the envy of all my friends when the only way my phone can call them is if I throw the useless brick at their head with a note wrapped around it...No thanks"
Hacking a phone is fine providing you never want
to apply any updates to it...
There is also the question of can you trust the
hack (unless you are writing your own code). The
hack creator can embed any type of malicious code
and offer it to the public for free. (this is the
problem with jail breaking an iPhone).
to apply any updates to it...
There is also the question of can you trust the
hack (unless you are writing your own code). The
hack creator can embed any type of malicious code
and offer it to the public for free. (this is the
problem with jail breaking an iPhone).
Is there some actual, practical advantage for taking the trouble to
do this? This seems like a waste of our valuable geekish
resources. How many geek-hours did this consume that could
have been spent one something useful?
do this? This seems like a waste of our valuable geekish
resources. How many geek-hours did this consume that could
have been spent one something useful?
You miss the point. The point of the exercise is in the doing, not necessarily in the value of the finished project. Otherwise why would you put a ship in a bottle?
Why convert your iPhone to a spyPhone? Everything from Google is spyware. Forget it.
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