It's threads like this that really make me dislike the majority of people around here. It's really a disgusting display, honestly.
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
It's threads like this that really make me dislike the majority of people around here. It's really a disgusting display, honestly.
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
JEESH
I don't remember it being this bad when I began reading AI a few years ago but it probably was, in fact. I don't know if it is just the overall 'entitled' mentality people have these days or what, but it's f*cking ridiculous. I've learned that this is not a tech site for Apple enthusiasts, despite the fact that it stands under that guise.
It's threads like this that really make me dislike the majority of people around here. It's really a disgusting display, honestly.
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
JEESH
Well said!
So when's the lawsuit against this developer coming?
wow, so many haters in this thread - several reasons I can think of why this is exciting at least for me (as a 3G not-S owner..):
- lets me try out Android without forking out for a new phone I might not like
- various Android-only apps, in particular the Google turn by turn navigation, but there was also a midi sequencer app that looked really interesting
- as others have said, gives a new lease of life to your 2G when Apple stop updating it (open source nature of Android means it'll keep getting updated builds for as long as people are interested)
- I work in web app QA - being able to dual boot would be kind of handy for work
- as someone else said, which hadn't occurred to me; comparison of benchmarks on like-for-like hardware (though drivers are 'unofficial' so there's still some room to argue, but less than the just similar CPU and same-MB-RAM case)
I'm sure many of those posts were trolling and whatnot, but seriously, what do you think you're contributing by your 'omg this is so lame' posts? It may not be of use to you, fine, close the tab and read about something else, but hasn't it ever occurred to any of you that not everybody has the same priorities and interests in life?
wow, so many haters in this thread - several reasons I can think of why this is exciting at least for me (as a 3G not-S owner..):
- lets me try out Android without forking out for a new phone I might not like
- various Android-only apps, in particular the Google turn by turn navigation, but there was also a midi sequencer app that looked really interesting
- as others have said, gives a new lease of life to your 2G when Apple stop updating it (open source nature of Android means it'll keep getting updated builds for as long as people are interested)
- I work in web app QA - being able to dual boot would be kind of handy for work
- as someone else said, which hadn't occurred to me; comparison of benchmarks on like-for-like hardware (though drivers are 'unofficial' so there's still some room to argue, but less than the just similar CPU and same-MB-RAM case)
I'm sure many of those posts were trolling and whatnot, but seriously, what do you think you're contributing by your 'omg this is so lame' posts? It may not be of use to you, fine, close the tab and read about something else, but hasn't it ever occurred to any of you that not everybody has the same priorities and interests in life?
Interesting thoughts. Especially the part about giving old iPhones new life when Apple stops supporting them. Only question would be how to compensate for the lack of buttons on the iPhone. All Android phones at least have the 4 buttons (Back, Menu, Home, Search).
Interesting thoughts. Especially the part about giving old iPhones new life when Apple stops supporting them. Only question would be how to compensate for the lack of buttons on the iPhone. All Android phones at least have the 4 buttons (Back, Menu, Home, Search).
Perhaps a touch gesture for Back
And a short press vs. long press of the Apple home button to accommodate Menu and Home.
Search could be integrated into the Menu...
Dan
P.S. Useless? Wrong? Guys, this would save me $600+!! As a developer, i don't want to have to buy 6 or 7 phones just to troubleshoot browser bugs...so this is great news for me
As far as I'm concerned, this young guy is a genius and I'd offer him a job anytime. If have a few Apple/Android/Web apps to write and i'm sure he could make them amazing.
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
A programmer has managed to run the Google Android mobile operating system on an iPhone, with features like browsing the Web and making phone calls functional on Apple's hardware.
David Wong, who goes by the handle "planetbeing," demonstrated his hack on video this week. The dual-boot setup, using a program called "OpeniBoot," allows the iPhone to be restarted and then run Google Android.
While the hack was demonstrated on a first-generation iPhone, Wong said porting to the iPhone 3G would be "pretty simple." An iPhone 3GS compatible version, he said, would be more difficult.
"The iPhone can in fact dual boot both the iPhone OS and Android, he said. "So even if you install Android on your phone, your iPhone can still be used normally."
In the video, recorded with an iPhone 3GS, Wong shut down the iPhone running the iPhone OS to access the OpeniBoot software, which is only available on a "jailbroken" Apple handset. Jailbreaking is the term used to describe exploiting holes in the iPhone OS to allow the device to run unsigned and unauthorized code.
Holding down the home button when in OpeniBoot, the software loads the Linux-based Android operating system, created by Google. The video shows the entire boot process, which is particularly slow given the early state of the hack.
Wong created drivers to allow the features of the Android operating system to correspond with the hardware capabilities and inputs of the iPhone. Because the iPhone is lacking in physical buttons, Wong re-purposed the volume up and down controls to serve as the call and home buttons for the Android operating system.
"It's not really production quality yet," he said. "I'd say it's alpha quality. But pretty much everything works."
As shown in the video, Wong received signal through a prepaid Rogers SIM card, connected to a Wi-Fi network, opened the Android browser to surf the Web, received a text message and received a phone call. Using the onscreen virtual keyboard he was able to pull up a website and navigate through touch controls. He said the experience was "usable."
Wong also ran into a hardware issue when playing music, because Android searches for files on an SD card -- something not available on the iPhone. Still, he managed to create a workaround to play music on the handset.
Wong is a .Net and Android developer. He's asked for donations to help with the project, or programmers who can help him code.
In 2008, members of the iPhone hacking community managed to successfully boot Linux on the iPhone, iPhone 3G and original iPod touch. Wong noted in his video that earlier efforts didn't offer much functionality, as drivers were not available. The first port was based on the main Linux 2.6 kernel and had rudimentary graphics, serial and other functional drivers for basic tasks.
Comments
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
JEESH
It's threads like this that really make me dislike the majority of people around here. It's really a disgusting display, honestly.
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
JEESH
I don't remember it being this bad when I began reading AI a few years ago but it probably was, in fact. I don't know if it is just the overall 'entitled' mentality people have these days or what, but it's f*cking ridiculous. I've learned that this is not a tech site for Apple enthusiasts, despite the fact that it stands under that guise.
It's threads like this that really make me dislike the majority of people around here. It's really a disgusting display, honestly.
This guy put Android on his iphone, and what do people say around here? ONLY NEGATIVE BULLSHIT. Get the fuck over yourselves. NONE OF YOU could accomplish this.
That quote that Tulkas posted was great. What the hell happened to that mentality? Think Different is turning into Think Idiotic around here
JEESH
Well said!
So when's the lawsuit against this developer coming?
Why??
Why not?
Developers like challenges, this is a challenge. iPhones an excellent bit of hardware would be good to be able to change what's on it.
- lets me try out Android without forking out for a new phone I might not like
- various Android-only apps, in particular the Google turn by turn navigation, but there was also a midi sequencer app that looked really interesting
- as others have said, gives a new lease of life to your 2G when Apple stop updating it (open source nature of Android means it'll keep getting updated builds for as long as people are interested)
- I work in web app QA - being able to dual boot would be kind of handy for work
- as someone else said, which hadn't occurred to me; comparison of benchmarks on like-for-like hardware (though drivers are 'unofficial' so there's still some room to argue, but less than the just similar CPU and same-MB-RAM case)
I'm sure many of those posts were trolling and whatnot, but seriously, what do you think you're contributing by your 'omg this is so lame' posts? It may not be of use to you, fine, close the tab and read about something else, but hasn't it ever occurred to any of you that not everybody has the same priorities and interests in life?
wow, so many haters in this thread - several reasons I can think of why this is exciting at least for me (as a 3G not-S owner..):
- lets me try out Android without forking out for a new phone I might not like
- various Android-only apps, in particular the Google turn by turn navigation, but there was also a midi sequencer app that looked really interesting
- as others have said, gives a new lease of life to your 2G when Apple stop updating it (open source nature of Android means it'll keep getting updated builds for as long as people are interested)
- I work in web app QA - being able to dual boot would be kind of handy for work
- as someone else said, which hadn't occurred to me; comparison of benchmarks on like-for-like hardware (though drivers are 'unofficial' so there's still some room to argue, but less than the just similar CPU and same-MB-RAM case)
I'm sure many of those posts were trolling and whatnot, but seriously, what do you think you're contributing by your 'omg this is so lame' posts? It may not be of use to you, fine, close the tab and read about something else, but hasn't it ever occurred to any of you that not everybody has the same priorities and interests in life?
Interesting thoughts. Especially the part about giving old iPhones new life when Apple stops supporting them. Only question would be how to compensate for the lack of buttons on the iPhone. All Android phones at least have the 4 buttons (Back, Menu, Home, Search).
Interesting thoughts. Especially the part about giving old iPhones new life when Apple stops supporting them. Only question would be how to compensate for the lack of buttons on the iPhone. All Android phones at least have the 4 buttons (Back, Menu, Home, Search).
Perhaps a touch gesture for Back
And a short press vs. long press of the Apple home button to accommodate Menu and Home.
Search could be integrated into the Menu...
Dan
P.S. Useless? Wrong? Guys, this would save me $600+!! As a developer, i don't want to have to buy 6 or 7 phones just to troubleshoot browser bugs...so this is great news for me
==========
A programmer has managed to run the Google Android mobile operating system on an iPhone, with features like browsing the Web and making phone calls functional on Apple's hardware.
David Wong, who goes by the handle "planetbeing," demonstrated his hack on video this week. The dual-boot setup, using a program called "OpeniBoot," allows the iPhone to be restarted and then run Google Android.
While the hack was demonstrated on a first-generation iPhone, Wong said porting to the iPhone 3G would be "pretty simple." An iPhone 3GS compatible version, he said, would be more difficult.
"The iPhone can in fact dual boot both the iPhone OS and Android, he said. "So even if you install Android on your phone, your iPhone can still be used normally."
In the video, recorded with an iPhone 3GS, Wong shut down the iPhone running the iPhone OS to access the OpeniBoot software, which is only available on a "jailbroken" Apple handset. Jailbreaking is the term used to describe exploiting holes in the iPhone OS to allow the device to run unsigned and unauthorized code.
Holding down the home button when in OpeniBoot, the software loads the Linux-based Android operating system, created by Google. The video shows the entire boot process, which is particularly slow given the early state of the hack.
Wong created drivers to allow the features of the Android operating system to correspond with the hardware capabilities and inputs of the iPhone. Because the iPhone is lacking in physical buttons, Wong re-purposed the volume up and down controls to serve as the call and home buttons for the Android operating system.
"It's not really production quality yet," he said. "I'd say it's alpha quality. But pretty much everything works."
As shown in the video, Wong received signal through a prepaid Rogers SIM card, connected to a Wi-Fi network, opened the Android browser to surf the Web, received a text message and received a phone call. Using the onscreen virtual keyboard he was able to pull up a website and navigate through touch controls. He said the experience was "usable."
Wong also ran into a hardware issue when playing music, because Android searches for files on an SD card -- something not available on the iPhone. Still, he managed to create a workaround to play music on the handset.
Wong is a .Net and Android developer. He's asked for donations to help with the project, or programmers who can help him code.
In 2008, members of the iPhone hacking community managed to successfully boot Linux on the iPhone, iPhone 3G and original iPod touch. Wong noted in his video that earlier efforts didn't offer much functionality, as drivers were not available. The first port was based on the main Linux 2.6 kernel and had rudimentary graphics, serial and other functional drivers for basic tasks.