How to install Android on the iPhone

by Julian Prokaza
on Fri 23 Apr 2010 9 Comments

An iPhone that can dual-boot iPhone OS and Google Android would be a dream come true for some people, but that’s just what one Linux boffin claims to have achieved.

Writing at his Linux on the iPhone blog, ‘planetbeing’ explains that he has managed to compile a version of Android for the original iPhone 3G and has it running via the Open iBoot bootloader — an open-source equivalent of Apple’s own iBoot bootloader.

We’ve seen similar ‘hacks’ before that have been faked with VNC connections to a remote computer, but this one looks like the real thing — take a look at the video that shows Android in action:

If you want to try Android for iPhone for yourself, you can download a pre-compiled OS image — just bear in mind that this is version 0.1a and it only works on a jailbroken iPhone 3G.

[ Linux on iPhone via TUAW]

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    by Jake H. at 05:39 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    Your guys are sort of wrong, there is no iPhone 3G solution for Android OS, only iPhone 2G! It says clearly in the README file to the bundle you guys are linking to, "These instructions describe how to build an Android system for iPhone 2G from sources. "

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    by Joe Lovato at 06:08 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    Can anyone tell me how to install this on the iPhone? Like where to put the files?

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    by adam at 07:23 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    It works on a 2g only as of right now. NOT A 3G.

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    by Waine at 10:29 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    Your post is really interesting and you have givin me something to do today :)

    Waine

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    by AM at 16:18 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    Heres a full how to ! http://masseymasseymassey.blogspot.com/

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    by Confucious at 16:47 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    It only works on the 2G not the 3G (at the moment)

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    by jams at 22:03 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    it's a great job planetbeing....but my concern if use this dual openiboot could my unlock phone still be working??...am running os 3.1.2... tnx

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    by Your name at 22:16 on 24 Apr 2010Report abuse

    It's for the iPhone 2g not 3g, doing this will brick a 3g

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    by paulio at 16:09 on 26 Apr 2010Report abuse

    Sorry, This only works on the 2G so far not the 3G.

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