How Hacker Manages To Port Android To IPhone

This is not a dream folks. A hacker has actually managed to port Android 1.6 OS on the original iphone. Now! it can do everything from making calls to browsing the web etc.........

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The hacker who goes by the name of planetbeing has demonstrated the hack in a video using OpeniBoot which is a tool developed to dual-boot the iPhone with the Android OS.

The hacker created Apple-hardware specific drivers for the Android OS to function properly. And to come around the obstacle of lack of physical buttons in iPhone, the hacker re-purposed the volume up and down controls to serve as the call and home buttons for the Android.

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Here is what the hacker has to say about it:

It should be pretty simple to port forward to the iPhone 3G. The 3GS will take more work. Hopefully with all this groundwork laid out, we can make Android a real alternative or supplement for iPhone users. Maybe we can finally get Flash.

For those with an iPhone 2G, they can head over to planetbeing's blog and follow his progress; even read instructions on how to load the Android OS on their iPhone.

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