Here's how to install Android on your iPhone 2G

Last week, planetbeing claimed he'd ported Android to the iPhone. This week, Android A Lot says you can, too. If you've got an original iPhone 2G handy, there's now a 68-step guide that can walk you through the entire process. In a nutshell, you'll use iPhone Explorer to copy over the Android files, then turn your Mac or PC into an Ubuntu virtual machine to install the OpeniBoot software. When you're done, you'll probably have a dual-booting iPhone that can swap between iPhone OS and an experimental version of Android 1.6 at startup, but don't quote us on that -- we haven't had a chance to test the unholy matrimony for ourselves. We're going to try to give this a shot next week, and we'll report back from the other side... if there is another side. Blurry video walkthrough after the break, useful step-by-step text at our source link.

[Jaylittles531 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:01PM]

Crappy video....

[who said what Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:12PM]

@Jaylittles531

Yayyyy!!!!

there! happiness/admiration (whatever) expressed! Now I can move on with my life with a perfectly functional phone which looks and functions the way it was released and was meant to look and perform!

[Jaylittles531 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:14PM]

@who said what

You know if you don't like your 2G iPhone then buy something else no one said you had to keep a 4 year old device.

[SteveyAyo Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:17PM]

@Jaylittles531

weird i just tried to sign in to Engadget and they logged me in to someone else's account... anyone else ever have this problem?

[starkruzr Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:19PM]

@who said what Who cares what anything is or was "meant for?"

[oldmanhorton Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:21PM]

@Jaylittles531
It has Letter From a Thief by Chevelle as the soundtrack. Therefore, it is automatically a good video, no matter the quality of the content in the video

[schindele87 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:30PM]

@Jaylittles531 http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f3fe74c817/steve-job-s-reaction-iphone-leak

[shadowj0 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:31PM]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[who said what Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:35PM]

@Jaylittles531

Dude! Relax!!! What's the rush to start a flame war?!
Mine is not an iPhone 2g. And I think I never said that!

I'm speaking for any fully functional phone. I don't get the fun part of cobbled together phones. I mean they are admirable from a tech perspective and I work in tech so I love the wow factor of breaking through lockdowns and making these things work together but I can tell you that you 20 others would be really happy to carry around an iPhone 2g with android cobbled on to it in real life and that's fine with me. I understand. I'm just saying that I wouldn't want to carry one such concoction around in real life! Either a lovely HTC phone with android on it or an iPhone with iPhone OS on it is my kind of thing.
Is that really something that can't be mentioned as a comment?

[who said what Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:45PM]

@schindele87

funny or die it said! I think it's more of the later!

[Murphys Law Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:03PM]

@Jaylittles531 3 year old...

[Vitaliy Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:11PM]

@Jaylittles531 Now lets get Palm OS on iPhone!!

[youngluck Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:15PM]

@who said what ITS LIKE PUTTING A PILE OF SHIT ON A SILVER PLATTER

[panckakes Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:33PM]

@who said what http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyYaPWasos&playnext_from=TL&videos=fR-mxYqR5Y4

[Beatnik Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:49PM]

@Jaylittles531
FUNNY VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkzMhoo7_Ks

[Faxmonkey Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:53PM]

@Jaylittles531 Not even quite 3 years yet. TIme doesn't fly *that* fast.

[SuperModified Posted Apr 25th 2010 11:03PM]

@schindele87
ROFLMAO Great link thx :)

[bjsguess Posted Apr 25th 2010 11:50PM]

@who said what

My Android port is about 90%. I absolutely love the ability to switch between OS' depending on what I am doing. There are some things that Android kills on, and other things that WinMo is an absolute necessity. Having options is a good thing. Worse case scenario, you have something to play with when you get bored at starting at the same old screen.

[Zeroexe43 Posted Apr 25th 2010 11:53PM]

@Jaylittles531 HOLY FUCK YES, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

[who said what Posted Apr 26th 2010 12:30AM]

@panckakes

Ha ha... i think that's pretty much what goes on in any comment enabled sites! :)
It was funny...

You're a bitch... you are gay, you are racist... you are troll...
ha ha... staple fodder! Shit never gets old!
:)

[morkkerd Posted Apr 26th 2010 2:07AM]

@Vitaliy Looks neat, although I prefer the firmware pack uploaded by planetbeing during his debut with his rooting. Reactions* http://j.mp/iphone-android-now-possible

[c w j Posted Apr 26th 2010 2:23AM]

@who said what

to some of us it does.

and has.

[damian Posted Apr 26th 2010 2:46AM]

@SteveyAyo if there is nude photos of a female in there linked somewhere fwd it to me :D

[Sainato0401 Posted Apr 26th 2010 7:22AM]

Thats kinda weird

[xanavi Posted Apr 26th 2010 1:26PM]

@who said what Can you shut up while these guys tinker around?

[Primoz Posted Apr 27th 2010 8:36AM]

@oldmanhorton It has Fall Out Boy as soundtrack, it is automatically a horrible video, no matter the context or quality.

[Spaceshipped Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:01PM]

The only way to multitask on the iPhone 2G.

[MrFairladyz Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:09PM]

@Spaceshipped

Actually, jailbroken iPhones can use ProSwitcher or Circuitous to multitask. They've both been available for quite a while.

[n00neimp0rtant Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:54PM]

@Spaceshipped omfgaaahd wutz jalebrake

[dark star Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:55PM]

@Spaceshipped
i pray this would work on my ipod touch!

[nkorth Posted May 4th 2010 8:31PM]

@dark star
Yeah, I thought the same thing upon reading the title. iPod Touch OS gets crappier with each update on a 1st-gen, and Android could be pretty awesome.

[Lopez Posted May 21st 2010 9:57AM]

@dark star No.

David Wang Says: "Note that I am explicitly excluding the iPhone 3GS, all iPod Touch models, and the iPad. This hack will not work with those devices (yet). I am also explicitly excluding iPhone OS 3.1.3 and all of the 4.0 betas. It will not work with the Spirit jailbreak, either."

[PandaLand Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:03PM]

When can I get WinMo6 on my 3GS?

[iwasakabukiman Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:09PM]

@PandaLand Why would you want to?

[MGore32 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:15PM]

@PandaLand
Apple homes. Windows mobile is claimed to be the worst smartphone os next to palm treo os

[josah Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:42PM]

@MGore32
By who? Random internet commenters? Well in that case, iPhoneOS is also the absolute worst smartphone OS. So is Android. And every other smartphone OS.

Funny story. You can Google "____ sucks" for any word you can possibly think of and get hits.

[JW Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:10PM]

@josah
Sex? Yea, WRONG.

[mrnapalm32 Posted Apr 25th 2010 11:29PM]

@iwasakabukiman
Windows Mobile 6.1 is way better than 6.5. Granted it lags behind more advanced operating systems now but its still a viable option. I'm seriously considering flashing my Touch Pro back to 6.1

[Eternity Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:06PM]

BRB ANDROID

[David Bailey Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:06PM]

Step one: buy an Android phone.

[SolidSnake Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:17PM]

@David Bailey
The little green droid is taking over everything.. just as planned.
Skynet is pleased.

[Sepirioth Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:07PM]

67 steps? As David Bailey just said, buy and Android phone

[B3ASTx3 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:17PM]

@Sepirioth *an

[Sepirioth Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:18PM]

@B3ASTx3
oh look, its the spelling pigs.

[thejdude Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:20PM]

@Sepirioth
Actually, the steps are just uber simple. Every little click is a step, basically. It's not that complicated.

[Sepirioth Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:42PM]

@thejdude not bad actually, gonna give it a whirl. And oh to the spelling pig, here's a mipseled sentense so you have something to complant about

[iroydude Posted Apr 25th 2010 10:03PM]

@Sepirioth thats more steps than any "____ Anonymous" program!

[DS1495 Posted Apr 25th 2010 9:07PM]

Do you think the Android MarketPlace would work?

[fr3z3rburn Posted Apr 26th 2010 12:25AM]

@DS1495
It's not at the moment, but were working on it.

[blenderman345 Posted Apr 26th 2010 9:22AM]

@fr3z3rburn: YESS!!
[goes to buy iPhone 2G]