Android OS running on iPhone!

Planetbeing has managed to get an older version of the Android OS running on an iPhone 3G!  Here is what he posted on the “Linux on the iPhone” blog.  You can also check out the iDroid wiki.

Android running on iPhone!

I’ve been working on this quietly in the background. Sorry about the initial video quality, but YouTube promises that the quality will get better as the video gets processed more. The back part of the version I uploaded to Vimeo was cut off.

I think that says it all, really. Donations via paypal to planetbeing at gmail.com. If you’d like to help, come join #iphonelinux on irc.osx86.hu.

Thanks to CPICH for reversing support, harmn1, posixninja, jean, marcan and saurik for patches, and last but not least, TheSeven for his work on the FTL.

Pre-built images and sources at http://graphite.sandslott.org:4080/pub/idroid/idroid-release-0.1a.tar.bz. Read the README. For generic openiboot instructions, there’s plenty now that you can search for.

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.

EDIT: Apparently on some iPhones, the installation of openiboot appears to be failing (THIS MEANS IT WON’T BOOT UP AGAIN). This is being investigated (I can’t reproduce it on my own phone), but meanwhile you can just do a “tethered boot”. In openiboot console, don’t install but do !zImage, kernel, !android.img.gz, ramdisk, boot “console=tty root=/dev/ram0 init=/init rw” (after installing the other images to the second partition). If your phone won’t boot up again, a DFU restore will get it back to normal. Take a deep breath. Calm down. There’s nothing to worry about. We’ll get this sorted out by tomorrow.

EDIT2: Fixed! It was previously only working on phones that used PwnageTool due to some assumption I made. Thanks geohot! Redownload the archive or just openiboot.img3

I don’t have much more to add to this other than I hope it gets completed and I hope we are able to have the most up-to-date version of the Android running on our iPhones. Also, if the Android gets flash and the Android OS can run on the iPhone, then the iPhone will essentially be able to view flash based content on the web.

Still searching…

I’m still searching for a free web host comparable to JLK Hosting. Does anyone have any suggestions?

“Anti-Infringement” Software

I have seen some outrageous things these past few years regarding copyright laws but this one beats them all. The United States government is always trying to figure out how best to handle intellectual property rights, so it has asked the concerned parties to submit all sorts of information in order to better understand what’s going on.

What the RIAA and MPAA have submitted borders on the insane. One of the solutions they came up with involves making computer users install anti-infringement software on their computers. This software would then scan the hard drive looking for any evidence of any pirated or illegal content and then delete it.

There are several technologies and methods that can be used by network administrators and providers…these include [consumer] tools for managing copyright infringement from the home (based on tools used to protect consumers from viruses and malware).

Buy me lunch

I am adding a link so my readers can donate money to me. This money will go towards buying my lunch, putting gasoline in my car, and helping to pay for my college books.

I’m changing hosts

I’m moving from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. The main difference being that I download the files and host them on any web server I want.

This also gives me the ability to customize the site more and add more functionality.
If anyone else with a wordpress.com blog would like to make the switch I found this article on how to do it.

Use your PSP as a remote control

Using iR Shell 5.0 you can use your PSP-1000 (phat) as a remote control. This will only work with a phat PSP because the other PSP’s do not have an iR port. If you are having trouble getting iR Shell installed then check out this guide written by bestyugiman. It is also important to note that you will need to have a custom firmware running on your PSP. A custom firmware (CFW) is just a modified version of Sony’s official firmware (OFW). Installing CFW will void your warranty. Alright, let’s get started.

You can download a package of remote control codes from the irshell website here. However my remote control wasn’t in that package so I had to do something else. iR Shell has the ability to learn new iR codes. It’s almost as simple as pointing your remote at the PSP and pressing a button. That is what my guide will be covering.

Hello world!

Welcome to my blog. This will just be a place for me to put whatever I want. I don’t know if this will ever amount to anything or not but I’m going to try anyway.