Android 2.2 ported to the iPhone 3G

By on Jun 7, 2010 at 3:59 AM
Software June 7, 2010

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We’ve already seen Android 1.6 ported over to the iPhone 3G, but now Android fans with questionable tastes in hardware can load up Android 2.2 on the hottest device circa 2008. In its present state, Froyo on the iPhone 3G runs about as well as a crippled gazelle, but with a bit of time and a lot of elbow grease, things should pick up. We’ve got a video of the hack in action, but if you’re feeling rather adventurous, all of the instructions and materials you’ll need to get the job done are awaiting you after the break.

[Via Engadget]

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  • da_obvious!

    yeah but it’s still an iphone…

  • Antizzy

    Now why would you go and ruin a perfectly wonderful user interface???? Not to mention a god-like combination of hardware and software made to work together? Lol jk, tinker away…

  • Jake

    Talk about a hardware down grade.

  • Mikey

    Are you kidding me, I would want such poxy hardware why?
    Oh sorry its a software upgrade for iPhoney users. Yeah it all makes sense once again.
    Stick with my Desire until something better comes along.

    Long live Android.

  • JB

    Yea im liking it guys it just go’s to show you the freedom and functionality of the iphone but i guess at&t hasnt answered us back with a decent android device this is what we have to do i guess……I Want Some Green Bot Madness(oh yea love the CAPS!!)

  • Jarrett

    So an iPhone has available to it the latest and greatest Android OS when almost all Android devices do not? Wow, I guess we know what company builds the best product.

    • peter b

      actually, almost all android device have some sort of Froyo hack like this out there. So Wow, I guess we know what company makes the best software.

  • judonknow?

    I would agree Jarrett. Its sad, somewhat new (6 month or so) android phones cant even make that happen.

    What I dont understand is that people here choose to dismiss this and simply call it a hardware downgrade. I laugh at em cause it is true. The average life of an android device is about 6 months. What a joke.
    For that reason, I will stick with my iPhone alone.

    Hopefully Google’s choice to only release so many updates during the year addresses this issue.

  • SupAll

    Contrary to what Jarret and judonknown and the other Android haters are saying, Froyo has not been officially released to all handsets. The source has been released and as such, there have been plenty of ROMs out there to upgrade your phone to Froyo. The iPhone is of no exception, here. You have a number of people who want to try to get it working on the iPhone and they have, despite Apple’s single-minded hardware/software relationship making it all the more difficult.

    If anything, this shows Android’s versatility with hardware and the lack of the iPhone OS on any other phone but an iPhone simply displays the limited compatibility of that OS. Whichever one is better is irrelevant as it is a highly opinionated statement.

  • http://(null) loki

    I hear ya but I mean come on, why do you need to get an android hack to be able to run the new version of android on an android device.
    Or the simple question, when was the last time you thanked the developers who make that happen?

    My comment was more geared toward an official mobile OS release from the actual source being google, apple, or blackberry.
    You did make a good point, the android Os does support multiple phones but in terms of no hacks being involved, I don’t know. I believe HTC and Google were working on an end of life list for android devices that were 6 months old or so that could not support the new FroYo update or future updates.

    Don’t get me wrong, I wish for android to succeed just as much as any other mobile OS.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

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