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Here's how to install Android on your iPhone 2G
Engadget ^ | 4/25/10 | Sean Hollister

Posted on 04/25/2010 6:36:25 PM PDT by dangerdoc

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1 posted on 04/25/2010 6:36:25 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

68 steps? what if you screw up on step 34?


2 posted on 04/25/2010 6:39:06 PM PDT by max americana
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To: max americana

Somebody will wrap it all up in an install program.

With some of the threads fighting over Android vs. iPhone, the article made me laugh. Cats and dogs sleeping together, it’s the end of the world!


3 posted on 04/25/2010 6:48:12 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

just wait for the first class action suit when apple refuses to honor its hardware warrenty.


4 posted on 04/25/2010 6:50:18 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: max americana
68 steps? what if you screw up on step 34?

You become the proud owner of the "IBrick™"
5 posted on 04/25/2010 6:51:44 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: longtermmemmory

It’s a 2g phone. I doubt that any of them are still under warranty.


6 posted on 04/25/2010 6:53:21 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: longtermmemmory

If you want to see a fuss, imagine if it were the other way around. iDroid? Frankenpod?


7 posted on 04/25/2010 6:55:20 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

Yup. Android (a spyware associated with Fed agencies) being installed on a poprietary application that rejects Flash.


8 posted on 04/25/2010 6:57:45 PM PDT by max americana
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought you might enjoy the irony.


9 posted on 04/25/2010 6:58:04 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: SmokingJoe

I think I’ve seen you post regarding Android, I thought you might get a chuckle too.


10 posted on 04/25/2010 7:00:28 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: max americana

???


11 posted on 04/25/2010 7:01:32 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

can you even BUY the iphone OS?

would apple honor the iphone OS on an HTC phone?


12 posted on 04/25/2010 7:02:00 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

I don’t think you can just buy Android either. It’s free, but I think there are restrictions on the license that this would violate, maybe. There are various Android ROMs available and I know that Google has put out at least one cease and desist.


13 posted on 04/25/2010 7:05:53 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: longtermmemmory

I took benadryl about an hour ago and I think I’m getting fuzzy.

Google put out a cease and desist against a person that was putting out their own version of the Android ROM.


14 posted on 04/25/2010 7:08:18 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Swordmaker

Here’s something for you Swordmaker ... :-)


15 posted on 04/25/2010 7:39:31 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: longtermmemmory; Swordmaker
You were saying ...

just wait for the first class action suit when apple refuses to honor its hardware warrenty.

Apple has already gone through all this before with the hacking and cracking of the iPhone that has been going on for a while, and with others putting hacked apps on the iPhone. It's going to be the exact same thing here, too... no different.

Apple won't do anything to anyone who does that on their own phone... that's no big deal. Just don't expect Apple to help you out when it all "goes south" and your phone doesn't work anymore ... LOL ...

Once you enter the "hacking and cracking realm" -- well then, just be a good hacker... that's all ... :-)

The bottom line on this one is that the vast and overwhelming majority of people won't hack their iPhones, because they don't want to make them vulnerable to other malicious hackers (which can happen as a result) and they don't want to find themselves with a phone that doesn't work -- or no help when something goes wrong ...

16 posted on 04/25/2010 7:45:43 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; ...
Any one want to install Android on their iPhone? cheep cheep cheep cheep... PING!


iPhone > Android conversion Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

17 posted on 04/25/2010 7:46:20 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Kozak
You were saying ...

You become the proud owner of the "IBrick™"

Yep, exactly ... LOL ...

That's why the vast and overwhelming majority of people won't go anywhere near the hacking and cracking of their iPhone.

Face it, the vast majority of the people who bought their iPhones like their iPhones... :-)

18 posted on 04/25/2010 7:47:18 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Kozak

Androstoned?


19 posted on 04/25/2010 7:48:10 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc

I’m posting this from a MacBook Pro running Win 7. It has Ubuntu 9.10 on a third partition. ;-)


20 posted on 04/25/2010 7:48:31 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (III, Alarm and Muster)
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