Finally, hackers launched the complete Android OS to iPhone and the most amazingly its dual-boot. Most of the features of ported version of Android are working over iPhone.
As Planetbeing notes in the video, it’s not really production quality, more alpha quality, but “everything works.” Well, everything almost works. The extremely long boot time is due to the OS loading all the drivers it needs to work with the iPhone hardware, but it is still a little wonky (connecting to Wi-Fi is something of a lottery, it appears).
That said, getting Android up and running on Apple’s hardware is a pretty impressive feat, and that it works as well as it does is a pleasant surprise. The hack also shows up Android’s reliance on buttons, of which there is a distinct lack on the iPhone. To work around this, Planetbeing repurposed the volume rocker for navigation purposes.
The Android iPhone makes calls, receives SMS messages, plays music and browses the web. The demo video takes a while, but it shows you most of what you need to know. Best of all, this isn’t some proof-of-concept demo. You can download pre-built images and install them, along with the source code.
Android Running on iPhone – Video demonstration