Tag: iDroid

📅 May 14, 2014

Students Get iOS Apps Running on Android [video]

Students get iOS apps running (slowly) on Android

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Back in 2010 and 2011 running Android OS on an iPhone as a dual-boot was the hottest thing. First there was Bootlace, followed by iPhoDroid and iDroid. Planetbeing was the first one to port Android to iOS, and you can watch him discuss his port here, followed by Sergio McFly with iPhoDroid and the team behind iDroid. In October 2011 Myriad announced Alien Dalvik, which was suppose to be some sort of Android emulator-thing for iOS. But the project didn’t really take off. 

Was iOS ported to Android? No, but some Columbia University students managed to get iOS apps running on Android with their Cider compatibility layer. Cider is not an emulator or virtual machine, but it tricks apps into believing that they’re in a native environment: they adapt code on the fly to make it work with Android’s kernel and programming libraries. Even 3D benchmarks run properly.

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📅 January 27, 2011

Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread Released As A Preview Build For iOS Devices

A few weeks ago we told you that the iDroid Project devs have successfully ported Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the iPhone 3G, and today we get a preview build which is available for iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G & iPod Touch 1G and is ONLY as a binary package

A few weeks ago we told you that the iDroid Project devs have successfully ported Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the iPhone 3G, and today we get a preview build which is available for iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G & iPod Touch 1G and is ONLY as a binary package ( because this is a preview release, it will NOT be distributed via Bootlace ). For more info on the release read the iDroid Project forums….

📅 January 7, 2011

iDroid Project Devs Successfully Ported Android 2.3 Gingerbread To The iPhone 3G [video]

The iDroid Project devs successfully ported Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the iPhone 3G.

The iDroid Project devs successfully ported Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the iPhone 3G, and they announced their success by posting the vid you see above. We’ve seen great progress since last summer when PlanetBeing proudly announced that he managed to port Android OS to the iPhone 2G and 3G. We are still waiting to see if somebody can port ( or if it is possible ) Android OS on A4-chip iOS devices.

We will keep you updated as soon as we have more info. Stay tuned….

📅 November 24, 2010

Install Android OS On iPod Touch 1G Without The Need Of A Computer Using Bootlace

Today Bootlace it was updated to support the iPod Touch 1G and to fix various problems it had with redsn0w.

A few weeks ago we showed you how to install Android OS on your iPhone 2G/3G with Bootlace. Today Bootlace was updated to support the iPod Touch 1G and to fix various problems it had with redsn0w.

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📅 November 12, 2010

Android OS Dual-Boot Coming To The iPhone 4 And iPad [video]

The devs are now working on porting OpeniBoot to the iPhone 4 and iPad and most probably in the next couple of weeks we will be able to install Android OS on A4 chip devices as well.

A few days ago, we showed you how to use Bootlance to install Android OS directly on your iPhone 2G/3G. The devs are now working on porting OpeniBoot to the iPhone 4 and iPad and most probably in the next couple of weeks we will be able to install Android OS on A4 chip devices as well. We have no idea if the iPhone 3Gs or any iPod Touches ( including the 4G ) will be supported.

We will keep you updated. Stay tuned….

📅 November 8, 2010

HOW TO: Use Bootlance To Install Android OS On Your iPhone 2G/3G Without The Need Of A Computer

Over the time, using iPhoDroid got ridiculously easy, but you need a computer to run it. How about installing Android OS directly on your iPhone? No computers, no wires, nothing… Now you can do that, thanks to Bootlace 2.1.

Using iPhoDroid, you can install Android OS on your iPhone. But you know that. Over the time, using iPhoDroid got ridiculously easy, but you need a computer to run it. How about installing Android OS directly on your iPhone? No computers, no wires, nothing… Now you can do that, thanks to Bootlace 2.1.

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