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Monday, May 10, 2010

Hacker David Wang brings Android to the IPhone 3G

Hacker David Wang, who is also known as “planetbeing” on the Internet, this week successfully ported the full Android OS on the iPhone 3G; thereby being able to establish connection to Wi-Fi; browse the Web; and send and receive SMS texts.

Wang elaborated that with Android running on the iPhone 3G - the version, which Wang describes as the “nasty plastic, easily scratched back” -, he can also access Android Market apps, so long s they do not need audio support.

Noting that sound is currently not running on the Android port, Wang said that since a number of new developers also working towards modifying the iPhone to run Android, their help will surely lead to “bring the system to production quality before too long.”

Wang further stated that once he is able to get audio support up and running, he would post guidelines for others to make their iPhones run Android. While Wang has not currently published the requisite code, he is hopeful that within the next few days, he will be able to launch a polished version of the iPhone’s Andorid port for public consumption.

Wang, who is well-known in the hacking circles as being one of the leading contributors to the iPhone 3GS jailbreak, had created a stir a few weeks back when he showed off a 2G iPhone which he got running a modified Android OS kernel.

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