Android running on an iPhone 7 is now possible with Project Sandcastle, a new development project that has a plan to bring the two systems closer by making it easy to get Android on iPhones.
One of the advantages that Android offers is that it is open source that allows any developer to change the system's AOSP version like Huawei is doing now that it is being prohibited by the United States (Google), thus modifying its operating system. Because this is an open source system, there is a giant community of developers and many terminals benefit from the custom ROMs (versions of android that the community modifies). Have you ever thought seeing Android OS running on iPhone? Well this is now possible.
Even though nobody expected it to show the world an iPhone 7 running Android, how is that possible? This is due to the jailbreak that can be done on the iPhone again, a developer shared a video on his Twitter account that shows how an iPhone 7 can run Android as an operating system.
Screenshot of video showing bootup of Android on iPhone 7. Image: Twitter/@matteyeux
Screenshot of video showing Android boot logo on iPhone 7. Image: Twitter/@matteyeux
Screenshot of video showing Android UI on iPhone 7. Image: Twitter/@matteyeux
The new jailbreak method in the Apple signature allows users to run Android on the iPhone 7, 7 Plus and the latest iPod touch. It is still not perfect because plenty of features aren't functional right now, and the table below shows you exactly how lacking the whole experience will be.
Screenshot of supported iPhone models allowed to run Android OS. Image: projectsandcastle.org
The green shaded boxes represent the components that work properly in each unit, while the pink shaded boxes are the features that you can't use. Interpreting the summary of chart, likewise, supported iPhone units will still have no cellular signal, no audio, even on an iPod; no camera; no Bluetooth; and no display on some devices. But the really bad news is the CPU row, which has only three green shaded boxes, interpreting that the Project Sandcastle builds will only work on iPhone 7 series and the iPod 7G for now.
Android phones had been seen running other OS, such as Windows, Ubuntu or variants of Google's operating system, but we had never seen an iPhone with Android OS. Though it's still not fully functional, but perhaps with more development it can be run optimally on Apple devices. The Project Sandcastle by Corellium, has been created to show the power of the developer community and show that they are able to overcome the barriers of development.
This does not mean that an Android can run iOS. Android is a free and open source operating system, while iOS is completely closed source and no external Apple developer can modify it.
But if you happen to have an extra iPhone 7 which you no longer needed, and you decide to give this Android thing a try, kindly let us know your experience by leaving a comment below.
The new jailbreak method in the Apple signature allows users to run Android on the iPhone 7, 7 Plus and the latest iPod touch. It is still not perfect because plenty of features aren't functional right now, and the table below shows you exactly how lacking the whole experience will be.
The green shaded boxes represent the components that work properly in each unit, while the pink shaded boxes are the features that you can't use. Interpreting the summary of chart, likewise, supported iPhone units will still have no cellular signal, no audio, even on an iPod; no camera; no Bluetooth; and no display on some devices. But the really bad news is the CPU row, which has only three green shaded boxes, interpreting that the Project Sandcastle builds will only work on iPhone 7 series and the iPod 7G for now.
Android phones had been seen running other OS, such as Windows, Ubuntu or variants of Google's operating system, but we had never seen an iPhone with Android OS. Though it's still not fully functional, but perhaps with more development it can be run optimally on Apple devices. The Project Sandcastle by Corellium, has been created to show the power of the developer community and show that they are able to overcome the barriers of development.
This does not mean that an Android can run iOS. Android is a free and open source operating system, while iOS is completely closed source and no external Apple developer can modify it.
But if you happen to have an extra iPhone 7 which you no longer needed, and you decide to give this Android thing a try, kindly let us know your experience by leaving a comment below.
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