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Dual Booting Android 2.2 Froyo on iPhone 3G

OK, so we had a couple of 3G iPhones laying around mostly doing nothing.  So I decided to make one a hacking platform by Jailbreaking it, and I also wanted to test out Android.   Here is how I made the device into a dual-boot device.

I started with a 3G iPhone running 4.0.1 (8A306).

Using the jailbreaking Instructions (using instructions from gadgetsdna.com):
- I Downloaded, installed, and opened iTunes on Windows.  I tried 10.1.0.56, but it didn't work with the iPhone image I had.  I wasn't sure if it was the image or iTunes, but most sites that I visited had references to iTunes 9, so just to be safe I uninstalled iTunes 10 and used iTunes 9.2, which I downloaded from
         
                        http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1056.

- I then download the iOS 4.0.1 firmware fromwww.iphonedownloadblog.com/iphone-downloads/ The file  I used was called iPhone3,1_4.0.1_8A306_Restore.ipsw.  This worked.  Here's the scoop:

             - When you run Redsn0w_win_0.9.6b2.zip, if you have the correct firmware, you'll get this prompt:

      

        - I was then presented a menu, which I chose to install Cydia.
   
         
         
       - The trickiest part was the timing menu shown below.  Thank goodness they put a Back Button, as there was no way to read what I was supposed to do in the 2 seconds they gave me.

           

     And that was it, here's the final RedSn0w screen:

       

- As noted, the rest of the install took place on the iPhone, but here's a shot of it downloading:

   

- When it rebooted, it looked exactly like a normal iPhone, which surprised me.  It even  continued the app install that I was hung in the middle of on the real iPhone OS prior to using RedSn0w!  But Cydia was installed, so it must have worked.  

- When I ran Cydia, it said that it was reorganizing my applications...

- Cydia asked who I was, so of course I said hacker... 


,,, then it loaded apps, 

and presented a pop up stating that you can keep your old apps, or upgrade when apple does... if you want to make your life easier, Cydia can keep your old stuff.  I was going to check that box, but I got an Essengial Upgrade popup first.  When the power went away, I was back at the Cydia page, so I said "make my life easier."  


- It asked me if I wanted an essentials upgrade or a complete upgrade.   I didn't really look into it, but selected the complete upgrade.  It installed the Debian Package Manager.  

When it was done, it asked me to reboot the device. 

- iPhone Jailbroken!

Now was time to get Android working!!
Steps for dual-booting into Android 2.2 (Froyo) using LifeHacker's method 

(http://lifehacker.com/5693309/how-to-install-android-on-an-iphone-in-six-easy-steps)

- After I had a Jailbroken iPhone, I installed Bootlace from Cydia
   - I added repe.neonkoala.co.uk as a source 
   - I went to the new repository and added the Bootlace Bootloader

- Ran Bootlace
   - It downloaded, prepared, and patched the kernel.  After it was done, it was nice 

enought to tell me that I needed to reboot my device.

- Installed iBoot
   - Open Bootlace, click OpeniBoot button, install

- Install Android
   - Tap iDroid button, and install. As LifeHacker said... this took quite a while.  I was 

glad my iPhone was plugged in, or the battery would have died.  I imagine this is because it 

has to download a 500MB Android image through the iPhone wireless... 

Usage tips:
- iPhone back button acts as Android Menu button
- Volume button doesn't work
- Tap Quickboot button in Bootlace to boot either into a shell, or Android

Here are some screenshots:

  


Yes, the screen is broken.   Look for me giving instructions on how to fix a broken screen soon.    

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