Android hacked to run on real hardware
by Nilay Patel 
posted Jan 9th 2008 at 8:22PM
Google told us that we wouldn't see any Android devices until the end of the year, but a funny thing happens when you put up the entire SDK and an emulator for a platform -- all them crazy hackers start hacking. Apparently Android was natively booted on a Freescale-based dev board called the Armadillo 500 back in November, but the floodgates were really opened when a Hungarian group called Eu.Edge discovered that basically any device with an ARMv5TE chip could run Google's baby. Armed (heh!) with that information, tinkerers around the world have gotten a variety of Sharp devices running Android: the SL-C760, C3000M, SL-C3000 series, and the SL-6000 have all been confirmed running the OS. Hopefully that means we'll be seeing a lot more unofficial Android devices soon -- check a couple videos after the break.Read - Overview of Android hacks
Read - Instructions on booting the Sharp Zaurus SL-C760
Read - Instructions on booting the Sharp SL-C3000 series
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fernando @ Jan 9th 2008 10:25PM
Wow, nice! That's what's cool about open software!
roflercopterer @ Jan 10th 2008 12:44AM
Cool...maybe they can get ARMv6 soon?
chewie77 @ Jan 10th 2008 1:21AM
This is exactly what is so cool about Android. It's not going to be just phones, but mobile devices, DVR's, and PC's all running a totally syncable backbone. For more Android information, check out AndroidGuys.com
quad-u @ Jan 10th 2008 2:43AM
Is it just me, or is anyone else diggin' the Knight Rider-esque indicator at startup?
storino03 @ Jan 10th 2008 2:50AM
Theoretically, would you be able to install Android on a Windows Mobile device?
--James
Peter @ Jan 10th 2008 4:32PM
Ummm, it's not an application, it's an OS. The hardware of the device would need to support replacing whatever WinMo/etc is on the device with Android. Good luck with that!
steiny @ Jan 10th 2008 4:24AM
...and this matters because...