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Posted by aghuang 17 hours ago

Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices(github.com)
https://hackios-web.vercel.app/en
424 points | 142 commentspage 3
bigwheels 16 hours ago|
Why do these demonstrations all stop at iOS 16? What changed with iOS 17?
LoganDark 14 hours ago|
Secure Page Table Monitor and Trusted Execution Monitor
runjake 14 hours ago||
Important to note that a large percentage of the current versions of A and B-tier iOS apps won't run on an iOS this old.

But this is still a big step for research purposes.

aziaziazi 14 hours ago||
Happy user of 15.8.8 (05/2026) here. Confirm the lack of many apps but still enough for some users: - maps, google maps, osm clients... - whatsapp, discord, telegram... - bank, raintoday, spotify... - all iOS default apps!
nickorlow 14 hours ago|||
I wonder how they landed on 16.5
busymom0 5 hours ago||
iOS developer here. The oldest iOS Apple lets us currently submit apps for is iOS 15. So yea, this version is pretty old for most apps.
tamimio 14 hours ago||
Should be called phockintosh! I don’t see a use case for it but cool concept
occoder 9 hours ago||
Maybe iPhake or iPhack?
xchip 14 hours ago||
The guy who did it is a genius
jgbuddy 17 hours ago||
amazing, but who is OO SEX GANG
freedomben 17 hours ago|
my guess is a lot of Java people who refuse to get on the functional train
pyaamb 12 hours ago||
This is great. Running a virtual OS on your phone is a great way to explore apps without worrying about excess data collection and permissions if done correctly. And iOS apps on android? Brilliant. A few platforms target iOS exclusively or initially due to strategic budgeting.
ksicmecidkci 11 hours ago|
That’s… not what’s happening here.
pyaamb 8 hours ago||
ah fair enough. Didn't look close enough. Oh well.
westurner 16 hours ago||
Does this make it possible to quality control iOS apps without MacOS runners with xcodebuild in CI like GitHub Actions?
hard_times 15 hours ago|
https://chefkiss.dev/applehax/inferno/
ttul 15 hours ago||
From the site:

Q: Do the iServices like iCloud, App Store, etc work? A: No, at least not yet. They possibly require something iOS refers to as the “Legacy FairPlay Key Descrambler” AES (hardware) command.

Extremely subtle hint. Well played.

westurner 9 hours ago||
Is there something like MicroG for Android for iOS?
saagarjha 16 hours ago||
Hmm. Maybe small iPhone might be easier to revive than we thought!
Velocifyer 16 hours ago||
Can you make a GSI to run on any Android Phone?
sohrob 4 hours ago||
Now do NixOS on an old iPhone or Android device.
embedding-shape 16 hours ago|
What, no, why?! Joking but kind of also not, Apple is terrible at software, amazing at hardware, what the people (me) want is the opposite, Android running on Apple hardware :)
rjh29 1 hour ago||
I don't like iOS but you're practically forced to use it for music production - music apps tends to be iOS-only. Being able to run it on a cheap Android tablet would be great.
cosmic_cheese 16 hours ago|||
Opinions vary quite a bit on that. I imagine the appeal of this is similar to that of hackintoshing: Apple software with the diversity of generic hardware.

Personally speaking as someone who's had to use both platforms in varying capacities in the past decade I do not find myself fond of Android, particularly modern Android. When I booted up an old Android 9 device a few months back I was struck with how much more appeal that version held compared to its contemporary counterpart.

simlevesque 16 hours ago|||
Blue bubbles.
TheSkyHasEyes 16 hours ago|||
Not with a locked bootloader, not yet anyway.
wiseowise 13 hours ago||
> Apple is terrible at software

You can’t write something like that and then follow up with

> what the people (me) want is the opposite, Android running on Apple hardware :)

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