How can I start porting Ubuntu Touch to the iPhone?

Question

I've been interested in porting Ubuntu to my Apple hardware for quite some time and I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm going to have to do the port myself but I have no idea how to complete such a task.

Please advise me on how to port an OS to another device, steps involved, and what I need to teach myself to be successful. Don't tell me Apple wont allow it, its my hardware outright and I'm dissatisfied with the current operating system on my hardware.

The phone was purchased for full price, and I completed a 2 year contract agreement, and the iPhone hasn't been used as a phone for a couple of years now. I've seen Android on the iPhone so my assumption is that it is possible.

Thanks for your replies in advance.

Solution

Honestly, you probably can't do this on your own.

That being said, Ubuntu Touch, IIRC, is based in part on Android. So you'd need to take or make a build of Android that runs on iPhone and port Ubuntu Touch to it using these instructions.

Comments

[leszakk]

Here's a head start: theiphonewiki.com/wiki/IDroid Good luck!