Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices
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HN · launched Oct 22, 2026 · 68 upvotes (top 16%)
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No Running a different OS's firmware on Android hardware requires low-level kernel, driver, and hardware-emulation expertise that vibe coding cannot supply. The scraped page is unrelated GitHub front-end code, so there is no visible product.
What it would actually take: A real version would need a virtualization or emulation layer built on the Android kernel, with custom drivers for each device's SoC, GPU, and peripherals. It would also need reverse-engineered iOS firmware internals and deep expertise in ARM architecture, hypervisors, and boot chains. This is a multi-year team effort by systems and security specialists.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Hackintosh, GSI (Generic System Image), postmarketOS
Concerns raised: Charging doesn't work yet, No app store means no mainstream apps, Device attestation will break backend-dependent apps, Camera support is surprising, Apple lawsuits against hosts
Feature requests: Charging support under the kernel, Third-party app store support, GSI that runs on any Android phone
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 398 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #77 of 399 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 348 days after the earliest competitor.
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- LineageQS · github · 2026-10-17 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- AEmulator · github · 2026-09-24 · 35 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- AndroidAutoMaker · github · 2026-10-20 · 27 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- iPromised · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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