We know Android 2.3 Gingerbread is fresh out the oven, just as its Nexus S flagship is, but it already got hacked to run on MeeGo, the mobile OS project by Nokia and Intel. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith has booted MeeGo on a Nexus S from a rootfs image on the internal memory. This means that you will not need to flash, but do not expect a fully functional build – the touchscreen along with Wi-Fi are not working and the display output is on the dark side. What works however is the ADB root shell as well as X11 and UI apps.
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It is nice to see enthusiasts working on porting the open source MeeGo OS. And for those of you who want to give it a run on your Nexus S, check out the instructions at the source below. Be warned, however, that “if you've never built a MeeGo rootfs before, it's relatively straightforward, and all the binaries are precompiled for you (but it's definitely for developers only),” as Smith put it. Well, without a functional touchscreen, we would only advice this to the most curious of developers!
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