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December 15th, 2009, 04:40
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/nexus-droid-rm-eng.jpg (http://www.sholes.info/2009/12/14/android-2-1-flan-ported-to-the-verizon-droid/)You had to know this was coming. That Android 2.1 OS that's been circulating inside the Google (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Google/)'s ultra-exclusive Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/tag/NexusOne/) has hit the internet, and thanks to some clever hackery, you can now theoretically put the update on your Droid handset. We say theoretically, of course, because it's not quite a perfect rip. DIY instructions were briefly posted on Sholes.info but have since been replaced with a curt advisory to wait for a ROM that properly preserves file system permissions, else risking some serious breaking. The original image file is still available, but don't say we didn't warn you. Separately and perhaps unrelated, a video has surfaced of the Nexus One's boot animation (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/android-2-1s-boot-animation-for-the-nexus-one-reminds-us-of/) running on Droid -- feel free to enjoy that instead, after the break.
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