Wanna run MeeGo on your new Google Nexus S phone? Well, developers have already done it for you all. Steven Troughton-Smith, the developer who had ported MeeGo 1.1 to HTC HD2 devices, has now managed to run this OS on Nexus S phone.
Here’s the short video to see MeeGo-Nexus S combination.
There are many things that doesn’t work on Nexus S MeeGo -
What works:
• ADB root shell
• X11 & UI apps
• Super-AMOLED brightness control (fixed! still off-colour tho…)
What doesn’t work currently:
• Touchscreen
• WiFi
• Anything else
Certainly, this new OS needs to be developed properly and it’s not recommended for those who don’t want to brick their devices. If you still want to install MeeGo on Nexus S, read the following guide.
Guide to install MeeGo on Nexus S
You will need to build a MeeGo rootfs first, in ext2 format. Use my kickstart as a base, it has a few niceties like adb support (i.e. the only way you can interact with it right now). With your image successfully compiled, copy it to linux/rootfs.ext2 on your Nexus S’ internal memory (completely safe, no flashing required).
My boot.img is here – you will need to use fastboot to boot it (fastboot boot nexuss-meego-boot.img), or you can flash it to recovery if you want to dual boot.
The developer has also ported Linux OS on Nexus S. If you’re interested, check more details on XDA thread.
[via – XDA, High Caffeine Content]