Nintendo Switch Transformed into the World’s Slowest iPhone: A 20-Minute Boot, Kernel Panics, and Non-Functional Apps

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So, here’s a thing someone did that’s kinda mind-boggling and slightly bonkers. You ever thought of running iOS on a Nintendo Switch? Yeah, me neither. But this tech whiz named PatRyk spent a wild couple of days trying to pull it off. And, not to spoil the surprise, but they ended up with what they call “the world’s slowest ‘iPhone.’” Honestly, it takes 20 whole minutes just to get going, and apps don’t even stick around long enough to crash—just poof, they’re gone.

Right, but baby steps, right? Everyone’s buzzing about the new Switch 2 now, and here’s PatRyk, wrangling Apple’s OS into the first-gen Switch like, “Why not?” How many times did they sit there, staring at the screen loading sloooowly, only to have it hang midway? Probably way too many. I mean, talk about patience—I’d have thrown the thing out the window after the third reboot.

And get this, using this FrankenSwitch is apparently a cosmic drag. Imagine typing a letter, and boom, everything implodes. Kernel panics galore! Apps just saying “nope” and bailing. But, hey, it’s proof of concept, right? Proof that iOS can, technically, run on a Switch. If you’ve got nothing but time and a weird sense of humor.

Now, here’s the geeky magic behind it—QEMU. Ever heard of it? Me neither, but it’s this emulator that someone, ChefKissInc, adapted for iPhone 11. PatRyk spent two days doing some cosmic dance with this tool and Apple’s tricky iOS. And finally, somehow, iOS kinda got comfortable in the Switch’s Nvidia Tegra X1 world—like convincing your cat to take a bath. Epic.

So, what’s next? Who knows? PatRyk hasn’t mentioned whether they’ll dive back into this curious escapade or not. But they left a little hint, saying they’ll be around for more coding adventures. Stay tuned, if you’re game for more of this delightful weirdness.

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