My mother’s upgrading from a Huawei P9 to an iPhone she received as a gift (don’t know which model it is).

She doesn’t know how to use iOS and I’m finding it difficult to teach her, since I don’t know how it works either, so I was wondering if it was possible to install some version of Android on it.

Sorry if it’s the wrong community to post this in

  • notthebees@reddthat.comEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Technically yes, but basically nothing works on it and it works in one phone.

    Outside of settings being somewhat confusing, everything is basically close enough to most Android phones in terms of usage. Iirc that era of Huawei phones had basically similar looking settings pages to iOS.

    I’d just compare both side by side and I’m pretty sure there’s guides on specific things you’d worry about.

    What is something youre struggling with?

    (I currently own an iphone x)

  • maniel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    No Android and no custom launchers on iPhone, she’ll have to learn using iOS, I think it’s just a tad more of a fuss than moving to a different Android flavor, I’d try to look up some videos and materials about it to help her if I were you

    • yesdogishere@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      Apple is crap and a hugely evil monopolistic destroyer of humanity. There is definitely way to screw iPhones boot loaders and install android.

  • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Just sell it and get an Android if iOS isn’t working for them. No reason to go through all that extra trouble trying to make iOS like Android when it isn’t.

  • amio@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Best case, it would be astronomically more complicated than just learning to deal with iOS. That’s if it’s technically possible at all.

    Maybe just swap the phone out for something that runs Android natively.

  • Atemu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The other replies answered your question already, but this may solve your little “problem” here: Apple offers free in-person training sessions on how to use their products. They’re intended precisely for non-technical people like your mother.
    So, if you don’t want to be the person teaching her how to use iOS, you could look into getting her to attend these sessions instead.

    You can fault Apple for many things but this offer of theirs is just great on every level IMHO.

    https://www.apple.com/today/

      • Atemu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised if this programme made them a rather sizeable profit even if they had a typical margin on their products.

          • Atemu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            10 months ago

            It’s just a less expensive OEM with smaller profit margins can’t afford to do things like this

            No, that’s what I mean by “even if they had a typical margin”. I’m saying it could be profitable despite their insane margin because you get people buying more of your products.