Hacking Question Will Switch Hacking will allow us to install Android ?

[Raynx]

"Waah waah waah, the Switch isn't powerful enough to do this wah wah wah"

I totally read that with a Waluigi voice, makes it even better

 

[FAST6191]

I was being facetious, people are always crapping on the Switch for being underpowered or some stupid-ass unwarranted complaint.

You mean you wouldn't call the Switch underpowered?

 

[Kioku]

You mean you wouldn't call the Switch underpowered?

For being a tablet that's capable of console quality games? No. I mean you could get shallow and have an ignorant comparison against the PS4 or Xbox One, like that's somehow relevant to what the system is and does.

 

[FAST6191]

For being a tablet that's capable of console quality games? No. I mean you could get shallow and have an ignorant comparison against the PS4 or Xbox One, like that's somehow relevant to what the system is and does.

From where I sit it is not enough to hang with the big boys and its splurge on power did not gain it much of anything otherwise over the older devices, save perhaps an even worse battery life.

 

[the_randomizer]

You mean you wouldn't call the Switch underpowered?

What the hell do you people expect, PS4-like power in a bloody tablet? Hardware fans are nothing but implacable people who should stick to PCs and higher end consoles. The Switch isn't for them. Power, battery, heat, you can't have a good balance of any of those if there's too much power, and until it does, I'd love to see proof.

 

[themyst]

It would be awesome to see a VLC or Kodi port to Switch once CFW drops.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

OT: if the switch would get android, IMO gaming isn't even the best use for it. If one could get Nvidia's Smarthome up and running, you would basically integrate what would be similar to Google Home/Amazon Alexa into your switch. But that ofc would require a lot of work

*Seductively whispers "NVidia Gamestream" in ur ear*

 

[tech3475]

What the hell do you people expect, PS4-like power in a bloody tablet? Hardware fans are nothing but implacable people who should stick to PCs and higher end consoles. The Switch isn't for them. Power, battery, heat, you can't have a good balance of any of those if there's too much power, and until it does, I'd love to see proof.

You should see some of the comments Ive read on other sites.

 

[the_randomizer]

You should see some of the comments Ive read on other sites.

People are unreasonable with their demands, bitching about "Switch isn't powerful" or "Switch isn't competitive" wah wah wah, people need to grow a pair.

 

[froggestspirit]

buys a switch to install android and not being able to play switch games..instead of buying a tablet for half the price...priceless

on top of the fact, a tablet that is meant to run android will actually run it better (switch would probably need custom drivers to handle the hardware. Raspberry pi doesn't even seem to have this, and that's open source)

 

[TotalInsanity4]

on top of the fact, a tablet that is meant to run android will actually run it better (switch would probably need custom drivers to handle the hardware. Raspberry pi doesn't even seem to have this, and that's open source)

That's where Lineage comes in

 

[Kioku]

*Seductively whispers "NVidia Gamestream" in ur ear*

No.

People are unreasonable with their demands, bitching about "Switch isn't powerful" or "Switch isn't competitive" wah wah wah, people need to grow a pair.

Its own little pillar off and away from the 2 main competitors. It's not rocket science. I guess people cry just for the sake of being heard?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

No.

Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

No but seriously, in the absence of Rainway, Gamestream and/or Moonlight would be an awesome addition to the Switch's repertoire

 

[Kioku]

Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

No but seriously, in the absence of Rainway, Gamestream and/or Moonlight would be an awesome addition to the Switch's repertoire

To be 100% honest? A native Nvidia client would be more than welcome. Moonlight is great, but is always inconsistent for me.

 

[DeslotlCL]

why wouldn't switch be powerful enough to run shield tv games?

I was being facetious, people are always crapping on the Switch for being underpowered or some stupid-ass unwarranted complaint.

Quoting you both, the switch wouldnt run shield tv games because it is indeed underpowered (compared to the shield tv) and that is a fact. Adding a dual boot to android wouldnt help at all considering you are running a quad core cpu at 1.0ghz, and most heavy games on android requieres higher cpu clockspeed to run at reasonable speed.

Now imagine trying to run the shield tv ports, eh... The underclocked tegra x1 wouldnt help at all too, at least speaking about handheld mode.

 

[lexarvn]

Someone is working on an android version for the switch that is supposed to be released on April 31st.

Source? Kinda odd..

I believe DeadlyFoez was just joking. There is no 31st in April

 

[Fluffball]

If someone could get wi-fi tethering and bluetooth to function in an Android port that would be steller.

Regarding the performance of switch vs shield tv, i would hazard a bet the switch could be clocked to the same frequencies without a hitch,the limitation was set so that the undocked experience didn't stray too far from docked.

Although thinking about it doesn't this sort of make ports to switch less meaningful if people can access years worth of established/tuned emulators ect via dualboot?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Quoting you both, the switch wouldnt run shield tv games because it is indeed underpowered (compared to the shield tv) and that is a fact. Adding a dual boot to android wouldnt help at all considering you are running a quad core cpu at 1.0ghz, and most heavy games on android requieres higher cpu clockspeed to run at reasonable speed.

Now imagine trying to run the shield tv ports, eh... The underclocked tegra x1 wouldnt help at all too, at least speaking about handheld mode.

That REALLY depends on both how optimized the game is and whether frame rates are dynamic, plus how much throttling the developers accounted for thermal throttling. I'd bet that the vast majority of them probably would RUN, but they might end up looking/feeling a bit ugly

Edit: and the above

 

[DeslotlCL]

That REALLY depends on both how optimized the game is and whether frame rates are dynamic, plus how much throttling the developers accounted for thermal throttling. I'd bet that the vast majority of them probably would RUN, but they might end up looking/feeling a bit ugly

Edit: and the above

They indeed would run, but horribly, or with crashes during gameplay. It might sound insignificant but you dont know how much of an improvement i noticed when playing sonic forces speed battle on a octacore cpu at 1.2 and then switching to an 1.5 one. The first one crashed regulary an ran below 25 frames despite being played at low settings. The new one runs at least near 60 in low settings and have never crashed this far.

 

[Kioku]

I believe DeadlyFoez was just joking. There is no 31st in April

Got dang it. I hate calendars.