Someone Transformed a Nintendo Switch into the Slowest iPhone Ever: 20-Minute Boot Times, Kernel Panics, and Non-Functional Apps

So, there’s this wild story, right, about some tech wizard—I think their handle’s PatRyk—who decided to mash up Apple’s iOS and a Nintendo Switch. Sounds like a fever dream, doesn’t it? But here we are. And hey, don’t get your hopes up too quick because they’re calling it “the world’s slowest ‘iPhone’.” Seriously, imagine waiting 20 minutes just to see a screen! Wouldn’t blame you if you’d rather watch paint dry.

Okay, picture this: everyone’s going bonkers over the new Switch 2, and meanwhile, PatRyk, probably in a dim-lit room with snacks (who knows?), spends a solid two days wrestling to jam Apple’s system onto this console. Could you imagine the patience? They had to sit through that 20-minute loading nightmare more times than I care to count, I bet.

Now, you’d think using this setup might be fun. Not quite. According to them, it’s like the system throws a tantrum every second you try something. Apps? Forget it—all they want to do is crash and burn.

Some folks might wonder why bother, but here’s the kicker: they’ve proven that, theoretically, it’s possible. Doesn’t mean you should toss your trusty iPhone just yet, though.

And speaking of tech wizardry, PatRyk leaned on this snazzy emulator—QEMU something or other—cooked up for the iPhone 11 by a genius going by ChefKissInc. It’s like tech inception, with an emulator inside another emulator, all tangled in Apple Silicon’s web.

Anyway, after those grueling hours (really, can you even imagine?), PatRyk somehow got iOS to wake up on a Switch, powered by the Nvidia Tegra X1. Total sci-fi stuff, right?

But wrap your head around this: PatRyk’s sticking with it. No clue if they’ll pour more time into this quirky venture, but hey, they promised more tales from the tech trenches. So if you’re into unpredictable code escapades, keep an eye out.

And oh, before you go, apparently there’s more detailed tech news if you follow Tom’s Hardware. Just a thought if you’re into the nitty-gritty of this kinda stuff.