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[Android Software Development] s0eViL:
Thank you so much for this guide and these links, i have installed android on my dell laptop and its working perfect, haven't tested everything but everything i have tested so far seems to work great.
[Android Software Development] shelby04861:
Nice job! Got it running on my laptop just fine. I wonder if it will work on my desktop?
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Beta 4 runs on my amd Asus machine but my wifi adapter doesnt. can anyone help me compile a recovery for computers

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[Android Software Development] shelby04861:
The WiFi is kinda weird but I haven't really looked into it too deep. It will not connect to my home WiFi network but it will to my neighbors and my cell phone. Go figure. I have been trying out different iso images from the many downloads but I can't fins one yet that will boot on my old dell dimensions 2400 desktop. One of the error messages that pops up is for the computer model check and of course it fails, among other things. If anyone knows of a download for an iso that will work on at least dell desktop computers, let me know.

If it's broken...beat it into submission until it works!
[Android Software Development] Y_Yan_C:
NEED HELP

I installed in the 5gb ext3 partition i created for the ICS, installed grub. But when I try to run it after installation, i end up with a static screen,

ok, linking youtube video doesnt work for me as well, so heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfH2zDcX0kA

anyone can help?

Also, it screwed up my Win7, wont allow me to boot, when i try to recover the Win7, the reboot process kept getting interrupted by GRUB, anyone can help me with that? Now I am without a computer.

Blue
[Android Software Development] Aadamgibson:
Thanks for sharing Android x86 tutorial for every android developers for better solution. I appreciate your way.
[Android Software Development] white-energy:
Try booting a Win7 Setup DVD, then hit repair and proceed with following what shows your on screen.
[Android Software Development] Y_Yan_C:
It wont let me repair, since repair requires reboot, but then GRUB kicks in everytime i reboot, therefore stuck. I popped in the cd and reinstalled Windows.... but lost every program,

this is a bit off topic, but how can i restore everything from my old win7 to my new win7? I tried using the comand prompt in the recovery page, but the programs are still missing, tried just copy and pasting from windows.old folder to current windows folder, no luck.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
You know I have no clue there I I ran into that problem I would reformat and start over but that's me, did you install the windows thing for grub? You can edit the grub menu but idk how either

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[Android Software Development] Y_Yan_C:
so you lost you win7 as well?
[Android Software Development] white-energy:
I've ran into such trouble many times before and i have always solved it.

The ultimate goal is to restore the Master Boot Record (MBR) to the hard drive, removing Grub, so you can boot to your Windows partition in the future without stopping at the Grub command line.

The easiest way to achieve this is to boot from your Windows 7 installation media. Use the "Repair computer" link and choose "Command Line". At the command line, enter "bootsect /nt60 SYS /mbr". You can reboot your system and it will now boot into Windows.

Another method if you don't have your Windows 7 installation media, you can also attempt to boot Windows directly from GRUB. If you're using GRUB 0.97 (i.e. Grub ‘legacy’), try this: "chainload (hd0,0)+1"

This will boot the first sector (+1) of the first partition (,0) of the first HD (hd0). Your partition layout may be different. Press Tab once or twice after typing the opening parenthesis ("(") to get a listing of your partitions and choose the one you need.

The first sector of a Windows partition is its bootloader, and chainload is the way GRUB boots Windows normally.

Good luck.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
No but reformat doesn't really hurt me not loading much

Thanks

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[Android Software Development] Y_Yan_C:
you guys carry on, i already gave up installing x86 into my computer, since it indirectly caused me to reinstall win7 and lost everything

By the way, I experienced the same static screen trying to run hexxeh's chrome os
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Chrome os? I haven't played with it for days or anything and that's why I installed mine yo a separate hhd

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[Android Software Development] praveenpgeb:
plz help
[Android Software Development] Y_Yan_C:
Still, I reinstalled win7 and lost everything, and the updates keeps force restarting my computer
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Really? I haven't installed it on the same HDD yet so idk

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] Jay Rock:
I have an old PC I would try this on but it has less than 200 MB and doesn't boot USB drives....damn.
[Android Software Development] GermainZ:
Wouldn't it be a better choice to use VirtualBox, for example, to install it?
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
You can burn a CD with the live part

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
It will just be a live test, you won't be able to save any data

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] prscarp:
I agree, for everyone who is not familiar with how Windows boots or how to repair their MBR, Virtualbox is the way to go. Using that, you will have zero chance to mess up Windows on your machine.

Think I'll try this when I get home tonight.

If anyone would like a tutorial of installing it to a virtual machine, just let me know and maybe I can make a quick one tonight.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Thanks if you use lili it can download virt box for you lol that why I installed on a seperate hdd

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] Clownfishy:
This owesome, just come across this post so am going to try this on my Dell Mini 10 :)
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
The link for beta 4 is your best bet lol

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] Jay Rock:
I forgot to put 'RAM' in front of 200 MB.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Give it a try might use one the old versions of android if nothing else

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] shelby04861:
The old "generic" named 2.2 I think it was, actually did boot on my old desktop. A lot of stuff didn't work though but it did boot and work for the most part. Pretty much everything on the 4.0.4 build does work though. But that is the normal progression of development one would assume.

If it's broken...beat it into submission until it works!
[Android Software Development] trevd:
Hi Folks

Just Some Additional Info.

It is now possible to build x86 versions of android using the 4.2 AOSP sources, both bare-metal and vbox are supported, although the vbox build hung at bootloader installation when I had a quick play with it. However that is not that difficult to fix by setting up a bootloader seperatly on the vbox disk.

additionally it appears that all android specific kernel changes have been upstreamed so it should be possible to use the latest kernel sources without modification

This article [ how-to-build-a-virtualbox-android-linux-kernel : software.intel.com ] explains how to build the latest kernel for vbox.

Based on that the same should apply to the bare-metal kernel you just need to select the android parts from the "device drivers/staging/android" , I've not got round to testing this theory out yet as I'm kinda of busy....... building Android LOL :D

Hope that helps some of you folks out!
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Link for 4.2?

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] trevd:
:confused: I guess I didn't make that clear enough, here try this. :p

So You need to get your building boots on for that! ,, I was just sharing the info..... However I can see you've got a bit of an android addiction goin' on here :D so I suppose, If you've not the hardware to build from source, I could set one going when I next go outside for a smoke!!
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Oh I thought you found one my internet is way to slow to try that I actually have tried with no luck

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] trevd:
Hi Folks.....

Well, The bootloader on the tablet I was currently mainly working on had an unfortunated run in with "parted" and a developer who wasn't concentrating which resulted in a nice new brick. meh! It's repairable by popping a resistor to switch the bootmode, remember it's not a true brick until you see blue smoke :laugh:

you might be thinking, Why am I telling you this?

Well during this unscheduled break, I decide to look again at this rom, It's something I've known about since they first did a 1.6 port, more of a curosity, like a bearded lady, than anything to be taken to seriously.

There's a number of things which hold this port back IMNSHO, Bootloader ( Grub 0.97 WTF! ), Installation Process and now the fact that ICS is old, I also throw in the use of the Generic Vesa Framebuffer although they did support i965 (or some combo of numbers that escapes me right now) , but where's the info on multiple monitor setup with highend cards. ( RadeonHD etc ) .

So as promised in my last post, I had a cigarette! Built 4.2.1, I also built managed to tease out a build of CM10.1 , I had to talk to that one real nice! Buy it flowers and stuff :laugh: but we got there in the end! and you get Clockworkmod Recovery thrown in with the deal, so you don't have to miss out on all those flashable zips.

On top of that I upgraded the kernel using googles 3.4 android. The only thing I'm missing from this party is the Mesa OpenGLES drivers. So at the moment It boots into the android user space but with a constant SystemUI failure. Once I've sorted that out I'll probably start a new Development Thread with it all and see were this little adventure takes us. :D

In the mean-time here's some notes on booting!

Booting Using Grub2

Use a similar menu entry to this.

menuentry 'Android 4.0.4' --class android --class linux --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
linux (hd2,gpt5)/boot/android-radeon-kernel androidboot_hardware=generic_x86 androidboot.mode=android
initrd (hd2,gpt5)/boot/ics-ramdisk
}

The main difference between this and booting something like ubuntu is the lack of 'root' parameter.

Using the Windows Boot Manager As The Primary Bootloader

Take a look at EasyBCD which is a nice friendly interface for setting up Boot Selection Items. It's is a product I used a couple of years ago when I was using windows and this had just come out, A free version is available with registration. and their documentation looks pretty good.... For our purpose there have a module call NeoGrub for chainloading into linux/android

More Soon! I Reckon!
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
What have you had luck im going to have to get a new test netbook but sounds intriguing

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black Bean
[Android Software Development] feridoun:
Hi, I want to use an old netbook as a set top box to run android x86. Does anyone know of a remote control that will work with it?

I want to be able to run android apps incl skype and also use xbmc front end on a tv.

Thanks
[Android Software Development] adempozhari:
is there any chance to make te touchscreen of an HP Gateway work?
[Android Software Development] Herone:
hi, i have an pavilion dv7 5050es.

i create a bootable usb (16gb),reboot the computer and i select my usb memory with the bootable system, a black screen appears and nothing else happend,

i dont know what can i do in order to make it run. im so interested on instaling it, but i dont know which version i have to download.

please help me!!

you can check a almost complete report of my computer hardware on this link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/u0apm4ud4tsmhn6/Report.txt

there is some things in spanish, but every piece of hw is related on english.
[Android Software Development] bbrad:
That's pretty much on all HP dv computer it has to do with the graphics card and there's currently no fix
[Android Software Development] deathblade:
is the different builds really specific to that company (ie. hp, acer ect.)? i ask cuz i have a custom build...and would love to try this out
[Android Software Development] Herone:
thanks so much!

you don't know if there is anyway to install it??
[Android Software Development] lozohcum:
Odp: Android x86 tutorial

I had ICS on my old PC before I found this topic. Does any one know how to fix mounting SD card?

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[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Idk I had issues with ext and reading other devices

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[Android Software Development] namila007:
i install the android 4.2 version. but whne i boot it im getting this window: what should i do now?? View attachment 1655060 :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Android Software Development] namila007:
View attachment 1655113 anyone knows how to fix this??? :confused::confused: install inside virtual pc
[Android Software Development] namila007:
ok i just installed eeepc 3.2 version. im getting in to android bootimage .nothing loading afterword. so i want to know is there specified rom to install in virtual box??
[Android Software Development] leo2589:
R: Android x86 tutorial

Beautiful... :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP7WnyQrf_Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks

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[Android Software Development] warrenb213:
Hey guys,

So I first installed on a secondary partition as NTFS, and now I'm wishing I had installed as EXT3....of course this is now AFTER I've custom configured my sound and a couple files. No worries there though.

How easy would it be to reinstall from my disk, except to wipe the old secondary partition and to instead format it ext3? I haven't backed up my modifications yet so I don't want to really load up the installer and risk anything.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
You should be able to do it with that format program in op

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[Android Software Development] Mysteryagr:
more explnation please

Currently I'm downloading android 4.2 - x86 to test it on my Acer laptop

I've a sd-card with storage 2 GB and formated to ext3

I want to install android on it and boot from it on any other pc.

I want to have it with me every where.

But it seems after I extract using lili on usb, I've to boot it then install it on a usb or HDD

right?

I do not want to do that, I want it running directly from my usb, is it possible?
[Android Software Development] Mysteryagr:
Edit: I figured out how to do this using 2 USB memories
[Android Software Development] HoochShepherd:
Hey, I've been playing with this for a day or so and have 2 questions. 1 is ethernet available or is wifi the only option? and 2 is there a way to get this to display over my nvidea gtx 570? As it is now as soon as I boot in I can get it to display on my HDMI that's plugged into my asus p8z68-v motherboard, but anything coming out of my gpu is a no go.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Some of the builds have etho but the gfx card idk

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[Android Software Development] HoochShepherd:
Do you know what builds have Ethernet built in?
[Android Software Development] the1dynasty:
i haven't found a good version that works for me yet... i haven't really tried many actually... is there a 4.2 x86 that works? also, can i side load apps? i think having this installed, even as a VM would work better than the VM included in Eclipse for developing Android applications... that would be my only use for something like this on a PC...
[Android Software Development] payas0:
im getting "Fast TSC calibration Failed" error !! how do i get pass these ??
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Idk I don't have a test laptop any more and not a PC good enough to build on

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[Android Software Development] goodintentions:
I'm about to install android x86 on my new asus vivotab tf810c. Anyone know if the touchscreen will work? Has anyone tried this?
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
I have not but I have a friend trying to compile a ROM version of x86 have you tried running it in live boot yet?

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[Android Software Development] goodintentions:
No, but I will do that first.

---------- Post added at 08:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

Question. When it says android can coexist with other OS, does it mean I can just install android into the ntfs partion where my windows 8 is? Or should I give android its own partition?
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Read op... And you will not have root access on NTFS yes you cab do it but that's the flaw

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[Android Software Development] the1dynasty:
i haven't tried this yet... but there's a new 4.2.2 x86 build that just went up!! http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/new-android-x86-42-test-build-based-on.html
[Android Software Development] pkseb:
it works fine but some apps don't work like the xda application !:(
[Android Software Development] the1dynasty:
i think is said something about no arm support or whatever and some apps might not work yet... they also suggested you build from source your own and include it if you want... i only skimmed through that link tho so idk what is what... and i've yet to install any x86 build on my PC lol...
[Android Software Development] netkillercat:
zx4800 gateway touchscreen is runing like a baby

if you touchscreen dont work after boot in to android just hit alt + f1 then type modprobe hid-multitouch

should start touchscreen

im runing asus laptop iso

most say this is runing really good i mean all most every app works amazing:silly:

im runinng rc2 404 android x86 for asus laptop

if you want touch to start at boot just put the command in folder system/etc/ theres a sh file called init.sh looks like this

PATH=/system/bin:/system/xbin

DMIPATH=/sys/class/dmi/id

board=`cat $DMIPATH/product_name`

case "$board" in

*)

;;

esac

alsa_amixer set Master on

alsa_amixer set Master 100

alsa_amixer set Headphone 100

alsa_amixer set Speaker 100

alsa_amixer set Capture 100

alsa_amixer set Capture cap

alsa_amixer set PCM 100 unmute

alsa_amixer set 'Mic Boost' 2

# import cmdline variables

for c in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do

case $c in

*=*)

eval $c

;;

esac

done

[ -z "$SDCARD" -o "$SDCARD" = "internal" ] && start sdcard

# change brightness file permission for liblights

brfile=$(getprop backlight.brightness_file)

chown 1000.1000 ${brfile:-/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness}

# disable cursor blinking

[ "$(getprop system_init.startsurfaceflinger)" = "0" ] && echo -e '\033[?17;0;0c' > /dev/tty0

# a hack for USB modem

lsusb | grep 1a8d:1000 && eject

hardware=$(getprop ro.hardware)

hw_sh=/system/etc/init.$hardware.sh

[ -e $hw_sh ] && exec sh $hw_sh

[ -e /sys/class/net/eth0 ] && start dhcpcd_eth0:eth0

# Multitouch Hid

modprobe hid-multitouch

see there at the end the hid command in the file still be carefull someone was asking about

touchscreen thats my tip for touchscreen:D
[Android Software Development] makis_best:
Unknown cpu type

I am trying to run from live usb the android-x86.

But I am getting the error "Unknown cpu type".

How I can solve that problem.

My CPU is Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 @ 1GHz
[Android Software Development] serialmad1:
Dell 1090

Hello to all I'm new here and would like to make my contribute . I have dell 1090 dual boot WIN8 and android x86 . Every thing is working great but wifi. Its relay a great experience and I just love it. If someone has the solution would be nice to hear.
[Android Software Development] domini99:
Hey, none off the ics distro's are compatible with my laptop. but the dev-jelly bean is.

it boots, i have good graphics, sound and wifi, but this build doesn't have the arm translator. so its pretty useless coz alot off aps do not work.

is there any way to put the arm translator in jelly bean?

by the way: i haven't tried the Android-x86-ICS-4.0.2.iso distro, coz the link is down. does somebody have it?
[Android Software Development] fastvan67:
HP T5740 Thin Client

Hey Guys,

I have a couple old HP thin clients. Considering wiping out WinXPe and installing Android x86. The current hardware list is as follows:

Processor: Atom N280

Sound: Realtek High Definition Audio

Display: Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Network: Atheros AR5009 802.11a/g/n Wifi Adapter

Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet #2

Disk Drive: 2gb ATA Flash Disk

Memory: 2gb DDR2 RAM

Would love to make this an Android TV box.
[Android Software Development] mikeinessex:
hi im not sure which version I need to be trying. I have a mdi windbox. which is just a mini pc. it has a duel core amd processor with ati graphics. can nayone direct me to the right one please
[Android Software Development] o0SmOkE0o:
Checked your machine and your CPU is an AMD Fusion E-450.

So AMD Brazos should be the one that should work for you.

For desktop users:
[Android Software Development] Herone:
It's any chance of getting this on HP dv7-5050es??
[Android Software Development] o0SmOkE0o:
Get what on that machine ?

If you want to run Android 4.2.2 without ARM support you could try the latest Android_x86 build : Here

If you want to run Android 4.0.4 with (experimental) ARM support you could try the latest tabletsx86 build : Here

If you want to run Android 4.1.1 with (experimental) ARM support you could try the lastest Jar of Beans build : Here. Development thread on the forum : Here

Couldn't add this line before (had to wait for 5 minutes, between posts :p)

As the HP website shows that your HP dv7-5050es has an "2.0 GHz Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor" you should be safe with any of the prebuilt "generic_x86" builds.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Thanks smoky I don't have a laptop to test on sadly :(

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[Android Software Development] o0SmOkE0o:
Np Kaptinkrunk (now just hope the info I provided is correct :p)

I dont have a laptop either to fiddle around with :(

First started with a Win 7 Machine with BlueStacks (but sadly only Android 2.x but ARM)

Then Androidx86 (4.2.2 without ARM) in a Virtual Box on Win 7. But as building / compiling with Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS inside a Virtual Box took too long (as I wanted to play around with 4.x with ARM) + browse the web for information needed)

Rebuild my machine to Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS so I can compile it a lot faster (and browse the web a lot better)

Now I am happily compiling / building / experimenting with Qemu. Goal : Android 4.2.2 with ARM
[Android Software Development] mohith88:
I have a HP Laptop (MODEL NO - HP 630) when I try this show an error "NOT A HP TX2500" what iso I download for my laptop??? or how i install android on my laptop.
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
And for those who thanked me thank you XD

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[Android Software Development] o0SmOkE0o:
From what Google tells me your HP 630 has an Intel Celeron processor, so I think the following also applies to you :)
[Android Software Development] mohith88:
allready tried Android 4.2.2 without ARM support you could try the latest Android_x86 build but not success. kindly help me plzzzzzzzz
[Android Software Development] bbrad:
Check your bios and make sure virtualization is checked or else it won't work
[Android Software Development] akshay.mehta9:
Windows is not loading it's say bootloder is missing
[Android Software Development] Kaptinkrunk:
Did you format its boot sector

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