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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] robertkjr3d:
check if the file system is NTFS or fat32. On a nearly unrelated topic, I needed to copy a file +4gb onto an SD card. Well originally it was not capable, because it was fat32. So I converted it to NTFS. But I just checked and android cannot read it.

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On this question:

1) I did download the bios 2.14.

2) Then I disabled secure boot.

3) however I still kept getting a hdrive error. --- please check when booting windows. Only 500mb free. After hitting yes to dual-boot

A) solved this by: of course I checked for errors. Then I used a partition manager to manually configure the unallocated space to 8gb.

B) then it installed into the unallocated 8gb spot.

4) went into the bios again to change the boot order to android first

Then I thought I was good to go... I got es file explorer and Google play as per the instructions.

However then my apps are behaving oddly. I'm on 4.2.2, yet apps like pleco says not compatible with this version. Other apps just crash on the intro screen. NWT bible crashes immediately.

Edit: So far 'Bluestacks' is running much smoother, with more of my apps running as expected. I expected after doing the dual-boot, that I could get the device to behave like a real android tablet, but it so far: "not yet".
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Heck of a time with this, but, pretty good now...

I had one hell of a time getting this working, everything went fine until I had to install Google Framework & playstore. Could not get ESFile manager to copy files to /system/app. (I have Root Explorer turned on, Root enhancements under App Manager are available, So, I must be rooted , Right??)

I had to use terminal to copy files to /system/app, then ESFile Manager would not change permissions either, so back to Terminal again, Now, I finally have Appstore, & Google framework, but now the Sync settings for my browser files is not showing in settings. Do I need a newer version of GApps or something, or does anyone know what is happening here?

Sorry if this seems like it should be obvious, But, I started with restoring my W700 waaaay earlier today, got rid of Windows 8.1, updated BIOS, went back to 8.0, Windows couldn't see second partition, had to boot up with a GParted disk to remove/recreate the partition cause Windows had no clue what it was & wouldn't do anything with it, Got Android 4.22 IA3 installed & mostly working, & now it is 1 AM & brain hurts... Help please? (With the browser Sync issue)

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These are the Terminal commands I used for the above problems. (If anyone has a better suggestion, please post, as I am by no means an expert on this stuff)

Execute the following commands in the terminal emulator to remount the /system directory as read/write and to install the application into the /system/app directory:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cp /sdcard/downloads/GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/app

cp /sdcard/downloads/PlayStore_V4.1.10.apk /system/app

This Works for changing system app permissions

su

mount -o remount,rw /dev/null /system

chmod 644 /system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

chmod 644 /system/app/PlayStore_V4.1.10.apk

mount -o remount,ro /dev/null /system

sync

reboot

Done

After the re-boot, Google Apps will start setting up, & all will be good!!

Stray thought, you could also use Terminal with ReBoot in a script to Re-Start your tablet (when you want to switch back to windows) as Android doesn't seem to want to power down the Tablet on a long press on the power button like it should.

Anyone have any other ideas for a quick way to Power down?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] robertkjr3d:
In the new ES File Explorer - Mount X/L then there are 3 options that come up... Move the 2nd one over to the right, which will give you access to the 'system' directory to copy. I had the same issue. But it sounds like you went hog wild with all kinds of other things trying, perhaps even breaking your Acer.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Might you explain the ESFile explorer options you used? I went into the file properties, clicked on the change permission button, checked read/write for "user", read for "group", and read for "other", click "OK", and get a "Sorry, operation failed" message, with no change in permission. So, I used Terminal to change permissions. What are you referring to that I perhaps even broke my Acer?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Never mind, It has been a very long time since I screwed around with Android, I forgot to enable read/write on /system.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] robertkjr3d:
n/p I would like some the old-experts to chime in as well, before long I guess I'll turn into one as well. I'm not getting any of my needed apps to work. I'm not sure if my build is buggy, or if the Android-IA.ia3 architecture is buggy, or what is going on. Some apps just come up in the play-store and say 'Not compatible with this version...?' -- meaning they are not compatible with 4.2.2? But the app claims to work in 4.2. Then I tried to install it manually with the apk, but that didn't work either, it just died.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
x86 vs ARM being problematic perhaps? Several apps do plain not support x86.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Most Android stuff is developed for ARM architecture, we are running x86, so, if there wasn't x86 support built in, it will not be compatible. A good example is a Video playing app. Many are built to support both ARM and x86, but they don't bother to build an x86 CoDec, so the player, even though it will install & work correctly, is useless without a compatible CoDec.

That being said, am I the only one having problems with gapps not linking to my account for all apps? Fox example, Contacts, Calendar, nor the Browser will not link to my Google account. (Even though the Calendar and Contacts say they are??)

Would a new version of Gapps help, & if so, how to install?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] robertkjr3d:
d'oh... well is the gummibootloader preventing me from getting to the bios? I've tried all manner of Power/Windows button combinations and nothing is working. It was always a shot in the dark if you got it. It seems impossible now. Is it impossible? I just seem to be in a loop.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] SixSixSevenSeven:
BIOS shouldn't be impeded in any way by the contents of your hard drive (such as bootloaders and operating systems) or even the presence of a hard drive. The bios runs from a ROM (or more commonly EEPROM and more recently NAND, but EEPROM is still very common) chip on the motherboard itself, the CPU when first powered on boots directly into BIOS and then the BIOS either loads the bootloader (gummiboot) or responds to you pressing certain key combinations to do things like diagnostics (F1 on my laptop), BIOS settings (F2 on my laptop) or change the boot device from hard disk to USB or something for that boot only (F8 I think for me) etc.

Chances are your just not quite being fast enough on your button combinations. On my laptop I can do it as soon as the backlight comes on and before any HP branding appears on screen, on the other hand I have the bonus of being able to just use the F2 key instead of a combination.of hardware buttons.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] robertkjr3d:
I gotta give up on this project for a while. It is taking too much of my time. This link seems helpful for those having trouble getting to the bios.

http://community.acer.com/t5/Tablets/How-do-I-enter-bios-of-W700/m-p/17755/highlight/true#M1649

I also probably will switch to the x86 version that is out there instead of android-ia, because they are now promising some arm apps will work.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
So, downloaded Gapps for 4.2, unzipped, copied a few apps to system\app, rebooted... WORKS!!! I have Android running nearly perfectly on my W700!!

Thanks for the Guide!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
I can sympathize with the difficulty getting into BIOS. If you want an easy way to get in, go through control panel and do an advanced shutdown.

Get you in every time!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] xonone:
Anyone got working for the Samsung XE700T yet? Wanted to see if its worth the trouble :D
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] tech247:
I really need some help. I was running a dual boot on my w700 and wanted to restore factory default settings. I do not have the recovery disk so I tired to use a Recvoery USB I had but it was for the surface Pro. I know have my device setup thinking it is a surface pro..... Can someone load up the recovery DVD's so I can download them? thank you for the help.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Thatgrass:
You can also buy windows 8(.1) from the Microsoft store, then load that on your USB drive and plug it in.

Most of the times windows 8.1 lags the first time, but after a night off, it's running perfectly
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
"Avoid poor connection" is not a setting I have access to, at least in the latest version of Android, and I had WiFi "always on", yet, my WiFi stopped working for no apparent reason. Some research revealed it was trying to use an IP address not available on my network, and if I set it up for Static IP, it would work fine, but as soon asnI set back to DHCP, it grabbed an invalid IP, and would immediately stop working.

The solution, at least temporarily, is to disable WIFI, then delete the files located in "data/misc/dhcp", then re-enable WIFI. Problem solved!

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The solution, at least temporarily, is to disable WIFI, then delete the files located in "data/misc/dhcp", then re-enable WIFI. Problem solved!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Anyone know how to re-size android partitions?

Used gparted to resize windows partition to make available room to resize android partitions, but Gparted doen't recognize android partitions, so won't touch them. What preferably free partition editor (or other program) will recognoze these partitions, & allow me to move/resize them? Also preferable if the partition editor could be booted from a USB stick.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] atomickarma:
Hi - having a problem with the USB keyboard bit - basically my keyboard won't send anything to the tablet until the login screen, meaning I can't press F12. Is this anything I can fix or should I try a different kb? Using a Microsoft Comfort Curve.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Thatgrass:
I have never had this problem with my basic Microsoft keyboard. I would try another keyboard (if you own another, probably not worth buying a new one).

Please report back if you solved the problem or not
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] olarf:
Did you disable secureboot in your BIOS? With secureboot enabled F12 dont work at all.

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] suzook:
Running this on my w700....this thing flies! I do have a bit of an issue though...anyone having an issue waking this thing? Its very slow to respond to the button...sometimes it wont wake at all.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Thatgrass:
It's a bit common in android but also the hardware doesn't really does anything to make this problem better, even on Windows the device Sometimes doesn't wake at all
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] suzook:
Unfortunately it happens way too often to use this as a daily driver. Shame, as everything else works really well.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Danny2:
Mine occasionally will not awaken from sleep as well, but it is a very rare occurrence. I am using 4.2.2 IA3.

I use my W700 as an Android device well over 95% of the time, usually only going to windows for the odd thing like printing. (Have a fairly old Dell 3000cn color laser, & havn't found an android app that actually works with it.) I'm sure I have other uses for windows, but, nothing comes to mind right now.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] atomickarma:
Was attempting to use Icy Box as USB hub, but it took time initialising, it seems. Switched to very basic, unpowered hub. Also, although I had disabled secureboot several months ago, I must have re-enabled it and forgotten.

So, Android installed... or is it? Went through the options, windows and dual boot (Y), resize (Y), max resize, GummiBoot (Y), 15 sec menu timeout, "installation now configured", computer restarted, took a while to boot but:

No boot menu

No Bluetooth in Windows. (pretty crucial for me)

Any thoughts? GOing to play around with the boot options for the first problem, but have found nothing in this thread about Bluetooth in W8
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] atomickarma:
Used F12 with keyboard for the boot menu, but not likely to have a USB keyboard to hand most of the time!

Fixed Bluetooth by toggling in Android, then booting back into Windows.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] olarf:
Strange but good to know that the Android toggle for BT can affect Windows.

About the bootmenu I habe no smart idea and i guess you already checked all BIOS/uefi options.

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] thadroidz:
I'm going to try this on my hp split soon..
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] saary:
hi,

i'm trying to install on Sony VAIO Duo 11 ultrabook. when i select Live Android Session it works but when i select Run automated installer, i get this error:

asking for cache data failed

please advice

thank you
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] usflatspin:
insallation all worked out, Google store also worked, but i can't get battlefield commander to work. any advice? is it because the app is ARM based maybe?

if so how can i get rid of Android? the bootloader+partition?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Thatgrass:
There is not really an "uninstall" option. You could try using a partition manager and messing around with it (I wouldn't recommend this!). Better you use you windows recovery disks to restore your device to factory settings.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
That's way overkill! If you installed Android's bootloader before Windows', you'll need to re-install the Windows bootloader (this can be done from the recovery tools without messing with anything else, or probably even from within a running system (never tried the latter). It may even be possible to just copy the Windows bootloader back to the EFI system partition (assuming you use UEFI; copy back to the MBR otherwise) without messing with recovery tools at all.

If you still have the Windows bootloader as primary (chainloading the Android loader), just delete the Android option from the BCD (use bcdedit) and then delete the Android partition(s), re-expanding the Windows partition into that space if you want.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] usflatspin:
just a quick question, i still have the Microsoft bootloader. but Android is still listed in the bios settings where i can choose my boot order. any way to get that out?

and how do i find the Android Partition so i can delete it and re-expand my Windows Partition. do i need a special program for that?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] elixir_pr:
Can someone write a guide like this for Dell Venue 8 Pro, its a very good tablet and we could really use some Android apps on it.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] les02jen17:
I'm really digging this. I've got an HP Pavilion G6 which came pre installed with Windows 8 64 bit. Right now, I have it doing triple boot with Mac OS X Mavericks and Ubuntu 13.10. It would be really interesting to add Android 4.2.2 and make it quad boot! Is there a way to not use the bootloader that's included in here?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cert_:
libhoudini

Is it possible to integrate libhoudini into Android-IA? I copied the libs and /libs/arm files but i think it doesn't work. :confused:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] les02jen17:
is there any way to use legacy instead of UEFI boot?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cert_:
maybe someone can apply the jb-houdini.patch (found here groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-x86/KGUFn70cqmc) to Android-IA source? the libhoudini binary translator allows us to run arm apps with android-x86.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] stevan588:
Hi all, I just tried to install Android on my Aspire P3 following the installation guide but after the installation started I got the error reported on the image and the installation fail. Any help to solve the issue and install Android on my Aspire P3?

Thanks in advance
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] zesh_ii@yahoo.com:
hi sir

how to make windows 8 default on boot
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] sk8er431:
hi i really appreciate your effort here, i've tried doing it and on image writer part, when i write the image of the android file, my 8gb usb is recognized as 200mb usb drive. is this normal?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Toxickill:
That should be normal, there are now different "partitions" on your drive of different sizes, windows can only show you one.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] addictedhacks:
Okay so when I boot into Bios it only gives me one option: Windows Bootmngr and nothing else. I have tried everything I could think of. I put the boot in order to boot from USB but I don't get the option in BIOS. ANyone else have this issue?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] kat0072:
Same thing with me. I am trying on Acer Iconia W810. I double checked the Windows 8 installed using EFI method not Legacy in Disk Management and System Info. I tried all the way the option itself not there. I can see only Secure Boot and Boot priority order:

Can someone please advise what's missing here???
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Elpaso68:
i have ubuntu installed on my aspire p3, what image writer i should use?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] das7771:
An update for Android Ia was posted today to include 4.4.2 for ivy brigde, haswell, and bay trail. I think the Ivy Bridge version was specifically tested with the Acer W700. Gonna try to intsall tonight.

Update. Just installed the new 4.4.2 installer for Ivy Bridge on my Acer 700 and so far so good. I had a lot of issues with installing the 4.2.2 version, but this newer version installed the first time. The only thing I had to do was create a partition with unallocated space while in windows. I created a 16GB partition. Once I did thta, the installer worked the first time.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Elpaso68:
I tried to install it on my aspire p3 and this is what I get https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B98R0ltiddSnNlRDRWxDRFN2N3M/edit?usp=sharing it's not proceeding further.

Please note that my main operating system is Ubuntu 14.04 and not windows 8, I tried to boot in uefi but it wont work, I had to boot in legacy...

Could you please help? :highfive:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] bairouty:
Hi there,, actually i got surprised of how u installed 4.4.2 android version in ur acer iconia w700 !! i spent 2 days trying to install but no success :(

i have installed b4 android 4.2.2 and it works fine, but with this latest version it couldn’t !

after the installation & after i remove flash & restart, its stacks always on ANDROID_ and that’s it :(

i reinstalled back 4.2.2 and its installed successfully,

my acer tablet is 1.4 MHz i3 processor with 4 GB ram,

So please can u give me a help of how to solve my problem,, i just really need to install android,,

Note: my tablet has no windows on it,, no operating system at all, i just wana use it for android only,,

Thank u ,,
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] das7771:
I pretty much followed the instructions from the Android-ia website. The only thing I had to do was create a partion with unallocated space so that the installer could recognize the space and install it. If you have no other system on it I am not sure how you would go about doing it. I would recommend creating two partions on your hard drive and make sure one is just unallocated space to see if the installer recognizes it.

The only way you could probably do it with out a OS installed is to either remove the HDD and create the paritions then reinstall and install android, or attempt to install windows and do a custom install. When you get to the screen with the drives and partions create them, then cancel the Windows install. Restart and try to install android.

In my opinion you would be better off getting an affordable android tablet as the 4.4.2 installer works, but you are going to be limited to wifi only and no bluetooth. Also alot of apps will not work becuase most android apps are not x86/x64 compatible as of yet.

Be sure the bios is set to UEFI. GOOD LUCK!

Update:

Just so you know, I had to uninstall 4.4.2 from my w700 tablet as I was having constant boot issues. When I first installed android, I was able to switch between the two OSes easily in the BIOS. After a while the android partion altogether diappeared and I started getting "no boot device" errors. I had to reinstall windows 8 to recover my tablet as it kept crashing. The new version of Ubuntu has been release for touch so I am gonna try that next.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] bairouty:
Thank u very much for ur response, actually i was waiting ur answer from yest . :)

no need to partition via windows cz i already booting from USB Ubuntu & using Gpart,,

The installer detecting my hard disk & partition & its showing me how its configuring it self for android installation & maybe i didnt tell u that the installer always finishing successfully, but when it request u for first restart , it stucks here as shows b4 in the attached image,,

& as i said b4 that i already used the previous android 4.2.2 with & without windows & i had no problems except some Apps are not working with it, they keep crush for example Candy Crush :) that’s why i was glad when i noticed that they release’s the new compatibility version with my Acer tablet , but :( still im not able to install !!

anyway thank u my friend for being in touch with me, honestly i have nothing more steps to do to install this *** version of android,,

so i hope if u got something may help me, to share it with me,,

Thank u very much & have a good day ;)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] THXWOW:
GoogleServicesFramework for 4.4.2

Does anyone know which file I need for GoogleServicesFramework to work with the latest 4.4.2 image.

The one on the first post just keeps crashing.

thx
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] atiartstudio:
Urgent - BIOS Accessing problem!

:(

I have trouble accessing BIOS (windows+power). From hundred tries only one time I had successfully reach it. I did "save default" in the bios and rebooted since then i'm stuck on "Acer explore beyond limits" black screen. I tried my wireless logitech as well as wired keyboard keyboard & mice (F2/ F12).

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

PS, all troubles start after uninstaling/installing antivirus

Also any idea what is volume up + power combo doing? My power button led is blue after booting and the fan spin with full power.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] bairouty:
One more question Plz,, is ur acer tablet w700 has i3 or i5 Processor?

Thank u,,
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] mad-murdock:
Finally a place, where the latest intel android build is discussed.

While I dont have an Acer Iconia, but use haswell-generic build, I would be particular interested if your devices do work with youtube hd playback. For me and my HD4400 gfx card, all hardware hd decoding crashes - either youtube or twitch for player app.

Apart from that, everything is working smooth and well, including all hardware.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] bairouty:
I have used haswell-generic build before and it didnt work, but i'll try it again just to be sure,,

Update: i just tried to install haswell-generic on acer iconia w700 & this's what it gives me :(