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[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
Hello, I have an Asus notebook (AMD), I tried on live cd androidx84 (4.4 rc2) and it's very good, run perfectly. I tried to install it on a partition (sd4), first with ext3 without success (it would not let me create the sd), and then with ntfs. I skipped grub configuration on installation. Now, I have elementary os, I installed "grub customizer", I tried some configuration but on grub, android don't start. Any help ? I used this :

menuentry "Android" {

insmod ntfs

set root='(hd0,4)'

linux /android-4.4-RC2/kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=asus_laptop acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode SRC=/android-4.4-RC2

initrd /android-4.4-RC2/initrd.img}

}

EDIT: now I tried as guide:

set root='(hd0,4)'

search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e1f9de05-8d18-48aa-8f08-f0377f663de3

linux androidx86/kernel root=UUID=e1f9de05-8d18-48aa-8f08-f0377f663de3 quiet androidboot.hardware=generic_x86 SRC=/androidx86 acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode

initrd androidx86/initrd.img

at boot it gives me 3 error, including an kernel's error. Help please :/ [MENTION=4751327]F4uzan[/MENTION]
[Android General] F4uzan:
Try to reinstall on ext4 partition or ext2 partition, if sdcard creating menu doesn't appear, it's okay.

#F4UZAN : Team Optima
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
Ok I'll try, now I have doubts about "

2. --set=root e1f9de05-8d18-48aa-8f08-f0377f663de3 : The random number here is the UUID of partition Android x86 is installed

You must change it to correct UUID, you can easily got UUID by creating new entry in GRUB Customizer then go to Options tab, then select the 'Linux' option in dropdown. You'll see partition dropdown, select your partition. Open the source tab, you'll see the UUID there.

3. androidx86/ : The root of Android x86

Change it into your Android x86 root. You can see what's your Android x86 root by navigating to Android x86 partition, and you'll see a folder name started with 'android', that's the root of your Android x86

4. androidboot.hardware : Your device, of course.

Note : If you're using Android 2.3 - 4.0.3, change it to androidboot_hardware"

My UUID is "1F65370A14293951", so it becomes "--set=root 1F65370A14293951" and "root=UUID=1F65370A14293951" or only the first ?

For second, about number 3 I don't see this folder :/.

About number 4, on kitkat it isn't needful, true ?

EDIT: now I reinstalled with ext3, but grubcustomizer marks ext2, now I found the folder..
[Android General] F4uzan:
About the UUID, you need both.

Oh, about the androidboot_hardware it's needed on all version.

#F4UZAN : Team Optima
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
set root='(hd0,4)'

search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 35abdb5b-b565-4244-bd85-bac5b6817886

linux android-4.4-RC2/kernel root=UUID=35abdb5b-b565-4244-bd85-bac5b6817886 quiet androidboot.hardware=asus_laptop SRC=/android-4.4-RC2 acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode

initrd android-4.4-RC2/initrd.img

what's wrong ? I have error on boot :/ (name kernel O.o)

Maybe SRC?
[Android General] F4uzan:
Can you show me the error (in screenshot or in log) ?

#F4UZAN : Team Optima
[Android General] Surzx:
I tried basically all the builds and only one worked on my old notebook acer aspire 4250 - android-x86-4.0-r1-eeepc.

The problem is, I can't watch youtube videos on this build, can't adjust screen brightness either.

I tried the build of Android 4.4, it give me no errors when booting (unlike any other build), but it just keep restarting the pc after the "android root@x86:/ # _" screen

I also tried changing "androidboot.hardware=android_x86" to "androidboot.hardware=x86", nothing happens.

(all testing was made through live cd)

Thanks in advance and great job!
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
Here you are.. ;)

error: invalid file name "android-4.4-RC2/kernel".

error: you need to load the kernel first.
[Android General] F4uzan:
Your kernel path is wrong, please re-read the instructions ;)
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
I substituted "androidx86/kernel" with "android-4.4-RC2/kernel". The folder of root is "android-4.4-RC2". What's wrong?
[Android General] F4uzan:
Check if the 'kernel' files exist. I haven't check 4.4 RC2 so the kernel name might be different.
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
look bro..
[Android General] xGMERZ:
This is amazing thanks!
[Android General] F4uzan:
Wait, there's a ramdisk.img file... I'll search for a solution soon.
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
ok bro I count on you
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
[MENTION=4751327]F4uzan[/MENTION] any news bro ? On my laptop work only Kitkat, I tried 4.3 version on live, and it is very unstable (reboots, google gapps FC, lock and resume).
[Android General] F4uzan:
Nope, I'm unable to integrate the ramdisk.img yet. Stay tuned.

#F4UZAN : Team Optima
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
Work! I added "/" before kernel and ramdisk.img configuration ;)
[Android General] chuckboy1129:
How do i get the external monitor to work with this
[Android General] P¡tbull:
useful thanks:good:
[Android General] NakedFaerie:
I got KitKat rC2 working via Live CD very nicely from USB but can't get it to work installed to USB.

I got a Toshiba Ultrabook and the HDD has that UEFI bios crap so I can't install to the HDD.

I can install to a USB drive but it's so slow it never finishes the first setup. It keeps crashing and restarting.

My questions are, how do I install it to USB and have it working just like the Live CD version?

What is the best format for the USB? I've tried ext2, ext3 and both are really slow.

I don't want to use Fat32 or NTFS as it limits it to 2GB so not big enough to use but it's ok to test just like the Live CD.

Is there a way to get booting up when the bios is set to UEFI? If that happens will it let me choose a partition on the HDD? ATM it doesn't see any partitions on the HDD.

And eventually, how do I get it to multiboot Windows 8.1 and this, Android?
[Android General] Arthur King:
I have something for you, just add "/"before the folder name, so, just do this:

/android-4.4-RC2/kernel

/android-4.4-RC2/initrd.img

and it will works fine
[Android General] andro86fan:
install from live system after frugal start

Hi

I am new in Android X86 (I use Android only on my HTC flyer and am really NOT expert :( ) as well as new on that forum.

I did unpack the android-x86-4.4-r1.iso (from distrowatch.com) in a little free logical partition (1 GB) on my PC harddisk (0,5 TerraByte) and add

in my menu.lst

Android starts willing after reboot. The live start needs very long time and is not really pleasant for this reason but after all steps (entry of google user id etc.) the live system works willing and very fast. only one refuses to work: Andropen Office starts but breaks immediately after the choice of document...

after that I did install an app "reboot" to leave the system and return to my usual environment in Linux.

but with this method I never get a real second start and the dialogue for installation opening at the second start does never appear.

a/ how to start the installation?

b/ second question: the ISO offers only the pure English, Spanish or Chinese installation. How to turn the keyboard variant US INTL on to get the faculty to write correctly more languages?

bye!

my PC: Dell Optiplex SX280, Pentium, Intel chips set, more than 1,5 GB RAM
[Android General] lgarnaik:
Will I be able to play clash of clans
[Android General] hertsjoatmon:
I really like the idea of a bootable 32GB USB 3 thumb drive for my Surface Pro 2 but only just started exploring the options. I used to have a Note 8 and a Asus TZ1810 but they were both stolen which is why I got the Pro 2 as a replacement for both. Currently have Andy up and running, but it really sucks the juice out of my machine. idle it runs at about 55-60% CPU load due to the VM so like the idea of running Android native.

With 3GB of RAM and 64MB of video memory allocated to the VM I got an AnTuTu score of 18246 which is roughly inline with a Galaxy S3 but in the 3D tests it was only getting about 10FPS

I also got Anomoly 2 running ok on it.

I dont like how much processing power it takes to get it up and running though which is why I'm looking at other options instead of a VM solution, but for now its nice to be able to access most of the apps that I paid for (cant get them all due to the device that Andy is spoofing not being compatible).

Keep up the good work. I need to research more before making a bootable drive as this is all pretty new to me.
[Android General] sgill74:
how did you integrate the ramdisk and kernel??

can you show the script plz?
[Android General] MeloEbbasta:
is the same procedure, I just added "/" before, as this:

/android-4.4-RC2/kernel

/android-4.4-RC2/initrd.img
[Android General] sgill74:
Damn, I was using

/android-x86/android-4.4-RC2/.......

Cheers! [emoji3]
[Android General] DeviceGuru:
Permissions problem?

Due to constraints on the laptop (with Windows 8 and Ubuntu dual-booting) I'm testing Android-x86 on, I ended up having to first install it to an external USB drive's fresh ext3 partition, and then copy the contents of that partition to a fresh ext3 partition on my laptop. After adding the Android-x86 partition grub on the Ubuntu partition, I have Android-x86 running fairly well on the laptop.

But here's the rub: whenever I try to update or install apps from Google Play, process fails with the following error:

"Update for [name of app] could not be downloaded due to an error. (Error retrieving information from server. [RPC:S-3]"

On the other hand, I can sideload apps just fine, after sticking them in Google Drive and downloading them via the Android-x86 installation on the laptop via its preinstalled Google Drive app.

So I'm thinking that perhaps I introduced some permissions errors when I copied the USB HDD's partition contents to the laptop's partition where I'm running Android-x86. I used the "cp -a" command, which should have preserved permissions. I hesitate to just change permissions en masse for the entire Android-x86 installation; and if I did that, I don't know what owner to change them to.

Suggestions?
[Android General] Clickandgo:
wich android x86 version for toshiba satelite?

ive tried a couple of versions, of android x86 for my Toshiba satelite pc, but when i install any version, the screen goes totally blurry.

anyone have an idea?

it would be much appreciated.:D
[Android General] sumuva:
i can't save the progress!!

hi, every reboot i have to start over, set the gmail account, download apps, etc.. any solutions?? im using 4.4.4 r1. thanks
[Android General] Bobcus Leper:
I have a no brand laptop with a T2130 CPU(dual core 1.86 GHZ) and a Nvidia Geforce Go 7600. After installing the 4.4 RC2.iso to a separate hard drive partition ( I created a 16 GB one in windows 7)(As of right now I have windows 8.1)( I also have 7 installed for gaming) using a USB disk, I can't seem to reboot to android properly.( I only had windows 7 installed when I did this, because this was a couple months ago.) It says detecting android, then ANDROID. After that, it just stays at a black screen with a blinking underscore. BTW I formated the drive to ext3 not knowing that it is bugged. Also, I selected yes to everything in the setup and created a 2 GB "SD" card.

Hope someone can help me out, because I really love Android.

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I also have a Phoenix BIOS.
[Android General] mwohlgemuth:
Hi, great explanation on how to install Android-x86.

However, I couldn't find anything on how to update an already installed Android-x86 version to a newer version. - I'm currently on Android-x86 4.4-r1, but as I saw Android 4.4.4_r2 will soon be available via the official project page.

Does the Android update function in settings work or do I simply have to repeat the installation process and write the newer version over the current version, eg via USB stick and UNetbootin?
[Android General] Bobcus Leper:
Nvm my last post. I got the 4.4 r1 iso booting. Also, would it be possible to get Nvidia Geforce Go 7600 driver support? because Android is kinda terrible with out it.
[Android General] nowseewhatudid:
Sounds like an install issue try redownloading the iso and install again

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android General] ymopuri:
Bootloader fail

I've installed using USB method. The setup deteced Windows already installed and asked for bootloader, I selected yes. but it doesn’t give me choice to boot up, it goes straight into Windows 8.1.

Help. :crying:

and anychange of ethernet to get working ? :confused:
[Android General] shmykelsa:
Okay, I'm really struggling with this, so I am asking for help here.

My partition table is like this:

sda1 Reserved to Windows system files (NTFS)

sda2 Windows (NTFS)

sda3 Android (Ext3)

Now, I would like to explore sda3 using Windows, and I kinda managed to do it with a free software that allows to browse linux partitions, the only thing is there is no way to have write permissions this way.

So I decided to make a new partition (sda4) from unallocated space. I tried with both NTFS and FAT32, tried so many apps on Android, but there's no way that Android will see that, despite of Windows that reads it flawlessly.

What should I do? Should I change file system in ext again and try with that software on Windows? Any suggestion for a software that can actually manage partitions in ext? Or is it just an Android limitation?
[Android General] Pumpino:
I've just installed Android x86 for the first time in months. I previously gave up on it due to experiencing a few obtacles.

One was what I thought was the screen resolution, however after installing Nomone Resolution Changer, I've discovered that the resolution is correct at 1366x768. However the DPI is 160, which I presume is responsible for making everything look too large. However, when I change it to 96, which is the default setting in my linux distros, things appear too small. Can someone suggest what it should be set to?

Lastly, I read somewhere that Paragon NTFS & HFS+ allowed access to NTFS partitions. I need this, as my data is stored on a NTFS partition. However, when I installed the app, it advised that no NTFS partitions were detected. How do most people gain access to other partitions?
[Android General] HRK786:
Cannot Install It

When I Going into boot My Keyboard Is Not Working I Am Using Lenovo Ideaoad S10-3C plz Help
[Android General] DooMaster:
There is some hardware limitations you should consider:

- Full HW acceleration por ATI and Intel based chipsets

- Most Nvidia and some PowerVR based graphics doesnt have HW Accel (no chance because lack of drivers)

- Your processor requires SSE2 Instructions (AMD:Athlon64+ Intel: Pentium4, Pentium-M up)

But, the last point , you can achieve the use of older CPUs (AthlonXP, Pentium 3), by disable the use of SSE2 and SSE3 instructions and recompile. I found one solution for 4.3, however, I'm trying to figure out how port it for 4.4.2 R1 Android-X68 4.3 without SSE-2 or SSE-3
[Android General] prootc1:
error 17 or 15

Hi there,

I'm trying to install it, but mine hard drive only show sd1 Linux partition and I don't install grub. When complete it reboot and try to boot, but appear error 17 and I try others configurations and it show error 15 some times.

Can't get it work on this old Asus centrino laptop.

Can someone help me with this?

Regards
[Android General] prootc1:
I already install all, but still got a problem.

When i reboot the system, when i choose Android 4.4 RC2..., the command lines show the system search for Android and found it but the screen still all black with the blink cursor and nothing happens....

I install without windows system only format the hard drive in ntfs...

Can anyone help me?
[Android General] hanoncs:
So I have 4.3 working great on my Acer Net book off usb stick.

My issue is that when I run android from the unetbootin each time I have to setup android like its a new phone and I lose my downloaded apps.

Does anyone know what I can do?

Also, can I install android directly on the storage so I don't need the thumb drive?
[Android General] TiTAN-O-One:
I boot this using LiveCD already. Idw to save the OS on my HDD but save my OS and Data on my USB so wherever I go i can just plug in to any computer and resume what I was doing beforee. How can i do this?

Via the Internet
[Android General] bethnesbitt:
Installing android-x86 beside linux

Have been seeing many issues about installing android-86 kitkat on linux machines. First off, linux has grub, so you do not need grub. I wrote a guide on my blog on how to run android with linux/ubuntu and setup your menuentry in grub.d.

http://elizabethswikis.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-install-dual-boot-android-x86-on.html

Right now I am running windowsXP, ubuntu and android 4.4 r1 on seperate partitions. Also, I created a partition to share with android and ubuntu for storing files. All that is in the tutorial.
[Android General] S1L3NTR34P3R:
Is it possible to wipe an iPod/iPhone and install this treating it as a normal HDD. I would get an android phone, but am only 16, need a job, and it was a gift...
[Android General] C4SCA:
Not possible to get android on an iphone. Sorry
[Android General] tsakaritas:
hello guys..... i have create the usb flash android.... i have 2 pc's

in the first pc works great...

at the other pc, it takes long time to load and the mouse (and keybord) have so low response... i cant move mouse and keys at keybord are so slow.. i press "A" and it takes 20 sec to display it...

i have try many other versions of android but the same problem every time.....

any solution ? is there any option in bios maybe ?
[Android General] pathmage:
Great project

It works amazingly on my HP Compaq 2510p, but when I put the flash drive into my Asus Taichi it won't boot it. Naturally if I'm going run around playing a certain game that involves walking around gathering little dots i'd rather use the Taichi with its touch screen and its actually working battery. The weird thing is it doesn't say 'no operating system found' or error or anything. If I forceboot into the flash drive it just takes me back to bios, if I put it in the boot order it ignores it and if I make it so that the flash drive is the only available drive it just returns to setup immediately. Any ideas? Also on the HP I can't get the thing to DUN with my Samsung Solstice II, even though all the windows let it work still.
[Android General] demonzoo:
Wow, is it really happening??!! I hope one day Google will announce the android OS for desktops.
[Android General] Nanaki-seto:
I know old post. Going to slap this on my old evo n800v. But man oh man this on a surface pro if every thing gets working would be insane. Surface pro 3 hardware with android all i got to say is damn i want it lol.
[Android General] Castanoff:
This works good. To bad the Netflix app crashes when trying to play a video.
[Android General] suku_patel_22:
I have a NUC running XBMCBuntu. I installed this successfully but was not able to add it as an entry in grub. My 40_custom looks like below

menuentry "Android"{
set root='(hd0,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ac9c6d37-475d-44aa-9d75-db9844aad753
linux android-4.4-r1/kernel root=UUID=ac9c6d37-475d-44aa-9d75-db9844aad753 androidboot.hardware=generic_x86 SRC=/android-4.4-r1 acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode
initrd android-4.4-r1/initrd.img
}

sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-39-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-39-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
done

My folder structure is

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 39999487 19998720 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 40001534 976771071 468384769 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 44001280 871913471 413956096 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 40001536 44001279 1999872 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 871915520 976771071 52427776 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order
sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda7 /home/sukumar/Android/
sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~$ cd Android/
sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~/Android$ ls -l
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 15 02:11 android-4.4-r1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 15 02:10 grub
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Nov 15 01:05 lost+found
sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~/Android$ cd android-4.4-r1/
sukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~/Android/android-4.4-r1$ ls -l total 5812
drwxrwx--x 22 sukumar sukumar 4096 Nov 15 02:12 data
-rw-rw-r-- 1 sukumar sukumar 1365018 Nov 15 02:10 initrd.img
-rw-rw-r-- 1 sukumar sukumar 4074768 Nov 15 02:10 kernel-rw-rw-r-- 1 sukumar sukumar 484022 Nov 15 02:10 ramdisk.img
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Nov 15 02:11 systemsukumar@Sukumar-NUC:~/Android/android-4.4-r1$

What am I doing wrong?
[Android General] suku_patel_22:
Got it to work. I switched to legacy grub and can dual boot happily.

Quite a few apps are crashing.

Have you guys tried any games? Asphalt 8 and Riptide GP2 crash and so does chrome.
[Android General] ej_424:
hoping someone can offer some assistance. Using my Dell XPS 11 i have a 20GB NTFS partition with no drive letter assigned (Target partition for install). I boot off the USB and get to the menu where i select which partition I want to install it to. However it doesn't pick up the partition.

Thoughts? I've searched over and over thinking someone else must have ran into this but I've came up empty.

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To add "Detect devices" doesnt work.
[Android General] Zubair669:
Is there any way to boot android x86 after going in windows??

Hi, I'm using windows 7 PC. I want a way to boot android x86 after going to windows because grub loader makes effect on windows by which windows app need restart to apply grub loader make it not to apply. I want windows bootloader not grubloader and want to open android x86 in windows 7. I mean want to boot android x86 but has a boot option from windows 7. Any solution please help!!!
[Android General] Mucky2:
Okay, I installed the latest KITKAT RC2.

Can I use my USB mouse? and Can I use Bluetooth? I want to use Sixaxis, I also have a Bluetooth adapter
[Android General] eferrari:
Improvin RAM?

I installed without any problem KitKat on a old Sony Vaio. Unfortunatly I just choosed 512 MB as memory, and because I just have much more memory I'd like to improve it, how? Or, how can I use the hard disk as an SD external disk?
[Android General] khawasikar:
Android x86

How to install Application on android x86 lollipop

Thanks
[Android General] suku_patel_22:
We have a lollipop version already?
[Android General] Bobcus Leper:
Nope, there isn't a lollipop ISO for x86.
[Android General] mickael28c:
Hi guys,

Is it possible to have this Android-x86 working on a 32bit only UEFI tablet? I've tried a few builds and methods and the USB created is not read at all by the tablet... ie, windows just starts up rather than the OS in the USB.

I'm researching for maybe a specific compilation with support for 32bit UEFI, but I cannot find anything...

Cheers!
[Android General] Andrei47:
Hi

Hi again , i have install this android on my laptop , work very nice but i have one problem , wifi don't work , can you help me please ? some sugestion what i can do :D
[Android General] ago2180:
If you are refering to finding it on home screen?

Q : There's no Play Store !

A : Sometimes, nighlies build (as Custom ROMs user calls it) is uploaded, this type of build doesn't have GApps. Also, if you're using deprecated release, they have Market instead of PlayStore.

the one from google search results android-x86 works on gateway intel when you finish setting up the first wizard, sometimes there is nothing in the screen, I found out that going to the all apps click and run play store or either you can download it, I don't know yet if I can tell where from... if you install Google Launcher, then appears apps on screen xD