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[Microsoft Surface] markgeary:
How To

Its actually quite simple:

1) Create the live USB stick

2) Boot from the USB stick and select the install option

3) Install to your scard (make sure the sdcard is formatted to Fat32)

4) reboot back into windows - copy the "EFI" folder from the USB stick to your sdcard - this will allow your SP3 to find it for boot

5) reboot with the USB stick removed. It should now pick up the sdcard and show the grub menu and boot into Android.

There are some quirks though... grub doesn't support touch. So you have to have the keyboard cover plugged in to select windows or Android.

As a work around. I put a timer onto auto load Android after 5 seconds. If i want to load windows, i pull out the sdcard, windows will boot normally and then put the sdcard back in to boot Android.

Oh and lastly, you need secure boot disabled in the bios for this to work.
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
Does the new BlueZ integration fix BT on the SP3? OP did you make a recent build?
[Microsoft Surface] ilikenwf:
I am unaware, and haven't built in a while. Sorry, been busy.
[Microsoft Surface] shasen1235:
Yes it does fix the BT
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
Wow, that's fantastic!! That makes my decision easy, i3 SP3 as my secondary device for note-taking at school and media consumption on Android for home.
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
So everything works on 4.4-r3 except rotation sensor. Pretty cool, very happy with this as dual boot.

I went to a pawn shop today to pick up a "Surface 3" but realized it was actually an i5/4GB SP3. $320 out the door and still has warranty on it. If anyone wants to trade an i5 for an i3, I'm open for it. Would rather have a cooler running machine with less fan and sacrifice storage and better cpu.
[Microsoft Surface] shasen1235:
If I were you I might just use Intel XTU to underclock it

Damn,320 bucks is really a good deal:p
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
Here's my issues with your suggestion, and maybe you're thinking of undervolting:

1. Intel XTU is resource intensive, ThrottleStop is much much better

2. I'd have to tie XTU App Profile to explorer.exe or another always on process, which is kind of hacky and I still have to launch the program on every reboot

3. Connected Standby issues and instability with sleep/returning from sleep

4. There is no turbo boost on the i3, so regardless of what I undervolt the i5 too, it's still going to burst and generate more heat

My original statement still stands: an i3 would serve my use case much better
[Microsoft Surface] Ryno_666:
Wow great job so far. I can't wait till its usable as a daily.?
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
It's completely usable as a "daily" now, everything works in 4.4-r3
[Microsoft Surface] Stevethegreat:
Any outstanding issues with 4.4-r3 (on SP3)?

What about battery? (is it 5-6 hours of screentime like with Windows or less?)
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
Screen rotation doesn't work, but I just got a SP3 so I'm unsure if that's been broken all along. Not sure if sleep actually sleeps the tablet or just turns off the screen.

Battery life will always be less than Windows, but I haven't tested it enough to give you a firm number.
[Microsoft Surface] shasen1235:
I think the battery life too short is due to the CPU usage is too aggressive

It usually stays at high frequency and doesn't come down under low load

And the only frequency you can choose for max are 800Mhz and 2.9Ghz

Well,if there's someone willing to tune it a bit I think we can get pretty decent battery life(if it's possible)
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
Yes, I think it's just a function of how Android-x86 works on these core processors. On different machines with different thermal profiles, it still seems to stick at a high frequency. For a lot of these machines, that equals lots of fan noise and heat, especially if they're thin.

A friend of mine was able to purchase me a like new i3 and I'm giving him the i5 in exchange. Here's to hoping I wont hear the fan at all, maybe even when booted into Android-x86!

We need accelerometer fixed!
[Microsoft Surface] dimex:
I was able to basically swap the i5 for an i3 that's only 2 months old. The i3 gets lightly warm to the touch and I never hear the fan in Windows or Android-x86.

Big-time improvement IMO over the i5/i7 SP3, especially as a secondary note-taking device. The power is still plenty for my needs and as a reference, Antutu benches Android at 50,000. All we need is rotation fixed.
[Microsoft Surface] Pazzu510:
Screen rotation is also semi-broken in windows 10 so that is that.

I bet that battery life will be very good when we get frequency scaling and deep sleep on there. That is what i am waiting for because i have an i5 one.

BTW, if turbo boost seems to be the problem i found this:

"To allow the user to toggle the boosting functionality, the cpufreq core

driver exports a sysfs knob to enable or disable it. There is a file:

/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost

which can either read "0" (boosting disabled) or "1" (boosting enabled)."

Source: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cpu-freq/boost.txt
[Microsoft Surface] ilikenwf:
Very nice! I've found on Linux that auto brightness shouldn't be hard either, there are lots of controls that just aren't being connected to the proper applications within userspace in Linux and Android both.

I'm too busy to experiment myself right now, but we need more people here and in the Android-X86 google group talking and working on this.
[Microsoft Surface] Starfy:
First time trying android + installing it on my surface pro 3 i5. After someone said it is daily usable i thought i should do this.

Had some problemes at first to get it booting but now it works fine.

I'm still not sure if this build is really usable? I can't get the play services and the play store running. They just close on start.

Any tipp what could be wrong or is it because of the build?
[Microsoft Surface] Pazzu510:
Can you share a guide or something? I am able to install it, but upon rebooting i get a message that "can't read kernel /android-4.4-r3/kernel" . I dont know if a im struggling with partitions or something so a guide would really help me a lot.

Yep, at this stage: the more noise the better.

----------------Rant Starts------------------

After using windows 10 on this thing(I got it 3 weeks ago for around $350 but no keyboard) I SEE that android is a much more polished system for a tablet than windows(Rotation get broken a lot, Tablet mode is confusing, the setting button is hidden on every application and many applications dont even implement it, If google plus is a desert microsoft store is outer space, and much more). I specially get angry when the fix to some issues is to disconnect and connect the keyboard, i dont have one and its stupid that one of the most expensive tablets out there has this stupid buggs anyway. Windows is perfect for desktop but there is no excuse for it to be so buggy when we are using the "Miscrosoft" tablet running on one of the most expensive operating systems; that is just BS if you ask me.

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Anyway. I dont know much about android or Linux but i learned some of the basics on my OS class and i am willing to learn.

A list i would want to get done would be:

- Frequency table working(I bet this would give us better battery than on windows).

- Turbo boost off

- Polishing the pen drivers because it sometimes breaks

- Rotation

With those things, and i am not kidding with this, we got the best tablet out there; I emphasize "Tablet" because many people would want a latop and that is fine.
[Microsoft Surface] Starfy:
I used this guide as help.

Edit: Sry i cant post it because of the 10 posts cap but you can find the guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/windows-8-rt/microsoft-surface/running-android-x86-surface-pro-t2989461

I preinstalled it on a SD Card and not on a USB stick like in the guide but it also works and then moved it to my ssd.

I couldn get it booting after installation so i used EasyUEFI and let it load \efi\boot\bootx64.efi thats in the android package here.

I changed the grub.cfg file to this:

menuentry "Start Android" {
set root=(hd0,gpt6)
linuxefi /android-2015-06-16/kernel root=/dev/sda6/android-2015-06-16/ androidboot.hardware=android_x86_64 SRC=/android-2015-06-16 sdhci.debug_quirks=0x8000
initrdefi /android-2015-06-16/initrd.img
}
menuentry 'Windows 8' {
search --file --no-floppy --set=root /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
chainloader (${root})/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}

EDIT:

Installed Kitkat 4.4-r3 today and i like it.
[Microsoft Surface] daniluvsuall:
Does anybody know if this is working on just the Surface 3? The Atom based one - really interested in this and basically solves one of the downsides of having a Windows tablet.
[Microsoft Surface] Pazzu510:
It probably does with the same downsides, no frequency scaling and no rotation. Try using a live usb to see if it works for you. ;) [MENTION=2119870]ilikenwf[/MENTION], i am trying to sync the x86 lollipop repo shown here

http://www.android-x86.org/getsourcecode

, but i am having many troubles with it. do you have any recomendations? Any alternative repositories or something?
[Microsoft Surface] ilikenwf:
I don't think they have mirrors anymore :(
[Microsoft Surface] ilikenwf:
I started a thread over there so we can maybe try to collaborate on fixing the remaining lack of hardware support and get Android to 100%...

Any and all help will be appreciated as I'm not good with Android/hardware like I am with Linux.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-x86/6Po4azMN3rc
[Microsoft Surface] Markos:
I can't download this build. Is there a mirror?
[Microsoft Surface] iGordy101:
Is there any way one can fix the video problems on android x86? Like plex wont work and some videos on youtube and low quality playback... Plz help (i think its drm stuff or so..)
[Microsoft Surface] Markos:
Downloads are working again. I installed the image to an USB drive with win32diskimager but it hangs on Detecting Android-x86 and it just stakcs dots while detecting

What can this be? The SP2 image (http://xdaforums.com/windows-8-rt/microsoft-surface/running-android-x86-surface-pro-t2989461) does work with this method
[Microsoft Surface] Markos:
I tried the standard android_x86-5.1.1_r18-20150927.img (http://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/files/Release 5.1/android-x86_64-5.1-rc1.img/download) on my SP3 i7 8GB and it kinda works, see screenshot:

But I can't test much (no playstore). It runs x64 and terminal doesn't crashes so that means arm translation works? (I got this question in an other thread)

It shows some OpenGL drivers, does this mean that OpenGL is supported?

I can't get Google Play services installed. I used the 470 version (I couldn't install 270) but it gives service stopped error when I try to open Google PLay

But I don't know if its really stable. The browser hangs sometimes

edit: okay I can boot it now. But when I open 3Dmark for example and want to download a test (for example: Sling Shot) then I can't download this. Probably because it has no OpenGL? While the stock Android x86 (android_x86-5.1.1_r18-20150927.img) is able to download these tests
[Microsoft Surface] ilikenwf:
You should all try the current release, as I believe basic, at least, support is there now.

I haven't tried it in a while so I'm not sure how far along support for rotation, or the stylus is.
[Microsoft Surface] hihuk:
How do you download the link from mac??
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pringled:
I know its kind of extreme to make an entire thread dedicated to this, but Im at my wits end. I've been searching high and low for god knows how long looking for a download link for the Ace IIx/ Trend port of Slimrom and I can't find it anywhere. The closest I've come is a few posts by a brake that seem like at me point and time they contained a download link. Could someone please point me in the right direction or barring that give me cause to give up? I'm sincerely hoping for success in finding it, thanks for your time and hopefully help.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karan2012:
I am having a wierd issue since few days.

My internet speed is as if should be while downloading or browsing but whenever I try to download any app from Playstore or even update the app the net speed is going down to as low as 1kb/s

Switched roms kernels

Rebooted modem

Plz any solution from anyone will be appreciated
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Planterz:
Not sure if this is exactly your problem, but when downloading/updating an app from the Play Store, the d/l speed is displayed in KB/second. Not Kb/second, but KB/second. Big B means bytes, little b means bits. 8 bits in a byte. Most of the time we see speeds as bits/second, so if you see a big B, remember that it's 8x faster than you realize.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karan2012:
View attachment 3343726 this is the speed m getting [emoji20]
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soralz:
Does it happened to your Mobile Data downloads? Because last time I also encountered such issue, when download via WiFi is super slow, Mobile Data is fast, but just leave it for few days then it returned to normal. Might be Google issues? Not sure though.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00409:
Same thing is happening with me. For few apps, it downloads really slow. Already did a modem/router reset, factory reset of phone. But still no luck.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00409:
Still got stuck on that speed. Did anyone found a solution yet? It happens only on Wifi
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
Hello Friends,

I'd like to present customized version of Z4/Z3+ themes with live wallpaper support. I hope you will enjoy the themes :)

Note:

1. Live wallpaper requires root.

2. Status bars icons doesn't change along with the theme, because I'm using the modded SystemUI.

3. Not all upcoming themes will support live wallpapers.

What is the difference between the original Z4/Z3+ themes and my themes?

1. There are two versions of Nav bar keys. One is stock Sony keys and other is Xperia keys

2. Custom switches.

3. Home, including the transparent google search bar.

4. Top Contacts, Dailer.

* Downloads on third post. *

Credits:

[MENTION=6395099]Xperiaviet252[/MENTION] for Xperia soft keys.

[MENTION=6122975]dstrikersZ1[/MENTION] for three flat icons - widgets icon, wallpaper icon and themes icon.

Screenshots:

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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
​

Xperia™ Sea Green:

Sony Stock soft keys

Xperia soft keys

Xperia™ Purple:

Sony Stock soft keys

Xperia soft keys

Xperia™ Copper:

Sony Stock soft keys

Xperia soft keys

Xperia™ Blue:

Sony Stock soft keys

Xperia soft keys
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
Thanks for this bro [MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION]

I hope more colors will come :)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] AkashKharatmol:
Thanks bro

:good:
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] a.hamameh96:
Hi mate

I installed it on my Z2 but it didn't change the live wallpaper color.

I have installed the Xperia Z3+/Z4 live wallpaper and replaced the default one then unrooted my device.

Also I want to ask you if would you like share me the default System UI only with your wi-fi and signal icon if they work with rooted device without superuser mode then unrooting?
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
You're welcome!

More colors... Yes, soon :)

Yes, theme has just a reference to the color. It should change, however as you said you have unrooted the device may it is causing the problem. Which color are you getting when you apply the theme?

Regarding the SystemUI, yes I will share it. But will you root again now to replace the SystemUI? Once you root your device again try to check the theme if it getting the incorrect color again.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] n_boy86:
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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] a.hamameh96:
I tried to apply the default blue theme and it changed to blue then applied see grean and it changed to Xperia™ (multicolor)

I may root it again to replace the SystemUI and to install the new PSN app if someone ported it but I will unroot it again because I don't want to lose the Remote Play feature
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
SystemUI uploaded!
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] a.hamameh96:
Will it cause a bootloob or it's safe without superuser mode?

I saw a .dex file in this one but in there is nothing in the default one

Also will it work on Z2?
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
Ooh i like that purple one bro [MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION]

Woooow ! ^^
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] nmilosev:
Purple one looks great on my phone, can we have gray or silver?

Thank you in advance!
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Nicole:
Soft pink...? ヅ Thank you in advanced!

Skickat från min C6903 via Tapatalk
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] RexBJ:
Nice work bro！　:good:

Could you pls add dark gray color？

Thank you for considering my request.　:D

ex：

View attachment 3345661

( P.S. same color on status & navbars )
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Hoang Edison:
You can do theme Copper with Xperiakey?
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] n_boy86:
[MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION] hope it comes a blue theme soon.l MAYBE WITH BLACK UI, AS MORE AND more themes add black oand also with not rooted phone using :=) best regards
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
Will add it soon.

Thanks

It is up now!

It is up now! Black will follow soon..
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] n_boy86:
Thank u oh a black menu u are the best man ;) it sure be nice give me your PayPal I donate a sum to when the blacked menu theme is up ;) [MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
Sorry for the misunderstanding bro, Do you mean completely the black UI... ?

I think, it is not possible at this moment with the Lollipop. May be with with M, I think... it will be.

I thought the Black theme!!
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] n_boy86:
Yes I know friend but I saw a theme maker who did a black lollipop ui theme ;;) that's why ;) non rooted [MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION]
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] session20:
Can you help me with the link :)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] n_boy86:
[MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION] , http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-de...eme-lollipop-xperia-dark-light-t3063978/page3 here , but he had left i have mai him , but no answer yet , this dark theme is so freaking nice:) , can u maybe do a theme like this for kk ( mean the softkeys theme but instead for kk ) , have no lollipop at the monent cause the phone was crappy ., :/
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] nmilosev:
These are really beautiful and complete themes. Thank you session20. Using blue while waiting for that grey one :)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] KobySam87:
No instructions
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] SANTUMIL:
Thanks!
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
Just download and install it and apply the theme and thats it, that is not so hard todo i think -__-"

Sended From My Z3 On Moonwalker Provolution V3.0 To Your Eyes !
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] alinolaw71:
fixd this bro

by replace search frame

.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] pRakitik:
Request

Can you please make the Xperia softkeys background black? A sample given in attachment, may help you to better understand. Thanks.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] opickmael:
link for xperia soft key copper is broken... plesae fix it??
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
All links are dead bro [MENTION=4599552]session20[/MENTION] can you please re upload ?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn F8331 met Tapatalk
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] xmen06:
Hi,

i have few question about cid :

- What program in the upgrade tool check cid ?

- Can we make a reverse engineering of this exe to bypass the check of the cid.

- Is there a list of different cid code (tmobile,orange,vodafone etc). If yes are they the same between htc s300+ and athena ?

- When a upgrade is made, is there one check or more for the cid during the flash.

Thanks for your help.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winter128:
I purchased the Asus Zenfone 2 (4gb version....asus Z00ad) and use AT&T for service. I noticed my battery drain was high due to cell standby, so I looked at data roaming too make sure it was on. It was off....switched it back on, backed out of menu, checked and it was off again. I can't seem to be able to get it too stick.

any ideas?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asus_USA:
Data Roaming will use more power if turned on. Please see our online FAQ for battery power saving skills and other FAQ's:

http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1009547/

http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1009601/

http://www.asus.com/us/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_knowledge/

Sincerely

ASUS_USA
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winter128:
Asus, Thanks for responding but this has nothing to do with my issue. I need Data Roaming in my country....... How can I get it to come on and stay on if needed? If it drains the battery a bit its not an issue for me.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lacroixdp:
This is an issue for me as well, I've seen this on every ZenFone 2 I've used. Seems to be either a ROM glitch or they changed it intentionally for some reason.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsayin:
I'm looking to finally replace my aging S3 with one of these devices. I've tried both in the store and both seem comfortable in my hands, so I'm mostly debating Nexus and updates vs. camera quality (mostly pictures/videos of children). Though having used amoled for my previous phones (S3 and Vibrant), I'm not sure how I feel about IPS, though the screen on the G4 does look better in the store.

I also have a Nexus 10 (bought for the screen resolution) and found the Samsung tablet interfaces almost unusable by comparison. Though Samsung phones haven't bothered me as much.

Any particular comparison points from people who have used both?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harlequin 80:
Kinda depends on what is important to you. I have used the nexus 6 and they are a great phone. But being able to replace a battery and stick a microsd card in are important to me. Mainly because I am finding my devices are having a longer and longer life so the batteries dying becomes more noticeable.

Both phones have more than enough grunt and having owned an g2 & a g3 have found LG is good for pushing andriod updates (so far anyway)
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dennisg34:
Already a thread dedicated to this question:

http://xdaforums.com/g4/help/decided-to-g4-nexus-6-verizon-help-t3123727/post61081823#post61081823
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tsayin:
Didn't notice that. Doesn't seem to have received many responses from people with a G4 in hand, though.

I've managed to live within 16GB to this point (though I definitely need more now) so I'm pretty sure 64 will be plenty. Price from T-Mobile is identical, so that isn't even a differentiation.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20degrees:
Gotta weigh the options of each. Right now the G4 can have the extra 128gb card, extra battery and charger. Nexus 6 has a worse screen, is top heavy no upgradable memory or swappable battery, worse camera and no led notification.

The nexus has dual speakers, but trying both phones side by side for sound, it isn't that huge of a difference IMO.

The G4 is also more comfortable and more pocketable due to it's size.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jscroppo:
I have both phones and have to say that the nexus 6 updated to 5.1.1 with a custom kernel is hands down the fastest device I've ever used no question about it. I love the camera and the removable battery of the g4 they are my main selling points for switching from the nexus. You can't go wrong though both are fantastic devices