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[Chromebooks] wrwolf2:
chrome://flags can be accessed when " flashing " SSD/HDD with fydeOS and we only managed to access [ chrome://flags ] when using fydeOS account.

also...

.conf file [ /etc/xxx xxxx .conf ] has few more lines you may want to comment out [ then uncomment ] however, we managed to " launch " android sub-system once only.

openGApps keeps downloading same file [ 165MB " Update.zip " ] over and over.
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
I had fydeos installed on my harddrive and all worked just fine. But, since I use this drive to mess around with other OSes I later installed freebsd 13 (freebsd8 was once my main driver and I just wanted to look around... I've forgotten SO much...) anyways I went with zfs, and played around a bit. Now I'd like to run fydeos again. Well, once installed I can't boot from the hard drive now. When I flash it to my SSD like you would a thumb drive, it boots just fine, but when I install it to the drive from the command line like one would normally do, it won't boot. This is so frustrating. Any advice?

Edit: My issue was fixed by using this from project croissant,

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/imperador/chromefy/master/lab/fix_grub.sh | sudo bash -s /dev/sda
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Care to share the nightmare? what did you do?
[Chromebooks] mahir555:
Well i downloaded it manually from open gapps website but it failed to install and stuck at 40-60-70% almost 8 times .. finally it passed and fully installed . It took almost 20 min at this successful trial. So just be patient .

Of course am doing all this on my HDD not on usb.
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
One question, am I supposed to setup an account in order to follow this guide to work?
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
From SrdjanPsy's post on page 16:

This is assuming that you have it installed on your computer.

...

12. ctrl + alt + F2 to enter console

Log in as chronos

13. sudo su

14. sudo mount -o remount, rw /

15. cd /etc/chromium/policies/managed

16. sudo rm *

17. sudo vim /etc/chrome_dev.conf #make sure you type correctly, otherwise you'll open a new text file

18. comment the lines: (google how to use VIM editor for instructions-> i to edit, esc to stop, del to delete, :wq! to save and exit)

# — fydeos-account-enabled This is necessary.

# — fydemina Don't actually comment this out, android will not run if you do. Incidentally, if you comment out the other lines, one of the things that happens is a broken Google Play Store loads, but fails to start.

19. add lines, save and close:

–google-account-enabled

–sync-support-secondary-account #this and the next line can be changed by typing chrome://flags in browser and changing to enabled

–arc-vpn Just add this line to chrome_dev.conf, I could't figure out how to get chrome://flags to display.

20. sudo reboot

21. login with google account

EDIT: I realized that I didn't actually answer your question. You will not ever(at least through version 9.1) need a FydeOS account to be able to use FydeOS if you follow the above.

None of the above is my work. Comments in color are mine.
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
Thanks, I have followed all those steps. I was able to side load the Device ID app and register. PlayStore will not load and when I uncomment the lines it forces me to log into Fyde. I don't login but I go back and comment the lines again, whish allows me to log back in to my Google account. Any advice to get PlayStore to work?
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
Can anyone share a screen cap of what their dev.conf file should look like with Android properly configured, including PlayStore access? It would be much appreciated.
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Here's what mine looks like.

Edit: For some reason I was not able to get the play store to download and install the second time that I installed 9.1, however, this configuration is no different from the first when I was able to install it. When I try adding the opengapps app from the fyde store now, I get some sort of crx_required_proof_missing error. Which did not happen the first time I ran 9.1.
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
Hmm. Looks almost identical to mine. I was never able to get full functionality no matter what I did. So I wound up creating a Fyde account, with an app phone number. I was able to install open gapps, and everything works great. Except this extra account takes up space. I guess it's not a terrible trade off. Thanks for the screen cap, you have full functionality? And no Fyde account?
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
I do, outside of a functional opengapps install. I used an appmirror to get the four android apps that I need, so I don't really miss it. The bigger issue now is how the menus flicker on linux apps, the issue persists when running appimage bundles too. I also noticed that the system locks up when copying groups of files from a USB device.
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
I have noticed flickering as well. Also my Linux beta is not listed in settings. But otherwise all seems good. It's still early and not enough to give a full testimony but it's not awful. Cheers.
[Chromebooks] Mysteryday:
Hello I have the latest FydeOS v9.1 version. I downloaded the latest OpenGapps from FydeOS Store, but it just doesn't install them. I've already tried it 100 times. Of course I installed FydeOs on the hard drive. Anyone have a solution? I urgently need my Google account because of my savegames (King of Avalon) Thanks
[Chromebooks] sanslar:
I also have an error: crx required proof missing, I resolved it and currently install opengapps on a system with a synchronized Google account.

[IMG="screenshots opengapps install fydeos 9.1"]https://imgur.com/download/aT0R581[/IMG]
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Why not share how you resolved it. Most of us have the same error. What did you do?
[Chromebooks] sanslar:
[IMG="screenshots"]https://imgur.com/download/E0lbA3E[/IMG]

Now I’ll finish the performance test to the end and tell you how

edit:

[IMG="Screenshots"]https://imgur.com/download/NZdAoTS[/IMG]

Good work

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I installed the system like you discussed here in the correspondence above on page 35-34. : D

To install opengapps we need to download it first, so we take the link from the official fydeos servers and download the crx file.

I downloaded it via linux terminal in fydeos system. Since the system did not allow me to do this through a convenient browser interface.

To do this, install Linux, and then enter the command in the terminal:

wget https://fydeos-n-store.s3.cn-north-1.amazonaws.com.cn/gpnlbpiaddglbmgfpenojdjkknmbjmki/fydeos_packaged_app.crx

Then we need to get the source code of this extension in a zip file, I did it through the following site:

http://crxextractor.com

Then we need to unzip this zip file on our disk in the system

Then go to the Extensions of your system, and activate the developer mode.

Then you need to click the "download unpacked extension" button and select the folder where you unzipped the zip file

After the done actions opengapps will appear in the list of your extensions and in the list of applications and you can install opengapps as I did.

After installing opengapps, you will also need to give permissions for google play service calls, SMS, location and so on. Otherwise, an error in notifications will hang.
[Chromebooks] EstPC13:
This worked perfectly! You don't even need Linux!

This is perfect! Here's a direct link to the unpacker for those who don't have Linux:

https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/

Just paste the link here.
[Chromebooks] Mysteryday:
Not Working for me

I did everything exactly as described. He still doesn't want to install it :( See message screenshot. I installed Fydeos on an external hard drive
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Thank you! Up and running perfectly.
[Chromebooks] Mysteryday:
I still have an idea. I have an older version of Fydeos 7.2 which has preinstalled playstore. This runs flawlessly for me. The only problem is Fydeos update itself automatically to the latest version then it is over again. Anyone have an idea how to prevent the updates? Thanks
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
Every time I tried with 7.2 it was very short lived. I don't know any way to keep it from updating. I tried several options, but it never worked. I wound up following the guide here and it's flawless. Working PlayStore, sync for Google accounts, etc. The only complaint I have is that the battery life is not very good. Hope you get it working some way or the other.
[Chromebooks] Mysteryday:
Thanks my Friend
[Chromebooks] jpsshield:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82366643&postcount=1247
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
I Love the setup of Fyde OS and this guide takes it to the next level. I have it fully working, with sync, PlayStore, apps and all. Only improvement I can foresee is somehow getting rid of the built in home. Anybody have any ideas how to bypass it? I'm searching.
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
I just tried running the automatic update for 9.2. It ran, downloaded, and asked me to reboot. Upon doing so, I had to reset /etc/chrome_dev.conf, so back it up, it'll simplify things. You will also need to delete the .json file again as well. All that said, after I rebooted and checked, I'm still on 9.1 and the update ran again. So its in a loop now. Is there a way to stop it? I am flirting with just doing a clean install of 9.2.

Edit: HA! Mysterday's post above just kind of sunk in :D

Edit: I went ahead and did a clean install of 9.2. I don't know, it may be an improvement or it just might be that its a clean install and I set it up directly without all the fumbling around and failed attempts stuff hanging out. Because I'm never happy with the old apps under Debian, I run backports and flatpaks. This has improved my ChromeOS experience a great deal.
[Chromebooks] Gose_AG:
CRX proof missing error

Hi could someone help me a bit. I did the steps right and i booted into fydeos. But the problem is that when i try to install apps from the store i get an error crx proof missing and i need that to get the installer to instal the fydeos on the hdd. The thing is i cant get a fydeos account becouse my country isnt listed. Can i somehow fix this so i can install apps from the store
[Chromebooks] Shawnashley:
I'm not sure where things are going wrong, it should be straight forward to install to HDD. I will be glad to try to help wherever I can though.
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Also, try reading back a few posts, the crx issue is covered quite nicely.

To install, try using /sbin/chromeos-install --dst /dev/YOURHDD
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Does anyone else find that their computer locks up when copying large files from one folder to another?

Edit: No lockups when copying files is the only thing I'm doing, i.e. no other programs running. Can't even browse the internet while waiting.
[Chromebooks] ptahend01:
FydeOS boot problem

Hi I am trying to run FydeOS but cannot get the USB to boot. I have a Lenovo T430 laptop. I downlpoaded the Fydeos impage flashed it USB with Win32disk. When I boot I get a message syaing "booting the kernel". It never goes any furhter. I tried to flash form LInux machine but get the same error. I also tried different USB sticks but all provide the same issue.

How do I boot the USB?
[Chromebooks] ptahend01:
OK so I figuered out that I wat booting in legacy mode not UEFI. When I select UEFI in BIOS I get the grub boot menu on the USB stick but no grapics. When I select VGA (analogue) in the BIOS and connect external screen, I get the graphical menu and a while later the laptop screen also works.
[Chromebooks] wrwolf2:
HI !

you'll need a FydeOS account to get rid of that error. what is the country you're in and missing from the list ?

marc

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crx_required_proof_missing <<-- that error occurs when logging in with google account. according to our experience, fydeOS account is required and to run such extensions [ chrome OS extension ]

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you actually have android container running ? [ what account you used to login ? FydeOS or Google account ? ]
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
I do indeed, and running with my Google account. I've never have had a fydeos account and it's not necessary through v. 9.2. All the answers to the crx issue are within the last few pages here. You do not need the installer from the store to install fydeos.
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Don't get me wrong. I think FydeOS is great and certainly has it's place, however, Sebanc's Brunch is amazing. I'm running Rammus 80 and its far more stable on my Dell 5558 than anything else I've tried. I've been mucking about for a couple hours now and haven't encountered a single issue. Once you work through figuring it all out, I think you'll be glad you gave it a shot.
[Chromebooks] theportal2:
Has anyone tryed this yet: [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/4gZYV0RWJQ8[/YOUTUBE]
[Chromebooks] wrwolf2:
hi there ! according to US you do need adding " installer " and then configuring dual boot, are you actually running FydeOS on a SSD and with single or dual boot [ one or two OS's ? ]
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
I am running from an SSD, but not dual booting. I guess if that was part of the question, I missed it. Sorry. I can only account for what I've done and I have installed it every time without need for the installer from the store. Which is what I understood the question to be. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
[Chromebooks] wrwolf2:
no need to be sorry ! we actually believe apologizing is so pathetic and making things worse. ; )

we probably weren't mentioning that type of installation either , many of US still take things for granted on xda-developer.com.

wonder what is the difference between dual boot and single OS installation of FydeOS and also making that much difference to allow / not allow to have android container running.

we haven't had chances to spend so long on tinkering with fydeOS and over last few weeks, since last releases of fydeOS [ 8.21; 9.1; 9.2 ] android container is also " temperamental " and it won't always start in addition, seasonal hay fever + sinusitis won't allow US to think and focus normally.

[ that COVID 19 isn't the worse thing someone may experience after all. ]
[Chromebooks] shrikant2002:
Super Easy Multi Boot Installation includes Official Chrome OS + Windows 10 + Linux

https://youtu.be/FEY9MtznYGU

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This works on intel cpu if you have older Intel 3rd gen processor use sammus recovery otherwise for 4th gen Intel use rammus recovery.
[Chromebooks] Gose_AG:
FydeOS without fyde account working but gapps error

Hi i finally got fydeos to work the newest version available, i installed it on my drive i got it to work without any fydeos accouns. Android also runs so i can install apks without any problem. But when i try to install play store with open gappps i get an error exit 4 code 1

also here is the log:

pastebin.com/jzGPyYgr

It doesnt allow me to post the log here or the full link. Soryy for it i am quite new on xda.

I would appriciate it if anyone could help me out with this.
[Chromebooks] Thej zain:
Please explain the vim commands

Pease explain how to use the vim command to add those lines :confused:
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
Here's a place to start:

https://coderwall.com/p/adv71w/basic-vim-commands-for-getting-started
[Chromebooks] greeneyez15o:
Anywhere to find vim commands for dummies ??? I'm stuck ??*♂️??*♂️??*♂️
[Chromebooks] primod808:
How do delete the whole file? Sorry my vim command knowledge sucks donkey??
[Chromebooks] coolloser:
No worries, it's not the most intuitive interface to deal with!

sudo rm /etc/chrome_dev.conf.swp

Should do it.
[Chromebooks] primod808:
Thanks I'll try it out after work. How's is your experience with fyde os now that you "chromefied" it?
[Chromebooks] coolloser:
It's been great! Life is so much easier when Google is connected haha. I'm still just running it from flash drive (which wasn't possible with the chromefy method) but it works surprisingly well. Makes my old laptop fly. I've done the x86 Android before but the Linux support with chrome os makes for a proper computer really.
[Chromebooks] primod808:
Hope I could get this working soon too thanks for the insight hope you can help me again!
[Chromebooks] coolloser:
No problem! I'll definitely help where I can :)
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
As I wrote to you in private, you don't have to append :wq to the file you are editing, you just have to move to command mode with ESC and then you can type :wq

I agree that vim is a sort of dinosaur, but it comes from an age when computers were quite basic, maybe even without a mouse and so on...
[Chromebooks] primod808:
I FINALLY GOT IT UP AND RUNNING FULL INSTALL ON MY CHERRY TRAIL LAPTOP FYDEOS HAS NOW BEEN CHROMED OUT! THANK SO MUCH FOR ALL THOSE WHO ASSISTED ME ON THIS! ONE LAST THING. HOW do you get to your secondary account?
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
When I switch on my laptop, I can choose lo log with my google account or with the FydeOs one (but I never choose this one).

I can go to such screen even if I choose 'exit' in settings.

Maybe I could find a way to delete the FydeOs account but it doesn't bother me, after all.
[Chromebooks] frankbonatelli:
Thanks

Hey just wanted to thank you for this how 2

Used this setup for my dell insperion i7 super fast with all the ram you could ever need.

Works flawlessly.
[Chromebooks] primod808:
How do we know how much ram is being used? My laptop has 4gb ram but how can we check if fydeOS is using all 4gb of ram?
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
You're welcome.

I suppose it'll fly with such a hadware.
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
CTRL + ALT + T

then type in terminal

free -m

and something like that will be shown

crosh> free -m

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 3827 1608 789 201 1429 1588

Swap: 5607 191 5415
[Chromebooks] primod808:
Hey guys wondering if anyone else have this issue where the there is no battery indicator. On Linux or UBUNTU there was a battery indicator but with chrome os it doesn't show up. I downloaded clean up app to see if it picks up my laptop battery and it does but the problem is it's showing always at 100% and charging all the time.
[Chromebooks] Tiggi2017:
Hello. I tried using FydeOS in a virtual machine but i get errors saying "device is not certified by Google". How to solve this? Thanks in advance!!!
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
I have never tried to run chromium Os in general in a virtualbox. But I can see here that even Arnolthebat's builds don't work inside it https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/wordpress/chromium-os/
[Chromebooks] Tiggi2017:
Hello.

Someone managed to install FydeOS on iMac 27" (2017)?
[Chromebooks] Tiggi2017:
Good day!

I followed the steps in post 1. I created a 2nd account with my google login. But i cant see my google drive in the files explorer. Someone can help?
[Chromebooks] lucaoldb:
Have you enabled the play store? In such case, you have to edit once again chrome_dev.conf, commenting the 2 lines referring to FydeOs and reboot.
[Chromebooks] chukzde:
hi there,

first of all a huge thanks for the elaborated guide

now coming to the short version of your guide, i tried your guide many a times and i found that we should just create a usb for the installer of fydeos then install it straightaway by using the install command in the terminal by that ctrl+alt+F2 method, its in english only. ( no need to first creating fydeos account and logging in to open chrosh)

On first boot from hdd we should open the terminal with the above key combo( ctrl+alt+F2 ),

then just do the steps you have written till inserting # before those fyde lines( as u wrote the google enable line is not needed)

after the changes are done to the conf file just save and reboot(shutdown and again start)

viola, you will be presented with google login screen , do the login and after getting to homescreen we need to again open that conf file and remove the #(hashes)

just reboot again and playstore will be enabled.

so the trick is to add hashes and then removing them after setting up the account to enable playstore.

for first timers-------- in vim scroll down to the fyde lines and just click i(to enable insert mode) and insert # then press esc to exit insert mode go down to second line of fyde and again click i then insert #, after that press esc and type :wq and press enter, changes will be saved.

to remove the hash(#) for enabling playstore when in vim scroll down to the hash and click x then type :wq and its done.

OP Thankyou so much, i am using fydeos now on main laptop for gaming, editing, media playback and internet browsing .
[Chromebooks] keweminer:
There is a link for help with vim commands in the post above your post asking for help with vim commands.
[Chromebooks] YoYoYoYoYoYoYoYo:
Dual booting

Is there a way to dual boot without FydeOS account and without chromefy script?
[Chromebooks] wrwolf2:
.... and without android, neither play services ?

in that case, the answer is maybe and depending on your system configuration.

we actually tested ' FydeOS ' up to vers. 9.2 however on our own test platform and since the release of ' FydeOS 8.2 ' , we can only boot once and right after completing configuration with " dual boot " [ FydeOS and mac OS ]

some kind of " kernel update " eventually occurs and messing everything up upon restarting chromiumOS [ FydeOS ] for the first time thus the system will no longer launch FydeOS on a second attempt and beyond.

take care,

marc

UPDATE : 2020, May 30th.

we only are aware of the following method to go past " login " without creating or authenticating a ' FydeOS account ' .

- logging in with guest account first and then launching crosh shell in a tab [ CTRL + ALT + T ] then applying changes [ EDITING ] for a conf. file [ cd /etc ; sudo vim chrome_dev.conf ]

upon ' logging off ' guest account, you're likely to see " google login application " and that page with hypertext to authenticate a google account [ note: power-wash won't even revert to requesting FydeOS account credentials ]

please note:

FydeOS account is likely necessary when adding apps or extensions from ' FydeOS app store ' , those web apps and chrome extensions incl. however with no limitation to ' installer ' is what we need in order to set-up ' dual boot ' with ' re-find ' as boot manager.
[Chromebooks] pauljblo:
Hi I installed open gapps from the fyde store. But there is still no play store. Also when I click on android settings it just stays on a spinning circle loading?
[Chromebooks] Kibahor:
Hi,

I'm using actually the last version of Fyde OS (9.2) in dual-boot with windows. Open gapps is installed and linux activate but dispeat the fact that everythings work like a charm i have no tap to click (homewer the option is enabled). Have you an idea to solve it ?
[Chromebooks] Dark Obsessions:
hi all, is it safe to use the latest version without modify the system as the new version has an option to sign in with google account ? thanks