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I know you can use different virtual applications that will allow a person to run Android on a Windows device. For example:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-and-run-android-4.0-on-mac-windows-pc-or-linux-tutorial/
What I'm wondering is . . . is it possible to remove the Windows OS on a netbook and run Android 4.0 instead? If so, does someone have a link they can point me to?
*BUMP* Anyone?
Yes, it's possible. Just burn an ISO with Android-x86 (ICS RC1), delete all the partitions you have on your netbook and then create two - one ext3 for Android (4-8GB should be ok) and one fat32 for your data. Then boot Android installer and install on ext3 partition. And yes, it can boot as a normal system.
Teoretically it should work. Don't know if there are any more things to do.
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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disconnecktie said:
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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For what I see, Android x86 comes with the SU command, so it's already rooted.
Hell yea. Since there isnt a boot loader there is no need for unlockig either.
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You probably want your data partition something other than FAT32, because it has problems with larger files...
Android-x86.org
There i got 4.0 fully ru.ning on pc
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mkm1126 said:
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
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It is indeed possible, I have done it. If you have the partitions setup right the installation is pretty straight forward, it asks if you have Windows so it's dualboot capable, it will install GRUB and add the Android and Windows items to it for you.
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
icechen1 said:
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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You really don't even have to do this, you can install it to a FAT32 partition (I think even an NTFS. But by doing so you can't have root.
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
Vintage144 said:
not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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Windows 8 consumer preview is not that bad on a desktop but Android is indeed not that useful on a desktop at all. Although on a laptop of any kind, it's pretty nice as an instant on.
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Well if thats the case just download the app Bluestacks, then you can keep Windows and run all your android apps in a second! Personally speaking , on the netbook ,windows uses too many resources for it to be useful , Kubuntu only uses what you want and therefore is far superior (on this platform)
Sorry for the vague title but I wouldn't know where to look or what it's even called. Ok. We had something at my old jobs computer that was like a launcher. We could boot windows 7, or Linux Ubuntu. I can't remember what the "launcher?" was called but I want to say it started with an "A". Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? It would be greatly appreciated. I'm planning on porting a very popular ROM over for the infuse and would need this. Thanks for any help
What do you mean by launcher? Like boot off USB? Or what
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Not really an Infuse question, but VMware does what you need. Other option is to dual boot, and you can also use Cygwin for some Linux activities on Windows.
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What do you mean by launcher? Like boot off USB? Or what
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Installed on HDD. Idk it was called like A_______ something launcher. And you would use the arrows and enter key to select what you wanted to boot. Like Linux or windows 7
VMware Player - virtual machine on top of running OS:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player
Or what I use, the LILO bootloader; comes with most Linux distributions, and allows the option to choose from multiple operating systems at boot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LILO_(boot_loader)
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Hell isn't that grub menu? Anytime time you install Ubuntu along side windows it gives you the grub menu which lets ya dual boot
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Hell isn't that grub menu? Anytime time you install Ubuntu along side windows it gives you the grub menu which lets ya dual boot
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Yep, or GRUB. LILO is just old school GRUB.
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Well the one we had at work was cool. As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
FauxAffliction said:
As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
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Yes, as do all of the bootloaders mentioned above. Install Ubuntu, or any other Linux distribution, and you can choose the option to select between multiple operating systems at boot.
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FauxAffliction said:
Well the one we had at work was cool. As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
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Its called a dual boot, a dual boot is a machine with two OSes on one hdd and it will pop up asking which os you want to boot into.... basic.. and also a virtual machine is also a good option, google both to learn more
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As I understand, this is impossible as of now, but what if there was a way to setup the recovery to allow u to select to boot from microSD or from USB? Then u could have the ability to boot into another OS such as backtrack or debian or ubuntu ARM or possibly Win8. This could also be used for anti-bricking purposes.
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Darksurf said:
As I understand, this is impossible as of now, but what if there was a way to setup the recovery to allow u to select to boot from microSD or from USB? Then u could have the ability to boot into another OS such as backtrack or debian or ubuntu ARM or possibly Win8. This could also be used for anti-bricking purposes.
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That is a way that people have put ubuntu on the tf201. It is possible, but hasn't happened for our tablet yet.
Good to know. I really need to boot off a BackTrack USB drive from time to time. Too many things Android has the power to do, but no app for it. I need to start learning how to Dev some of this stuff. I'm no linux n00b, but I'm not an experience programmer either and that seems to be where it counts.
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I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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Bierce22 said:
I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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I'm using Ubuntu but there's no way I'm playing with my phone on it - I have a Windows partition just for that sort of thing. Maybe if it weren't my daily driver, I'd be willing to give it a shot but, while I use Linux for just about everything, it's just easier to have a Windows partition for some things. This being one of them.
Hats off to you though - takes guts (& knowledge) I don't have!
Need to be on stock. Doesn't work without stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33491516&postcount=11
It worked for me on ubuntu 13.04
sjpritch25 said:
Need to be on stock. Doesn't work without stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33491516&postcount=11
It worked for me on ubuntu 13.04
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I'm rooted and ROMd with Carbon. Love my AOSP!
Bierce22 said:
I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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A couple of things I have found:
1. While MTP did not work with my Mint 15 system and stock android 4.1.2 on my phone, once I rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and installed cyanogenmod, it worked like a charm.
Before, when I plugged in my phone, I would get multiple error windows saying the MTP system wasn't available. I had to use windows (yuck!) and odin to get root and unlock the bootloader (although I did not try the virtualbox windows until after I had done this). I installed the most recent version of cyanogenmod and now the Mint system recognizes the MTP just fine. No error windows or anything.
2. I was able to get a virtualbox windows machine to recognize the phone, although it required different usb filters for download mode and for typical mtp.
This required going into download mode, selecting the appropriate filter in virtualbox, unplugging the phone, booting up the virtual machine and then replugging the phone. After this, odin recognized the phone. I did not attempt to flash anything further, though, since I had already done so from a windows system.
I think Ubuntu ships with mtp and its libraries now
I used to use arch Linux. Such a fun distro. Then work started using a TS gateway and it started become too much a hassle. Installed Windows 8, no longer fighting the system :screwy:
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lazarus0000 said:
I'm using Ubuntu but there's no way I'm playing with my phone on it - I have a Windows partition just for that sort of thing. Maybe if it weren't my daily driver, I'd be willing to give it a shot but, while I use Linux for just about everything, it's just easier to have a Windows partition for some things. This being one of them.
Hats off to you though - takes guts (& knowledge) I don't have!
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What do you mean you have a windows partition? I have a laptop that's quad booted with Windows 7, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Pear OS 8. I want to take Windows out of the picture but I need it for things like this. Could you give me more details on this like does it act like a windows system? It'd be much appreciated.
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I didn't know there was a workaround app to enable UMS. How come its not posted in here?
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How come you didn't post it in here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175747
It works photon q. I've been using for my car radio which doesn't support mtp.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175747
It works photon q. I've been using for my car radio which doesn't support mtp.
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...for me not tested on win7 .... i will test it tomorrow on xp
CornholioGSM said:
...for me not tested on win7 .... i will test it tomorrow on xp
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It worked for me on Win7 x64 after some trying - what exactly doesn't work for you, Cornholio?
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It worked for me on Win7 x64 after some trying - what exactly doesn't work for you, Cornholio?
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i have in system / hardware error code 10 - device cannot be run
I used to use mass storage mode in Open Recovery.
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Connect your device to the computer in MTP mode, open the USB Mass Storage app and click On.
Thats how ive done it and it has worked fine in Windows 7, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and Fedora.
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jae18708 said:
Connect your device to the computer in MTP mode, open the USB Mass Storage app and click On.
Thats how ive done it and it has worked fine in Windows 7, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and Fedora.
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This does not work for me, may be because i have an official JB
Win7 x64
i have tested it on XP and Mac and it works
For me it works on stock JB on win7 x64
MiklerGM said:
This does not work for me, may be because i have an official JB
Win7 x64
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Is your phone rooted?
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Is your phone rooted?
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Yes, my phone is rooted.
I install SuperSU from market, and root start working
i tried to compare a '# mount' output and it is identical
But when i press 'mount' in app, mtp device disappears from my computer. And /mnt/sdcard in my phone still mounted to phone.
Afaik, /mnt/sdcard need to be umounted from phone and mounted to usb
Maybe there is something wrong with my phone cause my phone can't start a wifi tethering, Wifi hotspot works well, but no NAT rules in iptables
I think after unlocking bootloader applications can't execute something in command line
MiklerGM said:
Yes, my phone is rooted.
I install SuperSU from market, and root start working
i tried to compare a '# mount' output and it is identical
But when i press 'mount' in app, mtp device disappears from my computer. And /mnt/sdcard in my phone still mounted to phone.
Afaik, /mnt/sdcard need to be umounted from phone and mounted to usb
Maybe there is something wrong with my phone cause my phone can't start a wifi tethering, Wifi hotspot works well, but no NAT rules in iptables
I think after unlocking bootloader applications can't execute something in command line
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I cannot keep it working reliably without AFT installed and ready to interfere. On a mac.
There's different between xp and win7. I was upgrade to jb via ota and my notebook (running on xp) didn't read device's mass storage. I decided to try on my bro notebook (running on win7) and you know what,, mass storage ****ing detected. And seperated where your internal and external