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Working! ICS 4.0.3 on my dell d430 laptop

Hi everyone,
just wanted to make a quick post, mainly to share my excitement.
after wondering over to the android-x86 project page and having a bit of a read i thought i would give it a go on my little dell laptop. for those not familiar with the project they have developed techniques and files for installing android os on x86 laptop and computers.
anyway, it works perfectly. well 99% perfectly. mouse pad scroll doesn't work yet, for me, its only been a day, i may be able to work it out yet. maybe.
tested and working on this laptop are:
wifi
keyboard
mouse pad (excluding scrolling)
battery icon shows battery drain and charging icon
(its a basic laptop, that's almost the entire list of features haha)
not working so far:
mouse pad scrolling
Not tested:
bluetooth
external data storage (usb hdd/sd card etc)
usb accessories (keyboard/mouse/cd drive etc)
display output (this laptop has vga output)
physical network connection via cable
phone line connection (does anyone use these anymore???)
firewire
headphone and mic ports
Apps used so far:
Dolphin HD
Stock browser
google maps
gmail
zeam launcher
panda laucher
The play store does not work for downloading apps. you can log in and view installed and previously downloaded apps, manage your account etc but you will get an error with downloading. ( for those concerned the errors encountered include 921 and 101 so far)
all widgets tried so far are working too and live wallpapers...not sure why they wouldnt work...but they do anyway.
I had always joked about my little laptop having the same specs as a mobile phone, so I think its pretty funny it now has a mobile OS running.
I have it currently configured to dual boot alongside windows 7 and both are getting along nicely on the same laptop.
anyone else on the forums here played with this? I did search around but didn't find much relating to android on laptops and my dell d430 wasn't listed in the device section haha.
if anyone can suggest a more appropriate place for this post i would be happy to repost somewhere else.
please also feel free to post questions including but not limited to the standard "why would you want to do this!?" and "what's the point?"
conclusion:
i may just use this as a daily os....all i ever used this laptop for was backpack sized internet access and media entertainment and it does that much easier on android now.
Another thing I loved was that when installing windows (a one million hour affair typically) you then had to install acres of drivers (the technical measurement of the amount of drivers required to get everything working on windows), HOWEVER on android, everything worked out of the box so to speak. wifi and all.
if this catches on and gains a decent level of tech support for those less capable this could be a great opportunity to keep everyone's ageing tech in the game.

Niceeeeeee, i give it a try

I'm using a Acer laptop with this version and I don't have any problem with the Play Store...
Send from my Acer Aspire 5315 running Android-X86 4.0.3 ;-)

android on acer aspire 5315
Hey Junior Member,
I have also an acer 5315 and would also like to instaal android on it.
Which iso file did you used for the pc (I mean Asus, Lenovo, Hp).
Can you also give me some hints on how to create the boot disc and how to get in the boot mode and what to do next.

first thing i thought was man, you're gonna need to edit a word doc or something and be screwed. but i see your dual booting so i guess it makes sense. whats the boot up time like?

joeirl said:
first thing i thought was man, you're gonna need to edit a word doc or something and be screwed. but i see your dual booting so i guess it makes sense. whats the boot up time like?
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For me boot time is unDer 20 seconds into windoes and under 15 into android, but I've got a SSD hd and made a few tweaks to the bios.
As far as usability goes, androids definitely a touch orientated OS so it's a bit cumbersome with the touchpad ... I did however spot a touch panel for the screen for cheap on eBay....
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium

ajgftw said:
For me boot time is unDer 20 seconds into windoes and under 15 into android, but I've got a SSD hd and made a few tweaks to the bios.
As far as usability goes, androids definitely a touch orientated OS so it's a bit cumbersome with the touchpad ... I did however spot a touch panel for the screen for cheap on eBay....
Sent from my LT15i using xda premium
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yeah i guess there's not as much difference these days between boot times when using ssd. Got one myself recently and its definitely the best upgrade you can do right now.

ajgftw said:
Hi everyone,
just wanted to make a quick post, mainly to share my excitement.
after wondering over to the android-x86 project page and having a bit of a read i thought i would give it a go on my little dell laptop. for those not familiar with the project they have developed techniques and files for installing android os on x86 laptop and computers.
anyway, it works perfectly. well 99% perfectly. mouse pad scroll doesn't work yet, for me, its only been a day, i may be able to work it out yet. maybe.
tested and working on this laptop are:
wifi
keyboard
mouse pad (excluding scrolling)
battery icon shows battery drain and charging icon
(its a basic laptop, that's almost the entire list of features haha)
not working so far:
mouse pad scrolling
Not tested:
bluetooth
external data storage (usb hdd/sd card etc)
usb accessories (keyboard/mouse/cd drive etc)
display output (this laptop has vga output)
physical network connection via cable
phone line connection (does anyone use these anymore???)
firewire
headphone and mic ports
Apps used so far:
Dolphin HD
Stock browser
google maps
gmail
zeam launcher
panda laucher
The play store does not work for downloading apps. you can log in and view installed and previously downloaded apps, manage your account etc but you will get an error with downloading. ( for those concerned the errors encountered include 921 and 101 so far)
all widgets tried so far are working too and live wallpapers...not sure why they wouldnt work...but they do anyway.
I had always joked about my little laptop having the same specs as a mobile phone, so I think its pretty funny it now has a mobile OS running.
I have it currently configured to dual boot alongside windows 7 and both are getting along nicely on the same laptop.
anyone else on the forums here played with this? I did search around but didn't find much relating to android on laptops and my dell d430 wasn't listed in the device section haha.
if anyone can suggest a more appropriate place for this post i would be happy to repost somewhere else.
please also feel free to post questions including but not limited to the standard "why would you want to do this!?" and "what's the point?"
conclusion:
i may just use this as a daily os....all i ever used this laptop for was backpack sized internet access and media entertainment and it does that much easier on android now.
Another thing I loved was that when installing windows (a one million hour affair typically) you then had to install acres of drivers (the technical measurement of the amount of drivers required to get everything working on windows), HOWEVER on android, everything worked out of the box so to speak. wifi and all.
if this catches on and gains a decent level of tech support for those less capable this could be a great opportunity to keep everyone's ageing tech in the game.
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dunno if this has been said but your problem with downloading apps error is that your build.prop says asus laptop. try change it to like the galaxy tab lines and see if you can download apps

I know this is an old thread, but im curious as to how you got the wifi working. I have the same laptop, using "android-x86-4.0-r1.1-asus_laptop" and wifi doesnt seem to want to work...
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Hey, I know its been a while, but how do you get wifi working on your dell d430 ? Im using the "android-x86-4.0-r1.1-asus_laptop" build, and wifi doesnt seem to work...

install Android-x84 Kitkat 4.4
suffer1989 said:
I know this is an old thread, but im curious as to how you got the wifi working. I have the same laptop, using "android-x86-4.0-r1.1-asus_laptop" and wifi doesnt seem to want to work...
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Hey, I know its been a while, but how do you get wifi working on your dell d430 ? Im using the "android-x86-4.0-r1.1-asus_laptop" build, and wifi doesnt seem to work...
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It works with this version Android-x86 4.4 Kitkat, the only one doesn´t work is the WWAN card (3G)
Can´t find any fix for this.

[APP][2.1+]Virtual Wheel Beta 0.2

Hi Everyone,
This is the first app that I've publish, so any constructive criticisms are welcome.
Vritual Wheel:
This app allows you to use your android device as a wireless steering wheel to control racing/driving games on your PC.
Your android device and computer must be on the same network for this to work (meaning same router/switch).
This app currently works with both 32 and 64 bit Windows.
Installation and usage instructions are in the app description on the Play market.
Link:
Please leave me some feedbacks in this thread on what you like and what you don't like. Also what you want (other than the planned features) and any bugs (please also tell me what device and version of Android you are running).
Code:
Changelog:
[B]v0.1:[/B]
Initial Release
[B]v0.2:[/B]
Added steering angle adjustments and deadzone.
Added 64 bit support.
Thank You

id noticed your post on lfs forum earlier on so downloaded it, il be going on lfs soon so will give this a try and leave feedback

Thanks. My computer's graphics card just died on me yesterday, so I won't be able to do much development. Going to take about 3 days for the new GPU to come in. I plan to implement adjustable steering angle, calibration, and hopefully bluetooth communication in the next update. 64-bit is a bit harder than I thought, so that is currently delayed.

tincanman said:
Thanks. My computer's graphics card just died on me yesterday, so I won't be able to do much development. Going to take about 3 days for the new GPU to come in. I plan to implement adjustable steering angle, calibration, and hopefully bluetooth communication in the next update. 64-bit is a bit harder than I thought, so that is currently delayed.
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It's a fantastic app from what I can see. I'm using a 64bit pc so I'm eagerly awaiting the 64 bit release!
EDIT: Is there anyway to run it on a 64 bit pc as a 32 bit app or something? Like "Compatability mode" etc?

mtb_kng said:
It's a fantastic app from what I can see. I'm using a 64bit pc so I'm eagerly awaiting the 64 bit release!
EDIT: Is there anyway to run it on a 64 bit pc as a 32 bit app or something? Like "Compatability mode" etc?
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Unfortunately no. The 64 bit support has to do with the driver. Currently, I estimate about 1-2 weeks before I can get the 64 bit support working. So hang in there, it's coming

Ok, finally got my GPU. Just compiled the 64bit drivers, and tested to be working fine. All I have to do now is implement them into the installation package. 64 bit coming this weekend

tincanman said:
Ok, finally got my GPU. Just compiled the 64bit drivers, and tested to be working fine. All I have to do now is implement them into the installation package. 64 bit coming this weekend
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good to hear, im on a 64 bit machine so would find these useful, i look forward to testing it on live for speed,

v0.2
Added steering angle adjustments and deadzone
Also added 64-bit support (I am still learning Windows Driver Development, so the implementation is not very efficient and clean. Hopefully I will be able to design a clean custom driver for both 32 and 64 bit within the next month)

Wow this is a sweet idea
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda premium

How to make this app works with City Car Driving or Need For Speed Underground 2?
Would you give a way to configure it on PC (in games)?
Thanks...

I can confirm this works with the HTC One X and Saints Row 2, I'll check out some other games the coming days if I have time.
Really awesome development!
Two things didn't go very smooth though:
- installing the unsigned driver
- figuring out the correct axis and buttons
The first is a tough nut probably, but the latter could be solved by adding a help option in settings that shows the button map.
Idea's for further development:
- autolaunch the program with Windows, to the system tray
- autosearching from the app for running servers on the network (check out Unified Remote's implementation)
- choosing to use the two center buttons or using that as a touch area (for camera control)
- hook the volume buttons as shoulder buttons!
- allow custom layouts (maybe only colors and texts, but that would be cool to accomodate other games)

The PC client keeps failing when I start android app, I assume while connecting to PC.

This application must have a "Prevent Screen to Turn Off"

Use with Linux? Flightgear, etc.
There are numerous apps to keep screen on. Can use Xposed, appsettings module.

ncc74656 said:
The PC client keeps failing when I start android app, I assume while connecting to PC.
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Getting the same error here. And one other thing - when I type the IP Address, which the program is showing me, i get absolutely no connection, but as soon as I enter my correct LAN IP Address, things get to the 'stopped responding' thingy...

hello ..! I wanted to install the file. exe of this application on my PC with windows 7 32bit and I have the following problem ..!
and also attached the LOG installation gives me the program ..!

I had a driver issue here, but I attempted a fix and I think it worked, VWheel device driver is now successfully installed, but still app is hanging in Windows when I open simultaneously Virtual Wheel in phone and on PC(As soon as it connects, it brakes down). Also, I can see that 32bit users are installing v0.3, im on x64 here, first tried installing program from the main link in GooglePlayStore, but it wasn't successful, so I saw that there is a 64-bit version, which is reporting v0.2a ?

leito824 said:
hello ..! I wanted to install the file. exe of this application on my PC with windows 7 32bit and I have the following problem ..!
and also attached the LOG installation gives me the program ..!
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Same problem here. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Error status: 1603

Do I need Wi-Fi connection or I can just turn-on my Laptop wi-fi and my Xperia S wi-fi to use this?
P.S: I don't have Wi-Fi, I use Modem to connect to internet.

darkerm said:
Do I need Wi-Fi connection or I can just turn-on my Laptop wi-fi and my Xperia S wi-fi to use this?
P.S: I don't have Wi-Fi, I use Modem to connect to internet.
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You have to have a Local Network e.g. a Router, only enabling Wi-Fi on your PC and Phone is not going to work but I think there were a few programs that might help you create a network between your laptop and your phone. Google for Wi-Fi Hotspot or something and search the results for the program that suits you best. Good luck. Im still stuck here with program crashing when I setup everything right. Dunno why also as I mentioned earlier, program reports wrong PC IP Address, check for solution on that also.
Error code: CLR20r3, tried all the fixes I could find in the web, no success... OP, try researching why this problem may occur and at least let me know cuz I'm struggling from 3 hours to fix this and get it up and running Admirations on your work too

Cube i7 Remix - Alternative OS

Cube i7 Remix needs another OS. Since neither Cube nor Jide seems to be interested in supporting this device, its time for us to unite to solve this problem. I will reply to this post with my several attempts.
Wish us luck,
Bradley Norris

Cube i7 Remix - Ubuntu
I created a bootable 'live' USB using Ubuntu 16.04.
Power up with it plugged into the OTG. My unit defaulted to booting from the USB. You may have to interrupt the boot cycle by pressing Escape to change the boot order.
1. It booted very quickly and used native resolution of 1920x1080.
2. Surprisingly fast, especially considering that I am operating off a USB.
3. No wifi. No touchscreen.
In theory, you can follow a procedure here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2265190) to get wifi working, but I believe that is for the i7 with the Core M rather than the i7 remix.
The speed of Ubuntu, combined with native x86 applications and the new Unity touch interface would be a great combo. Does anyone know how to make this work? Topfreitas?

Cube i7 Remix - Windows
I created a Windows 10 install USB using Microsoft's own tool MediaCreationTool.exe (www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10).
Booting starts, but ends prematurely with a BIOS error.
I wonder if we could install from one of Cube's own devices. For example, the Cube i6 dual boot runs Windows on the same Baytrail (Intel Atom Z3735) chipset. In addition, they have an i10 and an iWork 11 that also use this chipset. (http://www.cube-tablet.com/download/) These downloads timeout before completion. Anyone else successfully download?
Teclast also makes model that is suspiciously familiar (probably built off of the same older Intel reference design): X16HD. Perhaps their version of Windows would work.

Cube i7 Remix - XJUbunTAB
Again in theory, this XJUbunTAB distribution was created with Baytrail tablets like our Cube i7 Remix in mind.
Here is the intro:
https://xjesus.net/xjubuntu/xjubunt...izable-distro-based-on-xubuntu-14-04-64-bits/
Here are the files:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xjubuntu/files/
Again, I created a bootable USB and like Ubuntu, it boots quickly and runs wicked fast, but...
No wifi, even when I run their utility to fire it up: "Start WiFi RTL8723bs"
No touch.

Cube i7 Remix - Android-x86
Android-x86 is now up to 6.0!
http://www.android-x86.org/
Same as the other experiments, I created a bootable USB and tried it out:
Touchscreen not working (USB Mouse instead).
Wifi sees networks and allowed me to sign into one.
Screen resolution defaulted to 1024x768, so it looked large and fuzzy.
“Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped.” Repeatedly.
Signed into my google account, and then froze on “Just a sec…”
Hard reboot, this time Wifi doesn’t work.
Any thoughts?

Cube i7 Remix - Remix OS for PC Hacked
One last attempt... Remix OS for PC Hacked presented here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/remix-os-pc-hacked-edition-ota-v2-0-201-t3345968
Well, boot, screen resolution, and wifi seemed to work fine in "Guest Mode", but on first run of an app, crash boom.

Hi Folks!
You can try use a version of Ubuntu developed for Intel 3735F. Burn a pendrive with it and run from OTG, you'll have wifi working out of the box, but after trying a lot, I gave up on trying fix touchscreen or sound...
In theory for this kind of device, you need to upgrade to linux kernel 4.3 to get touch working but you'll lost wifi. (I didn't tried that).
Hope it helps
https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/UNWdwRMqy3j

topfreitas said:
Hi Folks!
You can try use a version of Ubuntu developed for Intel 3735F. Burn a pendrive with it and run from OTG, you'll have wifi working out of the box, but after trying a lot, I gave up on trying fix touchscreen or sound...
In theory for this kind of device, you need to upgrade to linux kernel 4.3 to get touch working but you'll lost wifi. (I didn't tried that).
Hope it helps
https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/UNWdwRMqy3j
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Topfreitas - What did you try to get touchscreen/sound working?
From reading other forums, it as least sounds technically possible to get the Broadcom wifi working.
I don't know where to begin getting touchscreen or sound drivers.

Bradley Norris said:
Topfreitas - What did you try to get touchscreen/sound working?
From reading other forums, it as least sounds technically possible to get the Broadcom wifi working.
I don't know where to begin getting touchscreen or sound drivers.
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To get Wifi working is pretty easy if you try the ubuntu version developed by Morrison. To get touch working try to update the linux kernel to 4.3. Someone said that you can get touch working but you'll loose Wifi... Who knows I wish I knew more about linux and this kind of stuff.

Hi, was just wondering if you had any luck?

chichman said:
Hi, was just wondering if you had any luck?
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You can try the ISOs from linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com.
Everything seems work out of box, except the touch screen. (Touch screen is "ft5x0x_ts".)
(touch not okay, screen resolution correct, sound okay, wifi okay, bluetooth okay, battery stats okay)
Even the old iwork8 with CPU z3735d works nearly perfectly, with the touch screen working. (wifi okay, sound okay, bluetooth not okay)

Thanks for the reply, but I have now sold it..

Ubuntu Success
So I pulled this Cube i7 Remix out of the back of a cabinet and thought I should either make use of it or throw it away. Well, since I last attempted this, Linuxium has done considerable work developing specialized versions of linux for our ancient Atom-based processors and unique (read fussy) Broadcom radios.
I downloaded one of his prepackaged ISOs for Atom processors and was able to boot from a live USB. I installed, but the first attempt would not boot. I installed over the first installation and was then able to boot. It looks great and wifi works well, but I haven't gone much further than that yet. I am running 18.04.2 LTS. I used the default partitioning which resulted in:
512MB fat32 EFI System Partition /boot/efi
28.6GB ext4 root partition: /
HD Videos seem to play smoothly, but no audio yet. Linuxium has a fix, so I'll be working on the ALSA UCM audio drivers.
No touchscreen, but won't likely be able to fix that.
- Bradley Norris

No touchscreen
xubuntu 20.04 lts beta
wifi ok
bluetooth ok
sound ok
........
cube i7 remix / reeder a12ix

Surface Laptop?

Hello. I need help installing Bliss-OS on my surface LAPTOP. Think of me as a complete noob, even though i ma not, just so we don't misunderstand how much the other knows, vice versa. You guys are amazing and i just want to dual-boot android x86 on my laptop.
Oh, sorry my problem is that when i boot it it works surprisingly well, i go into the OS then like remix OS, android x86, phoenix os, Ubuntu the keyboard doesn't work and i have to attach an external keyboard. I want my keyboard to work so i don't look like guy with laptop, screen and KEYBOARD, using a keyboard? If you need more details please tell, thankyou

hamdan198 said:
Hello. I need help installing Bliss-OS on my surface LAPTOP. Think of me as a complete noob, even though i ma not, just so we don't misunderstand how much the other knows, vice versa. You guys are amazing and i just want to dual-boot android x86 on my laptop.
Oh, sorry my problem is that when i boot it it works surprisingly well, i go into the OS then like remix OS, android x86, phoenix os, Ubuntu the keyboard doesn't work and i have to attach an external keyboard. I want my keyboard to work so i don't look like guy with laptop, screen and KEYBOARD, using a keyboard? If you need more details please tell, thankyou
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That's quite the odd issue. Have you asked this in the Bliss OS (x86) thread? https://forum.xda-developers.com/bliss-roms/bliss-roms-development/x86-bliss-x86-pc-s-t3534657

Any Luck?
hamdan198 said:
Hello. I need help installing Bliss-OS on my surface LAPTOP. Think of me as a complete noob, even though i ma not, just so we don't misunderstand how much the other knows, vice versa. You guys are amazing and i just want to dual-boot android x86 on my laptop.
Oh, sorry my problem is that when i boot it it works surprisingly well, i go into the OS then like remix OS, android x86, phoenix os, Ubuntu the keyboard doesn't work and i have to attach an external keyboard. I want my keyboard to work so i don't look like guy with laptop, screen and KEYBOARD, using a keyboard? If you need more details please tell, thankyou
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I have the same issue on my Surface Laptop 2. Every install I try, no matter what it is, I have no keyboard. I am able to plug in a USB keyboard, but as you said, that really doesn't work for me.
Did you find any solutions?? I have no clue what to do. SUCKS not having a keyboard and I'm loving BlissOS.

ModestExcuse said:
I have the same issue on my Surface Laptop 2. Every install I try, no matter what it is, I have no keyboard. I am able to plug in a USB keyboard, but as you said, that really doesn't work for me.
Did you find any solutions?? I have no clue what to do. SUCKS not having a keyboard and I'm loving BlissOS.
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Unfortunately no, keyboard doesn't work on BlissOS yet.
I asked the developer and he said he would be implementing drivers to make it work
I did get ubuntu to work - You might want to check this out:
https://github.com/qzed/linux-surface/ :fingers-crossed:

hamdan198 said:
Unfortunately no, keyboard doesn't work on BlissOS yet.
I asked the developer and he said he would be implementing drivers to make it work
I did get ubuntu to work - You might want to check this out:
https://github.com/qzed/linux-surface/ :fingers-crossed:
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I run the linux-surface kernel w/ Ubuntu on my SL3, and it runs great. I’m having issues getting Bliss OS to even boot off the usb; assuming I get it on, is there a way to install the linux-surface kernel in Bliss or would I break everything? It’s been a while since I’ve messed with Android so sorry in advance! (Also with the SL3; the Keyboard, mouse, and touchscreen do not work right off the bat with any linux distro/flavour afaik until you install the linux-surface kernel)

Yes, the easiest way to install the Linux surface modules for android is via gearlock using the gxp files available from gearlock forums. Install both the surface kernel module and the daemon from gearlock recovery menu during android boot up not from within android terminal. Touch screen may not work from every boot has been my only issue.
you can use gearlocks windows advanced android installer to install android and include gearlock from windows as well or install gearlock to most flavours of android x86 after the osnhas been installed.
you are also better off placing any gxp files into the dedicated gearlock folder as thats easily visible to gearlock during recovery

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It seems that contributing to LOS building ROM is not anymore tolerated, this post is deleted.

Maybe @Scavenger87 wants to take a look here ;-)
I guess it's better to have an own dedicated thread.

Thanks for setting up a distinct thread. Things were getting confusing!

john_matrix said:
Maybe @Scavenger87 wants to take a look here ;-)
I guess it's better to have an own dedicated thread.
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Hey John great idea with opening a new Thread because i also think its really confusing already
john_matrix said:
@Scavenger87: Steel01 advised to let 15.1 (I think he is right because it's too old and because lot of changes have been done between 15.1-16.0)
Also have found this during LOS 16.0 debugging and when application is crashing:
Starting from Android 9, LMK can be implemented in userspace and needs new optimization settings:
Low Memory Killer Daemon | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
Will see if this new userspace LMKD can be tuned.
@Trevor_g: can't say... I don't have an Nvidia controller to test.
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Ok yeah i think he's right for multiple reasons
- 15.1 had still unsolved issues aside of broken omx like the crashing nv games app and not working screen mirroring which is working so far on 16.0
- 16.0 is Android 9.0 based which is the same as the actual Software for the Shield TV. That means there is maybe a chance they can use some Codes or even Apps like the Shield Accessories to makes things like the First Controller working again over WIFI.
I even found a lot Nvidia OEM Apps here on APK Mirror : https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/nvidia/
I think i start testing around with those apks as soon i installed the lasted 16.0 build
@Trevor_g
For your question i have to check that again on 16.0 with the old Controller but i think its still only working over a OTG Adapter.
Like i mentioned above maybe the Shield TV Accessories App is working.
mirhl said:
https://gist.github.com/webgeek1234/8ef1bd105d2add3aa9c29028c2befbb0
https://github.com/vartom/drivers-kernel-nvidia-49/tree/smaug49/drivers/hid
https://github.com/devmapal/nvidia-shield-controller-driver
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Someone even mentioned this Linux Driver for the Controller
But to be honest dont suspect too much on lets say all this bonus functions because first the LOS Team have to work on the base build to make it stable and running right

Ok i installed the latest build (4/1/21) yesterday on my LTE Tablet over sideload because i had no extra SD Card to format it to FAT32 and with the new TWRP 3.5-9.0.
I installed also the Pico Gapps and then TWRP said when i was about to Restart that there's now OS installed.
But thats seems to be a bug with TWRP itself because after the restart there was the LineageOS screen waiting for me and after a freeze for about a minute or two i was able to complete my installation.
After this i now can say its the most stable LOS 9.0 Rom so far !
It has very less apps crashing so far i only had to start them twice sometimes and also the hw acceleration working now most of its time at Chrome and on the Youtube App.
I can really see there has going again a lot of work into this Rom and its really a pleasure now to see how it get more stable everytime.
Big thanks to @Steel01, @npjohnson, the whole LineageOS Team and of course to @john_matrix
Btw @john_matrix did you change anything on the partitions you mentioned earlier on this build ?
@Trevor_g
I did a short test yesterday with the controller and as suspected it doesnt recognize by the tablet. I soon test out those Android 9.0 based Accessories App from the Shield TV

Thank you for the rom
Can I just flash this over Lineage 14.1 or do I need a factory wipe?
Did anybody test gamepass streaming yet?

danielandross said:
Thank you for the rom
Can I just flash this over Lineage 14.1 or do I need a factory wipe?
Did anybody test gamepass streaming yet?
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Yes you have to wipe the device first in TWRP to install this rom.
Maybe a little general guide for everyone here who want to try this build in this early state and help tracking bugs
For an clean Installation its important to wipe the device first with TWRP like shown on the first Screenshot.
After this go to Advanced and choose everything choosen on the second Screenshot.
Now you shutdown the Tablet and insert the SD Card or plug in the cable for sideloading.
After turning on the Tablet and choose Recovery Mode again, first install the Rom of course then choose Wipe cache/dalvik.
Now you have to install Gapps if you want to use it. Its recommend to use only the Pico Package.
Wipe cache/dalvik again and restart the device.
If you use Sideload it might says in the Shutdown Menu :
No OS installed !
Which is a bug in my opinion of the new TWRP 3.5-9.0 Package but please use this Version of TWRP in any case that the basement of the installation is everywhere the same !
This is IMHO the way to install a Rom in a clean way and helps tracking down bugs better when everyone used the same methodes.
@john_matrix
I installed the Rom today on a K1 16GB with the methode i described above and did it with my regular SDCard i use in all my Tablets. In comparsion to installing over sideload it didnt get the No OS installed! message at TWRP and i didnt had that 1 minute freeze at begin of the install-wizzard after the LOS Logo.
Also the Rom seems to be same stable as the one on the 32GB model.
But i have to test it a bit more side by side to make valid statements
Also Nvidia Games working nice as you can see on the Screenshots

Hi guys, so, long story short i got scammed on a dutch advertising portal and ended up with one of them shield tablets which were recalled a few years ago. Yep, those with the defective battery that may burst in flame one day
Anyways, i figured that since it hasnt happened until now, i might just be lucky and give it a shot.
Its great to see that there is still some active development of this device! flashed this rom and i gotta say im positively surprised. Its running nice and smooth and even though it crashed on me a few times after the first boot, but a few reboots later and its running like a charm! i didnt bother with gapps, root or anything yet though. really great job devs!

Scavenger87 said:
I installed the Rom today on a K1 16GB with the methode i described above and did it with my regular SDCard i use in all my Tablets. In comparsion to installing over sideload it didnt get the No OS installed! message at TWRP and i didnt had that 1 minute freeze at begin of the install-wizzard after the LOS Logo.
Also the Rom seems to be same stable as the one on the 32GB model.
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My tablet was completely wiped with no OS so I just pushed the ROM, pico gapps, and magisk over USB onto internal storage with MTP/TWRP. Flashed it all from there and it worked fine. No issues or errors. I don't think it's at all necessary to sideload to use an external SD.

Jackill said:
Hi guys, so, long story short i got scammed on a dutch advertising portal and ended up with one of them shield tablets which were recalled a few years ago. Yep, those with the defective battery that may burst in flame one day
Anyways, i figured that since it hasnt happened until now, i might just be lucky and give it a shot.
Its great to see that there is still some active development of this device! flashed this rom and i gotta say im positively surprised. Its running nice and smooth and even though it crashed on me a few times after the first boot, but a few reboots later and its running like a charm! i didnt bother with gapps, root or anything yet though. really great job devs!
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In this Thread beginning from here i share my informations so far about the two type of batteries and changing them out if you interested:
Finding Replacement Battery in 2017?
Anybody know where to find a battery that will fit in the Shield Tablet? I know there are several threads online (here on xda, on GeForce forums, and other places) that discuss replacing the shield tablet battery and a few different part numbers...
forum.xda-developers.com
airtower said:
My tablet was completely wiped with no OS so I just pushed the ROM, pico gapps, and magisk over USB onto internal storage with MTP/TWRP. Flashed it all from there and it worked fine. No issues or errors. I don't think it's at all necessary to sideload to use an external SD.
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I did these two type installation because @john_matrix mentioned to use a SD Card which is formated with FAT32 instead of exFAT. I didnt had one lying around so i used sideload this time.

Thank you everyone and Scavenger87 for your feedback! ;-)
About stability, I guess the culprit is the fact I have played with the new userspace LMK but for me it's not stable enough to be used as daily.
For example, Youtube often continue to play videos greeny and blocky and this is annoying
I will try to fine tune the best settings for LMK.
About battery, I have changed mine too with this one:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32807531204.html
It works good but require to use the board of the original battery.

Seems to be going well so far for me, battery life seems good and for the general use I have had time to do it's worked well.
One crash that caused a reboot, after testing the hdmi output the tablet rebooted when I unplugged the hdmi cable from the tablet.

john_matrix said:
Thank you everyone and Scavenger87 for your feedback! ;-)
About stability, I guess the culprit is the fact I have played with the new userspace LMK but for me it's not stable enough to be used as daily.
For example, Youtube often continue to play videos greeny and blocky and this is annoying
I will try to fine tune the best settings for LMK.
About battery, I have changed mine too with this one:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32807531204.html
It works good but require to use the board of the original battery.
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Ok that means there is still some kind of memory leak problem with our tablets or is the memory managment on android 9 and higher not really suited for our low ram devices ?
I also read something about drawbacks with the in-kernel LMK as you can see here :
Drawbacks of in-kernel LMK driver
Android deprecates the LMK driver due to a number of issues, including:
Low-RAM devices had to be tuned aggressively, and even then would perform poorly on workloads with large file-backed active pagecache. The poor performance resulted in thrashing and no kills.
The LMK kernel driver relied on free-memory limits, with no scaling based on the memory pressure.
Because of the rigidity of the design, partners often customized the driver so that it would work on their devices.
The LMK driver hooked into the slab shrinker API, which wasn't designed for heavy operations such as searching for targets and killing them, which slowed down the vmscan process.
Is the zRam function now activated by standart on Android 9 and higher to compress amount memory is needed ?
I try to stresstest it today with a website that have a lot pictures sadly i cant use instagram anymore because you need a account now

Shield Tablet can't be considered as a "low ram device" as Google defined them with up to 512MB (Android Go?)
Android Performance Optimization | Android Open Source Project
source.android.com
I also have devices with 2GB that are currently performing Lineage 17.1 very well (Sony Z3C and Nexus 4)
I don't know if zRAM is activated by default in Android but you still have the choice to activate it or no (in the kernel or in the fstab.
Additionnally, I don't know what is the policy to activate zRAM (my Mi9 have 6GB RAM and have zRAM activated by Xiaomi so...)
Another thing about zRAM is there are lot and lot of options you can activate such as compression, lz4, clear caching, etc... depending of your needs and I am not skilled enough to say exactly what will be the consequences of these options (but it cost nothing to try).
You also have to keep in mind that zRAM will consume more CPU times (as KSM).
Similarly, you can fine tune the CPU governor and IO scheduling (often I see CFQ by default but on the other way I have saw that Noop and Deadline gives best results).
Feel free to share your experience and if you have other ideas on what you would like to integrate in this ROM (as the best possible).
You are right to stress test the OS, you can also debug the memory and the weight attributed on the processes.

Ok but 2GB is really not much these day also this article from android source is really old i think i read there something about kitkat or so
But your right i also was suprised to see that my xperia z3 compact i have lying around is able to run lineageos 17.1 and even is supported by the LOS Team
Which leads me to the question is the memory managment on the Qualcomm SOC so much better ? Ok the Ram there is on the SOC itself instead of external like on our Tegra based devices.
I think i install tonight Triodexes 15.1 with zram to compare the effect it has.
I also noticed the hw acceleration crashes the most on the firefox browser like i told in the 15.1 Thread you can start one video and it runs if you leave everything untouched but your not able to start a second one even with autoplay.
Btw about the LMK i know its maybe a dumb question but did you try the original settings from the Oem Rom ?
Edit : The original values in minfree are: 18432,23040,27648,32256,36864,46080
And zRam is already activated on the LOS 16.0 Build with 511MB same like the oem rom

Scavenger87 said:
I did a short test yesterday with the controller and as suspected it doesnt recognize by the tablet. I soon test out those Android 9.0 based Accessories App from the Shield TV
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Thanks SO much for looking into this for me! You mentioned later that the controller wasn't recognized by the tablet, however I'm also curious if the Accessories app from the ShieldTV might help. Thanks again, in advance!

Fwiw, there's a bunch of framework patches needed for the wifi direct controller to work. I've yet to get them all straight. Haven't had that working since cm-12.1. See the incomplete set for 16.0 here:
https://review.lineageos.org/q/topic:shield-blake-p
That's on top of:
https://review.lineageos.org/q/topic:nvidia-shieldtech-p
And there's no nvidia pairing app that works with a touch interface. It's a mess atm. I did get blake to pair to foster on 15.1, but only while the pairing wizard was open. As soon as I hit back to close it, the autonomous group goes down and the connection is lost. And now, it's close to impossible since nvidia didn't release the nvwifi prebuilt jar to link against. And the one from O doesn't work on P.

Hi @Steel01
Thank you for keeping us updated on your work with the controller and also for your work for this device in general
I already tought its not easy to bring wifi support back for the old controller but i think also there is no high priority since the second gen is working fine over bluetooth and they already cheap to buy used.
Other than this the rom is suprisingly good running for this early stage and most of the stuff is working
Is there something that needs special attention for testing at the moment to help you developing ?
Like i mentioned in a other Thread i have every generation of the Shield Tablet and Controller. Only on my LTE Modell the SIM Card Reader is unfixable broken
But i still hunting for a fully working device.

Before I flash this Rom: Why do I habe to wipe internal storage?

danielandross said:
Before I flash this Rom: Why do I habe to wipe internal storage?
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Well i dont know if its really needed to wipe the internal storage but i think by the reason we testing here a new Rom in a really early stage we should give it the cleanest basement as possible to exclude problems that might caused by left over data that interference with the Rom