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[Q] Windows 8 on Transformer Tabets, Would This Work?

This is more of a question for all Asus Transformer tablets, would this work?
Step 1: Root device
Step 2: Install Unbuntu (some apps let you)
Step 3: Install windows 8 for linux devices.
I dont know if this is againts form rules since this is a question, but could someone try it, I would but my test tablet is getting fixed..
I just thought of this, I hope it will work!

I like the idea, but i am seeing a couple of problems: running windows in linux on an android is probably going to cause a lot of lag. Are you sure you can install windows in linux? do you mean a virtual pc?

jasoniscoolio said:
Step 3: Install windows 8 for linux devices.
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There is no "Windows 8 for Linux devices", at least I can't find that product on Microsoft's web page. Where did you see this?

Wasn't there this issue regarding the incomaptibility of the cpu?

ShadowLea said:
Wasn't there this issue regarding the incomaptibility of the cpu?
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Right. Win8 does not run on ARM, and WinRT requires a secure boot environment and is only sold preinstalled on devices.

[Q] Android Studio downloading components

hi
finished the install to android studio appeared this image
http: //i57.tinypic.com/2u7ukaf. png
why?
my computer is not intel and download many hours
I've downloaded all the files in sdk manager and why again?
i don't understand please help me :crying:

NyxHero said:
hi
finished the install to android studio appeared this image
http: //i57.tinypic.com/2u7ukaf. png
why?
my computer is not intel and download many hours
I've downloaded all the files in sdk manager and why again?
i don't understand please help me :crying:
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Do you really need android studio or just want to use ADB/fastboot?
The screenshot doesn't show any errors, installation is just in progress.

I have to download and install Google API Intel x86 for use the android studio?
my screenshot is not a error, my problem android studio download Google API Intel x86...
I should?

NyxHero said:
I have to download and install Google API Intel x86 for use the android studio?
my screenshot is not a error, my problem android studio download Google API Intel x86...
I should?
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Intel x86 is a general cpu structure, which means 32Bit CPU. You can also use it with other vendor's 32bit CPUs

LS.xD said:
Intel x86 is a general cpu structure, which means 32Bit CPU. You can also use it with other vendor's 32bit CPUs
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i know
but my computer is a AMD 64 bits

NyxHero said:
i know
but my computer is a AMD 64 bits
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Your pc may also run x86 software. Is your OS 32bit or 64bit? I still don't really understand whats the reason of your post. Whats your probem?

LS.xD said:
Your pc may also run x86 software. Is your OS 32bit or 64bit? I still don't really understand whats the reason of your post. Whats your probem?
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64 bit
my problem, why android studio download this file?
i think don't need or i'm wrong
Greetings

NyxHero said:
64 bit
my problem, why android studio download this file?
i think don't need or i'm wrong
Greetings
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The software will run properly on your system

LS.xD said:
The software will run properly on your system
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but, i can skip this step? i don't want to download the file
It's an obligation to use the program?

NyxHero said:
but, i can skip this step? i don't want to download the file
It's an obligation to use the program?
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I think you'll need it.

okay
thanks LS

Windows 10 IoT for tablet

I tried to run Windows 10 IoT from RPi2 on the Surface RT with included drivers from Surface RT. Appears BDOS error CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED. Maybe someone will change something? To run the system, unpack the archive on the USB-stick formatted in FAT32.
For launch on Surface RT, turn off the device, hold Vol- and press Power key. After turning on, release Vol- key.
Download: http://1drv.ms/1VG4wmt
P.S. You need the latest version of WinRAR;

My bet - missing drivers and USB boot. What device was source of Win10 IoT?
When Win10 for RPi2 was announced I thought about trying the same... sadly I don't own RT device anymore. But as it started booting, seems that secureboot certs are still valid

Dj_Art said:
I tried to run Windows 10 IoT from RPi2 on the Surface RT with included drivers from Surface RT. Appears BDOS error CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED. Maybe someone will change something? To run the system, unpack the archive on the USB-stick formatted in FAT32.
For launch on Surface RT, turn off the device, hold Vol- and press Power key. After turning on, release Vol- key.
Download: http://1drv.ms/1VG4wmt
P.S. You need the latest version of WinRAR;
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It is possible to run it, https://twitter.com/never_released/status/660133493872140288 (it's me)

That is fantastic! How were you able to do so, where others have failed?
black_blob said:
It is possible to run it, https://twitter.com/never_released/status/660133493872140288 (it's me)
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hilga007 said:
That is fantastic! How were you able to do so, where others have failed?
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I just installed the RPI image without modifications in a USB stick, after adding the Kits Secure Boot policy to fool Win10IoT

I wonder if it's possible to get Windows 10 Mobile executables to run?

SilverHedgehog said:
I wonder if it's possible to get Windows 10 Mobile executables to run?
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Check the link to the picture posted above. The answer there is
' potentially yes' -
Would be awesome btw..

P.S. You need the latest version of WinRAR;[/QUOTE]
You can actually install Windows IoT on any x86 tablet, like new surface or the ridiculously cheap Linx1010. On BayTrail tablets you can usually boot the minnowboard image and install all the drivers. For Apollo Lake you have to build your own image of Windows IoT because Microsoft does not provide x64 images, and most computer have 64-bit UEFI.
Check out my guide for detail, i can't post URIs here, but it's blog.quickbird run-windows-iot-everywhere (google that)

If I want to flash Win10 IoT instead of running off of USB, what would I need to do?
Edit: Nevermind -- I saw the youtube video. Anyone know the status on Redstone?

Any update on this? Would love for it to work

I have a Windows RT tablet. I successfully performed downgrade from 8.1 to 8.0. The former owner when sat on Windows 8.1 RT said that he was not updated. That's nice. After creating the second user, I started trying to perform secureboot debug. In the account policy I created another user and assigned to him all the roles, including administrator, User Replicator, etc. After that I managed to run the script and on a black background to press the treasured inscription "Accept and install". After the download, I ran the command that was in the Readme file from the Secureboot folder. After that I started to prepare a flash drive. Build ffu file Windows 10 IoT as a person from the video I mounted through the command DISM /mount-ffu. After that I added the files efi to download, but unfortunately further I did not succeed in doing anything. By the way I install a jailbreak. When you try to boot from a prepared SD card, it ignores it. All the methods are tried. What could be wrong? i may to record video

I successfully installed Windows 10 iot core on Surface RT! And I need help for install drivers!!!!

mickel52 said:
I successfully installed Windows 10 iot core on Surface RT! And I need help for install drivers!!!!
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How were you able to do it, Could you explain? I have an old RT sitting around and I cant do anything with it.

[WIP] Secure Boot and Linux for Surface RT

I've been informed that this secure boot unlock is only for Windows 8.0 and NOT 8.1. Attempting this on Windows 8.1 can result in a brick! This may also be risky for Windows 8.0 You've been warned.​
We need some serious help and organization. This thread will be dedicated to getting Linux on these Surface RT tablets. We already have the secure boot unlock so why don't we have a full Linux install? I believe it's because all the information is strewn about the internet with incomplete information and broken links. So please keep this thread topic only on the topic of secure boot unlock and Linux booting on Surface RT.
Ok so about the unlock, for those who are asking you can get it here, check the end of the post. To run the secure boot unlock: Move the SecureBoot zip to the desktop, unpack it, and run the script InstallPolicy.cmd as an administrator. (right click and "run as administrator"). In my case it was not working properly because I was trying to run it off a removable usb thumb drive, you should run it from the desktop. Your tablet should reboot then you should get the "secure boot debug policy applicator" install menu with a bunch of warning text. If your RT device has a removable keyboard then please use the volume keys as the "arrow keys" to select accept and confirm it by taping the "windows key" below the screen, I had to do that for my Surface RT. It now should reboot back to windows and at this point you'll want to open a CMD in administrator mode (search for CMD, right click and "run as administrator") and run the command as mentioned in the included readme file.
Code:
bcdedit /set {default} testsigning on && bcdedit /set {bootmgr} testsigning on
Now reboot one last time and your good.
So now what? How do you boot? You can boot anything now by going to settings in the side bar menu, clicking "change PC settings", navigating to "general" settings, and at the bottom of that you should see an "advanced startup". Selecting "restart now" underneath "advanced startup" should bring you to a menu that will allow you to select a USB drive to boot off of. Included at the bottom is also a grub bootloader that's been created for these RT devices and a couple of other possibly related zips.
WE NEED PEOPLE WORKING ON GETTING THE KERNEL TO BOOT! SHARE THIS TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO COULD HELP! I was trying to use the source for a related (but not totally the same) hardware known as the "Cardhu Development Board" from Nvidia. The source code for that can be found here, and their own released version of Ubuntu Linux for Cardhu can be found here. I couldn't get the compiled kernel from source to boot but maybe some drivers can be had from that repository.
I DID NOT CREATE ANY OF THESE HACKS, I'm just more a hobbyist learning computers and programming who also loves Linux. Credit seems to go to users @Wack0Distractor, @black_blob, and the folks at ROL for the original hacks. Credit goes to @[email protected]@f for recovering the files, his original post is here, seems ROL had a bit of a issue and a lot was lost but their IRC is still up.

List of possibly related and useful information
Secure Boot Golden Keys: https://web.archive.org/web/20170604013028/https://rol.im/securegoldenkeyboot/
Below is a index of posts in this thread that should be of interest.
Page 9 Post #85 -- Getting into APX mode (AKA RCM mode): https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77286176&postcount=85

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How do we use the GRUB, ci_tools_arm & EFIESP??
I have Windows RT 8.1

XDA-00 said:
How do we use the GRUB, ci_tools_arm & EFIESP??
I have Windows RT 8.1
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My Surface RT was a used tablet and it came with Windows 8.0 afaik, so everything just worked. I actually don't know what "ci_tools_arm" are but I do know with EFIESP and GRUB you just unzip the contents of just one (take your pick) to the root of a USB drive and they will boot whatever you configure them to boot. "EFIESP" can be used to boot the Windows IOT from https://forum.xda-developers.com/wi...ows-phone-windows-10-mobile-surface-t3365743/ while GRUB can be used to boot ANYTHING, even Windows, so long as you have the proper kernel or files. If you try to boot GRUB you'll just get the GRUB loader screen and the attachable keyboard doesn't work in GRUB, a USB keyboard might though. Right now we need someone to compile a working kernel with drivers for the RT line of devices.
EDIT: Booting stuff requires that you unlocked "secure boot" as mentioned above.

ShapeShifter499 said:
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You are going to get people bricked with this method.
DO NOT under any circumstance use this guide if you are on RT 8.1. It will end up in crashing your device and possibly even bricking it (that has been reported). RT 8.1 automatically relocks the secure boot and if you try and install the EFI, it will brick your device.
DO NOT follow this guide unless you are on RT 8.0. Even if you are on RT 8.0, it is still risky.
The kernel for RT is structured differently than a standard linux ARM kernel. That's one of the reasons why linux will most likely not happen for RT devices.
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Is there any way to revert to RT 8 from 8.1?

2390 said:
Is there any way to revert to RT 8 from 8.1?
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Nope
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Qiangong2 said:
You are going to get people bricked with this method.
DO NOT under any circumstance use this guide if you are on RT 8.1. It will end up in crashing your device and possibly even bricking it (that has been reported). RT 8.1 automatically relocks the secure boot and if you try and install the EFI, it will brick your device.
DO NOT follow this guide unless you are on RT 8.0. Even if you are on RT 8.0, it is still risky.
The kernel for RT is structured differently than a standard linux ARM kernel. That's one of the reasons why linux will most likely not happen for RT devices.
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Added warning to op. Thank you for letting me know.

Qiangong2 said:
You are going to get people bricked with this method.
DO NOT under any circumstance use this guide if you are on RT 8.1. It will end up in crashing your device and possibly even bricking it (that has been reported). RT 8.1 automatically relocks the secure boot and if you try and install the EFI, it will brick your device.
DO NOT follow this guide unless you are on RT 8.0. Even if you are on RT 8.0, it is still risky.
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Quit the fearmongering, MSFT's security update has already been worked around
The kernel for RT is structured differently than a standard linux ARM kernel. That's one of the reasons why linux will most likely not happen for RT devices.
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What do you mean by this

Sam Za Nemesis said:
Quit the fearmongering, MSFT's security update has already been worked around
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The new dev tool, when run together with unlocking secure boot, bricks your device.
What do you mean by this
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The ARM processor is configured to the NT kernel. Unlike most which are configured to a Unix kernel.
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Qiangong2 said:
The kernel for RT is structured differently than a standard linux ARM kernel. That's one of the reasons why linux will most likely not happen for RT devices.
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Isn't the device not loading any kernel when GRUB is loaded on a Surface RT? I thought when GRUB was proven to load, that any kernel would load on the Tegra processor, I've seen documentation online where most of the Tegra code (from Nvidia or from Open Source) was ported into the latest Linux kernel.

ShapeShifter499 said:
Isn't the device not loading any kernel when GRUB is loaded on a Surface RT? I thought when GRUB was proven to load, that any kernel would load on the Tegra processor, I've seen documentation online where most of the Tegra code (from Nvidia or from Open Source) was ported into the latest Linux kernel.
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We could just adapt a Linux kernel (like with Android) if the RT kernel was a Linux kernel, but it isn't. RT blocks different kernels from being loaded (like a locked bootloader, just more complex)
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Qiangong2 said:
We could just adapt a Linux kernel (like with Android) if the RT kernel was a Linux kernel, but it isn't. RT blocks different kernels from being loaded (like a locked bootloader, just more complex)
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Is there any documentation stating this? Is the RT kernel active when we boot up GRUB?

There is Linux (Android) kernel available for TF502T Asus tablet which is almost the same as Surface RT and totally same as TF600T. Here you can still download it from Asus website: https://www.asus.com/us/support/Download/28/1/0/17/32/

[email protected]@f said:
There is Linux (Android) kernel available for TF502T Asus tablet which is almost the same as Surface RT and totally same as TF600T. Here you can still download it from Asus website: https://www.asus.com/us/support/Download/28/1/0/17/32/
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I could give it a shot later, sure. Thanks for the information.

ShapeShifter499 said:
Is there any documentation stating this? Is the RT kernel active when we boot up GRUB?
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We have restricted access (basically cannot do anything), but yes. It is active.
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Qiangong2 said:
We have restricted access (basically cannot do anything), but yes. It is active.
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I'm guessing there is no known button combo to boot up some sort of debug mode, like the fastboot mode on android devices.
Has anyone seen if there are any JTAG or serial connections somewhere on the board?

ShapeShifter499 said:
I'm guessing there is no known button combo to boot up some sort of debug mode, like the fastboot mode on android devices.
Has anyone seen if there are any JTAG or serial connections somewhere on the board?
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Not as far as I know
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Not as far as I know
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Microsoft has really screwed this tablet then, I'm out of ideas for now. For anyone coming across this, if you have ideas or possible solutions please share them.

Themes / Apps / Mods [ROOT] Limbo QEMU Emulator with KVM acceleration for Tensor Chips

Hi all,
On Android 13, Google enabled KVM support for Tensor Chips model(Pixel 6 / 6pro / 6a). So we can run a Virtual machine at full speed, but there is no APP to utilize this feature.
I modified the Limbo Emulator (QEMU), so it can enable the KVM on Pixel 6 Phones. Due to the limitation of the kernel, the APP needs ROOT permission to access the KVM service(/dev/kvm)
Currently, only VNC is working on this APP, and you can only boot directly using the Linux kernel. UEFI did not work on KVM.
Network functions worked, but you may need to set the DNS inside the Guest OS.
Arch Linux for arm64 runs pretty well on Limbo. It runs even faster than Raspi 4. You can download it from ArchLinuxARM-aarch64-latest.tar.gz
Other Linux can also run on the Limbo, but you may need to recompile the kernel to enable virto-related functions.
See https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...th-kvm-acceleration-for-tensor-chips.4501665/

this works without kvm, but windows 10 not starting

lentas said:
this works without kvm, but windows 10 not starting
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windows requires uefi whether its the arm variant or not. I have windows 11 for arm on my surface duo. requires a custom uefi boot

TechX1991 said:
windows requires uefi whether its the arm variant or not. I have windows 11 for arm on my surface duo. requires a custom uefi boot
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it still dont work

lentas said:
it still dont work
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Have you written a custom uefi boot, and Windows still doesn't boot?

it gets "loading files" and then screen is black

lentas said:
it gets "loading files" and then screen is black
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also requires drivers and such for like the soc, graphics chip, etc. On the surface duo 1, charging while booted to windows doesn't work

@wasdwasd0105 I would like you to share how you created the PFlash image for UEFI. specifically how you bypass the error with kvm_set_user_memory_region. I do have an idea on how to get RAMFB to work, but I can't seem to find how to fix that particular issue.

coreycusick said:
@wasdwasd0105 I would like you to share how you created the PFlash image for UEFI. specifically how you bypass the error with kvm_set_user_memory_region. I do have an idea on how to get RAMFB to work, but I can't seem to find how to fix that particular issue.
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add my discord wasdwasd0105#2283