[Completed] Lenovo Miix 2 8 Boot from SD card - XDA Assist

Good day! I am attempting a Remix OS on SD card dual boot for my Miix tablet. I have the 32G version w/ windows10 installed on it. For obvious reasons, I cannot install Remix OS on the internal flash, but I really want to play with this. The Lenovo appears completely unable to boot from the SD card unless it contains WINPE files, and it does not support legacy bios. The only configurable options are secureboot (on/off) and USB debug (on/off).
I heard people have had luck with GRUB type bootloaders, but much of the info on it is not applicable or not updated to deal with uSD cards/Windows10 UEFI. Grub2 appears promising, but I have to be honest in saying there is little info on the subject, and the only places I have been able to find it is incorporated in an Ubuntu install which I am not interested in. I am assuming I'd need to create a partition with a "which partition do you wanna boot from." This seems very basic, but is at this time out of my skill level.
Does anybody know if booting to the SD card on this is possible? Any help would be appreciated.

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I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm new to this and wrestling with the learning curve but I have spent time doing searches and trying to find an answer myself before asking for assistance.
I have managed to unlock my bootloader and, as I understand it, I should now find a custom recovery for my device before I try to root it. I have searched and searched but I have not been able to find a custom recovery which is definitely for my Android and I don't want to brick the thing. Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?
Beyond that, any advice on the best rooting options would be greatly appreciated.
I'm running Android 6 on an Acer Iconia One 7 B1-780 (MTK8163).
It seems like nobody is working on this tablet... so sad because its got a great screen and is very responsive, I have also looked for a custom ROM or the right way to root it since it comes with so little space but to no avail. If you´ve found something let me know please.
wolfnightmare said:
It seems like nobody is working on this tablet... so sad because its got a great screen and is very responsive, I have also looked for a custom ROM or the right way to root it since it comes with so little space but to no avail. If you´ve found something let me know please.
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If you're worried about the lack of space (as I was), you may use an SD card as internal storage. I did that, and at first, I thought all was well. However, it wasn't very long until I started getting the insufficient space message when installing apps. What I forgot to do, was MIGRATE the data from the internal space to the SD Card when I was asked if I wanted to use the inserted SD card as adoptive storage. If you skipped that step as I foolishly did, you may change it manually in the storage settings. Simply use the three-dot menu (top right) when looking at the SD card storage menu. Select 'Migrate Data' and it will push app data to the card opening up lots of internal space.
I now have over 10 gigs of apps installed to my 32 gig micro SD Card with 1.5 gigs used of the 3 (!) available in the included internal space.
Some apps still continue to install to the internal space. Simply move the app to the card manually (again in the storage settings). However, some apps CANNOT be moved to the card. Thankfully, in my use, these apps seem to be rare.
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Can i boot android from a external SD card

I need to boot android off a external SD card.is this possible if so can you pleae guide through it
I realize your post was from nearly a year ago but I currently have the need to be able to boot an old device from external SD as the internal is irreparably corrupted or for whatever reason is not usable or fixable. I have tried every method I know of to fix the internal storage with no success including flashing pit files and the correct samsung firmware. Fortunately I can boot into recovery and fastboot mode so I still have options(hopefully.)
In any case I have found 2 (very old) threads with potential solutions to this issue . I find it somewhat surprising there is not more development on this as a great many have found ourselves needing to do this. Even though booting from ext SD is not ideal it would at least keep someone operable that didn't have a fallback device until they can obtain a new device.
There is one thread where the OP managed to use adb shell and/or unix to format the external SD for an ASUS tablet(TF701t.) I am not sure if others successfully used his method on other devices. Regardless it is an enlightening thread and led me to the 2nd one below about a using custom TWRP that enables dual boot between internal and external SD. I am going to try method 2 in just a few minutes on an old Galaxy Note 4 (N910C) that died on me recently. I'm going to have to copy the nandroid backups that are on the extSD to a computer and then figure out how to get TWRP to use one of them to restore to the same media where they reside. Hopefully a closer reading of the 2 threads will reveal the answer.
1.) Format ext SD via ADB shell thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf701/help/dead-mmc-ideas-t2830332
2.) Custom Dual boot TWRP thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684052
If anyone happens on this thread and has more information regarding booting from ext SD please share what you know.
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https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv...d-on-a-rk3288-device-an-easy-way-to-dual-boot
Bub3d said:
On Rockship SOC
I do it with a GPD XD RK3288 and GPD G5 RK3188 since over two years.
Works perfectly fine.
Sd Card is San Disk 64gb
https://forum.freaktab.com/forum/tv...d-on-a-rk3288-device-an-easy-way-to-dual-boot
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Hi Bub3d,
I checked the link thank you very much. Do you maybe have a better guide to perform a dual boot on the GPD xD.
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https://github.com/phhusson/boot-diverter
Un développeur installe plusieurs versions d’Android sur son smartphone et prouve que le dual boot fonctionne
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www.google.com
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metafizik said:
I realize your post was from nearly a year ago but I currently have the need to be able to boot an old device from external SD as the internal is irreparably corrupted or for whatever reason is not usable or fixable. I have tried every method I know of to fix the internal storage with no success including flashing pit files and the correct samsung firmware. Fortunately I can boot into recovery and fastboot mode so I still have options(hopefully.)
In any case I have found 2 (very old) threads with potential solutions to this issue . I find it somewhat surprising there is not more development on this as a great many have found ourselves needing to do this. Even though booting from ext SD is not ideal it would at least keep someone operable that didn't have a fallback device until they can obtain a new device.
There is one thread where the OP managed to use adb shell and/or unix to format the external SD for an ASUS tablet(TF701t.) I am not sure if others successfully used his method on other devices. Regardless it is an enlightening thread and led me to the 2nd one below about a using custom TWRP that enables dual boot between internal and external SD. I am going to try method 2 in just a few minutes on an old Galaxy Note 4 (N910C) that died on me recently. I'm going to have to copy the nandroid backups that are on the extSD to a computer and then figure out how to get TWRP to use one of them to restore to the same media where they reside. Hopefully a closer reading of the 2 threads will reveal the answer.
1.) Format ext SD via ADB shell thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf701/help/dead-mmc-ideas-t2830332
2.) Custom Dual boot TWRP thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684052
If anyone happens on this thread and has more information regarding booting from ext SD please share what you know.
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Well,I Will Try It Later,Beside My spare phone has broke (Redmi 2,It Can Be booted to fastboot,and recovery (unfortunately it need a adb to help it boot to twrp) the Chip Inside may be corrupted due to unsuccesful encryption)
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