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Description:
This Installer will let you install Android x86 on your PC like any other application, no risk to Damage HDD Partitions, Boot Data or User Data. It’s like WUBI (ubuntu installer) NOT a WUBI Based Installer.
After installation you will got an option at boot to select Windows or Android.
Requirements:
Android x86 ISO
Windows Boot Manager/NTLDR is the default Boot Manager
Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 32-bit or 64-bit
.NET Framework 4
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Instructions:
Install:
Go to http://www.android-x86.org/download
Download any version of Android (i recommended eeepc version 4.0-RC2)
Launch the Installer (Installer Link below)
Select the downloaded ISO file
Select the partition which Android will be installed to.
Select “User Data Max. Size” which will store download Apps and User Settings
Click Install and wait about 5 min.
Note: Installation time depends on “User Data Max. Size” may be more than 10min with 32GB
Uninstall:
Start->Control Panel -> Programs and Features
Select Android and click on “Uninstall”
Just press any key and wait until screen disappear
Know Issues:
Not Work if GRUB is the default bootloader
EFI Not Supported
Change Log:
Version 1.2:
- Support Windows 2000/XP [waiting for Users Reports]
- Logging Installation Process
Version 1.1: automatically detect if VGA Card require xforcevesa nomodeset, no more android black screen
Version 1.0: initial version
Some Notes:
you can install Android on "USB Disk" or "SD Card"
you can install Android on Windows partition (Drive C: ), no problems at all
Windows 8 and UEFI-Enabled Devices Note:
Most of Windows 8 Devices which use UEFI and GPT Disk is not supported till Now.
Check the new Version: [http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/winapp-android-x86-installer-uefi-t3222483]
Download:
Version 1.2: Installer Version 1.2
Hitting Thanks button encourage me
How to change Android Screen DPI ?
open C:\menu.lst
add DPI=120 or any value at the end of kernel line.
I'm waiting too much time and installation still not completed, what's going on?
installation time based on "User Data max. size" value it will take about 10min with 32GB
with 1GB it will take about 1min or 2min
Installer window not responding?
during installation installer may appear like not responding but it's still working. don't worry
Can it be installed with Windows 7 and ubuntu (installed with WUBI) ?
Yes,it won't mess up anything
What about UEFI Devices ?
I'm trying in my free time to find a solution for these devices
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iam on netbook ACER ASPIRE ONE 722 running windows 8 , What can I install android x86?? and which iso file one should I download, because too many choices
Re: [WinApp] Android x86 Easy Installer
I'm on company presario CQ42
I download the one for HP pavallion series and it installed but not booting to android..
I can see only a black screen.....
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sandyworsnop said:
reserved,
iam on netbook ACER ASPIRE ONE 722 running windows 8 , What can I install android x86?? and which iso file one should I download, because too many choices
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Latest Stable Release is Android-x86-4.0-RC2
i'm using eeepc version on my PC and my Netbook MSI U123
Thank you
glsnjoseph said:
I'm on company presario CQ42
I download the one for HP pavallion series and it installed but not booting to android..
I can see only a black screen.....
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This issue because of incompatible Graphics Card
tell me your graphics card model
and i will try to find a solution to work with all Graphics Cards
Thank you
New Version 1.1: add xforcevesa, nomodeset for Intel HD, ATI,Nvidia
ExtremeGTX said:
How to change Android Screen DPI ?
open C:\menu.lst
add DPI=120 or any value at the end of kernel line.
I'm waiting too much time and installation still not completed, what's going on?
installation time based on "User Data max. size" value it will take about 10min with 32GB
with 1GB it will take about 1min or 2min
Installer window not responding?
during installation installer may appear like not responding but it's still working. don't worry
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Another question here, can it be installed with Windows 8 and ubuntu (installed with WUBI), it won't mess anything right?
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mikevillarroel said:
Another question here, can it be installed with Windows 8 and ubuntu (installed with WUBI), it won't mess anything right?
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Nevermind, it worked like a champ! thanks!
Android_*^ Easy Installer
Finally, an alternative installer. I am having difficulty in installing my android_x86. The installer won't detect my local hard drives even if the grub menu says "Install to Harddrive". I only get endless dots after the "Detecting Android_86". The installer only detects flash drives and SD cards and is willing to install the system onto the SD card. I tried various .iso images that are compatible with my machine and they all have the same story. Then I thought of tricking my PC. So I installed Android_x86 onto my SD card. Then using Gparted, I copied the partition (where I installed Android) onto my local harddrive. Afterwhich I edited my Ubuntu grub menu to be able to boot the partition. It worked! But not fully. I am again stuck with the "Detecting Android_x86..............(endless)". Same story, it will not detect my local harddrives even the very partition where the kernel and initrd files were succesfully loaded from.
I next experimented with VirtualBox. They all worked and detected the virtual hard disks just fine. Its just that the jellybean system runs slowly. However I am still keen on running Android alongside my other operating systems without virtual machines.
So I was very happy to have heard this easy installer. I just need help. when I first ran the Android Easy Installer, it went looking for grldr(grub4dos). So I downloaded and decompressed Grub4dos. I ran the installer again and it copied the necessary files to C:\. But this time, it came looking for "menu_VESA.lst". I looked everywhere including the internet but I do not know how to provide this file. How do I generate it? Please Help, Thanks.
joarrafe said:
So I was very happy to have heard this easy installer. I just need help. when I first ran the Android Easy Installer, it went looking for grldr(grub4dos). So I downloaded and decompressed Grub4dos. I ran the installer again and it copied the necessary files to C:\. But this time, it came looking for "menu_VESA.lst". I looked everywhere including the internet but I do not know how to provide this file. How do I generate it? Please Help, Thanks.
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OK, I don't know what's happened in your PC but this is the first time i see result like this.
I tested installer with (PC/Laptop/Netbook) with different Version of Windows but this is new to me.
I think you are using GRUB as bootloader or something like that.
FYI, The Installer packaged with All Files Required including GRUB.
menu_VESA.lst is grub config file, i created it for devices which use Intel HD, Nvidia or ATI Graphics Cards (you will not find this on the net )
menu_VESA.lst (Attached)
1. extract menu_VESA.zip
2. copy menu_VESA.lst to root of C:
3. Rename it to menu.lst
I hope this fixed your problem
waiting for your feedback
Thank you very much
HELLO
I don't know why when i press Install Now
it appears a window
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Error Occured:
StartIndex 不可以小於零。
參數名稱: startIndex
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確定
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what is it??
But i am not able to boot it when starting my pc it's giving me the option to boot android or windows 7 ,when i try to boot android a black screen appears and then same options.i installed latest android x86 4.2.2 pls help
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Thank you for the file.
Yes I am using GRUB. Actually, Windows XP occupies my first partition. My other partitions are populated by Ubuntu, Pear 6, Zorin 6, and Fedora 17. (in that order) We all know that these operating systems use GRUB2 and I installed each operating system's own grub in their own respective partitions (as you will see why later). The next partition is DATA. After that dwells Oracle Solaris 11 which uses GRUB 0.79. Since Oracle uses the ZFS filesystem, I thought that its not a good idea to have Linux GRUB2 boot Solaris partition since it does not recognize ZFS. In fact these systems cannot find the ZFS partition. So I decided to install Oracle last. Oracle's GRUB 0.79 on the other hand can readily "see" the Windows partition but also cannot see the Linux operating systems. However I found a way to boot them all using Oracle's GRUB 0.79. I chainloaded all of them from my Solaris menu.lst. And since I installed each Linux's own GRUB2 in their local partition, GRUB 0.79 simply chainloads booting to the GRUB2 of whichever Linux OS I choose. As I mentioned in my previous post, from GRUB2 I found a way to boot Android_x86 (on the hard drive partition copied from an SD card partition) and it worked. However, Android's kernel won't continue loading after the kernel and initrd, since it does not detect any of my hard drives. (I think) It only continues loading if it detects a flash drive or an SD card inserted. (and android is installed on that removable disk)
I am yet to try reinstalling using the Easy Installer. I will update you. Thank you very much
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Okay I tried over again. I followed your instructions and just to be safe, I also put a copy of menu_VESA.lst to the folder where the installer is located. (There is already a menu.lst in that folder from the Grub4dos package that I downloaded). Good news...it is no longer looking for menu_VESA.lst, so that satisfies it. Now however at the point where status says "Creating Android boot" an error window pops up: "System cannot find the file specified" and then halts installation. This time I do not know which file it is looking for. I have the iso image properly selected, the install destination has been selected (drive G:\ - a newly formatted 30GB NTFS partition) and User Data was set to 10GB. Now I do not know what file it is looking for. By the way, I downloaded and unzipped in the same directory of the Easy Installer a Grub4dos package since it was looking for these files. What do you think? Thanks for any help you could extend me.
joarrafe said:
Okay I tried over again. I followed your instructions and just to be safe, I also put a copy of menu_VESA.lst to the folder where the installer is located. (There is already a menu.lst in that folder from the Grub4dos package that I downloaded). Good news...it is no longer looking for menu_VESA.lst, so that satisfies it. Now however at the point where status says "Creating Android boot" an error window pops up: "System cannot find the file specified" and then halts installation. This time I do not know which file it is looking for. I have the iso image properly selected, the install destination has been selected (drive G:\ - a newly formatted 30GB NTFS partition) and User Data was set to 10GB. Now I do not know what file it is looking for. By the way, I downloaded and unzipped in the same directory of the Easy Installer a Grub4dos package since it was looking for these files. What do you think? Thanks for any help you could extend me.
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I think i have to add Logging feature to the Installer, this will help alot
akshay.mehta9 said:
But i am not able to boot it when starting my pc it's giving me the option to boot android or windows 7 ,when i try to boot android a black screen appears and then same options.i installed latest android x86 4.2.2 pls help
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Can you tell me model of your Graphics Card ? or if you have kind of switchable graphics.
Thank you All
This method is not worked in my desktop and i used android x86 .org method android is working but my Windows 7 is not booting bootmgr missing
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joarrafe said:
Thank you for the file.
Yes I am using GRUB. Actually, Windows XP occupies my first partition.
Now however at the point where status says "Creating Android boot" an error window pops up: "System cannot find the file specified" and then halts installation.
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That's True, the file is: bcdedit.exe which isn't included in Windows XP because it uses NTLDR not Windows Boot Manager.
The Installer Works with Windows Vista/7/8
Thank you
akshay.mehta9 said:
This method is not worked in my desktop and i used android x86 .org method android is working but my Windows 7 is not booting bootmgr missing
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i never used androidx86.org method before, but for my installer it can't mess up any boot data.
xiao23704955 said:
HELLO
I don't know why when i press Install Now
it appears a window
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Error Occured:
StartIndex 不可以小於零。
參數名稱: startIndex
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確定
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what is it??
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sorry i don't know about this problem
EDIT: After using Google Translator
there is a problem with bcdedit.exe
can you give more info about OS, Android ISO etc.
Thank you
I will try to get this working on linux, ive installed android x86 on my laptop/tablet next to linux mint but when booting android it said something about the kernel not loading, hopefully this fixes it
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ExtremeGTX said:
That's True, the file is: bcdedit.exe which isn't included in Windows XP because it uses NTLDR not Windows Boot Manager.
The Installer Works with Windows Vista/7/8
Thank you
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Okay, so does this mean that the installer works only with Windows Boot Manager and not with NTLDR? The way I understand it, the installer also invokes grub4dos to boot android_x86. From what I know, boot.ini can be edited to accommodate alternate booting with grub4dos and this is compatible with NTLDR right? What my Oracle Solaris GRUB 0.79 does is that it chainloads to the Windows partition thereby transferring control to NTLDR. Then, NTLDR via boot.ini, can boot grub4dos which in turn could boot Android_x86. I think this could work.
However, I want to know if simply supplying the bcdedit.exe will continue the installation of Android_x86 and afterwards I can just manually edit grub4dos' menu.lst? Also, what other files (not included in your installer) should I have on hand to satisfy a complete install? Thanks for your reply.
matgras said:
I will try to get this working on linux, ive installed android x86 on my laptop/tablet next to linux mint but when booting android it said something about the kernel not loading, hopefully this fixes it
sony xperia ray
ics 4.0.4 rooted
stock rom
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Can you give more info please, what is the main Boot Manager (NTLDR/WindowsBootMan/GRUB), what is the version of Windows ?
joarrafe said:
Okay, so does this mean that the installer works only with Windows Boot Manager and not with NTLDR? The way I understand it, the installer also invokes grub4dos to boot android_x86. From what I know, boot.ini can be edited to accommodate alternate booting with grub4dos and this is compatible with NTLDR right? What my Oracle Solaris GRUB 0.79 does is that it chainloads to the Windows partition thereby transferring control to NTLDR. Then, NTLDR via boot.ini, can boot grub4dos which in turn could boot Android_x86. I think this could work.
However, I want to know if simply supplying the bcdedit.exe will continue the installation of Android_x86 and afterwards I can just manually edit grub4dos' menu.lst? Also, what other files (not included in your installer) should I have on hand to satisfy a complete install? Thanks for your reply.
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thanks for this info.
I wasn't implement support of NTLDR, because i think a lot of people are using new Versions like Vista/7/8
just copying bcdedit.exe will not solve the problem, because bcdedit.exe is just boot config editor not the Boot Manager itself
Thank you
Turning note into a Linux laptop: a step by step guide
The main advantage of the method here is that you can run android app and linux program side by side. Moreover, S-pen can act as mouse
Device: p600
ROM: P600UEUBMK1
(Following method may be applicable if your device is rooted and has other selinux permissive ROM installed)
1 Root and flash selinux permissive kernel
a. for root method, see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2490805
b. Flash selinux permissive kernel, for instructions, see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2590311
Please read the instructions completely.
c. Install SElinuxModeChanger
Install SElinuxModeChanger from Google Play (app is free and without ads) and change selinux mode to permissive.
Reboot note, if SELINUX status is Permissive in the Setting--about device, you can move on to next step.
2 Install Linux distro using Linux Deploy
Install Linux Deploy from Google Play (app is free and without ads), Start Linux Deploy and push the Download Button, and then in the Deploy option, you have the following choices:
a. Distribution
I have tried Debian and Ubuntu, both have been successful installed.
b. Distribution suite
For Debian , choose Jessie.
For Ubuntu, choose Trusty.
c. Architeture
Choose armhf.
d. Mirror URL
For Debian, http://202.141.160.110/debian
202.141.160.110 is the IP address of debian.ustc.edu.cn (one of the Debian mirrors in China)
You can choose other mirrors from
https://www.debian.org/mirror/list
but remember to convert the web address into IP address
For Ubuntu, http://18.7.29.125/ubuntu-ports/
18.7.29.125 is the IP address of mirrors.mit.edu
The above mirrors are chosen because they are stable and fast for users in China.
e. Installation type
File(default option)
f. Installation path
For Debian, /storage/emulated/0/debian.img
For Ubuntu, /storage/emulated/0/ubuntu.img
In fact , You can choose whatever file name you like. I chose the above names, because I actually installed both Debian and Ubuntu on my device.
g. Image size
Automatic calculation (default option)
h. File system
Auto (default option)
i. User name
Android (default option)
j. DNS server
Automatic detection (default option)
k. Localization
en_US.UTF-8 (default option)
l. Desktop environment
Xfce
m. Select components
Just check all components
After the Deploy options have been set, choose Install under Action options.
The installation time taken depends on the mirror chosen and how stable the internet connection is.
When you see “end: Install”
Push the Stop Button, and then Start Button.
If no information about failure of starting SSH and VNC services are shown, then the installation is successful.
3 Configure startup environment using Linux Deploy
Push the Download Button, ensure that both SSH and GUI are checked under STARTUP option.
for Graphic subsystem, choose VNC
for GUI setting, Display is set to 0, Depth 24, DPI 270, Width 2560, Height 1600.
check Custom mounts
For Mount points, add /mnt/extSdCard/ so that you can access external sdcard under linux environment.
or add /mnt/0/ to access internal sdcard.
Back to the main page, push Stop and then Start Button to see if external sdcard and internal sdcard can be mounted.
4 Set up ssh and vnc client
a. Install JuiceSSH from Google Play (app is free and without ads),
Launch JuiceSSH, under Connections, choose New Connection,
In basic settings, Type is set to SSH, Address is set to 127.0.0.1 (IP of local host), and Identity is android.
Back to the main page, connect to 127.0.0.1, when prompting for password, enter changeme. You are now login into Debian or Ubuntu.
b. Install bVNC from Google Play (there are free and pro versions, free version is fine)
In the Connect Type, choose Basic VNC.
In the VNC Connections Settings, Address is set to 127.0.0.1, port 5900, and password changeme.
Push the connect button, You are now login into Debian or Ubuntu desktop.
Can you please upload a video of Linux running on your note, if you can please. Never thought Linux would run on note. It would really transform this tablet into a powerful productivity tool.
excalibar001 said:
Can you please upload a video of Linux running on your note, if you can please. Never thought Linux would run on note. It would really transform this tablet into a powerful productivity tool.
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I have no experience of making and uploading video .
some screenshots are attached
Does this guide is for P600 only ? :silly:
It's impractical at best. I mean I appreciate the time it took for you to write this, but linux through chroot is not very useful, it cannot be. It's like trying to run linux on a p3 machine, which is painful to see especially since our machines have the raw power of a fast core 2 duo (if cross platform benchs are to be believed).
What we need is a custom bootloader which would enable dual boot of Linux and android and then a proper linux kernel including driver support for all our tablets main components. Native linux. I've always dreamt of an ultra portable do-it-all machine and my note is almost that, with *almost* being the imperative word.
Note 2012 has it, raspberry f....ING pi has it even though it includes 1/10th of the firepower of our note, we don't, and I miss it oh so much for certain apps. The pen via hovering can act like a proper ultra portable mouse (tapping -> left click, pressing the key + tapping -> right click) + a floating keyboard (like Sammy 's official one) and we're golden. Alas without a proper kernel and a proper bootloader we're nothing.
Appreciate the effort, I really do, but linux deploy is mostly a toy :/
I'll await for the day that native linux comes.
does it work with framebuffer option (instead of vnc)?
Stevethegreat said:
It's impractical at best. I mean I appreciate the time it took for you to write this, but linux through chroot is not very useful, it cannot be. It's like trying to run linux on a p3 machine, which is painful to see especially since our machines have the raw power of a fast core 2 duo (if cross platform benchs are to be believed).
What we need is a custom bootloader which would enable dual boot of Linux and android and then a proper linux kernel including driver support for all our tablets main components. Native linux. I've always dreamt of an ultra portable do-it-all machine and my note is almost that, with *almost* being the imperative word.
Note 2012 has it, raspberry f....ING pi has it even though it includes 1/10th of the firepower of our note, we don't, and I miss it oh so much for certain apps. The pen via hovering can act like a proper ultra portable mouse (tapping -> left click, pressing the key + tapping -> right click) + a floating keyboard (like Sammy 's official one) and we're golden. Alas without a proper kernel and a proper bootloader we're nothing.
Appreciate the effort, I really do, but linux deploy is mostly a toy :/
I'll await for the day that native linux comes.
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Linux through chroot is sufficient for the following purposes:
1 have a taste of different linux distro
2 learning programming in R, python, and octave.
3 editing and compiling no so large latex files
4 learning and practicing the universal editor emacs ( I use it with R,python and octave) if equipped with a physical keyboard.
In sum, note 10.1 with linux through ssh and vnc is perfect for educational purpose.
For developer, at least, they can learn how their linux program looks like in a 10 inch screen with 2560*1600 resolution.
ziotom2 said:
does it work with framebuffer option (instead of vnc)?
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I have the same question for op or anyone in the know. Can you start gui without vnc?
I have tried framebuffer on several devices, including note , without success.
Are there any prerequisite to use it?
Thank you for the guide. I am stuck in point 4th setup ssh and vnc when I try to connect I think it doesnt rcognize address 127.0.0.1 as I recive this msj: failled to connect to /127.0.0.1 port 22 connect failed ECONREFUSED. Any idea why?
Thank you
What I can do on Linux?
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Why install Linux?
Stevethegreat said:
It's impractical at best. I mean I appreciate the time it took for you to write this, but linux through chroot is not very useful, it cannot be. It's like trying to run linux on a p3 machine, which is painful to see especially since our machines have the raw power of a fast core 2 duo (if cross platform benchs are to be believed).
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Actually there are several Linux applications I would like to run, which require very little processing power and I believe would run just fine.
WikidPad and FreeMind are the obvious ones for me; but I also have a proprietary simulation package that would probably benefit from running slower
Their value to me would because they are always available so using them would lack the friction I currently endure- I have to be at home to use them.
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Technical Specification :
OVERVIEW :
Brand Datamini
Type 2 in 1 Laptop
Utility Entertainment
Color Black
Model Number TWG10
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PROCESSOR :
Processor Name Intel Atom
Variant Z3735F
Processor Brand Intel
Clock Speed 1.33 GHz Up to 1.83 GHz
Cache 2 MB
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MEMORY :
RAM 2 GB DDR3L
STORAGE :
Storage Capacity 64 GB (32 GB Inbuilt and 32 GB Micro SD Card)
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PLATFORM :
Type Dual Boot
Operating System Windows 10+Android Lollipop v5.1
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DISPLAY :
Screen Size 25.65cm (10.1)
Resolution 1280 x 800 Pixels
Screen Type IPS Touchscreen
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GRAPHIC :
Graphic Processor Intel HD 1GB
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KEYBOARD/INPUT :
Integrated Camera Yes, Rear Camera - 5.0MP & Front Camera- 2.0MP
Pointer Device Touchpad
Keyboard Standard Keyboard
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AUDIO :
Internal Mic Yes
Speakers Two Speakers (1W)
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COMMUNICATION :
Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth v4.0
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POWER & BATTERY :
Power Supply 5V/2A adapter
Standard Battery Li-ion Polymer, 6600Ah
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PORTS/SLOTS :
USB Port/S Mini USB 2.0 & Standard USB
Mic In Yes
HDMI Port Mini HDMI
Multi Card Slot 3G SIM Slot+Micro SD Card Slot
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System Properties :
System Information :
BIOS Information:
BIOS of this tablet is made by INSYDE which is UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) BIOS Type.
When turn on the tablet , you can enter to Tablet BIOS Mode By Pressing ESC Button .
You will see the Below picture on the screen of the tablet
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By Selecting BootManager , you can select which system or OS can be booted : Windows , Android and Bootable Software from USB Port using Flash Memory or Pen Drive .
Also From BootFromFlie , you can access to bootable Devices such Pen Drive .
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BootManager :
Boot From File :
Partitioning of Windows 10 and Android 5.1 on the Tablet :
As you see only 4 GB ROM from 32 GB in built hard Disk is dedicated on Android 5.1 to be installed APPS by user .
How to Install Windows on the tablet ?
1. Find and Download Window 10 home or professional Edition as ISO File
2. Download Rufus to make bootable USB.
3. 8 GB Pen Drive which should be better to format it .
4. Open Rufus which you have Downloaded.
5. Select the Windows ISO file from which you have downloaded
6. Change Partition scheme to GPT Partition scheme for UEFI
7. Press Start button and wait to finish.
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8. Insert the Pen Drive to the USB slot and restart you tablet
9. Press ESC button
10. Select Boot Manager
11. Select Boot from USB
12 . Install windows 10
Notice : In formating Partition for windows installation only format Drive C , DO NOT TOUCH OTHER VOLUMES
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How To Install Android X86 on the Tablet ?
1. Download Android 5.1 X86.img for EFI as IMG File
2. Download Rufus to make bootable USB.
3. 8 GB Pen Drive which should be better to format it .
4. Open Rufus which you have Downloaded
5. Change Type of Image to DD Image
6. Select Android 5.1.img from which you have downloaded
7. Click Start Button
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8. Insert the Pen Drive in USB Slot of the Tablet
9. Restart the tablet and Press ESC button
10. Select Boot Manager
11. Select Boot from USB
12 .Read from HERE To Install Android x86 Step by Step.
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Pros of Tablet :
Supporting Dual OS
Perfect and Nice finishing
So fast and smooth
It Supports Mini HDMI and SIM cart with 3G
It has 32 GB extra Micro SD card free
It Supports all Apps on Windows 10 and Android OS
High Graphic resolution and sharp LCD
Battery remains for long time up to 9 hours
Cons of Tablet:
No protective guard for LCD
LCD scratches with anything even your fingers
Screen touch is not working properly on windows 10
4 GB is dedicated on Android which is too less
Android doesn't permit to install apps on Micro SD card
So Low Quality of rear and Front Camera
Micro SD card, sometime, is not working on windows 10 Properly
Drivers of Windows 10 for Datamini TWG 10 :
1. Download Drivers from Here
2. Extract the Zip file
3 . search each missing Driver by Device manager into the extracted folder
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-OR-
1. Download Drivers Package from Here
2. Extract the Zip file
3. Copy and Paste the extracted folders in Windows\System 32
4. Restart your Tablet PC
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uefi bios
can some one post bios of this tablet.or link to get the dual os firmware
How can i ROOT android version of it. Please help
it is written that 4gb for android ...out of32 gb internal memory only 4 gb ?
micro sd card max memory card we can use ?
shiahling said:
it is written that 4gb for android ...out of32 gb internal memory only 4 gb ?
micro sd card max memory card we can use ?
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yes , micro sd upto 128 gb
touch screen not working
my tablet is only come with window 10.when i try to reset(become slow) i hang and i restart it by pressing power button but window corrupt.i try to install android in it unfortunately i formatted its all partiotions (windows,windows reserverd and one more ).so after installing android its touch is not working no rotataion.then i install windoe 10 using usb but in windows 10 also its touch is not working .i paste drivers mentioned in above link and updated also from device manager-human interface but nothing works.
please help me without touch my tablet is like dead .
Any luck rooting this tablet. I was able to unlock the bootloader.But no luck with rooting.
flashing android
which partition to select ?
BIOS
Can you provide a copy of bios
support of SDXC cards
just tried a 128 GB sandisk micro sd card in this, device recognises it perfectly.
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kkk95 said:
my tablet is only come with window 10.when i try to reset(become slow) i hang and i restart it by pressing power button but window corrupt.i try to install android in it unfortunately i formatted its all partiotions (windows,windows reserverd and one more ).so after installing android its touch is not working no rotataion.then i install windoe 10 using usb but in windows 10 also its touch is not working .i paste drivers mentioned in above link and updated also from device manager-human interface but nothing works.
please help me without touch my tablet is like dead .
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i had the same issue. dont paste the drivers directly to windows folder. open device manager and install drivers for intel HD graphics and I2C touch controller and touch will start working. for rotation need to install bosch accelorometer drivers
Memory problem
I was told Memory 32 GB expandable upto 500 GB. How can it be expanded? It looks there is no room for HDD of 500 GB. Windows 10 was unable to update due to low space ie less than 4 GB, Windows needs 5 GB space.
In Android they gave 8 GB ROM for me. They said 32 GB ROM, atleast I understood in that way. I didn't know Windows 10 also was there, dual boot.
Driver Solution
asdews said:
just tried a 128 GB sandisk micro sd card in this, device recognises it perfectly.
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i had the same issue. dont paste the drivers directly to windows folder. open device manager and install drivers for intel HD graphics and I2C touch controller and touch will start working. for rotation need to install bosch accelorometer drivers
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Approach 1 : (recommended)
Download the Driver package and unzipe it your PC then Right click on Start Menu-> Click on Device manager
Right Click on any unknown driver -> Click on Update Driver Software -> click on Browse My computer for Driver software -> Browse the location that you unzip the zip fle ( check include subfolders ) -> click next -> finish -> Restart the tablet
Approach 2 :
copy and paste the inside of driver package ( Drivers folder and Driverstore folder ) to windows-> system32
how to unlock bootloader
bhargav1991 said:
Any luck rooting this tablet. I was able to unlock the bootloader.But no luck with rooting.
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Please share how to unlock Datamini TWG10 as it is stuckup at entering dnx mode waiting for fastboot command
regards
My hands on experience
Please do not try based on the info available in this site/thread regarding installation of Windows, installation of Android, unless further progress is there because of the following hands on experience.
1) The tablet is manufactured by little known company, hence not much development support can be expected.
2) the company is having only one service center at mumbai, they are not ready to share windows drivers or android files through downloads.
3) This looks like laptop but they say it is a tablet with keyboard, hence it is similar to phone with so many secrete partitions and files.
4) It has UEFI type BIOS only, (No legacy BIOS), it has 32 bit only hardware, it does not popular other hardware chips hence it is difficult to get worked open android OS or windows drivers* . (further I suspect it might have locked Bootloader this is the point i have missed before my attempt)
I have backed up all the 17 partitions and restored back with Easeus To Do back up (so far other image backup software are not even working on this type of environment). I have backed up various methods , as some problem i was anticipating (like Partition backup, Disk Back Up (sector by sector method), System Back up & Disk Clone while it was running OK )
But on requirement , when restoration was done with partition backup (as My windows was not booting , not resetting, not restoring , vendors asks to send it back to Mumbai)
windows problem was not solved but android was intact. when tried System restore, windows problem solved but android not booting, when disk clone restore attempted nothing was booting. when restore from Disk back up was done only windows was restoring. Hence they have locked somewhere.
I have tried to install Android -x86 5x it is 32 bit but not EFI compatible . No other s like 4.4, 6.0 etc is successful (these are installed at c drive, not same as manufacturer provided which hides in some partition )
In view of this , if windows corrupts and becomes non bootable , only Windows 10 32 bit UEFI version may be installed as per the procedure specified at initial [But screen auto rotation does not work, OS Switch is missing but we can go to bios (esc key to be pressed while booting) switch OS-but the may considered minor ]
In my case i have expanded my disk to full 28GB for Windows 10 and backup copy of OS and all imp programs like WinOffice etc & settings are stored (8GB) on my SD Disk of 32GB, which I also made bootable and selectable from BIOS. If any major corruption of windows occurs, as always saves my data on SD card, it can be temporarily removed and important work will be backed up, tablet can be restored in 40 min at click.
UEFI bios reset blind method
After some setting change in advanced video menu the screen blank
To reset / to load defaults we have to follow actual steps in blind method.
Press ESC key when you feel it is starting
Left left enter
F9 enter to load defaults
F10 enter to save
The following mentioned at Cube iWork 10 ultimate dual boot rooting at techtablets
please note that no matter what backup software you use, if you restore the entire disk image (specifically, the android partitions) android will NOT boot anymore. This is because Cube (or rather, their ODM) enabled dm-verity so the system detects that it has been “tampered” and just hangs at boot. to fix that you should reflash the official android image with the files provided by Cube, or use a modified boot.img (see rooting section)
Hey there guys, just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue as me, I have the TWG ces 101, pretty much the same tablet but with a different bios, I am having a weird issue with the touch screen, it worked fine before I nuked windows attempting to install android x86, and upon installing windows again and finally getting all the drivers working again, the touch screen is going crazy, every touch registers as it being somewhere entirely different from where you have touched, some spots on the screen when touched show up as 2 fingers on 2 random parts of the screen etc, I have tried calibrating to no avail as I cant even click where it asks me to, I have tried multiple versions of the driver (which I only found through a driver search program called SDI and right clicking it and searching the part number on microsofts download database (as it came up as unknown device and had no name)
not sure what else to really try...its driving me a bit batty
adex9 said:
Hey there guys, just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue as me, I have the TWG ces 101, pretty much the same tablet but with a different bios, I am having a weird issue with the touch screen, it worked fine before I nuked windows attempting to install android x86, and upon installing windows again and finally getting all the drivers working again, the touch screen is going crazy, every touch registers as it being somewhere entirely different from where you have touched, some spots on the screen when touched show up as 2 fingers on 2 random parts of the screen etc, I have tried calibrating to no avail as I cant even click where it asks me to, I have tried multiple versions of the driver (which I only found through a driver search program called SDI and right clicking it and searching the part number on microsofts download database (as it came up as unknown device and had no name)
not sure what else to really try...its driving me a bit batty
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I had the same kind of issue. So download the file from here:
.4shared.com/get/Z5OVkZNyba/Drivers_TWG10_.html
Extract the content in the rar file. Using a mouse browse the contents of the folder and open Drivers > HIDClass > KMDF HID Minidriver for Touch I2C Device
Right click oem24 file and select install.
Once done, touch screen will be alright
Firmware file
I need stock firmware file android of this device.I want to flash that firmware.my tab already has android.But I need firmware file.Please send
Ianreal28 said:
Pls could somebody help me i have this 2 in 1 tablet DUAL BOOT after resetting it to factory reset my drivers are all gone no touch, sound etc. So i decided to find drivers i found intel atom z3735f install it and then restart. AND IT RESTARTING FOREVER:crying::crying: when I hardreset my tablet then the windows take too long to boot up.. I think the problem is the i2c controller driver is responsible for forever restarting . i try all methods and it happens the same. Can anyone help me? :crying:
Specs:
Intel atom z3735f
2gb ram
32gb eMMC
Dual boot
Windows 10 home 32-bit
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My thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/windows-tablet-taking-forever-to-t3727109
What's PhoenixOS you ask?
Phoenix OS, much like Remix OS is designed to run on x86 tablets or larger screen devices with features often found only within desktop OS's. These features include a comprehensive start menu, fully resizable multi-window support and keyboard shortcut functionality. Phoenix OS provides the desktop UI functionality, with the benefit of access to the vast array of games and applications available to the Android operating system.
http://www.phoenixos.com
Hot off the press
Phoenix OS v1.1.3 Bootable .iso
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Here is my newest creation. 32bit only. Root privileges need to be enabled in Developers Options.
DO NOT use the ArrowMod from previous editions. It will cause a Bootloop.
I have included 1 arrow for now. I need to test further.
Installation Guide and Rufus Installer included.
Thanks to @Chainfire @Mr.Robinson and the PhoenixOS Team
PhoenixOS-v1.1.3-32bit-Deodexed-Stock-iso.zip:
614MB Jan 12, 2017
md5 - e63f9197acaa48f3e704030a41c36f3a
PhoenixOS-v1.1.3-32bit-Deodexed-SE-iso.zip:
ArrowMod, Fonts, Integrated Ad Blocking, Terminal Emulator, 100+ HD Wallpapers and more. Please see README in Zip.
802.7MB Jan 11, 2017
md5 - 0fba3bf308ae6084c45c016834ba1da8
AndroidX86 Install Guide+Installer.zip:
3.5MB Oct 16, 2016
md5 - 354e23d628f5f46c62dde046f9571166
I have also mirrored the official release:
PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.1.3-226.iso:
644.8MB Dec 15, 2016
md5 - f95896eea172d2f6091396c470e37869
PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.1.3-226.exe.zip:
506.6MB Dec 14, 2016
md5 - 24587e19337229288bd53c476d385dc9
Do not click this button:
I am not responsible for your machine. Use with care.
bg260 said:
Hot off the press
Phoenix OS v1.1.0 Bootable .iso
For more instructions see my other thread.
Stock w/Rufus:
Special Edition:
AdAway, JMusic, Terminal Emulator and More......See README in Zip:
Installation Guide:
Do not click this button:
Come and join Team PhoenixOS on Slack!
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Hi, how can I modify this .iso so that I can install ala Android x86 or Remix_OS (w/ "INSTALL=1). I`ve installed both x86 and Remix from a bootable USB with the stock .iso's. I`m comparing x86 compatible OS`es for a stand-alone system. I`m running Linux Mint on my main pc. Thanks.
dave157 said:
Hi, how can I modify this .iso so that I can install ala Android x86 or Remix_OS (w/ "INSTALL=1). I`ve installed both x86 and Remix from a bootable USB with the stock .iso's. I`m comparing x86 compatible OS`es for a stand-alone system. I`m running Linux Mint on my main pc. Thanks.
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With linux you can use Unetbootin to burn the iso. The Phoenix grub menu has the same option to install as Remix. Rufus has more options as far as install location, formatting. It even has a partition editor. Are you trying to instsll to an empty drive?
bg260 said:
With linux you can use Unetbootin to burn the iso. The Phoenix grub menu has the same option to install as Remix. Rufus has more options as far as install location, formatting. It even has a partition editor. Are you trying to instsll to an empty drive?
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Thanks for the quick reply, yes I`m installing the different x86 OS'es I`m trying out to an external HD that I have formatted at ext4. I plan to eventually install it as a stand-alone on a chromebox setup I`m putting together. I`ll give unetbootin a try. I haven`t tried Rufus yet, first because I assumed it would only run on a windows pc and second because I didn't want to touch my main pc's grub/bootloader.
dave157 said:
Thanks for the quick reply, yes I`m installing the different x86 OS'es I`m trying out to an external HD that I have formatted at ext4. I plan to eventually install it as a stand-alone on a chromebox setup I`m putting together. I`ll give unetbootin a try. I haven`t tried Rufus yet, first because I assumed it would only run on a windows pc and second because I didn't want to touch my main pc's grub/bootloader.
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With Linux you can just unpack the iso in the partition and invoke from the command line.
Try this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/how-to-install-remix-os-alongside-t3352890
Also, Rufus does not have a Linux version.
bg260 said:
With Linux you can just unpack the iso in the partition and invoke from the command line.
Try this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/how-to-install-remix-os-alongside-t3352890
Also, Rufus does not have a Linux version.
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I tried unetbootin which did work as far as booting into the selection menu but then it gave an error after I selected "install to hard disk"...
....(sorry for the poor pic quality, lol). I`m hesitant to try the method you mentioned since I don`t want to touch my main pc`s grub / bootloader. Thanks again for all the help.
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I forgot to ask, should I try it with the "INSTALL=1" and/or debug boot options?
dave157 said:
I tried unetbootin which did work as far as booting into the selection menu but then it gave an error after I selected "install to hard disk"...
....(sorry for the poor pic quality, lol). I`m hesitant to try the method you mentioned since I don`t want to touch my main pc`s grub / bootloader. Thanks again for all the help.
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I forgot to ask, should I try it with the "INSTALL=1" and/or debug boot options?
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I'm starting to get lost. The problem is you can't get a Phoenix USB to install or you can't get it to boot after installation?
IF you can install to your external HD make sure to install grub on the external as well. When in Linux don't update-grub while external is attached. In the past I have used the Bootable cd to "Jump start" the partition I want. The probe will find the bootable Phoenix partition. Also Grub disk 2 has a feature to manually boot any partition as does Parted Magic. I'm a tad confused as to how you have Linux as your main OS but are worried about manipulating Grub. That's what it's for. :laugh:
When in Phoenix Grub menu at first boot. Hit Tab or "e" to edit commands. It will show the same INSTALL=1 command?
bg260 said:
I'm starting to get lost. The problem is you can't get a Phoenix USB to install or you can't get it to boot after installation?
IF you can install to your external HD make sure to install grub on the external as well. When in Linux don't update-grub while external is attached. In the past I have used the Bootable cd to "Jump start" the partition I want. The probe will find the bootable Phoenix partition. Also Grub disk 2 has a feature to manually boot any partition as does Parted Magic. I'm a tad confused as to how you have Linux as your main OS but are worried about manipulating Grub. That's what it's for. :laugh:
When in Phoenix Grub menu at first boot. Hit Tab or "e" to edit commands. It will show the same INSTALL=1 command?
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Look, It`s my fault, I should`ve just stated from the beginning that I wanted to make a Live USB with your PhoenixOS .iso so I could install it on a fresh hard-drive. The stock Android x86 .iso is capable of this and so is the extracted .iso of Remix when you invoke the "INSTALL=1' parameter at it`s grub. I`ve succesfully installed both of these on to an external hdd that I plug in to my main pc, whose BIOS I`ve set to boot off of a usb drive first. Then I can setup said OS`es like I want them and clone them to use on to a separate system I`m slowly putting together. Are we clear now? If not, forget it and I`ll stick with one of the other two.
I haven't downloaded this .iso, but are you guys @bg260 @dave157 sure that it has install.img included? According to @dave157 picture I may suspect that there is no such file in his Phoenix directory.
Vioner said:
I haven't downloaded this .iso, but are you guys @bg260 @dave157 sure that it has install.img included? According to @dave157 picture I may suspect that there is no such file in his Phoenix directory.
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dave157 said:
Look, It`s my fault, I should`ve just stated from the beginning that I wanted to make a Live USB with your PhoenixOS .iso so I could install it on a fresh hard-drive. The stock Android x86 .iso is capable of this and so is the extracted .iso of Remix when you invoke the "INSTALL=1' parameter at it`s grub. I`ve succesfully installed both of these on to an external hdd that I plug in to my main pc, whose BIOS I`ve set to boot off of a usb drive first. Then I can setup said OS`es like I want them and clone them to use on to a separate system I`m slowly putting together. Are we clear now? If not, forget it and I`ll stick with one of the other two.
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I've got an external HDD. I'm going to run some tests starting with the download from the link above.
I'll try to figure out what's up.. I think we can figure it out as long as I know what it is you are trying to do.
Also of note, the Remix installer works well with Phoenix.
Vioner said:
I haven't downloaded this .iso, but are you guys @bg260 @dave157 sure that it has install.img included? According to @dave157 picture I may suspect that there is no such file in his Phoenix directory.
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bg260 said:
I've got an external HDD. I'm going to run some tests starting with the download from the link above.
I'll try to figure out what's up.. I think we can figure it out as long as I know what it is you are trying to do.
Also of note, the Remix installer works well with Phoenix.
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I extracted all three .iso's and saw that Android x86 & RemixOS both have a boot folder which the PhoenixOS .iso doesn`t have...
...maybe that will help. Thanks again guys!
dave157 said:
I extracted all three .iso's and saw that Android x86 & RemixOS both have a boot folder which the PhoenixOS .iso doesn`t have...
...maybe that will help. Thanks again guys!
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Edited.
bg260 said:
I'm thinking your download was corrupted because I've got ramdisk.img in both stock and special edition.
View attachment 3892642
View attachment 3892643
Here you go.
View attachment 3892650
Did you check the MD5?
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There is a ramdisk.img in the extracted folder of the PhoenixOS .iso, what isn`t is the boot folder (the one right next to the efi folder in the screenshots of the stock .iso`s). I`m taking a guess here but wouldn`t that be needed for legacy (non-uefi) installs through live cd/usb?
dave157 said:
There is a ramdisk.img in the extracted folder of the PhoenixOS .iso, what isn`t is the boot folder (the one right next to the efi folder in the screenshots of the stock .iso`s). I`m taking a guess here but wouldn`t that be needed for legacy (non-uefi) installs through live cd/usb?
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The boot directory is located in the EFI directory. I have downloaded, and installed both versions successfully to my external HD. I have booted it successfully on three different machines. I used Unetbootin with Linux to accomplish this.
Here are my steps:
1. Formatted desired partition Ext4.
2. Burn iso using Unetbootin.
3. Reboot to BIOS boot selection menu.
4. Select Install PhoenixOS to hard drive.
5. Selected pre-formatted partition, chose do not format.
6. Grub2 - Skip
7. Grub - Yes
8. Rebooted to BIOS boot selection menu.
9. Chose external HD
10. JOY.
Don't know what more I can do to help, but I want to.
bg260 said:
The boot directory is located in the EFI directory. I have downloaded, and installed both versions successfully to my external HD. I have booted it successfully on three different machines. I used Unetbootin with Linux to accomplish this.
Here are my steps:
1. Formatted desired partition Ext4.
2. Burn iso using Unetbootin.
3. Reboot to BIOS boot selection menu.
4. Select Install PhoenixOS to hard drive.
5. Selected pre-formatted partition, chose do not format.
6. Grub2 - Skip
7. Grub - Yes
8. Rebooted to BIOS boot selection menu.
9. Chose external HD
10. JOY.
Don't know what more I can do to help, but I want to.
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That's ok, I'll stick with the stock RemixOS .iso for now. I do appreciate all the help.
dave157 said:
That's ok, I'll stick with the stock RemixOS .iso for now. I do appreciate all the help.
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Sorry to hear that as PhoenixOS is superior. IMO.
Thank you for this iso. i was able to install Phoenix OS on blank 160GB hard disk lying around gathering dust. My old netbook doesn't have any other OS except now Phoenix OS. I followed the instructions included in the download file from the OP and everything went smoothly. My netbook has legacy boot mode. I didn't encounter any problem installing to the hard disk. Now my Netbook is running solely Phoenix OS. My internal Storage is around 150GB!
And, oh, I also tried installing on an external usb hard drive using this iso and I was also successful. Tried booting from the external USB drive, and Phoenix OS booted successfully. I also tried the same external usb hard drive on another computer, and it booted successfully. (Both have legacy boot with option to boot from USB drvies from bios setup). Now i have my Phoenix OS on an external hard drive and I can use it on any computer (that allows booting from external usb drive)! Cool! Read/Write speed is only around 40Mbps, but it's ok for it's purpose.
Thank you @bg260 for this .iso!
complete usb boot and usb install
i have taken the boot grub from the android x86 6.0 and combined with pheonix or remix then use unetbootin to install go to install to hard drive and you get the option to install to usb. choose the ex4 part which is the enetbootin partition and the largest i have a 64 g flash and i end up with atleast 30 gb of storage. also its the only way ive gotten my hdmi output to work on my hp g62 with an amd
MASSTAHV91 said:
i have taken the boot grub from the android x86 6.0 and combined with pheonix or remix then use unetbootin to install go to install to hard drive and you get the option to install to usb. choose the ex4 part which is the enetbootin partition and the largest i have a 64 g flash and i end up with atleast 30 gb of storage. also its the only way ive gotten my hdmi output to work on my hp g62 with an amd
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Hey did you have a tutorial on this because i wanna also increase my pheonix Storage to 32gb or more but the installation only limits 4gb.
shegeloaf said:
Hey did you have a tutorial on this because i wanna also increase my pheonix Storage to 32gb or more but the installation only limits 4gb.
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Format the USB to EXT4 with a third party application, though NTSF might work as well. Fat32, the default for most USBs is limited to a 4gb block size. Therefore your data.img can only be 4gb.
Yes you can make windows completely 100% private as if it was linux.
Ofcourse privacy doesn’t fix zero day security exploits, this guide is about privacy not security.
For a first impression of what a truely optimized windows system looks like check the screenshots below.
Make a backup of your data is always the first thing to do.
➤ 1 Download the official windows iso from microsofts website (The iso NOT the mediacreationtool !!)
If you can’t download the iso install the useragentswitcher browser extension and switch to linux (microsoft's website detects your operatingsystem and doesn't let you download the iso if you are on windows...)
https://microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
User-Agent Switcher and Manager – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)
➤ 2 Download rufus and use it to create a bootable usb drive with the windows iso file you just downloaded
Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way
➤ 3 Use the bootable usb drive to Install windows 10 pro offline
You will have to boot into BIOS mode and change the primary boot device to the usb drive
➤ 4 Use https://privacy.sexy 10 to generate a script that will rip the guts of microsoft out of windows
Use either one of the predefined settings (standard, strict, all) or create your own script via the options.
Be careful when creating your own script, you can break functionality like windows search, to keep functionality only standard and strict are recommended.
➤ 5 Install Device Drivers
If you have an nvidia GPU use NVCleanstall for an installation that will remove MOST of the
integrated driver spyware https://techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/
Install your CPU chipset but DO NOT install intel management engine or AMT vPRO, these are known backdoors so governments can potentialy remotely access your pc.
Intel Desktop Chipsets - Latest Motherboard Desktop and PC Chipsets
https://amd.com/en/support
➤ 6 Install Netframework Offline
Many programs require old netframework version to work, you don't need windows update for that.
To install offline without using windowsupdate you need a copy of the windows iso you previously
downloaded.
Mount the windows iso
Open powershell as administrator
Use this command to install netframework:
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:X:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
Replace Source:X: with whatever the location of your mounted iso is, for example Source:
To find out where your iso is mounted, open the windows explorer, rightklick on the mounted iso and select open file location.
➤ 7 Install Visual Studio Redistributables
Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads | Microsoft Learn
➤ 8 Install Librewolf WebBrowser (no extensions required, ublockorigin is already preinstalled)
Installation – LibreWolf
Searchengines:
https://search.brave.com
https://searx.work/ Luxembourg (LU)
https://searx.fmac.xyz/ Switzerland (CH)
https://searx.tuxcloud.net/ Czechia (CZ)
https://searx.prvcy.eu/ Finland (FI)
Duckduckgo cannot be trusted anymore since they had a tracking agreement with microsoft.
Don't use startpage search engine or waterfox browser, both have been acquired by an adversting company called System1.
Librewolf is a modified version of firefox for increased privacy and security, while google chrome and microsoft edge collect your entire browsing history and every website you visited.
PS: Opera Browser is now owned by china, delete that if you haven't already.
➤ 9 Use ShutUp10 to modify windows privacy settings
Recommended: Klick on “actions” select “activate all privacy settings”, then manually uncheck what
you need.
Examples: microphone, camera, bluetooth, notifications.
O&O ShutUp10++ – Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
➤ 10 Go Online for the first time, instantly install Portmaster from https://safing.io
Select Quad9 as your DNS server, they are non-profit, unlike most other providers like your internetservicepovider (ISP) are commerical and spy on everything you do on the internet.
Configure portmaster to block all connections by default and only allow what you need. (must have for privacy)
Unlock the systemdnsclient in portmaster otherwise you cannot connect to the internet. (all other windows services can be fully blocked)
Now klick on systemdnsclient and block connections that you don't trust, for example:
go.microsoft.com
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
services.gfe.nvidia.com (block this if using an nvidia GPU, even if you use nvcleanstall)
There should not be many connections to block if you used https://privacy.sexy 10 to cleanup windows.
➤ 11 Install a trusthworthy VPN, for example ProtonVPN or Mullvad (They have a free plan and are based in switzerland)
If you are currently using one of these, nordvpn, expressvpn, surfshark, you're making a big mistake. These providers are known to share your data with advertising companys and law enforcement.
They also use google trackers and analytics, source:
why not to use nordvpn
why not to use surfshark
why not to use expressvpn
why protonvpn is probably much better
Free VPN download for your device | Proton VPN
Obviously as you will do almost all of these steps offline you will have to downloaded all the software beforehand and copy it to an offline drive which you can access without any internet connection.
A usbdrive would be enough.
Software that is generally recommended and you should use because https://privacy.sexy 10 will delete all preinstalled garbage apps.
https://7-zip.org/ (compression software)
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ 2 (windows notepad on steroids)
Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN (video and photo viewer)
If you wish to delete certain parts of windows or take ownership of them which by default your administratoraccount has no access to, use NSudo which is an extremely powerfull windows admin-tool that lets you take full control over windows.
https://github.com/M2TeamArchived/NSudo/releases/download/6.2/NSudo_6.2.1812.31_All_Binary.zip
Examples of what you should delete with nsudo: (No deleting those won’t break anything, renaming also works)
smartscreen.exe
upfc.exe
Compatibility Telement.exe
CompPkgSrv.exe
mobsync.exe
GameBarPresenceWriter.exe
microsoftedge
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Privacydroid said:
Yes you can make windows completely 100% private as if it was linux.
Ofcourse privacy doesn’t fix zero day security exploits, this guide is about privacy not security.
For a first impression of what a truely optimized windows system looks like check the screenshots below.
Make a backup of your data is always the first thing to do.
➤ 1 Download the official windows iso from microsofts website (The iso NOT the mediacreationtool !!)
If you can’t download the iso install the useragentswitcher browser extension and switch to linux (microsoft's website detects your operatingsystem and doesn't let you download the iso if you are on windows...)
https://microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
User-Agent Switcher and Manager – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)
➤ 2 Download rufus and use it to create a bootable usb drive with the windows iso file you just downloaded
Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way
➤ 3 Use the bootable usb drive to Install windows 10 pro offline
You will have to boot into BIOS mode and change the primary boot device to the usb drive
➤ 4 Use https://privacy.sexy 10 to generate a script that will rip the guts of microsoft out of windows
Use either one of the predefined settings (standard, strict, all) or create your own script via the options.
Be careful when creating your own script, you can break functionality like windows search, to keep functionality only standard and strict are recommended.
➤ 5 Install Device Drivers
If you have an nvidia GPU use NVCleanstall for an installation that will remove MOST of the
integrated driver spyware https://techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/
Install your CPU chipset but DO NOT install intel management engine or AMT vPRO, these are known backdoors so governments can potentialy remotely access your pc.
Intel Desktop Chipsets - Latest Motherboard Desktop and PC Chipsets
https://amd.com/en/support
➤ 6 Install Netframework Offline
Many programs require old netframework version to work, you don't need windows update for that.
To install offline without using windowsupdate you need a copy of the windows iso you previously
downloaded.
Mount the windows iso
Open powershell as administrator
Use this command to install netframework:
Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:X:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess
Replace Source:X: with whatever the location of your mounted iso is, for example Source:
To find out where your iso is mounted, open the windows explorer, rightklick on the mounted iso and select open file location.
➤ 7 Install Visual Studio Redistributables
Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads | Microsoft Learn
➤ 8 Install Librewolf WebBrowser (no extensions required, ublockorigin is already preinstalled)
Installation – LibreWolf
Searchengines:
https://search.brave.com
https://swisscows.com
https://searx.work/ Luxembourg (LU)
https://searx.fmac.xyz/ Switzerland (CH)
https://searx.tuxcloud.net/ Czechia (CZ)
https://searx.prvcy.eu/ Finland (FI)
Duckduckgo cannot be trusted anymore since they had a secret tracking agreement with microsoft.
Don't use startpage search engine or waterfox browser, both have been acquired by an adversting company called System1.
Librewolf is a modified version of firefox for increased privacy and security, while google chrome and microsoft edge collect your entire browsing history and every website you visited.
PS: Opera Browser is now owned by china, delete that if you haven't already.
➤ 9 Use ShutUp10 to modify windows privacy settings
Recommended: Klick on “actions” select “activate all privacy settings”, then manually uncheck what
you need.
Examples: microphone, camera, bluetooth, notifications.
O&O ShutUp10++ – Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11
➤ 10 Go Online for the first time, instantly install Portmaster from https://safing.io
Select Quad9 as your DNS server, they are non-profit, unlike most other providers like your internetservicepovider (ISP) are commerical and spy on everything you do on the internet.
Configure portmaster to block all connections by default and only allow what you need. (must have for privacy)
Unlock the systemdnsclient in portmaster otherwise you cannot connect to the internet. (all other windows services can be fully blocked)
Now klick on systemdnsclient and block connections that you don't trust, for example:
go.microsoft.com
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
services.gfe.nvidia.com (block this if using an nvidia GPU, even if you use nvcleanstall)
There should not be many connections to block if you used https://privacy.sexy 10 to cleanup windows.
➤ 11 Install a trusthworthy VPN, for example ProtonVPN (They have a free plan and are based in switzerland)
If you are currently using one of these, nordvpn, expressvpn, surfshark, you're making a big mistake. These providers are known to share your data with advertising companys and law enforcement.
They also use google trackers and analytics, source:
why not to use nordvpn
why not to use surfshark
why not to use expressvpn
why protonvpn is probably much better
Free VPN download for your device | Proton VPN
Obviously as you will do almost all of these steps offline you will have to downloaded all the software beforehand and copy it to an offline drive which you can access without any internet connection.
A usbdrive would be enough.
Software that is generally recommended and you should use because https://privacy.sexy 10 will delete all preinstalled garbage apps.
https://7-zip.org/ (compression software)
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ 2 (windows notepad on steroids)
Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN (video and photo viewer)
If you wish to delete certain parts of windows or take ownership of them which by default your administratoraccount has no access to, use NSudo which is an extremely powerfull windows admin-tool that lets you take full control over windows.
https://github.com/M2TeamArchived/NSudo/releases/download/6.2/NSudo_6.2.1812.31_All_Binary.zip
Examples of what you should delete with nsudo: (No deleting those won’t break anything, renaming also works)
smartscreen.exe
upfc.exe
Compatibility Telement.exe
CompPkgSrv.exe
mobsync.exe
GameBarPresenceWriter.exe
microsoftedge
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I don't use Windows, only Linux, but I thought this looked interesting. The bloatware decreases are crazy. Do you think this would work running in VirtualBox (I know VBox is proprietary, but at least cut down on how much spyware is on Windows)? The only time I do use Windows is on Linux to flash phones with Odin like this.
ethical_haquer said:
I don't use Windows, only Linux, but I thought this looked interesting. The bloatware decreases are crazy. Do you think this would work running in VirtualBox (I know VBox is proprietary, but at least cut down on how much spyware is on Windows)? The only time I do use Windows is on Linux to flash phones with Odin like this.
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Yes the same steps described here work with virtualbox.
Odin should work offline, so you can disable the checkmark "networkadapter" in virtualbox to cut the entire os from accessing the internet.
Or you could install portmaster to block microsoft from spying on your vm.
As described above there's a setting to block all connections by default, use that and only allow programs to access the network that you trust or need.
All in all, debloating is great for performance and privacy, but if you are just after privacy then portmaster should be the only thing you need (simplewall is another great option and they can be used together), ps: portmaster also supports linux.
Privacydroid said:
Yes the same steps described here work with virtualbox.
Odin should work offline, so you can disable the checkmark "networkadapter" in virtualbox to cut the entire os from accessing the internet.
Or you could install portmaster to block microsoft from spying on your vm.
As described above there's a setting to block all connections by default, use that and only allow programs to access the network that you trust or need.
All in all, debloating is great for performance and privacy, but if you are just after privacy then portmaster should be the only thing you need (simplewall is another great option and they can be used together), ps: portmaster also supports linux.
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Yes, I just installed PortMaster and it's amazing. Thanks!
Bumping this so more people will see and benefit from it.
Needless to say ANY windows users should install portmaster from safing.io, a must have.
Privacydroid said:
Bumping this so more people will see and benefit from it.
Needless to say ANY windows users should install portmaster from safing.io, a must have.
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Perhaps I should make tutorial on switching from Windows to Linux as well. Although I'm probably not the best for that, seeing as how I haven't used Windows. Oh well.