All, I am starting this thread to chronicle what new features I can see in the extracted vhd. from the SDK. I will be uploading it here so you all can play along, too!
I am hoping to see if I can "hack" this vhd to enable some bonus features in the emulator. Also, it appears it might be flashable to some devices as all the proper boot parts are present. Enjoy!
Partition list:
Code:
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 238 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 10 GB 0 B
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> detail disk
Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device
Disk ID: AE420040
Type : Virtual
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 2
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 4 H EFIESP FAT Partition 32 MB Healthy
G:\EFIESP\
Volume 5 F DPP FAT Partition 10 MB Healthy
G:\DPP\
Volume 6 G MainOS NTFS Partition 2264 MB Healthy
Volume 7 I CRASHDUMP FAT32 Partition 2304 MB Healthy
G:\CrashDump\
Volume 8 J Data NTFS Partition 5627 MB Healthy
G:\Data\
DISKPART>
Features list (In no particular order)
1. Podcast support (including new "Podcast Marketplace")!
2. Xbox Music will support a "Music locker" in the cloud. Service hasn't launched yet.
3. New "LOCKANDWALLPAPER" control panel - Possibly set a wallpaper behind the live tiles?
4. New "Notification center" control panel - (You guys already knew that)
5. New Voices to choose from! They are named "Kate", "Mark", and "Zira"
- Voices have the ability to update themselves in the background.
6. New "Navigation bar" control panel
Preinstalled Apps List
1. File Manager! (appx)
2. BatterySense (appx) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/s...playname/c551f76f-3368-42bb-92df-7bfbb9265636
3. Bing Finance (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-finance/1e0440f1-7abf-4b9a-863d-177970eefb5e
4. Bing Food (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-food-drink/cc512389-0456-430f-876b-704b17317de2
5. Bing Health (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-health-fitness/cbb8c3bd-99e8-4176-ad8c-95ec6a3641c2
6. Bing News (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-news/9c3e8cad-6702-4842-8f61-b8b33cc9caf1
7. Bing Sports (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-sports/0f4c8c7e-7114-4e1e-a84c-50664db13b17
8 Bing Travel (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-travel/19cd0687-980b-4838-8880-5f68aba1671e
9. Bing Weather (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/bing-weather/63c2a117-8604-44e7-8cef-df10be3a57c8
10. Calendar (appx)
11. Podcast (appx)
12. GamesHub (xap)
13. IE Tile Manager (xap)
14. Microsoft Media PlayReady Client (appx)
15. Microsoft VC LIBs 12 (appx) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/s...-package/5dec6302-3af3-4a4b-bc6e-d800779376b9
16. Microsoft VC LIBs 12 Preview (appx)
17. SkyDrive WPB (xap)
18. Xbox Music (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/xbox-music/d2b6a184-da39-4c9a-9e0a-8b589b03dec0
19. Xbox Video (xap) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/xbox-video/6affe59e-0467-4701-851f-7ac026e21665
Observations
1. All the interesting EFIESP\Windows\Packages files (xml and reg) appear to be encrypted now.
2. there is an "FFUloader.exe" efi app at EFIESP\Windows\System32\boot
3. .appx files can still be opened in 7zip/winzip/etc
4 FileManager appx has the following capabilities: ID_CAP_PM_1ST_PARTY" "ID_CAP_PUBLIC_FOLDER_FULL"
5. Appx file structure is quite different from the xap structure we know so well. Great writeup on .appx can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappd...ing-a-simple-and-secure-app-package-appx.aspx
SoCs targeted in test:
Code:
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8960_TEST</FeatureID>
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8960_Test_4gb</FeatureID>
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8960_LOWCOST</FeatureID>
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8974_TEST</FeatureID>
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8x26_TEST</FeatureID>
<FeatureID>SOC_QC8X26_USESD_TEST</FeatureID>
A quick google of the MSM8974 chipset...reveals that it is used in the Galaxy Note 3 and theLG G2! I am speculating that there is something similar coming out soon for WP.
It's about 30% of all partitions.
I am pretty sure it has everything that needed to "patch" the appropriate partitions into an existing GDR3 image. The end result would be something that was now flashable to a specific device.
for comparison, here is the output from the mounted VHD from a T-Mobile Branded Lumia 521
Code:
DISKPART> detail disk
Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device
Disk ID: {AE420040-13DD-41F2-AE7F-0DC35854C8D7}
Type : Virtual
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 3
Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
Current Read-only State : Yes
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 9 RAW Partition 8 MB Healthy
K:\DPP\
Volume 10 FAT Partition 64 MB Healthy
K:\EFIESP\
Volume 11 FAT Partition 88 MB Healthy
K:\MMOS\
Volume 12 K NTFS Partition 1785 MB Healthy
Volume 13 NTFS Partition 5374 MB Healthy
K:\Data\
DISKPART>
*EDIT* Nevermind...the vhd is compiled targeting x86 instead of ARM.
File Manager ???
dragonide said:
File Manager ???
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File *MANAGER* no
File picker as you can see in Windows 8 Modern (Metro) Apps
compu829 said:
A quick google of the MSM8974 chipset...reveals that it is used in the Galaxy Note 3 and theLG G2! I am speculating that there is something similar coming out soon for WP.
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It shuold be the Snapdragon 800, used on L1520 and Lumia icon yet
ngame said:
File *MANAGER* no
File picker as you can see in Windows 8 Modern (Metro) Apps
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That comes from the SkyDrive app built into Windows 8.1. You can use SkyDrive as a file manager, although rudimentary in my opinion. I'm sure it is the same thing in WP8.1
The actual name of the SkyDrive app on Windows 8.1 actually IS file manager or something like that.
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In case anyone is interested how to enable the new wi-fi settings page: after you've loaded the SOFTWARE hive in RegEdit, you need to navigate to SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SecurityManager\Applications. There's two changes we need to make here:
1. Make a new multi-string value named C:\PROGRAMS\WIFIUXBLUE\WIFIUXCPL.EXE, set the value to WIFIUXBLUE
2. Navigate to WIFIUXBLUE subkey and make a new multi-string value named ApplicationBinaries, set the value to C:\PROGRAMS\WIFIUXBLUE\WIFIUXCPL.EXE.
After you make the above changes, unload the hive and fire up the emulator/hyper-v VM.
Having failed to install the whole SDK a couple of days ago I went poking around in the installer and found the VHD myself, and I thought just for laughs I'd try booting it natively on a couple of netbooks I had to hand. Here's an eeePC 701SD and a Samsung NC10 booting the image:
Note: WP8.1 does not appear to be able to boot from USB, at least this particular image of this particular build, it must be booted from a non-removable drive. The eeePC I have booting from a CompactFlash card installed internally via the miniPCIe-style SSD slot, and the NC10 has a SATA HDD.
Neither of these machines have touchscreens, so navigation requires the touchpad, which is a little awkward. Worse, there's no indication of where the mouse is pointing, so significant guesswork is needed. The NC10 in particular is pretty smooth, although it's not obvious in the video, one-handed touchpad use makes it difficult to get the kinetic scrolling to kick in.
Just for fun, I tweaked some reg values to correct the model name etc.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"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",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Edit:
Interestingly, the power button on each netbook performs exactly as the power button on a real phone would, at least as far as a single short press will turn off the screen as if it's going to sleep, and a single power button press after that will wake it back up. F12 also appears to serve the same function. The back button, which is mapped to Esc, seems to be flaky or non-functional after waking it back up, though. None of the other keyboard keys seem to do anything at all, except F5 or F6, I forget which, and I forget what it did, might have sent me back to the Start Screen, I don't remember.
I have no idea if it's possible to cram any Windows 8.1 drivers into this thing, my knowledge doesn't run that deep, but I'd be interested to hear of possible ways to make this more functional, most of the hardware stuff seems to have dummy drivers which do nothing. Unfortunately neither of these netbooks have Windows 8 compatible graphics chipsets, and the eeePC's Intel GMA915 isn't even capable of running Aero, there were no Aero-capable drivers released for Vista/7. I don't know whether the resolution in Windows Phone 8.1 can be forced, but I did try tweaking some registry keys regarding resolution but it didn't appear to do anything. In the About page under Settings however it does show that the resolution of each netbook is 640x480 and 800x600 respectively, which are the highest standard 4:3 resolutions they're capable of without the correct driver. App resolution is still 480x800.
eeePC:
NC10:
I also found a shortcut to cmd.exe in the image, but no cmd.exe binary, is it possible to get this kind of access? I didn't expect it to work, but I did try copying cmd.exe from Windows 8.1 32bit into the Calc7 folder, replacing Calc7.exe so I'd have an easy place to try launching it from, but unsurprisingly this long shot didn't do anything, the Calculator button in the apps list simply did nothing at all when pressed.
I also tried booting in VMWare with different RAM settings, below 128MB it gets a bit hairy, 112MB will get it to the Start Screen but it fails to run Office, at 92MB it fails to arrive at the Start Screen, it just sits accessing the boot media, looking like it's attempting to load but failing, I left it for 30 minutes and it never progressed beyond the blackness after the boot splash. At 64MB it doesn't even show the boot splash, it simply shows a single underscore and stops.
For the cmd.exe: you can't run desktop applications because they are linked with MSVCRT.dll, Kernel32.dll and NTDLL.dll on the PC, and their version probably don't match on the phone. However, if you were to copy those DLLs to same folder as executable on the phone, it might work.
Sunius1 said:
For the cmd.exe: you can't run desktop applications because they are linked with MSVCRT.dll, Kernel32.dll and NTDLL.dll on the PC, and their version probably don't match on the phone. However, if you were to copy those DLLs to same folder as executable on the phone, it might work.
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May be worth a try. Another concern I had though was the UI, how would WP handle a desktop app? There's no desktop and no windows, would it just draw it full-screen?
I've been looking at the settings for the navigation bar in the registry. Dimension for all the virtual buttons are stored for each resolution sepparately. What's interesting is that there were not 4, but 6 resolutions listed. Besides the WVGA, 720p, WXGA and 1080p, there were also qHD (960×540) and QHD (2560×1440). What's up with that? Are they adding support for these new resolutions?
Sunius1 said:
For the cmd.exe: you can't run desktop applications because they are linked with MSVCRT.dll, Kernel32.dll and NTDLL.dll on the PC, and their version probably don't match on the phone. However, if you were to copy those DLLs to same folder as executable on the phone, it might work.
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That's a negatory. I tried putting those files in the same folder as the exe and I also tried putting them in System32, renaming the originals as necessary, I still get nothing more than the tap animation when I press Calculator. I'm still sure there's more to it though, I don't understand how it would render the cmd window, and there may be code signing issues, I don't know, I can only really guess at this point.
@DaviUnic: That is in fact what they are probably doing. qHD (one quarter of "Full HD" AKA 1080p AKA 1920x1080) is not a very exciting resolution - only a little better than the WP8 minimum, well below the WXGA that was the best option at RTM - but QHD (Quad HD, where "HD" here means 1280x720 and thus QHD is 2560x1440) is definitely interesting. Also a little scary... I've got a $300 27" QHD monitor, and that is a *lot* of pixels! Putting that on a phone would be nuts... awesome, but kind of insane!
Maybe they're adding projector / external display support? Some Android phones can drive external displays, which would be a reason to support the high resolutions sometimes found on desktop monitors...
GoodDayToDie said:
Maybe they're adding projector / external display support? Some Android phones can drive external displays, which would be a reason to support the high resolutions sometimes found on desktop monitors...
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Screen mirroring. It's coming in 8.1, and allows you to project your screen onto a TV/monitor/any external display device. So yeah, I guess that explains it...
Wow, nice work, man!
I'll be watching this.
moonlits said:
Having failed to install the whole SDK a couple of days ago I went poking around in the installer and found the VHD myself, and I thought just for laughs I'd try booting it natively on a couple of netbooks I had to hand. Here's an eeePC 701SD and a Samsung NC10 booting the image:
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Did you do anything special to get this to work? I dumped the WP8.0 VHD onto a disk and tried getting it to boot on my ThinkPad X230T. It shows the Windows logo and the hard drive churns for a while but it eventually settles on a plain black screen. I'm downloading the WP8.1 SDK but it's going slow.
petard said:
Did you do anything special to get this to work? I dumped the WP8.0 VHD onto a disk and tried getting it to boot on my ThinkPad X230T. It shows the Windows logo and the hard drive churns for a while but it eventually settles on a plain black screen. I'm downloading the WP8.1 SDK but it's going slow.
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Nope, I mounted the VHD in Windows, which should work in 7 or 8, then used HDD Raw Copy to clone it to a 16GB CF card for the eeePC and the 160GB HDD in the NC10, then booted from them as if was just regular Windows, and it started up as normal.
It will fail to boot, and restart somewhere during the boot process, if you try it with a USB disk, at least that's what it did for me, so it must be an internal IDE or SATA connected drive of some kind.
Edit: Also, a tip for others trying this out, you must mount and clone or convert the VHD to a raw image first before trying to write it to a drive, simply imaging the VHD file itself to a drive will not work, it's in a non-flat format and will not expand to its full size upon writing. It needs to be the full size image. The easiest way to do that is as I've written above, mount the VHD in Disk Management, it will appear as a regular drive in Explorer, you can then clone the now fully accessible virtual drive to another disk, or take a full image for future use.
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Nope, I mounted the VHD in Windows, which should work in 7 or 8, then used HDD Raw Copy to clone it to a 16GB CF card for the eeePC and the 160GB HDD in the NC10, then booted from them as if was just regular Windows, and it started up as normal.
It will fail to boot, and restart somewhere during the boot process, if you try it with a USB disk, at least that's what it did for me, so it must be an internal IDE or SATA connected drive of some kind.
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Yeah it did the reboot once but then it started up but the screen is blank. It shows the Windows flag while it's booting but after the hard drive is done churning it's a blank screen. Probably doesn't have my graphics drivers. :/
The sleep button turns the LCD on and off, so the system appears to be running, just not showing anything. I tried putting the intel graphics driver in Windows\INF but it didn't seem to do anything.
petard said:
Yeah it did the reboot once but then it started up but the screen is blank. It shows the Windows flag while it's booting but after the hard drive is done churning it's a blank screen. Probably doesn't have my graphics drivers. :/
The sleep button turns the LCD on and off, so the system appears to be running, just not showing anything. I tried putting the intel graphics driver in Windows\INF but it didn't seem to do anything.
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Hm, both of my netbooks have Intel graphics, albeit older ones, both GMA9xx based, so I've at least had it working without the dedicated driver on an Intel chipset, did you try without modifying it? How is the drive hooked up to the machine?
Also, try hitting the F1-F12 buttons, one of them is Home I think, maybe try Esc too. In fact, press everything, see what happens, lol. AFAIK, none of them do anything destructive, most of the keyboard does nothing.
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Hi @all:
maybe that can help other non experts like me, that they don´t read so much stuff.
Please give me your Experts- feedback, and I will change some (wrong) absence items, or anybody make this better?
Here my Experience with your help and your experience composed (that the result)
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History:
V1.0 beginning 08-10-22
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HTC Shift Windows XP TPC Installation from scratch
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Before you start:
Think first about to open the Windows Mobile side like described in HTC forum. There is a good description
"howto" do this within windows Vista.
Before you install:
- enable WLAN und Bluetooth in Vista side (if you can). (not really necessary, but maybe easier later)
- Disable USB Tool (cable in) on Windows Mobile side if you have the "opened" Windows Mobile installed
- remove SD memory Card if inserted
- Insert the HTC USB Hub with integrated Network card
Install Windows XP TPC: (TPC Installation required 2 CDROMS from Microsoft and is only available for System Integrators or within the MSDN package)
I used a standard windows XP CD with integrated Service Pack 3 as first CD. the second CD with the additionals is standard out of the box.
as sample how to do "patch" or "upgrade" your WXP CD:
http://sysblogd.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/how-to-build-a-windows-xp-sp3-integrated-installation-cd/
(maybe there are many other easier solutions if you search in google)
if you test some other drivers like me, it is advisable to make a backup every step you try - that saves time, trust me ;-)
I use the most of the time acronis true image from a boot CD or from a bootable USB stick to make my "step by step" backups)
so we start with:
Step1:
install windows XP normaly from CDROM. Leave all settings like it is (standard)
After installation and machine is up, make minimal changes, recommended maybe change
the display resolution and the design (if you want classic Windows design) Not more!
Make a backup with acronis true image to CDROM or USB Stick. That´s the best way, if
you must start over with newer or other drivers or you have trouble within the driver installation ..
Step2:
1. Install the Chipset drivers from Intel for the 945 Chipset (latest ver. 9.0.0.1008 6/2/2008) ->Reboot
2. Install the Display Drivers from Intel for the 945 Chipset (latest ver. 14.32.4.4926 2/15/2008 ->Reboot
3. install the HTC Embedded Controller driver (actually Vista EC Driver from HTC´s Homepage named VistaECDrvV1[1].0.1.10.zip)
(see: http://www.htc.com/us/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=60&cat=1&dl_id=82
open Windows XP Device Manager -> right click on unknown device -> install manually -> and tell them the path to
your unpacked Driver Archive. (I don´t use the setup.exe into this archive)
4. Install the HTC Touchscreen driver (actually Vista Touch screen driver from HTC´s Homepage) with setup.exe Application
4.1 Go to Start-Control Panel-System-Hardware-device Manager-Human Interface Devices-and here are two HID-compliant device.Disable only the first HID-compliant device
(the first HID - compliant from the top) Now the calibration into Systemmanagement is working
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make a backup!
5. Install synaptics Touchpad drivers original from synaptics Homepage:
(see: http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm ->restart
############## Not finished now... please skip this at the moment ###################
5.1 Config Synaptics Touchpad (better meaning the 2 other Buttons on right upper side of shift for
switching Display resolution and Wireless Switcher)
ControlCenterLauncher.exe should be bound to SCROLL LEFT as described, and
ResolutionSwitchLauncher should be bound to SCROLL DOWN
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6. Install realtek high definition Audio drivers (at moment r.2.07 -Restart
(see: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false)
7. install the latest Asix USB2 LAN Driver here: AX88772_772A_WinXP2K_32bit_v3.4.3.23_WHQL_Setup
(see http://www.asix.com.tw/download.php then USB to Fast Ethernet and Model AX88772A
8. install the Fingerprint Auth1610 drivers (the newest is located by HP with Version 7.10.1.0
(see: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3744020&os=2100&lang=en
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make backup
Step4:
9. Cygwin Installation
(see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=435664&highlight=cygwin
9.1 Start cygwin setup.exe -> install from Internet -> leave all as default -> leave as deafault ->leave as default -> choise a mirror -> exand menu "devel" click where
is "ioperm" in the front on the "Skip" items, that change then to 0.4-1 -> (now is installing 3-4 minutes) declick the two ticks for desktop icon..
9.2 - After cygwin has been installed, open a cygwin bash shell (into C:\cygwin is a cygwin.bat file) start this, then comes a black Window:
here type "ioperm -i" on cygwin shell. then exit this black windows with the command "exit"
9.3 copy from hsect-2.1 folder the file hsect2 to c:\cygwin\bin
9.4 copy the 4 Batch files (HSECT) for enabling/disabling BT/WLAN to your Desktop
Additional switches: (if you need) Usage: hsect [option(s)]
options: (for selfwriting batch files)
-b Enter CE Bootloader
-e Exit CE Bootloader
-r Reboot WinCE
-W [0|1] Wifi On/Off
-B [0|1] Bluetooth On/Off
-l [val] Change LEDs. Values from 0x0 to 0x97
-L All LED off
-h Show this help message
10. Update the SDBUS.sys!
now unpack sdbus driver to c:\
reboot your shift and start again with your windows xp install CD
run recovery terminal (boot from Windows XP install cd normally and then use the "R" Key for recovery console
then copy c:\sdbus.sys to C:\windows\system32\drivers (use command: "copy c:\sdbus.sys C:\windows\system32\drivers" )
then when he sking override, say Yes "Y" and then type command "exit" (machine rebooting)
When Windows is Up again open device manager
on controller host secure digital->properties->driver detail
the driver version now is 6.053.......OK
11. Update WLAN Drivers
go to marvell sd-8686->properties->update driver->select the directory of wlan1.1 driver
and all WORK FINE!!!!!!
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Make a Backup now! Now you have a stable Version for testing.
other leaks:
- Memory Cards (SDHC) with more then 4 GB and the sdbus.sys driver for the SDA SD-Hostadapter
If you have problems with SDHC memory cards (not recognizing), I have found a solution, but i´m at the moment not shure if it stable. (is a package from Lenovo called "osda06us"
You must force update the Secure Digital Hostcontroller, but I´m not shure, which files at all. (normally they say, no new driver found so you must force that, but maybe there
is a other, newer driver outside in the far www ) (Which Hardware Vendor is the SD Card reader?)
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=2813208
### changes: I noticed, as I fallback to an older Backup (that has not installed the needed "sdbus.sys" for WLAN, but only the standard sdbus.sys from XP CD) that SDHC "sometimes works, but the most time - when SDHC inserting - I become a bluescreen. Maybe so we must have a look to a other sdbus.sys driver described in WLAN Howto ### maybe with the needed *.inf file, so that this can install regulary. Maybe the missing *.inf file is the really problem...
- Display interpolation to a other (higher) resolution
no idea :-(
### helping, if something not working ###
If you have some problems I have a good idea: (Maybe XDA Developers help each other)
there is a good remote administration software like VNC called teamviewer.
( see: http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx ) with this tool you can take the desktop control from each other.
I use this tool the most of the time to help other with her PC (or PDA) Problems. The "USB Stick" Version that you can
find in the download section is the best. You can start it always from Desktop (you can copy it to USB stick too, but you can start it from desktop also)
No needing installation, and really easy to use and secure.
When some of my users have problems with Windows mobile PDA´s i let install them mymobiler ( see: http://www.mymobiler.com/ ) and with this
combinating (mymobiler and Teamviewer) i can get control of the PC and PDA.
that´s a fine solution I think. I think always open minded, and help with solutions like this many users the last 10 years ;-) If I become instead money
for helping with PC problems I had my own flat ;-)))) But my help is always free, to volunteer one's time. I think we should build a xda developers honorary
help line is a open source Idea But now I´m offline for one week, must go to a business trip :-(
bg
joy
What drivers are needed for the 3G modem under XP?... or are they built-in XP already?
Hi VeEuzUKY,
You cannot connect the 3G Modem directly over Windows. You must have to open the Windows Mobile side (called liberated ROM), then the Windows Mobile side is like a normal Windows Mobile PDA)
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378234
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420548
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=377441
and then you can use the standard Windows Mobile options for using 3G, (internet sharing) like you connected a WM6 PDA/smartphone via USB to your Computer. (but, the shift has this USB Connection inside, you must only use the USBtool on Windows Mobile side, to virtually connect the USB to the PC side) Only what do you do is install on Windows Side:
Active Sync 4.5.
well a good solution, so you must not install in Windows Side crazy drivers and connecting tools.
see:
http://blogs.msdn.com/zhengpei/archive/2008/06/06/how-windows-mobile-internet-sharing-works.aspx
Thanks for the info joy.d. I still dont quite understand if ActiveSync needs to be running or if its a background thing and its all 'seamless". With Vista things seem all to be more streamlined and working properly out of the box, obviousely. The whole conversion to XP is a heck of an adventure I will try it this upcoming weekend and see how it goes
Hi VeEuzUKY,
please make a backup with acronis, Ghost or whatever before, that´s the easiest way, to have a fallback to a working device. Maybe in the next time we found a solution for all.
the Internet connection is not comfortable like within Vista, but the normally procedere
when you have Windows XP PC/Notebook and a Windows Mobile PDA/Smartphone.
Normally you can optimize (look and feel) vista to the same performance like Windows XP tablet PC Edition, so it is not really necersary to make a downgrade.
Normally is a downgrade only interesting, if you use the "normal Windows XP" without Tablet PC addon, but with functionality of the Touchscreen. (much faster) I Think Tablet PC functions is only really interesting if you dont have a Keyboard. (andthe shift has) ;-)
Hey joy.d
thanks a lot for this guide. I know its takes a lot of time to put this
together. Its much appreciated.
I would like to ask you about the speed differences, especially
DIVX and MPG play. Do you get a nice video performance watching
movies?
I compared the Shift with the UX from Sony. the UX is just so much smoother
and faster. I was hoping XP would do the trick
Hi aquasesh,
I think the Sony UX have a integrated MPEG Decoder? (i´m not shure, but I remember the first "UMPC´s" from Sony the C1xxx Series, have integrated the most of the time a own Hardware Video Accelator. Maybe UX have it too?
I will try it next time, if I have time. I use the most time for all Video related playback issues
VLC ( http://www.videolan.org ) this is a open Source Video (Media) Player with many options.
When you talk from DIVX, I think, you can´t really win with the shift. To few 2nd Level Cache, slow southbridge, slow and old processor. (e.g. hehe: test your shift with the intel processor identification tool, that you can download from Intel ( http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=1881&DwnldID=7838 )
the shift was - to my mind - dead before it come on the market. I think the shift was a study from HTC, to test the placement on the market. Let´s face it:
the shift is not beautiful, is not fast, has not notable features... the slider concept is mechanical curios.. ;-)
I don´t want to bash HTC or the shift, (i Buyd the most of all HTC devices that come to the european market) but the shift is not really a moneyspinner ;-)
But Sony is the most of the time not better. Bt they look and fell is much better
joy.d said:
Hi aquasesh,
I think the Sony UX have a integrated MPEG Decoder? (i´m not shure, but I remember the first "UMPC´s" from Sony the C1xxx Series, have integrated the most of the time a own Hardware Video Accelator. Maybe UX have it too?
I will try it next time, if I have time. I use the most time for all Video related playback issues
VLC ( http://www.videolan.org ) this is a open Source Video (Media) Player with many options.
When you talk from DIVX, I think, you can´t really win with the shift. To few 2nd Level Cache, slow southbridge, slow and old processor. (e.g. hehe: test your shift with the intel processor identification tool, that you can download from Intel ( http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=1881&DwnldID=7838 )
the shift was - to my mind - dead before it come on the market. I think the shift was a study from HTC, to test the placement on the market. Let´s face it:
the shift is not beautiful, is not fast, has not notable features... the slider concept is mechanical curios.. ;-)
I don´t want to bash HTC or the shift, (i Buyd the most of all HTC devices that come to the european market) but the shift is not really a moneyspinner ;-)
But Sony is the most of the time not better. Bt they look and fell is much better
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I agree...but the keyboard on the UX is nothing. Virtually not usable.
I have no trouble to run my bluerays on my UX. Thats worth something.
But i just love the connectivity of the Shift.
I personally think the Shift is better looking than the UX and more functional (at least for my use), but that's a personal preference. I never considered the UX and not because of money considerations (as a matter of fact, I never considered UMPC, and still wouldn't if it wasn't for the Shift, so yeah, it has notable features and a form factor that works for me better than most out there).
On XP, the Shift runs fast and with no issues. I wouldn't watch a bluray disk on it even if I could. There's no point. I wouldn't care for a bluray on anything less than 46in, whoever sees the difference on such a small screen is just buying in the hype.
As for DivX on the Shift with XP, it plays smooth and with zero issues. I tested a few ones, one of them was the Incredible Hulk, avg bitrate of 1400kbps video and ac3 5.1. Watched a few high action scenes (here the bitrate would be well over the average) and it played as smooth as anything out there. And I had running evertyhing at the same time, e.g. turecrypt (full hdd encryption), eset security (antivirus and firewall), o&o defrag (in stealth mode), even google desktop (which btw on vista was enough to cripple the shift) and a few other things.
You don't need a hardware decoder for DivX/XviD with even a processor like on the Shift, it wouldn't make sense to (besides, hardware decoders have limitations and would have issues with some encoding settings used). MPEG-2 decoder, maybe. The processor is absolutely no issue for divx/xvid, whoever says otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about. There would be issues because of other non-efficient programs that might be running or OS like Vista. If you would have issues with it, it won't be for playback, but for encoding which would take a long time (but why would you do that on the Shift anyway). I'm still playing XviD movies on my 7 year old machine with no issues.
However, I'm using a rather effecient (if not the best) decoder, ffdshow and also mplayer classic (the best one imho), both of which should perform well in
slower machines.
P.S. I'm not saying the Shift is perfect, it ain't by a mile and with just a little more effort it could've been much better. I would've paid even more for SSD, better and more efficient processor and better battery life. But when it comes to form and features, that's what I needed, too bad HTC's execution wasn't very good.
The Focus CAN be made visible in Windows 7 explorer. Here is some proof:
(See attached screen captures)
(The video being copied was very large and was being automatically converted.)
How can it be seen?
You will have to Jailbreak the phone and install some 3rd party app to enable the USB Mass storage. But even if Windows can see your phone as mass storage, most apps don't. It's kind of worthless any way.
WP7 is based on WinCE kernel and all the features like USB mass storage and multi-tasking are already there.
kinda old news...
Here is HOW
I've attached a snapshot of my WIN7 x32 registry with the appropiate information. Zoom the picture to see the info. Obviously you have to know how to edit the registry. Hope this helps.
The only "3rd party software" software required is the Zune USB driver, of course. Other MS operating systems will differ accordingly.
Open the registry editor on your PC by typing regedit in your Start menu
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB; search forZuneDriver
now you will modify three entries (note, if you have multiple WP7 phones, you have to do it for each one)
Change ShowInShell from 0 to 1
Change PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell from 1 to 0
Change EnableLegacySupport from 0 to 1
device, and folders for music, video and images should now show up in explorer, and to enable modifying the files the Zune desktop software simply needs to be closed.
Other files can also be placed there, but will not be accessible on the device, allowing the use at least of the smartphone as a USB drive.
Hopefully this is the appropriate place. This may be a dead end but I thought I'd ask. EDIT: This probably belongs in the General section but I don't see a delete or move option.
I have a generic Chinese headunit in my car running Windows CE 6.0 with a very limited shell running on it. Is there a way to force it to close out of this or load another on the unit? My input options would be Micro-SD or USB drive via the USB host adapter. I can't even load programs other than whats built in except for the GPS software.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"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",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368340
No offence jwoegerbauer, but I tried ceFFM on WinCe emulator and after correcting couple of Mortscript unclosed quote marks, I still got different Mortscript errors which I wasn't able to correct in a simple way. So I didn't dare to install it on my WinCE 6.0 Chinese GPS tablet at all. I also tried MioPocket Mini from here, it installed without problems on emulator. So I tried it also with the unit itself, but as it is still quite bloated and slow with heavy Mortscripts and also the interface probably needs some better graphics support, it's not very fluid. I ditched it and I am still using the original interface, which is fluid and through which after a very simple "hack" of replacing some exe files and redirecting them through Mortscripts to run my own programs from SD, I can basically start any program.
I suggest You first point to Your navigation path configurator (every Chinese unit should have one) to "desktop.exe" (You'll find it in gpspassion.com somewhere) and after running it You should be able to access the WinCE original interface and take it from there. Also before anything else, try to find out if it is possible to hard reset the device in case You get in trouble (probably not) and if it has a persistent registry (probably does), in which case You'll have to be VERY careful about modifying the registry. For example, my device has a custom shell, so if I would try to replace it with original shell from HKLM\init, it would brick my device as I have read others with the same device have "successfully" accomplished. Most safe would be to continue to use the original interface, maybe if You need some additional programs You could launch the "desktop.exe" any time from the navi shortcut and run the stuff from desktop.
Good luck.
Just stumble into this thread
Actually my goal is to play (downloaded) video in mkv format so I don't have to convert it in order to be recognized by my Head Unit. But in the end, my Head Unit can play mkv file, view office docs, play game and has a customizable menu.
Here what I do :
I'm using Chinese Head Unit which the GPS files are inside an SD card. Just try to remove your SD card safely and copy to a folder (let's say SDbackup) in your PC/laptop. Inside this folder, you will find *.ini file which specify the path to your GPS problem. Open this file. Mine (maplaunch.ini) is look like this :
[igo]
path= mobilenavigator\mobilenavigator.exe;
iconpath= mobilenavigator\igo8.ico;
showname= igo8;
Then search for a PORTABLE (no-need-to-install) shell menu or application launcher, I use GPS Menu. Copy that portable launcher/shell to your SDbackup folder while keeping the folder stucture the same. I have no info about this chine head unit, Therefore I use portable launcher so I dont have to install and taking chance to brick it.
Then edit the executable path in *.ini file above to point at the portable launcher *.exe. (Mine become path= my_gps_menu\gps_menu.exe. I cand do this since the wince only lock the IGO map folder. If it's also lock the path above , then copy the portable launcher files into the folder path (ie mobilenavigator) and rename the gps_menu.exe to mobilenavigator.exe.
Copy the SDbackup folder to a new SD card. Keep your original GPS's SD card as a backup.
Try this new SD card on your head unit. If it's boot up perfectly, then you can edit this launcher to display your existing GPS apps and other apps. "GPS menu" has include some apps like tcpmp video player -which can play mkv & subtitles, music player, document viewer, game etc.(I guess the last two just for showoff ). You can also 'unlock' (accessing the wince desktop) the Head Unit,
Good Luck! and Sorry for my english.
GPS menu (by PEZ and/or SHANEA)
GPS Menu you introduced here isn't a shell in its original sense, it's an application launcher . as you correctly stated.
jwoegerbauer said:
GPS Menu you introduced here isn't a shell in its original sense, it's an application launcher . as you correctly stated.
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Yes, "GPS Menu" is an application launcher.
If this thread starter simply wants to load another program in the Car's head Unit more importantly while Driving, probably all he needs are another GPS, media player and bluetooth apps - with custom GUI/large buttons and perhaps voice (to tell him that he did push the right button).
Maybe he thinks he needs another shell for this. While certainly a shell can do it, a launcher will do it too, That's why I wrote "shell menu/apps launcher".
Legodude522 said:
Hopefully this is the appropriate place. This may be a dead end but I thought I'd ask. EDIT: This probably belongs in the General section but I don't see a delete or move option.
I have a generic Chinese headunit in my car running Windows CE 6.0 with a very limited shell running on it. Is there a way to force it to close out of this or load another on the unit? My input options would be Micro-SD or USB drive via the USB host adapter. I can't even load programs other than whats built in except for the GPS software.
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What Model/Brand is that unit? It Looks familiar, I may have a way for you to get to its built in wince interface without any hacks.
--thesh0ck
Thanks! can you please point me to a link to download the software you used. THe megaupload link is blocked in my country.
adhip said:
Just stumble into this thread
Actually my goal is to play (downloaded) video in mkv format so I don't have to convert it in order to be recognized by my Head Unit. But in the end, my Head Unit can play mkv file, view office docs, play game and has a customizable menu.
Here what I do :
I'm using Chinese Head Unit which the GPS files are inside an SD card. Just try to remove your SD card safely and copy to a folder (let's say SDbackup) in your PC/laptop. Inside this folder, you will find *.ini file which specify the path to your GPS problem. Open this file. Mine (maplaunch.ini) is look like this :
[igo]
path= mobilenavigator\mobilenavigator.exe;
iconpath= mobilenavigator\igo8.ico;
showname= igo8;
Then search for a PORTABLE (no-need-to-install) shell menu or application launcher, I use GPS Menu. Copy that portable launcher/shell to your SDbackup folder while keeping the folder stucture the same. I have no info about this chine head unit, Therefore I use portable launcher so I dont have to install and taking chance to brick it.
Then edit the executable path in *.ini file above to point at the portable launcher *.exe. (Mine become path= my_gps_menu\gps_menu.exe. I cand do this since the wince only lock the IGO map folder. If it's also lock the path above , then copy the portable launcher files into the folder path (ie mobilenavigator) and rename the gps_menu.exe to mobilenavigator.exe.
Copy the SDbackup folder to a new SD card. Keep your original GPS's SD card as a backup.
Try this new SD card on your head unit. If it's boot up perfectly, then you can edit this launcher to display your existing GPS apps and other apps. "GPS menu" has include some apps like tcpmp video player -which can play mkv & subtitles, music player, document viewer, game etc.(I guess the last two just for showoff ). You can also 'unlock' (accessing the wince desktop) the Head Unit,
Good Luck! and Sorry for my english.
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auldthief said:
Thanks! can you please point me to a link to download the software you used. THe megaupload link is blocked in my country.
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I was using Pez GPS Menu. You can google it or try googling "Pez GPS Menu filecrop" (w/o quotes).
I said "was" because for months I've been using iphonetoday launcher taken from here http://code.google.com/p/iphonetoday/downloads/list.
Choose the PND/Pocket Navigation Device version.
However, this only a launcher, so if you want to play .mkv, .mp3 etc you need portable wince apps which bundled in GPS Menu.
Other option, you can use Wolf NCU : http://wolfncu.ru/ for launcher
Or mix it together, like I did. I use iphone today launcher which has icon for Wolf NCU
FYI:
Especially for use on devices with little RAM I recently have published MioPocket Mini 4.0 FV. It's made up on iPhoneToday engine.
Im looking at buying one of thesefor my wife car, do they work OK out of the box,? Is it easy to put on the maps for my country uk?
Thanks Joe
Hi, I'm having a slightly different problem, I have a unit that boots into win ce only, no car ui, no media player, no software, nothing, just a bare windows ce, how would I go about installing relevant launcher software for media player, radio, gps etc? Thanks for any help.
wince device
thesh0ck said:
What Model/Brand is that unit? It Looks familiar, I may have a way for you to get to its built in wince interface without any hacks.
--thesh0ck
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Hi Could you post the solution you have on the forum please?
thanks a lot
win ce only, no car ui, no media player, no software, nothing, just a bare windows c
dicko101 said:
Hi, I'm having a slightly different problem, I have a unit that boots into win ce only, no car ui, no media player, no software, nothing, just a bare windows ce, how would I go about installing relevant launcher software for media player, radio, gps etc? Thanks for any help.
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dicko101,
New to the site, saw your thread and having the same problem with Chinese no name head unit
seller wont return calls, no flash files available.
Everything works if I go to \Mydevice/residentflash2/apps/home.exe
Can you tell me how you got system to boot to menu please?
dnb1951
[email protected]
nokia 5
Okay so I just decided to upgrade from win 7 to win 8 pro. I ran into some issues. I had to make several attempts I was having monitor issues. Actually it was stupid everything went fine but I have a dvi monitor and a hdmi tv hooked up I only use the tv when watching videos or movies but I guess that it defaulted to the hdmi device because I got a blank screen on my monitor but I could see the mouse. I had the tv off do I didn't realize iut but it was working fine on that until I got online and it automatically found the driver for the monitor. So anyway that problem is fixed but somehow in all my attempts I must have installed win 8 two times because when I boot it gives me the option of two different win 8 like if I had fedora or ubuntu installed but with two win 8. so I figured no problem just delete one. So I went into the disk tools and found the partition manager but it only shows two partitions. the small system partition that has to be there and my c partition with win 8.
Can two versions of windows be on the same partition? Does anyone know how to find the other copy? I always select the first one on the list.
Oh my pc is a dell xps 410 and it is an old man. But it is still going strong with upgrades
core 2 duo 1.86 ghz 4 gig ram 64 bit os I have had every release of windows since xp sp3 currently win pro.
I appreciate any help you guys can give me
Charlie
It may just be listed twice in the bootloader. Use bcdedit (as admin) and check each entry. You should find two "Windows Boot Loader" entries. Each will have a device, path, osdevice, and systemroot listed (among other things). If those all contain the same value between both entries, there's no files to delete. Next check for any other differences; there may not be any meaningful ones (the identifier is not meaningful). If you don't see any reason to keep both of them, delete one. You can use "bcdedit /? delete" for help.
GoodDayToDie said:
It may just be listed twice in the bootloader. Use bcdedit (as admin) and check each entry. You should find two "Windows Boot Loader" entries. Each will have a device, path, osdevice, and systemroot listed (among other things). If those all contain the same value between both entries, there's no files to delete. Next check for any other differences; there may not be any meaningful ones (the identifier is not meaningful). If you don't see any reason to keep both of them, delete one. You can use "bcdedit /? delete" for help.
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Thank you for your help with this. Where would I type bcdedit? Is there a start box somewhere like in 7 and I haven't seen it yet?; I am still not too familiar with 8 yet I just got it but I will have it down in no time.
It's a command line tool. Just right-click on the Start button (mouse to lower left corner, then right-click) and choose "Command Prompt (Admin)" to launch an admin prompt (you can also do it from Start search the same as on Vista or Win7; just open the Start screen and type "cmd" or "command" and it will appear; right-click and choose "Run as Administrator").
The "Run" dialog is also still present - Win+R displays it, as it has for years - but with the new Start right-click menu (which can also be accessed via Win+X) I find I haven't needed it much.
wow I see there is alot that I have to learn about win8 thank you for all the tips. Is there a good guide out there that any of you would recomend? I usually learn best when people tell me but if I am interested enough (like I am with this) I can learn from a book.
Well here is what I get when I typed it in. I could not copy and past the text so I took a whole window snipit. Okay I cant seenm to figure out how to put it in. I would hate to have to type that all. I used the windows snipit tool. So can someone tell this idiot how to attach the pic. I saved it to my desktop. Do i use insert image and type the path to my desktop? why cant I just copy the text and past it. The would be easy darn it.
Charlie
To copy out of the terminal, right-click, select Mark, then highlight the text and right-click. You can then paste it elsewhere as normal. It's also possible to set QuickEdit mode on CMD (in Properties), which allows marking without first selecting it by right-click.
So I gave up my Android Tablet which was stuck on Android 2.3 and got myself a Lenovo Lynx K3011W tablet with Windows 8.1 on it.
My initial idea was to install Virtualbox on it and then install Android-x86 within a VM. I've done this successfully on my Windows 8 laptop.
So, after installing Android-x86 from the ISO here (android-x86-4.0-RC2-s103t.iso), the VM boots and lets me do things. However, the touch is way off. If I tap in the center of the screen, the tap registers in the center of the VM. If I tap about an inch off center, the tap registers about 1 1/2 inches off center. 2 inches = 4ish VM inches and so on.
My questions here are: Has anybody done this before? Should I use a different ISO? Should I give up?
System Specs:
Atom Z2760 1.8 GHz
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
64 GB Hard Drive
Windows 8.1
Fullscreening the VM not an option?
Although that might require a keyboard unless you perhaps set virtualbox to load straight into fullscreen (havent checked possibility of this before) and then shut down android from within the VM to get out of the VM.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
Fullscreening the VM not an option?
Although that might require a keyboard unless you perhaps set virtualbox to load straight into fullscreen (havent checked possibility of this before) and then shut down android from within the VM to get out of the VM.
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I haven't found out how to yet. I've tried to follow the guide below and several others to do so but haven't figured it out.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6202342/switch-android-x86-screen-resolution
I have been using genymotion along with some other posts on xda I have gotten that up and running pretty well. Still uses Virtualbox and you have to enable ARM Translation in order to get most apps off the play store.
The touch screen is pretty accurate on my samsung 7 slate running windows 8.1.
wakkakai said:
I have been using genymotion along with some other posts on xda I have gotten that up and running pretty well. Still uses Virtualbox and you have to enable ARM Translation in order to get most apps off the play store.
The touch screen is pretty accurate on my samsung 7 slate running windows 8.1.
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I used this to install Android (x86) on my HP laptop running Windows 8. It installs fine, and my laptop can see the other operating system. It just can't boot (missing grldr.mbr). You could try using it. I don't know of its compatibility with Windows 8.1 though.
mattman86 said:
I haven't found out how to yet. I've tried to follow the guide below and several others to do so but haven't figured it out.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6202342/switch-android-x86-screen-resolution
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That is changing resolution. Not what I meant.
On a standard virtualbox install you can hold right control + F to switch from the VM running in a window to the VM being full screened like a game.
SixSixSevenSeven said:
That is changing resolution. Not what I meant.
On a standard virtualbox install you can hold right control + F to switch from the VM running in a window to the VM being full screened like a game.
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When I change it to full screen, the resolution is still the same so I still have the issue.
Android IA?
Has anyone tried this yet? It looks like these guys have taken what the android 86 project started and have advanced to the windows 8 tablet environment. The latest iso boots using UFEI instead of the conventional boot process. It appears that the Dell V8P has this capability. You can read more at: https://01.org/android-ia/downloads/2013/android-4.2.2r1-ia0.
I am waiting to get my USB otg cable and sd card to attempt this.
Cheers :cyclops:
mattman86 said:
So I gave up my Android Tablet which was stuck on Android 2.3 and got myself a Lenovo Lynx K3011W tablet with Windows 8.1 on it.
My initial idea was to install Virtualbox on it and then install Android-x86 within a VM. I've done this successfully on my Windows 8 laptop.
So, after installing Android-x86 from the ISO here (android-x86-4.0-RC2-s103t.iso), the VM boots and lets me do things. However, the touch is way off. If I tap in the center of the screen, the tap registers in the center of the VM. If I tap about an inch off center, the tap registers about 1 1/2 inches off center. 2 inches = 4ish VM inches and so on.
My questions here are: Has anybody done this before? Should I use a different ISO? Should I give up?
System Specs:
Atom Z2760 1.8 GHz
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
64 GB Hard Drive
Windows 8.1
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Try this:
1. First, close your VM. Then, navigate to C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\. Hold Shift and right click an open area of the window. Select “Open Command Window Here”. A command prompt window will open in exactly the correct directory to do the job.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"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",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2. Type VBoxManage.exe setextradata "Android" CustomVideoMode1 1366x768x32. You can edit the name in quotes to your virtual machine name (case is important), as well as the custom resolution to the native resolution of your display.
3. Restart your VM, and you can now select from the custom resolution you just enabled.
I would recommend using the BlueStacks if you don't rely on Android much.
Its simpler to install, doesn't need any partition changes, can run inside Windows, which means you get multitasking, Google Play built in, and recently updated to Android 4.0
patrick_spd4u said:
I would recommend using the BlueStacks if you don't rely on Android much.
Its simpler to install, doesn't need any partition changes, can run inside Windows, which means you get multitasking, Google Play built in, and recently updated to Android 4.0
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I had installed bluestack in lenovo lynx in win8. It was working ok but very slow.. I think it won't go faster even if you install some other android emulator as long as it works insight Windows. So basically with atom we cant have playable android..
I haven't tried the last version yet but the version before was working but almost unusable.
Sent from my C625b using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
mattman86 said:
So I gave up my Android Tablet which was stuck on Android 2.3 and got myself a Lenovo Lynx K3011W tablet with Windows 8.1 on it.
My initial idea was to install Virtualbox on it and then install Android-x86 within a VM. I've done this successfully on my Windows 8 laptop.
So, after installing Android-x86 from the ISO here (android-x86-4.0-RC2-s103t.iso), the VM boots and lets me do things. However, the touch is way off. If I tap in the center of the screen, the tap registers in the center of the VM. If I tap about an inch off center, the tap registers about 1 1/2 inches off center. 2 inches = 4ish VM inches and so on.
My questions here are: Has anybody done this before? Should I use a different ISO? Should I give up?
System Specs:
Atom Z2760 1.8 GHz
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
64 GB Hard Drive
Windows 8.1
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Try this : http://www.genymotion.com/ works like a charm on my Surface Pro. Multitouch and stuff is all enabled.