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I tried installing Live Android on a USB for my Acer Aspire netbook running Win 7 Starter but i can't figure out how to make it run from the USB drive?
Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/07/22/how-to-run-live-android-on-pc/
http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/10/29/download-live-android-0-3/
http://www.sizzledcore.com/2009/07/22/create-a-liveusb-of-live-android/

To boot it, i'm guess you have to get to the BIOS screen. (i'm not too sure, err).
Try pressing F12, and then you should see a black screen, gray letters. (not sure how its setup on WIN7).
It should be an option to boot from the Flash Drive/Removable disk. Let me know how it works out.

Jincos said:
To boot it, i'm guess you have to get to the BIOS screen. (i'm not too sure, err).
Try pressing F12, and then you should see a black screen, gray letters. (not sure how its setup on WIN7).
It should be an option to boot from the Flash Drive/Removable disk. Let me know how it works out.
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I was going to do this but was afraid i couldn't go back to normal booting. How would i go back?

matrix2004 said:
I was going to do this but was afraid i couldn't go back to normal booting. How would i go back?
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I'm testing out the setup now. I know for linux, they do dual boots at the startup screen, asking you would you like to boot linux or windows.
I'm guessing when you install it, it might ask for a dual-boot or delete the windows partition and make android your OS. I'll test it out on my computer first. Then i'll report back to you.

I've done it just change the option to boot off external
It just boots from that and then when its unplugged it boots nornally
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matrix2004 said:
I was going to do this but was afraid i couldn't go back to normal booting. How would i go back?
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I booted it on a Virtual Machine but anyway, there's no option to install therefore once you restart your computer, it'll boot your normal OS. No worries.

bump...............

Did this on my desktop and also created a VM.

i'm stuck on live android splash screen..............acer aspire 1 w win 7 starter

For those who cant boot to usb due to bios constrictions I found a way around it with this boot manager that has a Run from CD with an ISO file and it works flawlessly.
I might also point to similar thread here although OPs is older there is a lot of other useful info that might be helpful as well.

Guys ... check this out. http://www.android-x86.org/
I'm tested. 80% of the devices is working, except WiFi.
** Tested on Dell Latitude 2100 **

[Q] Windows 8 not booting

Hi, I have a problem with booting Windows 8.
I installed it yesterday and it was working fine, I switched it off and on a few times throughout the whole day. But then I tried to turn it on again. So I turned my computer on, and chose Windows 8 in its new bootloader-thingy, and this happened: My screen and keyboard keep turning on and off after a few seconds. It lasts forever and I tried many things to fix it: using the bootloader-thing's recovery options - it didn't find any errors - and the safe mode doesn't start either.
I think it could be caused by installing the newest (beta) drivers from Nvidia (i have a Gigabyte GTX 460 OC) but i don't think it's possible as the keyboard switches off together with the screen.
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on another partition.
I tried rebuilding bcd / fixing mbr / fixing boot using Bootrec.exe in recovery options' cmd.
Any help?
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FIXED

kubukoz said:
Hi, I have a problem with booting Windows 8.
I installed it yesterday and it was working fine, I switched it off and on a few times throughout the whole day. But then I tried to turn it on again. So I turned my computer on, and chose Windows 8 in its new bootloader-thingy, and this happened: My screen and keyboard keep turning on and off after a few seconds. It lasts forever and I tried many things to fix it: using the bootloader-thing's recovery options - it didn't find any errors - and the safe mode doesn't start either.
I think it could be caused by installing the newest (beta) drivers from Nvidia (i have a Gigabyte GTX 460 OC) but i don't think it's possible as the keyboard switches off together with the screen.
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on another partition.
I tried rebuilding bcd / fixing mbr / fixing boot using Bootrec.exe in recovery options' cmd.
Any help?
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FIXED
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Try reinstalling

amiththyagaraj said:
Try reinstalling
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Dude, I fixed it a long while ago!
I only had to install an older version of the drivers, as the ones i had downloaded before were somewhat unstable and caused the problem I described in the first post.

@amiththyagaraj: Please do not necropost. It clogs up the forum with useless garbage.

Acer Switch 10 - How to boot Android?

I've wanted to boot and (later) install Android on my Acer Switch.
At first I thought that I can use Images from Android On Intel but it doesn't boot, because the Switch 10 has an 32 bit efi (Intel only supports 64 bit).
Then I've found this thread on xda-developers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46929905&postcount=16
So I prepared an Ubuntu Stick, but before I've copied the Androidx86 image to it, I wanted to test whether it boots Ubuntu.
And of course, I can boot Ubuntu so it's clear, that the Stick is 32bit efi compatible prepared.
Now I've copied all files from the "android-x86-4.4-r1.iso" to the new created "android"-folder and edited the grub as given.
Then I boot up the Acer Switch, selected the Android and it seems working. But it crashes to the command line as it was expected.
Now I have to type in "exit", but there is the issue. The Acer Keyboard Dock is not recognized by the command line.
After that I've rebooted and retry the same way but with an connected USB Keyboard. Same too. It''s still not recognized.
So, Is anyone there, who got it, to boot Androidx86 on the Acer Switch 10?
In addition. I've also changed the grub setting by deleting the command "DEBUG=1". Then Android boots up to "Detecting Android ...", some other logs and to the blinking curser, but nothing more. It freezes before the Android Boot logo would appear.

KN2014GE said:
I've wanted to boot and (later) install Android on my Acer Switch.
At first I thought that I can use Images from Android On Intel but it doesn't boot, because the Switch 10 has an 32 bit efi (Intel only supports 64 bit).
Then I've found this thread on xda-developers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46929905&postcount=16
So I prepared an Ubuntu Stick, but before I've copied the Androidx86 image to it, I wanted to test whether it boots Ubuntu.
And of course, I can boot Ubuntu so it's clear, that the Stick is 32bit efi compatible prepared.
Now I've copied all files from the "android-x86-4.4-r1.iso" to the new created "android"-folder and edited the grub as given.
Then I boot up the Acer Switch, selected the Android and it seems working. But it crashes to the command line as it was expected.
Now I have to type in "exit", but there is the issue. The Acer Keyboard Dock is not recognized by the command line.
After that I've rebooted and retry the same way but with an connected USB Keyboard. Same too. It''s still not recognized.
So, Is anyone there, who got it, to boot Androidx86 on the Acer Switch 10?
In addition. I've also changed the grub setting by deleting the command "DEBUG=1". Then Android boots up to "Detecting Android ...", some other logs and to the blinking curser, but nothing more. It freezes before the Android Boot logo would appear.
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Yo did you make any progression though? im stuck too i want to install android on it, on my pc its working flawlessly...

Any luck?
Anyone have any luck yet? best I could do was boot in to KitKat but touch screen did not work.

cm 12.1 rom is fine but "System UI has crashed" ;-;

My issue is a little strange but please bare with me.
I have CM 12.1 installed and after the boot up animation and arriving at the home screen I am hit with a "Unfortunately System UI has crashed." This is because I was trying out different CM Themes I was downloading from the play store. Most of them worked fine but one of them just messed everything up and this happened ::crying:
Complications
1. According to my research this issue could be easily resolved with on other android devices that actually have Power and Volume Buttons to enter the Recovery mode upon boot up but as you guys know the MOJO does not.
2. i cannot use my windows 10 pc to force the MOJO to recovery mode because my PC actually has an issue of its own right now where everytime I restart it, it wont boot back up until like the next day after all the power has drained out of it so I can actually never turn it off. And because of this I cannot do the thing where I have to restart my Windows 10 pc to disable driver signature verification otherwise I could use my PC to fix it.
Everytime before when I flashed roms back and forth from stock and Cm 12.1 I didnt use a PC I just used the MOJO itself.
I do have a physical keyboartd in my arsenal though so if there is a way to force the MOJO into recovery upon bootup with a certain Key combination I dont know about it. It's really crazy to believe that changing the CM themes is actually what screwed my MOJO rather than all the times before I've done so much more risky things on it.
Anyway if you guys can help me I would appreciate it. If not I just am going to cry myself to sleep. My email is [email protected] if you want to get in touch with me if you cant on here. THANKS

wifiwitch987 said:
My issue is a little strange but please bare with me.
I have CM 12.1 installed and after the boot up animation and arriving at the home screen I am hit with a "Unfortunately System UI has crashed." This is because I was trying out different CM Themes I was downloading from the play store. Most of them worked fine but one of them just messed everything up and this happened ::crying:
Complications
1. According to my research this issue could be easily resolved with on other android devices that actually have Power and Volume Buttons to enter the Recovery mode upon boot up but as you guys know the MOJO does not.
2. i cannot use my windows 10 pc to force the MOJO to recovery mode because my PC actually has an issue of its own right now where everytime I restart it, it wont boot back up until like the next day after all the power has drained out of it so I can actually never turn it off. And because of this I cannot do the thing where I have to restart my Windows 10 pc to disable driver signature verification otherwise I could use my PC to fix it.
Everytime before when I flashed roms back and forth from stock and Cm 12.1 I didnt use a PC I just used the MOJO itself.
I do have a physical keyboartd in my arsenal though so if there is a way to force the MOJO into recovery upon bootup with a certain Key combination I dont know about it. It's really crazy to believe that changing the CM themes is actually what screwed my MOJO rather than all the times before I've done so much more risky things on it.
Anyway if you guys can help me I would appreciate it. If not I just am going to cry myself to sleep. My email is [email protected] if you want to get in touch with me if you cant on here. THANKS
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I think first I'd replace the PC. If that's not practical, try to boot it to this .iso once you've burned it to CD:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/62oh30gzjzvsbew/sulu2-528.007-android.iso
Download the recovery.img to root's home, connect to the MOJO and turn it on, open a terminal and issue:
# fastboot -i 0x0738 boot openrecovery-twrp-2.8.2.0-mojo.img
Should boot the MOJO into the recovery. If you can't get your PC to boot properly I think you're OOL. You might look into getting a used PC, one that's out-of-date or simply has a bad (or no) HDD, that you can pick up cheap, and use this simple Linux distro (Puppy Linux it is, with fastboot and adb binaries installed by me) for an OS. But be careful, Linux is addictive, and you may find yourself in the same predicament as I am: losing patience with the bloated domineering Windows OS.

Hi thank you for the response. Replacing my PC is on my list but it is also easy to just go on without turning it on but i look to renew ym warranty with Alienware and having them fix or replace it, even though they should do it for free because it seem to be an issue alot of people are having with the early Alienware Alphas.
Anyways my PC is an alienware Alpha it doesnt have a disk drive. Can I just put this .iso on a usb flash drive instead of a cd-rom ? If I can do I have to format the flash drive to a certain format ?
Thanks dude

wifiwitch987 said:
Hi thank you for the response. Replacing my PC is on my list but it is also easy to just go on without turning it on but i look to renew ym warranty with Alienware and having them fix or replace it, even though they should do it for free because it seem to be an issue alot of people are having with the early Alienware Alphas.
Anyways my PC is an alienware Alpha it doesnt have a disk drive. Can I just put this .iso on a usb flash drive instead of a cd-rom ? If I can do I have to format the flash drive to a certain format ?
Thanks dude
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You can flash this (or most other linux live-CD .iso files) to a USB drive with a utility called Unetbootin. IIRC it's available for Windows, Mac, or Linux. I have no idea whether your Alpha is capable of booting to it, though. Any chance of borrowing another PC, maybe one a bit more traditional? Your little brother's old slow laptop maybe? FWIW I just finally managed to get fastboot and adb working on a Chromebook with an ARMv7 processor, but I doubt you want to go through that much work. Does the Alpha have an Intel processor?

[MiPad2][GUIDE][PIE] Get Android 9.0 on Your tablet!

Android 9.0 on Your MiPad2!
We all hate that Xiaomi didn't update their MiPad 2 to latest Android. Or at least Marshmallow.. but! Today I found a way to get Android 9.0 to boot on our devices . As You know MiPad 2 uses x86_64 CPU which gives us HUGE possibilities. But it's not perfect. It's pretty buggy and booting most OS's is simply impossible. But today, I found a way to boot most likely any OS, INCLUDING ANDROID X86!
Guide:
1. Prepare: At least 8GB USB drive, USB Hub, Keyboard & Mouse, OTG Type C adapter. And make sure that You have at least 50% battery.
2. Download Rufus 2.18 or latest version.
3. Download Android x86_64 7.1 rc2.iso from android-x86.org UPDATE: Use this link for Pie! BlissOS 11.x Pie
4. Open Rufus and plug in Your USB drive.
5. Inside Rufus choose: Partition type GPT for UEFI.
Make sure that Quick Format is selected.
6. Change FreeDOS to ISO Image and choose Your ISO file.
7. Tap start.
8. Plug Your USB drive and keyboard & mouse into Your USB hub and then plug it into Your MiPad 2 through OTG adapter.
9. Turn off Your MiPad 2.
10. Quickly tap F2 button on Your keyboard multiple times and turn on Your MiPad 2.
11. Tap the F2 until You see bios.
12. Inside bios go to Device Management> Security/boot > Change GMIN to Windows and disable secure boot.
13. Tap F10 to save and then go to main BIOS menu and choose boot device.
14. Choose EFI USB drive.
15. When You see Android x86 GRUB menu tap "e" on Your keyboard and find androidboot.hardware=androidx86_64 edit it to make sure it looks like this androidboot.hardware=androidx86_64 nomodeset and then tap F10 to boot.
16. Wait for Android to boot. It will take around 5-15 minutes depending on Your USB drive speed.
17. Enjoy Your MiPad 2 running Latest Android!
Touch works. Yes! WiFi too.
Bugs:
Sound doesn't work in live mode(maybe after installing the Android it would fix the sound.)
Video playback is broken.
Brightness control is broken.
Probably other stuff too. But maybe installing it or trying Bliss OS or Remix OS would help .​

Can confirm that Bliss OS with 4.9 kernel boots and works fine too.
Also tried Remix OS 3.0 and it works fine, as well as Ubuntu 17.10. Touch works in all OS's.

ProtoDeVNan0 said:
Android 7.1.2 on Your MiPad2!
Enjoy Your MiPad 2 running Latest Android!
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@ProtoDeVNan0 Sounds very interesting but I have a few questions:
- what I understand is the MI PAD2 boots from USB and runs in Live mode. So does the USB need to be connected al the time?
- does it affect your current MI PAD2 ROM?
- same procedure every time you need to reboot?
- Can from live mode do an install on your tablet (confirmed to work)?
- how is the performance?
But thanks for sharing, sound prommissing ​
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@ProtoDeVNan0 Sounds very interesting but I have a few questions:
- what I understand is the MI PAD2 boots from USB and runs in Live mode. So does the USB need to be connected al the time?
- does it affect your current MI PAD2 ROM?
- same procedure every time you need to reboot?
- Can from live mode do an install on your tablet (confirmed to work)?
- how is the performance?
But thanks for sharing, sound prommissing

Edwin184 said:
@ProtoDeVNan0 Sounds very interesting but I have a few questions:
- what I understand is the MI PAD2 boots from USB and runs in Live mode. So does the USB need to be connected al the time?
- does it affect your current MI PAD2 ROM?
- same procedure every time you need to reboot?
- Can from live mode do an install on your tablet (confirmed to work)?
- how is the performance?
But thanks for sharing, sound prommissing
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It runs from live mode but can be installed as main OS. But then You will lose Android/MIUI.
If You run any of these OS's in Live mode then Your current rom won't be affected.
Depends on what You have installed. Android x86 aftet reboot will boot back to Android x86. And If You reboot from Live mode, it will boot back into GRUB or if You remove Your USB drive it will boot back to MIUI.
Yes. It can be installed. Haven't tried that yet because I was testing all Linux Distros and Android x86 versions but it should work just fine. Just make sure to edit grub to boot every time with nomodeset.
Performance.. it's a bit slower than MIUI. But then again. I used Live mode + extremely slow usb hub which is really bad and installing anything with it takes hours. Even on a high end desktop. But since the general stuff works quite decently. I'd say that if You installed it on Your tablet, then it would run pretty smoothly. And You would get similar Antutu score to MIUI(+/- 5-7k).
Also I tried a lot of linux distros and all of them had touch working. Native resolution worked too.
I might later try different kernels and install Android x86 on my MiPad 2 as default OS to see how it runs.

Do you try to install bliss os or remix os ?

Sounds Sweeeeet!
I am going to try it.
So I wondering now...
- If I try this with INSTALLING, not LIVE MODE, what happens to Recovery Mode and Fastboot Mode? Will they still exist? So that I can backup and restore with TWRP?
-Did you have any bugs with Remix OS 3.0? It would be cool if I can fully use it.

YeonsK said:
I am going to try it.
So I wondering now...
- If I try this with INSTALLING, not LIVE MODE, what happens to Recovery Mode and Fastboot Mode? Will they still exist? So that I can backup and restore with TWRP?
-Did you have any bugs with Remix OS 3.0? It would be cool if I can fully use it.
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I have tried installing Android x86 but messed up recovery and fastboot partitions really badly. But! Thanks to DNX Fastboot Mode I was able to
fastboot boot loader.efi
fastboot flash gpt gpt.bin
(And then flash all files inside images folder, including oemvars battery disabled or else Your battery will get stuck at 42%)
And my tablet was good again .
Bugs on all OS's are pretty much identical. Like a week ago Bliss OS released Oreo update but it's alpha and it didn't boot on my MP2. And there are bugs like: no sound, rotation not working, brightness doesn't work, etc.
I think some of these could be fixed but these x86 Android OS's are stuck inside .sfs files and repacking them usually makes the rom not boot anymore.
And if You want to try to install Android x86 then I'd recommend to first install Win10 on Your tablet(so that partitions will be changed from Android ones to Windows ones) and then format "C partition/windows partition" and try to install Ax86 into that partition.
Not sure how installation looks like on RemixOS though. It might be easier or the same.
And if You won't remove/format Fastboot or TWRP partition then it should stay there. But installing Win10 will remove them. So You can try manually installing Ax86 and see how it works. Just don't delete partitions that are called: ANDROID_BOOTLOADER or ANDROID_RECOVERY. These most likely contain Fastboot and TWRP.
And if You delete any of these and Your tablet will be dead, then just remove USB cable from Your tablet, hold vol up, vol down, power until You see DNX Fastboot and follow my guide above. And don't worry. MiPad 2 seems to be unbrickable.

Hey guys!
Maybe I'm the noob but anywhere I tried to find bliss rom or remix os 3.0 for mi pad 2 I had no luck with it. Can anyone help me with a link for these roms and a proper gude how to install them? I'm really interested in remix os 3.0 but curious about bliss os as well, cause I've not heard of it yet.
Thanks in advance.
Have a nice day you all

Hi all, I tried almost all recent distros and it works fine to boot in Live mode. All flavours of Mint, ubuntu. I booted up with "nomodeset" option. I did install and now, when I call grub with "Shift" and edit the installed system with nomodeset option, all I got is black screen. If someone installed any distro on MiPad 2, can someone tell me what should be done to boot into installed system? Thanks so much

is this work on Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 16gb variant?

Can I do this for Mi Pad 2 16 GB variant?

Are there any news? With Bliss Rom you can make daily use?

InfinityCore said:
is this work on Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 16gb variant?
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It should .

After several week research, my current Mi Pad 2 can install Windows 10 (woah!!).
But for this time I need several tools (like USB C OTG Y cable, also USB Hub) to help me installing another OS like Remix or Ubuntu.
By the way anyone succeed install Remix OS 3.0 in mi pad 2 tablet?
there is any bug?

I tried to install in my Mi Pad 2 16gb Phoenix Os, Android x86 and Bliss Os but none boot in live mode. I wait almost 30 minutes for each.

Anyone success installing Another OS to our Mi Pad 2?
I tried to install Ubuntu, it's installed, but I can't boot into it.
Need Help.....

How about remix os?

InfinityCore said:
Anyone success installing Another OS to our Mi Pad 2?
I tried to install Ubuntu, it's installed, but I can't boot into it.
Need Help.....
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You can boot to installed system by going to Advanced Option in Grub -> Recovery-> Resume boot

Good News! Today I found out that BlissOS 10.0 Oreo 8.1 works on Mi Pad 2!
Bugs are identical to earlier Android versions. But as You can see, Mi Pad 2 HW is capable of running Oreo