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HaRET Linux

I hope to meet some people willing to help me,
HaRET works out of the box for me doesnt recognizes my devices MTYPE It only says MSM72xx default, but seems HaRET works fine cause when trying to boot a linux image i get till "Go Go Go ..." But only with one kernel config i got a fullscreen purple flicker. But no console seen till now!
As i'm new to such stuff I want to write down all my expiriences to get things to work, for others with new devices.
I did in haret console:
INPUT: print VRAM %08x
OUTPUT: 0x10000000
INPUT: pfh 0x10000000 640*480 0x00ff
(640*480 is my windows mobile resolution, 0x00ff is blue color code 0xffff is white and 0x0000 is black colorcode if you do 640 * 2 you will get 2 blue lines not full screen repaint)
i did an mmu dump i was told it would help me in haret console i did
INPUT: log mmutrace.txt
INPUT: dump MMU
now i could connect to my device and in de dir of haret i got a file called mmutrace.txt (i attached it)
For more detailed logging create an empty file called earlyharetlox.txt in the same dir haret.exe is lýing in.
I Will write on when i get more to know, hopefully soon.
Greets Neutron
ps. sorry for my englisch im not that good at it

[Q] Trying to install android x86 on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro

Hi.
Sorry for my bad english!
First i tried android-x86-4.4-RC2 iso + followed the tutorial from here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-x86/D85Jq02cLrE/RhTWtOjH3H0J
(and downloaded the kitkat_install_package.zip in link above...)
none of these worked.
Then i tried android-x86-4.4-r2.img (.img; which is the efi version not the iso version because im using gpt and uefi and dual booting win8.1 and ubuntu 14.10 with grub...)
i booted live android and unlike the other 2 images i used before, live acctually worked! so i did the instruction in this toturial:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-x86/GrPdnpa6XBM
i installed android on another usb with ext3 format and copied the files from that usb to a 16gb ext2 gpt partition on my hard drive (yoga 2 pro's ssd) , (also tried ext3)
First i added these grub entries:
Code:
menuentry "Android KitKat" {
set root=(hd0,8)
linux /android-4.4-r2/kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 SRC=/android-4.4-r2 DATA= video=-16
initrd /android-4.4-r2/initrd.img
}
It didn't worked; when i selected android entry from grub same stuff that appear on live appeared :
. . . . . . (some code) . . .
A N D R O I D [email protected]:/
then instead of that android logo that shines appear (splash screen) , it gives me a black screen! (monitor's light won't turn off, its just black...)
i tried a lot of grub entries (im not sure if this is what their name is)
including the codes in this toturial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2703270
Code:
set root='(hd0,4)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e1f9de05-8d18-48aa-8f08-f0377f663de3
linux androidx86/kernel root=UUID=e1f9de05-8d18-48aa-8f08-f0377f663de3 quiet androidboot.hardware=generic_x86 SRC=/androidx86 acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode
initrd androidx86/initrd.img
i tried the codes from my working live android usb (from android usb, android live entry selected, i pressed e in grub and write down it's codes) :
Code:
search --file --no-floppy --set=root /system.sfs
linuxefi /kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 sdhci.debug_quirks=0x8000 quiet DATA=
initrdefi /initrd.img
i even mixed all of these codes that i mentioned and IT DIDN'T WORKED!
tried booting the android that i installed on my usb (not android live, the one i installed with my other usb as i mentioned) same thing happens!
I really want android on my yoga2p because working with it's 13inch touchscreen and its speedy cpu and ssd was really awesome i really enjoyed it!
i need your help guys, i would really appreciate it
thanks in advance.

Hi.
Solved my problem with yoga 2 pro :
groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/android-x86/UWwxam-IVqk/KaCatJUAhOcJ

Nextbook Flexx 11 Tutorials

Nextbook Flexx 11
A 200-250$ 2-in-1 laptop.
CPU: 1.83 GHz Intel Atom Z3735F Quad-Core
RAM: 2 GBs
SSD: 64GBs
Screen: 11.6" Touchscreen
Ports: 1 x MicroHDMI, 1 x MicroUSB 2.0, 2 x USB 2.0
Micro SD Card slot

Installing every linux based OS(Android, RemixOS, Linux Distros)
Prerequisites:
A bootia32.efi file (Found in attachments)
A copy of your favorite linux distro
Rufus, UNetbootin, or a USB disk image write of your choice.
A flash you can wipe, and boot from
A little bit of time
Step 1: Setting up
First thing you'll need to do is use your image writer to write the iso to your USB.
MAKE SURE YOU SELECTED THE RIGHT USB DRIVE!
I cannot stress this enough, if you don't want to lose everything on another flash drive, or your hard drive, check and make sure you are using the right drive letter.
Do not restart now. We need to add some files to it.
Extract bootia32.efi and copy it to /boot/efi on your flash drive.
So this was some instructions I made for booting it, but this is much more complicated than it should be. You can totally disregard this spoiler.
Step 2: Booting
Plug your USB into your nextbook (if you haven't already) and turn it on/reboot it.
As its powering on, hold ESC to get into the boot options.
Click "Boot Manager" and select your USB drive.
IF IT DOESN'T SHOW UP, FORMAT YOUR USB DRIVE TO FAT32 AND GO BACK TO STEP 1.
Now, 2 things may happen, it may boot up perfectly, and from there, just follow the steps to install.
If it doesn't boot properly, we'll need to type a few commands.
Step 2.1: Grub Command Line.
So if it doesn't boot up properly, which chances are it wont, you'll be dropped into a command line.
This is grub, if you didn't know, and to boot we need to locate the drive its on.
First press FN+Ins to turn off NumLk, then type,
Code:
linux (hd
now if you press tab, it should list everything you have attached, for example:
Code:
hd0, hd1, hd2, hd3
The usb will most likely be hd0. So now you should have
Code:
linux (hd0,
If you press tab again, it will list off all of your partitions, or autofill one in.
Now you should have either:
Code:
1. linux (hd0,msdos1)
2. linux (hd0,gpt1)
Now, if you have this, type this(replace hd0,gpt1 with what you got):
Code:
set root=(hd0,gpt1)
then type
(new)Step 2: Creating a boot file.
So, now that you have the files copied over, you need to name the drive.
Right click your drive, and click Rename... (Remember the drive name, its important)
After you renamed your drive, create a folder at DriveLetter:/boot/grub
In that directory, create a file named grub.cfg
Now depending on your linux version, you'll have either syslinux, or grub already.
If grub: The file should already be there, so you can move on to step 3.
If syslinux: Find the isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg (probably in /syslinux or in /isolinux)
It will look something like:
Code:
label LinuxVersion
kernel /kernelFile
append initrd=/initrdFile (more options)
We're going to use these options to create our grub.cfg file.
Use this as a template.
Code:
menuentry 'LinuxVersion' {
search --set=root --label THIS_IS_WHERE_THE_LABEL_YOU_SET_EARLIER_GOES
linux /kernelFile (more options)
initrd /initrdFile
}
Step 3: Boot into your new OS.
Reboot your PC. When it turns back on, hold ESC.
You should be brought back to the BIOS area.
Press "Boot Manager" (you will need a mouse for this), and select your USB drive.
If you did everything correctly, it should boot.
Step 4: Go wild!
You should be booted, GO CRAZY!
There are a few problems with most distros, including:
No Wifi
No Bluetooth
No Gyroscope
No Audio
There are drivers online for these, but you need to be able to patch a kernel, and build/install a driver.
Wifi
Is the guide not working?
Go ahead and ask some questions, don't be afraid of help.

Useful resources:
Ubuntu with Wifi (Source)
Thats all the links for now. I will add more as I find them (hopefully to fix audio, power button, and rotation)
Huge thanks to Ian Morrison for the Ubuntu iso.

TAG

Any chance you're going to do the linux?
Reserved
I'm guessing that is where the linux how to, is going.

Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...

I'm so sorry
Chaosmstr said:
Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...
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I apologize for the delay, busy with school and all.

You can't leave us hanging like this!

I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.

Hmfan said:
I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.
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Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.

Kitsumi said:
Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (URL removed per post restrictions.)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.
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I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.

Hmfan said:
I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.
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Well, I decied to try and boot remixOS, and it works VERY well, so does android-x86 5.0
That being said, audio is a glaring issue.

When you tried Remix OS and say it worked very well. What do you mean? What actually worked? Obviously audio is what doesn't since you mentioned it. But am I to assume that screen rotation works as expected then?
I'm not willing to use REMIX OS personally as the whole android bit is a limiting factor to me. Unless it rooted of ccourse. but even then some of my prefered uses for Linux is lost.
Also hows the hardware acceleration?

How do I install the x64 version of Windows? I downloaded the ISO with the Media Creation Tool and it won't boot from the USB drive. I enabled USB booting and made sure secure boot was off, but it's not working. It keeps saying there's no USB device available.

Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)

Hmfan said:
Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)
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That's really dumb. Most Windows devices are 64-bit nowadays. Why would they put in a 64-bit processor but not allow x64 operating systems?

You're guess is as good as mine on that one. Ask Microsoft on that one. They used the 32 bit version because Microsoft will only give the "Windows XX (originally 8.1) with bing 32bit for free. Which keeps the device cost down. Kinda hard to to sell a cheapskate device when it ends up costing as much as a better speced laptop.

Where can I find recovery images for this? I messed up and now I don't have audio or touchscreen drivers.

You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)

Hmfan said:
You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)
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I tried that. It says there's no recovery option for this model....
Do you have this tablet? Do you think you could do a driver backup and upload it here? Or create a recovery image and share it?

Phoenix OS Single boot

Hello
I'm using Phoenix OS on dual boot with windows but I would like to single boot with Phoenix OS.
Anybody has an idea please
Thanks for attention and sorry, I'm better in french [emoji6]
Fraway

Hello. We are here now.

Phoenix OS [USB]
I have Linux,I've downloaded The iso of PhoenixOS (both version 1.1.3 & 1.2.1),Created a LiveUsb(USB*) installation
But when the installation is done,The USB** won't boot ,The PC skips it and boots from the Hard drive
Idk whether it's a grub error or not
Note:I've tried the grub 2 (Created a partition for it in the USB**),and I've skipped it the second time but the result was the same)
I accepted the Grub Boot loader option Both times
USB* = The Live USB
USB** = The USB where I want Phoenix OS To be installed

I had similar problems with the installation program, however, I solved it by downloading the iso file and "burning" that onto a USB stick with the help of another piece of software cold Rufus.
After that things went well, now writing this on my old HP Probook single booting PhoenixOS.
Hymn said:
I have Linux,I've downloaded The iso of PhoenixOS (both version 1.1.3 & 1.2.1),Created a LiveUsb(USB*) installation
But when the installation is done,The USB** won't boot ,The PC skips it and boots from the Hard drive
Idk whether it's a grub error or not
Note:I've tried the grub 2 (Created a partition for it in the USB**),and I've skipped it the second time but the result was the same)
I accepted the Grub Boot loader option Both times
USB* = The Live USB
USB** = The USB where I want Phoenix OS To be installed
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treris said:
I had similar problems with the installation program, however, I solved it by downloading the iso file and "burning" that onto a USB stick with the help of another piece of software cold Rufus.
After that things went well, now writing this on my old HP Probook single booting PhoenixOS.
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Ik Ik
I did the same thing,but when all is done,I get the "No Operating system found" error

Hymn said:
Ik Ik
I did the same thing,but when all is done,I get the "No Operating system found" error
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By all is done, do you mean after single boot installation onto the hard drive or after installation of the iso onto the usb?
If it's after installation onto the usb, then perhaps you should check whether rufus is formatting the usb to vfat format.
If it's after single boot installation onto the hard drive, had that problem as well, found out that in order for grub2 to work on single boot machines you actually have to make a boot/grub partition next to the normal partition. I was not used to that from other linux installations so I didn't do that as first and got nowhere. After reading somewhere that grub2 needs a separate partition in this case, I reformatted the hard drive in my laptop into two partitions:
sda1: size 350 MB, bootable and vfat -> basically just for grub, the size may be overkill, but on today's hard drives, who cares right?
sda2: size (the rest of the hard drive), ext4 ->all other files and personal data
Then during install use both the grub2 and grub installation option (to sda1) and things should work I think.
Hope this helps!

treris said:
By all is done, do you mean after single boot installation onto the hard drive or after installation of the iso onto the usb?
If it's after installation onto the usb, then perhaps you should check whether rufus is formatting the usb to vfat format.
If it's after single boot installation onto the hard drive, had that problem as well, found out that in order for grub2 to work on single boot machines you actually have to make a boot/grub partition next to the normal partition. I was not used to that from other linux installations so I didn't do that as first and got nowhere. After reading somewhere that grub2 needs a separate partition in this case, I reformatted the hard drive in my laptop into two partitions:
sda1: size 350 MB, bootable and vfat -> basically just for grub, the size may be overkill, but on today's hard drives, who cares right?
sda2: size (the rest of the hard drive), ext4 ->all other files and personal data
Then during install use both the grub2 and grub installation option (to sda1) and things should work I think.
Hope this helps!
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thanks man it really works!!

Still Missing OS
Hey treris,
First of all, thanks for the excellent info that you've been providing for the single boot Phoenix OS install.
I'm just comfortable enough with computers to get into trouble, but I'm still having an issue with getting Phoenix to boot despite following the steps you indicated. No apparent probs with using rufus. I used Gparted to create 2 partitions on the comp, a 350MB for grub (used manage flags to set it as boot) and the other partition in ext 4. Ran through the install process and while the USB was inserted, no problem, but rebooting without it resulted in the MISSING OS error.
Now, in Gparted I noticed that the 350MB partition (sda20) name is showing as ROOT-B and the ext4 partition (sda23) is named GRUB. As a demonstration of my lack of knowledge in this, it seems that the drive with grub on it should be named grub by the system and not root-b.
Any idea as to where I screwed this up?
Thanks for any help!
treris said:
By all is done, do you mean after single boot installation onto the hard drive or after installation of the iso onto the usb?
If it's after installation onto the usb, then perhaps you should check whether rufus is formatting the usb to vfat format.
If it's after single boot installation onto the hard drive, had that problem as well, found out that in order for grub2 to work on single boot machines you actually have to make a boot/grub partition next to the normal partition. I was not used to that from other linux installations so I didn't do that as first and got nowhere. After reading somewhere that grub2 needs a separate partition in this case, I reformatted the hard drive in my laptop into two partitions:
sda1: size 350 MB, bootable and vfat -> basically just for grub, the size may be overkill, but on today's hard drives, who cares right?
sda2: size (the rest of the hard drive), ext4 ->all other files and personal data
Then during install use both the grub2 and grub installation option (to sda1) and things should work I think.
Hope this helps!
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Hi SWAMPISH,
It seems like Grub is installed in both partitions, not just in the one dedicated to it. How many partitions do you have in total on that hard drive that you end up with partitions called sda20 and sda23?
My guess would be that somewhere during installation things got mixed up and Grub was installed to the wrong partition meaning it cannot find the boot image. The fact that the partition meant for Grub is now called ROOT and the partition meant for the OS is now GRUB kinda indicates that as well.
I would advise to reinstall PhoenixOS using the installer, you'll wont need gparted for this, and then make sure you reformat both sda20 and sda23 and double check whether Grub goes to sda20 and Phoenix is installed on sda23.
Let me know if this helps.
PS are you installing the current stable version of PhoenixOS (with Android 5.1) or the beta version of PhoenixOS (with Android 7.1)?
SWAMPISH said:
Hey treris,
First of all, thanks for the excellent info that you've been providing for the single boot Phoenix OS install.
I'm just comfortable enough with computers to get into trouble, but I'm still having an issue with getting Phoenix to boot despite following the steps you indicated. No apparent probs with using rufus. I used Gparted to create 2 partitions on the comp, a 350MB for grub (used manage flags to set it as boot) and the other partition in ext 4. Ran through the install process and while the USB was inserted, no problem, but rebooting without it resulted in the MISSING OS error.
Now, in Gparted I noticed that the 350MB partition (sda20) name is showing as ROOT-B and the ext4 partition (sda23) is named GRUB. As a demonstration of my lack of knowledge in this, it seems that the drive with grub on it should be named grub by the system and not root-b.
Any idea as to where I screwed this up?
Thanks for any help!
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Eureka!
Well, I used the below suggestions and ran into similar issues. So I focused on the partition set up. I removed all partitions, used Gparted to create a partition directory as I BELIEVE that there was an MBR issue. Created 2 partitions (sda1 and sda2 set up exactly as you had indicated in earlier posts), installed both grubs on sda1 and all else on sda2 and BOOM! After installation, removal of USB and restart, got the prompt to run Phoenix OS at startup and it works! I'm so happy!
While frustrating at times, I learned a whole lot more than I bargained for about partitions, booting processes and more!
And Phoenix is so clean and fast on my crappy Aspire One netbook with just 1 GB of RAM!!!
Mega thanks for your help!
treris said:
Hi SWAMPISH,
It seems like Grub is installed in both partitions, not just in the one dedicated to it. How many partitions do you have in total on that hard drive that you end up with partitions called sda20 and sda23?
My guess would be that somewhere during installation things got mixed up and Grub was installed to the wrong partition meaning it cannot find the boot image. The fact that the partition meant for Grub is now called ROOT and the partition meant for the OS is now GRUB kinda indicates that as well.
I would advise to reinstall PhoenixOS using the installer, you'll wont need gparted for this, and then make sure you reformat both sda20 and sda23 and double check whether Grub goes to sda20 and Phoenix is installed on sda23.
Let me know if this helps.
PS are you installing the current stable version of PhoenixOS (with Android 5.1) or the beta version of PhoenixOS (with Android 7.1)?
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Glad you have it working now! Yes, it's quite amazing how fast old(er) laptops can be when they're using Phoenix OS. They really become useful again.
SWAMPISH said:
Well, I used the below suggestions and ran into similar issues. So I focused on the partition set up. I removed all partitions, used Gparted to create a partition directory as I BELIEVE that there was an MBR issue. Created 2 partitions (sda1 and sda2 set up exactly as you had indicated in earlier posts), installed both grubs on sda1 and all else on sda2 and BOOM! After installation, removal of USB and restart, got the prompt to run Phoenix OS at startup and it works! I'm so happy!
While frustrating at times, I learned a whole lot more than I bargained for about partitions, booting processes and more!
And Phoenix is so clean and fast on my crappy Aspire One netbook with just 1 GB of RAM!!!
Mega thanks for your help!
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I have been reading through these posts about single boot install. I have tried various ways to install phoenix os. I have a lenovo yoga 900 wiht 16gbs of ram. I tried messing with different partion setups, trying where to install grub and grub 2. everytime I install it after reboot, a blank screen comes up with tGrub on it. Everything runs fine when I run it off a usb flash drive. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Could someone enlighten me on this?

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I made the phoneix os installation and the system turned on. However, when the PC is turned off and then back on, the bios screen is turned on and not loaded. I could not understand the problem. (Single boot)

SyriuS1 said:
I made the phoneix os installation and the system turned on. However, when the PC is turned off and then back on, the bios screen is turned on and not loaded. I could not understand the problem. (Single boot)
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Are you sure you installed Grub correctly? It sounds like Grub may be missing.
Did you set up a separate partition for Grub?

Hello. I'm sorry for possibly taking over an existing thread but this is an install to the hard drive. I should preface and say I'm a noob. I've rooted a few phones and used a few mods on Skyrim (from PC to my PS3). Reading through the thread though I realize how much I am clueless of. So I downloaded from the website, it created a 32gb image and then rebooted. Here my problems are the same as I had with trying (and failing at RemixOS). First if left to it's own devices my laptop will simply not load any OS. It goes to what looks like DOS maybe? However while the _ thingie is blinking it accepts no input. Hard rebooting and going into boot manager, if I touch anything it freezes. Meaning I can't select Phoenix OS from the options. I'm at a loss.
this should be my computer info https://ibb.co/hKsXSv
And this should be the screen i can't get past https://ibb.co/hOM3Za except instead of RemixOS it's Phoenix OS

TgirlValentine said:
Hello. I'm sorry for possibly taking over an existing thread but this is an install to the hard drive. I should preface and say I'm a noob. I've rooted a few phones and used a few mods on Skyrim (from PC to my PS3). Reading through the thread though I realize how much I am clueless of. So I downloaded from the website, it created a 32gb image and then rebooted. Here my problems are the same as I had with trying (and failing at RemixOS). First if left to it's own devices my laptop will simply not load any OS. It goes to what looks like DOS maybe? However while the _ thingie is blinking it accepts no input. Hard rebooting and going into boot manager, if I touch anything it freezes. Meaning I can't select Phoenix OS from the options. I'm at a loss.
this should be my computer info https://ibb.co/hKsXSv
And this should be the screen i can't get past https://ibb.co/hOM3Za except instead of RemixOS it's Phoenix OS
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Try a USB keyboard, if you have one.

bg260 said:
Try a USB keyboard, if you have one.
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Check. For a second I thought I had something but alas the boot menu screen freezes with any keystroke... Well tab or the arrow keys...or f6/f5

TgirlValentine said:
Hello. I'm sorry for possibly taking over an existing thread but this is an install to the hard drive. I should preface and say I'm a noob. I've rooted a few phones and used a few mods on Skyrim (from PC to my PS3). Reading through the thread though I realize how much I am clueless of. So I downloaded from the website, it created a 32gb image and then rebooted. Here my problems are the same as I had with trying (and failing at RemixOS). First if left to it's own devices my laptop will simply not load any OS. It goes to what looks like DOS maybe? However while the _ thingie is blinking it accepts no input. Hard rebooting and going into boot manager, if I touch anything it freezes. Meaning I can't select Phoenix OS from the options. I'm at a loss.
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I found that some machines (especially older ones) won't boot the 64bit version, even though they are 64bit machines, but they will boot the 32bit version.

TNTPro said:
I found that some machines (especially older ones) won't boot the 64bit version, even though they are 64bit machines, but they will boot the 32bit version.
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I'm pretty sure I've got the 32bit though I suppose it won't hurt to remove what I have and ensure I did indeed click on 32. I'm pretty grated with the whole thing. I'm trying to decide if I blame windows or Compaq lol. I noticed when going through the stuff about my machine that it shipped with Vista. Now I currently have windows 7 but could that be an issue?

TNTPro said:
I found that some machines (especially older ones) won't boot the 64bit version, even though they are 64bit machines, but they will boot the 32bit version.
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I redownloaded the 32bit version using the downloader tool, saved to hard drive. When I pull up the boot manager after rebooting it still freezes when I press a key. It will still lost windows 7 if I don't touch anything.

why no LiveUSB image?

Hi I'm trying to get other OS's to Intel Atom Baytrail-T Windows 8.1 tablet, and so far I have managed to get the following booted to the desktop:
Ubuntu and variation(all)
Puppy Linux Slackware
So I'm asking why you don't make a LiveUSB image, so people can try before installing - not every HW in the world is compatible, so wasting time on installing only to find out that you HW is not compatible could give this OS a bad rep..
Also, something that are not very clear on your homepage: After install, how do you install app's? I don't see Google Play store mentioned anywhere.
With kind regards
JBJ
EDIT: HW spec here incl. the parts I found in linux:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=925141#925141

insomniacno1 said:
Hi I'm trying to get other OS's to Intel Atom Baytrail-T Windows 8.1 tablet, and so far I have managed to get the following booted to the desktop:
Ubuntu and variation(all)
Puppy Linux Slackware
So I'm asking why you don't make a LiveUSB image, so people can try before installing - not every HW in the world is compatible, so wasting time on installing only to find out that you HW is not compatible could give this OS a bad rep..
Also, something that are not very clear on your homepage: After install, how do you install app's? I don't see Google Play store mentioned anywhere.
With kind regards
JBJ
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The iso can be burned to a USB and run as a live session. I'm confused. Not really sure what it is you are asking. Also, the current version has some incompatibly with Baytrail devices. There is an Alpha version out for that, though.
I don't have any experience with those devices but I think @Vioner and @greatbal do. Maybe one of them can chime in.

Play store is in the app drawer in Google folder.
I'll test Phoenix OS USB on my Baytrail device and get back to you.

@bg260 - It is not clear in the description that it can be burned as a LiveUSB - thats why I asked - it says that it can be made as bootable USB installer. I'm not interested in installing it on the internal storage right now, I wanted to run it from the USB first to see if all HW got recognized, and if rotation were working.
In Linuxium and Puppy Linux Slacko I could not get sound or rotation to work - still working on that.
@Vioneer - Cool I will wait

insomniacno1 said:
@bg260 - It is not clear in the description that it can be burned as a LiveUSB - thats why I asked - it says that it can be made as bootable USB installer. I'm not interested in installing it on the internal storage right now, I wanted to run it from the USB first to see if all HW got recognized, and if rotation were working.
In Linuxium and Puppy Linux Slacko I could not get sound or rotation to work - still working on that.
@Vioneer - Cool I will wait
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Oh OK. I thought you were referring to the iso that I created.
Here you go. I made this for you. It is an Alpha release. Baytrail compatible to a point . Very hush, hush......so you didn't get it from me
Remember this is only for testing please feel free to report issues, but it is not intended to be a fully functioning system yet.
Phoenix OS Baytrail/Mesa .iso
You can either follow my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-phoenixos-v1-0-9-rooted-iso-gapps-t3420779
or use my portable guide:
View attachment AndroidX86+Install+Guide+Installer.zip
Just unzip, open the folder and run the <HTML> with your web browser.
Let me know how it goes:laugh:
Do you see why I may have been a little confused?

bg260 said:
Oh OK. I thought you were referring to the iso that I created.
Here you go. I made this for you. It is an Alpha release. Baytrail compatible to a point . Very hush, hush......so you didn't get it from me
Remember this is only for testing please feel free to report issues, but it is not intended to be a fully functioning system yet.
Phoenix OS Baytrail/Mesa .iso
You can either follow my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-phoenixos-v1-0-9-rooted-iso-gapps-t3420779
or use my portable guide:
View attachment 3907531
Just unzip, open the folder and run the <HTML> with your web browser.
Let me know how it goes:laugh:
Do you see why I may have been a little confused?
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Hi bg260, thank you for the .iso, unfortunately it ends up in grub> prompt on boot - just like the official version do.
Do you have some suggestions on how to boot this?
Could it be because I used unetbootin to make the usb?
Also I like to have persitence on this, could I just take a clean casper-rw of 3.9GB and rename it to data.img?
With kind regards
JBJ
Ps: I'm in Linux(Xubuntu 14.04 LTS) and don't have windows on my laptop(never going back to windows).

insomniacno1 said:
Hi bg260, thank you for the .iso, unfortunately it ends up in grub> prompt on boot - just like the official version do.
Do you have some suggestions on how to boot this?
Could it be because I used unetbootin to make the usb?
Also I like to have persitence on this, could I just take a clean casper-rw of 3.9GB and rename it to data.img?
With kind regards
JBJ
Ps: I'm in Linux(Xubuntu 14.04 LTS) and don't have windows on my laptop(never going back to windows).
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So that I'm clear, is your intention to install to HDD? Or are you wanting a permanent install to USB. If the latter, I have no idea, to install to HDD there are several ways to do it. Mostly by unpacking iso straight to partition and the invoking the insmod command.

That's just Phoenix putting grub.cfg in wrong place. It needs to be in EFI:/boot/grub/grub.cfg
I'll try to get a better response within 1-2days.

Hi, I like to test it from the liveusb first(thats why persistence file) then later install on the internal storage of my tablet(removing windows and recovery partition, but leaving 100mb bootloader partition). So far I got linuxium 16.04 and 16.10 to boot(with nomodeset Kernel mode setting) and run where touchscreen, wi-fi and bluetooth work, but rotation, sound don't work. Puppy Linux Slacko boots(with i915.modeset=0) but wi-fi, sound and bluetooth is not working.
I like to keep my options open and get the best OS with the least footprint, but with working HW - it's a 16GB tablet where windows takes up 90% of the space and leaves 3GB free. Not even enough to install ubuntu or android. Thats why I'm looking into alternative ways of testing it.
My main OS is Peach OSI(xubuntu 14.04 LTS) and I don't have windows. So please take in mind this with any answers I got mkusb, unetbootin, live USB installer and dd utility for copying .iso to usb(but dd is not good as it limits the free space on the usb to the size of the .iso). For the life of me, I don't understand why people still makes .iso that needs Fat32, when we have so many other bootable filesystems that can handle -> 4GB .

insomniacno1 said:
Hi, I like to test it from the liveusb first.
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I here rumors of people running Phoenix OS from an Sdcard.

Hi, I made the usb stick with uNetbootin and created new folders named /boot/grub/ - Copied grub.cfg to the /boot/grub folder and got it to boot to menu where I could choose to try phoenix or install. After choosing Try Phoenix it boots but after finding phoenix on /dev/sda1 the screen goes black. I tried:
nomodeset vga=788
nomodeset
i915.modeset=0
with all these it goes a bit further, but after "detecting phoenix" and "Android" written on the screen there are just a blinking cursor and no more. It's stuck.
It must be something missing or wrong with the boot parameters.
Can you help me get this boot all the way?
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
set timeout=6
menuentry 'Run Phoenix OS without Installation' --class android-x86 {
search --set=root --file /kernel
linux /kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 SRC=/ nomodeset vga=788
initrd /initrd.img
}
menuentry 'Install Phoenix OS to Harddisk' --class android-x86 {
search --set=root --file /kernel
linux /kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
initrd /initrd.img
}
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/efi/boot/grub.cfg
set timeout=6
menuentry 'Run Phoenix OS without Installation' --class android-x86 {
search --set=root --file /kernel
linux /kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 SRC=/ vga=788
initrd /initrd.img
}
menuentry 'Install Phoenix OS to Harddisk' --class android-x86 {
search --set=root --file /kernel
linux /kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
initrd /initrd.img
}
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/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
default vesamenu.c32
timeout 50
label livem
menu label Live CD - ^Run Phoenix OS without installation
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 quiet SRC= DATA= vga=788
label install
menu label Installation - ^Install Phoenix OS to harddisk
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
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/isolinux/syslinux.cfg
default vesamenu.c32
timeout 50
label livem
menu label Live CD - ^Run Phoenix OS without installation
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 quiet SRC= DATA= vga=788
label install
menu label Installation - ^Install Phoenix OS to harddisk
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img quiet CMDLINE INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
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/syslinux.cfg made by uNetbootin but not being used on UEFI machines, only grub.cfg is being used.
default menu.c32
prompt 0
menu title UNetbootin
timeout 100
label unetbootindefault
menu label Default
kernel /ubnkern
append initrd=/ubninit root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 quiet SRC= DATA= vga=788
label ubnentry0
menu label Live CD - ^Run Phoenix OS without installation
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 quiet SRC= DATA= vga=788
label ubnentry1
menu label Installation - ^Install Phoenix OS to harddisk
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img quiet CMDLINE INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
label ubnentry2
menu label Untitled Entry Grub 0
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 SRC=/ vga=788
label ubnentry3
menu label Untitled Entry Grub 1
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
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EDIT:
I since tried using nomodeset xforcevesa and dd utilty, mkusb and liveusb installer(like pendrive linux) same thing happens, Android x86 flashes and black screen with blinking cursor and stuck there.
Must be something wrong with the image.

It boots on my Z3740 BayTrail-T tablet after putting grub.cfg in the right place.
Did you have the nomodeset and vga= in the file by default?
Have you tried without these? I boot fine. Also without i915.modeset=0 - this disables Intel gpu
And all you're interested in is the EFI:/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Nothing more.

Vioner said:
It boots on my Z3740 BayTrail-T tablet after putting grub.cfg in the right place.
Did you have the nomodeset and vga= in the file by default?
Have you tried without these? I boot fine. Also without i915.modeset=0 - this disables Intel gpu
And all you're interested in is the EFI:/boot/grub/grub.cfg
Nothing more.
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Ok, lets start from an end
1. how do make your usb, which tool / which OS?
2. Could you post your grub.cfg?
3. could you post the iso you are using - just to make sure its not a problem with the image?
From the start "my" grub.cfg only had vga=788 - that booted to black screen with no cursor and hanged.
Only if I use kernel mode setting parameters will it continue to boot and I get all the way until it has to switch to loading the desktop and here it stops after printing Android x86 and then black screen with blinking cursor. This basically has happened on all android versions I tried - I never get to the desktop.
The Z3735E cpu is suppose to be able to run android as this were the intended OS when the cpu were made.
Intel cancelled their own android version for this cpu and it is no longer to be found, and it were based on 2.1 - so not really up to date.
With kind regards
JBJ

I just found out that allot of other people have had problems with apha version. Also, that at the blinking cursor if I press Enter it shows that I'm actually at the android prompt [email protected]:/ #

Just downloaded the latest .iso from the homepage and of course it still has no boot folder - I take from your post above that this is a common problem.
Also, after adding the boot/grub/grub.cfg and booting get the correct menu, choose Try Phoenix... - black screen without blinking cursor. This is on a different class 10 usb 3.0 stick.
Same thing with nomodeset vga=788
But with nomodeset vga=791 which is 1024x768 24bit I get to the prompt again.
"#¤%%&&T&//"@
How do you login to android from prompt?
Update: replacing quiet with acpi=off and adding nomodeset vga=795 (1280x1024) to the end of the kernel parameter line makes this go beyond detecting Phoenix OS and actually start loading it - Very slowly - a whole lot of ............................... on the screen. Once in a while the light go out and I have to press ctrl to see what is going on.
How about you guys make the loading a bit faster, I run this from USB 3.0 class 10. Ubuntu and Puppy linux, loads way faster than this one.
Regarding the black screen, if would seem that on these tablets the brightness is reversed, so instead of starting up with max brightnes you start up with no brighness at all, and isnce tablet don't have keyboard with fn key its extremely difficult to adjust brighness while booting. A helpful kernel parameter would be nice.
Problem is very old and is described here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=712180
UPDATE:
One and a half hour later still loading.
Never mind I will return to Phoenix when the bugs are fixed - and I have more patience!
I'm right now running Androidx86 6.0 r1 32bit(can also run 64bit) on my tablet with nomodeset as only kernel parameter. It boot right away and the only thing so far that don't work is bluetooth.
So I will call Phoenix OS bad programming!

insomniacno1 said:
Just downloaded the latest .iso from the homepage and of course it still has no boot folder - I take from your post above that this is a common problem.
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I know that the .iso I made has worked for quite a few. I'm just throwing this out but, you say it finds phoenix on /dev/sda1.
I have had problems when testing a new build. If i already have Phoenix installed on the hard drive the probe will detect and boot it, even with a live USB. /dev/sda1 should not be the USB unless you have no Hard disk installed. Should be /dev/sdb1 or sdc1. I'm wondering if you have phoenix grub installed in a hidden sector. Try
Code:
sudo dd
I'm assuming from your experience that you know the power of that command. It will write zeros over the partition. Hidden sectors and all.

Please don't post that sda is normally your internal hdd, if you run this command from a linux system then if might break your os.
When running Phoenix from USB on the tablet, the USB becomes sda1 because the tablet use GPT and not MBR.
As stated above, androidx86 booted into the desktop with the nomodeset, unfortunately that also put the tablet in low graphic mode.