I installed Remix OS on a USB 3.0 flash drive, but the performance is sporadically sluggish. How do I clone my current Remix OS installation to an external SSD (via a SATA/SSD to USB 3.0 enclosure)?
You could use a Clonezilla USB stick in mode "device-image". In a first step you define a "local_dev" (e.g. an USB drive), where you copy your USB installation using "savedisk". In a second step you can run "restoredisk" and copy the saved image to your external SSD.
But why don't you install Remix OS directly to your SSD?
SOLVED! I was able to clone the USB flash drive to external SSD via gparted. I booted off a linux boot disc (System RescueCD 4.7.1), ran gparted, created a msdos partition table on the SSD, copied and pasted the partitions one by one from the USB flash drive and added the "boot" flag to the new partition labeled REMIXOSSYS on the SSD. Booted up on the computer without a hitch and was significantly faster all around.
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I was trying to install remix os for PC,Midway it stopped working at 96%,and I closed it.I Went back to Format the USB drive re install it.Suprisingly the 8GB USB drive is now 3GB.Any help.
I was installing
ver. 2.0.102 on Windows 10.
on window, click start and type "diskpart"
type "list disk"
note the disk id (it starts from 0) from the list of the disk that is shown
type "select disk #" (replace # with the disk id in the previous step) BE VERY SURE YOU ARE SELECTING AND ENTERING THE CORRECT ID NO.
type "clean"
that's it....now you can format your usb pendrive from windows explorer.
note: don't add the quote marks...the ' or "
Thnaks
freelancer81 said:
on window, click start and type "diskpart"
type "list disk"
note the disk id (it starts from 0) from the list of the disk that is shown
type "select disk #" (replace # with the disk id in the previous step) BE VERY SURE YOU ARE SELECTING AND ENTERING THE CORRECT ID NO.
type "clean"
that's it....now you can format your usb pendrive from windows explorer.
note: don't add the quote marks...the ' or "
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OKay thanks, I will try it out ASAP
freelancer81 said:
on window, click start and type "diskpart"
type "list disk"
note the disk id (it starts from 0) from the list of the disk that is shown
type "select disk #" (replace # with the disk id in the previous step) BE VERY SURE YOU ARE SELECTING AND ENTERING THE CORRECT ID NO.
type "clean"
that's it....now you can format your usb pendrive from windows explorer.
note: don't add the quote marks...the ' or "
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I have tried it, But it has left the USB Drive dead, Thanks any way, I think I will just get one.
It's not dead, the same happened to me but I have been able to fix it.
Follow the instructions from freelancer81 and then go to Disk Management (right click on This PC and choose Manage in the context menu, for Windows 10) and there you will have to create a New Simple Volume. The USB will be correctly recognized and formatted.
After doing the above recommendations, if you are Still unable to fix the USB, download EaseUS Partition Master and delete all partitions on the USB drive then click apply. Then create format the USB and click apply. I was able to fix mine that way.
NaViTo said:
It's not dead, the same happened to me but I have been able to fix it.
Follow the instructions from freelancer81 and then go to Disk Management (right click on This PC and choose Manage in the context menu, for Windows 10) and there you will have to create a New Simple Volume. The USB will be correctly recognized and formatted.
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Thanks a lot.
Best way ....
I faced same problem..
In windows 10 go to disk management ..
In disk management right click on your USB disk......Then click new simple volume....next ...next....that's it....
Hi all, using a Samsung ativ pc pro xe700t1c-a04uk
dual boot: Windows 10 pro / android remix os 3.0
screen 11.6 full hd 1080p
cpu intel core i5-3317u quad core
ram 4gb
gpu intel hd 4000 (128mb dedicated)
hdd 256gb msata ssd
I run remix os 3.0 from a 64GB 544/MBs msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure.
Very fast system. Everything working including apps and games and all hardware (touchpen/touchscreen/gyro/accele/light/nfc/otg/gamepad/cam/mic/sound/gfx/etc).
Problem: Its not a major problem but the screen dimming or brightness control dosent work and thats the only problem.
The samsung ative pc pro xe700t1c is by far the most superior convertible laptop/tablet in the world!
Request to developers:
Can you please implement the sim function for internet and calling. Also can you please implement a gamepad configuration menu just like the keyboard config menu?
Thank you very much for all the good stuff remix team.
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hi all i thought this turorial might help you guys....
This is a working usb install media creator method for os remix installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first drive basic fat 32 install you will need rufus 2.9 usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive to your liking ext 4 for example on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus 2.9 and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions)(DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update addresses the boot media creation errors. After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 119,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
use a partition manager to delete all 3 partitions in usb drive and create a new partition and format. simple way !
Try easeus Partion master.
Try Easeus partion master
google search Easeus partion master
1. download Easeus partition master free from official site or filehippo website
2. install and open easeus partion master
3. Insert Pendrive
4. there below hard disk you see 3 partition of pendrive
5. delete all partition by right clicking and going to delete partition option
6. Finally format the pendrive.
Best of luck
jasonick1 said:
I was trying to install remix os for PC,Midway it stopped working at 96%,and I closed it.I Went back to Format the USB drive re install it.Suprisingly the 8GB USB drive is now 3GB.Any help.
I was installing
ver. 2.0.102 on Windows 10.
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Its quite simple task by using "diskpart".
Step 1- Open disk part by typing "Diskpart" in search.
Step 2- Run it as administrator.
Step 3- Type "list disk"
Step 4- You can see you USB drive there as disk no. 1 or 2, I recommend you to insert only one USB drive at a time so that you may not get confused.
Step 5- You can identity your USB disk by its size like 15 GB etc.
Step 6- Type "select disk disk no."
Note that you should type only a no. for disk no. like in my case I type "select disk 1"
Step 7- Type "clean".
Step 8- Type " create part pri"
Step 9- Type "select part 1"
Step 10- Type "format fs=ntfs quick" for NTFS file system
Or " type "format fs=fat quick" for FAT file system
Step 11- After completing format you can make it acrive means bootable which is an option for that type "active"
Step 12- Type "exit" because everything is done.
Submit me request for omissions and hit like if it works. And also report me if there are any errors may be I forgot any command to mention.
Use Ease US Partition Master
I had the same problem.There is a very easy and fast way to fix that
Just download the free edition of Ease US Partition Master from the internet from it's official site
Then use the Partition Master and delete all the partitions from the USB stick ( I think they are 3).
Format the stick through Partition Master (FAT 32 is better)
That's it. Or alternatively you can delete the 2 partitions and then expand the first one till it reaches the original usb stick size in GB.
After formating the stick then you can retry installing Remix OS
Orrrr instead of installing unnecessary programs, sice you're already in diskpart...
> select disk #
> clean
> create partition primary
> select partition 1
> active
> format fs=[ntfs/fat32/etc...] label=RemixOS
Edit: Gah, Venjex beat me to it!
NaViTo said:
It's not dead, the same happened to me but I have been able to fix it.
Follow the instructions from freelancer81 and then go to Disk Management (right click on This PC and choose Manage in the context menu, for Windows 10) and there you will have to create a New Simple Volume. The USB will be correctly recognized and formatted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks buudy happened to me but solved with yall help
Thanks for your help.
jdtimothy said:
After doing the above recommendations, if you are Still unable to fix the USB, download EaseUS Partition Master and delete all partitions on the USB drive then click apply. Then create format the USB and click apply. I was able to fix mine that way.
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Click to collapse
Thanks for your help.
This is a working usb install media creator method for os remix installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first drive basic fat 32 install you will need rufus 2.9 usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive to your liking ext 4 for example on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus 2.9 and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot it up again to write all config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update addresses the boot media creation errors. After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ative pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all.
This is a working usb install media creator method for remix os installation and legacy bios + MBR format and not GPT and circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first installer drive it will be basic fat 32 install. you will need rufus usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive with the size of your choice to ext 4 on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus usb boot media creator and the remix os iso version 2.0402
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix for version 2.0402 which updates to version 2.0403)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions unless you have version 2.0403 iso)( this update DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS version 2.0403 or 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself using full drive internal storage space.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
**** Newbie Errors to avoid******
1. make sure you format the drive correctly, sometimes errors at this stage will create errors later on and affect later installation and will create boot up failures
2. i have to stress this once again as once i formatted the same drive with the same settings in minitool partition manager but in different order for example: instead of formatting it ext 4 then applying changes then setting it to primary then applying changes then setting the partition to active flag and applying changes, i did format ext 4 and change partition to primary all at once then applied changes then set it to active flag and applied changes and later after remix os install the usb wouldnt boot saying "missing operating system error" so caution.
3. after you format the drive with ext 4 partition the usb drive will be unrecognizable in windows. (do not use windows unplug usb drive feature to remove the drive, just pull it out)
4. make sure you pull the first installer drive out before booting the newly created ext 4 usb as it may affect boot up
5. sometimes for power saving reasons the screen might go blank while installing as installing takes time dont panic just press power button or any key to revive the system
6. if you dont get a usb drive faster than 10 mb/s then you will have problems if you continue with the installation and alot of system lag
7. its happened to me many times before so listen carefully: if you dont format the drive correctly even the drives transfer write speed can be greatly affected for example i formatted the usb drive and made a mistake but it was not detectable as it said all was fine i think i formatted the usb drive fat32 without first deleating the existing partition (just converted it) then with remix os installation at the stage where you boot up the installed drive for the first time to do a drive write speed test it was telling me the drives speed was below 5 mb/s ( the drive was a lexar p23 usb 3.0 16gb 150 mb/s read 60 mb/s write) and warned me about install failure then i formatted the drive again this time deleting the patition first then applying changes and doing the rest of the steps one by one each time applying changes after only changing one setting then at the remix os installation speed test this time it was reporting 60 mb/s write speeds!
8. remix os works like a charm on intel cpus and intel integrated gpus and i dont have other makes to test so this tutorial is only for legacy bios and intel cpu and gpu (tested all working)
9. This is something so basic but having a data indicator led on your usb drive or usb hub will save you waiting hours! most waiting is due to not knowing whats happening or not knowing if there is an error or not so try and get a usb drive with an led that tells you if the system is currently writing/working to disk and when that led stops blinking for a long period e.g 2 mins then you will know the install has crashed or android is not loading. Also with slower drives the waiting period is longer as the system takes longer to write to the drive (a 544MB/s msata SSD FLASH drive takes 5 secs to install while a usb 3.0, 60 MB/s write drive will take 15 mins) but if you have a data status led which shows its still blinking then atleast you will know the installation/loading is still working and no need to abort it. Also Android os constantly writes to the drive when running so you will see the data status led constantly blink too and if that ever stops you know you have encountered a system crash. Also the led shows how well remix os is running as regards speed of the operating system, for example at the start of loading remix os or when doing a task the led stays constanly blinking RAPIDLY but after loading or finishing the task the led defaults to a blink per second (this is classed as normal operation and healthy) but when the led is constantly blinking RAPIDLY without pauses or stays on for a long time then it means the operating system is not running smoothly as it should and then you should check if theres a problem formatting or if its a fake drive etc.
10. Using slow usb drives or fake usb drives will get very HOT and will cause the error "not responding...wait or close" error while very fast drives will always stay COOL without system lag and errors.
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update 2.0403 addresses the boot media creation errors of remix os 2.0402 . After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 123,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New...549634?hash=item33bcb8a542:g:UFYAAOSwQItUFG7S ( 128GB Msata SSD 544 MB/s read write )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231736235624?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( USB 3.0 Msata enclosure )
alz_uk said:
This is a working usb install media creator method for remix os installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first installer drive it will be basic fat 32 install. you will need rufus usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive with the size of your choice to ext 4 on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus usb boot media creator and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix for version 2.0402 which updates to version 2.0203)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions unless you have version 2.0403 iso)(DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS version 2.0204 or 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself using full drive internal storage space.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
**** Newbie Errors to avoid******
1. make sure you format the drive correctly, sometimes errors at this stage will create errors later on and affect later installation and will create boot up failures
2. i have to stress this once again as once i formatted the same drive with the same settings in minitool partition manager but in different order for example: instead of formatting it ext 4 then applying changes then setting it to primary then applying changes then setting the partition to active flag and applying changes, i did format ext 4 and change partition to primary all at once then applied changes then set it to active flag and applied changes and later after remix os install the usb wouldnt boot saying "missing operating system error" so caution.
3. after you format the drive with ext 4 partition the usb drive will be unrecognizable in windows. (do not use windows unplug usb drive feature to remove the drive, just pull it out)
4. make sure you pull the first installer drive out before booting the newly created ext 4 usb as it may affect boot up
5. sometimes for power saving reasons the screen might go blank while installing as installing takes time dont panic just press power button or any key to revive the system
6. if you dont get a usb drive faster than 10 mb/s then you will have problems if you continue with the installation and alot of system lag
7. its happened to me many times before so listen carefully: if you dont format the drive correctly even the drives transfer write speed can be greatly affected for example i formatted the usb drive and made a mistake but it was not detectable as it said all was fine i think i formatted the usb drive ext 4 without first deleating the existing partition (just converted it) then with remix os installation at the stage where you boot up the installed drive for the first time to do a drive write speed test it was telling me the drives speed was below 5 mb/s ( the drive was a lexar p23 usb 3.0 16gb 150 mb/s read 60 mb/s write) and warned me about install failure then i formatted the drive again this time deleting the patition first then applying changes and doing the rest of the steps one by one each time applying changes after only changing one setting then at the remix os installation speed test this time it was reporting 60 mb/s write speeds!
8. remix os works like a charm on intel cpus and intel integrated gpus and i dont have other makes to test so this tutorial is only for legacy bios and intel cpu and gpu (tested all working)
9. This is something so basic but having a data indicator led on your usb drive or usb hub will save you waiting hours! most waiting is due to not knowing whats happening or not knowing if there is an error or not so try and get a usb drive with an led that tells you if the system is currently writing/working to disk and when that led stops blinking for a long period e.g 2 mins then you will know the install has crashed or android is not loading. Also with slower drives the waiting period is longer as the system takes longer to write to the drive (a 544MB/s msata SSD FLASH drive takes 5 secs to install while a usb 3.0, 60 MB/s write drive will take 15 mins) but if you have a data status led which shows its still blinking then atleast you will know the installation/loading is still working and no need to abort it. Also Android os constantly writes to the drive when running so you will see the data status led constantly blink too and if that ever stops you know you have encountered a system crash. Also if the the led shows how well remix os is running as regards speed of the operating system, for example at the start of loading remix os or when doing a task the led stays constanly blinking RAPIDLY but after loading or finishing the task the led defaults to a blink per second (this is classed as normal operation and healthy) but when the led is constantly blinking RAPIDLY without pauses or stays on for a long time then it means the operating system is not running smoothly as it should and then you should check if theres a problem formatting or if its a fake drive etc.
10. Using slow usb drives or fake usb drives will get very HOT and will cause the error "not responding...wait or close" error while very fast drives will always stay COOL without system lag and errors.
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update 2.0403 addresses the boot media creation errors of remix os 2.0203 . After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 120,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New...549634?hash=item33bcb8a542:g:UFYAAOSwQItUFG7S ( 128GB Msata SSD 544 MB/s read write )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231736235624?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( USB 3.0 Msata enclosure )
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Hey, thanks for the instructions. I managed to use this method to install Remix OS 3.0.102 onto the seconds USB drive on my Macbook Pro. Once the installation process finished I hit Run Android_x86 instead of reboot and it started just fine. The problem is that after I removed the first USB drive with the Remix OS installer and I rebooted the second drive doesn't show up as a boot option. So now I can't get back into it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Daniel
phantasma2983 said:
Hey, thanks for the instructions. I managed to use this method to install Remix OS 3.0.102 onto the seconds USB drive on my Macbook Pro. Once the installation process finished I hit Run Android_x86 instead of reboot and it started just fine. The problem is that after I removed the first USB drive with the Remix OS installer and I rebooted the second drive doesn't show up as a boot option. So now I can't get back into it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Daniel
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you did the last proccess wrong! you need to follow step 16 properly! It tells you not to run android x86 option or restart option, infact it tells you to switch your pc off then remove the first installer drive then start the pc with the second drive and boot from it. If you run android x86 option at the end it will run but make next boot broken. Please follow instructions carefully.
if you didnt backup your files then you can still boot from it but the boot might not stick unless you reinstall remix os onto the drive again.
do steps 7 to 13 again to the second drive and when you get to step 14 "do you want to write privelage" part just switch the pc off and boot from the second drive again and this time boot should be fixed but might not boot again after that like i said before.
I tried multiple variations and I end up with 2 outcomes (always shut the computer down once the last options was on screen):
1) If I don't tell it to format on step 13 (like in the instructions) I end up not seeing the USB drive as a boot option after restart.
2) If I tell it to format on step 13 I see the USB and I can select it but then I get the Minimal Bash Grub instead of it booting
P.S. I'm doing this with the latest version of Remix OS 3.0.102 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. Have you tested the instructions on a Mac or only a Windows PC?
phantasma2983 said:
I tried multiple variations and I end up with 2 outcomes (always shut the computer down once the last options was on screen):
1) If I don't tell it to format on step 13 (like in the instructions) I end up not seeing the USB drive as a boot option after restart.
2) If I tell it to format on step 13 I see the USB and I can select it but then I get the Minimal Bash Grub instead of it booting
P.S. I'm doing this with the latest version of Remix OS 3.0.102 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. Have you tested the instructions on a Mac or only a Windows PC?
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All i can say my freind is there are too many numerous variables that can go wrong. all the way from having the correct bios setup and correct boot mode eg legacy or eufi to formatting the drive correctly and using the already complicated and buggered up installer. you just have to trial and error like i did and after a few days i got it all sussed for my pcs (not macs though sorry, not a mac person never was and never will be lol).
the method i have written works 100% for legacy bios and mbr hard disk (not gpt), windows, fast flash drive and for all versions of remix os upto date so far. ive tried it on different flash drives too.
This has to be mentioned , there is alot that jide is doing to prevent users from doing things like what we are doing here now so they are always changing things to make it harder for people to have it their own way! jides way is making money from the masses while our way is a free os! clearly jide will carry on trying to prevent people like us from doing what we want to do such as using full drive internal storage space etc etc. so watch out folks!
Thanks for the answer. I'll just keep trying until I get it to work. There must be way, even if it means learning how to configure grub manually from scratch. It worked just fine on first install until reboot so it has to work somehow.
It would've been nice if Jide provided more info or support on the issue since this is suppose to be a final product. The purpose of free products is to attract attention to other paid products and to their company. That, they have achieved but if said free product is a hacky nightmare full of bugs and lacking documentation it only puts them in a negative light. Then again, in my case this might also be Apple's fault with their closed platform approach and lack of support for certain file systems and standards.
Anyway, have a good night and all the best.
If I manage to get it working I'll be sure to post it here.
i use Unetbootin to install android-x86 or remixos to hdd or usb, easy
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wizmart said:
i use Unetbootin to install android-x86 or remixos to hdd or usb, easy
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To my understanding the only way to have Remix OS use the entire space of the USB drive is to have it formatted as ext4. Unetbootin cannot use an ext4 formatted drive so yes, I can have it work in multiple ways either using unetbootin or just dd-ing the image to the drive but in both cases I end up with a 4gb storage space in Remix OS. That is why this method seemed like the best one.
hmm..
Yumi also supports android x86 (easyway to make usb stick) and change grub menu
The android installer from XDA hacked version.. seems to create 3 partitions on the USB stick (fat32/ext4/ext4)
-for those how just wish to use a big usbstick.. to run RemixOS (note removing the partitions can not be done with diskmanager from windowz)
any note.. i have on this tuturial... missing: is what if you have nvidia card
then it needs : i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=1 INSTALL=1
Cheers..
phantasma2983 said:
To my understanding the only way to have Remix OS use the entire space of the USB drive is to have it formatted as ext4. Unetbootin cannot use an ext4 formatted drive so yes, I can have it work in multiple ways either using unetbootin or just dd-ing the image to the drive but in both cases I end up with a 4gb storage space in Remix OS. That is why this method seemed like the best one.
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try and use this windows app to create usb boot disk, it supports uefi bios and legacy bios + 64 bit/32 bit iso and img files. And your right only ext 4 allows full drive internal storage space without modification of any sort out of the box. With NTFS you need to use imgtools to increase the internal storage space.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/winapp-android-x86-installer-uefi-t3222483
unetbootin can use an ext4 if you use it from linux(ubuntu), from windows you install first to hd on reboot inside unetbootin menu you add INSTALL=1 on your entry then choose usb ext4 on drive choice thats how i do
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Worked great!
Followed your instructions and loaded Remix OS " Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016091202" version: 3.0.205 onto a Sandisk 128GB USB drive with no problems and full access to entire drive. Using the Remix OS installer only gave 64 GB of Data.
Thank you so much for the guide!
Yeah, here's an unusual one.
So the HDD in my old laptop died, requiring me to get a new laptop. Lo and behold, however, I had an old laptop that had a good HDD in it and the board was bad. So I want to install Remix onto this HDD, then slap it into my old laptop to play with it.
The HDD right now is in a hard drive reader plugged into my current laptop.
All I want to do is wipe the data off of it, install Remix OS, and slap this hard drive into my old laptop.
Is there an easy way to do this or do I need extra-special partitioning tools? Also, why isn't there just a basic "run the installer and go" version of single-boot Remix?? Why does every installation method require extra steps to create special partitions and bootable USB drives?
Thanks!
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Yeah, here's an unusual one.
So the HDD in my old laptop died, requiring me to get a new laptop. Lo and behold, however, I had an old laptop that had a good HDD in it and the board was bad. So I want to install Remix onto this HDD, then slap it into my old laptop to play with it.
The HDD right now is in a hard drive reader plugged into my current laptop.
All I want to do is wipe the data off of it, install Remix OS, and slap this hard drive into my old laptop.
Is there an easy way to do this or do I need extra-special partitioning tools? Also, why isn't there just a basic "run the installer and go" version of single-boot Remix?? Why does every installation method require extra steps to create special partitions and bootable USB drives?
Thanks!
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If You have Remix OS working on any computer. You could use some HDD cloning imaging to make an image of that hard drive, then clone the HDD to another HDD and it should just work.
I have used Symantec Ghost to create an image of the whole HDD that has Remix OS. Then I have imaged another Laptop with that image and it works fine. However it's advised to do this before You boot Remix OS for the first time. So that it goes as a brand new install, Otherwise the IDs will be identical on both computers including all saved data. Not that it really matters I guess if You want to keep everything as is.
I believe You can also get remix going again on another computer and once it has been installed and it's working. Just replace the system.img and data.img files from a working installation and that should also clone it.
You will need something like Hiren's Boot CD to boot up to say mini Windows XP and then replace the *.img files there in the RemixOS folder once you have copied them to an external HDD or USB Drive from a working installation.
I believe Hiren's Boot CD also has some HDD cloning apps that you can use if you just want to clone the HDD.
... I don't have Remix at all. Hence my question.
I have an empty hard drive taken from an old broken laptop. It is currently in a hard drive reader and I've deleted all files off of it. I want to install Remix to it, then put it in another laptop whose drive went bad. I wasn't only remix on it. I don't understand the procedure to do this or why I apparently need this third party boot software to do this, and why I can't just run the Remix installer on the empty drive and be done. The hard drive is already boot able by virtue of what it is and the fact that the laptop bios already boots from hdd.
Have you tried to use the usb creator for it on a working pc the HDD (external) would be seen as another pen drive I think
I have never tried installing on on a EXT HDD. However i think You can create a USB and then install it to that External HDD. You would need to prepare the HDD, delete all partitions, create an MBR partition with ext4 file system and make it active or it just won't boot from it.
This link might help: https://chubbable.com/remix-os-installation#hdd-single-boot-install
IMPORTANT: You need to have a knowledge on using Gparted
Download here: https://gparted.org/download.php and install on CD or USB
I learned the Gparted basics thru Google and Youtube 24hrs ago... lol
Google or Youtube " How to clone a partition using Gparted"
**You need some extra space on a HDD/SSD or USB drive to clone the USB contents created by REMIX OS
**Easy if you have an EXTRA USB flash drive ready to be SETUP for cloning REMIX OS.
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1. Install Remix OS in USB using the Remix Installer.
or
skip #1 and Use your current REMIX OS USB setup if you already have one.
2. Boot Remix OS and finish setup for newly installed OS. - DO NOT SETUP A PASSWORD YET as you will run into trouble logging in later on - (But a terminal solution can delete the password anyway if you google how to do it.)
NOW you have a copy of REMIX OS running on your USB. Next step, is to CLONE the partitions created by REMIX OS....
3. Next is to Run/Boot Gparted and apply your knowledge in cloning partition.
Example:
I have a new 128GB flash drive and I have made 2 partitions.
1st partition has like, 20GB and the 2nd partition has like 100GB
I have cloned the REMIXOSSYS (original size about 5.28GB) to the 1st partition (20GB)
and have cloned
REMIXOSDATA (original size is 64GB) to the 2nd partition (100GB)
Cloning done.. Boot to REMIX OS and now I have 100GB storage instead of 64GB
Enjoy!
UPDATE: I recommend stay on 5GB partition when cloning the REMIXOSSYS as I run into problem running the OS on a very large partition.