Hey XDA! This is my first post so bear with me...
Recently Acer announced their new Tegra K1 Chromebook and I have to say it's pretty intriguing. I really want to buy one, my only problem being Chrome OS. Don't get me wrong, I love it, it's just not robust enough for me. I want to really make use of the K1 by playing more high end games like ones for Android that are more optimized for it. Touchscreen not being a huge issue here. I'd use a PS3 controller of course. Plus with all the apps already developed for the Droid platform it makes a lot more sense than web based Chrome OS.
So, question time.....
Do you think it would be possible to install KitKat or maybe even Android L Beta on a system like this? I have researched it a little and the Tegra uses ARMv7 architecture. I don't know a whole lot about what that means, but as far as I understand it's 64-bit not 32. Does that mean I would have to use a special KitKat OS on this? Also how in the world would I go about doing this? I have successfully installed Ubuntu (I think 12.04) on an older Samsung Chromebook which dual boots both Ubuntu and Chrome OS; however, I am not sure that the steps involved would be the same. Seeing as how this is a fairly new device, Google is of no help whatsoever....
EXTRA, EXTRA!
Would it be possible to make Android the default OS so it auto boots without going to the OS verification screen?
Thanks for reading! Really hope I can get some answers, looking forward to doing some "real" gaming on the cheap!
The 32 bit install of Remix OS went perfect, got Google Play and Kodi, and everything elserunning super smooth, on an all-in-one Hp Touchsmart 300-1003, but I cannot figure out how to get the touchscreen to work. Other than that, there is no problem whatsoever with my dualboot WIN 7, on my HP, or my ASUS EEE 1001px laptop, or my Gigabyte G1 A88X Sniper with Amd A8-6600k, and R7 270x. All 3 systems do everything perfectly. If someone could figure out how I can get my touchscreen to work just fine, I might even just single boot my hp with Remix, for ****s and giggles...
Thanks for the fun toy/os to **** with, and thanks for the root also. I ****ing love this site and all of the hard work the devs put into something that is ultimately so dumb. Thanks guys!
Lucairian said:
The 32 bit install of Remix OS went perfect, got Google Play and Kodi, and everything elserunning super smooth, on an all-in-one Hp Touchsmart 300-1003, but I cannot figure out how to get the touchscreen to work. Other than that, there is no problem whatsoever with my dualboot WIN 7, on my HP, or my ASUS EEE 1001px laptop, or my Gigabyte G1 A88X Sniper with Amd A8-6600k, and R7 270x. All 3 systems do everything perfectly. If someone could figure out how I can get my touchscreen to work just fine, I might even just single boot my hp with Remix, for ****s and giggles...
Thanks for the fun toy/os to **** with, and thanks for the root also. I ****ing love this site and all of the hard work the devs put into something that is ultimately so dumb. Thanks guys!
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Hey, it's not stupid, it's just not even close to fulfill it's potential.
Lucairian said:
The 32 bit install of Remix OS went perfect, got Google Play and Kodi, and everything elserunning super smooth, on an all-in-one Hp Touchsmart 300-1003, but I cannot figure out how to get the touchscreen to work. Other than that, there is no problem whatsoever with my dualboot WIN 7, on my HP, or my ASUS EEE 1001px laptop, or my Gigabyte G1 A88X Sniper with Amd A8-6600k, and R7 270x. All 3 systems do everything perfectly. If someone could figure out how I can get my touchscreen to work just fine, I might even just single boot my hp with Remix, for ****s and giggles...
Thanks for the fun toy/os to **** with, and thanks for the root also. I ****ing love this site and all of the hard work the devs put into something that is ultimately so dumb. Thanks guys!
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First think I'd do is check if it's simply 'stuck': press ALT&F1 and enter rmmod i2c_hid && modprobe i2c_hid
Failing that, if you want to potentially get touchscreen to work; what I'd suggest is try booting a linux live cd and see if that supports your touchscreen. If it does post the output of lsmod, lspci and lsusb.
Personally I think Jide should create/suggest a small linux build with open-sourced drivers only (perhaps an ARCH build) - for end users to try on there system to see if there issue is due to no linux/open source support.
So, I just heard about Remix today. It sounds very interesting and is something I'd love to set up on a PC for my daughter. I'm leaning towards Remix as it's android based and is what she knows very well. My main question is whether Remix OS is a true stand alone OS, or does it have to be installed on a Windows box? I have an old Dell Dimension 510 that I wanted to set up with this on a SSD drive. Is this possible?
Thanks for any and all help!
newtodroidPC said:
So, I just heard about Remix today. It sounds very interesting and is something I'd love to set up on a PC for my daughter. I'm leaning towards Remix as it's android based and is what she knows very well. My main question is whether Remix OS is a true stand alone OS, or does it have to be installed on a Windows box? I have an old Dell Dimension 510 that I wanted to set up with this on a SSD drive. Is this possible?
Thanks for any and all help!
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You can install it as sole os but I highly recommend installing windows windows, as it is easier to maintain using windows. You can set the dual boot to automatically boot Remix OS after say 5 seconds so to your daughter it will be seamless boot
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newtodroidPC said:
So, ... Remix as it's android based and is what she knows very well. My main question is whether Remix OS is a true stand alone OS, or does it have to be installed on a Windows box? I have an old Dell Dimension 510 that I wanted to set up with this on a SSD drive. Is this possible?
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Remix OS is indeed a 'true stand alone OS' so you can install it like you would any other OS on any PC. It'll be super speedy on the Dell with an SSD.
Unless your daughter uses specialized software which runs only on Windows, you wouldn't need Windows on the system.
Read all about it here:
www(dot)jide(dot)com/remixos-for-pc
I upgraded my PC to Asus i7-6700HQ Skylake laptop with 12 gb ram and nvidia 960m VGA. Ubuntu and most GNU linux OSs don't work easily and will usually fail due to the nvidia card not supported by nouveau. OSX has its own headache and never booted to installer. The only non windows OS that runs very good out of the box on my laptop is Remix OS By just adding EXTMOD=i915 it totally ignored the nvidia card and work pretty fast. I have a very powerful android box and it's good for studying, office work, youtubing and even GAMING
Remix OS is relatively new yet it did well to work on most of the new chips which didn't perform well on normal linux. What happened for now? Did the development really stop? Do they need donations (WE ARE HERE READY )? Did they give up on their port to normal PCs? They gave hope to many clinically dead old PCs and a better experience to new touch laptops like mine.
Phoenix OS is good but it has many Chinese stuff and their UI isn't as clean as that of Remix OS
What can we do to get Remix OS development back? The latest version 3.0.207 works pretty well on my PC but I'm still looking for more I want Nougat for example, I want better support for my fn keyboard shortcuts, I want support for keyboard backlight. I want better file explorer. Your latest version is awesome but we still expect more from you guys at Jide. Please don't give up!
Wait 'openthos' stable release
You have 3 options
1-) Phoenix OS
2-) Openthos
3-) Chromium os based build with arc++ (like flintos)
I have flintos but couldn't install Android apps. It supports them? How?
modaifallah said:
I have flintos but couldn't install Android apps. It supports them? How?
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LOL Not yet, but it is in their main goal so it will be added. I don't know when.
It would be great if anyone make chromium os with arc++
I had hope with Neverware cloudready. I don't know if Chromium OS is coming with Android apps support any soon. They can't distribute the android part easily as it's not open source. And they can't give us something like gapps to flash as there is no clear way to make such a big modification to the OS from the user's side. I have faith in Remix OS, they may be dead now but they are coming soon I hope.
modaifallah said:
I had hope with Neverware cloudready. I don't know if Chromium OS is coming with Android apps support any soon. They can't distribute the android part easily as it's not open source. And they can't give us something like gapps to flash as there is no clear way to make such a big modification to the OS from the user's side. I have faith in Remix OS, they may be dead now but they are coming soon I hope.
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You can check 'Remix OS Game EDITION'
https://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/game-edition-remix-os-pc-game-edition-t3566010
I think it's latest original release and currently i'm using it. It's better then other versions espacially 3.xxx, it still best choice untill someone making good thing
Yeah, remix os is good but it can be better
arcsnim said:
LOL Not yet, but it is in their main goal so it will be added. I don't know when.
It would be great if anyone make chromium os with arc++
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arcsnim said:
You can check 'Remix OS Game EDITION'
https://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/game-edition-remix-os-pc-game-edition-t3566010
I think it's latest original release and currently i'm using it. It's better then other versions espacially 3.xxx, it still best choice untill someone making good thing
Yeah, remix os is good but it can be better
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What about you trying this????
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/x86-bliss-x86-pc-s-t3534657
This is pure android nougat for pcs with multiwindow support :')
modaifallah said:
What about you trying this????
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/x86-bliss-x86-pc-s-t3534657
This is pure android nougat for pcs with multiwindow support :')
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Actually it doesn't have special multiwindow support, it uses *standart app on google play to use multiwindow so you can get on any android 7.x versions
I don't like it, if you try it you can understand what i mean, espacially try multi window, i don't want to tell bad thing about that...
I will try and give feesback. Wil also suggest any other alternatives I get to know. Thanks!
arcsnim said:
Actually it doesn't have special multiwindow support, it uses *standart app on google play to use multiwindow so you can get on any android 7.x versions
I don't like it, if you try it you can understand what i mean, espacially try multi window, i don't want to tell bad thing about that...
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It didn't even boot xD
modaifallah said:
It didn't even boot xD
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I feel worthless ? Remix OS works well for me more than the majority of the users so I'm sticking to it till something happens xD
aaaaaaandd, 'anbox', have anyone use this?
http://anbox.io/
arcsnim said:
aaaaaaandd, 'anbox', have anyone use this?
http://anbox.io/
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Trying now
I've spoken to Remix OS Project Manager and they still don't have plans for an update yet. No resources. Too many projects on their head
Ye, I also wanna try out Anbox. Seems very promising.
Worst news I could hear today :'(
This will give better chance for competitors to rise. They have diluted their effort into a larger work. They would have better focused on Remix OS and selling it in normal x86 convertibles.
*duplicate post*
Vioner said:
I've spoken to Remix OS Project Manager and they still don't have plans for an update yet. No resources. Too many projects on their head
Ye, I also wanna try out Anbox. Seems very promising.
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can anbox run games?
if so, who needs remix os then
http://anbox.io/
As for Remix OS. They pull the plug.
Dunard said:
http://anbox.io/
As for Remix OS. They pull the plug.
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Has anyone tried this yet?
I'd like to know if it has the same or better performance than Remix OS. Specially on streaming apps. I'd like a solution that can stream smooth like Shield Android TV does but using a computer or Laptop.
So far Remix OS has great performance on the laptop I'm trying it. I also did some build.prop tweaks and I'm using a TV launcher and it sure does compare to my Shield Android TV, however it still does not play some streaming videos as smooth as the Shield Android TV does, it can't handle some 1080P videos in YouTube for example, the SATV can handle 4K. Some streaming apps like DirecTV stutter on the video where the SATV plays them more smooth. Then again, I guess it could be the hardware I'm using. However compatibility using Remix OS is a lot better than using Android TV OS.
Hi All!
Installed remix OS the other day on my Lenovo Yoga 300 as it is pretty much incapable of running Windows 10!
It's much smoother now however my touchscreen doesn't work which is a pain. I have done some research and see that drivers in android are not made and managed in the same way as through Windows. Instead they are integrated into the code. Is there anyway I could get my touchscreen working?
Kind Regards,
Darren