I'm thinking of buying an ARM laptop as a second laptop for programming and hacking experiments. Ideally I would set it up to multiboot Windows, Linux, and Android. I've seen several articles and videos on the internet for setting up x86 Android on an x86 laptop, but can't find anything on ARM laptops. I'm guessing it would come down to things like device drivers and maybe UEFI? Is it possible for a normal person to install Android natively on an ARM laptop intended for Windows/Linux? (And preferably dualboot/multiboot?) (I'm aware some highly skilled hacker types can probably do it using AOSP. I'm also aware I could just use a VM or emulator. For this question I'm only exploring the options of installing natively on the hardware.)

I have **Android-x86** alongside **Ubuntu 16.04**. I have installed Android in a 16GB partition on my hard drive. I was wondering if it is possible to access other partitions from Android, as it just shows nothing in the files app. It would be pointless because all my pictures, videos, and other files are in those other partitions. I am not an expert, so please let me know if additional information is needed.

I have an Android phone with CyanogenMod installed(with TWRP Custom recovery). Specifically, it's an LG G2 (d803), and I was wondering if I could dual boot Cyanogenmod and Windows Phone 8.1 or 10. It would be awesome if I could because I could really use Microsoft's ecosystem but there are lots of android apps I'm not willing to give up.

I would like to dualboot my phone, because I'm making a custom ROM. Is possible to have a stable system on the built-in storage and my custom ROM in development on my SD card? And if yes, how to do it please?

I am going to get a new Android device (Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 with 4G/LTE with latest Android) and I am thinking about the possibility of dual-booting with LineageOS (CyanogenMod fork)? Is it possible? *I own a microSD card if that is a necessity.*

I have installed Android x86 on my Windows 10 HP Laptop. It was "Android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso". I ran it on my PC and it opened rooted. I installed an app I required. The app has got lots of videos that are supported for playing only on an unrooted device.So, I couldn't play the app's videos. What I did: - I enabled developer's options and disabled root access in it. I still couldn't play the videos. - Enable Developper Mode. On the developer's options, enable full root access. Run the terminal emulator. Use the followings commands : > su > rm /system/bin/su > rm /system/xbin/su After typing these commands as: *These files are read only files* type of message. The last command resulted in a question y/N and after writing 'y', I still got the former message. None of these methods worked. I need an OS that gives me both root access and unroot access as and when I require. This is quite easy in Android emulators as they have a single option on setting which can enable or disable root access. But my app is not supported on emulators. Hence, the need for OS. PS: I don't know if this is the correct site for my question. I couldn't find very appropriate tags. Please suggest the correct website.Thank you. PS: I am asking regarding whether other OS might be suitable for what I need. Like PrimeOS, BlissOS, RemixOS, etc.

I have installed "android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso" using USB Bootable Drive method. I am facing two big problems here. 1. After completion of Installation I get two options - Run android or Reboot. I clicked on reboot. My computer booted to Windows 10. The grub menu asking for which OS to boot does NOT appear. I have got UEFI Boot mode with Secure Boot off. My laptop does not support Legacy boot. What can I do about this? 2. When I clicked on Run android after installation or when I run Android Live from the bootable USB Drive only, I don't get a cursor on the screen. My touchpad does not work. My keyboard works. Connecting an external mouse works. I have tried dual booting on my previous Dell Laptop and the touchpad used to work there. Why doesn't it work with my HP PC ? I have searched the internet and lots of other forums regarding this and did not get any conclusive results or workable solutions. Any help would be appreciated.

I have an OnePlus5 device with installed lineageOs. Because of my company's and software development needs I need to run apps that require play services. But I do not want to run all over the time. Therefore I thought to dualboot the OnePlus 5 with the stock rom thewrefore there will be 2 roms in my device: 1. The stock one with play services where apps will run. 2. The lineageOS one that wi will use personally wiuthout playservices. But once I boot into lineageOS would result running the playservices as well?

I am able to run Ubuntu in chroot environment on my Asus Slider sl101 (cousin of the original tf101 asus eee pad transformer). But, for various reasons I would like to be able to actually boot into Ubuntu or Android at will. I am currently running Cyanogenmod 9 ICS and have the device rooted. Another thing to note is that any attempt in the past to use NVflash ... seems to fail On top of that NVflash ubuntu dual boot instructions are usually fairly ... vague. Being a Linux user, ideally I would LOVE it and be in complete bliss if I could choose to login to android the same way I can choose to login to Gnome or Unity or XBMC etc... login to an Android session and just have the option of logging into Unity or Android.... Since Android is really more like a Java runtime environment, it would be ideal to just have Ubuntu as main and just be able to start up the Android runtime environment whenever I needed... But I am not able to do this kind of thing with my limited knowledge and do not understand what the raodblocks are. That being said, anyone know how to get my sl101 dual booting ubuntu? --------------------- **UPDATE 20120821** i found a couple instructions that look very promising. These sights may go down in the future but I will be sure to post detailed instructions if they are successful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537566 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23428126&postcount=3 I will be trying the files for both sites. --------------------- **UPDATE 20120823** I've had a few CRIPLING problems so far. 1) the android.zip file from one site works but the one from the other site does not. Be sure to get the android.zip file associated with your ROM that you are using. In my case , I'm using CM9 RC2 so I had to use the CM9 android.zip file found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?labcx60jowrdx or if that server is down in the future you might try to find it from this site again: http://www.mediafire.com/?labcx60jowrdx 2) the ubuntu.zip file works from the oposite site but the one from the other site does not. The one that does not work is called ubuntu-31patch.zip and it was made to flash a more up to date kernel and 3.1.10 kernel modules were also provided but this zip does not work for some reason and I can't figure out why. The one that works for me is here 2.6.24.4 i think is the kernel version number: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/60048492/transformer/Ubuntu-mountloop.zip if that does not work, you might find a new link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537566 3) The sl101 sliding keyboard does not work but if you plug in an external usb keyboard, the usb keyboard will work. no idea how to get around this problem but .... having the sl101 is useless if the sliding keyboard can't get working. How lame to have to carry around a usb keyboard when there is one attached already ... really want to get this working. 4) wireless internet does not work. I assume that is part of what the 3.1.10 patch was for but the patch doesn't work so I'm still working on this. --------------------- **UPDATE 20120824** Finally got the android-mount.zip file working. I switched the kernelblob with the one that works with my wifi on cyanogenmod 9 and it works like a charm now. In fact, if you have wireless issues with your sl101 or tf101 you might just flash the zip file I made it it might fix them... I'll make the file available with the answer but still trying to get the sliding keyboard working under ubuntu. This is what happens when trying to use the ubuntu31.zip the file that boots ubuntu with 3.1.10 kernel these are random errors with the kernel 2.6.36.4 ubuntu-mount.zip file. i wish i understood

I an installing on an internal notebook HDD that I use as an external dribe from the USB The drive is a 500 GB HDD but has 50 GB, 50 GB, 50 GB partitions on it and the rest is unallocated at the moment I have android x86 (android-x86_64-9.0-rc2.iso ) installed on the first partition (sdb1) and I also installed EFI GRUB2 while installing android I then installed LineagOS x86 (cm-x86_64-14.1-r2.iso ) to the second partition (50 GB) and I also told it to installed EFI GRUB2 while installing LineagOS The GRUB from LineageOS seems to have overwritten the GRUB from android-x86 and now I can't boot into android-x86 from the BIOS boot screen, even though it's files are all there in the first partition Is there any way to edit the GRUB for LineagOS and add an entry to boot android-x86 from the first partition? I also have in internal SATA HDD inside the notebook with Windows 10. I do not want the bootable installations on the external hard drive to affect this windows installation or the internal drive in any way, but it seems the EFI GRUB2 that got installed while installing android-x86 and LineageOS got installed on the internal HDD. This is still still acceptable because it doesn't seem to have affected the windows installation or it's booting procedure in any way, but I am not experienced with GRUB and whatever it is that I have to do, I want to make sure it will not affect the Windows 10 installtion on my internal hard drive. To summarize: sdb1: android-x86 sdb2: LineageOS, bootable using it's GRUB (this grub menu shows up when I select the entry for it in the BIOS boot menu) How do I edit this GRUB menu to also point to the android-x86 installation? Is it possible to do this from Windows?

I have a Chuwi hi10 plus. It is a dual boot windows 10 / android 5.0 tablet that I put on TWRP 3.0.2 rooted it and a custom Lineage OS Marshmallow 6.0.1 ROM on from Konstakang.com Chuwi tablets have a funky inability to boot from USB because have a UEFI boot system.... I need to change the Windows password and there is a sticky keys method to copy cmd.exe over sethc.exe and then use the net user command once the command prompt is opened. I have installed termux and updated the packages and installed tsu for true root access to the filesystem. But . . . the termux mount does not produce a string of its version from mount -V and while mount -t ntfs /dev/block /mnt/xxx command does not give an error - where I have done a mkdir /mnt/xxx it does claim "no such device". I have used the exact device I know is the windows partition which is ntfs from a "cat /proc/partitions" command "ntfs-3g" does not recognize as a command at all, and I even tried the mount_nfsd_fuse setup from https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-mount-internal-windows-partition-t2978679 It must need a touch or something because the file is in /system/xbin but says command not found even invoked as root from that directory The kernel was compiled from source for the ROM by Konstakang so I do not know if ntfs support is in it ... is there a way to check and / or does anyone have a suggestion how to get that partition mounted rw as ntfs internally ??? The Paragon Ntfs rw mounter that is supposed to work with Total Commander has not appeared to operate as pics show it or once did

I got a myphone my51 tablet, it has a dual boot feature for android and windows 10. I was able to boot easily from android to windows, but could not get back to android. Is there any command I can do to reboot the tablet to boot on android instead of windows?

I have a dual boot Windows 10/Android tablet device that has only 1 micro SDcard slot. I also have a 128GB microSD card that **I would like to split into a 96GB partition 1 for windows and 32GB partition 2 for android**. I have tried doing it using various of means through windows disk part or minitool partition but once I have successfully partitioned the sd card, when I mount it to the android OS, it automatically reformats the sd and mounts it as a 1-partition 128GB sd card... I'd like to know if what I want is possible and if so, how can I do it?

Sorry if I am misusing 'instances'. What I mean is the following: I want to run an master OS. The 'only' thing that master OS does is let me boot/kill/switch between OS 1, OS 2, OS 3, etc. I want apps to believe they run on a normal Android phone. So if I run app X on two OS, namely 1 and 2. I want each instance of app X to believe it runs on a different machine. I understand you can do this with a dual boot. However I want both OS at the same time. I interact within OS 1 and switch to OS 2 to continue where I left.

I have an HP Stream 7 that I'm not using here (since I've bought my Asus T100), and I was thinking about putting an Android to run, instead of the Windows OS. I know that is possible, but my question is: is it viable? Has someone already tested this using the same model? Does it have any problems with drivers, or something that Android does not recognize? If it works, I'll definitely give it a shot.

I currently bought a tablet Onda v919 from China. When I received it I realized that the installed android did not contain Google Play, and after reading about it I found out that you could make an upgrade with a later rom to fix this. I followed a guide to do this, but after I finished my tablet will not start. When booting I enter what I think is the efi console. To fix this I have tried to reinstall windows from backup images. However I have not been able to make a bootable usb drive. Does anyone have any tips on how to reinstall my tablet? Best regards David

My question is simular to [this question about iso for x86.](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/86079/where-do-i-get-android-l-iso-for-x86-environment) I am looking to dual-boot my Lenovo Yoga 3 pro with Android L and I need an x64 iso. I can not use an x86 as it is not able to install to my hard disk partitioned with GPT. Where can I find an Andorid L x64 iso? I am willing to try to create an iso on my own. Does anyone know how to do this?

I like to root and tinker around with old Android devices, be it smartphones and tablets. I want to use root access to install Kali Linux, but I want to know what features this version of Kali Linux has to offer. I'm not expecting much, but the file size is pretty big, so it should be something. wasn't sure if this can be posted here or on the Unix site.

Many people want to try/use Android without buying a new Android phone. How can I install Android on my current phone or device running Nokia Symbian, Maemo, or MeeGo; Microsoft Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7/8/10; Apple iOS (iPhone); RIM's BlackBerry OS; Palm's WebOS; Samsung's Bada; HP's WebOS; Mozilla's Firefox OS; or other phone / operating system?

I have an OnePlus Two and I'm currently running stock OxygenOS. I would like to try a beta CM12.1 build without having to delete my data and to be able to boot between the two until the CM build would be stable or suitable for me to use rather than Oxygen. Is there an app that flashes the other ROM and boots to it ? How do you actually do it ?