[1/12/17] Collecting our success into one place

[nielo360]

Android-x86 7.1-rc1 is out, just curious if anyone has tried this release on windows 10 yoga book? Id like to try but Im not sure how I would get back into windows if I do install it.

 

[nan0s7]

Android-x86 7.1-rc1 is out, just curious if anyone has tried this release on windows 10 yoga book? Id like to try but Im not sure how I would get back into windows if I do install it.

Hey, thanks for the update! I'm a bit busy right now, and might try this sometime soon. However, if you want to try, and you have the needed hardware, I can update the OP with a guide on how to install Windows 10 if you happen to attempt an install with x86 Android. As I outlined in the OP, I managed to get Windows back up and running so.... so long as you don't do anything too crazy (like trying to modify the BIOS), it shouldn't be too difficult to do the same for you.

 

[THE MAXIMUM POWER]

Any news about reimx os in yogabook ¶¶ any news from our friend jason

so any news about android on yb win version

 

[nan0s7]

so any news about android on yb win version

I personally haven't had any developments but I've been busy as of late. I'm hoping I'll be able to do some more experimenting soon though. Haven't heard anything else unfortunately... :/

 

[THE MAXIMUM POWER]

I personally haven't had any developments but I've been busy as of late. I'm hoping I'll be able to do some more experimenting soon though. Haven't heard anything else unfortunately... :/

Today ive found a new rom called Blissrom for x86 Devices ve try to install it on my yb but everything in portrait mode and i didn't understand anything, ive made a contact with the developer he is called @electrikjesus, he is working with Team Bliss, i told him our issue and the bugs, he say that if we could send him an yoga book device to do his experiments and tests o port Blissrom to our device, then i gave him all the links for the open source and drivers that belong to yoga book, so could you make also contact with him i will help you till we make a dual boot in yb

 

[THE MAXIMUM POWER]

I personally haven't had any developments but I've been busy as of late. I'm hoping I'll be able to do some more experimenting soon though. Haven't heard anything else unfortunately... :/

Our only problem is that Android x86 install screen is on portrait screen, by the way, how much time you need to finish your experiments, 1 week or 2 week if you need any help by porting plz let me know

 

[nan0s7]

Our only problem is that Android x86 install screen is on portrait screen, by the way, how much time you need to finish your experiments, 1 week or 2 week if you need any help by porting plz let me know

It's mainly about whether I run into problems and how I plan to get around them - that usually, combined with the time it takes if I have to recover from an error or mistake or what have you, is the main time-killer. Don't worry, if I find anything I will be sure to update this thread and post

The portrait screen can be easily fixed if we manage to get a working terminal and such - so long as the screen works and the touch screen works.

 

[THE MAXIMUM POWER]

It's mainly about whether I run into problems and how I plan to get around them - that usually, combined with the time it takes if I have to recover from an error or mistake or what have you, is the main time-killer. Don't worry, if I find anything I will be sure to update this thread and post

The portrait screen can be easily fixed if we manage to get a working terminal and such - so long as the screen works and the touch screen works.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/phoenixos-yb1-x91f-t3660799

My friend the best rom for YogaBook til now:good:

 

[nan0s7]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/phoenixos-yb1-x91f-t3660799

My friend the best rom for YogaBook til now:good:

Hey just thought I'd let you know that I got around to trying Bliss OS (with not much success, though) and I updated my OP with some information. Now I'm going to see how I go with Phoenix OS.

 

[THE MAXIMUM POWER]

Hey just thought I'd let you know that I got around to trying Bliss OS (with not much success, though) and I updated my OP with some information. Now I'm going to see how I go with Phoenix OS.

You can join us in Telegram group that we can have a direct chat with the devs of Bliss x86, me and your having the same Device which we can help the developers of Bliss to support yoga book
Here is the chatroom for Blissrom x86:

https://t.me/blissx86

 

[Dr_nagrom]

Hi All,

I have got android x86 Oreo running on my yoga book from a micro sd card. It works well and is a lot quicker/snappier than Windows 10. However I'm having some hardware issues. Touchscreen, WIFI, Bluetooth and physical buttons (e.g. volume rocker) work, but the speakers, camera, halo keyboard gyroscope, etc do not work. Atm, I've been using an app to manually rotate the screen, and Bluetooth for audio.

Any ideas how I can fix this, as I have looked to see if anyone has made a compatible image, or if there were "driver" equivalents for the android version of the yoga book that I could install onto this os image?

Many thanks for any of your help.

Hello, everyone!​

So as we all know, any developments to do with the Yoga Book seem to be very slow.

Considering a decent number of us have experimented with the Yoga Book, I thought it'd be a good idea to make a centralised place for methods that have worked for people, so we can all have a go and hopefully obtain similar results.

So the idea would hopefully end up being something along the lines of my Megathread (which is now in General).

I guess this is where I get the ball rolling...

Most Promising Leads for Installing Android (1/12/17)

I have tried to install Bliss OS, but with not much luck. Once you get passed the GRUB screen it says there was an emergency error of some kind and reboots the device.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/x86-bliss-x86-pc-s-t3534657

I found that his updated installer (v25.0004) doesn't work at all, but the latest version from the original developer worked fine, linked below:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/winapp-android-x86-installer-uefi-t3222483

I followed the following methods, all which resulted in a failed attempt, but the one with the most success was the first one:
- Easy install for Bliss-x86 UEFI/ESP
- For Bliss-x86 USB based installs
- Custom install for Bliss-x86 UEFI/ESP

My next attempt will be with Phoenix OS.

OLD INFO (as of 1/12/17)

Edit: I managed to replicate my situation twice. So I now have a method. Will post more info soon.
Okay... so if you want to get into Remix OS (knowing it's only temporary), here's how to replicate what I did. But make sure you have the following tools:
- USB keyboard & microUSB to USB adaptor (for the keyboard)
- Remix OS (I'm using the 64-bit version)
- A bit of time

What I did:
- Install Remix OS (doesn't matter what size you choose; 8, 16 or 32) on your C: Drive (main Local Disk) with the bundled installer
- Reboot when it finishes (via the dialog box, don't reboot any other way... it won't work properly)
- Give it about 10-15 minutes on the first boot. It'll be "stuck" at this Android-looking thing (mine's all glitched up and stuff)
- When it's done it'll show a black screen, and the Pencil icon to switch the Halo Keyboard on/off will stop turning on&off, it'll instead just stay on 100% of the time
- Reboot again, again choosing to boot into Remix OS
- As soon as you choose Remix OS, you NEED to hold the escape (ESC) key!!! If you don't do this, you'll have to start from scratch
- If you did it right, it'll come up with a couple lines of code, and then after a couple second it'll say "ANDROID" underneath the code, and everything will load up
- Everything should be in portrait-mode, but you should have no graphical glitches now, and should see the setup screen
- The touch-screen still shouldn't work here, you need to use the keyboard to navigate through the setup. If the Wi-Fi bit isn't connecting properly, do that later (just skip that step, up the top right). I left Google Play Services enabled, it doesn't matter, it won't ask for your information unless you open a Google App.
- When you finish the installation, everything should work (except the Halo Keyboard of course)
- To make Remix OS take up the whole screen instead of just the middle... go to the Settings App -> Remix OS Settings (whatever the top one is) -> Always show landscape thingo, toggling this off will make it use the whole screen instead of that little square in the middle.

This is far as I've gotten. I've tried getting USB Debugging to work, but it doesn't want to work. Bluetooth doesn't work for me, nor does changing the brightness. I wouldn't lock the tablet either, sometimes that doesn't work. Also don't try use the Google Play Store, because when you finish entering your information, it'll likely crash and you'll have to start over again. Rebooting will reset everything.

OLD INFO (as of 30/03/17)

I've had some random luck (as told in my recent post, I'll quote it here) with Remix OS.



Somehow I managed to get it working, but only temporarily.
If I'm able to replicate this situation again, I may be able to install the Stock ROM alongside Windows 10. However, I don't have all the time in the world, so this may take a long while.

General Yoga Book Information:

To my knowledge, there are two versions of the Yoga Book, each with two sub-versions for the OS:

1.) YB1-X9aF - this is the Wi-Fi version
2.) YB1-X9aL - this is the LTE/4G version

Where the "a" between the 9 and the F/L is either a zero or a one, depending on the installed OS (Android: 0, Windows 10: 1)
The SIM card is a Nano-SIM with 3G capability.

Other than that, all Yoga Book devices share the following specifications:
- 10.1 inch IPS display, of resolution 1920x1200
- Intel Atom x5-Z8550 processor, which:
----+ Has an architecture of x86_64 (ie. 64-bit)
----+ Core base clock of 1.44 gigahertz
----+ Core boost clock of 2.4 gigahertz
----+ 4 cores and 4 threads
- Battery capacity of 8500 milliampere hours
- On-board storage of 64 gigabytes of solid-state storage (SSD)
- 4 gigabytes of random-access memory (RAM)
- A microSD card slot capable of up to 128 gigabytes of storage
- Two camera's, one above the display and one on the keyboard
- Wi-Fi (802.11 ac) and Bluetooth (v4)
- 3.5 millimetre headphone jack
- Micro-USB 2.0 OTG port
- Micro-HDMI port

Any information I put about my experience will be with the YB1-X91F version (aka Windows 10 Wi-Fi)

Dual OS or Switching the pre-installed one:

I have attempted getting Android on my Yoga Book, and completely deleting everything Windows. This has obviously not gone very well for me.

Version's I've tried:
- Android x86 6.0-r1
- Android x86_64 6.0-r1
- Android x86 6.0 20160129
- Android Nougat x86 20160902
- Android 4.2.2-r1 "ia3-core mesa-userdebug"
- Remix OS (32 & 64-bit)

The one I personally have had the most success with (by that I mean I've gotten it to display the Android set-up screen with no touch-input) is the 32-bit version of 6.0-r1 (so the first one on my list above).

Other OS's that I've tried/succeeded in running:
- GParted Live 0.28.1-2 i686 (although, the whole screen is in portrait mode)
- Ubuntu 16.10 Desktop (amd64 - so it obviously didn't work)
- Windows 10 with AMIDuOS on-top (honestly wasn't that great)

Currently testing:
- Windows 10 with BlueStacks on-top

TLDR:
If you're on the Windows 10 version of the Yoga Book, I cannot recommend attempting to install Android on it (even with a dual-boot) at this current time. This will probably change if x86 Android update their ROM/Image, though.

I'm currently testing the practicality of putting BlueStacks on-top of Windows 10, which is a player that allows you to run Android apps. The only thing I'm keeping an eye on is battery life (since it'll be doing background tasks for Windows AND Android). However, you will at least have full functionality - especially with the Halo Keyboard.
Ehh... BlueStacks isn't that great after all. Personally I'd stick with Windows apps if you need something like that.

I will add more info and links later on, I just wanted to get this out before hitting the hay. Australia's time difference sucks.

 

[nan0s7]

Hi All,

I have got android x86 Oreo running on my yoga book from a micro sd card. It works well and is a lot quicker/snappier than Windows 10. However I'm having some hardware issues. Touchscreen, WIFI, Bluetooth and physical buttons (e.g. volume rocker) work, but the speakers, camera, halo keyboard gyroscope, etc do not work. Atm, I've been using an app to manually rotate the screen, and Bluetooth for audio.

Any ideas how I can fix this, as I have looked to see if anyone has made a compatible image, or if there were "driver" equivalents for the android version of the yoga book that I could install onto this os image?

Many thanks for any of your help.

Hey, not sure if this link still works, but you should join our Telegram group where we can share possible solutions we've worked through that aren't written down yet. We have a few developers working on various things.

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[the Doctor]

Hey, not sure if this link still works, but you should join our Telegram group where we can share possible solutions we've worked through that aren't written down yet. We have a few developers working on various things.

MOD EDIT: LINK REMOVED

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[c19932]

Any news?

 

[nan0s7]

Any news?

Only news I've found is that there are a couple of people who have managed to get the Windows version to boot into Linux with a decent chunk of the functionality enabled.

Some information can be found here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/linux-mint-18-3-lenovo-yoga-book-yb1-t3839412

 

[c19932]

Only news I've found is that there are a couple of people who have managed to get the Windows version to boot into Linux with a decent chunk of the functionality enabled.

Some information can be found here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yoga-book/how-to/linux-mint-18-3-lenovo-yoga-book-yb1-t3839412

thanks ill keep an eye out. its so unfortunate that this machine is sooooo dammnn sloooowwwwwwww

 

[nan0s7]

thanks ill keep an eye out. its so unfortunate that this machine is sooooo dammnn sloooowwwwwwww

Lol yeah it doesn't help that it has flash-based storage, and Windows is slow af...

 

[mjp207]

Speed up Windows Version

Lol yeah it doesn't help that it has flash-based storage, and Windows is slow af...

Hey guys, I installed w10privacy on my windows version of the yoga book and the speed of windows is much much faster.

Try it out, the machine is very usable now

mjp

 

[nSuea]

Hey guys, I installed w10privacy on my windows version of the yoga book and the speed of windows is much much faster.

Try it out, the machine is very usable now

mjp

Hi mjp, thanks for the info! could you advise what settings need to be toggled to get the performance boosted up?

 

[nan0s7]

Hi mjp, thanks for the info! could you advise what settings need to be toggled to get the performance boosted up?

Sorry for the late reply!

I can't remember the settings off of the top of my head, but making sure you don't turn off anything you'll actually use or is needed by Windows (there are descriptions while hovering over each option, and they usually describe what they modify), you'd probably want to turn off/toggle as many things as possible.

The most effective things to toggle would be anything under the service tab, anything related to removing features from Windows Explorer, removing the OneDrive stuff, making sure the least amount of things are started upon boot (in Task Manager, too), etc.

If you're not sure if one setting will break something you do, try it out and reboot. If there are any problems just undo your changes and you can set a backup of the settings you originally have if something major goes wrong.

Just read the descriptions and be careful.