At Android x86 boot menu entry(the first item in the following image), press E
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Android x86 install apk via USB flash drive
Assuming the apk is in the root directory of USB flash drive and named test.apk
Connect USB flash drive. Press left Alt and F1 to go to console, then run ls /mnt/media_rw to list all probable locations of USB disk, you need to test it yourself to find out what location is for your USB disk, mine is usb0, and run ls /mnt/media_rw/usb0 to make sure if the content is your USB disk.
Friday, May 9, 2014
How to backup apk of installed apps to USB flash drive for Android x86
Press left Alt and F1 to go to console, then run ls /data/app to list apk of installed apps including apk of updated system apps. For example, this is my result after running ls /data/app:
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
How to remove apps from the list of My Android apps
Go to play.google.com/apps you'll see the apps you ever installed including the apps that have been removed. If you don't wanna show the apps that have been removed, only you can do is using Play Store to delete the record of apps that have been removed.
Open Play Store, click the Play Store button at top left.
Monday, May 5, 2014
How to use Windows to install apps to Android x86
Steps:
in browser in Windows and in Android device must use same Google account to login.
in browser in Windows, go to play.google.com to install app.
then you'll see app is downloading in your Android device, app will be automatically installed after downloading.
If your Android device is power off, app will be automatically downloaded and installed after you turn on Android device and connect to Internet.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
If you can't install Android apps by browser, you can install apps by Play Store
In this situation I gotta give up installing apps via browser, but use the built-in Play Store to install apps. In the built-in Play Store you click search button at top right to search for applications you ever installed.
Friday, April 11, 2014
How to prevent Android x86 screen from automatically rotating and lock screen rotation
Some software will rotate screen, use the application introduced in this article, you can prevent screen from rotating.
Go to play.google.com and search eflow, find and install Screen Orientation (This app only 43KB)
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
How to prevent Android x86 from turn off display
At the lock screen before entering desktop, screen will turn off and become a black screen in a few seconds, it's unable to prevent this screen from turn off.