Is it possible to (auto) update Android x86 to the newset version? (BEGINNER QUESTION)

[DICH]

I am looking for OS for portable device that would be able to update for more than (only) 3 years as they often do.

If I install Android x86 NOUGAT OS 7.0, would It be updating to newest version  which is (for example) OREO 8.0 (or would I need to install the whole ANDROID x86 OS again)?

Would I at least be able have it (auto) updated from 7.0 to 7.5 for example?

[Povilas Staniulis]

When updating to a new version, you need to reinstall.
If you want to preserve your apps and data between updates, use a
separate partiton for /data.

Be aware that this project does not release regular updates. Official
builds are only released when the maintainer thinks it's time to do so.

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[Damjan Chinkole-Činkole]

Does the use of a separate partition for /data complicate all this? 

Do you think (auto) updates will be possible in the future?

Damjan 

On 21 January 2018 at 02:57, Povilas Staniulis <wdmo...@gmail.com> wrote:

When updating to a new version, you need to reinstall.
If you want to preserve your apps and data between updates, use a separate partiton for /data.

Be aware that this project does not release regular updates. Official builds are only released when the maintainer thinks it's time to do so.

On 2018.01.21 03:49, DICH wrote:

I am looking for OS for portable device that would be able to update for more than (only) 3 years as they often do.

If I install Android x86 NOUGAT OS 7.0, would It be updating to newest version  which is (for example) OREO 8.0 (or would I need to install the whole ANDROID x86 OS again)?
Would I at least be able have it (auto) updated from 7.0 to 7.5 for example?


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[Chih-Wei Huang]

2018-01-21 9:57 GMT+08:00 Povilas Staniulis <wdmo...@gmail.com>:
> When updating to a new version, you need to reinstall.
> If you want to preserve your apps and data between updates, use a separate
> partiton for /data.

No No!
Just install a new version to the same partition as the older version.
The installer will guide you to update.
This works since 4.0 - 8.1.

[Damjan Chinkole-Činkole]

​Thank you.

So if I go in ANDROID x86 to ABOUT DEVICE and do the update there​, it wont work?

Thanks

Damjan 

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[Antony Stone]

On Monday 22 January 2018 at 15:28:07, Damjan Chinkole-Činkole wrote:

> ​Thank you.
>
> So if I go in ANDROID x86 to ABOUT DEVICE and do the update there​, it wont
> work?

No.


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[Damjan Chinkole-Činkole]

Thanks for info, I couldn't find that on the webpages.

do you think in the (near) future it will be possible to just update it inside Android ABOUT button?

Damjan 

[Antony Stone]

On Monday 22 January 2018 at 15:38:31, Damjan Chinkole-Činkole wrote:

> Thanks for info, I couldn't find that on the webpages.
>
> do you think in the (near) future it will be possible to just update it
> inside Android ABOUT button?

Personally I doubt it, but I'm not a developer, so I can't say whether anyone
will have a go at implementing this feature.


Antony.

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[Damjan Chinkole-Činkole]

How long could it take to (re) install?

Damjan 

On 22 January 2018 at 06:58, Chih-Wei Huang <cwh...@android-x86.org> wrote:

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[Antony Stone]

On Monday 22 January 2018 at 21:59:19, Damjan Chinkole-Činkole wrote:

> How long could it take to (re) install?

Approximately the same length of time that it took to install in the first
place.

The exact answer depends so much upon your hardware and your Internet
connection that we can't possibly guess at how many minutes you may find it
takes.


Antony.

> On 22 January 2018 at 06:58, Chih-Wei Huang wrote:
>
> > Just install a new version to the same partition as the older version.
> > The installer will guide you to update.
> > This works since 4.0 - 8.1.

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[Povilas Staniulis]

I stand corrected.