Apps broken in The Android-x86 4.4-r3 and The latest Android-x86 5.1-rc1

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I just wanted to know if this is normal. Only some of my apps aren't working now. Skype is broken, Camera is broken and a lot of old 2D games don't seem to run to well either. 3D games run a lot better but I had seen that as one of the main fixes in 5.1-rc1. I know this is in alpha/beta so its expected that things are either broken or tend to break from time to time so I just wanted to know if this is happening to anybody else.

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

As far as I know in 5.1-rc 1 camera works fine and some other games too but Skype doesn't work due to arm libraries

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Interesting I had Skype working in previous versions up until 4.4 where it broke completely as well as other apps that used to work one of them being Striker 1945 that shmup game.  As for camera I guess it would work however the app to use it locks up and for some reason I can't move forward with it. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Open /system/lib/arm and tell me how many files are there just 1 or 2 or many?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

There seems to be a lot of files in there.  I'm going to attach some screen shots and hope that works.

On Oct 17, 2015 3:39 PM, "Eric Frendo-Cumbo" <eric.fre...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'll get back to you on that soon 

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Open /system/lib/arm and tell me how many files are there just 1 or 2 or many?

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I'll get back to you on that soon 

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Open /system/lib/arm and tell me how many files are there just 1 or 2 or many?

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Open the arm folder you're seeing inside the lib folder and then check how much files are there

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

There is only one file.  CPUINFO as seen in this new screenshot.  Did the format not work properly?  Should I reinstall?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

OH MY lol sorry my mind is getting bad i'll look at that

[Povilas Staniulis]

Instagram worked fine on Kitkat.
I don't think this has anything to do whether the device is detected as
a phone or a tablet.

(there are tablets with phone functionality).

On 2015.10.20 22:55, Vel Asta wrote:
> Hey Eric did you manage to get the following apps working (I installed them from google play but they keep crashing or going to black screen)
>
>
> Angry Birds, Periscope, Facebook messenger, Snapchat and apps like whatsapp and instagram can't even be installed cause the OS image is a tablet and it needs to be a phone to instal those apps
>
> You said you got Skype to work and games did you try any other type of apps?
>
> Thanks so much for your comments
>

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Yeah I don't believe it has anything to do with that.  We have to remember that this is in development so any of the issues that I am having can be in regards to issues with development and could be bug related.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Eric Frendo-Cumbo <eric.fre...@gmail.com> wrote:

In previous versions I had a lot of apps working as said in the 4.4-r3 and the latest 5.1 most apps have stopped working.  The ones that often do which were broken before were 3D accelerated games.  Facebook is working fine for me.  Skype worked before and is broken since 4.4-r3.  Striker 1945 and sequels ran very well before 4.4-r3 and are now broken.  If you guys need information regarding my laptop I have a ASUS F7S.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Vel Asta <pavel.as...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Eric did you manage to get the following apps working (I installed them from google play but they keep crashing or going to black screen)


Angry Birds, Periscope, Facebook messenger, Snapchat and apps like whatsapp and instagram can't even be installed cause the OS image is a tablet and it needs to be a phone to instal those apps

You said you got Skype to work and games did you try any other type of apps?

Thanks so much for your comments

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

In previous versions I had a lot of apps working as said in the 4.4-r3 and the latest 5.1 most apps have stopped working.  The ones that often do which were broken before were 3D accelerated games.  Facebook is working fine for me.  Skype worked before and is broken since 4.4-r3.  Striker 1945 and sequels ran very well before 4.4-r3 and are now broken.  If you guys need information regarding my laptop I have a ASUS F7S.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Vel Asta <pavel.as...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Eric did you manage to get the following apps working (I installed them from google play but they keep crashing or going to black screen)


Angry Birds, Periscope, Facebook messenger, Snapchat and apps like whatsapp and instagram can't even be installed cause the OS image is a tablet and it needs to be a phone to instal those apps

You said you got Skype to work and games did you try any other type of apps?

Thanks so much for your comments

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Did you check the apps compatibility option in settings?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

no I haven't.  Does that actually make things more compatible?  I think I may have done that in the past but I'll check to see where that is located.

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

You should check this option and then try to run Skype but first connect to a good stable network and wait for some time so that arm libraries can be downloaded automatically by the system. After some time check arm folder again for files

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

oh okay thanks for the info

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:28 PM, محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com> wrote:

You should check this option and then try to run Skype but first connect to a good stable network and wait for some time so that arm libraries can be downloaded automatically by the system. After some time check arm folder again for files

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Yeah I didn't have the Apps Compatibility enabled so how long does this usually take for the arm's to download?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Thanks for the info it actually works now.  The camera app freezes so I suppose there is a few more files that need to be downloaded or it might work upon a restart so I'll give heads up later on that. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

For camera use the Snap Camera app

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Just turn apps compatibility option to on and wait for some time until you see many files in /system/lib/arm

On Oct 23, 2015 10:12 AM, "Vel Asta" <pavel.as...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Eric, which apps did you try? Also sorry I didn't really catch that how do I do the app compatibility and instal the arm Librairies your talking about? Since none I the apps I'm installing from the App Store are working sadly

Thank you in advance for your help :)

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Option is in the settings

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Happy to know it worked for you :).I know there are graphics problems in 5.1 rc1 btw 4.4 rc3 graphics are better than lollipop 5.1 rc1. For solution maybe wait for the next release :(

On Oct 25, 2015 4:01 AM, "Vel Asta" <pavel.as...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Guys,

After enabling App Compatibility Apps like Snapchat and Facebook messenger finally worked after I installed them form Google Play YAYY :) thank you!!

However Apps like Angry Birds and Google Maps get blacks screens as if there is some graphical issue. Angry Birds is completely black and Google Maps is only black on the actual Map section (the right side) but the left where you type in the location and see a picture of the city works.

Any idea guys? :) wonder what the issue is hmm :/ 

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2015-10-25 13:12 GMT+08:00 محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com>:
> Happy to know it worked for you :).I know there are graphics problems in 5.1
> rc1 btw 4.4 rc3 graphics are better than lollipop 5.1 rc1. For solution
> maybe wait for the next release :(

How did you conclude that?

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I installed Asphalt 8 on 5.1 and 4.4.4 both and 5.1 graphics were not good as compared to 4.4.4 that's how I concluded.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2015年10月28日 上午1:15於 "محمد شہریار منور" <sherr...@gmail.com>寫道：
>
> I installed Asphalt 8 on 5.1 and 4.4.4 both and 5.1 graphics were not good as compared to 4.4.4 that's how I concluded.

"Not good" is a very imprecise and non-technical word. It doesn't provide any useful information we can address.

A useful report should include your test environment and devices (especially the graphic chip in this case), the problematic scenarios, and related debug information (logcat, dmesg, ...)

> On Oct 26, 2015 7:22 AM, "Chih-Wei Huang" <cwh...@android-x86.org> wrote:
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>> 2015-10-25 13:12 GMT+08:00 محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com>:
>> > Happy to know it worked for you :).I know there are graphics problems in 5.1
>> > rc1 btw 4.4 rc3 graphics are better than lollipop 5.1 rc1. For solution
>> > maybe wait for the next release :(
>>
>> How did you conclude that?
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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I wanted to know is there any way of getting the games to control with the keyboard or other devices cause some people like myself don't have a touch screen.  If there is I'd like to know. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I know you are a developer and you need a proof but aren't my eyes good enough?

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Eric I know how to play games using mouse and keyboard and I have played many popular games using keyboard and mouse but it is difficult for me to make other people understand how to do but maybe I'll make a video

[Mike]

I'll State again, Because in one way or another I believe this needs to be an Option, I'm STILL RUNNING 4.4-RC2 because Fuzzy Made a Kernel for me, The Kernel Emulates the TOUCH SCREEN with a Synaptics Touchpad, and Works with a Mouse (As a Mouse), So I have the Best of BOTH worlds on an OLD 1750 Dell Inspiron.....

Mike

[Povilas Staniulis]

Didn't know such thing was possible.
This should definitely be an option.

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Okay well I have a touch pad but for some reason that is emulating the mouse.  I wouldn't mind doing keyboard and mouse either that would really help getting some games to run.  I can't currently play those Relic run and jump games cause the mouse isn't emulated to play them. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I can tell you how to configure your mouse and keyboard for playing game if you want

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

well that would be great.  I'm not good at all at programming but if it doesn't involve me touching the source i'm good with that.   Just let me know what it takes. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

It does not involve programming it just requires an app that you can download from the play store but most of the people don't know how to configure these app but I'll tell you how to but give me you Facebook or Skype so that we can talk easily

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I sent you an email sherr...@gmail.com

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

So how about the keyboard and mouse instructions i'd really love to make more use of this Android system. 

[fgdn17]

it's extremely hard for a developer to very what's a persons eyes sees....therefore PROOF

is needed, that's why there are logs....sometimes one person doesn't see what a developer does and

therefore the information gets skewed and post / answers tend to go on...and on...and on......and the real

issue never gets addressed......so just provide the information requested if possible...!!!

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

When I'll install it again then I'll show you.

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Okay so I tried that and it was going no where for me.  So I suppose he might be on to something if we can wait hopefully we will have the solution to the control issues.  

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Eric Frendo-Cumbo <eric.fre...@gmail.com> wrote:

Okay everyone so I looked around on the net and found only one video for using Keyboard and mouse as a control method for any app.  So what your going to need is USB/Joystick Center and joy2touch server.  Its not available at the Google Play store anymore however there is some APK that can be found using Google's search engine.  I'm not listing it here in case of piracy issues.  You can watch a video here that is a little sketchy on how to get it to work.  There is a lot of things your going to have to do to get this to work right for sensitivity and of course for other games cause they will have different play schemes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPkGW8sDgs

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Eric Frendo-Cumbo <eric.fre...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think we could very much understand to do it if its just a plain app that allows us to do it.  I think this is just a tease and that isn't funny.  

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I'll first show how to play Asphalt 8 tommorow

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Hey guys. Here is the tutorial but it's only for shadow fight :(. I have a link of Tincore also and sorry the video isn't so good and even is not on YouTube because it's blocked
Tincore: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4cUQpT7lAtdRXFSYm42bDVtU1k/view?usp=docslist_api
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4cUQpT7lAtdNFdrSHJlc1pYVFU/view?usp=docslist_api

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Sorry I cannot make video for Asphalt 8 but I can tell how to
Open Tincore and without doing anything apply it then open the game
Default controls are (Move left and right with arrow keys for brake press k and for nitrous press backspace)
Thanks

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Thanks for the help i'll check this out.  How about for some of the games that won't accept the touch of the mouse/trackpad.   For some reason games like Temple Run 1 & 2 don't work cause it asks you to tap the screen but for some reason the mouse/trackpad don't work.

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Also seems to be issues with parsing Tincore for setup?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Also help us learn how to setup like yours considering all I get is auto control sets it doesn't allow me to set keys manually. 

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Well I spent a good time with it today its a little touchy with things but other then that it works pretty well.  Every now and then you have to reopen the app to accept the games controls cause for some reason it broke for me a few times.  My laptop however is a little buggy I should try a USB keyboard at some point.  Anyways thanks for the suggest on how use keyboard and mouse its pretty nifty and great for some games where its hard to get that extra button cause of the quick response you need. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I am really glad now make a video of yourself and show me what's the problem 😀

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Maybe it's a problem with your keyboard

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Just explore it by yourself or otherwise I'll tell you

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

It'll be a lot easier for me if someone can tell how to record screen in 4.4.4 r3

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

The only way is if and when they have external monitor output and use a recorder with HDMI capture.  I was able to get external output to work with VGA but capturing that is a pain and more expensive. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Eric which version of Android0x86 are you using?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Lollipop

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Arm apps working fine with internet connection?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Yes only a few break with internet connection errors but most work fine for me.  The Tincore tends to have issues still.  I'm using the laptop keyboard and usb mouse and sometimes it sends me command prompt or just breaks altogether. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I don't know why it is like this for you what are your laptop specs? Or maybe it's the problem with lollipop because I am using it on KitKat

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

It would likely be either the OS or my crappy laptop it was given to me and not in great shape.  So things break every now and then but I'll continue to test to see if I have further issues. 

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

OK :)

[stavros daliakopoulos]

A couple of apps that have trouble

"France 24" does not play video

"Uno friends" does not load

"Vision tv network" complains about missing wifi (false)

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

I also had this problem you should install KitKat until the next release candidate of lollipop 🍭

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Yeah Uno Friends works fine in later releases with apps compatibility enabled. 

[stavros daliakopoulos]

Nice,

How about the other two apps, can you give them a try?

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I do remember there was a small issue with Uno Friends and possibly that is the reason why you are saying its unplayable.  I believe if I remember correctly you had to put in your age I can't remember the trick I did but I believe I used the virtual Keyboard and typed my age then pressed next and you were on your way.  You don't need Tincore to play the game either it works out of the box.

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

Ya you're right 

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Another issue I have is with the Mic.  I've tried using the ALSA app and it doesn't do any better.  However what it does is record noise its not even usable for Skype conversations.  Like I said this laptop is pretty mashed up a friend gave it to me and the only reason for using it was this nice little project.  For me the system is starting to run better.  I found turning off notifcations for Facebook, Messenger and Skype help cause the system takes time to load all the information of messages you received friends and trust me it can be a big number if you go days without using your machine. 

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Oh and another thing it does seem Uno Friends is not working right now maybe the same issue it doesn't get passed the game loading screen and goes black.  I have to press the power button so I the options at the bottom of the screen to go back to the Google desktop screen whatever its called lol

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

and another thing how do you activate tilt motion?

[محمد شہریار منور‎]

For your mic go to /etc and open init.sh as text now search for 'Internal mic boost'after finding it erase the 'Boost' in it and restart it'll work fine

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

okay i'll give that a test.  I really wish I could get the camera to work as well.  I don't care about getting the app to work to much but for some reason the OS turns the Camera upside down.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 8:20 PM, محمد شہریار منور <sherr...@gmail.com> wrote:

For your mic go to /etc and open init.sh as text now search for 'Internal mic boost'after finding it erase the 'Boost' in it and restart it'll work fine

[mike...@android-x86.net]

Try turning mic volume to 2 or 1. Mine was set to 3 and all it recorded was static..

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I've tried both methods of course I got the root error so I used Turbo Editor.  Went to System/etc then opened init.sh.  Changed the Internal Mic Boost to Internal Mic and of course changed the 3 to 1.  I boot up my system and the Android logo is removed and will no longer boot.   No worries I do know I can reinstall without format and that'll fix the init.sh file.

[Mke]

Verify your file permissions. And in my version there was already an internal mic and mic boost... So instead of changing I'd just add.

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

lol how do i do this

[Quang Nguyen]

Just use the x86 version one, don't use x86-64, the 64-bit kernel is unstable with x86 android

[Mike]

In total commander you just long press the file and hit permissions, Should be the same  in most file managers..

Mike

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I may already be using the x86 version as far as I know.  There is an option to install EFI bootloader but my system of course doesn't take advantage of that being an older machine using the legacy bios method. 

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Quang Nguyen <boostyou...@gmail.com> wrote:

use the x86 version, not the x86-64 EFI

[Vilmondes Eracton]

Have you guys managed to get Snapchat working in any of the Android versions?

It opens for me but then crashes when I attempt to sign in. Guess it's something related to the camera...

On Thursday, 15 October 2015 03:10:02 UTC-3, Eric Frendo-Cumbo wrote:

I just wanted to know if this is normal.  Only some of my apps aren't working now.  Skype is broken, Camera is broken and a lot of old 2D games don't seem to run to well either.  3D games run a lot better but I had seen that as one of the main fixes in 5.1-rc1. I know this is in alpha/beta so its expected that things are either broken or tend to break from time to time so I just wanted to know if this is happening to anybody else.

[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

I found out the issue for me was that my computer wasn't fully compatible.  Do note that this is still in early stages so its possible that, that is the reason why a lot of things don't work properly.

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[Eric Frendo-Cumbo]

Nevermind I thought we were talking about Remix OS