Android x86 on Lenovo Yoga 730IKB

[Lenz Wagner]

Hey guys, i recently tried to install Androidx86 an my Laptop but i couldnt get it working. My Laptop has a Intel i5 8250U together with an Intel UHD Graphics 620. I have stock BIOS settings apart from disableling Secure Boot of course. I created my USB-Stick with Rufus using MBR and Fat32. When i boot up from the stick, i can see the menu, but i i press Live Boot for example i can see the ">" for a lil time, before the screen dims slowly just to turn off. I tried the other options aswell, same result. I deleted the quiet command and this is what i captured everytime. Pls tell me what going wrong with my machine.

[ouija]

I'd suggest trying a different kernel and see if it works; I have similar issues out the gate with one of my devices which does the very same thing when running kernel 4.19 or higher.

See if this version of BlissOS 7.2 works for you (kernel 4.12): https://sourceforge.net/projects/blissos-x86/files/Official/bleeding_edge/archived/Nougat/Bliss-v7.2-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20171103-0937_k4.12_oto-installer.iso/download

[Lenz Wagner]

First of all. thx for your answer. I tried to create my stick with your image, but i cant find the stick in the bootmenu. I used Rufus. What could be the problem here? And my other Question. Could the problem be releated to using RST instead of AHCI?

[ouija]

What is the make/model of the laptop?  If it doesn't find that usb in the bootmenu, then I'm assuming that maybe UEFI mode isn't enabled in the BIOS (or supported?)  If it is, ensure UEFI mode is enabled (Disable CSM) and try again?

[ouija]

Try this image file instead and see if that helps (note that the installer for this is broken I think, so just see if "Live mode" works for your device, for now): https://sourceforge.net/projects/blissos-x86/files/Official/bleeding_edge/archived/Nougat/Bliss-v7.2-android_x86_64-OFFICIAL-20171103-1727_k4.12_oto-installer.img/download

[Lenz Wagner]

OMG yes it did boot, but as you said, i cant get past the installtion. What could i do now?

[ouija]

Okay then you're likely having similar issues as I am when it comes to kernel 4.19 not woring properly with the graphic card or something else which is preventing it from loading (haven't figured what it is yet -- there is some patch or change that is either causing a framebuffer issue or something that prevents the i915 driver from loading on certain baytrail/chrerrytrail based devices)

Your best best is to build a version of Android 8.1-r2 from source, using kernel 4.18 or 4.14 as the source.   But you may run into other issues with 4.18, like battery status not working, etc. (all depends on your hardware)

Follow instructions here on how to build: https://www.android-x86.org/source.html

To change kernel, after you've synced the repo, change to the ./kernel directory and type:

git fetch x86 kernel-4.18 
git checkout FETCH_HEAD 
cd .. 

Or if you want to save time and not attempt this for the moment, you can try the build that I created for my Insigina Flex8 tablet, which is based off Android-x86 8.1-r2 with Kernel 4.18 --> https://www.filemail.com/d/dyyixaejinujzcu

Use Rufus and create USB installer using ISO from: https://osdn.net/projects/android-x86/downloads/69704/android-x86_64-8.1-r2.iso/

Replace system.sfs and kernel files on the USB installer with system.img and kernel from the downloaded .zip file

Install and enjoy.

[Lenz Wagner]

Thanks, i tried your build, but i dowsnt boot. If i can put all informations you gave me toghether, im assuming that i have to use a 32.bit build right? Have you tried the latest, bliss 32-bit build?

[𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖏𝖆]

No, I've never used a 32-bit based build yet -- Android-x86 is known to be buggy with 32bit builds, and 64-bit is recommended if your processor supports x64 architecture.

[Lenz Wagner]

Do you know what changed from the build that boots and the newer Bliss or Androidx86 builds?!

[𝖔𝖚𝖎𝖏𝖆]

The kernel version changed to a newer version.

I did find out today, however, that Nvidia driver support isn't great in 64bit builds, so if you have an Nvidia graphics card, using a 32bit build might be better.

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