Android x86 version that behaves like a smartphone, not like a tablet

[Marcel Florian]

Is there any version or setting on Android x86 to change from a tablet to a smartphone?

I have installed 5.1. successfully on VirtualBox on my Mac. It even recognizes the external WiFi adapter my MacBooks Bluetooth adapter. I want to pair it with my smartwatch, the Moto 360 2nd generation, but it seems to fail because the Android Wear app is optimized for smartphones only.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-01-13 20:02 GMT+08:00 Marcel Florian <marcel.s...@googlemail.com>:
> Is there any version or setting on Android x86 to change from a tablet to a smartphone?
>
> I have installed 5.1. successfully on VirtualBox on my Mac. It even recognizes the external WiFi adapter my MacBooks Bluetooth adapter. I want to pair it with my smartwatch, the Moto 360 2nd generation, but it seems to fail because the Android Wear app is optimized for smartphones only.

The Android Wear app is NOT specific for smartphones only.
Surely it works on Android tablets.
(I'm working for Android Wear based project now)

The reason why Android Wear app doesn't work
on android-x86 is still under investigating.


--
Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

[Marcel Florian]

Hello Chih-Wei,

do you know if it works with 4.4?

[Marcel Florian]

It seems that on Android Wear can not connect to the Moto 360 even on Android 4.4 ...

[Antony Stone]

On Monday 18 January 2016 at 17:55:35, Pavel Astakhov wrote:

> Interesting.... would be cool to know how to convert it to a Phone and not
> Tablet and see if that is the problem

What's the actual definition of "a phone" rather than "a tablet"?

Is it just some "device type" which the O/S reports to applications, is it the
present / absence of GSM/UMTS/etc hardware for making calls, is it the screen
size / orientation...?

How does an app "know" whether it's running on a phone or a tablet?


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[Marcel Florian]

Yes, would be interesting to know. Does anybody know how to switch to a smartphone? 

Am Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016 06:33:14 UTC+1 schrieb Marcel Florian:

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-01-19 15:38 GMT+08:00 Marcel Florian <marcel.s...@googlemail.com>:
> Yes, would be interesting to know. Does anybody know how to switch to a
> smartphone?

Try to remove the line in
device/generic/common/device.mk

PRODUCT_CHARACTERISTICS := tablet

That should set back the characteristics to the default,
i.e., phone.

[Marcel Florian]

That looks promising! I'll try it 

[Marcel Florian]

Hi Vel Asta,

I'll try it at the weekend and keep you informed about the results. Already downloaded the source code from the repo.

Am Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2016 20:28:43 UTC+1 schrieb Vel Asta:

Hey Marcel. Did you manage to try what Mr. Chih-Wei Huang said? I'm not near a computer for the next few days cause I'm traveling but curious to see if it worked :)

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-01-27 5:07 GMT+08:00 Vela <pavel.as...@gmail.com>:
> :/ Under source/device/generic/common
>
> there is no "device.mk"
>
> There is a device.mk under source/device/generic/x86

It's right for 4.4-rX (kitkat-x86).

> but it doesn't contain the line:
>
> PRODUCT_CHARACTERISTICS := tablet

Have you got the correct source??

https://sourceforge.net/p/android-x86/device_generic_x86/ci/kitkat-x86/tree/device.mk

> Sorry did you mean some other directory?

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-01-27 12:28 GMT+08:00 Vela <pavel.as...@gmail.com>:
> Dear Mr. Chih-Wei Huang, I'm sorry for wasting your time. You are correct. I
> had two copies of the source code and the one I was looking into for some
> reason didn't have it... there seems to be some error with it since I can't
> even zip it, gives me errors through the process.
>
> Thank you very much I figured it out. I'll give it a try to see if I can
> change it to the phone like you said and not tablet :)

It just defines the product characteristics.
It may not fit what you want.
Especially, it won't change the
resolution or orientation.

[Syane Ng]

Hi, 

i am looking on the similar thing.

i have replace tablet to phone.

compilation successful.

but when i go to setting, i dont c any mobile network.

Am i miss any steps?

Thanks.