{"id":6820,"date":"2012-01-03T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/03\/testing-android-x86-ics-4-0-3-build-1-1-2012\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:57:15","slug":"testing-android-x86-ics-4-0-3-build-1-1-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/03\/testing-android-x86-ics-4-0-3-build-1-1-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Android x86 ICS 4.0.3 Build (1.1.2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I've blogged already about Android-x86.org project and also <a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/testing-android-x86-4-0-1-ice-cream-sandwich\/\">wrote<\/a> about ice cream sandwich installed on a SD on my netbook. It was still a developers build, but now the next release has been available. &lt; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl-vg03.met.vgwort.de\/na\/dd5c2f2cbf1d41eaae72d25cafd3e52f\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/&gt;The android x86 project just released on 1. January 2012 new builds of Android x86 here. All builds are based on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich developer branch and are suited for tablet pcs (slates) and netbooks. Here are the key features integrated (see):\n\n\n<ul\/>\n<li>Kernel 3.0.8 with KMS enabled. Most tablets\/netbooks can run Android-x86 in the native resolution.<\/li>\n<li>OpenGL hardware acceleration for AMD Radeon and Intel chipsets. However, if you have trouble with it, you can disable it by adding HWACCEL=0 to the cmdline.<\/li>\n<li>Support Wifi, multitouch and audio.<\/li>\n<li>Experimental support of Renderscript.<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid mode of iso images.<\/li>\n<li>A new text based GUI installer which supports ext3\/ext2\/ntfs\/fat32 filesystems.<\/li>\n<li>External usb drive and sdcard are auto mounted on plugging.<\/li>\n<li>Compressed filesystem (squashfs).<\/li>\n<p>A short test in a virtual machine, using VMware Workstation, failed, because the setup wizard was always stopped. Then I created a live system on a USB stick using <a href=\"http:\/\/unetbootin.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unetbootin. This ICS 4.0.3 live system was booteable, and I was able to to run WiFi, android market and some other apps. Here is the setting page, showing android details<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Uys1nuG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afterward, I used the instruction given <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/testing-android-x86-4-0-1-ice-cream-sandwich\/\">here<\/a>, to install Android 4.0.3 (ICS) on a SD card. After setting up the system, I was greeted with the intro desktop shown below. The screen provides some informationshow to customize the desktop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jJKfOvO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Playing a bit around with the new build showed, that more apps are useable \u2013 beside WiFi and android market the file manager was also working. The web cam didn't made it on my MSI Wind U100. I haven't a tablet pc, so I could not test touch screen. A short test I made with a live system booted on a Dell Inspiron 2330 wasn't supporting touch handling. So my conclusion is: The Android x86 developers made a nice job, but's still a way to go, untill we see RC1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I've blogged already about Android-x86.org project and also wrote about ice cream sandwich installed on a SD on my netbook. 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