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Martijn van Beek
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Small write up on how to install Android 4.0 ICS on a netbook or a laptop, including links to all needed files and a installation guide.

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Android 4.0 ICS on your laptop/netbook Martijn van Beek http://goo.gl/zvndF
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook
What does one do with some spare hours and an old laptop/netbook? Bring that laptop/netbook back to life and install + Android on it of course! Why? Because you like to fiddle around with Android, because you want to repurpose that old laptop, because you don¡¯t own a tablet¡­. ? done with open source software ? lightweight operating system (will run on older hardware) ? Installation in approx. 20 minutes
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook
? works with keyboard and mouse/trackpad ? Google Play Store works ? Video streaming worked (after installing the MX videoplayer app from the Play Store, with the needed codecs)
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook
The necessities: ? an Android for PC installation file: http://goo.gl/5ALuF . I have installed the RC2-asus_laptop.iso. Just try another version if the first one doesn¡¯t work. ? software to create a bootable USB-stick. I used Unetbootin (http://goo.gl/w8jU2 ), will only work on a Windows capable PC (I have not looked into methods for Mac) ? a netbook/mini-laptop of some sort. Mine is a +TOSHIBA NB305-N410BL, with an +Intel Atom N450 and 1GB of Ram. ? a USB-stick (1 GB minimum) ? internet access ? a good installation guide/how to, which you will find here http://goo.gl/QqmIo
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook
Some notes: ? it seems Android can not be installed to a FAT32 formatted partition ? once you have Android installed, I would advice you tick uncheck the ¡°screen auto rotate¡± box in the Android settings menu ? try to increase the internal storage space with a tool like Parted Magic http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook
Android 4 on your laptop or netbook

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Android 4 on your laptop or netbook

  • 1. Android 4.0 ICS on your laptop/netbook Martijn van Beek http://goo.gl/zvndF
  • 3. What does one do with some spare hours and an old laptop/netbook? Bring that laptop/netbook back to life and install + Android on it of course! Why? Because you like to fiddle around with Android, because you want to repurpose that old laptop, because you don¡¯t own a tablet¡­. ? done with open source software ? lightweight operating system (will run on older hardware) ? Installation in approx. 20 minutes
  • 5. ? works with keyboard and mouse/trackpad ? Google Play Store works ? Video streaming worked (after installing the MX videoplayer app from the Play Store, with the needed codecs)
  • 7. The necessities: ? an Android for PC installation file: http://goo.gl/5ALuF . I have installed the RC2-asus_laptop.iso. Just try another version if the first one doesn¡¯t work. ? software to create a bootable USB-stick. I used Unetbootin (http://goo.gl/w8jU2 ), will only work on a Windows capable PC (I have not looked into methods for Mac) ? a netbook/mini-laptop of some sort. Mine is a +TOSHIBA NB305-N410BL, with an +Intel Atom N450 and 1GB of Ram. ? a USB-stick (1 GB minimum) ? internet access ? a good installation guide/how to, which you will find here http://goo.gl/QqmIo
  • 9. Some notes: ? it seems Android can not be installed to a FAT32 formatted partition ? once you have Android installed, I would advice you tick uncheck the ¡°screen auto rotate¡± box in the Android settings menu ? try to increase the internal storage space with a tool like Parted Magic http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/