Timeline for Install Android-x86 in Virtualbox VM, then root it
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| Dec 14 at 15:48 | history | edited | Andrew T.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 13 at 17:50 | answer | added | Bhupesh S | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 6, 2014 at 18:01 | answer | added | user79159 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 7, 2014 at 19:16 | vote | accept | SPRBRN | ||
| Sep 7, 2014 at 14:44 | answer | added | Paul Ratazzi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 1, 2014 at 5:47 | comment | added | Izzy |
Sure, if /system is read-only. On install you can decide to have it read/write by default (which is what I did), makes things easier. You can also mount -o remount,rw /system to make it writeable. You might also wish to check first whether Superuser.apk does already exist, before you try installing it (I don't remember if I needed to install it or if it already was there).
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| Aug 31, 2014 at 19:39 | comment | added | SPRBRN | I've updated the question - 4.2 didn't work as well. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 19:38 | history | edited | SPRBRN | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2014 at 19:06 | comment | added | SPRBRN | Aside from the rooting, why can't I reboot after installing? Why does it seem like I go back to the live image? Do I miss a step somehow? | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 18:57 | comment | added | SPRBRN | I can't get 4.4 to start up. So I'll give 4.2 a try and hope that works. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 16:55 | comment | added | Izzy |
I've got 4.0 (ICS) running in a VM. It has /system/xbin/su as well as /system/app/Superuser.apk, the latter being for the apps part. Never checked 4.4, but doesn't it have these as well?
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| Aug 31, 2014 at 16:49 | comment | added | SPRBRN | I'm going to try 4.4. It does come with root access, but that only works for the terminal via ALT-F1. It does not mean that the apps can use root access. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 15:50 | history | edited | SPRBRN | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 31, 2014 at 15:29 | comment | added | Izzy | If you're talking about Android-x86 in VirtualBox: It usually comes with root access. Except for the 4.3 image, which I also failed to get root access on. You might wish to try a different image then. | |
| Aug 31, 2014 at 14:19 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAndroid/status/506083885978251265 | ||
| Aug 31, 2014 at 13:17 | history | asked | SPRBRN | CC BY-SA 3.0 |