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03 April 2013

ANDROID WON`T BOOT INTO GUI, ONLY COMMAND LINE: ERROR SOLVED

AFTER INSTALLATION ANDROID JUST WON`T BOOT INTO GUI,IT JUST BOOTS INTO
COMMAND LINE AS SHOWN ABOVE.

THIS PROBLEM CAN BE AVOIDED BY JUST EDITING OPTIONS WHEN INSTALLING 
(OR)
EDITING KERNEL ARGUMENTS AFTER INSTALLATION BEFORE BOOT
   
DURING INSTALLATION
THE PROBLEM CAN BE AVOIDED BY JUST EDITING OPTIONS DURING INSTALLATION.
ON THE FIRST INSTALLATION SCREEN HIGHLIGHT INSTALLATION & PRESS TAB TO EDIT OPTION.
YOU WILL BE GREETED WITH THIS SCREEN WHICH GIVES US A CHANCE TO MODIFY THE KERNEL OPTIONS ON IT AS BELOW,NOW WE JUST HAVE TO CHANGE THE PART WHICH HERE IS MARKED WITH GREEN RECTANGLE.
JUST CHANGE THE PARAMETER FROM "androidboot.hardware=android_x86"
TO "androidboot.hardware=x86" AS SHOWN BELOW (CASE SENSITIVE) AND PRESS ENTER & CONTINUE WITH REST OF THE INSTALLATION.AFTER INSTALLATION YOU WILL BE FIRST BOOTED INTO COMMAND LINE & THEN IN A BLINK TO GUI

AFTER INSTALLATION BEFORE BOOT

AFTER INSTALLATION ANDROID IN SOME CASES WON`T BOOT INTO GUI,BOOTS ONLY INTO COMMAND LINE,IT CAN BE RESOLVED BY EDITING THE KERNEL ARGUMENTS BEFORE BOOT AS SHOWN BELOW.ON THE BOOT SCREEN PRESS 'a' WITHOUT QUOTES TO MODIFY KERNEL ARGUMENTS AS SHOWN BELOW
YOU WILL BE SHOWN KERNEL ARGUMENTS
JUST CHANGE THE PARAMETER "androidboot.hardware=android_x86" TO "androidboot.hardware=x86" (CASE SENSITIVE) AS SHOWN BELOW
& PRESS ENTER
 NOW YOU WILL BE FIRST BOOTED INTO COMMAND LINE&AFTER A FEW SECONDS INTO GUI AS ..





HOW TO INSTALL ANDROID OS 4.2(Jelly Bean) IN VIRTUAL BOX

  
ANDROID 4.2 ISO IMAGE CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM HERE: http://www.androidx86.org/releases/build-20130228 
IN THIS POST I WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION OF ANDROID 4.2(Jelly Bean) IN VIRTUAL BOX.
 
INSTALL VIRTUAL BOX AND CREATE A NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE AS DEPICTED BELOW

 GIVE ANY DESIRED NAME,SELECT TYPE=LINUX & VERSION=ORACLE AS SHOWN BELOW

ALLOCATE 1024 MB MEMORY(RAM)

CREATE A NEW VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE
CHOOSE DYNAMICALLY EXPANDING
ALLOCATE HARD DISK SIZE=15-20 GB
UPON COMPLETING THOSE THINGS,BELOW WINDOW WILL APPEAR,GO TO SETTINGS TAB
SET THE FIRST BOOT PRIORITY TO HARD DISK AS SHOWN BELOW
ALLOCATE 30MB FOR GRAPHICS SPACE
ATTACH THE DVD/CD> ANDROID ISO
SELECT THE ANDROID ISO YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED EARLIER
CHECK LIVE CD/DVD
NOW EVERYTHING SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS >CLICK ON START
YOU WILL BE GREETED WITH THE BOOT SCREEN >SELECT INSTALLATION
SELECT CREATE/MODIFY PARTITIONS > HIGHLIGHT OK >PRESS ENTER
 SELECT NEW WITH THE HELP OF ARROW KEYS >PRESS ENTER
SELECT PRIMARY >PRESS ENTER
 SELECT SIZE >PRESS ENTER
 HIGHLIGHT BOOTABLE >PRESS ENTER
 HIGHLIGHT WRITE >PRESS ENTER
 NOW TYPE >YES
 AFTER WRITE IS COMPLETED>HIGHLIGHT QUIT >PRESS ENTER
 SELECT "SDA1   LINUX    VBOX HARDDISK" AS SHOWN BELOW >PRESS ENTER
 FORMAT USING >EXT3
 FORMAT SDA1 >CHOOSE YES
IT WILL BE FORMATTED......
  INSTALL GRUB > HIGHLIGHT YES > PRESS ENTER
  INSTALL SYSTEM DIRECTORY AS READ WRITE >HIGHLIGHT YES >PRESS ENTER
 INSTALLING ANDROID.........
 YOU CAN SELECT EITHER RUN TO BOOT INTO ANDROID OR REBOOT
 SIT BACK & ENJOY Jelly Bean
 WELCOME SCREEN >FROM HERE ONWARDS...I SKIPPED SOME STEPS WHICH I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CUSTOMIZE FOR YOURSELF
 HERE IT IS....
SOME SCREEN SHOTS....
 THAT`S  IT........!