{"id":23014,"date":"2012-03-30T13:24:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23014"},"modified":"2012-03-30T13:24:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:24:34","slug":"installing-android-on-your-netbook-part-1-5-frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/installing-android-on-your-netbook-part-1-5-frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Android on your Netbook, part 1.5: Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;\">\n<p>I&#8217;m still working on the next part of our guide to installing Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on a netbook, but for now here are the answers to a few commonly asked questions that I&#8217;ve encountered so far. If you&#8217;d like to read the original article which outlines the install process and why you&#8217;d want to even install Android on your laptop in the first place, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-on-a-netbook-part-1-install\/\">read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I uninstall Android x86?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keyable.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/01\/remove-android-x86-and-grub-loader.html\">Read this article<\/a> for full instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do I shut down?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Press the power button twice, then select &#8216;yes&#8217; on the box that appears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some apps are missing from the marketplace?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, some are missing. There isn&#8217;t much you can do about this, except wait for either Android x86 to be updated or the apps to be marked as working on x86 systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>My {wireless, keyboard, mouse, display } doesn&#8217;t work!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try a different version of the Android x86 ISO, but it may be that your hardware isn&#8217;t compatible with Android x86.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t boot into the installer, something goes wrong!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The most likely point of failure is the USB drive &#8211; try a different one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Will this work on my { some laptop or netbook } ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t know &#8211; the best way is to try it for yourself, using the &#8216;Live CD&#8217; boot option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_23022\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23022\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23022 \" title=\"6qHysh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6qHysh1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6qHysh1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6qHysh1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6qHysh1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Android x86 running on a reader&#39;s netbook.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got any other questions, feel free to ask them here in the comments below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still working on the next part of our guide to installing Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on a netbook, but for now here are the answers to a few commonly asked questions that I&#8217;ve encountered so far. If you&#8217;d like to read the original article which outlines the install process and why you&#8217;d want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23014"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23031,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23014\/revisions\/23031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}