So far fruitless attempt to get started with Android inside Virtual Box.

[Bas G. Roufs]

Hello again.

Another fruitless attempt I have made to get started with Android within 
VirtualBox along the lines of this manual:

> http://www.howtogeek.com/164570/how-to-install-android-in-virtualbox/

Other things possibly useful to know:
* Host OS: an up-to-date Kubuntu 14.04 LTS system;
* Guest OS:  Android 4.4. Kitkat for the 'Eee PC Family'; 
* Hardware: Asus Eee PC Flare series, 4 GB RAM, 1.6 Ghz processor,  320 GB HD.

This time, I have been using two strategies.

First of all, I simply have been following the standard path way I usually follow 
inside Android: early log-in into my gmail account, as I did during my previous 
attempt.

Additionally, I have skipped the login in the early phase; by choosing  a  'not now' 
option, I do manage to get into the Android system and even to prevent that 
platform from 'sleeping'. 

However, both strategies fail in the end as soon as I try to sign into my Gmail 
account. One persistent problem prevents me from doing anything beyond the 
sign-in moment. I simply do not manage to  transfer the WIFI connection I am 
using, to the virtual Android system - this prevents me from using 'Google Play' - 
the app repository of Google. Both Kubuntu and VB do detect the (WIFI) 
internet connection I am using, however, Android not. According to the manual 
at 'Howtogeek', the internet connection should also work by simply skipping the 
WIFI turn-on option in Android - however, this is not the case. 

At this point, a few questions spring to my mind.

Is there anything else I can do to go beyond this deadlock?

Secondly, take a look at the hardware specs I have summarised above. Is 'Virtual 
Box' at all possible at such a machine? Is it perhaps better to install Android at 
one of the empty partitions at my machine?

Finally for now - do I need to use another recent Android version instead?

This is it for now. Thanks for considering my questions.

Respectfully Yours,

Bas G. Roufs. 





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Bas G. Roufs
Utrecht, NL, EU.
E.: bas at basroufs.eu, M./SMS: +31 6 446 835 10.


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