Android x86 5.1 Lollipop RC1 Images for VMware and VirtualBox
Android x86 developers announced the latest ported version of Android x86 5.1 Lollipop for x86/32bit machines, this is first RC1 release and includes number of interesting features, including support for 64bit processors: “The 5.1-rc1 release is based on the Android 5.1.1_r24. We added many x86 specified code and fixed issues to let the system runs smoothly on x86 platforms, especially for netbooks or tablets. The key features contain: Supports 64-bit kernel and userspace, as well as 32-bit system; Update kernel to 4.0.9; Enable OpenGL ES hardware acceleration for Intel/AMD(radeon/radeonsi)/Nvidia(nouveau) chipsets; Support booting from UEFI and installing to UEFI disk; Be able to install to ext4/ext3/ext2/NTFS/FAT32 file systems via a text based GUI installer; Support Multi-touch, Audio, Wifi, Bluetooth, Sensors, Camera and Ethernet (DHCP only); Auto-mount external usb drive and SD card with filesystem vFAT/NTFS/exFAT/ext4; Support VM including Qemu, VirtualBox and VMware; Support foreign archs (arm / arm64) via the native bridge mechanism. (Settings -> Apps Compatibility)” You can read complete release announcement here.
Known issues:
- Uvesafb doesn’t work for x86_64.
- Superuser doesn’t work for x86_64.
- Suspend and resume doesn’t work on some devices.
- No grub splash image.
We are providing you virtual images for latest version of Android x86 5.1 Lollipop for VirtualBox and VMware.
You can download VDI and VMDK images for VirtualBox & VMware from here.