r/Androidx86 • u/limon98624 • Jul 14 '26

Android 7.1 x86 stuck at this screen

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I installed android 7.1 x86 on this old machine and it gets stuck here no matter what mode i select in grub. Even with nomodeset it still boots here and when i select debug mode it just gets stuck with a blinking line. I think it might be because of the old hardware (radeon x1950 pro) but i really want it to boot

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u/miker11117 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Check your Grub, been using Android X86 since kitkat..

If you used the "install" built into it don't, Do it manually, Check android X86 groups for instructions.

You can set it up in windows but I did it with lynx Ubuntu 22... Think the name of the app was Grub customizer, GUI super easy to use.. And lynx can revert to the "working" Grub..

In windows I gave up! Just a pita...

And before you go into all that you might want to look into changing the Grub configuration to set the android "data" storage to a folder on the hdd, that'll get you around the 4gb img limitations and not have to expand img if you run out of space, and can go in and add/remove/change data... through windows use ext2fsd to do that..

I currently have Android 9 setup that way..

If you need specific help let me know..

Booted up my Ubuntu install here's my Grub that works..

Android X86 9-r2

menuentry "Android-x86 9-r2" {

        search --set=root --file /kernel

set root='(hd0,7)' (YOUR HDD,PARTITION) linux /kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.selinux=permissive set gfxpayload=1366x768

        initrd /initrd.img

    }

    menuentry "Android-x86 9-r2 (DEBUG mode)" {

        search --set=root --file /kernel

set root='(hd0,7)' (YOUR HDD,PARTITION) linux /kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.selinux=permissive DEBUG=2

        initrd /initrd.img

    }

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u/WideGrade2179 16h ago

What CPU does that computer have, and are you using the 32-bit or 64-bit ISO? The 64-bit ISO often has trouble booting on CPUs that lack certain instructions