RUNNING "ANDROID"

IN A
VIRTUAL MACHINE
IN
"ORACLE VM VIRTUALBOX"
IN "WINDOWS.."

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 SUMMARY
You can install and run a free copy
of "Android 4.3" in a virtual
machine inside the free "Oracle
VM VirtualBox" program in a
"Windows.." computer.
This gives you a chance to learn
about the "Android" flavor of Linux
without or prior to spending money
for an "Android" phone or tablet.
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 Real Physical Computer running
Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1 OS
"Oracle VM VirtualBox" (free)
Virtual Machine Program
"Android" (free)
running in a
virtual machine
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• It is harder to run "Android" in
"..VirtualBox" relative to "VMware Player"
because "..VirtualBox" does not offer
mouse integration for "Android":
In "..VirtualBox", you cannot click inside
the virtual machine windows to get your
mouse to work inside the virtual machine.
Instead, you have to use the "Devices"
menu option to "connect" your mouse to
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• After doing this, your mouse's cursor will
be stuck inside the virtual machine.
To free the mouse cursor from the virtual
machine, you have to physically
disconnect and reconnect the mouse's
USB plug from the USB port of the
computer. After you do this, the mouse
will work outside the virtual machine
window but it will not work inside the
virtual machine until you use the
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• To reduce wear on the USB port

of your computer, we recommend
that you use a USB extension
cable so that you can do the
disconnects and reconnects your
mouse with the equipment end of
the USB extension cable:
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• See
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20
48220/hybrid-hijinks-how-to-
install-android-on-your-pc.html
for the hyperlink for downloading
the ISO file that is an image of
the installation CD for "Android
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• Download the .ISO file for the CD
installation image for "Android
4.3".
• Create a new virtual machine and
attach the .ISO to it.
• Start up the virtual machine and
follow the instructions inside
Android's installation program.
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• During the installation process,
skip the setup of a wireless
access point since the Andriod
will automatically connect to
the virtual wired network
adapter that "VMware Player"
provides for it.
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• During the installation process,
skip the setup of a Google
account since your Google
account will fail to recognize your
Android virtual machine as a
legitimate device to synchronize
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• Click on the "New" button:

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• Click on the "New" button:

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• Provide a name for the virtual

machine:

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• In this example, we named the

virtual machine
"Android 4.3"

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• Select "Linux" for the type of

virtual machine:

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• Select "Other Linux" for the

version:

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• Click on the "Next" button:

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• Click

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• Drag the slider to select the

amount of virtual RAM for the
virtual machine:

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• Click on the "Next" button:

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• Make sure that "Create a hard
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Then click on the "Create" button:

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• Leave the hard drive type set to the top

default setting. Then click on the "Next"
button:

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• Make sure that "Dynamically

allocated" is selected. Then click
on the "Continue" button.

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• Click and drag the slider to
determine the size of the virtual
hard drive:

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• Click on the "Create" button:

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• Click on the "Settings" button:

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• A "..Settings" box will be
displayed:

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• Click on "Storage":

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• The virtual IDE controller will be
displayed in the "Storage Tree":

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• Click on the "Empty" CD image:

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• The CD image will now be
highlighted:

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• Click on the CD icon near the
right edge of the box:

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• Click on "Choose a virtual

CD/DVD image file" in the pop-up
context menu.

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• A "Please choose.." dialog box

will be displayed:

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• Click on the .ISO file of "Android

4.3" that you downloaded earlier:

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• The .ISO file of "Android 4.3" will

now be shown in the "File Name"
box:

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• Click on the "Open" button:

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• Click on the "OK" button:

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• The new "Andriod 4.3" virtual
machine will be listed in the
"Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager"
window:

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• Click on the "Start" button:

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• The following box is totally

incorrect but click on its "OK"
button anyway:

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• Click

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• The following notice is also totally

incorrect but click on its "OK"
button anyway"

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• Click

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• Click

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• The "Grub 2" bootup menu of

"Android 4.3" will be displayed:

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• Use the down arrow key to select

the bottom option:

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• Press the Enter key once:

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• Click

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• Click

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• Tab or right arrow key to "New".

Then press the "Enter" key once:

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• Leave "Primary" selected. Then

press the Enter key once:

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• Adjust the size of the virtual hard

drive partition. Then press the
Enter key once:

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• Leave "Bootable" selected. Then

press the Enter key once:

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• The "Boot" flag will be displayed:

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• Tab or right arrow key to "Write"

and then press the Enter key
once:

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• An "Are you sure?" message will be

displayed:

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• Type in
yes
and then press the Enter key
once:

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• The bottom of the box will say

"Writing partition to disk...":

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• When "Writing partition table to disk..." goes

away, your new virtual hard drive partition is
initialized and ready formatting in a future
step..
• Tab or right arrow key to "Quit" and then press
the Enter key once:

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• Tab or right arrow key to make

sure that "OK" is selected, then
press the "Enter" key once.

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• Down arrow key to select "EXT3"

file format:

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• Enter key with "OK" highlighted.

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• Press the "Enter" key once:

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• Left arrow key to select "Yes":

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• Press the Enter key once:

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• Click

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• Press the Enter key again:

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• A horizontal status bar shows

you the progress of the format
process for the virtual hard
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• At this point, you will be stuck in

an endless cycle of installing
"Android 4.3" into your virtual
machine unless you first shut
down the virtual machine and
disconnect the .ISO file that
represents the installation CD for
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• Click once on the red "X" button

in the upper-right corner of the
virtual machine window:

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• Select the "Power off the

machine" option:

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• Click on the "OK" button:

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• Click on the "Settings" button:

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• Click on "Storage":

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• The virtual IDE controller will

be displayed in the "Storage
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• Click on the Android 4.3 ISO

file:

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• Click on the CD icon on the

right edge of the window:

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• Click on "Remove disk from

virtual drive" in the popup context
menu.

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• Click on the "OK" button:

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• The virtual CD will not be

shown as "Empty":

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• Start the virtual machine by

clicking on the "Start" button:

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• Press the "Enter" key once:

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• Press the tab key until the

Start button turns blue and
then press the Enter key:

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• Unlike other virtual machine

programs, in "Oracle VM
Virtualbox", you cannot make the
mouse cursor go inside the virtual
machine window by clicking
inside the virtual machine
window.
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• To put the mouse cursor inside the

virtual machine for use there:
Click on "Devices" in the Menu Bar
of the virtual machine.
Click on "USB Devices" in the pull-
down menu.
Click on the listing for your mouse in
the pop-up context menu.
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• Click on "Devices" in the Menu

Bar of the virtual machine.
Click on "USB Devices" in the
pull-down menu.
Click on the listing for your
mouse in the pop-up context
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• Click on the "Start" button:

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• A "Welcome" banner will be

displayed for 20 to 50
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• When asked to "Select Wi-Fi",

you do not need to and doing
so will not work anyway, so
click on the "Skip" button:

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• Click on "Skip anyway":

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• When asked if you have a
Google account, click on the "No"
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• Click on "Not now":

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• Click on the right pointing

triangle button to move
forward:

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• Click on the right pointing

triangle button to move
forward:

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• Click on the right pointing

triangle button to move
forward:

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• Click on the "Finish" button:

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• Click on the "Apps Button".

It looks like a circle with six
white squares inside it:

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• Click on the "OK" button:

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• The apps screen includes a

"Settings" button and a
"Terminal Emulator" button:

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• If you encounter a lock screen,

unlock the Android virtual
machine by dragging the lock
out of the circle:

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• Then you can click on the

"Apps button" to get to a
usable screen:

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• This is the highest level usable

screen:

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• If your "Android 4.3" virtual

machine goes to sleep, the only
way that you can wake it is to
press on the "Context Menu Key"
of the keyboard. The "Context
Menu Key" is sometimes called
the "Menu Key".
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• If your "Android" virtual machine falls
asleep and you cannot remember
about the "Context Menu" key, your
other alternative is to disconnect the
mouse from the USB port, wait 5
seconds, and then resert the
mouse's USB plug back into the USB
port. Then close the virtual machine
by clicking on the red "x" button.
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• To get your mouse cursor out of the
virtual machine, you have to do the
following:
Disconnect the USB plug of the
mouse from the USB port of the
computer.
Wait 5 seconds.
Reconnect the USB plug of the
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• To close down the virtual

machine if the mouse cursor is
working:
Use your mouse cursor to drag
the right half of the top "Status
Bar" downward.
Then click on the "Power Off"
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• To close down the virtual machine if the
mouse cursor is not working:
Follow the previous procedure to get the
mouse cursor out of the virtual machine.
Then click on the red "X" button in the
upper-right corner of the virtual machine.
Select "Power off the machine" from the
"Close Virtual Machine?" dialog box.
Finally, click on the "OK" button of the
"Close Virtual Machine?" dialog 210 box.