Android on LX1

Forget it. I mean there are a lot of posts on how to do it. But the latest version is this and it's marked as deprecated.

No wonder. It's a 2.2 made in 2011. Hardly exciting, and even less for a Latitude X1 owner. First problem: it's not able to run ipw2200, so no wifi.

There's only a handful apps coming with the system, and I could not make myself try and plug the cable to see if there's more. Reason for my laziness? It's slow on LX1.

Maybe if someone made a port of 2.3, or 4.0 (wishful thinking) it'd be good. But other than that it's just not very usable. 

A couple of photos from the operation.

Having access to another Windows machine I use Universal USB Installer by Pen Drive Linux. Amazing little app with so many options for installation of various different systems on your stick, your head will spin. Makes the process really easy:

Boot screen somewhat similar to lots of things ;)

After having first three options failed, I chose Debug mode and found out that the mount will not work for I have linux partitions with filesystem which apparently android doesn't like and is waiting for and "exit" or in non debug mode any key.

After that apart from mentioned before ipw2200, everything else was more or less recognized.

Waiting in anticipation...

And there it is :) Boo... no service ;)

I liked the fact that it showed me correctly what my battery status is and when it will die (in my case in 8 minutes ;) But if you look at this dialog you'll notice that the lowest choice ends below the limits, and frankly there's no easy way to move there, which in case of longer menus is a problem, simply because you won't see those hidden choices.

In case you wanted to try it's good to know which keys mimic the android buttons on mobiles:
 MENU -> menu key
 BACK -> Esc key
 HOME -> windows key

 Last one, some info:

Sorry for the quality of the photos, made with my mobile :P

Having written all of this I'd like to thank people involved in creating ports to other devices, keep up the good work folks! Users of small old laptops, like mine, are counting on you!