Switch android x86 screen resolution

Question

I would like to use Android-x86 2.2 as an emulator on my Windows 7. I have downloaded VirtualBox and the ISO, and I've made a virtual machine with it, but I can't set the resolution to `320x480` or something similar. The following tutorial "Using the Android-x86 Port as your Emulator" suggests to insert: ``` <ExtraDataItem name="CustomVideoMode2" value="320x480x16" /> ``` to my `.vbox` file and I did it. Then I added `UVESA_MODE=320x480` and `vga=ask` to the boot config. When it boots, I have to press Enter to see the available options, but there is no `320x480` among them. How can I get it to work?

Accepted Answer

To change the Android-x86 screen resolution on VirtualBox you need to:

Add custom screen resolution: Android <6.0:

```
VBoxManage setextradata "VM_NAME_HERE" "CustomVideoMode1" "320x480x16"
```

Android >=6.0:

```
    VBoxManage setextradata "VM_NAME_HERE" "CustomVideoMode1" "320x480x32"
```

Figure out what is the ‘hex’-value for your `VideoMode`: 2.1. Start the VM 2.2. In GRUB menu enter a (Android >=6.0: e) 2.3. In the next screen append `vga=ask` and press Enter 2.4. Find your resolution and write down/remember the 'hex'-value for `Mode` column

Translate the value to decimal notation (for example `360` hex is `864` in decimal).

Go to `menu.lst` and modify it: 4.1. From the GRUB menu select `Debug Mode` 4.2. Input the following:

```
mount -o remount,rw /mnt  
cd /mnt/grub  
vi menu.lst
```

4.3. Add `vga=864` (if your ‘hex’-value is `360`). Now it should look like this:

kernel /android-2.3-RC1/kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot_hardware=eeepc acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode DPI=160 UVESA_MODE=320x480 SRC=/android-2.3-RC1 SDCARD=/data/sdcard.img vga=864

4.4. Save it:

```
    :wq
```

Unmount and reboot:

```
cd /
umount /mnt
reboot -f
```

Switch android x86 screen resolution

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