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06 August 2013

Run Android JellyBean 4.2 on Windows

Written by Chris McClenny
"How To" Guides, Articles, Misc 4.2.2, Android, Jellybean, VirtualBox 4 Comments

Have you ever wanted to play around with Google’s Android OS before you go down to buy one of the many Android tablets or smartphones?  Well here is a quick way to get the JellyBean 4.2 version running on your computer so you can evaluate it.  I created an Android Appliance that will run in VirtualBox.  You simply install VirtualBox and import my appliance file.  Simple and quick.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1:

Download VirtualBox and install it.

 

Step 2:

Download this Android Jellybean VirtualBox Appliance that I pre-built to make this super simple.

 

Step 3:

Open VirtualBox, click on [File] -> [Import Appliance]

VirtualBox Applicance Import
VirtualBox Applicance Import

 

Step4:

Click on “Open Appliance”…

VirtualBox Open Appliance
VirtualBox Open Appliance

 

Now select the Appliance file that you downloaded in Step 2, named “Android_JB_4.2.2.ova” .

VirtualBox Select Appliance
VirtualBox Select Appliance

 

Then click on [Import]…

Import Appliance
Import Appliance

Done!

 

 

Now its time to try it out.  Select “Android JB 4.2” in the left pane and click the [Start] button on the toolbar…

Starting JellyBean
Starting JellyBean

 

If you did everything right, you will see the Android Boot loader start up.  Just wait and it will launch Android Jellybean in a few seconds…

Android Grub Menu
Android Grub Menu

 

You will soon see a splash screen that looks like this…

Android Splash Screen
Android Splash Screen

 

After a few seconds, you will finally see the Android Welcome screen…

Android Welcome Screen
Android Welcome Screen

 

Enjoy!

 

NOTE:

If you want to go a more manual route and build your own virtual machine to run JellyBean 4.2, I suggest checking here for an excellent article on how to do just that.

Chris McClenny

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4 Comments

  1. anuj411 Reply
    October 2, 2013 at 12:58 am

    doesn’t work
    kernel loading failed

    • Chris McClenny Reply
      October 8, 2013 at 12:50 pm

      Strange.
      I tested it on several computers before posting it. Can you give me some specifics on your system? It will help me debug it.

  2. Jonathan Reply
    February 13, 2016 at 8:12 am

    Works great. Thank you

    • Chris McClenny Reply
      February 20, 2016 at 4:31 pm

      Glad to hear!

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