Today’s Mobile devices are much more powerful compared to those of the previous generation and that has been a major reason that these devices have become such a huge part of our lives. Now, a lot of activities can be done on mobile phones quickly instead of turning on a laptop or a PC.
Android mobile devices in particular are known for their flexibility and adaptability which the users love. What you might not know is that you can now install the Windows operating system, which is by far the most popular operating system for PCs and laptops on your android device. Today we will tell you how.
How to install Windows on any Android Phone (Snapdragon)
Installing Windows on android devices is finally possible with the “Renegade Project”. This Project is getting a lot of attention and support from everyone, By installing this on your android device you can play all the PC games on your android device. For instance, you can Play Games like GTA 4 and many others.
Requirements
- You need a supported device, Check the list here.
- A Working Brain.
- Basic Computer Knowledge.
- Always make a backup.
Download all the files in a USB flash drive:
- Download the PE 20h2pe_new.zip Password:1234
- Download the dism++ Dism++
- Download the SDM845 Drivers GitHub WOA-Drivers.
- Now extract drivers for device, check README.
- Download the Windows 10 arm64 iso UUP dump.
- Download the UEFI Releases · edk2-porting/edk2-sdm845 · GitHub
- Download the parted parted
- Create a txt file, you need to copy-paste these commands on the phone.
diskpart
select disk 0
list part
select part 17 # 17 is the number of your ESP partition
assign letter=Y
exit
bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} testsigning on
bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} nointegritychecks on
shutdown -s -t 0
Windows Pre-Installation
You may need some additional steps for some devices so you can check your device list above via the mentioned link. You can also follow the official guide here.
Create Partitions
First, you need to install TWRP on your device. You can do that by searching your device name on google + TWRP and following that guide on how you can flash TWRP recovery on your android device.
Now Enter the TWRP Recovery and connect your device to PC.
Open CMD as Admin and run:
adb push parted /sdcard/
adb shell
- Repartition your device. This can brick your device if not done properly.
cp /sdcard/parted /sbin/ && chmod 755 /sbin/parted
umount /data && umount /sdcard
parted /dev/block/sda
rm 17
mkpart esp fat32 6559MB 7000MB
mkpart pe fat32 7000MB 10000MB
mkpart win ntfs 10000MB 70GB
mkpart userdata ext4 70GB 125GB
set 17 esp on
quit
- Now all you have to do is format all the new partitions.
mkfs.fat -F32 -s1 /dev/block/by-name/pe
mkfs.fat -F32 -s1 /dev/block/by-name/esp
mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/block/by-name/win
mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/block/by-name/userdata
- Now Simply Mount PE partition as
/mnt
mount /dev/block/by-name/pe /mnt
- Connect your USB to device’s OTG after that copy PE
cp -r /usbstorage/20h2pe_new/* /mnt
- After that Reboot to system with TWR options.
- Now make sure to boot in Android first. If this worked, We can proceed.
Install Windows on any Android Easily
Now Reboot the device to fastboot mode.
- Simply Boot UEFI
fastboot boot boot-DEVICE.img
- Now Enter the Windows PE
- After that Assign the Y letter to ESP partition:
- diskpart
- select disk 0
- list part
- select part 17
- assign letter=Y exit
- Now we are finally here, All you have to do is install Windows ARM64.
- Launch dism++ to install Windows:
- Open File >> Apply Image
- Select the iso file location.
- Select the
C:\
root (orD:\
ifC:\
is PE partition), the destination where windows needs to installed. - Now make sure to check
Add Boot
option. - Click ok, Now you have to wait for the image to be applied.
- Now you have to Install drivers:
- After everything is done, select the new Windows installation from the top and then click
"Open Session"
- Go to the drivers section under Control Panel.
- Click Add and navigate to the SDM845 Drivers folder.
- Wait until the drivers are installed.
- After everything is done, select the new Windows installation from the top and then click
- Activate the Test-Signing mode.
bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} testsigning on bcdedit /store Y:\efi\microsoft\boot\bcd /set {Default} nointegritychecks on
- Now Reboot to UEFI.
- Enjoy your Windows on android device: !
shutdown -s -t 0
if you need any help or have any questions regarding the process make sure to leave a comment and we will be happy to help you. You can also watch the video mentioned above if you like the video explanation better.
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