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VMOS is a virtual machine app on Android, that can run another Android OS as the guest operating system. Users can optionally run the guest Android VM as a ... VMOS(software) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch VirtualmachineAndroidapp ThisarticleisaboutavirtualmachineAndroidapp.FortheRCAcomputeroperatingsystem,seeVirtualMemoryOperatingSystem.Foratypeoftransistor,seeVMOS. FirstAndroidVirtualMachineOriginalauthor(s)VMOSLLCDeveloper(s)VMOS|AppClonerStablerelease1.0.63(global),[1]1.1.31(chinese)[2] EngineAndroidOperatingsystemAndroid5.1andlaterSize312mbAvailableinEnglish,Malay,IndonesiaTypeVirtualmachineWebsitehttps://www.vmos.com/ VMOSisavirtualmachineapponAndroid,thatcanrunanotherAndroidOSastheguestoperatingsystem.UserscanoptionallyruntheguestAndroidVMasarootedAndroidOS.TheVMOSguestAndroidoperatingsystemhasaccesstotheGooglePlayStoreandotherGoogleapps.VMOSwasthefirstvirtualmachineforAndroidtosupportGooglePlayservicesandotherGoogleapps. Contents 1Virtualization 1.1Devicerequirements 1.2VMguestOSsettings 2Knownuses 3HuaweiMate30 4Reception 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks Virtualization[edit] Theappitselfwhendownloadedisthebasevirtualizationcore,howevertheAndroidoperatingsystemimagefortheguestosisdownloadedwhentheappisfirstopenedup.Beingthattheguestoperatingsystemisinavirtualizedenvironment,anyconfigurationslikearootedandroidkernelontheguest,wouldnotaffectthehostAndroidoperatingsystemordevice.[3]Duetothis,viaVMOSallowsrunningarootedAndroidoperatingsystemonthephoneviavirtualizationwithoutthedeviceactuallybeingrooted,andthusnoissueswithwarrantyorwiththecellularcarrier/provider.[4][3]Beingavirtualmachine,theguestAndroidoperatingsystemhasaseparatediskimage,andthusifavirusorotherthreatdoessomethingmaliciousintheguestoperatingsystem,itwillnotaffectthehostdeviceandthehostoperatingsystem.[5] Devicerequirements[edit] Duetobeingavirtualmachineapp,theappdoeshaverequirementsthatthedevicemustmeetinordertoruntheapp.Onesuchrequirementisthatthephonemusthaveatleastmorethan32GBstorage.[6]Theappalsorequiresatleast2GBofRAM.[4][5]InorderfortheapptodovirtualizationandanyoptionaluserconfiguredsettingsfortheguestOS,theapprequiresmultiplepermissions. VMguestOSsettings[edit] VMOScomeswithmanyconfigurationsettingsfortheguestosotherthantherootedAndroidoperatingsystemoption.Someoftheseoptionsincludechoosingthedisplaysizeresolutiontheguestwoulduse,theabilitytoimport/cloneappsfromthehostoperatingsystem,allowingtheuseofphonecalls,andmanyothers.[6][7] Knownuses[edit] AlthoughtheVMappcanbeusedforanythingtheuserwishestodo,therehavebeensomenotableusesthathavebeenknown.SomemajorsoftwaredeveloperssuggestuserstoinstallVMOStousetheirsoftwareonadevicerunningAndroidoperatingsystem. OnesuchknownuseisbyappdeveloperswhocreateAndroidappsthatareintendedforrootedAndroiddevices.[6]Anotherusewastheabilityforuserstomultitaskorutilizeanappwithtwoinstancesofit,asmanyAndroidappscanonlyhaveasingleinstance.[8][7] HuaweiMate30[edit] TheHuaweiMate30wasknowntonotbeshippedwiththeofficialGooglePlayStoreandrelatedandroidsystemapps,duetoHuaweibeingontheUSblacklist.HuaweiontheblacklistmeantthatitwasnotallowedtouseanyUShardwareorsoftware.However,theunofficialGooglePlayAppthatwasdevelopedbyaChinesedeveloper,enabledusersofthedevicetodownloadandinstallandroidapps.[9]However,theunofficialGooglePlayAppwaseventuallyremoved.[10]However,manyusershavefoundwaystobringbacktheunofficialGooglePlayApp,aswellasportgoogleappstothedevice.WithoneoftheseportedandroidappsbeingVMOS,manyreviewersandcritiquesofthedevicestatedthatVMOSwasabletobringsomewhattheAndroidoperatingsystemandtheofficialGooglePlayappstothedevice. Huawei'snextphonewhichistheNova5T,willeventuallyhaveactualGoogleappsandanactualAndroidoperatingsystem.[9] Reception[edit] Thevirtualmachineappreceivedarangeofresponses.HoweverallgaveapositiveremarkoverthefactthatitcanvirtualizeanAndroidoperatingsystem. SomeofthepositivesthatitreceivedwasthatitcouldbeusedbydeveloperstotestAndroidappsthatwereintendedforrooteddevices,thusremovingthehasslethatdevelopersfacedwithrootingtheirowndevicestotesttheirownapps.[6]Anotherpositivethatwasgivenwasthattheappcannotonlyjustruninthebackground,butcanalsoberunasafloatingwindow.[6]ThustheguestOSandhostcouldbeusedsimultaneously.Oneofthemajorproswasthatiftheappwasportedtoanon-AndroiddevicelikeHuaweiMate30,theuserwouldbeabletouseGoogleapps,GooglePlayApps,aswellastheAndroidoperatingsystem,viatheportedVMOSapp.[8][9][10]VMOSalsomakesitpossibletohavemultipleaccountsonapps.[3] Someofthenegativesthatwerefoundwerethat,withallvirtualizedoperatingsystemsregardlessoftheplatformthatthehostison,itwouldneverreachthesamespeedasthehost.Anotherissuethatwasraisedwasthesizethattheapptookonthephone.[9]Anothernegativethatwasstatedwasthatonlineoronguestfilesystemvideoswilldisplayatalowerresolutionandframerate.[9] Seealso[edit] OSvirtualizationandemulationonAndroid Virtualmachine References[edit] ^"VMOSVirtualMachineWithRootAndroid-DoubleSystem".www.vmos.com.Retrieved2020-06-15. ^"下载".www.vmos.cn.Retrieved2020-06-15. ^abc"VMOSLetsYouRunaVirtualAndroidMachineonyourPhone".xda-developers.2019-08-08.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^abEra,Navi(2019-10-09)."VMOSLetsYouRunaVirtualAndroidMachineonyourPhone".Medium.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^ab"VMOSVirtualRootAndroidonAndroid-DoubleSystem-AppsonGooglePlay".play.google.com.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^abcde"TestRootAppsonNon-RootedAndroidDeviceswithVMOS".DroidViews.2019-11-03.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^abPhoneia."VMOS:asimplevirtualmachineofAndroidwithinAndroidtohavetwocopiesofanapp,userootandmore–phoneia".Retrieved2019-11-06. ^abOh,Damien(2019-10-10)."VMOSReview:RunningaVirtualMachineinAndroid".MakeTechEasier.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^abcdeDoffman,Zak."HuaweiMate30:NewGooglePlayOptionIsHere".Forbes.Retrieved2019-11-06. ^ab"RunningAndroidappsonHuaweiMate30ProisassimpleasclickingafewbuttonswithVMOSapp".MSPoweruser.2019-10-17.Retrieved2019-11-06. 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