I succesfully converted my Acer 11" spin over to Cloudready (AUE is due to end in June) by _carefully_ following these instructions. My beloved 11" now has a new lease of life!
THANK YOU!! I was working on this all night, and I ran into so many issues, one after the other, I'm SOO glad I found a super straight forward, newer tutorial with even the same laptop I downloaded it on! Couldn't have been a better tutorial
09/2021 and it worked without problems - great tutorial! Thank you so much Terry! Saved me from buying a new Chromebook as Prime Video and Spotify stopped working on my Acer C720 with stock ChromeOS. Now with Cloudready it all works again perfectly.
Where I work we have some of these chromebooks out on the shop floor. We didn't need them anymore so I grabbed one to clean up and install Cloudready for my daughter to use at home since she uses chromebooks at school. All the buttons work as they should, and nice she has something to do her homework on. Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial. I converted my personal Acer C720 to Cloudready a while ago, and this video would have made it a lot easier. I haven't found another Chromebook that is as cheap as the Acer was, and a lot of Chromebooks being sold new are not even as fast as it. A great machine to keep using.
This whole process works on a lenovo thinkcentre chromebox 10h5 except you have to push a tittle button on the back of the box with a pin or toothpick instead of the power button. Worked like a charm thanks
great video, did a Acer CB3-131 without any issues using above method - the screw inside this unit is the same flat style screw but is highlighted by a big arrow printed on the motherboard.
This worked perfectly! I had most of it figured out but didn't know about the screw on the motherboard. I was able to use this method to install either Cloudready or Linux Mint/ Ubuntu, etc. Thanks!
@@albertkinng the screw is a physical mechanism (like a switch) to ensure that the original firmware which helps the system boot can't be overwritten, by removing the screw you're giving yourself permission so that can be tampered with, in this case, for a good cause.
Some HP Chromebooks have a very teeny tiny micro switch instead of a screw. For those you have to take the keyboard off and the palm rest off to expose the micro switch. Then you just flip the switch the other direction and it becomes usable for cloud ready.
I have an Acer Chromebook c720 and I was able to install CloudReady without having to remove any screws. All I needed to do was go into developer mode, and do "sudo enable_dev_usb_boot" at the bash shell, plug in the boot USB drive, reboot, press Ctrl+U at the "OS verification is OFF" screen, then launch the installer as directed in the video.
Very clear and helpful Terry, just what I was looking for having been given my first Chromebook (C720) in need of a move to cloudready! (I've tested CR on old hardware before and frequently rebuild windows machines for people etc but this video will be of great help to me for this c720 so thank you!)
Thank you. This worked fine for me, giving extended life to my Acer 15 C910. I was a little unclear on how many times to go through that OS verification thing at the start. I believe I just did it once, clearing local data and entering developer mode, but at any rate, from there it went smoothly.
mine is failing downloading the rom ... Update : i switch to my 5Ghz wifi .. and did a rom back up , it brought down the rom , installing OS flex as we speak. Update again : OS flex has installed :):) the switch to my 5Ghz wifi fix loads of issues !! :) awsome thank you
Hi Terry! Great video highly illustrated and a pleasure to watch mate. As regards to the "Cloudready os", which version should I download 32 or 64bit version? Also, would this work on ASUS C201P, C202SA & Samsung XE303-C12 version chromebooks? Many thanks.
Terry, I too have an "end-of-Life" chromebook the HP "G1" "Falco" (write screw removed) and have used this as a Linux "Hopper" (distro's) for a couple of years now, I just installed "Neverware" to version "92" (from "76" the last update) but I've found that I can't get into the "Linux Enviroment" in Settings it fails the attempt, not sure why? Any thoughts about this? I wonder if "Google" put some sort of "flag" to prevent "end-of-Life" owners getting the most from their "Dead" machines?
Muchisimas gracias, tenia problemas, habia conseguido instalar cloud ready en mi vieja chromebokk toshiba, pero no podia actualizar y siempre debia apretar ctrl+D para iniciar. era bastante molesto todo. Muchas gracias, has solucionado mi problema.
Thanks for this info Terry, Smooth transition to Cloudready o.s. without any issues on my Toshiba chrome book 2 . Got of to a bad start , apparently I was using the wrong command/scrip on me chrome box website
This is a great video for adding cloudready. Terry, at this stage do you think a future stable version of the new Chrome OS Flex could be installed on a chromebook using the same method?
@@terryscott3897 Thanks Terry. I have been using Bluetooth for sound and this works OK. I have enjoyed your latest videos and am tempted to try new OS. Welcome back.
Hello. My chromebook update is expired. so I install another chrome os up to date. 87version. but It seems It can't get update any more after installation.
Hi Terry. I tried to do. Your tuto is good and I followed it without difficulty. But at the moment when I boot and press ESC to access to the boot menu, I didn't see the USB Option. I tried to make the USB key with the Chromebook recovery and another one with the USB Maker on the CLoudready website on a windows device, without success. Have you got a idea, solution to be trying ?
I used your tutorial for installing cloudready on my Acer CB3-431 and it's great (apart from sound not working although bluetooth sound works). My question is: Why have you not produced more great videos like this one Terry?
It sounds like you have a Baytrail processor, which Cloud ready does not support. If you want sound other than Bluetooth, install Gallium OS (Baytrail version). I have been using it on all the older Baytrail Chromebooks we've been distributing.
Hi, I'm using Acer Chromebook C720 but i have a problem on my camera it says "your camera is currently unavailable.Please check the camera if properly connected. Can you help me fix this issue please.
Getting "Command not found" when attempting to execute the firmware-util.sh script. I can see it if I do a "more firmware-util.sh". Now looking through the script to see if there's something else going on here within the script itself. (Edit - after manually running through the script, it looks like the file associated w/ the final command is missing: menu_fwupdate) (Edit #2 - totally restarted the process and this time it appears the download/install worked properly)
ChromeOS Flex is something we used whenever we can on older Chrombooks, but there are some real older chromebooks that are Bay Trail and Braswell processors where the sound doesn't work. For those we use GalliumOS for that specific processor.
If Dev Mode is disabled, then more that likely it is still register to a domain, probably as school. You can ask the school to "de-provision" your device, but I haven't had much luck with that.
Hi Muhammad I have the same issue on my Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431. I trawled everywhere for a solution, but the only thing that works for me is to pair Bluetooth Headphones. Not ideal but it's better than no audio. I also discovered that it is virtually impossible to revert back to Chrome OS without a lot of coding experience. I worry about 'bricking' my device doing this!. Best of luck
I had to start the whole process again because when I entered the first code nothing happened so I tried to do it all over and now it won't go past the yellow exclamation point message about Chrome OS missing....i tried doing the Ctrl d but nothing is happening anymore its just stuck there.....can you help me please 🥺
Good Video! I converted one old Windows Dell into chromebook couple of months ago and now I wanted to upgrade EOL Dell Chromebook11 CB1C13 to CR. I removed the write protect screw, turned into developer mode, hard reset, but few times failed at mrchromebox installation 20210421...download corrupted in the message
it says " Failed to create the file firmware-util.sh : read-only file system." even though i have removed the write protection screw... and when i do flashrom --wp-status command it shows that its disabled. Help
Okay, all done! Great, clear step by step guide. I had a moment of panic when Cloudready finished installing and turned off. I could not turn it back on. It turns out that it actually had not shut off--it got hung up for some reason. I had to hold the power button down to force it to turn off. Then I was able to turn it on. I feel like I have a whole new Chromebook now!
Hello, I followed your tutorial on an old Asus C300M chromebook. Everything went fine, I was thrilled, except that the sound is not working now. Does anyone know what to do in that case ?
That system uses a bay trail processor. A better option rather than cloud ready is gallium OS. Just plug in a downloaded gallium OS USB drive hit escape and install it. Make sure to run updates after the initial install.
The sound problem is probably because your Chromebook processor is a Baytrail family which is not supported by cloud ready. I would suggest you try installing gallium OS instead. It's pretty simple and usually produces sound for Bay trail processors.
Hey Ernest. I just substituted an OS FLEX for the cloudready usb, on a C730. Works fine except sound only works via usb headphones, and i assume BT speakers but not tested yet.
Yes, but your results may vary, especially whether or not the sound works. I know that Bay Trail and Braswell processors are not supported for sound. If you want to know what processor your chromebook has go to wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility.
Thank you, Terry, it worked for me. Make sure you have all spaces typed in the right place in "sudo[space]install[space]-Dt[space]/usr/local/bin[space]-m[space]755[space]firmware-util.sh"
Sound problems are a problem on your model (Braswell -wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility). It will work fine if you install GalliumOS for Braswell.
It works on all Intel based chromebooks, which Dells are. However if your CB is an older processor (look up at wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility), then the sound may not work. If you install GalliumOS for that specific processor, then it will work with sound.
I succesfully converted my Acer 11" spin over to Cloudready (AUE is due to end in June) by _carefully_ following these instructions.
My beloved 11" now has a new lease of life!
THANK YOU!! I was working on this all night, and I ran into so many issues, one after the other, I'm SOO glad I found a super straight forward, newer tutorial with even the same laptop I downloaded it on! Couldn't have been a better tutorial
09/2021 and it worked without problems - great tutorial! Thank you so much Terry! Saved me from buying a new Chromebook as Prime Video and Spotify stopped working on my Acer C720 with stock ChromeOS. Now with Cloudready it all works again perfectly.
Where I work we have some of these chromebooks out on the shop floor. We didn't need them anymore so I grabbed one to clean up and install Cloudready for my daughter to use at home since she uses chromebooks at school. All the buttons work as they should, and nice she has something to do her homework on. Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial. I converted my personal Acer C720 to Cloudready a while ago, and this video would have made it a lot easier.
I haven't found another Chromebook that is as cheap as the Acer was, and a lot of Chromebooks being sold new are not even as fast as it. A great machine to keep using.
Thanks, Greg. Cloudready doesn't work with all chromebooks, especially non-Intel based. But the C720 is really still quite the workshorse.
@@terryscott3897 hi, could you please try out the chrome os flex on expired chromebook
@@freetheworld247 it's going to work the same, as the hardware is certified to run ChromeOS
Thanks for such a clear and precise explanation. Discovered today that my wife's HP chromebook has just reached 'end of life.'
Good stuff man! Very thorough, much appreciated. I installed this on my Lenovo n21 and it works flawlessly. Thanks again.
This whole process works on a lenovo thinkcentre chromebox 10h5 except you have to push a tittle button on the back of the box with a pin or toothpick instead of the power button. Worked like a charm thanks
Every brand and model of chromebook can be different. I had not tried it on a Chromebox and glad it worked for you.
Thank you Terry, this was very helpful in giving my old Chromebook a second life
Followed it step by step on my Acer C710 and worked out great. Thanks Mr.Terry.
Thank you very much for the tutorial. I used this on an HP chromebook 14 and everything worked flawlessly!
great video, did a Acer CB3-131 without any issues using above method - the screw inside this unit is the same flat style screw but is highlighted by a big arrow printed on the motherboard.
Tell a lie, instals fine but no audio - apparently Cloudready not compatible with audio on Baytrail/GNAWTY
Just installed on my wife's old Acer C720 today. Thank you! Easy to install!
Glad it helped!
This worked perfectly! I had most of it figured out but didn't know about the screw on the motherboard. I was able to use this method to install either Cloudready or Linux Mint/ Ubuntu, etc. Thanks!
any ideas why that screw need to be removed? Im curious
@@albertkinng the screw is a physical mechanism (like a switch) to ensure that the original firmware which helps the system boot can't be overwritten, by removing the screw you're giving yourself permission so that can be tampered with, in this case, for a good cause.
Some HP Chromebooks have a very teeny tiny micro switch instead of a screw. For those you have to take the keyboard off and the palm rest off to expose the micro switch. Then you just flip the switch the other direction and it becomes usable for cloud ready.
I have an Acer Chromebook c720 and I was able to install CloudReady without having to remove any screws. All I needed to do was go into developer mode, and do "sudo enable_dev_usb_boot" at the bash shell, plug in the boot USB drive, reboot, press Ctrl+U at the "OS verification is OFF" screen, then launch the installer as directed in the video.
I followed tuto until the step to boot in USB driver but I haven't USB option in the boot menu. Could you help me ?
Thank you so much for this! Made it possible for me to breathe new life into my old/beloved Chromebook. Great instructions, worked perfectly.
I did this on a Dell 11 p22t chromebook and it worked! Thanks for the tutorial, it was very helpful
Glad it helped!
Very clear and helpful Terry, just what I was looking for having been given my first Chromebook (C720) in need of a move to cloudready! (I've tested CR on old hardware before and frequently rebuild windows machines for people etc but this video will be of great help to me for this c720 so thank you!)
Absolutely great walk-thru. Thank you so much, this has saved me from a real headache. Worked perfectly on an Acer C910-C3B4 (2016)
Thank you! This was exactly what I needed. Clear and easy steps to follow.
Thank you. This worked fine for me, giving extended life to my Acer 15 C910. I was a little unclear on how many times to go through that OS verification thing at the start. I believe I just did it once, clearing local data and entering developer mode, but at any rate, from there it went smoothly.
mine is failing downloading the rom ... Update : i switch to my 5Ghz wifi .. and did a rom back up , it brought down the rom , installing OS flex as we speak. Update again : OS flex has installed :):) the switch to my 5Ghz wifi fix loads of issues !! :) awsome thank you
This actually worked for my Lenovo 500e gen 2
Thanks for the tutorial, this is pure gold!
Oh man this laptop was meant to live, survived this guy roughly removing that write protect screw
Hi Terry! Great video highly illustrated and a pleasure to watch mate. As regards to the "Cloudready os", which version should I download 32 or 64bit version? Also, would this work on ASUS C201P, C202SA & Samsung XE303-C12 version chromebooks? Many thanks.
Thank you for this, helped me immensely
Glad it helped!
Now you can only download ChromeOS Flex instead of Cloudready. Will this process still work using ChromeOS Flex?
OMG, you are a lifesaver got it working within minutes. Does this work with any os or just cloud-ready?
perfect, just what i want ... i will try it this weekend !! I've subbed now :)
Terry, I too have an "end-of-Life" chromebook the HP "G1" "Falco" (write screw removed) and have used this as a Linux "Hopper" (distro's) for a couple of years now, I just installed "Neverware" to version "92" (from "76" the last update) but I've found that I can't get into the "Linux Enviroment" in Settings it fails the attempt, not sure why? Any thoughts about this? I wonder if "Google" put some sort of "flag" to prevent "end-of-Life" owners getting the most from their "Dead" machines?
Muchisimas gracias, tenia problemas, habia conseguido instalar cloud ready en mi vieja chromebokk toshiba, pero no podia actualizar y siempre debia apretar ctrl+D para iniciar. era bastante molesto todo.
Muchas gracias, has solucionado mi problema.
Excellent clear video, thanks. One question, does the write protect screw get reinstalled after CloudReady install is completed?
No need to reinstall the write protect screw
Thanks for this info Terry,
Smooth transition to Cloudready o.s. without any issues on my Toshiba chrome book 2 .
Got of to a bad start , apparently I was using the wrong command/scrip on me chrome box website
Os verification is disabled when its enterprise enrolled
I can assume it will work on my Asus Chromebox with an EOL in September 2021. Am I right?
This is a great video for adding cloudready. Terry, at this stage do you think a future stable version of the new Chrome OS Flex could be installed on a chromebook using the same method?
Yes, but the only thing that doesn't work under ChromeOS Flex on really old chromebooks is sound.
@@terryscott3897 Thanks Terry. I have been using Bluetooth for sound and this works OK. I have enjoyed your latest videos and am tempted to try new OS. Welcome back.
Hello. My chromebook update is expired. so I install another chrome os up to date. 87version. but It seems It can't get update any more after installation.
Hi Terry. I tried to do. Your tuto is good and I followed it without difficulty. But at the moment when I boot and press ESC to access to the boot menu, I didn't see the USB Option. I tried to make the USB key with the Chromebook recovery and another one with the USB Maker on the CLoudready website on a windows device, without success. Have you got a idea, solution to be trying ?
It's ok. The link on the cloudready website dosen't work. I made my USB boot key with rufus. Thank you for the tuto
I used your tutorial for installing cloudready on my Acer CB3-431 and it's great (apart from sound not working although bluetooth sound works). My question is: Why have you not produced more great videos like this one Terry?
It sounds like you have a Baytrail processor, which Cloud ready does not support. If you want sound other than Bluetooth, install Gallium OS (Baytrail version). I have been using it on all the older Baytrail Chromebooks we've been distributing.
Once converted to Cloudready, should I reinstall the wright protect screw or leave it out?
No need to put it back
Hi, I'm using Acer Chromebook C720 but i have a problem on my camera it says "your camera is currently unavailable.Please check the camera if properly connected. Can you help me fix this issue please.
Hi there what if there is no write protect screw?
Getting "Command not found" when attempting to execute the firmware-util.sh script. I can see it if I do a "more firmware-util.sh". Now looking through the script to see if there's something else going on here within the script itself. (Edit - after manually running through the script, it looks like the file associated w/ the final command is missing: menu_fwupdate) (Edit #2 - totally restarted the process and this time it appears the download/install worked properly)
Great video thanks. Works for chromeosflex. The only difference was the last step of install new os. It was in a different place.
ChromeOS Flex is something we used whenever we can on older Chrombooks, but there are some real older chromebooks that are Bay Trail and Braswell processors where the sound doesn't work. For those we use GalliumOS for that specific processor.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Great job,exactly what i needed,thanks
Developer mode is disabled on mine. Can I just reformat the hard drive using a WWAN to USB device? Using a Dell 3100 Chromebook.
If Dev Mode is disabled, then more that likely it is still register to a domain, probably as school. You can ask the school to "de-provision" your device, but I haven't had much luck with that.
This was REALLY helpful.....thanks!
Can i install FydeOS on an old chromebook / Ace C720
Yes, you can.
Muhammad Arif
Hi
after installation no audio on Acer C720 , rest of the things works perfectly fine, any advice
thanks
Hi Muhammad
I have the same issue on my Acer Chromebook 14 CB3-431. I trawled everywhere for a solution, but the only thing that works for me is to pair Bluetooth Headphones. Not ideal but it's better than no audio. I also discovered that it is virtually impossible to revert back to Chrome OS without a lot of coding experience. I worry about 'bricking' my device doing this!. Best of luck
Hi, thanks for this, could you install chrome os flex on an AUE DEVICE (EXPIRED CHROMEBOOK)
i'm getting a message "booting from 'usb: usb flash drive' failed; verify it contains a 64-bit UEFI OS."
thoughts on what i'm missing?
Maybe try a different USB (brand), or re-make the cloudready installer.
used rufus to format usb and everything went smoothly. thanks to you and Terry
I had to start the whole process again because when I entered the first code nothing happened so I tried to do it all over and now it won't go past the yellow exclamation point message about Chrome OS missing....i tried doing the Ctrl d but nothing is happening anymore its just stuck there.....can you help me please 🥺
did u found answer for this, ctrl + d not workin for me to..
Good Video!
I converted one old Windows Dell into chromebook couple of months ago and now I wanted to upgrade EOL Dell Chromebook11 CB1C13 to CR.
I removed the write protect screw, turned into developer mode, hard reset, but few times failed at mrchromebox installation 20210421...download corrupted in the message
it says " Failed to create the file firmware-util.sh : read-only file system." even though i have removed the write protection screw... and when i do flashrom --wp-status command it shows that its disabled. Help
did u found solution ?
will these same instructions work for a Lenovo ThinkPad X131e chromebook?
Yes. But sound may be an issue with that computer if it uses a Baytrail processor. Gallium OS may be a better option than Cloudready.
I need to do this for my Acer C720!
Okay, all done! Great, clear step by step guide. I had a moment of panic when Cloudready finished installing and turned off. I could not turn it back on. It turns out that it actually had not shut off--it got hung up for some reason. I had to hold the power button down to force it to turn off. Then I was able to turn it on. I feel like I have a whole new Chromebook now!
Hello, I followed your tutorial on an old Asus C300M chromebook. Everything went fine, I was thrilled, except that the sound is not working now. Does anyone know what to do in that case ?
That system uses a bay trail processor. A better option rather than cloud ready is gallium OS. Just plug in a downloaded gallium OS USB drive hit escape and install it. Make sure to run updates after the initial install.
Great tutorial. My sound stopped working on my Acer CB311 after I installed Cloudready. Everything else works fine.
If that computer uses a Baytrail processor, sound is a problem. You may need to Gallium OS instead.
I installed cloudready on a chromebook but it didn't have any sound so would you know to remove cloudready.
The sound problem is probably because your Chromebook processor is a Baytrail family which is not supported by cloud ready. I would suggest you try installing gallium OS instead. It's pretty simple and usually produces sound for Bay trail processors.
Thanks a lot!!!! , how do I know Chromebook is a Baytrail processor?
Look on the GalliumOS hardward capability chart - wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility.
Can ChromeOS Flex be put on an Acer 720?
Yes, Google bought out Cloudready and renamed it ChromeOS Flex. And, yes, works fine on a Acer C720
Brilliant. Well done and thank you!
Running into a cert problem of the website...
you're a king, king!
Thanks so much man! This is genius.
Could a chrome os flex usb be used?
Hey Ernest. I just substituted an OS FLEX for the cloudready usb, on a C730. Works fine except sound only works via usb headphones, and i assume BT speakers but not tested yet.
Yes, but your results may vary, especially whether or not the sound works. I know that Bay Trail and Braswell processors are not supported for sound. If you want to know what processor your chromebook has go to wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility.
I guess this isn't working anymore. I did the whole sudo firmware-util.sh and it said command not found...
It worked for me, I followed everything exactly though if it's a different model you may run into some issues. If you still need help try iFixit
Thank you, Terry, it worked for me. Make sure you have all spaces typed in the right place in "sudo[space]install[space]-Dt[space]/usr/local/bin[space]-m[space]755[space]firmware-util.sh"
first command did not work, must be an old video
where you get cloudready.......Link please
Cloudready has now been sold to Google. So you should look for ChromeOS Flex now. Same thing.
thanks terry, installed on a acer cb3-431 works great, no sound though.
Sound problems are a problem on your model (Braswell -wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility). It will work fine if you install GalliumOS for Braswell.
What is cloudready?
does this work on a chromebook 11 dell?
It works on all Intel based chromebooks, which Dells are. However if your CB is an older processor (look up at wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility), then the sound may not work. If you install GalliumOS for that specific processor, then it will work with sound.
@@terryscott3897 i dont trust istalling any os
July 2021 this does not work.
I am not able to get play store and I want to play rovlox on it to:(
cloudready doesn´t install play store. it's said in their website.
BRILLANT THANK YOU!!
excellent guide!
Thank you!
thank you!!!
does not work anymore!!!!!