Since SDE was released, who wants to build some fresh and shiny android which might be running someday side by side with AVOS (Archos Android)?
What do we need (openembedded?)?
Installation of Other OS:
root: /mnt/storage/rootfs.img
kernel:
Reboot into Recovery Mode (howto)
Recovery System -> Developer Edition Menu -> Flash Kernel and Initramfs
Connect USB and copy "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz" to the Archos
Unmount Archos on PC (safe remove)
Press ok on Archos
Don't you think dev's are already working on this right now?
OpenAS is a site to look at, there are a few in fact and some even on XDA.
your instructions are sort of nothing anyone who has booted the angstrom distribution can see that?
this thread is a bit pointless. your asking for devs to create something they are already working on and you can't help as you don't know how?
no, you just missed the point. I AM (or want to be) a dev, see my other thread about dvb-t support
and now I'm looking for some help and informations.
this thread should be dedicated to building gen8 android (2.2 / 2.3 / ...) roms, I don't care much about angstrom.
I'm not one of those annoying guys who just complaining about others work, I want to get my hands dirty and do some work! I already checked openaos out, there a lot of informations about gen6 and gen7 but not gen8, this is why I started this thread here.
summarizing informations, that's the point.
ok fair enough
it's more likely though someone will do a port and use it over the current android system as apposed to using the SDE. Most dev's will be concentrating on other O/S's such as Ubuntu etc.
I can see why you want to do it but im not sure it will be done this way. We havent even managed to get perm root yet, sadly the archos wont get a lot of love I fear.
we have perm root, just use SDE and put an android in it we can decide everything
edit: either you hack the gen8 and get rid of SDE and archos' android and put whatever you want on it or you stay with SDE and dual boot (sounds a less "brickable" choice to me)
chulri said:
no, you just missed the point. I AM (or want to be) a dev, see my other thread about dvb-t support
and now I'm looking for some help and informations.
this thread should be dedicated to building gen8 android (2.2 / 2.3 / ...) roms, I don't care much about angstrom.
I'm not one of those annoying guys who just complaining about others work, I want to get my hands dirty and do some work! I already checked openaos out, there a lot of informations about gen6 and gen7 but not gen8, this is why I started this thread here.
summarizing informations, that's the point.
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I have no idea what you're talking about, but I say go with your dreams and keep up the good work (whatever work that may be).
Don't let anyone tell you you can't do it (whatever "it" may be). Any contribution to making my A70 better is a + in my book.
chulri said:
we have perm root, just use SDE and put an android in it we can decide everything
edit: either you hack the gen8 and get rid of SDE and archos' android and put whatever you want on it or you stay with SDE and dual boot (sounds a less "brickable" choice to me)
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But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
it would be a complete waste of time especially as archos are currently working on it anyway.
It would achieve nothing, the SDE would be much better used running ubuntu/winxp or other, running android as a secondary boot option is a waste of development time and I cant see anyone wanting to do it?
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
why would someone want to run ubuntu on this hardware? winxp is out of scope as it doesn't support arm processors.
waz000000 said:
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
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why shouldn't we have root in SDE?? The SDE is the only way (so far, gen8 hasn't been hacked yet) to get perm root and custom roms.
why won't you just use SDE to run custom android roms? why it has to be ubuntu or any other bloated linux distribution?
waz000000 said:
But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
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no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
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no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
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Agreed, who cares if you have more then one build of Android on a device? On other devices people have developed their own method of doing this exact thing. SDE is a great idea to let people load custom ROMs onto their device without fear of bricking. Now if someone would just get one developed....
chulri said:
no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
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Archos have released the source code, the only thing that's missing is Root.
The distro is already pretty close to stock even the BT stack is android native allowing us to use wiimote etc.
Archos have done a pretty "pure" android release Cynogen's goal is get a pure android rom working. Stock it's not that far away now?
and what about ISO, windows 7 (mobile), tiny linux, yellow dog, many other great distro's. All im saying is wait until root is achieved (it's being worked on) nd see what happens to the default android then.
Your may be jumping the gun a bit developing something that's not needed
waz000000 said:
But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
it would be a complete waste of time especially as archos are currently working on it anyway.
It would achieve nothing, the SDE would be much better used running ubuntu/winxp or other, running android as a secondary boot option is a waste of development time and I cant see anyone wanting to do it?
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
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was agreeing with you until this post.
the point is that Archos have up until now done a bit of a shoddy job of their Android builds. We all want the archos tablet running smoothly and as best we can and also would like to have 2.3+ on our devices which is probably unlikely by any official means.
and saying archos are "currently working on it" is a little silly given what forum you are on! (whats the point in people making custom roms for HTC devices... HTC are working on it anyway?!)
@wazalotofzeros
oh come on, are you kidding me? why is it so hard to understand that a rooted android or even custom roms are wanted by a lot of archos users (see archosfans.com)
whats the point of installing any linux distribution instead of android?
why are you telling me its pointless to do custom roms for the Archos Gen8 while there are custom roms for a lot of other android devices?
I give up, please contribute something useful to this topic or stop posting offtopic.
@waz000000,
don't want to participate in this then don't. There is no reason to put down others work though just because you think it is pointless.
Grand Idea
Personally I think this is a grand idea. At first when I saw the SDE I thought that was its whole purpose and that archos would start us off with a basic android version. But when it was released and it came with a barely working linux distro, it turned me off to installing SDE until something better can happen. I wouldn't mind seeing a micro version of ubuntu running on this, but the main problem is going to be the ram. If we are having issues with the ram on android what makes you think we will have better luck on a OS that wasn't intended to run on the archos. But hey more power to you. But on the other hand if we can build our own android firmwares, then we won't be dependent on Archos to decide whether or not to update to the next firmware. And saying Archos is working on it is like saying well the end of the world is coming. When IDK, but its coming!
Seriously. The delayed the launch by 2 months and then didn't deliver on their promise of launching with 2.2. They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
laptopfreek0 said:
They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
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new firmware came out today! works great on my A101, no crashes or freezes so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875393
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So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
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Me neither but I'm willing to do if nobody else does, simply because of my DVB-T project in the other thread
€dit I'll give cyanogenmod a try
thefunkygibbon said:
was agreeing with you until this post.
the point is that Archos have up until now done a bit of a shoddy job of their Android builds. We all want the archos tablet running smoothly and as best we can and also would like to have 2.3+ on our devices which is probably unlikely by any official means.
and saying archos are "currently working on it" is a little silly given what forum you are on! (whats the point in people making custom roms for HTC devices... HTC are working on it anyway?!)
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ok fair enough so what would you rather?
a cynogen mod with archos firmware or linux distro (Whatever) and cynogenmod?
im not saying dont work on a custom rom, im saying work on a "proper" custom rom and use the dual boot option for something other than android.
1st step develop root
2nd step develop custom rom
3rd step install another distro
What im trying to say is, develop a "proper" custom rom and leave the dual boot option for something mind blowing!
as to blazingwolf im not trying to put anyone's work down (apart from the fact there isn't any yet this is pure concept)
I could very easily help you develop a working second rom for this but all im saying is wait a little while and see what happens I cant hint anymore than that!!!!!!!!
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I could very easily help you develop a working second rom for this but all im saying is wait a little while and see what happens I cant hint anymore than that!!!!!!!!
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who does what and when it gets released?
in the mean time have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=610303
i know its different hardware but use a cynogen beta like the I9000 as a base, and work from there, even try the original firmware and look to cook that one.
you will be surprised how almost stock the archos one is
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Personally I think this is a grand idea. At first when I saw the SDE I thought that was its whole purpose and that archos would start us off with a basic android version. But when it was released and it came with a barely working linux distro, it turned me off to installing SDE until something better can happen. I wouldn't mind seeing a micro version of ubuntu running on this, but the main problem is going to be the ram. If we are having issues with the ram on android what makes you think we will have better luck on a OS that wasn't intended to run on the archos. But hey more power to you. But on the other hand if we can build our own android firmwares, then we won't be dependent on Archos to decide whether or not to update to the next firmware. And saying Archos is working on it is like saying well the end of the world is coming. When IDK, but its coming!
Seriously. The delayed the launch by 2 months and then didn't deliver on their promise of launching with 2.2. They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
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the purpose of SDE is to give users a way to dual boot and be able to load "another" operating system. The Angstrom image we provide is just a demo and nothing else. You are free to put anything else, like Android 4.0, Meego, Maemo or whatever else you want...
Ok so I have the Full xoom dump. When I try to install any of the apk's in it i get "Their is a problem parsing the package". Is their any way I can get them to install? Would the system dump help port honeycomb to the Archos 101?
I'm pretty sure the problem is you are coming from an entirely different android build. Sort of like trying to open a froyo app on android 1.6.
For half a second I had the same thought as you - "hey, we could have tablet optimized apps on the Archos by using the xoom apks!" but then I realized the problem. I couldn't even begin to know how to get them to work.
Yeah, there is no way to make those work. They have a minimum version of 3.0 in the bindary, so you would need the source code and some major programming to make it work under 2.2 as I am sure they utilize API's specific to Honeycomb.
Moved to general as not android development
is there other firmware to upgrade gen8 archos rather than upgrading to urukdroid or stock gen8 os?
Hey,
You could upgrade to other firmware, but none of theme would work propably
there are:
-->Kubuntu Mobile
-->Honeycomb
-->Ubuntu
-->Urukdroid
-->Stock Os
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Red - Very early developement stage / not many tests
Green - High (>4/5 months) developement stage / many tests
So other Os's maybe work in future but at this time theres only one really good:
Urukdroid
Try it
Moved as not android development.
Hey, i have a question here, is there a tutorial to make a new one? or a kitchen like for some devices? (this could help us to make more choice ^^)
eagleofdeath13 said:
Hey, i have a question here, is there a tutorial to make a new one? or a kitchen like for some devices? (this could help us to make more choice ^^)
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No there isn't something like this..
Would you like to do this?
I would like to use it and make a new rom if it exist ^^
I'm NOT EXPERT, I'm ONLY TRING TO HELP and SORRY IF I MADE SOME MISTAKES!
I have some ideas for porting android 3.2 to Folio 100 but I can't do all myself - I need some help.
My first idea is:
To add changes made in android 3.2 system(framework, apps etc.) to our Honeycomb from SDK or Xoom and decompile zlmage inside HC kernel(if that tool existe or find it's kernel source, add changes from android 3.2 kernel and recompile it).
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1. This idea is really hard to realise because kernel(I don't think that tool existe) but it's convinient(we'll finish it in short period with little work).
2. For this idea first we need to add changes from android 3.1 and after that from android 3.2.
3. I NEED YOUR HELP to find WHAT ARE CHANGES and TO DOWNLOAD
THEM for adding them to OUR build(First android 3.1 changes and after android 3.2).
For system that isn't problem but for kernel it is. The most detiled list of changes can
be find at Android SDK site but I think that we can't download them.
4. I think that mblaster know a lot of kernels and compiling it won't be problem for him.
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My second idea is similar to first one:
To add changes made in android 3.2 system(framework, apps etc.) to our Honeycomb from SDK or Xoom and compile android 3.2 tegra kernel from
Android Git or from other sources.
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1. I think that this idea is the best if mblaster help us or some one else that know a lot
of kernels.
2. Google won't relise full source of android 3.2 before pushing up android 4.0 aka
Ice Cream Sandwich to shops.
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I can port system itself(it will be faster if someone make a list of changes) but kernel is
a problem. I don't know much about kernels and because it I post first idea.
If you have new ideas or you don't agree with me or want to help me, please, post here!
EDIT: Android 3.2 might work with our HC kernel.
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good idea +1
Thanks.
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nice idea..
if u write drivers and kernel change, some other developer can use your work alot.
anyone writing all the drivers for folio will make toshiba happy, as they did not do it..
so if you make all this happen and write the drivers , i am sure folio will once again be a good tablet.
the development is something that takes companies 3-6 months to do, so you will be back in december 2011 or maybe early 2012 with your release?
Can someone compile Tegra 3.2 kernel from here? I tried but without success. I'm porting system now.
I tried to unyaffs FolioComb 3xx v2.0 image bu I got 'Segmentation fault'???
I succefully unyaffsed Android 3.1 and 3.1 SDK images.
I'll try to backup it from my tablet(I have FolioComb on it)
Nice to see someone trying to update folio 100, thanks to you and people in CM7 thead.
I don´t know about compiling so I cant help. But i keep an eye in this post.
Do you know anything about system?
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Hi there, I have been hunting around for some guides on how to put a different OS on my Archos 7o Internet Tablet, I found some but, alot of the links are missing or just a bit confusing to a slight noob like me.
My aim is to change the OS so I can:
•Overclock it slightly and other tweaks to up performance
•Play YouTube directly through the app
•And have fun with other cool things you can do with a different OS
I have rooted my HTC DesireHD and have CyanogenMod running on it, so I am somewhat familiar with the process on a smartphone.
Can someone please give me or point me to somewhere which gives instructions on how I can achieve this
Im in the same situation, i havent found any instructions to put another rom onto my archos 70 internet tablet with previous experience on andriod smart phones. Forever waiting for a good rom and guide for this.
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Take a look at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198389
Most custom roms will require you to install the Archos SDE (http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/updates_dev.html?country=gb&lang=en)
After that the easiest way to boot mulitple roms is via kboot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522024)