Google Market is still working on this firmware. Tested on an Archos 70 after a Reset Android procedure and ArcTools 0.43 installation (downloaded from Appslib).
Archangel rooting method still works on this firmware.
New feature: Online video descriptions / media scrapper:
Download firmware here (from Archos.com)
Releases notes from http://update.archos.com/8/gen8/changes_firmware_archos_android_gen8.htm
Version 2.1.4 – February 1st, 2011
- Applications: fixes force close happening on applications not handling properly SecurityException (e.g. AppMonster and Dolphin)
- Network shares: limit scanning to /24 subnet mask
Version 2.1.3 – January 27th, 2011
- Video: fix some audio glitches after seeking WMA files
- Video: add support for MTS files
- Video: bring UTF-8 and UTF-16 encoded subtitles format support
- Video: fix SUB subtitles sometimes truncated
- Video: add IDX/SUB subtitle handling
- Video: fix http://.*mpeg playback
- Video: support resume and bookmark for network shares
- Video: fix some FLV files not playing
- Youtube: fix mobile site video not playing
- Multimedia: fix RTSP support for Android applications
- Multimedia: fix some web radio applications by adding basic M3U support
- Audio: apply shorter steps in audio balance tuning
- Audio: fix sound glitch on system notification while playing music
- Music browser: fix album view crash on scroll with a lot of albums
- Music: support samba protected directory access
- Thumbnails: resolve thumbs generation freeze
- Indexing: improve rescan robustness
- Indexing: fix scanning not restarting after connecting device on PC or ejecting SDCard
- Network shares: large files (>2GB) can now be played
- Wi-Fi: fix disabling power saving not working
- Wi-Fi: enable IEEE802.11n support
- Wi-Fi: achieve faster reconnection
- SDCard: fix sdcard removal not being taken into account
- Storage: enable EXT3 filesystem support and migration
- USB keyboard: fix external directional keys layout when rotating the device
- Memory: enable 32MB swap by default and increase it to 64MB after Android reset or full device reformat
- Applications: fix applications disappearing sometimes between reboots
- Applications: fix unit not responsive after Google voicesearch use
- Power management: allow to define deep sleep mode by default in settings/about device/power management
- VPN: PPTP VPN support has been fixed
I downloaded and installed the 2.1 firmware listed, and it bricked my tablet but about two weeks later, it is now in a loop of rebooting. It will not stay connected to my laptop long enough to try and reimage it. Doing a – and power button only gets me a white screen & reboot.
HELP!
Sean,
Could you please specify which tablet model you have, so we can direct you to the right procedure.
Thanks
I could not get root to work or did not know how / So I took off archangel and super and Superuser. But still would like to know more about in plan laymens terms .
I just got Archangel Root on my Archos 28 , and it added Superuser and I have no Idea what they are and how to use them . I am just trying to make my tablet work the best it can . and I like to play around with tech. trying to learn all I can about new things . is it harmfull to it and how can it help it work better ????????