The mighty BuBU from OpenAOS has started to port CyanogenMod on our beloved Archos Gen8 devices. This is a proper port from CyanogenMod, master branch, you can find it on gitorious.org
For the recall, CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones (and tablets) based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official Android based firmwares of vendors of these cell phones.
Current version is a proof of concept bringing Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) CyanogenMod release to Archos Gen8 devices. According to OpenAOS, this release offers the following:
Currently working:
SGX/EGL 3D acceleration
WiFi
Touchscreen
adb
Android Market
Audio
Accelerometer
Not working:
Bluetooth
accelerated Video decoding
Suspend
TS calibration on A28/A32/A43
Known problems:
general instability / random crashes
Random touchscreen issues on Archos A101
hard to use on resistive TS models due to missing calibration
Please follow OpenAOS site for more information about this release. Please note it currently requires a Gen8 device with latest openAOS boot menu.
Android 2.3 Gingerbread image updates
(20110818)
openaos-gingerbread-anoa-gen8_113301.img.gz
A list of things adressed in this release (not complete, compared to older preview images):
– fix browser crash
– workarround for wake up from deep sleep issue -> disabled deep sleep (increases power consumption though)
– fix for finding right sdcard device for vold
– both internal storage and SD card should be visible now
– new bookmarks (for archos scene)
– power menu was not easy to get on gen7
– new CM7 bookmark for G-apps (for more info see also our wiki on this topic)
– used latest CM7 code
– headphone switch (not complete yet)
– lot’s of other things…
(20110628)
openaos-gingerbread-20110628_122823.img.gz
New zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz are required (else accelerometer will not work the right way on A101)
– accelerometer should work
– both sdcard and storage should be mounted
– bigger home/menu/back buttons..
– update from upstream cyanogenmod (so regression or improvements expected)
for the accelerometer you may have to active 180 degrees into cyanogenmod display settings
(20110626)
http://download.openaos.org/bubu/gen8/android/openaos-gingerbread-20110626_103911.img.gz
http://download.openaos.org/bubu/gen8/android/openaos-gingerbread-20110626_103911.img.gz.md5sum
Changes include:
working sound
playback of various audio formats
sync to latest CM changes (could have introduced both improvements and regressions)
See previous post and general gen8 instructions for details.
Gen7 support may arrive shortly.
See our tutorial and video on how to install this firmware on your device.
Help is pretty much needed on this project, Android developers, Artists (for themes and icons), testers and code reviewers are all welcome 😉
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Hello, i have a A43, can i remove cm7 if i don’t like it? (For bluetooth for example…) thank you very much for your answers and excuse me for my bad english 🙂
Sure you can and it’s very easy with the multi boot menu, you’ll just need to modify menu.lst file.
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Archos 5 gen7 running gingerbread 2.3.5 and loving it! Got Root! Got gapps! Got Pocket Legends working great..which was my main goal… 🙂 wifi works perfectly. Booting Donut/Angstrum/Gingerbread. Having some force close issues on donut..but i only use it for the MTP and keeping it up for upgrades, so no biggie. Thanks go to Dev/Devs involved..without them and their hard work to make us better…look what we would have. Im just a female noob to all this…and if i can do it, anyone can. Sometimes things didnt work right…but it was due to my own inexperiance..not a program malfunction. Trial and error if you will. And lots of reading. Sure some things arnt 100% yet…but after all… this is >>In Developenent. Maybe whats needed is more testers, which is what im willing to do. Just let me know what i can do to help. Im a noob…but will do what i can. Thanks Again guys…great work!
Sher
And in arnova 8 is posible to install?
Thanks.
No, this is for Gen8 devices only.
But there is a port for RK2818 based devices, which include your Arnova 8.
See here: http://www.arctablet.com/blog/archos-tablet/cyanogenmod-7-gingerbread-port-for-archos-7htv2-arnova/
Can i install on my ARNOVA 10??
No, this is for Gen8 devices only.
But there is a port for RK2818 based devices, which include your Arnova 10.
See here: http://www.arctablet.com/blog/archos-tablet/cyanogenmod-7-gingerbread-port-for-archos-7htv2-arnova/
Please note this is only a proof of concept for the moment and the firmware is not stable enough to be publicly available.
Thanks 🙂
how to do this steps
Works very well and stable on my 101. Gives long-awaited Arabic support.