The Arnova 7 G2 tablet gets Android 4.0 ICS with the 7 G2i model

– 2012/09/15Posted in: Android 4.0 ICS Arnova 7 G2 Products

It looks like Arnova has decided to recycle their old Arnova 7 G2 and update these tablets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) like they did for the Arnova 9 G2i.
At first look, this model is just an Arnova 7 G2 tablet with the same specs: Rockchip RK2918 CPU at 1 GHz, 512 Mb RAM, 7″ screen. This “new” Arnova 7 G2i seems to be currently available in a few European countries (Belgium, Netherlands, UK).

The product box is identical to the old Arnova 7 G2, with just an additional Android 4.0 ICS sticker.
The system is running on Android version 4.0.3 (build eng 4.0.3 IML74K eng.root.20120615.040238 test-keys) with a Linux Kernel version 3.0.8+ (built Fri Jun 15 09:25:37 CST 2012)

We do confirm that this Arnova 7 G2i ICS firmware can be flashed on a regular Arnova 7 G2 model. We are currently working on making a custom firmware to update the Arnova 7 G2i and the older 7 G2 model to Android 4.0 ICS with Google Play Store and root access, stay tuned !

Thanks to exelletor and our forum member Oream for the 7 G2i device pictures and the firmware update.

Arnova 7 G2 8 GB 7 inches capacitive screen, Rockchip 2918 CPU, 512 MB RAM, Android 2.3, 8 GB Storage	AMAZON UK	Usually dispatched within 24 hours	£ 159.99
	AMAZON DE	Gewöhnlich versandfertig in 24 Stunden	141.98 EUR
	AMAZON FR	Habituellement expédié sous 24 h	140 EUR

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24 Comments

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Faustino Javier
Posted November 20, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Where can i get the image to this on my Arnova 7 G2
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  admin
  Posted November 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM
  See this article or on our forum.
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twigger82
Posted September 27, 2012 at 5:07 PM
yes i did it youre the greatest..
but now:
i need a AN7G2I driver for to connect to the computer…
help please
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jerry2320
Posted September 17, 2012 at 3:16 PM
In the app arctools0.70 can u downloud this firmware? ?
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  admin
  Posted September 17, 2012 at 3:27 PM
  This firmware can’t be used in Arctools, it contains system changes that require Rockchip flasher to install the firmware on the Arnova 7 G2.
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    jerry2320
    Posted September 17, 2012 at 3:37 PM
    So i need a computer to do it ?
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gen1us
Posted September 16, 2012 at 4:27 PM
I download firmware and in RKBatchTool I see “Load Firmware failed!”
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  admin
  Posted September 16, 2012 at 4:36 PM
  gen1us: As I mentioned the supplied backup.img is mainly for firmware builders and can’t be flashed directly.
  I’ll provide a flashable stock and custom firmware later today.
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    gen1us
    Posted September 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
    I don’t understand. Can you write to step flashing. I have error(((
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      exelletor
      Posted September 16, 2012 at 5:03 PM
      We will publish the custom firmware with instructions later today.
      The currently provided firmware is meant for firmware builders so they can build their own custom firmwares, like Bob from freaktab.com. It can’t be flashed with RKBatchTool.
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AndroidFUN_MD
Posted September 16, 2012 at 12:06 PM
how can i flash it if i have the Finless’s GingerComb firmware? is the proccedure the same?
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  admin
  Posted September 16, 2012 at 4:25 PM
  You’ll need to use Rockchip flasher to replace your existing firmware by the ICS custom firmware.
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bennzy
Posted September 15, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Will this update also be possible for the Arnova 7cG2? And if yes, when?…Thanks!
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  admin
  Posted September 15, 2012 at 8:13 PM
  The Arnova 7c G2 uses different hardware (Qualcomm architecture vs Rockchip on the 7 G2), so it can’t use this ICS firmware, unfortunately.