EDIT: With 15 beta testers, we now have enough participants to try this new firmware. For all the others, please wait a few days until the beta ends and we can finally publicly release the custom firmware.
We are almost done with our custom firmware offering Android 2.2 (Froyo) and Android Market (2.2.7 or 3.0.26) to the Arnova 8 Tablet. So far our tests give positive results, but considering the problems that have been reported on the Arnova 10 custom firmwares, we would like to run few extra tests before publicly releasing the firmware.
By tomorrow 2011/09/15 and for a few days, we would like to open the tests to a small group of the Archos/Arnova users community. If you own an Arnova 8 and want to participate, please leave a comment in this article, we will contact you by email to give you access to the firmware. The firmware will be released the following days, when there is enough feedback confirming proper work.
As usual, there are always risks with flashing a non official firmware and we recommend that you contact us only if you are able to restore a broken firmware with Rockchip tools in case things go wrong.
This firmware is specific to the Arnova 8 and should not be installed on other devices.
WE WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE.
THIS FIRMWARE UPDATE IS USED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
WE RECOMMEND TO FLASH THIS FIRMWARE ONLY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO RESCUE A BRICKED DEVICE USING ROCKCHIP FLASHING TOOLS.
Edit 10/17/2011: Please note that the final release for this firmware is currently delayed. We currently have a lot of work with custom firmwares for other Archos and Arnova machines as well. If anyone want to jump in and help on custom firmwares, don’t hesitate to give us a hand.
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Hello,
I’m also interested for testing this firmware
Thanks
hi could you please let me try this firmware if still available many thanks mark
Is Skype working with this ?
Hi, Is this firmware available still for testing as I’ve noticed the protected page for this firmware and very interested in trying this firmware?
This firmware hasn’t been updated since a long time, it’s still unfinished work. I’ve sent you the password thru Private message on our forum.
Cheers.
can i get this rom for testing? PLZ
Hi, hope someone is still reading this… noob in need! Is there any way to update the superuser binaries? I can’t mount / as r/w and overwrite the files using root explorer etc so I’m guessing the update has to be part of a flashed rom image? any help gratefully received…
Hi can someone please help me, I brought a arnova 8 and was wondering if there is anyway of playing flash or do i have to wait for the froyo update for the tablet?
The Arnova 8 does not support Adobe Flash and probably will never support it, due to its limited ressources (mainly CPU).
The manufacturer hasn’t released an update since months, there is very little chance to see an official Android 2.2 Froyo on this device.
There seems to be an unsupported gingerbread firmware which should/will work on this tablet at http://androtab.info/cyanogenmod/rockchip/
Please do not blame me if this destroys your tablet.
Hi i am new is there something new about firmware?
Dear Admin,
Please could you provide us with an update for this project, as it’s been a little while since we heard from you.
All the best
Jeffrey
Hello Webalistic,
It’s currently hard to find time to work back on older Arnova firmwares. Current progress on G2 models may help finding new leads on improving Arnova first gen firmwares, we’ll see.
hi, i would like to try this rom to, if my i ask
I also need the room and help test it.
Hello,
I’m also interested for testing this firmware
Thanks
I also need the room and help test it.
yes please i want to test it too !
I would test this rom please
can i get this rom for testing?
Hi
Can I get the ROM for testing?
Hello admin,
Please would you be so kind to tell us if the new update will still become available? And if so, would that be on a short term, or will it take much more time? If it won’t become available, is there any way to get rid of the annoying Market problem (not able to download any app). I will not pressure you, but I would really like to know where we stand
Chris,
We can hardly set a date, but it’s quite looking like a medium term project that will require weeks. We do it all on our free time and currently have new devices to take care (Arnova 7 G2, Arnova 7c G2, Arnova 10 G2).
In the meantime if we hear about a more stable solution from other developers, we will be happy to publish it on the Blog.
Admin,
Thank you very much for your quick reply, I appreciate that!
God, give me him out sooner or beta. ;.)
Any updates on the firmware?
admin por favor sacarlo pronto que mi tablet es una mierda
Admin, Please Beta, Beta, Beta….I want to know the potential of my ARNOVA 8, and almost throw it away
Admin, I can’t help with the coding but I could donate some hosting if that helps at all. Please contact me offlist.
Thanks for your help, but we already have a dedicated server booked for few months and currently quite painfull to move and reinstall… We’ll see in 2012
Even i you just need somewhere to link a download to, just let me know. It would be nice to give something back.
107 post’s come on admin put the software out
you’re right. admin should put out the beta. i haven’t got a problem with waiting for final version but getting the beta would be awesome.
enough already, release the beta
I hate to say it boys….but I think we’re SOL on the 8 platform. May have to call it garage sale fodder and move to something that will get more bandwidth on the hacking scene. I’d be happy enough on the Kasty 2.1 firmware…if the GD market would only work! Hope is fading fast…..
-MaxQ
Hope has faded.. Google market has closed to unapproved devices, this is why the firmware is ‘delayed’
Hi,
I’m pretty interested in this project. My aim would be to use a usb ethernet adapator (DM9600) on my arnova 8. Maybe we can tweak drivers from new g9 firmware for this.
I have some linux knowledge and want to help.
Hello everybody!!!
May be today we can get Android 2.2?!!!
I hope!
BRGDS
Дайте ссылку на ссылку ссылки!
Dear testers can you put link on 2.2 firmware, and administrators have forgot about us.
Hi every body!!! Realy, we are waiting update 2.2 to long, kindly ask ADMIN to get link to Froyo 2.2.
Thanks a lot!!!
Yes!
Come on admin put this software out. Been running this software since my last post and i think its good to go. Even the start up problem seems to have sorted its self out. Put it no charge the other night when i got up it start ok with no reset and today i had it in standby and its just booted up great. I love the new market, kindle works a treat. Yes there is something like the doublebar in video that to be looked at and the clock but so what i think you have done a great job. Release it.
Ian
Hi,
Any chance you could send 2.2 to me?
I would like to get my google market to work.
Cheers!!
When ? Froyo update will be available …………. one month …………..
This machine is great so put the link on ! We can’t wait anymore because adobe flash is necessary for a tablet !
Thanks
Well I’m as eager as the rest of you. The 2.1 update worked well for me so the 2.2 update should be great, but let’s give the guys a break… I’m sure they are working hard to bring us a stable working version of 2.2 and who knows it could be available soon for us all to enjoy.
There will be no flash support for this device, the hardware inside the arnova 8 doesn’t have enough performance to run flash. If you absolutely need flash I would recommend you to buy a different tablet.
Некогда она не выйдет .Зашились совсем!
Сколько можно ждать, хватит мозг пудрить, будет прошива или нет??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Мужики, у меня проша эта есть. но она глючная шо писец. два раза из планшета кирпич делала, пришлось откатиться на 2.1. Советую подождать пока откатают. Из нового в ней почти ничего нет, одни глюки.
Скинь прошивку, очень надо… глюки по барабану.
Mail: alisa_vv@mail.ru
admin cuando lo vais a sacar que hace ya 1 mes ya va siendo hora.
please give update on FROYO.
OR
link for?
Thanks
Any news from the BETA tester?
I’ll not able to look you tube now… FROYO will allow this?
TGI friday!
I just bought last week the arnova 8 tablet with 2.1 eclair inside. I found it great for the price. And i’d like to try the froyo beta firmware.
Thanks for your help.
Philippe
some new about this ROM? many funs wating on this ROM
Whats the news with this? Ive not heard anything in over a month about the firmware. Is it going to be released or is there still to many bugs?
Could you release any information you have on it as my arnova 8 is collecting dust and I would like to put it to use.
Hi Admin,
Just been away for a couple of weeks and this board seems to have gone out of control.
Is it possible to put a sticky post at the top of the blog giving the latest about the froyo update, maybe with a download link for the Beta?
It might stop the meetoos and people posting their email addresses.
Thank you.
Hello, is there still time for me to join the experiment?
Thank you
im interested in android 2.2 for my arnova 8!
Hi/bonjour
Very interested to test Android 2.2
Je suis preneur pour tester Android 2.2
Tx/merci
hello
je suis un fan de l’anorva 8
aussi j’aimerais participer au custom fmirware froyo 2.2
please give me this custom for the test
thank you..
manuche36
i want to try this firmware please, thanks much
Hi, I would like to test the firmware.
contact me on my email:
omdjym@naver.com
tanks fo the firm were
I would like to test the firmware. My tablet has to be reset every time it goes into sleep modem.
My email is allangrant@hotmail.com.
yes, this is a common fault with the arnova 8 – it will die in it’s sleep and need to be RESET to wake it up.. maybe a froyo firmware will fix this, maybe not.. but at this time (october 9th) there is no sign of any help for this device – the rooted/market firmware is entirely useless, with market looping errors, and archos themselves have moved on.
J’ai toujours l’ancien firmware custom pour mon arnova 8.
Ca marche toujours.
Mais je passerais bien au 2.2 ^^
Alors… What’s new Doc ?
I would like to parcipitate in the beta testing…
contact me on my email:
ehud2000@gmail.com
Hi there, would like the chance to help you guys out and test this for you.
Thanks in advance.
I’m also interested to test new firmware on my Arnova!
Thanks
ola esta ya el nuevo firmware? cuando lo puedo descargar? gracias
can’t wait anymore …can i test the new firmware ?
can’t wait anymore …can i test the new firmware ?
can i test the software please
can i test the software ?
me too
I installed the firmware 2.2 with RKAndroidBatchUpgrade like someone had mentioned earlier on the 2.2 protected page and what a differance. First i noticed the file structure has changed when viewed with my computer. The books I manualy load in to my kindle folder now show in the kindle app
. Auto rotate works. The Market has updated it self to 3.1.5 and works great .
I now I feel my frist reaction was a bit rushed and this firmware should be made downloadable to others if they want it.
Thankyou for the great work
Ian
can i test the software please
Sounds hopeful!
Can we test it too?
can i test it
How about root access?
I do hope this firmware works. I like the tablet but would like access to the android app store.
Can I also test the firmware?
Hola. Estoy intersado en testear el nuevo firmware froyo para la tableta arnova 8, soy desarrollador y me ayudarían mucho si me lo dieran.
Muchas Gracias.
Can I test this firmware? Thanx.
i m buy this tablette on 05092011, and i m intested by android froyo.
thanks
I would like rick take part. Rick not rick there a fix for the Android market ??
Not rick just take part
I’m interested! just have the arnova 8 for a few days so I wouldn’t mind testing the new firmware!
Thanks
i wold to test this firmware
Please read all the messages below! Like i said before, the firmware isn’t ready…. for example there were calibration errors, wifi errors, sd card errors double menu bars etc and perhaps most important there were people who had to recover their tablet from scratch because the firmware actually could brick the device.
I hope you all get the point, why it hasn’t been released jet and that will spare this forum a long list of unsatisfied people with angry faces because their device isn’t working proparly or was bricked during the process.
Greets,.
can’t wait anymore …
I think you have too wait longer, as one of the beta testers we all concluded that the firmware wasn’t ready to go on a public release or public beta.
When the release will be,, that will depend on the available time of the people who create it. We just have to wait for an official announcement from the admin.
As Kevin and other beta testers reported, there are currently issues on the firmware that prevent us from releasing it.
We’ll make our best to fix these problems, as time permits.
Any news on the custom firmware for Arnova 8 will be announced on the Blog.
Please be patient, thank you.
ok. thank you. you’re right no firmware is better than a bad firmware. 2.1 works very stable. the only thing i would swap for is the market …
i also would like to test the new firmware. thanks a lot.
I want to test
Please shoot me an email.
Love xxx
Hi Admin,
Any idea of a target release date yet?
Has anyone else tried flash? It should be supported under 2.2 or is there really a hardware barrier that prevents Flash from working?
I shall quete, from the topic where the android 2.2 version is being tested, because I asked the very same question.
Something went wrong, but here it is:
“Kevin, it’s very unlikely. There is currently no support on Adobe Flash for the devices based on Rockchip 28xx processors. There is an “hacked” apk file that let Flash install and run, it’s better than nothing, but it’s completely unofficial and gives quite poor performance.
The main reason for that is the Rockchip 2818 on most the Arnova tablets (including Arnova is not powerful enough to play smoothly Flash content.
The new Arnova G2 with the Rockchip 2918 works perfect with Flash.
http://www.arctablet.com/blog/featured/arnova-10-g2-android-2-3-capacitive-rk2918-cpu-512-mb-review“
There isn’t much hope for Flash on RK2818 CPU based tablets.
The hardware is really too slow for a good Flash experience, that’s probably why Adobe doesn’t support it on this platform.
I understand the issue now. Thanks to all that responded.
THIS DEVICE DOESN’T SUPPORT FLASH.
NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL………………
Yes !!
I want to try this firmware, please please please
A frenchie
I have tested other firmware including the cyanogen release that needed some additional care and attention before it would function on the Arnova 8.
I would like to help with this beta – please contact me asap as I will be flying out of the country soon and will be able to test this firmware on my travels.
#notanoob
Please can I take part in the testing?
I’ve been waiting this release for weeks it will be amazing to have an actual working Arnova 8.
If you have a little place for me, i really enjoy to test your firmware.
By the way, Many thanks for your job
After 3 days of testing the new CFW i have to say it’s a really good job.
I liked the Android logo at booting.
I liked the transparent top bar.
The new features at clock.
But the most important part is that the market works fine.
I didn’t like that when playing videos if you touch the screen to show the option the top bar displays twice.
I liked very much the improvement that Froyo has in Greek Language.
I didn’t like that when you suspend your device and switched it on again the SD card has been unmounted and you have to take it off and on again.
Thank you for giving me the option to try it and i can say that many problems solved and it’s a good update for my Arnova 8 tablet.
admin
Prompt please when approximately to expect, the testing termination, and release of high-grade updating
oui je veux bien tester ce nouveau firmware avec mon arnova 8
Would love to test this…
Are you still looking for testers? If not how long do you estimate to the code release?
Cheers,
Mark
yes yes i want test this firware for my arnova 8 !!!
Hey guys, thanks for the hard work. I’d love to give this new firmware a spin, please count me in !
Paul, Mel and others, the testing is currently closed.
Many bugs have been reported, some are quite embarrassing.
We’ll see if some can be fixed easily or if we release the firmware as is.
Thank you for your patience.
Great job guys. I would love this update as well. Please count me in.
Just flashed to the beta version a couple of times (just part of testing – make sure I can go back to previous version). On the whole looking good – doesn’t appear to be any nasty regressions.
Some observations from my quick initial tests:
* keyboard calibration is a little off. Initially thought it was my sausage-like fingers but even using a stylus to calibrate gives occasional mis-readings of keys when keyboard in use (it appears to select the key above e.g. “l” rather than DEL).
* On-screen calibration did hang on a couple of times – not sure why as I was unable to reproduce on-demand but it just seem to stop responding by the second cross.
* “ARNOVA 7″ is the title in the notification area.
* Market place appears to work (with one exception) this time around retains settings (the eclair edition kept “forgetting”). Successfully installed a couple of apps from the market.
* Only problem with Market that I’ve found is with Adobe flash player – which I cannot install. If I install version 2.2.7 of market the adobe download page just tells me the device is unsupported. Removing 2.2.7 and installing 3.0.26 makes no difference. If I install 3.0.26 from a virgin reflash (of froyo) the adobe site does then take me to the “Flash player 10.3″ application page but there is no “Install” button (as I say other apps work/download/install nicely).
* Trying to manually install an APK for flash 10.3 that I downloaded does not work either – it says it is installing, goes through the motions and then simply says “Application not installed”.
I’ll keep testing things and see if I’m being stupid when it comes to Flash. I will post back when I have more. Many thanks for the good work.
NooBie ALERT!!!!!
FLASH WILL NOT WORK ON THIS DEVICE.
I would lie to try this firmware ASAP.
Thanks
I would like to help testing the new firmware!
Please consider met too, in this test. Given the limited choice in the Apps Lib, my Arnova is starting to gather dust … bring on Froyo
Hello,
I’m also interested for testing this firmware
Thanks
I’ve flashed my Arnova 8 tablet since 4 hours.
It works well and no big problem noticed. Wifi ok. Reactivity similar to 2.1 custom firmware.
I’ve installed Android Market 2.2.7 through ArcTools (it has been then updated to 3.0.26, I think) and I’ve used it to install 10 apps without any problem.
But I had some problems with calibration and then with virtual keyboard, especially with “TAB” and ” ?123″ keys.
Screen timeout was also set to nothing…
Like TomVS, I’ve noticed a double bar when playing video and calling menu.
There’s also a “(ARNOVA 7)” label in notification center.
That’s all!
So, great job done on this custom firmware! Thank you!
Just flashed my arnova 8. Went straight to videoplayer. Some remarks here…
user the same h.264 encoder videos as before.
Video starts black, only sound…
Changing aspect ratio brings up video. But only aspect ratio is available…. changing does not work
The bar on top does not disappear… calling menu give double bar!
Video framerate is choppy, not fluent. This was also the case in previous firmware but only after fast forward
Typing this message feels more sluggish than before
This is exciting will try the market now
Ps video was encoded in handbrake normal profile
Typing from computer now. Sorry for the typo’s.
Just installed market. No problem.
Downloaded adobe pdf reader… Seems to work now. You can select pdfs on your device ! Never worked before in 2.1
Installed KINDLE works now. Home bar goes away in this firmware so the first lines of text are readeable…
This looks promising !
let me know if you need more people…
I would like to help testing the new firmware!
I am the owner of such a device. And I am willing to participate in testing.
Hello,
I’m also interested for testing this firmware
Thanks
With 15 beta testers, we now have enough participants to try this new firmware. For all the others, please wait a few days until the beta ends and we can finally publicly release the custom firmware.
To all the 15 beta testers: you will receive today the download link by email.
I have an arnova 8 and would be very happy to help beta-test your new froyo update.
would like to be a beta tester for this custom firmware.
I own a Arnova8 tablet and waited for the first time i used this tablet for such an update. AppsLib is no bad but it has none of the Greek Apps while Android Market is Full of Greek Apps.
Hi,
I would like to be a beta tester for this custom firmware.
I’ve bought an Arnova 8 but I’m not satisfied at all with the official firmware. Each time I want to connect to a website, I have to restart the tablet. Very frustrating !
So I hope that your custom firmware will make the difference !
Thanks, cheers !
staki, switzerland
Also interested in the testdrive…
Hello,
I’m also interested for testing this firmware
Thanks
Does this firmaware also works for the Arnova 84 ?
I won’t work, but we should prepare a release specific to the Arnova 84 in the near future, when the Arnova 8 firmware is stable.
I would like to participate in the testing
I will have a go. Have you got a video of it working you can post
Hi,
I’m interested! I tried the other custom firmware’s but i wasn’t very satisfied there were a couple of bugs this looks promising!
Thanks
I’m very interested, just have the arnova 8 for a few days so I wouldn’t mind testing the new firmware!
bonjour je suis intéressé pour tester merci
I аm ready! If the firmware doesn’t kill my device.
I would be interested. I am going on holiday on the 19th of this month, and will take my Arnova 8 with me to test, and report my findings when I get back on the 23rd, if this is ok?
Thanks
Mark