< _BuBU> dm8tbr: time for new anouncement? 
< _BuBU> openaos-gingerbread-20110628_122823.img.gz
< _BuBU> ATTENTION !! new zImage/initramfs.cpio.gz are required (else accelerometer will not work the right way on A101
< _BuBU> so:
< _BuBU> – accelerometer should work
< _BuBU> – both sdcard and storage should be mounted
< _BuBU> – bigger home/menu/back buttons..
< _BuBU> – update from upstream cyanogenmod (so regression or improvements expected)
< _BuBU> for the accelerometer you may have to active 180 degrees into cyanogenmod display settings
Posts Tagged ‘Android 2.2’
gingerbread, another update
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011SDE for Archos generation 8 devices released!
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010Here it is:
http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/updates.html (scroll down to the bottom, click ‘Show’, scroll again, click first button, acknowledge, download)
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- A101 showing SDE boot menu – All rights reserved by av500
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- A101 showing SDE boot screen – All rights reserved by av500
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- A101 running Ångström – All rights reserved by av500
I haven’t tried it yet, but read on that page that it comes with a nice dual-boot menu out of the box! Let’s get it on and run some fun things on those new devices. The scope is all generation 8 Archos Internet Tablets: 28, 32, 43, 70 and 101!
Let’s discuss things on the openAOS-dev mailing list.
Cheers
Thomas
PS: Yes there should have been more/other blog posts, but personally I have a new job and far less time for openAOS than I’d like to at the moment. 
Although my new employer (Tieto Finland) is very supportive of open-source involvement, so in the future things should look better. 
Here we come again, alpha3 of FroYo for A5IT
Saturday, October 30th, 2010It’s been a while, we all were very busy and as nobody new stepped up to help with things this alpha3 took longer than it was expected. It would have taken even longer but we decided to make a cut and release what we have so far.
The following tickets were resolved on our way to alpha3:
The following tickets sadly didn’t get fixed/resolved yet. If you see one where you could help. PLEASE do so!
| Ticket | Summary | Type |
|---|---|---|
| #107 | Menu Line Missing: Even after duplicating lines | defect |
| #126 | need to provide encrypted storage for some apps | enhancement |
| #93 | sitting idle with power disconnected turns off | defect |
| #92 | brief press of power button does not put unit to sleep | defect |
| #100 | openvpn support | enhancement |
| #109 | Wifi unable to stop | defect |
| #110 | browser crashed occasionally | defect |
| #116 | GPS not working | defect |
| #71 | Accelerometer not working | defect |
| #73 | Bluetooth not working. | defect |
| #84 | Add IPv6 module | enhancement |
| #122 | Notification bar in Google Maps | defect |
| #123 | Sleep Error | defect |
| #77 | Touch Screen Calibration App | enhancement |
| #101 | external sd card does not get automounted on boot | defect |
| #120 | AppsLib does not recognize the device as an Archos device | defect |
| #121 | Change mount location of internal storage | defect |
and for the beta1 target:
Again: Send patches! Discuss on the mailing list! Show some support by investing some time into this. Things don’t do themselves magically.
Keep in mind:
- In general this is still alpha grade code so don’t expect wonders in stability and functionality.
- If you find an issue that is not yet reported then file a new issue! If you do not report it we don’t know it and nobody can notice it and try to resolve it!
- This is still not really intended for the average end user. If you are one, don’t come complaining that “stuff doesn’t work”. Just be happy that some ‘stuff’ works.
- Please note that we had to disable the Android root console on cdc-acm-serial1 due to stability problems. You should use ADB instead!
- We require a working installation of the regular 1.6 Archos firmware as FroYo depends on a few files found in it!
Alpha3 is tested and works together with this zImage and this initramfs.
Please install those or preferably most recent before reporting bugs.
Oh yeah, if you just want the image: here it is and the md5sum.
Everyone else please follow the guide on the wiki which will help you install the most recent release.
Special thanks to Janis605 for creating the wonderful boot animation for us!
JBMM announces a bounty for 3G/UMTS drivers for gen7/gen8
Monday, September 20th, 2010We’ve been in contact with JBMM over this for a while now on a certain subject. Now they went public and have announced a bounty for the first person to bring an full featured driver for a mobile-broadband-USB modem to gen7/gen8.
We don’t know yet how this will look on gen8 or if maybe Archos did some more work on gen8 than on gen7, but we are eager to see how things develop.
This is more than just compiling a few kernel modules, this needs also actual Android-support.
Here’s the full announcement and in english courtesy of google translation.
openAOS Froyo Alpha2 for Archos5 IT
Friday, September 17th, 2010We’ve had a busy time and are happy to have the next release – Alpha 2 – for you to play with over the weekend!
Important note: This needs up to date zImage and initramfs to work properly! See further on in the text.
Here’s the Image for you and here’s a md5sum if you want to verify it.
Make sure that your Menu entry contains the words ‘froyo’ or ‘android’ OR the line in menu.lst ends with ‘|0′ – this is needed for now to address the framebuffer fix (see previous post).
We need more developers! There’s plenty of work and not many people! In addition Al Sutton will not be available for the coming weeks. So go ahead, send patches! join us on IRC! file issues! find solutions! help us! etc. etc. pp.
ReleaseNotes/ChangeLog:
- resolved issues:
- #75 Power management not working correctly
- #81 Adb driver
- #83 Fix USB gadget
- #86 make sure modules.* files don’t end up in initramfs
- #87 One blanked the screen doesn’t come back
- #88 cannot change backlight
- #90 SSD not detected
- #91 enable GRE in kernel
- #98 No Russian and other translations & inputs
- #99 Battery always reports 75%
- #76 SD Card not recognised
- #78 Improve status bar
- #85 WiFi Settings overwritten on boot
- #102 maildroid application using a subset of available screen – invalid (broken app)
- #80 Powers off randomly – duplicate
- #82 adb not available – duplicate
- unresolved issues (rescheduled for Alpha 3):
- #92 brief press of power button does not put unit to sleep
- #71 Accelerometer not working
- #94 strace from alpha1 broken
- #95 update busybox+busybox config
- #77 Touch Screen Calibration App – The calibration tool works, but the resulting data is not yet applied.
- #89 dpi 195 is correct, but results in large ui elements and text – decision postponed needs further consideration and discussion
- Keep in mind:
- If an app appears in a large black box, it’s broken! Notify the author that they should fix it for ‘hdpi-large’. See #102
- Yes, sound still does NOT work. #72 Audio not working – moved to Alpha 3 (and fixed in git, so it will be in Alpha 3).
- Battery indicator is not that good/accurate yet. #105 Update Battery code with new algorithm for higher accuracy.
- Currently the initramfs breaks USB in Archos firmware. Sorry, debugging has priority over that. We hope to fix it soon, check the blog for updates. #104 most recent initramfs/zImage seems to break MSC under Archos Android fixed in more recent initramfs/zImage. Please follow this guide to set things up.
- In general this is still alpha grade code so don’t expect wonders in stability and functionality.
Alpha2 is tested and works together with this zImage and this initramfs.
Please install those or preferably most recent before reporting bugs.