yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8 Android Development] Porobu:
use the smallest data.img size you can because bigger data.img files, like the 1GB one make the rom really laggy
[Gen8 Android Development] athankar75:
Very good rom, after bull and crow , this is almost perfect! No cracking sound, everything works fast and the market has almost all the apps that i remember from stock froyo rom. I suggest it for everyday rom for demanding users like me. Another thing, it's the only rom which allow me to play temple run with minimum lags ( i'm planning to try with oc kernel or any tweaks to free a bit more memory, any suggestion?)
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Yep internal ram is a problem, 256mb is too small for the memory hungry apps nowadays. I don't think cpu is the problem.

Try to close all apps that aren't needed. es-taskmanager is nice for that it has a widget which you just have to click. There will be others that can do that too.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
The ram is the problem, indeed. My phone has the same CPU but 512 and its running awesome. I checked it's performance with the latest high-end games when I bough it and the conclusion is - RAM makes things happen.
[Gen8 Android Development] athankar75:
Thank you for your interest! I tried ESexplorer, i think it helps a little. I have a noob question about available ram. My phone SGS 9001, has updated with a new JB kernel which has now almost 30mb more than stock (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2131844). I notice that i have 237 mb available and i wonder why not 256?
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
omapfb (videocard) needs memory too. So no, it is not stolen from your device :).

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
Also, when you read 256 memory in the website it doesnt mean the device has exactly 256.
[Gen8 Android Development] athankar75:
It is a pitty such a good device struggled from archos due to low memory! Anyway, do we have anything else to expect after your great rom to improve performance? Any optimizations in kernel maybe?...
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Not from me, I am currently working on ubuntu (or any other linux distro) for gen8 with the kernel from nicktime 2.6.37. SGX with xorg I already have working. It will still need some performance tweaks. Now I am trying to get the usb host port working, which is not so easy. BTW this will be only for the A101.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] SXUsr:
Hi all.

Trying to install this but finding it quite confusing, and as I don't consider myself a noob in these kind of things it's very annoying.

I've done that, then back to the main guide...

...after copying both data and the renamed img file and rebooting the OpenAOS screen SDE loads but only see Archos, Angstrom and Advanced Menu options?
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
The device goes to deep sleep when power is disconnected and powerbutton or timeout screen is activated. However it isn't tested in detail, it could be that something wakes it up out of deep sleep once in a while. Feel free to create a ticket for it.

I will see if CM has a setting that allows stockbrowser switch the useragent to desktop, if not then this will not be fixed. (Not going to change the source code of the browser to make it possible there are enough alternative browsers which IMO also are better then stock)

I will look in the wlan issue and see if I can reproduce it.

To boot right away to the bootmenu, just remove android in recovery menu. Original firmware can be booted from the bootmenu which also gives you root and write permission because of unionfs.

BTW You can't access the internal memory of the archos in CM. To access internal memory there are 3 options:

1) Boot into original firmware

2) Use recovery menu

3) Use adb push pull in CM

Market fix is indeed "broken" with RC bull.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] dtr145r:
my devices freezes or powers off about 2 minutes after start up.

trying to get a logcat...

blah
[Gen8 Android Development] rapunzel11:
Thanks! That's the solution i'm looking for.

BTW: If someone want to install market 3.3.11 like here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328992 Don't forget to make a reboot after that. Otherwise you can't find the market under your apps.

@divx118: Do you have any solution for my usb problem.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
I thought this answered it:

BTW You can't access the internal memory of the archos in CM. To access internal memory there are 3 options:

1) Boot into original firmware

2) Use recovery menu

3) Use adb push pull in CM

Because the image file is on the internal memory, we can't expose it to the PC. If we decide to move from image to a partition in a later stadium this should become possible. Right now you only got the 3 options mentioned above to connect your archos to your pc using usb.

BTW does USB host work? I can't try it because the host port of my A101 is broken.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] rapunzel11:
@divx118: You're right! USB host is working. I've completely overlooked your note, sorry. And now I understand why it wouldn't work. Is that the same reason that apps like easy installer doesn't work correctly at the moment?
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
on the 70 IT

Windows regonized the 70 It

impossible to go on the letter directly

But it is ok with

1) Boot into original firmware

2) Use recovery menu

3) Use adb push pull in CM
[Gen8 Android Development] FrEcP:
hmm thats' funny - cause for me usb host isn't working - even lsusb showing nothing but the 2 default entries. While it works fine after booting to stock rom.

EDIT: I tried it with an Wireless USB Keyboard Dongle + and an USB stick (storage) ; for both no reaction from system - not on lsusb nor on dmesg. Not even the LED of the stick is lighting - so it seems i dont get power at all in CM7
[Gen8 Android Development] rapunzel11:
@FrEcP: I think the usb host of your device is alright. Divx118 has a hardware problem with his usb port because it's broken.

At the moment no one can get any usb connection under CM7.

This are the options:

THX to divx118!
[Gen8 Android Development] dtr145r:
hmmm i tried cm7 on my gen7 device and i cant get root access at all.

any ideas??
[Gen8 Android Development] FrEcP:
yy i know that - but he asked if host mode is woking - as he cant test - so i tested it - but i couldnt get it working...

but u are writing "host mode is woking" - so how did u get it made it ?

(btw using 101)
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
i ended up having to extract it on my desktop. the copy over the img. it worked nonetheless. great job!
[Gen8 Android Development] dtr145r:
ok i did some research and i found a solution for my problem...

http://dev.openaos.org/ticket/224

the problem is the solution involves usb to work, and on my gen7 it does not.

blah.
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
When i use ADB

i have 2 devices !

List of devices attached

A70-42EA0021-9FF80000-015DC2F4-????????	device

emulator-5554	device

how copy with adb , the file vendor.apk on /system/app /
[Gen8 Android Development] rapunzel11:
Tested it, but currently it isn't adapted for daily use. It is very smooth and fast but there a lot of little mistakes.

I think we have to cross our fingers and hope that the team will continue its work.
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
I guess, in keeping with this tradition? I made a video highlighting a few of the new improvements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii55iSAs400
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
http://www.jbmm.fr/?p=23313
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
I could do one in french! mais, je ne le parle pas bien :(
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
adb push /your_path_to_vendor-apk/vendor.apk /system/app

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
Thanks you for the ADB

But impossbile to use the command with 2 devices

Why i have 2 devices for one tablet ?
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
you can use adb with more than one device plugged in by issuing commands like this

adb -s <serialNumber> <command>

e.g.

adb -s emulator-5556 install helloWorld.apk
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Then your image file isn't correctly named "openaos-gingerbread.img.gz" be sure you don't have any hidden extensions on windows.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] SXUsr:
Hi.

As usual after a bit more reading I just added Gingerbread||/openaos-gingerbread.img|/init|0 to the menu file and it's showing and now working correctly. Thanks for the reply.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Did you flash latest zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz from http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen8/2012-12-25/kernel_gen8_20121225_093548.tar.gz ?

Unpack it with winrar or 7zip.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] SXUsr:
I followed the guide to a T, then got it to work after reading THIS page and editing the menu.lst, now it's listed in the menu and boots.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
hmm I see what could be wrong with the initramfs script. It should pick up the file and add it automagically to the menu.lst

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] nimafire:
dude.

no new update for persian/arabic lang ?

please help me on this case, none of archos ROM support persian/arabic lang on web browsing
[Gen8 Android Development] PotentChili:
I skipped Crow, but Degu is giving me the same issue that Bull was.. My device is randomly shutting off. Doesn't seem to be a specific reason, it just happens.

Archos 70 H 250gb
[Gen8 Android Development] PanicMan:
Thanks a tot, works great!

Still one question left:

If I want boot directly into multiboot menu, I have to remove android in the recovery menu, right? But is it still accesible through the multiboot menu? Or is the orginal system then gone forever?
[Gen8 Android Development] mrbelou:
I have the same thing, and numerous freeze too, It seems to be normal on archos 250gb
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Yes, remove android. Original firmware will be still accesible through multiboot.

@PotentChili, indeed that is an issue with harddisk models. I unfortunately don't have a harddisk model, without such a device it is hard to figure out what is exactly wrong.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] mtunca:
How can Android be removed from boot menu?
[Gen8 Android Development] minidou-77:
You have an option to do this on the recovery

But it can only be restored by flashing an original firmware
[Gen8 Android Development] arquillos:
+1

Does final version support hardware decoding?

Thank you in advance!
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
just switch to SW decoder (software) and you will be fine.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Yes, but only for youtube vids and some mp4. No parsers available for anything else. mxplayer just uses default android player for hardware playback, but as stated you can switch it to SW to make it work.

VLC uses there own way to use the hardware codecs. Last time I checked (several months ago) they did use the hardware codecs on our devices, but no hardware rendering and without it you can just as well play software codecs. Don't know what the status is now.

I will say it once again, if you want to play media boot into original firmware. Nothing beats archos media playback. Youtube vids should be fine on CM7.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] pirecrompir:
Hi!

I'm currenty using UrukDroid 1.6 on my gen8 101 IT 8Gb. Can I install this rom together with UD or do I have to uninstall UD first and then install this rom or do I install this rom "over" UD?

Thanks for the reply!
[Gen8 Android Development] DKett:
I cant install the actual version on my Archos Home Connect. :(

I follow this guide:

I think, i have made it right

I see this on the menu:

-Android
-Delevoper Edition
-Recovery

Then i followed this guide:

My menu.lst show this:

Archos|ARCHOS|ARCHOS|/init|0
Angstrom||/rootfs.img|/sbin/init|1
Gingerbread||/openaos-gingerbread.img|/init|0

But i cant start Gingerbread :(

Now the boot menu show this:

-Android
-Delevoper Edition
-Recovery

Sorry for my bad english and i hope anyone can help me.
[Gen8 Android Development] Nathalex27:
Is archos a70 gen8? I thought it was.

Thanks for the help
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Select developer edition in the recovery menu to start the bootmenu.

Divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] DKett:
When i select the Delevoper Edition i came to the standard android :(

I dont know what i make wrong ...

I have this files in my root:

The openaos-gingerbread.img.gz is the image file from the first page.
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
as far as I can see "data" has no extension .img on it.
[Gen8 Android Development] Nathalex27:
need sd card? gapps can't download? internal storage not working or did I do something wrong?
[Gen8 Android Development] DKett:
The data is a .img file.

I have named it data.img.
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
I saw your post where you said this is your menu,lst:

Archos|ARCHOS|ARCHOS|/init|0

Angstrom||/rootfs.img|/sbin/init|1

Gingerbread||/openaos-gingerbread.img|/init|0

After you select Developer Edition a menu will show up after OpenAOS logo where you have to select the third option (Gingerbread). I dont know how you've missed it.
[Gen8 Android Development] DKett:
I think I have a wrong file, because I don't see the menu...

Can you show me what files I need for the Degu image.

What files I have to rename and unzip?
[Gen8 Android Development] Mavasilisk:
hmmm at first I though its your data.img causing the problem but actually if u dont name it correctly the system will create a new one so it wont be a problem. You should check the guide at openaos site that divx has posted before. It is in the OP
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Oh wait the home connect, there is a problem with displaying the bootmenu. Put the line of gingerbread on top in menu.lst to boot it by default. Now archos original firmware is on top, that is why it boots the original.

Divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] athankar75:
Is there any solution to install some app which refused to do it with "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card". I tried with play store, or installation with .apk, same results. I want to gave the tablet as gift to my 8 year nephew but her favorite game Diversion, refused to install in any way...
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Just tried it on my device and installed it without any problems from the playstore. Did you delete your data.img when you installed degu?

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] darthjuanan:
USB Connect problem

First of all, congratulations for this rom!!!

I've a problem when I'm trying connect my a101it by USB to my PC.

Down, on the status bar, it appears the usb icon. When I press it, it tries to start the USB app (I can see the green android) but the applicatione never shows, so I never can press the button for share my internal disks with the PC.

Can you help me?

Thx.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
You can only use it when a micro sd-card is in the device. Internal storage is and cannot be supported, because the image file is on it. So either use recovery or boot into stock android.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] 2stardiver:
I manage to install degu gingerbread release to my gen7 archos 5.

but it is very sluggish and slow, is there any tricks to improve performance ?
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Do you have a device with a hd, or the 32Gb flash version. On hd devices it is reported to be sluggish, however not much I can do about that. I only have the flash version, so I can't troubleshoot what is or are exactly the problems.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] 2stardiver:
Its 8gb flash version
[Gen8 Android Development] cherryaa:
mounting rootfs partition failed 3

Can anyone advise? One other poster has reported the same problem, but I couldn't find any replies.

I successfully installed Gingerbread on my 101it this afternoon - very nice, it was! But I decided to be a bit clever and try some other random stuff - which didn't work, unsurprisingly. I wiped my device, installed Chrulri's system again, then repeated the OAOS procedure and Gingerbread. I got the error "mounting rootfs partition failed 3". This has been happening ever since, no matter what I try.

I can still run the original Froyo, but this error's really bothering me now and I want to know what's wrong! Anyone know what it means? And what to do about it?

Clutching at straws here, but is there something I could change in menu.lst to resolve the issue? I had been trying various tweaks from this OAOS page: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRoot_BootMenu. Was wondering if one of the tweaks actually made the Gingerbread install correctly? (Or did I permanently break something inside my tablet!)

Menu.lst currently looks like this:-
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
The flash version, shouldn't be sluggish. It should be atleast as fast as the original firmware. Do you have a logcat output to see what is causing the sluggish performance?

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Hmm the initramfs script fails at the following line https://www.gitorious.org/archos-bu.../initramfs/etc/scripts/openaos_lib.sh#line686

Below the command with filled in variables. It mounts the loop needed for the gingerbread image on the dir "new-root" to change root later in the script.

mount /dev/loop0 /new-root -o rw,noatime,nodiratime

What do you mean by installing Chrulri's system?

FYI stock archos firmware can be rooted in the multiboot advanced menu when booting into it with openaos, so no need for other then original firmware installed.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] cherryaa:
Thanks! I will try and figure this out later. I re-installed the firmware scripts just because I know they work. My device seems to be rooted for good now, anyway, I'm just going through painstaking steps because I don't know what I'm doing and am trying to find out ;)

Ah ... My amateur reading of the script suggests this may have been the problem. Back to painstaking steps & headscratching.
[Gen8 Android Development] 2stardiver:
heres logcat I replaced my mac address with xx:xx:xx....

http://pastebin.com/hWXb0rvv
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Thanks, nothing special to see on a first glance. I will see if I have some time this week and look at the logcat of my A5IT to compare.

divx118
[Gen8 Android Development] tezup:
Help! Archos 70IT CM7 BULL

*Bump*!

Old thread, but I've scoured the net for the Gen8 CM7 Gingerbread and all the links are down, openaos .org seems to have evaporated completely. Does anyone have the three files I need, please? A reminder of what they are:

- Updated CyanogenMod7 files for Archos Gen8 on OpenAOS web site:

kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz (contains initramfs.cpio.gz, zImage and modules archive)

- openaos-gingerbread-bull-gen8-121502.img.gz

- gen8_data.img.tar.bz2 (image file space for data 256MB, 512MB and 1GB, rename to data.img)

Fingers crossed... :)

(Archos 70 IT with latest official ROM v2.4.83)
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
Here you go. I have uploaded the Gapps file as well.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/2xzxhuuj4dgj/data.img.tar.bz2

https://www.filefactory.com/file/3gd42vwzpqjp/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip

https://www.filefactory.com/file/1ld5lz53e9t/kernel_gen8_20121225_093548.tar.gz

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6ay4n2o3qy7n/openaos-gingerbread-degu-gen8-130401.img.gz
[Gen8 Android Development] tezup:
You're a legend! Thanks very much.

I'm downloading them now. File Factory only allows me one download an hour it seems, so I'll try the install later when I've got all the files.

:fingers-crossed:
[Gen8 Android Development] AdrianFa:
UNBRICK Archos 70d Titanium

Please help me ....

I have an Archos 70d Titanium and I need a StockRom or any other Rom to flash with SP Flash Tool .......

Thank you very much .
[Gen8 Android Development] teigaff:
Hi @tezup and @darren1

Do you still have the files for the Archos Internet Tablet 70? I've one and want to upgrade to a custom ROM.

Thanks and best regards
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
I only have files for the Gen 8 tablets.
[Gen8 Android Development] teigaff:
@darren1

As far as I know is the Archos 70 IT Gen8. I own the same device as tezup. See two, three posts before.

It would be very kind, if you could upload the files again. Thanks in advance!
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
Yes, i think your right. Sorry I haven't used mine for years. I'll try and re-upload the files tomorrow for you.
[Gen8 Android Development] teigaff:
Thank you darren1

That is really kind! I wish you a nice weekend and thank you for your very fast support.
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
Here you go.

FileFactory

FileFactory is the best place to upload and share files with no limits since 2005. Send and receive any type of file up to a massive 5GB with unlimited file bandwidth.

www.filefactory.com

FileFactory

FileFactory is the best place to upload and share files with no limits since 2005. Send and receive any type of file up to a massive 5GB with unlimited file bandwidth.

www.filefactory.com

FileFactory

FileFactory is the best place to upload and share files with no limits since 2005. Send and receive any type of file up to a massive 5GB with unlimited file bandwidth.

www.filefactory.com

FileFactory

FileFactory is the best place to upload and share files with no limits since 2005. Send and receive any type of file up to a massive 5GB with unlimited file bandwidth.

www.filefactory.com
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
The gapps file probably isn't of much use as Google has dropped support for Gingerbread and you won't be able to sign in.
[Gen8 Android Development] teigaff:
Thank you very much @darren1!

I've downloaded all the files and will try it out.

Which alternative app store could you advise?

Is it possible to use F-Droid on this android version?
[Gen8 Android Development] darren1:
You'll have to try an old version on F-Droid, but it might not be fully functional. Looks like the following is the last that will install on Gingerbread. https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/f-droid-limited/f-droid/f-droid-1-2-2-release/
[Gen8 Android Development] mattia1980:
Good morning

I have an archos access 70 wifi 16GB eu model AC70ASWF with android oreo 8.1.0.

I am unable to root and I would like to install a custom rom. Can someone help me? Thanks.
[Gen8 Android Development] dtr145r:
can someone take a look at why titanium back up doesnt work?

i dont want to post a defect on it because its an app,

not sure what the problem could be.??
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
Thanks you

the

i have this error : Failed to copy : read-only system !
[Gen8 Android Development] devwithzachary:
You need to mount the file system as read/write before doing this command, try

adb shell
$ su
$ mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

(Replace /dev/block/mtdblock3 & /system with appropriate device path and mount point, as obtained from cat /proc/mounts)
[Gen8 Android Development] cajl:
Great

It is OK

and i have a good android market
[Gen8 Android Development] yigal66:
USB problem

I installed bull on my 70IT.It's running much faster and smoother than original FW or even UD. The only problem that I facing is USB connection. Both slave and master don't work. Is it only my device ? It looks like it's not HW problem - USB slave working well under original FW and in recovery.
[Gen8 Android Development] FrEcP:
what about reading the thread? ;)

both not working - yes - known (even someone told host is woking, i didn't get it either)
[Gen8 Android Development] yigal66:
I found it in thread :-)

There is another question - is S2E suppose to work on Archos under CM7 same way as It works on phone? I didn't succeed to run it with ext3 partition on SD card

__________________

Archos 70IT - 8 GB: testing CM7 Bull RC1

Desire : CM 7.0.3
[Gen8 Android Development] dsimages:
running this as we speak, seams to be very functional for my use. I applied the market fix but still not seeing all apps (example:google maps).

do some of the honeycomb apps work on ginger?
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
i installed google music beta, which works great. netflix, not so much. i do want the newest version of market on it though, but i haven't been able to figure out how to get it to work, despite reading other walkthroughs