[Gen8 General] iG0tB0lts:
I have tested all this on my Archos 101 IT

CM7 and UrukDroid are two of the best and fast, ROM's I have come across.

This is a full, and step-by-step guide for all those newbies around.

For installation of the two ROM's, you MUST HAVE THE ARCHOS SDE.

To install the Archos SDE:

Step 1: Go to archos support and under Developer Edition section download and accept/agree to whatever they say.

Warning - This will void your warranty!

:eek:

Step 2: After downloading the .aos, reboot the archos, and when it is on the black screen, hold down the

volume down

button, until you see a white screen, which is the recovery menu.

Step 3: Go to Update Firmware using the volume down and up keys as navigation, and use the power button to select.

Step 4: Connect your archos via USB, and transfer over the .aos file. Select OK, after the transfer is complete and follow on-screen instructions.

Warning - BE SURE TO SAFELY UNMOUNT!

Step 5: After the update is complete, it should boot into the SDE.

Install guide for UrukDroid -

UrukDroid is a much faster and lighter version of the stock firmware. It is based on android 2.2, FroYo.

Step 1: Navigate to the UrukDroid main page.

Step 2 Go to code.google. com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Download (remove spaces) Scroll down, and download the UrukDroid 1.6 Easy Install. Make sure you took the INSTALLATION PACKAGE, NOT UPDATE PACKAGE

Step 3: The file should be a .rar. Power on your Archos in Recovery mode[Holding volume down button], connect Archos to PC and goto "Recovery System"->"Developer Edition Menu"->"Flash Kernel and Initramfs".

Step 4: Copy over the zlmage and initramfs.cpio.gz. You will see the Archos flashing the new kernel. After it is complete, press the power button to reboot.

Step 5: Get the Archos into recovery mode once again, and choose "Developer Edition Menu".

Here, if you choose Simple install, urukDroid will be installed to your SDCard. By doing this you may get many errors like "Force Close" or slow perfomance. Installing to internal storage would be much, much faster, but they say less safer. Till now I have had no trouble with installing to internal storage.

For installing to SDCard : Select simple install

For installing to Internal : Choose advanced. Choosing this will ask you to resize a existing partition or create a new one. Your choice.

Then, you will have to choose the size of the partitions. I took the most, 1GB and 2GB

Once you have selected the installation method, you will see the UrukDroid installation framework. Say yes to install, and connect the Archos to the PC, and transfer UrukDroid-install.tgz.

Step 6: Once transferred, Safely unmount and press the power button.

Step 7: UrukDroid Easy Install will now check the file.

Step 8: You should now boot into UrukDroid. It will take a few minutes to set up. After it is done, finish the configuration wizard.

Step 9: Make sure you keep the Wifi Manager and the file explorer, as the stock applications of Wifi and File manager do not work.

Done, you are now booted into UrukDroid. Enjoy the speed :fingers-crossed:

To install Market:

Google ArcTools, and install. Choose the market version, download, and install, then reboot. You will get the Android Market, which will be updated to Play Store in a few minutes.

Installing CM7(Cyanogen Mod)

Step 1: Navigate to openaos .org/wp-upload/gen8/2012-04-09/ (remove space) . Download all files(md5 checksum optional).

For installing MultiBoot menu(needed)

Extract kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz to your desktop with an application like WinRar for windows.

Step 2: Boot your archos into

Recovery

mode, connect to PC and goto Developer Edition Menu -> Flash Kernel and Initramfs. Copy the zlmage and initramfs, and be sure to

SAFELY EJECT.

Step 3: Press the power button once, when the update of kernel is finished. Once reboot is complete, go into Recovery once again.

Step 4: Connect your archos to pc. Goto "Recovery system" --> "Repair System" --> "Start USB MSC".

Step 5: Copy over the Gingerbread image, and make sure that the name is exactly "openaos-gingerbread.img.gz" (Without " ")

Step 6: Next, extract the data image into the root of the archos. - There are 3 images in the archive, 256MB, 512MB and 1GB. Choose the size you like. If you don't do this, 256MB image will be created, but first boot will take much longer. The bigger the more faster. Choose which image size you want, and rename it to "data.img" (Without " ")

Step 7:

Be sure to SAFELY EJECT!

After all transfer is complete, click reboot(with power button) on the Recovery menu. While rebooting, hold down the volume button, go into Recovery and select SDE(

This is for bringing up the multiboot menu

)

- Way for booting directly into multiboot -

Goto Recovery menu -> Developer Edition Menu -> Remove Android Kernel.

Warning: You won't be able to update stock firmware with OTA anymore. Read the warning onscreen too.

- Get Google Play Store -

In bookmarks on stock browser, there should be the link wiki. cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps (Remove the space after "wiki."). Follow the link, and scroll down to where the files for download are. TAKE THE CM7 VERSION. Place the. Zip in the root, and reboot. Cm7 will automatically install.

Wallah, You have now installed CM7 On your Archos. I prefer this to stock Firmware, and urukDroid, except that there is no support for the mouse and keyboard I connect to the archos.

Cheers! :laugh: