[Gen9, Gen10 General] usbdev:
A method working for my 101 G9 HDD

here is what worked for me :

My new brick is a Archos 101 G9 / 250GB HDD, bought on monday, tested Tuesday (just played some video and tested email), died Wednesday by firmware update ... life is short these days ...

(PC 121700670 )

Yesterday i tried the pwr and vol-/vol+ (also with vol+ and vol-) several times but the result always was a black screen, hdd powers up (you can hear it) and stops approx 30 secs later.

I also used a usb to a windows laptop (win7-64), before power on and after ... same result, nothing to be seen in win, archos display black.

When powering down the device (press pwr button 10-12sek) the green led goes off.

When led is off and the charger is plugged in the device starts and shows a static archos logo, not the animated one.

here's what work for me (i'm not sure if thats all, but after all these off/on orgies within the last hours ... who knows)

Maybe (B) is sufficient, but i tried so many different things/keys/cable combinations and this is what i did today and it

made that thingy work again.

what i did: first (A) then (A) with USB connected, then (B)

(A)

- device off (no led), i pressed vol+ and then the pwr btn for 4 sek, kept vol+ pressed for 1 min

-> led green but no reactions (except hdd off), screen blank

- switched dev off (pwr btn, 10sek)

- device off (no led), i pressed vol- and then the pwr btn for 4 sek, kept vol- pressed for 1 min

-> led green but no reactions (except hdd off), screen blank

- switched dev off (pwr btn, 10sek)

- device off (no led), i pressed vol+ AND vol- (is there a "middle button"?) and then the pwr btn for 4 sek, kept vol+ AND vol- pressed for 1 min

-> no reactions (except hdd off), screen blank

- switched dev off (pwr btn, 10sek)

now i decied to check if maybe it's still "a bit alive" and connected the tablet to my linux pc (via usb) for

monitoring usb activities by /var/log/messages + dmesg

(A.1)

With tablet switched off i connected usb and repeated the steps done in (A), still no reaction, black screen.

(B)

After all this (USB still connected) i just switched on the tablet (NOT connected to charger)

and ... as if by miracle the tablet shows the logo, usb connect (+disconnect) could be seen in linux messages/dmesg.

I then tapped on the screen several times at different places and the _animated_ logo started (maybe it was not because of the tapping but just the few seconds delay i needed for the tapping),

an android window appeared (something like "optimizing apps")

... and the 101 G9 was alive ....

(it is still more or less unusabale because even after recalibrating the touchscreen the screen triggers moves even by just watching at the tablet)

btw, a usb connection to a win7 notebook (tried yesterday) has NOT worked.

Maybe someone could try if just (B) is sufficient (Note: yesterday (B) has not worked when the charger is plugged in)

Tablet now shows:

Software-Version: 4.0.24 (Android 4.0.4)

Board Version: A101H-V5(T1)

OMAP4460ES1.1

Boot Version: unknown/5.05.000009 - C0x01

build number: IMM76D

i'm not sure if i should try to do a downgrade to the currently available 4.0.7 or not - does the "old" version solve the touch problems?

Here's what was logged :

tail -f /var/log/messages

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1349154.872912] userif-3: sent link up event.

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.625569] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 67

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.740406] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0e79, idProduct=0001

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.740412] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.740416] usb 2-4: Product: A101H

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.740418] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Archos

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.740421] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: A101H6KJ0W8L0WJTHWC

Oct 11 23:16:11 localhost kernel: [1360262.741049] scsi73 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0

Oct 11 23:16:12 localhost kernel: [1360263.738932] scsi 73:0:0:0: Direct-Access Archos_A 101H 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

Oct 11 23:16:12 localhost kernel: [1360263.739327] sd 73:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

Oct 11 23:16:12 localhost kernel: [1360263.745231] sd 73:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

Oct 11 23:16:19 localhost kernel: [1360270.281376] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 67

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.172101] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 68

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.286801] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0e79, idProduct=1538

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.286807] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.286811] usb 2-4: Product: ARCHOS

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.286814] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: archos

Oct 11 23:16:24 localhost kernel: [1360275.286816] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: A101H6KJ0W8L0WJTHWC

Oct 11 23:20:15 localhost kernel: [1360505.713367] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 68

dmesg:

[1349153.821810] userif-3: sent link down event.

[1349153.821814] userif-3: sent link up event.

[1349154.872910] userif-3: sent link down event.

[1349154.872912] userif-3: sent link up event.

[1360262.625569] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 67

[1360262.740406] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0e79, idProduct=0001

[1360262.740412] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4

[1360262.740416] usb 2-4: Product: A101H

[1360262.740418] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Archos

[1360262.740421] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: A101H6KJ0W8L0WJTHWC

[1360262.741049] scsi73 : usb-storage 2-4:1.0

[1360263.738932] scsi 73:0:0:0: Direct-Access Archos_A 101H 0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

[1360263.739327] sd 73:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0

[1360263.745231] sd 73:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

[1360270.281376] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 67

[1360275.172101] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 68

[1360275.286801] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0e79, idProduct=1538

[1360275.286807] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4

[1360275.286811] usb 2-4: Product: ARCHOS

[1360275.286814] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: archos

[1360275.286816] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: A101H6KJ0W8L0WJTHWC

[1360505.713367] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 68