Gente, las custom ROMs estan a la vuelta de la esquina, ya que no va a hacer falta rootear el dispositivo porque Archos nos proporcionara dentro de muuuy poquito el SDE (Software Developer Kit) para los Gen8.
El SDE, te permite hacer dual boot con tu Archos, manteniendo el Android original de fábrica y permitiendo instalar un segundo sistema operativo, este sí, con ROOT. Este sistema operativo puede ser tanto otro Android (si Cyanogen se anima y nos saca uno XDD) o por ejemplo alguna versión de Linux embedded (hay una de Angstrom que funciona, que es la que viene con el SDE, pero supongo que albuna mas) y por ejemplo estaría bien si se pudiese adaptar un WebOS o un ChromeOS...
Así que simplemente unos días de paciencia que el root está al caer y de gratis!
Eso sí, si instaláis la SDE, perdéis la garantía .. .MEEECC... pero bueno, casi todas las trastadas que les hacemos a nuestros cacharros invalidan la garantía, así que no es nada nuevo...
Para mas información, os pego la página donde dá toda la información (
http://www.archos.com/support/suppor...try=es&lang=es):
Special developer edition firmware
Please note that these Special Developer Edition (SDE) firmwares provided in this section consists of a proof-of-concept software intended for experienced software developers only.
It is not to be considered a commercial grade release. The goal of these releases is to open up :
- the ARCHOS Generation 8 internet tablets,
- the ARCHOS 5 Generation 7 internet tablet,
- the ARCHOS 5 and ARCHOS 7 Generation 6 Internet Media Tablets
and provide a starting point for people interested in building native applications on a standard Linux base.
Remarks:
These SDE firmwares do not contain any of the legacy ARCHOS multimedia software. It is based on the Ångström distribution (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org) generated from a customized open embedded build (http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Main_Page). The modifications applied on top of the Ångström distribution is available here.
For ARCHOS 5 IT (Generation 7) and ARCHOS 5/7 IMT (Generation 6) only:
Important notices to be acknowledged before downloading and installing the SDE firmware:- Be aware that after installation, your device will loose the capability of playing DRM (digital rights management) protected content (e.g. videos that are present on the Archos Media Club).
- It is possible to restore the ARCHOS back to a traditional firmware, but it will not be able to play DRM protected content anymore. This functionality will be lost forever when applying the SDE firmware.
- Once the SDE firmware is installed on a device, this device will be watermarked and ARCHOS will be able to detect that this firmware has been installed once.
- Installing the SDE firmware is considered by ARCHOS as a voiding of the warranty and ARCHOS declines all liability and responsibility for any issues resulting from the installation of this SDE firmware.
- ARCHOS strongly advises that only experts in embedded software development should install this firmware.
- This firmware is provided "as is" and is not supported by ARCHOS.
The process for restoring the legacy ARCHOS firmware is done by accessing the recovery menu. The recovery is triggered by powering on the device while pressing the 'volume down' button. In order to install the new firmware, the "repair disk" option needs to be selected by navigating up and down the items with the 'volume up' and 'volume down' buttons and then executing the selection with a short press on the power button. Once in this mode, the device can be connected to a PC and will act as a mass storage device where the legacy .aos firmware file can be uploaded. Once this step is done, press on the power button again to launch the installation process.
For ARCHOS Generation 8 devices only:
Important notices to be acknowledged before downloading and installing the SDE firmware:- Once the SDE firmware is installed on a device, this device will be watermarked and ARCHOS will be able to detect that this firmware has been installed once.
- Installing the SDE firmware is considered by ARCHOS as a voiding of the warranty and ARCHOS declines all liability and responsibility for any issues resulting from the installation of this SDE firmware.
- ARCHOS strongly advises that only experts in embedded software development should install this firmware.
- This firmware is provided "as is" and is not supported by ARCHOS.
The SDE firmware MUST be installed using the recovery menu. The recovery is triggered by powering on the device while pressing the 'volume down' button (or 3 consecutive short press on the power button for the A28). In order to install the new firmware, the "Update firmware" option needs to be selected by navigating up and down the items with the 'volume up' and 'volume down' buttons and then executing the selection with a short press on the power button. Once in this mode, the device can be connected to a PC and will act as a mass storage device where the .aos firmware file can be uploaded. Once this step is done, press on the power button again to launch the installation process.
Once the SDE firmware is installed, powering on the device while pressing the 'volume down' button will now trigger a "Boot Menu". This menu allows to select which Operating System is to be launched (Android, the newly installed Developer Edition or the Recovery System). If the device is powered on while pressing jointly the 'volume down' and the 'volume up' buttons, the Developer Edition will be launched. If the device is powered on without any other button pressed, Android will be launched.
Installing a new legacy (Android) ARCHOS firmware WILL NOT remove the SDE firmware. In order to uninstall the SDE, boot into the recovery using the Boot Menu, select "Developer Edition Menu", then "Uninstall Developer Edition".
To download SDE firmware for ARCHOS Generation 8 devices, click on download button.Coming soon !To download SDE firmware for ARCHOS 5 internet tablet (Generation 7), click on download button.
To download SDE firmware for ARCHOS 5 & ARCHOS 7 Internet Media Tablets (Generation 6), click on this button