[ROM] Degu release archos gen7/gen8 CM7 gingerbread (update 27-01-2013)

A new release is ready the final Degu.

For both gen7/8 you will need to flash the latest zImage and initramfs included in the download links. <-- not needed if you already have flashed the latest with Crow. no changes in kernel or initramfs for Degu release.
Also to be sure you will need to delete your data.img and let it create a new one or copy your own if you use an image more then 256mb.

For setting up your device look here http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread

Links updated crow release 27-01-2013

For gen7:

http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen7/2013-01-27/

For gen8:

http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen8/2013-01-27/

If you have any issus post them by creating a new ticket see http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/IssueTracking on howto.

Known issues are here: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidTicketsFor2.3

If it works well or you have issues you can also leave a reply.

BTW camera should partly work on gen8, tested on a 101IT taking photos. Video recording will freeze the app. Not tested with apps that use the cam only with the included camera app.
A43IT has a different camera, so I don't know if it will work.

Thanks,

divx118

Usefull links for setting up the devices:

Gen7 devices: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen7
Gen8 devices: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen8
General info: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread
Building your own image: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidBuildEnvironment

Degu final (27-01-2013)
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Changelog:

- Smoother youtube video playback for gen8
- More apps in the market available for gen7 and gen8 (also thanks to utopik for this)
- Internal storage should now properly display free available memory for gen7 and gen8
- Fixed bookmark for gapps in the browser for gen7 and gen8
- Overal speed improvement.

Unfortunately you will need a fresh data.img to let these fixes take effect.

Crow final (25-12-2012)
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First don't forget to flash he new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in the archive kernel_gen7_20120512_114451.tar.gz for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it (with winrar if you are on windows) and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

Changelog see http://www.openaos.org/archives/821

Bull final (09-04-2012)
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First don't forget to flash he new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in the archive kernel_gen7_20120512_114451.tar.gz for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it (with winrar if you are on windows) and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

Only for gen7: If you flash the new kernel and initramfs also delete the old menu.lst when it is there. If you have custom lines in there add them later after you first booted in the new menu.lst that is created.

Only for gen8: If you first boot the image it happens sometimes that omap_vout isn't loaded correctly this means it can't create the overlay for playback video and uses the software renderer. If you just reboot it is ok. It only happens atleast to me on the very first boot.

Some improvements first the kernel and initramfs:
- Correct orientation of the bootmenu for A101IT
- Updated the kernel with latest archos GPL release which means that the ones with broken USB host on their A101IT it gets working again when booting stock through the bootmenu.
- For gen7 updated initramfs to match the one from gen8
- Added unionfs support, so you can have root with rw access on stock android.

Improvements on Gingerbread:
- smoother camera because of using the overlay to display the stream. Known issues: - display is cropped so you don't see the whole camera - Recording still doesn't work.
- Youtube app works.
- Hardware accelerated video for atleast youtube app and some mp4 files, maybe more if someone can test some different formats that would be nice. Rotation does work for youtube app, there are still some issues when rotating playing a regular mp4.
- On gen8 you can also play hw accelerated flash videos in the browser now, of course not all pages will work.
- wifi location should work now. <-- same for gen7
- Fix not enough storage when installing apps by moving /cache also to the data.img. <-- same for gen7
- Update to latest CM code. <-- same for gen7

RC2 (24-12-2011)
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This will be the final Bull release or there must be some major bugs discovered in the next few days.
There is now a new feature added (thanks to illifant). The data is now in a separate image "data.img" if it is not there it will be auto created. 256 MB is standard. You can replace it with a bigger one from the download link gen8_data.img.tar.bz2.
If you unpack with for example winrar you see three images 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB just pick a size and copy that to the root of your archos. Rename it to "data.img"
As mentioned you don't have todo this if you want to use 256MB that will be created automaticly.
All your data, apps and gapps are in data.img. So on a next upgrade you won't have to reinstall everything again.
Also the size of the actual image is reduced, for gen7 it is 180MB and for gen8 256MB.

Don't forget to flash the new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in kernel_gen7_20111224_181411.tar.bz2 for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20111224_213037.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it with winrar and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

(if not specified otherwise the fixes are for gen7 and gen8)

Gingerbread Image:

- Deep sleep improved, however to work properly keep adb disabled. (it is now disabled by default.)
- Charging A43 for USB and wall charger is fixed (gen8)
- External sd-card is now mounted on /mnt/storage/sdcard (same as on archos firmware).
- Updated with latest CM code.
- New modules from updated kernel build (gen8)
- Other small fixes see the closed tickets.

zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz:

- Initramfs script updated, if it fails it will now display an error message instead of just rebooting.
- Kernel updated to latest archos firmware (2.4.81) kernel (gen8)

RC1 (06-11-2011)
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Somethings that are changed since anoa release:

(if not specified otherwise the fixes are for gen7 and gen8)

- Fixed headphone speaker switch
- partly camera working for atleast A101IT I think also A70, don't know for A43IT because it has a different cam. (gen8)
- Fixed permission errors when using ext3 formatted internal memory
- Fixed some browser crashes. Due to using v8 javascript engine again instead of jsc
- Fixed crash when going to browser settings
- Fixed deep sleep which should be working now.
- Fixed mounting/unmounting external sdcard.
- Calibration app included for A32 and A43. (Under settings)
- Updated to latest CM code
- Kernel updated to latest sources from archos firmware 2.4.65
- Fixed correct rotation for A101, only bootmenu is still upsidedown.
- GPS working for gen7 devices
- some other small things

Tips:
1) Playing youtube videos on CM fail with standard player http://pastebin.com/YAZc0z74 , but can be done with mobo player or mx player by using for example opera mobile and setting the user agent to desktop.

airwolf1544 said:

The Bootmenu doesn't start. It hangs on the first Archos Screen (before OpenAOS).
It don't creates the menu.lst file also.
(Archos 101 G8)

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You are right, something went wrong with the upload of the zImage, if you check md5sum it is wrong. I will post when it is fixed. Should be soon.

divx118

EDIT: zImage is fixed now if you already downloaded it just redownload

We are having some issues with dev.openaos.org which will hopefully soon be solved.
The problem you have is a corrupted zImage. It should be fine now once you can redownload it.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

divx118

EDIT: wrote too soon, seems the links are accessible again

airwolf1544 said:

Is the name right? openaos-gingerbread.img.gz

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Yes that should be correct, just tested it myself. Just deleted my image, menu.lst flashed the initramfs and kernel and booted.

divx118

Oops sorry, need some more coffee this morning it was meant for Hubelbert.

SWFlyerUK said:

Bugger - I sholdn't have installed UrukDroid yesterday

Whats the fixes/updates with this release please, or is it on the site?

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- Fixed headphone speaker switch
- partly camera working for atleast A101IT I think also A70, don't know for A43IT because it has a different cam.
- Fixed permission errors when using ext3 formatted internal memory
- Fixed some browser crashes. Due to using v8 javascript engine again instead of jsc
- Fixed crash when going to browser settings
- Fixed deep sleep which should be working now.
- Fixed mounting/unmounting external sdcard.
- Calibration app included for A32 and A43. (Under settings)
- Updated to latest CM code
- Kernel updated to latest sources from archos firmware 2.4.65
- some other small things

divx118

FrEcP said:

hey divx - do we have any working way of dualboot urukdroid and Cyanogen?

For me this is the major reason for less contribution on openAOS - as i need a working stable device for dialy use - but also really want to help u with cyanogen...

Searched for it some time ago already but due to the different kernels this was really hard to figure out...

anyway will try yours again now and check out the new release

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Unfortunately not, maybe in the future when we can boot different kernels. We just follow the archos kernel sources with some minor additions to also allow booting of other linux distros. We want however always be able to boot stock android with our kernel which gives you btw root access, because of using unionfs.
I don't know how much difference there is between the urukdroid kernel and ours never looked at it.

divx118

marcusmarcus said:

So far it is running smooth. Great job guys.
I noticed 3 things so far.
1) my speakers make a "pop" sound when the device goes into and comes out of sleep. They also did that in Anoa.
2) I can swipe between the different home screens OK, but if I try to use the desktop dots next to the dock then ADW force closes.
3) Camera worked great the first time, then the second time I went back in it, it is green and gray colored. Tried changing the color effect settings of the camera and it looks the same every time. Rebooting fixed the greenish look and I have been in it multiple times now and it is staying normal so not sure what caused it the first time.

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1) Yes I noticed that too, I will see if I can poke one of the archos guys to know what is causing this issue.
2) Yes, it is a known issue. If you go into ADWlauncher settings the dots will disappear. I know what is causing the problem just need some time to create a proper fix.
3) Never had this on the 101. What kind of device do you have? A101 A70 or A43

Thanks for reporting back,

divx118

BTW there are still some problems accessing dev.openaos.org if the downloadlink doesn't work try again later.

marcusmarcus said:

3)I have an A70 8GB. I'm not sure what would have caused it, I have not been able to reproduce it since rebooting the device.

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Good to know it works on the A70, it wasn't tested yet.

divx118