custom rom timeline

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just wondering why the viewsonic tablet had root and custom roms within like 3 days of release yet the gen 8s still have nothing being done?

I'm not an expert but I think part of the reason is there are not a lot of devices out there yet. I pre-ordered mine and I am just getting it tomorrow. Also, developers have had a hard time rooting the device. Once it is rooted, you should see some roms.

That's because the VeiwSonic did not use Squashfs in read only mode. This makes it very hard to fully root. There is a temp root right now through the z4mod.

As soon as Archos releases the SDE (kind of "root"-firmware) we'll be able to root and test custom roms

I started developing DVB-T integration for Gen8, hopefully it'll be done in january
But for testing I still wait for the dvb-t stick (hauppauge nova-t stick) and my A101 and the SDE

Originally Posted by chulri

As soon as Archos releases the SDE (kind of "root"-firmware) we'll be able to root and test custom roms

I started developing DVB-T integration for Gen8, hopefully it'll be done in january
But for testing I still wait for the dvb-t stick (hauppauge nova-t stick) and my A101 and the SDE

Sounds cool!!support!!

Not only was the Viewsonic easily rooted, there was other tablets on the planet with VERY similar hardware. One of the first ROMs was ported from a Chinese tablet (in Chinese for a bit). For us, there's nothing like ours to port from, so it is a matter of getting permanent root & then the devs can safely tear into the Source-Code and make some magic.

Lack of available Archos tablets didn't help out. Also you can't get these at Best Buy either.

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Probably doesn't help much but in Germany there are some available at Saturn markets (Essen for example). If it's so hard to get hold of them in the States, maybe you'll better off by importing one from here.