SDE for gen 8 released (Updated)

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Updated 2010-12-15. SDE now released

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".

Could not post link but the SDE exist on Archos download page...

http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/updates.html

Originally Posted by incen

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.

sooo... warranty is void as a whole or just in the software part...

Mm, funny part is that it link to the same aos file as the archos gen 7... so be careful as they probably have not have updated the link? I doubt both use the same SDE firmware, but I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by czesiu

sooo... warranty is void as a whole or just in the software part...

ARCHOS declines all liability and responsibility for any issues resulting from the installation of this SDE firmware.

so if your display backlight breaks, it doesn't matter as it didn't break because of the SDE

Originally Posted by czesiu

http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/updates.html

the link on the website points to the firmware_archos5.aos file they haven't updated the link yet.

Yup. hope they add it soon.

Originally Posted by chulri

the link on the website points to the firmware_archos5.aos file they haven't updated the link yet.

Aah, my misstake! Did never check the actual file, only read the text. Took for granted it was the correct file. But hopefully it will be released very soon then if the text is there.

Haven't update the link yet...

ok now there's no link anymore, just a simple

Coming soon !

I'll get some tea