Here is the guide and tools to rooting the Archos 80 Cobalt 8" tablet running ICS 4.0.4.
At the moment there are no custom roms for this device and any other roms for Archos devices will result in a soft-brick.
The rooting procedure is pretty simple, if you have any problems just ask.
----------- Rooting Stock ICS 4.0.4 -------------
1) Download and unpack the attached archos_80_cobalt_root.zip
2) Ensure sure ADB is enabled on your device (Settings -> Developer Options -> USB debugging [tick] )
3) Install the ADB driver (included)
4) Run RunMe.bat and select option 1
5) Check on device, when asked to restore, press the "Restore my data" button.
----------- Recovering "Bricked" Achos 80 Cobalt to Stock ICS 4.0.4 -------------
1) Download and unpack cobalt_recovery.zip from HERE
2) Plug in AC adapter (not USB cable) and power off device
3) Hold down Volume-Down button while plugging in USB cable, keep Volume-Down pressed for 10 seconds
4) Install the driver for "unknown device" in device manager, the driver is included in cobalt_recovery.zip
5) Start RKAndroidTool and press "flash rom" - do not select any of the tick boxes unless you need to restore custom images or restore userdata & cache
6) It will take about 5 minutes for the device to recover and should automatically boot to the welcome wizard
-------- Clockwork Recovery ---------
Thanks to 900supersport at freaktab.com he has built a signed kernel to allow booting CWM. I have attached the recovery too to allow you to install CWM. Use the same guide above but use archos_80_cobalt_CWM.zip instead.
----------- Changes -----------
26/12/12 17:32GMT: Fixed a couple of bugs and stripped a lot of stuff not relevant to this device from the script.
27/12/12 18:41GMT: Uploaded cobalt_recovery.zip to recover from a soft-brick
29/12/12 13:33GMT: Included link and attachment for CWM with thanks to 900supersport at freaktab.com
At the moment there are no custom roms for this device and any other roms for Archos devices will result in a soft-brick.
The rooting procedure is pretty simple, if you have any problems just ask.
----------- Rooting Stock ICS 4.0.4 -------------
1) Download and unpack the attached archos_80_cobalt_root.zip
2) Ensure sure ADB is enabled on your device (Settings -> Developer Options -> USB debugging [tick] )
3) Install the ADB driver (included)
4) Run RunMe.bat and select option 1
5) Check on device, when asked to restore, press the "Restore my data" button.
----------- Recovering "Bricked" Achos 80 Cobalt to Stock ICS 4.0.4 -------------
1) Download and unpack cobalt_recovery.zip from HERE
2) Plug in AC adapter (not USB cable) and power off device
3) Hold down Volume-Down button while plugging in USB cable, keep Volume-Down pressed for 10 seconds
4) Install the driver for "unknown device" in device manager, the driver is included in cobalt_recovery.zip
5) Start RKAndroidTool and press "flash rom" - do not select any of the tick boxes unless you need to restore custom images or restore userdata & cache
6) It will take about 5 minutes for the device to recover and should automatically boot to the welcome wizard
-------- Clockwork Recovery ---------
Thanks to 900supersport at freaktab.com he has built a signed kernel to allow booting CWM. I have attached the recovery too to allow you to install CWM. Use the same guide above but use archos_80_cobalt_CWM.zip instead.
----------- Changes -----------
26/12/12 17:32GMT: Fixed a couple of bugs and stripped a lot of stuff not relevant to this device from the script.
27/12/12 18:41GMT: Uploaded cobalt_recovery.zip to recover from a soft-brick
29/12/12 13:33GMT: Included link and attachment for CWM with thanks to 900supersport at freaktab.com
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