Archos 2.1.8 new firmware - Gen8 General

Good job for archos, they announce new release 2.1.8 firmware for archos IT.
Below are the information for this firmware, hope the wifi disconnect problem will really be fixed.
Version 2.1.8 - February 16th, 2011
External keyboard layouts: various country layouts are now supported using Settings > Language and keyboard > Select external keyboard layout setting (qwerty us/uk, azerty french, qwertz deutch, latin america spanish, russian, japanese).
Proxy: http proxy settings have been enabled for the browser in Settings > Wireless & network > wifi proxy settings.
Network shares: introduce an option to enable/disable network share scanning per Wi-Fi Access Point in Wi-Fi authentication dialog box
Battery: improve robustness of battery charge status for hard drive based A70it
Sound: fix sound level saturation causing loss of audio when playing on speaker
Music: fix some MP3 files have bad sound after seeking
Video: make some high level H264 HD files play correctly
Video: fix black screen on video player resume from suspend for MPEG4 files
USB host: fix NTFS UTF8 support
Wi-Fi: fix network disabled occurring after several suspend/resume loops
Wi-Fi: prevent false state information reported when authenticating/enabling Wi-Fi
Multimedia library: avoid deletion of multimedia files happening sometimes on SDCard

There is already a topic about 2.1.8.

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CorePlayer Platform v1.3.5 Released

BetaBoy just announced the launch of CorePlayer Platform v1.3.5.
Quote from the announcement:
We proud to release the CorePlayer Platform v1.3.5. This release concentrates on enhancing YouTube playback, speed, as well as back porting many of our upcoming 2.0 network enhancements to the 1.x code base. YouTube now lists content faster, loads videos faster, and handles connections in a more intelligent manner for browsing and playing in-between (andgoing in and out of) different network environments (think WiFi to GPRS).
Two other biggies with this release are:
- We now support over 30 languages (Thank you Portal users!!) and we are on track for our goal of 40 by Xmas.
- We have now added AC3 Playback support on OS X if Perian is installed. Windows users will have to wait for 2.0 when we release support for directshow.
Platforms being released:
Mobile
- Palm
- MIPS: CE
- ARM: CE/Pocket PC /Windows Mobile
- ARM: Smartphone
- Symbian s60 v2
- Symbian s60 v3
- Symbian UIQ v2
- Symbian UIQ v3
Desktop
- x86: Windows
- x86/PPC: OS X
Read the full changelog below for more info.
Code:
CorePlayer Platform Version 1.3.5 build 7340 (20090824):
- FIX: YouTube item handling and seeking
- FIX: AVC streams with SEI userdata in extradata
- FIX: DivX 3.11 in MP4 fixes
- FIX: Wavpack handling other than 16 bits
- ADD: Transparent reconnection in HTTP after a connection failure
- ADD: A connection timeout to avoid waiting forever for network streams
- ADD: FLAC support in Matroska and Ogg
- ADD: AC-3 decoding on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) when Perian is installed
- ADD: Brasilian Portugese, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Ukrainian language support
- ADD: More JPEG formats supports
- CHG: Network stream opening is less blocking
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and what?
no changes for qualcomm hardware in wce version..

101 Firmware Update 2.1.04

Archos have released a firmware update 2.1.04
I was previously running on 2.0.71, and looking at the previous loads my problems with programmes dissapearing might now have been fixed :=)
Here's the changelog:
Version 2.1.4 - February 1st, 2011
* Applications: fixes force close happening on applications not handling properly SecurityException (e.g. AppMonster and Dolphin)
* Network shares: limit scanning to /24 subnet mask
Version 2.1.3 - January 27th, 2011
* Video: fix some audio glitches after seeking WMA files
* Video: add support for MTS files
* Video: bring UTF-8 and UTF-16 encoded subtitles format support
* Video: fix SUB subtitles sometimes truncated
* Video: add IDX/SUB subtitle handling
* Video: fix http://.*mpeg playback
* Video: support resume and bookmark for network shares
* Video: fix some FLV files not playing
* Youtube: fix mobile site video not playing
* Multimedia: fix RTSP support for Android applications
* Multimedia: fix some web radio applications by adding basic M3U support
* Audio: apply shorter steps in audio balance tuning
* Audio: fix sound glitch on system notification while playing music
* Music browser: fix album view crash on scroll with a lot of albums
* Music: support samba protected directory access
* Thumbnails: resolve thumbs generation freeze
* Indexing: improve rescan robustness
* Indexing: fix scanning not restarting after connecting device on PC or ejecting SDCard
* Network shares: large files (>2GB) can now be played
* Wi-Fi: fix disabling power saving not working
* Wi-Fi: enable IEEE802.11n support
* Wi-Fi: achieve faster reconnection
* SDCard: fix sdcard removal not being taken into account
* Storage: enable EXT3 filesystem support and migration
* USB keyboard: fix external directional keys layout when rotating the device
* Memory: enable 32MB swap by default and increase it to 64MB after Android reset or full device reformat
* Applications: fix applications disappearing sometimes between reboots
* Applications: fix unit not responsive after Google voicesearch use
* Power management: allow to define deep sleep mode by default in settings/about device/power management
* VPN: PPTP VPN support has been fixed

new firmware gen 08 : 2.3.81

See that
Version 2.3.81 – July 5th, 2011
* Flash: integrate flash plugin version 10.1.105.7 (can be uninstalled)
* Subtitle wizard: allow to associate a subtitle to a video (launched by a long press on a video file in video browser)
* Audio player: solve some seldom force to close
* Audio: increase compatibility with android applications (e.g. games)
* Video: avoid crashes when playing truncated or broken MKV files
* Video: fix bulgarian subtitles detection
* Wi-Fi: fix unit rebooting in loop sometimes when waking up from suspend leaving Wi-Fi on in nomadic situations
* Battery estimation: report 100% at full charge (power led blinking) after removing the charger
* Battery estimation: provide more accurate battery charge information at boot for A70it hard drive model
* Media library: purge media library entries relative to the sdcard at sdcard removal
* Internationalization: include better Russian translations
Enjoy!
http://www.jbmm.fr/2011/07/firmware-gen-8-2-3-81
Gag from Archos; the GEN 9 Firmware !
oups oups
http://www.jbmm.fr/2011/07/frimware-gen-9-3-1-11
Thanks for reporting
Do you know, if you dont need the cinema plugin in version too?
Lenn said:
Thanks for reporting
Do you know, if you dont need the cinema plugin in version too?
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You need the cinema plugin again.
But what about the battery life? Is it better than in 2.3.26?
I knew that Gen8v2 was ours.
Wi-Fi: fix unit rebooting in loop sometimes when waking up from suspend leaving Wi-Fi on in nomadic situations
That's what I've been waiting for.
Interested on this thread.

Archos Gen 9 : new firmware

See that
Archos 80/101 G9
Firmware changes
Version 3.2.46 - September 23rd, 2011
Google applications: Google talk is now part of the firmware
Audio/applications: improved volume control (better volume range, less glitches on notifications) leading to faster gaming experience on some 3rd party applications
Wi-Fi: fix low throughput on some access points when using WPA2/AES encryption
Camera: improve camera quality in high and low light condition
Flash: added acceleration support
Archos applications: many enhancements and fixes on Videoplayer, MediaCenter and Mediascrapper
Media center: new elastic and overshoot effect on cover roll edges
File Browser: better action support on multiple selections
Media Scrapper: better handling and cleaning of data base in case of file removal
Photo Frame: Floating Image 3.1.9 is integrated with fixed Picasa support, better background rendering and better memory management
Music player: better protection of music player to avoid to get it killed under low memory condition
Display: better quality SD video upscaling (e.g. on 1080p display)
Video: improve SMI subtitle support
Internationalization: Arabic and Hebrew translations have been integrated and a new specific "Archos keyboard" application has been included for supporting Hebrew and Arabic
Network shares: shortcuts can be created by long press on a remote video folder in Archos media center
Network shares: more robust streaming in case of IP renewal
Memory: smaller memory footprint
3G key: updated APN list
Power off: make sure to clear all alarms when powering off
Hard drive based unit: enhanced power management
Security: apply security fixes from google about DigiNotar CA certificate
http://www.jbmm.fr/2011/10/g9-firmware-3-2-46-en-ligne-mais-attention/
wonder if a new subsection ned to be added, as this new model is completely different hardware speaking.
and as omap4 is the next platform, woulb be nice to start tweaking on archos device as its the first available with honeycomb 3.2 + omap

Back Camera Deactivated

Hello dear community,
I bought a smatphone from china, it's now been 8 weeks ago, until then, it was also wonderful. One day I got my phone root, this was also very good and without problems, one day, I have a program whose name I no longer know and have tried so disabled my rear camera on the mobile phone. I ask for help as I penetrate them developer tool can be reactivated with a. I have all android apk camerea's installieret I unfortunately can not access or change my rear camera.
my data:
i9500
quad-core amr7 4x1, 2ghz to 4x1, 8GHz not yet made ​​the switch, however.
2gb ram
mtk6589
android 4.2.3
did all what i can say.
hope someone can help me.
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Network & OS:
Android™ 4.2 (Jelly Bean) Operating System (Upgradable for future Android Version)
CPU: 1.8 GHz Quad Core ARMv7 Ultra Speed Processor
GPU (Graphic Processing Unit): Quad Core PowerVR SGX 544MP
Built-in 3D Accelerator
2GB RAM, 4GB ROM with 1.7GB User Memory
Support Micro SD Memory Card upto 32GB
3G HSPA WCDMA (UMTS) 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
Quad-Band (4 Band) GSM GPRS EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Support 3G Video Call & 3G Internet Connection
Unlocked without contract (SIM Free) - work for any SIM card and any Telephone Service Provider in all countries
2 Sim Card slots for 2 Networks Connection at the same time (Dual Module : Dual Standby : Dual Bluetooth)
Slim Case Design in 8.8mm
Display:
5.0 inch 16:9 Wide Capacitive Multi-Touch Full HD AMOLED Screen, support Pinch-to-Zoom
Screen Resolution: Full HD 1920 x 1080 Pixels in 16 Million Colours
On-screen Qwerty Keyboard - full English Keypad & Multi-Language Input
Gravity Sensor (G-Sensor), Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor and Accelerometer
Internet:
3G Internet Connection. Connect to Internet through your sim card anywhere
Wi-Fi® Tethering & Portable Hotspot - Share your phone's mobile data connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
Built-in WiFi & WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n - free access to Internet
Android Internet Browser, access all websites in Mobile or Desk Top view, support Adobe Flash Player™
Support eBuddy Mobile Messenger™. Support MSN™, Yahoo Messenger™, AOL Instant Messenger™ and other IM Softwares including Google Talk™, ICQ™, MySpace™ & Skype®
Support On-line Video & YouTube®
Google Play Store™ & Android Apps Download (over 800,000 Applications available)
Interactive Games, Animation, Rich Internet Applications, Data Presentations, and a wide range of Multimedia experiences
Support 3G Web Digital TV
GPS (Global Positioning System):
Built-in GPS Module & Antenna to receive Satellite Signal with 3G support, support Voice Navigation
GPS applies Google Map™ to cover all Countries and Cities worldwide
With Locations, explore maps with zero wait, zero dead spots, and zero data roaming fees
Simply enter your destination and the Navigation system will tell you how to get there, turn by turn. By car or on foot.
Support Multi-Languages and Human Voices
Digital Video Camera:
Back Camera: Fine 12.6 Mega Pixels (3,072 x 4,096 High Resolution) in Auto Focus with Power LED Flash (Auto / On / Off)
Face Detection and Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS)
Video Recorder: 1080P Full HD (1920 x 1080)
32 X Zoom, Auto ISO 100-1600
Front Camera: 5.0 Mega Pixels in Fixed Focus, Support Video Call
Caller Picture Display Feature
5 Picture Effects & White Balance Option - Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Cloud, Incandescence
Continuous Shooting Mode, Night Mode Shooting, Delay Timer and EV Setting
Photo Gallery & Slide Show
Multimedia & Video Player:
Android Media Player™ - support .wmv (Windows Media Video™) / .avi / .mp4 or .3gp file format
1080P Full HD Video Player
Share Photos / Videos on Facebook®, Flickr®, Twitter™, YouTube™ or Instergram™
Transfer Movie or Video to Email, MMS Photo Message or Bluetooth
Music Player:
Dolby Mobile MP3 Music Player
Support A2DP Bluetooth Wireless MP3 Music Headphone
MP3 Music Shuffle Shake Control
Equalizer & Reverb Effect - Opera, Concert, Pop, Rock, Classical, Dance, Treble, Party
3D Surround Sound and Bass Enhancement
Music Library
Play Music on Stereo Headset (3.5mm Plug) or Built-in Speaker
Digital Voice Recorder
FM Auto Scan Radio:
Built-in FM Auto Scan Radio
30 Channels preset
Phone Features:
Dolby Stereo MP3 Music Ringtones & Built-in Vibrator
Voice Dialer Apps support
Built-in Hands Free Speaker
Phone Call Voice Recorder
Google Voice™ - Free VoiceMail Service
WikiMobile®
3,000 Telephone Memory
Long Life Li-ion Battery 2800mAh x 2pcs
Support USB Charge
Messaging & Internet:
WEB: Built-in Android Mobile Internet Browser, Support Desktop full page view
HSDPA+ 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps / EDGE / 3G / GPRS
Super fast internet browsing and speedy data transmission
Email, Support Push-mail
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Services) Photo Message, SMS Text Message & Group sending, support WhatsApp®
PDA Organizer & Accessory functions:
Support QuickOffice® - Microsoft Office™ compatible office suite to manage your Microsoft documents and PDF documents on/off line.
PDA Organizer - Calendar, Daily Task with scheduled alarm, NoteBook To Do List, Digital Voice Recorder
Android Synchronization
Bluetooth Connection & Wireless Data Transfer (Support Wireless Keyboard)
USB 2.0 Data Transfer
Android Games Download & 3D Games support
Android E-Book Reader®, Photo Editor, Image Viewer, Calendar, Alarms, World Time, Calculator
English Operations Menu & Multi-Language Menu on the screen (Francais, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Português, Nederlands, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, Dansk, Polski, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese and all other languages can be updated by Android Apps)
Weight - 165 g ; Dimension - 8.8(D) x 72(W) x 144(H) mm
2-Year Warranty & Guaranteed

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