Did any of you resolve the issue? I have ordered a replacement from Amazon. I will not be updating the firmware!
Pretty sure it is permanently bricked, as recovery is not working anymore. Had to RMA the tablet. Guess <a href="http://www.archos.com" class="skimwords-link" target="_blank" data ...

bopquar wrote:Did any of you resolve the issue? I have ordered a replacement from Amazon. I will not be updating the firmware!

Pretty sure it is permanently bricked, as recovery is not working anymore. Had to RMA the tablet. Guess Archos has some special hardware to repair it.

Got an RMA from Archos, but have to pay all the postage costs to France. Not really fair for a fault from their side...

How about an update from archos. What do I do with my brick? Kind of frustrating that there is no response...

Holding both doesn't even work here :(
Are you powering it down completely before powering it back up? The way I got this to work was to power it down fully, ensure that both volume buttons were depressed and held in when I went to power it back on. I had it plugged into my computer when I did it ...

sirus wrote:From what happened to my tablet, holding either (+) up or (-) down would trigger a blank screen at bootup. Holding both was the only thing that caused the tablet to do anything useful, and I found that out by accident.

Holding both doesn't even work here

Same problem, what do I do?

After update I'm stuck at boot logo? Is there some kind of recovery? Never had sde or root.

UrukDroid 1.6RC2 out
http://sauron.pourix.com/UrukDroid/Uruk ... pdate.tbz2

Super fast and rock solid. Why can't archos make their firmware as stable and speedy?

Nay, would wait for the bugfix version. This one has to many issues.

I bought a second hand Archos 101 with cinema plugin. If I reset the tablet to defaults or install new firmware, will I lose that cinema plugin (I do not have the original aos file)? Is there a way to find that aos file on the device somewhere?
No, you won't lose it.

You can re-create the plugin ...

I bought a second hand Archos 101 with cinema plugin. If I reset the tablet to defaults or install new firmware, will I lose that cinema plugin (I do not have the original aos file)? Is there a way to find that aos file on the device somewhere?

We are talking about 1 year timeframe. I think Archos (and probably all other manufacturers) will not upgrade their current devices to Gingerbread, but they will release a new generation. So, as I believe, Gingerbread upgrade for Gen8 devices is out of question.
Indeed, I just hope they don't ...

Depends if they are using a 1,8" or 2,5" hard drive. The 1,8", like the one in ipod classic, is better protected against shocks than the 2,5". Not sure what archos uses. Maybe someone here knows?

You should only buy it if you are happy with froyo 2.2. Even if it had 512mb ram, archos would probably not provide an upgrade to gingerbread 3.0.

Android 3.0 will probably be for next gen archos devices ;)

Could you please include ad-hoc support? See patches from other threat. Thanks in advance
http://forum.archosfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=36728

Keep on dreaming ;) Maybe 1.6 if we're lucky...

Isn't this just an urban legend? Don't know of any flash chips that have those limitations. Parts of the nand are reflashed all the time by the way, when you copy files, use programs or change settings on the device.