Archos 80/101 G9
Firmware changes
- HDMI: avoid interference of CEC detected as DPAD with some games such as Max Payne
- Video: fix playback of some MP4 files
- Video: fix aspect ratio on some H264 files
- Touchscreen panel: ensure on some devices a proper wakeup when powering screen back on
- Media libraries: fix crash during indexing caused by music that has metadata year that evaluates to 0
- Media libraries: add notification indicating scanning is in process
- Display: better detect screen resolution on HDMI output for some DVI monitors
- Settings: display correct application size in the Settings->Applications->Running apps
- Video: fix playback for some VOB files
- Audio: fix sound glitches on various applications that are constantly changing sample rate
- Hard drive based products: restore fast boot on hard drive based devices
- Hard drive based products: fix loss of hard drive or 3G USB port after suspend happening sometimes
- Android: IceCream Sandwich 4.0.4 version
- Media Center: network indexing on network shortcut menu (+), network shortcuts creation is proposed on network share directory long press
- Media Center: new simplified Movie/TV Shows/All Video views
- Media Center Video: new video information view with backdrop display and chooser (click on backdrop to change it)
- Media Center Video: poster can be changed by clicking on it in the video Information view
- Video Scraper: faster media information retrieval process. Note that in the migration process, all your video scraper information will be lost.
- Subtitles: ability to download and save subtitles for network shares
- Media Center: add video search
- Media Center Music: Album art swipe gesture support
- Remote control: control your tablet with your TV remote through HDMI on TV compatible hardware (directional pad, multimedia and color TV remote keys)
- Archos Remote: support of remote touch pad
- Wi-Fi: new more robust driver
- Media Center Video: fix audio desync for some MPEG4/AVI files
- Media Center Video: fix MPEG PS/VOB audio track selection
- Media Center Video: fix UPNP playback of large files (>4GB)
- Media Center Video: fix seeking in some TS files
- Media Center Video: fix playing certain MKV files
- Media Center Video: fix playing certain H264 files
- Media Center Video: improve DVD/VOB playback in case there are IFO files present
- Media Center Video: add support for MPL2 subtitle format
- Media Center Video: improve playback of H264/AAC TS files
- Applications: fix no audio when launching video capture impacting applications like Skype
- Display: graphics performance enhancements
- Hard drive based products: avoid potential loss of hard drive when 3G USB port is switched on with no peripheral attached
- Wi-Fi: fix some more disconnect cases happening on some access points
- Wi-Fi: fix more disconnect cases happening on some access points
- GPS: increase stability of GPS
- HDMI: do not propose overscan setting when TV supports underscan
- muSD: improve reliability of card insertion detection
- muSD: fix read/write permission issue occurring with some applications
- Applications: fix platform reboot occurring sometimes after a while when using high CPU demanding applications
- Wi-Fi: fix slow throughput and disconnections happening on some access points
- HDMI: solve no sound or no video output issue on some TVs
- Bluetooth: make sure Bluetooth does not prevent device suspend
- VPN: fix VPN connection failing
- Touchscreen: avoid loss of first finger touch while tapping with second finger
- Initial Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 firmware release
- Media Center Video: support for MKV3D on TV with automatic switch to best 3D mode
- Media Center Video: allow to disable system notifications in video player
- Media Center Video: collection of VOB files from DVD are now gathered into a single movie item
- Media Center Music: integrate Music control panel in Lock Screen
- Media Center info dialog: allow to edit the name used for performing the Movie and TVShow online search
- File Manager: display a notification when file copy continues in background
- File Manager: improved drag and drop support
- File Manager: new option to prevent indexing of some storage/sdcard folders by multimedia library
- Applications: more robust video conferencing support (Google talk, Skype etc.)
- USB file transfer: a samba server is now activated on the tablet when using USB network tethering for easier file transfer on non Windows based hosts
- Archos widgets: new USB network tether widget
- External Keyboard: french layout has been expanded to handle AtlGr keys for special symbols
- Accessories: Xbox gamepad support
- Video: improve audio/video synchronization on HDMI
- Video: improve playback of some FLV files
- File manager: add ability to copy files larger than 4GB
- Keyboard: better Arabic virtual keyboard layout
- Internationalization: translations improvements for Arabic and Hebrew
- Hard drive based products: avoid suspend/resume issues happening sometimes
- Video: improve VOB/MPEG2 video playback
- Archos widget: avoid widget stuck on sandglass happening sometimes
- File manager: re-allow to copy a file from Network
- Web browser: add a 'Keep screen ON' option in Browser
- Display: fix backlight not on at wakeup from suspend on some A101 happening at low backlight level
- Display: remove some seldom UI freeze during animations
- Battery: avoid shutdown at suspend wakeup happening sometimes
- Hard drive: prevent loss of hard drive during video playback happening sometimes
- Audio accessory: fix USB DAC not supporting 44.1kHz
- Audio: suppress sound glitches with flac files on loudspeakers
- External keyboard: fix keyboard mapping not applied immediately after changing the language
- Media center: avoid force to close happening sometimes in network shares when changing access point or when rotating the device
- Hard drive: improve hard drive wake up time on some units
- Google apps: new Honeycomb release 6 integrated. It fixes Video GTalk crash when switching cameras on devices with only one camera. Now Google+ is part of the firmware.
- Archos media server: allow connected TVs to play video from your tablet via network
- Network shortcuts: it is now possible to create network shortcuts in file/music/video browsers
- Accessories: external USB audio cards (DAC) support has been added
- Media center: a new progress bar slider indicates resume position on videos already played
- Media center: in regular list view, the title of the TV show episode is appended after the season and episode numbers
- File manager: support of zip files
- Music: fix repeat mode
- Audio: decrease loud volume glitches on notifications while playing music
- Media database: remove muSD card related entries when the card is ejected
- Media center: global resume displays posters when available
- File manager: fix UI glitches when dragging files after cycling through dual/single panel display
- Network shares: make sure authentication credentials are asked when entering a samba protected share folder with Archos media center
- MTP: device icons for A80S/H and A101S/H have been added for display on the Windows PC
- Display: fix touch panel events sometimes not taken into account
- Display: fix blinking of icons occurring sometimes in applications (e.g. Android Market)
- Display: increase of icon redraw speed when moving application icons on launcher
- 3G: correct telia.se and add Polen Telekom APNs
- Battery: make sure led blinks at full charge
- Battery: issue a warning that the product will stop charging if powered off while on DCin in the shutdown menu
- Battery: a new shutdown policy has been implemented when in suspend to ensure that product still has battery when powered back on.
- Web browser: faster web page rendering
- Media Center: built in online subtitle download support after a long press on a video file under video browser
- Media Scraper: faster information retrieval process
- External storage: add ability to mount disks without partition
- Android version: switch to Honeycomb 3.2.1
- Battery: slow charge notification
- Multimedia: support for split AC3, MPEG2 plugins
- Google apps: new Honeycomb release 4 integrated. It contains the new Market (v3.1.7) that solves the issue of some Google accounts not being able to install applications.
- Power save: disable 3G USB host port by default
- Power: fix device sometimes not rebooting properly
- MTP: fix Video folder listed empty from host PC happening sometimes
- Audio: better volume management when a notification occurs during music playback
- Input method: disable switch to Arabic keyboard when Android default keyboard gets killed
- Android browser: add support for new browsing modes in settings (using various tablet/desktop user agents)
- Network shares: improve browsing behavior robustness and mounting reliability
- Memory management: reduce time for an application to load
- Wi-Fi: achieve faster reconnect
- Wi-Fi: fix mobile access point support
- Accessories: add support for some USB Ethernet adapters (chipsets: RTL8150, ASIX AX88xxx, Davicom DM9601, SMSC LAN75xx, SMSC LAN95xx, NetChip 1080, MosChip MCS7830) on micro USB port
- Video: fix sound being lost sometimes while playing and need to seek/play/pause to recover it
- Filebrowser: make it usable with Archos remote application
- Battery: apply less intrusive low battery warnings
- Keyboard: no need to reboot to apply keyboard layout
- 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 MediaScraper
- 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
- Initial Honeycomb 3.2 firmware release