Archos released new firmware for 80 G9 and 101 G9tablets. These devices have an OMAP 4 multicore processor from Texas Instruments and are equipped with Android 4.0 ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’. The download is 205 megabytes in size and installation instructions can be found on this page are being found. Version 4.0.25 brings, among other things, version 4.0.4 of Android and various other improvements, but since the previous entry in the Meuktracker there has also been another release.
Changes in version 4.0.25:
- 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 or 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
Changes in version 4.0.7:
- 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
| Version number | 4.0.25 |
| Release status | Final |
| Website | Archos |
| Download | |
| File size |
205.00MB |
| License type | Freeware |