Sunday, 15 September 2019

Upgrading an Android OS

My Argos Bush android tablet is running Android 6.0  which is Build Number MRA58K@ARCHOS.20160617.013735.Catalpa.

I have recently tried to install a couple of Apps and been told that they were not compatible with my tablet.

Can I rebuild a later Android OS for my tablet?                                                   15/9/2019

The Archos site is no use: https://www.archos.com/gb/support/downloads.html?type=tab

https://www.androidauthority.com/build-custom-android-rom-720453/
The two things that I would need help obtaining:
Grab the source – This is an easy step, however it takes a long time. For me it took over 24 hours. Such a large download only happens once, further syncing with the main source tree will be incremental.
Obtain proprietary binaries – The binary drivers should be unpacked in your working directory.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99LUjX63LhU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAr5VzpxyY

17/9/19 emailed Archos:
This Android Tablet is running Android 6.0 and I am now finding Apps that won't run on it. How can I upgrade it to a higher version of Android?
I am happy to try and build the OS myself if given the source and binaries neede, and possibly some instruction.

This would lead to the question - How to export/backup the current OS before attempting any updates, in case of failure.

Thank You, Peter Merchant

21/9/19 No response from them yet, but look what I found:
https://source.android.com/
This will be quite a learning experience

2/10/19 Suggestion from LUG www.xda-developers.com  which is on topic but only seems to cater for popular devices.



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