[ARMedslack] Exagerate XZPDA700

[Davide]

>>>> I got tempted with one of these.

>>>>
>>>> Integrated BGN wifi
>>>> 1 usb client/host port qith support for external usb devices (is ethernet/3G
>>>> ....)
>>>> 4Gb internal flash (but I've only found
 evidence of 3Gb maybe 1Gb is
>>>> reserved for boot/rescure/emergency restore)
>>>> 7" screen 800x480 px
>>>> single core cortex A8 (not tegra)
>>>> 1/2Gb ram
>>>> micro SD slot with support for 32Gb cards
>>>> 3 axis accelerometer
>>>>
>>>> Ok android 4 is not as bad as the 2.1 that came with the AC100 but I'm
 still
>>>> tempted to try have Slackware on this one too.
>>>> The user-land will probably only require just xkbd but I doubt the kernel
>>>> that comes with the device has proper frame-buffer console so I'll need to
>>>> figure out what sort of kernel to put on that thing.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Hello!
>>>Where did you find out about the thing to begin with? Google doesn't
>>>know a thing about it, and wanted to tell me about a completely
>>>useless contraption used for playing bad music.
>>
>>Ooops ... XZPAD700 
>>I have one ... I got in in hypermarket Carrefour in offer 69 Euro.
>>I'm sure it's a re branded Chinese thing but for that price I can stick up with it.
>>
>>I've got a bit of work to do now ... but I'll connect it via ADB and dump a bit of usefull info asap.

>Ok here's some info on the device (I've not yet rooted the
 device but I got is as root so I guess this one is not locked) :

I did a bit of search on distributor's site and it appears that if you press and hold the power button while booting it's able to recover from a factory rescue image placed in a microSD. I'm not sure if this will allow you to load a different kernel (probabbly not) but I'm pretty sure the microSD can be packed to look like a rescue image but have a custom userland instead.

I've downloaded the rescue image to see if I can figure out how it's assembled.

Ciao
David

>root at darkstar:~/ac100/devel/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools# ./adb  shell
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