archos10i problem

i got one of these yokes, with it came unmitigared grief, eventually i formatted the disc, i have the os in a thumb drive, which with the archos connected to my lappy i can see, my problem is i cannot get it to run, (i have free file opener),your help is appreciated.

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it should read achos 10i

Dont understand what your trying to do here. You've wiped the os from the archos and your trying to install it again?
What os do you have on the thumb drive?
Doesnt the archos have android installed?

to reinstall it, it seems to have disappeared from the hd , i have the os downloaded from achos, but i cannot run it, ie it will not run, i also connect the achos to the lappy via usb cable, still no luck, it seems anything i try i messup, ah well if all goes to all i will take it to a pc repair shop.

Have you looked HERE flutered?

i cannot do so as the hd is empty, thanks all the saame gman

I think the worst thing you could have done was to wipe it, these machines are not the same as normal windows machines.
A possible solution would be too root it like other Android devices and install customized roms which probably would run better than the original bloated firmware. I believe xda developers have a thread on their site on how to root it and install custom roms. Of course it's at your own risk and will more than likely void your warranty. I think yours is a generation 9? Archos 10i is also known as archos 101 I believe.

HTC Desire S~Tapatalk

hi axxxo it is the 101, i am not too worried about the warranty, if it ran any right (which it never did) would make me more than happy.

Well if you're willing to give rooting the device a go let me know and we can try to help out. Any idea if it's generation 8 or generation 9? G8 G9? I think myself it's G9...

HTC Desire S~Tapatalk

g9 mate.

Rooting this looks complicated,

This guide

Code:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477667

which is installed by following the guide found here

Code:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442683

and before you attempt to do this you need to install this

Code:

http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/_ppp.html?country=us&lang=en&p=gen8

Now, if you like, try powering off the device completely again and this time, before you power it back on, hold down the VOL- button and then press the power button.
Hopefully that might start up a recovery option, in which case you can then attach it to your computer and upload the firmware (official archos version) onto the device, once thats done detach the usb cable from the computer or archos and hopefully the archos will takeover in flashing the new firmware.