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Open Letter to Wondermedia Technologies

Posted on November 28, 2010

This letter is my plea and suggestion to Wondermedia, although the theme applies to similar tech companies as well.

(If any fluent speaker can translate this into Chinese for me, I'd very much appreciate it!)

Dear Wondermedia Technologies,

Congratulations on your WM8505 system-on-a-chip. In 2005, a "$100 laptop" was a …

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Froyo (Android 2.2) alpha for Eken M001 & M003

Posted on November 24, 2010

Update 25/11: Now supports M003 as well, and it appears the M002 may be able to boot from the M001 build.

Update 27/11: New build posted, now with better functioning Wifi!

Android 2.2 on dirt cheap WM8505 tablets. I said it may not be possible. Since then …

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Unbricking WM8505-based tablets

Posted on August 30, 2010

I seem to be getting at least two unsolicited questions a day from people who have inadvertently bricked their Eken M001/M002/M003 or Flytouch/noname tablets . So here's a quick post with what I know about unbricking.

You should also try slatedroid, and hassle whoever is making custom firmwares …

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Google Group for VT8500/WM8505 kernel development

Posted on August 18, 2010

There's been a lot of fragmented discussion about developing kernels for these SoCs, including a big thread of comments on my previous blog post.

So I've decided to create a Google Group to act as a mailing list for people interested in Linux kernel development on these devices: http://groups …

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WM8505 Linux kernel development (Eken M001 & others)

Posted on August 01, 2010

Have started tidying up a Linux kernel for Eken M001 & similar devices (tablets and netbooks), based on the source release that came from VIA last week.

Very, very, early days yet. http://github.com/projectgus/kernel_wm8505.

[Not all of the WM8505 functionality is available in source form yet, in …

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Debian on the Eken M001

Posted on July 03, 2010

(One more Eken post and I'm going to have to rename this blog to Project M001!)

EDIT: Everything here is somewhat out of date now. Jacob Stoner has released a Debian build with X11 & touchscreen support. The links are all posted on the slatedroid forum.

Debian Boots! I wish I had a keyboard!

Debian on the WM8505 netbooks …

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Eken M001 Protection, Phone Home & "Demo Purpose Only"

Posted on July 02, 2010

"Derek" posted up a comment yesterday:

I have a EKEN M001, which will not unlock the screen by pressing MENU.

I have tried reseting the EKEN M001 by pressing the Reset button on the back ofthe MID, but te screen stays unlocked.

The top of the screen says: “Demo …

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Eken M001 teardown & serial console

Posted on June 22, 2010

See here for my review of the M001.

Eken M001

This teardown shows the V006 revision of the board, a quick serial port install, and includes some console/dmesg output. The main difference between V005 and V006/V007 board revisions seems to be relocating the USB WiFi dongle to a better position …

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Notes on porting Android 2.x to Eken M001

Posted on June 10, 2010

IMPORTANT EDIT: There is now an Alpha release of Froyo hacked onto the Eken M001. This isn't the same as full support, but it's a step in the right direction!

Over the past couple of evenings I've been looking into porting Android 2.x (eclair or froyo) to the Eken …

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Eken M001 Android tablet review (Pt 1)

Posted on June 03, 2010

This is part one of an 3 part mini review of the Eken M001 tablet, from a tinkerer's perspective.

  • Part One: Review of the M001 as a tablet.
  • Part Two: Teardown & serial console.
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    (Robotics plan aborted …

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Recent Posts

  • Open Letter to Wondermedia Technologies
  • Froyo (Android 2.2) alpha for Eken M001 & M003
  • Unbricking WM8505-based tablets
  • Google Group for VT8500/WM8505 kernel development
  • WM8505 Linux kernel development (Eken M001 & others)
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