02-02-2012, 03:50 PM | #1 |
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Firmware updates for the M90
Uncharacteristically, I'm one of the early adopters who bought an M90 back in June. I'm not a Linux hacker, but I am curious as to the extent of likely future development of the M90 firmware, and if that effort flags, what are the various options for installing and customizing software apps on the M90? There isn't a FAQ or compiled user guide for the M90 online yet, and I understand that the Openboox platform is just for the A60.
I just want to know if what I have (using the latest firmware) is as good as it is going to get. |
02-02-2012, 06:13 PM | #2 |
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I have resigned myself to my M90 being as good as it is going to get.
On the plus side, now that I am turning it off vs. letting it go to sleep, it is behaving much better. |
02-03-2012, 02:33 PM | #3 | |
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Although the differences between the A60 and M90 firmware seem to be small there are two main reasons why there is no M90 build of OpenBOOX: 1) I do not own one The first time a home made firmware is loaded on the device it is very well possible that the device becomes unusable (bricked). I have always used the strategy that I take this risk before I forward it to others. Chances are high that I will never own an M90 so there should at least by one M90 owner who is willing to take this risk. Volunteers? 2) The kernel sources are outdated The kernel sources provided by Onyx do not include the M90 drivers. According to the GPL rules they have to provide them. Maybe it helps if M90 (and M92) owners ask Onyx for up to date kernel sources. After the above problems are solved there is still the issue that the time I can spent on development is limited. |
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02-04-2012, 10:39 PM | #6 |
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Asked Mike Hu at Onyx International for the drivers. Waiting for a reply.
Edit: The email message failed to deliver. Maybe the address is no longer valid. Koudijs, could you take a look at this page: https://github.com/onyx-intl/booxsdk. It says the directory imx31 contains the complete "toolchain" for the M90. Does it mean it contains the drivers? Looks like http://opensource.onyx-international.com/ has been updated today with the zip file boox-opensource-20120205.zip Last edited by BCotton; 02-05-2012 at 12:00 AM. |
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02-07-2012, 01:27 AM | #8 |
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Thank you Koudijs! PM'd MikeOnyx. Also contacted support at Onyx-Boox.com.
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02-12-2012, 05:25 PM | #9 |
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Hi. I'm a experimented programmer and bought the M90 as a e-book, and in order to develop on it. I'm very disappointed with Onyx behaviour ...
I would like to develop some apps for education in the M90, but I'm thinking that I'll spend my time in other works. Thanks. |
02-12-2012, 07:29 PM | #10 |
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02-13-2012, 07:22 AM | #11 |
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Release a device with a buggy software and six months after left the device without updates (last update is from September). The SDK is not available ... I have a reader that almost work ... and nothing about the reasons that made me bought it: long term updates, development, ...
And no words about replacement, but with a small price, for example. I'm dissapointed with how Onyx treat the M90 buyers. |
02-13-2012, 07:28 AM | #12 |
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BTW, I have looked for the SDK for MX31, but just found the toolchain. Have I missed something or really the SDK is not available? Just as MX508. The README say that each processor has its own SDK.
Thanks in advance. |
02-15-2012, 09:29 PM | #13 |
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There are instructions on how to build the SDK: https://github.com/onyx-intl/booxsdk. As for the firmware, it looks like the M90 now ships with newer firmware that has not been made available for download. Maybe the hardware is different?
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02-15-2012, 09:53 PM | #14 |
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I am disappointed too. Onyx people on github did not reply to my emails. They have moved on to their new Android tablet.
Jmss70, what kind of educational app do you want to develop? |
02-16-2012, 08:22 AM | #15 |
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I was thinking on apps for evaluation purpose (attendance, home work, classroom work, and summary of that information ...) and taking notes for reference about evolution of work.
But it's a long term personal project. I have another priorities (two months ago I defended my doctoral thesis, for example XD). I will try to implement it on Android ... I haven't SDK for the M90. |
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