How to Root the Archos Gen9 Tablet

Archos Gen9 Android Tablet didn’t get as much popularity as the other tablets in the same range. However, it doesn’t mean the tablet’s not good. It is a nice tablet packed with some of the good features of Android and there are so many happy users of it. If you own this tablet and interested in rooting it to gain access to a number of root-only apps, then here we have got something useful for you. The following guide covers how you can root your Archos Gen9 Tablet.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have ADB installed on your PC. Learn how to install ADB.

2. Please make sure that your device is fully charged. The procedure will take some good time so your device needs to have enough battery to survive till the end.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Step 1 (Download link’s given in the second post)

2. Step 2 (Download link’s given in the second post)

3. SDE (Download link’s given in the third post)

4. Archos3279 (Download link’s given in the third post)

5. zImage (Download link’s given in the third post)

6. initramfs (Download link’s given in the third post)

III. Temp Rooting the Archos Gen9 Tablet:

1. Download and place all of the files mentioned above to your Desktop.

2. Connect your tablet to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Open a Command Prompt Window in the ADB folder, it’s the folder where adb.exe file exists. To open up the CMD Window, right-click on any empty area on the screen while holding the Shift key on your keyboard, choose Open command window here.

4. Type in the following command in the Command Prompt Window:

adb devices

5. You should see your device appearing in the list. It confirms that the connection between your tablet and PC is working fine.

6. Now, issue the following command using the same Command Prompt Window:

cd desktop

7. Now, type in the following commands into the Command Prompt Window one by one.

adb push 1 /data/local/
adb push 2 /data/local/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/1
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/2
adb shell /data/local/1
adb reboot
adb shell /data/local/2
adb reboot

8. Your tablet should reboot.

Great! You have successfully temp rooted your tablet. Now, move on to the next section to see how you can make it permanent root.

IV. Permanently Rooting the Archos Gen9 Tablet:

1. Extract files from the SDE ZIP archive to your Desktop.

2. Connect your tablet to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Open a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, press and hold Shift key and right-click on any empty area on your screen and then choose Open command window here option.

4. Type in the following command into the Command Prompt Window:

enable_sde

5. Now, issue the following command using the same Command Prompt Window:

adb shell rm /data/local.prop

6. Close the Command Prompt Window.

7. Transfer the Archos3279 file to the internal storage of your tablet.

8. Turn OFF your tablet after the file has successfully been transferred to your tablet.

9. While your tablet is turned OFF, press and hold Volume DOWN+Power buttons together and the Archos logo will appear.

10. From the menu that appears, choose Recovery Menu followed by Developer Edition menu.

11. Use this menu to flash kernel and initramfs.

12. A drive will appear on your PC, just copy the zImage and initramfs file to that drive.

13. Press the Power button on your device.

14. Turn OFF your device.

15. Reboot your device into the Recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume DOWN+Power buttons together.

16. From the menu, choose Recovery System>>Developer Menu>>Remove android Kernel.

17. You will be asked whether you really want to remove the Android Kernel, confirm it with Yes.

18. Reboot your tablet.

Congrats ! You have successfully permanently rooted your Archos Gen9 Tablet. All those root-only goodies are just a touch away from you!

If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.

If you need help with this procedure, please ask in the comments below or in the forum.

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