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Kobo Arc 7HD (kobo-cardhu)

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Kobo Arc 7HD
Manufacturer Kobo
Name Arc 7HD
Codename kobo-cardhu
Released 2013
Hardware
Chipset Nvidia Tegra 3 (T30L)
CPU 4x 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A9
GPU Nvidia ULP Geforce
Display 1920x1200 LCD
Storage 16GB/32GB
Memory 1GB
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software
The software and version the device was shipped with.
Android
Extended version
The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.
Android
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
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Factory resetting this Android tablet results in a setup menu at boot that you cannot finish because it cannot finish the update check.

Contributors

Users owning this device

How to enter flash mode

Enable USB Debugging

  • click on random wifi network
  • open keyboard
  • click on settings button in the left down corner
  • click on "Google Keyboard settings"
  • click on "personal directories"
  • click the back button in the upper left corner twice
  • click seven times on the build number in the settings
  • in the developer settings, enable adb

Rooting

The standard Dirty CoW exploit for Android does not seem to work somehow: https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2016-5195/issues/106

This should be fixed, so we can get into APX boot mode

Installation

Notes

See also