The battery is indeed replaceable, it isnt easily compartmentalized like the galaxies, but taking the back off will allow the battery to be swapped. I grepped through the linux kernel and uboot source code and nothing mentions the tablet by name, and I dont really have the know-how to identify chipsets. As for the 512 mb of RAM, would android go be a suitable solution, is that what replicant 9 will be based off of? Many of your devices are under 2 gigs, so if it's not, it might be worth it to go that route.
Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:11 PM, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:59:05 +0000 > Chase [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello, > > Hi, > > > Would the replicant project make any use of a donation of an aimko > > at700 tablet, or is the project busy with the other current ongoing > > port efforts? > > I found some rough specifications[1] by searching the device name with > a search engine. > > Here are the relevant specifications rearranged: > > > CPU Model:Allwinner A33 > > This is nice. It should be possible to run free software bootloaders on > it, and both u-boot and upstream Linux should already have good enough > support for this "CPU". > > > RAM:512MB > > Screen Resolution:1024 x 600 > > Screen Size(inch):7 inch > > This is a bit small. I'm not sure how much effort will be required to > support that on Android 9. > > Do you know if there is a website or something with more information > on this device? Or is some kernel and/or bootloader source code > published for it? > > To add support for it the following would be needed first: > > - Finish porting Replicant to Android 9 and make a Replicant 9 release. > This will use a kernel that is very closely based on upstream Linux. > Me and other people are already working on that. > > - If there is enough information and source code available for that > device: add support in upstream Linux and u-boot. Depending on the > number of driver lacking upstream, that might take more or less time. > > - Potentially add support for other devices with 512M of RAM like the > GTA04 that have a smaller display in Replicant. > > - Look into optimizing Android to support that device which has 512M of > RAM and a big display. Also, as the A33 also doesn't have free > software 3D acceleration, we would need to make sure that the > graphics are fast enough without 3D. All of the devices we support > don't use 3D acceleration (yet). > > Do you also know how hard it is to change the battery? > > Is there someone interested to work on that device? > > Even if we find out that it's too hard to support devices with 512M of > RAM, or that the absence of replaceable battery becomes complicated for > working on it, it might still be interesting to add support for it in > upstream Linux and u-boot. > > References: > > > [1]https://www.ebay.com/itm/AIMKO-7-8GB-Quad-Core-Tablet-Android-4-4-512-RAM-model-AT700-/192918667908 > > Denis. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
