Talk:ImcoV6L

Actual RAM only 175MB?

Where does the 256 come from? Two apps, CPU-Z and Android Task Manager both report that the system only has 175MB (and mere 73MB free). I'm not entirely sure what to think - either my device is an anomaly, or either number is wrong.--Cyberman tM (talk) 11:47, 7 April 2014 (EDT)

Memory values are powers of 2 so it would like be 128 or 256 unless they are two chips of different sizes such as some ram on the CPU chip and some ram as a separate chip. However, I think it is more likely that the screen display buffer memory is coming out of the 256Meg. These days share memory is a common practice. Thus you need to subtract the screen memory from 256 to see the real available memory. All 174M is available to the CPU but at any point in time there will be varying amounts actually in use all the way down to 0 free.

--DaleDe (talk) 12:13, 7 April 2014 (EDT)

System Specs

From my posting in the forum, here's what the android app CPU-Z has to say about the hardware:

SoC:
ARM Cortex-A8
Cores 1
Revision r3p2
Clock Speed 102MHz-1,01Ghz
GPU Vendor Vivante Corporation
GPU Renderer GC800 core

System:
Board: Imcosys
Hardware rk29board
Android version: 2.3.1
Kernel Architecture armv7l
Total Ram: 174MB
Root Access: Yes

I'd edit it into the main article, but I'm not sure if the source is allowed (original research, basically)--Cyberman tM (talk) 01:55, 22 January 2014 (EST)

Yes this is allowed. Personal research is ok. Sources are not required but a comment summary can be added at the bottom of the edit --DaleDe (talk) 11:28, 22 January 2014 (EST)

Root access via ADB

Once more, not sure how to add it in. When you connect the device to your PC via USB, you get root access with the Android Debug Bridge - it does not matter if you share the storage with your PC, meaning that USB debugging is apparently always on. I haven't seen a setting to disable that, which IMO would be nice.--Cyberman tM (talk) 14:58, 24 February 2014 (EST)

No hidden partition for firmware backup, update overwrites firmware.

Not sure if this is wiki-worthy, but I think it's interesting. Unlike for example the Kobo Wifi, the ImcoV6L does not have a hidden partition with a full backup of the system. Instead the firmware is overwritten by the "update". (Source: mail from ImcoSys, no partition is confirmed, update overwriting system implied.)--Cyberman tM (talk) 02:30, 27 February 2014 (EST)

More info, less spam.

I've added a bit more about the Imco in more words on my user page, User:Cyberman tM/ImcoV6L, so I don't have to spam this talk page. Feel free to mine it for useful information, if there is some.--Cyberman tM (talk) 14:50, 27 February 2014 (EST)