I have a PTAB8000 and a PMID800.
The PMID800 worked OK' It's a little slow, but it was reliable.
The PTAB8000 always either locked up, killed all it's apps, or rebooted itself. It was a lot faster than the PMID800 though. I'm betting the PTAB is defective. But that's why I want to flash it over to Archlinux ARM.
I'm a patient and somewhat knowledgeable programmer and computer tech. So I've done some research on these. It's pretty much a desert as far as people working with them other than how to put Google Play on it. After cracking open the case, I found that the PTAB is an @mlogic M3-L device. Looking into their resources, I'm not sure what it specifically is. Also, I found @mlogic had a web page that listed resources like the source code and loader program. But it was in either incomplete or required more intelligence than I poses to navigate it. I have since lost it.
The PMID i will have to do this weekend unless someone has some research done on it.
Things I need to find out:
- How not to brick it
Is it an ARM 6 or 7
What program to talk to it with
Chip set so I know what I need for the kernel
I'm thinking working with these devices is like working with an Arduino based board.
I've already run ArchLinux on it using Linux Deploy and bVNC so I'm pretty sure it works and I can use the touchscreen and USB port(keyboard attached). But it's useless to me as and Android and it has limited memory anyway, so I don't want to leave Android on it.
The only way I know of to keep from bricking it is to not mess with it, so my next step unless advised is to find out what version of ARM it is.