ARCwelder gives root / binary executable to Archos 605 and 705 players

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Ah, how we do love a good root-hacking resulting in the ability to run homebrew cipher. And being that we plus have a soft spot in our heart for Archos’s 605 and 705 series players, ARCwelder ought to do our kind and yours quite nicely. whether yours is running firmware 1.7.13, check it out, it should get you root access

to the device’s Linux shell, enabling you to do all kinds of fun things, like develop and run your own apps, or see how expanded it’ll take to break the DRM on downloaded media. Did we say that?

[Thanks, Justin and Nathan]

 

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