Digital Spectrum MemoryFrame - Wireless Digital Frame - Hack

[wowwee3211]

Any ideas on hope to fix a mf1041? The screen blacked out but if you tilt the screen it actually still works .

[Zestypanda]

How big is the hd?

[OldTimeyJunk]

I'm going to buy one with WiFi and USB and try to install an embedded Linux OS - that'd be cool!

[adamxp12]

can you give me a download link then

[adamxp12]

how do you get the testAPP

[retoor]

@adamxp12

I coded it myself in VB.net or C# (I can't remember). Target CPU is ARM. It doesn't do anything but show you a dialogbox as you can see in the video.

[retoor]

@adamxp12

I coded it myself in VB.net or C# (I can't remember). Target CPU is ARM. It doesn't do anything but show you a dialogbox as you can see in the video.

[retoor]

@adamxp12

I coded it myself in VB.net or C# (I can't remember). Target CPU is ARM. It doesn't do anything but show you a dialogbox as you can see in the video.

[retoor]

@adamxp12

I coded it myself in VB.net or C# (I can't remember). Target CPU is ARM. It doesn't do anything but show you a dialogbox as you can see in the video.

[535stimuli]

I picked up an MF-8104 to try this, but it may be a newer version. The Main Menu looks a little different, and when I scroll past "Settings" and then back with the keyboard, and then click "Settings" with the mouse, I don't get to the CE desktop.

[535stimuli]

The "autorun" method doesn't work either. (At this CE level you don't use a "CE" folder in the root of the card - I found that out and did it per instructions.)

[maclover201]

@535stimuli you have to do a lot of clicking around with the new version. Just try mashing buttons and it will eventually work.

[pianoman1634]

Did You Have To Press A Specfic Button Or Something To Get It To Do That

[535stimuli]

What I'm wondering, though, is couldn't one just set up a Windows CE file explorer (eg, GSFinder) as an autorun file on a memory card (ie, rename it to autorun.exe and place it inside a folder named "CE" in a subfolder with the processor class name) and insert that into the card slot to navigate the file system?

[535stimuli]

Doesn't seem to work on the U-50132. Neither the mouse nor the keyboard appear to be recognized, either through the hub or connected directly to the device's USB port. I thought maybe I could browse the files inside the device if I connected it to my PC through the device's USB client port, but Windows XP only recognizes the device as a mass storage drive, and I can only browse the image files. (And XP identifies it as "MF-1041.")

[535stimuli]

BTW, other Windows CE devices with USB mass storage support also recognize the U-50132 as a "USB Disk" and I can also browse the image files there as well.

[535stimuli]

Well, I'm a big CE fan (core OS, not the stupid Windows Mobile interface), and I just picked up a U-50132, so we'll see if that one has the same underlying OS. The ARM processor is an advantage (as opposed to the AMD PIC's x86).

[retoor]

The model is "Digital Spectrum MF-8104"

I never made a page for it because I was too lazy and no longer have this picture frame. I played around with coding some WinCE stuff but it got boring fast (I'm not a fan of WinCE or WinMo at all).

I'm not sure about the registry key, you might be right but again I can't check because I don't have this thing anymore.

[535stimuli]

BTW, which Digital Spectrum model is this? I don't see discussion of this specific hack on your site (though it's nice to see more discussion of the AMD PIC, which has also had some coverage on HPC:Factor).

[Robobbly]

Cool, your amazing, please friend!

[535stimuli]

Nice! So theoretically you could run TCPMP on it to play videos.

[OK2BCK]

Shocking.

[andydamg]

This is awesome.

I'm gonna look for this at Best Buy.

[maclover201]

I have the same picture frame. Plug a mouse into the USB port and click around; it will eventually crash the picture frame program and bring you to the Windows CE desktop. What I really want to do is figure out how to install Linux on it. Then it could do other stuff... like maybe running Folding@Home or cracking wireless encryption keys. Anyway, what I did notice is that it has a rudimentary web server on it; just go to its IP in another computer's internet browser.

[cotton509]

make a bootable flash card and u should be able to make it boot from it like a bootable usb or bootable sd or xd or mms or what ever this rame uses same with xp and osx x86

[maclover201]

I'll try that and post my results.

[cotton509]

k make a vieo of what you do so i can see how u do it btw friened an i recomend u try puppy linux

[maclover201]

Ok, I think I may have to custom compile a kernel to run on ARM though. I checked the processor in mine and it's definitely ARM.

[cotton509]

lol get arm linux ;) also make a vieo NOW SO I CAN SEE

[maclover201]

Can't now :)

Will sometime this week. I don't know anything about the bootloader on this device but will try to get a linux distro running.

[cotton509]

lets go in a stream to talk live

[maclover201]

Sorry, can't now. I will try tomorrow. It seems that the new version of the software makes it harder to crash the embedded picture frame software, though. Once I get Linux running on it that won't matter though.

[maclover201]

I will post its specs too, I found detailed processor/RAM/partition info somewhere.

This could possibly be cool to get Linux on.

Anyway, it seems to be running a "neutered" version of Windows CE. I don't know what the main board is, I think it's a good idea to take it apart to find out (some boards have well-documented boot processes)

[cotton509]

hey dude lets turn this into a project but the problem is i cant find these were i live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 >:( they had em one for 80$ but now there gone can u get me one :D then we can prot arm linux to it and take over btw tell me the vram and ram and total onboard storage

[maclover201]

Ok, I will find out the info tomorrow, if I can and tell you if and how I can get Linux running.

[cotton509]

k so wait so the if i can thing to the llinux kernel to geting the ram and onboard torage or geting me one o we can mkae this int oa progect as i have a idea if it web enabled... a little app thats poling a website and displaying it >:)

[Robobbly]

how much does that cost?

[rootbrian]

For everybody:

Read the entire description.

[Robobbly]

wow cool how did you figre this out?

[rootbrian]

description says it all

[MerrynBlythe]

So...does it work or not??? Stars?????

[rootbrian]

Description buddy, it's in the description.

[Robobbly]

what picute frame is this i want one and wat did you acherly do?

[jedixo]

ok thats randomly cool