October 29 2010

Augen E go hacking

I purchased an Augen E go and started to hack it :)

Pins needed to enable uart boot mode.


Random photos of the main board

Main chip is the same used in the Didj and LX!

Nand! 2 gig! with a spare spot for upgrading!

Sound Chip

Ethernet chip


USB hub chip

64 mb ram that needed to be reflowed

Unpopulated usb port. I believe it is attached to the wifi

Un populated sound plug

extra nand space

Uart Connector :)






There are 4 tiny tabs to remove the keyboard once you remove the 2 screws on the bottom

My crude quick and dirty uart access :-D




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Posted October 29, 2010 by Moogle in category "Augen

6 COMMENTS :

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  2. By Noop on

    Were you running into problems before you decided to reflow the RAM?

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    1. By Moogle (Post author) on

      Yes after the system was on for a few minutes the screen would start to flicker and get random graphic artifacts.
      I had purchaced this on ebay as “Factory Refurbished” but i knew the seller was lying as it still had a ton of personal information on the system from the previous owner. Rather then ship the system back and wait for a new one I took it apart and fixed it myself
      here is a quick video
      http://wtfmoogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DSCN5484.mov

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      1. By Noop on

        Thanks, just looking out for possible fixes for if/when I snag one of these.

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  4. By Blackheart on

    This is a bit old of a post, but when UART boot is enabled is it possible to boot from usb (possibly to install a different os)?

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