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TadW · 07-26-2008, 11:24 AM

I compared the content of the last PRS-500 update with the content of the PRS-505 content and noticed that a lot of files were identical, and that both had the same Linux distribution (they are library compatible).

So I was thinking: Would it be possible to replace some of the files manually from the PRS-500 (which doesn't seem to be updated any longer) with newer files from the PRS-505 update?

There are files like FskDocumentViewer.so, FskBBeBViewer.xsb, or FskDocumentViewerRTF.so (RTF) which appear to have been updated (they all have increased filesizes in the 505 update).

FskDocumentViewerPDF.so (~2.2MB) from the 500 has been replaced with FskDocumentViewerAdobe.so (~7.6MB), which now includes ePub support.

Just curious if anyone else has given it some thought.

07-26-2008, 11:24 AM	#1
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Possible to replace some 500 files with 505 firmware? I compared the content of the last PRS-500 update with the content of the PRS-505 content and noticed that a lot of files were identical, and that both had the same Linux distribution (they are library compatible). So I was thinking: Would it be possible to replace some of the files manually from the PRS-500 (which doesn't seem to be updated any longer) with newer files from the PRS-505 update? There are files like FskDocumentViewer.so, FskBBeBViewer.xsb, or FskDocumentViewerRTF.so (RTF) which appear to have been updated (they all have increased filesizes in the 505 update). FskDocumentViewerPDF.so (~2.2MB) from the 500 has been replaced with FskDocumentViewerAdobe.so (~7.6MB), which now includes ePub support. Just curious if anyone else has given it some thought.