PRS-500 Sony Reader PRS-500 universal flasher

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by kenbaldwin

The other thing I like about rtf is being able to specify the metadata, but I figure I can write something to update the cache.xml file for txt files with sensible author/title info parsed from the filename.

Ken

libprs500 already does this.

[NatCh]

Yah, but he's trying to avoid LRF, Kovid, for nefarious reasons of his own, no doubt.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kenbaldwin

Yes, the scale 1 and 2 sizes are ok. I'm currently using rtf for my ebooks, and I set the font to 16pt Ariel. I don't have any links, images, etc. But since rtf is a terrible format to manipulate programmatically, and I really hate Word, I'm considering going to txt. Text seems to be the "forgotten" format around here :-) Is anybody using it as their main file format on the Reader?

I really prefer the sans serif font to the serif font on the Reader screen though, and a larger default size. If there was some not-too-painful way to change the default font for text files, then I could use txt files and still get most of the benefit of rtf.

The other thing I like about rtf is being able to specify the metadata, but I figure I can write something to update the cache.xml file for txt files with sensible author/title info parsed from the filename.

Ken

Have you by any chance tried Pielrf? It's used to convert text files into LRF files. And you might find editing your text for use with Pielrf to be easier then using Word. I suggest you try that and see how it goes. There are also two other options. Libprs500 that includes html2lrf for converting html files to LRF and Book Designer. One of those three solutions should work well for editing your text files so they are much easier to read on the Reader.

Jon

[kenbaldwin]

Thanks for the suggestions, but for my purposes I don't really see the value of LRF or PDF. My formatting requirements are minimal, and I want an open format that I can easily parse, so my documents remain portable to other devices.

Ken

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kenbaldwin

Thanks for the suggestions, but for my purposes I don't really see the value of LRF or PDF. My formatting requirements are minimal, and I want an open format that I can easily parse, so my documents remain portable to other devices.

Ken

Once you have it in HTML or Book Designer they can be made portable. HTML is easy to save back to plain text. So is the BD file. Also BD outputs in a number of different ebook formats. And HTML is fairly universal to load into some conversion program for some future device you might get after the Sony Reader. So to be honest, I don't see any reason not to convert to LRF. You can always get back to text format easily enough.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by NatCh

Yah, but he's trying to avoid LRF, Kovid, for nefarious reasons of his own, no doubt.

Umm I meant it edits cache.xml when you change metadata and upload files to the reader, all files, even TXT.

[NatCh]

Ah, I see what you're saying now, Kovid, very handy. (apparently I was being kinda dense yesterday about a number of things, must have been a Monday ....)

[fatvoodoo]

Originally Posted by each

To fix it:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10902
on #13

I already got a solution for Chinese support:
http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=361320
It is in Chinese, if you can't read, just check the pics there

My solution is:
Copy glyphs from Chinese fonts to the original tt0003m_.ttf and tt0011m_.ttf, then it does work perfect.

PS:
tt0003m_.ttf is used for file name, book title and BBeB viewer
tt0011m_.ttf is used for TXT

If the modified tt0003m_.ttf and tt0011m_.ttf totally are not more than 4MB in size, they could be flashed into Reader and get any language support for your Reader if you like.

Could you (or someone) help me to modify my fonts for Chinese support (simplified). I have the reflash completed, I just don't know how to "copy glyphs" and would like to have some step by step instructions. It would be a huge help. Thanks!

[each]

Originally Posted by fatvoodoo

Could you (or someone) help me to modify my fonts for Chinese support (simplified). I have the reflash completed, I just don't know how to "copy glyphs" and would like to have some step by step instructions. It would be a huge help. Thanks!

If you can read Chinese, check here: http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=361320

you will get a whole solution, supporting RTF, TXT and BBeB in Chinese and also, Chinese files name, book title etc.

[WilliamG]

Hi guys. Was just wondering if any of you had the original firmware from the Reader. I'm being driven mad by this battery bug, and would like to go back to the original firmware. Is that possible?

Thanks!

[igorsk]

Try replacing just ebook.so, I'm pretty sure it's the culprit of the battery bug. Put it in /opt/sony/ebook/application/ on the card.

[WilliamG]

Originally Posted by igorsk

Try replacing just ebook.so, I'm pretty sure it's the culprit of the battery bug. Put it in /opt/sony/ebook/application/ on the card.

Thanks or that. I put it in the folder in the card, in the "application" folder. Now what do I do next, to get that file into the Reader? Not too clear about it. First time using this Flasher. Thanks!

*Edit*

I did this part:

4) Press 5. Wait for the success message (the process will take about one to
two minutes).
5) Press 6. Wait for the success message.
6) Press 9 to reboot.
7) Extract the card.

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Hope I did the right thing! I will report back if this fixes the battery bug. I needed to charge my Reader anyway so this is a prime time to test this out! Thanks very much!

[diabloNL]

You did it the correct way.

[WilliamG]

Originally Posted by diabloNL

You did it the correct way.

Ace! Thanks.

Now if it fixes the battery bug, you're my hero. Will report back if it does!

[Vienna01]

As a TIVO owner I have learned that several persons/companies offer hacks/upgrades that include all labor for folks who are afraid of doing such themselves(For TIVO some changes require HW upgrades too). Perhaps someone might be interested in providing such a service to include LABOR for adding/changing font(s), fixing the battery bug and other COMING applications that use the universal flasher.

In the absence of such a service, if someone writes a Windows application that holds the user's hand and has lots of error checking,help and de-bricking options included for those of us who are "procedures challenged", even the most timid among us could use the likely many new appls using the universal flasher. "Shareware" perhaps?