Which Is The Better Firmware For the ALP, Official ALP or JB?

Paralel · 08-05-2011, 11:56 AM

Can anyone provide the pros/cons of the latest official ALP firmware vs. the latest JB firmware on the ALP?

I have an ALP and am wondering if it would be worthwhile to flash it to the official JB firmware to gain additional functions or not.

Ken Maltby · 08-05-2011, 01:30 PM

Does this mean that you got your ALP flashed to the current ALP firmware successfully?
The suspense from your previous thread is killing me.

If you are still having problems flashing to the official firmware released for your device,
you might want to resolve those issues before trying to crossflash your ereader.

Luck;
Ken

Paralel · 08-05-2011, 03:00 PM

Yep, flashed to official ALP firmware .20i no problem.

Is there anything the JB firmware does better than the official ALP firmware?

jlg432 · 08-07-2011, 12:35 PM

There are a few threads on here about flashing the JB FW on the ALP but I believe you don't really end up without issues.

The ALP's last few firmwares have been mostly about expanding Language support. The big improvement was FW 20g which brought the ALP almost at the same level as the regular JB. So if you have FW 20g installed you are at the same level of fuctionality as the JB minus the dictionary and the language translation dictionary.

A note about the JB dictionary. Although it sounds great it is really missing a lot of words. It appears that they sacrificed content to allow for multi language support.
It doesn't work with all the ebook formats as well. I would have preferred having the option of downloading a fW version that supports my language of choice with a more complete dictionary.
\
John

Paralel · 08-12-2011, 12:37 AM

Sounds good. I'll just stick to the official ALP firmware then. Thanks for the insight.

08-05-2011, 11:56 AM	#1
Paralel Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: ALP	Which Is The Better Firmware For the ALP, Official ALP or JB? Can anyone provide the pros/cons of the latest official ALP firmware vs. the latest JB firmware on the ALP? I have an ALP and am wondering if it would be worthwhile to flash it to the official JB firmware to gain additional functions or not.

08-05-2011, 03:00 PM	#3
Paralel Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: ALP	Yep, flashed to official ALP firmware .20i no problem. Is there anything the JB firmware does better than the official ALP firmware? Last edited by Paralel; 08-05-2011 at 04:56 PM.

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08-05-2011, 01:30 PM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,465 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Does this mean that you got your ALP flashed to the current ALP firmware successfully? The suspense from your previous thread is killing me. If you are still having problems flashing to the official firmware released for your device, you might want to resolve those issues before trying to crossflash your ereader. Luck; Ken

08-07-2011, 12:35 PM	#4
jlg432 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 15786 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: jetBook, ALP, Pandigital 7"Color(Black+ White), Kyros MID7015a	There are a few threads on here about flashing the JB FW on the ALP but I believe you don't really end up without issues. The ALP's last few firmwares have been mostly about expanding Language support. The big improvement was FW 20g which brought the ALP almost at the same level as the regular JB. So if you have FW 20g installed you are at the same level of fuctionality as the JB minus the dictionary and the language translation dictionary. A note about the JB dictionary. Although it sounds great it is really missing a lot of words. It appears that they sacrificed content to allow for multi language support. It doesn't work with all the ebook formats as well. I would have preferred having the option of downloading a fW version that supports my language of choice with a more complete dictionary. \ John

08-12-2011, 12:37 AM	#5
Paralel Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: ALP	Sounds good. I'll just stick to the official ALP firmware then. Thanks for the insight.