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flamaest · 10-05-2007, 03:19 PM

I've been offline for a few weeks enjoying this wonderful reader. I certainly use it more having these hacks available.

I know most folks have day jobs and any feature additions which are made are incredibly appreciated, it makes the Sony reader a much greater product than it was out of the box.

So, thank you again for this great set of enhancements!

As I am sure some other folks are wondering about, have there been any success with creating a play/pause button command lately? An icon would be tops, but certainly not required.

I had a thought about the icon, I was wondering, can a currently available icon be displayed in a different part of the status bar? A bit of a dirty hack, but what if the "M" for medium-size was displayed to the right of the status bar, indicating that "Music" was playing?

I know I am reaching here, but, alas, my battery has drained twice so far because my clumsy finger pushed a button without realizing it. I know I should be more careful or change my button mappings, and I am certainly now making an effort to do so..

PS: The flashing menu command sequence of 5,6,9 are clear in the Readme.txt file but I had to hunt for this file the 1st few times. Could this sequence be displayed somewhere when the user clicks "Build hacks", instead of a simple "OK" dialog box?

Something Like:

Hacks Built OK!

Flashing sequence:
Load memory card into reader, wait for flashing menu.
Select 5, wait for menu to re-appear.
Select 6, wait for menu to re-appear.
Select 9, wait for screen to blank and pull card out.

Thanks again for the hack builder!!
Fabian.

10-05-2007, 03:19 PM	#133
flamaest Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 1044459 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: prs-500	I've been offline for a few weeks enjoying this wonderful reader. I certainly use it more having these hacks available. I know most folks have day jobs and any feature additions which are made are incredibly appreciated, it makes the Sony reader a much greater product than it was out of the box. So, thank you again for this great set of enhancements! As I am sure some other folks are wondering about, have there been any success with creating a play/pause button command lately? An icon would be tops, but certainly not required. I had a thought about the icon, I was wondering, can a currently available icon be displayed in a different part of the status bar? A bit of a dirty hack, but what if the "M" for medium-size was displayed to the right of the status bar, indicating that "Music" was playing? I know I am reaching here, but, alas, my battery has drained twice so far because my clumsy finger pushed a button without realizing it. I know I should be more careful or change my button mappings, and I am certainly now making an effort to do so.. PS: The flashing menu command sequence of 5,6,9 are clear in the Readme.txt file but I had to hunt for this file the 1st few times. Could this sequence be displayed somewhere when the user clicks "Build hacks", instead of a simple "OK" dialog box? Something Like: Hacks Built OK! Flashing sequence: Load memory card into reader, wait for flashing menu. Select 5, wait for menu to re-appear. Select 6, wait for menu to re-appear. Select 9, wait for screen to blank and pull card out. Thanks again for the hack builder!! Fabian.