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the grue · 08-31-2010, 12:33 AM

Hello! I posted yesterday in the happy firmware wishlist and I mentioned my (ahem) issues with .LIT.

So, here I am today, at my wit's end. "Why?" You say, "You have an Astak EZReader in the ever-so darling 5" size, how O how can you run out of wits? If anything, you have room for more on that SD card"

While I have plenty of space on my SD card, it is filling up with frustration.

I am using the latest lbook firmware. I find that the firmware is slow. Slow to turn on, slow to turn pages, and we are talking 6-10 seconds each turn, which is enough to make me wish to pitch it across the room. Now its suddenly locking up on me as well. Constantly.

I have cleared the cache and the crengine stuff. Turned on, turned off, turned on in quick succession.

Its hanging on PDF PDB and those oh so evil LIT.Especially LIT oh and RTF.

As for the LIT, I have only found one converter, which works on one file, maybe, sometimes, if its feeling good, at a time. (ABC amber lit converter) which when it works, does wonderfully. Makes a nice pdf.

So, after endless resets today, I am looking for suggestions.

Anything i can do to make this work? Got a nice easy-peasy free LIT converter idea? Should I try and find the December Astak firmware?

How can my reading life go back to the effortless bliss it once was?

Much thanks everyone!

08-31-2010, 12:33 AM	#1
the grue Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: astak ezreader 5"	Troubleshooting--> Firmware? User error? gah. Hello! I posted yesterday in the happy firmware wishlist and I mentioned my (ahem) issues with .LIT. So, here I am today, at my wit's end. "Why?" You say, "You have an Astak EZReader in the ever-so darling 5" size, how O how can you run out of wits? If anything, you have room for more on that SD card" While I have plenty of space on my SD card, it is filling up with frustration. I am using the latest lbook firmware. I find that the firmware is slow. Slow to turn on, slow to turn pages, and we are talking 6-10 seconds each turn, which is enough to make me wish to pitch it across the room. Now its suddenly locking up on me as well. Constantly. I have cleared the cache and the crengine stuff. Turned on, turned off, turned on in quick succession. Its hanging on PDF PDB and those oh so evil LIT.Especially LIT oh and RTF. As for the LIT, I have only found one converter, which works on one file, maybe, sometimes, if its feeling good, at a time. (ABC amber lit converter) which when it works, does wonderfully. Makes a nice pdf. So, after endless resets today, I am looking for suggestions. Anything i can do to make this work? Got a nice easy-peasy free LIT converter idea? Should I try and find the December Astak firmware? How can my reading life go back to the effortless bliss it once was? Much thanks everyone!