[IndecisiveMe]

Originally Posted by kacir

I am starting to suspect you might have hardware problem with your PocketBook.
Do you hear, or did you hear rattling sound when you shake your device?

I have never heard a rattling sound coming from my device. I've read threads where other people have heard it and I've checked my device each time. Never heard anything.

I have installed 15.3 without any problem.
Just unpack the swupdate_02Sep2010_360_ru_15_3b.zip file. You get the swupdate_02Sep2010_360_ru_15_3b.7Z file, and you need to unpack that AGAIN with a program called 7zip http://www.7-zip.org/

I think they did this double packing on purpose. Only users that are able to unpack the file are computer savvy enough to provide meaningful feedback ;-)

I'm usually pretty computer savvy, which is why I'm so frustrated. I use WinRAR, which opens 7zip as far as I know, I'm pretty sure it's opened them before.

So. After double unpacking you get SWUPDATE.BIN file. Load this file on card or into memory and proceed with flashing.
There is also FREEZE01.DAT file. Disregard that for the moment. I *think* this file is a dump generated by PocketBook when it crashes, so programmers can see what happened.

I tried the install without the .DAT file first and then I tried it with it, just in case. Nothing happened either time. When I followed Logseman's instructions of waiting until the boot logo appeared before holding the buttons down, it seemed to install, said it was installing, said it was successful but still displays that I'm using 15.2.

Even with the buggiest firmware I have rarely experienced more than one crash per day (several hours of using the device).
I have been using the last 15.2 for many days without a crash. Especially when I just read books - as opposed to trying to do interesting stuff with configuration of device or testing non-public version of FBReader 0.9.3

I use my reader for at least a couple of hours a day. I had 14.2 for about three weeks (I think) and it froze and needed to be reset at least twice. I never tried 15.1 because all reports were that it was horribly buggy. I did tried 15.2 and am still using it, because initial reports were that it was really good and that it brought a lot of new features to the device. I do love the new features. I do not like how often if reboots on me (every 10-20 pages or so) and that when it does reboot it doesn't remember my last bookmark. I've taken to turning my device off every 10 or so pages if I remember, so I can at least have that last page set as a bookmark.

I'm extremely hesitant to send it back to the US for repair (I live in Australia). I'd need to be pretty sure it was hardware for me to do that.

When you installed 15.3 did it recognise it as that in the About Device screen?