I just got this Aluratek Libre Pro from Fry's at $89 before $20 rebate. It is an awesome deal and I really don't want to return it.
However I need helphttps://www2.mobileread.com/i/smiliesadd1/smack.gif. I am trying to flush this libre to Chinese firmware so that I can not only read English txt but also Chinese txt. I have desperately searched online and this forum and have tried many many times, I haven't found a way to do so. People here in this forum have claimed that they had done that successfully.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...t=63092&page=7
I either got upgrade failed or device simply doesn't read the Chinese firmware even after I changed the file name to Aluratek standard name.
Someone in this forum said that Aluratek may have code to prevent cross flushing to different brand firmware, that might be the case.
I also got some tips from someone like the following
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Basically you need a Linux box and do something like:
1) unsquashfs and unencrypt the firmware(s)
2) read the flashing scripts and see what files they check for
3) add the needed files
4) regenerate MD5 sums
5) re-encrypt and resquash the firmware
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I am really not a firmware developer or linux guy. I am uploading both Chinese firmware file which was said to be successfully used in the first post link and also the official Aluratek firmware to here.
Can someone with Know-how be kind enough to look into these two files to see what are the differences and what need to be modified/added? I wish I could do this too but I can't. Many thanks in advance.
My new Libre is running this software at this moment
Software: v0.15k
Patch: v15
Here are the firmware links which I uploaded to
http://drop.io/49objkb
http://drop.io/lqaeebw
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++these are official Chinese hardware manufacturer link, the download speed is very very slow, so that I used the drop.io link above, you don't have to download it again+++Posted here just for reference
Here's the link to the Chinese firmware directory:
http://218.240.9.39/soft
And the link to B v. 44:
http://218.240.9.39/soft/M218B044firmware.rar
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I got a few weeks before I have to return it. It should be a shame given such a good price. Many thanks in advance for the help from someone with know-how. Please let me know how I can pass the flushing fail point. If you can modify the firmware to make it pass Aluratek's check, please be kind enough to do so and then upload it to drop.io link. thanks.