[syclone]

Finally got home last night and opened the Replacement PE to start charging and configuring it.

I used one of the update.zip files that I had downloaded earlier (Ermine 2.2) to update the unit. It finished the update, but hung - finally had to do a reset and it booted perfectly from then on.

I downloaded and installed Z4root (permanently)

I downloaded and installed ES Explorer

The reason I downloaded ES Explorer was to eliminate the two phone apps that seem to be draining a lot of power (as reported on one of the threads). I'm having a problem with this, because I can't actually find the two files that I have to rename. When I attempt a search in ES Explorer, I get a message "cannot search in system directory". My Unix/Linux skills are pretty rusty, so I'm probably missing a step or two here.

In downloading books, I can use Calibre, or just drop the book file right into the PE, but is there a better way? When I use Calibre, there seems to be a couple of extra steps - find the book then tell the PE to put it in the library - which it does with no problem, but is there a way to go directly to the library.

Finally (for now) - which is a better email program - the native program or Froyo mail that comes with 2.2.

Here's hoping that PE-II has a longer life than PE-I