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rkomar · 02-09-2012, 05:21 PM

I have not tried this, so I can't say for sure if it will work. If you can get a copy of AdobeViewer.app from the 2.0.6 firmware, copy it to /mnt/ext1/system/bin/ under a different name, and then add that name to /mnt/ext1/system/config/extensions.cfg for reading PDF files, then you might get the old behaviour back (if the old executable can still run on a new system). It's also possible that note taking may have changed since 2.0.6, and that would break.

Getting the old version of AdobeViewer.app takes some hacking. You either have to re-install 2.0.6 on your device, get some kind of terminal access on the device, and copy it from /ebrmain/bin/AdobeViewer.app that way, or extract it from the old firmware zip file directly (via a Linux system) and copy that to the device. Neither is simple for the non-hacker, and the second is much trickier than the first. Let me know if you're willing to give it a try and want information.

02-09-2012, 05:21 PM	#2
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,055 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I have not tried this, so I can't say for sure if it will work. If you can get a copy of AdobeViewer.app from the 2.0.6 firmware, copy it to /mnt/ext1/system/bin/ under a different name, and then add that name to /mnt/ext1/system/config/extensions.cfg for reading PDF files, then you might get the old behaviour back (if the old executable can still run on a new system). It's also possible that note taking may have changed since 2.0.6, and that would break. Getting the old version of AdobeViewer.app takes some hacking. You either have to re-install 2.0.6 on your device, get some kind of terminal access on the device, and copy it from /ebrmain/bin/AdobeViewer.app that way, or extract it from the old firmware zip file directly (via a Linux system) and copy that to the device. Neither is simple for the non-hacker, and the second is much trickier than the first. Let me know if you're willing to give it a try and want information.