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BobVA · 09-17-2008, 08:32 PM

Hi Mike:
Nope, I'm in the US and the DRM'ed books were from overdrive.com, via my local library. I guess your experience rules out the hacks and mine eliminates where they put the steering wheel

I just finished a hard reset of the Reader. I'm going to gingerly re-approach ADE and see what happens. I've tried putting all of my non-ADE content on a memory stick so I can put ADE volumes in the Reader. (I was going to try the first experiments with the memory stick removed while ADE is connected.)

Will advise if I have any luck. Hope the Adobe guys get this figured out.

UPDATE: Well that didn't work so well. After putting a SINGLE protected book in the internal memory the Reader began to re-index the (full) memory stick after any kind of interaction with ADE or the Sony software, or just hanging up. If I pulled the stick it would stop and I could get access to my lone ADE book in memory.

Next I put about 75 books in memory, including four more via ADE. Refreshes were slow after ADE, but back up to speed (about five or ten seconds) with the Sony Software.

So, my work-around seems to be not using any external memory, which is annoying. Potentially VERY annoying depending on how many books I can get in the internal memory without getting back to the freezing/rebooting tar pit. I really liked having my entire elibrary with me (about 200 books) so I could pick and choose on travel rather than having to do a digital equivalent of "what books should I pack". Bleech!

Interested to hear if this approach (not using any external memory) works for you. Note that I did a hard reset of the Reader as part of this, but I'm not sure if it was necessary (and it did burn up an ADE authorization).

Regards,
Bob

09-17-2008, 08:32 PM	#21
BobVA Addict Posts: 230 Karma: 1500 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Kobo Clara, Sony PRS950, T1, T2, T3	Hi Mike: Nope, I'm in the US and the DRM'ed books were from overdrive.com, via my local library. I guess your experience rules out the hacks and mine eliminates where they put the steering wheel I just finished a hard reset of the Reader. I'm going to gingerly re-approach ADE and see what happens. I've tried putting all of my non-ADE content on a memory stick so I can put ADE volumes in the Reader. (I was going to try the first experiments with the memory stick removed while ADE is connected.) Will advise if I have any luck. Hope the Adobe guys get this figured out. UPDATE: Well that didn't work so well. After putting a SINGLE protected book in the internal memory the Reader began to re-index the (full) memory stick after any kind of interaction with ADE or the Sony software, or just hanging up. If I pulled the stick it would stop and I could get access to my lone ADE book in memory. Next I put about 75 books in memory, including four more via ADE. Refreshes were slow after ADE, but back up to speed (about five or ten seconds) with the Sony Software. So, my work-around seems to be not using any external memory, which is annoying. Potentially VERY annoying depending on how many books I can get in the internal memory without getting back to the freezing/rebooting tar pit. I really liked having my entire elibrary with me (about 200 books) so I could pick and choose on travel rather than having to do a digital equivalent of "what books should I pack". Bleech! Interested to hear if this approach (not using any external memory) works for you. Note that I did a hard reset of the Reader as part of this, but I'm not sure if it was necessary (and it did burn up an ADE authorization). Regards, Bob Last edited by BobVA; 09-17-2008 at 10:57 PM.