(Apologies in advance - this is a long story:
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You guys, I had such a terrible time yesterday and last night. After being so pleased with my new T-62, I decided to install a dictionary. I thought it would be a fairly simple task. I thought I would install the ColorDict app and use StarDict for the actual dictionary aspect... but when I went to download it, it seems StarDict has been very recently pulled from SourceForge due to copyright issues. I spent a long time searching for other free options, but eventually decided to go with ColorDict and WordNet.
I also had to look up how to sideload an App since I've never used Android. Well, it seemed easy enough. I just copied the ColorDict APK on to the root directory along with the WordNet folder. I tapped it to install it, which seemed to work. Then it asked about downloading dictionaries and I chose WordNet.
So far, so good I thought. But when I opened the Colordict app, it was completely black with all the icons and text in a very dark color, which made it almost impossible to see or read anything.
That was not what I was expecting. I had to turn the light all the way up just to be able to make out a few icons and the search bar at the top. I couldn't find any way to change it.
Then I opened a couple books and kept trying to get a definition to pop up, but it wouldn't work. I read online that it might be because the dictionary had to be indexed, but the option for that was missing in my ColorDict. I was able to type in words in the actual program and get a definition to pop up there, but after trying everything I could think of, I still couldn't get it to work with FBReader.
I wondered if the App file was somehow corrupted, since it really didn't even look like I expected it to look after seeing screenshots online. I ended up sideloading the GoodEreader store app and then installing ES FileExplorer because I wanted to just uninstall the Colordict and start over. But that didn't really look any different than the built in File Manager, and I didn't see any options for deleting apps or anything else. It was just all so weird and frustrating.
I am used to Windows, and being able to drag-n-drop and right-click to bring up menus and options and uninstall programs and stuff. (And being able to see what I'm supposed to see on the various program UIs.)
So... I had the brilliant idea that I would just restore the whole thing back to how it was the day before when I got it, and maybe try again sometime when I hopefully will have a clue about how all that stuff works.
I copied the small book folder and recording folder to my desk top to make it really easy on myself after it was restored/reset... and then started the process... {click - yes I'm understand my files will be erased; yes I want to proceed.}
And then when it finally restarted, I about gave myself a full-blown panic attack. Everything was in Chinese characters now!
OMG, I erased the English UI!
Now what do I do?! One day and I ruined the whole thing. Even if I could find a copy of whatever I needed to install on it to get the English version of the OS/Firmware back on it, how would I even manage to install it? Will I have to ship it back to China? Will they even take it back? Will I have to throw it away?
After freaking out and hyper-ventilating for more than a few minutes, I finally sat down with it and tried pressing various strings of characters to no avail. I even trying Google Translate to see what the word "language" looked like in Chinese - hoping I could find something that looked like those characters. I wasn't even sure if the base OS even had that option.
Well... after some very stressful minutes, I finally tapped on something that brought up a language menu, and English (UK) was on there as an option thank goodness! Choosing it set the device back to the way it was when I received it.
What a relief!
Sorry for writing y'all a novel about that. It was kind of traumatic though.
I sure wish this device came with a good English User's Manual. There are so many basic little things, that are just confusing to me.
If anyone is still reading this, I have a very basic question that I'm hoping someone can clarify:
I always charged my Kindle Keyboard with my wall charger (which I'm hoping I can use for this.) The indicator light would be yellow when charging and green when charged. Is it the same thing for this device?*** Or is it just green when it's charging, and then the light turns off when it's done being charged?
I plugged in the USB cable when my computer was hibernating and there was no light on the T62, so I didn't know if it was charging. I thought I would test it out. But then when I came back about 1-2 hours later and woke up my computer, the indicator light on the T62 turned green, and it started displaying that screen that says "USB Storage in Use". Was it already charging, or just started charging when the light turned green? I'm guessing the latter. About how long would it normally take to charge from 40% to 100%?
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Okay... I just ejected the device and turned it on, and it's still not fully charged. ***So much for the green light meaning it's fully charged. Hopefully it turns off to indicate it's done charging.
I'm also thinking it wasn't charging at all while both it and my notebook were sleeping. Does it have to stay on that USB screen to charge or can I use it while it's plugged in and still charging?
This is basic stuff I'm sure, but I've only ever used wall chargers. I wish I had a manual to consult instead of bothering you guys with such minor/stupid questions.