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Old 12-30-2016, 10:05 PM   #158
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Location: New Zealand
Device: Onyx Boox Poke 5, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e 10.5
Angry eReader borked!

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Originally Posted by sharkcow View Post
I just tried something: even if you use the currently installed firmware, you can get the device to re-flash (I'm currently on 1.7.5, just re-flashed 1.7.5), so that strongly suggests you can downgrade.
Concerning 1.8.0, I seem to remember reading somewhere that the very first versions had a problem with play store which was fixed, but the fixed firmware still has version number 1.8.0. So you might consider re-downloading 1.8.0 an re-flashing.
Tried reflashing back to 1.7.5, and ended up completely borking my eReader. Display is now faint almost-to-the-point of illegibility, and quickly becomes completely illegible because it overwrites rather than refreshing. I am therefore having a great deal of difficulty doing anything. It appears to be software, not hardware thankfully (on reboot, initial Onyx Boox screen appears normal, before a faint 'Kepler loading', or some such, screen).

Can anybody give me any idea how to either:
  1. Force an update with only hardware buttons
  2. Force an update from my PC
  3. Force a screen refresh using hardware buttons (so I can see to navigate) -- I'm coming to think that changing page-forward-long to 'Home' may have been a mistake (you can survive without being able to go immediately to the home screen more than you can without a legible screen)
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