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Steenstrupian · 06-04-2017, 08:59 AM

(Apologies if these questions are answered elsewhere on the site - I have looked, but either can't find or can't understand the information.)
I'm mostly interested in trying to use my new Onyx Boox Kepler (bought and received in the UK from here) as a lo-fi e-ink word processor. I've never used an Android machine before, being a user of iOS and Mac OS, and a MacBook. I've done the firmware upload linked by sharkcow and opened Google Play, but the Kepler is still running Android 4.0.4, which means it is incompatible with the Dropbox app, as well most of the text-editing apps I'm interested in running. In addition, I can't make either of my foldable keyboards (the iClever, or an ancient but working iGo Stowaway) to the Kepler via bluetooth, despite them both working perfectly with all my other machines, and despite them seeming to connect - they just won't type, and the on-screen keyboard won't disappear.

Can anyone offer any insight into:

- when there might be an upgrade for the Kepler to a later version of Android, or how to jury-rig one (via a Mac, not PC)?

- how to get a bluetooth keyboard to work? (And if there are particular - foldable! - makes that work well with the Kepler, which?)

Many thanks for any advice.

06-04-2017, 08:59 AM	#263
Steenstrupian Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2017 Device: None	Advice for a not-very-techy Android/Boox newbie? (Apologies if these questions are answered elsewhere on the site - I have looked, but either can't find or can't understand the information.) I'm mostly interested in trying to use my new Onyx Boox Kepler (bought and received in the UK from here) as a lo-fi e-ink word processor. I've never used an Android machine before, being a user of iOS and Mac OS, and a MacBook. I've done the firmware upload linked by sharkcow and opened Google Play, but the Kepler is still running Android 4.0.4, which means it is incompatible with the Dropbox app, as well most of the text-editing apps I'm interested in running. In addition, I can't make either of my foldable keyboards (the iClever, or an ancient but working iGo Stowaway) to the Kepler via bluetooth, despite them both working perfectly with all my other machines, and despite them seeming to connect - they just won't type, and the on-screen keyboard won't disappear. Can anyone offer any insight into: - when there might be an upgrade for the Kepler to a later version of Android, or how to jury-rig one (via a Mac, not PC)? - how to get a bluetooth keyboard to work? (And if there are particular - foldable! - makes that work well with the Kepler, which?) Many thanks for any advice. Last edited by Steenstrupian; 06-04-2017 at 12:31 PM.