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Old 06-15-2019, 03:11 PM   #1
Mr.Moe
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Device: Nook STG
Just Un-Rooted my Tolino 4 HD

I wanted to share my opinion of the current state of affairs for the Tolino 4 HD.

IMHO, the Tolino firmware 12.2.0 is now officially "good enough" for me, so last week I unrooted my device, and have been quite pleased.

My original reasons for rooting were:
- Needed reading app that didn't crash on big 30MB ePubs
- Wanted better layout (used Coolreader)
- Wanted file sync (used Dropbox)
- Needed file mgmt. (because I was using Dropbox)
- Wanted Websters 1913 dictionary (used Colordict)

As of firmware v12.2.0
- Reading app (apparently Readium based) handles big ePubs
- Layout is good enough
- Tolino Cloud is good enough
- New dictionary is based on Wiktionary (which includes Websters 1913)

So I did a factory reset, copied over the lovely Charter fonts from one of my other devices, and uploaded my ePubs to the Tolino cloud. I'm now loving being able to read free from the distraction of managing an old Android 4 installation (and all the hackiness that goes along with it).

As a side benefit, my reading is synced on my phone (I also started using the Tolino app) and my battery life increased a ton!

Anyway, hope some of this info might be of use to someone else.

Thanks to everyone who helped me and others root their Tolinos!

-Mr.Moe
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