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Old 03-10-2009, 04:46 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by kressg23 View Post
Hi All,

Now that I have my EZ Reader, and am having some minor issues with it - which appear to be pretty normal, I'm looking at firmware. There are a lot who recommend OpenInkPot, so I've downloaded it to my PC, but I need to purchase a smaller SD card... mine are all either way too big or too small... so I'm still researching.

Some have suggested just upgrading Jinke/Bebook/Ibook, etc firmware, but I'm curious - is there a difference? Are these upgrades global throughout all of these devices that are cloned?

My biggest problem with the firmware that has come on the EZ Reader is that it reboots randomly when trying to advance the page. This is something I can live with if I must, but it would be cool to fix it up so that it didn't do it. Can any of you provide some personal experience with your EZ Readers?

If you flashed the firmware to OI, what format do you prefer? FB2? If so, how do you convert to that? My books are LIT, and I've been using Calibre to convert them to Mobi or epub... I like Mobi but I can no longer put bookmarks on my pages.
Yes I have some experience and I love OpenInkPot. Check out our wiki page on it here. There are links to the OI site there. With OI you actually have two readers, FB Reader & Cool Reader (both are linked to explanations from our WIKI on OI). I tend to use the default FB Reader that can read unDRMed Mobi, Epub as well as RTF. Like you, most of my books are Mobi with no DRM. BTW OI only reads files without DRM which can be a disadvantage. PM me if you have other OI questions.

Any of the firmwares can be updated to any of the Hanlin V3 family of readers (EZ Reader, BeBook, Ibook, etc.) and they are all slightly different. One problem at this time is getting back to the EZ Reader's firmware since there have been no updates yet. Check the Hanlin/Jinke site. With any of the Hanlin V3 firmwares, you can also use the Jinke SW called LogoMaker available at their site. With it you can create your own opening and closing images.

Bottom line for me is that the EZ Reader with the OI firmware is my favorite reader. (I have a Sony PRS-500, Bookeen Cybook Gen3, EZ Reader, and now a Kindle 1 - my second most favorite reader.)
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