Thread: Boyue Likebook Mimas (T103D) 10.3 inch''
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Old 04-22-2020, 05:06 PM   #722
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Device: Mobiscribe Wave B&W; Kindle Scribe; Boyue Mimas & 62+; KindleKeyboard
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Originally Posted by rvcjew View Post
When you take an OTA (over the air update) it replaces the OLD OS files that it modifies in the system partition as the new OTA'd ones. So factory reset just wipes user data (depending on the device) and resets all system settings and accounts to a blank OBE (out of the box experience) state. The OTA is not the full System image though and so if you were to say go into the recovery and wipe system and not just factory reset it would be a blank device and you would need a firmware dump that some have done with the rktool.
Thank you, I didn't know any of that. Although the upgrade I applied before I did the factory reset was not OTA, and I think was supposed to be the full image. I got it from this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=690
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Originally Posted by rubensa View Post
Boyue made the firmware FW-V2.3.2 update available (https://twitter.com/BoyueTechnology/...359203331?s=20) for download by Mega (https://t.co/ikSclpqQsh?amp=1). It's a full (not incremental) update so you can update from any previous version.
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Originally Posted by rvcjew View Post
This is why it's bad that Boyue does not release anywhere the full system image when they make an OTA in case you get a corrupt OTA and then try to factory reset thinking it will fix it and then have a fully botched OS. It has been shown on the Mars at many times in this forum that if the device is dead for a long time and you go to boot it can mess up the OS (can be due to many factors) and all those devices would have been warranty issued or just bricked without the helpful people dumping their own Firmware's for them to use as a full refresh to flash to the device to make it OBE again.
Was that Twitter link in the post above not the full system image? Or perhaps just a rare occasion when it actually was made available? I am pretty clueless about this stuff and saved that download thinking I could just put it on my Mimas as update.zip at any point and it would update to that firmware, even if it's a reversion. Am I misunderstanding any of that?

Thank you for taking the time to clarify these things for me. I really appreciate it.

For anybody reading this thread and wondering about the latest firmware, I would like to add that the April 17th, 2020 update has been fantastic for me so far. Everything seems to be working great, and I love the new features - especially the new ZReader app which is so much nicer than the original built-in reading software.

I appreciate that Boyue has continued to update even the older models.
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