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llinfeng · 07-03-2022, 06:00 PM

I recently noticed that the OneNote app is finally usable on Lumi 2 (palm rejection has been improved in 3.2.3), and looked for ways to "send" a specific OneNote page to Lumi 2. I ended up learning a bit more about adb, and the solution is here.

Now, I'd like to look into more possibilities to use the Boox tablets more efficiently. Namely, I'm looking for ways to activate certain programs via adb. Per my limited experience, I'm completely lost. (Well, I tried to look for the list of apps using "adb shell pm list packages", but then was not able to find, say, the NeoReader app.)

Please advise if there are quick ways to open (or switch to) the following apps over adb connection:

NeoReader (for PDF annotation)
The Notes app (one that won't reveal itself in third-party launchers)

To make this post future-proof, let me ask another obscure question: are there more precise ways to interact with both the Notes app and the NeoReader to achieve the following?

Ask the current NeoReader "session" to save the file. (For now, this is doable by pressing the Save button under the Scribble sub-menu)
Trigger TOC in NeoReader (while I keep the Scribble sub-menu opened at all times, I can no longer interact with the "Menu" that contains TOC and progress bar);
For the notes app, jump to a certain note with a specific page number
For the notes app, open to a specific note and jump to the beginning/end of the notebook.

Please excuse me for posting all these overly demanding requests here. Compared to contacting Boox and learning again how ignorant they are towards these types of requests, I consider this forum as the most productive place to discuss those things. (Well, to play it fair, I'll ask the same four questions to Boox support on push.boox.com, and see how they respond.)

07-03-2022, 06:00 PM	#1
llinfeng Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 58 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kobo, Kindles, Sony DPTs, QQ-Read	How to open NeoReader (and Notes app) using adb? I recently noticed that the OneNote app is finally usable on Lumi 2 (palm rejection has been improved in 3.2.3), and looked for ways to "send" a specific OneNote page to Lumi 2. I ended up learning a bit more about adb, and the solution is here. Now, I'd like to look into more possibilities to use the Boox tablets more efficiently. Namely, I'm looking for ways to activate certain programs via adb. Per my limited experience, I'm completely lost. (Well, I tried to look for the list of apps using "adb shell pm list packages", but then was not able to find, say, the NeoReader app.) Please advise if there are quick ways to open (or switch to) the following apps over adb connection: NeoReader (for PDF annotation) The Notes app (one that won't reveal itself in third-party launchers) To make this post future-proof, let me ask another obscure question: are there more precise ways to interact with both the Notes app and the NeoReader to achieve the following? Ask the current NeoReader "session" to save the file. (For now, this is doable by pressing the Save button under the Scribble sub-menu) Trigger TOC in NeoReader (while I keep the Scribble sub-menu opened at all times, I can no longer interact with the "Menu" that contains TOC and progress bar); For the notes app, jump to a certain note with a specific page number For the notes app, open to a specific note and jump to the beginning/end of the notebook. Please excuse me for posting all these overly demanding requests here. Compared to contacting Boox and learning again how ignorant they are towards these types of requests, I consider this forum as the most productive place to discuss those things. (Well, to play it fair, I'll ask the same four questions to Boox support on push.boox.com, and see how they respond.)