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Beatlebacker · 10-24-2009, 02:45 PM

Hi all,
A couple of pointers for all you UK guys looking to 'upgrade' your firmware ... THERE IS NO UPGRADE for the UK Reader at this time! If you try to download the US version (1.1.00.18040) it will be classed as tampering and might render your warranty invalid costing you for the necessary repair. The correct and current version firmware for the UK is 1.2.00.18050. Hacking into the software / firmware files if you have no savvy is just asking for trouble.
Secondly, for people experiencing the inability to shut down using the slide switch, if the recharge option doesn't cure it you don't need to go hard resetting the device and losing your files. Connect to your PC via USB and set up a new folder on your desktop and copy ALL your files over. Now format your device, disconnect the device and check to see if it shuts down -- if it does, start re-installing the folders one by one - disconnect the USB in between file transfers and check to see if the device still turns off. Keep going until you come across a folder that causes the problem. If you don't find a dodgy folder you've cured the fault - you somehow managed to corrupt the software! If you do find one however (it'll be the last folder you installed prior to the Reader not shutting down!), remove it and start to open the sub-folders of that folder one by one and copy these across one at a time until you find the responsible one. It might take some time but you will find the dodgy file(s).
Hope this helps?

10-24-2009, 02:45 PM	#34
Beatlebacker Member Posts: 17 Karma: 174 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Hi all, A couple of pointers for all you UK guys looking to 'upgrade' your firmware ... THERE IS NO UPGRADE for the UK Reader at this time! If you try to download the US version (1.1.00.18040) it will be classed as tampering and might render your warranty invalid costing you for the necessary repair. The correct and current version firmware for the UK is 1.2.00.18050. Hacking into the software / firmware files if you have no savvy is just asking for trouble. Secondly, for people experiencing the inability to shut down using the slide switch, if the recharge option doesn't cure it you don't need to go hard resetting the device and losing your files. Connect to your PC via USB and set up a new folder on your desktop and copy ALL your files over. Now format your device, disconnect the device and check to see if it shuts down -- if it does, start re-installing the folders one by one - disconnect the USB in between file transfers and check to see if the device still turns off. Keep going until you come across a folder that causes the problem. If you don't find a dodgy folder you've cured the fault - you somehow managed to corrupt the software! If you do find one however (it'll be the last folder you installed prior to the Reader not shutting down!), remove it and start to open the sub-folders of that folder one by one and copy these across one at a time until you find the responsible one. It might take some time but you will find the dodgy file(s). Hope this helps? Last edited by Beatlebacker; 10-24-2009 at 02:48 PM.