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JeePea · 12-19-2009, 01:44 PM

I've been experimenting with firmwares .14i and .14k and here are my findings:

To recap, I got my Jetbook Lite yesterday. I opened a couple of the included books and then flashed from .14i to .14k. I downloaded some DRMed books from ereader.com and tried to open them on the Jetbook Lite. I could enter the required security information, but the ebooks wouldn't open. I tried this on several different books with the same results. So I flashed back to the .14i firmware and found that I could open these books just fine. In viewing them, however, I was not able to increase the size of the tiny font which made the ebooks very hard to read. Then I decided to experiment.

I flashed back to .14k and found to my surprise that I could now open the ebooks that I'd opened in .14i even though I originally could not open them in .14k when I entered the security information. On top of that, I was able to increase the font size and change from Arial to Verdana. However, the fonts were very ragged looking as if they'd been typed by a typewriter that needed a new ribbon. The fonts were not fuzzy, just not fully rendered as if some information were missing to fill in parts of the edges of the fonts.

Confused by all of this, still with the .14k firmware, I downloaded some different DRMed books from ereader.com and after entering security information, found that the books would not open as before with this version. One of these ebooks was not DRMed and did not require security information, but it still wouldn't open.

So, just to be sure I was starting to understand this, I flashed back to .14i and found that I could open both of these ebooks as I'd expected. Then I flashed back to .14k and found that I could open the DRMed ebook but not the non-DRM book. I tried to recall if I'd actually paged through the books and I know that I did with the DRMed book but I'm not sure about the non-DRM book.

I'm done fooling around with this for the day and will probably call tech support on Monday. But there is obviously something wrong with the way that the .14k version accepts security information and then tries to open a DRMed book. Apparently if the DRMed book does get opened correctly and the pages turned, then it will open in .14k. Increasing font size works in .14k once the DRMed books have been opened but there is something wrong with the way the fonts are rendered. It's clear that the firmware from the Jetbook Lite is a work in progress since it seems like we're taking two steps forward and one step back.

12-19-2009, 01:44 PM	#25
JeePea Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 58 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Ectaco Jetbook Lite	I've been experimenting with firmwares .14i and .14k and here are my findings: To recap, I got my Jetbook Lite yesterday. I opened a couple of the included books and then flashed from .14i to .14k. I downloaded some DRMed books from ereader.com and tried to open them on the Jetbook Lite. I could enter the required security information, but the ebooks wouldn't open. I tried this on several different books with the same results. So I flashed back to the .14i firmware and found that I could open these books just fine. In viewing them, however, I was not able to increase the size of the tiny font which made the ebooks very hard to read. Then I decided to experiment. I flashed back to .14k and found to my surprise that I could now open the ebooks that I'd opened in .14i even though I originally could not open them in .14k when I entered the security information. On top of that, I was able to increase the font size and change from Arial to Verdana. However, the fonts were very ragged looking as if they'd been typed by a typewriter that needed a new ribbon. The fonts were not fuzzy, just not fully rendered as if some information were missing to fill in parts of the edges of the fonts. Confused by all of this, still with the .14k firmware, I downloaded some different DRMed books from ereader.com and after entering security information, found that the books would not open as before with this version. One of these ebooks was not DRMed and did not require security information, but it still wouldn't open. So, just to be sure I was starting to understand this, I flashed back to .14i and found that I could open both of these ebooks as I'd expected. Then I flashed back to .14k and found that I could open the DRMed ebook but not the non-DRM book. I tried to recall if I'd actually paged through the books and I know that I did with the DRMed book but I'm not sure about the non-DRM book. I'm done fooling around with this for the day and will probably call tech support on Monday. But there is obviously something wrong with the way that the .14k version accepts security information and then tries to open a DRMed book. Apparently if the DRMed book does get opened correctly and the pages turned, then it will open in .14k. Increasing font size works in .14k once the DRMed books have been opened but there is something wrong with the way the fonts are rendered. It's clear that the firmware from the Jetbook Lite is a work in progress since it seems like we're taking two steps forward and one step back.