Thread: WARNING - New Astak firmware >may< 'brick' your reader
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Old 03-13-2010, 12:27 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Xochipilli2012 View Post
Hey Gang,

I know a few of you seem to be getting along just fine with the new firmware, so my situation may be unique.

I installed the new firmware, as I shared on another thread. And it was obvious when I booted the device that things were different. The first thing I checked out was FB2 support. I noticed that the old way of bookmarking no longer works, or at least I couldn't work it out in the short time I messed with it.

I then thought to take one of my EPUB books for a spin. Right now I've got books sorted by format type (mostly to get familiar with the device) and I tried to navigate to my EPUB folder in the reader's internal memory. It's option "5" on my "bookshelf" (if that's how the list of folders/files is called).

Well, nothing happened. I "backed out" of the FB2 book I was testing (the "return" key to the left of "OK/Menu") and no key press has been recognized by the Pocket Pro since. The little LED is dark. The folders on the first screen of the "book shelf" are all displayed, and nothing I do makes any difference.

I tried turning the device off. Nothing. I tried connecting it to my computer. Nothing. I've tried removing the SD card. Still no effect.

I even put the SD card with the firmware upgrade back in. But the device won't respond to anything I do.

I've never called Astak tech support before, so I'll give that a try. But this is a very ominous situation.

I'm thinking to try removing the battery, but the manual explicitly warns against doing this when the device is on. But...it has every appearance of not being "on" except for the fact that the last screen it displayed--the first screen of the llist of folders in the internal memory--remains in view.

So...I guess I would welcome any advice anyone can give me, as well as offer a mild note of caution about installing the new firmware.

Finally, in case it matters, the FB2 books was one I created from an original EPUB using Calibre.

Well...I'm off to some volley ball games for a few hours. I'll check back with you all later. I probably won't be able to call Astak right away either. So you folks might be my best hope in the near term.


Thanks!
My system hung while trying to read the index of the 1913 Dictionary I have on the internal memory. I waiting, pushed buttons, etc. Eventually, I turned it off, (hold on on/off button) nothing happened. Tried again, nothing. But do it while WATCHING the LED light. While holding the on/off button, as soon as you see flickering on the LED, let go of the button. That took me to the off screen. Since then everything is ok. But I'm not going to go to the dictionary for a while, until things get smoothed out.

(I don't use FB)
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