Doubt about Cybook Gen3 Gold

Terisa de morgan · 02-14-2010, 03:28 PM

Hi,

I have a question and I hope somebody can give me and answer. A friend of mine has bought a Cybook Gen3 Gold (Version 1.9). At the manual they say this version can read Mobipocket files, but she puts them into the reader and they don't appear. Does she have to do anything special or is the manual wrong?

Thank you very much

Marisa

Barcey · 02-14-2010, 05:07 PM

Version 1.5 is the latest version that supports Mobipocket.

Version 2.0 is the ePub only version and your friend probably has an older version of the ePub only firmware. She should be able to download both firmware versions from the Bookeen site and decide which one she prefers.

mgmueller · 02-14-2010, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barcey

Version 1.5 is the latest version that supports Mobipocket.

Version 2.0 is the ePub only version and your friend probably has an older version of the ePub only firmware. She should be able to download both firmware versions from the Bookeen site and decide which one she prefers.

...or use the TIRWAL version, which can do both.

Terisa de morgan · 02-15-2010, 02:45 AM

Well, she has the 1.9, DRM-ed ePub, but the handbook said another thing and she understood nothing. She's going to change to 1.5 (Mobipocket better than ePub for her). About Tirwal FW, sorry, I think she rather stays with official FW (I think that perhaps I'll do the change), she isn't going to change and she isn't going to read ePub, so no purpose there. Thank you by the info, anyway.

Jellby · 02-15-2010, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

...or use the TIRWAL version, which can do both.

A custom firmware for the Cybook? Did I miss anything?

Gaurnim · 02-15-2010, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

...or use the TIRWAL version, which can do both.

I didn't find any mention of the Cybook being supported on the TIRWAL threads.
I ddin't read them end to end, maybe I overlooked a post.

JanG · 02-15-2010, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

A custom firmware for the Cybook? Did I miss anything?

If you did, I missed it too. What's this about a custom firmware that'll take both ePub and Mobi? Is it safe? Is it reliable?

--JanG.

Godzil · 02-15-2010, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgmueller

...or use the TIRWAL version, which can do both.

???!!!

If I understand correctly, TIRWAL is only a mod of the HANLIN firmware. What the mess with Bookeen's Firmware?

Terisa de morgan · 02-15-2010, 05:53 AM

I was thinking the same, and Google agreed with me, but I wasn't sure.

mgmueller · 02-15-2010, 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I was thinking the same, and Google agreed with me, but I wasn't sure.

I think I've read somewhere about a modification of the Hanlin/BeBook 2.6 (?) TIRWAL version. But I haven't tried it myself (absolutely fine with Cybooks since the firmware update), so you're probably right.

Godzil · 02-15-2010, 07:40 AM

mgmueller: I don't understand what you mean. Hanlin devices are not the same as Bookeen/netronix one. There is no possible way to put an Hanlin firmware on a netronix hardware

mgmueller · 02-15-2010, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Godzil

mgmueller: I don't understand what you mean. Hanlin devices are not the same as Bookeen/netronix one. There is no possible way to put an Hanlin firmware on a netronix hardware

I have to check whether I find the article again (didn't matter to me, I'm not using my Cybooks or BeBook at all).
It was about extracting the reader modules from TIRWAL and putting them on Cybook. Might have been WIP or something like that.

Terisa de morgan · 02-15-2010, 11:40 AM

Thank you, it would be very interesting to read about it but only like theory. My Gen3 hasn't frozen since Christmas's Eve (FW 1.5), and it works well with folders, so I'm not going to experiment but reading

02-14-2010, 03:28 PM	#1
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,597 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Doubt about Cybook Gen3 Gold Hi, I have a question and I hope somebody can give me and answer. A friend of mine has bought a Cybook Gen3 Gold (Version 1.9). At the manual they say this version can read Mobipocket files, but she puts them into the reader and they don't appear. Does she have to do anything special or is the manual wrong? Thank you very much Marisa

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02-14-2010, 05:07 PM	#2
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Version 1.5 is the latest version that supports Mobipocket. Version 2.0 is the ePub only version and your friend probably has an older version of the ePub only firmware. She should be able to download both firmware versions from the Bookeen site and decide which one she prefers.

02-15-2010, 02:45 AM	#4
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,597 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Well, she has the 1.9, DRM-ed ePub, but the handbook said another thing and she understood nothing. She's going to change to 1.5 (Mobipocket better than ePub for her). About Tirwal FW, sorry, I think she rather stays with official FW (I think that perhaps I'll do the change), she isn't going to change and she isn't going to read ePub, so no purpose there. Thank you by the info, anyway.

02-15-2010, 05:53 AM	#9
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,597 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	I was thinking the same, and Google agreed with me, but I wasn't sure.

02-15-2010, 07:40 AM	#11
Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	mgmueller: I don't understand what you mean. Hanlin devices are not the same as Bookeen/netronix one. There is no possible way to put an Hanlin firmware on a netronix hardware

02-15-2010, 11:40 AM	#13
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,597 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Thank you, it would be very interesting to read about it but only like theory. My Gen3 hasn't frozen since Christmas's Eve (FW 1.5), and it works well with folders, so I'm not going to experiment but reading

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