Onyx Boox i86

[freeaz]

Does anyone know how to remove the notification bar at the top when using an external app like moon reader+ to read a book so that i can use the whole screen for reading

[Phogg]

From within a book bring up the menu that has your fonts and stuff.
Select "settings."
Select "system."
Unchecked the "enable system status" box.
Return to reading.

[freeaz]

Thanks phogg I can do that with the built in readers but with moon+ reader pro app there is no settings menu I only get the app own menus

[DarkCookie]

You can use "ToogleFullscreen" external app. It has "Hide title bar" option.

I record short video with bluetooth mouse and internet browsing on my i86ml:
https://youtu.be/puFx7GKiNQg

[pierro78]

Originally Posted by DarkCookie

I record short video with bluetooth mouse and internet browsing on my i86ml:
https://youtu.be/puFx7GKiNQg

wow nice demo of the lightning web browser !
does it also work good with touch ?

[DarkCookie]

Actually it's working better on finger touch. I86ml has multitouch, so finger zoom in and out works flawlessly and A2 mode is not necessary.

[seltzered]

Originally Posted by Kast

So, based on Darkcookie's photos and impressions have they fixed the frontlight? Is it safe now to buy this?

I have the late June 'first production' batch i86, no idea if they would've changed leds between mine and the newerish one Darkcookie got. It's blueish to me, but I am fairly biased towards wanting a really red light at night - I've been using f.lux on all my machines and my phone for years though so my eyes are used to screens being a fairly warm hue at night.

This said, I have found the i86 backlight as-is useful for daytime scenarios like reading on a bus / cloudier days. That's partly why I haven't felt too motivated to tear it apart for the kapton tape hack.

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by seltzered

You realize I'm the person that wrote that, right? I haven't had time to muck with the backlight on my i86, tried briefly prying things one day but a heat gun (which I don't have at the moment) might be needed to peel things back. If anyone does this please be careful around the thin plastic layer overlaying the screen - or else you'll get a dreaded 'glow worm'.

Heating the glass substrate unevenly sounds like a recipe for disaster if it is like ordinary plate glass (i.e. expands when heated). Does anyone know if the substrate is made with glass with a low expansion coefficient (like Pyrex)?

[DarkCookie]

I've got blue leds too, but in my perception background seems quite white as in my tablet LCD. I had imagined before that I will have definitely blue colour background while reading.
It is blue led without doubt anyway, but I am accustomed to this type screens.

[seltzered]

Originally Posted by rkomar

Heating the glass substrate unevenly sounds like a recipe for disaster if it is like ordinary plate glass (i.e. expands when heated). Does anyone know if the substrate is made with glass with a low expansion coefficient (like Pyrex)?

Yeah, just to clarify I'm thinking you'd only need to heat the far edge of the device (i.e. where the page up/down buttons are) in order to get the soft-plastic frame cover off. IIRC there's some type of glue/tape used on the left edge, so this would just be a small amount of heat. From there you might then be able to find the latches/screws.

Still, you need to be careful if there's any tape around the edges where the actual eink screen is. If it's like the nooks, it's a very thin/fragile tape.

[pureaxis]

Does anyone have a working English dictionary file for the i86? My device doesn't seem to have a dictionary built-in.

[DarkCookie]

http://abloz.com/huzheng/stardict-dic/
Some you need compress to .dz format (you can use "dictzip" program). Default dictionary tool only supports compressed dictionaries.

[smayonak]

Originally Posted by seltzered

You realize I'm the person that wrote that, right? I haven't had time to muck with the backlight on my i86, tried briefly prying things one day but a heat gun (which I don't have at the moment) might be needed to peel things back. If anyone does this please be careful around the thin plastic layer overlaying the screen - or else you'll get a dreaded 'glow worm'.

I wasn't aware, but the work you did was brilliant! Thank you!

Have you tried the mod with red kapton tape?

[Rivak]

Question for other i86plus owners:

Is the ribbed plastic bezel above the pagebuttons pushed upwards a little to above the outer shell, creating a little bump ?
You can notice this to look from the side and without the cover.

Thanks...

[pureaxis]

Originally Posted by Rivak

Question for other i86plus owners:

Is the ribbed plastic bezel above the pagebuttons pushed upwards a little to above the outer shell, creating a little bump ?

Thanks...

I honestly have no problem with my device. I haven't seen any of the bending of the case like in some of the test production models.