New Hack for the 505

[JeffElkins]

I tried again with a different sd card: same result

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

I tried again with a different sd card: same result

After the hack failed were you still left with an operating 505?

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

After the hack failed were you still left with an operating 505?

Luckily, yes!

[The Old Man]

Just installed the hack with no problems. Works great!

I did completely shut down the 505 before installing, not just putting into the sleep mode. I don't know if that would have anything to do with those having a problem.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Just installed the hack with no problems. Works great!

I did completely shut down the 505 before installing, not just putting into the sleep mode. I don't know if that would have anything to do with those having a problem.

I tried it both ways.

[The Old Man]

Strange...
Just another thought - I had no card in the memory card slot and about 130mb available on the Reader as show on libprs500.

[dynabook]

Someone in another thread was having trouble with his image and it turned out his unzip program was replacing UNIX style end-of-lines with Mac/DOS EOL. Check to see if your unzip program is doing this to you.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by dynabook

Someone in another thread was having trouble with his image and it turned out his unzip program was replacing UNIX style end-of-lines with Mac/DOS EOL. Check to see if your unzip program is doing this to you.

Still no joy here. I'm using linux unzip so I tried both unzipping with the -a and then the -b options, neither changing the outcome. Then I brought up a WinXP vmware image and tried WinZip also w/o success. Failure to flash message in all cases.

[electristan]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Still no joy here. I'm using linux unzip so I tried both unzipping with the -a and then the -b options, neither changing the outcome. Then I brought up a WinXP vmware image and tried WinZip also w/o success. Failure to flash message in all cases.

I'm using winrar in xp and having the same result

[NatCh]

I'm curious, could this method be used to restore an original firmware image? Would it be a workable layman solution to breaking a 505 out of the "Firmware Update Not Completed" loop?

[bookbinder]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

1.UnZip this to the root of the SD card (might work with a memory stick).
2. Power off the 505 using the power switch.
3. Insert the SD card
4. Turn on the 505.
5. Press 6 to flash the image.
6. When done, press 9 to reboot.
7. Once the screen goes blank remove the SD card
8. Once it's booted, you are all set

You will have the clock, the unified font,the new icons, and the press and hold the enter button to power down the 505.

Use at your own risk.

Jon,
I'd like to make button "1" a page-turn button. Is it possible with this hack?

[Donnageddon]

No joy here either. The flash will not flash. I get a very quick message of ... something "not able to copy to /tmp/."

The autorun log says "copy error: Fsk error, code = -41"

Over 980 MB left on my 1 GB SD card, so I don't think it is a lack of space.

I appreciate the work, Jon. Just didn't work out for me.

[Donnageddon]

Originally Posted by bookbinder

Jon,
I'd like to make button "1" a page-turn button. Is it possible with this hack?

Bookbinder, I am going to take a guess that you view files in a landscape orientation?

[davidw89]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

1.UnZip this to the root of the SD card (might work with a memory stick).
2. Power off the 505 using the power switch.
3. Insert the SD card
4. Turn on the 505.
5. Press 6 to flash the image.
6. When done, press 9 to reboot.
7. Once the screen goes blank remove the SD card
8. Once it's booted, you are all set

You will have the clock, the unified font,the new icons, and the press and hold the enter button to power down the 505.

Use at your own risk.

Worked fine..THE ICONS LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER and the time at the bottom right hand screen..genius buddy
So can i delete the stuff from the memory card afterward?

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by davidw89

Worked fine..THE ICONS LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER and the time at the bottom right hand screen..genius buddy
So can i delete the stuff from the memory card afterward?

Absolutely! You should remove the memory card ontaining the hack files from the Reader. You can then delete the files from the SD card or save them, your choice.