PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader

[ShacharWeis]

I just tried flashing my 505 and now I have an annoying problem.
The flashing was ok, and the new features work (clock and russian fonts)
But when I connect the device to the USB I get TWO drives appear and neither are readable. (there are no cards inserted)

I lost the ability to use it as a mass storage device, which is really annoying.
Anyone had this problem ?

[igorsk]

Did you update the firmware to the latest version before using PRSCustomizer?

[ShacharWeis]

Yes, downloaded from sony and run the update a around two weeks ago.

How do I revert back to the sony firmware ?
Can I just run it again ?

[gwynevans]

Originally Posted by ShacharWeis

But when I connect the device to the USB I get TWO drives appear and neither are readable. (there are no cards inserted)

Before you reflash (which I don't expect to make any difference), you might want to check what your device mappings are. I'm assuming Windows here, but if you've got any other devices or network drives mounted, it's possible that one or more of the USB drives are being mapped to already used drive letters.

If XP, have a look in "My Computer"/Manage/Disk Management". As an illustration, when I plug-in my 505, I see 3 new disk devices appear (Internal, plus one for each of the card slots) but from the desktop, I only see the first two as the third is trying to use H:, which is already in use by a network share! (I could remap it, but I don't use it anyway, so haven't bothered, but I wonder if your 'internal' device has got mapped somewhere odd? (Look for a Removable disk of size 210MB)

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by ShacharWeis

Yes, downloaded from sony and run the update a around two weeks ago.

How do I revert back to the sony firmware ?
Can I just run it again ?

Yes. However the Sony Updater will probably complain that your Reader is already updated; you have two options.

1. Run Igorsk's Universal Flasher and choose option #7. This will put your Reader into firmware update mode. Then re-run the Sony Updater.

2. Uncompress the Sony Updater (it's really a big zip file) and change the file prs505/eBookUpdater/assets/updaterAssets/PRSVersion.dat so that 110018040 reads 110018041 - once that's done, the Sony Updater work at any time.

[ShacharWeis]

Originally Posted by gwynevans

If XP, have a look in "My Computer"/Manage/Disk Management".

Right on the money, that fixed it.
I wonder why it decided to change drive letter after the update,
but whatever.

thanks !

[ShacharWeis]

One more thing that I found,
if you want to replace kBookAssets.png it must be INTERLACED PNG,
or the flashing does not work.

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by ShacharWeis

One more thing that I found,
if you want to replace kBookAssets.png it must be INTERLACED PNG,
or the flashing does not work.

Um... I must respectfully disagree. I have replaced the kBookAssets.png file (several times actually), and I didn't use an interlaced PNG, but the non-interlaced, vulgaris version. The flashing was successful every time.

[talaivan]

Is there any way to make the time say 6:00 PM instead of 18:00? The customizer is a great improvement -- especially when you change the font. Thanks for putting it together! (I'm puzzled why Sony doesn't make these changes part of the default software).

[igorsk]

talaivan, go into the About screen and check the status bar.

[dordale]

Speaking of the clock am/pm--I noticed a small bug in the version I'm using. It reports any time between midinight (00:00) and 12:59 am as "p"or pm. It then correctly changes to "a" or am at 1:00. Not a big deal, but was wondering if this has been fixed in a more current version.

The easiest fix for me would be to make sure I go to bed at a reasonable hour--then I'd never see this!

dordale

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by dordale

Speaking of the clock am/pm--I noticed a small bug in the version I'm using. It reports any time between midinight (00:00) and 12:59 am as "p"or pm. It then correctly changes to "a" or am at 1:00. Not a big deal, but was wondering if this has been fixed in a more current version.

The easiest fix for me would be to make sure I go to bed at a reasonable hour--then I'd never see this!

dordale

I think I found the logic error in the clock routine. I'll work on that for the next update.

[JSWolf]

I was going to reflah/rehack my 505 tonight. I'll wait for the new version. Well spotted on the clock bug.

[dordale]

Thanks Jeff!!

I really do appreciate your efforts!

dordale

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by dordale

Thanks Jeff!!

I really do appreciate your efforts!

dordale

Like Jon said, well-spotted on the bug!

Edit: bug fixed for next update