PRS+: Enhanced firmware for Sony Reader, Folders, Games & more - Page 117

kartu · 03-13-2011, 04:16 PM

jackie_w
No worries (I wonder why it has failed, did you mount --bind big fonts or something?) just do the 10 resets thing and it will fall into update mode. Then update with standard sony updater and repeat.

jackie_w · 03-13-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kartu

jackie_w
...just do the 10 resets thing and it will fall into update mode. Then update with standard sony updater and repeat.

Please elaborate on the "10 resets thing". It's not something which ever happened to me before.

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Originally Posted by kartu

No worries (I wonder why it has failed, did you mount --bind big fonts or something?)

Not knowingly, it was a vanilla PRSPlus 1.1.3 installation. I don't know enough about Linux to be mounting or binding manually.

kartu · 03-13-2011, 04:29 PM

jackie_w
Try this flasher:
http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...%20Special.exe

"10 reset thing" => if you reset 505/300 10 times in a row they will fall into firmware upgrade state, no matter what. (but probably updater will be able to recover even without it, as reader is up and running)

jackie_w · 03-13-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by kartu

jackie_w
Try this flasher:
http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...%20Special.exe

"10 reset thing" => if you reset 505/300 10 times in a row they will fall into firmware upgrade state, no matter what. (but probably updater will be able to recover even without it, as reader is up and running)

The Starting up... message has gone and I now have "Firmware update did not complete successfully. Please try again."

What steps do I need to take before trying the flasher?

kartu · 03-13-2011, 04:45 PM

jackie_w
The linked updater should be able to update your reader. You shouldn't need to do anything special.

jackie_w · 03-13-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kartu

jackie_w
The linked updater should be able to update your reader. You shouldn't need to do anything special.

OK that worked. I have a totally vanilla 1.1.00.18040. My brain is slowly re-entering rational mode. I'm going to give the 2.0.10alpha another go.

jackie_w · 03-13-2011, 05:08 PM

Yes it installed OK this time

Thank you very much for helping me.

Papi · 03-13-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kartu

It's not alarming, but is still strange. Theoretically setup copies sample css that is referencing LRF fonts there.

It's a bug that that addon was at all included into x50/600 builts. Ignore the way it functions.

They are accessible via "More" (I guess you've replaced it with some other node via menu customizer?)

While apps would be the right place for them, putting something there is a big pain, code for the tab content was very poorly written.

Thanks for the explanation. I created /database/system/PRSplus/epub and it works now.

pampalini · 03-13-2011, 05:38 PM

Hi Kartu!
Glad the the new firmware is out...I have a 505 with PRSPlus 1.1.3...working smoothly, do you think I should upgrade to the new version? I saw the list of features, and for 505 there's nothing new, so I was wondering if it's worth triyng, considering also that this is fresh new and with some bugs still to fix/to discover....
I love my PRSPlus 1.1.3! Great work

elcreative · 03-13-2011, 05:49 PM

Haven't done the new version yet but was planning to as I was under the impression that it should allow direct read from memory card rather than having to transfer to internal memory first but having re-read details, this isn't confirmed...

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Originally Posted by pampalini

Hi Kartu!
Glad the the new firmware is out...I have a 505 with PRSPlus 1.1.3...working smoothly, do you think I should upgrade to the new version? I saw the list of features, and for 505 there's nothing new, so I was wondering if it's worth triyng, considering also that this is fresh new and with some bugs still to fix/to discover....
I love my PRSPlus 1.1.3! Great work

kartu · 03-13-2011, 06:08 PM

Most stuff available to newer readers also made it into 2.x for 505, that includes opening stuff directly from sd/ms with disabled scan. "via mount" option is gone, however.
Some actions are bugged (wrongly x50 version was taken)
localization doesn't work yet.

And it's, well, alpha. So decide yourself if you want it. Major poing of this 2.x was: a) moving to 2.x codebase b) built-in fb2toepub converter.

MiK77 · 03-13-2011, 06:22 PM

I just installed PRS+ for the first time and really like the new features.

But it is really hard to configure PRS+ if the reader is set to German, because there are still many long placeolder, where translations are missing. I understand, you don't want to do the translation at the moment. But could you please add a fallback to English when the specific translation is missing?

Zeta82 · 03-13-2011, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MiK77

I just installed PRS+ for the first time and really like the new features.

But it is really hard to configure PRS+ if the reader is set to German, because there are still many long placeolder, where translations are missing. I understand, you don't want to do the translation at the moment. But could you please add a fallback to English when the specific translation is missing?

You can change the language to english.
Steps:
1) Einstellungen -> Allgemeine Einstellungen
2) Sprachmenü
3) English
4) Shutdown the Reader (completely power off)
5) Start the Reader -> now, everything is in english

surquizu · 03-13-2011, 08:11 PM

Kartu, I installed the PRS + 2.0.10alpha in my prs-505., but the function Mark Books does not work (I have assigned keys on keyBindings). I think the kBookAssets.png file has no symbols (yes in prs-300).

The FB2toEpub converter works well with fb2 books sample in EbookApplication firm, but does not work (error message) with FB2 that there are in Spain (usually created with Book Designer or OOoFBtools). What software used you to create the FB2?

Is possible to recover the multimédia menu with the grouped options of Audio and Video?

thanks. good job

johnnyb · 03-13-2011, 09:29 PM

setup of the alpha unfortunately does not find my PRS-650 won't get past the "reader cannot be found" screen, although everything is properly set up in Parallels, Reader connects to WinXP directly etc

03-13-2011, 08:11 PM	#1754
surquizu Evangelist Posts: 411 Karma: 902071 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Zaragoza (Spain) Device: prs-505, kobo auraHD, kobo auraH2O, kobo Glo HD, kobo aura ONE	Kartu, I installed the PRS + 2.0.10alpha in my prs-505., but the function Mark Books does not work (I have assigned keys on keyBindings). I think the kBookAssets.png file has no symbols (yes in prs-300). The FB2toEpub converter works well with fb2 books sample in EbookApplication firm, but does not work (error message) with FB2 that there are in Spain (usually created with Book Designer or OOoFBtools). What software used you to create the FB2? Is possible to recover the multimédia menu with the grouped options of Audio and Video? thanks. good job Last edited by surquizu; 03-13-2011 at 08:55 PM.

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03-13-2011, 04:16 PM	#1741
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	jackie_w No worries (I wonder why it has failed, did you mount --bind big fonts or something?) just do the 10 resets thing and it will fall into update mode. Then update with standard sony updater and repeat.

03-13-2011, 04:29 PM	#1743
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	jackie_w Try this flasher: http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...%20Special.exe "10 reset thing" => if you reset 505/300 10 times in a row they will fall into firmware upgrade state, no matter what. (but probably updater will be able to recover even without it, as reader is up and running)

03-13-2011, 04:45 PM	#1745
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	jackie_w The linked updater should be able to update your reader. You shouldn't need to do anything special.

03-13-2011, 05:08 PM	#1747
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,252 Karma: 16544692 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	Yes it installed OK this time Thank you very much for helping me.

03-13-2011, 05:38 PM	#1749
pampalini Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: sony 505 & PRS600 aka Touch Edition	Hi Kartu! Glad the the new firmware is out...I have a 505 with PRSPlus 1.1.3...working smoothly, do you think I should upgrade to the new version? I saw the list of features, and for 505 there's nothing new, so I was wondering if it's worth triyng, considering also that this is fresh new and with some bugs still to fix/to discover.... I love my PRSPlus 1.1.3! Great work

03-13-2011, 06:08 PM	#1751
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	Most stuff available to newer readers also made it into 2.x for 505, that includes opening stuff directly from sd/ms with disabled scan. "via mount" option is gone, however. Some actions are bugged (wrongly x50 version was taken) localization doesn't work yet. And it's, well, alpha. So decide yourself if you want it. Major poing of this 2.x was: a) moving to 2.x codebase b) built-in fb2toepub converter.

03-13-2011, 06:22 PM	#1752
MiK77 Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 638 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony PRS 650	I just installed PRS+ for the first time and really like the new features. But it is really hard to configure PRS+ if the reader is set to German, because there are still many long placeolder, where translations are missing. I understand, you don't want to do the translation at the moment. But could you please add a fallback to English when the specific translation is missing?

03-13-2011, 09:29 PM	#1755
johnnyb Cloud Reader Posts: 1,124 Karma: 4000066 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Scribe, iPad Pro 11	setup of the alpha unfortunately does not find my PRS-650 won't get past the "reader cannot be found" screen, although everything is properly set up in Parallels, Reader connects to WinXP directly etc