PRS-T1 Modified Sony home screen

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

All those items are set in the file /reader/reader.xml in the T1 internal memory. There is a sample in the EbookReader download .zip file.

This is the contents of mine so you can compare & contrast with Morkl's sample.

Spoiler:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<reader pagesPerRefresh="3">
    <fontSizeTableEpub>
        <int>75</int>
        <int>80</int>
        <int>85</int>
        <int>90</int>
        <int>95</int>
        <int>100</int>
        <int>105</int>
        <int>110</int>
    </fontSizeTableEpub>
    <fonts>
        <font name="Amasis" regular="AmasisMTW1G.otf" italic="AmasisMTW1G-Italic.otf" bold="AmasisMTW1G-Bold.otf" bolditalic="AmasisMTW1G-BoldItalic.otf" />
        <font name="Amasis30" path="../../mnt/sdcard/reader/fonts/" regular="Amasis30.ttf" italic="Amasis30-Italic.ttf" bold="Amasis30-Bold.ttf" bolditalic="Amasis30-BoldItalic.ttf" />
        <font name="Arno Pro" path="../../mnt/sdcard/reader/fonts/" regular="ArnoPro.ttf" italic="ArnoPro-Italic.ttf" bold="ArnoPro-Bold.ttf" bolditalic="ArnoPro-BoldItalic.ttf" />
        <font name="Georgia EInk15" path="../../mnt/sdcard/reader/fonts/" regular="GeorgiaEInk15.ttf" italic="GeorgiaEInk15-Italic.ttf" bold="GeorgiaEInk15-Bold.ttf" bolditalic="GeorgiaEInk15-BoldItalic.ttf" />
        <font name="Kindle Cond" path="../../mnt/sdcard/reader/fonts/" regular="Caecilia_LT_67_Cond_Medium.ttf" italic="Caecilia_LT_68_Cond_Medium_Italic.ttf" bold="Caecilia_LT_77_Cond_Bold.ttf" bolditalic="Caecilia_LT_78_Cond_Bold_Italic.ttf" />
        <font name="Malabar" path="../../mnt/sdcard/reader/fonts/" regular="Malabar.ttf" italic="Malabar-Italic.ttf" bold="Malabar-Bold.ttf" bolditalic="Malabar-BoldItalic.ttf" />
    </fonts>
</reader>

It assumes you are storing your non-built-in font files in /reader/fonts

Is /reader/ on the T1 the root directory or is it someplace else?

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is /reader/ on the T1 the root directory or is it someplace else?

If you're a Windows user and your T1's main memory was connected as the V: drive, then the reader directory would be V:\reader. i.e. at the same level as the standard user-visible T1 directories Books, DCIM and Sony_Reader. The reader.xml file would be V:\reader\reader.xml

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

If you're a Windows user and your T1's main memory was connected as the V: drive, then the reader directory would be V:\reader. i.e. at the same level as the standard user-visible T1 directories Books, DCIM and Sony_Reader. The reader.xml file would be V:\reader\reader.xml

Thanks. That helps. I'm going to give the T1 here a go at updating the reader app and then if that works, I'll update the one on my Mom's T1.

I got Mom a T1 to replace her 650 while the T1 was on sale. It's an early birthday present. She has a light cover on order from B&H. that will probably arrive next week. I did put on the first modded reader app since I had everything ready to go for that one without any fuss. I'm hoping the partial flashing will not be an issue.

[jackie_w]

I'm not sure what you mean by 'partial flashing'. One other thing is that it's probably a precaution to make sure your battery is fully charged before doing any flashing. I'm not sure whether this rule applies to non-rooted T1's or not, but I prefer to take no chances when doing things I don't really understand

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I'm not sure what you mean by 'partial flashing'. One other thing is that it's probably a precaution to make sure your battery is fully charged before doing any flashing. I'm not sure whether this rule applies to non-rooted T1's or not, but I prefer to take no chances when doing things I don't really understand

Partial flashing is a flash every X number of screen changes. The default in the sample config file is 8. Yours is 3.

As long as the battery is at least 2 bars for this, it won't be a problem. I would never do it on one bar. A firmware update I'd do at least 3 bars.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Partial flashing is a flash every X number of screen changes. The default in the sample config file is 8. Yours is 3.

Ah, right, THAT kind of flashing! I've since set mine back to 1, as it happens, but 3 was OK. I don't really notice the flashing to be honest.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

As long as the battery is at least 2 bars for this, it won't be a problem. I would never do it on one bar. A firmware update I'd do at least 3 bars.

I'm not sure it's that simple. Reading lots of other threads, I've had the impression that flashing firmware can lead to the T1 losing track of how charged-up its battery really is. If you have a rooted T1 (which I haven't) it's easy enough to reset the battery stats by deleting a particular user non-visible file, but I'm not sure how/if you can do that with a non-rooted T1.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Ah, right, THAT kind of flashing! I've since set mine back to 1, as it happens, but 3 was OK. I don't really notice the flashing to be honest.

How was the ghosting when set to 3? I'm thinking more along the lines of being able to read more before needing to charge with less flashing. Maybe 2 would do.

I'm not sure it's that simple. Reading lots of other threads, I've had the impression that flashing firmware can lead to the T1 losing track of how charged-up its battery really is. If you have a rooted T1 (which I haven't) it's easy enough to reset the battery stats by deleting a particular user non-visible file, but I'm not sure how/if you can do that with a non-rooted T1.

I did flash one T1 once and it was fine. It had I think 3 bars.

[snarkophilus]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

How was the ghosting when set to 3? I'm thinking more along the lines of being able to read more before needing to charge with less flashing. Maybe 2 would do.

I'm using 3 now, and the ghosting is still somewhat noticeable. I'd been thinking of switching back to 1 but will try 2 for a day or two and see how it goes.

Cheers,
Simon.

[treadlightly]

I have pagesPerRefresh set to 8. I hardly notice the ghosting while reading, and my battery *seems* to last longer than before this feature was implemented. I say "seems" because I haven't actually documented it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by treadlightly

I have pagesPerRefresh set to 8. I hardly notice the ghosting while reading, and my battery *seems* to last longer than before this feature was implemented. I say "seems" because I haven't actually documented it.

I'm thinking that the flash counts as using the battery. So does changing the screen. So without the flash, that drops the battery usage. I have the settings for 3 and it seems fine as far as ghosting is concerned. Might try 4. and if that's OK, just stay with it.

[log]

Originally Posted by giosa

My approach is minimalistic. Less 3rd party utilities better. I want to get rid off Bar Shortcut, It's not bad but it's buggy (Crashes when I add Terminal emulator and/or Browser). If I could display on homes 3rd page only apps installed by me and android settings, I would uninstall Bar shortcuts. But for now I've to leave with Bar Shortcut.

If you filter Apps by their path, how you make android settings to show?

Thanks for you're code link, but I'm not good enough to follow. Would be good if you could write short but detailed guide.

Why don't you go back to stock with rescue set and start from scratch. If anything doing it home screen will just 'hide' them not properly remove them. It seems all that needs to done is minor changes to porkupans minimal root set by removing applications you don't want installed in the first place.

If you're want to keep your future options with root access and you're going to go with Morkl's home screen, the only other app that would be very handy (aside for /system/bin/su and Superuser.apk of course ) from the current minimal root set is Root Explorer to make it easier to manage the installing/removing of third party APKs (ie updates to Morkl's reader and home screen without having to connect to your PC/Mac).

FWIW, this is something I'm planning on doing at some point but have not gotten around it yet.

[jokapo]

maybe this question doesnot belong here but since it is about screens and the T1 i am still going to ask.

Does anyone know how i can manipulate the book covers so when the reader is in sleeping mode i see the whole cover and not a blow up size

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jokapo

maybe this question doesnot belong here but since it is about screens and the T1 i am still going to ask.

Does anyone know how i can manipulate the book covers so when the reader is in sleeping mode i see the whole cover and not a blow up size

The answer to that is easy. Just use a cover image with higher resolution.

[cybermaus]

Hi All

Above there are people (blz; thoreau) mentioning problems with the homescreen mod and the last firmware, but its not listed as a warning in first post.

So just to make sure: Can I expect it to work, or is it expected to fail? Are above people the exception or the rule?

Thanks

[treadlightly]

Originally Posted by cybermaus

Hi All

Above there are people (blz; thoreau) mentioning problems with the homescreen mod and the last firmware, but its not listed as a warning in first post.

So just to make sure: Can I expect it to work, or is it expected to fail? Are above people the exception or the rule?

Thanks

I haven't had any issues at all.