JBPatch - Page 93

NullNix · 04-15-2013, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ixtab

Yeah, the Kindles sometimes act really strange. Here's another post of mine with speculations about what *might* cause such weird behavior.

Even the update to 5.3.4 was weird for me -- rather than getting an updating screen, at suspend time (power-button time) I got the 'collecting info' log-dumping screen, followed by a very long pause (presumably while the update was installed) and then a reboot into 5.3.4.

(As an aside: I work for Oracle, so it's *possible* I might be able to ask what the heck cvm is doing, or at least what the heck that local folder full of cached classes is for. Of course, that's like saying 'I live in London so I might be able to get my preferred candidate in as Mayor'... it's a huge company, and I work for a bit very far from the ex-Sun Java bits... but if I should find myself talking to any of the embedded Java folks for some other reason, I'll ask them about this.)

ersott · 04-15-2013, 08:34 AM

Please ixtab, one question.

I download "com.mobileread.ixtab.patch.fontsize.jar", and copy it to "/opt/jbpatch".

I restart the kindle, and when I start jbpatch, this patch don´t show in patch list. Could I install it with jbpatch 4.0?

thanks in advanced.

ixtab · 04-15-2013, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ersott

Please ixtab, one question.

I download "com.mobileread.ixtab.patch.fontsize.jar", and copy it to "/opt/jbpatch".

I restart the kindle, and when I start jbpatch, this patch don´t show in patch list. Could I install it with jbpatch 4.0?

thanks in advanced.

Yes, but only on supported firmware versions. That is clearly stated on the page where you downloaded it from.

ersott · 04-15-2013, 09:28 AM

Thanks ixtab, i'm sorry, i downloaded that file from a link, and i disn't read nothing.

ixtab · 04-15-2013, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ersott

Thanks ixtab, i'm sorry, i downloaded that file from a link, and i disn't read nothing.

"Se que puede instalar en las versiones 5.3.1-5.3.3"

Pero no se puede instalar en la 5.3.4

PS: Tambien hay un foro español mobileread aquí... aún con cristbo

ersott · 04-15-2013, 12:05 PM

There is a spanish proverb:

"You never going to bed without have learned new"

Thanks again ;-)

twobob · 04-15-2013, 12:11 PM

In the UK we say

"Every day is a School-day"

eureka · 04-16-2013, 02:28 PM

@ixtab, here I've found another one Java decompiler: fernflower. You might want to try it.

Links: download link from original post, docs.

According to author's words, current MCP contains latest versions of fernflower.

eureka · 04-16-2013, 03:15 PM

Well... That's an unusual example of luck in fiddling around with the help of some tools.

Create file /mnt/us/documents/reflow (content doesn't matter), then restart framework:

Code:

# touch /mnt/us/documents/reflow
# restart framework

Open PDF, invoke menu and there will be a new toggle option Text-Only Display. I've tested it on this file, it works.

BTW, option should be displayed under the name Original Display when reflow mode is on, but it doesn't for me. Anyway, it switches between modes just fine on Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1.

brianinmaine · 04-16-2013, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eureka

Create file /mnt/us/documents/reflow (content doesn't matter), then restart framework:

Code:

# touch /mnt/us/documents/reflow
# restart framework

Open PDF, invoke menu and there will be a new toggle option Text-Only Display

It does work for at least part of the files - some pdfs are more image than text? It is a pretty cool find! great and thanks!

kaznelson · 04-17-2013, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eureka

Anyway, it switches between modes just fine on Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1.

Paperwhite 5.3.4 - don't work...

eureka · 04-17-2013, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaznelson

Paperwhite 5.3.4 - don't work...

Feature trigger is still there, but disabled by default and doesn't depend on file marker existence anymore. It's in /opt/amazon/ebook/lib/Reader-plugin.jar. You'll find pdf.reflow.enabled resource in one of inner resource bundles (set to false by default).

CheriePie · 04-17-2013, 02:54 PM

So yeah, because my Paperwhite is already running firmware version 5.3.4, I cannot successfully uninstall jbpatch 3.2.1 before upgrading to 4.0.0. Just as that version doesn't work under the new PW firmware, neither does the uninstall utility which returns an error.

So instead, I just installed 4.0.0 over what I already had in place which seems to be working fine. But so that I have as clean an installation as possible, I wanted to verify if there was any other cleanup I should do, stuff that might still be lying around from 3.2.1 but has been pulled from the 4.0.0 build as pertains to the Paperwhite?

Thanks again for all your great work on this tool.

Edited to Add - maybe opt/jbpatch/com.mobileread.ixtab.patch.fontsize.jar might be an example of something I should clean up/remove? I see it's still there albeit with an older date and I remember reading it's not valid for the PW any longer.

GoSharks · 04-17-2013, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CheriePie

So yeah, because my Paperwhite is already running firmware version 5.3.4, I cannot successfully uninstall jbpatch 3.2.1 before upgrading to 4.0.0. Just as that version doesn't work under the new PW firmware, neither does the uninstall utility which returns an error.

I did not receive an error message when I uninstalled (same FW situation). Did you use the 3.2.1 version uninstaller? Weird...
Wish I could help with the leftovers clean-up. ixtab should be doing a drive-by soon and be able to sort things. Good Luck!

CheriePie · 04-17-2013, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoSharks

I did not receive an error message when I uninstalled (same FW situation). Did you use the 3.2.1 version uninstaller? Weird...
Wish I could help with the leftovers clean-up. ixtab should be doing a drive-by soon and be able to sort things. Good Luck!

Yeah I did try to use the 3.2.1 uninstaller to uninstall and got the Error 6, or was it error 3... the one that indicates just a general error as it came up almost immediately without much processing. I chose the option to Update the Kindle, not just the Restart, and I actually did that step twice just to confirm I didn't select the wrong option the first time. So I just wrote it off to the fact that the uninstall wasn't working properly because 3.2.1 was no longer working properly on my PW 5.3.4.

So since 4.0.0 seems to be running fine, I'm tempted to just leave it alone, but since ixtab had recommended a reinstall (and since I'm a bit OCD about having a clean device), I thought I'd see if I could clean it up after the fact. I could always try to run the uninstaller for both 4.0.0 and 3.2.1 again if necessary.

04-16-2013, 02:28 PM	#1388
eureka but forgot what it's like Posts: 741 Karma: 2345678 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: north (by northwest) Device: Kindle Touch	@ixtab, here I've found another one Java decompiler: fernflower. You might want to try it. Links: download link from original post, docs. According to author's words, current MCP contains latest versions of fernflower. Last edited by eureka; 04-16-2013 at 02:43 PM. Reason: proxy links to pages in foreign language through Google Translate

04-16-2013, 03:15 PM	#1389
eureka but forgot what it's like Posts: 741 Karma: 2345678 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: north (by northwest) Device: Kindle Touch	Well... That's an unusual example of luck in fiddling around with the help of some tools. Create file /mnt/us/documents/reflow (content doesn't matter), then restart framework: Code: # touch /mnt/us/documents/reflow # restart framework Open PDF, invoke menu and there will be a new toggle option Text-Only Display. I've tested it on this file, it works. BTW, option should be displayed under the name Original Display when reflow mode is on, but it doesn't for me. Anyway, it switches between modes just fine on Kindle Touch 5.3.2.1.

04-17-2013, 02:54 PM	#1393
CheriePie Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 6020 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Device: PW5, Voyage, Boox GC7, Samsung Galaxy S23+, Tab S10	So yeah, because my Paperwhite is already running firmware version 5.3.4, I cannot successfully uninstall jbpatch 3.2.1 before upgrading to 4.0.0. Just as that version doesn't work under the new PW firmware, neither does the uninstall utility which returns an error. So instead, I just installed 4.0.0 over what I already had in place which seems to be working fine. But so that I have as clean an installation as possible, I wanted to verify if there was any other cleanup I should do, stuff that might still be lying around from 3.2.1 but has been pulled from the 4.0.0 build as pertains to the Paperwhite? Thanks again for all your great work on this tool. Edited to Add - maybe opt/jbpatch/com.mobileread.ixtab.patch.fontsize.jar might be an example of something I should clean up/remove? I see it's still there albeit with an older date and I remember reading it's not valid for the PW any longer. Last edited by CheriePie; 04-17-2013 at 02:58 PM.

04-15-2013, 08:34 AM	#1382
ersott Evangelist Posts: 413 Karma: 650430 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle paperwhite2, Ipad Air, Kobo Aura H2o	Please ixtab, one question. I download "com.mobileread.ixtab.patch.fontsize.jar", and copy it to "/opt/jbpatch". I restart the kindle, and when I start jbpatch, this patch don´t show in patch list. Could I install it with jbpatch 4.0? thanks in advanced.

04-15-2013, 09:28 AM	#1384
ersott Evangelist Posts: 413 Karma: 650430 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle paperwhite2, Ipad Air, Kobo Aura H2o	Thanks ixtab, i'm sorry, i downloaded that file from a link, and i disn't read nothing.

04-15-2013, 12:05 PM	#1386
ersott Evangelist Posts: 413 Karma: 650430 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle paperwhite2, Ipad Air, Kobo Aura H2o	There is a spanish proverb: "You never going to bed without have learned new" Thanks again ;-)

04-15-2013, 12:11 PM	#1387
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299993 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	In the UK we say "Every day is a School-day"