Universal Flasher 2.0 with PRS-505 support! - Page 12

mitchelln · 12-16-2008, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Well, one further idea. Go to the first post in this thread and download Igorsk's 2.1 archive. Try that.

Okay, I'll try that. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.

mitchelln · 12-16-2008, 11:17 AM

Hmm. Well now it just sits there on the Creating the cramfs image screen after pressing #5.
Taken 15 minutes so far. How long does it typically take?

Thanks.

JeffElkins · 12-16-2008, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchelln

Hmm. Well now it just sits there on the Creating the cramfs image screen after pressing #5.
Taken 15 minutes so far. How long does it typically take?

Thanks.

Not that long!

mitchelln · 12-16-2008, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Not that long!

Yeah

I reset the device and tried again. It's back to doing the reboot thing whilst creating the image again

I don't suppose someone could PM me a patched V1.2 UK new_opt.img I can just copy and flash from the card? All I want is the joypad page turn! This is driving me nuts!

mitchelln · 12-16-2008, 12:03 PM

Aha! Sorted it. I re-formatted the Sony's internal memory. I tried deleting books first and got to 71MB free, but that did not stop the problem. I then bit the bullet and reformatted the memory, tried again and it all worked!

Fragmentation issue perhaps?

Thanks for everyone's help.

JeffElkins · 12-16-2008, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitchelln

Aha! Sorted it. I re-formatted the internal memory. I tried deleting books first and got to 71MB free, but that did not stop the problem. I then bit the bullet and reformatted the memory, tried again and it all worked!

Fragmentation issue perhaps?

Thanks for everyone's help.

Whew! That was a workout Mirchelln! But something to add to the WTF files

mitchelln · 12-16-2008, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Whew! That was a workout Mirchelln! But something to add to the WTF files

Yeah, I thought I was going mad

I now think it is even more specific. I think it doesn't like it if you have bookmarks set.

Anyway, I have joypad page turning and the cool clock now. Very happy

JSWolf · 12-16-2008, 01:42 PM

When I tried PRSCustomizer 1.04, when I was making the image, the 505 rebooted. After that, I did it again and also was able to successfully flash. Worked quite well. Thanks Jeff and Igorsk.

xanlexian · 12-17-2008, 02:09 AM

I'm not sure what I did -- but I used the latest PRSCustomizer (1.04) and bricked my reader. The previous version I used was 1.02.

The only setting I changed was to NOT "deactivate" the number keys while reading a book (after finding out I can go directly to a page!!)

Jeff -- you posted the following instructions in the troubleshooting sub-forum:

Quote:

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

Worked PERFECTLY! I couldn't do the reset method, I could not do pretty much anything. I was stuck on the "Starting Up" screen. Soon as I was (somehow??) able to make the screen flash with a combo of the power switch, reset button, and the menu button -- soon as the little yellow LED flashed (less than a one second window to work with here) I QUICKLY plugged in the USB cable.

That got me to the USB screen -- I was able to see everything, and ran the Sony Updater (modified version, per your fantastic instructions) -- and I'm back in business.

Ran PRSCustomizer again -- and everything is back the way I previously had it -- now with the number keys working!

Not sure what happened, everything said it made the image and flashed without any issue. But for what it is worth -- I bricked, unbricked, reflashed, and all is good in my little literary world.

**EDIT** -- I should pay attention to what I'm doing. This post SHOULD have been made in the PRSCustomizer thread, not the Universal Flasher thread... Oops.

keng2000 · 12-19-2008, 05:09 AM

Firmware 1.3 Testing:
I would like to report some update with French Firmware 1.3.
I have updated to FW 1.3 from instruction on PRSCustomize web (Thanks Jeff)
Then using Universal Flasher 2.1 to update FONTS. (only this now)
After that testing the PDF (A4 size) Books,
Notice reflow from S ro M and to L is a lots better, smoother and some floating senetence is gone (from the same file testing on FW1.1)

I also cross-post to PRSCustomizer forum

stasys · 01-18-2009, 06:12 PM

Will Flasher be available for prs-700?

Mark Cameron · 02-09-2009, 08:06 AM

Calling the experts...any help gratefully appreciated to recover my brick!!

Have a shiny new PRS-505, UK F/W 1.2.00etc. Used the flasher successfully, to customise the buttons. Today, went one step further - TRIED to customise the 'Reader' header by editing the PNG files.... now I'm in trouble...

I hadn't spotted that I'd inadvertently cropped the kBookAssets.png file until after reflashing the PRS-505. That, plus the png file I saved was in non-interlaced format (wasn't mentioned in the instructions, I guessed which option but have subsequently found someone here advising it should be in interlaced format).

SYMPTOMS - the main page is garbled and I can't seem to complete the reflash. However, I seem able to select the various options in the flasher, although they are superimposed on the jumbled screen entries. I have now learned that the US/NA firmware upgade recovery solution doesn't work with the UK firmware - says it's a later version so just stops...no help there)

POSSIBLE SOLUTION? - I can get to choose the flasher's Firmware Update option, so I'm hoping you can advise me how to re-install the as-shipped firmware (I did make a backup before flashing originally)

Thanks!

gwynevans · 02-09-2009, 12:32 PM

If you can't reflash with a 'fixed' kBookAssets.png, then you can reset by reflashing with the Sony flasher by either (a) setting it into Firmware Update mode & using the official exe or unpacking the offical kit & tweaking the config file such that it does flash it.

If you do that, you'll have v1.1 & will need to reflash with a UK firmware base to get back to V1.2 (the UK 'stock' image), then you can reflash with PRSCustomiser, etc again! I'm fairly sure that all the info's either in this thread or the PRSCustomiser one though, so have a look then give it a try. (Mine's been through that process in the past & while it started as a US 1.0, is now a customised V1.2 (UK) version!)

Mark Cameron · 02-10-2009, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwynevans

If you can't reflash with a 'fixed' kBookAssets.png, then you can reset by reflashing with the Sony flasher by either (a) setting it into Firmware Update mode & using the official exe or unpacking the offical kit & tweaking the config file such that it does flash it.

If you do that, you'll have v1.1 & will need to reflash with a UK firmware base to get back to V1.2 (the UK 'stock' image), then you can reflash with PRSCustomiser, etc again! I'm fairly sure that all the info's either in this thread or the PRSCustomiser one though, so have a look then give it a try. (Mine's been through that process in the past & while it started as a US 1.0, is now a customised V1.2 (UK) version!)

Thanks Gwyn - this worked, I'm back up and running v1.1. Using the flasher's FW Update mode worked - it seemed to blank the reader's FW, allowing the SONY FW updater to run successfully. I'll try the 1.2 upgrade soon.

gwynevans · 02-10-2009, 10:12 AM

Glad to hear you're back & running, albeit with mm/dd/yyyy dates! :-) (The only real difference between 1.1 & 1.2, AFAIK!)

From memory, the next stage is to get a UK image from somewhere (not sure off-hand of the filenames you need), copy it to the SD card then use (4) to copy before it to the device using (6) to flash it (as opposed to the more normal (5) to build the image then (6) to flash).

[I could well have got 4 & 5 swapped above, so don't rely on them!]

12-16-2008, 12:03 PM	#170
mitchelln Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: London, UK Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-T1	Aha! Sorted it. I re-formatted the Sony's internal memory. I tried deleting books first and got to 71MB free, but that did not stop the problem. I then bit the bullet and reformatted the memory, tried again and it all worked! Fragmentation issue perhaps? Thanks for everyone's help. Last edited by mitchelln; 12-16-2008 at 12:06 PM.

02-10-2009, 10:12 AM	#180
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Glad to hear you're back & running, albeit with mm/dd/yyyy dates! :-) (The only real difference between 1.1 & 1.2, AFAIK!) From memory, the next stage is to get a UK image from somewhere (not sure off-hand of the filenames you need), copy it to the SD card then use (4) to copy before it to the device using (6) to flash it (as opposed to the more normal (5) to build the image then (6) to flash). [I could well have got 4 & 5 swapped above, so don't rely on them!] Last edited by gwynevans; 02-10-2009 at 10:19 AM.

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12-16-2008, 11:17 AM	#167
mitchelln Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: London, UK Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-T1	Hmm. Well now it just sits there on the Creating the cramfs image screen after pressing #5. Taken 15 minutes so far. How long does it typically take? Thanks.

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12-19-2008, 05:09 AM	#175
keng2000 Researcher and Consultant Posts: 210 Karma: 364 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bangkok, THAILAND Device: MACBOOKPRO17" HP2400TX SONYUX27	Firmware 1.3 Testing: I would like to report some update with French Firmware 1.3. I have updated to FW 1.3 from instruction on PRSCustomize web (Thanks Jeff) Then using Universal Flasher 2.1 to update FONTS. (only this now) After that testing the PDF (A4 size) Books, Notice reflow from S ro M and to L is a lots better, smoother and some floating senetence is gone (from the same file testing on FW1.1) I also cross-post to PRSCustomizer forum

01-18-2009, 06:12 PM	#176
stasys Zealot Posts: 151 Karma: 676 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Kobo Glo, Paperwhite	Will Flasher be available for prs-700?

02-09-2009, 08:06 AM	#177
Mark Cameron Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: SONY PRS-505	Calling the experts...any help gratefully appreciated to recover my brick!! Have a shiny new PRS-505, UK F/W 1.2.00etc. Used the flasher successfully, to customise the buttons. Today, went one step further - TRIED to customise the 'Reader' header by editing the PNG files.... now I'm in trouble... I hadn't spotted that I'd inadvertently cropped the kBookAssets.png file until after reflashing the PRS-505. That, plus the png file I saved was in non-interlaced format (wasn't mentioned in the instructions, I guessed which option but have subsequently found someone here advising it should be in interlaced format). SYMPTOMS - the main page is garbled and I can't seem to complete the reflash. However, I seem able to select the various options in the flasher, although they are superimposed on the jumbled screen entries. I have now learned that the US/NA firmware upgade recovery solution doesn't work with the UK firmware - says it's a later version so just stops...no help there) POSSIBLE SOLUTION? - I can get to choose the flasher's Firmware Update option, so I'm hoping you can advise me how to re-install the as-shipped firmware (I did make a backup before flashing originally) Thanks!

02-09-2009, 12:32 PM	#178
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	If you can't reflash with a 'fixed' kBookAssets.png, then you can reset by reflashing with the Sony flasher by either (a) setting it into Firmware Update mode & using the official exe or unpacking the offical kit & tweaking the config file such that it does flash it. If you do that, you'll have v1.1 & will need to reflash with a UK firmware base to get back to V1.2 (the UK 'stock' image), then you can reflash with PRSCustomiser, etc again! I'm fairly sure that all the info's either in this thread or the PRSCustomiser one though, so have a look then give it a try. (Mine's been through that process in the past & while it started as a US 1.0, is now a customised V1.2 (UK) version!)