PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader - Page 37

mpd123 · 01-29-2009, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PieOPah

I guess by options page he means the menu to select 'create image' etc...

sorry. yes thats what i mean.

any idea whats up?

CChamp · 02-02-2009, 08:53 AM

Hi, I am thinking of trying your PRSCustomizer but was wondering if I get it on my 505 then decide that I don't like it is there a way to take it off? Also how does this affect any future Sony reader updates.

Thanks in advance, CC

JSWolf · 02-02-2009, 09:29 AM

Any future firmware updates will replace your current firmware and any hacks you have made.

relexe · 02-05-2009, 03:44 AM

opps, i posted in the worng thread, sorry

mineralpoint · 02-06-2009, 03:49 PM

here is a set that i have come up with, most of the icons are changed some i left the same as the standard ones because i couldn't come up with anything for them. enjoy.

Valloric · 02-06-2009, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mineralpoint

here is a set that i have come up with, most of the icons are changed some i left the same as the standard ones because i couldn't come up with anything for them. enjoy.

LOL, that's an amazing theme. Thanks for providing it.

jlbfoot · 02-08-2009, 10:31 AM

I've tried several things, but can't seem to get the pirate "theme" on my reader properly. Is there a trick to saving the PNG image/s. I've tried the user files option, and tried replacing the kBookAssets and the kBookIcon files with the pirate PNG files. It must be easier than this. Any advice.

Update...to change icons, I just right-clicked (Windows) the icon PNG, save as, and point to user file in the customizer program. Then select user file when building the SD card files to flash with. I still cannot figure out how to use the larger/framing PNG file (with the pirate ship on it).

JasonB · 02-08-2009, 11:17 AM

My apologies if this has been asked and answered before - I did go through most of this thread, but I didn't see it. (I may have gone past it though.)

Is it possible, once you have the "sdcard" folder, to simply extract the contents of Sony's own EXE firmware updater, copy the files in the "sdcard" folder over top of existing files in the Sony updater folder structure, re-create the executable archive, and then simply run it as you would the official firmware without having to worry about booting from an SD card? (I haven't yet compared the actual files / folder structure, so the PRSCustomizer may well be so different as to make this impossible.)

gwynevans · 02-09-2009, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonB

re-create the executable archive, and then simply run it as you would the official firmware without having to worry about booting from an SD card?

I don't think so, as I think that when I looked at it, I found that the Sony exe was using a checksum to be sure that the firmware image it was using wasn't modified!

TedPark · 02-09-2009, 08:51 PM

I ran PRSCustomizer and when I pressed the customize button, I got:

An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down.

Never mind - I downloaded again, extracted again, and it worked OK this time. Sigh.

JeffElkins · 02-10-2009, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwynevans

I don't think so, as I think that when I looked at it, I found that the Sony exe was using a checksum to be sure that the firmware image it was using wasn't modified!

That's exactly the case. I had a try at regenerating the checksum w/o success.

JeffElkins · 02-10-2009, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CChamp

Hi, I am thinking of trying your PRSCustomizer but was wondering if I get it on my 505 then decide that I don't like it is there a way to take it off? Also how does this affect any future Sony reader updates.

Thanks in advance, CC

(Answered via email earlier...)

JeffElkins · 02-10-2009, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpd123

sorry. yes thats what i mean.

any idea whats up?

Hard to say Mick, its worked for thousands, if you go by the download count. I'd try re-downloading and be very specific in following directions, particularly in copying the folder to your SD card (don't copy the folder, copy the contents). Some problems have been from a bad card, others from errors in creating the files ON the SD card.

mineralpoint · 02-11-2009, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlbfoot

I've tried several things, but can't seem to get the pirate "theme" on my reader properly. Is there a trick to saving the PNG image/s. I've tried the user files option, and tried replacing the kBookAssets and the kBookIcon files with the pirate PNG files. It must be easier than this. Any advice.

Update...to change icons, I just right-clicked (Windows) the icon PNG, save as, and point to user file in the customizer program. Then select user file when building the SD card files to flash with. I still cannot figure out how to use the larger/framing PNG file (with the pirate ship on it).

to use the main screen logo you have to select the personal logo option in PRS Customizer and whatever else you want to do and then hit Customize and then follow the instructions to flash your reader

1streader · 02-13-2009, 02:06 AM

hello,

i have a problem with customizer v.1.04. (for prs-505 witch actual firmware)

following error appears:
(on windows 2000 pc and on my other windows xp pc)

'An exception of of class NilObjectException was not handled. The Application must shut down.'

anbody any idea what i have to do?

thank you for info in advance.

02-05-2009, 03:44 AM	#544
relexe Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: 505	opps, i posted in the worng thread, sorry Last edited by relexe; 02-07-2009 at 05:07 AM.

02-06-2009, 03:49 PM	#545
mineralpoint Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS 505	Pirate icons here is a set that i have come up with, most of the icons are changed some i left the same as the standard ones because i couldn't come up with anything for them. enjoy. Last edited by mineralpoint; 02-06-2009 at 03:56 PM.

02-08-2009, 10:31 AM	#547
jlbfoot idiot Posts: 91 Karma: 16 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Grand Cayman Device: Sony 505, 300, and 650	Pirate How to? I've tried several things, but can't seem to get the pirate "theme" on my reader properly. Is there a trick to saving the PNG image/s. I've tried the user files option, and tried replacing the kBookAssets and the kBookIcon files with the pirate PNG files. It must be easier than this. Any advice. Update...to change icons, I just right-clicked (Windows) the icon PNG, save as, and point to user file in the customizer program. Then select user file when building the SD card files to flash with. I still cannot figure out how to use the larger/framing PNG file (with the pirate ship on it). Last edited by jlbfoot; 02-08-2009 at 11:08 AM.

02-09-2009, 08:51 PM	#550
TedPark Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 17148 Join Date: May 2008 Location: California Device: Sony 505	I ran PRSCustomizer and when I pressed the customize button, I got: An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down. Never mind - I downloaded again, extracted again, and it worked OK this time. Sigh. Last edited by TedPark; 02-09-2009 at 09:38 PM.

02-13-2009, 02:06 AM	#555
1streader Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Problem to Customize PRS-505 hello, i have a problem with customizer v.1.04. (for prs-505 witch actual firmware) following error appears: (on windows 2000 pc and on my other windows xp pc) 'An exception of of class NilObjectException was not handled. The Application must shut down.' anbody any idea what i have to do? thank you for info in advance.

02-02-2009, 08:53 AM	#542
CChamp Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Middle Tennessee Device: Kindle 3	Hi, I am thinking of trying your PRSCustomizer but was wondering if I get it on my 505 then decide that I don't like it is there a way to take it off? Also how does this affect any future Sony reader updates. Thanks in advance, CC

02-02-2009, 09:29 AM	#543
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,758 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Any future firmware updates will replace your current firmware and any hacks you have made.

02-08-2009, 11:17 AM	#548
JasonB Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Sony PRS-505	My apologies if this has been asked and answered before - I did go through most of this thread, but I didn't see it. (I may have gone past it though.) Is it possible, once you have the "sdcard" folder, to simply extract the contents of Sony's own EXE firmware updater, copy the files in the "sdcard" folder over top of existing files in the Sony updater folder structure, re-create the executable archive, and then simply run it as you would the official firmware without having to worry about booting from an SD card? (I haven't yet compared the actual files / folder structure, so the PRSCustomizer may well be so different as to make this impossible.)

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