PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader - Page 51

NigelS · 10-01-2009, 03:08 PM

I have just taken delivery of a new PRS-300 to replace a PRS-505 which developed a fault. Already I miss the customisation afforded by this great package; particularly the ability to add your own reading font (the default font is just awful) and the clock display at the bottom of the screen - why, oh why would Sony build in a clock, force us to set it (in the Welcome setup) and then not allow us to display it!!

Is there *ANY* chance that the PRS Customizer would work with the PRS-300 or that a future version could be made to work with it?

Thanks
NigelS

JeffElkins · 10-01-2009, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NigelS

Is there *ANY* chance that the PRS Customizer would work with the PRS-300 or that a future version could be made to work with it?

Thanks
NigelS

Odds are no.

1. I don't know if Igorsk has any plans to provide Universal Flasher for the 300. Sony has not provided a firmware updater for the 300 and I believe Igorsk needs this to proceed.

2. I don't own a 300 and have no current plans to purchase one.

3. Rumor says the new models firmware is encrypted anyway, so that puts the kabosh on making changes.

Sorry

Jeff

igorsk · 10-02-2009, 06:39 AM

I don't exactly "need" a firmware updater, but I don't want to release anything unless there is one to unbrick device if things go wrong. The autorun on 300 is otherwise pretty similar to 505. The 600 however is a whole another kettle of fish...

JeffElkins · 10-02-2009, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

I don't exactly "need" a firmware updater, but I don't want to release anything unless there is one to unbrick device if things go wrong. The autorun on 300 is otherwise pretty similar to 505. The 600 however is a whole another kettle of fish...

Thanks for the clarification.

TypeMRT · 10-04-2009, 01:04 AM

I've tried using PRSCustomizer 1.04 with the SD card but it won't start Igorsk's Universal Flasher when inserted. My reader is firmware version 1.1.00.18040.
I have read through about 30 pages of this thread and tried following the instructions and copying all of the files and folders inside of the sdcard folder on the root directory of SD card. I even tried unzipping onto the card directly, but nothing is working. Anyone one have any ideas?
Thanks in advance. This forum has been a great help already in helping me decide to get my reader this week.

tweety · 10-04-2009, 06:23 AM

Get another SD card.

I had an SD card that I formatted, but it still could not be read by the reader.

TP

JvdW · 10-04-2009, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweety

Get another SD card.

I had an SD card that I formatted, but it still could not be read by the reader.

TP

Make sure that your SD cards are FAT formatted and not FAT32 or even NTFS.

Joop

orion2001 · 10-04-2009, 08:21 PM

Yup, you'll need another SD card. The first one I tried started the process, but it would be unable to make an image so I couldn't do the flash. Eventually I had to use another SD card that I had lying around.

sosuke · 10-06-2009, 09:45 PM

I'm having issues with creating an image (5). I've tired two different SD cards, one SDHC (fat32) and one SD (fat), and both cause the reader to restart during the image creation. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this? I'm trying to flash the font with MS Gothic so I can get proper east-asian support. At first I tried to update all 3 fonts but that failed and actually produced a log file saying I ran out of room... going down to 1 font seems to let it get farther but not finish due to the reboot. Thanks.

orion2001 · 10-06-2009, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sosuke

I'm having issues with creating an image (5). I've tired two different SD cards, one SDHC (fat32) and one SD (fat), and both cause the reader to restart during the image creation. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this? I'm trying to flash the font with MS Gothic so I can get proper east-asian support. At first I tried to update all 3 fonts but that failed and actually produced a log file saying I ran out of room... going down to 1 font seems to let it get farther but not finish due to the reboot. Thanks.

All I can say is that it is probably the cards. One of my SD cards did the same thing...it would reboot during step 5. As a result I could never actually do the flash. When I switched to a Kingston SD card that I had in one of my cameras it worked fine. Also, AFAIK you need to use FAT. At least the SD card that I used was formatted as FAT.

igorsk · 10-07-2009, 09:06 AM

No, FAT32 should work fine. Please try formatting with SD Formatter.

orion2001 · 10-07-2009, 12:18 PM

My bad. It did work with FAT on my card. I guess either should work fine.

sosuke · 10-07-2009, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igorsk

No, FAT32 should work fine. Please try formatting with SD Formatter.

Tried SD Formatter with two different cards (one SD one SDHC)... Still reboots...

I'm pretty sure the font is the problem but I've tried two fonts now and neither works. MS Gothic and koichi gothic. Both are about 8megs... If I use the standard fonts I can create an image. Any ideas why the font won't work? I followed the font guide and I remember seeing a thread where someone said they got MS Gothic working. Of course that person never bothered to say what they did to get it working after they figured it out..

orion2001 · 10-07-2009, 07:44 PM

You could try PMing the person. Also, are these replacing the Serif or the Sans Serif font? If it is the latter then I think you also need to change more than just the Font Family name. I believe user "pepak" posted about this on the last page of the Custom Font flashing thread.

sosuke · 10-07-2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orion2001

You could try PMing the person. Also, are these replacing the Serif or the Sans Serif font? If it is the latter then I think you also need to change more than just the Font Family name. I believe user "pepak" posted about this on the last page of the Custom Font flashing thread.

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Last Activity: 10-21-2007 12:44 PM

... I don't think he is around anymore.

Anyways I found a new font at http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/ that is smaller and it worked for my initial test of making an image with just one font replaced. Haven't flashed it yet because I want to see if I can replace all 3 fonts.... and that test failed. Apparently there is a limit for size and I'm hitting it but I'm not sure what it is. I know that if you use MS Gothic for all 3 fonts (3x8megs) that PRSCustomerizer will bomb and actually write an error file letting you know it ran out of room. With this smaller font used 3 times or one big font used once (for the body text..) it just reboots and doesn't tell you why. Tried again with 2 fonts (left courier stock) it still reboots... I guess I'll have to live with just replacing the one font for now.

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10-01-2009, 03:08 PM	#751
NigelS Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 188 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS-505	I have just taken delivery of a new PRS-300 to replace a PRS-505 which developed a fault. Already I miss the customisation afforded by this great package; particularly the ability to add your own reading font (the default font is just awful) and the clock display at the bottom of the screen - why, oh why would Sony build in a clock, force us to set it (in the Welcome setup) and then not allow us to display it!! Is there ANY chance that the PRS Customizer would work with the PRS-300 or that a future version could be made to work with it? Thanks NigelS

10-02-2009, 06:39 AM	#753
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	I don't exactly "need" a firmware updater, but I don't want to release anything unless there is one to unbrick device if things go wrong. The autorun on 300 is otherwise pretty similar to 505. The 600 however is a whole another kettle of fish...

10-04-2009, 01:04 AM	#755
TypeMRT Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	I've tried using PRSCustomizer 1.04 with the SD card but it won't start Igorsk's Universal Flasher when inserted. My reader is firmware version 1.1.00.18040. I have read through about 30 pages of this thread and tried following the instructions and copying all of the files and folders inside of the sdcard folder on the root directory of SD card. I even tried unzipping onto the card directly, but nothing is working. Anyone one have any ideas? Thanks in advance. This forum has been a great help already in helping me decide to get my reader this week.

10-04-2009, 06:23 AM	#756
tweety Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 2016606 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle Scribe	Get another SD card. I had an SD card that I formatted, but it still could not be read by the reader. TP

10-04-2009, 08:21 PM	#758
orion2001 Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 24658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	Yup, you'll need another SD card. The first one I tried started the process, but it would be unable to make an image so I couldn't do the flash. Eventually I had to use another SD card that I had lying around.

10-06-2009, 09:45 PM	#759
sosuke Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-505	I'm having issues with creating an image (5). I've tired two different SD cards, one SDHC (fat32) and one SD (fat), and both cause the reader to restart during the image creation. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this? I'm trying to flash the font with MS Gothic so I can get proper east-asian support. At first I tried to update all 3 fonts but that failed and actually produced a log file saying I ran out of room... going down to 1 font seems to let it get farther but not finish due to the reboot. Thanks.

10-07-2009, 09:06 AM	#761
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	No, FAT32 should work fine. Please try formatting with SD Formatter.

10-07-2009, 12:18 PM	#762
orion2001 Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 24658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	My bad. It did work with FAT on my card. I guess either should work fine.

10-07-2009, 07:44 PM	#764
orion2001 Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 24658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	You could try PMing the person. Also, are these replacing the Serif or the Sans Serif font? If it is the latter then I think you also need to change more than just the Font Family name. I believe user "pepak" posted about this on the last page of the Custom Font flashing thread.