PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader - Page 53

pepak · 10-14-2009, 12:36 AM

Update the file I mentioned to an even higher version.

dejure · 10-16-2009, 03:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peturv

I would like a version 1.2.

I guess I should have saved UK firmware (1.2) somewhere as I managed to backup my reader before getting it customized by PRSCustomizer. Just let me know if you're still looking for 1.2. I'm not sure though if Igorsk's Universal Flasher can restore the 1.2 firmware backup over the existing 1.4 version of your reader.

peturv · 10-17-2009, 07:49 PM

pepak,
thank you very much for your help, it worked like a charm.

waterdance5 · 10-19-2009, 09:36 PM

I was able to flush my PRS-505 by following Valloric's guide. I looked for fonts that supported Polish characters, which I found in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ht=polish+font

Unfortunately I'm not having any luck getting the characters to display. I've tried flushing it to unicode, to user-supplied, prior and after changing fonts in all 3 font folders. I've tried overwriting fonts in Sony eBook Library and uploading with Calibre. Calibre shows the rtf document just fine where as eBook library does not, however, when file is uploaded to the Reader using either program I get strange characters.

The fonts that I'm using appear to be able to support Polish characters. Anyone has any suggestions? If it helps I bough my Reader here in States.

Valwit · 10-21-2009, 04:03 PM

what fonts did you flAsh? what are the font names? what encoding do you have in the rtf? can you make and post a screenshot oh what characters are visible instead of the polish ones?

JeffElkins · 10-21-2009, 05:52 PM

Just a comment.

This thread is dedicated to PRSCustomizer. As is, it's huge and hard to search through for info.

General 505 customization not related to the PRSCustomizer software program is off-topic and probably needs to be in its own thread.

I'm cc'ing the moderators for my message to see if they agree.

waterdance5 · 10-22-2009, 09:56 PM

Thank you I will re-post there along with suggested info/screenshot

church mouse · 10-29-2009, 07:21 PM

Having successfully run the customizer on my original PRS 505 I have been trying to run it on a second 505 but with no success. I ran the Sony firmware update, ran the customizer exe, selected uniform font, UK 1.2, personal logo, standard icons and fonts, run the exe, copied the contents of the sd folder to an empty sd card (please note I have tried 2 sd cards including the one I successfully used on my orginal 505). When I run the flasher I select 5, it seems to go fine, I then run 6, which it says was successful. It reboots but absolutely nothing has changed - no personal logo, no uniform font, no clock at the base, zilch difference.

I have reinstalled the firmware, reformatted the sd cards, but each time after saying it has been successful I get no changes.

Any ideas as to what is happening?

JeffElkins · 10-31-2009, 11:39 AM

The firmware selection dropdown tells PRSCustomizer which firmware is presently installed.

If you ran the US firmware updater you're running 1.1 USA, not 1.2 UK, unless you've subsequently flashed a UK firmware. Check the About screen to confirm.

Ekhtelion · 11-01-2009, 04:52 PM

Hello everyone ; ).

Has anybody any idea what to do with somenthing that?

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8505/p1030434.jpg

I updated firmware to 1.1 and then applied customization (joystick forward, logo, polish language, font v3, contact info). I suppose that those vertical lines aren't normal : ). They appear only on main screen.

BTW. Is there any hack to mark book as read? I have plenty books on my PRS and I'm quite forgetfull about which of them I have read yet and which not.

JeffElkins · 11-01-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekhtelion

Hello everyone ; ).

Has anybody any idea what to do with somenthing that?

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8505/p1030434.jpg

I updated firmware to 1.1 and then applied customization (joystick forward, logo, polish language, font v3, contact info). I suppose that those vertical lines aren't normal : ). They appear only on main screen.

BTW. Is there any hack to mark book as read? I have plenty books on my PRS and I'm quite forgetfull about which of them I have read yet and which not.

I've never seen lines like that,but I bet it's tied to an error in your custom logo. I'd try a re-do. No hacks for marking a book as read that I know of either...

Ekhtelion · 11-03-2009, 02:49 PM

It worked! Thanks

.

It seems that custom logo must be a bit smaller than 210x70. I think that my custom graphic was 'touching' the border and it screw up everything.

Now I have some serious problem with bricked PRS :\ I tried almost everything that I was able to find here... and my guarantee had expired few months ago. Not good.

church mouse · 11-06-2009, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

The firmware selection dropdown tells PRSCustomizer which firmware is presently installed.

If you ran the US firmware updater you're running 1.1 USA, not 1.2 UK, unless you've subsequently flashed a UK firmware. Check the About screen to confirm.

Correct - all sorted now. Many thanks.

JeffElkins · 11-07-2009, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by church mouse

Correct - all sorted now. Many thanks.

Excellent. Thanks for reporting back.

jedavis1 · 11-13-2009, 08:11 AM

Have you looked at adding support for other PRS models after the 505? I bought a 600 and really miss my clock!

10-19-2009, 09:36 PM	#784
waterdance5 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-505	Polish fonts I was able to flush my PRS-505 by following Valloric's guide. I looked for fonts that supported Polish characters, which I found in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ht=polish+font Unfortunately I'm not having any luck getting the characters to display. I've tried flushing it to unicode, to user-supplied, prior and after changing fonts in all 3 font folders. I've tried overwriting fonts in Sony eBook Library and uploading with Calibre. Calibre shows the rtf document just fine where as eBook library does not, however, when file is uploaded to the Reader using either program I get strange characters. The fonts that I'm using appear to be able to support Polish characters. Anyone has any suggestions? If it helps I bough my Reader here in States.

10-21-2009, 05:52 PM	#786
JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	Just a comment. This thread is dedicated to PRSCustomizer. As is, it's huge and hard to search through for info. General 505 customization not related to the PRSCustomizer software program is off-topic and probably needs to be in its own thread. I'm cc'ing the moderators for my message to see if they agree. Last edited by JeffElkins; 10-21-2009 at 06:14 PM.

10-29-2009, 07:21 PM	#788
church mouse Evangelist Posts: 485 Karma: 5277078 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo Clara HD, Boox Poke 2, PocketBook Verse Pro (634)	Any ideas Having successfully run the customizer on my original PRS 505 I have been trying to run it on a second 505 but with no success. I ran the Sony firmware update, ran the customizer exe, selected uniform font, UK 1.2, personal logo, standard icons and fonts, run the exe, copied the contents of the sd folder to an empty sd card (please note I have tried 2 sd cards including the one I successfully used on my orginal 505). When I run the flasher I select 5, it seems to go fine, I then run 6, which it says was successful. It reboots but absolutely nothing has changed - no personal logo, no uniform font, no clock at the base, zilch difference. I have reinstalled the firmware, reformatted the sd cards, but each time after saying it has been successful I get no changes. Any ideas as to what is happening?

10-31-2009, 11:39 AM	#789
JeffElkins Guru Posts: 780 Karma: 1416 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Kobo Clara 2E/HD, Kindle PW	The firmware selection dropdown tells PRSCustomizer which firmware is presently installed. If you ran the US firmware updater you're running 1.1 USA, not 1.2 UK, unless you've subsequently flashed a UK firmware. Check the About screen to confirm. Last edited by JeffElkins; 10-31-2009 at 09:10 PM.

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pepak Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 4150 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T3, Kobo Libra H2O	Update the file I mentioned to an even higher version.

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peturv Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	pepak, thank you very much for your help, it worked like a charm.

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waterdance5 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: PRS-505	Thank you I will re-post there along with suggested info/screenshot

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Ekhtelion Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS 505	It worked! Thanks . It seems that custom logo must be a bit smaller than 210x70. I think that my custom graphic was 'touching' the border and it screw up everything. Now I have some serious problem with bricked PRS :\ I tried almost everything that I was able to find here... and my guarantee had expired few months ago. Not good.

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