Finally! Cybook Firmware upgrade available for download! - Page 5

mbovenka · 12-24-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

I'd rather not take the chance of it messing things up.

The worst that could happen is that the upgrade doesn't work. I have done upgrades from a FAT32 formatted SD card, so that's why I said 'I doubt that it matters'.

JSWolf · 12-24-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I cannot turn off the justification in ePub either. And since no hyphenation seems to occur it looks very bad with justified text.

Actually, you can. You just have to edit the CSS. See the example below.

text-align: justify
to
text-align: left

That's all there is to it. But if the ePub is with DRM, you just have to strip the DRM first.

JSWolf · 12-24-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I just tested Three Men in a Boat from the ePub download section. And the text is to near the top. The top row is cut by the border. So is this problem with the book or with the firmware?

Three Men in a Boat displays fine on my 505. So I would say it's a firmware issue with your Gen3. But you can edit the CSS and add a little bit to the top margin to fix that problem.

tompe · 12-24-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, you can. You just have to edit the CSS. See the example below.

text-align: justify
to
text-align: left

That's all there is to it. But if the ePub is with DRM, you just have to strip the DRM first.

How do you disable that so you can use the Gen3 to choose? HarryT's books works OK in this respect.

tompe · 12-24-2009, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, you can. You just have to edit the CSS. See the example below.

text-align: justify
to
text-align: left

That's all there is to it. But if the ePub is with DRM, you just have to strip the DRM first.

It is probably better to remove text-align since then you can choose what you want to have on the Gen3.

But since it does not seem to hyphenate the choice of no justification looks very bad (you get a very ragged right margin that disturbs the reading). So maybe justification with big spaces between words are better anyway.

Halk · 12-24-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I notice no one has answered my *burning* quesion... "Can you update to V2, then roll-back (do another update to) V1.5? IOW, can we switch between Mobi and ePub, back and forth, by applying the appropriate updates???

Derek

My gold edition arrived yesterday. I updated to 2.0 today. And then I updated to 1.5. All went fine.

There's no need to go to 2.0 if you want 1.5. Just go right there.

Terisa de morgan · 12-24-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not when you may not be able to get your normal books in Mobipocket. I'm seeing more and more of this happening.

Is that really a problem here? I'm too going to stick to Mobipocket till there's a dictionary.

pilotbob · 12-24-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Halk

My gold edition arrived yesterday. I updated to 2.0 today. And then I updated to 1.5. All went fine.

There's no need to go to 2.0 if you want 1.5. Just go right there.

Now we just need someone to hack it so you can have 3.5 (both Mobi and ePub readers). If that happens I would possibly look to by a used Gen 3.

BOb

K-Thom · 12-24-2009, 07:40 PM

Firmwhale, thar' he blows!

Awright, both firmwares are installed, up and running! The 1.5 prc on my Gen3 and the 2.0 ePub on my Opus. And, my, finally, actually ... folders on my Gen3!

And I've got got to give this one to you, Bookeen. Them firmwares are fast, speedin' up my ol' Gen3 quite a bit!

Never that I had any doubt in you ... *ho-hum*

Krystian Galaj · 12-24-2009, 08:08 PM

Yup, it all works well here too. 1.5. 64MB Cybook from October 2007.

The readme said after update the Cybook will be turned off, but it wasn't - went straight to reading library, and then to library view.

I noticed the Back button can be used to go one folder higher - useful.
There is a Slide Show option, was it there before? Probably, I didn't walk the menus much lately...
The Delete option works.
Now it does what it was supposed to do, and I can't think of anything more I'd need

I'll have to start preparing the library

Let's hope it won't start crashing horribly. If it won't, I'll start recommending it

Godzil · 12-24-2009, 08:09 PM

YaY finaly

Even with FB2 ? YaY

fizzywiz · 12-25-2009, 02:03 AM

I just put in the 1.5 about 2 hours ago and no crash in sight, I am very happy with it so far. It seems snappy and stable.

Crusader · 12-25-2009, 03:13 AM

Impatient as I am, I uploaded it onto the FAT formatted microSD card on my phone and attempted the update...

... And it worked without any problems. The update process itself was very quick (2 min or so), much faster than expected.

There was a brief moment when after the restart where it seemed to hang after the Bookeen logo screen. I almost thought I'd bricked but luckily it went to the library screen after a minute or so.

Brief testing shows everything working fine. Nice to finally see firmware v2.

Jellby · 12-25-2009, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tompe

I cannot turn off the justification in ePub either. And since no hyphenation seems to occur it looks very bad with justified text.

That's probably because the ePUB has the justification hard-coded (and you want your reader to obey hard-coded properties, otherwise you won't see left-aligned or centered text, if present). Try with one of my ePUBs, those don't force any alignment in the main text, or font (so you could try to choose your own font, with your own leading). For testing, I'd recommend "The Prince and the Pauper", it has embedded fonts (for titles), drop caps, illustrations...

Jellby · 12-25-2009, 05:57 AM

I'll probably stay with Mobipocket for a while, but I'm looking forward to converting to ePUB. Now it's time for the problems:

-Going back to the main folder (with lots of subfolders) still takes a long time.
-Dictionary lookup takes a long time too, maybe it looks for dictionaries in all the subfolders?
-The +/- buttons don't work for me.

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12-24-2009, 07:40 PM	#69
K-Thom The one and only Posts: 3,302 Karma: 535819 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: yup!	Firmwhale, thar' he blows! Awright, both firmwares are installed, up and running! The 1.5 prc on my Gen3 and the 2.0 ePub on my Opus. And, my, finally, actually ... folders on my Gen3! And I've got got to give this one to you, Bookeen. Them firmwares are fast, speedin' up my ol' Gen3 quite a bit! Never that I had any doubt in you ... ho-hum

12-24-2009, 08:08 PM	#70
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	Yup, it all works well here too. 1.5. 64MB Cybook from October 2007. The readme said after update the Cybook will be turned off, but it wasn't - went straight to reading library, and then to library view. I noticed the Back button can be used to go one folder higher - useful. There is a Slide Show option, was it there before? Probably, I didn't walk the menus much lately... The Delete option works. Now it does what it was supposed to do, and I can't think of anything more I'd need I'll have to start preparing the library Let's hope it won't start crashing horribly. If it won't, I'll start recommending it

12-24-2009, 08:09 PM	#71
Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	YaY finaly Even with FB2 ? YaY

12-25-2009, 02:03 AM	#72
fizzywiz Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Cybook Gen3 ver1.2 Build 834	I just put in the 1.5 about 2 hours ago and no crash in sight, I am very happy with it so far. It seems snappy and stable.

12-25-2009, 03:13 AM	#73
Crusader Space Cadet Posts: 1,180 Karma: 4030536 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South Africa Device: Sony PRS-T1, Cybook Opus, Kobo Glo	Impatient as I am, I uploaded it onto the FAT formatted microSD card on my phone and attempted the update... ... And it worked without any problems. The update process itself was very quick (2 min or so), much faster than expected. There was a brief moment when after the restart where it seemed to hang after the Bookeen logo screen. I almost thought I'd bricked but luckily it went to the library screen after a minute or so. Brief testing shows everything working fine. Nice to finally see firmware v2.

12-25-2009, 05:57 AM	#75
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I'll probably stay with Mobipocket for a while, but I'm looking forward to converting to ePUB. Now it's time for the problems: -Going back to the main folder (with lots of subfolders) still takes a long time. -Dictionary lookup takes a long time too, maybe it looks for dictionaries in all the subfolders? -The +/- buttons don't work for me.