PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

Noted, thanks.

But do a check if the book is part of a collection as you can brick the reader until you get it back to the computer. I did once delete a book that was part of a collection and when I accessed the collection, I bricked the reader until I was able to hook the 505 to the computer and sort out the problem.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

I'm hoping to release an update in the next month or so. Stay tuned

What is going to be in the update?

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But do a check if the book is part of a collection as you can brick the reader until you get it back to the computer. I did once delete a book that was part of a collection and when I accessed the collection, I bricked the reader until I was able to hook the 505 to the computer and sort out the problem.

Ouch, thanks for the warning.

[Valwit]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But do a check if the book is part of a collection as you can brick the reader until you get it back to the computer. I did once delete a book that was part of a collection and when I accessed the collection, I bricked the reader until I was able to hook the 505 to the computer and sort out the problem.

did you copy or move the book?

[kimah]

Hello...while I have been lurking around here for quite some time this is my first post. I finally got up the courage to try the PRScustumizer after reading the entire thread on it and thinking I would ok.

I had firmware version 1.1.01.25200. which was not supported so I did option 7 to try and reload the firmware from sony to 1.1.00.18040. I followed all of the instructions on sony's site. My reader was fully charged. But now I have been stuck on "installing new software" for around 3 hours.


What do I do now? Shouldnt have messed around with it since I have never had any problems until now. And I was in the middle of a REALLY good book too.

thanks in advance for any help!!
K.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by kimah

I had firmware version 1.1.01.25200. which was not supported so I did option 7 to try and reload the firmware from sony to 1.1.00.18040.

This is where you messed up.

First unbrick. Search this thread or the wiki for directions.

Use Sony's updater to put your firmware to US default. Porkupan's repackaging makes this much easier:

http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...%20Special.exe

Once you are at US default, everything should work OK.

[kimah]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

This is where you messed up.

First unbrick. Search this thread or the wiki for directions.

Use Sony's updater to put your firmware to US default. Porkupan's repackaging makes this much easier:

http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...%20Special.exe

Once you are at US default, everything should work OK.

Everything is working now! I was in pure panic mode. The custom logo I made cuts off my last name. So I will eventually need to go back and start over to correct that. But for now its just fine.

[kimah]

sorry, another question. I have read through this thread trying to see how to re-do the personal logo. I just want to be certain I understand...I cant handle another evening like I had last night!!

I have made the changes I want to the personal logo and have it on my SD card. Do I just insert the card to the reader and reflash or do I have to start completely over with the firmware again?

Thank you for your patience

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by kimah

sorry, another question. I have read through this thread trying to see how to re-do the personal logo. I just want to be certain I understand...I cant handle another evening like I had last night!!

I have made the changes I want to the personal logo and have it on my SD card. Do I just insert the card to the reader and reflash or do I have to start completely over with the firmware again?

Thank you for your patience

Just reflash.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Valwit

did you copy or move the book?

I deleted the book. But because the collection could not find the book, it locked. So really, moving is not a good idea unless it also handles removing the book from the collection as well.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I deleted the book. But because the collection could not find the book, it locked. So really, moving is not a good idea unless it also handles removing the book from the collection as well.

I just finished reading the Dresden Files. After I finished each book I just deleted the book from the collection. I was able to open the collection each time with no problem.

I am now down to only one book remaining in the collection. I think if I remove this last book I might run into what you are referring to, trying to open a collection with no books in it.

Heck with it I'm going to delete it. Now the collection says No book. When I click on the Dresden Files with no books in it I get a collection opened with no books in it.

For the record I am currently using PRS+

Oh well another Sony PRS-505 mystery.

Update: just to be sure I shut my reader down then started it back up. I then went back into the empty Dresden Files collection without error.

[PaladinBL]

I hope that PRSCustomizer will give me possibility to see letters č-ć-š-đ-ž (serbian, croatian, bosnian latin letters) from windows-1250 and UTF-8 in EPUB books, because now I have these letters only in LRF, but in EPUB I get question mark instead. PRSCustomizer stated "Unicode fonts with Cyrillic/Eastern European Support" so I hope that will solve this problem. Can I expect that? Did I understand well what will that feature do?

But as I stated this (č-ć-š-đ-ž) are not cyrillic letters, they are latin.

I just want to see them in EPUB, like I see them in LRF. Is that what PRSCustomizer can do?

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by PaladinBL

I hope that PRSCustomizer will give me possibility to see letters č-ć-š-đ-ž (serbian, croatian, bosnian latin letters) from windows-1250 and UTF-8 in EPUB books, because now I have these letters only in LRF, but in EPUB I get question mark instead. PRSCustomizer stated "Unicode fonts with Cyrillic/Eastern European Support" so I hope that will solve this problem. Can I expect that? Did I understand well what will that feature do?

But as I stated this (č-ć-š-đ-ž) are not cyrillic letters, they are latin.

I just want to see them in EPUB, like I see them in LRF. Is that what PRSCustomizer can do?

You'll have to try it out. I added the Unicode fonts at user request; no complaints in the last year Personally, I don't use them and wouldn't know Serbian from Montenegrin. Perhaps someone else can chime in...

[PaladinBL]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

You'll have to try it out.

Probably will do
And if something gone wrong deinstalling PRSCustomizer is done by simple flash with offical 1.1.00.18040 firmware by executing his installer from windows while PRS-505 is connected via USB?

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

and wouldn't know Serbian from Montenegrin. Perhaps someone else can chime in...

There is no difference. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montegrian are the same, it is the same language with very small differences, they all use č-ć-š-đ-ž latin letters. Only difference is that Serbian have also cyrillic version, they use latin and cyrillic. I am here interested in latin version.

And how LRF looks fine with all letters and EPUB don't? They don't use the same font in PRS-505?

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by PaladinBL

Probably will do
And if something gone wrong deinstalling PRSCustomizer is done by simple flash with offical 1.1.00.18040 firmware by executing his installer from windows while PRS-505 is connected via USB?

Yes. For font advice look up Valloric: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28447