PRS-500 Sony Reader PRS-500 universal flasher - Page 9

NatCh · 06-20-2007, 04:45 PM

Okay. This maybe a dumb question, so I'm giving permission ahead of time to answer something to the effect of "Duh. Here it is ->"

The question is, do we have a full (or even substantially fractional) list of the function calls available?

I'd like to play around with some of the basic stuff reachable through the XML pieces, but I don't know what to call to, for instance, pause the MP3 playback. I always thought that putting a mute function on holding down the Volume button was rather pointless in a device with no built in speaker, pausing the same way would at least make some sense.

kenbaldwin · 06-21-2007, 04:25 PM

igorsk wrote:

Quote:

You can always reflash the Reader with the official Sony firmware (edit PRSVersion.dat to force the update).

Can someone pls tell me how to do this on Windows XP? I've got the Sony update tool, but it won't run, because it thinks my firmware is current. Thanks,

Ken

kenbaldwin · 06-21-2007, 04:36 PM

Nevermind, found the answer in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ght=PRSVersion

Ken

kenbaldwin · 06-22-2007, 03:11 PM

So what's the preferred method for getting the current contents of the /opt directory off the Reader filesystem? Can I unpack the IMG file, or should I use ebook.py to copy the files? The flasher works great, but I'd like to see what files I can conceivably change.

Ken

NatCh · 06-22-2007, 03:30 PM

I think either would do, but the ebook.py might be simpler (if you're already set up to use it).

If you're going to do that anyway, kenbaldwin, how about zipping the lot of them up and posting them?

igorsk · 06-22-2007, 03:38 PM

You can use cramfsck to unpack the FS image.

kenbaldwin · 06-22-2007, 04:27 PM

Thanks, guys. I'm a little over my head here :-) I'm on Windows, but I've installed the Cygwin cramfs package, unpacked the latest PRS-500 Updater, then used cramfsck to extract cramfs.Fsk.img. It looks like the contents of this image correspond to what can placed in /files/opt on the SD card for the flasher, correct? TIA

Ken

Raventhon · 06-27-2007, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vienna01

As a TIVO owner I have learned that several persons/companies offer hacks/upgrades that include all labor for folks who are afraid of doing such themselves(For TIVO some changes require HW upgrades too). Perhaps someone might be interested in providing such a service to include LABOR for adding/changing font(s), fixing the battery bug and other COMING applications that use the universal flasher.

In the absence of such a service, if someone writes a Windows application that holds the user's hand and has lots of error checking,help and de-bricking options included for those of us who are "procedures challenged",

even the most timid among us could use the likely many new appls using the universal flasher. "Shareware" perhaps?

Agreed, would be very helpful. I'm trying to figure out how to get this stuff working through libprs500 and I'm having trouble figuring out where to dump all these files. Help would be appreciated, although by no means required.

pwalker8 · 07-04-2007, 10:15 AM

I'm running into an odd problem trying to run the flasher. I copy everything
onto the sd, no problem, put the card into the sony eReader, the run script screen comes up, I choose 5, the script runs awhile and then fails. Below is the final part of the log file that is produced. Does anyone have any ideas?

--------
-24.90% (-65 bytes) offset 4110496 switcher.xml
-59.22% (-1905 bytes) offset 4110692 storage.xsb
-53.68% (-54652 bytes) offset 4112004 switcher.so
-55.42% (-2128 bytes) offset 4159160 tinyhttp
-56.33% (-14016 bytes) offs

igorsk · 07-04-2007, 10:31 AM

Check that you have enough space in data partition (15 megs should be enough). If you have a lot of books, try deleting some.

pwalker8 · 07-04-2007, 10:46 AM

Thanks, that's exactly what the problem was. After posting, since I pretty much have the device filled up with books, I decided to try removing all my books and try that and it worked. I'm in the process of putting everything back (yes, I did copy all the books off first). Pretty cool. Now I need to figure out what customization I can do. I've already added turn page with joystick. Very nice and the clock is pretty cool also. I'm a happy camper once again!

Thanks for both the quick response and the truly cool software.

bliink · 07-05-2007, 08:19 PM

Whew! Just ran the update and my palms were literally sweating!

Pretty much threw in all the hacks that have been posted in this thread and they're all working beautifully. Many thanks to all our intrepid explorers for this great flasher + hacks.

Gotta admit I only tried it to fix up the damn battery problem that's been plaguing me since the "official" firmware, and it seems to have worked like a charm.

Muskrat · 07-08-2007, 10:06 PM

I am trying to understand how this universal flasher works. It is right on the edge of my technical knowledge so sorry if I am a bit vague about the details. I mainly want to be able to use the joystick to turn pages because I sometimes have a problem with the joint in my left thumb and have often wished I had the option to switch page turning to my my right thumb!. So far I have unzipped the flasher onto an empty SD card and replaced applicationstart.xml with the one which enables joystick page turning (I think) and also the battery fix. I put the card in the reader and wait until the screen appears then I press 5 and after a few mins the screen says "Failure running script..."
Can anyone help me with this one please?
Thanks.

igorsk · 07-09-2007, 04:09 AM

Please paste the .log files from the card, if there are any. You could also try deleting some books.

beartard · 07-09-2007, 06:15 PM

I've been lurking for a while, but just took the time to register. The million-dollar question I have is exactly which files in Sony's official firmware updater are required for an update?

I irrevocably hosed my first PRS-500 the day after I bought it while trying to use Sony's updater on a virtualized Windows XP system (I run Linux). Yes, I did try all the unbricking instructions in the wiki. Thankfully, the Sony store people replaced it without any questions.

I want to update my firmware from the stock one that came with it, but I don't want to go that route again. What are the steps using the universal flasher to do this?

Thanks, guys!

07-08-2007, 10:06 PM	#133
Muskrat Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 11 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: prs500	Problem installing this flasher I am trying to understand how this universal flasher works. It is right on the edge of my technical knowledge so sorry if I am a bit vague about the details. I mainly want to be able to use the joystick to turn pages because I sometimes have a problem with the joint in my left thumb and have often wished I had the option to switch page turning to my my right thumb!. So far I have unzipped the flasher onto an empty SD card and replaced applicationstart.xml with the one which enables joystick page turning (I think) and also the battery fix. I put the card in the reader and wait until the screen appears then I press 5 and after a few mins the screen says "Failure running script..." Can anyone help me with this one please? Thanks.

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06-20-2007, 04:45 PM	#121
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Okay. This maybe a dumb question, so I'm giving permission ahead of time to answer something to the effect of "Duh. Here it is ->" The question is, do we have a full (or even substantially fractional) list of the function calls available? I'd like to play around with some of the basic stuff reachable through the XML pieces, but I don't know what to call to, for instance, pause the MP3 playback. I always thought that putting a mute function on holding down the Volume button was rather pointless in a device with no built in speaker, pausing the same way would at least make some sense.

06-21-2007, 04:36 PM	#123
kenbaldwin Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS-500	Nevermind, found the answer in this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ght=PRSVersion Ken

06-22-2007, 03:11 PM	#124
kenbaldwin Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS-500	So what's the preferred method for getting the current contents of the /opt directory off the Reader filesystem? Can I unpack the IMG file, or should I use ebook.py to copy the files? The flasher works great, but I'd like to see what files I can conceivably change. Ken

06-22-2007, 03:30 PM	#125
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I think either would do, but the ebook.py might be simpler (if you're already set up to use it). If you're going to do that anyway, kenbaldwin, how about zipping the lot of them up and posting them?

06-22-2007, 03:38 PM	#126
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	You can use cramfsck to unpack the FS image.

06-22-2007, 04:27 PM	#127
kenbaldwin Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS-500	Thanks, guys. I'm a little over my head here :-) I'm on Windows, but I've installed the Cygwin cramfs package, unpacked the latest PRS-500 Updater, then used cramfsck to extract cramfs.Fsk.img. It looks like the contents of this image correspond to what can placed in /files/opt on the SD card for the flasher, correct? TIA Ken

07-04-2007, 10:15 AM	#129
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I'm running into an odd problem trying to run the flasher. I copy everything onto the sd, no problem, put the card into the sony eReader, the run script screen comes up, I choose 5, the script runs awhile and then fails. Below is the final part of the log file that is produced. Does anyone have any ideas? -------- -24.90% (-65 bytes) offset 4110496 switcher.xml -59.22% (-1905 bytes) offset 4110692 storage.xsb -53.68% (-54652 bytes) offset 4112004 switcher.so -55.42% (-2128 bytes) offset 4159160 tinyhttp -56.33% (-14016 bytes) offs

07-04-2007, 10:31 AM	#130
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Check that you have enough space in data partition (15 megs should be enough). If you have a lot of books, try deleting some.

07-04-2007, 10:46 AM	#131
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,196 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	Thanks, that's exactly what the problem was. After posting, since I pretty much have the device filled up with books, I decided to try removing all my books and try that and it worked. I'm in the process of putting everything back (yes, I did copy all the books off first). Pretty cool. Now I need to figure out what customization I can do. I've already added turn page with joystick. Very nice and the clock is pretty cool also. I'm a happy camper once again! Thanks for both the quick response and the truly cool software.

07-05-2007, 08:19 PM	#132
bliink Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Kindle 3, RIP Sony PRS-500	Whew! Just ran the update and my palms were literally sweating! Pretty much threw in all the hacks that have been posted in this thread and they're all working beautifully. Many thanks to all our intrepid explorers for this great flasher + hacks. Gotta admit I only tried it to fix up the damn battery problem that's been plaguing me since the "official" firmware, and it seems to have worked like a charm.

07-09-2007, 04:09 AM	#134
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Please paste the .log files from the card, if there are any. You could also try deleting some books.

07-09-2007, 06:15 PM	#135
beartard Minister of Linux Posts: 196 Karma: 73235 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Winter Haven, Florida, USA Device: nook, T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide	I've been lurking for a while, but just took the time to register. The million-dollar question I have is exactly which files in Sony's official firmware updater are required for an update? I irrevocably hosed my first PRS-500 the day after I bought it while trying to use Sony's updater on a virtualized Windows XP system (I run Linux). Yes, I did try all the unbricking instructions in the wiki. Thankfully, the Sony store people replaced it without any questions. I want to update my firmware from the stock one that came with it, but I don't want to go that route again. What are the steps using the universal flasher to do this? Thanks, guys!