PRS-500 Sony Reader PRS-500 universal flasher - Page 12

Lov2Read · 08-01-2007, 01:17 PM

I have a similiar question as Mosteo. Last night, I updated my new Reader with the new firmware released by Sony. This morning, I learned of this flash and its abillity to turn the joystick into a turn paging button--which is incredibly cool and I must thank you Diablo and Igorsk for all of this, as well as HarryT who pointed me in this direction--so I used the flash and now everything is fine on my new unit. However, did I just erase the firmware I installed last night? Not that big of a deal, because the battery fix isn't as important as being able to turns pages with the joystick! Just wondering as I am new at all of this.....

diabloNL · 08-01-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lov2Read

I have a similiar question as Mosteo. Last night, I updated my new Reader with the new firmware released by Sony. This morning, I learned of this flash and its abillity to turn the joystick into a turn paging button--which is incredibly cool and I must thank you Diablo and Igorsk for all of this, as well as HarryT who pointed me in this direction--so I used the flash and now everything is fine on my new unit. However, did I just erase the firmware I installed last night? Not that big of a deal, because the battery fix isn't as important as being able to turns pages with the joystick! Just wondering as I am new at all of this.....

No worries. You just changed some parts in the UI so the battery fix from Sony will still work.

mosteo · 08-01-2007, 01:43 PM

I'm not sure; up/down is used for navigating links. There are three functions we ought to have (page turning, history, link navigation) but only two axis. So at least one of the axis must share functions. I guess this is very open to personal preferences, but I wouldn't want to lose any of them.

I see two configs I'd like equally:

left-backhist; right-pageturn; up/down-linknav
left/right

ageturn; up-backhist; down-linknav

but I lean slightly towards the first one because it shares more in common with the one shipped by default.

WilliamG · 08-01-2007, 03:07 PM

Last question: I had that custom ebook.so file that sort-of fixed the battery bug. If I update with the official Sony firmware, will it overwrite the old ebook.so? I'm hoping so...

diabloNL · 08-01-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamG

Last question: I had that custom ebook.so file that sort-of fixed the battery bug. If I update with the official Sony firmware, will it overwrite the old ebook.so? I'm hoping so...

Yes and if you are planning to use the universal flasher don't forget to remove it from the SD card otherwise it will probably overwrite the Sony one.

JSWolf · 08-01-2007, 06:13 PM

The up/down is used for the ToC inside the book. If you make that histoory, you lose the ability to traverse the ToC.

kovidgoyal · 08-01-2007, 06:43 PM

Just occurred to me what about using modifier keys? Is it possible to adjust the firmware so that holding down for e.g. the 0 key and then moving the joystick is mapped to a different function than just moving the joystick?

Fain · 08-01-2007, 06:48 PM

How exactly would one go about removing the battery fix in the Universal Flasher? Or did it even come with one included? I'm kind of grey here, the one thing I loved about the flasher was the clock and the ability to remap keys. I wasn't all that worried about the battery fix, I figured I'd wait for Sony to fix it.

JSWolf · 08-01-2007, 09:31 PM

As long as you did not install ebook.so then you did not try to fix the batty issue. But, now that we have a new firmware that "supposedly" fixes the battery meter issue. You don't need to install ebook.so. If you have it as part of your flash, then you need to remove it before reflashing or you could screw something up. All the other things flash fine with the new firmware.

diabloNL · 08-02-2007, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Just occurred to me what about using modifier keys? Is it possible to adjust the firmware so that holding down for e.g. the 0 key and then moving the joystick is mapped to a different function than just moving the joystick?

Tried that but the Reader didn't like it. I tried to change the joystick functions when the ENT button is pressed. Didn't spent too much time on it though so maybe there is a way. I will take a look soon when I have the time.

BobWhite · 08-03-2007, 01:27 PM

A few weeks ago, I reflashed my Reader to get the clock and the ability to use the joystick to turn pages.

With the new firmware, of course, I lost both those functions. How do I go about putting them back without losing the new firmware?

Thanks,

Bob

JSWolf · 08-03-2007, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobWhite

A few weeks ago, I reflashed my Reader to get the clock and the ability to use the joystick to turn pages.

With the new firmware, of course, I lost both those functions. How do I go about putting them back without losing the new firmware?

Thanks,

Bob

All you have to do is flash with the flasher all over again. It won't kill the new firmware.

volwrath · 08-05-2007, 01:17 PM

Well I finally updated to the new reader version, but now when I try to flash for the clock and joystick hacks, I get the message error copying mcopy to /tmp/. Note this process worked fine on last version

sometimes this happens on step 5 and sometimes it happens on step 6 after step 5 has successfully created image. I have 3 books in the reader and none on the sd card. Any ideas?

edit: the reader has 86 megs of capacity

edit2: evidently when I switched sd cards i neglected to format the sd card to fat, but did to fat32. Afer a reformat of sd card all is well.

pcinfoman · 08-14-2007, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volwrath

Well I finally updated to the new reader version, but now when I try to flash for the clock and joystick hacks, I get the message error copying mcopy to /tmp/. Note this process worked fine on last version

I am having this exact same problem.

Anybody have any ideas?

JSWolf · 08-14-2007, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcinfoman

I am having this exact same problem.

Anybody have any ideas?

Do you have too much content on the reader and not enough memory left? Does the memory card have enough free space to make the image?

08-01-2007, 01:17 PM	#166
Lov2Read Book Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 53 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: U.S.A. Device: Sony Reader 505	Similiar Question I have a similiar question as Mosteo. Last night, I updated my new Reader with the new firmware released by Sony. This morning, I learned of this flash and its abillity to turn the joystick into a turn paging button--which is incredibly cool and I must thank you Diablo and Igorsk for all of this, as well as HarryT who pointed me in this direction--so I used the flash and now everything is fine on my new unit. However, did I just erase the firmware I installed last night? Not that big of a deal, because the battery fix isn't as important as being able to turns pages with the joystick! Just wondering as I am new at all of this.....

08-01-2007, 01:43 PM	#168
mosteo Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Spain Device: PRS500 / N-Gage QD	I'm not sure; up/down is used for navigating links. There are three functions we ought to have (page turning, history, link navigation) but only two axis. So at least one of the axis must share functions. I guess this is very open to personal preferences, but I wouldn't want to lose any of them. I see two configs I'd like equally: left-backhist; right-pageturn; up/down-linknav left/rightageturn; up-backhist; down-linknav but I lean slightly towards the first one because it shares more in common with the one shipped by default.

08-03-2007, 01:27 PM	#176
BobWhite Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Treo 680/Sony PRS-500	New Firmware and Mods A few weeks ago, I reflashed my Reader to get the clock and the ability to use the joystick to turn pages. With the new firmware, of course, I lost both those functions. How do I go about putting them back without losing the new firmware? Thanks, Bob

08-05-2007, 01:17 PM	#178
volwrath Guru Posts: 713 Karma: 1001739 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Device: SGS3/PW2/Nexus72	Grrrr Well I finally updated to the new reader version, but now when I try to flash for the clock and joystick hacks, I get the message error copying mcopy to /tmp/. Note this process worked fine on last version sometimes this happens on step 5 and sometimes it happens on step 6 after step 5 has successfully created image. I have 3 books in the reader and none on the sd card. Any ideas? edit: the reader has 86 megs of capacity edit2: evidently when I switched sd cards i neglected to format the sd card to fat, but did to fat32. Afer a reformat of sd card all is well. Last edited by volwrath; 08-05-2007 at 01:25 PM.

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08-01-2007, 03:07 PM	#169
WilliamG Addict Posts: 307 Karma: 60998 Join Date: Sep 2006	Last question: I had that custom ebook.so file that sort-of fixed the battery bug. If I update with the official Sony firmware, will it overwrite the old ebook.so? I'm hoping so...

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The up/down is used for the ToC inside the book. If you make that histoory, you lose the ability to traverse the ToC.

08-01-2007, 06:43 PM	#172
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,353 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just occurred to me what about using modifier keys? Is it possible to adjust the firmware so that holding down for e.g. the 0 key and then moving the joystick is mapped to a different function than just moving the joystick?

08-01-2007, 06:48 PM	#173
Fain Member Posts: 18 Karma: 18 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Sony PRS500	How exactly would one go about removing the battery fix in the Universal Flasher? Or did it even come with one included? I'm kind of grey here, the one thing I loved about the flasher was the clock and the ability to remap keys. I wasn't all that worried about the battery fix, I figured I'd wait for Sony to fix it.

08-01-2007, 09:31 PM	#174
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	As long as you did not install ebook.so then you did not try to fix the batty issue. But, now that we have a new firmware that "supposedly" fixes the battery meter issue. You don't need to install ebook.so. If you have it as part of your flash, then you need to remove it before reflashing or you could screw something up. All the other things flash fine with the new firmware.