iLiad Firmware with long-awaited Mobipocket Reader (almost) - Page 2

Adam B. · 04-25-2007, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

I think I'll wait for the CF reflash function before upgrading, unless someone can think of a compelling reason to go earlier than that.

Why not upgrade? This is a major change to the iLiad's internals (for the better). Most likely the reflash and mobipocket is just going to be a bit of addon software. I have a feeling (not confirmed by anything other than my gut) that if you were to brick your iLiad with 2.9.5, that you would be able to reflash once they release the unbricker...

realityloop · 04-25-2007, 04:34 PM

Succesfull upgrade here, booting seems faster (around 20 seconds), page turns seem faster too. hopefully not just wishful thinking

realityloop · 04-25-2007, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bedwere

Can still I use the ipdf reader with power saving after I upgrade to 2.9.5?

nope, it doesn't work for me at least..

VillageReader · 04-25-2007, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by realityloop

Succesfull upgrade here, booting seems faster (around 20 seconds), page turns seem faster too. hopefully not just wishful thinking

I agree on booting, though I didn't time it. Shutdown seems quicker, too, as does cursor movement through the directory pages.

The oddest thing is my screen got somewhat grayer about a month after I got the unit, and this seems to have improved that degradation. My impression is it was a bit brighter originally, but it appears to be better than before the upgrade. And I'm hoping that isn't wishful thinking, too.

kapoira · 04-26-2007, 02:26 AM

i have seen that in the 2.9.5 have less ghosting at least in my iliad, only "1 day" testing the 2.9.5, but i got a "funny" bug and now i'm in the work and can't test it, but i can ask a question in this forum....

Have you got any problems with the mp3, in the 2.9.5, or are my auriculars that have and fail hardware, i try to listen to music in the road to my work, and i listen very "silenced" the voices, i don't why the pianos, the guitars, or the songs of the iliad have no problem, but when i listen to a aria i have to concretate to listen the voice.... i was using the mpd player, any ideas¿?¿?

chrisv5 · 04-26-2007, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by realityloop

Succesfull upgrade here, booting seems faster (around 20 seconds), page turns seem faster too. hopefully not just wishful thinking

Just out of curiosity, I timed the boot. 46 seconds on my iLiad. I wonder, why some people always need to claim that everything is faster and better after an update, without any solid data to back up that claim!

realityloop · 04-26-2007, 04:48 AM

I did say "seems".. and my counting method was 1 1000, 2 1000, 3 1000... so not the most accurate, actual startup time as I flicked power switch 49sec, power down time 19sec.. I never timed how it was before the update

So sue me for being a optimist

And remember.. a placebo is as good as the real thing

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisv5

Just out of curiosity, I timed the boot. 46 seconds on my iLiad. I wonder, why some people always need to claim that everything is faster and better after an update, without any solid data to back up that claim!

tororebelde · 04-26-2007, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kapoira

i have seen that in the 2.9.5 have less ghosting at least in my iliad, only "1 day" testing the 2.9.5

I agree. With the 2.9.1 update, iliad became to do ghosting on everything, sometimes difficult to work with. Now it looks much better, like time ago.

The boot speed is the same to me, maybe a little bit faster (just my appreciation) as realityloop says ...

I'm still checkin all the new faces on the iliad, starting to open again it to access through dropbear. For now it all seems to be ok.

nekokami · 04-26-2007, 09:09 AM

If we have had shell access, will we need to request it again after this upgrade?

yokos · 04-26-2007, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

If we have had shell access, will we need to request it again after this upgrade?

No, ids server knows MAC addresses of iLiads with requested shell access.

DigiDirk · 04-26-2007, 10:02 AM

So i timed it...

Three consecutive times, no PIN (screen), CF card in place,
down and up to "Last Read" screen, hand-stopped:

2.9.1 down: (17,44 / 18,49 / 18,04) ~ 17,99 [s]
2.9.5 down: (14,91 / 15,25 / 15,61) ~ 15,25 [s]

2.9.1 up: (44,24 / 45,13 / 44,26) ~ 44,54 [s]
2.9.5 up: (44,09 / 44,05 / 44,89) ~ 44,34 [s]

Go figure...

Dirk

Karel · 04-26-2007, 12:19 PM

You can find the official announcement in regard to mobipocket here

http://www.irextechnologies.com/about/press

http://www.irextechnologies.com/mobipocket

IF everything goes well than the mobipocket viewer should hit iDS somewhere next week.

Adam B. · 04-26-2007, 12:27 PM

Glad there's been an official announcement. I'm looking forward to this on Monday.

deadite66 · 04-26-2007, 12:34 PM

woot

vampyre · 04-26-2007, 01:41 PM

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04-25-2007, 04:34 PM	#17
realityloop Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 262 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia	Succesfull upgrade here, booting seems faster (around 20 seconds), page turns seem faster too. hopefully not just wishful thinking

04-26-2007, 02:26 AM	#20
kapoira Connoisseur Posts: 81 Karma: 292 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: i62HD + T68	i have seen that in the 2.9.5 have less ghosting at least in my iliad, only "1 day" testing the 2.9.5, but i got a "funny" bug and now i'm in the work and can't test it, but i can ask a question in this forum.... Have you got any problems with the mp3, in the 2.9.5, or are my auriculars that have and fail hardware, i try to listen to music in the road to my work, and i listen very "silenced" the voices, i don't why the pianos, the guitars, or the songs of the iliad have no problem, but when i listen to a aria i have to concretate to listen the voice.... i was using the mpd player, any ideas¿?¿?

04-26-2007, 09:09 AM	#24
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	If we have had shell access, will we need to request it again after this upgrade?

04-26-2007, 10:02 AM	#26
DigiDirk Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 156 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: iLiad	So i timed it... Three consecutive times, no PIN (screen), CF card in place, down and up to "Last Read" screen, hand-stopped: 2.9.1 down: (17,44 / 18,49 / 18,04) ~ 17,99 [s] 2.9.5 down: (14,91 / 15,25 / 15,61) ~ 15,25 [s] 2.9.1 up: (44,24 / 45,13 / 44,26) ~ 44,54 [s] 2.9.5 up: (44,09 / 44,05 / 44,89) ~ 44,34 [s] Go figure... Dirk

04-26-2007, 12:19 PM	#27
Karel iRex Community Manager Posts: 30 Karma: 223 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eindhoven Device: iRex iLiad	You can find the official announcement in regard to mobipocket here http://www.irextechnologies.com/about/press http://www.irextechnologies.com/mobipocket IF everything goes well than the mobipocket viewer should hit iDS somewhere next week.

04-26-2007, 12:27 PM	#28
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Glad there's been an official announcement. I'm looking forward to this on Monday.

04-26-2007, 12:34 PM	#29
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	woot

04-26-2007, 01:41 PM	#30
vampyre Haemoglobin Junkie Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In the Shadows Device: Sony Reader Touch, Irex Iliad

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