PRS-500 Sony Reader PRS-500 universal flasher - Page 8

athlonkmf · 06-18-2007, 06:12 PM

i must be weird again...before I could use the flasher, I needed to clear my reader from the books 85MB, otherwise it fails.

NatCh · 06-18-2007, 06:21 PM

I think you have to reload them afterwards anyway, so you don't really lose anything by pre-clearing it ... well except the time to do so.

athlonkmf · 06-18-2007, 06:24 PM

yah, i'm copying them back to the reader at this moment. Man.... that connect-reader is REALLY slow. It's so much faster to just throw the books into the card with a cardreader. And it's not like connectreader need to do a lot of parsing. At least the CPU-usage is below 1%
What Connect is doing is more then just copying the books. It's preconfiguring config.xml so you can change font sizes without waiting and it's also sorting out the title for proper sorting so books that start with The like The Chronicles of Pern sort under Chronicles. instead of The Chronicles.

JSWolf · 06-18-2007, 08:20 PM

Is there an ebook.so that will put the reader back the way it is now in case we need or want it back to the way it is?

igorsk · 06-19-2007, 04:23 AM

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

JSWolf · 06-19-2007, 07:44 AM

But would it not be easier to just reinstall ebook.so?

WilliamG · 06-19-2007, 12:35 PM

OK, so this update does indeed seem to fix the battery bug. However, it may just be me, but the display no longer turns off by itself after half an hour?

NatCh · 06-19-2007, 12:41 PM

It never did, WilliamG -- it's a 60 minute shut-off.

WilliamG · 06-19-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

It never did, WilliamG -- it's a 60 minute shut-off.

Right. Well I left it charging by the AC overnight, and this morning the display was still on.

NatCh · 06-19-2007, 01:46 PM

Ah, yes! That's a totally different thing: the display doesn't power down if it's plugged into a charger. That's the way I work around the 'battery bug' thing now, actually, but I'm leaning toward re-flashing it with the old battery meter like you did, when I get around to it.

WilliamG · 06-19-2007, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Ah, yes! That's a totally different thing: the display doesn't power down if it's plugged into a charger. That's the way I work around the 'battery bug' thing now, actually, but I'm leaning toward re-flashing it with the old battery meter like you did, when I get around to it.

Ahh. So you're saying that if you leave the unit on and THEN plug it into the wall charger, the display stays on?

NatCh · 06-19-2007, 02:17 PM

Yes, precisely. It does the same thing for USB charging, actually, but it's less obvious since the image changes to that "USB Connected" message.

WilliamG · 06-19-2007, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Yes, precisely. It does the same thing for USB charging, actually, but it's less obvious since the image changes to that "USB Connected" message.

Yep, you're right. I guess I must have left the Reader on when I connected it to the AC. That's why I was surprised this morning when the Reader was still on. And I just left my Reader on for the last hour, and it did indeed switch off by itself.

I'm just glad the battery bug woes are over. USB charging had become a total pain in the proverbial rear, since I had to soft reset the device each time, and that's not easy with the cover on.

Thanks so much Igorsk!

WilliamG · 06-19-2007, 03:01 PM

I mean no disrespect to igorsk, but it amazes me that Sony can't figure out this stuff by themselves. The Reader rocks, but it takes "us" to make it work properly? Typical Sony... Can't program software to save their lives. Their Reader software is rubbish; Connect software is rubbish; Playstation 3 software is rubbish. I'd love to see a Sony PC OS.

You'd probably need a third party workaround to get the serial number to install it.

NatCh · 06-19-2007, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilliamG

I'd love to see a Sony PC OS.

You'd probably need a third party workaround to get the serial number to install it.

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06-18-2007, 06:12 PM	#106
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	i must be weird again...before I could use the flasher, I needed to clear my reader from the books 85MB, otherwise it fails.

06-18-2007, 06:21 PM	#107
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 you have to reload them afterwards anyway, so you don't really lose anything by pre-clearing it ... well except the time to do so.

06-18-2007, 06:24 PM	#108
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	yah, i'm copying them back to the reader at this moment. Man.... that connect-reader is REALLY slow. It's so much faster to just throw the books into the card with a cardreader. And it's not like connectreader need to do a lot of parsing. At least the CPU-usage is below 1% What Connect is doing is more then just copying the books. It's preconfiguring config.xml so you can change font sizes without waiting and it's also sorting out the title for proper sorting so books that start with The like The Chronicles of Pern sort under Chronicles. instead of The Chronicles.

06-18-2007, 08:20 PM	#109
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,745 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Is there an ebook.so that will put the reader back the way it is now in case we need or want it back to the way it is?

06-19-2007, 04:23 AM	#110
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 always reflash the Reader with the official Sony firmware (edit PRSVersion.dat to force the update).

06-19-2007, 07:44 AM	#111
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,745 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	But would it not be easier to just reinstall ebook.so?

06-19-2007, 12:35 PM	#112
WilliamG Addict Posts: 307 Karma: 60998 Join Date: Sep 2006	OK, so this update does indeed seem to fix the battery bug. However, it may just be me, but the display no longer turns off by itself after half an hour?

06-19-2007, 12:41 PM	#113
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	It never did, WilliamG -- it's a 60 minute shut-off.

06-19-2007, 01:46 PM	#115
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Ah, yes! That's a totally different thing: the display doesn't power down if it's plugged into a charger. That's the way I work around the 'battery bug' thing now, actually, but I'm leaning toward re-flashing it with the old battery meter like you did, when I get around to it.

06-19-2007, 02:17 PM	#117
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Yes, precisely. It does the same thing for USB charging, actually, but it's less obvious since the image changes to that "USB Connected" message.

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06-19-2007, 03:01 PM	#119
WilliamG Addict Posts: 307 Karma: 60998 Join Date: Sep 2006	I mean no disrespect to igorsk, but it amazes me that Sony can't figure out this stuff by themselves. The Reader rocks, but it takes "us" to make it work properly? Typical Sony... Can't program software to save their lives. Their Reader software is rubbish; Connect software is rubbish; Playstation 3 software is rubbish. I'd love to see a Sony PC OS. You'd probably need a third party workaround to get the serial number to install it.