Unofficial russian software ;3

[kartu]

slippy
Afaik 300-s are as unbrickable as 505 (means, one should really try hard to brick 'em).

According to boroda's (aka porkupan) manual, in case of recovery firmware, only 505's updater is available, here is a link:

http://projects.mobileread.com/reade...0%20Update.zip

it brings device (300) back into state from where you can try to reflash it again with proper prs 300 firmware using one of the boroda's packages.

[slippy]

Thanks Kartu, will have a look at this.

[slippy]

kartu, it worked.

Many Thanks.

[Leon1989]

Could someone please post the steps to add Russian fonts, without deleting English ones.
Thanks

[Billiam]

Don't suppose anybody can tell me how to restore the original firmware for the PRS-300 after installing the amutin one?

Used the link above, but I now have audio and now playing menus in my home screen, the home button doesn't work, and up/down on the dial cannot be used for paging.

[Update]
Fully charged last night. Turned it off (standby), was like this in the morning:


I'm assuming something about the 505 firmware is letting it drain.

[kc24zz]

2 days ago I hacked my prs 300 with borada 1.05a software. Followed RonF's post- It worked great!

[RonF]

Originally Posted by RonF

For me on the 300 it was in a new folder in the root directory of the reader called "sshots" They are saved as .jpg 600X800 and ~90KB

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I stated in another thread that I would explain what I did to upgrade the firmware on the unit to the Russian firmware, so here it goes:

I need to start with this disclaimer: I had no issue with the firmware upgrade, I have read where some others had problems, most if not all were fixed successfully. But as with any firmware change anything can happen. Do this at your risk, I take no responsiblity. This is not to be taken as a walkthrough for you to do it, rather as a walkthrough of my success!!!

I started off by going here (Google translated):
http://translate.google.com/translat...&sl=auto&tl=en
And went to the thread for the firmware that I wanted, they all start with " Sticky: [Poll]". For me with the PRS-300, I chose the boroda version (I think it is an easier install), so I went here:
Sticky: [Poll] Russification Sony Reader 300 (ver. boroda)
Scroll down a little and you will see 4 different options for firmware:
- 1.01a: Basic
- 1.03p: Unicode fonts (fonts for EBL).
- 1.03p: 1251 fonts (fonts for EBL).
- 1.04a: 1251 and Unicode fonts (fonts for EBL)
- 1.05a : 1.04a + customization support EPUB.
[EDITED TO ADD:] Since my original posting V1.05a was added and should be the firmware of choice. It has been loaded many times by users without any issues. Everything else is the same
I chose 1.04a because I have seen others post their success stories with it. [ADDED: v1.05a should be fw of choice now] I just clicked the link and downloaded the zipped file to my computer (I put it on my desktop), I unzipped it so that I had a folder called "Sony Reader" unzipped on my desktop.

I also downloaded a file just above it that was called: flasher on a modified 505, but if you look at the link it comes back here from a file with a PRS300 tag, so it is for the 300. This is supposed to help get the unit into a working condition if the flash has an issue, which was not a problem for me.

First - I confirmed that I had the 1.0.00.18160 firmware on my 300 by going to System (7) and then About (7). If you do not have this firmware, I would not chance upgrading...

Now that I had the files I plugged the reader into the computer via usb and followed the instructions that are below the firmware files (with pictures) If Sony Reader Library or Calibre or anything else auto opens, close them all.

I opened up Windows Explorer and had "READER" show up as the E:\ drive. I opened it up and copied the folder called "Sony Reader" onto the readers drive. I made sure not to copy the folder into the 2nd drive that appears called "LAUNCHER".

Then I just pulled the usb plug and waited about 5 seconds and the update screen appeared just as in the picture of the firmware thread.

I then pressed "6" on the 300. It was at this point that I saw "5: save firmware images" and thought to myself, hmmm, maybe I should have done that first If someone has done it maybe they can post here what it does, where it puts the files etc...

The screen then changed to "Copying image files to memory" then changed to "Flashing new FSK filesystem" then changed to "Reflashing was successful. Rebooting" The whole process took ~40 seconds or so, give or take a little. At this point I looked at the screen and wondered if I had to press 9 to reboot when the unit rebooted on it's own. So no further action is needed from the user once you press 6 to start the flash process.

When the unit rebooted I saw the clock in the bottom right corner, menus were still in English, my current book was saved along with the page I was on, the menu language tab changed from having a Dutch option to now having a Russian option. And lastly the About page had 3 new options that could be changed:
(0) Clock: {24, 24-tick, am/pm, am/pm-tick, off}
(1) Paging: {5678, normal}
(2) Hold Enter: {shutdown, screenshot, none}
The "tick" options in clock will update the clock every minute, but it does not allow the cpu to enter a sleep mode and will drain the battery down VERY FAST. Without the tick option the clock changes whenever you reload another page.

That's it... It was very easy to do, and has turned a great unit into an even better one with having the clock visible, the ability to shutdown without menu hopping, and being able to turn the page from the side buttons.

I hope this helped someone that may have been looking for more info on this process. Here are a couple screenshots to show the language and about pages.

Edited my original post back some pages to add the addition of the 1.05a firmware.

[xtine]

Can we still re-Russify an already Russified Reader? And what does "customization support EPUB" mean?

[kartu]

Originally Posted by xtine

Can we still re-Russify an already Russified Reader? And what does "customization support EPUB" mean?

Yes, it should be reversable/repeatable.
Epub customization should mean pepaks epub hack:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66102

[xtine]

Thanks for the clarification, kartu.

Now to find the nerve to Russify my 300 again

[kartu]

Originally Posted by xtine

Thanks for the clarification, kartu.

Now to find the nerve to Russify my 300 again

Uhm, in case it matters to you, PRS+ for 300 is currently being packaged.

[xtine]

Thanks for the heads up, in that case I'll wait for it then

I can still install PRS+ on a Russified 300, right?

[kartu]

Originally Posted by xtine

Thanks for the heads up, in that case I'll wait for it then

I can still install PRS+ on a Russified 300, right?

Yes.
There is a special "rusification" by bigit (at least on 505) that messes with the partitions on low level, which requires first restoring with Sony's installer, but I guess it's not your case. Custom firmware by porkupan (aka boroda) and amutin doesn't do it.

[xtine]

Thanks, kartu

[Shopaholic]

Hi folks!

I did the Boroda hack as per RonF's instructions many months ago and it worked great. I too forgot to backup the original firmware. My bad! I was wondering if it's possible to reverse the hack and if so how would I do that?

I'm jonesing for the new 350 and if I go to sell my 300 I'd like it to be in it's original state. I'm pretty sure it was the Boroda that I used because I have the clock and the Russian. I didn't do anything with the fonts.

Any advice please & thank you!

PS - I love having the clock and advance button features but am concerned that if I sell it on ebay someone will say it's not original and file a claim against me bla bla bla....and I just don't want to deal with that crap.