(Perhaps) The best firmware for the HANLIN/BEBOOOK and OEM family again! - Page 8

LARdT · 01-25-2011, 04:02 PM

I would go back to Tirwal 2.7 to avoid problems

jane10021 · 02-01-2011, 04:05 AM

Well, I did. I tried first 2.7, and everything seemed to go well untill I was 30 pages into the book, then the buttons of my reader freezed. Only switching it off worked, but I could read no book. So I tried 2.8 and that had the same result. All buttons freeze, I cannot use it, turn pages anymore.
Is this problem normal?
I tried mobi and prc format books.

I went back to the Hanlin (jinke) firmware, but that crashes all the time.

DaleDe · 02-01-2011, 12:56 PM

I use Hanlin firmware and have found it to be really reliable. Are you reading garbage books that are full of catastrophic errors?

Dale

LARdT · 02-01-2011, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I use Hanlin firmware and have found it to be really reliable. Are you reading garbage books that are full of catastrophic errors?

Jane00..

I think I'm with DaleDe in this. May I have a look at your book?
It is an ePUB file? Or what?

jane10021 · 02-05-2011, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LARdT

Jane00..

I think I'm with DaleDe in this. May I have a look at your book?
It is an ePUB file? Or what?

Mosty Gutenberg.org books, some converted Word docs and converted pdf's, also Kindle-files (mobi).
Or from http://www.webscription.net/
Mostly I use mobipocketcreator to convert the books if they aren't in prc/mobi. I like the mobipocketformat (prc).
I added a book which freezed the Tirwal-firmware in two versions.
I don't think these are garbagebooks. I appreciate your help very much because I have tried a lot but nothing really works well.

LCF · 02-05-2011, 08:16 AM

Try converting to epub or fb2. The V3 likes them better and you have more customization options.

jane10021 · 02-08-2011, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCF

Try converting to epub or fb2. The V3 likes them better and you have more customization options.

I tried epub but I don't like it. I can't change the lettertype (or I don't know how and if I can change it), and I don't see more customization options only less.
I feel very comfortable with mobi/prc.
B.t.w. I cannot put an sdcard in the reader because then it craches twice as much.
Any other options except epub (or, what's the charm of epub???)
Is there something wrong with the files I sent?
Thanks!!
jane

Dave_S · 02-08-2011, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jane10021

I tried epub but I don't like it. I can't change the lettertype (or I don't know how and if I can change it), and I don't see more customization options only less.

That sounds like you have it setup to use ADE as your EPUB reader on the V3. If you set it up to use CoolReader for EPUB you should see many more choices. CoolReader is excellent for FB2 and fairly good for EPUB, but ADE is the pits IMHO. I think that I recall the Tirwal firmware being configurable as to which reader program reads EPUB, but one way to force the the use of CoolReader is to rename the file to filename.epub.fb2.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jane10021

feel very comfortable with mobi/prc.
B.t.w. I cannot put an sdcard in the reader because then it craches twice as much.
Any other options except epub (or, what's the charm of epub???)
jane

It is very difficult to debug a MOBI/PRC problem since the file is not editable in any way that I know of. The Hanlin MOBI reader software seems to abort very easily if there is a character or formatting code in the MOBI file that it does not understand. I much prefer FB2 as a reading format, because it can be edited or corrected with any plain text editor. CoolReader is usually the default reader for FB2 files, and it is a VERY configurable reader program. It is also easy to convert FB2 to EPUB using the FB2EPUB program.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jane10021

Is there something wrong with the files I sent?
Thanks!!
jane

They seem to work in the Windows PC MOBIPOCKET reader, but if they are crashing your Hanlin device there is probably something in the files that the Hanlin reader can not understand.

LCF · 02-08-2011, 01:50 PM

Yes, I meant using coolreder. I am using Tirwal 2.7 and the first tine I opened the options of a .fb2 file I got lost

jane10021 · 02-10-2011, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave_S

That sounds like you have it setup to use ADE as your EPUB reader on the V3. If you set it up to use CoolReader for EPUB you should see many more choices. CoolReader is excellent for FB2 and fairly good for EPUB, but ADE is the pits IMHO. I think that I recall the Tirwal firmware being configurable as to which reader program reads EPUB, but one way to force the the use of CoolReader is to rename the file to filename.epub.fb2.

You've lost me here. I've got no idea what this CoolReader is and how I can get it. I use the Hanlin firmware at the moment. Is CoolReader firmware/a format/???
What do I do to get CoolReader and how do I install it and, and ......????

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It is very difficult to debug a MOBI/PRC problem since the file is not editable in any way that I know of. The Hanlin MOBI reader software seems to abort very easily if there is a character or formatting code in the MOBI file that it does not understand. I much prefer FB2 as a reading format, because it can be edited or corrected with any plain text editor. CoolReader is usually the default reader for FB2 files, and it is a VERY configurable reader program. It is also easy to convert FB2 to EPUB using the FB2EPUB program.
They seem to work in the Windows PC MOBIPOCKET reader, but if they are crashing your Hanlin device there is probably something in the files that the Hanlin reader can not understand.

No, I don't think that's true in this case. The Hanlin crashes on pages I can read when I reset it, It crashes when the battery is 1 block down, it crashes when I use an sd-card etc. When the file crashes because of strange formatting codes, you can see it in the mobireader on the pc as an little block. At least, that's my experience.
But that's not important if there are better files, formats and firmware to use.

I would very much like to try your suggestions, if only I understood them.....

LCF · 02-10-2011, 06:52 AM

coolreader is part of some firmwares, but not the hanlin one. It's the subprogram responsible for reading .fb2, Epub oand some other formats.
You can find it in the Tirwal 2.7 (or later). Take a look here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72161

DaleDe · 02-10-2011, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCF

coolreader is part of some firmwares, but not the hanlin one. It's the subprogram responsible for reading .fb2, Epub oand some other formats.
You can find it in the Tirwal 2.7 (or later). Take a look here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72161

Hanlin firmware does use CoolReader for .fb2.

Dale

silverraven · 02-10-2011, 03:28 PM

Just out of curiosity, does the Tirwal firmware speed the page turn? And, does it affect page turn/battery charge time?
Thanks
S

jane10021 · 03-04-2011, 07:00 AM

Well, I tried some things and I found that the latest Hanlin firmware is very good, it hasn't crashed for two books in a row, that's a first since I bought it.
Maybe because of that, the battery lasts a lot longer. But also, it gives a reminder that it is low instead of just stopping as before.
But I would like to try the Tirwall firmware but I still don't understand the following bit:

Quote:

1st: Boot as optimized LBook, like Tirwal 2.1.
2nd: Boot as optimized Hanlin, with iconized bookshelf, and the ability to use xPDF.
3th: Boot as Hanlin v1 with FBReader to read CHM, FB2, RTF, TXT and HTML files.

To choose boot mode, put the "config" directory included in any root directory. Press the option, and switch off and on the reader.

Press what option, when and where???

And does anyone know what the difference is between unwrapping the file and putting it on the sd instead of unwrapping it to the sd?
I gathered that there was a difference?

Thanks!

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01-25-2011, 04:02 PM	#106
LARdT The LARdT of E-Books Posts: 106 Karma: 46 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: HANLIN V3ext (Papyre 6.1)	I would go back to Tirwal 2.7 to avoid problems

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jane10021 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: hanlin V3, pocketbook 360	Well, I did. I tried first 2.7, and everything seemed to go well untill I was 30 pages into the book, then the buttons of my reader freezed. Only switching it off worked, but I could read no book. So I tried 2.8 and that had the same result. All buttons freeze, I cannot use it, turn pages anymore. Is this problem normal? I tried mobi and prc format books. I went back to the Hanlin (jinke) firmware, but that crashes all the time.

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LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	Try converting to epub or fb2. The V3 likes them better and you have more customization options.

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LCF Wizard Posts: 1,472 Karma: 9795311 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germany Device: Hanlin V3 (LBook), GS3	Yes, I meant using coolreder. I am using Tirwal 2.7 and the first tine I opened the options of a .fb2 file I got lost

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