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

[Rangepath]

Hi LARdT
I am unable to download this file ~ when I try all I get is a 1kb download file. Would there be any chance of checking this out or maybe posting an alternate site. many thanks and great work!

[Tirwal]

Hi:

Try in my first server.

http://www.4shared.com/file/18110672...2ES251209.html

Regards

[Counter]

Is there a list of all enhancements with this firmware, not just fixes, over the hanlin version?


Thanks

Mark

[Tirwal]

Hi:

There is a complete post in spanish here:

http://www.lectoreselectronicos.com/...ewtopic&t=2667

And translated to english by google:

http://translate.google.com/translat...67&sl=es&tl=en

Thanks.

[Counter]

Originally Posted by Tirwal

Hi:

There is a complete post in spanish here:

http://www.lectoreselectronicos.com/...ewtopic&t=2667

And translated to english by google:

http://translate.google.com/translat...67&sl=es&tl=en

Thanks.

Thank you!

Mark

[Rangepath]

Hi Tirwal
Thanks for the reference the download went well and the new firmware is excellent, probably the best so far!

[LARdT]

Every "Homer Tirwaliensis" will need
La GUIA DEFINITIVA para el FIRMWARE de TIRWAL / TIRWAL'S FIRMWARE GUIDE for DUMMIES

[cloggy]

Hi LARdT/Tirwal,

I really appreciate your efforts and dedication to improve the Hanlin/LBook firmware versions. I became curious after reading this post but apart from reading the PDF books, IMHO, OpenInkpot, though still in a pre-release stage, has some features I prefer. If you haven't tested OpenInkpot yourself, please give it a try and you will see what I mean.

Once more, I appreciate your efforts and I hope this post is not being read as a negative one. Any improvents made to the original Hanlin/LBook firmware is more than welcome as what they provide is a kind of very basic. If you keep on improving the firmare, I'll might one day consider to install it on my Hanlin V3 and keep it.

[LARdT]

I cannot speak for TIRWAL but as far as I am regarded, I've tried OPENINKPOT both "live" and full version. The user interface looks more modern and coherent but it was a big dissapointment:
- It took more than 1 hour to format the inner memory while the device looked completely bricked (scary moments)

- The flexibility and options COOLREADER 3.0.19 offers beats completeley OPENINKPOT FBREADER implementation. DJVU viewer is by far the best browser for graphics. By the way, perhaps I'm talking too much but next TIRWAL version will include FBREADER ("circa OPENINKPOT") for LIT files, which is probably the only weak point in TIRWAL's. As far as I know it is the only firmware available that can support DRM for MOBI and PDF files.
Although, as almost everything, is a matter of taste.
No USB direct support is a BIG weakness. You cannot expect the average user to rely only in SSH connection.

[cloggy]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I've just downloaded Tirwal 1.7 and will give it a new try..

BTW, with the latest daily builds of OI, SSH is not working anymore..

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by LARdT

I cannot speak for TIRWAL but as far as I am regarded, I've tried OPENINKPOT both "live" and full version. The user interface looks more modern and coherent but it was a big dissapointment:
- It took more than 1 hour to format the inner memory while the device looked completely bricked (scary moments)

- The flexibility and options COOLREADER 3.0.19 offers beats completeley OPENINKPOT FBREADER implementation. DJVU viewer is by far the best browser for graphics. By the way, perhaps I'm talking too much but next TIRWAL version will include FBREADER ("circa OPENINKPOT") for LIT files, which is probably the only weak point in TIRWAL's. As far as I know it is the only firmware available that can support DRM for MOBI and PDF files.
Although, as almost everything, is a matter of taste.
No USB direct support is a BIG weakness. You cannot expect the average user to rely only in SSH connection.

no usb direct connection was the reason I never tried openinkpot and now with the improvements in tirwal I dont see a reason to.

[LARdT]

Originally Posted by cloggy

Thanks for the prompt reply. I've just downloaded Tirwal 1.7 and will give it a new try..

BTW, with the latest daily builds of OI, SSH is not working anymore..

Uuug! it was the funniest part of it!

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by LARdT

By the way, perhaps I'm talking too much but next TIRWAL version will include FBREADER ("circa OPENINKPOT") for LIT files, which is probably the only weak point in TIRWAL's.

The reason I bought a Hanlin v3 in the first place was the promised native lit support. The biggest disappointment was the instability of said lit support. (It wouldn't open Baen Lits.)

I (and several other people I know) would kill for proper lit support on an eink reader.

Drooollll....

[acolsandra]

Yeah, it's working. Both drm's can be read. Thank you so much, extra karma for you

A hint for the adobe ADE users: before you update the firmware, start up ADE with your ebook connected, press CTRL-SHIFT-E and deauthorize your ebook. This will save you from problems in the future as ADE only can have a certain amount of authorized devices.

[LARdT]

That is interesting info
Could you please elaborate a little more on that?

What is the purpose of de-autorizing the device?