Onyx Boox Max2 Issues

[bopsis]

Thank you for the advice. It's really a bug, other apps are displayed under the active applications menu, only Neo Reader is absent.

Originally Posted by mdp

You should raise a bug notice / feature request at Onyx.
The operative suggestion is the same, same as that to Randy.

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by mdp

What browser are you using? Lightning - for one - allows opening local files...
And if you need tabs, Firefox has them.

hello,

I've installed Opera (https://www.opera.com/mobile/android), the standard version. The capacitive touch is not well recognised. It's necessary to push a button to refresh the display.

I'm looking for the APK version of Firefox, but I don't know how to download it from the Mozilla's site. Yes, there is a the Google play store, but I don't want create an account or connect my Max2 to Internet. There is some sites that propose an APK version of Firefox, but I don't know if they are sure : a hacked version is always possible on a non official site.

How to obtain the APK version of Firefox without Google Play ?

Could you propose an other Web browser that is usable with the capacitive touch ?

Thanks.

[eater]

Looks like you can download the APK directly from here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by eater

Looks like you can download the APK directly from here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android

Thanks Eater

I've downloaded the APK version of Firefox 'Fennec'.

But same trouble ... that could be saved with the A2 mode for the refresh of screen. Firefox (Fennec) is better than Opera, but navigate and scroll in the HTML documentation is ugly

Any Idea for an other WEB browser compatible with the standard mode for the screen (not the A2 mode) and with multitab, that can be download without the Gooble Play store ?

[mdp]

Originally Posted by Randy11

Any Idea for an other WEB browser compatible with the standard mode for the screen (not the A2 mode) and with multitab, that can be download without the Gooble Play store ?

Potentially all Android software which does not require purchase is available from websites that allow to "download APK".
Those packages are not supposed to be hacked.
There exist websites that allow for malware scanning.

All applications are supposed to work in greyscale the same way as they work in A2...

Originally Posted by Randy11

but navigate and scroll in the HTML documentation is ugly

As noted other times, auto switch to A2 when scrolling a WebView seems to be a feature from Onyx.

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by mdp

Potentially all Android software which does not require purchase is available from websites that allow to "download APK".
Those packages are not supposed to be hacked.

About the hacking, the case for Windows of Ccleaner was remarkable : even the code on the editor's site was dangerous, many hours spent by the IT teams to remove the software off all PC.

[mdp]

Originally Posted by Randy11

About the hacking, the case for Windows of Ccleaner was remarkable : even the code on the editor's site was dangerous, many hours spent by the IT teams to remove the software off all PC.

Very different matter.

[Randy11]

This is why I prefer download an application directly from the source.

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by Randy11

Hello,

I try to use the browser to read the Ruby's documentation, core and stdlib which they are in HTML format : http://ruby-doc.org/downloads

The browser ask continuously to active the Wifi and I don't activate it. The browser is useful because there is the 'tab' function.

At this point, I can't read my doc.

How to use the browser for local files without Wifi ?

Thanks for your help.

With your help, I installed Firefox with an APK. I've retested the Max2's native browser : now is working Even when I remove Opera and Firefox and reinstall the 1.9.1 firmware, the Max2's browser keep usable : when the question to activate the WIFI is ask and the reply is 'Cancel', the choice is keeped and asked only when a new tab is opened. I've post on Onyx's BBS forum.

I suppose that with Opera and Firefox, when the question to activate is ask, the reply is well managed and create a missing directory, file or change some files's properties ignored by the Max2's browser, after Firefox or Opera, it could work as expected.

But if someone could confirm, it will be good.

[mdp]

Originally Posted by Randy11

This is why I prefer download an application directly from the source.

But of course, but that is the most basic common sense - knowing that software can be tampered with; unfortunately, on Android it may be impossible [to «download an application directly from the source»], because of Play as the main source [and developers only seldom releasing elsewhere]...

Fortunately, nonetheless, Android packages are signed... So you can compare signatures...

EDIT: ...although it may not be straightforward, since I am not sure there exists a repository of keys for comparison.

This command, for example, will return keys:

unzip -p MyAndroidPacKage.apk META-INF/CERT.RSA | keytool -printcert

For example, if the SHA1 key, is the following, the package has to be from holders of the Onyx key:
20:55:FA:A2:A5:9A:FB:30:C6:08:2E:CC:F9:31:EF:01: DF:00:82:19

As per:

> unzip -p onyx--monitor-release.apk META-INF/CERT.RSA | keytool -printcert 

Owner: CN=Zeng Zhu, OU=Onyx International, O=Onyx International, L=Guang Zhou, ST=Guang Dong, C=CN
Issuer: CN=Zeng Zhu, OU=Onyx International, O=Onyx International, L=Guang Zhou, ST=Guang Dong, C=CN
Serial number: 50c3e49a
Valid from: Sun Dec 09 02:08:42 CET 2012 until: Thu Apr 26 03:08:42 CEST 2040
Certificate fingerprints:
	 SHA1: 20:55:FA:A2:A5:9A:FB:30:C6:08:2E:CC:F9:31:EF:01:DF:00:82:19
	 SHA256: 02:5A:F5:EC:E2:A5:C5:0A:A9:CC:78:5B:81:B6:45:1F:49:98:64:15:A5:E6:A8:36:C8:AD:0B:54:04:85:BD:86
Signature algorithm name: SHA1withRSA
Subject Public Key Algorithm: 2048-bit RSA key

[johey]

Originally Posted by coddingtonbear

After the 1.9.1 update (and the most recent Neo Reader update from "Apps Update Check"), I've been encountering a new problem in which PDF files cannot be opened if the screen is rotated from its normal orientation. I recognize that using screen rotation isn't officially supported, but I've lately been using my Boox upside-down so the USB connector is at the top of the device, and I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this issue, and if so, found a workaround.

Have you found a solution to this? I’m suffering from the exact same savage. This is severe. I have tonnes of sheet music with custom annotations, so I cannot easily switch app, and not rotating the screen makes it shut down when put on the piano.

[desk7]

Originally Posted by johey

Have you found a solution to this? I’m suffering from the exact same savage. This is severe. I have tonnes of sheet music with custom annotations, so I cannot easily switch app, and not rotating the screen makes it shut down when put on the piano.

Perhaps it's a silly solution, but have you ever tried to use felt strips to apply on the base of Onyx Boox?
Something like this

amazon link

[Jayjee]

Originally Posted by johey

Have you found a solution to this? I’m suffering from the exact same savage. This is severe. I have tonnes of sheet music with custom annotations, so I cannot easily switch app, and not rotating the screen makes it shut down when put on the piano.

I use this app to rotate the screen.
When started, it displays possibilities for rotation in the notfication bar.
I either use it in 180 degrees (Portrait Reverse), then the power button is on top and cannot been accidentally pressed. (This also works with the stock neoreader app.) I can even charge the reader while playing, e.g. by an external battery pack.
Or I use it in 90 degree mode - then two pages fit on one screen in Landscape mode in other apps than the stock neoreader - e.g. MobileSheetsPro which I use to work with sheet music.

Only drawbacks:
- the rotation app does not autostart on boot - you have to manually activate it (two taps)
- the hardware buttons don't change and are in the Portrait Reverse the wrong way - you could remap them with an app, but I just use taps/swipes on the screen anyway.

Best,
Jan

[lensmann]

This afternoon, my Max 2 suddenly deleted every single pen annotation I have ever made on every single file on the device. Luckily, I export annotations to PDF and automatically sync them to Dropbox every evening, so only today's work was actually lost. It is nevertheless annoying. I assume some sort of database corruption is to blame. Does anyone have any idea as to why this may have happened, and how I might avoid it in future?

[sogaiu]

Originally Posted by coddingtonbear

After the 1.9.1 update (and the most recent Neo Reader update from "Apps Update Check"), I've been encountering a new problem in which PDF files cannot be opened if the screen is rotated from its normal orientation. I recognize that using screen rotation isn't officially supported, but I've lately been using my Boox upside-down so the USB connector is at the top of the device, and I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this issue, and if so, found a workaround.

I noticed this the other day too with the "upside-down" rotation...I found (as was suggested by eater) that using another reader app worked.

Oddly enough, when I try now it appears to work...in both cases I used the app "Rotation Control". Not sure if it's related, but when it worked, I had just tried a sideways rotation first (after which a PDF was viewable but unrotated), backed out of the app, adjusted the rotation and now it is displaying fine. Strange...