PRSCustomizer: Customize and personalize your PRS505 Reader

[igorsk]

Jeff, you should check this stuff out: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29145

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by igorsk

Jeff, you should check this stuff out: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29145

Thanks Igorsk!

(any word on a UF update addressing the must run the Sony PRS-505 Updater problem?)

Originally Posted by igorsk

Hmm I think I've seen this before... nblsdm needs to be passed a parameter with the partiton size. Until I get around to implement that, reflashing with stock updater should allow you to flash a custom image again.

[VonBek]

Hi all,

Im trying to use this to flash a UK reader, when I choose option #5 on the first screen, I get the following error:

Sorry, this firmware version is not supported: 505.1.2.00.18050

Do I need to wait for an update of this prog ?

Cheers
VonBek.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by VonBek

Do I need to wait for an update of this prog ?

That error's being thrown by Igorsk's Universal Flasher which my program depends on. Unless he has a workaround, you'll need to wait for the UF to be updated.

[VonBek]

Thanks JeffElkins.

VonBek

[JeffElkins]

VonBek, were UK users given a link to an Updater for reflashing? If so, could you share it?

[mikeywilliams25]

I also have the UK Reader and reflashed using the PRS-505 Updater 1.1.00.18040.
Have I thereby lost any specifically UK settings. I had assumed the Readers were identical.

[VonBek]

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

VonBek, were UK users given a link to an Updater for reflashing? If so, could you share it?

Hi JeffElkins, No, and if you try to update via the connect software, you get a server error.

VonBek.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by mikeywilliams25

I also have the UK Reader and reflashed using the PRS-505 Updater 1.1.00.18040.
Have I thereby lost any specifically UK settings. I had assumed the Readers were identical.

What's gone missing since you reflashed with 1.1.00.18040?

[mikeywilliams25]

Nothing missing that I have noticed.
My reason for reflashing is detailed in a posting on the changing fonts thread.
After changing fonts I was having problems with the usb connection.
Calibre worked, but the ebook library didn't and the reader hung after disconnecting the usb and had to be reset.
Reflashing and then using the customiser without changing fonts works fine so I assume there is some problem with the fonts.
Many thanks BTW for your efforts on our behalf.
Much appreciated.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by mikeywilliams25

Nothing missing that I have noticed.
My reason for reflashing is detailed in a posting on the changing fonts thread.
After changing fonts I was having problems with the usb connection.
Calibre worked, but the ebook library didn't and the reader hung after disconnecting the usb and had to be reset.
Reflashing and then using the customiser without changing fonts works fine so I assume there is some problem with the fonts.
Many thanks BTW for your efforts on our behalf.
Much appreciated.

That might be a solution for VonBek then, to reflash with the Sony Updater. Too bad there's not a European Updater. It could be examined for changes against the US/Canada firmware.

[JeffElkins]

Localization javascript by porkupan:
Localize_Reader_En_Fr_Es_De_It_Ru_Pl_Uk_Cz_Nl_Hr_L t_Bg

Clock bug fix.

I'm thinking that this may be the last release I do to update localization. I posted in the Localization thread:

Originally Posted by JeffElkins

I've been mulling this over too.

I know how I'd do it in PRSCustomizer. I'd set up each phrase as a replaceable string: IOW "Settings" would be "$settings." If the localization requested was Bulgarian, I'd simply replace $settings with whatever word = Settings in Bulgarian. The translations would be stored in external text files, so adding localizations should be easy. This would require a main.xml with only one localization as a base.

I don't have the time right now to reduce main.xml to only one localization. However, main.xml just gets larger and larger with each localization added. I think the best path forward is to have localization as a selectable item from a dropdown box (you want Russian, you've got Russian) rather than have many, many languages included. This will also make adding languages much easier and keep main.xml at a reasonable size.

I'll have more time in about three-four weeks, if no one wants to work on a main.xml

[Marcello]

Hi guys !

Thanks to this site, I bought my Sony 2 months ago and I'm very glad I did : this gear is exactly what I needed ! I've read about a thousand pages so far, and I'm definitively convinced.

By the way, I wanted to try this promising tool but my antivirus (AVG free ed.) says prscustomizer.0.06.zip is infected with Trojan horse Agent.ACGE...

Is it normal ?

Anyway, if this was not known yet, be aware !

M.

[JeffElkins]

Originally Posted by Marcello

Hi guys !

Thanks to this site, I bought my Sony 2 months ago and I'm very glad I did : this gear is exactly what I needed ! I've read about a thousand pages so far, and I'm definitively convinced.

By the way, I wanted to try this promising tool but my antivirus (AVG free ed.) says prscustomizer.0.06.zip is infected with Trojan horse Agent.ACGE...

Is it normal ?

Anyway, if this was not known yet, be aware !

M.

I'm the author (and uploader) of PRSCustomizer and it's not virus-infected. I run a Linux-based system , so it's unlikely.

clamscan *
prscustomizer.0.06.zip: OK
prscustomizer.exe: OK
prscustomizer-Linux: OK
prscustomizer.rbp: OK
prscustomizer.txt: OK
prsfiles/kBookIcon-v3.png: OK
prsfiles/mtemplate2: OK
prsfiles/mainStorage1: OK
prsfiles/storageStart2: OK
prsfiles/505.ico: OK
prsfiles/kBookIcon-v1.png: OK
prsfiles/kBookAssets.png: OK
prsfiles/505.png: OK
prsfiles/atemplate1: OK
prsfiles/kBookIcon-v4.png: OK
prsfiles/mainStorage2: OK
prsfiles/mtemplate1: OK
prsfiles/storageStart1: OK
prsfiles/logo.png: OK
prsfiles/kBookIcon-v2.png: OK
prsfiles/atemplate2: OK
sdcard/mcopy: OK
sdcard/mtools.conf.505: OK
sdcard/make_opt.sh: OK
sdcard/mtools.conf.500: OK
sdcard/flash_opt.sh: OK
sdcard/libfskLoad.so: OK
sdcard/myvm2.xml: OK
sdcard/script.sh: OK
sdcard/readme.txt: OK

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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Marcello

Hi guys !

Thanks to this site, I bought my Sony 2 months ago and I'm very glad I did : this gear is exactly what I needed ! I've read about a thousand pages so far, and I'm definitively convinced.

By the way, I wanted to try this promising tool but my antivirus (AVG free ed.) says prscustomizer.0.06.zip is infected with Trojan horse Agent.ACGE...

Is it normal ?

Anyway, if this was not known yet, be aware !

M.

Just update your virus definitions and the false positive will go away. That's what worked here.