Is there a way to enable disabled touchscreen?

[litrpguy]

Just wanted to know if there is a way to this, as I got my Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 in a disabled screen state after a bad update. I'll be trying to manually patch the enabling of it via copy paste on the hidden files. Just short of loss on where file location or just what system file exactly handles it. Hope this is allowed to be asked.

Thanks in advance!

[Frenzie]

You'll get better answers in the PocketBook forum.

[neil_swann80]

This THREAD seems similar:

Have you tried flashing the previous firmware?

[litrpguy]

I did. I always end up with non-permitted errors. I'm clueless at this point

[litrpguy]

https://ibb.co/8Xgn2J2

[neil_swann80]

Perhaps try removing the jailbreak, rebooting, then try the reflash?

Might be tricky with no touchscreen... but by ssh maybe?

[litrpguy]

Originally Posted by neil_swann80

Perhaps try removing the jailbreak, rebooting, then try the reflash?

Might be tricky with no touchscreen... but by ssh maybe?

That's the thing I'm unable to at the moment since no touchscreen. That's why ill try to patch a system file via copy paste to enable the screen. I can't ssh too since i haven't set it up it and the wifi is disabled. Still thanks for your suggestions

[neil_swann80]

* If creating script files on Windows, use Notepad++ and set as Linux/Unix compatible. *
EDIT > EOL Conversion > Unix (LF)

As you're jailbroken you should be able to run commands via a startup script.

Maybe try and activate wifi, that will at least open a door for easy ssh access.

#!/bin/sh
netagent flightmode off
netagent net on
rm $0

Save above code as:
/mnt/ext1/system/init.d/startup.sh
(you will have to create the init.d directory if it doesn't exist.)

Restart the device and see if wifi is enabled.

[neil_swann80]

If the startup script works to enable wifi, you could use the same mechanism to try and remove root:

#!/mnt/secure/su /bin/sh
iv2sh SetActiveTask `pidof bookshelf.app` 0
chattr -i /mnt/secure/su /mnt/secure/runonce/*.sh
rm -rf /mnt/secure/su /mnt/secure/runonce/*.sh /mnt/secure/bin /mnt/secure/etc
settings=/mnt/ext1/system/config/settings/settings.json
rm -f $settings
mv -f $settings.old $settings
/sbin/reboot
rm $0

Save above code as something like:
/mnt/ext1/system/init.d/rm_root.sh

Restart device to run script.

Try the firmware flash procedure again.

NOTE: If it does remove root, you will lose the startup script functionality and ssh etc (until jailbreak can be reapplied). But from what other users have mentioned, removing root then flashing the firmware fixed the touchscreen issue for them. So proceed at your peril! Good luck.

[litrpguy]

The wifi worked but this didn't remove root. I still got the same error messages after reset. Thank you still. Will try to find other method