<![CDATA[Boox userforums - All Forums]]> http://booxusers.com/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:23:29 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Wiki or no Wiki]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-304.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:37:17 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-304.html (2012-01-26 11:50 GMT)kib Wrote:  
(2012-01-24 16:32 GMT)SilverBear Wrote:  I'm copying your post now, so we'll have a good English version of the correct method to put in the Wiki once that is back online.

I am probably not bringing the wiki back online in writable mode, insteads opting to move all information to the forum.
The old wiki sadly nevert gained much attention and I don't want to split the little information we currently have over two areas.

You could make a howto post here.;
Just make a post and choose "howto" in the thread prefixes to get a nice [Howto] in front of your thread title. I am looking at nice ways to use these thread prefixes, for instance linking to all [Howto] posts, or linking to all posts tagged [A60] OK, you can do it however you want to do it.

I'll continue to try to help out however you want. But it seems backwards to me, from the viewpoint of a person looking for information.

Others may have a different way of looking at it. But when I look for information on, say, a Linux OS that I'm trying out for the first time, I first look to the manual [if they have one] and then to the wiki if the manual doesn't cover the issue with which I'm having a problem. Last of all, I do a search of the distro forum, and if that fails -- I go to the effort to register and ask my question on the forum.

The way I see it, the Wiki isn't "another area" --it's the organized version of what knowledge is gained by the community.

The problem you noted --"old wiki sadly never gained much attention" -- is very common problem, if you mean that not many people wrote for it.

A lot of people are shy even about posting in a forum. But, even so, many people will do that. BUT most everybody is TOTALLY afraid to write in a wiki! I had that problem when the Mepis Linux community administration elected me to lead the project to revise their Wiki so that it would be updated and accurate for the different distro versions. Mepis is based on Debian, and the differences between "lenny" and "squeeze" make it important to users to know which Wiki pages are good for which OS version. So I didn't have to write everything myself, I'd email forum members and say something like, "That was a great post you made on how you fixed the wireless connection on your old xxxxx-chip! Can you write it up in detail for us in the Wiki, please."

People were just scared. It was like I was asking them to write the definitive biography of Jesus Christ or something! Most people [after I begged politely and flattered them] would write what i asked for --but they wanted to email it to me, and let ME be the one on record as putting it in the Wiki!

The point is: like any project that really goes anyplace, you need to have one person in charge of it, to make sure things get done. Democracy and all that is a wonderful concept, but an individual needs to be "Minister of the Wiki" if the Wiki is going to function. Even if nobody else writes in the wiki, at least s/he can copy info that is scattered in the forum posts and put it into an easy-to-access form.]]> (2012-01-26 11:50 GMT)kib Wrote:  
(2012-01-24 16:32 GMT)SilverBear Wrote:  I'm copying your post now, so we'll have a good English version of the correct method to put in the Wiki once that is back online.

I am probably not bringing the wiki back online in writable mode, insteads opting to move all information to the forum.
The old wiki sadly nevert gained much attention and I don't want to split the little information we currently have over two areas.

You could make a howto post here.;
Just make a post and choose "howto" in the thread prefixes to get a nice [Howto] in front of your thread title. I am looking at nice ways to use these thread prefixes, for instance linking to all [Howto] posts, or linking to all posts tagged [A60] OK, you can do it however you want to do it.

I'll continue to try to help out however you want. But it seems backwards to me, from the viewpoint of a person looking for information.

Others may have a different way of looking at it. But when I look for information on, say, a Linux OS that I'm trying out for the first time, I first look to the manual [if they have one] and then to the wiki if the manual doesn't cover the issue with which I'm having a problem. Last of all, I do a search of the distro forum, and if that fails -- I go to the effort to register and ask my question on the forum.

The way I see it, the Wiki isn't "another area" --it's the organized version of what knowledge is gained by the community.

The problem you noted --"old wiki sadly never gained much attention" -- is very common problem, if you mean that not many people wrote for it.

A lot of people are shy even about posting in a forum. But, even so, many people will do that. BUT most everybody is TOTALLY afraid to write in a wiki! I had that problem when the Mepis Linux community administration elected me to lead the project to revise their Wiki so that it would be updated and accurate for the different distro versions. Mepis is based on Debian, and the differences between "lenny" and "squeeze" make it important to users to know which Wiki pages are good for which OS version. So I didn't have to write everything myself, I'd email forum members and say something like, "That was a great post you made on how you fixed the wireless connection on your old xxxxx-chip! Can you write it up in detail for us in the Wiki, please."

People were just scared. It was like I was asking them to write the definitive biography of Jesus Christ or something! Most people [after I begged politely and flattered them] would write what i asked for --but they wanted to email it to me, and let ME be the one on record as putting it in the Wiki!

The point is: like any project that really goes anyplace, you need to have one person in charge of it, to make sure things get done. Democracy and all that is a wonderful concept, but an individual needs to be "Minister of the Wiki" if the Wiki is going to function. Even if nobody else writes in the wiki, at least s/he can copy info that is scattered in the forum posts and put it into an easy-to-access form.]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox users on MobileRead.com]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-303.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:17:14 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-303.html
There are a number of folks posting in the Onyx section of their forums; maybe that will help them realise BooxUsers is back online and encourage them to come back here [or come for the first time.]

I'm not sure of the general use or value of any Mobileread's "social groups", but hey, it was free! So I thought it might help to try it.]]>
There are a number of folks posting in the Onyx section of their forums; maybe that will help them realise BooxUsers is back online and encourage them to come back here [or come for the first time.]

I'm not sure of the general use or value of any Mobileread's "social groups", but hey, it was free! So I thought it might help to try it.]]> <![CDATA[In the news]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-302.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:20:33 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-302.html eBookNewser

I want to use this thread to collect all these kind of articles.
If you find something, please let me know than I will add it here.]]> eBookNewser

I want to use this thread to collect all these kind of articles.
If you find something, please let me know than I will add it here.]]> <![CDATA[problem with a polish Wolder-like firmware]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-301.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:43:27 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-301.html
First I must say I'm Italian, so excuse me if I do not write in English properly


I have encountered a problem with a Wolder-like firmware who is distributed by http://onyx-ereader.pl/ .
In this thread http://www.onyx-boox.ru/board/viewtopic....3ae33d4099 I learned about the existence of a version 1.6 for A60 distributed in the official polish forum
http://forum.eksiazki.org/onyx-boox-f162...29-15.html

After the upgrade I'm unable to do a rollback to any other firmares (russian, official, italian, etc...) except the old polish firmware (here http://onyx-ereader.pl/pl/fw-boox-a60)

But now I'm only able to do a complete update with this two firmwares.... It's clear this firmwares contains a brand-lock like the spanish Wolderboox.

So after have sought on the internet I have discoveredI that the huge database of knowledge of this forum had been lost Sad

Is there anyone here who still remember the experience of Wolderboox and that can help me or at least advise me on how to move to solve the problem with my Boox 60?

For now I have decrypted with aescrypt the upd file of the polish update but I haven't found significant difference between this and the russian firmware....

Thanks in advance]]>
First I must say I'm Italian, so excuse me if I do not write in English properly


I have encountered a problem with a Wolder-like firmware who is distributed by http://onyx-ereader.pl/ .
In this thread http://www.onyx-boox.ru/board/viewtopic....3ae33d4099 I learned about the existence of a version 1.6 for A60 distributed in the official polish forum
http://forum.eksiazki.org/onyx-boox-f162...29-15.html

After the upgrade I'm unable to do a rollback to any other firmares (russian, official, italian, etc...) except the old polish firmware (here http://onyx-ereader.pl/pl/fw-boox-a60)

But now I'm only able to do a complete update with this two firmwares.... It's clear this firmwares contains a brand-lock like the spanish Wolderboox.

So after have sought on the internet I have discoveredI that the huge database of knowledge of this forum had been lost Sad

Is there anyone here who still remember the experience of Wolderboox and that can help me or at least advise me on how to move to solve the problem with my Boox 60?

For now I have decrypted with aescrypt the upd file of the polish update but I haven't found significant difference between this and the russian firmware....

Thanks in advance]]> <![CDATA[Music playback]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-300.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:08:49 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-300.html MPD music server within the OpenBOOX firmware.
The first results looked pretty good so I continued with the development of an own integrated client.
Now I reached the point at which the implementation is in a usable state, so I uploaded a video on YouTube to demonstrate it:


At this moment mp3 and flac files are supported but I want to add ogg and wav support as well.
Further you can browse your music by Title, Artist, Album, Genre etc.

There is one issue at the moment; when flac files are played without a power connection the device enters some power-save mode and playback stops Huh

If you have suggestions to improve things, please let me know.]]> MPD music server within the OpenBOOX firmware.
The first results looked pretty good so I continued with the development of an own integrated client.
Now I reached the point at which the implementation is in a usable state, so I uploaded a video on YouTube to demonstrate it:


At this moment mp3 and flac files are supported but I want to add ogg and wav support as well.
Further you can browse your music by Title, Artist, Album, Genre etc.

There is one issue at the moment; when flac files are played without a power connection the device enters some power-save mode and playback stops Huh

If you have suggestions to improve things, please let me know.]]> <![CDATA[1.5.1 - 20110927]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-299.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:49:53 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-299.html Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2011 - 09 -27
Original location: http://www.onyx-boox.ru/support


.zip  onyx_a60_1.5.1_20110927.zip (Size: 86.33 MB / Downloads: 5) ]]> Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2011 - 09 -27
Original location: http://www.onyx-boox.ru/support


.zip  onyx_a60_1.5.1_20110927.zip (Size: 86.33 MB / Downloads: 5) ]]> <![CDATA[What happened to Booxusers?]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-298.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:06:32 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-298.html You probably came to this post when clicking a link on one of the many websites and forums around the world pointing to this site.

On the 22nd of december 2011 the BooxUsers server crashed severely.
Lots of information was lost.

If you can't find the information you are looking for, please feel free to ask your question in the appropiate forum. Although many posts have gone missing a lot of forum regulars are still around and willing to share their knowledge.

Lets all make BooxUsers the friendly place it was before.

Here are some quick links to the most relevant content: If you would like to register on the forum you can do so here.

Needless to say; a new and improved backup system is in place now.]]> You probably came to this post when clicking a link on one of the many websites and forums around the world pointing to this site.

On the 22nd of december 2011 the BooxUsers server crashed severely.
Lots of information was lost.

If you can't find the information you are looking for, please feel free to ask your question in the appropiate forum. Although many posts have gone missing a lot of forum regulars are still around and willing to share their knowledge.

Lets all make BooxUsers the friendly place it was before.

Here are some quick links to the most relevant content: If you would like to register on the forum you can do so here.

Needless to say; a new and improved backup system is in place now.]]> <![CDATA[Adding some content]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-297.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-297.html
I attached pix for some of them, but they don't display in-line, only as attachments.

I thought it might help orient new boox users, and get those forum sections moving. If this is helpful, fine. If you don't think the forum needs them, feel free to delete the posts.]]>
I attached pix for some of them, but they don't display in-line, only as attachments.

I thought it might help orient new boox users, and get those forum sections moving. If this is helpful, fine. If you don't think the forum needs them, feel free to delete the posts.]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox M92 specifications]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-296.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:09:43 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-296.html Hardware Specification
System
CPU iMX 508 Processor (800Mhz Cortex)
RAM 256MB LPDDR
Battery 1600 mAh
Display
Display Type 9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® PEARL EPD display
Contrast Ratio 12:1
Gray Levels 16-shade
Screen Resolution 1200 x 825
Input
Wacom Penabled® magnetic touch screen
Storage
Internal 4GB Flash Storage
External Up to 32Gb SDHC and SDIO
Connectivity
Wired USB 2.0
Wireless 802.11 g/n Wi-Fi

Features

* Multiple languages support
* Details/Thumbnail/List page view
* Search and dictionary support
* Text to speech (TTS) support
* Font size and family change, Zoom in/out
* Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Now supports Office 2010 Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint file types

What comes in the box:

* 1x Onyx Boox M92 Ebook Reader
* 1x M92 Reader Cover in Black
* 1x USB Data cable
* 1x USB Charger
* 1x M92 Wacom Magnetic Touch Stylus
* 1x M92 Quick Start Guide]]> Hardware Specification
System
CPU iMX 508 Processor (800Mhz Cortex)
RAM 256MB LPDDR
Battery 1600 mAh
Display
Display Type 9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® PEARL EPD display
Contrast Ratio 12:1
Gray Levels 16-shade
Screen Resolution 1200 x 825
Input
Wacom Penabled® magnetic touch screen
Storage
Internal 4GB Flash Storage
External Up to 32Gb SDHC and SDIO
Connectivity
Wired USB 2.0
Wireless 802.11 g/n Wi-Fi

Features

* Multiple languages support
* Details/Thumbnail/List page view
* Search and dictionary support
* Text to speech (TTS) support
* Font size and family change, Zoom in/out
* Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Now supports Office 2010 Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint file types

What comes in the box:

* 1x Onyx Boox M92 Ebook Reader
* 1x M92 Reader Cover in Black
* 1x USB Data cable
* 1x USB Charger
* 1x M92 Wacom Magnetic Touch Stylus
* 1x M92 Quick Start Guide]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox M91S specifications]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-295.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:03:39 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-295.html Hardware Specification
9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
16-level grayscale
800MHz Marvell PXA 166E processor
128MB RAM
2GB Built-in Flash Storage
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support up to 32GB
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/DOC/DOCX/XLS/XLSX/PPT/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]> Hardware Specification
9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
16-level grayscale
800MHz Marvell PXA 166E processor
128MB RAM
2GB Built-in Flash Storage
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support up to 32GB
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/DOC/DOCX/XLS/XLSX/PPT/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox M90 specifications]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-294.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:00:01 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-294.html
.png  boox_M90-01.png (Size: 85.07 KB / Downloads: 9)

Hardware Specification
9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® PEARL EPD display (50% higher contrast than standard E-ink)
Touch panel with full screen scribble
up to 16-level grayscale
532MHz processor
128MB RAM
2GB Flash
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV/DJVU
Now supports Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint!
Additional formats support in the future

What comes in the box:
  • 1x Onyx Boox M90 Ebook Reader
  • 1x M90 Reader Cover in Black
  • 1x USB Data cable
  • 1x USB Charger
  • 1x M90 Wacom Magnetic Touch Stylus
  • 1x M90 Quick Start Guide
]]>
.png  boox_M90-01.png (Size: 85.07 KB / Downloads: 9)

Hardware Specification
9.7" E Ink® Vizplex® PEARL EPD display (50% higher contrast than standard E-ink)
Touch panel with full screen scribble
up to 16-level grayscale
532MHz processor
128MB RAM
2GB Flash
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV/DJVU
Now supports Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint!
Additional formats support in the future

What comes in the box:
  • 1x Onyx Boox M90 Ebook Reader
  • 1x M90 Reader Cover in Black
  • 1x USB Data cable
  • 1x USB Charger
  • 1x M90 Wacom Magnetic Touch Stylus
  • 1x M90 Quick Start Guide
]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox X60 specifications]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-293.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:46:24 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-293.html
.png  boox_X60-01.png (Size: 98.75 KB / Downloads: 11)

Hardware Specification
6" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
Touch panel with full screen scribble
16-level grayscale
532MHz processor or above
128MB RAM or above
512MB Flash or above
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO and SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size and family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]>
.png  boox_X60-01.png (Size: 98.75 KB / Downloads: 11)

Hardware Specification
6" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
Touch panel with full screen scribble
16-level grayscale
532MHz processor or above
128MB RAM or above
512MB Flash or above
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO and SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size and family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]> <![CDATA[Onyx Boox A60 specifications]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-292.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:41:51 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-292.html
.png  boox_A60-01.png (Size: 92.37 KB / Downloads: 43)

Hardware Specification
6" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
Touch panel with full screen scribble
16-level grayscale
532MHz processor or above
128MB RAM or above
512MB Flash or above
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]>
.png  boox_A60-01.png (Size: 92.37 KB / Downloads: 43)

Hardware Specification
6" E Ink® Vizplex® EPD display
Touch panel with full screen scribble
16-level grayscale
532MHz processor or above
128MB RAM or above
512MB Flash or above
USB 2.0 with OTG support
SD/MMC with SDIO & SDHC support
2.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Wi-Fi/CDMA 1XRTT/GPRS/3G (option)
1600mAh replaceable Li-ion battery

Features
Multiple languages support
Details/Thumbnail/List page view
Search and dictionary support
Text to speech (TTS) support
Font size & family change, Zoom in/out
Bookmark/Table of contents

Format Support
PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV
Additional formats support in the future]]> <![CDATA[1.5.1 - 20101227]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-291.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:12:59 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-291.html Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2010-12-27
Original Location: http://www.onyx-international.com/en/jsz...d=176&dt=2

Thanks iukpun for checking the datecode!


.zip  onyx_a60_1.5.1_20101227.zip (Size: 84.94 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2010-12-27
Original Location: http://www.onyx-international.com/en/jsz...d=176&dt=2

Thanks iukpun for checking the datecode!


.zip  onyx_a60_1.5.1_20101227.zip (Size: 84.94 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> <![CDATA[1.5.1 - 20110711]]> http://booxusers.com/thread-290.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:45:08 +0000 http://booxusers.com/thread-290.html Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2011-07-11
Original Location: http://www.onyx-boox.ru/support


.zip  onyx_m91s_1.5.1_20110711.zip (Size: 61.04 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]> Version: 1.5.1
Datecode: 2011-07-11
Original Location: http://www.onyx-boox.ru/support


.zip  onyx_m91s_1.5.1_20110711.zip (Size: 61.04 MB / Downloads: 0) ]]>