Does anyone know of this E-Book reader and how to update the firmware on it ?

[Phantomgirl]

Hi All, espeically @Trinity and Nicolas72 ...

Very Interesting reading this threat. I have this reader branded as VIVID Model AEET100K with manufacturer name E3 Style Pty Ltd. I bought it a few weeks ago while away studying in Australia. It is the black 2Gb version with V1.0.5. I will prob? update the firmware to Skytex primer as suggested by Trnitiy - but first I need to crack it open to check which Chip is in it as there seems to be big probs for different chipsets to what Trinity has.

But I have another question - Can this ebook reader be enabled for Wifi using a USB wifi adaptor into the mini USB? And if so I should imagine it needs a driver for such adaptor (mine is a Netgear WG111v2) - and IF the OS is Linux (not Windows CE or the like) where can I get the driver for my adaptor? Has anyone attempted to make this ebook reader wifi capable? Does it need rooting? And would the architecture run a different OS which might be better?

I hope you smart guys and gals out there can enlighten me with this idea?
Phantom Girl

[Phantomgirl]

Originally Posted by Trinity

I'm not the person you should be asking. I have a habbit of breaking things!

@Trinity
Hi T. Pls see post of yesterday re Wifi Adaptor and OS for this reader. Can you (or any of your resources in Europe) help?
Would be great to be able to access the internet with wifi and browse on it.

BTW my firmware has Adobe Mobile reader on it but no ability to play video formats. Is there some way to mix amd match the functions in the various firmware versions? I note that 8 or 9 months ago, Nicolas72 was doing some programing. Did he ever get any results?
PG

[theslayer]

Originally Posted by theslayer

Hi,
i got a Ebook Reader with a rock-Chip aswell.
When i try to open PDFs i have put on the internal memory it says: "Open disable" and goes back to the main menue.
Even happens with some demo-files, that were on the Reader when i got it.

I have the 1.1.0 firmware on it.
anyone had that problem before and can tell me how to deal with it?

Daniel

Can anyone help me with this problem?
I really want to get it fixed!

Daniel

[Phantomgirl]

Originally Posted by theslayer

Can anyone help me with this problem?
I really want to get it fixed!

Daniel

Hi Daniel,
My model has the RK2729 chip (I think but not opened it up yet), and runs Linux OS, with 2Gb memory. I has Adobe Mobile reader loaded from new and it works fine for the pdfs I have loaded. I could try to get you a set of the firmware off my unit if I can follow the directions of earlier posters in this topic, but may not be for a few days yet.

I think the manufacturer could be Chuwi http://www.chuwi.com/index.asp who are now making an a much improved Android OS on RK2918 chip with cam and wifi, but an earlier model which I think was Model E700 (now replaced by higher speced P700) has the same casing as ours but no current reference now to ours (made late 2010/early 2011) on that site. There is some info on www.slatedroid.com, and on How to Clone Rockchip Firmware | eHow.com , and on http:\\gadgetsland.net where some of the earlier posters to this thread did purchase their version of our unit.

However another site http://www.techcular.com/mebook-touc...eatures-price/ lists the WHITE version as "Mebook Touch is the latest color touchscreen eBook Reader which has released from Chinavasion"; amd its hardware spec is identical to my black one.

I am happy with my unit (with no cam) except that I would like to make it wifi enabled. My recent posting were to find out -
1) If the RK2729 units can be rooted to host Android OS; or
2) leaving thje original Linux OS on, can Linus drive a USB wifi adaptor (with a suitable linux driver) to make it communicate through wifi to my home wifi router? I am Linux-challenged

Is there someone out there who can advise me on this Linux/Wifi/RK2729 issue?
PG

[Phantomgirl]

Originally Posted by Phantomgirl

Hi Daniel,
My model has the RK2729 chip (I think but not opened it up yet), and runs Linux OS, with 2Gb memory. I has Adobe Mobile reader loaded from new and it works fine for the pdfs I have loaded. I could try to get you a set of the firmware off my unit if I can follow the directions of earlier posters in this topic, but may not be for a few days yet.

I think the manufacturer could be Chuwi ????|??mp3|??mp4-??????????? who are now making an a much improved Android OS on RK2918 chip with cam and wifi, but an earlier model which I think was Model E700 (now replaced by higher speced P700) has the same casing as ours but no current reference now to ours (made late 2010/early 2011) on that site. There is some info on www.slatedroid.com, and on How to Clone Rockchip Firmware | eHow.com , and on http:gadgetsland.net where some of the earlier posters to this thread did purchase their version of our unit.

However another site Mebook Touch Color eBook Reader Features | Price lists the WHITE version as "Mebook Touch is the latest color touchscreen eBook Reader which has released from Chinavasion"; amd its hardware spec is identical to my black one.

I am happy with my unit (with no cam) except that I would like to make it wifi enabled. My recent posting were to find out -
1) If the RK2729 units can be rooted to host Android OS; or
2) leaving thje original Linux OS on, can Linus drive a USB wifi adaptor (with a suitable linux driver) to make it communicate through wifi to my home wifi router? I am Linux-challenged

Is there someone out there who can advise me on this Linux/Wifi/RK2729 issue?
PG

Message:
No reply yet? Tut tut
For those still interested in this ebook and its chipset, I have posted a technical query with Rock-chip (Japan) and hope for a reply. The query was as follows -

Regarding the RK2729 chip in the ebook reader I have purchased (Brand Vivid - model AEET100K - suspected OEM from Chuwi or Mebook) -
1. Which OS will run on this chip? Linux? Android? Other?
2. If it will run Android, how to setup for lading andoid OS? and which version of Android? Will this make the usb function for wifi adaptor (eg Netgear) with a suitable Android driver?
3. If ONLY Linux can run, can usb port use an external USB Wifi Adaptor (eg Netgear) and a Linux/netgear driver so to make the ebook wifi capable?
4. Can you supply me a datasheet for the RK2729 chip?
Thank you
PG

[Kokotonix]

Originally Posted by Seb

Hi guys

I just received my chinese ebook reader yesterday and was working OK with the sample files.

I put some pdf's on it and some jpg files and was going to use it today but for some reason the letters in the menu overlapped, I press the reset button and the thing died.

Is not recognized by the computer (Vista), nor by RK27 or RK28 device manager. I tried pressing reset while connected to computer and the power charger but nothing happened.

I guess is the same thing that happened to Atreyu... Do you have good news for me?

Greetings

I also have the same ebook reader.
Also hanged.
Also pressed Reset and the Device died !!!!

Were you able to bring it back to live ?

[Loho]

"I can not get any stations here for whatever reason tho"
You have to put the earphones on whilst scanning for the radio stations, so my seller of the ereader told me, because your body then serves as antenna. Right he was: that s how you get radio stations..... also pick the right country before you start a scan. No good trying on "China" when you are in "Europe"......

[RozzA]

Originally Posted by Loho

.....You have to put the earphones on whilst scanning for the radio stations, so my seller of the ereader told me, because your body then serves as antenna. Right he was:......

dude wtf? the earphone wire acts as the antenna, not your body. your body can enhance the signal if you strip a wire out of the earphone and hold it (it creates a better earth)

the rest of your info is correct

[wizard1]

Hey guys...
I have also had this chinese ebook reader for almost a month now.In general I am satisfied with it,but I was wondering if you all face the same problem I do.
It seems to have a difficulty in recognizing many styles of formatting.For example words written in italics appear in bold and after that the sentence continues in the next line without this being necessary.
Do you also have this problem and do you think that installing another firmware created by any of the companies selling it under their brand name could solve this problem?
Any opinion or idea on the matter is more than welcome.

[Dekker2009]

Hi!Please help in solving the problem with this book.
When upgrading the new firmware is obtained such a result-
INFO:Download Boot Start
INFO:Download Boot OK
INFO:Test Device Start
INFO:Test Device OK
INFO:Download IDB Start
INFO:Download IDB OK
INFO:Reset Device Start
INFO:Reset Device OK
INFO:Test Device Start
INFO:Test Device...,Total:8192,Current:8121
INFO:Test Device OK
INFO:Download Image Start
INFO:Write image to flash,Image Size:198656K,Written:198656K
INFO:TestUnitReady ok
ERROR:Download Image Fail,Error(-9)
INFO:Upgrade End
Update received from the seller.
What is the cause of failure?
Sorry for bad English.