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

[sooraj21]

Hello Trinity...I also bought an ereader same as you said..Rockchip RK2729,4gb internal memory,256 mb ram,7 inch screen,Firmware version 1.0.5.It dosen't have a brand name either...it was working fine for 2 months then problem started..The device switches off itself after 5 seconds max.Is it due to hardware problem or can firmware update solve this?Can you help me out??

[pengythai]

Hi there, I received my ebook reader I purchased on e-bay today, and wanted to fix the problem with Adobe DRM, in my searches I came across this thread. I went to the skytex website and downloaded the primer application from there with no luck. The driver wouldn't install. So I downloaded the Ebook software tools Trinity kindly uploaded and followed the instructions enclosed however when I click switch the reader goes black and needs a reset before it starts again.

I've tried installing the drivers in windows 7 device manager by selecting add legacy hardware and choosing the 32-bit windows 7 driver however the dialog box that normally shows the driver name so you can click next is empty and the next button is greyed out. updating the driver from the unknown device says "Windows was unable to install your Unknown Device"

I'm at a loss as to how I can upgrade this, any advice thoroughly appreciated!

[pengythai]

I found the answer to my problem. I misunderstood my chip and found out that the chip inside is actually an RK2738. I bricked the machine by altering the USB ID strings in the driver but using the the instructions elsewhere on this site I managed to unblock it.

Now trying to find an update to the firmware on that Chip.

[Binh@MyMPx]

Originally Posted by pengythai

I found the answer to my problem. I misunderstood my chip and found out that the chip inside is actually an RK2738. I bricked the machine by altering the USB ID strings in the driver but using the the instructions elsewhere on this site I managed to unblock it.

Now trying to find an update to the firmware on that Chip.

Thanks for letting us know about this.
Can you do us a favour and outline what you did to unbrick your player? That would be quite help to have it documented to help others in the future.

[pengythai]

No problems I found the way to unbrick my RK2738 unit on the following thread on the firmware forum.

Rk2738

[ysdgsa]

Just found a cure for my ereader. Seems the product as been rebranded under several different names. But when i bought it, there was no brand name and just called a Ebook with no site for updates.
So i tried different firmware software from different companies. I had nothing to lose as i'd killed my ereader. Its a habbit of mine to break things
Firstly i tried the Migear firmware upgrades and it worked a treat, but video player and something else was missing from the menu. I wanted my video player back!
Migear

[kuulus]

download
Primer eReader Drivers & Firmwares (you need to install file, get img file)
or
MiGear eReaders
You need img file from one of them.


http://marketing.prestigio.com/$Customer_Support/Drivers/eBook-Reader/PER3052BW/
download RK28DM_Setup.exe
install, open, connect device, open img file. and update.

it's done

[Viper71]

Originally Posted by Trinity

Just found a cure for my ereader. Seems the product as been rebranded under several different names. But when i bought it, there was no brand name and just called a Ebook with no site for updates.
So i tried different firmware software from different companies. I had nothing to lose as i'd killed my ereader. Its a habbit of mine to break things
Firstly i tried the Migear firmware upgrades and it worked a treat, but video player and something else was missing from the menu. I wanted my video player back!
Migear
MiGear eBook Reader ADOBE DRM license firmware upgrade



After more googling i found another company selling the same item. So went to their page and downloaded there firmware.
Skytex
SKYTEX - Downloads.

Found the .img file in the folders from skytex and i gave it a whirl. It worked a treat and now i have all the functions back and the menu looks 10 times better :-)
I used the RK28 Device manager to upgrade the .img files that were in the downloaded folders. Took about 90seconds to load and install the firmware to the device.
I wonder if the battery life is a little better?? Was only getting about 3 to 4 hours reading time!

My ebook menu now looks like this and i'm a happy bunny now



The radio on it is still useless tho........

Hi i have a china e-book that looks exactly like yours the chip inside is rockchip RK2738 v1.0.5 and i am having problemes with the internal memory( Flash ) when i copy some video on it all seems fine. I turn on the ebook try to access the file and it says no file on disk. When i replug the e-book to pc then the drive needs to be formated but unable to format with windows. I low level format end then re-format sometimes it works ans other times does not work. Is there a way to partition the flash memory. I tried to update with SKYTEX and RK28DM but does not work. Can you help me?