yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] jra1662:
I have had some success with solving the battery drain issue. I am using an app called Autostarts and preventing some behind the scenes programs from running. It is VERY difficult to navigate on e-paper. I had to download it on another device to see the menu options and tap blindly on the DPT.

So far I have primarily disabled 'Google Play Services' and 'Cell Broadcasts' in multiple locations and this appears to have extended the battery life significantly when on wi-fi.

I am sure I have not achieved optimal battery life yet, but I am thrilled with the results so far! Perhaps others can contribute their findings as well.
[General Questions and Answers] yanzi:
I suppose you can use google translate to translate this wiki page.. https://github.com/HappyZ/dpt-tools/wiki/The-Ultimate-Rooting-Guide

I'm not planning to record videos as the steps are extremely simple now. And it shall hardly brick your device, unless you did something in diagnosis mode, which you never need to use during the process..

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Please make changes to the wiki at your wish. I think it's open to public and anyone can change it (with github account).
[General Questions and Answers] buzic:
DPT rp1 - root successfully

I used the instruction from HappyZ for which I am very grateful to him. True, I used the help of my friend programmer and the image of the MACOS Installed on the vm player.

After receiving the root, it is a pleasure to work with a book.

Only there are two questions:

1. How to install multilingual keyboard layout.?

2. How to connect a blutouth keyboard?

I want to make myself a typewriter.

Thanks for any hints.
[General Questions and Answers] digiflash:
I rooted my DPT-RP1 but now want to undo this root. I wasn't that successful. Currently I can't pair via USB. Getting Error code messages (code will be provided). I did a soft-reset which doesn't change boot settings.

Is there any working tutorial to unroot and hard-reset the device?
[General Questions and Answers] yanzi:
to unroot the Android, just flash the modded official pkg @ https://github.com/HappyZ/dpt-tools/wiki/PKGs-I-Made#officials (since you don't have usb access to Android somehow, you can get into diagnosis mode, and follow my script instructions to do `install-pkg`)

and do a soft reset afterwards (using system setting -> "initialize DPT device")

if in any case it has crashes after you flash the modded official pkg, after getting into the Android system, do a hard reset by pressing the reset button for x seconds

and just fyi, it is easy to unroot for the Android system part, but not that easy to "unroot" the diagnosis mode.
[General Questions and Answers] stevenvo:
I was on root, and tried upgrading to new version from Sony. Now my device is stuck at a gray square box in the center when booted. Any advice :( ?
[General Questions and Answers] Higgins_DE:
Gents, this is a little off topic, apologies. I have a DPT-RP1 in Europe. Play Store doesn't let me install Sony's Android app. Any chance anyone of you could post the apk? Many thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] stevenvo:
Sorry, what does that mean?
[General Questions and Answers] yanzi:
the grey box at center means you are in diagnosis mode..

just press the reset key lightly once, and it should power off

then turn it back on

or you can choose to connect it via serial port (or simply use dpt-tools) and type reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] eribone:
is there a way to downgarade from 15110 to 09061
[General Questions and Answers] jra1662:
Satrism and HappyZ,

Thank you for the work you've done for the DPT-RP1. I'm currently running the v1.6.00.15110 firmware WITH ADB and Launcher built in. I haven't noticed any of the flaws/bugs, but will you be releasing the new 1.6.02 firmware with ADB and Launcher built into the firmware like before? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Hipolitodo:
Can be normally upgrade after unroot the Android without "unroot" the diagnosis mode?
[General Questions and Answers] shanenjax:
OS X Mojave and rooting DPT-RP1

Has anyone attempted this using OS X Mojave ?
[General Questions and Answers] 88%:
Private server?

I'd love to get a DPT-R1, but I'd need to keep it synced (2-way) with a private server. It seems that I could do this through something like Syncthing now that these geniuses have managed to get root working on the device (respect!)

Would anyone recommend against rooting for only this purpose?

If the only 3rd party app I'm running is something like Syncthing, should I expect to have similar performance to the Stock reader when highlighting or making notes?

Does encryption still work after rooting?

Has anyone got a similar set up? How do you like it?
[General Questions and Answers] serige:
I got my DPT-CP1 rooted, but somehow my keyboard's layout totally messed up (see picture).

Basically the keyboard layout is shrunken while the actually button is not (so I would have to press the empty area on the top right corner of the input area for the backspace key). Does anyone know how to fix it?

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[General Questions and Answers] milkmansson:
Dunno if you still need this - but I'm on Catalina and it worked for me!

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Hi Team; I successfully rooted, in an attempt to get my drawing tool of choice (OneNote) to work. Sadly I got the same results as other posters here.

I have only one problem, which is that any pencil strokes written (in Sony's app) to a PDF or to a new blank document show up for a moment, but then blink away a few moments afterwards. Opening a pre-existing hand-drawn document (one made before I rooted it) all the strokes showed briefly, then were removed completely (the file was left on the system, but effectively was blanked).

Anyone seen this or have any pointers? TIA!!

FYI - thinking about this... I haven't tried resetting the device - is there a known safe way to do this that doesn't wipe my rooting of it? :/

Troubleshooting steps that haven't helped:

1. Press the Home button/Settings/System Setting/Initialize Digital Paper/Yes/Yes again did not delete my documents as it said it would, and problem still exists.

2. second method from Happy Z (holding reset button) also didn't work

3. logcat shows this:

E/document_foxit( 2647): report_error: 9, cannot set annotation creation time (-9) in add_element

E/document_foxit( 2647): report_error: 9, cannot set annotation modified time (-9) in add_element

Having a hunt about, perms on /sdcard are:

root@FPX-1010:/ # ls /sdcard/ -al

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Alarms

drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 2019-11-28 18:18 Android

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2020-01-10 13:26 Books

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 DCIM

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Download

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Movies

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Music

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Notifications

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Pictures

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Podcasts

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:11 Ringtones

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-27 19:14 dp_app_data

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-28 13:22 dp_user_storage

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2020-01-10 13:26 kindle

drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2019-11-28 18:22 koreader

-rw-rw---- root sdcard_r 19800 2019-11-28 10:14 launcher_mod.tar.gz

...don't know if this looks good or not...
[General Questions and Answers] milkmansson:
Further analysis

Bugger - looks like i've hosed the application somehow. Followed the unroot instructions ((Can't post links - its HappyZ's /dpt-tools/wiki/The-Unroot-Guide on github), including factory reset. Factory reset didn't wipe the /sdcard files, and the problem remains. Any ideas? Thanks In Advance!
[General Questions and Answers] jra1662:
Took a shot on ordering a DPT-CP1 at the discounted price of $399 in the hopes of getting a model manufactured before September 2019. Should get here next week, but where do I find the manufacture date?
[General Questions and Answers] buzic:
New firmware 2020

Desktop application offers to install version 1.6.50.14130, is available. Will there be root access?

Tell me what improvements are in the new firmware and is it worth it to flash ??

sorry for my english(
[General Questions and Answers] kixster:
Yes. The new firmware (1.6.50.14130) has been rooted as well.

You can find the details here at HappyZ's Github wiki page (Sorry, I am a new user and cannot post any external links yet)
[General Questions and Answers] xpierro:
I've been able to root it, and make a sample app that can manage the Stylus a little bit. There's a few tricks that make this device not fully stylus-enabled by standard android apps. I explain it here a bit (but read the code if interested):

github / xpierrohk / DPT_template

It boils down to having secret and specific Sony knowledge to be able to make the stylus manageable. Oh and it handles pressure perfectly, I wonder if they'll push us a new upgrade in 2 years for it like they did for the Wifi.
[General Questions and Answers] cephasara:
Thanks for sharing. I see your port of dpt-rp1-py (DigitalPaperApp) has a root command. Does this work on DPT-RP1s without diagnosis mode?

I have been trying to find a way to root since my DPT-RP1 appears to have patched out the method mentioned in HappyZ's rooting guide.
[General Questions and Answers] xpierro:
Well the goal of that rooting is mostly to allow diag mode (patch functions to allow non OTG cable and change password). So you don't need diag mode to root.

I used the exact same scripts as HappyZ but I repack them inline in java to change and test fast if I want to try new things. (I m useless in python, I just can't read it fast lol). I retested and fixed it a bit, and it now works reliably on mac and linux. One way to test mine quickly is to edit src/main/resources/root/updates/standard/FwUpdater/eufwupdater.sh to remove

It will just display a few lines.

If that works, and your problem is ONLY the diag mode not accesible later on, I can help you. We could integrate a boot.img with adb inside and then you'd use adb instead of the diag mode which is fine. In exchange I'll harass you to figure out what they changed hehe.

But we need to find out if Sony patched either the openssl injection OR the diag mode functions somehow. If they patched the injection (the thing that allows us to launch a root script) the only thing that might help is redo a emmc dump of the chip itself like the first guy did.
[General Questions and Answers] timpster:
Hello, I've been visiting these forums for about the same amount of time I've been into Linux. Usually don't have anything to post but I would like to know:

Can I just run a android 5 compatible APK for VNC or some full desktop mirror over wi-fi? I'd like to show people Linux on a touch-based interface and a bright, outdoor readable screen. I don't want to be tethered to a mouse, keyboard etc.
[General Questions and Answers] xiaoyuz:
hi every one，who knows ，I can use this root fujitsu quaderno a4 gen 2?????????????
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
You should try Fujitsu Quaderno forums, very unlikely someone with Sony's e-reader DPT-RP1 or DPT-CP1 would know about unrelated hardware.
[General Questions and Answers] tomek.sergey:
Hi

A Year ago I purchased a Sony DPT-RP1 ebook reader on ebay.

Actually I thought it had a stock firmware without any "hacks" etc.

But upon receiving it, I noticed it had an unblocked Play Store and had the ability to install new apps.

It has stock firmware 1.4.02.09061.

Now I want to update it, but cannot (it gives me error: Unable to update. Error code: 900001).

I guess this is because it has special firmware by GoodeReader.

Is this possible to update at all?

How can I totally reset it to the stock firmware without any "hacks" and playStore?
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
The guide is posted here.

Do not attempt to flash over the hacked firmware without proper steps as it frequently bricks the device.
[General Questions and Answers] tomek.sergey:
I have tried to flash the stock (modded by HappyZ) firmware upon rooted device, but after reboot it still says update failed error 900001.

Performed soft reset after that, does not help either.

Can it be GoodEreader rolled some sophisticated update so it blocks any attempts to update?

Did not try the diagnosis mode though...

Has anybody here tried to unroot the device hacked by GoodEreader?
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
Sadly, I have no additional advice on what to do (I provided a link in my previous post from a quick Internet search).

Personally, I was able to restore the factory firmware from modded about 2 years ago, using information found on the Internet. Do not remember details.

Sorry, can not spend more time searching Internet for resolution. It's something you should be able to do yourself, information is posted somewhere...

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] Stronzo22:
Hi,

I'm trying to root my DPT-RP1 with the HappyZ's dpt-tools.py on Windows, but without success.

I can get the device into diagnostic mode and connect via COM-port. Then I can start "install-pkg" from diagnosis mode (fw command doesn't exist), drop FwUpdater.pkg onto the divice and do a reboot as instructed by the script.

The divice reboots, shows HappyZ's update-screens and starts as usual. No error messages.

But there seems to be no change of the device at all. No Android settings, no launcher, no message. Nothing changed. There's also no ADB-connection ("adb devices" list is empty).

I tried flashable_supersu.pkg and flashable_mod_boot_img_1.6.50.14130.pkg (matching fw-version).

Does anybody have any ideas how to continue?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
Did you read the guide?
[General Questions and Answers] Stronzo22:
Yes, after you posted the link, thanks. :) I also read this.

Edit: Solved! Device is rooted and Ink-Launcher installed.
[General Questions and Answers] ferncc:
Hi, what firmware version do you have? I want to buy a used one on eBay, but first I want to make sure I can root it. How is your experience with generic android applications?
[General Questions and Answers] czarjosh:
Did you ever figure this out? I bought a Fujitsu Quaderno and trying to figure out how to get a bit more out of it.
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
The short answer: NO
[General Questions and Answers] hdwrp:
Dasung rebranded Sony Digital Paper DPT-RP1, except it has Android 5.1. It is called Dasung A4.
[General Questions and Answers] Stronzo22:
Hi, sorry, a bit late: Fw is 1.6.50.14130 (latest)

It's still an E-Reader, not a tablet. :-) So performance is low and not comparable.

Scrolling is not smooth. Apps benefit from b/w-optimization.
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
You have to know what you are buying, what's the purpose of the device and what's the intended use.

Sony e-reader although it does run android for its functions is not for use as an android device.

Also learn what the e-paper technology is and how it is working, so you will not have unreasonable expectations

Beyond originally intended usage as a PDF document reader, you can get extended features as an e-book device, maybe to read your emails as well. Nothing else.

No reason to spend a couple of hundred dollars if your intended use is not e-book functions with large screen and long battery life (these are the only advantages of this device).

Buy used Android tablet with color screen which will cost you less than $100 if you need anything else.
[General Questions and Answers] Stronzo22:
Exactly! I use it as a music sheet reader/annotator.
[General Questions and Answers] n4n:
Definitely a very good way to use it, for musicians it should be excellent

This might be good together with it https://flat.io not sure why it says you have to pay for it, my school has it for free.
[General Questions and Answers] Learnincurve_1:
Can anyone who has rooted the device say if it is possible to use it with a USB-connected page turner?

Latest posts suggest that the device makes a good sheet music reader, and at used prices, it's a good option for the screen size, but for performance a pedal page turner is essential.
[General Questions and Answers] SylentStryke:
I'm curious what the workflow is for using KOReader. I have the app downloaded but can't find the pdfs I have on my DPT-RP1. They show up as what i'm guessing is m5 hash .pdf files not the file names I am expecting.

1. How can I find the pdfs with their actual file names?

2. Is there anyway to use KOReader to take notes or is this just for reading files that are not pdf? (since DPT-RP1 does not natively support reading epubs)
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you're up to it, try some kind of RIFF box/OctoBox setup.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[General Questions and Answers] Paderico:
Not quite sure what you mean by that.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
It's a piece of hardware that is used to directly connect to various points on the motherboard to directly interface/flash/modify the device.

Do a Google search for:

Android RIFF box

It's quite technical but you might be interested. It is also used to revive hard bricked devices that won't power on.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[General Questions and Answers] Paderico:
Okay cool thanks. Checked that quickly, so what's then left is to find a way to find a driver that connects the RIFF Box USB port with the USB cable provided by Sony. Otherwise one would need to brutally open the device to get some connection which might ruin the device. Correct me if I'm wrong. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There are always risks involved but USB connectivity is more limited than opening the device and connecting directly to the necessary points on the motherboard, it pretty much allows pushing/pulling whatever you want anywhere you want. It gives you the opportunity such that if you force something and it bricks the device, you may be able to revive to normal and try something else. Some of the android guys out there use this to root/modify devices even though there are no "normal" or standard tools to root the device. There are typically no guides for doing this because it isn't a common enough practice, usually on those "in the know" or the "inner circle" use it. Users on that level typically already have the necessary skills to use this tool so there is no need for truly in depth guides for using this tool on various devices.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[General Questions and Answers] Paderico:
Totally get that and totally agree. But there is no way to gently open the device as there are no screws or something like that just plastic parts pressed into each other.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
A very thin edged tool or screwdriver should get it started then get a fingernail in the crack and run it around the edge, staying in the crack, it should separate similar to a zipper as you go around, continue moving along the edge using the thin tool if your fingernail doesn't work.

DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[General Questions and Answers] expollai:
according to the hacker's claims, he didn't root the device, didn't touch any hardware, just lifted the limitations that sony blocking user installing 3rd party apps. So after unblocking, the machine would still be under warranty. One thing was for sure, he didn't do it through NFC
[General Questions and Answers] sartrism:
That's different from what I heard. The hacker also sell cracking service of DPT-S1, and it is confirmed by one of his customer that he disassembled the device. I believe that he used the same method because it is quite immediate after DPT-RP1 was released, so it is reasonable to assume that he removed the back cover to root it.

And it is definitely rooted, for the customer could extract system apps for me using root explorer, which is not allowed in unrooted devices.
[General Questions and Answers] sartrism:
Such physical damage is the "risk" I was talking about :)

You may refer to this to understand how the things are going in general: http://solderwiresandplastic.com/20...the-amazon-firetv-to-achieve-root-privileges/
[General Questions and Answers] expollai:
you can check:

//item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=545535809916&ns=1&abbucket=8#detail

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also

//item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=550465848108

//item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=522747481985

As far as I know, there were 2 ways to unblock S1, the above one seemed to be the better ( the original function not affected).
[General Questions and Answers] sartrism:
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I know all of those links, but guaranteed warranty does not necessarily mean that it modifies nothing. For example, I can root or disassemble my phone without sacrificing warranty unless the manufacturer explicitly put seals or some software for security.

And the most accurate information can be obtained from the device already cracked, not from websites. If you think you can access to system files with an app without rooting, could you explain how? Otherwise, the hacker is lying for at least one point.
[General Questions and Answers] jess91:
I can't afford it. I am looking to sell my 9.7 ONYX and trade up to a 13.3 and would prefer this Sony if it can 100% open epub.
[General Questions and Answers] priyamjani:
I have the DPT-S1 which is the previous model to the RP1 and would be willing to help. But I have no experience with the stuff that is being discussed on this forum. The pictures of the DPT-S1 internals have been published here https://imgur.com/a/lilxB . The PRS-T1 which is an older smaller ereader was also hacked and is discussed here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179445&page=4 . May be a similar approach is possible for the S1 or RP1 or both?
[General Questions and Answers] James.Zhu:
the hacker offer onsite service, someone said he just use half hour working on the device and no need to physically open it.
[General Questions and Answers] Jen_Shia:
Can anyone show me a workable link that offers a hack service? As far as I tried, they are all dead. I am willing to pay for my old DPT S1. For example, turn it into an external monitor.
[General Questions and Answers] Paderico:
So the question is then back on how to load a modified firmware on the device. I assume nobody here has made any progress yet, right?
[General Questions and Answers] @Yk6S@2LfmXElBok:
There's a thread on mobileread forums, thread 3607586, that has some relevant work.

MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Sony Reader > A Javascript to transfer files without using Digital Paper App for Sony DPT-RP1

By reverse-engineering the communication protocol of the machine, it's possible to execute various operations, including uploading files, taking a screenshot, etc. The list of operations includes '/system/controls/update_firmware' and '/testmode/recovery_mode', which are suggestive...

This isn't the same as running full android on the tablet, but it's awfully nice just to be able to upload files directly from a Linux machine, without having to use the Mac/Windows-only app.
[General Questions and Answers] jess91:
The Onyx Boox Max 2 Pro will be available in a few weeks. It is a significant improvement on the first Boox Max and the DPT-RP1 in hardware and has Android 6.0 and will still be cheaper than the Sony.

I'm a Sony fan but Sony has lost my custom on this.
[General Questions and Answers] thisvip:
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