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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ujecrh@altern.org:
Axelpix, the version does not fix the memory problem. Two other Freda users mentioned to me the only Freda-2 version that works properly is the first beta (build 101) and it proved to be correct for my phone too. Go back to that one and you will likely not experience any memory problem, all subsequent versions are flawed in that regard.

Nevertheelss, a better alternative may just be to switch to the Barnes and Nobel ebook reader. You can find other threads about this app (including downloads) and it reads epubs flawlessly. All you have to do is load a (free) sample of the book you want from BN and replace the downloaded sample epub file with your own epub. Works like a charm.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] esociarius:
Hi!

I don't agree with that. Freda is an excellent reader - there is no need to "abuse" a commercial product, which is made for only for the own store.

I wait, till Jim can fix the memory-problem. While this is not done, I convertet the books I want to read to txt-format - there are no memory issues with this format for me - even with very long e-books.

Best regards

esociarius
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ujecrh@altern.org:
Don't get me wrong, Freda is a great program and I would rather use it but why not spreading the knowledge for folks who may not be able to do so? Also, if I were Jim, I would prefer spending time working on the WM7 version than fixing older code for problems that appear on devices I do not even use. It seems unfair to expect he will put a significant effort into this problem (especially for a spare-time project but I'd be happy to be proven wrong).

As for the B&N reader, nothing prevents users from buying new books in their online store but if you already own epubs (as you do, like all Freda users) you will not buy them again. That being said you have a valid point that it is not an option for folks out of the US.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igorbr1:
and where could i find first beta of freda-2 that owrks properly??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Freda memory issues

To answer a couple of points from the preceding posts:

I actually do not possess a copy of the CAB file for the Freda version that does not display the memory issue. Talk about incompetent configuration management! Maybe some kind soul who does have it could email me a copy and I will post it on my site.

As for the memory problem ... my earlier suspicions about DLL conflicts seem to have been disproved (by the fact that a version of the program with the offending DLLs removed still produces the problem). It looks, from the symptoms described, like it may be a memory leak problem, caused when something goes wrong when loading EPUB files. The information that it doesn't happen with TXT files is very interesting - and I'd be glad to have other people confirm (or not) that they're seeing the same behaviour (and to send me the log file produced when Freda opens the TXT and EPUB files, together with the relevant book files).

Thanks,

Jim (jim@turnipsoft.co.uk)

P.S. I am still interested in the WM platform. I don't even own a WP7 phone yet!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
Thank you Master for your interest in the WM platform, there are many who have illusions in his work :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] feanor91:
Hi

It seems there is a problem wit pictures display.

Here, 2 screen shots take under freda :

.

The same pictures taken under HTC native reader :

As you can see, the first is very degraded

and in the second, logo is not in its right place.

Can you see what happened?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kroolas:
when you read a book, how to come back to the main screen?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Well ... this is what I would expect. By design, Freda does not try to get image layout right; images are just aligned centre, in-line with the book text. Freda does not do top-quality HTML rendering, and I'm not really planning to implement it, as it would be a lot of work for very little benefit.

As for the degraded image, this is probably the result of a low memory situation. If Freda thinks it's in danger of running out of memory, it switches to low resolution images.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Tap and hold the screen (i.e. just hold your finger pressed to the screen for 2 seconds) to display the controls. From there, you can close the book, view the bookshelf, adjust settings. Or you can use the Exit control to stop Freda, or the[x] control at top right to switch to another application.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kroolas:
great.. really like it...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] one_e00:
hi, i noticed that in Freda, the italic and bold didn't function well..

if u set both italic and bold, it only be italic but not bold..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igorbr1:
any updates about memory issue??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mnementh666:
Jim,

Just wanted to say thank you very much for creating this program. This is my go-to program for reading epubs on my phone. The ability to customize the background and font colors as well as font types and sizes is the ultimate selling point.

You're on my short list of donations, after the holidays. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NanaSarah:
Can't find a link to download freda 2.0

just in case my e-mail didn't get to you:

I can't find a link to download freda 2.0. The link that purports to be Windows Marketplace on your page turnipsoft. co. uk/ freda/ actually goes to Zune, and I don't want their software.

I found the link to version 1.1, but is there someplace to get 2.0? I don't want the new version for WinMo 7 as I have an HD2 with WinMo 6.5.

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igorbr1:
download here http://www.turnipsoft.co.uk/freda/manual/download.htm

I'm waiting for some update that will can solve memory issue on omnia 2...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
Me too and I´m waiting for fix the name of memory card in Spanis, but I be patience mate...

:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brettzx:
Big thank you!

Thank you Jim for giving us such a great program! I know I speak for many when I say it is the single most used program on my Winmo phone. It is one of the three programs that gets a shortcut on my Tilt 2 Sense 2.5 today screen.

All of your hardwork is greatly appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VortexDK:
output profile in calibre

Hey there

vary nice program, far the best book reader I have found yet. im useing Calibre to convert mu ebook to epub format, most of them are in pdf format, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good output profile to use when converting the books to epub format. one of them I gave an output with the pictures turned upside down. so which one do you use ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] castrow:
Any Idea how to setup the Calubre OPDS catalog for Freda and make it visible for a WP 7? I have followed the instructions but the phone can not find the catalog...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
Hi, How is the update and the solution to the problem of the names of the memory card?

I hope not to seem impatient, but could you give some news about it?

Thank you very much and happy Christmas and New Year.

Greetings:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Sorry, I have no particular recommendations to make. Maybe someone else with more experience of Calibre will have some suggestions ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Sorry - no news yet. I am busy with the Windows Phone 7 version; I have a few more days of work still to do (adding DropBox integration) and then I may have some time to look again at the WM6 code.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Can you send me the log file (use the 'Support' tab on the app to do that). Please can you confirm which steps of the 'how to guide' succeeded, and which failed?

One thing to try is to (on the support tab) delete all the locally cached files. If there is a corrupted download in the cache, it can mess up the display of OPDS catalogs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] castrow:
HI!! Thanks for youy reply Jim!! You mean the log of the application I used to create teh OPds Catalog? In the Freda pplication I could not see logs. I have already erased the cahe.I checke dthe link of thedropbox but nothing appears. Thasnk again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
Jim thanks for answering and thanks for taking time and not leave the system version 6.5.x development and improvement of the application, many of us still use the classics.

I'll keep waiting patiently for their news on this topic.

Greetings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Freda WP7 - connecting to Calibre

In the WP7 app, you can send me the log by going to the 'support' tab, and tapping the 'support email' button. That will send me an email that includes the log file.

Did you work through the instructions at http://www.turnipsoft.co.uk/freda/calibre-how-to.htm ? Which steps worked, and which steps did not work?

Thanks,

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SeraphTC:
Freda AWOL!?

Hi Jim,

My WP7 device is telling me that there is an update available for Freda. When I try and update it states that the software cannot be found, and that I should try again later.

I browsed and searched the marketplace on the device and on my desktop and it seems that Freda has disappeared!?

I presume this was not intentional?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
It was intentional, in that there is a problem with the latest updated version and, until I have fixed that, Freda is off the Marketplace.

It should take no more than a couple of days to sort out.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SeraphTC:
Thanks Jim! That's a plus - much better than a marketplace screw up!! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chinatakchai:
Can Chinese characters and phonetic symbol be shown simultaneously?

Hi Jim,

Thanks a lot for your efforts on this.

I love your Freda very much, but there is a problem I cannot solve.

I mainly use Freda to show English, Chinese and phonetic symbols, but I cannot get them shown simultaneously by Freda. English and phonetic symbols (but not Chinese) can be shown perfectly if I select Font 'Lucida Sans Unicode', while selecting Font 'Tahoma' English and Chinese are shown correctly but most of phonetic symbols are gone.

I have installed all the needed fonts in Windows/Fonts.

I have tried all settings but nothing can do the trick. Did I miss something about setting?

Sorry for my spooky English.

Phone: HTC HD2 (T-Mobile)

OS: WM 6.5 (Traditional Chinese)

Files opened: txt format
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions to offer. I guess you need to use a font that includes code points for all the Chinese characters and all the phonetic symbols. If you can find such a font, and tell Freda to use it, it should be fine.

Because you can, with one font selected, see the phonetic symbols and, with another font selected, see the Chinese characters, I conclude that there is no problem with the encoding settings - it is just a matter of finding the right font (and installing it, as you note, in \Windows\Fonts, so that Freda can see it). But I don't really know anything about Chinese fonts, or fonts providing phonetic symbols.

Sorry,

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chinatakchai:
Jim,

Thanks a lot for your reply
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sveinove:
Excellent work!

Hi, I've read a few books with the program now and I must say that Freda is excellent! Well done! Thank you for your hard work, mr Chapman! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 2canSAM:
This awesome app has me reading again, LOL. I love having a library with me at all times. Thank you for the software. I do have a question and have browsed the thread and must have missed it. Right now I have it set to auto open, but I flip back and forth between books quite a bit (Tech manuals) and wanted to know if I could have the application open directly to the bookshelf screen? This is on Windows 6.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jjollyroger:
I think you can't open freda directly to bookshelf.

but if you go to SETTINGS-AUTO OPEN and uncheck it ,freda will open on its main menu page, than bookshelf is just one tap far
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tylergd:
I still cannot install Freda. Do you know when it will be back up?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BenG7:
Hi

can Freda WP7 be installed on WM 6.5 - the interface looks great!

when is it gonna be available again; also it would be great to get the cab elsewhere than Wmarketplace...

Thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
apparently still in a development of some errors as the names of the memory card .... but if there is a 6.5.x version for WM

be patient
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DennisSclan8:
I Can Read

Thanks for your great app, been using it for a few days now and gotta tell you it is the only stable Reader (less PDF), that I've personally enjoyed on my TP2 running Sense / 6.5

So enjoyable to be able to read a book without my TP locking up, or frustratingly arguing it's way through a wayward program. You rock thanks so much Jim.:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
May i ask you what do you mean by that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DennisSclan8:
Very much a personel opion, I don't mean to imply that there are'nt better apps in this category I have less conflict with this app. (and for that matter seems my TP2 feels the same considering my configuration / apps installed - lol). So not to offend other's preference just wanted to say a very user / machine friendly reader.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saeedari:
feddback

not support Arabic and persian

for example freda in persian

فردا

but this app shows :

ف ر د ا

or

ا د ر ف

and its hard to read !

can you fix it ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hatsujoukikuma1:
works very well on Toshiba Dynapocket KG01 (K01) (aka Toshiba IS02 in Japan)

Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Professional.

Thank you Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
I've been working on Persian/Arabic/Urdu support, and it's a real problem, because of the way that character appearances change according to their position in the word (initial/medial/final). It is on my development to-do list, and I hope to produce it eventually.

Sorry not to give a more positive message,

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] BenG7:
Hi Jim,

While waiting for the latest version, I installed the previous version (6.5);

somehow, despite fiddling with the settings in accordance with what I read here and there, I have not managed to get the French accents right; i'm talking about the à, é, è, ê, ë, î, ï , ù, ü, û' (apostrophe), etc...

Do you/does anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks a lot

BenG
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alberticonnection:
Memory Error

Dear Jim,

I am an Omnia II owner and I am experiencing the same memory problem as many other users. I have found the version 1.0 of Freda which does not have this memory problem. Although the interface is not as beautifull as the new version and there are also a lot of functionallities missing, Freda 1.0 is working fine on my Omnia II and without any memory problem. I have seen in some previous post that you asked for the previous versión in order to check it and see what can be the problem. Do you want me to send you the Freda version 1.0?

Kind Regards and thanks for your work,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jjollyroger:
hi Jim, just noticed Wp7 UI, really nice.. are you planning to port it on WM version?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Yes please can you send it to me; it may be a better version than any of the ones I have in my dev archive.

Thanks,

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
The WP7 program is a very different build; most of its UI features cannot really be ported to WM, unfortunately.:(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kain144000:
@ Jim Chapman Hi, Jim. Really gr8 app. I've a request, however. I think it'd b really gr8 if u'd add .chm support. Is that something u're working on for the next version, by any chance?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
No I am not planning on adding new book formats. There are dozens of different formats, and handling them all would make the program large and buggy. Well, even larger and even buggier!

I suggest you use Calibre to manage your library; it can maintain your library of CHM books and export them as EPUB (or TXT) so Freda can read them.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jjollyroger:
Well ...I just meant the look
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allya1:
Hi Jim,

I have a Samsung Omnia Pro (B7610), it's very similar to the Omnia II except that my phone has a physical keyboard. I was also having severe memory issues like previous users have posted. I finally decided to flash the ROM to a lighter, custom one as I had gotten tired of the extremely clunky and bloated official ROM. Since then the memory issues have disappeared, whereas before it would every single time, even with 30-40mb free memory. Pretty clear that the problem was with the OS build, how it was managing memory and handling Freda, specific to the Omnia series itself since other users are not having problems.I don't know how this info could help with the current memory issue but thought I'd report it just the same. :) (Edit: issue has come back see bottom of post)

A minor, current issue - Freda doesn't read the "Series" metadata (books are converted via Calibre). Anyone seeing this too?

And this is just a question since I hardly ever use autoscroll - is it really like that that a bounding box goes off and boxes every single word in turn as the page scrolls? Seems like a dizzying way to read a book.

That said, would it possible to:

- be able to go to a specific page by entering the page number we want to directly go to (highly desired)

- integrate the bookshelf and library such that when we open the library we see a preview of the cover as well as the metadata (wishful thinking? too heavy on the resources? I understand you put a limit to the number of books that can be in the bookshelf because otherwise it would take too much memory - but it'd be great and economical in terms of number of actions needed to accomplish something, to just have one single window where u get everything about the books)

- or, and this may be more doable, just show the full cover in the bookshelf instead of a thumbnail, like four covers to a page, as the titles would be in the covers anyway

Thanks and Keep up the great work!

Edit: Ok, I'm still having the same issues though less severe. Getting "trying to recover memory" and then after a couple of minutes, "Freda has run out of memory and cannot continue" . This with about 60+ RAM available, with Freda taking up 10MB.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] txtter:
pretty nice work!!!

realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly like it!!!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Freda Memory Issues - requests for testing please

Hi all,

Could anyone who is experiencing serious 'memory' issues with the latest Freda build, please try an experiment for me. Please try these two earlier Freda builds, and let me know if they show the same problem:

1) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3478831/FredaCab_2_0_101.CAB

2) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3478831/FredaCab_2_0_102.CAB

Thanks,

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allya1:
Freda memory issues - (preliminary) test results

Hi, I have installed the 101 version and so far I have not experienced any of the memory issues I think I would already have encountered if using the latest version (a couple of hours of on and off reading). No "trying to recover memory" or "have run out of memory" messages. Feels stable and loads books in a reasonable amount of time, so far.

It did happen once though that after reaching a certain point the book would go no further in that after flipping the page I'd get returned to the previous pages, and I'd just be in a loop. Lots of free RAM and space. Seems to be just a fluke as it hasn't happened again. Will continue to test over the next couple of days and report back if anything else happens.

P.S. in this version animation does not turn off even after disabling it under settings..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leadpoizon:
Hey Jim, there aren't any plans to change the UI at all, are there? I don't mean changed like making it look like the WP7 UI, just more WM 6.5 compatible? And maybe having a slightly different main page? Like, for the main page, when the application loads, something along the lines of what I whipped up below?

Just wishful thinking, haha. I don't know enough to actually CODE it, or I'd help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allya1:
Freda memory issues - test results post 2

Tried out build 102 (uninstalled 101 first), definitely having problems here. Loaded the book and haven't gone more than 5 pages the first try, one page the second try before I get "trying to recover memory" and then Freda would stop (or refuse) to paginate further, or close with the "run out of memory cannot continue" error (nearly 70mb RAM free). Uninstalled it and am back to build 101, which is doing fine and is stable, as before (although it bugs me that I can't turn off the animation :p ).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allya1:
Freda memory issues - test results post #3

Build 101 - everything was good until I loaded a fourth book into the bookshelf. After getting to the third page, I got the "trying to recover memory" message, and the book stopped loading/paginating, with the square at the bottom right a steady red. Stopped reading for the night. The next morning, tried to load fourth book from bookshelf, got the following message:

Freda cannot create its working files. It looks like your device has run out of memory or storage card space. Please delete some files.

RAM free - 44MB, storage card free space - 3.8GB. The program didn't crash and close though. it just couldn't complete paginating the book even though there's still lots of memory and space.

Update: The said fourth book is 950KB and I think the app is having problems with its size. All the other books I loaded first were under 300KB and there were no problems. Now I've got only the 950KB book on the bookshelf and Freda still is unable to load/paginate the entire book (steady red square at bottom right corner). Seems like Freda can only load in its entirety books that are up to 800 or so pages.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ClifSwin:
Much delayed response

A LONG time after this thread went up, I stumbled into it and I just want to say, the current version of Freda is my most-used app. Love it, love it, love it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
I'm still waiting if you see solution to the problem of the name of the memory cards in other languages, if you will not see update for 6.5.x is better to say and then I forget about it and I'm not expecting to be released.

Thanks anyway.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Hi,

Just to let you know ...

I have been looking at the problem in the last few days, and it is really difficult. It seems like the issue happens because of a folder name ending in a "." character - and this is something which the Windows Operating Systems actually prohibit. I can't even manage to create a directory with such a name on my PC (or on the emulator software that I am using to test the Freda build).

I am still looking for a solution, but so far I have spent several entirely useless hours on the subject.

I will keep you informed.

Jim
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sebasbabel:
Well thank you very much for all your efforts mate, however the card with the name. "HTC is automatically created in Spanish HD2 when you insert a card.

If you see that it is particularly difficult or complicated but do not bother with it, I can go read Epub the device's main memory.

But I want you to know that thank you for your dedication.

Best Friend
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tovarish:
Hi Jim,

I had contacted you about adding hyphenation support to freda. Did you use any external libraries to do it in wp7 or did you implement it all by yourself.

tovarish