yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
You have to read the threads about what's cooked into the ROMs by the chefs. Each ROM has it's own thread over at http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=534

Take Miri for example. He tends to strip most of the crap programs that you don't reall NEED, and make a nice light stable ROM. Usually he will also have the latest version that has been leaked too. These come with all the extra features like Documents tab, and ebook reader tab that aren't released officially yet.

I'm pretty sure having cooked ROM's on your device isn't illegal. After all you've paid to have an operating system on there, you're basically just tweaking it. You never get any extra software that didn't come with the ROM for free in the first place.

You will void your warranty though because you will have to flash a HardSPL onto your device so that you can flash a new Radio and ROM onto it.

You can always get it back into a state where it looks like you've not touched it by flashing a stock ROM from you SD card which will replace everything you've screwed with.

If I were you I'd head over to that link I posted and READ READ READ. Give yourself a good few days (or weeks) to get to know it all inside out before you ask any more questions or do anything. All the info you need is here, you just have to be patient and look for it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Which version of calibre are you using?

Can`t see where the problem is from here, are you able to upload the original file or post the link to it so that i can try it out?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
nobody? :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
Can you attach for me to download one prepared .opf and .css files for me generally to replace in the .epub archives as I'm not that good at edinit and I find it a little bit complicated ( just want to see it done to lear - hard to understand exactly where i need to paste what )

Font's I've managed to copy, i just need to download the two files edited already from you for example just to overwrite them in my e-pub

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] loquillo_rojo:
You have an example in

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5600225&postcount=28
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
thank`s man
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Nice man it`s really so simple.

Here is the epub for cyrillic with the edited lines just open with 7-zip. I´ve also added the input .txt so that you can see what I´ve done.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WTFT1YHK
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
Nope ... still not working.

When I entirely overwrite my epub files with the ones you've shared, it comes in cyrilic, but only the part writen in the .txt file youv attached. Basically - no book ...

Tryed to add only the opf and the css files - book came encrypted ...

Any ideas?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45585&d=1266180689

add this plugin under the settings in calibre and tell me if it works for you, it does all the things for you.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] iselia:
works great for me.

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
First of all thanks, however, when i click add - nothing happenes ( is that normal - I mean there's no progress bar for adding the plug0in or what so ever )

Ok - I ckick Add, then OK - converth the txt to epub, add it to the library, index it ... adn it comes encrypted again ...

:(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
It`s normal that there`s no progress bar. If it is installed correctly you can find it under plugins => Data type.

Really don`t have a clue why it didn`t work for you. Anybody here with suggestions?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
I find only Metadata ... no Data tab ... if it is the Metadata - can you advise which exactly as I do see the following: Metadata / writer / reader / download?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] kwill:
Thanks for the indexer as it sure has helped. ONe concern though, I cant the image to show up properly. I may have not had the image formatted correctly at first, but I changed the name to be exact as the book and still nothing. Do I need to uninstall completely then reinstall for it to pick up the name and image correctly.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
Do you want me to give you the epub to mod it and check if it comes in cyrilic with you? and if it does, i'll just copy the mods to all the other books : )
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Yes we can do that, I´m wating for the file :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
Hi Sicknessinu. I'm a Vietnamese. I don't know what kind of Vietnamese letters to be called. But can u help me to convert this html file into an .epub book? I've used Calibre to convert it, but the font is damaged. I hope you can have an idea for this solution.

This is the link to download the html: http://www.mediafire.com/?dyw4zk25emh

And here the upub file i converted: http://www.mediafire.com/?yjozijymzmq
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
Sent to your Inbox : )

Thanks a lot
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Now I´m confused. I´ve done no changes to your epub but on my Hd2 it works fine without any format oder font bug`s.

Maybe that depends on the Rom you are using.

At the moment I run the RTT Shock Star and there all is fine.

Maybe you should try it on another Rom than the one you have at the moment.

To vodanhdaisu:

I`m trying it at the moment.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] soulless_id:
For some wierd reason, now it's working with me too ... without having changed nothin ... :eek::eek::eek:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
:) good to hear
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Here`s the Vietnamese one. Changed the font and embed it in the epub hope you like it it was the first one I´ve found and hopefully it works for you too.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TP8HZLFY
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
You are the man sicknessinu. The epub book u've created is running like a charm with HTC Reader tab in my device. Would u mind to share how did u do to create that? :eek:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
Thank`s. The same way as posted on the 8 site. the only thing that needs to be changed was the font itself (to CharisSILR.ttf) and the font-"namings" in the .css and .opf file (replaced the "Liberation" textes with CharisSIL...). Hope you know what I mean.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] HC4Life:
Hi,

How to edit a new books.db file with my own ebooks?

Thanx ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
double post
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
sorry, but where can i find the CharissSILR.ttf font?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
google is your friend :)

but the 4 Files (Regular,Italic,Bold, BoldItalic) are in your epub that I gave you open it with 7-zip (or any other) and there they are.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] xZdenis:
Isn't it possible to simply replace default fonts that is the reader using? This way it would automaticly use the proper fonts ant it won't be neccesary to change them individually for every single book..
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DavidMc0:
Thanks - this is working great on my HD2 with Ebooks from Calibre. Great little program!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
I would love this application can locate to all of ebook formats in the device's storage and those ones can be read by HTC-Reader. I'm getting very tired to change and convert manually my .prc books into .epub in order to read in HTC-Reader :(

PS: Can anybody here suggest a prc ebook reader program that have the same features like HTC-reader ? I mean we can change page by swype and pinch-to-zoom :) 90% of my ebook is prc format. I'm using MobileReader to read but it's not a finger-friendly application :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dugald5:
:D The Light Fantastic was the first book I uploaded! :D

Great app by the way, working perfectly for me, many thanks. ;)

P.s. I found that using calibre you need to put in minimum 10pt margins left and right to stop the text going right to the edges as it did in the sample books - I found that quite annoying when reading.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
HI Sicknessinu, under your kind guideline, i've already been able to create my own epub books in my vietnamese language. Thank you so much

But sorry for disturbing you again, i'm not satisfy with the font CharisSILR.ttf, if i'm not wrong it likes Times New Roman in MS Word. It's kinda fat.

Do u know what kind of font which is used in the 10 default epub of HTC-Reader or the some ttf font likes Tahoma or Arial? If u know, can u share it here? i would love it. :)

Thank you
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fone_fanatic:
a little off topic but anyone know how to decrease the font size for the reader?

I've gone in the registry and found

HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCReader

and theres 3 dword's

BaseFontSize was 12 i changed it to 6

MaxFontSize was 18, changed it to 6

MinFontSize was 6 and kept it there.

Theres a couple more about Pinching, since its for the hd2 that supports multitouch

PinchInterval which is 50

TimeToHidePinchIndicator set to 2500

its too big on mine, only fits about 25 lines per page, annoying to keep flipping pages so often.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
Are you having a laugh? :eek:

Didn't you read the first post at all? :rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] sicknessinu:
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Vietnamese.html
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
Awesome. Thank u so much bro. :)

But i'm sorry if i'm gonna to disturb u time after time. But i'm encountering with a new problem. When i tried to convert some prc book by Calibre, i got this message: "This is a DRMed ebook. You must first remove DRM using third party tools"

And i've spent whole day searching in internet "how to remove DRM" but it seems so complicated to me, a noob of ebook reader :(

Would u mind to help me this time again, master?

Millions thanks :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] twilight79:
do the CAB files include the Manila E-book reader aswell??

i dont have a custom ROM and would love too have the htc reader on my hd2

can someone please confirm this??

cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gerlesion:
mate, there is no cab for HTC-Reader application by the moment. If u like, the only one way to have is flashing the custome rom with the latest manila
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fone_fanatic:
no, its just a re-indexer (rebuilds books.db) so you can add your own books to the reader tab.

OOPS, already answered in previous post, should refresh my tabs more often :P
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
I have a question... How do you seperate the covers file from the book file? I've tried to figure this one out. :o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] AB_:
This is a video of what happened to me after installing the indexer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKVrt26bEY&
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chrisloveskaos:
a bunch of us TP2 cdma users on the new ★ Energy "Leo" 23540/21892 |Feb 22| ★ Sense 2.5.2012 ★ have tried this cab and are having the same issue this toutube vid explains better than words...it did work on another tp2 rom perfect 20 min prior ..not sure whats the dif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKVrt26bEY&

thx for any ideas
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chrisloveskaos:
lol beat me to it
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vodanhdaisu:
I'm using EnergyRom Feb22 21892, after i applied Manila Ebook indexter, all of the 5 default ebooks' cover which are included in the rom are gone, even the names were changed as well. :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] AB_:
lol well I'm glad I recorded the problem on video. It's kinda hard to explain in words.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] MrAskani:
Doesn't work for me either unfortunately.

Thanks for trying anyways. Just have to keep manually updating the file I guess.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] loquillo_rojo:
AB_ , can you please, send me your ebook folder \My Documents\Reader, the books.db and both directorys, the one with ebook and the one with the covers? I'll try to look for diferences.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
The default books aren't named correctly to be used by the indexer.

What you've got is the 5 default books and the one you've added on the bottom. When you're flicking through, there should be animation of all the other books on top of the one you've added. That's why it appears then gets closer and closer. If you rename all the default books (or just remove them) correctly it will work perfectly.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
I figured out how to get the books and images in the correct folders, but need to resize the jpg to fit in the reader cover page, Can anyone tell me what size to resize to? Thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
If you're talking about the covers on the actual tab I just wack any old jpg file in there with the correct name and it resizes it for me.

If you're talking about the cover that shows up when you first select the book, I think that might be encoded into the book?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
OK, I'll try that. but how do I access the actual tab? I put the cover in images, and it shows up After I tap the title tab. At least I can read the books. I'd just like the pic in the reader tab. Thanks for any help!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
So, you've got you're books (correctly named) in the \Storage Card\My Documents\Reader\Books

and covers in \Storage Card\My Documents\Reader\Images

the ebooks must be named as : title - creator.epub

the cover must be named as : title - creator.jpg

Then if all is well and you run the indexer, they should all just appear in the tab :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
I have named the image, but I used spaces between the title and authors first and last name. Should I use no spaces, or does it matter? I'll figure this out eventually! :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
I tell you what. I'm going to be cruel to be kind. I'm going to give you a lesson.

You've really got to learn to just experiment a bit (and follow instructions which are clearly written) and not just ask questions all the time. People eventually get a bit miffed if the same things (or very simple things) get asked over and over.

So I'm going to leave it to you to experiment with the file naming and learn for yourself :D

After all, how much effort does it take to try it one way...Index, oh it doesn't work...try it another way...Index, oh look it works :cool:

Good luck ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
Right, sorry to be pesty!:mad::p I have been trying. Thanks for the help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chimpsinties:
Oh yes, you're right. You are very trying. HAhahahahahaha

Just kidding, no problem :cool:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] rbrsddn:
I have seen people on here, that are beyond help! I have figured out a lot of stuff on my own. :cool: Someday, maybe I'll be good enough to lose patience with someone! lol!:eek:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Zahurtex:
To the creator of this indexer: you have done a terrific job and your application does what it supposed to do.... Thanks again!:)

Just one question when I run run indexer it indexes and at the end press Ok and application quits... but in my case it leaves something running in background if you see in task manager its program called Start and the device doesn't go into sleep mode and have to soft re-set. Any solution to this... I searched this thread but no one having problem I suppose. My device and rom used is in my signature.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] loquillo_rojo:
Sorry, I haven't this extrange issue. The program close when you press Ok. So, there must be nothing running at all.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Zahurtex:
Does your device goes to sleep mode at the specific time set by you after you quits the indexer.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ugumba:
Silent mode?

Thank you for a great utility!

I'd love to be able to run this silently, e.g. using SASHIMI after a flash. At this stage, I don't really need to see the number of books found or want to have to click OK twice to continue the customization process.

Any chance you could add a "silent" executable, which just does its job and quits, or a command line option to the current executable (e.g. "--silent")?

Personally, I don't mind seeing screen output, but I'd like to avoid it stalling customization.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] addadi:
Hi,

Not sure if it's the right forum for this question but still I've got a suggestion for ereader improvement (not related to indexing...) Maybe somebody here will come up with an idea. Today when I highlight a word (or words) on the ereader, a popup button appears with wikipedia label on it. If I click the button it takes me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THE_STRING_HIGHLIGHTED

Perhaps somebody here know how can I change it to google dictionary like google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|iw&q=THE_STRING_HIGHLI GHTED&hl=en

That would make reading experience better for me

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

addadi
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gwelwhir:
loquillo_rojo, thank you so much for your indexer :)

I found a mini bug, it is repeatable, and also found the solution for it.

Here it is.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] loquillo_rojo:
Sorry, I didn't have time to review the thread. The ereader tab need the reader structure in the Main Memory, and the index file must be located in this folder.

You can move your books and covers to the storage card, but you can't delete the index file from main memory, cause the ereader program looks for it in the main memory.

you figure out this issue :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gwelwhir:
Yes, exactly, thank you again :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] JihaZafik:
i knw this may sound silly, bt i dont understand the instructions...can anyone explain it to me step by step?

n also where to get free ebooks?

im a noob in this ebook thing...hehehe :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] monkeyboy2009:
Great stuff.

Books added don't have library image - is this normal?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] hesian:
I just flashed the latest NGRZ Rom which came with 5 pre-cooked books installed.

I have 3 books on my SD Card so used v0.4 Indexer to include them.

It found all 8 books but does not show the thumbnail pictures on the eReader tab.

I deleted books.db and re-ran v.04 Indexer. It now shows the 3 imported SD card thumbnails, but still no sign of the original 5 on the Rom.

Any fix ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] drtolson:
thumbnails/images not shown on Manila tab

...same problem here with v0.4. It will index the actual ebooks, but no images are showing up on the manila tab. I've tried all the variations I can think of -- with and without thumbnail versions. Even tried deleting books.db, but then it complained it couldn't find the file to delete. No luck...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] drtolson:
thumbnails/images not shown on Manila tab

OK, figured it out...

a) The thumbnails, etc. for the books included in the NRG ROM should be located in MyDocuments/Reader/Images -- there should be two versions -- a full size and a thumbnail version. You can get rid of the thumbnail version, as it isn't necessary.

b) Books/Text -- need to be in .epub format and should be loaded into MyDocuments/Reader/Books. The naming convention is author-title (not the other way around as described in Post #1). Note: The indexer gets confused when there are hyphens in the title and only presents the first word. This will need to be addressed by the software creator.

c) Images -- as said before, they should be located in MyDocuments/Reader/Images. You can download images from www.epubbooks.com. They should be in .jpg format and the name of the file should be EXACTLY the same as the book (except with a .jpg extension). In the NRG ROMS, there are additions to the title like -illustrations, etc. these need to be removed. Again, the indexer software could alternatively be made a little smarter to look for the majority of the title, not an EXACT match.

Anyway, with these changes and re-indexing, I now have my added books, with covers and the originals in the NRG ROM showing up on my manila tab.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] demon-resident:
ebook tab and Russian books

Hello,

tried to convert books on russian language to epub format with calibre...

created book can be reviewed with calibre "previewer" - no problems with russian.

on ebook tab - I see ?????? instead of text.

May be manila is not supporting "russian" on it?

I have wwe ROM installed.

Please assist.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
The thumbnail is shown when you open the library
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] crimson101:
This works great thanks dude just one question how do i convert to .epub with a proper screen size for the htc hd2 im using this online converter at the moment and when i load the book on my phone its all to big and out of proportion.

Thanks for any help :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] brooklyncat:
I had problems with title not showing right & author. A book file will say i-walked-a-mile-today-brooklyncat.epub I did it like this I Walked A Mile Today-Brooklyncat.epub It showed up right. The links would not show title & author right. Plus you cannot use .,';:{} anything like that you will get a error.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wetxxx:
Great appz, thx ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] leginag:
Great App. Thanks!

Having a bit of trouble with the images, but that's bye-the-bye :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] alfling:
GREAT!But I have a problem with some ebooks (only a few ones): they are

I Drenai 03 _ L'Eroe NellOmbra - David Gemmell

I Drenai 05 _ L'Impeto Dei Drenai - David Gemmell

I Drenai 09 _ L'Ultimo Eroe Dei Drenai - David Gemmell

I Drenai 10 _ Guerrieri D'inverno - David Gemmell

and when I try to add them the software says

and again

and the same is for the other 3 books I mentioned above, with the errors

Do you have any idea about how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance for your attention

Finally I solved by miself :) the problem was the apostrophe in the titles.. -.- I removed it and now it works
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] meeteddy:
It's very great program, i can read all book, however, their menu not show picture of each book cover, Who know how to solve this problem ? Thank you.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] carhigh:
Is there any way to edit this to index books in other directories?

I just moved all my books for my android app and index wont find them. Maybe a edit to the directory in the registry or something?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] light_n_roses:
so with this program is it possible to convert a pdf to epub format and then add it to the ereader tab ? I have never been able to do this !!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jorisvdende:
Thanks, nice app!

Thanks, I like your app a lot! Only problem I have is, as stated above, filenames with ' in them fail. Is this fixable? That would be great! Thanks in advance!

I know I could rename all of my ebooks with ' in their name, but I hope it could be fixed within the program.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] exinesi:
Great program. I was confused at first but after doing name changes for 3 files each book it looked neat without any mess.

epub file:

Title - Creator.epub

2 image files:

Cover: Title - Creator.jpg

Thumbnail: Title - Creator_thumb.jpg