I did see on slatedroid where someone said you have to flash it twice for this particular update. You can go back to your old firmware versions, if you did not do a back up of it they have them saved over at slatedroid and I have most of them saved too.
Or you could try one of the slatedroid ones that have been done, I know several of those were pretty good. I thought that was what you meant but wasn't sure. I tried to "flash" it again, but when it comes to the stage where you unplug the PDN from the usb, power it off and power it on again you are supposed to get a status bar which advances to install the new upgrade, The status bar appears for a few seconds then exclamation point Andy appears and just sits there.
I waited and waited but nothing happened. The "successful? I got an email from Pandigital. I have to call them to try to work this issue out. I don't have time now, don't know if I can get to it today.
I will keep you posted on developments. Thanks for your help. Did that. Called Pandigital X 2. First piece of advice didn't work. Trying the 2nd instructions now. Very curt. Glad I didn't get her the 2nd time. I had to delete all the files I had on PDN and reflash. Its updating, I hope, as I type. Will let you know the outcome. Not happy that I have to spend so much time on this.
The last and only other update was a snap. I would love to buy another one that I can have this way and keep my original one as it is because I have enjoyed it a lot but I do want the added features and goodies that the update opens it up to.
Well, I did the update successfully, so to speak. It now has a lot more features, but it is a completely different instrument than what I have been used to. Nothing seems to work the same. The buttons at the top of the reader are different, there is no "go to" button.
Using the SD card seems to be a big challenge. Photos have to be in a "Photo" folder. It doesn't recognize anything I had on the SD card previous to the upgrade. Raven, if you like the way your PDN is working now and you can afford to buy another one I would suggest you do it.
If this was the ereader I originally bought I would have learned how to use it and that would be it, but this change is a big one. I'll have to slog thru the owners manual and learn as I go, I hope. At least I finally got the upate right. I'm a little disappointed with Pandigital for not giving more detailed instructions on doing the update, you definitely can't do this one from an SD card.
I would like to play around with some of the neat apps that are available for it like yours is now. When I was over at Slatedroid, among some of the reams I tried to digest I think I remember that if you want to revert back to a previous version you have to do a backup or other procedure.
I think I'll keep it where it is for now unless I really hate i,t and absolutely need to go backward. It's just that the learning curve seems to be to me to be a lot steeper than the original PDN. They were just trying to make sure you would have that copy available. All it takes is just re flashing with the old firmware. Good for you to give it a try, let me know how you end up liking it. I mentioned that there wasn't a "go to" button on the reader. Last nite, while reading I noticed that there is now a slider bar on the bottom of the screen that can take you to any page in the book by sliding the button across the bar, it also advances as the pages advance.
I'll keep you posted. I just bought a 7" white USA version and immediately did the update from Pandigital. There is one thing that I cannot figure out, and that is how to use an SD card. I bought a 16GB card so I can load lots of pictures, but I have no idea how to do it. I searched and searched but do not see anywhere to access the card on the PDN. How do I load stuff on the card? One other question about the card - neither my laptop nor a card reader will recognize this SD card.
But when I put it in my camera, it works just fine. Any ideas what is going on? Just did the update on my white 7" PDN and am still figuring out how to use it post update. The SD card doesn't work the same as pre update. The one thing that I do know is that you have to put your photos into a folder titled "Photos" before they will come up on the PDN.
I wish Pandigital would post more information about how to do things, and exactly what the update is going to change. I haven't read all of the messages on this page, but I updated my Pandigital White as soon as I found out about it. I absolutely love it. I haven't put any of my books or pictures on the machine itself, though.
I am running everything on the SD card right now until I learn more about this machine. If it weren't for this group, I would have been lost. Thank you. Glad you are enjoying it, I still love mine too. I have been doing the SD card too lately, simply because when I go to do updates it wipes everything off and I had put a lot of books on it. I need to save all of those over to the SD card too. I have a new one that is doing the same sort of thing, it will not show up on my linux pc through my card reader at all, but when I stick it directly into the card slot on my xp netbook it sees it and opens it right up.
I tried it in my camera and that tells me card error card is locked, but it is not locked. No clue! However after loading it up using my xp netbook I put it in my PDN with it turned off always put it in with the PDN turned off then when I turn on the PDN it says it sees the card and it accessing the contents.
Then I can read from it. I do also have an SD card icon down in the icon on the homescreen that I can click and it will ask if I want to import the contents. How to Reformat an SD Card note if you have anything on the card you will lose it if you do a reformat on it!!!! Since I picked up a couple of those lookbook readers on sale it really makes it so easy to move books from one to another with them all on an SD card since they all use epub.
I'm hoping that there is a way, it's a lot more convenient than hooking up to the PC when I want to transfer a photo or book. Tommy, It looks like you can go to slatedroid to get it. Hopefully someone with more details will come along soon to help you. I just did the update with no problems. I followed the directions to the letter, and it did have me turn off then back on twice. But all my books came back. I don't see anything that was wiped out, but I'm not using mine as fully as some of the rest of you.
All you have to do is just re-flash it with the old firmware but my guess is you didn't make a back up of that firmware before you did this update? I know they have them all stored at slatedroid but I am having problem accessing the site they appear to be moving yet again, and for some reason my password is not being recognized either so I think the site is problematic.
Use the usb to connect to the pc and look in your contents for that old firmware. Download the Nook app 2. That is the one that works and also, they do not tell you that, it installs in the SD card. This works.
It has the all apks included. And I found the link to the pandigital support page with all the old firmware versions and the links to get them support. Put it using PC in root of your reader. That should start installation of your original version of software.
Ravencajun, I figured out the problem with my card. I bought a new card reader and it all works now. Sometimes its the simplest things Have you or anyone put in a bigger internal card? The instructions make it sound easy, but I'm so afraid of doing something wrong and killing my PDN. And I just love that little thing - don't want to destroy it.
I have not done so but over on slatedroid many have and did not have any problems, I have just been using the external SD. That is very interesting about the SDHC cards and your reader, I had no idea that would make any difference with a card reader, now I wonder if that might be the problem I am having.
I am going to pick up a new card reader, mine is several years old so that may be the ticket! I finally got the new update to install properly after fiddling with it for almost two weeks.
My main trouble is that I cannot connect to my secured wi-fi. I have tried every password that could possibly connect, to no avail. But I'll keep trying. I'm not sure I really want to use it as an Android tablet anyway, with the resistive type interface. It takes too long to type in things, I think.
Also cannot get my e-mail set up even though I know I have used the correct user names and passwords. I got that right from the tech I spoke to at Pandigital. He had me delete all my files except Adobe digital editions then reflash, the PDN updated perfectly on the next try. If you want to call tech support the is Good luck.
I finally got around to setting up my novel reader, I am just now updating it. I emailed them about how to go about it since I have had it so long without an update. They sent me step by step instructions.
I tried to download one book and it said there was no android something or other, and I see on the PDN site it is there for the downloading in apps.
I did find a site that had free ebooks, but no authors I am familiar with. I have been looking for Outlander because it would be fun to read again and I could try it on the PDN. I got wifi with no trouble at all. I am charging it now, then will do the update. Took me long enough.
I think I will order the cover for it also. It is expensive, but will buy it anyway. I have tried to find a cover for carrying it in my purse but haven't found anything that is not to bulky.
After three tries, I got a triangle with an exclamation point with the little android figure. It would not turn off, so in desperation, I used the reset which put it back to "out of the box" condition.
I did send an e-mail to Pandigital and got a reply today telling me that if some of the apps don't work, then I should re-download the update and then re-install. I am going to wait a while to do that since I'm close to my monthly limit for usage on my 3G Internet connection.
This download is over 1gig, so I will do it again I think after next week. Right now, I'm reading a book I had downloaded and started reading previous to all this. Can anyone tell me why Epub format is not working on my reader?
And also, I can't get out of these books unless I turn off the reader completely and then start over. Is this because I downloaded free versions? Since you aren't used to the old way, you won't be discombobulated by the change.
Mine seems much more responsive after the update. The pages turn more smoothly. I used to often have to repeat a page turn, but haven't had to even once since the update. I love the new progress bar and page counter at the bottom.
When it seemed to start over, did you just do what it said and repeat that set of instructions? I figured that's the whole flashing-twice thing. Yes, did it through my pc.
So that's when I asked my previous question and also sent an e-mail to Pandigital. Their reply said if some of the apps are not installed I should completely re-download the update and install, not just reflash.
I had already done the reflash several times before it finally told me it was installed. It even gave the correct number of the installation, but something in the download must have been corrupted. Certainly harder than updating something on a pc. Thanks Susan, that is one thing I noticed, no way to tell if it is doing anything. There are some good features like adding notes, highlights, bookmarks, and accessing the dictionary.
Since hyperlinks don't work in the book's TOC, there's one built-in to the bookmarks menu that works effectively. A night reading mode turns the background black and the text white, and there are 4 font sizes. There's a second app for adding authorized Adobe DRM ebooks, and of course you can install other reading apps for more formats.
You can even use the Overdrive Android app for borrowing library ebooks. If you have a memory card installed you have to select import SD card to get them to show up in the library, as it automatically saves to the card if installed. E Ink is still the way to go for hardcore reading though.
PDF functionality is basic. Color for comics and other visual PDFs is nice, but there's no zoom and text size options can be odd and unpredictable.
So installing other apps for these is a must. Overall, reading is what you'd expect with an LCD screen. Works good indoors but not so good outdoors. Being able to dim the brightness helps with the glittery quality of the screen.. It worked, but I tried one of the magazines and it wouldn't work for some reason. There's a widget at the top of the homescreen that shows a list of the bestsellers, new releases, newspapers and magazines.
It lists the top 50 or so, 5 at a time, and there's no way to run searches from here. The problem is that it is not optimized for a mobile browser or a 7-inch screen and takes long to load and requires patience to run searches and constantly scroll through pages. Once you buy an ebook it doesn't automatically go to your library. Wi-Fi is easy to set up. It scans for networks and then you need to enter the password the first time.
The internet automatically connects when you tap the browser and when you turn the device on. Or you can set it to stay off if you want to save on battery life. The browser has a menu that brings up bookmarks, there's a forward and back button, refresh, search, and a settings menu.
There are settings options for layout, text size, landscape mode, Javascript, cookies, privacy settings, and others. The browser can open in multiple windows but there are no tabs.
There's also a recent history list given for each site visited by tapping the url. The browser works fairly well. It's main drawback is that it loads slow and scrolling is jerky. Zooming in and out is a little tricky too, but works good after some getting used to it.
Its default setting fits the webpage to the screen, so there's no left and right scrolling. I'd recommend installing the Dolphin browser instead; it works better and has a lot of features.
The browser can download any of the formats that the Pandigital Novel supports listed below. If a memory card is installed the download generally goes there, so it will need to be imported by tapping the icon.
Unfortunately the browser doesn't support Flash so video websites like Hulu are out. I tested some videos and they worked well enough but jerked a bit during play. It seems to drop a few frames with most videos. The picture quality is pretty good for such a small screen.
The device also comes with a little stand that works well for watching videos and slideshows in landscape orientation. You can also install this YouTube app that I found; most don't work but this older version gets the job done. There's a slideshow feature with a number of different settings for speed adjustment, playlists, and adding music.
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