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Old 10-23-2021, 05:51 AM   #21
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Device: BQ Cervantes 4
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Originally Posted by paagtui View Post
Hi,

new to this forum. I have a Cervantes Touch Light and the original reader app is (let's be polite) suboptimal. I have read the thread on installing this KOReader on my device and well, it has come to mind that maybe the idea could be to try to re-create the full installation image from scratch (kernel, HAL, libraries and KOReader).

The reader HW is nice enough not to produce additional e-waste and a cleanly produced alternative distro could be the way to go...

I would have to refresh some neurons ;-) but it wouldn't be the first time I create a Linux from scratch.

What is the status regarding information on the different Cervantes devices?

Thanks a ton, /PA
Hi, the company died. Stock firmware should still work for unDRMed books if you activated yout unit before nubico went down (which happened a few months after Bq's dead). Not sure about DRM/Adobe stuff.

Based on some reports in PMs activation of new units doesn't work anymore. Not sure what happens if you factory reset a previously activated unit, but IT SEEMS A VERY BAD IDEA TO TRY.

People that installed Developers firmware before nubico shutdown are ok. FW wise the device is pretty indestructible. I have copies to restore BQ dev fw for the Cervantes2013, Cervantes3 and Cervantes4.

I'm afraid that people still in stock FW will have a brick, but I'm not sure if there's a way to jailbreak using the serial port. If somebody wants to send me a unit I can give it a try.
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