UK Firmware Versions?

Bilbo1967 · 03-24-2009, 07:22 PM

I've been looking at the PRS customiser thread and may be interested in giving that a go. However, there's a lot of talk about maybe having to re-update the Firmware from Sony sometimes. The only Firmware I can find via Sony appears to be US only and is version 1.1.00.18040; my PRS-505 has version 1.2.00.18050 which looks more recent to me?

Are there different versions for the UK market? If so, where are they?

gwynevans · 03-25-2009, 08:04 AM

Sony's only released the one standalone flasher, which reflashes to the US 1.1 firmware, although if you have a copy of the UK firmware, you can use the (custom) flasher to then overwrite the US firmware with the UK firmware. As for sourcing the UK firmware, I think that just doing a backup of your current firmware first should work.

Having said that, most people haven't had issues with the PRSCustomiser & find it just works, so while I'd suggest you do backup first, I'd not expect you to need it.

HarryT · 03-25-2009, 02:35 PM

The only difference between the US and UK firmware is the format used to display dates. The US "1.1.x" and the UK "1.2.x" are identical other than that.

03-24-2009, 07:22 PM	#1
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	UK Firmware Versions? I've been looking at the PRS customiser thread and may be interested in giving that a go. However, there's a lot of talk about maybe having to re-update the Firmware from Sony sometimes. The only Firmware I can find via Sony appears to be US only and is version 1.1.00.18040; my PRS-505 has version 1.2.00.18050 which looks more recent to me? Are there different versions for the UK market? If so, where are they?

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03-25-2009, 08:04 AM	#2
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Sony's only released the one standalone flasher, which reflashes to the US 1.1 firmware, although if you have a copy of the UK firmware, you can use the (custom) flasher to then overwrite the US firmware with the UK firmware. As for sourcing the UK firmware, I think that just doing a backup of your current firmware first should work. Having said that, most people haven't had issues with the PRSCustomiser & find it just works, so while I'd suggest you do backup first, I'd not expect you to need it.

03-25-2009, 02:35 PM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The only difference between the US and UK firmware is the format used to display dates. The US "1.1.x" and the UK "1.2.x" are identical other than that.

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