Moaan InkPalm Plus setup

moaan-inkpalm-plus-setup.md

Moaan InkPalm Plus setup

I got this device set up nearly as I like, but then flew too close to the sun while experimenting with setting lock screen wallpaper and enabled a lock screen PIN which was then never accepted. After a reboot recovery in adb, if you hold the top button and press the volume up button, you can get to a menu where you can do a factory reset.

After I did that, I decided to write this down.

The firmware version this has now is: MAS_EPD305_L81B804_T44_V09.

Setup from factory reset

• Enable USB debug mode via OEM settings > Apps Management

• Ensure you can get a session via adb shell

• Crawl OEM settings app, set things as you like

  • It's a hassle to get to these settings later

• Uninstall OEM apps that allow it via OEM settings

  • At this point, app info list should be
    • App Store
    • File Manager
    • Launcher
    • Settings
    • Sogou Keyboard
  • We will disable these apps via adb shortly

• Install F-Droid (check for a newer version)

  % curl -L -o org.fdroid.fdroid_1020051.apk 'https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/package_files/160922955/download'
  % adb install org.fdroid.fdroid_1020051.apk
  

• Install Heliboard via F-Droid

• Launch Heliboard and it will walk through enabling it and setting it as default

  • Enable Appearance > Key borders

• Install Aurora Store via F-Droid

• Install Olauncher

  • Long press for app settings
    • Change default launcher to Olauncher
      • The OEM launcher will override this setting until it is disabled
    • Appearance > Theme Mode > Light

• Disable OEM apps

  adb shell command pm disable-user --user 0 com.moan.launcher.epd305
  adb shell command pm disable-user --user 0 com.sohu.inputmethod.sogou.oem
  adb shell command pm disable-user --user 0 cn.wps.moffice_eng.lite
  adb shell command pm disable-user --user 0 com.moan.appstore
  adb shell command pm disable-user --user 0 com.moan.sdmanage
  

• Install and configure apps

  • KOReader

    • Wrench > More tools > Plugin management and disable what you don't want
    • Set /Books as home folder
    • Wrench > Progress sync and sign in

  • EinkBro

  • Round Sync

    % curl -L -O 'https://github.com/newhinton/Round-Sync/releases/download/v2.5.6/roundsync_v2.5.6-oss-arm64-v8a-release.apk'
    % adb install roundsync_v2.5.6-oss-arm64-v8a-release.apk
    

    • Create remote pointing at storage account
      • input text "token" in adb saves typing
    • Create "copy remote to local" tasks for both fonts and books

  • O'Reilly Learning

    • Generate device key

  • Amazon Kindle

Remaining wishlist

• Set lock screen wallpaper with book cover
  • I'm fairly certain whatever OEM app sets the lock screen does not respect the system-wide wallpapers
  • You can set KOReader to save a cover image and use Paperize to set the wallpaper on a schedule
  • Other apps e.g. Wallpapers show the image as changed, but locking the screen still shows whatever is set in the OEM app

this is awesome, thank you