firmware 113: Must link root to mobile user Media/eBooks folder or can lose directory

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install Books.app 1.4 on firmware 113 [root is not main user anymore]
2. Go up directories from EBooks -> Media -> root .. keep going...

RESULT: You will get to a top level but it's a 'blank screen'. Books 'loses
its way' ..

EXPECTED: Books jumps back to /var/root/Media/EBooks/ -- but the problem is
that there is no EBooks link in /var/mobile/Media.. so do my workaround...

WORKAROUND: ssh in and issue the following command:

ln -s /var/root/Media/EBooks /var/mobile/Media/EBooks

I didn't have to chown the link; it works as input. Now Books.app will find
the EBooks directory...

What version of the product are you using? Using 1.4 but also saw in 1.3.

On what operating system? iPod Touch firmware 113 soft jailbreak [the one
that uses the 'mobile' user as stock 113. The 'Dev Team' soft jailbreak.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leoofb...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2008 at 8:33

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I can't reproduce this.  Starting with a 1.1.3 ziphone jb'd phone with the 
latest 1.4
build from the alternate Installer source.  /var/mobile/Media/EBooks exists and
contains all books.  /var/root/Media does not exist at all.

Starting books, opening a book, navigating 'up' until the root, and there's no
additional "back" button at that point.  Close Books and relaunch, still no 
"back"
from root.

If you haven't already, try removing Books' preferences file.  See the
Troubleshooting Wiki entry for instructions.

Original comment by pendorbo...@gmail.com on 23 Feb 2008 at 6:12

• Added labels: firmware-113, version-14

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I have seen complaints about this before.  The problem is that your preference 
file
was pointing to the old directory which makes it difficult for Books to find 
its way.

The questions I have is:
1) where they any books in /var/root/Media/EBooks after your migration?
2) how did you do your migration?

Based on that I will think of a potential fix. I am thinking of detecting when 
the
preference file is pointing to /var/root/Media/EBooks or a subdir and the 
firmware is
113 and then automatically restart at /var/mobile/Media/EBooks with an 
informative panel

Original comment by benoitce...@gmail.com on 24 Feb 2008 at 11:41

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@benoitcerrina: Thank you for your msg...

1/ No, but I have been using Books.app from before...
2/ Perhaps the wrong way. Maybe I should have moved everything over to /Media 
and
made a link from root to media as a contingency.

>restart at /var/mobile/Media/EBooks with an informative panel

I think it's a good idea to inform the user that they need to move their books
over... especially if they've used the [relatively] hacky 'soft jailbreak' to 
113
like I did.. 

This issue will probably settle down once ziPhone is compatible with the 16 gig 
iPod
Touches. [it is not as of this writing]....

Original comment by leoofb...@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2008 at 11:30

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fixed in svn, you can try the attached binary (need to be used with a 1.4.xx 
release)

Original comment by benoitce...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2008 at 3:27

Attachments:

• Books

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Original comment by benoitce...@gmail.com on 26 Feb 2008 at 3:28

• Changed state: Fixed

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Fix is live as of r274

Original comment by pendorbo...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2008 at 1:20