iRiver have again upgraded the firmware for the “iRiver Story” to revision 1.6.1 (previous v1.6.0 has been removed).

So what is different?

1. Added Functions
a. Dithering function on PDF File and EPUB File
b. FB2Viewer function

2. Improvements

a. Loading Speed improved on PDF File

The firmware can be downloaded from [click on me].   Time to upgrade… fingers crossed it helps…

I have updated the firmware and it seems to basically work, for those that download it, here are the checksums:

Note: if you have downloaded v.1.6.1, the checksum’s should be:

If however your checksum’s are… then you have the earlier v1.6.0 which appears to have been removed from the website, so you need togo back to the website and re-download it.

11 Responses to “iRiver Story Firmware upgrade v1.6.1 (update)”

1. Aquaman says:

   January 19, 2010 at 7:42 pm

   Thanks for the download link. Did you get the dictionary option seen in one of the images in the link?
2. spgennard says:

   January 20, 2010 at 12:10 am

   Yes, I can see the “Dithering” function and from my first look at it is seems okay.

   I used the front page of the “Google App Engine” book from O’Reilly and it looks a little more defined but to be honest I had to turn it on/off a few times to see the difference.
3. Ben says:

   February 5, 2010 at 10:00 pm

   Hi
   How long does this firmware upgrade take? My Story has been at it for two hours now.
4. spgennard says:

   February 5, 2010 at 10:41 pm

   That sounds like a very long time, it sounds like the device has crashed.

   I sincerely hope you have managed to recover from failed upgrade.
5. Ben says:

   February 5, 2010 at 10:49 pm

   Sadly not. The device has certainly crashed.

   I’ve tried resetting it, but no response. Same with the power button. It won’t connect to my PC or Mac either now. How can I restart it?
6. Ben says:

   February 5, 2010 at 10:58 pm

   Just to say it has finally restarted after resetting about twenty times. The firmware is installed, so my resetting was a coincidence.
7. spgennard says:

   February 6, 2010 at 12:09 am

   I feel installing firmwares is a very fraught business, I am glad you have managed to get it installed.
8. Ben says:

   February 6, 2010 at 6:17 pm

   Annoyingly the device now won’t go past the loading db please wait screen. All I can do is reset. When it’s plugged in there’s no chance to access the Story from a PC. It’ll sit there saying ‘charing battery’ all day. In fact it’s still charging from this morning. This is a bad experience!
9. Anders Dahlqvist says:

   February 13, 2010 at 12:48 pm

   I have had the same problem as Ben for a week now. I’m not impressed.
   http://blog.m3r.nl/personal/hacking-the-iriver-story-eb02-e-reader claims that it might be possible to boot from a SD-card. Seems like you need an older version of ebook.hex than the latest, though. Ben, is your device still frozen?
10. Mark P says:

    February 28, 2010 at 6:26 am

    Hi, I was interested in your disucssion of firmware upgrades for Iriver Story. I have recently purcahsed one and now find that I can only download epub formats from the public domain. DRM epub formats don’t seem to be able be read by the ereader -though I can read them with Digital Edition on my PC ..but this is not the point. I have had response from Iriver yet and I was wondering if your forum has any advise to overcome this problem eg suitable firmware availble. Mark
11. spgennard says:

    February 28, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    Most of the books I used on the iRiver Story are published by O’Reilly which happens to be DRM free. I have a couple of fiction books I wanted to buy, so I this week I will look into this and see what happens and drop you a line about my experiences.