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Lenovo Smart Paper 10.3" E-Ink Paper Tablet $347 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Lenovo Smart Paper 10.3" E-Ink Paper Tablet $347 Delivered @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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impoze on 21/04/2024 - 10:51 amazon.com.au (3133 clicks)
Last edited 21/04/2024 - 16:53 by 1 other user
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The Lenovo Smart Paper is still available at Amazon, price matching Officeworks who still seem to have stock online. (Good Guys & JB listings are gone).

A lot of the reviews online are based on the full retail price. I and a few other members have picked it from the previous deals and it's quite good value besides a few software quirks.
Reading manga is much better than on my Kindle PW with the larger screen, and the writing experience is smooth.

Comes with the pen (wacom style) & folio case.

Some Recommended Apps
  • F-Droid
  • KOreader via F-Droid - Much better reader than stock, slight learning curve to set it all up.
  • Aurora - Google Play Store
  • Amazon app store
  • Kindle App
  • EinkBro
  • Shredder Chess
  • Olauncher - Minimal launcher
  • Mihon - Manga, search Keiyoushi
  • Onenote via Aurora - Much better note management than stock
  • Reddit
  • Focus Reader
  • O'Reilly Books
Games
  • Sudoku
  • Chess
  • 2048

There's a lot of other suggestions & feedback in the previous deals:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/840473
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/839629
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/838168

Also available from Lenovo direct
$349 free shipping
https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/model/tablets/android-tablets/t…

Price History at C CamelCamelCamel.
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            • impoze on 01/05/2024 - 22:22

              @impoze: @flubba86 clues on where to get the stock firmware or is this something you can DM?

              • jag121 on 01/05/2024 - 22:37

                @impoze: Have you tried looking at the Lenovo support site?

                • impoze on 01/05/2024 - 23:14

                  @jag121: yes, I don't think it's that simple.

                  • jag121 on 02/05/2024 - 00:24

                    @impoze: I guess that means we have to trust the other places that are offering the rom. Which version does the device ship with?

                  • flubba86 on 02/05/2024 - 07:21

                    @impoze: @impoze Thats right, Lenovo doesn't make them available from their support site, and the only places I found it were pretty dodgy, that's why I don't include instructions how to get it. I provided the checksum because regardless where you get the file from, you can check if its the correct and untampered.

                    • impoze on 02/05/2024 - 08:11

                      @flubba86: got it, thanks for sharing the SHA1.

                      A lot of places had older versions but only one place which seems to be the more common one had the latest firmware.

          • bonechiller on 01/05/2024 - 23:27

            @flubba86: Thank you so much! You are a legend!

          • Ronney on 02/05/2024 - 00:02

            @flubba86: @flubba86 Wow! This is amazing. Thank you very much. I just can't believe that you managed to figure out all this in such a short amount of time.

          • flubba86 on 02/05/2024 - 09:26
            +2

            @flubba86: If you're following along closely, you might be thinking…
            So we extract the uboot.img, so we can get the uboot.bin, so we can patch the uboot.bin so we can remove the uboot limit so we can dump the android boot.img so we can verify we have the right one, but we don't use that file, because we already have the right file. Why go through all that just to get a boot.img file we already have in the firmware download?

            Thats a great question! I did it that way when I rooted my device because I was not positive the imgRePackerRK tool had extracted the boot.img correctly (CRC and SHA1 errors etc) There was no way of knowing the boot.img in the firmware download was the exact boot.img the device was actually running, plus after its patched I need to know which slot to write it back into. Plus I thought I'd need to modify uboot.img to include the new sha1 checksum of the magisk-modified rooted android boot.img, but turns out thats not needed because uboot doesn't validate the checksum of the android bootloader.

            If you're absolutely positive you already have the correct boot.img from the firmware dump, then you can skip most of the steps above, start at the magisk step, patch the boot.img, and flash it into the boot partition using rkdeveloptool, achieve the same outcome.

            • impoze on 02/05/2024 - 10:33

              @flubba86: So if we've got the stock firmware with the matching SHA1 we can be pretty confident that we have the correct boot.img and we can go straight to the Masgisk step and flash after checking which A/B slot.

              • flubba86 on 02/05/2024 - 10:39
                +1

                @impoze: Thats entirely up to you, based on your confidence and ability, and your risk tolerance regarding the device. (That should be said for the whole guide posted above too).

                • impoze on 02/05/2024 - 14:03

                  @flubba86: yep, I can follow pretty much everything until it gets to the Python stage.

                  • flubba86 on 02/05/2024 - 15:57
                    +1

                    @impoze: If you can wait, my full guide will have the complete python code snippets and downloadable python scripts for those steps.

                    • impoze on 02/05/2024 - 16:25

                      @flubba86: awesome, yep, I'll be waiting for the full guide, just excited.

                      Appreciate the effort, I'm sure the wider e-ink community will appreciate it as well.

                • Ostrich on 02/05/2024 - 22:31
                  +2

                  @flubba86: It appears this is the fasttrack approach and probably the one i will take - once you validate A/B slot, magisk the boot.img and flash.

                  Fantastic write-up @flubba86, amazing effort in short period of time!

                  • impoze on 08/05/2024 - 13:58

                    @Ostrich: did you do the fasttrack approach?

  • dm09 on 22/04/2024 - 19:34
    +4

    Cashrewards has 14% discount if you buy in Lenovo website. I ended up paying $300.14 ($349 - $48.86).

    • Ronney on 22/04/2024 - 21:07

      @dm09 could you please confirm that the 14% is including GST?

      • dm09 on 22/04/2024 - 21:52
        +1

        Frankly, not sure about it. I need to wait for 90 days. Even if it excludes or include the GST, the different of cash-back might be around $1 or $2.

        • Ronney on 22/04/2024 - 22:10

          Thanks @dm09.

    • bdl on 23/04/2024 - 00:26
      +1

      be aware to get the $349 price it applies a SMTPAPER eCoupon, which isn't listed as a valid coupon on CR's website… so YMMV with regards to the CB

      see: https://i.imgur.com/clUj8by.png

      • Ronney on 23/04/2024 - 01:31
        +2

        From terms:
        Cashback is eligible on codes generated by Lenovo on its website, even though they may not be listed on Cashrewards, provided last click before purchase is from Cashrewards.

        • bdl on 23/04/2024 - 09:11
          +1

          Also says on CB FAQ (https://www.cashrewards.com.au/store/lenovo) for Lenovo:

          "How to enter a Lenovo coupon code?
          Lenovo coupon codes can be applied at checkout. However, only coupons listed on Cashrewards are eligible for cashback." lol

          I did use a coupon when buying a laptop late last year and still received CR CB however from memory it was listed on the CR page.

          • Ronney on 23/04/2024 - 11:27
            +2

            @bdl: LOL. Both mentioned on the same page.

    • Sezgin999 on 24/04/2024 - 16:20

      @dm09 I can only see 3.3% cashreward on the website. When did you made the purchase ? Thanks

      • Ronney on 24/04/2024 - 16:39
        +2

        I think it was a special promotion on 22nd. The next day (23rd) I saw it at 13%.

  • carrie810 on 24/04/2024 - 13:46

    can somebody kindly share the link for instruction of how to install app?

    • Ronney on 24/04/2024 - 16:48
      +1

      Which app are you after? Generally you use a Google Play store alternate app like F-Droid or Aurora. You can also run a .apk file either by downloading it from the web or transferring it to the device through file transfer and then running it on the device.

    • impoze on 24/04/2024 - 17:36
      +1

      Its listed in order in the OP

      Start with F-Droid
      Then you can look af aurora store

  • BeefBiryani on 24/04/2024 - 16:15

    This seems like expired. Showing up for 499

    • Ronney on 24/04/2024 - 16:50

      Yes, Amazon is out of stock. $499 is from a third party seller.

    • impoze on 24/04/2024 - 17:35
      +1

      Marked it expired

    • Agret on 25/04/2024 - 04:04

      The link at the bottom to Lenovo site appears to still be active for $349. Just need someone to edit the deal and replace with that.

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