Help requested with Boyue T62+

For rooting your T62+, try following this guide: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245888  This is an automated process that will root your device and install Google Play Store. Rooting, in itself, isn't too hard. However, setting up Google Play Store to work manually involves installing at least three Google apk's and then changing permissions on each. This linked process is automated.  YMMV, of course, but I hope this will work for you.  

If it does not work, there are other places you can go to get rooting help. I can point you to some, or upload to my Dropbox one of the rooting apk's that are out there. But this process seems to work well on most devices.  

Good luck!  

Thanks, Mark. That was the guide I was following, but it wasn't working. I realise now, from Fr. Devin's link, that was because I hadn't enabled developer mode, which wasn't mentioned in the guide!

Yes, entering developer mode is essential - as well as enabling usb debugging. I didn't notice that it wasn't in that guide. Glad that you found help for that part.  

As for getting the Play Store icon to appear, here are a couple of suggestions. One, a simple reboot. (You have probably done that already!) Sometimes, the icon "magically" appears after a reboot or two. If that doesn't seem to help, try installing another launcher, like Nova Launcher. You don't have to use that launcher afterwards. But sometimes that process makes the icon appear. I remember fiddling with it when I set up my device. That was a while back, and I'm trying to remember exactly what I did that made the icon appear for me. If it comes back to me, I'll edit this post, in case you or anyone else might need it.  

Edit: check out the discussion on this page: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245888&page=3 It seems to address your issue! Good Luck, and God bless!

Your Boyue T62+ has over 6 gb of available internal storage (for your data/resources), and about 1 gb for user apps themselves. Unless you plan to use your Boyue's internal storage for a number of other things, you will likely not need to worry about using an external sd card. At least, I haven't seen the need to. I have about 300 resources on my T62+ (internal), as well as a number of other apps (and all my eBooks), and still have LOTS of internal space. 

But that's your call! If you want to have your Logos resources on your external sd card, here's one way that I used on another E-Ink eReader I once had that had a lot less internal storage. If you are successfully rooted, you can install and use the FolderMount apk. You can get it from Play Store. Here is the forum maintained by the creator of the app: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192122 There you'll find FAQs and help if needed.  

What this allows you to do is to create a link between internal and external storage. The app then moves the actual files to external storage, while leaving the link in internal so that Logos will still think the resources are where it left them! It works well, and isn't too hard to set up.  

Again, only you can decide if it's worth it or not.  

There is also a way to move apps themselves to external, by using another app called Link2SD. Setting this up is more involved, as you have to create a partition on your external microSD card where your apps will go. But, with a gig of internal storage for user installed apps, I doubt that you'll need this.

As an aside, for reading other eBooks, the default reading apps are fine, but I recommend trying Moon Reader Pro. Use the Outdoor theme.  Works great. 

Yes, as you have found, under Settings you can move at least some portion of your apps to internal storage. That helps a lot. If you want to use your external sd card for data or apps, then you'll need to try something like FolderMount or Link2SD. There are other apps out there that do similar things, but I've tried these and they work.  Someone else can speak to some other solution that they have tried!  

Of the two, FolderMount works best. Link2SD works fine, but some apps don't like being moved to the external sd card, like Play Store or anything that requires root. It's less hassle if you can stay within that 1 gb of user app space. FolderMount is easy to learn and can move all your Logos resources to your external sd card (or any other data you want moved).  

Yes, I agree that this partitioning is very confusing, especially for an Android neophyte. If you look in your file manager, what is listed as "sdcard" is really internal storage. "extsd" is your external sd card. You have to look elsewhere (as you have found) to get a readout of your usage of your 1 gb of app space. It would be much simpler if all internal storage was simply one partition.  Then you could install apps and save data until the whole thing filled up!  

When i want to read a Logos resource or do a passage guide (or anything similar), I use my Boyue T62+ almost all the time. Occasionally, I use this iThing from that "fruity" company, which also works well, even if it isn't E-Ink. But for long-term reading, E-Ink is better.  

After a few days with this device, I must say, I am quite disappointed.

This Boyue is painfully slow.  Not just "laggy" slow, but "boot-up-Logos-brew-a-pot-of-coffee-drink-cup-or-two-then-come-back-to-see-if-it-has-loaded" slow.  Am I doing something wrong here?  I constantly get messages about the application hanging and asking if I should wait or quit the app.  Not sure if I've done something wrong here in the setup.

Any suggestions as far as the speed goes?  I really liked the idea of this thing at first, but maybe my expectations were a bit too high.  It is just painfully slow.

Maybe I just don't know how to use an Android, but when I hit the Logos app on my iPad, it's so snappy. Same with the Kindle app.

On the Boyue, everything is painfully slow. EVERYTHING.  Maybe a clean device would be in order and I should just start over?  I really haven't done much except install Google services/Play (which I regret, but it was suggested somewhere to install them.)

Sorry for the negativity, but I am a bit frustrated with this thing.

Ahh, I think my troubles seem to be related to the "Always show book controls" or whatever that setting is.  My swipes don't seem to be recognized with any consistency without this enabled.

I turned on that setting also and page navigation seems more consistent.  Thanks for the tip!

Oh man, I do hope they implement that!  That would be absolutely magnificent.