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Hi Tom, I'm a big fan of my rm2, too -- and am writing to respond to this: > "I’d also love a more formal diary / daily entry system. Kind of like Obsidian’s daily notes. Some kind of date-based notebook inside the Remarkable would be rad (even if it doesn’t sync with your actual calendar!). A daily journaling / diary / planning format would be great. (Yes, right now you can select a day-planner template, but you can…
Is there something like this for iPad?
Remarkable support would like me to create videos showing every workaround I tried and I'm not totally convinced anything will happen if I do that... (seems like others jumped through those hoops without any success.)
It's a bummer because besides the annoying push to the cloud recently I really liked the device.
There are sellers on Etsy that make Remarkable templates (ex, navigable daily planner with monthly/weekly views). I've been using one for years. They will customize if you ask nicely...
Hi Tom, I'm a big fan of my rm2, too -- and am writing to respond to this: > "I’d also love a more formal diary / daily entry system. Kind of like Obsidian’s daily notes. Some kind of date-based notebook inside the Remarkable would be rad (even if it doesn’t sync with your actual calendar!). A daily journaling / diary / planning format would be great. (Yes, right now you can select a day-planner template, but you can…
Is there something like this for iPad?
That said, the company has made some remarkably (sorry) user-hostile and concerning decisions. In particular, two things. First, they tried to paywall a bunch of important features behind an expensive subscription service. They rolled back the worst changes after a backlash, but damage done.
Second, they’ve been aggressively marketing the RM2 tablet, even though it’s outdated 4-year-old hardware. They hired some YouTube influencers to put out paid promotions disguised as reviews, and now they’re trying a big push in India. My assumption is that new hardware is imminent (it really has to be), so they’re using these underhanded tactics to dump inventory and have return periods expire before the new release.
I really liked my remarkable2, but I eventually got the issue where it just stops charging and now it's effectively a brick. Tried all the known workarounds I could find with trickle-charging etc. Someone had tracked the issue down to a malfunctioning temperature sensor preventing charging but I have no idea if that's the problem with mine. Remarkable support would like me to create videos showing every workaround I…
I'll try to dig up my photos and post them here. It is a pathologically bad design.
I fixed mine by replacing the usb C socket, adding a few blobs of epoxy to hold it, and wiring the USB data and power lines across the cracks in the PCB
EDIT https://photos.app.goo.gl/eu4P8fnaNtV9vhMo7
the video in there, via microscope, you can see how the contacts peeled off. Larger photos show the PCB and how the connector is "affixed". Final photo is after it was fixed, but before the epoxy
I'd buy one if it supported reading books from the two platforms I use: Kindle and O'Reilly.
I buy physical books and then get digital copies from Zlib (if publisher doesn't offer digital downloads that is...)
You can also just use Google Drive or SSH to copy books from another device like Kindle, Android, or a laptop.
I was a big fan of my RM2, but found the move to the subscription service a couple years ago to be off putting. Sure, I can turn off WiFi, or just use the network to ssh into it, but it felt less than great. I recently got a Supernote to replace it and so far love it. The company seems a bit more open and less likely to try to push me to some kind of subscription/cloud thing. They promote the “works great offline, no…
The hacking community is small but pretty dedicated. There's a few exciting projects in the works, like a complete desktop interface called Oxide.
The RM tablets are kinda neat in that you get root access out of the box. You have a lot of power to write or isntall custom software.
That said, Remarkable the company has been fairly shitty. They removed the links to the dev tools, and don't really respond to requests for source that they are obligated to release under the GPL in any reasonable time.
They also made the inexplicable decision to ship a keyboard case for the thing, but the only way their software supported it at launch was a fixed textbox in the middle of the screen. You couldn't move or resize it, so it was basically useless.
Fortunately, homebrew has your back. There's an app that just gives you a terminal with keyboard support. You can ssh to another machine or write in vi or whatever you do with a normal terminal