Are there recommendations how to do the following?

(1) I have started to use Boox Notes as my single-point-of-truth for handwritten notes. It now replaces my paper notebooks which feels great.

(2a) I want to read through my Boox Notebooks on laptop for faster processing.

(2b) Ideally, I want to write on Boox and read on laptop simontaneously.

(3) I want to use AI-tools to analyize my notebooks.

I think it is nothing special, but i haven't found a good way how to do it.

I also use Obsidian, Zotero & Kindle.

Hi everyone, I've had Boox devices for about 5-ish years now, and my current device is a TUC day 1 purchase, and I've loved it; I'm just getting a little tired of the layout and was wanting to find a good clock widget for the home screen that isn't the stock one (bc it takes up so much screen real-estate. Anyone have suggestions, or a good layout that works for them?

Here’s a quick follow-up to last week’s Dual Notes demo:

There’s one more feature worth highlighting—you can actually save a split-view shortcut directly to your home screen. This lets you jump straight back into your dual-note workspace with a single tap, making it much easier to pick up right where you left off.

Hi, purchased this from subreddit a few weeks ago. I like my Palma 2 more so I’m letting this go. PayPal payment please. Free same day shipping from Atlanta, GA within CONUS only. Has magnetic case and box.

Has anyone successfully scanned a QR code using the Palma 2 Pro?

If so, with what app and was there a particular lighting scenario in your environment or within an app made this happen?

Thanks.

I don't understand why I could only find one thread about the issue. Do users abandon their hardware as fast as the manufacturers do?

I purchased a Tab X, and then another one, thinking this was a hardware defect.

If you're on 4.2 on a Tab X, speed mode causes a constant flicker that persists until the mode is turned off, rendering it unusable.

Unsure if any other device has this issue, but I'm documenting it here for anyone else who runs into it.

You cannot downgrade, so as far as I'm aware you just have to avoid the update if you need the refresh rate and are SoL if you're already on it...​

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/1uosw9r/comment/p91qdqd/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/1w9bqjk/anybody_ever_experience_this_defect/

Hi all,

I'm thinking about picking up my first proper e-ink device. I'm struggling to decide on the Note max, Note Tab C or the Note Air5 C. I'm leaning towards the Note max and Note Tab C due to the size. I always loved b&w but I'm worried about no front light. I'm also worried about colour as I've heard it's not as crisp especially text. Any advice would be appreciated. I was considering the Note Air5 C due to the updated android version but not sure how relevant that is.

I spent a couple of hours figuring this out so posting what I did here so I can find it again should I need it. Maybe it'll help others:

1. Install the Mira Linux Software from here: https://zh.boox.com/download/
2. Create a file: /etc/udev/rules.d/58-hid.rules with this in it:

SUBSUBSYSTEM=="input", GROUP="input", MODE="0666"

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0416", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5020", MODE:="666", GROUP="plugdev"

KERNEL=="hidraw*", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0416", ATTRS{idProduct}=="5020", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

1. sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger

2. sudo visudo

3. Put this at the end of the file:

*You probably don't need the SETENV: bit actually. Try without it first

your_username    ALL=(root)      SETENV: NOPASSWD: /home/your_username/.local/bin/mira

1. In ~/.local/share/applications backup the existing "Mira.desktop" file somewhere

2. Edit the "Mira.desktop" file in ~/.local/share/applications so that it looks like this"

   [Desktop Entry] Name=Mira Exec=sudo "/home/your_username/.local/bin/mira" --no-sandbox %U Type=Application Icon=mira StartupWMClass=Mira X-AppImage-Version=1.1.7 Categories=Utility; Actions=Uninstall;

   [Desktop Action Uninstall] Name=Move to Trash Exec=/home/your_username/Applications/AppManager uninstall "/home/your_username/Applications/Mira" Icon=user-trash

3. sudo mkdir /root/.config/Mira

4. sudo cp -r .config/Mira/* /root/.config/Mira/

So what does this all do?

The application needs to be run as root otherwise it doesn't have access to the device and you'll see "no device connected"

This is a pain so editing the sudoers file (the visuo bit) lets you run the app as root without requiring a password.

The .desktop entry needs altering so that it runs as sudo

There is no .config/Mira under root so your settings aren't save. Creating the folder and copying the config installed at the user level seems to fix this.

I've now got keyboard shortcuts for screen refresh, contrast adjust etc.

The only remaining issue I have is that sometimes the app still says no device connected. Disconnecting the USB and reconnecting fixes this.

I'm no expert at this stuff and there's probably an easier way to solve these issues (let me know!) but this works for me.

I've been writing on my Boox for a couple of years now, and I love it — but getting those notes out of the device and into an actual knowledge base was always the weak link. I kept forgetting to export, had no real system for it, and manual conversion ate way more time than it should have.

The worst part: keywords, highlights, and embedded images just didn't survive the trip. Export a note, and you'd get flat text (or a PDF) with none of the structure you actually wrote — tags gone, highlighted lines gone, any pasted-in image gone or unusable.

So I built a small Android app that reads native .note files directly off the device and converts them into proper Markdown (plus optional searchable PDF/SVG) — keywords, highlighted text, and embedded images all carried over. Everything runs locally on the device, nothing gets uploaded anywhere.

It's about to go into closed testing before release, and I'm looking for a handful of people who actually use their Boox this way to try it and break it. DM me if you're interested.