remarkable-update VS reStream

Using the image file to upgrade a tablet, use remarkable-update or RCU.

Also, I've used remarkable-update to perform every firmware update on all three of my tablets. You can't use it if you can't SSH into the tablet to modify the update.conf file in the first place, so if a tablet is upgraded to a version where dropbear (the SSH server) isn't running, it's "game over" for that tablet. The same goes for RCU, which just added firmware updating as a feature in the last week or so ... no SSH, no RCU.

You're not being paranoid! What you described in your post was exactly right: do a factory reset, then overwrite both boot partitions via ddvk/remarkable-update (apply an upgrade twice)!

Hi, there. Sorry if this has already been asked, but has anyone been able to successfully downgrade their firmware in order to use some of the cool third-party apps out there? I'm running 3.1x and I'd like to use this script to downgrade to 2.5, but I'm scared I'll brick my device. Any advice?

Is there anyway I can by revert back to version 2.15.1.1189? I tried that guide to change the firmware, but for some reason it says "Error checking the update." when tapping "Check for updates". Even though I've exactly made what was said in the readme and I didn't make mistakes in the IPs. I'd appreciate any help!

[1] https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable-update/blob/main/switch.sh

You can have both using the switch.sh script to flip between partitions configured for 2.15 and 3.x but you can't use the same notebook. See here for latest on ddvk for 3.x.

I should be able to downgrade, right? Via: https://github.com/ddvk/remarkable-update

See remarkable-update, or remarkable-update-helper. Here is another discussion about downgrading, as well.

If the goal is to share the visual contents of the pad, why not just stream the graphics over SSH?

I recommend checking out reStream: https://github.com/rien/reStream/

reStream is a fantastic way to get live video of your reMarkable's screen without signing up for the reMarkable Cloud (which flakes out often with LiveView).

reStream is what you're looking for. rMview used to have a reStream-like feature, but it hasn't been updated in a long while.

reStream should work, even with the latest firmware. I know there's a "brightness" issue, but I can't report it because I won't use GitHub. Someone submitted a hacky pull request to fix it by adjusting ffmpeg brightness settings, which should work.

Check out restream if you want an alternative, it doesnt work quite as well over wifi but over cable it’s not bad, and it’s free

But you can just ssh into the remarkable, it runs a Linux kernel. And then install software you want. I only use reSnap (which i wrote) and reStream

reStream worked well for me before rmview added ScreenShare support. The main downside with reStream is that the screen share is grayscale (as you see on the tablet), whereas rmview with ScreenShare has color support.

I've been using https://github.com/rien/reStream, personally.

I recently installed reStream on my reMarkable 2. The screen mirroring works, however I am experiencing extremely high latency (over 4 seconds) both when connected via USB and Wifi. Does anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it? From what I've read the latency is expected to be much lower (which would make it a lot more usable).