I recently bought the remarkable 2 and I think it came with the wrong software

[celest marsh]

I have remarkable 2 which is black and white but I have color options for the pencils? For example Grey and red are exactly the same color on a black and white screen

I recently bought the remarkable 2 and I think it came with the wrong software

[waxen arrow]

Nothing sounds out of the ordinary for what you are describing

When you export and view on your computer or phone you'll see the colour.

[zinc parcel]

or if you screen share to a computer you can see the colors "live"-ish

[celest marsh]

I was not expecting color on a colorless screen. I don't want to be required to use an additional colored device to function properly

This version is amazing (which is what it used to be) :
https://youtube.com/shorts/F6vjTPmKGNI?si=hJNUEbX4isBXdLMc

Here I can actually choose which grade of black/white I want

And if I really wanted color it's called e.g. "exported blue", so I know it's required to have another device

[zinc parcel]

it is possible downgrade to older firmware/software releases if you want the legacy interface

[celest marsh]

That probably comes with the cost of not able to sync data?

[zinc parcel]

I think you can still sync with the cloud, you just need to disable automatic updates

[celest marsh]

If that's true that would be awesome

How do I do it?

[zinc parcel]

codexctl is the tool, if you find it on GitHub there is some pretty good documentation and examples on Reddit and in the channels here

[limber halo]

nope

they support only the last 3 versions or so for cloud

sometimes further back

[limber halo]

…wym grade of b/w
You don’t need an “additional” colour device. The point of colour is to let you export the file with it, or view it from their apps

Plus, the blue/red are slightly different shades of gray on the device so you could tell them apart

I see no point on downgrading the firmware to lose cloud, AND a bunch of features(straight lines, new tools, SHAPES, second tool preset, etc)

[waxen arrow]

#1180640725910704138 is the best place to point people at

So the answer doesn't have to continue to get out of date that people find

[celest marsh]

I just started reading the docs on downgrading and looked into the settings and saw that there was a beta program, I tried that one and it turns out that the new version 3.17 added the black/grey/white options back in! (or maybe i didnt check properly on 3.16)

How do I mark this as solved?

[waxen arrow]

Discord doesn't have a way to mark threads as resolved, just close them.

That said, just so you are aware, one of the things you agree to by entering the beta program is to not install third party software on the device.

So you'll need to leave the beta if you plan on using any third party software on the device.

[celest marsh]

good to know thanks

if i exit the beta program but im still on 3.17 am i allowed to use third party software?

[zinc parcel]

you'll have to switch to developer mode, 3rd party software isn't really supported by RM at all, the integrations work off the cloud, so if that stops working you'll have to copy in by hand

[waxen arrow]

If that's a beta version, then no

[celest marsh]

Thanks for the quick replies guys

[limber halo]

do note, the only new features were shapes and the colour indicator