Touch Adventure (Word) Games?
Hello: In producing software (not intended by Kobo) to run on the Kobo (mine is Touch but I see no reason why it couldn't be written to run on any Kobo e-reader) has anyone thought about adventure...
View ArticleTouch Speed of Internal uSD Card?
Before starting to experiment with the Kobo Touch, I decided to clone the internal card - just in case. I used Win32-ImageWriter to read the original card and then I copied the image into two other...
View ArticleTouch Checksum mismatch on Read-back from uSD
[1]Used Win32-Imager to make an image of the internal SD card [2] Copied the image into a new card [3] Immediately read back from new card into another image file. [4] Compared the MD5 checksums of the...
View ArticleTouch Ubuntu/Android on Kobo Touch?
Hello, all: I am extremely happy that I located this forum - I've been thinking about putting the Adventure Games (Zork - many others) on the Touch (seems like a perfect application) and I've seen a...
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kvncviewer - a VNC viewer (not only) for Kobos
I used some spare time to hack a bit on the VNC viewer I published here before, KindleVNCviewer (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=150434). I reused framebuffer code from Koreader and now...
View ArticleTouch Android / Debian on Touch N905B
Hey everbody, at first: im from germany, so my english is not that good but i will try my best. I really need some help with my new Kobo Touch. Im very intrested in the debian/android mod from Marek....
View Article.sh Script : Progress box similar to msgbox
Is there a way to show a pop-up message from a .sh script, similar to the "msgbox" one? Only, this box should not wait for an "OK" tap, but should allow the script to move on. Then the script could...
View ArticleInternet with USB to LAN adapter
Anyone knows what is needed to connect a device like Kobo to internet using a USB to Ethernet adapter with USB host integrated? I'm using such an adapter with my Android tablet and it works like a charm.
View ArticleGlo Guide for Fixing Semi-Bricked Kobo Glo After Failed Manual Update
NOTE: THIS MAY NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE SO I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL FIX YOUR PROBLEM. SOME PARTS OF THE GUIDES ARE RISKY SO DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS GUIDE HELPED ME FIX MY KOBO GLO AFTER A...
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Listening in When Kobo Phones Home
It's interesting to watch Kobo Touch interacting with the server: 1. Install & set up fiddler2 or other debugging proxy to listen on the USBnet address 192.168.2.100 , port 80 * Optional : set it...
View ArticleRemoveable Internal SD card
Hi Guys (my first post!) I'm keen to use a linux or android on a kobo touch -- love the device but I want a better reader. I live in Toronto Canada and I have two locally purchased copies of model Kobo...
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QtFrotz - Frotz port to Kobo e-readers
Hello, I've ported Frotz to the Kobo e-readers. Frotz is an interpreter for Infocom games and other Z-machine games. It complies with standard 1.0 of Graham Nelson's specification. It was written by...
View ArticleHow to Reset "Books Added" statistic?
I have 2 Aura HDs which are supposed to be duplicates of each other. I read on one while the other is charging. But somehow the Library Tile, which shows "Books Added", shows a different number of...
View ArticleTouch Android on Kobo Touch - some questions
Just wondering about a couple of things before I consider trying to get Android on my Kobo Touch. What version of Android is the image based on? Is WiFi working? Does Play Books work? My main...
View ArticleHardware Page Turn Switch for Glo??
Has anyone had a go at adding a hardware page turn switch to the glo? I hate having to use the second hand to touch the screen to turn pages. Any ideas on how to implement this, anyone? I'm not even...
View ArticleHow doI break a Kobo Aura out of an endlesss boot-loop?
After applying the latest build 10 of the night-mode hack to my Kobo Aura (non-HD) on firmware 3.1.1, the device is stuck in an endless boot-loop (the five squares, over and over again). How do I break...
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Custom French-Japanese dictionary
Seeing as there is none, I made a French-Japanese dictionary. You can find it attached to this post. It contains a bit over 30.000 entries, but lots of them are colloquialisms and stuff, and there are...
View ArticleMusing on preventing Upgrades
A thought just popped into my head.... Using the approach introduced by the fmon tool, it should be possible to prevent upgrades being installed to Kobo's. All that would be needed would be either a...
View ArticleAura HD Downloading books as gmail attchments
Good morning. Brand new owner of Aura HD here. Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere, but my search yielded nothing. My question is if I could e-mail myself an epub to my gmail account and...
View ArticleGlo Memory Upgrade without opening your Kobo
INTRODUCTION Today I resized my mother's Kobo Glo from 2GB to 4GB without opening the reader. The default configuration in some countries* only uses half the space that is available. This guide takes...
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