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[HOWTO][WIP] Run Xorg on your Kobo + full-blown Firefox
This is meant to be a continuation of the previous thread, "Create your own native development environment for your Kobo". I decided to separate Xorg from it because the title was not reflective of the...
View ArticleCan I use Forma patched firmware on H2O?
Can I first say thank you to the people who have developed the patches.:thanks: I have just patched my new Forma and the instructions are as clear and unambiguous as any I've seen, so well done. And it...
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Have I bricked my Forma, perhaps by using KOReader?
Just two days ago, my new Forma arrived. I did the Kobo registration thing and letting it upate itself. After it was properly started I connected it with a usb cable to sync up a few epubs and pdfs...
View ArticleAdobe drm-system on Kobo
Inspired by NiMa's success with xorg I'm pondering if it's possible to get a practicle solution for a full adobe drm environment on a Kobo. (With that I mean to be able to buy adobe drm ebooks and...
View Article[Project] Xorg-based OS for Kobos
Hi all, Recently with my success on running Xorg on Kobos (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=336210), I had the idea to make a new firmware replacement (well, not 'replacement', but it...
View ArticleHow to install NickelMenu on a Kobo in 2021
I've been looking around and there aren't many guides with pictures on how to install NickelMenu. So, I made my own. I can't put an image into this, so I will link to a Google Doc. Here's the link:...
View ArticleDisplay Image with Pickel (or alternative)
Hi, I have a Kobo Nia and I want to use it as an « Image Viewer (with auto-refresh) », I see many ways to do this, but none seems to work in 2021. I want to do something really simple like the script «...
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Emulating Nickel + touch input
Hi, I've been working hard these last few days to try to get the Kobo firmware working in a QEMU-system-arm virtual machine (i.e. emulating a Kobo in a x86 PC) I've successfully (and surprisingly) been...
View ArticleNeed help cross-compiling jq lib for kobo
Oh hello MobileReaders, long time reader, first time poster :) I noticed the other day that the KoboCloud plugin seems to have stopped working for me. It only syncs files up to a certain number and...
View ArticleGlo HD Hacks, Mods and Ideas, work in progress
SOFT HACKS and MODS PLAN: more and fun stuff to do. Single Hacks - Bypassing KOBO registration, while keeping Wifi active (at least works on Forma) https://www.yingtongli.me/blog/2018/...obo-rego.html]...
View ArticleStopping Nickel to start another app
Hi, I am developing an application for the kobo that is intended to be launched from nickel via nickelmenu. However, as it runs, nickel draws over my app, and input seems to get taken by nickel even...
View ArticleBricked kobo vox
We bought it at a yard sale, worked fine, we factory reset it in the options, now at first we couldn't sign in at the setup, i tried all the updates i could find online and nothing really seems to...
View ArticleSound on the Kobo
So, I just saw that as a suggestion in other post and I thought it might be cool. I mean, I don't even have my reader yet and I'm super excited about ripping it apart hahah. Anyways, I was thinking...
View ArticleHow to compile a working kernel
Hi, So I recently bought a Kobo Mini for tinkering, and I'm trying to compile a new kernel for it, since it is still running Linux 2.6. I tried with NickelTC and the official imx507/KoboLabs sources,...
View ArticleKeeping the devmode telnet server running when nickel is killed
Hi, When developing my app (kobo-gemini) I find it useful to have some kind of remote access into the kobo. I used to do this using koreader's ssh, but now I'm running my app from inside nickel rather...
View ArticleSelf introduction / Kobo Board mission
Hello room. I'm William Entriken and I'm interested in open source software and have something I want to accomplish with my new Kobo. My hacking credentials: https://github.com/fulldecent Mission: Kobo...
View ArticleAura ONE Can't get past language selection
my reader lost 90% of touch and then I saved its files, with pain factory reset it as it took hours. Then hard reset it and it started working fine after setting up. While restoring books I pasted old...
View ArticleInstructions for patching firmware 4.26.16704
This patch thread is for firmware 4.26.16704 (0af09acc53906a9ef398be55b983930cbf2a445b): Instructions for patching on Windows, Linux, or macOS with kobopatch:Download the Kobo firmware release You can...
View ArticleDoes anyone have the Kobo Clara HD image?
Hello everybody. I need the Kobo Clara HD image. Could somebody help me? Regards :-)
View ArticleThe Modded Kernels Thread
Hi all, So in the last few days I made a big leap forward in my Kobo hacking and connected mines to my Rasberry Pi's serial port. Now I could mod the device as I wanted, installing a new OS if I...
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