Kobo Patcher
In the russian forums at http://www.the-ebook.org/ Metazoa has developed and posted a tool for making modifications to Kobo's libnickel.so library file. The original post for version 05 of his tool is...
View ArticleKobo Glo Dictionary - Oxford/Collins?
Hello, I managed to follow a post I found on here to add another dictionary to my Kobo Glo. However, I would really like a Oxford or Collins dictionary, does anybody have this is the correct format?...
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kobo menu and message
I wrote two little tools and hope they might be useful for some people here. The idea behind kobomenu is to let bash scripts interact with the user. Example code: Code: mychoice=$(kobomenu Coffee Tea...
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Kobo as a Linux tables - sample image
Hi! I was able to make all required changes in the kernel sources to be able to install Linux inside and configure everything to be more or less usable on such small device. Here you can find sample SD...
View ArticleMini I've made a terrible mistake, can anyone help please?
The short of it: I have taken out the SD card from my kobo and I would like to delete a file on it, but I don't know how to do it on my Windows 7 machine. My machine does not recognise the card when I...
View ArticleAura HD Custom image for sleepmode
Hey Folks, does anyone of you know of a hack howto have a custum image displayed when putting the device (in my case aura) to sleep? (and I'm not talking about selecting an image before putting it to...
View Articledevice deconnection each time I touch .kobo folder
Hi everyone, Has anyone experienced this since the last version of the firmware: The Kobo device gets disconnected from computer in the 5 first seconds I try to copy a file inside the .kobo folder. I...
View ArticleKobo - User interface translation
Hi! I'm going to translate Kobo UI to Russian, but I can't find where the translation files are located?
View ArticleTouch Detect id user dismisses "connect to computer" dialog
I just started hacking my KT (added a connector to access the serial console) and now I'm wondering if it's possible to detect if the user has dismissed the "Connect to computer" dialog. The things...
View ArticleAbout kepub DRM
I hope this question is allowed here if I make it vague enough. In the comment section of the blog of a certain apprentice, there was mention of a script capable of removing Kobo kepub DRM, the...
View ArticleCreating a dedicated library partition for koreader.
This post reports the commands I've used for creating a library on a independent partition. This is only relevant for the use of koreader, since Kobo's Nickel won't see it. It assumes you modified your...
View ArticleCommon official git for kobo dev
Is there a common git for all kobo development that focuses on a complete replacement of the kobo system image ? I see that lots of little tweek and patches are made on this site, but there don't seem...
View ArticleAura HD ask about custom dictionary
for my poor english, i need to have a eng-kor dictionary so i tried to convereting with penelope, marisa, python from stardict dictionary what i have to kobo dicthtml.zip. almost failed, nothing but...
View ArticleMini screenshot and reset
I like the idea of using the power button to take a screenshot (with the line "Screenshots=true" in the Kobo_eReader.conf file), but I wonder whether that would prevent me from doing a factory reset or...
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How-To: Get a Daily Digest of Your Unread Pocket Items on Any Kobo* (*I think)
Hello All, I got a bricked Kobo Original WiFi (N647) from a friend, and after I revived it with some help from KevinShort :thanks:, I decided to see what the coolest thing I could do with it was. As...
View ArticleKobo Glo: Need SD card image
Hello, My Kobo Glo seems bricked: I have only fixed blue led when I want to turn on it. I have tried all to wake up it but without result. I have open my Kobo but I need a SD card image. Is it possible...
View ArticleAura HD Multi-touch question
So I watched the video for the new Aura, and one of the features is multi-touch. I started to wonder, could this feature be released via firmware update for the Aura HD? Can the IR hardware support two...
View ArticleKobo for Android database location
Where does the Kobo app on Android store the database that holds the epub file, the notes, the bookmarks, and the last location read? I have tried all sorts of Google searches but nothing seems to...
View ArticleBest way to organize groups of books
I use a Kobo Touch with firmware 2.5.2. I'd love to fill it with tons of reference material but 2 things get in the way. 1: They double space lists of titles wasting vertical space. Is it possible to...
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Turn your Kobo into a Debian Linux tablet
Sorry for the delay - I was on vacation :) It's fantastic that you guys were able to solve most of your problems yourself and even managed to run my sample image on a Kobo Mini (fixing bootloader)!!...
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