Nickel won’t uninstall

kenpal · 03-25-2024, 08:30 PM

I saw a post from a bit ago of someone who had a similar issue. I cannot remove the nickel menu icon from the corner of my Libra. I’ve tried the uninstall file and just deleting the program. I even factory reset it twice but it still shows the nickel menu in the corner. Any way that I can fix this?

DNSB · 03-25-2024, 08:40 PM

You can't delete the program since the program lives in the system partition which is not accessible over a USB connection.

Since you stated that you created a zero length file called uninstall (case sensitive!) in .adds/nm, restarted your Kobo and NickelMenu was not removed, that suggests something is seriously hooped on your Kobo. You might want to post in the NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders thread.

Another item is that unless you have enabled developer mode and used the factory reset from Settings => Device settings => Developer Options => Factory reset your eReader or used a manual factory reset, the system partition will not be reset to factory and NickelMenu would not be removed.

PeterT · 03-25-2024, 11:54 PM

Do you mean Nickel (the native Kobo reading interface) OR Nickel Menu (an add-on by pgaskin for Kobo)?

You are creating the uninstall file in the correct location? With the device attached to your computer create a file in the .adds/nm/ directory called uninstall I know the documentation says KOBOeReader/.adds/nm/uninstall but the KOBOeReader part is just referring to where the eReader is mounted on your computer.

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03-25-2024, 08:30 PM	#1
kenpal Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2024 Device: Libra 2	Nickel won’t uninstall I saw a post from a bit ago of someone who had a similar issue. I cannot remove the nickel menu icon from the corner of my Libra. I’ve tried the uninstall file and just deleting the program. I even factory reset it twice but it still shows the nickel menu in the corner. Any way that I can fix this?

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03-25-2024, 08:40 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,464 Karma: 145525534 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	You can't delete the program since the program lives in the system partition which is not accessible over a USB connection. Since you stated that you created a zero length file called uninstall (case sensitive!) in .adds/nm, restarted your Kobo and NickelMenu was not removed, that suggests something is seriously hooped on your Kobo. You might want to post in the NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders thread. Another item is that unless you have enabled developer mode and used the factory reset from Settings => Device settings => Developer Options => Factory reset your eReader or used a manual factory reset, the system partition will not be reset to factory and NickelMenu would not be removed.

03-25-2024, 11:54 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,168 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Do you mean Nickel (the native Kobo reading interface) OR Nickel Menu (an add-on by pgaskin for Kobo)? You are creating the uninstall file in the correct location? With the device attached to your computer create a file in the .adds/nm/ directory called uninstall I know the documentation says KOBOeReader/.adds/nm/uninstall but the KOBOeReader part is just referring to where the eReader is mounted on your computer. Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk