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Old 05-14-2013, 09:02 AM   #1
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Device: Kobo: Glo, Aura , Aura H2O, Aura ONE, Forma, Elipsa
Getting rid of the Header in 2.5.2 epubs

With the patch 2.5.2 Kobo decided to "kobo-fy" the epub rendering engine, by adding a permanent title-line on top of the screen.

I was not really happy with the prospect of not upgrading the Kobo from now on, only to get rid of the bar, so I started to experiment a bit.

The quick and dirty solution I found atm is to just patch the 2.5.1 reader *.so back in after applying the 2.5.2 patch.
After a few hours of reading it seems to work without any problem.

I also tried older reader versions (2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.4.0) but they don't work, so some dependencies probably have changed with the big 2.5.0 update.

Would be nice to figure out a way to make the older versions work again, to get a version that had working italics for certain fonts, or the back to library function.

The attached file includes the readerapp file from 2.5.1 and from 2.5.2.

Installation procedure is as usual, rename the files to koboroot.tgz and put them in the .kobo folder.
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File Type: rar Kobo - adobereader.rar (203.1 KB, 660 views)
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