I would like to see the Start Menu work on the Aura HD too. Unfortunately, I cannot do any testing myself. So if anybody would like to help, I have prepared a small update file for testing purposes. It requires that the Start Menu package (see post #1) is already installed on the device. Maybe Ken is currently the only one who is running the Start Menu on an Aura HD. I can also provide a new package that already contains the updated files, if anybody wishes so.
Based on the observations of trekk and Ken, I am entertaining the maybe childish idea, that, on the Aura HD, the first call of the menu application results in a disoriented display, and with any further call the orientation is correct. I guess, it took trekk and Ken some time to poke the right place on the bottom-up display in order to trigger a second call to the application. Therefore, time might also have an impact.
I order to verify this idea and see whether we can use it, I would like to invite you to conduct the following experiment.
- download TestForAuraHD.zip
- extract KoboRoot.tgz and copy it to .kobo of the device
- if you see the "handle update" entry in the main menu, select it and choose "install update"
After the automatic reboot, you should see something like the image below, however flipped by 180°. Don't try to select an entry. Wait 10 seconds until the application exits by itself. Next appears the main menu. This time with correctly oriented display, or so I hope.
A) If up to this point things went according to wish, you can try to decrease the waiting time.
In the file .kobo\kbmemu\usersettings.txt change
Code:
firstautoselectafter=10
to
Code:
firstautoselectafter=0
and reboot.
If next you see the main menu with correct orientation, we can rejoice. If not, you might try some other values between 0 and 10.
B) If however things did not go according to wish, we might try to increase the waiting time in .kobo\kbmemu\usersettings.txt
If this also does not yield the wished for result, we could try another thing. Maybe user interaction is needed, after all.
C) After reboot, select any item of the a b c d ... menu before timeout. This should not be too difficult, since anywhere you poke on the screen, apart from the small top and bottom area, should be a good place.
Please report your results here.