hi,
as it may be useful to someone else, I converted as a patch definition the modified libnickel.so that allows to launch the browser without wifi connected.
Further info at
original thread of the patch (all credit to
cartel who produced the file, I just converted it).
Warning: I didn't test the patch, just verified that the libnickel.so produced by this patch definition is equal (same md5 hash) to the one downloadable at the orginal thread mentioned above, so I assume it is correct.
Code:
<Patch>
patch_name = `Allow launching browser without wifi connected`
patch_enable = `yes`
#
## Normally the browser requires the wifi to be connected.
## This patch may be useful to use the browser to connect to localhost, or local files
## Credits and further info: https://a3nm.net/blog/kobo_glo_hacking.html
## https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=271049
#
replace_bytes = 7C9E66, 05 46, 01 20
replace_bytes = 7D88A8, 04 46, 01 20
</Patch>