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Old 08-12-2016, 07:31 AM   #197
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Device: Kobo_Aura_H2O, Kobo_Aura_One, Kobo Sage
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Tshering,

I have manually successfully installed the patches a few months back. So, if I understand you install instructions, I need to run ksd_remove on my H2O first? Is this correct? And then install tool, then patch bundle?

Thanks
John Feole




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Originally Posted by tshering View Post
With this package you can download and handle patches from pipcat's http://pip.cat/khd/kobo/ (see this thread).

Installation:
  • extract KoboRoot.tgz from the uploaded archive, and copy it into .kobo of your device
  • safely disconnect and disable usb
  • select (KSM home) handle update > install update
How to download a patch collection:
  • enable wifi
  • select (KSM home) user scripts > tests > returntests user.msh > khd download patches.sh
  • (animation)
  • you will be presented with a list of patch profiles. Choose one of them (see the attached image)
  • (animation)
  • if everything went well, you will get informed: everything seems to be ok!

How to apply the downloaded patches:
  • select (KSM home) user scripts > tests > returntests user.msh > khd apply patches.sh
  • (animation)
  • if you are presented with a full report, you can close the info screen by touching the middle of the screen and then choosing "close"

How to restore the original state of the device:
  • select (KSM home) user scripts > tests > returntests user.msh > khd_restore_original_state.sh
If you decide to download another patch collection, remove first the already downloaded patches:
  • select (KSM home) user scripts > tests > returntests user.msh > khd_delete_patches.sh
If you are finished patching, and you are certain you do not want to restore, delete the patch directory (this includes the backups of the un-patched libraries):
  • select (KSM home) user scripts > tests > returntests user.msh > khd_delete_patch_dir.sh

Important points:
  • After installing any Kobo Firmware, you must run nickel at least once before downloading a patch collection. If not the scripts cannot correctly ascertain the current firmware version and will try (and fail) to find patches for a FW that does not exist at all!
  • If you use this package, no patches must have been already applied.
    Spoiler:
    If you did already apply patches, you have to provide the original, not-patched, libraries. The location for these libraries is for the current 3.19.5761 FW:
    /mnt/onboard/.adds/kbmenu_user/patchbase/3.19.5761_0e028f3185/orig
    (The path /mnt/onboard/.adds/kbmenu_user/patchbase/3.19.5761_0e028f3185 will be created by "khd download patches.sh")

Note: Downloading is rather slow. The bottleneck is wget!
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