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tschucha · 11-26-2018, 07:06 PM

I don't mean to be someone who is telling others what code they should write but this just came to me.

I bought a Forma from Walmart. When you put the Forma to sleep it would display a Walmart logo. Not pleasant. I hacked around a bit and changed the affiliate from WalmartHybrid to Kobo and after that when putting the reader to sleep it showed a plain blank screen just like other older Kobos I have do.

What I was thinking was that somewhere there must exist code on the reader that says if the affiliate=WalmartHybrid then display the Walmart jpg on the reader when it is put to sleep.

My idea...... Replace the walmart jpg with one of my own choosing. Then what I would think would happen would be that when put to sleep the reader would display the jpg of your own choosing?

Does this sound interesting? If so where would one start to create this hack.

11-26-2018, 07:06 PM	#1
tschucha Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 52546 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Sage	Potential useful hack for Froma I don't mean to be someone who is telling others what code they should write but this just came to me. I bought a Forma from Walmart. When you put the Forma to sleep it would display a Walmart logo. Not pleasant. I hacked around a bit and changed the affiliate from WalmartHybrid to Kobo and after that when putting the reader to sleep it showed a plain blank screen just like other older Kobos I have do. What I was thinking was that somewhere there must exist code on the reader that says if the affiliate=WalmartHybrid then display the Walmart jpg on the reader when it is put to sleep. My idea...... Replace the walmart jpg with one of my own choosing. Then what I would think would happen would be that when put to sleep the reader would display the jpg of your own choosing? Does this sound interesting? If so where would one start to create this hack.