[geek1011]

Originally Posted by skldmf

Here: https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/6mq2vEsX/file.html

Hmm. I'm on my phone, so I can't do a full analysis at the moment, but here's what kobo-versionextract says:

patrick@android:/sdcard/Download$ gzip -k kobo.tar -c > KoboRoot.tgz
patrick@android:/sdcard/Download$ kobo-versionextract KoboRoot.tgz 
Revision: a73cfcc5e1253fea12c53ffdaa69de3ce32ed01b
 Version: 4.20.14627
    Date: December 2019

I'm still not convinced though, as this is pretty easy to manipulate. But, if this is a hoax, it is a somewhat elaborate one.

Edit: I've also attached the nickel CSS in the file.

Edit 1: I'll take a much closer look at the firmware files either tonight or tomorrow, depending on how busy I am. Afterwards, I'll probably be able to make a definitive statement on if this is fake or real (although I'm still leaning towards the fake side).