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Originally Posted by honeywhite
I am indeed using a Kobo Aura Edition 2. I wonder which eReader this hack originally came from, and if a newer version exists.
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2 years late
, but hopefully this post will sum things up for any newcomers looking to do this on a modern Kobo e-reader.
TL;DR Don't bother.
This was developed for the
Mark 4 series of Kobo devices, released circa 2012-2014. These were all fairly similar internally and thus not much work was required to port Android from one to the other. Fast forward half a decade and we have a completely different generation of devices which will most likely need an entirely new port.
The last version of Android that can easily run on a Kobo device (even a modern one) would be version 2.3 as newer versions require some type of accelerated graphics. While Android 2.3 is still a superior OS to the built-in Kobo firmware,
very few apps from the last few years will run on it. In 2016 web browsing on Android barely worked on a Kobo Mini and the web has only become more resource-hungry in recent years.
Bottom line: this port of Android is a historical artifact now. If you want to read books and use Android apps, get a cheap Android tablet. If you only care about reading books, stick with the Kobo firmware (and get KOReader if you really want more features, it's maintained and is far less risky to install).
Or, buy a used Kobo Mini/Glo/Touch N905B/C and run Android 2.3 on that. There is probably little to gain from trying to run 2.3 on newer Kobos.