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Originally Posted by Trevithick
I'm very new to the ereader community and recently got a Kobo Forma. I'm absolutely shocked by how few languages Kobo supports and even more shocked by how restrictive they are in allowing custom ones to be installed.
I figured out the disguise method for installing additional dictionaries but can anyone tell me how to stop Kobo from resetting and messing around with them?
Better yet, is there a way to jailbreak the software so I don't have to put up with their bullshit and just install as many languages as I like without having to dress them up?
Apologies if my questions have already been answered: I couldn't find much from a quick search. Also, sorry for my aggressive tone: just pisses me off that a corporation would try and ruin something that has so much potential; apart from those issues, I'm loving my device!
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To avoid the issue You lament You can apply the patch created for Dictutil by @geek1011 called
Never sync dictionaries
https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/install.html
at the file libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml (copy it manually because it is not in the file You find in Kobopatch). I imagine that You already know Kobopatch, if not it is not difficult to learn it.
ps: don't be so angry with Kobo: they support the languages that they support with the dictionary (very poor for my language, that's the reason why I change it) that they give. It is not a ideal situation but with the help of some community hacker we can do a lot of thing because Kobo don't need a jailbreak. The only thing to remember is that You must apply again the patch each time that You update the firmware (they are firmware specific).