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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
I saw on GitHub that somebody posted a PR to fix the patch that blocks firmware updates:
https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch-patches/pull/137
The patch targets a link to api.kobobooks.com to stop the firmware update check from working.
The notes in libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml warn that the patch is dangerous, as it can cause a boot loop if you do a factory reset. If we know what the update URL is, would it be equally effective to redirect api.kobobooks.com in the hosts file to block firmware updates without the bootloop risk associated with the patch, or would that cause negative side effects? The only reference to api.kobobooks.com in libnickel.so.1.0.0 seems to be for the update check. |
Original developer of this patch here. This can't be done, host files can only block FQDNs and not URLs. Meaning doing so would blacklist the whole kobo API and not just the update URL path.
And you won't turn into a bootloop unless you factory reset the device on purpose. Patching a firmware is already dangerous in itself, this is just part of the game. I've been using my own patch over the last 4 months on two devices without a single issue.