KOReader vs Damaged Screen

[Kwyjor]

So I'm still rocking my Kobo Touch N905B with KOReader. The power switch is a little dodgy and I'm not sure the battery is quite what it used to be, but it still suits my needs, mostly. And then today I dropped it somewhere.

I supposed it could be a whole lot worse, but the upper-left corner of the screen is non-functional, an area about 5 mm x 15 mm. Just enough to be a little annoying.

I'm sure there's no hope of actually repairing something like this, but I can't possibly be the first person to be confronted with this problem. Would it not be feasible to make KOReader stop trying to render text in that particular area? I'm not sure what to Google to get more details.

[pazos]

See https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/7420

[Kwyjor]

Thank you kindly. I wish that had turned up when I Googled "koreader damaged screen". (Google really is kind of iffy these days, isn't it?)

I guess it would be asking too much to be able to sacrifice only the corner instead of the entire top 15 mm (or side 5 mm).

ETA: Is there some way to scroll the screen by a line or two instead of advancing to the next page?

Thank you kindly. I wish that had turned up when I Googled "koreader damaged screen". (Google really is kind of iffy these days, isn't it?)

I guess it would be asking too much to be able to sacrifice only the corner instead of the entire top 15 mm (or side 5 mm).

ETA: Is there some way to scroll the screen by a line or two instead of advancing to the next page?

ETA2: For reference, I opened .adds\koreader\frontend\device\kobo\device.lua and at the end of the "KoboTrilogy" section added the line

viewport = Geom:new{x=33, y=0, w=567, h=800},

(and managed to bork it up several times by forgetting the comma. Ha ha!)

On an unrelated note, I am apparently running version v2015.11-1800-g0924b57_2018-07-29, via KSM. Is it safe to update?

[Kwyjor]

Thank you kindly. I wish that had turned up when I Googled "koreader damaged screen". (Google really is kind of iffy these days, isn't it?)

I guess it would be asking too much to be able to sacrifice only the corner instead of the entire top 15 mm (or side 5 mm).

ETA: Is there some way to scroll the screen by a line or two instead of advancing to the next page?

ETA2: For reference, I opened .adds\koreader\frontend\device\kobo\device.lua and at the end of the "KoboTrilogy" section added the line

viewport = Geom:new{x=33, y=0, w=567, h=800},

(and managed to bork it up several times by forgetting the comma. Ha ha!)

On an unrelated note, I am apparently running version v2015.11-1800-g0924b57_2018-07-29, via KSM. Is it safe to update?

[pazos]

I'm sorry but I don't follow.

Did you manage to get the viewport working?

If so yes, you can update. Backup your data first since there're 5 years of changes in between. Apply the update and reapply the viewport code that works for you.

You'll need to apply the viewport after each new update but, based on your record, I think you should be fine for another 5 years

Also: unrelated questions are better elsewhere. Make a new thread, they're cheap. Trying to keep threads on a single topic make them more valuable for other users, in the future.

[Kwyjor]

Originally Posted by pazos

Did you manage to get the viewport working?

Yes indeed! I'm not sure if it messed up the touch screen controls or if it's just my imagination.

Also: unrelated questions are better elsewhere. Make a new thread, they're cheap.

I thought this might be one of those boards where everyone is sick to death of users making threads asking about whether it is safe to update.

[NiLuJe]

Originally Posted by Kwyjor

I'm not sure if it messed up the touch screen controls or if it's just my imagination.

It would have on an ancient version, but this has been fixed a few months? years? ago.