Potential useful hack for Froma

tschucha · 11-26-2018, 07:06 PM

I don't mean to be someone who is telling others what code they should write but this just came to me.

I bought a Forma from Walmart. When you put the Forma to sleep it would display a Walmart logo. Not pleasant. I hacked around a bit and changed the affiliate from WalmartHybrid to Kobo and after that when putting the reader to sleep it showed a plain blank screen just like other older Kobos I have do.

What I was thinking was that somewhere there must exist code on the reader that says if the affiliate=WalmartHybrid then display the Walmart jpg on the reader when it is put to sleep.

My idea...... Replace the walmart jpg with one of my own choosing. Then what I would think would happen would be that when put to sleep the reader would display the jpg of your own choosing?

Does this sound interesting? If so where would one start to create this hack.

MGlitch · 11-26-2018, 07:51 PM

It doesn’t work by that means but

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=255238

Does what you’re describing and more

11-26-2018, 07:06 PM	#1
tschucha Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 52546 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Sage	Potential useful hack for Froma I don't mean to be someone who is telling others what code they should write but this just came to me. I bought a Forma from Walmart. When you put the Forma to sleep it would display a Walmart logo. Not pleasant. I hacked around a bit and changed the affiliate from WalmartHybrid to Kobo and after that when putting the reader to sleep it showed a plain blank screen just like other older Kobos I have do. What I was thinking was that somewhere there must exist code on the reader that says if the affiliate=WalmartHybrid then display the Walmart jpg on the reader when it is put to sleep. My idea...... Replace the walmart jpg with one of my own choosing. Then what I would think would happen would be that when put to sleep the reader would display the jpg of your own choosing? Does this sound interesting? If so where would one start to create this hack.

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11-26-2018, 07:51 PM	#2
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,855 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	It doesn’t work by that means but https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=255238 Does what you’re describing and more

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