Kobo Start Menu 08

[bcrxgirl]

Hello,

I am hoping to get some help installing KSM and Koreader. I was given a Kobo Aura One for Christmas, and I've done some reading about best ways to read pdfs on the KA1. I read a lot of scientific papers, which are often pdf, so this is a functionality I require. The instructions on the thread seem very straightforward, but I am having trouble nonetheless. I can complete step 1, and have the menu pngs showing up in My Books, but then I'm lost. The only folder in my KOBOeReader device is the kbmenupngs I just put there. There is no ".kobo" folder for me to copy KoboRoot.tgz.
I tried copying in to the root and I just wind up with dozens of images in My Books and no Start Menu. Any and all help much appreciated.

EDITED TO ADD

ok, i fugured out that part of the problem is that I'm using a Mac. I have copied KoboRoot.tgz to .kobo. i also downloaded the patch and copied the file the same way. I'm now at this step:

"select (in KSM home) "handle update" > "install update" (do not select "install partial update")
wait until the device has rebooted"

when my kobo restarts I get a menu with the following options:
front light on
front light off
info
start nickel
usb
wifi
configure
tools
scripts
user scripts
reboot
power off

how do i do the update???

[Ken Maltby]

That is the proper KSM (Home) menu. If KSM recognized that there was a .tgz file in the .kobo folder/directory it would also have the "handle update" option listed. So..., if you still need/want the patch, I guess you would need to try adding the patch .tgz file again. I don't know if it would cause a problem it you were to go ahead and put the koreader folder in the .adds folder/directory, and see if KOReader is working and appears on your KSM menu.

Luck;
Ken

[bcrxgirl]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

That is the proper KSM (Home) menu. If KSM recognized that there was a .tgz file in the .kobo folder/directory it would also have the "handle update" option listed. So..., if you still need/want the patch, I guess you would need to try adding the patch .tgz file again. I don't know if it would cause a problem it you were to go ahead and put the koreader folder in the .adds folder/directory, and see if KOReader is working and appears on your KSM menu.

Luck;
Ken

thank you ken. i redid the patch installation and the update worked this time. i installed the latest nightly build of koreader, and it seems to be working

[gaurav_singh_md]

I installed KSM and the patch along with koreader. It feels a little laggy (KSM) and I can't turn on the wi-fi. The firmware was updated to the latest version before installing KSM. I also patched the firmware before installing KSM.
Can't figure out the problem. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by gaurav_singh_md

I installed KSM and the patch along with koreader. It feels a little laggy (KSM)

That's how it is.

Originally Posted by gaurav_singh_md

and I can't turn on the wi-fi. The firmware was updated to the latest version before installing KSM. I also patched the firmware before installing KSM.
Can't figure out the problem. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Firmware patches have do not affect KSM. Did you install the KSM patch?

[gaurav_singh_md]

Originally Posted by tshering

That's how it is.



Firmware patches have do not affect KSM. Did you install the KSM patch?

Yes. I followed the sequence you mentioned in another post. PNG - check - KSM - check - KA1 Patch - check - Koreader and Vlasovsoft - check. (check means i disconnected the KA1 from the laptop and verified that everything is working as it should)
Then I turned on the wifi and it didn't work (it can't even find any networks). They were working right before I installed KSM.

[alstefanov]

Hi everybody,
I am first time e-reader user, and I was pretty happy with my Kobo Aura One, recently had to start reading some pdfs and I found that the KA1 does not deliver a great pdf experience. I decided to install KSM 8 with the KA1 patch and KoReader. However after that, I was unable to boot back in to Nickel it just goes into endless loop of the 5 bars animation. KoReader boots fine. I'm afraid I can brick the device, without your help!

My question is:

Is there a way to fix Nickel?

I don't care if i lose books, KSM or KoReader, I think I'll be happy with the stock firmware if it works properly.

Here is a video to visualize the problem:
goo.gl/yfRNb1

Any help would be appreciated!

[taos]

I can't watch the video at the moment, so I'm not sure if the following will work for you:
* restart your KA1
* in the KSM menu, choose tools -> nickel diverse.msh -> start nickel no fmon.sh
This might stop the bootloop.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by alstefanov

Hi everybody,
I am first time e-reader user, and I was pretty happy with my Kobo Aura One, recently had to start reading some pdfs and I found that the KA1 does not deliver a great pdf experience. I decided to install KSM 8 with the KA1 patch and KoReader. However after that, I was unable to boot back in to Nickel it just goes into endless loop of the 5 bars animation. KoReader boots fine. I'm afraid I can brick the device, without your help!

My question is:

Is there a way to fix Nickel?

I don't care if i lose books, KSM or KoReader, I think I'll be happy with the stock firmware if it works properly.

Here is a video to visualize the problem:
goo.gl/yfRNb1

Any help would be appreciated!

If you did not change the default configuration, KSM should start only every other time you reboot the device? Every second time nickel should start as if KSM is not there at all. When you have already changed the settings you can redo them. Select
tools > activate > set runmenu settings.msh > alternateMenu.
It is better not to uninstall KSM before making sure nickel can run.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by gaurav_singh_md

Yes. I followed the sequence you mentioned in another post. PNG - check - KSM - check - KA1 Patch - check - Koreader and Vlasovsoft - check. (check means i disconnected the KA1 from the laptop and verified that everything is working as it should)
Then I turned on the wifi and it didn't work (it can't even find any networks). They were working right before I installed KSM.

I guess you tried from within nickel. Could you also try from KSM?

• "wifi > "wifi" enable dhcp.sh"
• wait some time then select: "x wget w1.weather.gov.sh" (this is the only example url that is still working.); "show wifi ip.sh" is another possibility to check you are connected.

Did you try to restart your router?

[gaurav_singh_md]

Originally Posted by tshering

I guess you tried from within nickel. Could you also try from KSM?

• "wifi > "wifi" enable dhcp.sh"
• wait some time then select: "x wget w1.weather.gov.sh" (this is the only example url that is still working.); "show wifi ip.sh" is another possibility to check you are connected.

Did you try to restart your router?

This didn't work. The wifi connection is fine as all the other devices have no problems (laptop, phone etc).
What happens if i patch the firmware again (i think i enabled the patch that turns off auto updates, maybe that is the problem). Do i need to uninstall KSM?

[alstefanov]

Originally Posted by tshering

If you did not change the default configuration, KSM should start only every other time you reboot the device? Every second time nickel should start as if KSM is not there at all. When you have already changed the settings you can redo them. Select
tools > activate > set runmenu settings.msh > alternateMenu.
It is better not to uninstall KSM before making sure nickel can run.

I did that and now it does boot into Nickel, Thanks!
I am just new to this and I need some guidance!

Can i also ask

Will I lose KSM and KoReader if I do a Factory Reset?

and
Can I make it so it always boots into Nickel and I somehow manually switch to KSM when i need the KoReader?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by gaurav_singh_md

This didn't work. The wifi connection is fine as all the other devices have no problems (laptop, phone etc).
What happens if i patch the firmware again (i think i enabled the patch that turns off auto updates, maybe that is the problem). Do i need to uninstall KSM?

There is no need to uninstall KSM in order to patch the firmware. If I remember correctly, the patch that turns off auto updates does nothing but pretending that the device has already installed a higher firmware version than the one available. So this should not prevent nickel from connecting to wifi.
The other point is that the KSM wifi enable function is not changed by the patch. So the problem should be somewhere else.
What does happen, when you select "wifi > "wifi enable dhcp.sh" in KSM? Is there a note that two modules have been loaded? I am asking to exclude possible sources of error.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by alstefanov

I did that and now it does boot into Nickel,

I am glad nickel works again. Did you try what taos suggested? If this works, there is a high chance that we can make everything work smothly.

Originally Posted by alstefanov

Will I lose KSM and KoReader if I do a Factory Reset?

Yes, you will have to set up the device anew, including the registration. I do not think there is a need to factory reset the device. You can deinstall KSM, by selecting
"tools" > "ksm diverse.msh" > del KSM.sh." There will be some remaining parts, that you can manually remove by deleting the folder .adds/kbmenu_user.

Originally Posted by alstefanov

Can I make it so it always boots into Nickel and I somehow manually switch to KSM when i need the KoReader?

It is possible, but not very convenient. You would select

• "tools" > "activate" > "set runmenu settings.msh" > "never"

If you then would like to start KSM again, you would change the file ".adds/kbmenu_user/runsettings.txt" manually.
There are also other mods around to select between nickel and koreader, search for adv boot, fmon, and cute fmon, if you are interested.

[gaurav_singh_md]

Originally Posted by tshering

There is no need to uninstall KSM in order to patch the firmware. If I remember correctly, the patch that turns off auto updates does nothing but pretending that the device has already installed a higher firmware version than the one available. So this should not prevent nickel from connecting to wifi.
The other point is that the KSM wifi enable function is not changed by the patch. So the problem should be somewhere else.
What does happen, when you select "wifi > "wifi enable dhcp.sh" in KSM? Is there a note that two modules have been loaded? I am asking to exclude possible sources of error.

This is what it says in KSM:
sdio wifi pwr.ko: not loaded
dhd.ko: not loaded

In nickel no wifi networks are detected (there are at least 10 detected on other devices) and if i try to add my network manually it says "wrong password".

I hope you find a solution.