Instructions for patching firmware 3.11.0 - Page 10

Ripplinger · 11-07-2014, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I think the Aura's screen is 10 pixels shorter than the Glo's, ...

So the Aura screensize is actually 748 x 1024 pixels? I'm just curious at this point, I don't own an Aura and never will (don't like capacitive touch). I looked around for anyone posting a direct screenshot off an Aura, but couldn't find one to verify the size difference.

I always thought it was odd that the Glo was already at 758 x 1024, already 10 pixels short of the standard 4:3 ratio of 768 x 1024.

GeoffR · 11-07-2014, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cesco

It works very well on my Glo. I wonder if you can help me to change the values to use it on the Aura hd.

I can make a patch for the HD/H2O, but I don't know what the current homescreen layout looks like on those devices.

The original Glo and Aura layout had a large gap at the bottom of the tiles, so it took only a fairly small change to make room for an extra row of book tiles. Unless the other devices have that large gap too, there might not be any benefit from a patch.

GeoffR · 11-07-2014, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

So the Aura screensize is actually 748 x 1024 pixels? I'm just curious at this point, I don't own an Aura and never will (don't like capacitive touch). I looked around for anyone posting a direct screenshot off an Aura, but couldn't find one to verify the size difference.

I always thought it was odd that the Glo was already at 758 x 1024, already 10 pixels short of the standard 4:3 ratio of 768 x 1024.

I think the Aura screen is 758x1014, the Glo 758x1024.

DNSB · 11-07-2014, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I think the Aura screen is 758x1014, the Glo 758x1024.

According to Kobo's site, the Aura is 758x1024, the Glo is 768x1024. On another hand, according to eInk's site, the 6" Pearl screen used in the Glo and the 6" Pearl ClarityScreen used in the Aura come in a standard 758x1024 resolution.

Your guess is as gone as mine as to which is right though the Glo being 10 pixels wider than the Aura would fit with the results of attempting to place more tiles on the screen.

Ripplinger · 11-07-2014, 10:56 PM

If anyone with an Aura would be willing to upload a screenshot taken from the reader itself using the screenshot=true line in the .conf file using the power switch, that should really tell us what the exact pixel size is, right? I know the screenshots I get off the Glo that way are definitely 758 x 1024.

I've seen the different sizes on Kobo's site, it depends on which page you're looking at. The main page for the Glo says 768 x 1024. But if you go to the comparison page, it then says 758 x 1024.

Edit: I checked the main page at Kobo for the Aura, and there it says 758 x 1024. Yet on the comparison page it says 758 x 1014.

Cesco · 11-08-2014, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I can make a patch for the HD/H2O, but I don't know what the current homescreen layout looks like on those devices.

The original Glo and Aura layout had a large gap at the bottom of the tiles, so it took only a fairly small change to make room for an extra row of book tiles. Unless the other devices have that large gap too, there might not be any benefit from a patch.

Thanks for your time GeoffR, this you can see in the annex, is the result of the tests (Glo patched and unpatched Aura HD) that I made using kobo utilities, so I think it is not possible to add new tiles.

Anak · 11-08-2014, 12:20 PM

How do you decrypt the Kobo firmware to make certain files readable for humans and to be able to search for possible other interesting strings that can be customized? How is this done for librmsdk.so.1.0.0, libnickel.so.1.0.0, and libadobe.so?
IMO, the files are XOR encrypted and zipped (zlib)?

GeoffR · 11-08-2014, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anak

How do you decrypt the Kobo firmware to make certain files readable for humans and to be able to search for possible other interesting strings that can be customized? How is this done for librmsdk.so.1.0.0, libnickel.so.1.0.0, and libadobe.so?
IMO, the files are XOR encrypted and zipped (zlib)?

I don't think the strings are encrypted, but some of them are stored as C++ QString objects instead of plain C strings, so you need to search for utf-16 strings as well as ascii strings.

In Linux the command "strings --radix=x --encoding=l libnickel.so.1.0.0" will list the utf-16 strings.

Jellby · 11-09-2014, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Post #2 has a new patch to remove the white borders from the book covers on the homescreen tiles.

The library tile still has the white border, but there are no further instances of "coverBorder".

And can you find a way to center the covers in the tiles?

Anak · 11-09-2014, 02:21 PM

Since 3.8.0 and now with 3.11.0 the patched files are not added to a final archive file (KoboRoot.tgz).
The patched files are generated in "\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target" output directory. The patch creates the correct folder directory structure ("\usr\local\Kobo") but it does not create the final archive. I have to do this manually.
Note: I've extracted all 'patcher' files correctly.

Just tested it again with firmware 3.5.0.: same result. Which is stange, as this version always created the final archive.

I think this is my machine / W8.1 Pro releated, not the patcher files.
I don't know what caused it, so I can't fix it.

OS: W8.1 Pro (x64)

DNSB · 11-09-2014, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anak

I think this is my machine / W8.1 Pro releated, not the patcher files.
I don't know what caused it, so I can't fix it.

OS: W8.1 Pro (x64)

Have you tried running the batch file in administrator mode? I had to do that under the Windows 10 tech preview.

sparklemotion · 11-09-2014, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anak

Since 3.8.0 and now with 3.11.0 the patched files are not added to a final archive file (KoboRoot.tgz).
The patched files are generated in "\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target" output directory. The patch creates the correct folder directory structure ("\usr\local\Kobo") but it does not create the final archive. I have to do this manually.
Note: I've extracted all 'patcher' files correctly.

Just tested it again with firmware 3.5.0.: same result. Which is stange, as this version always created the final archive.

I think this is my machine / W8.1 Pro releated, not the patcher files.
I don't know what caused it, so I can't fix it.

OS: W8.1 Pro (x64)

So interesting you bring this up. I just had the EXACT same problem yesterday on my Win 8 laptop. I ended up using my Windows 7 work desktop and it went easily and smoothly then.

Poor Skydog on here was so very kindly trying to help me. (Thank you again, skydog! You're an angel!) I couldn't understand where I was going wrong. It was so baffling why it wasn't working for me. I finally sorted it by switching computers.

I hadn't thought of using administrator mode, DNSB. That may just be it.

tshering · 11-09-2014, 03:11 PM

There should be an error message by 7-zip and/or the script
Possible error messages of the script are:
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tar
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz
- No result!

@Anak
From your description ("final archive") I take it is "ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz". Just to be sure.
This might help to find the problem.

@DNSB
Do you remember what exactly was the problem when running without administrator mode? Where there some messages from 7-zip?

Anak · 11-10-2014, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tshering

There should be an error message by 7-zip and/or the script
Possible error messages of the script are:
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tar
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz
- No result!

@Anak
From your description ("final archive") I take it is "ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz". Just to be sure.
This might help to find the problem.

@DNSB
Do you remember what exactly was the problem when running without administrator mode? Where there some messages from 7-zip?

Yes, what i meaned here is the final step to create the archive with the patched files.
There is no error message, the script just ends without creating the archive (or it doesn't pauze and keep the CMD window open, like other erorrs).

Redirect the output to file

Code:

3.11.0.bat > output.log 2>&1

Output log as normal user

Code:

Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libadobe.so
Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0.0
Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\librmsdk.so.1.0.0
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 249852 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\libadobe.so'
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove PDF map widget shown during panning`
Ignoring disabled patch `Preserve PDF pan position across page turns`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove PDF page turn arrows at left and right edges of page`
Wrote 249852 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libadobe.so'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 16739384 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\libnickel.so.1.0.0'
Ignoring disabled patch `Disable reading footer`
Applied patch `Custom reading footer style`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom header style for Touch`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom header style for Mini`
Applied patch `Custom header style for Glo/Aura/AuraHD/H2O`
Applied patch `My 15 line spacing values`
Applied patch `Custom fonts sizes`
Applied patch `Custom left & right margins`
Applied patch `Brightness fine control`
Applied patch `Search in Library by default`
Applied patch `Unitless ePub line height`
Applied patch `Freedom to advanced fonts control`
Ignoring disabled patch `Allow download all in Browser`
Ignoring disabled patch `ePub adjustable top/bottom margin`
Ignoring disabled patch `ePub fixed top/bottom margin`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom page refresh options`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove system fonts in Reader list`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove non-system fonts in Reader list`
Ignoring disabled patch `Cyrillic keyboard`
Ignoring disabled patch `Customise PinchGestureRecognizer`
Ignoring disabled patch `Wi-Fi insomnia`
Applied patch `Margins fine tuning`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom kepub default margins`
Ignoring disabled patch `Block WiFi firmware upgrade`
Wrote 16739384 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0.0'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 7433052 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\librmsdk.so.1.0.0'
Applied patch `Fix page breaks bug`
Ignoring disabled patch `Ignore book internal CSS stylesheet`
Ignoring disabled patch `Ignore book TOC navpoints`
Wrote 7433052 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\librmsdk.so.1.0.0'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
'FIND' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Output log as administrator, in an elevated CMD. The output is similar.
However if I run the batch file directly. Right click and choose "Run as administrator":

Code:

ERROR: Can not find C:\WINDOWS\system32\3.11.0_source
Press any key to continue...

It is obvious the "3.11.0_source" is not present in the Windows directory.
I don't know why the file looks there.

Anak · 11-10-2014, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tshering

There should be an error message by 7-zip and/or the script
Possible error messages of the script are:
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tar
- ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz
- No result!

@Anak
From your description ("final archive") I take it is "ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz". Just to be sure.
This might help to find the problem.

@DNSB
Do you remember what exactly was the problem when running without administrator mode? Where there some messages from 7-zip?

Yes, what i meaned here is the final step to create the archive with the patched files.
There is no error message, the script just ends without creating the archive.
Or it doesn't keep the CMD window open.

Redirect the output to file

Code:

3.11.0.bat > output.log 2>&1

Output log as normal user

Code:

Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libadobe.so
Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0.0
Deleted file - D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\librmsdk.so.1.0.0
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 249852 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\libadobe.so'
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove PDF map widget shown during panning`
Ignoring disabled patch `Preserve PDF pan position across page turns`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove PDF page turn arrows at left and right edges of page`
Wrote 249852 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libadobe.so'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 16739384 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\libnickel.so.1.0.0'
Ignoring disabled patch `Disable reading footer`
Applied patch `Custom reading footer style`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom header style for Touch`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom header style for Mini`
Applied patch `Custom header style for Glo/Aura/AuraHD/H2O`
Applied patch `My 15 line spacing values`
Applied patch `Custom fonts sizes`
Applied patch `Custom left & right margins`
Applied patch `Brightness fine control`
Applied patch `Search in Library by default`
Applied patch `Unitless ePub line height`
Applied patch `Freedom to advanced fonts control`
Ignoring disabled patch `Allow download all in Browser`
Ignoring disabled patch `ePub adjustable top/bottom margin`
Ignoring disabled patch `ePub fixed top/bottom margin`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom page refresh options`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove system fonts in Reader list`
Ignoring disabled patch `Remove non-system fonts in Reader list`
Ignoring disabled patch `Cyrillic keyboard`
Ignoring disabled patch `Customise PinchGestureRecognizer`
Ignoring disabled patch `Wi-Fi insomnia`
Applied patch `Margins fine tuning`
Ignoring disabled patch `Custom kepub default margins`
Ignoring disabled patch `Block WiFi firmware upgrade`
Wrote 16739384 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\libnickel.so.1.0.0'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching start
//////////////////////////////////////////////
Read 7433052 bytes from input file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_source\librmsdk.so.1.0.0'
Applied patch `Fix page breaks bug`
Ignoring disabled patch `Ignore book internal CSS stylesheet`
Ignoring disabled patch `Ignore book TOC navpoints`
Wrote 7433052 bytes to output file 'D:\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target\usr\local\Kobo\librmsdk.so.1.0.0'
//////////////////////////////////////////////
//                    Patching end
//////////////////////////////////////////////
'FIND' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Output log as administrator, in an elevated CMD. The output is similar.
However if I run the batch file directly. Right click and choose "Run as administrator":

Code:

ERROR: Can not find C:\WINDOWS\system32\3.11.0_source
Press any key to continue...

It is obvious the "3.11.0_source" is not present in the Windows directory.
I don't know why the file looks there.

11-07-2014, 10:56 PM	#140
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	If anyone with an Aura would be willing to upload a screenshot taken from the reader itself using the screenshot=true line in the .conf file using the power switch, that should really tell us what the exact pixel size is, right? I know the screenshots I get off the Glo that way are definitely 758 x 1024. I've seen the different sizes on Kobo's site, it depends on which page you're looking at. The main page for the Glo says 768 x 1024. But if you go to the comparison page, it then says 758 x 1024. Edit: I checked the main page at Kobo for the Aura, and there it says 758 x 1024. Yet on the comparison page it says 758 x 1014. Last edited by Ripplinger; 11-07-2014 at 11:00 PM.

11-09-2014, 03:11 PM	#148
tshering Wizard Posts: 3,489 Karma: 2914715 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: kobo touch	There should be an error message by 7-zip and/or the script Possible error messages of the script are: - ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tar - ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz - No result! @Anak From your description ("final archive") I take it is "ERROR while creating KoboRoot.tgz". Just to be sure. This might help to find the problem. @DNSB Do you remember what exactly was the problem when running without administrator mode? Where there some messages from 7-zip? Last edited by tshering; 11-09-2014 at 03:30 PM.

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11-08-2014, 12:20 PM	#142
Anak Guru Posts: 603 Karma: 641742 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: DE Device: Kobo Glo	How do you decrypt the Kobo firmware to make certain files readable for humans and to be able to search for possible other interesting strings that can be customized? How is this done for librmsdk.so.1.0.0, libnickel.so.1.0.0, and libadobe.so? IMO, the files are XOR encrypted and zipped (zlib)?

11-09-2014, 02:21 PM	#145
Anak Guru Posts: 603 Karma: 641742 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: DE Device: Kobo Glo	Since 3.8.0 and now with 3.11.0 the patched files are not added to a final archive file (KoboRoot.tgz). The patched files are generated in "\patch_kobo_3110\3.11.0_target" output directory. The patch creates the correct folder directory structure ("\usr\local\Kobo") but it does not create the final archive. I have to do this manually. Note: I've extracted all 'patcher' files correctly. Just tested it again with firmware 3.5.0.: same result. Which is stange, as this version always created the final archive. I think this is my machine / W8.1 Pro releated, not the patcher files. I don't know what caused it, so I can't fix it. OS: W8.1 Pro (x64)