Instructions for patching firmware 4.6.9995

[arrivedercifrog]

Originally Posted by ZmeuZ

Thank you very much for the fast patching.

On my Kobo Aura One with the fw 4.6.9995, the patch to "Preserve PDF pan position across page turns" doesn't work, even though it was working fine with 4.4.9349.
Can someone else can confirm this?

I also confirm (KA1)

When page is changed by sliding bottom menu it works
but when swiping or tapping to change the page it doesn't work :/

[Semwize]

GeoffR, a question.

In the search (Cyrillic keyboard) it is necessary to indicate the name of the author or work with a capital letter. If you specify with a lowercase - does not find.

Is there something that can be fixed? Earlier so was not the same.

[SaraOliveira]

what was the last version that `Preserve PDF pan position across page turns` worked well?
Most of my files are pdf, so I really need this function

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by Semwize

GeoffR, a question.

In the search (Cyrillic keyboard) it is necessary to indicate the name of the author or work with a capital letter. If you specify with a lowercase - does not find.

Is there something that can be fixed? Earlier so was not the same.

Sorry, I don't know how to fix this. Kobo have messed up the search function in this firmware version, there are other problems too, not just with Cyrillic. For example, the search no longer matches an ordinary space to other whitespace characters such as non-breaking space.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by arrivedercifrog

Hi there!
First of all, Thanks for all the hard work <3
but I was wondering something;

The `Allow download all in Browser`
patch is still missing in this version does it still not work for this firmware also? Or is it not necessary anymore?

Still missing. The browser download function changed a lot in firmware 4.5.9587, and I haven't found how to update the patch yet.

[arrivedercifrog]

Originally Posted by SaraOliveira

what was the last version that `Preserve PDF pan position across page turns` worked well?
Most of my files are pdf, so I really need this function

it worked for 4.4.9349 but I don't recommend that firmware since it makes battery life pretty awful.
Also I didn't try 4.5.9587 and 4.6.9960 so I don't know if it worked with those.

Instead use KSM08 and koreader you'll get a much better pdf experience.

[SaraOliveira]

Originally Posted by arrivedercifrog

it worked for 4.4.9349 but I don't recommend that firmware since it makes battery life pretty awful.
Also I didn't try 4.5.9587 and 4.6.9960 so I don't know if it worked with those.

Instead use KSM08 and koreader you'll get a much better pdf experience.

Thank you for your response.
I'm using Kobo Glo. Can I use KSM08 and koreader ? If yes, how?

[yevgeny.bezman]

The `Custom font sizes` patch doesn't seem to honor the maximum font size on my Kobo Aura HD.
The minimum font size works fine, though.

[GeoffR]

I've updated the attachment to post #1 to fix a problem with the `Custom font sizes` patch that affected the AuraHD and H2O. Here is the new patch, in case you want to copy/paste instead of downloading the attachment again:

`Custom font sizes`, firmware 4.6.9995, libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch

Spoiler:

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom font sizes`
patch_enable = `yes`
#
## Changes the range of sizes on the font size slider so that there are more of
## the small sizes and fewer of the large sizes.
##
## With this patch enabled you will not be able to select the very large font
## sizes, but will be able to make finer adjustment to the smaller sizes.
#
# Font sizes depend on the device's screen resolution. Unpatched, the sizes
# increase in steps of 1 from the smallest size up to size 22, then in steps
# of 2 up to size 50, then in steps of 4 up to the largest size:
#
#  AuraOne:    18px - 194px (55 sizes)
#  GloHD:      14px - 150px (48 sizes)
#  AuraHD/H2O: 12px - 150px (50 sizes)
#  Glo/Aura:   12px - 122px (43 sizes)
#  Touch/Mini: 12px - 90px  (35 sizes)
#
# The example replacement values in this patch result in the following ranges,
# with increases in steps of 1 from the smallest size up to size 44, then
# steps of 2 up to size 68, then steps of 4 up to the largest size:
#
#  AuraOne:    18px - 132px (55 sizes)
#  GloHD:      14px - 112px (54 sizes)
#  AuraHD/H2O: 12px - 104px (54 sizes)
#  Glo/Aura:   12px - 88px (50 sizes)
#  Touch/Mini: 12px - 80px (48 sizes)
#
# Start with this font size: (AuraOne, GloHD, Others)
replace_int = 9FAE36, 18, 18
replace_int = 9FAD02, 14, 14
replace_int = 9FACE0, 12, 12
#
# Add font sizes in increments of 1 until this size exceeded:
replace_int = 9FAD1A, 21, 43
#
# Continue from this font size:
replace_int = 9FAD22, 22, 44
#
# Add font sizes in increments of 2 until this size exceeded:
replace_int = 9FADA6, 49, 67
replace_int = 9FADC2, 49, 67
#
# Continue from this font size:
replace_int = 9FADC8, 50, 68
#
# Add font sizes in increments of 4 until this size exceeded:
# (AuraOne, GloHD, AuraHD/H2O, Glo/Aura, Touch/Mini)
replace_int = 9FAE34, 195, 132
replace_int = 9FAD00, 150, 112
replace_int = 9FACE4, 150, 104
replace_int = 9FAE50, 122, 88
replace_int = 9FAE4C, 90, 80
</Patch>

[GeoffR]

When the reading footer menu is opened a clock is displayed at the top left for 3 seconds, before being replaced with the reading progress percentage. This patch increases the length of time the clock is displayed to 5, 7, or 10 seconds.

Firmware 4.6.9995, libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch:

Spoiler:

<Patch>
patch_name = `Increase delay before clock is replaced by reading progress`
patch_enable = `yes`
#
# 3 sec --> 5 sec
replace_bytes = A67642, 40 F6 B8 31, 41 F2 88 31
#
# 3 sec --> 7 sec
#replace_bytes = A67642, 40 F6 B8 31, 41 F6 58 31
#
# 3 sec --> 10 sec
#replace_bytes = A67642, 40 F6 B8 31, 42 F2 10 71
</Patch>

[rudgas]

Thanks for that patch! It always anoyed me a little bit that the clock was replaced that fast.

[Giraffe]

Kobo have updated my glo to 4.6.9995 and it has ruined all the setup. I'm not very technical but would be grateful for advice in downgrading to the previous settings.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

Kobo have updated my glo to 4.6.9995 and it has ruined all the setup. I'm not very technical but would be grateful for advice in downgrading to the previous settings.

You chose to sync. Kobo did not ruin anything. Just wait and there will be another firmware you can get via sync.

[Giraffe]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You chose to sync. Kobo did not ruin anything. Just wait and there will be another firmware you can get via sync.

I did not choose to sync - this was not enabled. So when I said ruin I meant it has lost everything - as though I had just bought it. Surely this can't be right.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Giraffe

I did not choose to sync - this was not enabled. So when I said ruin I meant it has lost everything - as though I had just bought it. Surely this can't be right.

There is a possibility that your database was corrupted and when your Glo restarted after the firmware update, reloading the database from storage exposed the corruption and triggered a factory reset. This would erase all content on the internal storage and require you to go through the setup as though it was a new device.

Unless you have been backing up your database, there is no way to recover your information from the Glo.