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Old 09-29-2021, 03:16 PM   #166
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To answer the people asking about the patches, I just haven't had enough time to really work on anything at all recently (see my GitHub profile's activity chart). In addition, @jackie_w is currently taking a break from working on the patches to deal with other issues at home.

I need around 7-8 hours of continuous time to do the extra updates and testing required for this version. The non-font-size-related patches are working and can be found on GitHub in the src/versions/4.28.18220 (I'll do an interim release if I can get a bit of time soon -- I'd usually do that, but the timing wasn't optimal, so that didn't happen as soon as it usually would). I probably won't have any time to do the updates until next Sunday at the earliest. I will have time before mid-October, though.

I apologize for any confusion this situation and my unusual inactivity has caused.

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TLDR: The patches will need ~7-8 hours of work (it's usually under 30 minutes), but I haven't had time yet, and @jackie_w is unavailable. I've been unusually busy and will finish these as soon as I can find the time, but for now, the patches in the src/versions/4.28.18220 on GitHub (everything except a few font-related patches are there) will work.

P.S. Due to the work which has been put into making kobopatch reliable and compatible over multiple firmware versions, it's generally safe to use patches from older versions if they apply and don't warn against doing so. The worst that will usually happen is a patch might not do something, and in some rare cases, it may cause a reboot when accessing related functionality (which can be fixed by reinstalling the firmware). In fact, most of the initial testing we do comes from installing the previous version's release and seeing what sticks. With the last few versions, only 3-6 patches have required manual updates, and most of that was just finding offsets that kobopatch isn't yet smart enough to find by itself.

P.P.S. Regarding NickelMenu, the only thing which really needs updating is the dark mode functionality. My test build in the NM thread will work after re-opening the reader. I will finish up with this feature next time I have ~2 hours to work on it (I need to figure out how to make the ReadingView reload the settings). Note that NickelMenu is fully compatible between versions (more so than the patches as long as the navigation UI isn't redesigned).

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Old 09-29-2021, 09:42 PM   #167
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Old 09-30-2021, 12:31 AM   #168
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i just recently got a Kobo Libra and the first and dumbest thing I did was to upgrade its FW hahahahahaha.

I did not know that there is a patch that i can use. so that is that.

Looking forward to a patch that will work in the latest FW. I am primarily interested in getting to have the options to increase boldness of custom fonts.
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Old 09-30-2021, 01:41 AM   #169
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i just recently got a Kobo Libra and the first and dumbest thing I did was to upgrade its FW hahahahahaha.

I did not know that there is a patch that i can use. so that is that.

Looking forward to a patch that will work in the latest FW. I am primarily interested in getting to have the options to increase boldness of custom fonts.
You could always revert back to the 4.26.16704 version. See the Kobo Firmware Downloads page and click on Other Versions in the Kobo Libra H2O row.

Unlike some other ereaders, Kobo does allow you to roll back firmware though going too many versions back can result in issues with database changes.
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You could always revert back to the 4.26.16704 version. See the Kobo Firmware Downloads page and click on Other Versions in the Kobo Libra H2O row.

Unlike some other ereaders, Kobo does allow you to roll back firmware though going too many versions back can result in issues with database changes.
Whoah. Thanks for the info. I didn't know this. Will my books be gone (revert to factory reset state) or not?

Edit: might as well ask these questions here:

1. Is kobopatching in a way similar to nickel menu?
2. If not, can I use nickelmenu after patching?
3. I don't get the instructions fully in the patches part, how will the patches be run/enabled?
4. can i just run a few select patches? how?

Thank you

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Whoah. Thanks for the info. I didn't know this. Will my books be gone (revert to factory reset state) or not?

Edit: might as well ask these questions here:

1. Is kobopatching in a way similar to nickel menu?
2. If not, can I use nickelmenu after patching?
3. I don't get the instructions fully in the patches part, how will the patches be run/enabled?
4. can i just run a few select patches? how?

Thank you
I would try just installing the older firmware first. If you have issues, then time for the factory reset.
  1. Kobopatching is not quite the same as NickelMenu but the installation is much the same.
  2. You can use NickelMenu on a patched Kobo. I have not read of any issues with doing so.
  3. You select the patches you want and change the no to yes to enable the patch.
  4. See the above for running a few patches. I use 3 or 4 out of the full patch set.
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  1. You can use NickelMenu on a patched Kobo. I have not read of any issues with doing so.
Just a quick note, do not enable the invert mode patch if you're going to use Nickle Menu to toggle it. The two are incompatible, to the point that having both breaks the feature. Not sure if it'd affect dark mode, but certainly the invert toggle for Nickle Menu doesn't work with that patch.

Even then, NM would work in all other aspects even with that particular patch enabled. There's also little need to have both enabled, and NMs toggle will be much more accessible once Geek figures out how to get the reader to reset to enable it from within the book. As it is you'd have to exit the reader to switch it.
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I would try just installing the older firmware first. If you have issues, then time for the factory reset.
  1. Kobopatching is not quite the same as NickelMenu but the installation is much the same.
  2. You can use NickelMenu on a patched Kobo. I have not read of any issues with doing so.
  3. You select the patches you want and change the no to yes to enable the patch.
  4. See the above for running a few patches. I use 3 or 4 out of the full patch set.
Thank you very much, but i have to ask, where is this "above" post that I can refer to?

and i hate to be e total noob but i am. I downloaded the patch and unzip it trying to look at the files and understand them. is there some sort of a config file where the individual patches can be turned on or off?

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Thank you very much, but i have to ask, where is this "above" post that I can refer to?

and i hate to be e total noob but i am. I downloaded the patch and unzip it trying to look at the files and understand them. is there some sort of a config file where the individual patches can be turned on or off?
Point 4 in the list is referring back to point 3. You neither need to install nor can you install all the patches since some patches can not coexist. I only use a small subset which meet my needs.

You can either enable or disable the patches in the individual source .yaml files in the src directory or you can use the overrides section in the in the kobopatch.yaml file to control them from one location. See the spoiler below for a sample of the overrides.

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patches:
  src/nickel.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libadobe.so
  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0
  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/librmsdk.so.1.0.0

## You can put lines in the following section to override the enabled state of patches.
## The indentation matters! Each override should be indented by 4 spaces. Add to the 
## section below. This section can be copy and pasted into newer patch versions to
## keep your selections.
##
## Example of how it should look:
## overrides:
##   src/nickel.yaml:
##     Custom synopsis/details line spacing: yes
##     Whatever the yaml is called: no
##   src/libadobe.so.yaml:
##     You get the idea: yes
overrides: 
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: 
    Remove PDF map widget shown during panning: no 

  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Both page turn buttons go next: no 
    Both page turn sides go next: no 
    Replace adobe page numbers toggle with invert screen: no  
    Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading: yes  
    Allow USB storage even when device locked: no 
    Hide browser from beta features: no 
    Disable all tutorial dialogs: no 
    Remove beta features not supported text: no 
    Remove recommendations (row1col2) from home screen: no 
    Rename new home screen footer: no
    Remove line from bottom tab bar: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Activity: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Articles: no 
    Set visible SmartLink: no 
    Only show Pocket SmartLink: no 
    Only show stats SmartLink: no 
    Never show Kobo Plus, wishlist, and points SmartLinks: no 
    Allow showing info panel on random screensaver: yes 
    Larger Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no 
    Allow rotation on all devices: no  
    Don't uppercase header/footer text: no 
    Custom header/footer page number text: no 
    Don't uppercase header/footer text and change page number text: no  
    Swap reading header/footer: no 
    Enable advanced settings for all fonts: yes 
    Customize ComfortLight settings: no 
    Remove title from reading header/footer: no 
    FeatureSettings - BookSpecificStats: no 
    FeatureSettings - ShowFacebookShare: no 
    FeatureSettings - FullScreenBrowser: no 
    FeatureSettings - MyWords: no 
    FeatureSettings - ExportHighlights: no 
    DeveloperSettings - AutoUsbGadget: no 
    PowerSettings - UnlockEnabled: no 
# PATCH GROUP - DON'T ENABLE MORE THAN 1 
    My 10 line spacing values: no 
    My 24 line spacing values: no  
# END GROUP 
    Custom left & right margins: yes 
    Custom font sizes: yes  
    ePub fixed top/bottom margins: no 
    ePub disable built-in body padding-bottom: yes 
    Custom kepub default margins: no 
    Block WiFi firmware upgrade: no 
    Custom Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no  
    Set KePub hyphenation: no 
    Force user line spacing in KePubs: no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (part 1 of 2): no 
    Un-force font-family override p tags (std epubs): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 1 of 2): no  
    ePub constant font sharpness: no  
    KePub constant font sharpness: no  
    Un-Force user text-align in div,p tags in KePubs: no 
    Un-Force user font-family in KePubs: no  
    Un-force link decoration in KePubs: no 
    KePub stylesheet additions: no  
    Ignore .otf fonts: no 
    ePub uniform font scale: yes 
    Set font scale factor: no 
    Dictionary text font-family/font-size/line-height: no  
    Custom navigation menu page number text: no  
    Shorten dictionary entry not found message: no  
    Change Wikipedia search language: no 
    Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Greek Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Bulgarian Phonetic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2/Forma/Libra): no 
    Don't grab exclusive access to event0: no 

  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Disable orphans/widows avoidance: yes 
    Default ePub serif font (Amasis): no 
    Default ePub sans-serif font (Gill Sans): no 
    Default ePub symbol font (Symbol): no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no  
    Ignore ePub book Adobe XPGT stylesheet (page-template.xpgt): no 
    Ignore ePub book CSS and Adobe XPGT stylesheets: no 
    Ignore ePub TOC navpoints: no 
    Default ePub monospace font: no

  src/nickel.yaml: 
    Show all games: no 
    Remove forgot pin button from lock screen: no 
    Increase size of kepub chapter progress chart: no  
    Reduce top/bottom page spacer: no  
    Custom synopsis details line spacing: no 
    Custom synopsis font size: no 
    Increase home screen cover size: no  
    Dictionary pop-up - increase available text area: no 
    Increase Book Details synopsis area: no 
    Increase library cover size: no 
    Custom collection/author header title font: no  
    Reduce new header/footer height: no 
    Custom header/footer captions: no 
    Custom page navigation scrubber: no  
    Customise Header back button: no  
    Series list increase cover thumbnails: no  
    Increase headlines font: no  
    New home screen subtitle custom font: no
    Remove footer (row3) and increase cover size on new home screen: no 
    Remove footer (row3) on new home screen: no
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Point 4 in the list is referring back to point 3. You neither need to install nor can you install all the patches since some patches can not coexist. I only use a small subset which meet my needs.

You can either enable or disable the patches in the individual source .yaml files in the src directory or you can use the overrides section in the in the kobopatch.yaml file to control them from one location. See the spoiler below for a sample of the overrides.

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patches:
  src/nickel.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libadobe.so
  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0
  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/librmsdk.so.1.0.0

## You can put lines in the following section to override the enabled state of patches.
## The indentation matters! Each override should be indented by 4 spaces. Add to the 
## section below. This section can be copy and pasted into newer patch versions to
## keep your selections.
##
## Example of how it should look:
## overrides:
##   src/nickel.yaml:
##     Custom synopsis/details line spacing: yes
##     Whatever the yaml is called: no
##   src/libadobe.so.yaml:
##     You get the idea: yes
overrides: 
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: 
    Remove PDF map widget shown during panning: no 

  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Both page turn buttons go next: no 
    Both page turn sides go next: no 
    Replace adobe page numbers toggle with invert screen: no  
    Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading: yes  
    Allow USB storage even when device locked: no 
    Hide browser from beta features: no 
    Disable all tutorial dialogs: no 
    Remove beta features not supported text: no 
    Remove recommendations (row1col2) from home screen: no 
    Rename new home screen footer: no
    Remove line from bottom tab bar: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Activity: no 
    Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Articles: no 
    Set visible SmartLink: no 
    Only show Pocket SmartLink: no 
    Only show stats SmartLink: no 
    Never show Kobo Plus, wishlist, and points SmartLinks: no 
    Allow showing info panel on random screensaver: yes 
    Larger Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no 
    Allow rotation on all devices: no  
    Don't uppercase header/footer text: no 
    Custom header/footer page number text: no 
    Don't uppercase header/footer text and change page number text: no  
    Swap reading header/footer: no 
    Enable advanced settings for all fonts: yes 
    Customize ComfortLight settings: no 
    Remove title from reading header/footer: no 
    FeatureSettings - BookSpecificStats: no 
    FeatureSettings - ShowFacebookShare: no 
    FeatureSettings - FullScreenBrowser: no 
    FeatureSettings - MyWords: no 
    FeatureSettings - ExportHighlights: no 
    DeveloperSettings - AutoUsbGadget: no 
    PowerSettings - UnlockEnabled: no 
# PATCH GROUP - DON'T ENABLE MORE THAN 1 
    My 10 line spacing values: no 
    My 24 line spacing values: no  
# END GROUP 
    Custom left & right margins: yes 
    Custom font sizes: yes  
    ePub fixed top/bottom margins: no 
    ePub disable built-in body padding-bottom: yes 
    Custom kepub default margins: no 
    Block WiFi firmware upgrade: no 
    Custom Sleep/Power-off timeouts: no  
    Set KePub hyphenation: no 
    Force user line spacing in KePubs: no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (part 1 of 2): no 
    Un-force font-family override p tags (std epubs): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 1 of 2): no  
    ePub constant font sharpness: no  
    KePub constant font sharpness: no  
    Un-Force user text-align in div,p tags in KePubs: no 
    Un-Force user font-family in KePubs: no  
    Un-force link decoration in KePubs: no 
    KePub stylesheet additions: no  
    Ignore .otf fonts: no 
    ePub uniform font scale: yes 
    Set font scale factor: no 
    Dictionary text font-family/font-size/line-height: no  
    Custom navigation menu page number text: no  
    Shorten dictionary entry not found message: no  
    Change Wikipedia search language: no 
    Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Greek Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): no 
    Bulgarian Phonetic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2/Forma/Libra): no 
    Don't grab exclusive access to event0: no 

  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml: 
    Disable orphans/widows avoidance: yes 
    Default ePub serif font (Amasis): no 
    Default ePub sans-serif font (Gill Sans): no 
    Default ePub symbol font (Symbol): no 
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no 
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): no  
    Ignore ePub book Adobe XPGT stylesheet (page-template.xpgt): no 
    Ignore ePub book CSS and Adobe XPGT stylesheets: no 
    Ignore ePub TOC navpoints: no 
    Default ePub monospace font: no

  src/nickel.yaml: 
    Show all games: no 
    Remove forgot pin button from lock screen: no 
    Increase size of kepub chapter progress chart: no  
    Reduce top/bottom page spacer: no  
    Custom synopsis details line spacing: no 
    Custom synopsis font size: no 
    Increase home screen cover size: no  
    Dictionary pop-up - increase available text area: no 
    Increase Book Details synopsis area: no 
    Increase library cover size: no 
    Custom collection/author header title font: no  
    Reduce new header/footer height: no 
    Custom header/footer captions: no 
    Custom page navigation scrubber: no  
    Customise Header back button: no  
    Series list increase cover thumbnails: no  
    Increase headlines font: no  
    New home screen subtitle custom font: no
    Remove footer (row3) and increase cover size on new home screen: no 
    Remove footer (row3) on new home screen: no

Wow this is very helpful indeed.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

as i am only interested in getting the advanced option for custom (sideloaded) fonts because i need thicker fonts for my ageing eyes, will that particular patch work on my fw 4.28.18220 (as i do not want to downgrade my fw for fear of messing up). If this patch will work in my fw, does this mean i can use v71 of the patch that was intended for fws: 4.28.17623, 4.28.17820, 4.28.17826, and 4.28.17925

I checked pgaskin's github and this is the latest patch.

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Old 10-01-2021, 11:58 PM   #177
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Wow this is very helpful indeed.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

as i am only interested in getting the advanced option for custom (sideloaded) fonts because i need thicker fonts for my ageing eyes, will that particular patch work on my fw 4.28.18220 (as i do not want to downgrade my fw for fear of messing up). If this patch will work in my fw, does this mean i can use v71 of the patch that was intended for fws: 4.28.17623, 4.28.17820, 4.28.17826, and 4.28.17925

I checked pgaskin's github and this is the latest patch.
You will need the matching source files which, as far as I know, are not yet published. I'm not using that patch so not certain if downloading the latest version posted (4.28.17925.zip ?) and using the 4.28.18220 firmware will work for most of the patches. You could also check the kobopatch-patches/src/versions/4.28.18220/ page to see the source for the patches so far for 4.28.18220.
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You will need the matching source files which, as far as I know, are not yet published. I'm not using that patch so not certain if downloading the latest version posted (4.28.17925.zip ?) and using the 4.28.18220 firmware will work for most of the patches. You could also check the kobopatch-patches/src/versions/4.28.18220/ page to see the source for the patches so far for 4.28.18220.
Thanks again.

according to pgaskins' 4.28.18200 patch posted here: https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch...l/pgaskin.yaml

it contains this, so i am assuming the advance font feature is okay, however, the fw mismatch stops me from trying. can patching brick a kobo unit?

Enable advanced settings for all fonts:
- Enabled: no
- Description: |
This patch allows the advanced font options (weight/sharpness adjustments)
to work with sideloaded fonts too. (KEPUB - OTF and TTF. EPUB - TTF only.)

- ReplaceBytes:
Base: "AdvancedFontSettingsController::loadView()" # font dropdown in advanced font settings dialog
Offset: 132
FindInstBLX: {SymPLT: "N3FontTypeUtil::setupMonotypeDropdown(TouchDropDo wn*, QString const&)"} # monotype fonts only
ReplaceInstBLX: {SymPLT: "N3FontTypeUtil::setupDropdown(TouchDropDown*, QString const&)"} # all fonts
- ReplaceBytes:
Base: "ReadingMenuFontSettingsController::setupAdvancedO ption(QString const&)"
Offset: 112
FindInstBLX: {SymPLT: "N3FontTypeUtil::isMonotypeFont(QString const&)"}
ReplaceH: 4F F0 01 00
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In fw 4.28.18220? If yes, Which version of the patch are you using?
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