kobopatch request thread - Page 83

sfklgjs · 03-01-2025, 02:25 AM

Thanks for the suggestion but devmodeoff doesn't turn off most games.

Aleron Ives · 03-01-2025, 03:11 AM

Have you tried installing stock firmware again? On my Libra 2, Beta Features has the web browser, large print mode, sketch pad, and my words (which I had to enable manually). The games are not supposed to be there, so it sounds like you installed the patches to turn them on at some point, in which case you can get rid of them by simply returning to unpatched firmware.

I don't recall anybody ever saying that the games are visible by default on the Elipsa, so that's my best guess.

sfklgjs · 03-01-2025, 08:14 AM

Hi

No I didn't install the patches to turn the games on.

I also returned to firmware 4.38.21908 - non-patched firmware - in order to investigate kobopatch in the first place.

I noticed that newer kobo ereaders don't have the games as default, I guess that this is your situation. I appreciate you are trying but please as I said in my initial post, so many of the threads I searched through were other people derailing threads with irrelevant advice.

If anyone has a way to do this without a patch I would appreciate them telling me but let's not derail this thread further. Thank you.

naidje · 03-05-2025, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naidje

So this only works on the Home screen, but not in the My Books list. I already have my Sage set in SideloadedMode, so I don't see the Home screen to begin with. The My books list is really where I would like to get rid of the "x hours to go" text.

I wonder if there's a way to make this same font color trick work there as well? There's a patch to change the size of the covers on the My Books screen, so perhaps there's a way to adjust the text styling as well?

Alternatively, a way to just disable reading stats entirely would be amazing too.

chronoreverse · 03-11-2025, 09:19 PM

Is something like a way to hijack opening specific book types using an alternative reader (e.g., tap an epub book, it opens directly in Koreader instead of Nickel) feasible?

chubacca · 03-16-2025, 06:56 PM

Hi Guys, I just made the Cyrillic keyboard patch to work for Tolino Shine 5, so maybe Clara BW/Color will also be supported.

Thanks to grep, I found the order of additional symbols:

Code:

grep -ar "ÉÀÇ"
# and in the output
ßƒ¡¿«»¢•°ýÿšžæœþĳŀàáâäãåèéêëòóôöõøìíîïùúûüñçđłăąćěęńůřşśţźż`goKeyspaceKeyÉÀÇ

Previously, the patch failed due to the wrong offset after the first line, there was a gap, but in the example above we see that the à goes next to ŀ, so there's always a 4-byte offset.

Just in case, here's my version for Ukrainian layout:

Spoiler:

chubacca · 03-16-2025, 07:00 PM

I made the Cyrillic keyboard patch to work for Tolino Shine 5, so it's worth trying on Clara BW too.
Thanks to grep I found the change in a special character offsets, there's no gap between key lines anymore, it's always 4 bytes:

Code:

grep -ar "ÉÀÇ"
#and in the output
ßƒ¡¿«»¢•°ýÿšžæœþĳŀàáâäãåèéêëòóôöõøìíîïùúûüñçđłăąćěęńůřşśţźż`goKeyspaceKeyÉÀÇ

Here's a Ukrainian keyboard as an example:

Spoiler:

Code:

Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2):
  # Updated by Bald Eagle for 4.18.13737 (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...5&postcount=84)
  - Enabled: yes
  - PatchGroup: Keyboard alternatives
  - Description: |
      Replaces keys on the Extended Latin keypad with Cyrillic alternatives.

      Note that after the device boots, the keypad might just show blank squares
      until after the first book has been opened.
      Also note that long-pressing keys on the base keypad will no longer show
      the appropriate list of Extended Latin keys.
  # Replace layout sign
  - FindBaseAddressString: "ÉÀÇ"
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0, Find: "ÉÀÇ", Replace: "АБВ"}
  # Change keyboard layout
  - FindBaseAddressString: "ý\0\0ÿ\0\0š\0\0ž\0\0"
  # Top row, left to right (10 keys):
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x00, Find: "ý\0", Replace: "'"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x04, Find: "ÿ\0", Replace: "є"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x08, Find: "š\0", Replace: "ä"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x0C, Find: "ž\0", Replace: "ö"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x10, Find: "æ\0", Replace: "ü"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x14, Find: "œ\0", Replace: "µ"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x18, Find: "þ\0", Replace: "ю"}
  #- ReplaceString: {Offset: -56, Find: "ß\0", Replace: ","}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x1C, Find: "ĳ\0", Replace: "х"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x20, Find: "ŀ\0", Replace: "ї"}
  # Second row, left to right (10 keys):
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x24, Find: "à\0", Replace: "й"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x28, Find: "á\0", Replace: "ц"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x2C, Find: "â\0", Replace: "у"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x30, Find: "ä\0", Replace: "к"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x34, Find: "ã\0", Replace: "е"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x38, Find: "å\0", Replace: "н"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x3C, Find: "è\0", Replace: "г"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x40, Find: "é\0", Replace: "ш"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x44, Find: "ê\0", Replace: "щ"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x48, Find: "ë\0", Replace: "з"}
  # Third row, left to right (10 keys):0x4C
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x4C, Find: "ò\0", Replace: "ф"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x50, Find: "ó\0", Replace: "і"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x54, Find: "ô\0", Replace: "в"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x58, Find: "ö\0", Replace: "а"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x5C, Find: "õ\0", Replace: "п"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x60, Find: "ø\0", Replace: "р"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x64, Find: "ì\0", Replace: "о"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x68, Find: "í\0", Replace: "л"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x6C, Find: "î\0", Replace: "д"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x70, Find: "ï\0", Replace: "ж"}
  # Fourth row, left to right (8 keys):
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x74, Find: "ù\0", Replace: "я"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x78, Find: "ú\0", Replace: "ч"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x7C, Find: "û\0", Replace: "с"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x80, Find: "ü\0", Replace: "м"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x84, Find: "ñ\0", Replace: "и"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x88, Find: "ç\0", Replace: "т"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x8C, Find: "đ\0", Replace: "ь"}
  - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x90, Find: "ł\0", Replace: "б"}

Sorry, a duplicate (the previous reply didn't show up immediately after posting).

JSWolf · 03-16-2025, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chronoreverse

Is something like a way to hijack opening specific book types using an alternative reader (e.g., tap an epub book, it opens directly in Koreader instead of Nickel) feasible?

Not possible as KOReader has to take over and Nickel would not be able to tell KOReader to open that eBook.

chronoreverse · 03-16-2025, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not possible as KOReader has to take over and Nickel would not be able to tell KOReader to open that eBook.

Well, if it could call a script instead of opening the book then I could edit Koreader's settings.reader.lua file's "lastfile" to the selected book. Then if Koreader's "start_with" is set to last file as well, that will open the book on launch. It comes down to being able to not open the epub and running a script instead.

Anyway, if it's not possible then it's not.

remlap · 03-23-2025, 08:54 AM

What is the easiest way to remove the 3rd row for the Kobo Libra Colour with latest firmware?

JSWolf · 03-25-2025, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remlap

What is the easiest way to remove the 3rd row for the Kobo Libra Colour with latest firmware?

Hope and pray that the existing patch for the previous to latest firmware works. If it doesn't work, you can ask for help and maybe someone can get it working.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=366569

remlap · 03-26-2025, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Hope and pray that the existing patch for the previous to latest firmware works. If it doesn't work, you can ask for help and maybe someone can get it working.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=366569

I got it working

MiuMiu · 04-03-2025, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Try the patches from 4.38.23171 and see how it goes.

I have updated my Kobo Sage after a long time and downloaded the kobo-update-4.38.23171, but if I compare the instructions for patching for previous versions, the folders here look totally different (where is the src folder?) and I am totally lost how to patch it. No install instructions are provided in the patch folder either.

Could somebody please provide step by step instructions (as if explaining to a kid) on how to install it? Because I really do not have a clue what to do with this patch, it is totally different from, say, kobo-update-4.38.23171 which I had before. Thank you.

DNSB · 04-03-2025, 10:48 PM

Are you sure you downloaded the patcher files? The file names there tend to be kobopatch-firmware_revision. The kobo-update-firmware_revision files are the Kobo supplied updater files.

You can download an unofficial version of the kobopatch files from the Unoffcial Patches for 4.38.23171 & 4.39.22861 thread.

MiuMiu · 04-04-2025, 05:05 AM

In the end, I managed to update the thing, but it only worked in Windows (in Parallels), it created Koboroot.tgz.

However, the main reason I use this patch is because fonts cannot be changed/selected in some .epubs, so I patched the .yaml files for that... but it has no effect on Kobo, it does not work at all, even though it was installed.

In fact, after applying this patch, I cannot change any font in any book at all, nothing works now. It only shows default publisher's font. The update has installed and all, but it has completely messed up the fonts. This has not been the case with previous updates.

I even created a .fonts folder and sideloaded some new fonts - they do not show as an option.

03-16-2025, 06:56 PM	#1236
chubacca Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Location: Ukraine Device: Tolino Shine 5	Hi Guys, I just made the Cyrillic keyboard patch to work for Tolino Shine 5, so maybe Clara BW/Color will also be supported. Thanks to grep, I found the order of additional symbols: Code: grep -ar "ÉÀÇ" # and in the output ßƒ¡¿«»¢•°ýÿšžæœþĳŀàáâäãåèéêëòóôöõøìíîïùúûüñçđłăąćěęńůřşśţźż`goKeyspaceKeyÉÀÇ Previously, the patch failed due to the wrong offset after the first line, there was a gap, but in the example above we see that the à goes next to ŀ, so there's always a 4-byte offset. Just in case, here's my version for Ukrainian layout: Spoiler: Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2): # Updated by Bald Eagle for 4.18.13737 (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...5&postcount=84) - Enabled: yes - PatchGroup: Keyboard alternatives - Description: \| Replaces keys on the Extended Latin keypad with Cyrillic alternatives. Note that after the device boots, the keypad might just show blank squares until after the first book has been opened. Also note that long-pressing keys on the base keypad will no longer show the appropriate list of Extended Latin keys. # Replace layout sign - FindBaseAddressString: "ÉÀÇ" - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0, Find: "ÉÀÇ", Replace: "АБВ"} # Change keyboard layout - FindBaseAddressString: "ý\0\0ÿ\0\0š\0\0ž\0\0" # Top row, left to right (10 keys): - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x00, Find: "ý\0", Replace: "'"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x04, Find: "ÿ\0", Replace: "є"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x08, Find: "š\0", Replace: "ä"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x0C, Find: "ž\0", Replace: "ö"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x10, Find: "æ\0", Replace: "ü"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x14, Find: "œ\0", Replace: "µ"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x18, Find: "þ\0", Replace: "ю"} #- ReplaceString: {Offset: -56, Find: "ß\0", Replace: ","} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x1C, Find: "ĳ\0", Replace: "х"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x20, Find: "ŀ\0", Replace: "ї"} # Second row, left to right (10 keys): - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x24, Find: "à\0", Replace: "й"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x28, Find: "á\0", Replace: "ц"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x2C, Find: "â\0", Replace: "у"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x30, Find: "ä\0", Replace: "к"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x34, Find: "ã\0", Replace: "е"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x38, Find: "å\0", Replace: "н"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x3C, Find: "è\0", Replace: "г"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x40, Find: "é\0", Replace: "ш"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x44, Find: "ê\0", Replace: "щ"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x48, Find: "ë\0", Replace: "з"} # Third row, left to right (10 keys):0x4C - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x4C, Find: "ò\0", Replace: "ф"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x50, Find: "ó\0", Replace: "і"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x54, Find: "ô\0", Replace: "в"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x58, Find: "ö\0", Replace: "а"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x5C, Find: "õ\0", Replace: "п"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x60, Find: "ø\0", Replace: "р"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x64, Find: "ì\0", Replace: "о"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x68, Find: "í\0", Replace: "л"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x6C, Find: "î\0", Replace: "д"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x70, Find: "ï\0", Replace: "ж"} # Fourth row, left to right (8 keys): - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x74, Find: "ù\0", Replace: "я"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x78, Find: "ú\0", Replace: "ч"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x7C, Find: "û\0", Replace: "с"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x80, Find: "ü\0", Replace: "м"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x84, Find: "ñ\0", Replace: "и"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x88, Find: "ç\0", Replace: "т"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x8C, Find: "đ\0", Replace: "ь"} - ReplaceString: {Offset: 0x90, Find: "ł\0", Replace: "б"}

04-04-2025, 05:05 AM	#1245
MiuMiu Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Slovenia Device: Kobo Sage	In the end, I managed to update the thing, but it only worked in Windows (in Parallels), it created Koboroot.tgz. However, the main reason I use this patch is because fonts cannot be changed/selected in some .epubs, so I patched the .yaml files for that... but it has no effect on Kobo, it does not work at all, even though it was installed. In fact, after applying this patch, I cannot change any font in any book at all, nothing works now. It only shows default publisher's font. The update has installed and all, but it has completely messed up the fonts. This has not been the case with previous updates. I even created a .fonts folder and sideloaded some new fonts - they do not show as an option. Last edited by MiuMiu; 04-04-2025 at 12:52 PM.

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03-01-2025, 02:25 AM	#1231
sfklgjs Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: kobo elipsa 2e	Thanks for the suggestion but devmodeoff doesn't turn off most games.

03-01-2025, 03:11 AM	#1232
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,664 Karma: 16307824 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Have you tried installing stock firmware again? On my Libra 2, Beta Features has the web browser, large print mode, sketch pad, and my words (which I had to enable manually). The games are not supposed to be there, so it sounds like you installed the patches to turn them on at some point, in which case you can get rid of them by simply returning to unpatched firmware. I don't recall anybody ever saying that the games are visible by default on the Elipsa, so that's my best guess.

03-01-2025, 08:14 AM	#1233
sfklgjs Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: kobo elipsa 2e	Hi No I didn't install the patches to turn the games on. I also returned to firmware 4.38.21908 - non-patched firmware - in order to investigate kobopatch in the first place. I noticed that newer kobo ereaders don't have the games as default, I guess that this is your situation. I appreciate you are trying but please as I said in my initial post, so many of the threads I searched through were other people derailing threads with irrelevant advice. If anyone has a way to do this without a patch I would appreciate them telling me but let's not derail this thread further. Thank you.

03-11-2025, 09:19 PM	#1235
chronoreverse Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 1134 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle Voyage	Is something like a way to hijack opening specific book types using an alternative reader (e.g., tap an epub book, it opens directly in Koreader instead of Nickel) feasible?

03-23-2025, 08:54 AM	#1240
remlap Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	What is the easiest way to remove the 3rd row for the Kobo Libra Colour with latest firmware?

04-03-2025, 10:48 PM	#1244
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,210 Karma: 168808723 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Are you sure you downloaded the patcher files? The file names there tend to be kobopatch-firmware_revision. The kobo-update-firmware_revision files are the Kobo supplied updater files. You can download an unofficial version of the kobopatch files from the Unoffcial Patches for 4.38.23171 & 4.39.22861 thread.