NickelMenu: An integrated launcher for Kobo eReaders

[DNSB]

Are you trying to remove NickelMenu or do you want the menu restored? If you want to uninstall NickelMenu, create a file called uninstall (case-sensitive!) in the .adds/nm directory (create the directories if needed) and reboot your Kobo.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by DNSB

There is a good possibility that a later firmware update might not support the hooks used by NickelMenu/NickelSeries since Kobo is moving to unify the firmware used by their Kobo and Tolino ereaders. Another potential issue with those future firmware updates is that the recovery partition may be overwritten reducing the ability to easily revert to an earlier firmware version which has already been noted on the Tolino ereaders.

It should work until Kobo jumps to the Qt6 Tolino firmwares (or redesigns the home screen again -- but this is a much easier fix to do).

It won't be too much work to make NickelMenu and the basic actions work on Qt6, especially if I don't need to support Qt5 anymore, but we'll probably lose a bunch of actions (until I or someone else gets around to finding the correct symbols again).

The initial NickelMenu proof-of-concept took about 8 hours from when I had the idea, and the initial release took a few hours of work per day for a week.

The main problem is that to even get to compiling NickelMenu, we'll need to do all the toolchain work again (this is the tedious and time-consuming part), and I'll need to update NickelHook's build system to generate the new firmware packages. Also, if I don't get around to updating kobopatch by then, it'll be slightly more difficult to develop NickelMenu, as I made use of parts of it during development.

[girlvsplanet]

Help! I had to do a complete reset of my Kobo Libra Colour, and I'm trying to install NickelMenu again. I downloaded the installation file from this page, but it downloads a file named KoboRoot.tar, not KoboRoot.tgz. I renamed that file to KoboRoot.tgz and copied it to the .kobo folder on my device. When I eject the device, it says "updating" and reboots like it is updating, but then once it is done, I am not seeing the NickelMenu menu in the bottom right corner. What am I doing wrong?

[girlvsplanet]

Originally Posted by girlvsplanet

Help! I had to do a complete reset of my Kobo Libra Colour, and I'm trying to install NickelMenu again. I downloaded the installation file from this page, but it downloads a file named KoboRoot.tar, not KoboRoot.tgz. I renamed that file to KoboRoot.tgz and copied it to the .kobo folder on my device. When I eject the device, it says "updating" and reboots like it is updating, but then once it is done, I am not seeing the NickelMenu menu in the bottom right corner. What am I doing wrong?

Never mind, I figured out it was Safari being stupid when downloading the installation file. Ugh.

[Jadehawk]

Is NickelMenu working on the lates Kobo Clara BW/Color FW (Firmware 4.42.23296)?
Afraid to update..

Tia

[Dirk-71]

Yes, it's working. But not everything.FTP isn't working.