Patch for unlocking builtin Dropbox/Google Drive support - Page 2

Dirk-71 · 10-02-2024, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Semwize

Add to Kobo eReader.conf

Code:

googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive

As far as I remember, geek1011 was against this and similar patches.

Thank you. It still doesn't work....

Do I have to replace region and language with "de" and "german" in my case?
{region}/{language}

Semwize · 10-02-2024, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirk-71

Do I have to replace region and language with "de" and "german" in my case?
{region}/{language}

No

Code:

kobo_googledrive_link_account_enabled=False

False -> True

Dirk-71 · 10-02-2024, 05:22 AM

Thank you...it's working now...

JSWolf · 11-05-2024, 09:54 PM

The patch applies in the new 4.38.21908 firmware.

imax · 12-01-2024, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The patch applies in the new 4.38.21908 firmware.

And on 4.38.23171 too, but I had to re-do the config file edits:

Code:

In addition to the patch, the following modifications to `.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf`
file are required:

`[FeatureSettings]` section:

GoogleDrive=1
Dropbox=1

`[OneStoreServices]` section:

kobo_googledrive_link_account_enabled=True
googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive
kobo_dropbox_link_account_enabled=True
dropbox_link_account_poll=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/LinkDropbox

Dirk-71 · 06-02-2025, 07:13 PM

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tentakel · 10-19-2025, 05:35 PM

Any luck with this on the newer FW ?
I successfully patched 4.43.

(unfortunately I can’t go lower since the new Clara BW p365 is too new.)

The result is either a „unauthorized“ error during the linking step (same as when you enter that Dropbox url in the browser) or just a blank screen. Also the config file gets rewritten everytime I sync.

JSWolf · 10-19-2025, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imax

And on 4.38.23171 too, but I had to re-do the config file edits:

Code:

In addition to the patch, the following modifications to `.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf`
file are required:

`[FeatureSettings]` section:

GoogleDrive=1
Dropbox=1

`[OneStoreServices]` section:

kobo_googledrive_link_account_enabled=True
googledrive_link_account_start=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/linkcloudstorage/provider/google_drive
kobo_dropbox_link_account_enabled=True
dropbox_link_account_poll=https://authorize.kobo.com/{region}/{language}/LinkDropbox

Grab the patches for 4.38.23429 that I posted and see if they work. The patches are Windows only because the only the Windows exe has been updated for this firmware.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=369732 See post #44.

tentakel · 10-20-2025, 12:53 AM

I believe the patching itself should have worked. The patcher did not throw errors, and other patches confirmed to work (e.g show all games). That was on MacOS btw.

This is the fork I used:
https://github.com/ragnarokxg/kobopa...leases/tag/V87

I realize the result in this case was just that the entries Dropbox and Gdrive did not show up. I also tried the nickelmenu way, and that threw the unauthorized error I was talking about above. Even kobocloud is not working on this FW.

tentakel · 10-28-2025, 04:34 PM

ok, so it actually is working. What I had to do apart from the changes to the config file was logging into a kobo account on the device.

06-02-2025, 07:13 PM	#21
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10-02-2024, 05:22 AM	#18
Dirk-71 Groupie Posts: 166 Karma: 35462 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Germany Device: Kobo: Clara BW, Libra 2, Aura One, Aura H2O	Thank you...it's working now...

11-05-2024, 09:54 PM	#19
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The patch applies in the new 4.38.21908 firmware.

10-19-2025, 05:35 PM	#22
tentakel Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Any luck with this on the newer FW ? I successfully patched 4.43. (unfortunately I can’t go lower since the new Clara BW p365 is too new.) The result is either a „unauthorized“ error during the linking step (same as when you enter that Dropbox url in the browser) or just a blank screen. Also the config file gets rewritten everytime I sync.

10-20-2025, 12:53 AM	#24
tentakel Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: Kobo Clara HD	I believe the patching itself should have worked. The patcher did not throw errors, and other patches confirmed to work (e.g show all games). That was on MacOS btw. This is the fork I used: https://github.com/ragnarokxg/kobopa...leases/tag/V87 I realize the result in this case was just that the entries Dropbox and Gdrive did not show up. I also tried the nickelmenu way, and that threw the unauthorized error I was talking about above. Even kobocloud is not working on this FW.

10-28-2025, 04:34 PM	#25
tentakel Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: Kobo Clara HD	ok, so it actually is working. What I had to do apart from the changes to the config file was logging into a kobo account on the device.