Aura ONE Kobo Aura One owners thread

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by bsabiston

@Katsunami Thanks -- which way would you recommend for trying the full-screen option? Is that something I can undo if I don't like it? Also -- with fullscreen enabled, is there anything that makes the progress immediately visible when you tap the screen? Or do you have to wait for the clock to change or also tap that stats icon?

The full screen option and fix can be enabled, and it can also be undone. These are the steps:

- Go to the folder "\.kobo\Kobo\" on the device.
- Open the file "Kobo eReader.conf" with an editor that understands Unix/Linux line endings, such as Notepad++ on Windows.

- Add this option:

[FeatureSettings]
FullScreenReading=true

Just add the fullscreen option under the FeatureSettings section. If you don't have the FeatureSettings section, then create it. This option will unlock the full screen setting in the "Reading Settings" menu of the device.

- Create a file "kobo_extra.css" in the top folder of the device, and put the following lines in there:

body { margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; }
div#book-columns { padding-left: 0.2em !important; padding-right: 0.2em !important; }

These lines are style sheet code, which will be injected into each file you sideload to the reader using calibre. This code fixes the problems in the full screen option.

- If you haven't already, install the Kobo Touch Extended plugin/driver in calibre.

- Restart Calibre and connect your device.

- Click "Device -> Configure this Device" in Calibre, and enable the option "Modify CSS" in the "Collections, Covers and Uploads" tab. Also enable "Extended Kobo Features" in the "Extended" tab.

- Restart calibre.
- Remove all books from the device, and then eject it.
- From the home screen go into the Reader settings and disable the "Show header and footer" option.
- Connect the device again, and re-upload your books.

You should now be able to read in full screen mode.

Seeing your progress requires two taps: first one to call up the menu, then click the graph button on the lower right.

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If you wish to undo the full screen mode:
- First enable the option "Show Header and Footer" in the Reader Settings.
- Connect the device to your computer.
- Remove the file kobo_extra.css from the device
- Remove the option you added in the conf-file
- Uncheck "Modify CSS" in the Kobo Touch Extended plugin configuration
- Remove your books from the device, and upload them again.

[Bookworm_Girl]

If I add the items below to the .conf file, then will they work on the KA1?

[FeatureSettings]
ExportHighlights=true
OnlineWikipedia=true
PhraseTranslation=true

[bsabiston]

@Katsunami Thanks, I will try it!
Bob

[Daniel650]

I got my Kobo Aura One yesterday. I paid 229,- Euro which is about 256,- USD.
I´m very disappointed because there are noticable gaps between the display and the hull which catched dust after a very short time.
Four other members of a german forum confirmed these gaps on their devices too.
Are we suffering from a rare anomaly or is this the bitter truth?

[bsabiston]

Mine does have a slight gap between the outer shell and the front plate. It's pretty minor, though, not something that I think is going to bother me. If it gets a lot of dust in there you can just wash it out right?

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by Daniel650

there are noticable gaps between the display and the hull which catched dust after a very short time.

Mine only has a fairly noticeable gap on the right side. The other sides are completely sealed. The gap is so large on my device that the led notification ring/square at the top right corner causes minor light leakage where the gap is.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by beespeckled

I'm reading OD books pretty much exclusively, (ePubs) so don't know if there would be a difference for purchased books from other sources.

The only meaning of "OD books" I can think of is books borrowed using Overdrive. If so, they should be kepubs.

[alizarin]

Originally Posted by JoOrwick

Mine only has a fairly noticeable gap on the right side. The other sides are completely sealed.

Mine has a narrow gap down the right side, and you can see a little line of bond adhesive on the right.

I can live with the gap and the slightly offset screen, but I'm pretty sure now I cant live with the green blotches when natural light is on.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

If I add the items below to the .conf file, then will they work on the KA1?

[FeatureSettings]
ExportHighlights=true
OnlineWikipedia=true
PhraseTranslation=true

The first will work and the Wikipedia option hasn't been needed for a while. I don't know if the last one works.

[Mikeyboards]

Originally Posted by alizarin

Mine has a narrow gap down the right side, and you can see a little line of bond adhesive on the right.

I can live with the gap and the slightly offset screen, but I'm pretty sure now I cant live with the green blotches when natural light is on.

Wow, I'm not the only one with that right-side gap, I guess! It concerned me when I first got it... could see little adhesive clumps, etc, as described. (I scraped a little bit out with something thin, but was too nervous to do too much of that.) I finally decided to not mess with reporting it, returning it, etc. etc. And I kind of forgot about it since then.

Now that others have reported this, I'm less concerned that I had a sole bad unit. In the manufacturing process, there must be a tendency to have more glue on that right side, or perhaps the right side is the last to be folded around the edge of the glass, and tends to have a little gap. Hopefully it won't get worse or cause unforeseen problems as time goes on!

[slayda]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

If I add the items below to the .conf file, then will they work on the KA1?

[FeatureSettings]
ExportHighlights=true
OnlineWikipedia=true
PhraseTranslation=true

Is there somewhere that has possible feature settings for Kobo devices?

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by slayda

Is there somewhere that has possible feature settings for Kobo devices?

Good question! I've just been hunting through various threads trying to figure it out. A lot of discussion is old. It's hard to figure out what is relevant to newer firmware.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by davidfor

The first will work and the Wikipedia option hasn't been needed for a while. I don't know if the last one works.

Thanks for the response. Does anyone know please how to access Wikipedia on the KA1 (besides the web browser)? I don't see it anywhere.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Thanks for the response. Does anyone know please how to access Wikipedia on the KA1 (besides the web browser)? I don't see it anywhere.

Never mind. I finally found Wikipedia as an option under search.

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Highlight a term in your book, click on the search icon (magnifying glass) in the pop up and you'll be given an option to search on Wikipedia.