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Old 02-27-2017, 01:01 PM   #91
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Patch Custom Header menubars
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For this patch "Custom Header menubars (old + new Home screens) reduce height by 33%" there are two sections, one "Old header for those using old Home Screen" other "New header for those using new Home Screen". If I want to use the "New header" I must delete the code for the "Old header " ?
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Old 02-27-2017, 01:31 PM   #92
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For this patch "Custom Header menubars (old + new Home screens) reduce height by 33%" there are two sections, one "Old header for those using old Home Screen" other "New header for those using new Home Screen". If I want to use the "New header" I must delete the code for the "Old header " ?
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No, leave both parts in. The patch will update both relevant parts of nickel. Afterwards, no matter which Home screen you choose to use, the relevant bit of code will have been patched.
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Old 03-03-2017, 11:39 AM   #93
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Hello,

My Aura One upated yesterday and now my line endings are all chopped again. I've applied patches before but today it isn't working. What am I doing wrong? When I try to run ./4.3.8842.sh from the Terminal, I get these errors:

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Extracting files to patch from 4.3.8842_source/kobo-update-4.3.8842.zip ...
tar: ./usr/local/Kobo/nickel: Not found in archive
tar: ./usr/local/Kobo/librmsdk.so.1.0.0: Not found in archive
tar: ./usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0: Not found in archive
tar: ./usr/local/Kobo/libadobe.so: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Cleaning up /var/folders/rd/w5sm142d1sn3m4zq2djv3wnc0000gp/T/patch32lsb_XXXXXXXX.f2DL2Rd0
The instructions are a little unclear about what exactly I was supposed to put in the 'patch_kobo_4038842' folder: do I put the KoboRoot.tgz file or the whole 'kobo-update-4' folder? I tried both actually and got the same errors.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
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Old 03-03-2017, 12:00 PM   #94
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Hello,

My Aura One upated yesterday and now my line endings are all chopped again. I've applied patches before but today it isn't working. What am I doing wrong? When I try to run ./4.3.8842.sh from the Terminal, I get these errors:



The instructions are a little unclear about what exactly I was supposed to put in the 'patch_kobo_4038842' folder: do I put the KoboRoot.tgz file or the whole 'kobo-update-4' folder? I tried both actually and got the same errors.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
What firmware are you using? Are you using 4.3.8842 or 4.3.8871?
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What firmware are you using? Are you using 4.3.8842 or 4.3.8871?
I know there's an 8871 out but mine is on 8842, so that's the firmware I downloaded and am following the instructions for.

It looks like some kind of UNIX shell error, like it is looking in /usr/local for some reason?

Can I move to 8871 myself or do I need to wait for it to update itself?
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The instructions are a little unclear about what exactly I was supposed to put in the 'patch_kobo_4038842' folder: do I put the KoboRoot.tgz file or the whole 'kobo-update-4' folder? I tried both actually and got the same errors.
You have to put the complete kobo-update-4.3.8842.zip file into the 4.3.8842_source folder.
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You have to put the complete kobo-update-4.3.8842.zip file into the 4.3.8842_source folder.
Oh, right. My mac automatically unzips it, I forgot I have to stop it from doing that!

Thanks, that worked!
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I know there's an 8871 out but mine is on 8842, so that's the firmware I downloaded and am following the instructions for.

It looks like some kind of UNIX shell error, like it is looking in /usr/local for some reason?

Can I move to 8871 myself or do I need to wait for it to update itself?
You can move to 4.3.8871 very easily. Here is the link to the thread that has the links to all of the different versions.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=284124

You need to download the correct Mark version for your device. Which Kobo do you have?#

Also, the patches for 4.3.8871 are out.
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Sorry, n00b here...

If I install patches, is there anything special I need to do when a new update is released? Will the patches block new updates from being installed?

Just in case, for the pp who had a bootloop issue, how did you resolve it? Were you able to reset to factory? Is there anything I need to do before installing the patches to make it easier to recover if something goes wrong?

I should be getting my first Kobo in about a week, and I'm super excited!
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Patches are made to the actual executables on the device. When an upgrade occurs the executables from Kobo are patch free. You need to wait for the patches to be made available for the new build and reinstall them. In some case a patch will no longer be applicable to the new version.

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Patches are made to the actual executables on the device. When an upgrade occurs the executables from Kobo are patch free. You need to wait for the patches to be made available for the new build and reinstall them. In some case a patch will no longer be applicable to the new version.

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Great. So I don't have to worry about undoing patches in order to get updates, then. I know for a lot of devices, you can't get updates when the device is jailbroken or changed in various ways. . I'm a bit nervous to try patching, since it's going to be a brand new device, but some of the patches sound super awesome.
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