advboot: a new approach to launch nickel or koreader at startup

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by wlfkfak

Can anyone help me on this.
Thanks

Here's the steps I went through:

1. Download the advboot file for your firmware version

2. Download the script file for Advboot and Koreader -- it's near the bottom of the first message in this thread. You will notice the advboot files creates several directories in the .kobo directory but they are empty. This file adds the needed content.

3. Download Koreader

3. Open the advbootwhatever.zip file, copy the koboroot.tgz file to the .kobo directory on your ereader. safely disconnect your ereader and let the update run. Once it's done, reconnect the ereader to your computer.

4. Open the advboot_script_reader .zip file and copy the .kobo directory to your ereader.

5. Open the Koreader archive and copy the koreader folder to the .kobo directory on your ereader.

6. Disconnect your ereader from your computer and power cycle the ereader. When it boots up, you should see two big buttons, one with a Kobo logo, the other with a Koreader logo.

7. Touch the one for the reading software you want to run and have fun.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Regards,
David

[DNSB]

I've tried to simplify the installation for use with Kobo firmware 3.8.0. Basically, instead of the rcS file in one archive and the Koreader script files in another archive, I've generated a single file that installs both at the same time. In theory, this will work for the Kobo H2O as well but don't have one to test -- as yet.

So simplified install process:

Download the advboot_380.zip file attached to this message.
Download Koreader -- see the Koreader thread for location.

Connect your Kobo ereader to your computer.

Unpack the Koreader archive and copy the koreader directory to your Kobo's .kobo directory.

Open the advboot_380.zip file and copy the koboroot.tgz file to your Kobo's .kobo directory.

Safely disconnect your ereader from the computer and let it install. On power on, you should now see two buttons, one to run the Kobo firmware, the other to run Koreader.

Have fun...

edit0: added |dahlia in a couple of places so hopefully will run on the Aura H20 when it is released.

edit1: the rcS file for 3.7.0, 3.8.0 and 3.11.0 are the same so this will work with all of them.

edit2: when I added the |dahlia references, I also changed the last advboot entry to run pre-run instead of post_run scripts. That's now fixed up. Thanks for traycold for the sharp eyes!

Regards,
David

[Ebri]

Is restart possible by menu somehow, or it can only be done by long pressing the top slider once to power off, and once to power up?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Ebri

Is restart possible by menu somehow, or it can only be done by long pressing the top slider once to power off, and once to power up?

Long press the top slider or use the pinhole reset.

Regards,
David

[Ebri]

Thank you, I tried to describe the first method . (I hoped there is sg. like "Restart Kindle" in the PW2 menu.)

[ikkentobi]

This is a pretty cool work, installed it according to the instructions without problems on my Aura HD (firmware 3.8.0).

Usually I use Coolreader for reading, but it is still accessible via nickel and the launcher method.

Thx for providing this!

[Ebri]

Advboot works great, but when I exit from koreader I usually do it to return to nickel, so I changed /mnt/busybox poweroff to /mnt/busybox reboot. Do you not plan to implement a switch somethere whether user would power off or reboot?

(For me it is no problem, I already changed the script to my taste, I hope it will work )

[surquizu]

It is possible that someone write a script to run CoolReader with Advboot ? I do not know how write.

Thanks for the job

[Ebri]

Changing the script to add the launcher should not be very complicated, but I am unsure about adding a pic and the coordinates.

[Don_Karnage]

yes if someone could make a version with 3 image trigger , it would be great.
like coolreader koreader and kobo..
also many time after a power off or between a reboot , my kobo glo ask me if i want to perform a factory reset ... would it be possible to remove this or improve the Power-off/reboot.
thx for this great alternative

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Don_Karnage

also many time after a power off or between a reboot , my kobo glo ask me if i want to perform a factory reset

Solution 1: Do not launch Koreader (or any alternative reader) more than four times in a row without starting nickel in between.

Solution 2: Replace

/usr/local/Kobo/pickel should-factory-reset
if [ $? == 1 ] || [ $FS_CORRUPT == 1 ]; then

of rcS (you find it in the advboot package)
by

#/usr/local/Kobo/pickel should-factory-reset
if [ $FS_CORRUPT == 1 ]; then

Explanation: "pickel should-factory-reset" checks how many times the device has rebooted without nickel running successfully.

[j0y]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I've tried to simplify the installation for use with Kobo firmware 3.8.0. Basically, instead of the rcS file in one archive and the Koreader script files in another archive, I've generated a single file that installs both at the same time. In theory, this will work for the Kobo H2O as well but don't have one to test -- as yet.

So simplified install process:

Download the advboot_380.zip file attached to this message.
Download Koreader -- see the Koreader thread for location.

Connect your Kobo ereader to your computer.

Unpack the Koreader archive and copy the koreader directory to your Kobo's .kobo directory.

Open the advboot_380.zip file and copy the koboroot.tgz file to your Kobo's .kobo directory.

Safely disconnect your ereader from the computer and let it install. On power on, you should now see two buttons, one to run the Kobo firmware, the other to run Koreader.

Have fun...

edit: added |dahlia in a couple of places so hopefully will run on the Aura H20 when it is released.

Regards,
David

I tried this method in my Kobo Aura H2O (firmware is 3.7.0, I tried it anyway because there wasn't another specified version of the advboot for it). It worked well, untill I tapped the "Koreader" button. It led me to an unresponsive screnn of the File Manager. So I tried this:

Originally Posted by tshering

Find in koreader/frontend/ui/input.lua

-- For single-touch events (ABS.code).
local ABS_X = 00
local ABS_Y = 01

and exchange the values of ABS_X and ABS_Y:

-- For single-touch events (ABS.code).
local ABS_X = 01
local ABS_Y = 00

It didn't work, though. I'm still stuck in the File Manager screen. Do you know how I could fix this?
I've reset it anyway.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by j0y

I tried this method in my Kobo Aura H2O (firmware is 3.7.0, I tried it anyway because there wasn't another specified version of the advboot for it). It worked well, untill I tapped the "Koreader" button. It led me to an unresponsive screnn of the File Manager. So I tried this:


It didn't work, though. I'm still stuck in the File Manager screen. Do you know how I could fix this?
I've reset it anyway.

Make sure you have at least v841 of koreader which has dahlia added to the code names list. Thanks to Frenzie for that update!

See Koreader 849 Nightly to download a version that works with my Aura H2O.

I would recommend updating to 3.8.0 though I seem to remember that the 3.7.0 and 3.8.0 rcS files were the same so should not be an issue.

[Frenzie]

Note that I also updated the bezel in the meantime, so the only remaining issue I'm aware of is related to sleeping.

[j0y]

Thanks, I'll try that soon!