Instructions for patching firmware 4.19.14123

[pghaworth]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For anyone who is interested in using the overrides section of the kobopatch.yaml instead of editing the .yaml files in the src directory, I've attached a list of the settings I created.

this was so helpful. thank you so much for creating it!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by geek1011

You need to add the patches themselves to a new sickel.yaml file. What you are seeing is just the overrides section of the config.

I did create sickel.yaml in the src directory. I'm just wondering if it is working or not.

This is the contends of sickel.yaml.

sickel reboot timeout (20 sec):
  - Enabled: no
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 20s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 44 F6 20 61}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 49 F6 40 41}
      
sickel reboot timeout (30 sec):
  - Enabled: yes
  - Description: increases sickel reboot time if no ping from 10s to 30s
  - PatchGroup: sickel reboot timeout
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035E0, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x0035F2, FindH: 42 F2 10 71, ReplaceH: 47 F2 30 51}
  - ReplaceBytes: {Offset: 0x00383E, FindH: 44 F6 20 61, ReplaceH: 4E F6 60 21}

[Semwize]

JSWolf,
chances are you haven't added in kobopatch.yaml

patches:
  src/sickel.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/sickel
  src/nickel.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  src/libadobe.so.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libadobe.so
  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml: usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Question about the sickel patch. Should there be more in log.txt other then

  |         "src/sickel.yaml": {
  |             "sickel reboot timeout (20 sec)": false,
  |             "sickel reboot timeout (30 sec)": true

If I understand you correctly.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Semwize

JSWolf,
chances are you haven't added in kobopatch.yaml

Yes, that's it. I thought I was missing something. I'm still getting used to the ins/outs of the new patch system. I knew the previous patch system well.

[rogerinnyc]

Thanks as alwasy to Geek1011, Jackie_W and others for helping us all out with these patches (DNSB, I appreciate your yaml template too).

One question -- I'm fiddling with the size of the footer (using kepub), where I have the book title and page count -- and in the current patches I only see the ability to set a min/max size that seems to change the distance from my Forma margin to the bottom of the book text, but doesn't really change how far the footer text (i.e., book title) is from the bottom of my unit. I vaguely recall in prior patch sets, there was a negative number you could set to move the footer text relative to the unit bottom, but without affecting the amount of blank space.

Is that gone and no longer do-able, or am I simply missing it somewhere? Thanks!

[Semwize]

Originally Posted by rogerinnyc

Is that gone and no longer do-able

Why?

        - Find:    "#caption[newFooter=true][qApp_deviceIsTrilogy=true] {\n  font-size: 13px;\n}"
          Replace: "#caption[newFooter=true] {\n  font-size: 13px; margin-top: -14px;}"

eg. (Custom new header/footer font)

Try different values to get the page you want.

[rogerinnyc]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Why?

        - Find:    "#caption[newFooter=true][qApp_deviceIsTrilogy=true] {\n  font-size: 13px;\n}"
          Replace: "#caption[newFooter=true] {\n  font-size: 13px; margin-top: -14px;}"

eg. (Custom new header/footer font)

Try different values to get the page you want.

Thanks -- I'm not totally sure I fully understood your reply (what did you mean by "why"?), but it made me go back to the nickel.yaml file and look a bit harder. The option to move the footer text up from the bottom margin is still there as 2.b. under the "custom new header/footer font" patch -- but it is tucked immediately under a 2.a. heading that says "Touch/Mini Users Only" -- so I blinked right over it.

[HLS]

i do not have a kobo patch src folder?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HLS

i do not have a kobo patch src folder?

When you unzip the patch ZIP file, you will have a src directory as there is one in the ZIP file. Go to the first post in the thread to get the link to the current patch ZIP file.

[NamKK]

Originally Posted by geek1011

This patch thread is for firmware 4.19.14123 (bf36b8c11a1ed01c527b80c14d20d9de5383d729):

Instructions for patching on Windows, Linux, or macOS with kobopatch:

1. Download the Kobo firmware release
   You can find the download links here here.
2. Download and extract the patch zip
   Download and unzip kobopatch_4.19.14123.zip from here.
   
3. Copy the firmware file to the src folder
   Copy the original firmware you just downloaded into the kobopatch src folder.

Download

Hi,

I am a novice here. It is instructed that I should copy the firmware to kobopatch src folder. What is a src folder and where to find it?

Thanks.

[NamKK]

Originally Posted by NamKK

Hi,

I am a novice here. It is instructed that I should copy the firmware to kobopatch src folder. What is a src folder and where to find it?

Thanks.

Nevermind, I can now follow what instructed.

May I ask how can I find the patch(es) compatible with the latest firmware to stop Forma from future updating? It is very annoying that I have redo my fonts, and dictionaries every time it updates. Thanks.

[mirrornoir]

Originally Posted by NamKK

Nevermind, I can now follow what instructed.

May I ask how can I find the patch(es) compatible with the latest firmware to stop Forma from future updating? It is very annoying that I have redo my fonts, and dictionaries every time it updates. Thanks.

I'd advise you to look through all the available patches yourself, there are many more that are quite useful. That being said the option you're looking for is "Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading" in `src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml`. There's another patch that disables it completely but it comes with side effects as noted above the patch. With this patch you'll learn about new updates but you can choose not to apply them.

[NamKK]

Originally Posted by mirrornoir

I'd advise you to look through all the available patches yourself, there are many more that are quite useful. That being said the option you're looking for is "Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading" in `src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml`. There's another patch that disables it completely but it comes with side effects as noted above the patch. With this patch you'll learn about new updates but you can choose not to apply them.

Thanks, mirrornoir. I'll look it up.

[NamKK]

Originally Posted by mirrornoir

I'd advise you to look through all the available patches yourself, there are many more that are quite useful. That being said the option you're looking for is "Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading" in `src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml`. There's another patch that disables it completely but it comes with side effects as noted above the patch. With this patch you'll learn about new updates but you can choose not to apply them.

Hi again.
Does it mean that I open the file 'src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml' with Notepad+, and change the value of "Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading" from "no" to "yes". Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks.

[NamKK]

I figured it out. Thank you!