07-28-2019, 05:02 PM | #1 |
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Glowlight 3, Can You Use Current Book as Screensaver Yet?
Finding it difficult to Google an answer to this so Ill just ask, can you use the cover of the current book you're reading as the screensaver on the Glowlight 3?
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07-28-2019, 05:36 PM | #2 |
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08-02-2019, 05:27 PM | #3 |
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Maybe, because the device is easy to root -- I can conceive a java coding hack that might be able to do it but that is a new frontier no one has taken , yet.
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In general, the Kobo's out-of-the-box firmware is better than the Nook and the hacks you can make to it improve it even more so. |
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And possibly the greatest (IMNSHO) feature of Kobo's firmware is the ability to trigger a factory reset for those times when an ereader has been turned into a paperweight which I managed a few times when having fun with firmware. |
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08-13-2019, 02:11 PM | #7 | |
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*Though I do believe the ability to show series info for sideloaded books on Kobo requires the Kobo extended driver, right? Nook shows series info for books purchased from B&N, just not for sideloaded books. |
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08-13-2019, 03:11 PM | #9 |
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Almost, but not quite. Calibre does all the work but either of the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended drivers (properly configured) will do the job.
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calibre and either of the KoboTouch or KoboTouchExtended drivers will handle this task (the actual code needed comes from the KoboTouch code base). Back before I sold out to the dark side and switched to using calibre, I inserted the series information using a batch file, a text file and an SQLite database manager. Ahh... the good old days. Not. |
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In general, would Nook patches along the lines of the Kobo patches be possible? Or is the Nook OS too locked down to be easily hacked and changed? |
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