Kobo Forma - Remove Walmart Ebooks as default splash cover

Ammonite · 10-31-2018, 07:20 PM

My Forma has "Walmart Ebooks by Rakuten Kobo" as the default image for when the device is off. I've selected my nook's cover art as my sleep image, but a bug results where I still the Walmart 'ad'.

Lusephur · 10-31-2018, 07:27 PM

Wonder if the affiliate=kobo trick in the config file would solve that.

MGlitch · 10-31-2018, 07:41 PM

Change your affiliate. It works.

Ammonite · 10-31-2018, 09:06 PM

Wow it worked! Thank you so much. It feels so nice to have the sleeping/powered off screen versus what felt like a "Kindle with Ads" experience before.

[General]affiliate=kobo is what the config file should say for those like me who want the Walmart image removed.

thekidsmom · 04-21-2019, 11:40 AM

Ammonite; thanks for giving us specific instructions.

ben_r_ · 08-17-2019, 11:07 AM

Nice! Just did this on my Kobo Aura One and it worked perfectly!

For those that find this later and dont know what theyre talking about:

Plug your reader into a computer via USB, navigate to the folder on the device called .kobo, and open the file with a text editor named affiliate.conf. Once that file is open you will see the line(s) of text they are referring to above, simply change whatever is after the = sign to "kobo", save the file and youre done. Its just that easy!

ZodWallop · 08-18-2019, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ben_r_

Nice! Just did this on my Kobo Aura One and it worked perfectly!

For those that find this later and dont know what theyre talking about:

Plug your reader into a computer via USB, navigate to the folder on the device called .kobo, and open the file with a text editor named affiliate.conf. Once that file is open you will see the line(s) of text they are referring to above, simply change whatever is after the = sign to "kobo", save the file and youre done. Its just that easy!

Yep, it worked for my Clara and my (2015) Aura.. Easy to change, even for the less technically savvy.

10-31-2018, 07:20 PM	#1
Ammonite Member Posts: 14 Karma: 44696 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Forma	Kobo Forma - Remove Walmart Ebooks as default splash cover My Forma has "Walmart Ebooks by Rakuten Kobo" as the default image for when the device is off. I've selected my nook's cover art as my sleep image, but a bug results where I still the Walmart 'ad'.

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10-31-2018, 07:27 PM	#2
Lusephur Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 14208 Join Date: Apr 2017 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Forma	Wonder if the affiliate=kobo trick in the config file would solve that.

10-31-2018, 07:41 PM	#3
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,840 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	Change your affiliate. It works.

10-31-2018, 09:06 PM	#4
Ammonite Member Posts: 14 Karma: 44696 Join Date: Oct 2018 Device: Kobo Forma	Wow it worked! Thank you so much. It feels so nice to have the sleeping/powered off screen versus what felt like a "Kindle with Ads" experience before. [General]affiliate=kobo is what the config file should say for those like me who want the Walmart image removed.

04-21-2019, 11:40 AM	#5
thekidsmom Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Texas Device: Galaxy Tab 3, nook, Nexus 7, iPad	Ammonite; thanks for giving us specific instructions.

08-17-2019, 11:07 AM	#6
ben_r_ Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 18 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Device: Kobo Aura One	Nice! Just did this on my Kobo Aura One and it worked perfectly! For those that find this later and dont know what theyre talking about: Plug your reader into a computer via USB, navigate to the folder on the device called .kobo, and open the file with a text editor named affiliate.conf. Once that file is open you will see the line(s) of text they are referring to above, simply change whatever is after the = sign to "kobo", save the file and youre done. Its just that easy!