11-24-2012, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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Rooting the mini?
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Is rooting the Mini possible at all? Which procedure should I follow? Thanks, |
11-24-2012, 06:20 PM | #2 |
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As far ad I know, rooting is an android specific procedure, and kobo readers are not based on android, so no, it's not possible.
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11-24-2012, 06:42 PM | #3 |
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Hmmm, maybe I used the wrong term.
I meant is there any way to hack into the Mini and add some apps or maybe an alternative firmware or anything of the sort? |
11-24-2012, 06:45 PM | #4 |
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The same processes should work that work on the Touch.
The main "trick" is using a file called "KoboRoot.tgz" to override existing files on the unit. Look at the threads here where people are working on a Weather plugin, or a general plugin for more info. |
11-24-2012, 06:56 PM | #5 |
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The Mini boots from an internal micro SD card, so the best way to get started hacking
would probably be to take that card out, make a backup, and then start modifying files. You should be able to get telnet access by following the directions for the Touch. |
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11-24-2012, 09:08 PM | #6 |
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I tried modifying this rcS file but I must be doing something wrong because nothing happens.
I added this Code:
/mnt/onboard/run.sh & Then I put the run.sh script with these two lines inside Code:
cp /etc/inittab /mnt/onboard cp /etc/inetd.conf /mnt/onboard And reboot and... I don't have these two inittab and inetd.conf files anywhere. What am I missing? Last edited by hecq; 11-24-2012 at 09:18 PM. |
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11-25-2012, 09:29 AM | #8 | |
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your Kobo after it downloaded the upgrade? If you add the following line to rcS, does it create a text file on your Kobo? Code:
echo hello > /mnt/onboard/hello.txt |
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11-25-2012, 10:12 AM | #9 |
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It seems I was tired and I packaged the rcS file by doing
Code:
tar czf KoboRoot.tgz ./rcS I repackaged it using Code:
tar czf KoboRoot.tgz etc/init.d/rcS Last edited by hecq; 11-25-2012 at 10:46 AM. |
11-25-2012, 09:08 PM | #10 |
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11-27-2012, 06:28 PM | #11 | |
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The update runs, but the files that were supposed to appear after the reset never do. I also included the line that's supposed to create a hello.txt file, no dice there either. I'm not entirely sure where the files are supposed to appear but I've looked everywhere. |
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11-30-2012, 09:22 AM | #12 |
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You should check in your archive if the rcS file includes the whole path. No need to repackage the whole KoboRoot directory though, only the rcS file is enough.
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12-01-2012, 06:10 PM | #13 |
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I checked again and the directory structure was wrong as you suggested. Everything had extracted to a directory called KoboRoot and I had made that into a tar file instead of the 5 directories inside it.
After fixing that problem and running the update, I'm now getting a different problem. After the restart, the loading screen with the smiling kobo and animated boxes just displays endlessly. |
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