Glo Kobo Night Mode

[Dino84]

Does this work for the entire Aura series?

I am trying to install it on Aura One but it doesnt work. There is no automatic reboot and after manual reboot there are no changes.

Thanks

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by tha

I am not sure. I couldn't see a specific version for anything over 3.something version. Am I missing an updated link? Thanks?

Huh? In the last two or three pages nearly all the posts are discussing this. And there are at least five posts with direct links to the version of the hack needed for firmware starting with 4.2.8432.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Dino84

I am trying to install it on Aura One but it doesnt work. There is no automatic reboot and after manual reboot there are no changes.

It works on all Kobo devices. There is a version for most firmware versions. But, if the device didn't restart and do an install, it means you did the install incorrectly. You need to copy the KoboRoot.tgz file to the .kobo directory. Do not unpack the file and make sure the filename is correct.

[Dino84]

Originally Posted by davidfor

It works on all Kobo devices. There is a version for most firmware versions. But, if the device didn't restart and do an install, it means you did the install incorrectly. You need to copy the KoboRoot.tgz file to the .kobo directory. Do not unpack the file and make sure the filename is correct.

Alright, I copied the extracted folders directly. My bad

So following your instuctions it did a reboot. But I didnt manage to activate it (version 13).
Now I did an uninstall and looking for another version.
My firmware is 4.1.7729


Edit:
Got it to work now, by altering the .ini

Thanks

[Snerthagar]

Hi,

for some stupid reason i decided to update my Kobo Glo HD this afternoon and boy have i regretted it.. I lost the night mode toggle at 100%

What i did until now:
- first I downloaded the file from github, dragged the .tgz file from the zip-file to the .kobo folder on my device, safely unplugged it , let it reboot and tried to toggle night mode on. but it didn't work.
- then i did some research on this forum and found another build. So i tried that using the same methodology as before. Unfortunately, it did not work either.
- so i thought maybe best to reset the device to factory settings and try again. While waiting for the factory reset i found thread #512 speaking of the build13H2O. I downloaded that, installed it, edited the ini file as mentioned, but once again it did not work.

What am i doing wrong? current software version is 4,3,8945

Thanks in advance!

PS: Never will i update for no reason, everything worked fine.

Edit: finally got it working with this version:
https://github.com/gtalusan/kobo-nig...r/KoboRoot.tgz
thanks all!

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Snerthagar

Hi,

for some stupid reason i decided to update my Kobo Glo HD this afternoon and boy have i regretted it.. I lost the night mode toggle at 100%

What i did until now:
- first I downloaded the file from github, dragged the .tgz file from the zip-file to the .kobo folder on my device, safely unplugged it , let it reboot and tried to toggle night mode on. but it didn't work.
- then i did some research on this forum and found another build. So i tried that using the same methodology as before. Unfortunately, it did not work either.
- so i thought maybe best to reset the device to factory settings and try again. While waiting for the factory reset i found thread #512 speaking of the build13H2O. I downloaded that, installed it, edited the ini file as mentioned, but once again it did not work.

What am i doing wrong? current software version is 4,3,8945

Read the last few pages of this thread. They are all about what version of the nightmode hack are needed for the recent firmware versions.

[PeterT]

Has the time come to add this hack to the wiki and try to centralize the different versions on a single page?

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

[stanlefor]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Has the time come to add this hack to the wiki and try to centralize the different versions on a single page?

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Would be really great!

[tombo]

I have a Glo with FW 4.4.9344 and discovered that using the lastest Nightmode hack the light stays on in sleepmode (in normal and nightmode)
Is there a setting for avialable or maybe a revision of the hack?

To avoid confusion, I am using https://github.com/gtalusan/kobo-nig...r/KoboRoot.tgz

[tombo]

Just discovered that without the nightmode hack the the light stays on in sleepmode. So probably a firmware bug.

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[Swissola]

I foolishly updated my firmware today (to 4.4.9344) and went to apply my previous patches. Updated the main firmware patch successfully with the tweaks I like. Tried to patch my Aura with the night mode patch.

Seems to install OK (.ini and .sh file created in .kobo root), but pressing light switch doesn't do anything on long press except toggle the backlight. Gutted

[s1mpl1c1ty]

Originally Posted by Dino84

Alright, I copied the extracted folders directly. My bad

So following your instuctions it did a reboot. But I didnt manage to activate it (version 13).
Now I did an uninstall and looking for another version.
My firmware is 4.1.7729


Edit:
Got it to work now, by altering the .ini

Thanks

I tried uninstall/reinstall and it didn't work for my kobo glo. May I ask what you edited in the .ini to get yours to work?
Thanks

[ormaa]

Hello,

I am using a kobo glove, firmware 4.4.9344.
I Installed the file that I took on the first post.
I can obtain there reboot after disconnecting from my Mac, and wait for some dozen of seconds.

then, if I long press light and power button, the reader switch off, and the "Fnac" logo appear, with a black screen.
"Fnac" logo is the logo manufacturer which sell the kobo gloves in France...
than, if I switch on the kobo, after that, the screen is white.

could you give me some detail please ?

thanks
Olivier

[ormaa]

another point to my problem is that now, the kobo is hard to switch on. when the kobo is off, with black screen, if I switch it on, it take something like 30 to 40 second to switch on, and the light on top are blinking like it does when the device is rebooted...

[pickyaxe]

Night Mode toggle for Aura One + fmon:

I'm using this with baskerville's fmon (thanks, baskerville!) and here's a very simple nightmode toggle. I have only tried this on recent firmwares (4.4.9349+).

The script toggles night mode then reboots. Rebooting is necessary because otherwise there's a lot of instability (hanging when USB is mounted, 30 second waiting time to access home page or library, etc).


How to install:

1. Download the attachment (nightmode_fmon.zip)
2. Install the newest version of night mode
3. Edit /.kobo/nightmode.ini and change "retainStateOverRestart = no" to "retainStateOverRestart = yes"
4. Install baskerville's fmon
5. Mount USB, extract nightmode.png to /icons/
6. Check that nightmode.png is in database and open it. Then long press it and choose "View details", then reboot. This makes sure that all the thumbnails have been generated. Do not proceed before doing this!
7. Copy the nightmode directory into /.adds/ (including the directory itself, so that you have /.adds/nightmode/nightmode.sh)
8. Edit /.adds/fmon/fmon.sh and add nightmode to the list of apps. For example, by default it is "for app in koreader sketch; do", change it to "for app in koreader sketch nightmode; do"
9. Reboot

It should be working now.