Can I convert a Tolino into a kobo?

[Waldy]

Originally Posted by Marek

Ive accidentally copied the wrong file (the official 5.0.17337 or something update), it should be correct now

Tolino Shine 5 (BW)

[Marek]

Originally Posted by Waldy

Tolino Shine 5 (BW)

Glad it worked!

[Quality]

Yea works for me as well, I just switched from Tolino to Kobo and immediately used your update file without factory reset.



https://i.imgur.com/I9dW3zj.jpeg (idk why I couldn't post this as an image here, the image wouldn't show)

[Laen]

A Hint.
Is the Tolino already in Kobo Mode no factory Reset needed and only downgrade to 5.1.184318 and make the patch

All data will be there

[sofauxboho]

Is it possible to convert a Tolino Vision 6 to Kobo? The Vision 6 is currently on version 16.2.1.

[aborh]

I love my Kobo Clara HD, and it is one of the last models with a micro SD card inside it, which can be removed and replaced with a larger one. Used Clara HDs are getting rather expensive, I suspect for this reason. It seems the Tolino Shine 3 is the same hardware under a different name, and I found one at a good price.

Thinking to make it as a sort of backup device for my current Clara HD, I already have an SD card cloned with the Clara HD's software. The Tolino should be here tomorrow, and I am going to try to open the case and swap the cards. Will post here what happens. Stay tuned...

[Waldy]

If you just want to change SD cards from one device to another, this will not work.

[aborh]

Well, I am buying it just to play around. Perhaps I will wind up using the Tolino software then. Thanks for the warning.

[chubacca]

Originally Posted by Marek

Okay so ive made a working down/upgrade to actual kobo firmware for the libra colour / vision colour if you want to try it contact me either here in PMs or on discord @notmarek

Hi, Marek

The only important issue my Tolino Sine 5 lacks is the Cyrillic keyboard, and the kobopatch approach doesn't seem feasible as update files for Tolino (from what I've learned) include FS images and raw data files (e.g. I didn't manage to find files like libnickel.so.x). Do you know any other ways to access the filesystem on the Tolino? I could try to investigate the difference between internal files and maybe do some manual adjustments but without the stock fw it's too risky (e.g. even version number length is different).

Sometimes I switch to my smartphone with TTS when I can't read from the screen. Finding the place when I stopped is problematic, especially since one of the EPUB books I read doesn't show the chapters on device and UI is limited on page jump precision.

Currently I kinda sorta solved the problem with the Tolino Android app that can sync the progress between devices and does not have issues with search or chapter selection.

However, if there's a way to play with firmware without bricking my eReader, it would be nice to look for a proper solution.

P.S. Sideloading EPUBs via the app works too. However, I had to use calibre for the aforementioned ebook that showed only the cover image before convertion.

[Marek]

Originally Posted by chubacca

Hi, Marek

The only important issue my Tolino Sine 5 lacks is the Cyrillic keyboard, and the kobopatch approach doesn't seem feasible as update files for Tolino (from what I've learned) include FS images and raw data files (e.g. I didn't manage to find files like libnickel.so.x). Do you know any other ways to access the filesystem on the Tolino? I could try to investigate the difference between internal files and maybe do some manual adjustments but without the stock fw it's too risky (e.g. even version number length is different).

Sometimes I switch to my smartphone with TTS when I can't read from the screen. Finding the place when I stopped is problematic, especially since one of the EPUB books I read doesn't show the chapters on device and UI is limited on page jump precision.

Currently I kinda sorta solved the problem with the Tolino Android app that can sync the progress between devices and does not have issues with search or chapter selection.

However, if there's a way to play with firmware without bricking my eReader, it would be nice to look for a proper solution.

P.S. Sideloading EPUBs via the app works too. However, I had to use calibre for the aforementioned ebook that showed only the cover image before convertion.

You can access the rootfs over ssh (I think I shared a way to enable it somewhere?) you can do Basically anything with the rootfs as long as you don't touch the other partitions there should be no way to brick the device with the way it's setup, if it gets stuck there's a way to reflash the rootfs using some button combo, you can find it on Google.

[chubacca]

Originally Posted by Marek

You can access the rootfs over ssh

Thanks! I found a discussion on GitHub and used telnet interface. It turned out that Cyrillic keyboard patch wasn't compatible, but with some offset adjustments it worked!