Permanently deleting "Browse by Category" tile

chrisridd · 04-28-2014, 02:51 AM

Hi,

After every sync on my Aura (firmware 3.2.0, 3.3.0), a tile appears letting me directly browse certain categories on the Kobo shop.

For me this is a waste of screen space. I can dismiss the tile, but it comes back in the next sync. In Settings > Syncing and updates I have turned off the "Get the latest from Kobo" notification, but it doesn't fix this.

Argh!

Is there a way to permanently disable it?

GeoffR · 04-28-2014, 03:02 AM

Add ShowCategoriesFteTile=false to the FeatureSettings section of your device's "Kobo eReader.conf" file:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
ShowCategoriesFteTile=false

I found it annoying too, and was glad it could be turned off.

chrisridd · 04-28-2014, 03:12 AM

That fixes it, thank you so much!

Smartie · 04-28-2014, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffR

Add ShowCategoriesFteTile=false to the FeatureSettings section of your device's "Kobo eReader.conf" file:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
ShowCategoriesFteTile=false

I found it annoying too, and was glad it could be turned off.

How to modify the Kobo eReader.conf? Thanks

GeoffR · 04-28-2014, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smartie

How to modify the Kobo eReader.conf? Thanks

The file in in the .kobo/Kobo/ directory on the device, it is in plain text with unix-style line breaks. If you are using Windows, don't edit it with Notepad as it will mess up the line breaks. Instead use an editor like Notepad++, or check this list to see which editors work properly with unix line breaks.

04-28-2014, 02:51 AM	#1
chrisridd Guru Posts: 977 Karma: 2209358 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura ONE, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Permanently deleting "Browse by Category" tile Hi, After every sync on my Aura (firmware 3.2.0, 3.3.0), a tile appears letting me directly browse certain categories on the Kobo shop. For me this is a waste of screen space. I can dismiss the tile, but it comes back in the next sync. In Settings > Syncing and updates I have turned off the "Get the latest from Kobo" notification, but it doesn't fix this. Argh! Is there a way to permanently disable it?

04-28-2014, 03:02 AM	#2
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	Add ShowCategoriesFteTile=false to the FeatureSettings section of your device's "Kobo eReader.conf" file: Code: [FeatureSettings] ShowCategoriesFteTile=false I found it annoying too, and was glad it could be turned off.

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04-28-2014, 03:12 AM	#3
chrisridd Guru Posts: 977 Karma: 2209358 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura ONE, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	That fixes it, thank you so much!

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