Forma Wanna get rid of "Take a quick tour" message on home screen? wasting visual space

[droopy]

How can I get rid of the "Take a quick tour" section on my Kobo Forma.


If i recall, in the past, after you go through the tour, it disappears. But these days, I've gone through the "quick tour" but it persists.

I don't think i found anything in pgapatch that gets rid of this.

This is how the kobopatch.sh appears:

obopatch 653070c
https://github.com/geek1011/kobopatch

Loading configuration from kobopatch.yaml
Reading input firmware zip

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/libnickel.so.1.0.0
  APPLY `Allow USB storage even when device locked`
  SKIP  `Allow rotation on all devices`
  SKIP  `Allow showing info panel on random screensaver`
  APPLY `Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading`
  SKIP  `Block WiFi firmware upgrade`
  SKIP  `Both page turn buttons go next`
  SKIP  `Both page turn sides go next`
  SKIP  `Bulgarian Phonetic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2/Forma/Libra)`
  SKIP  `Change Browse Kobo home screen link target - Activity`
  SKIP  `Change Wikipedia search language`
  APPLY `Custom Sleep/Power-off timeouts`
  APPLY `Custom font sizes`
  SKIP  `Custom header/footer page number text`
  APPLY `Custom kepub default margins`
  APPLY `Custom left & right margins`
  APPLY `Custom navigation menu page number text`
  SKIP  `Customize ComfortLight settings`
  SKIP  `Cyrillic Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2)`
  APPLY `DeveloperSettings - AutoUsbGadget`
  APPLY `Dictionary text font-family/font-size/line-height`
  APPLY `Disable all tutorial dialogs`
  SKIP  `Don't grab exclusive access to event0`
  SKIP  `Don't uppercase header/footer text`
  APPLY `Don't uppercase header/footer text and change page number text`
  APPLY `FeatureSettings - BookSpecificStats`
  APPLY `FeatureSettings - ExportHighlights`
  SKIP  `FeatureSettings - FullScreenBrowser`
  APPLY `FeatureSettings - MyWords`
  SKIP  `FeatureSettings - ShowFacebookShare`
  SKIP  `Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 1 of 2)`
  APPLY `Force user line spacing in KePubs`
  APPLY `Force user line spacing in ePubs (part 1 of 2)`
  SKIP  `Greek Keyboard (GloHD/ClaraHD/AuraOne/H2O2)`
  SKIP  `Hide browser from beta features`
  SKIP  `Increase page navigation history`
  SKIP  `KePub stylesheet additions - text justify`
  APPLY `KePub stylesheet additions - word-spacing`
  SKIP  `Larger Sleep/Power-off timeouts`
  APPLY `My 10 line spacing values`
  SKIP  `My 24 line spacing values`
  APPLY `Never show Kobo Plus, wishlist, and points SmartLinks`
  SKIP  `Only show Pocket SmartLink`
  SKIP  `Only show stats SmartLink`
  APPLY `PowerSettings - UnlockEnabled`
  SKIP  `Remove beta features not supported text`
  APPLY `Remove line from bottom tab bar`
  APPLY `Remove recommendations (row1col2) from home screen`
  APPLY `Remove title from reading header/footer`
  APPLY `Rename new home screen footer`
  SKIP  `Replace adobe page numbers toggle with invert screen`
  SKIP  `Set KePub hyphenation`
  SKIP  `Set visible SmartLink`
  APPLY `Shorten dictionary entry not found message`
  SKIP  `Swap reading header/footer`
  SKIP  `Un-Force user font-family in KePubs`
  SKIP  `Un-Force user text-align in div,p tags in KePubs`
  SKIP  `Un-force font-family override p tags (std epubs)`
  APPLY `Un-force link decoration in KePubs`
  APPLY `Unify font sizes`
  SKIP  `ePub constant font sharpness`
  APPLY `ePub disable built-in body padding-bottom`
  SKIP  `ePub fixed top/bottom margins`

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/nickel
  SKIP  `Change TOC level indentation`
  APPLY `Custom collection/author header title font`
  APPLY `Custom header/footer captions`
  SKIP  `Custom page navigation scrubber`
  APPLY `Custom synopsis details line spacing`
  APPLY `Custom synopsis font size`
  SKIP  `Customise Header back button`
  APPLY `Dictionary pop-up - increase available text area`
  APPLY `Increase Book Details synopsis area`
  SKIP  `Increase headlines font`
  APPLY `Increase home screen cover size`
  APPLY `Increase library cover size`
  SKIP  `Increase size of kepub chapter progress chart`
  SKIP  `New home screen subtitle custom font`
  APPLY `Reduce new header/footer height`
  APPLY `Reduce top/bottom page spacer`
  SKIP  `Remove footer (row3) and increase cover size on new home screen`
  SKIP  `Remove footer (row3) on new home screen`
  SKIP  `Remove forgot pin button from lock screen`
  SKIP  `Series list increase cover thumbnails`
  SKIP  `Show all games`

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/libadobe.so
  SKIP  `Remove PDF map widget shown during panning`

Patching ./usr/local/Kobo/librmsdk.so.1.0.0
  SKIP  `Default ePub monospace font`
  SKIP  `Default ePub sans-serif font (Gill Sans)`
  SKIP  `Default ePub serif font (Amasis)`
  SKIP  `Default ePub symbol font (Symbol)`
  SKIP  `Disable orphans/widows avoidance`
  SKIP  `Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 2 of 2)`
  SKIP  `Force user line spacing in ePubs (Part 2 of 2)`
  SKIP  `Ignore ePub TOC navpoints`
  SKIP  `Ignore ePub book Adobe XPGT stylesheet (page-template.xpgt)`
  SKIP  `Ignore ePub book CSS and Adobe XPGT stylesheets`

Checking patched KoboRoot.tgz for consistency

Successfully saved patched KoboRoot.tgz to out/KoboRoot.tgz. Remember to make sure your kobo is running the target firmware version before patching.

[jaceygan]

I noticed this on my Clara 2E after i enabled Parental Control for web. From your photo, it looks like you have enabled it as well.

I disabled Parental Control and the section went away.

[droopy]

I noticed this on my Clara 2E after i enabled Parental Control for web. From your photo, it looks like you have enabled it as well.[/QUOTE]
Yes, you're right. I have it enabled.

Originally Posted by jaceygan

I disabled Parental Control and the section went away.

When I turned off Parental Control, that section went away and now I can see 4 books in that first row.

When I turned Parental Control back on , I still saw four books on the top row. But when I restarted the Kobo, I saw that dreaded “Take a Quick Tour” section again!



But I want Parental Control active.



Here's why:
With Parental control active,
When I long-tap on a word, a context menu pops up where I can immediately tap on “Search in book”.

But with parental control disabled:
When I long-tap on a word, a context menu pops up where I have to first choose “Search...” then can tap on “Search in book”.

[jaceygan]

I tried what you did and yes, i get the exact same behaviour.

This doesn't really bother me as I seldom reboot my device.

Just out of curiosity, what is the use case for you to reboot your device at a rate that this turning off and turning back on of Parental Control becomes annoying?

[droopy]

My Kobo forma automatically powers off after about 45 minutes. I wish I did not have to try to find out workaround this problem. I wish this bug was fixed by Kobo.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by droopy

My Kobo forma automatically powers off after about 45 minutes. I wish I did not have to try to find out workaround this problem. I wish this bug was fixed by Kobo.

Interesting. My old Forma goes to sleep after 5 minutes and has never turned off which matches the settings under Energy saving and privacy. To power off, I need to press and hold the power button. This leads me to believe that you are not seeing a bug fixable by Kobo.

Have you tried a re-install of the firmware you are using and then using it without patching for a while?

[droopy]

Do you not want to save more battery power by having your Kobo automatically turn off?

[Aleron Ives]

If you use it every day, then no. The charge consumed by booting the device may be more than the charge consumed by leaving it asleep during that time.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by droopy

Do you not want to save more battery power by having your Kobo automatically turn off?

Rebooting multiple times a day actually uses more power then your Kobo going to sleep. 45 minutes is not long enough. I liked the way Sony did it. Sony turned off if it was not used after 2-days.

[droopy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Rebooting multiple times a day actually uses more power then your Kobo going to sleep. 45 minutes is not long enough. I liked the way Sony did it. Sony turned off if it was not used after 2-days.

One reboot equals how many minutes of sleep?

[NiLuJe]

It might be worth it on an Elipsa or a Sage (after a *significant* delay, I mean), because its sunxi SoC has terrible power management, even in suspend; not so much on a Forma, where the difference between suspend and off is barely significant; *especially* if you actively use your device.

(I'd give you numbers, but I can't find 'em . It's 21mA for an Elipsa, though, and that's... very much not great.).

(FWIW, mine are setup to power down after 14 days of inactivity. But you can"t do that in Nickel ;o)).

[droopy]

Nilije
I read your reply and reread it. But I'm still not sure what you're saying. Could you please answer my question if you could? Otherwise please tell me you cannot answer the question

[NiLuJe]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

(I'd give you numbers, but I can't find 'em

That doesn't change my answer that, yes, it's a net loss if you use your device regularly (in practice, anyway).

TL;DR: There's a reason you can't do that in Nickel, it's because it doesn't make any practical sense.

[Aleron Ives]

How do you know the Elipsa uses 21 mA during sleep? Is that a known value for the chipset, or has somebody actually measured it and posted the results somewhere?

[NiLuJe]

USB meter.

And I've just re-took data from a Forma, and, yeah, power off is useless. A whole 1mA less than suspend, yaaaaay!

c.f., https://github.com/koreader/koreader...ent-1214257679

For reference, a power on sequence will pull more or less that load figure for its whole duration, yielding on the Forma a whopping 9mWh/1mAh (those are *very* optimistic numbers, because I'm using KFMon's boot spinner, which is *extremely* more efficient than Nickel's (Nickel's basically full loads the CPU, this one... doesn't. At all. Meaning my boot sequence is both shorter and less power hungry than a stock one.)).

(There's a tiny bit of noise in those values because that meter has no auxiliary power, so the meter's own drain accounts for some of this. It's extremely minimal though (orders of magnitude below those figures) and I couldn't be arsed to find the right plugs for my other meter. Also, it's the same meter used for those Elipsa numbers (and PW5 & Sage numbers), which makes for perfectly valid comparisons. TL;DR: The point of this experiment isn't in the absolute values, but in the deltas between them).