Help needed in getting a Tolino Vision Color, that has been converted to a Kobo back

fw01 · Yesterday, 11:15 AM

Not sure if this is better suited here or rather in the Kobo forum, but I'll try my luck here

I successfully managed to convert my new Tolino to a Kobo and enjoyed the (in my opinion) better firmware. However the Reader and I are unfortunately not made for each other, so for selling it, I would like to set it back to the original firmware (that is: Tolino OS).
However I am unfortunately a little stuck. I'm at Kobo software version 4.42.233303, successfully managed to enable dev options, but there I only see a "Tolino Testing" entry, no "switch to Tolino".
Could someone, who is familiar with this - probably not very popular - switch, kindly guide me?

rantanplan · Yesterday, 11:22 AM

You have to update to a 5.x firmware before you can switch to Tolino.

onlion · Yesterday, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fw01

Not sure if this is better suited here or rather in the Kobo forum, but I'll try my luck here

I successfully managed to convert my new Tolino to a Kobo and enjoyed the (in my opinion) better firmware. However the Reader and I are unfortunately not made for each other, so for selling it, I would like to set it back to the original firmware (that is: Tolino OS).
However I am unfortunately a little stuck. I'm at Kobo software version 4.42.233303, successfully managed to enable dev options, but there I only see a "Tolino Testing" entry, no "switch to Tolino".
Could someone, who is familiar with this - probably not very popular - switch, kindly guide me?

You can follow this guide.
https://github.com/notmarek/KoboTolinoFindings

fw01 · Yesterday, 11:26 AM

Hm, are you sure? I updated to 5.10.227213 now, but I cannot even get into Dev Mode there (I tried searching for "devmodeon", like in the lower number firmware, but to no avail).

EDIT: Sorry, posted at the same time as the last reply - I think I see the problem in this guide, I will report back!

fw01 · Yesterday, 11:38 AM

That was quick! Upgrading to a 5.x version and using the update.tar file from the guide did the trick. For anyone going the same route: Once on Tolino software, you can disable dev mode again be entering "devmodeoff" in the search bar.
Thank you guys!

Yesterday, 11:15 AM	#1
fw01 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: Kindle basic 2024, Xteink X4	Help needed in getting a Tolino Vision Color, that has been converted to a Kobo back Not sure if this is better suited here or rather in the Kobo forum, but I'll try my luck here I successfully managed to convert my new Tolino to a Kobo and enjoyed the (in my opinion) better firmware. However the Reader and I are unfortunately not made for each other, so for selling it, I would like to set it back to the original firmware (that is: Tolino OS). However I am unfortunately a little stuck. I'm at Kobo software version 4.42.233303, successfully managed to enable dev options, but there I only see a "Tolino Testing" entry, no "switch to Tolino". Could someone, who is familiar with this - probably not very popular - switch, kindly guide me?

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Yesterday, 11:22 AM	#2
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 1,049 Karma: 12502580 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2, reMarkable PaperPro	You have to update to a 5.x firmware before you can switch to Tolino.

Yesterday, 11:26 AM	#4
fw01 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: Kindle basic 2024, Xteink X4	Hm, are you sure? I updated to 5.10.227213 now, but I cannot even get into Dev Mode there (I tried searching for "devmodeon", like in the lower number firmware, but to no avail). EDIT: Sorry, posted at the same time as the last reply - I think I see the problem in this guide, I will report back!

Yesterday, 11:38 AM	#5
fw01 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2026 Device: Kindle basic 2024, Xteink X4	That was quick! Upgrading to a 5.x version and using the update.tar file from the guide did the trick. For anyone going the same route: Once on Tolino software, you can disable dev mode again be entering "devmodeoff" in the search bar. Thank you guys!

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