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Kobo Glo Firmware | Alternative firmware on Android from Tolino Shin



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Kobo Glo Firmware (Android 2.3.4)
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Kobo glo
- e-book from the Japanese company Rakuten, Inc.

Dualbut is available - the ability to use both Android and native OS!

Kobo glois a lightweight, equipped with a Wi-Fi module, an e-book with an impressive Pearl HD screen, made using E-ink technology with a resolution increased to 1024 by 758 points, a front-lit ComfortLight and a touch interface implemented using infrared technology. There is also an additional slot for a memory card.

Differences between standard firmware and firmware on Android OS
Native firmware:
pros

- integration with Pocket and Kobo services
- good battery life
- support cover with magnet
- works smartly

Minuses
- supports a limited number of formats
- you need to create an account on Kobo to use (you can get around)
- trimmed browser, can not be downloaded (solved by patch)
- there is no Russified menu
- no Russian keyboard (solved by patch)
- poor support for Russian-language sites (solved by patches and font delivery)
- complex collection creation


Android:
pros
- the market is available and almost all applications in it (readers, browsers)
- better work with books and documents
- transparent work with files

Minuses
- there is no support for a case with a magnet (when it will be unknown)
- you can not turn off the backlight completely
- green LED flashes (solved by script)
- the battery sits faster
- does not work as fast as the native OS, sometimes there is not enough RAM 256 (reboot, return to the desktop)
- version Android 2.3.4
- OTG does not work (when it will be unknown)
- only the new build without GAPPS works fine



What you need to install OS Android
0. Straight arms
1. Kobo Glo with any firmware
2. micro SD card for installing Android OS
It is advisable to use a memory card of 4GB or more. In fact, Android OS takes up no more than 1GB, the rest of the space is used as internal storage.
An example of filling the space on a 8GB map
Attached Image

3. Tool for opening the reader, suitable mediatori or plastic card.
4. Computer and card reader


Installation instructions for Android on the SD card
1. download Image Writer for thislinkand disable kobo
2. take a micro SD card, you need to copy everything from it to a PC. With the help of the program you downloaded, write the firmware image on micro SD
3. If you have a card larger than 2GB,download the programand expand the section that fat32 with the name Kobo
4. go to the installation Dualbut


Dualboot on Kobo Glo
Well, there are volunteers to check how the android works via dual block on Glo and Touch?

You need a computer with Linux.

First of all, you need to backup the original card.
dd if = / dev / sd<Sdcard>of =. / kobo-orig-firmware.img

<Sdcard>- the letter under which the card reader appears.

Card images with Android (those provided by MarekGibek on a mobile)
For Kobo Touch:https: //www.dropbox.co…_Android_Kobo_Touch.7z
For Kobo Glo:https: //www.dropbox.co…23_Android_Kobo_Glo.7z

Unpack the archive and create the card with the command:
dd of = / dev / sd<Sdcard>if =. / 2013-11-23_Android_Kobo_Glo.img

<Sdcard>- the letter under which the card reader appears.
(for Touch-a there is another image name)

How to write the card out of its card reader and re-insert.
Here is the archive with the files that need to be replaced on the card in the "Android System" sectionhttps: //www.dropbox.co...droid%20System.tar.bz2

Well, the patch for the device:https: //www.dropbox.co…-android-glo-touch.zip
Put the original card in the internal slot reader. (I really hope that we did not miss the point above about creating backup. If you missed, go back and create.) Connect via USB, unpack the dualboot-android-glo-touch.zip archive into the .kobo folder on the reader, then go to "Safely Disconnect Devices" Disconnect the reader, disconnect from the computer, wait for the reader to restart. After you report the result, if there are problems we will continue to understand.


Build for Kobo Glo


Useful software, games and recommendations


Utility


Dual block creatorangor00


Post has been editedTornadoX - 24.02.18, 01:01
Reason for editing: edit



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In fairness it should be noted that the Pocket exists under Android.



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In fairness it should be noted that the Pocket exists under Android.

I indicated- the market is available and almost all applications in it (readers, browsers)
People who already have Android tablets or phones will understand.



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System tools can turn off the backlight to zero?
Item Display does not turn off completely, still the minimum backlight works, maybe this is what the battery is eating.



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System tools can turn off the backlight to zero?
Item Display does not turn off completely, still the minimum backlight works, maybe this is what the battery is eating.

In my opinion, when the android button was installed, the top button worked in the normal mode ... Ie, I completely turned off the backlight ... Why did I turn it off systemically?



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It works for me as “Back”, and I can’t figure out how to remap right away - the interface was not even German with MoreLocal.

The fetder, of course, regularly switches off to zero while reading, but I would also like to suppress the screen outside the program for reading.



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It works for me as “Back”, and I can’t figure out how to remap right away - the interface was not even German with MoreLocal.

The fetder, of course, regularly switches off to zero while reading, but I would also like to suppress the screen outside the program for reading.

and what image set? It seems to me that I was not pumping it here ...



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From the cap, from the mobile.

upd
Programs to adjust the brightness is. Some of them even have a brightness level of 0%. This is a plus ...
As soon as you go out of it to the desktop, the brightness is restored ... This is a minus ...

Post has been editedAtomic_Mutant - 13.01.14, 19:17



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Atomic_Mutant
This is already good, give a couple of programs, I will add to the cap.

Maxim1114,
last build with mobile, button works like "back"



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That is already good, give a couple of programs, I will add to the cap.


Programs for reading:
FBReader
Able to control the light without any problems, I just have to hold my finger along the edge, the backlight to zero without any fuss with the settings.

Arider - you need to adjust the brightness levels with pens, only then you can either turn it off or make it invisible.
CoolReader - completely failed to turn off.

Utilities:
Bright setting lamp
https: //play.google.co...call.Brightsettinglamp
The preset level is 0% - you press the icon, turns off the light completely, exit the program on the desktop - it turns on again.

Set brightness
https: //play.google.co…t.kinoko.setbrightness
Similar to the first.

Display brightness
https: //play.google.co...pper.DisplayBrightness
I don’t know what I’ve done, but she turned on the light even brighter than the default;

There are still programs in the market, but more so far it was not possible to try something with a binding to the market happened






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Supplement fromdstbnet
https: //dl.dropboxuser…10/AnySoftKeyboard.apk- a keyboard with an extremely small amount of animation (however, it is a "system application", so that it should be installed best of all by installing it as root without problems)
https: //dl.dropboxuser…3410/DropBox_2.3.8.apk- dropbox API version which is supported on 2.1.x Android (older versions come with API for Android 4 and are not installed on 2 ...)
ReLaunch is the same launcher, it looks scary (precisely because most of the time will be spent in reading programs =)), but everything is done for readers. The main part of the screen is occupied by the explorer, which can be configured so that it reads the metadata of the books itself. (For example: priklyuchenia.fb2.zip are displayed in a regular file explorer, and this will be the title of the book written in the metadata of the book itself, "Adventures" and so on, the only thing is that the cover does not show in this explorer =))
As far as I remembered, the CR automatically opens the menu items with the settings for the frequency and quality of the eink update when paging.

Well, on my own I want to add that version 2.1 of the android (just such a bucket on the nook, attempts to put something fresh ended sadly =)) was more than enough for the reader, 2.3 would be awesome at all, but wasting energy on CM or some other assembly 4.xx in my opinion a waste of energy ... The best is the enemy of good =)
Now I haven’t opened the reader yet and haven’t installed the android, since the book is just a week long and I’m happy with almost everything, but as soon as a stable release comes out, I’ll immediately install it. Orion Viewer really lacks ... technical literature in landscape mode was simply read on it elegantly ... in kobo it is generally quite unusual to read PDF + landscape mode does not work as I would like = (



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As I understand (although I may be wrong) on ​​Kobo Glo, all those programs that go to Nook Simple Touch will go under Android, for which the forum has a rather extensive topic:Barnes & Noble NOOK - programs
At the very box in the desk there is a card with the image of Android under Kobo, put it twice, but returned to the native 3.0.1 firmware with patches and programs from sergeyvl. If it were not for the troubles with the backlight, the diode, the total inhibition compared to the original firmware and the uselessness of the cover with a magnet, I would probably stay on Android ...



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Niclaus,
it would be a normal community, all problems can be solved. And so while it is very rotten, there is little that can be disassembled on mobilerid.
There are generally sources, you can collect cyan 7 and port some of the settings from Nook.



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Well, yes, as they say "real violent little." Directly hot on Kikstarte organize fees.
Although by and large there will be enough a person who has this gadget and the desire to delve into his android, albeit out of boredom.

In principle, in the existing form, this firmware is already quite good - in the market it is defined as a KoboDroid from the Nexus, and not like some kind of vague Unidentified device with Nuk :) I worked stably without any problems, unlike branded firmware.

The only serious minuses so far are the backlight which is crookedly controlled by the system itself and apparently falling off the wifi from time to time - I can’t explain anything else with authorization on the market.



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Could anyone have an image from the discussion:
Kobo Glo (Post # 26777154)
rebuild what would he recorded on a 8 gigabyte flash drive?



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Atomic_Mutant
why, this is an old image very much. The one in the hat is newer.
I'll fill in my image the other day. He is on 8GB and a lot of software.



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There, a man seemed to say that he coped with falling off wifa and lights.

I'll fill in my image the other day. He is on 8GB and a lot of software.


OK! Will wait!

UPD:
Question to experts, I found this message:
This is a shortcut for closing the light:
Code:
#! / system / bin / sh
echo 0>/sys/class/backlight/mxc_msp430_fl.0/brightness "

Can anyone give comments - this is to turn off the screen backlight? And how exactly does this run?

Post has been editedAtomic_Mutant - 16.01.14, 17:37



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#! / system / bin / sh
echo 0>/sys/class/backlight/mxc_msp430_fl.0/brightness "

Turns off the screen. From time to time. Sometimes for a long time.
Only a bit confused, but perhaps this is only a non-specialist view.



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Atomic_Mutant
There is a ScriptManager, you can display a shortcut on the slave table.



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OK. I'll try it, maybe it will be easier.

This feature works, honestly extinguishes the screen, but after launching any program (the same reader) that controls the screen light stops working, and if you do not start any readers, you can work for as long as you want the screen off.

Sorry I do not remember where I found, you can say thank you afftor.



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Another option is to put the Xposed Framework and the AllAppsPlayStore patch


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