Tagged: Kobo

Kobo firmware 3.5.0 and kobohack 0

Kobo firmware 3.5.0 and kobohack

Kobo has shipped another update of the firmware for their devices, new version is 3.5.0. Most important fix it seems is for the “light-on-after-sleep” bug, which botched my battery a few times. Another fix...

Kobo firmware 3.3.1, kobohack, libnickel 0

Kobo firmware 3.3.1, kobohack, libnickel

Kobo has shipped another update of the firmware for their devices, new version is 3.3.1. Nothing spectacular new, just a language update it seems. But since kobohack was updated to firmware 3.3.0, I thought...

Kobo Glo kobohack-j 140315 0

Kobo Glo kobohack-j 140315

A new release of the kobohack-j package brings updates to freetype (2.5.3), sqlite (3.8.2.1), dosfstools (3.0.26), and libpng (1.6.10). The hack part sees the addition of busybox (1.22.1), as well as updates to gdb...

Kobo Glo firmware 3.2.0 et al. 0

Kobo Glo firmware 3.2.0 et al.

After some calm period a new firmware for the Kobos, all of them. The latest one being 3.2.0. The new firmware brings several changes to the handling of selection and related operations like highlighting,...

Kobo Glo kobohack-j 140113 4

Kobo Glo kobohack-j 140113

A new release of the kobohack-j package brings the addition of parted (partition manager) and the necessary libuuid, as well as updates to freetype (2.5.2), libpng (1.6.8), and sqlite (3.8.2). Installation is as usual...

Kobo Glo firmware 3.1.1 et al. 0

Kobo Glo firmware 3.1.1 et al.

And another one – they are quick. But slowly it seems to settle. After releasing , , 3.0.1, and in short time, now we are at 3.1.1. And it brought a few improvements. Firmware...

kobohack-j updated for Kobo firmware 3.0.0 0

kobohack-j updated for Kobo firmware 3.0.0

Just short time ago the kobohack-j maintainer has uploaded a new version kobohack-j-131116.zip of his package that updates several libraries of the Kobo firmware, and on, my request, also includes a fixed openssl binary....

Compiling for Kobo Glo 2.10.0 on Debian/sid 3

Compiling for Kobo Glo 2.10.0 on Debian/sid

More for my own rememberance here is how I did set up a development environment for compiling programs for my Kobo (running firmware version 2.10.0 atm). Why would one do that? One of the...

Kobo Glo firmware 2.10.0 – first impressions 12

Kobo Glo firmware 2.10.0 – first impressions

On the mobileread forum the link to the new firmware 2.10 for the Kobo Glo was just posted. I tried it out immediately. Normal operation The new items I found after upgrading from 2.8.1:...

Kobo Glo, WiFi, 2.8.1 and some more hacks 0

Kobo Glo, WiFi, 2.8.1 and some more hacks

One inconvenience of the Kobo Glo is that it turns off the wireless very soon. That means that if you are logged into your , you might get dropped out soon. This post describes...

ssh (or telnet) on the Kobo Glo 4

ssh (or telnet) on the Kobo Glo

The Kobo Glo is a very nice device, but it lacks besides other things the ability to make screen shots. And it does not have an ssh or telnet server activated, so you cannot...