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dbeinder / kobo-nightmode

white-on-black mode for Kobo ebook readers. Not maintained, check out this fork:
https://github.com/gtalusan/kobo-nightmode
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Nightmode no longer working on firmware 4.3.8842 (Kobo Aura H20) #9

Open filidorwiese opened 7 years ago

filidorwiese commented 7 years ago

First off, thank you for this project, nightmode is awesome! Yesterday, without thinking about it I updated the firmware on my Kobo Aura H20, it's now at 4.3.8842. Sadly, this also broke the nightmode patch I was using that's linked in issue #6

I would really like it back, any tips on how to fix?

filidorwiese commented 7 years ago

Ah I actually solved the problem. If someone else is looking, this is what you need to do:

  1. Get the kobo-nightmode_build13.zip file from this repo
  2. Extract it to get your hands on the KoboRoot.tgz
  3. Edit the mnt/onboard/.kobo/nightmode.ini file and make changes to the brightness section as such:
[brightness]
1percentPatch = yes
timeout = 4
100 = toggleNightMode
  1. Upload the patched tgz file to the reader in the .kobo/ folder
  2. Unmount the device and let it reboot
  3. Toggle to nightmode by setting the brightness to 100% and waiting for 4 seconds
MBlakeS87 commented 7 years ago

Interesting find. Why did you choose to toggle nightmode in the way you did? I ran into this same problem, but I would prefer to toggle nightmode by long pressing the home button. Not sure what I would need to edit to accomplish that.

filidorwiese commented 7 years ago

I'm using this on a Kobo Aura H20, which is completely waterproof and as such has no physical buttons whatsoever. Changing brightness to 100% and waiting 4 seconds is the only way to toggle nightmode on my reader. For your purpose you could probably just use this repo as is, or you might need to make a small change in nightmode.ini

MBlakeS87 commented 7 years ago

Oh I see. Glad you were able to figure out the solution for your reader. I'm using the original Kobo Touch. I think a small change to nightmode.ini will be required; I just don't know what edit I need to make.

MaraR8 commented 7 years ago

Hello there!

I'm completely new here and in the ebook's world! I would like to install the night mode on my Kobo Aura H2O but I can't. I tried your solution @filidorwiese but I can't find a way to make it work!

What I did:

  1. download the pack from the link in #6
  2. extract and change the nightmode.ini file
  3. transfer it to Kobo

I checked, it installed the files with the correct updates in the Brightness section, but when I set the brightness to 100%, absolutely nothing happens except the change in light intensity.

Any hint to what to do next please?

Thank you very much in advance!

P.S. - I tried the procedure more than 3 times; removing the files and re-installing and reseting to factory and installing the files.

acherep commented 7 years ago

The fork mentioned by ThaMattie in #7 works on my Kobo Aura (not H2O)

MaraR8 commented 7 years ago

And it workedddddd @acherep !

Thank you so much for the tip! And thanks to the developers! This is amazing!