pgaskin / NickelMenu

The easiest way to launch scripts, change settings, and run actions on Kobo e-readers.
https://pgaskin.net/NickelMenu
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Installation doesn't work on Tolino Vision Color FW 5.x #169

Open fuero opened 2 months ago

fuero commented 2 months ago

Hi,

I got a shiny new Tolino Vision Color, which are no longer Android devices. It came with a 4.x firmware, and installation worked.

Connecting it to the Wifi, it updated its firmware and the Menu was gone, and the installation procedure doesn't work any longer. Factory resetting doesn't work.

Firmware Version: 5.2.190625 (478a2554fc, 15.08.24)

Any ideas?

fuero commented 2 months ago

So I found this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361035&page=8 Apparantly, the update file was renamed to update.tar from KoboRoot.tgz, but gunzip + cp and just cp both don't work as expected

fuero commented 2 months ago

Here's the relevant info: https://github.com/pgaskin/koboutils/blob/cea683a4efe3044e1a5b1603e3320ef15f3772e5/kobo-fwinfo/package.go#L67

shermp commented 2 months ago

Hi, NickelMenu does not currently support any version of FW 5.x. And unfortunately, there is no (current) way to revert to FW 4.x once upgraded.

A new toolchain (Compiler and libraries) needs to be created before any work can be done to make any require changes to NickelMenu itself. This will take time, which is in short supply at the moment. Also, I'm not sure if any NM devs have a compatible device to test with (I know I don't).

I know it's not the answer you were hoping for, but Kobo has made massive changes between FW 4 and 5.

fuero commented 2 months ago

Hi, thanks for the definitive answer - looking through the issues I didn't see one addressing this (or I missed it), so at least others now know that it'll take time.