Instructions for patching firmware 3.12.1

[PeterT]

Different market places, different regions, different official versions. Its always been that way with Kobo.

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

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I will look for how to change the remaining keys on the top row when I get a chance, which will allow a few more letters to be added.

hi
I looked at keyboard and understood that the numbers key 1,2...0 remain same in Eng and Persian keyboard. ( change key doesn't do anything to them ) even in shift mode

there is a sign (#&+) to type symbols in English keyboard maybe its better to replace some of useless symbols there
(numbers in symbols keyboard doesn't change neither)

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I don't think that is possible, the shift key doesn't display a seperate keypad, but just toggles the case of the keys on the current keypad. So if the language doesn't have upper and lower case then the shift key has no effect.

I will look for how to change the remaining keys on the top row when I get a chance, which will allow a few more letters to be added.

Hi Geoffr
anything done with your project ?

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by barobach_so

Hi Geoffr
anything done with your project ?

I've updated the keyboard template patch in post #34 to include most of the other keys in the top row of the keyboard.

If someone can use the new template to create a more complete Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish keyboards then post them here and I'll add links to them in the "more patches" section of post #2.

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I've updated the keyboard template patch in post #34 to include most of the other keys in the top row of the keyboard.

If someone can use the new template to create a more complete Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish keyboards then post them here and I'll add links to them in the "more patches" section of post #2.

hi
thank you GeoffR

this is a Persian ( also Arabic ) keyboard made by your privious work include four extra character in Persian ( پ چ ژ گ ), I tried to replace correct form with ًQWERTY template

<Patch>
patch_name = `Persian keyboard`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Enable uppercase for `ß` key
replace_bytes = 90726C, 00 24, 01 24
# Replace layout sign
replace_string = D6C4F8, `ÉÀÇ`, `FA/EN`
# Change keyboard layout
base_address = D6C418
# Top row
replace_string = 0000, `æ\0`, `ض`
replace_string = 0030, `œ\0`, `ش`
# Second row
replace_string = 0004, `à\0`, `ص`
replace_string = 0008, `è\0`, `ث`
replace_string = 000C, `ì\0`, `ق`
replace_string = 0010, `ò\0`, `ف`
replace_string = 0014, `ù\0`, `غ`
replace_string = 0018, `á\0`, `ع`
replace_string = 001C, `é\0`, `ه`
replace_string = 0020, `í\0`, `خ`
replace_string = 0024, `ó\0`, `ح`
replace_string = 0028, `ú\0`, `ج`
replace_string = 002C, `ý\0`, `چ`
# Third row
replace_string = 0034, `â\0`, `س`
replace_string = 0038, `ê\0`, `ی`
replace_string = 003C, `î\0`, `ب`
replace_string = 0040, `ô\0`, `ل`
replace_string = 0044, `û\0`, `ا`
replace_string = 0048, `ä\0`, `ت`
replace_string = 004C, `ë\0`, `ن`
replace_string = 0050, `ï\0`, `م`
replace_string = 0054, `ö\0`, `ک`
replace_string = 0058, `ü\0`, `گ`
replace_string = 005C, `ÿ\0`, `پ`
# Bottom row
replace_string = 0060, `ã\0`, `ظ`
replace_string = 0064, `ñ\0`, `ط`
replace_string = 0068, `õ\0`, `ز`
replace_string = 006C, `å\0`, `ر`
replace_string = 0070, `ß\0`, `ذ`
replace_string = 0074, `ç\0`, `د`
replace_string = 0078, `đ\0`, `ٸ`
replace_string = 007C, `ø\0`, `و`
replace_string = 0080, `ij\0`, `ء`
replace_string = 0084, `ł\0`, `ژ`
</Patch>`

here is the pic:


but still have a question
in your code these extra lines refer to the numbers ? (refer to which part of the keyboard)

base_address = D6E8E4
# Top row, position 3-5 from left
replace_string = 0004, `þ\0`, `þ`
replace_string = 0008, `š\0`, `š`
replace_string = 000C, `ž\0`, `ž`
# Top row, position 7-10 from left
replace_string = 0000, `ƒ\0`, `ƒ`
replace_string = 0010, `μ\0`, `μ`
replace_string = 0014, `ª\0`, `ª`
replace_string = 0018, `º\0`, `º`

since I changed my keyboard I can't match them with original places
and after this line "base_address = D6C418 " (line 21 ) everything is the same as privious template

[GeoffR]

Hmm, I didn't know that the H2O (Aura HD too?) has a different keyboard layout to the Glo.

It might be that someone with a H2O will need to work out a patch, as I only have a Glo to experiment with.

Edit: If the the top row of numerals on the H2O "ÉÀÇ" keypad are the same keys as on the "ABC" keypad, the it is probably not possible to change them without affecting both keypads.

Could someone post a pic of the unpatched H2O or AuraHD "ÉÀÇ" keypad so I can compare with the Glo's?

[davidfor]

I hadn't noticed the difference between the Glo and Aura H2O keyboards either.

Attached screenshots of the five different keyboards (main upper and lower, symbols, accents upper and lower) on the Aura H2O when using the search. Of course, I just remembered there is a different layout for multi-line line entry fields such as the annotation entry. It only the main keyboard that is different and it replaces the ".com" with a return key.

And of course the "Go" changes to "Save" and possibly other words in different places.

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I hadn't noticed the difference between the Glo and Aura H2O keyboards either.

Attached screenshots of the five different keyboards (main upper and lower, symbols, accents upper and lower) on the Aura H2O when using the search. Of course, I just remembered there is a different layout for multi-line line entry fields such as the annotation entry. It only the main keyboard that is different and it replaces the ".com" with a return key.

And of course the "Go" changes to "Save" and possibly other words in different places.

hi Davidfor
thanks for your pics
save me to unpatch my H2O
if you count the characters H2O has 34 ( 2 row of 12 and a 1 row of 10 ) and Glo has 42 ( 2 row of 11 and 2 row 10 decussate ) characters in keyboard

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by barobach_so

hi Davidfor
thanks for your pics
save me to unpatch my H2O
if you count the characters H2O has 34 ( 2 row of 12 and a 1 row of 10 ) and Glo has 42 ( 2 row of 11 and 2 row 10 decussate ) characters in keyboard

My count is 44 for the H2O ( 2x10, 2x12 ) for a total of 44.

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by DNSB

My count is 44 for the H2O ( 2x10, 2x12 ) for a total of 44.

hi
I think maybe you are wrong

talking about "ÉÀÇ" keyboard not "ABC" ( English )
one row u count 123-0 is the same in both "ÉÀÇ" and "ABC" and only 32 char. change
but it seems all the characters change in "ÉÀÇ" mode in Glo
as it shown in the picture Geofrr and Davidfor uploaded.

firmware 3.12.1

[GeoffR]

I've updated the Cyrillic keyboard patch in post #34 again, but just to re-arrange the patch and comments to make it clear that there are two different keyboard layouts, and that the extra letters on the top row can only be replaced on the Touch/Mini/Glo/Aura devices. I can't find a way to change the top row of numerals on the Aura HD/H2O keyboards.

[barobach_so]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I've updated the Cyrillic keyboard patch in post #34 again, but just to re-arrange the patch and comments to make it clear that there are two different keyboard layouts, and that the extra letters on the top row can only be replaced on the Touch/Mini/Glo/Aura devices. I can't find a way to change the top row of numerals on the Aura HD/H2O keyboards.

hi
Thank you again