02-27-2023, 05:07 AM | #1 |
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KoboPatchFan - a GUI application for Kobo patches
Hello everybody! I would like to introduce KoboPatchFan, a GUI application for Kobo patches written in PyQt6 for Windows and Linux. With KoboPatchFan, you can download, configure and generate Kobo patch files fully automatically. The aim is to significantly reduce the hurdle of patching a Kobo: No more complicated selecting and downloading and unpacking of the right files, no more manually editing the files in a texteditor, no more manually executing a .bat or .sh file. KoboPatchFan can do of all these steps for you. I wrote the tool because I noticed that the relatively complicated process kept me from patching. Now I want to share it with you. I took advantage of the brilliant infrastructure of the Kobopatch system. I have briefly described what the tool does on the Github page, where you can also find the source code. The usage of KoboPatchFan is (hopefully) self-explanatory, but here is a short introduction with screenshots:
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If something doesn't work, you can post it here or on GitHub. Enjoy! Source (GitHub): https://github.com/folkemat/KoboPatchFan Last edited by Tommalka; 05-03-2024 at 07:49 AM. |
03-01-2023, 10:00 AM | #2 |
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My Virusexplorer give me an Allert, if i try to download the Windows installer.
The same Problem if i try to start the KoboPatchFan.exe. Installed is Bitdefender Total Securitiy. Name der Bedrohung: Trojan.GenericKD.65680727 |
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03-01-2023, 12:17 PM | #3 | |
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I have now send and reported kobopatchfan.exe to Bitdefender as a false positive. Perhaps they will then update their database and the alert will disappear in the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, you can ignore the message or you can look at the source code on Github and, if you install python, pyqt6 and yaml, you can run the application by yourself from source (via "python main.py") |
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03-01-2023, 12:43 PM | #4 |
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Very nice, thank you very much!
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03-01-2023, 02:58 PM | #5 |
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It's time to delete Bitdefender Total Security as it has no idea what it's doing.
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03-01-2023, 02:59 PM | #6 |
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Will KoboPatchFan deal with kobopatch.yaml from a previous patch so we don't have to pick/choose every patch from scratch? Also, if you make eny edits, does it keep track for the next set of firmware patches and does it keep track of what you selected the last time?
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03-02-2023, 01:32 AM | #7 | |
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So you have to edit your kobopatch.yaml manually, copy it to another location before "Start" and then copy it back to the KoboPatchFan working folder. If there is interest, I can do something like "Save to / load from kobopatch.yaml" and move the file to a safe subfolder. And a menu in the GUI that shows all the patch options that are saved in kobopatch.yaml. |
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03-02-2023, 04:38 AM | #8 |
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Sorry, the same Problem with Windows Defender.
Both versions dosen´t work at me , the installer with error, see attachment, and the portable is frozen! Edit: The installversion is frozen too. Last edited by jamalau; 03-02-2023 at 05:55 AM. |
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Excellent GUI !
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03-02-2023, 06:45 AM | #10 | |
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And can you share the exact alert from Windows Defender? |
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03-02-2023, 08:28 AM | #11 |
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At this time, i have no alert with Defender, only that with the freezing
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03-02-2023, 03:00 PM | #12 |
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Here comes KoboPatchFan version 1.0.1:
Download 1.0.1: Windows installer (.msi) Windows portable folder Linux portable folder For version 1.1, I plan to support kobopatch.yaml I just realised I can't edit the first post? That's not so good |
03-02-2023, 03:16 PM | #13 |
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