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Android for Kobo v2 - improved reading mode
Hi!
If anyone is in doubt if Android can fully replace original Kobo software for reading I did a few changes to give you best reading experience!
Sample SD card images:
Note! There may be accidentally left commercial software in the sample images for which you may not have license so either buy it, uninstall it or replace it with a free version. Source codes:
Look at my changes to CoolReader3 and make your favorite Android application e-Ink optimized !!! ![]() Last edited by MarekGibek; 08-07-2014 at 05:45 AM. |
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Hi Marek! This is a very good new. I tried Android on my Glo some days ago and I was impressed. I played with it a little, but I returned to the "Kobo OS" also because readers had many ghost problems.
But it was not the only trouble. I see many problems with Android on Kobo:
Do you plan to do some modification to the Tolino GUI? If so, I'll be happy to give you my modest contribute. |
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I run kobo v2 last night,looks good but a little bugs
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Hello Marek! thank you for developing the new android rom of kobo glo,I wirte it into the internal SD and it runs, the new UI and kobo service are awsome,I enjoy it ,and the ghost shadow less than before as you say,I can see the character and pichtur are sharper and darker than before, I expect this android can work together with kobo OS,and I try to run 2 patch which can run andriod in external SD,but failrue,I hope you can make the k2 run in the external SD and doual boot with the kobo OS ,and fix some bugs such as LED can't turn off, front light can't turn off,at your next update ,thank you very much!
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Hi Marek,
I checked your new image and I saw some interesting things there. The most important for me is the Kobo Service_v2.0.apk As I understand it, this is an updated Kobo Rotate_v1.1.apk with some very nice additions. I installed it to my system and although the USB portion worked, the other parts (rotation and refresh) didn't. BTW Can you explain a little about the monochrome and monochrome dithered modes. My reader is configured to Dual boot Android and the 'Kobo Start Menu', and it would be nice to use the Kobo Service_v2.0.apk, but I have a hunch that is a bit more complicated than just an installation... Starting from your older image for Glo, I could copy over these files, and have an image I could dual boot. This is not working with your new image. Anyway, its nice to know that you're still working on the Android version for Kobos. ![]() Last edited by embryo; 08-09-2014 at 10:46 AM. |
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Hello,
Thank you for this. It certainly is good news. I tried to run the Kobo glo sd image, but It kept bootlooping. Any idea why? I burned your older image to my sd, and it worked fine. ~Leko |
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Thank you for the work. I just update from the Version 1 to V2, there are many great improvements! I especially interseted in the option 'monochromatic dithered' of "Kobo service".
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Ok, I understand. It was not my intention to touch every app, "only" the X. If you change opinion, rattle my cage
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The USB part is also OK (worked with your older kernel too). The rotation part still half working as before. The screen rotates but the touch control does not, so your tap in one place triggers an event 90 decrees off. BTW what are the differences of the new kernel compared to the old? |
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Marek, Thanks again. After doing the adb dump I realized my issue was that I was using your internal image on my extsd without making any changes. I do not have a linux box at the moment so, I made the required changes through adb. It works like a charm.
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I hope this isn't an inappropriate or overtly dumb question but, any ideas/advice to getting this to work on the aura HD?
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Hello again, I was wondering if anyone got the play store to work on this build. I keep getting the dreaded "cannot connect to server" error.
I have set my date and time, Edited my hosts file Cleared cache and data on Google play and services framework Even tried reset to factory (do not try this, it breaks the install) I get the issue in both the play store and gmail. What am I missing? ~leko Edit, it is not a WiFi issue, dolphin connects to the Internet. As does Dropbox. Last edited by lekofraggle; 08-15-2014 at 10:56 AM. |
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So, I got a new error on this build. I got a "Your license is invalid message." I think the app that was having trouble is my copy of Mantano pro. I wonder if the issue is that this copy of the Play store and its associated certs are set to yours. How do we change that?
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