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I currently use a Kobo Aura HD (same display as the Onyx Lynx T68 but no Android). Replaced the Kobo firmware with Kobo Start Menu and KOReader [1] and I now ha
by abawany 10y ago
I currently use a Kobo Aura HD (same display as the Onyx Lynx T68 but no Android). Replaced the Kobo firmware with Kobo Start Menu and KOReader [1] and I now have about as perfect of a barebones reader that I have been able to find in my quest so far. I was very unhappy with the stock Kobo firmware: the scanning on startup to build a sql-lite DB of my books was insane when there are 15+ GB of books to scan. The alternative firmware provides a file manager and an excellent e-reader application and that's all I have ever wanted in a basic e-reader. I have yet to see an "indexing" solution work well and I dread seeing them in action now given how absolute time sinks they have been for me over the years.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/3h83ls/how_much_does_the_kobo_glo_hd_phone_home_any/ https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/3h83ls/how_much_does_...
- brokenmachine 10y agoCan you think of any way to get KOReader to respond to a hardware page turn button? I'd like to hack one into my kobo, I'm good with hardware but not sure where to start with getting the software to respond. I know that there's a serial port inside most kobos, I wonder if there's a way to get it to turn pages with a command through serial. If that was possible I could use an attiny, and that would probably fit inside the case.
- abawany 10y agoUnfortunately, I don't have any good ideas there. It seems to me that emulating the IR sensor trigger for a mid-right or mid-left touch is the first approach I would try. My next attempt would comprise of adding a cheap device to the USB port and look into writing a driver to interact with it. Mobileread.com/forums has an active Kobo forum and I suspect they might be able to help better.