Fullscreen reading removes the header (book title) and footer (page progress) for a pure text reading experience. There's a hidden setting to toggle fullscreen on/off, but it exposes a bug that needs to be patched in the Kobo's onboard CSS.
- Edit the "Kobo eReader.config" on the device http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2014/10/20/how-to-enable-full-screen-mode-on-kobo-ereaders/
- Check your firmware version in Settings->Device information. These instructions are for 4.7.10413
- Download stock firmware https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3625746&postcount=5
- Review instructions for patching https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=293052
- Enable the fix by editing libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch and setting patch_enable to
yes
for the fullScreenReading fix
diff --git a/libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch b/libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch
index cd2b96c..6ae8de0 100644
--- a/libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch
+++ b/libnickel.so.1.0.0.patch
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ replace_bytes = 9FFA74, 24 F6 00 E7, 01 20 01 20
<Patch>
patch_name = `Fix three KePub fullScreenReading bugs`
-patch_enable = `no`
+patch_enable = `yes`
# Multi-version patch: 4.7.10413 - 4.7.10413+
#
## (See http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3113460&postcount=16
- Follow the rest of patching instructions, copy KoboRoot.tgz to .kobo/ on device https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=293052
- Enable fullscreen mode by toggling the new "Show header and footer" option in Reading settings
- Enjoy being inside the text written by the author, with absolutely no UI. Thanks to the fine hackers that made it possible!