has anyone figured out how to open ebooks in it?
You need your ebooks (pdf) to be on your SD card I believe on the top level directory. I usually just find mine in Astro and it'll ask if you want to use Adobe to open them then it'll save them as documents you've opened.
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You need your ebooks (pdf) to be on your SD card I believe on the top level directory. I usually just find mine in Astro and it'll ask if you want to use Adobe to open them then it'll save them as documents you've opened.
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Thanks, I just need to find a current version of ASTRO.
Aight, i have adobe reader 10. it does everything i need but can't find the reflow option (make fonts bigger). I dont want to have to downgrade to 9. too slow and choppy. Any help?
So far, the best pdf reader I have found is ezPDF. I use it on my Archos tablet. Has anyone tried this on the NC?.
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So far, the best pdf reader I have found is ezPDF. I use it on my Archos tablet. Has anyone tried this on the NC?.
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Works w/ bugs. Getting Special Characters on screen, making the book un readable at times.
ezPDF, Adobe, RepliGo.
Since I bought it as a reader, first thing I did was check a bunch of pdf reading apps. From experience RepliGo works, Adobe works, and ezPDF works. The best of the three is ezPDF, but you need an SD card for the cache. The next best is Adobe.
I don't think any of them have an open feature that allows you to browse for the file you want to open, so they all require a file manager. Adobe and ezPDF both have a recent feature that remembers what pdfs you have opened recently, so that kinda helps.
Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
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Since I bought it as a reader, first thing I did was check a bunch of pdf reading apps. From experience RepliGo works, Adobe works, and ezPDF works. The best of the three is ezPDF, but you need an SD card for the cache. The next best is Adobe.
I don't think any of them have an open feature that allows you to browse for the file you want to open, so they all require a file manager. Adobe and ezPDF both have a recent feature that remembers what pdfs you have opened recently, so that kinda helps.
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What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
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What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
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Perhaps, I am wrong, but I could not get ezPDF to work without an SD card. ezPDF creates a folder on the SD card where it keeps information on the opened pdfs, configurations and settings. It also has a temp folder which I just assumed to be for memory purposes.
I have tried many pdfs and they look no different than on a computer, save for the occasional LN, which stands for a link. Those special characters don't really interfere with anything since they reside at the bottom.
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Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
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The native PDF is QuickOffice. There a few things that bother me about it. One, there are certain formats that it does not like for pdfs and will just display a giant x. Two, it does not save the page where you left off. Three, to switch the page, you must swipe down to up as opposed to right to left or tapping the right side. Four, it does not have an indicator to display whether the page is loading or completely loaded. I sometimes find myself waiting on blank pages to do something. Or used to, since I use ezPDF which has an indicator and fixes all the mentioned problems.
To answer your questions about the native app: It works in landscape. You can fit the pdf to width or zoom in and out by using the pinch gesture or tapping the (- +) that shows up on screen. The pdf handling is much much better. The native app does not give you many options, so text reflow is out of the question, which I presume is not a bad thing in your case.
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What do you mean i need an sd card for cache? Will that fix the problems with the special characters? if so, can i just sotore the pdf on the card and u can view it normally, without those secial characters coming up?
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Perhaps, I am wrong, but I could not get ezPDF to work without an SD card.
I have tried many pdfs and they look no different than on a computer, save for the occasional LN, which stands for a link. Those special characters don't really interfere with anything since they reside at the bottom.
peiziyu said:
Could anyone comment on the native PDF app? Does it work in landscape mode? And how well do panning and zooming work? I know in the original nook that zooming didn't really work, but it looks like reviews of the NC say that PDF handling is much better.
I've got a whole of math class notes as PDFs, and trying to reflow on those would be a pretty epic failure.
Thanks in advance!
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The native PDF is QuickOffice. There a few things that bother me about it. One, there are certain formats that it does not like for pdfs and will just display a giant x. Two, it does not save the page where you left off. Three, to switch the page, you must swipe down to up as opposed to right to left or tapping the right side. Four, it does not have an indicator to display whether the page is loading or completely loaded. I sometimes find myself waiting on blank pages to do something. Or used to, since I use ezPDF which has an indicator and fixes all the mentioned problems.
To answer your questions about the native app: It works in landscape. You can fit the pdf to width or zoom in and out by using the pinch gesture or tapping the (- +) that shows up on screen. The pdf handling is much much better. The native app does not give you many options, so text reflow is out of the question, which I presume is not a bad thing in your case.
+1 for ezPDF with an SDcard.
Night mode with reflow is great, but I have problems tapping the bookmark button successfully.
Maybe my version of ezPDF is different than yours. I am running it on an Archos 101, not an NC. I am here because I am looking for a smaller tablet and deciding between the Archos 70 and the NC.
My ezPDF has a tab across the top that allows me to select either "recently viewed PDFs" or "all PDFs". The "all PDFs" tab lists directories and can expand the directories individually to select PDF files.
In my experience, ezPDF is way better than Adobe's reader for Android. Adobe's works pretty well, but is pretty basic. There are many, many features in ezPDF that are not in Adobe's.
OTOH, from what I have read in this and the B&N forums, the built-in QuickOffice PDF reader is less than basic. It has no reflow, for example, which I think is required for this type of device. It also seems to not support some common image types or compressions, or at-least folks are reporting pages with red x's across them. The feature set has been reduced from what QuickOffice offers in the actual product.
I find ezpdf to be too slow when it comes to going to the next page.
The stock reader works in landscape but I can not get it to remember where I left off.
I'm still looking for one I like. I wish there was an Android version of Annotate. That's my favorite on the Ipad.
I agree it is slow, but I can't read that fast. For me, the page scroll at the bottom more than compensates for that. The 101 is a bit faster than the NC (1GHz vs 800MHz), but I consider ezPDF so superior that I won't look back.
I assume you mean iAnnotate, and yes, I agree.
sin7, thanks for answering my questions about QuickOffice. That actually sounds like it should work for my needs pretty conveniently, since I'm using it for math references which don't necessarily need to stay on the same page.
I've seen a few people in other threads mention that vudroid works nicely for PDFs on NC once you've installed the softkeys app. Mine is still in the mail, so no personal experience, but that might help some of you still looking for the best app?
Could somebody stick up Adobe Reader 10 apk somewhere? I'm having the devil of a time tracking it down, and I cant seem to find the damned APK file on my phone to pull it off...
Thanks.
- Will.
You can search for the Adobe Reader on freewarelovers.com.
For some reason 10.0 is listed as an old version apk, but you can still download it.
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So I followed all the info in this post...
PDF VIEWER ON JF 1.5H
After some toying with it, I discovered this app can only run one instance of the "only for htc devices" error-popup.
So here are the steps to enable the reading of PDFs
Steps 2 and 4, are interchangeable depending on which file picker you prefer.
1. Open pdfviewer and pick a pdf to view.
2. Let it load... and wait for the message that tells you "For HTC Devices only" comes up
3. Press HOME. (not the return/back button as that doesnt work)
4. Use a file manager like Linda or OI to select a PDF and run it through the pdfviewer when it asks how you wish to view the file.
5. Enjoy
PS.
I have tried this with 2 phones running to different builds. the 1.5H(haykuro) and the JF1.5.
I guess this fixes my problem for now... Still annoying but at least I can view PDFs this way.
PPS
Also as suggested in the forum mentioned above I tried to replace the build.prop from earlier builds including the dudes. None of them seemed to make it work.
nice try, but the app force closes when viewing the second pdf. might be because of large file sizes or too many apps running though.
thanks for the work so far!
TruLuvNvrDies said:
nice try, but the app force closes when viewing the second pdf. might be because of large file sizes or too many apps running though.
thanks for the work so far!
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That happens to me whenever I view files over 8mb. But that may not be the cut-off that is just my cut-off of what I have been trying to view... but last night I read about 30 of the NBC Heroes comics on my phone... so it sort of works.
"H.T.C.....R.e.a.d.e.r. .E.n.g.i.n.e.....E.n.g.i.n.e. .C.a.c.h.e. .M.a.x. .S.i.z.e. .(.M.B.).....6.....E.n.g.i.n.e. "
From the resources.arsc...
After doing some reading of the files associated with the PDFViewer... I see the word ADOBE quiet often... Especially in the apps dependencies. Like libpdfreader.so
Anyone with some knowledge on this maybe offer a helping hand.??
Sorry double post...
I love the fact I can drop a SD card into my Nook and change the whole thing. But one thing I could use a help. I want to put something on that will mainly allow me to read PDF's I possess, keep notes and if I could, even write on the PDFs. But it's got to be all on the SD card, I don't want to flash my nook. I figure there's something that fits this description, I could just use a little help pointing me in the right direction.
I'm still learning a lot about all this Android business. Including the market place and such. I'm very new to all this. Thank you everyone.
That's exactly why i FIRST got my NC - just for PDF. About a day later i started hacking it but that's beside the point ;-)
NC's stock PDf reader is definately nicer than kindle (ha ha) but leaves a lot to be desired. I tried umpteen readers, but by FAR the best is ezPDF (it is a pay for app, but really, for a couple of bucks). the only issue is that default is fullscreen which nixes the soft buttons (but then again you only need these to get out of reading a file), and this behavior can be altered in the settings, or you can use softkeys (which really you need anyways for other naught fullscreen apps)
I have a huge library of PDFs that i need to keep synced for work - I use a PC program called viceversa for syncing across desktop, laptop, encypted portable drive etc. I also use this program in combination with SAMBA on the NC to sync PDFs between my PC and the NC over wireless. This preserves folder structure and everything, It's a beautiful seamless solution.
There are now instructions surfacing for transferring CM7 to an SD boot - but with the speed this is changing that might be premature.
I use Nookie Froyoy as my stable backup. It is very easy to transfer apps and settings between the installs using titanium backup and samba (slower, but easier!!!). the disadvanatage of Froyo is that it does not work on anything bigger than an 8gb card, and you lose some space to the system.
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I love the fact I can drop a SD card into my Nook and change the whole thing. But one thing I could use a help. I want to put something on that will mainly allow me to read PDF's I possess, keep notes and if I could, even write on the PDFs. But it's got to be all on the SD card, I don't want to flash my nook. I figure there's something that fits this description, I could just use a little help pointing me in the right direction.
I'm still learning a lot about all this Android business. Including the market place and such. I'm very new to all this. Thank you everyone.
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I' also a happy user of the Ezpdf reader. You can add notes, underline or cross out portions of the text and save them to the actual pdf. Very stable and easy to use.
I'll have to look at ezPDF then. A friend of mine was showing me a PDF reader that allowed him to write notes on the PDF and I forgot what it was called but it was also on the iPad, not Android. Figures that Android would have an equivalent or at best, it's the same app just ported to both platforms.
The main issue I'm having now is that I'm currently using this image on my nook but I'm finding that I'm having problems with email and GChat (chat doesn't seem to work at all and email is erratic at best)
I like honeycomb but it seems like it's still not quite ready for prime time. Plus the one SD build available (This one) Hasn't been updated in a couple weeks, not that it needs to be, but I had problems with it as well.
In general, I like the idea of a Nook color running custom android software but I'm still new to all of this, period, so I'm stumbling over a lot of things.
Hopefully the CM7 I've been reading about will come with a SD version I can test drive soon.
I use the same SD bootable image with no problem whatsoever. Very stable [and fast if you use the overclocked kernel-1.1Ghz is fine]. Email works without problem though I haven't tried GChat yet.
Btw be sure to try RepliGo Reader too. It's a bit faster than the Ezpdf but lacks the nice interface.
I have played with my N2E with ReLauncehr as a base, and Launcher7 as my preferred launcher (which doesn't launch by default), and now looking at readers.
Firstly, the stock reader. In Relauncher there is a button on the top left. Pressing this takes me to page one of the book I have had open. Not the current page. I cannot find the Reader App to put in as an icon on My L7 tiled screen, though the library app is Ok for this.
However, I have tried coolreader as it has nice customisations for the hard buttons, plus text formatting that I like.
However, I get similar issues in it starting a book at page 1 sometimes. Is this a common thing? It is when I exit the app and then go back in. I can go from a book back to the 'root' page and then back to the book again OK.
Also, sometimes, I get the 'book loading' screen for a very long time. Often pressing the page up/down buttons revive it.
Thanks
I may have solved this by going to Moon+ reader... which works better for me!
Which moon+ reader version and where can I find it? Thnx
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if you look more than 2 posts down from this one, you will see a thread titled [Moon+ What Version]
I'll link it here, cos I'm nice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272928
It's waht I used, though it's not perfect. It doesn't keep up with page numbering very well.
Well I have since reinstalled cool reader and it is working properly. It may be that it needs an SD card which I probably didn't have in at the time? Anyways, all good now.
Can not read from an external SD
Hello. I long enjoyed the Cool Reader for HD2, but now bought the SGS4 and I can not use the program. All my books are stored on the external SD, but the menu in the program allows access only to internal memory - emulated SD (storage/emulated). At the same time, my wife uses the program on your Sony Xperia ZR and easy to read books from the external SD.
How to fix?
On my SGS2 under browse the file system it lists both my internal and external card.
OB
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Under "the best" i mean the reader with the least memory usage...
What is your experience ?
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Under "the best" i mean the reader with the least memory usage...
What is your experience ?
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Yes, but do you mean the size of the apk itself, the running RAM overhead, etc.?
If I had to guess I would suppose it was the resident reader designed for the device. Readers with more capabilities and bells and whistles would most likely consume more resources. I've only used the resident reader and the Kindle app and find them both about the same as far as performance (maybe the Kindle is a little sluggish on page changes and the text seems sort of spidery). I tried Cool Reader once but it just had way too many options for me to even want to think about.
I agree with you. Resident reader in Nook is very good one.
It has (probably) only one disadvantage.
When i end (discontinue) reading of a book, i cannot turn off the app.
It hasn't "exit" function and continue to run in memory listing...
I personally use the modified version of Cool Reader mentioned here. This version of Cool Reader at least has an "Exit" option in multiple places. I use this on my Nook Glowlight Plus. I have yet to try it on my old Simple Touches, but perhaps I will try that today. If I do, I will report back on my success (or failure).
UPDATE: The version of Cool Reader linked to in this post will not install on a Nook Simple Touch or Simple Touch with Glowlight. Apparently it requires a higher version of Android.
I do switch back to the resident (stock) reader for large books, like Bibles or collections. Cool Reader is much too slow when reading book over 1500 "pages" or with very many notes (links) in the text. I am not sure if this is because of the amount of memory it takes up, or because of how it handles links.
I tried to re-configure ReaderRMSDK.apk, using mergesmali, provided by RenateNST and these instruments from her page :
/system/app/ReaderRMSDK.apk
ReaderMainView.smali – dictionary lookup of word
ReaderActivity.smali – allow back key on reader
Products.smali †allows "More" button to work with any book
ReaderCommonUIConstants.smali – sensible font sizes
After this i created new key for the app, using keytool and signed it. At the end did 'zipalign'.
Everthing was successfully, but when trying to "install -r the newReaderRMSDK" thru adb, i receive error message
[install parse failed, unexpected extension]
rm for -f failed, read-only file system...
What is the reason?
Any opinions ?
Did anyone modified ReaderRMSDK, using Renate's tools ?
Someone did modified ReaderRMSDK.apk using the tools, provided by RenateNST ?
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ReaderMainView.smali – dictionary lookup of word
ReaderActivity.smali – allow back key on reader
Products.smali ‐ allows "More" button to work with any book
ReaderCommonUIConstants.smali – sensible font sizes
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Hey guys, i've been around for a while, but my touchpad have been dumped on the back of a shelf. I decided this week to give it a update and have been looking through the ROM's for it over XDA. So, i've recently cleaned it up with the TPToolbox and installed the latest ROM avaiable with the most recent Android version, which is Evervolv 7 with Android 7.1.
What i have noticed is that this version has at least 240mb of RAM footprint by Android system. Also, i've been going thru a lot of force closes and random system reboots in Just 1 Day from clean install.
I was wondering if anybody can suggest me a ROM that:
1- Runs smoothly on the touchpad;
2- Have a small RAM footprint by the system;
3- Is well known for not having random reboots;
4- Got at least Android 5.0;
5- Have minimal Bluetooth compatibility (can use some Kind of BT speaker);
6- Can be used on a daily basis to read and edit some documents.
In the meanwhile i'll be looking after other ROM's, testing them out for a day or two and put some info here.
Btw, the reason for looking for a low consuming RAM ROM is because i want to open 3 Chrome tabs without closing Adobe reader on the background.
Thanks
stay with android 7.0 because even if you go back to android 5.0 the ram power is still the same
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Btw, the reason for looking for a low consuming RAM ROM is because i want to open 3 Chrome tabs without closing Adobe reader on the background.
Thanks
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You might want to look for an alternative to Adobe Reader. My experience is that it is one heck of a memory hog - as with all things adobe...
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You might want to look for an alternative to Adobe Reader. My experience is that it is one heck of a memory hog - as with all things adobe...
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Ya I found the same thing, I'm using Xodo PDF here. Better viewing experience than Adobe reader, what are you using?
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Ya I found the same thing, I'm using Xodo PDF here. Better viewing experience than Adobe reader, what are you using?
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There's been (3) of late, FBReader, Google PDF Viewer, and Drive PDF Viewer.
Drive PDF viewer seems to show up after installing 'Drive' on some. Not quite sure why Google would have two different viewers...
Now if I had to Edit PDF files, I"m not sure what I would use.
I was staring at one of my dead system boards today, wishing there was a way to plant some extra RAM on them.
If but only...
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There's been (3) of late, FBReader, Google PDF Viewer, and Drive PDF Viewer.
Drive PDF viewer seems to show up after installing 'Drive' on some. Not quite sure why Google would have two different viewers...
Now if I had to Edit PDF files, I"m not sure what I would use.
I was staring at one of my dead system boards today, wishing there was a way to plant some extra RAM on them.
If but only...
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Lol if only we could expand the RAM, double would be nice:fingers-crossed: Thanks for the PDF suggestions I'm liking the FBReader. Strange that google has two different viewers maybe one is an addon on for the other, since it only shows once its installed. Going to check that one out next:good:
I use wps office which do word;excel,powerpoint and read pdf