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[Q] Re-rooting my nook?

Hi and good morning.
So i had successfully rooted my nook at the start of this year, had it all setup with my apps, etc.. and well i also had a ton of apps for my 4 yr old on there. She was using the hell out of it and last night i looked over at her and i noticed that the Nook was rebooting. I didnt think much of it but then i saw it booting back up to the original OS, not the screens I have gotten familiar with seeing. Im not 100% sure, but im 99% sure that somehow she navigated to the settings of the NOOk and selected "Erase & Deregister Device". Ugh, im crushed.
But just wanted to check a few things before i root again:
1. I have to imagine it is okay to root again, correct?
2. What software could i have been using to have a nice little backup of the items that i had been using? Is there any you are using?
3. My next step will also be find an app that only allows certain programs to be open by my daughter.
I guess I should maybe take advantage of it being set back to the original today and go over to B&N and read for free for the hour..
Thanks --- Aaron

Hi there
1. Yes
2. I use either appmonster or titanium backup. Which if you like it is worth paying for paid version. That way if you have to do a restore you don't have to constantly click install.
3. Anyone have an idea about this one?
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3. Try using a separate launcher for your daughter. i.e. Use Zeam/ADW/LP for your home screen, then use one of the others for your daughter. You can setup her screens the way you want and "hide" the settings icon as well. You wouldn't be able to have a default launcher but it would give you the ability to limit what your daughter can and can't use.

Thanks for the quick replies on this, much appreciated!
- Aaron

fprice02 said:
3. Try using a separate launcher for your daughter. i.e. Use Zeam/ADW/LP for your home screen, then use one of the others for your daughter. You can setup her screens the way you want and "hide" the settings icon as well. You wouldn't be able to have a default launcher but it would give you the ability to limit what your daughter can and can't use.
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Can't hide the stupid B&N shortcut button in the status bar though..

khaytsus said:
Can't hide the stupid B&N shortcut button in the status bar though..
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You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.

acomiskey said:
You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.
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Can hide the status bar with ADW, as well.

Buy her one of her own!
We do have nandroid backups working now, that may be the way to go.
Thank you,
Joe

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You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.
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Good for the launcher but it returns in the apps. My biggest issue with it is when I'm typing I accidentally hit it constantly when I'm trying to REALLY type in landscape mode. Very annoying and frustrating.

They way they handle the softkeys and toolbar in Customized Nookie Froyo rocks

"N" icon pops up every time...

Hello, since I've rooted my phone (stock rom 2.2.2), I have an annoying glitch with the "n" icon popping up on every icon/app installed after I rooted my phone, when I disconnect it from USB (after it scans the SD card, and memory and apps in the notification bar)
No matter if I've already launched those apps, it still pops up on their icons (i'm talking about the little "N" in a blue circle)
What could be wrong ? How to correct that ?
Thanks ! :good:
EDIT: only the modded camera app (from there : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090785a ) and superuser app have the issue, and only in the application menu... they do not show the "N" icon on the home menu. So weird ?!
Is there any way to get rid of that "N" icon popping up only on those 2 apps ?

I have to say I dun really know the cause of recurring N
but I once had same problem of recurring N in specific apps that I had froozen n defrosted by Titanium Backup!
try them after deleting app cache and data. It worked for me!
if that doesn't work, we'll go for more desperate measures!!

"N" pops up whenever you install new apps, once you start that app, it should disappear. Your issue seems to be weird, try clearing cache and re-boot your device.

.... I don't understand what's the N icon :/

N → New
markop90 said:
.... I don't understand what's the N icon :/
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'N' isn't actually icon but a small overlay over real icon. It is kind of notification which shows a installed app hasn't yet been started/run from app drawer!!

You are still on froyo right? Its normal.. try clearing cache, dalvik everything.. or, just ignore it.. hehe.. happened to me once..
Sent from my thoughts using telepathy :banghead:

Ghost icons - How to remove them ?

A few of the icons of applications I installed on my phone ( Rooted )
appear grey - on the home screen as well as on the application screen.
If I press on them a message appears on the screen -
" Application not installed on your phone "
If I try to uninstall them I get a message -
"' Selected item cannot be uninstalled "
The other thing ( which may be associated with the above bug )
is that the applications screen page does not fill up all the rows
and columns with icons - sometimes the rows and columns are
half full and new application icons appear on the next page.
Have no clue where the bug is.
Does anyone else have this problem on their phone?
Cheers.

What ROM are you using? Which launcher are you using? Did you install your apps to your external SD-card and then unmounted it?
Also, you posted in the wrong section.

Ghost icons!!?? this is a job for GhostBusters!!!!!!
Ok, now seriously, try to unmount and mount again your sdcard.
Did it work?

Try rebooting then uninstalling it again.

Post screen shot with this anomaly please.
Lol when I see all those helpers like: try rebooting, un mounting, flying i am gonna sick
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Try clearing the launcher data
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remove ghost icon
I found it's the result of moving app to sd card.
Reinstall app, if necessary, and move to sd and back. Then remove!

[Q] SOLVED :: notification/status bar disappeared!

Fixed! :- I wiped the data for search 1.1 in titanium back up and rebooted the kindle after this the notification pull down is back! So if you ever accidently deleted search just do the above!
Hey Everyone,
My notification/status bar has vanished on my KFHD7" it happened after I was trying to change the search to Google so it'd stop taking me to amazon marketplace search and I'd accidently deleted search 1.1 when I thought I'd pressed freeze! I really shouldn't attempt such things without sleeping! Anyway I rebooted after That still not realising then the bar was gone.. It's not the launcher settings as I've checked in there I restored the backup of search when I noticed I'd not froze it and it's still the same!
It's no big issue I'd just rather have it there for notifications because no alternative seems to work for me
Any idea's?
Edit : forgot to mention I'm rooted and using kinology I have Google apps I use apex launcher no lock and holo lock
Also if I press search on my Pie soft keys it brings down the menu but only shows the settings buttons and an empty notification screen even though I know there's some there!
Thanks for any help you can offer!
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icons with frame

Hello,
Just upgraded to the note 8 and I can't seem to have the icons without the frame.
On my old s7 edge I had the option to have my icons with or without the frames.... Now on my note 8 the option is greyed out
Please help.

Delete

That's not true....on my girlfriends s9+ she has the option and it works... She can apply the frames or remove them.... And she has the same os as mine.

Switch to the stock launcher first and it will no longer be greyed out.
Settings > Apps > Default Apps (Top right corner) >

MatroxD said:
But I think with Oreo, they removed the option.
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They removed it by greying it out ? Lol
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Praks93 said:
Switch to the stock launcher first and it will no longer be greyed out.
Settings > Apps > Default Apps (Top right corner) >
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Didn't work for me. I switched back to stock launcher and the option is still greyed out.

sefrcoko said:
Didn't work for me. I switched back to stock launcher and the option is still greyed out.
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After a reboot it becomes available. At least for me it does.
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Cleared the default launcher, rebooted and still it doesn't work... Still greyed out

Dejan Sathanas said:
After a reboot it becomes available. At least for me it does.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 8 using XDA Labs
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Ok thanks. I just tried again with a reboot but still no change. Must be something else involved.
Might be a shot in the dark, but I'm wondering if it's somehow CSC-related too. I don't really see why it would be, but I've noticed other menu options can be different, greyed out, or altogether missing depending on which CSC I use (e.g. emergency alert settings and defaults vary by CSC, gif keyboard is missing on some CSCs like XSG, etc.).

Delete

If ever you are on Nova, you can also force the legacy icons in the Nova Labs settings. This will get rid of all the frames.

Are you guys using themes?
Try using stock (default) theme.
I noticed on mine is greyed out too with custom theme applied but with stock theme I can change it.

Yeah but the fact that frames still show up on icons even though I choose to have the icons without the frames....
Do I need to install another maybe an older version of Samsung experience launcher?

BluePhnx said:
Are you guys using themes?
Try using stock (default) theme.
I noticed on mine is greyed out too with custom theme applied but with stock theme I can change it.
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Yes, but I just tried switching back to stock theme and nothing changed. Even after a reboot the option is still greyed out.

sefrcoko said:
Yes, but I just tried switching back to stock theme and nothing changed. Even after a reboot the option is still greyed out.
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That's weird.
You'll can try clearing the Samsung experience home data and cache but this will reset all your home screens back to the way you bought the phone.
Or go to recovery and clearing cache
Worst case scenario do a factory reset.
Try applying default theme
Optional clear data and cache of Samsung experience home (this will reset launcher back to stock)(try without this step first and see)
Go to device maintenance and clearing the storage
Restart phone and see.
This way it will remove any left over themes