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[Q] Working Comic Viewer on rooted NC

does anyone know of a good comic viewing app that works well on the rooted NC? ive tried a few that i have on my droidx: droid comic viewer, jjcomics, etc but they dont work very well with the nc. any suggested apps that people are using to view comic file formats? cbz, cbr, cb7?

If you install Softkeys 1.06 ACV (Android Comic Viewer) works very well.. Im currently getting my WD fix using ACV

juicelee53 said:
does anyone know of a good comic viewing app that works well on the rooted NC? ive tried a few that i have on my droidx: droid comic viewer, jjcomics, etc but they dont work very well with the nc. any suggested apps that people are using to view comic file formats? cbz, cbr, cb7?
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i havnt had a chance to try it yet but with my og nook i used software called calibre to convert cbz/r of manga to epub files that worked fine you might want to try that and then read with the default reader though i dont know how well it will handle scaling

thats actually the reason reason ive been wanting to lol. never been into comics but a few pages of WD and i was hooked!

I'm using ACV and it works. The menu and back buttons don't appear, but I assigned menu to long press and settings to upper left.
In landscape mode, it doesn't scale to the edges. Only the center portion of the screen is used. Hopefully that's something that will be addressed.
What's WD?

Am using 'Daily Strip' by FuseTree LLC .. works great on a root NC with many, many comic choices and an option for 'favorites' one can easily use. It's free but unobtrusively ad supported.

install the soft keys setup, and ACV becomes an absolute dream to use.

gvanvran said:
I'm using ACV and it works. The menu and back buttons don't appear, but I assigned menu to long press and settings to upper left.
In landscape mode, it doesn't scale to the edges. Only the center portion of the screen is used. Hopefully that's something that will be addressed.
What's WD?
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WD = The Walking Dead

graymulligan said:
install the soft keys setup, and ACV becomes an absolute dream to use.
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+1 to this! I have read several comics now and other than a bit of delay loading each page its fantastic

I have tried jjcomics and Android Comic Viewer. JJcomics seem to work for me for jpg comics..

I'm using comic reader mobi and it works great

the_devastator said:
I'm using comic reader mobi and it works great
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Comic Reader Mobi is the best I've found...it zooms only the text when you click on a balloon

Perfect Viewer works very well, as it doesn't seem to take as long to load the next page as compared to ACV. Looks like i'll try out Comic Reader Mobi too.

Where do you guys get the comics for the app?

modembug said:
Im currently getting my WD fix using ACV
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I just got these and will be enjoying them until the new season starts!
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Pinesal said:
Where do you guys get the comics for the app?
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Google is helpful, there's a ton of free comics out there in CBR/CBZ format.

Graphic.ly has a public beta for their comic viewer for Android.
Here is a link to their form to get it.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/vie...NlNy1iYzIxLTQxM2MtODBmMi00MTQ5NjlmODJlMTM&ifq

I've always used ACV for my WD fix. Any screens of comics in action nook?

Not yet from me, I am still trying to get the file again. I can't seem to remember where I put it. If it is anything like some of the other apps I have installed I will be super happy!
If I can get the software installed soon I'll post screen shots.
Tom

mcp2009 said:
I've always used ACV for my WD fix. Any screens of comics in action nook?
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Well there isn't much to show.. they just look like normal comic panels (some free comics I found online)

[Q] What is the default pdf reader in the nook

What is the default pdf reader in the nook?
What other pdf readers has others installed?
I heard the adobe pdf reader for android was actually a very nice app. The color nook is my first dive into the android tablet scene, so I wasn't sure how to check and see what app the nook was already using before I began my search for the perfect android pdf reader.
Thanks
BTW, Great job to all the developers who have opened up the nook color for the rest of us!

i've been using RepliGo, which i like.. but i am going to switch over to Aldiko when 2.0 comes out with PDF support.

I've tried the default one, the official adobe app, and Repligo.. none of them work very well on my nc. All seem very sluggish and navigate poorly. I've taken to converting pdfs to epubs and using fbreader instead.
posted from my nook color using the official xda app

EzPDFReader is very good. I use Aldiko for epub files.
Cheers,
Rich
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To answer the original question, the default reader is a stripped-down version of QuickPDF. I've installed Documents to Go and use that reader.

Is Adobe Reader too obvious to mention here? I think it is the fastest and smoothest PDF reader out there, I find it excellent on the Nook, much better than any other option I've tried.
In landscape mode, if you set it to view full-screen, you can easily drag scroll up and down on the page, and then just tap left or right to turn pages -- fast, simple, literally works perfect for reading. The only drawback is to change reading modes you need SoftKeys or something to press the MENU button since the taskbar is hidden.

But... adobe doesn't save progress and there is no bookmark option

downloaded and installed the adobe reader from the app store today (first install - Yay!).
and found the application so much snappier than the built in NC pdf reader.
I will look into the other suggestions, but given simple birthing pains so far (just have to get use to the interface), I am very impressed so far.

ezpdfreader is the best I've tried. The "Reader" app that's built into the NC works very well (has bookmarking, reflow, etc...) but doesn't do landscape mode, and you can only get to it by using a file manager (otherwise, the file opens in QuickOffice lite).
The only thing I don't like about ezpdf is that it won't do continuous paging. I want to be able to drag my way through the book.

I'm using ezpdf now. When I open a PDF it shows the page flow at the bottom which I can flick to fly through pages.
I like this one better than repligo now, btw
// from the nook

jewnersey said:
But... adobe doesn't save progress and there is no bookmark option
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What can I use that does save my place? Or do I just need to convert my pdf's?

Ezpdf and repligo save progress, or at least that's been my experience
//from the nook

Wow what can i say now: i have installed both adobe and ezpdf on the bc now. Loving them both. Just have to get use to them.. so much better than the stock bn pdf reader. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, and the one for tapatalk to access the forums here. It truly makes the bc what i got it for: to read my tech books and manuals a pleasurable experience.
I really feel this was money well spent.

Sideloading books into Google Books

I created a book from a PDF using Calibre. The book works fine in that program, but I can't seem to figure out how to get Google Books on my XOOM to find it. For that matter, I can't even find the books that are already loaded when I browse the folders on my computer. I created a folder called Books and dropped it in there, but there isn't a way to browse the XOOM file folders from Google Books to find it.
How would I go about making this work?
Thanks!

Why not use Aldiko?

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Why not use Aldiko?
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Aldiko seems to have problems with the margins since it's unable to get rid of the notification bar. Fbreader works okay, but it doesn't work with font formatting.

use the nook app, it works perfect

You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that. I would still like to find where the Google Book app stores books just like so many other people here but until then Aldiko works just fine.

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You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that. I would still like to find where the Google Book app stores books just like so many other people here but until then Aldiko works just fine.
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It stores the books here Data/Data/com.google.android.apps.books/
But I dont know what format its in, or how to convert an ebook into that format.

Nook app works great, except for a few things.
It force closes randomly when switching screens, but never really closes. lol
It keeps forcing portrait mode for some screens, which is frustrating.
It's just not as pretty as the Google Books app!
But it did the trick, I suppose.

I can see the /data (I'm using Astro file manager to browse) folder but mine is empty eventhough I have pinned one of the books already and chose to make it available offline so I can find it. Is there anything else I need to do to see /data/data? What format are the books in?

msalem said:
You can fix the margin issue in Aldiko and it works great after that.
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How? If I put the margins under 50, the top line gets cut off at the top. I'd rather put it edge to edge.

I use 70 for margin and 16 font size

Coolreader
I'd strongly recommend Coolreader (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.coolreader). it gives you lot more options to customize the reading experience

Can not load your own books with Google Books
Just an FYI. Google books does not offer the feature to add your own books. You have to use another e-reader app. I like Aldiko, because you and can add your Adobe digital editions to it.

I've been using Aldiko for a few years now and love it. I've never had a problem with it using my own Calibre and eCub books on several different devices.
However, I've been looking for another app that will sync my bookmark so that I can continue to read on another device from where I left off on my previous device. I have a CM7 Nook that I read in bed, but would like to read the same book during the day from my G2 and then carry on that night on the Nook again.
I've heard Aldiko is looking into this, while Kindle and Nook 'already' have this. My problem is that I've never been able to sideload using either app. I suspect this was a 'feature' in earlier versions but I haven't been able to do it using the latest versions.
I'd love to see Google Books allow sideloading and will standby for that (or Aldiko), whichever comes first and really does work!

Yaotl said:
How? If I put the margins under 50, the top line gets cut off at the top. I'd rather put it edge to edge.
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The top line cuts off in Aldiko for me too. This was very disappointing, as I really enjoyed the app on my phones.
Moon+ Reader seems to show epubs properly and it has a good night mode, so that's my reader for now. Hopefully Aldiko optimizes for Honeycomb soon.

I use Aldiko and kindle on my phone. But on the Xoom I have been using kindle and Nook. I had no problem sideloading all of my epubs into Nook. Nook does a much nicer job than Aldiko on the Xoom, especially in landscape.

msalem said:
I use 70 for margin and 16 font size
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This should be stickied somewhere. You just made my ereader app of choice usable again. TY!!

anyone know why I can't change the margins on a pdf I loaded? One of the samples that came with the app allows for adjusting the margins, but not the PDF I loaded. The only thing that appears in Settings is Brightness and Orientation. Please help, thanks!

That's just the nature of a PDF - it's static. Zooming is all you can do.

msalem said:
I can see the /data (I'm using Astro file manager to browse) folder but mine is empty eventhough I have pinned one of the books already and chose to make it available offline so I can find it. Is there anything else I need to do to see /data/data? What format are the books in?
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If you're not rooted, you won't be able to see the contents of the data folder.

Nook
I'm using Nook for this. All you need to do is drop the epub file in the My Documents folder under the Nook directory.

[Q] Best large pdf reader?

Does anyone have any good recommendations for viewing large pdfs? I had been using RepliGo but it crashes when I try to read magazine pdfs that are 40mb+. Adobe Reader and ezPDF both "work" but they're much slower in terms of page turning and zooming than RepliGo. Thanks.

Nobody has any recommendations?

I would've suggested ezPDF but I see that you've already tried it.
ezPDF seems very quick in page turning for me, but I'm usually using it for books, and not magazines.
There's an option to change the page flipping speed in case you haven't tried that. Otherwise, sorry, you've already tried all the best options I have experience with.

Thanks, I had suspected (and was afraid) that I had exhausted all of my options. The magazine pdfs are very image-heavy as you might imagine, so that probably accounts for the slowness. I didn't know that ezPDF had a page flipping speed option though. I'll take a look at it tonight. If anyone else has other recommendations, then I'd love to hear them.

try the adobe reader...?

Would it help to convert it to another format first with something like Calibre?

Have you tried Aldiko? I don't know how it compares to the other options listed, but it's tolerable for pdf textbooks.

I've sold my Nook.
But I tried out some different readers.
I can still remember
vudroid - little slow in rendering pages, but when it has them rendered it works great
beamreader - I remember using that one once in a while
repligo..
ezpdfreader..
quickoffice..
documentstogo pro..
aldiko..
adobe pdf..
I actually had a pdf-reader for every different type of pdf - large, more text, more pictures....
I would just try them all out....

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Would it help to convert it to another format first with something like Calibre?
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I had considered that but I wanted to see if I could get it working natively first. I also wasn't sure what format I could possibly convert it to since the magazine pdfs are very image-intensive and it seems that Calibre is mostly for text conversion? Someone correct me if I'm wrong since I haven't actually used Calibre yet.
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Have you tried Aldiko? I don't know how it compares to the other options listed, but it's tolerable for pdf textbooks.
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I did. Unfortunately it was probably the slowest of all.
comdei said:
try the adobe reader...?
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AZImmortal said:
Does anyone have any good recommendations for viewing large pdfs? I had been using RepliGo but it crashes when I try to read magazine pdfs that are 40mb+. Adobe Reader and ezPDF both "work" but they're much slower in terms of page turning and zooming than RepliGo. Thanks.
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Bumping because I want to install RepliGo but it says it is not compatible on my device (the market on the Nook itself has no download button, and the web-based version says it is not compatible). I'm on a recently CM7 nightly. Any way to get around this?

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Bumping because I want to install RepliGo but it says it is not compatible on my device (the market on the Nook itself has no download button, and the web-based version says it is not compatible). I'm on a recently CM7 nightly. Any way to get around this?
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Look around and do a search you will fine 10± threads with solutions.
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Repligo is the best I've ever used.

Maybe try APV? It's in the market. It's open source and in early development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186949
The developer might be able to assist if you try a large pdf and it's not loading correctly.
I like it cause it's the only pdf reader I know that will keep custom zoom settings per book. Fit to width is usually not good enough for me as some pdf's have say large page #'s which are detected by fit to width.

I use ezPDF its as good as it gets...use it and be happy until something better comes along.

I recently discovered Mantano Reader. It is very new and might be buggy but has mostly good reviews in the market. My favorite feature is fixed zoom which other readers do not support.

Tried Repligo by prefer EZpdf. The zoom reflow is great for 2 column books and journal articles. Software loads a little slowly but no issues with page turn speed.

ezPDF for me

I use ezpdf, I paid for it and I use it with my 180M PDF text books all the time, bit slow loading sometimes, but the nooks hardware isnt all that great.

cityoke2 said:
I use ezpdf, I paid for it and I use it with my 180M PDF text books all the time, bit slow loading sometimes, but the nooks hardware isnt all that great.
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+1 for ezPDF. The ability to highlight text, along with several other features, make it a great PDF reader. I regularly use 70mb+ PDF's with it on the Nook and have no problems. I would suggest, however, using a fast (class 6 or higher) SD card if you are experiencing issues with slow loading. Not all class 6 SD cards are equal, so do your research before buying. I just ordered, and installed, a Transcend class 6 micro SD card from Amazon for ~$7.00 shipped and large PDF's now load in half the time.

Zrom said:
I recently discovered Mantano Reader. It is very new and might be buggy but has mostly good reviews in the market. My favorite feature is fixed zoom which other readers do not support.
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What's fixed zoom do?

ez pdf and better app for pdf editing

I tried this app and it works smoothly
You can edit and highlight words make notes and use free hands writing
However the screen is not fully optimized for xoom
Any other suggestions for editing pdf files?

RepliGo Reader is pretty good, using it right now on the Xoom and it looks great! https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cerience.reader.app
It doesn't edit pdfs ... Please correct me if I am wrong :0) I don't think there is any pdf app currently that does editing.

Thank you
I meant annotation more then editing .. if this would answer your question

Alfahmad said:
Thank you
I meant annotation more then editing .. if this would answer your question
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I prefer ez PDF Reader over all the others out there. Best we got so far in my opinion.
For those interested in ezPDF I have a video below going over it.

Thanks sleeplessninja
I love the video

+1 on EzPDF, the other PDF viewers still feel a bit buggy to me. By that I mean they don't utilize the entire screen, for some reason scroll up/down instead of left/right and the worst issue, long page loads. When I say long, I don't mean a loooonnngg time, but long enough that you actually see it render from blurry to sharp. EzPDF doesn't do this, perhaps it pre-caches the next page and preempts the need to render in your face.
I've tested quite a few of the PDF viewers, and quite frankly I'm surprised Google didn't have it built into the Chrome browser like on the PC. Adobe has yet to release a HC version of the PDF Viewer, but I saw a thread earlier today that mentioned they were able to load the apk manually and get it to work. If you try to d/l it direct from Adobe, you'll get a flag stating your platform isn't supported.
I don't need annotations so much as would like a dedicated reader that utilizes the FULL screen, left/right page-flip, remembers where you left off in multiple documents and I do not want to see the page rendering before my eyes. For now, EzPDF fits the bill. If only they'd add a "night mode" to invert the colors so I don't burn out my retinas with the lights out.

Danger_Dan said:
+1 on EzPDF, the other PDF viewers still feel a bit buggy to me. By that I mean they don't utilize the entire screen, for some reason scroll up/down instead of left/right and the worst issue, long page loads. When I say long, I don't mean a loooonnngg time, but long enough that you actually see it render from blurry to sharp. EzPDF doesn't do this, perhaps it pre-caches the next page and preempts the need to render in your face.
I've tested quite a few of the PDF viewers, and quite frankly I'm surprised Google didn't have it built into the Chrome browser like on the PC. Adobe has yet to release a HC version of the PDF Viewer, but I saw a thread earlier today that mentioned they were able to load the apk manually and get it to work. If you try to d/l it direct from Adobe, you'll get a flag stating your platform isn't supported.
I don't need annotations so much as would like a dedicated reader that utilizes the FULL screen, left/right page-flip, remembers where you left off in multiple documents and I do not want to see the page rendering before my eyes. For now, EzPDF fits the bill. If only they'd add a "night mode" to invert the colors so I don't burn out my retinas with the lights out.
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There is a night mode on ezpdf and from what I can see so far it does remember where you left off with multiple pdfs. ezpdf has gotten better so I have switch back to it for now.

I ended up purchasing the ezPDF reader and it's great,much better than Adobe reader.
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alex2792 said:
I ended up purchasing the ezPDF reader and it's great,much better than Adobe reader.
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I agree, and for $0.99 it is super awesome.