This maybe more a general Android question than a nook question, but I am sharing my rooted NC with my wife and kid. Is there any way to separate out the data for the three of us? Primarily I'd like to keep my kid out of my email and Facebook and that sort of thing. Beyond that I'd love for us to each be able to do our own thing on the device without running into each others accounts.
I don't suppose there is some way to pull off multi user support like that is there? Short of that, any way to keep the kid out of my stuff?
Thanks
willp2 said:
This maybe more a general Android question than a nook question, but I am sharing my rooted NC with my wife and kid. Is there any way to separate out the data for the three of us? Primarily I'd like to keep my kid out of my email and Facebook and that sort of thing. Beyond that I'd love for us to each be able to do our own thing on the device without running into each others accounts.
I don't suppose there is some way to pull off multi user support like that is there? Short of that, any way to keep the kid out of my stuff?
Thanks
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The only work around I can think of is having an SD card specifically for your kid. Put nookie froyo on it and whenever he wants to use the NC just pop the SD card in and turn it on. This isn't the best way I know but as far as i know there are no "users" for android. I could be completely wrong though. (alternatively, set it so you have to manually enter your password for your email and Facebook)
There are a few apps you can install to require passwords for certain applications. Of course that just means only one person can, say, read email on there. It is an option, though
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So, when you've got two or more people who have an Android device, what are some of the must have apps?
My fiancé is finally getting a g1 after his old phone died. I have my list of must have apps just for daily use, but I have no idea what apps are awesome and must have when you've got two or more people who have g1s and want to interact. What (if any) games allow phone to phone game play? I think I've seen an app that allowed file transfer from phone to phone, but don't remember what it was called. How about sharing contacts from phone to phone, or calendar events? What other fun/useful/awesome things can two people who both have g1s do with their phones?
yea this would be really cool, please inform us on this question.
So I've been playing around with the Honeycomb previews, and was wondering if anyone's been able to get the stock nook reading/lending/etc.. apps working in Honeycomb.
I was able to transfer the games over via adb, although the layout is off on chess and the sensor at the edge doesn't pick up all presses on crossword.
Specifically, I really like the default reading app and side-loading epubs and would like to get that working.
Has anyone done this already or know which dependent apk's different components of the stock nook software use?
TIA
I also would like to get the B&N apps to run properly in Honeycomb. I am currently running rooted 1.1, because I want the B&N apps. My son use Nookbooks for kids and I prefer the default Nook app when I read. I don't purchase many books, but the ones I do buy are from B&N because I want to support them. If we don't support B&N they will stop making great devices like the original Nook and the Nook Color.
I do realize I can run the Android app and buy books via the web, but Nookbooks for kids is not available in the Android market.
Yeah, I'm playing around with it and seeing if I can get anything working with it.
I really like the stock Android apps, but like how much better honeycomb is designed for tablets (vs. froyo/eclair or the stock bn that can only have books in the home screen).
Will post back if I have any success... and I think it's a dumb rule that you need 10 posts to put anything in the dev forum. Supposedly this area is for noobs asking about how to install nookie etc.. and the other is for "dev" but half the posts over in dev are people talking about installation trouble and half the posts here are people posting things that would be better suited to the dev section. /rant
So I adb pushed everything bn over to honeycomb, but nothing shows up. Try to install Reader.apk and get error that it's missing required bncloudapi.
I have the jar file in frameworks, and the permissions files, but not sure if there's something else I should be looking for. TIA
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.
Okay, I am a complete noob, as my problem will prove, so I apologize for surely misusing standard terms. Here we go...
I have a Google Music account on my cm7 nook and need a way to run their Music Manager. I don't own ANY type of other hardware (PC, Mac, nothing) but have several sd cards worth of music I want to upload to the cloud locker.
I have downloaded the app in several formats (.exe, .rpm, .deb) and failed to install before realizing the inherent infeasability of running a .exe on an android device.
The only possible way I think I may have found is to install ubuntu on the device (through adb?) and installing the debian package of the Manager. From what I saw on the ubuntu thread I think I may need a PC to burn the ubuntu image.
My question is can anyone tell me how to run the Music Manager on my nook? The easier the better, but I am willing to learn...
Thanks!
Running a rooted nook color, cm7.1.
I would check out the nookbuntu thread on how to put it on your nook. I suppose you will be able to put music manager on there by getting the .deb However i havent had much luck in the past getting ubuntu on the nook working, and im not sure if you have access to your SD card from the Ubuntu environment.
If you don't have a computer, where is all your music stored?
This looks like its going to be a lot of hassle every step of the way and might not work, honestly if i were you I'd find a friend you can put music manager on their computer, Put all your music on an external HDD or something, and see if they will patiently let it upload.
All of the music is stored on micro sds. I have tried to accomplish the tracks in a variety including dropbox w/dropsync among others but while I have succeeded in getting the tracks on the cloud, I can't get it onto google's specific locker, which is, of course the whole point.
The Music Manager, in and of itself, isn't the objective. Any method of getting the tracks uploaded would suffice.
I may indeed have to through myself upon the kindness of strangers and try to use someone else's PC. I haven't had a computer since the Love Bug. Yeah, seriously.
I am not sure if these are at a premium anymore, but anyone who can help me accomplish this, or even makes a good faith effort is welcome to an invite to Google Music. I have a couple extra.
Hopefully that doesn't break any forum rules. If so, apologies.
Hey, good news everybody.
I talked with Google, and thanks to my powerful connections, you are ALL now invited to Google Music! Keep it quiet, and don't trip over each other trying to thank me all at once!
It sure makes me feel slightly less special for them to launch publically two days after I got my invite.
Help with the upload still being looked for, even if Google gave away my only incentive...
Public library?
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Well, I doubt that would work since I understand there upload process pretty much takes days. it looks like I will just have to find av friendly PC owner and do this the old fashion way.
I just was refusing to believe that this fabulous machine, that has pretty much done everything I have asked of it, cannot accomplish a simple thing like run a program written by the same company as its OS.
I have seen solutions to some pretty far out problems on these forums, and I was taking the chance that someone would know a method.
I may be one of the only rooters without some sort of desktop computer, but I just doubt I am the only person who would verymuch like to upload straight from my tablet. it seemed worth a shot.
I noticed there are some new apps and some new processes with the new update to ICS, like Google+ and a new messenger and some new authenticators. Does anyone have an updated list of what is safe to disable/freeze?
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I noticed there are some new apps and some new processes with the new update to ICS, like Google+ and a new messenger and some new authenticators. Does anyone have an updated list of what is safe to disable/freeze?
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I'm just looking to remove that junk. Root Uninstaller didn't seem to be helpful. Thankfully, this Moto junk is my work phone and not my personal. I'd never buy one of these!
I too am interested after noticing that I am down 75MB+ of available memory on average after the OTA ICS upgrade (coming from stock GB).
Actually, you don't really need any special guide. Almost everything can be either uninstalled or frozen by going into Settings => Applications and finding the app in the list. This is now built in to Android, so if you can disable it from there, it is safe. Also, most of the additional bloatware that isn't directly VZW can just be uninstalled now.
Awesome. I noticed that you can disable natively now. I just wanted to make sure disabling or removing stuff would not hurt future updates like people have said it would in the past.
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Awesome. I noticed that you can disable natively now. I just wanted to make sure disabling or removing stuff would not hurt future updates like people have said it would in the past.
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Nope, this is now an Android feature. You can, of course, root your phone and further disable some software, but for the most part, you should be fine sticking with the safety of the native disabling.
Excellent, thanks for the quick response.
i like how they discourage you from disabling the bloatware by telling you stuff might misbehave... yeah, if i disable the NFL thing and my phone misbehaves, it's getting returned. lol
i can't wait for the day when the carriers are forced to allow us to completely remove the bloat that comes on phones, just like PC manufacturers were required to in the 90s.
has anyone experimented with repartitioning so that the app storage and user data areas are in the same partition? i really don't see any reason to keep them separate. right now i could get another 2gb back from the app partition to store more music in if i wanted to.
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i like how they discourage you from disabling the bloatware by telling you stuff might misbehave... yeah, if i disable the NFL thing and my phone misbehaves, it's getting returned. lol
i can't wait for the day when the carriers are forced to allow us to completely remove the bloat that comes on phones, just like PC manufacturers were required to in the 90s.
has anyone experimented with repartitioning so that the app storage and user data areas are in the same partition? i really don't see any reason to keep them separate. right now i could get another 2gb back from the app partition to store more music in if i wanted to.
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The "your phone might misbehave" is more of a generic message, but it can apply to anything. For example, if you have an app that relies on one of the activities from the NFL app, it is quite possible that your phone will do something unexpected (like crash).
Of course, I do also wish I could completely and safely obliterate all the VZW stuff.
As for repartitioning, Motorola does this so that they can continue to provide a mass storage connection mode. If you repartition to unified storage, it will mean that you will be restricted to MTP/PTP transfer modes. It also means that you'll need to be a LOT more careful when modifying your phone's OS. Personally, I recommend you simply invest $35 in a 32GB mirco SD card, or if you really have a lot of music, spring for a 64GB one.