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[Q] What now?

I just bought the nook color, what do I do now? Sorry for the stupid question, I am very new to this. All I have done so far is register and update to 1.1 from B&N. My friend told me to look for autonator 2.1.25 (I think), however the one I saw is for version 1.0.1. Any direction you can give is greatly appreciated. Thank You.

goodvibessa said:
I just bought the nook color, what do I do now? Sorry for the stupid question, I am very new to this. All I have done so far is register and update to 1.1 from B&N. My friend told me to look for autonator 2.1.25 (I think), however the one I saw is for version 1.0.1. Any direction you can give is greatly appreciated. Thank You.
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If you are on 1.1 you will need to use AutoNooter 3.0 once that is done you will have a rooted nook, with Google Apps installed,
I would also recommend you install a customer Launcher after you root, Like Zeam, or ADW, these can be downloaded from the market.
Edit:Also in answer your question, What to do now? Read a Book!

therealguppy said:
If you are on 1.1 you will need to use AutoNooter 3.0 once that is done you will have a rooted nook, with Google Apps installed,
I would also recommend you install a customer Launcher after you root, Like Zeam, or ADW, these can be downloaded from the market.
Edit:Also in answer your question, What to do now? Read a Book!
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Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.

Is there a way to do this from a mac?

goodvibessa said:
I just bought the nook color, what do I do now?
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Play around with it just out of the box and find some things that you do and don't like about it.
Run the appropriate auto-nooter and go fix the stuff you didn't like. I had to install dolphin browser immediately because I didn't like the stock one.
Download all the regular apps that you use. I haven't had a problem with anything not working.
I picked zeam for my launcher. Getting it set up was the hardest part for me because I'm not familiar with how standard Android works. I played around with soft keys for a while to get that o my liking.
You could always read some books. Getting switched back to the stock interface isn't hard.
Get setcpu configured to make it faster. I thought mind was a bit sluggish after rooting it.
Rename the phone packages. I think it helps my battery life.
Eagerly await honeycomb's arrival.
Sent from a NookColor using the xda app

It works perfectly in Mac if you know some Linux commands like diskutil and dd. I use my Mac book pro for writing the img to my SD card.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Pros/Cons of installing Froyo vs Rooted 1.1 or Rooted 1.01

I have a stock 1.0.0 NC. Haven't rooted it yet. I had it rooted on 1.1 with the autonooter 3.0, but I ended up getting the black screen of death (this is another story altogether). Anyway, I want to root again but I haven't decided if I want to go ahead and try Froyo or just do 1.0.1 rooted or maybe 1.1. I just want to know what the pros/cons of going to froyo or staying with rooted 1.0.1 or 1.1? And then wait until Honeycomb is better put together. My main reason I want to go to Froyo is that I am a medical student and I couldn't get epocrates to work with rooted 1.1. It kept saying my log on info wasn't correct and I found others with the same problem, but I have seen many saying that it works fine in Froyo. Other than that, I just need to surf, gmail, google voice, calender and not much else.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I have done both. If you do Froyo, you do lose the BN software. But you can download Android Nook which is almost the same. It does take a little bit of work to get it almost fully functional as well. Some people have said flash didn't work good for them, it works flawless for me. Couldn't go without it. Some apps don't work though. When I was on rooted stock, Homerun Battle was my go to game. But I can't play it since I've upgraded.
There's no more black bar at the bottom so I remapped the volume keys to Menu and Back. I don't know how people do without it, it's great. The last thing that kinda bothers me about Froyo, is for some reason my touch screen is slightly less responsive. Not a big deal, but wish I had a fix. Keep in mind though, that CM7 stuff is coming out I guess soon so you might want to hold out a little longer.

Sooooo, what is CM7? and why should I wait? Is it a build of Honeycomb? Maybe I should just try to get someone to help me with epocrates?

har02052 said:
Sooooo, what is CM7? and why should I wait? Is it a build of Honeycomb? Maybe I should just try to get someone to help me with epocrates?
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If you are not familiar with android, clockwork recovery, or bootable cwr I would hold off on cm7 or froyo for now. Autonooter would be the best place for you to start with rooting. Androidtablets.net is a good resource also for nook.
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I'm using rooted 1.1 and i can't see any reason to change. Imo, its perfect!
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har02052 said:
Sooooo, what is CM7? and why should I wait? Is it a build of Honeycomb? Maybe I should just try to get someone to help me with epocrates?
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Cm7 is gingerbread build so its like froyo but a bit faster. If you want to change your nooks os i suggest you change it to honeycomb preview v4. All you have to do is burn the provided image to a 4gb sd card and put that into your nook, it keeps your nook stock(in case you dont want to root) but allows you to have honeycomb. To boot back into stock nook just remove the sd card while the nook is off and power it on
Hope this helps
Luigi90210
sent fom my honeycomb tablet

I stick with 1.1 because it have working cifs.ko for cifsmanager. I just love that app. I stream books, movies, musics, etc from my computers.

[INTRO] So you bought a NOOKcolor, now what? (aka - A Complete Idiots Guide)

Thought there might be some folks over here that would be interested in this very noob-oriented write-up:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...color-now-what-aka-complete-idiots-guide.html
Especially since we should have a slew of new users heading our way after 11,000+ NC's were sold thanks to the eBay coupon.

+1 on this type of thread. The development section of this forum has my head spinning.
Most people will start out with auto nooter. Then install and choose from a a few different launchers. Then maybe a new kernel. Then move up to a Froyo build. And eventually, Honeycomb. But the definite path to do things isn't very strait forward. I've been installing ROM's on my OG Droid since the Sholes days but I'm finding this NC stuff muddy at best.

great write up OP. Wish I had this last night when I started messing with mine. I figured everything out through searching but did not make a backup. I have already tested out the dual boot roms, waiting on the C6 8gb card to get here to start playing with honeycomb.

Excellent - thanks !
Highly Recommended !

Wow, thanks mate! That's a fantastic writeup. It will save alot of people a lot of headaches and get them (including myself) up and going.

Sticky please, this is awesome for noobs/new to nook. Wish I had seen this yesterday.

I vote for sticky !

sticky please
my first post. (i'm one of the $199 ebay lot)
This helped alot. i just wish i read this fully before autonooting.
i have no backups of my stock nook. I just assumed that i could get the flashable rom to go back to stock on xda
anyways i vote for sticky

Nice. I'm a complete noobie to the Nooks - just bought mine yesterday and did a basic root. Love it so far. Can't wait for some stable HC builds come out.

@faceman66,
Thanks so much. I did not root nor did I do anything to the Nook Color since I am not sure about the tablet nor the e-reader. I got an Ipad for Xmas but returned it because it was kind of heavy and big and I want to do some spreadsheet work which requires either Excel or OpenOffice among other things.
Your tutorial about creating a bootable of the original ROM on a mSD was a great idea and is a must do item.
I created a mSD 8GB with Froyo and run the Nook off the mSD, so nothing on the Nook was impacted. so I thought, but I could be wrong.
Could you point out where I can find some help in the navigation of the Froyo version of android. There was no close button of the browser tabs, no forward nor backward buttons. There was some help file on the softkeys but no clear navigation of the file system.
I do not have an android phone so I am completely unfamiliar with android. I do want to learn android.

Faceman, thanks for taking the time to write such a comprehensive how-to! This will be incredibly valuable for many. Nice sense of humor too, btw.
I look forward to reading your "Barely smarter than idiot's guide to the CyanogenMod"

Hmmm. I did everything the article stated as far as the SoftKeys, but its not working like it said. Doesn't come up when I hit the physical home button nor does it have the volume buttons etc. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

KDOG2020 said:
Hmmm. I did everything the article stated as far as the SoftKeys, but its not working like it said. Doesn't come up when I hit the physical home button nor does it have the volume buttons etc. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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Download Home Switcher from the market. Set SoftKeys as the default launcher.
Voila!

defiant sumo said:
my first post. (i'm one of the $199 ebay lot)
This helped alot. i just wish i read this fully before autonooting.
i have no backups of my stock nook. I just assumed that i could get the flashable rom to go back to stock on xda
anyways i vote for sticky
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You probably can. But i guess making an initial sd card back up is the easiest and handy to have around.

very thorough and complete. thanks!

husky55 said:
@faceman66,
Thanks so much. I did not root nor did I do anything to the Nook Color since I am not sure about the tablet nor the e-reader. I got an Ipad for Xmas but returned it because it was kind of heavy and big and I want to do some spreadsheet work which requires either Excel or OpenOffice among other things.
Your tutorial about creating a bootable of the original ROM on a mSD was a great idea and is a must do item.
I created a mSD 8GB with Froyo and run the Nook off the mSD, so nothing on the Nook was impacted. so I thought, but I could be wrong.
Could you point out where I can find some help in the navigation of the Froyo version of android. There was no close button of the browser tabs, no forward nor backward buttons. There was some help file on the softkeys but no clear navigation of the file system.
I do not have an android phone so I am completely unfamiliar with android. I do want to learn android.
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You can push the files from this theme using ADB and it will give you back and menu softkeys on the status bar. However it will break your stock browser.
ADB push instructions

defiant sumo said:
my first post. (i'm one of the $199 ebay lot)
This helped alot. i just wish i read this fully before autonooting.
i have no backups of my stock nook. I just assumed that i could get the flashable rom to go back to stock on xda
anyways i vote for sticky
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You're my target audience, thank you. Yes you can get a flashable Stock rom, it will put you at the start of the OOBE, which I found to be a hassle always having to "register" my NC when I wanted to start over. Which I did a lot since I am definitely a tinker-er. My suggestion just makes it quicker to start over - most folks won't use it at all.
husky55 said:
@faceman66,
Thanks so much. I did not root nor did I do anything to the Nook Color since I am not sure about the tablet nor the e-reader. I got an Ipad for Xmas but returned it because it was kind of heavy and big and I want to do some spreadsheet work which requires either Excel or OpenOffice among other things.
Your tutorial about creating a bootable of the original ROM on a mSD was a great idea and is a must do item.
I created a mSD 8GB with Froyo and run the Nook off the mSD, so nothing on the Nook was impacted. so I thought, but I could be wrong.
Could you point out where I can find some help in the navigation of the Froyo version of android. There was no close button of the browser tabs, no forward nor backward buttons. There was some help file on the softkeys but no clear navigation of the file system.
I do not have an android phone so I am completely unfamiliar with android. I do want to learn android.
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A couple of things, once you root (if you do) there is a version of QuickOffice that someone ported from the Adam device which is awesome on the NC. Works almost like OpenOffice on the pc.
Running any rom from SD does not affect your internal eMMC (the internal system) but please pay attention to each SD Roms warnings - there are some actions you can do that WILL affect the internal. Such as formatting an SD from a rom running on an SD actually formats the /boot area of the internal giving you a "Aw crap, my nook won't boot past a black screen" issue which is fixable.
Since the NC lacks physical buttons, a program such as Softkeys or ButtonSavior (a major coke/pepsi flame war argument) are needed to add those buttons virtually. Many write-ups and threads available, just search them out.
KDOG2020 said:
Hmmm. I did everything the article stated as far as the SoftKeys, but its not working like it said. Doesn't come up when I hit the physical home button nor does it have the volume buttons etc. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
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Just to make sure, I think my softkeys might have updated from the one included with autonooter, but I am not sure. My version is 3.0.8, and that could be the cause of discrepancy. If someone can confirm, please let me know. I can tell you the key to sk working the way we want is to have Softkeys set as your 'default' launcher, then configure softkeys to be "one press softkeys, two press launcher" for the physical button.
bachviet said:
You can push the files from this theme using ADB and it will give you back and menu softkeys on the status bar. However it will break your stock browser.
ADB push instructions
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While ADB may be over some folks head, it is VERY worthwhile to try to learn to use it. At least work on getting it installed and being able to successfully have it list you device - then it's always there as an option. But most things can be accomplished without it.

+1 for a sticky.
This guide is great for some of the 100k new Nook owners over the coming week.
Thanks a lot faceman!

Thanks, Guide was great.

liqn7 said:
+1 for a sticky.
This guide is great for some of the 100k new Nook owners over the coming week.
Thanks a lot faceman!
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Grover12 said:
Thanks, Guide was great.
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Thanks for the feedback. Any suggestions or critiques, I am planning to do an overhaul and update later today. All suggestions are welcome.

Advice: Wife Approval Factor

My wife would like apps on her NookColor.
My thought was just autonootering her Nook.
Can anyone think of a compelling reason to use Froyo, HC etc for her.
Thanks in advance

rgreenpc said:
My wife would like apps on her NookColor.
My thought was just autonootering her Nook.
Can anyone think of a compelling reason to use Froyo, HC etc for her.
Thanks in advance
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No... just keep Eclair if its for your wife, everything works ... if we ever get 2.2 then upgrade to a rooted 2.2... IMO

mutant13 said:
No... just keep Eclair if its for your wife, everything works ... if we ever get 2.2 then upgrade to a rooted 2.2... IMO
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i agree 100%, messing with froyo, cm7, hc is good but you lose the great nook reader apps, (theres an market version but its not as good) and there not working perfectly yet.

Thanks guys...
I can still replace her launcher etc with zeam/launcher pro on a rooted nook correct?
I get my own NC soon (which I will be playing with).
I have also noticed the work on porting the stock app.

Yep, my wife (and myself too!) still on Auto Nootered 2.1 stock B&N because it's the most robust solution right now. No /boot eating itself, no market problems, the B&N Software works right, etc..
For the wife primarily, since she has purchased several childrens books and such, plus for her I like to Keep it Simple.
For me, I just like that it "just works" and no fuss. Would I like 2.2? Sure. The speed bump from 2.1 to 2.2 on my Nexus One was nice, but it's not worth the little annoyances and problems that happen randomly.

Dualboot to save your marriage! worked for me.. lol

khaytsus said:
Yep, my wife (and myself too!) still on Auto Nootered 2.1 stock B&N because it's the most robust solution right now. No /boot eating itself, no market problems, the B&N Software works right, etc..
For the wife primarily, since she has purchased several childrens books and such, plus for her I like to Keep it Simple.
For me, I just like that it "just works" and no fuss. Would I like 2.2? Sure. The speed bump from 2.1 to 2.2 on my Nexus One was nice, but it's not worth the little annoyances and problems that happen randomly.
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+1 to this post exactly! Do autonooter up to 1.1 with a replacement launcher and disabled updates. My wife LOVES her 2.1, 1.1 B&N NC and has had zero complaints with watching movies, reading books, playing games, etc. She's not tech savvy at all either, so that's a testament to the NC's solidness running eclair. However this did require me tweaking a great deal of things overtime. If suggest you spend the first week with it in your arsenal tweaking it as need be so that when you five it to your wife it runs smoothly.

sonatacreative said:
+1 to this post exactly! Do autonooter up to 1.1 with a replacement launcher and disabled updates. My wife LOVES her 2.1, 1.1 B&N NC and has had zero complaints with watching movies, reading books, playing games, etc. She's not tech savvy at all either, so that's a testament to the NC's solidness running eclair. However this did require me tweaking a great deal of things overtime. If suggest you spend the first week with it in your arsenal tweaking it as need be so that when you five it to your wife it runs smoothly.
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Can you replace the stock launcher and still get B&N stock reader and in-store experience?

rgreenpc said:
Can you replace the stock launcher and still get B&N stock reader and in-store experience?
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It seems like with 1.1.0 autonootered you can still get the instore stuff, although I haven't tested it myself (even though I live less than a mile from a B&N). Mine is straight stock 1.1.0/autonooter with the zeam launcher and it's damned near perfect. It actually works better than my first one (my wife's 1.0.1 unfortunately!) where the reading icon doesn't seem to work.
But on this one, all the functionality works perfect from what I can see. As a matter of fact, with the basic nook wallpaper background and zeam, you can't really tell it's rooted on first glance. As a matter of fact, my daughter got a big kick out of the 'read to me' book that comes on it, which she used after rooting.
It's the perfect solution, as far I'm concerned.

Just realized you were asking a more refined question: after rooting, is stock launcher required for in store experience. I want to try this today and will let you know.

There are now widespread reports of B&N updating the stock NC to 2.2 with Flash and B&N Market in a couple of weeks.
Waiting until then is probably the best bet for those who like the B&N features.
But admittedly the ability to wait a couple of weeks is probably rare these days.
Also, the OP stated:
My wife would like apps on her NookColor.
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Of course, the stock Nook Color already has "apps".
Perhaps there is a specific app that she wants ?
Considering that most apps already run on the NC with Nookie Froyo installed, then it seems likely that the B&N Market will attract most of the popular apps, since they won't have to change anything in the code.
About the only apps that you will definitely not see is Reader Apps.
Lastly, "Wife Approval Factor" is a term that describes your wife's approval of something that you bought for yourself - 51 inch plasma TV, 4 foot high stereo speakers, etc.

mutant13 said:
No... just keep Eclair if its for your wife, everything works ... if we ever get 2.2 then upgrade to a rooted 2.2... IMO
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You gentleman do realize that sometimes it's the WIFE who wants the complicated stuff and the husband who is still running stock, right? I had to configure tasker this morning on my husbands nexus one so that it would turn the sound off during meetings and back on afterwards, than installed CM7 on my nook color for kicks.
Having said that the stock is the most stable right now, and there are very few apps you can't install. (The only problems I had were with 2.2+ apps [stupid zombies] and things that required the phone stack [swype].)

doncaruana said:
It seems like with 1.1.0 autonootered you can still get the instore stuff, although I haven't tested it myself (even though I live less than a mile from a B&N). Mine is straight stock 1.1.0/autonooter with the zeam launcher and it's damned near perfect. It actually works better than my first one (my wife's 1.0.1 unfortunately!) where the reading icon doesn't seem to work.
But on this one, all the functionality works perfect from what I can see. As a matter of fact, with the basic nook wallpaper background and zeam, you can't really tell it's rooted on first glance. As a matter of fact, my daughter got a big kick out of the 'read to me' book that comes on it, which she used after rooting.
It's the perfect solution, as far I'm concerned.
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Did you do something in particular to get the reading icon to work again? I've been on nootered 2.1 for a while now and the reading icon hasn't worked since I rooted it. I just assumed it was an issue with the 2.1 port.
Also, in regards to the OP, keep it stock 2.1 for your wife. I have yet to find an app that doesn't work on it, it's extremely stable, and the stock reader app is almost too bad ass to give up for 2.2, cm7, or the buggy as all hell HC.

doncaruana said:
It seems like with 1.1.0 autonootered you can still get the instore stuff, although I haven't tested it myself (even though I live less than a mile from a B&N). Mine is straight stock 1.1.0/autonooter with the zeam launcher and it's damned near perfect. It actually works better than my first one (my wife's 1.0.1 unfortunately!) where the reading icon doesn't seem to work.
But on this one, all the functionality works perfect from what I can see. As a matter of fact, with the basic nook wallpaper background and zeam, you can't really tell it's rooted on first glance. As a matter of fact, my daughter got a big kick out of the 'read to me' book that comes on it, which she used after rooting.
It's the perfect solution, as far I'm concerned.
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Actually thats the next big test. Does using another launcher still permit in-store abilities?

elwopo said:
Did you do something in particular to get the reading icon to work again? I've been on nootered 2.1 for a while now and the reading icon hasn't worked since I rooted it. I just assumed it was an issue with the 2.1 port.
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I think it has to do with where you start. On my wife's nook, which was autonootered from 1.0.1, the reading icon doesn't work. On my nook, autonootered from 1.1.0, the reading icon does work. Simple as that. I'd love to be able to offer some slick thing I did to get it to work, but I didn't. Probably try and see if the 1.1.0 r2 thing will fix it for her but she's operational right now anyway.

rgreenpc said:
Actually thats the next big test. Does using another launcher still permit in-store abilities?
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Tested this morning. Works perfectly. As soon as I connected to the B&N network, the shop popped up and had the banner with free books, etc. I even downloaded the Oprah biography to "start reading" for free. I use Zeam as my default launcher.

My daughter rooted her 1.1 color nook and is thrilled with the 'cool apps'
She hasn't tested the instore functionality, but she did install the home switcher so she can switch back to the B&N home. I think that should allow instore functionality.
She posted a youtube video of how she rooted it. Thanks to everyone here for making it so easy!

Replace Stage UI

Does anyone use LauncherPro as a Stage UI replacement (on Froyo 2.2.2)?
Or can anyone help with replacing Stage UI - I'm rooted but I don't really want to install an entire new ROM just to change the launcher?
TIA

docfreed said:
Does anyone use LauncherPro as a Stage UI replacement (on Froyo 2.2.2)?
Or can anyone help with replacing Stage UI - I'm rooted but I don't really want to install an entire new ROM just to change the launcher?
TIA
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You have quite a few options out there, LauncherPro being one of them. All you need is a home replacement app. I'm currently running Zeam. It's smooth, free, and very configurable. I have it set for 6x6 rows x columns, and it scales perfectly for the Streak 7. It doesn't have a lot of frills, but I don't like frills so it's great! (I prefer to just install 1000 widgets of my choosing.)
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There's also LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, Regina (only works in portrait mode, though), etc. Lots and lots of options, out there; none of which require root.

Ah, Thanks But...
I've used Zeam on my rooted Nook Color - unfortunately, the link (or rather the market) will not let me install Zeam on my Streak. IDK why - How did you get it installed? I do have the Zeam 2.95 apk - is that the version that you use?

docfreed said:
I've used Zeam on my rooted Nook Color - unfortunately, the link (or rather the market) will not let me install Zeam on my Streak. IDK why - How did you get it installed? I do have the Zeam 2.95 apk - is that the version that you use?
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Yes, that's the version I use. I gave the market link for the in-browser market; just search for "zeam" in the Market app on your Streak and you'll find it. I installed it from the Market app on my Streak 7.

Using launcher pro mainly because I already paid for it for other devices.
Sent from my Dell Streak 7 using XDA Premium App

nrfitchett4 said:
Using launcher pro mainly because I already paid for it for other devices.
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It should be easy; when I installed it, the first time I launched it the system asked if I wanted it to be used as the shell. There was a checkbox for always use, and that was all there was to do.
Sent from my Dell Streak 7 using XDA Premium App

Z4nd4r said:
You have quite a few options out there, LauncherPro being one of them. All you need is a home replacement app. I'm currently running Zeam. It's smooth, free, and very configurable. I have it set for 6x6 rows x columns, and it scales perfectly for the Streak 7. It doesn't have a lot of frills, but I don't like frills so it's great! (I prefer to just install 1000 widgets of my choosing.)
Market Link
There's also LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, Regina (only works in portrait mode, though), etc. Lots and lots of options, out there; none of which require root.
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That link says that Zeam is not available for my streak 7. I use it on my streak 5, and love it. Any chance you can post the apk file for Zeam for streak 7?

rvbarton said:
That link says that Zeam is not available for my streak 7. I use it on my streak 5, and love it. Any chance you can post the apk file for Zeam for streak 7?
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That's bizarre. I just launched the Market, searched for ZEAM, did a download and install, launched it, clicked the "always use" checkbox, and VIOLA' - no more Stage UI (I hated that thing...)
Thank you points for Z4nd4r!

RCounts said:
That's bizarre. I just launched the Market, searched for ZEAM, did a download and install, launched it, clicked the "always use" checkbox, and VIOLA' - no more Stage UI (I hated that thing...)
Thank you points for Z4nd4r!
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I'm on the wifi only version running honeycomb. Maybe that's the difference.

It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.

TheManii said:
It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.
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Hence my original post.... Do you have threadlike, pecan you link to it?

TheManii said:
It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.
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Actually I was replying to a 3 day old post by rvbarton - who is obviously still having problems getting Zeam on his Streak. I just finished installing it on mine 10 minutes before replying to his post...

Oh whoops, i misred the date on his first post, thought it said jan 2011 and not jan 2012.
Checked it on market and it's not compatable with my S7 on HC either, are you still on 2.2 RCounts? That might be why
Though the screenshots show it works on ICS, perhaps they simply dont support tabs,
(in the eyes of the market, S7 with HC = tablet, S& with froyo = sorta-phone)

Yeah, I'm still on Froyo. I just got mine and its a t-mobile. So far all I've done is unlock it , and at this point I'm not confident enough to try the HC upgrade...

if you update you wont be able to auto update zeam afterwards as its not compatible with HC, but I doubt it'll auto uninstall it

TheManii said:
if you update you wont be able to auto update zeam afterwards as its not compatible with HC, but I doubt it'll auto uninstall it
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Not sure that I will bother with the update to HC. Zeam got rid of that horrible Stage UI for me, and that was one of the main advantages to HC IMO. Is HC even worth the trouble? Especially now that the Stage UI is dead, and there are so many more apps that are compatible with Froyo that aren't with HC (Zeam being one example)?
I know you are really knowledgable about HC since you wrote the udate guide. If I inderstand it correctly, in order to install HC on my t-mobile, I first have to install a recovery.img file for a non-t-mobile 4G, THEN the update.pkg for HC, and if I skip the restore.img step the update will fail with a FOTA mismatch. Is that correct?

Yea and yea on the update part. Someone on 2.2 must use the recs provided on the 506/7 update page, they cant boot a stock 5xx/3.2 recovery because of the changes in 5xx
There arnt many people that actively choose to remain on 2.2, but everyone's allowed their own opinion.
Mine is that the s7 wasnt worth buying until HC, and incidentally I just happened to get mine days after official HC. Going to update to ICS and try and break stuff now.
I've had the S5 and I can more or less guess what the S7 would feel like without HC and I know I wouldnt have liked it. But just as much I dont have any apps that only work on 2.x and not hc, so I dont have to worry about that.

TheManii said:
Yea and yea on the update part. Someone on 2.2 must use the recs provided on the 506/7 update page, they cant boot a stock 5xx/3.2 recovery because of the changes in 5xx
There arnt many people that actively choose to remain on 2.2, but everyone's allowed their own opinion.
Mine is that the s7 wasnt worth buying until HC, and incidentally I just happened to get mine days after official HC. Going to update to ICS and try and break stuff now.
I've had the S5 and I can more or less guess what the S7 would feel like without HC and I know I wouldnt have liked it. But just as much I dont have any apps that only work on 2.x and not hc, so I dont have to worry about that.
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My biggest concern is with the potential to brick it. I'm especially uncertain about the first part of the process - setting up the fastboot and installing the non t-mobile recovery.img. Is there any way to make it a recovery.pkg or otherwise put it on the device itself so that it will install from the SD card like the update.pkg file?
What are the other benefits of HC? What makes it so much better than Froyo? Is the battery life that much better? If its really worthwhile I might be persuaded to do the update...

I would say to make a nvflash and you'll always have something to restore to, but you cant really make a simple guide out of it, you pretty much MUST learn how to use it to correctly use it.
The biggest difference is the UI, HC is designed around 120 dpi (which the S7 uses) and makes much better use of the space allotted.
HC native apps do not even use the menu button and long pressing stuff is rather rare. It's nearly night and day UI/UX wise.
Even the little things like the new notification tray is completely different from the tray in 2.x (or 4.0 using the phone UI)
The S5 @120 dpi nowhere near compares as 2.2/2.3 are not very efficient with their space, there's plenty of room for a lot more buttons, but you're still forced to access everything from the menu button or long press stuff.
Battery wise, I believe it's slightly better then 3xx/2.2, but it's still not amazing.
It's not a perfect upgrade, as you've seen with zeam and the like, but for me it's benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
The majority of apps are still not HC/ICS native either, but once more ICS devices roll out they'll automatically be able to take advantage of the tab UI much better. (Anything with ICS and supports tabs automatically also support HC)