I see all these new changes in the Change Log and I also know it also incorporates elements of Donut along with it, but I also see all these reports of it being considerably slow. Apart from the minor change in the process used to upgrade I don't see the process to upgrade as difficult. So without consideration to the upgrade process is it worth it to upgrade to 4.1.999?
4.1.999 is based on 1.6, so it is all donut. There are alternatives now to the double flash if you want to go that route. The speed is all based on each phone it is on. Mine in particular is blazing fast. I formatted and repartitioned prior to installing it so that might have something to do with it.
Could you possibly give me more information on this 'Double Flash' technique and what the benefits are, and possibly point to a thread that gives instructions on how to implement this? Also how would partitioning prior to flashing affect the over all speed, and what would I be partitioning, the SD Card?
The double flash is listed in Cyanogens 4.1.999 thread. Basically if you have not already upgraded to 4.1.99 or 4.1.999, you have to download 2 separate files and flash both of them. One is from HTC and the other is the Cyanogen rom. There was also a single flash method that was posted by Daveid yesterday that eliminates the need for flashing both files. If you are still on 4.04, you will need to follow one of those 2 methods to upgrade to 4.1.999. If it were me, I would just go with the single flash method and be done with it. However, I would still backup my sd and reformat and repartition before upgrading just to eliminate all the old garbage on your sd card from preivious builds.
Ahh okay, thats what you meant by 'Double Flash', yes I already knew of that and the single flash Though for some reason I would prefer the longer and "harder" method. Thanks for the tips, ill back up and repartition here in a but.
i personally think 4.1.999 is far from stable. i am still experiencing lots of crash and icons disappear. you should wait until it's stable.
or u can try this rom if you want donut.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567023
quite stable but still have the icons disappear problem. i think it's actually donut's problem.
I couldnt after 6 attempts get it running i am on a G1 and it wouldnt even get past the google email registration screen, and my phone got so hot i thought it was going to melt,that cant be good, i went back to my prevoius
nandriod backup and its perfect, only for using my G1 as a tether i would go back to a stock phone, i dont see any benifits apart from the tether
I flashed froyo to my emmc. What im wondering now is if I put the nc stock rom on an external mem card, is it possible to boot THAT from the card and still have access to the b&n store? Basically flip the circumstances around so that I can use froyo internally (which i prefer) and stock externally. Possible?
So we just bought a nook color and she is still new to it. Obviously, she reads lots of books and I... well, want to make this into a tab and play w/ it. She might want to do web browsing and install some games/apps, but primarily will be used as an e-reader.
What rom (if any) do you suggest I flash? Or will I be better off just rooting the device and leaving it as is (w/ market)? She has no patience for developmental stuff so looking for something stable but also something I can play with
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So we just bought a nook color and she is still new to it. Obviously, she reads lots of books and I... well, want to make this into a tab and play w/ it. She might want to do web browsing and install some games/apps, but primarily will be used as an e-reader.
What rom (if any) do you suggest I flash? Or will I be better off just rooting the device and leaving it as is (w/ market)? She has no patience for developmental stuff so looking for something stable but also something I can play with
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Root the Stock and leave it. its the most stable rom.
Make your own SD card, running Nookie Froyo or CyanogenMod. When you take the card out and reboot, her machine is completely back to normal, or so I'm told. You both get to have what you want.
I can run CM from SD card w/o rooting the device!? if so... sweet, I saw sum tuts but still educating myself. Rooting and leaving stock is also a good idea, however I heard B&N is able to update your device thus losing root... Is this true?
For her, it sounds like just rooting would be the best option, since it has the market, all of the B&N features, and is stable. As mentioned above, running a ROM from the sd card is a good option for you. After rooting it, you could format the sd card used to root, and then load a ROM such as CM7, Froyo, or Honeycomb from the SD card to play with.
This way, she has her mostly stock setup, and you have your tablet setup that you can load by just popping in the sd card and rebooting. When you're done playing with it, power down, pop the sd card out, reboot, and it's back to her setup.
If you do decide to run a ROM from the sd card, make sure to get at least a class 4 (sandisk class 4 4GB works well for me). Then, if you find something that would work for both of you, you could look at flashing to internal EMMC for better speed/performance. Another option is dual-booting between ROMs, which you can find more about in the development section.
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I can run CM from SD card w/o rooting the device!? if so... sweet, I saw sum tuts but still educating myself. Rooting and leaving stock is also a good idea, however I heard B&N is able to update your device thus losing root... Is this true?
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There is a thread in the dev section on how to block the updates. Here's a link to the sd card version of CM7 you asked about. You don't have to root first, but you can.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989637
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As suggested I'd root the stock software for the wife, and when you want to play choose a ROM that can run from the sdcard and you will be good to go.
Currently I run 4 different setups. Stock rooted on internal mem. Then I setup 3 different sdcards to mess around with Honeycomb, CM7, and Froyo from time to time.
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There is a thread in the dev section on how to block the updates. Here's a link to the sd card version of CM7 you asked about. You don't have to root first, but you can.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989637
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You do not have to root it first. All you have to do is create a live SDcard with Clockwork ROM manager put the SDCard in and boot it up holding the n and the power button in > wipe > flash CM7.
With this device reading off the SD first you do not have "antonoot" first.
I've ran CM7, Honeycomb and a few others. My personal choice is stock rooted device is perfect.
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I can run CM from SD card w/o rooting the device!?
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I know! I couldn't believe it was that easy either. I'm going to add a notice to my signature. This kind of great capability should be right in people's faces..
Nookiefroyo runs great off an SD card for me.
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Thanks for everyone's input...
She gonna be using it 75% of the time, so I decided to root and leave it as is. Everything works good. I tried to do nookie froyo off SD card but had too much trouble w/ adb, i'll save it for another week. But for now, stock root works good. Got Zeam and Home switcher to help both of us out
I wanted to point out the only downside of rooted stock is that she cannot use in the in-store B&N features! If she plans on using that (i've heard they have not only the hour of reading free, but also sometimes offer deals and events) then you might wanna not be rooted and use the SD card. I know this is a little late to tell you as you already did it, but I thought I'd let you know anyway.
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Thanks for everyone's input...
She gonna be using it 75% of the time, so I decided to root and leave it as is. Everything works good. I tried to do nookie froyo off SD card but had too much trouble w/ adb, i'll save it for another week. But for now, stock root works good. Got Zeam and Home switcher to help both of us out
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I'll throw this in for whenever you feel like creating a bootable SD CARD to play with. I've found that higher class sd cards make a much bigger difference in how fast/well the rom operates than you might think.
Alright i finally got the Nookie Froyo 2.2 burned to my sd card and everything boots and runs smoothly except i am missing the android market ENTIRELY and i need to know if anyone out there has any solutions for getting market to show up?
Also i am running a mac if this has any consolation.
Please a link or anything will help me out
same here but on PC
I have same problem- any solutions? Also how do you turn off cell stanby?
Just got my Nook and I'm dual-booting Froyo and also have this issue.
Tried installing Vending.apk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872621) but no luck.
I'd hate to start a new thread just for this, but I can't seem to find any answers by searching. I made a cm7 bootable sd card for my mom a while back and all was working fine for a few months then all of a sudden it won't go past the android boot screen.
I tried reinstalling the cm7 image by just putting it on the sd card (the latest stable version from the cyanogen mod wiki 7.1.0. still the same thing. I suppose I can try reformatting the card and starting from scratch, but I want to try to keep all the apps and settings the way it was so she doesnt have to set everything up again. Any suggestions? Thanks!