[Q] Sold rooted Nook - questions from new owner - Nook Color General

I rooted a Nook Color using autonooter and then decided to sell it. Since I had all my personal google app info on it, I returned it back to stock using the 8x reboot method, and then re-rooted it. Part of the root process what the I needed to register the device to B&N and also have a gmail account for the root process. So I created a dummy B&N account using a new gmail account.
I showed the device to the buyer, and he was satisfied. I explained all of this to him and showed him that it was registered on B&N with a dummy name and gmail account. I explained that to get his gmail on there, he just needed to add his account through the settings.
But now that we wants to buy some books, I think he's running into trouble with the device being registered under a dummy name.
So, the question is (finally) can he just de-register the device and put his info info it (and keep the root status) or will he have to unroot it and then do it all over?
Thanks

fungo45 said:
I rooted a Nook Color using autonooter and then decided to sell it. Since I had all my personal google app info on it, I returned it back to stock using the 8x reboot method, and then re-rooted it. Part of the root process what the I needed to register the device to B&N and also have a gmail account for the root process. So I created a dummy B&N account using a new gmail account.
I showed the device to the buyer, and he was satisfied. I explained all of this to him and showed him that it was registered on B&N with a dummy name and gmail account. I explained that to get his gmail on there, he just needed to add his account through the settings.
But now that we wants to buy some books, I think he's running into trouble with the device being registered under a dummy name.
So, the question is (finally) can he just de-register the device and put his info info it (and keep the root status) or will he have to unroot it and then do it all over?
Thanks
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yep. restore to stock and register it himself. then he can root it himself.

chisleu said:
yep. restore to stock and register it himself. then he can root it himself.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Any clue what happens if he de-registers it before returning it to stock?

fungo45 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. Any clue what happens if he de-registers it before returning it to stock?
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I don't know what de-registering is. Your ebooks are linked to the email account, not the nook itself. Sell the nook, keep your email, keep your ebooks.

chisleu said:
I don't know what de-registering is. Your ebooks are linked to the email account, not the nook itself. Sell the nook, keep your email, keep your ebooks.
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There's an option in the settings to de-register your device. I assume it's for cases like this where you sell the nook to someone else. What I don't know is if you do this, will it un-root it as well, or can he simply de-register it and re-register it to his info.

It shouldn't unroot it, although I can't say for sure. Besides, if it does unroot it, it's easy enough to reroot. It's a better option to try this and see what happens than to reflash a stock rom first.

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[Q] B&N in-store access when rooted?

Not directly development related, but I'm wondering if this is a side effect of rooting:
I took my rooted Colornook to a brick and mortar B&N store today. I connected to the wifi, but didn't receive the notice about using the in-store network, and was unable to connect to the in-store network (browse books for up to an hour, etc.). I set my default home from LauncherPro back to the Nook Home and powercycled, but I was still unable to connect.
Has anyone successfully used the "in store network" on their ColorNook, rooted or otherwise?
My NOOKColor isn't rooted and I have used the in-store network including the special "B&N Home" while in their store. I have also browsed books in store for free.
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My NOOKColor isn't rooted and I have used the in-store network including the special "B&N Home" while in their store. I have also browsed books in store for free.
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Um, so that doesn't help us. We know non-rooted NC's can access the B&N Home while in store.
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Um, so that doesn't help us. We know non-rooted NC's can access the B&N Home while in store.
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Maybe not, but it is what the OP asked:
Consolenomad said:
Has anyone successfully used the "in store network" on their ColorNook, rooted or otherwise?
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I had trouble using the in-store WiFi a few days ago, but didn't give it much thought. I guess it is possible that this is a side-effect of rooting.
Well, I'm in a b&n right now. My nootered nook does NOT have access to any of the in-store features.
DuncanWatson - do you get any kind of pop-up or alert when you connect to the in-store features? when you connect to the wifi?
For clarity - when I use my rooted color nook in store, it automatically connects to the wifi with no notifications, but I do not have any access to "in store" features.
I'm curious to hear more people's experiences...
It's probably a smart move on their part. We could just get all the books for free then as they probably are copied to the nook temporarily.
I was in store and the demo nc cannot even access in store feature
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I was in store and the demo nc cannot even access in store feature
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That's encouraging in a backwards sort of way... Maybe it's a general issue and not something specific to rooted devices. I wonder how they'd be checking anyhow...
My rooted nook was able to access the "In Store" section. The icon on the BN dock changed and everything. I even tried out the free 1 hour read preview and downloaded some books that were only free to in store users
I can clarify a bit. I work for b&n, & spend a significant portion of my time at the nook desk. When my nc could not access the in-store features, all of our demo nc units were finding it just fine, as was my non-rooted original nook. This definately started happening when I rooted.
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I can clarify a bit. I work for b&n, & spend a significant portion of my time at the nook desk. When my nc could not access the in-store features, all of our demo nc units were finding it just fine, as was my non-rooted original nook. This definately started happening when I rooted.
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I wonder what in the rooting process would cause this to happen ? All rooting is doing is clearing security on specific files/folders for the most part, correct ?
Maybe it has something to do with specific apps that may have been installed (like a different launcher) ?
Don't have the device, don't even live in the same continent.
Could someone compare the changes you make when rooting? I am pretty sure you'll be changing a file when you run your root tool. Perhaps there's a log you can monitor, or something that shows what it did. Failing that, you might need to get a logcat of the device failing to get onto the store connection.
That might indicate if it's detected the device is rooted. There are ways round all these kinds of restrictions, so if something is looking to see if a folder is chmod 700 (ie, not readable to the user), we could easily change that to check it's at 766 (read and writable to all), for example.
That would seem the best way to figure out why you're not getting access to the store content. If someone can get alogcat onto the device, and take a log from in store, you might get somewhere in starting to look?
I went to a store today specifically to check this and sure enough I accessed the network just fine but no in store access. Just regular wifi. I have a third party launcher installed but I tried using the nook launcher and even tried a reboot.
French. said:
I went to a store today specifically to check this and sure enough I accessed the network just fine but no in store access. Just regular wifi. I have a third party launcher installed but I tried using the nook launcher and even tried a reboot.
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I was wondering if a factory reset can reinstate the unrooted condtion and let the device access the "read in store" again?
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I was wondering if a factory reset can reinstate the unrooted condtion and let the device access the "read in store" again?
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I'm not sure as I haven't tried, but something else worthy of mentioning...pretty sure I lost my "free trials" for newspaper and magazine. I don't see the option anymore and I didn't accept either trial prior to rooting.
French. said:
I'm not sure as I haven't tried, but something else worthy of mentioning...pretty sure I lost my "free trials" for newspaper and magazine. I don't see the option anymore and I didn't accept either trial prior to rooting.
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I seem to still have access to Free Trials. At least, the button shows up when I'm on my home wifi network. Do you not see the button anymore?
Shows up for me also....grabbed a magazine free trial.....we will see if I get charged.
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I seem to still have access to Free Trials. At least, the button shows up when I'm on my home wifi network. Do you not see the button anymore?
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I can clarify a bit. I work for b&n, & spend a significant portion of my time at the nook desk. When my nc could not access the in-store features, all of our demo nc units were finding it just fine, as was my non-rooted original nook. This definately started happening when I rooted.
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Was in the Boston B&N store yesterday with my rooted nook. Absolutely no problem getting store resources working for net access and browsing and reading books.
As far as magazine subscriptions go, I have two free trials going right now, created after I was rooted, plus purchased another subscription.

[Q] rooted nook color and kids books

is there anyway to get the banes and noble kids picture books on a rooted nook color since we can access the store?
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is there anyway to get the banes and noble kids picture books on a rooted nook color since we can access the store?
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My rooted Nook still allows me to buy and download books from B&N -- I just cant use the special in-store features. What exactly is failing on yours?
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keeps telling me i need to put in my credit card info on the barnes and nobles site. I have done this. its there in my account settings. but the store isnt picking it up.
How do I see were I configured my inital account to see witvh one i used or change it to the one with the card?
It most likely has nothing to do with your nook being rooted. Your credit card was probably just entered in wrong on the B&N website. Try re-entering it on there. Verify that you have a valid US billing address as well, and that the card is selected as the default card. If it is still not working, call 1 (800) THE-BOOK and they can tell you what is wrong.

[Q] app question

Ok i have purchased an app from the google market on my phone but would rather have it on my nook color. Is there anyway to get it off there and onto the NC.. mind u i have two gmail accounts one for each device.
You can download it as many times as you want. Just log on with your email. I have many paid apps on my phone and nook. Come to think of it, I haven't read the license. Are you supposed to do that?

[Q] Help. Android market wants me to rebuy applications i already bought on my phone

I already own an android phone and bought a bunch of applications. I just rooted and installed the market on my nook using the same email address that is on my phone. For some reason the market on my nook wont let me download my paid apps without buying them again. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I tried redoing it and I have the same problem. Does this happen to anyone else? Does everyone else have access to their paid apps without having to pay for them again?
I didn't have to rebuy my apps. But market has been updated since I installed them. Maybe a newer version of market changed something.
It really doesn't make any sense. Its definitely the same account. It has my credit card information filled out already. I even tried buying an app i bought previously, just to see if that would jog it. It didn't work. It charged me and i had to refund it. I really don't know what else to try.
Nope, all of mine show up as "Purchased". Every time this question comes up it's always usage of the same account, but you say that's already been checked..
Good luck.
Thanks. It has to be the same acount or else all of my redit card information wouldn't bebon there. All of my android market reciepts go to this accout also.
Try visiting this page https://market.android.com/account and see a list of your purchased apps.
Standalone web site should be more reliable, than an app, hacked in a stock firmware, which kinda doesn't support google apps.
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Try visiting this page https://market.android.com/account and see a list of your purchased apps.
Standalone web site should be more reliable, than an app, hacked in a stock firmware, which kinda doesn't support google apps.
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Now I'm more worried. The site you linked to doesn't have any record of my purchases either. My google checkout account under the same name, however, does have records of all of my purchases. Have any idea what i should do now?
did you paid the app with credit card or by carrier billing? Maybe it change something?
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did you paid the app with credit card or by carrier billing? Maybe it change something?
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I always pay with credit card.
Does google have some form of actual support other than the forum?
I have nookie froyo on her now. Same exact problem. This is bull**** and definitely on googles end. When are they going to get a customer support line? I've never seen another company that charges actually money like google does in the market without having a customer support line. I'm sure whatever is causing this will cause problems if I ever get another android phone in the future.
Having the same trouble here
What kind of android phone do you have? Is it using a custom rom? I'm thinking that the problem isn't with the nook at all. It's with our other devices not registering with the market properly.
It's as I suspected. I flashed my phone back to stock and I can't redownload any applications either. My whole market account got wiped somehow.
same issue here, totally different tablet BTW (samsung galaxy tab). Same thing - I wiped and flashed a ROM (ironically, same ROM!) and afterwards all my paid apps are being asked to repurchase when I hit install. Similarly in the web market it says I don't own any apps....
I am able ot restore my apps via titanium and hilariously all licence checks for programs that implement them e.g. titanium, worms etc. continue to work thank god but Goog better fix this sh-t real quick. I have >50 paid apps so this is really really bugging me out (plus now I'm afraid to do any more flashing/tweaking)
Do you have the backup, OP?
If so, just run it instead of redownload from Play
Sure you used the same google account?
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How do I remove my Google account?

Hello XDA Community,
My coworker recently bought the Amazon Fire 7th Generation and ask if I could hook it up for her. So I downloaded and logged into Google Playstore so she could have certain apps ready. I find out that I can't deregister my google account without root. Because apparently there is no root for this version yet. I looked almost everywhere for answers like deleting /data/system/users/0/accounts.db I do not see this file because I there is no root access available. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you all in advance.
1. Wouldn't the apps installed via playstore be gone once you disconnect the account?
2. Change your Google password - that would render the account installed useless.
3. Last time I looked into a stock Fire7, it had "Accounts" in Settings...

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