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[Q] New User Help\Guide\StepByStep

Ok, here's the deal.
Fiancee got me a NC for my birthday because she read that it can be rooted and made into a formidable tablet. I agree with her and am stoked.
I don't have any dev experience, but I'm very familiar with rooting and flashing ROMs to our EVO 4Gs.
However, after reading through the developmental forum, I'm confused as to what steps I need to follow to turn my NC into a CM7 tablet.
Do I run autonooter? (The B&N store updated my NC to the 1.1.0 software yesterday in-store) Which one? Do I run it first?
After that, how do I flash CM7? Is there a more stable system\ROM\build?
With dealing with SD cards, I know this will be a bit against the grain for me because Rooting\Flashing the EVO is so easy and simple.
Any and all help will be appreciated.
(Side note question: Has anyone used a Steinheil Screen Protector on their nook? I see that SGP makes one for the Galaxy Tab, which has similar dimensions as the NC. Anyone?)

This seems like easiest to follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9816724&postcount=64

kapurcell said:
This seems like easiest to follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9816724&postcount=64
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Awesome.
So that "roots" the nook, like SimpleRoot does to my EVO?
And then I go through the process in the CM7 Phiremod post in the Dev forum?
Also - should I go buy a second MicroSD card to use, leaving the current one in the nook as a clean backup?

It's useful to have multiple microSD. I have a couple 2GB microSD for nootering and flashing new rom. I use a 16GB for main use as backup and data storage.
If you're new to Android, I recommend just nootering your stock 1.1 NC because it's most stable. Froyo, Honeycomb, and Gingerbread built are still in development and are being tested.
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I'm not new to Android, as I've been using various CyanogenMod and MIUI builds on my EVO since I bought it last year.
What I am new to is the use of SD cards for flashing. That's where I'm a bit shaky on the steps.

Before you can get a good answer we need more infromation.
1) do you care about the B&N stuff that your Nook came with?
2) what is your goal?
a) e-reader that can do tablet functions
b) Tablet that can do e-reader functions
Do you want to run the alt OS from the SDcard or from the flash memory?
So far there are 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 3.0 ROMS for the Nook. Where do you want to be?

painter_ said:
Before you can get a good answer we need more infromation.
1) do you care about the B&N stuff that your Nook came with? - Not really. As long as I have a way to read books that I get off demonoid.
2) what is your goal?
a) e-reader that can do tablet functions
b) Tablet that can do e-reader functions Preferably this.
Do you want to run the alt OS from the SDcard or from the flash memory?
So far there are 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 3.0 ROMS for the Nook. Where do you want to be?Are there advantages\disadvantages? Which is the most stable solution to rooting\flashing? I have CM7 on my EVO now, though I'll probably be switching over to the latest MIUI later tonight. I wouldn't mind something similar to CM7 on my NC.
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Does the above help at all?

Bump for some help. Thanks guys.

I've only been a NC owner for a week. From my experience, you need to play a bit. Usual disclaimers apply:
1. spend time playing with the default B&N config. Enjoy. Ok, for me that got boring after about 1 hour.
2. Autonooter 3.0 (since you are on 1.1.0). Then just play with your rooted NC. Enjoy. I was amazed at what this little guy could do after only a root. Test a bunch of apps. Read a bunch on this website. Test more apps that you read about. Try different backup software. Get comfortable with Eclair. Run Quadrant. Enjoy.
3. Dahlingren's OC kernel. Make sure you get the Eclair kernel. I installed the 1100 MHz one, and monitored for overheating and random reboots/force closes etc. This one worked well for me, and amazed me again at how much faster it was (run Quadrant again). Get comfortable with the procedure to flash a rom with CWR. Enjoy.
4. CM7 with OC kernel. Play, test, enjoy. If the current bugs are deal breakers, revert back to Eclair, or try Froyo or some other flavour. Enjoy.
It seems to be darn near impossible to brick this guy, so I haven't worried too much. Worst case scenario is I have a $250 paper weight, but the best case has been worth the risk to me.
Enjoy.

HCv4 or CM7??

just currious what folks who have run both think? which one performs better?

At this moment Cm7 off course. If we get an official fully working Honeycomb then off course Honeycomb.

CM7, easily.
The HC ROM is cool, but isn't from source. CM7 is your best bet for everyday use.

CM7 is working great as long as you don't use the built in video/music player(codec problems, rock player is a fix).
Full market access isn't working either and some apps too(pandora).
Flash websites work great and the rom itself is very smooth.

HCv4
For everything other than video (which doesn't work stock in CM7 either) I use the Honeycomb emmc install.
HC is fast and stable for general web browsing.
This is just my .02
Dan

Like everyone says CM7 is much more stable, and because of the nightlies we are likely to see most of the major issues resolved within a week, however once HC goes AOSP its a totally different ball game, for now CM7 is your best bet.

Admiral Shovel said:
Like everyone says CM7 is much more stable, and because of the nightlies we are likely to see most of the major issues resolved within a week, however once HC goes AOSP its a totally different ball game, for now CM7 is your best bet.
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CM have had Gingerbread for long enough to know how to tweak it, I'd expect it to take a while for Honeycomb to get up to the same level.

Any word on if there will be a version of CM7 that we can boot off the SDCard? Would be great for those who just want to check it out before flashing.

Another vote for CM7 or some type of froyo. HC ran waaaaaay to slow for me. Even non-technically savvy people were like "man, isn't that really slow..?"

bjitty said:
Any word on if there will be a version of CM7 that we can boot off the SDCard? Would be great for those who just want to check it out before flashing.
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I seriously doubt it. CM, as far as I know, is strictly off the emmc.

There probably won't ever be a CM7 from the nightly builds that you could write to a bootable uSD but it certainly should be possible to create one. It is even mentioned in the FAQ from the [USER] CM7 General Discussion thread.
Q: IS THERE AN SD-ONLY "BOOTABLE" VERSION?
Not from the nighty builds. However-- should someone want to create such a bootable SD-- (warning: Slightly technical answer all it would take to create one is a new uRamdisk file with the partitions in init.encore.rc pointing to the correct partitions on the SD card.
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I'd try creating one myself but I have too many projects going on and trying CM7 isn't really high on my list.

For right now, CM7 is fine. Once someone from this great community ports over the "real" HC, then I will be 3.0!!! Everything else will be obsolete!!!

byproxy said:
just currious what folks who have run both think? which one performs better?
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well my HC setup is about 95% complete(i have just a few market apps not showing up but its no bother) and a side from no HQ youtube and flash(which i can wait the xoom wont have flash support on release as well) it runs smooth off the emmc and its really stable so i recommend honeycomb

I have been running HC4 since it came out and love it. Quad scores of 1700. Same probs as other ROMs with no Flash and no HQ YouTube, but very stable. I haven't tried CM7 and prob wont just because I am at a good place witty my NC on HC. Can't wait for AOSP version! I don't think u can go wrong with either one, tho.
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I have spent the past couple days trying out all the available rom's that are in the dev section. I have tried HCv4, Froyo, CM7 and Stock.
I really liked honeycomb the best but for some reason a few apps I need were force closing on me, namely IMDB and Aldiko(yes I still use my nook primarily as a reading device.) I didn't spend too much time trying to figure out why they were closing, if anyone has an answer to that it would be appreciated as I will reinstall honeycomb in a heartbeat. At this point hopefully it won't be long until we see a new version based on the SDK so might be prudent to wait for that. I didn't run v4 long enough to judge battery usage so can't comment.
Next up CM7, I liked this rom as well but found it had high battery drain which kind of irked me a little, I guess not a huge deal but was annoying. I believe it is something to do with not going fully asleep from what I learned but reading through the threads, I am sure this will be worked out soon and this will be a viable option.
Next was latest version of the customized Froyo. This is another nice rom which I am currently testing out on my NC. All apps I have tried seem to work fine so far. It was a little tricky getting market working on the newest version. I think the problem is the newest version uses EXT4 for system/data but still wants to use EXT3 for cache and this seems to cause some initial issues. I think it could be resolved just by changing the cache mount command at startup to mount as EXT4, maybe this will be sorted in the next release. Other than that so far so good. Also I haven't been running it long enough to gauge battery usage yet. Also does anyone know if you can remove the softkeys app? Uninstall is greyed out for that app for some reason. I remapped my hardware volume keys to menu/back so I don't really need softkeys any more.
Lastly the stock rooted 1.1. I ran this for about a week(I have only had my NC for a little over a week). I liked the stock but found I didn't use the B&N factory apps much if at all so figured I may as well try some of the other versions out and this is what lead me on the adventure above. Battery usage seemed great on the stock 1.1 root. It would easily last me a 2-3 days with normal usage for me which includes a couple hours of reading during my commute to work and a little web surfing and such in the evening and possibly throughout the day at work.
For now I am going to run Froyo for a few days to see how I like it. If an SDK based Honeycomb comes out I will definitely try that and once the bugs are worked out in CM7 I may try it again as well.
Kevin

I'm running CM7, I'd love it if I could get Youtube to work period. It would be nice if I could get apps to stop force closing on me all the time too. Once these issues can be fixed I'll love me some CM7.

Another vote here for CM7 on the SD card. I'm not yet completely comfortable with flashing my ROM on the Nook just yet and I like trying out different builds till I find the one I really want to stick with.
CM7 sounds pretty impressive though, I'll admit.

I can see that CM7 has a clear majority of votes...but HCv4 has work flawlessly for me. I run the 1.1 OC'd kernel, and it is very fast and very stable.
I suspect it depends on what apps you like to run, and while I have installed quite a few from the market, I spend most of my "nook time" using it as a reader. I use the B&N reader. Kindel and Aldiko, and all three work perfectly for me.
Having said that, I also understand that not everyone has had as satisfactory an experience as I have. While it was not all that hard to get up and running, it was also not a simple "press the button" install. I used the first version of the flashable eMMC package that samuelhalff put together a couple of weeks back, and "way back then" there were a number of small tweaks needed to get things like ADHOC wireless & Market running.

DeadlyDa said:
I can see that CM7 has a clear majority of votes...but HCv4 has work flawlessly for me. I run the 1.1 OC'd kernel, and it is very fast and very stable.
I suspect it depends on what apps you like to run, and while I have installed quite a few from the market, I spend most of my "nook time" using it as a reader. I use the B&N reader. Kindel and Aldiko, and all three work perfectly for me.
Having said that, I also understand that not everyone has had as satisfactory an experience as I have. While it was not all that hard to get up and running, it was also not a simple "press the button" install. I used the first version of the flashable eMMC package that samuelhalff put together a couple of weeks back, and "way back then" there were a number of small tweaks needed to get things like ADHOC wireless & Market running.
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Hmmm I tried out HCv4 last evening and had trouble with Aldiko force closing on me pretty much as soon as it started up. I got the Aldiko 2.0 logo and then it would FC. I tried both the Free and Paid versions. Did you have to do anything special to get it to work?? I also had the same trouble with the IMDB app. I would go back to HC in a heartbeat if I could get Aldiko working properly. I also use my NC primarily as a reader so Aldiko is very important.
Thanks.
Kevin

Nook Color ROM questions.

Im not new to loading ROM's for Android devices. I have an HD2 and have loaded about 50 ROMS on it in the last year I have had it! Recently, I got my wife a NC, and want to play around a little bit.
The big issue is this. My wife HATES my HD2 simply because every time she picks it up, its a new ROM! She really LOVES the NC, so there is no way she is going to let me really mod the thing like my phone.
There are a few small issues with the stock ROM, and I have been reading the post's for a few weeks now to see if there is something that fits what im looking for, but there are so many post's its really hard to dig even using the search! So please bare with me for asking questions im sure have been asked many many times.
#1, is there a ROM that will still run B&N books? Or will I just have to stick with stock ROM for that?
#2, can the stock rom be overclocked of the above is true? One of the biggest gripes is youtube playback. Will the OC help that?
#3, Has anyone gotten the Netflix player to play on a stock rooted NC?
Basically I want to let her watch Netflix on the NC and punch up the performance a little, and still keep the B&N software useable.
Any help would be great!

Gibbage said:
Im not new to loading ROM's for Android devices. I have an HD2 and have loaded about 50 ROMS on it in the last year I have had it! Recently, I got my wife a NC, and want to play around a little bit.
The big issue is this. My wife HATES my HD2 simply because every time she picks it up, its a new ROM! She really LOVES the NC, so there is no way she is going to let me really mod the thing like my phone.
There are a few small issues with the stock ROM, and I have been reading the post's for a few weeks now to see if there is something that fits what im looking for, but there are so many post's its really hard to dig even using the search! So please bare with me for asking questions im sure have been asked many many times.
#1, is there a ROM that will still run B&N books? Or will I just have to stick with stock ROM for that?
#2, can the stock rom be overclocked of the above is true? One of the biggest gripes is youtube playback. Will the OC help that?
#3, Has anyone gotten the Netflix player to play on a stock rooted NC?
Basically I want to let her watch Netflix on the NC and punch up the performance a little, and still keep the B&N software useable.
Any help would be great!
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1. FroYo and CM7 will run B&N books through the B&N Nook App. Children's books ("Read to me") are stock only (Android 2.1 Eclar).
3. Not sure about stock NC but CM7 works beautifully http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13737296#post13737296

Paul22000 said:
1. FroYo and CM7 will run B&N books through the B&N Nook App. Children's books ("Read to me") are stock only (Android 2.1 Eclar).
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Actually the latest stock upgrade puts it up to 2.2 - stock 1.1 and below were eclair. The books still work fine after rooting too.
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Can Nook run android apps with the stock nook ui? Not rooted or anything straight out the box?

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Can Nook run android apps with the stock nook ui? Not rooted or anything straight out the box?
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Stock is still Android - the angry birds that b&n sells is Android. But without rooting you can only get whatever b&n sells you.
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#1. Also The stock nook color reader app can only be run on a rooted stock device. I am pretty sure no roms at all support it. ( I don't know why there is no froyo rom that is based on the stock build maybe it is not possible) The BN app in the market is a fairly different reading experience.
#2. stock rom can be overclocked just fine, You can find Kernels Here. I run 1.1Gz some times no problems, 1.2 was too much for my device. Usually though I leave the clock down at 800-900 because the boost is not needed. Also, Youtube works beautifully on my rooted 1.2 right now ( I dont remember if the last time i was watching youtube i was overclocked or not)
#3. I am one of the last people in the universe to not have netflix so can't really try this out.
If CM7 still has sleep issues stock will get better sleep battery life by about 10x so your wife wont have to live next to a power outlet.
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Can Nook run android apps with the stock nook ui? Not rooted or anything straight out the box?
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For pure stock nook colors, Barnes and Noble has their own app store with just under 150 apps I think. Only a small selection of them are free because no ads are allowed. They do have pulse reader though, which is mine and a lot of peoples favorite news aggregator.

Just Install CM7 to a MicroSD. That way whenever your Wife uses the Nook it's Normal Stock, which she's probably fine with, but when you use the Nook you can Pop the Card in and it'll boot into CM7 instead allowing you to do anything you want. When your Wife wants to use the Nook just turn it off and take out the Card, turn it back on and it'll boot to Stock again.
I recommend this Thread for Installing CM7 to MicroSD:
[ROM][CM7] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater
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ManualNooter

I love this! I listened to all the "experts" on he board and ran CM7 on the SD since getting my Nook. I couldn't run it EMMC because I have to have NC Stock to read my books(my young daughter loves the interactive ones). I hated CM7! Not the OS itself just the fact that A: it saw sluggish and frustrating to use and B: my battery went down faster than Paris Hilton at Bike Week. The first I can see was simply a result of running an OS from the SD card, can't be avoided. The other, well, I guess full blown android just takes more battery. So for months I have barely used it as anything but a reader at all.
Then last week I decided to try ManualNooter just to see what all the fuss was about. WOW what a difference! THIS Is what I should have been using all along. I can run any app, use any launcher, use the OC/UN Kernal, and still get great battery life and do all of this from the on board memory without being tied to an SD card and I still get to use all my books. Perfect!
So for any of you who find tourself hating your grindy, sluggish SD card CM7, give this a try! You don't even have to wipe your data, it's painless and easy! Thanks whoever developed this thing!
Note this is not a bash on CM which in itself is a great OS i just think it's crap running from an SD or at least it was for me! But i loved it when it wasn't driving me to drinking and making me punch things.

I think if you had tried one of the recent nightly's you would have liked CM7 better - battery life to me seems about the same as stock. The quality of your SD card makes a huge difference on running CM7 from it. Basically if your SD card is Sandisk then it will run fairly well, if other brand then will be laggy. Most manufacturers work on fast large write speed, but Sandisk has fast small write speed which is what you need to run an OS from it.
Having said all that, manual Nooter is nice, I just prefer CM7, but I don't need the interactive books.

You fail to mention what brand your sd card and what version of cm7 you were using. Sandisk + latest nightly should fix your problems.
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You fail to mention what brand your sd card and what version of cm7 you were using. Sandisk + latest nightly should fix your problems.
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I was using my original SD from my Evo if that helps. Didn't look at the brand. It shipped with my Evo, which was bought in Jan of this year if that helps.
edit: Just had a look it's a Samsung 8gb that came with the Evo. And I was using the latest stable.
In the end, I fail to see how CM7 is better than what I have now. Maybe that's just my ignorance but Im not seeing the advantage. So far I haven't found anything that CM7 will do that Nook Stock rooted isn't. Can you mention a few things? I'd be interested to know, but as it stands everything works even Netflix, so for now at least I'm good. Haven't noticed anything not working.

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I was using my original SD from my Evo if that helps. Didn't look at the brand. It shipped with my Evo, which was bought in Jan of this year if that helps.
edit: Just had a look it's a Samsung 8gb that came with the Evo. And I was using the latest stable.
In the end, I fail to see how CM7 is better than what I have now. Maybe that's just my ignorance but Im not seeing the advantage. So far I haven't found anything that CM7 will do that Nook Stock rooted isn't. Can you mention a few things? I'd be interested to know, but as it stands everything works even Netflix, so for now at least I'm good. Haven't noticed anything not working.
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Better performance, tablet optimized full android experience, gingerbread compared to froyo, i believe stock also does not have Bluetooth support, new updates nightly, list goes on for awhile but I personally have no love for stock so my opinion might be a little one-sided.
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Landara said:
I was using my original SD from my Evo if that helps. Didn't look at the brand. It shipped with my Evo, which was bought in Jan of this year if that helps.
edit: Just had a look it's a Samsung 8gb that came with the Evo. And I was using the latest stable.
In the end, I fail to see how CM7 is better than what I have now. Maybe that's just my ignorance but Im not seeing the advantage. So far I haven't found anything that CM7 will do that Nook Stock rooted isn't. Can you mention a few things? I'd be interested to know, but as it stands everything works even Netflix, so for now at least I'm good. Haven't noticed anything not working.
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I run CM7 off an SD card (sandisk class 4) and it's smooth as silk - note that the latest nightlies are light years ahead of "stable". It's just able to get more out of the nook than rooted stock is and battery life is every bit as good if not better. What can it do that stock can't? Technically probably nothing, it just does it better.
Now, having said all that, I still love rooted stock. If you want a reader on steroids, then rooted stock is fantastic - and there are still some things about the stock reader app I like better than any of the other reader apps. If you want what amounts to full function 7" tablet, then CM7 is probably better for you. It kind of depends on your tastes. I have one of each in the house and can't say anything bad about either one.

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I run CM7 off an SD card (sandisk class 4) and it's smooth as silk - note that the latest nightlies are light years ahead of "stable". It's just able to get more out of the nook than rooted stock is and battery life is every bit as good if not better. What can it do that stock can't? Technically probably nothing, it just does it better.
Now, having said all that, I still love rooted stock. If you want a reader on steroids, then rooted stock is fantastic - and there are still some things about the stock reader app I like better than any of the other reader apps. If you want what amounts to full function 7" tablet, then CM7 is probably better for you. It kind of depends on your tastes. I have one of each in the house and can't say anything bad about either one.
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Maybe I will try CM7 now again. After all I can still use the CM7 SD card concept since my rooted ROM is actually on EMMC. I never tried one of the nightlies. Maybe I should.

Landara,
I'm with you on this. I had been running CM7 and MIUI off the emmc than decided I wanted to try the stock 1.3 software. I found that really liked the clean lines and simplicity of the stock UI but missed the ability to install market apps so I kept 1.3 on the emmc and set up a CM7 sd card. Used a Patriot Class 6 card and it ran ok when I first booted up but as I added apps it slowed down to a snails pace. I decided to install ManualNooter (which does work with 1.3 for those that have wondered). This ran great! Smooth as silk with market access but I still couldn't side-load apps so I flashed MiniRooter right on top, which now enables installation of non-market apps. Overclocked to 1.2 and man....does this thing fly. In my opinion, this is the best setup for me.

tsg2513 said:
Landara,
I'm with you on this. I had been running CM7 and MIUI off the emmc than decided I wanted to try the stock 1.3 software. I found that really liked the clean lines and simplicity of the stock UI but missed the ability to install market apps so I kept 1.3 on the emmc and set up a CM7 sd card. Used a Patriot Class 6 card and it ran ok when I first booted up but as I added apps it slowed down to a snails pace. I decided to install ManualNooter (which does work with 1.3 for those that have wondered). This ran great! Smooth as silk with market access but I still couldn't side-load apps so I flashed MiniRooter right on top, which now enables installation of non-market apps. Overclocked to 1.2 and man....does this thing fly. In my opinion, this is the best setup for me.
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FYI there is an app called Nook Color Tools created here by the XDA cooks which allows you to do several good things one of which is sideload apps provided you move them to a certain folder. It also allows you to change keyboards.

tsg2513 said:
Landara,
I'm with you on this. I had been running CM7 and MIUI off the emmc than decided I wanted to try the stock 1.3 software. I found that really liked the clean lines and simplicity of the stock UI but missed the ability to install market apps so I kept 1.3 on the emmc and set up a CM7 sd card. Used a Patriot Class 6 card and it ran ok when I first booted up but as I added apps it slowed down to a snails pace. I decided to install ManualNooter (which does work with 1.3 for those that have wondered). This ran great! Smooth as silk with market access but I still couldn't side-load apps so I flashed MiniRooter right on top, which now enables installation of non-market apps. Overclocked to 1.2 and man....does this thing fly. In my opinion, this is the best setup for me.
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Manual Nooter comes with Nook Color Tools, so you can choose non market from there and side load away.
From what I've read, the only thing you can't do when you use MN on 1.3 is move apps to SD. It can cause corruption of app, but I'm sure that will be fixed soon.
I was rooted with MN 1.2 (LOVED IT), and occasionally ran cm7 nightlies off SD(Sandisk 8gb class4). Just got zapped with the 1.3 update, so I'm waiting a few days to see what happens to MN, before rerooting.
I agree with OP Manual Nooter is way better for me, battery, + Netflix, Nook Reader, and no hang.

Nook Color cm7 performance

Hi,
Im looking for a cheap tablet to gift. After considering the choices, i see nook color fits the bill...
However, i noticed people complaing about some problems like choppy youtube, sleep of death problems, etc with cm7.. I want to know how bad it really is? is it worth buying over regular tablet? Thing is I'm prepared to take a chance, but im gifting it to someone who wont update to latest ROM by himself..so i want to know if cm7 is stable on NC for regular stuff like games browsing, youtube etc...
Also how is the impact of overclocking on battery..is it able to give 6-7 hour runtime on 1.2ghz on interactive governer?

Mafioso said:
Hi,
Im looking for a cheap tablet to gift. After considering the choices, i see nook color fits the bill...
However, i noticed people complaing about some problems like choppy youtube, sleep of death problems, etc with cm7.. I want to know how bad it really is? is it worth buying over regular tablet? Thing is I'm prepared to take a chance, but im gifting it to someone who wont update to latest ROM by himself..so i want to know if cm7 is stable on NC for regular stuff like games browsing, youtube etc...
Also how is the impact of overclocking on battery..is it able to give 6-7 hour runtime on 1.2ghz on interactive governer?
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I have absolutly no problems with CM7 on the NC. I have oc'd to 1.1 and can run 9 hours with the screen on. I use it for everything, and would have no problems giving it as a gift to my gf to use as such.
Although, if you are going to give it and never update it, or be there to fix something if anything happens to have, I would buy an android tablet. Not the off name cheepy ones.
If it has to do with funds, I would choose the NC in the end.

It's a good tablet and performs quite nice on cm7. Have it clocked to 1GHz and it stays stable.
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It works fine for the most part. Some people do have trouble with sleep but not me. It does have performance problems with Flash video but I think that's due to Flash being very demanding.
YouTube works fine. Netflix does too. Those are my sources of video. Although I use my Nook mostly for web and reading.
The Nook Color is a good cheap tablet with CM7. The best part is the IPS LCD you get for this cheap price.

thanks for the feedback....NC it is then

I forgot to mention that with YouTube you need to run an older version than the one in the market. For some reason the latest version won't play HQ. Just search for YouTube 2.1.6 apk.
Or here is my backup.

Why wouldn't the person you're gifting it to ever update it?
It's pretty simple through Rom Manager, and as long as they just do it like once a week/once every other week to whichever nightly has the most stars in the list... They'd probably be alright.

Yoinx said:
Why wouldn't the person you're gifting it to ever update it?
It's pretty simple through Rom Manager, and as long as they just do it like once a week/once every other week to whichever nightly has the most stars in the list... They'd probably be alright.
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It seems pretty easy for us...but for a person who isn't technologically savvy or lacks interest in it, its a big deal...Most people are fine as long as it does basic things right and don't care much for new enhancements...

It's entirely possible to never flash again once you have a stable release running. If Android 4 works out on Nook Color maybe that will be worth upgrading too. Otherwise we are pretty much past the teething problems of getting a decent kernel for 2.3, for example. 7.1.0 is a huge improvement over 7.0.3 primarily because of the kernel improvements that arrived since May.
I suggest you explore the stock firmware too. Maybe root it so you can install the market. The stock firmware has official support and you might appreciate that.

The stock firmware has official support and you might appreciate that.
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Not once you root it. It would have to be restored to unrooted stock if any official support was needed.

swaaye said:
It's entirely possible to never flash again once you have a stable release running. If Android 4 works out on Nook Color maybe that will be worth upgrading too. Otherwise we are pretty much past the teething problems of getting a decent kernel for 2.3, for example. 7.1.0 is a huge improvement over 7.0.3 primarily because of the kernel improvements that arrived since May.
I suggest you explore the stock firmware too. Maybe root it so you can install the market. The stock firmware has official support and you might appreciate that.
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Well I have tried using the nook on stock firmware, on B&N itself...but It didn't feel very snappy as other android devices...maybe rooting helps...
But that is why I am interesting in putting cm7 on it before gifting it..
BTW have ordered the nook, its on its way..

Yea there's no doubt that Dalingrin's Nook Color kernel in CM7 is a lot nicer overall than the stock software. That's where most of the speed comes from. Although he used their code, he tweaked it and threw in some enhancements.
If you want the most speed be sure to run 16bit transparency color. You can find that in the CM7 settings under performance. It speeds up scrolling considerably.