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Hey guys I am having a.guy on here ship me his nook color after a deal we made so I will root and dual boot android.is it like just flashing normal roms which I have done on my og droid and my fascinate
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Not trying to steal ur thread but would also like some info are custom roms installable on the actual nook itself or do u boot them just from the SD
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You can run ROMs from either the SD, or from internal...
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HI,
A very quick summary to get you started:
The Nook color will boot first from a bootable external uSD card - so it can
be easier to 'try out' different ROMs without worrying about bricking the
device.
The internal flash memory is called 'emmc'.
You can root the stock ROMs, either the 1.01 or the 1.1 versions both are
based on Android 2.1, Eclair. You get Android market access this way and
can continue to use the stock Nook eBook app. There are rumors that
a version of Android 2.2, Froyo, with a B&N market is soon to be available.
Android 2.2, Froyo is available by ROM developers for installing on either
the internal memory or to run from external uSD cards. See for example
Nookie Froyo 6.8 in the developer section.
Android 2.3, GingerBread, is available as a pre-release from the
developers of CyanogenMOD ROMS, it is called CyanogenMOD7. They
release a new version almost every night, termed 'nightlies'. There is
a version for internal emmc or from someone else to run on uSD.
Current (3/23) versions have low frame rate hardware codec video
playback, but seem very stable otherwise. Phiremod makes a ROM
based on CM7.
Android 3.0, HoneyComb, has a very early release, based on
SDK version, not full source code.
To dual boot, see the thread in the developers section.
To overclock, see Dalingrin's kernels in the developer section.
To install new kernels and ROMs, see the ClockworkMOD (CWM) recovery thread
in the developer section.
Running a ROM from uSD can be as easy as downloading an image file,
on a PC, burning the image to uSD with "win32diskimager", then booting the
NC with the uSD inserted!
I am running CM7 nightlies and update when there are significant changes
or perhaps weekly - everything I have wanted to do has been working well.
Phiremod 5.1, based on CM7 is another good place to start.
As the NC has only one bottom button, you will also need some type
of on screen button system or button remapping to the volume buttons.
Most ROMs have something in them. I have liked Button Savior from the
market best.
Some other links:
http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
Long CM7 install description: (slightly dated now)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11535969&postcount=151
Hope this helps.
Peter

peter thank you once i receive it i will get started on rooting and if i have any questions may i pm u also is therea freenode chanel?

CM7 Build

Hi all,
What CM7 builds do you use on internal?
How is HC?
Which has more working?

Usually the ROMs that are packaged as a .zip you flash in clockwork mod and other roms would be in a different file type (.tar, .img, xxx.gz, etc) for loading onto an microSD card. (let me know if you need help with either)
Phiremod Nook v5.2 (Runs Gingerbread, 2.3.3) is a great rom built off the Cyanogenmod Nightly 32 (latest nightly as of right now) that includes new features such as an OC kernel and new animations.
Here are the Cyanogenmod Nightlies, the latest nightlies are posted there (don't forget to get GAPPS!)
There are some roms that you can run off of the SD card, while I haven't run a ROM off the SD card personally, I have heard against it as it apparently makes the device very slow as the system is bottlenecked constantly by the SD card during read and writes.
As for honeycomb, Google has NOT released the source publicly YET. The ROMs currently available (I believe) are built off the code from the emulator, resulting in slow performance and extra drawbacks (In fact, here is a list of issues from a popular Honeycomb rom...)
Issues:
- Many apps don't work.
- Talk may disconnect sometimes, you'll have to make sure you time settings are correct (don't use automatic setting). You can also try changing time, Force close Talk and launch it again. Sorry for this..
- Location won't work. This is a preview, supposed to be working on a Virtual emulator. Only Mock locations work. If you're adventurous, try enabling mock locations in settings, installing 'Android developer shell' on NC, enabling telnet server in app, and using:
- geo gpsSpoofer start
- geo gpsSpoofer fix [latitude] [longitude]
(geo -help if you have trouble with commands.)
You'll have a working spoofed location. Reboot will erase it..
- Other issues, I'll update if required. I've struggled to get other apps working. But without HC's source, it's pretty much impossible..
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This rom (titled by the topic title as "CM7 with Honeycomb features", has lots of potentially great (haven't seen it myself, I'm sure they have done/are doing an amazing job ) work done by samuelhalff and mad-murdock) looks incredibly promising, it's being fixed up and finalized for a major release very soon. As some apps do not work with Honeycomb for the Nook Color, this should be THE rom as it will have the compatibility and speed of Gingerbread with much needed benefits from Honeycomb. I, and surely many others, will definitely be switching to this rom upon release.
(Someone please correct me if anything I said is incorrect, thank you!)

ateld said:
Usually the ROMs that are packaged as a .zip you flash in clockwork mod and other roms would be in a different file type (.tar, .img, xxx.gz, etc) for loading onto an microSD card. (let me know if you need help with either)
Phiremod Nook v5.2 (Runs Gingerbread, 2.3.3) is a great rom built off the Cyanogenmod Nightly 32 (latest nightly as of right now) that includes new features such as an OC kernel and new animations.
Here are the Cyanogenmod Nightlies, the latest nightlies are posted there (don't forget to get GAPPS!)
There are some roms that you can run off of the SD card, while I haven't run a ROM off the SD card personally, I have heard against it as it apparently makes the device very slow as the system is bottlenecked constantly by the SD card during read and writes.
As for honeycomb, Google has NOT released the source publicly YET. The ROMs currently available (I believe) are built off the code from the emulator, resulting in slow performance and extra drawbacks (In fact, here is a list of issues from a popular Honeycomb rom...)
This rom (titled by the topic title as "CM7 with Honeycomb features", has lots of potentially great (haven't seen it myself, I'm sure they have done/are doing an amazing job ) work done by samuelhalff and mad-murdock) looks incredibly promising, it's being fixed up and finalized for a major release very soon. As some apps do not work with Honeycomb for the Nook Color, this should be THE rom as it will have the compatibility and speed of Gingerbread with much needed benefits from Honeycomb. I, and surely many others, will definitely be switching to this rom upon release.
(Someone please correct me if anything I said is incorrect, thank you!)
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thanks. I will just ticket with homey cm7 extras for now

ateld said:
Usually the ROMs that are packaged as a .zip you flash in clockwork mod and other roms would be in a different file type (.tar, .img, xxx.gz, etc) for loading onto an microSD card. (let me know if you need help with either)
Phiremod Nook v5.2 (Runs Gingerbread, 2.3.3) is a great rom built off the Cyanogenmod Nightly 32 (latest nightly as of right now) that includes new features such as an OC kernel and new animations.
Here are the Cyanogenmod Nightlies, the latest nightlies are posted there (don't forget to get GAPPS!)
There are some roms that you can run off of the SD card, while I haven't run a ROM off the SD card personally, I have heard against it as it apparently makes the device very slow as the system is bottlenecked constantly by the SD card during read and writes.
As for honeycomb, Google has NOT released the source publicly YET. The ROMs currently available (I believe) are built off the code from the emulator, resulting in slow performance and extra drawbacks (In fact, here is a list of issues from a popular Honeycomb rom...)
This rom (titled by the topic title as "CM7 with Honeycomb features", has lots of potentially great (haven't seen it myself, I'm sure they have done/are doing an amazing job ) work done by samuelhalff and mad-murdock) looks incredibly promising, it's being fixed up and finalized for a major release very soon. As some apps do not work with Honeycomb for the Nook Color, this should be THE rom as it will have the compatibility and speed of Gingerbread with much needed benefits from Honeycomb. I, and surely many others, will definitely be switching to this rom upon release.
(Someone please correct me if anything I said is incorrect, thank you!)
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Thanks for this. I've had my Nook rooted for awhile, but just this week decided to try some other ROMs. I never tried Phiremod, but the CM7 with Honeycomb features is great. I had tried Honeycomb and really liked it, but the features in CM7 are better overall (especially flash and video playback).

[Q] Running latest Honeycomb from SD

Hi,
Is there a way to run and test the latest HC-build on a SD-card? Haven't found a thread about it, but some dual-boot solutions etc suggest it would be possible...
Have a nice CM7.02installatiod on my NC now that I don't wanna mess up (again)...

Uhm... anyone?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998861
racks is out of town so i think it will be a bit before rc4 is updated, but it is the newer hc build on the newer sdk it's just RC3.
also I believe people are waiting on a few more fixes for these build's that based on deeper_blue's work.

Need some advice Nooksters.

So I bought my gf a nook. I am in a weird dilemma on what to install. She wants to do it on her own and finds the default OS on it boring. She needed a tablet. I installed Nookie Froyo which boots from the SD card. I think that may slow down the OS. So heres a quesition break down.
Whats the most reliable ROM? (I think FroYo will be a good OS choice)
What method should I use? Should I make her dual boot?
And anyone wanna warn me about some things?
Shes gonna be doing it all herself while I guide her. And I aint a newbie. Have an Archos 101 and I hang out in the Gen8 forums. Hi tho

Use CM7. It is the best rom out there by far.
If she doesn't like the stock rom then i wouldn't bother with a dual boot.
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SilentRazor said:
So I bought my gf a nook. I am in a weird dilemma on what to install. She wants to do it on her own and finds the default OS on it boring. She needed a tablet. I installed Nookie Froyo which boots from the SD card. I think that may slow down the OS. So heres a quesition break down.
Whats the most reliable ROM? (I think FroYo will be a good OS choice)
What method should I use? Should I make her dual boot?
And anyone wanna warn me about some things?
Shes gonna be doing it all herself while I guide her. And I aint a newbie. Have an Archos 101 and I hang out in the Gen8 forums. Hi tho
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Someone else may be able to give you more information about the Froyo ROMs available for the nook color.. I personally don't have any experience with them so I can't really contrast the difference between it and the other AOSP ROMS available.
I've had the best experience with the CM7 Gingerbread Roms for the nook color. I'm currently running the 147 Nightly build and I've had no issues with it thus far.
The reason I decided on CM7 over the other available roms mainly stems from the community based around that rom for the nook color. They are actively putting out nightly builds with fixes every few days. As you can see by there nightly repo here http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore CM7 is a very snappy rom with bluetooth support as well as usb device support in the works as well, I'd recommend you go with it.
As for method I personally just put it on the device itself. Running roms from a MicroSD card tends to be more of a hassle than its worth in my opinion. You've gotta make sure your MicroSD card has a high data rate or your system will be noticeably slowed down. The only time I'd recommend that is if you absolutely love the default nook interface. But from what you stated it seems like she doesn't even care for it.
I don't really have any warnings aside from following directions while rooting. Although if you've already rooted the stock rom via a MicroSD in CWR you can backup your stock, wipe cache/partition and install CM7 and gapps and be good to go. If you do go that route and install the rom to the nook itself make sure you update Rom Manager once your in CM7, you can then flash cwr to the nook so you don't have to have it on a MicroSD every time you want to update your rom.

CM7 it is. Thanks guys. Now I gotta make a step by step guide

Step by Step : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11452450&postcount=19
NOTE: Skip Step 6 on new nightlies

You might want to hold off for a couple of days. Looks like the next nightly (150?) will have an updated kernel.

w8wca said:
Step by Step : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11452450&postcount=19
NOTE: Skip Step 6 on new nightlies
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Thanks, I figured.
patruns said:
You might want to hold off for a couple of days. Looks like the next nightly (150?) will have an updated kernel.
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I doubt she can wait lol
Thank you all for the answers. I got CM7 installed on it =]

Give miui a try, I ran the cm7 nightlies for a couple months and all in its a great rom after you make a few tweaks most importantly to me the LCD density.
Once I saw that miui was released for the nook color I tried it out and don't think ill go back to cm7. Its actually based off the cm7 nightlies but the whole ui is modified and think its alot easier to use for someone that is familiar with android a whole lot.
I could go on but do yourself a favor and give it a try.
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I have tried almost every ROM for the NC. I would go with CM7, or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947071, which has been just as stable for me. If you like the Honeycomb interface, use that.

+1 for CM7... fan-freakin-tastic. Use the "Size-Agnostic..." steps to install to an SD card. There's another sticky for installing to emmc (internal memory). The SD path is nice because you can take the card out and reboot to stock, but I found emmc way more stable personally, plus you don't have to worry about having a bad sd card, etc.

CM7 for sure. Real nice, fast, and stable.

I personally use cm7, but you might want to try miui for her.
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SCrid2000 said:
I personally use cm7, but you might want to try miui for her.
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Without dragging this out too much, what are the specific benefits of miui. Or better yet, what does it give you that you cannot get with the regular CM7 and some tweaks?

patruns said:
Without dragging this out too much, what are the specific benefits of miui. Or better yet, what does it give you that you cannot get with the regular CM7 and some tweaks?
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It's a different design, very iOS-esque.
Like I said, I myself prefer CM7, but since you're setting it up for her I figured she might like somthing that's a little simpler.
Just try it, not like it's hard to flash a rom lol

miui??
. found info on it.

Phiremod 6.3 seems the most reliable on my nook.

shutyourface said:
Phiremod 6.3 seems the most reliable on my nook.
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Phiemod is just a themed outdated version of CM7.
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[Q] Cyanogenmod sdcard vs native version?

I am wondering the pros and cons of using the version of cyanogenmod that runs from the sdcard vs the version that completely replaces the normal rom.
I suppose the sdcard version would be a lot simpler to keep updated with new versions and stuff.
I'm not planning on buying anything from B&N store on the nook, so I don't believe I need to keep the stock rom around for any reason. I just got my nook yesterday though, so I'm not sure if there is any other benefits to using the stock rom.
How is the performance of the SD card version? I would assume it boots slower than a native rom. And how is the normal performance after booting? Does anyone have any benchmarks on the differences?
Any other things I should consider?

Native install is much better, faster, more stable and easier to update.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

I run one ROM on internal and have SD version as a backup and in case I break something.
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Would be nice to see a BMM implementation on this device. I have 3 systems on my phone, and I love it.