Hey guys,
Currently running CM7 RC4 on my emmc. I was thinking about going back to the stock firmware, because I'd like to use the B&N functionality in store.
I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
I've noticed that a lot of the time they are able to keep the stock pull up menu on the bottom of the screen, with a appdrawer launcher immediately above it.
Thanks for the input!
joelszs said:
Hey guys,
Currently running CM7 RC4 on my emmc. I was thinking about going back to the stock firmware, because I'd like to use the B&N functionality in store.
I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
I've noticed that a lot of the time they are able to keep the stock pull up menu on the bottom of the screen, with a appdrawer launcher immediately above it.
Thanks for the input!
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I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
lyam23 said:
I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
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Not true. There is a thread here that shows how to do it with BN 1.1.0 and rooted with auto-nooter 3.0
Hmm...browsing the forum it appears that a lot of rooted users do indeed still have access to in store features. Therefore, my original question is still pertinent for me. But thank you for the warning, I appreciate it!
lyam23 said:
I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
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I can do everything in the store with my autonooted 3.0 Nook Color, including 1 hour in-store browsing of titles.
I've got all sorts of stuff installed on my NC, too.
joelszs said:
I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
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Pretty much. What I did is basically what's outlinked on the nookdevs site:
1) Installed custom launcher of my choice (ADW originally but switched to LP because it's so much smoother/quicker for me.)
2) Used home switcher to set soft keys as the default launcher
3) In Soft keys set it so your custom launcher is the default launcher. (I also have SK setup so one click gives me "home" and two gives me the soft keys.)
The stock pull up menu is still there and works for accessing the stock B&N stuff, but for the most part it looks and works like a normal android device.
As for the in-store stuff. It sounds like the problem is with B&N still having some issues with in-store setup to support the NC at some stores as people have also been reporting the same problems with stock non-rooted NC's.
I use Zeam, without softkeys, as the stock notification bar has all of that functionality.
Zeam is a tiny bit buggy on the NC though. Anyone know how to set a different launcher as default?
Install another home launcher and home switcher. Hit the N button and it should ask which launcher to start with. Make sure you check the box so it will set that as the default launcher and launch the one you want to be your default.
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I'm not able to post in the development forum in order to reply to the original post, so I figured I would post here.
If I use auto-nooter (NC version 1.1.0), would I be able to read my books using the stock B&N app? Or would I be forced to use the nook app from the Android Market?
I've been using Honeycomb off of my SD card, but I dont want to have to restart my NC everytime I want to check my gmail or something like that.
I want to use auto-nooter because its easy and I dont have a lot of adb experience. I was lucky to get my NC recognized on my computer via USB when installing the Android Market on Honeycomb.
Would my home screen look like the default homescreen or would it look like an android homescreen? Would all my apps, etc. be in the "extras" folder?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Yes. That is what Autonooter is designed to do. Give you root/busybox etc on the B&N stock ROM. I've used it on 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and now 1.1.0. I've loaded a different Home screen launcher (Zeam) in order to get more out of the homescreens as the stock B&N is locked for purchased media only. Zeam gives a fairly large dock to hold a bunch of apps. Otherwise opening the app drawer or "extras" after hitting the softkey should get you to the installed applications.
The stock library and reader apps work fine. As a bonus, you can add the Amazon Kindle for Android app and directly read .mobi's as well. Also means that you can use the Amazon store.
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Yes. That is what Autonooter is designed to do. Give you root/busybox etc on the B&N stock ROM. I've used it on 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and now 1.1.0. I've loaded a different Home screen launcher (Zeam) in order to get more out of the homescreens as the stock B&N is locked for purchased media only. Zeam gives a fairly large dock to hold a bunch of apps. Otherwise opening the app drawer or "extras" after hitting the softkey should get you to the installed applications.
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Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
Can you link me to the version of autonooter you used for your NC version 1.1.0? Just want to make sure I'm using the correct one.
Also, is it possible to completely unroot the NC and bring it back to full factory settings if anything ever happens?
Thanks!
Yes and yes. See the threads in the dev forum. You want AutoNooter 3.0.0
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@pman555
To restore to stock there are a couple threads that cover that with a couple different methods:
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945838
Read through each thread and figure out which one you feel more comfortable with.
AN3 link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942424
The above link is actually a re-worked AN2.X for 1.0.1 which was re-worked to work with 1.1.0. It is not an "Official" Autonooter team release. An official AN3 release is pending and when that happens you can evaluate it as you would any other piece of software.
Hope that helps!
mrapollinax said:
@pman555
To restore to stock there are a couple threads that cover that with a couple different methods:
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945838
Read through each thread and figure out which one you feel more comfortable with.
AN3 link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942424
The above link is actually a re-worked AN2.X for 1.0.1 which was re-worked to work with 1.1.0. It is not an "Official" Autonooter team release. An official AN3 release is pending and when that happens you can evaluate it as you would any other piece of software.
Hope that helps!
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Great, thanks a lot!
Another question, i just downloaded angry birds seasons. I played it but it isn't showing up in the extras.
Where would i be able to find it?
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Reboot for it to show up under Extras. Otherwise, if you're using an alternate launcher, it should show up immediately in the app drawer.
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Reboot for it to show up under Extras. Otherwise, if you're using an alternate launcher, it should show up immediately in the app drawer.
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Worked like a charm, thanks!
Now, will i have to reboot every time i DL a new app to see it in the app drawer?
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pman555 said:
Worked like a charm, thanks!
Now, will i have to reboot every time i DL a new app to see it in the app drawer?
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I suspect that it's not going to be fixed in the BN ROM until BN opens their own app store.
The default launcher sucks, anyway. LauncherPRO & ADW are available from the Market, and seem to be the most popular among NC users (from what I can tell, anyway).
This may seem odd, but I have the opposite question... Can I use the Nook app from the Market with Autonooter? I've got everything setup, and the Nook app doesn't seem to work (I wanted to use it so I could use the Nook account my wife and I share, but still have the device registered to myself). Thanks!
So my new NC is autonootered and I wanted to add an alternate launcher.
I'm used to zeam on my phone (I really like dxtop but it doesn't run well on my original Droid), so that was my first choice. It didn't show up in Market on my NC. I figured it might need at least Froyo and I'm just rooted Eclair, so I went with my second choice, GO Launcher EX.
But I see LOTS of folks running autonootered Eclaire and Zeam. Are you all sideloading it?
Zeam definitely shows up in the market for me. Can't help with why it didn't show up for you, but I did not sideload. I'm on Autonootered Stock 1.1.
adealey said:
So my new NC is autonootered and I wanted to add an alternate launcher.
I'm used to zeam on my phone (I really like dxtop but it doesn't run well on my original Droid), so that was my first choice. It didn't show up in Market on my NC. I figured it might need at least Froyo and I'm just rooted Eclair, so I went with my second choice, GO Launcher EX.
But I see LOTS of folks running autonootered Eclaire and Zeam. Are you all sideloading it?
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Zeam Launcher can be downloaded in the Android Apps and Games section of xda.
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Mystery solved.
Current Zeam in the Marketplace is Froyo or later only.
Zeam 2.8.8 or earlier will work for Eclair.
Zeam 2.8.8 apk available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=664149
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
LTLFTCer said:
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Run Home Switcher again.
Thanks, but I can't seem to do that from the stock home screen, it isn't in the apps list.
If you can get back into the market, install another launcher, or uninstall then reinstall zeam. That should reset the first home button press to select launcher.
If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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If he is on 1.2 non bn apps.do not show up in their launcher.
If you happen to have.softkeys running just get into.the setting.of softkeys and change home buttom.option
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yeah, that was what I was thinking. I tried to download softkeys last night from here, but 1.2 won't recognize the file type. Guess I will try again later.
If you can get into the Applications Settings screen, you can clear defaults on the home launcher and that should do it.
Same problem...
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
LTLFTCer said:
Hey everyone, hope to get some help here. I put 1.2 ont he wifes Nook the other day, then last night decided to go ahead and root it. However, using Home Switcher, I accidentally set Home a default instead of Zeam.
I can't seem to find a simple process to clear that default setting from the Nook Home launcher. Can anyone help?
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Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
billingdl said:
Did you ever find a solution to this? I just did the same thing...and really don't want to have to start all over.
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If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
docfreed said:
If you rooted, then you should have Nook Color tools in your apps. Go to Nook Color Tools>Settings>Manage Applications and find Zeam. Then clear the defaults and back out of the application. You should be able to make a choice between "Home" and "Zeam" as your launcher when you press the Nook button.
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With the MN root for 1.2, the B&N Apps button/screen only show the B&N apps, tho... I'm hoping once 1.2 rooting is further along we'll see all of our Apps, but not at this point. I'm still hoping there is some way to do this, so I don't have to start over.
I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
jpeg42 said:
I ran into this same thing. To fix it, going through your web browser and install an APK for something launcher related. This will make android bring up the "Default Launcher" prompt the next time you press the 'N' button.
Try something like this, get back into Zeam, and uninstall it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827288
Edit: If you can browse to the Zeam, Soft Keys or Home Switcher APKs, I suppose you could reinstall and that would also bring up the prompt.
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I wasn't sure if I was going to get any ideas, so decided to go ahead and start over, so I'm back to stock now and updating to 1.2, then will be MN again. I did take a quick look at the link you provided, tho, and must not have read through it closely enough, because it didn't jump out at me what I would have done. It was a post about phones, but I assume that was okay.
When you say to go through my Web browser and install an APK. How would I have done that? Using the browser on the NC, can you install applications from market.android.com? I didn't think you could...
I'm back MN rooted now...get to reinstall all my apps and fun stuff! Boo! I won't do THAT again!
On a semi unrelated note, has anyone else noticed significant lag when panning through the app drawer using zeam? Using phiremod cm7 I switched to adw (stock) launcher and it seems so much smoother even though I'm not clocking it as fast (1.1 to 800 MHz) which I found extremely odd
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
I'm having the same problem. I mistakenly set my N button to Home and now it is as if my device is no longer rooted. With the 1.2 root, the Apps button only shows B&N apps. I hoping someone has a solution, so I don't have to start all over...
How did you get your N button to set as physical home? Are you using Soft-keys? In 1.2 so far I have not managed to engage the N button at all to go HOME. Ended up locking the Soft-key HOME icon in the Taskbar to get out of BN screen.
Easy fix, from home launcher: search, then just search for Zeam or what ever app you have installed. With search history on it could even be considered a crude app tray.
do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
Haven't experienced Zeam lag...
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For some reason ZEAM's app drawer does lag on all versions of the BN software thats rooted. It has been seen by many users here. If you try launcher pro much better app drawer and totally smooth even more than the stock app drawer that comes with android operating system. Although I beleive you cannot do specific things using launcher pro that you can do with zeam!
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I haven't experienced a lag in Zeam with rooted BN 1.2.
jsirgey said:
do a search, apps should come up in the search list and you can access the launcher from there.
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Thanks! Definitely good to know should I get in that situation zgain. So simple, but didn't occur to me.
Hello everyone. I am successfully rooted with GAPPS and everything installed. I really *really* want to use NOVA Launcher (which I have installed fine and is functioning correctly) however I cannot open the Kindle app. I know in order to use it you must update it to the latest version, which works until you reboot your kindle. I however don't want to do this. I want to keep using the 'Books' tab from the default launcher. I like everything it gives me so I really want to just stick with it. That is the only thing keeping me from making NOVA my default launcher. Is there a way I can find it and put it in nova?
Thanks! Also, as my first post, hello. I am Brandon.
Not that I know of, you have two options. Go to the kindle launcher when you want to read a book or mark the books you are currently reading as favorites. You can easily launch directly into a book from the favorites menu from nova launcher.
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suIk said:
Hello everyone. I am successfully rooted with GAPPS and everything installed. I really *really* want to use NOVA Launcher (which I have installed fine and is functioning correctly) however I cannot open the Kindle app. I know in order to use it you must update it to the latest version, which works until you reboot your kindle. I however don't want to do this. I want to keep using the 'Books' tab from the default launcher. I like everything it gives me so I really want to just stick with it. That is the only thing keeping me from making NOVA my default launcher. Is there a way I can find it and put it in nova?
Thanks! Also, as my first post, hello. I am Brandon.
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I moved the kindle app to (data apps) after reboot works fine.
The “Kindle app" from the play store? I think he wants to use the preinstalled stock kindle tab?
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suIk said:
Hello everyone. I am successfully rooted with GAPPS and everything installed. I really *really* want to use NOVA Launcher (which I have installed fine and is functioning correctly) however I cannot open the Kindle app. I know in order to use it you must update it to the latest version, which works until you reboot your kindle. I however don't want to do this. I want to keep using the 'Books' tab from the default launcher. I like everything it gives me so I really want to just stick with it. That is the only thing keeping me from making NOVA my default launcher. Is there a way I can find it and put it in nova?
Thanks! Also, as my first post, hello. I am Brandon.
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Not sure I understand why you cannot use the default launcher to open the books tab. In the app drawer open the home app. This should take you into the original amazon launcher.
I have installed version 2.1 and downloaded a few different app launchers and they all work. My problem is defining a home app icon that will take me to the B&N app launcher. In Bokbokan's HD CM10/10.1 work, he has done that and I would like to emulate the same thing. Is there a way to do that without rooting my device?
LooseGoose
loosegoose said:
I have installed version 2.1 and downloaded a few different app launchers and they all work. My problem is defining a home app icon that will take me to the B&N app launcher. In Bokbokan's HD CM10/10.1 work, he has done that and I would like to emulate the same thing. Is there a way to do that without rooting my device?
LooseGoose
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Yes there is. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and read the section on universal root, under the show content second paragraph. You do not have to be rooted to do this. You just need anycut installed. Flash my extras zip and you will get it. Anycut is not on the Play Store anymore so that is how you can get it. Some launchers, like ADW, have that feature built in and don't need anycut.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc
Go to Google Play and download a launcher switcher program. Place it on your home screen. That will allow you to choose the laucher you want to use. On the Nook HD, it should be the laucher that is named Home.
Let me know if that works for you.
thank you
Thank you leapinlar for the info. I had adw launcher installed and was eventually able to find the activity section and enabled a Home icon on the adw desktlp.