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[Q] Activating the Nook, while not in the US

I bought the Nook Color while visiting Boston few weeks ago and activated it in some random Apple store (free wifi!)
Now I'm wondering, if I ever need to activate it again while not in the US, are there any workarounds? or can it be activated from anywhere?

I activated mine from Hong Kong, no issues. afaik you don't have to be in the USA to activate it, the only thing about the NC is that you have to be in the States to buy books from B&N (and that is only IP-wise too) and go on Pandora.

Ypocaramel said:
I activated mine from Hong Kong, no issues. afaik you don't have to be in the USA to activate it, the only thing about the NC is that you have to be in the States to buy books from B&N (and that is only IP-wise too) and go on Pandora.
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Ok good to know
One more question, when I load my own epubs to the nook, they show up in all the right places except for the home screen, there are only the b&n books, any way to get my own epubs there?

Activated in Spain with no problems. The only issue is you can't buy anything out of USA.

Yeah it works. I still hope someone here finds a way to circumvent the activation / registration process. Nobody knows how much the nook is phoning home to B&N.
Also, some versions of the classic nook firmware forced registration like the nc, and B&N filtered non US IP addressss...
Their TOS allow them to disable your device by deactivating your account. So if our NOOKs for instance send back lists of installed apps, B&N would know that we rooted (went against their TOS) and could deregister our device ... yeah, all this might not be a big deal since accounts can be easily created again, but that again might change.

that's a great news, I order my NC today, but I live in france.

Is there a way to root before registering?

Yeah, I believe for our rooting method it doesn't matter when we do it.
Now, even if you are rooted you'd have to know which files to change so that the registration Wizard doesn't come up. Maybe you could just kill the process of the wizard via adb, but you might have to do this at every boot and maybe the wizard is part of some larger app, like the DeviceManager.apk that has to run in the background all the time.
You can test and unregister, then register again via the menus. So maybe analyzing the data partition's differences in between could help us find the important files.
On a registered device I already tested deleting /data/system/accounts.db, which caused my name etc. to disappear from he device info. Still the wizard did not come up again, and I believe there must be another place where the nook saves a account ID or at least a bit that says, "wizard is finished". I also tried to delete the data directory for the device manager. This simply caused a notification to appear at reboot, that my device has been updated. (Of course it hasn't been updated). Still no wizard to be seen and root was left untouched.

Hi
My Nook is rooted and is great. However I'm needing to deregister it so the new owner can use it.
Whats the best way to do this? I'm not 100% sure I actually have the B&N password as I'll never order from them being in the UK.
M

Why won't my purchased books won't sync last page read/bookmarks?

I've got a few purchased Nook books, and they sync perfectly between my HTC Android phone Nook app and my desktop computer Nook app, however the rooted Nook Color refuses to sync. I've tried several times, but no dice. The books show up on the Nook, but the page read just won't sync. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution short of rolling the Nook back to stock? It's kind of driving me nuts when I switch between devices. Can't find this issue mentioned anywhere else.
Love the rooted Nook besides this 1 issue.

If no one has a solution, has anyone else noticed the same problem?

I noticed this as well and just assumed that their software doesn't sync pages between devices. The Nook app on my G2 pulls down my purchases just fine, but does not remember where I leave off.
Anyone else?

My HTC MT4G definitely syncs with B&N's Nook store - last page read shows up when I open the same book on the PC Nook software - and vice versa.
B&N claims that their software syncs across all platforms. I'm thinking Rooting breaks this.

I use the nook app on epic 4g and the nook color reader (rooted) and the 2 don't sync. I would love to flash my nook color to stock and try, then try after a fresh root (since I have a few things that seem to break over time with root) but i sadly don't have enough time right now.
Also my in store wifi features don't work. Anybody here have in store working wanna check if sync also works?

[Q] Spyware?

Is it possible that in auto nooting my ver. 1.1 Nook Color that it has installed spyware?
Perhaps it is just coincidence but a week or so ago I purchased a game from the app store with my credit card on my nook color. Now this week I see a charge from an online clothing store and also someone tried to use my CC# to open an amazon account.
I canceled the card but have never had anything like that happen before.
The purchase went through google accounts.
Perhaps it is just coincidence but I don't know enough about android to see if it is contacting some external site discreetly.
Any thoughts?

[Q] Advice/pointer to noob for multiple-device best practice

After operating for years on my old Motorola Droid phone, I noticed the price on the Nook HD+, and research here showed me how easy it was to get to a clean CM Android environment, so I took the plunge.
Went through the procedure today ... Smooth as glass, 1st-time boot of my microSD, stock backup, all the installs (thanks verygreen, e.mote, and leapinlar)! Searching several forums said multiple Android devices with a common Google account was no problem, so I entered my credentials during first CM startup.
I've been running dumb and happy on the phone for so long that I didn't even think about app installs, but the store churned away and installed many of (but not all) of the apps that I have downloaded for my phone over the years.
Problem is, there are numerous apps on my phone which won't be useful (or at least useful for me) on my tablet (GPS signal strength, MyTracks, car operating expense logger, etc). I want to delete these off of my HD+, but if I do so is the next sync of my phone going to nuke them off the phone as well? Should I fall back and punt ... Use a separate Google account for the tablet?
Suggestions and/or pointers to what I should have read before I jumped into the pool much appreciated!
Thanks,
Alan

AlanRoberts said:
After operating for years on my old Motorola Droid phone, I noticed the price on the Nook HD+, and research here showed me how easy it was to get to a clean CM Android environment, so I took the plunge.
Went through the procedure today ... Smooth as glass, 1st-time boot of my microSD, stock backup, all the installs (thanks verygreen, e.mote, and leapinlar)! Searching several forums said multiple Android devices with a common Google account was no problem, so I entered my credentials during first CM startup.
I've been running dumb and happy on the phone for so long that I didn't even think about app installs, but the store churned away and installed many of (but not all) of the apps that I have downloaded for my phone over the years.
Problem is, there are numerous apps on my phone which won't be useful (or at least useful for me) on my tablet (GPS signal strength, MyTracks, car operating expense logger, etc). I want to delete these off of my HD+, but if I do so is the next sync of my phone going to nuke them off the phone as well? Should I fall back and punt ... Use a separate Google account for the tablet?
Suggestions and/or pointers to what I should have read before I jumped into the pool much appreciated!
Thanks,
Alan
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No, just configure Google to not backup your device. Then it will not restore your apps on different devices.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
No, just configure Google to not backup your device. Then it will not restore your apps on different devices.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks leapinlar. There are some items that I don't mind keeping in sync between the ancient phone and the new machine (access point definitions, contacts), but there must be some way to tell it not to backup the tablet's app configuration (I'll back it up to microSD).
Time to start climbing the learning curve!
Cheers,
Alan

[Q] "My Nook Today" Not Connecting To Wifi

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I have a Nook HD, set up for the UK, and I have set it up, added my accounts, etc. Everything is working well, except for the "Your Nook Today" screen. When I open it, it gives me the following message:
Recommendations and today's weather are waiting for you, but you need to connect to the Internet first.
SIMPLY TAP THE WIFI ICON AND CONNECT TO A NETWORK TO CONTINUE.​
The Nook is connected to my home wifi network, and I have also tried it using a portable hotspot on my mobile phone, with the same result. I purchased the original tablet on 31st August, which had this issue, and the replacement arrived today (3rd September) with the same issue.
Has anyone come across this issue before, and is there a solution for it? Nook have offered to replace it as faulty, but given that two identical devices have had the same problem, I don't think a third one would sort it out.
My home wifi is working fine, as I am using it to connect this laptop I am typing this message on. Added to which, the Nook is connected to it, and all the downloads work fine. It is connected to my email, and Google Play, etc, as well as to my Nook account.
Any ideas folks?
By the way, it is fully stock, with no root, CWM, etc.

ursulavasey said:
Hello, I hope someone can help me. I have a Nook HD, set up for the UK, and I have set it up, added my accounts, etc. Everything is working well, except for the "Your Nook Today" screen. When I open it, it gives me the following message:
Recommendations and today's weather are waiting for you, but you need to connect to the Internet first.
SIMPLY TAP THE WIFI ICON AND CONNECT TO A NETWORK TO CONTINUE.​
The Nook is connected to my home wifi network, and I have also tried it using a portable hotspot on my mobile phone, with the same result. I purchased the original tablet on 31st August, which had this issue, and the replacement arrived today (3rd September) with the same issue.
Has anyone come across this issue before, and is there a solution for it? Nook have offered to replace it as faulty, but given that two identical devices have had the same problem, I don't think a third one would sort it out.
My home wifi is working fine, as I am using it to connect this laptop I am typing this message on. Added to which, the Nook is connected to it, and all the downloads work fine. It is connected to my email, and Google Play, etc, as well as to my Nook account.
Any ideas folks?
By the way, it is fully stock, with no root, CWM, etc.
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Hi Ursula, I'm experiencing the same problem, read the responses you've had on a couple other sites, just wondered if you'd managed to get this sorted?
Stuart.

Sorry Stuart, I had my second one replaced with a third one, and that has the same problem. I contacted Nook again via their online chat, and they have acknowledged that others have this problem too. This seems to be a server problem within Nook and they are looking into it. They will get back to me when they have a solution.
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Ah, that's a pain, although good to know that they have acknowledged it and are investigating, fingers crossed it'll be up and working again soon!

I just bought the HD version yesterday and also have the same problem, so it seems a widespread issue.
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Same problem here on 1 x 16GB Nook HD and 2 x 8GB Nook HD's (bought in the UK last week).
I've emailed Nook support who suggested trying to connect to a different wi-fi network but that hasn't fixed the issue.
Don't think I'm missing much, but still irritating.

I first tried my own home router, in England and my android hotspot, also in England. Now I'm at my in-laws house in Northern Ireland, and it doesn't work here too. As you say Finster14, not a major issue, but irritating.
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Same Here With Nook HD+ UK, Says Not Connected to Wifi

fr3nlysmil3 said:
Same Here With Nook HD+ UK, Says Not Connected to Wifi
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I've just finished chatting online to Nook, as there is no call centre to ring. They are now saying that it may (only may) be fixed in a new update. However, they did not say when this update would happen, nor did they say that the next update will definitely fix it. I tried to narrow the adviser down to a guesstimate on timescales, and was told that it may be a couple of months, but they were not sure about that.
It all seems very vague. They don't know how the problem started, what the nature of the problem is, why it only affects certain Nook tablets, and how long it will take to fix it (assuming it can be fixed). My partner's Nook HD was bought before mine, and his has none of these problems. I am currently re-downloading the same firmware from the Nook site, in the vain hope that it will fix the problem. I expect it will make no difference, but I can only try, and see what happens. The link for the firmware is below, and works for both sizes of the Nook HD (the 8gb and 16gb versions). It will not work on any other Nook device, but the website has the firmwares for other devices.
http://uk.nook.com/support/nook-hd-software-updates

I got a firmware update a few days ago to version 2.2.0. I hoped this new firmware would solve the "Your Nook Today" problem; but no such luck. Nook online can offer no further help to resolve this problem, so I am no further forward.