Who in anyone’s opinion makes the best Honeycomb port for the Nook Color?
I know CM7 is out there and I use it for my phone, I think it’s awesome on my phone and will probably be great on the Nook as well.
Are their any other good ports for 2.3 or especially 3.0?
Right now, we have:
an official CM7 rom.
and HC rom from madcat & deeper blue.
I am endlessly happy that we have such awesome devs working on so few roms. I got sick of the G1 threads blowing up with roms that tended to break more things than they fixed.
Just look for the most recently updated threads in the dev section.
HC is based of sdk, btw.
ace7196 said:
Right now, we have:
an official CM7 rom.
and HC rom from madcat & deeper blue.
I am endlessly happy that we have such awesome devs working on so few roms. I got sick of the G1 threads blowing up with roms that tended to break more things than they fixed.
Just look for the most recently updated threads in the dev section.
HC is based of sdk, btw.
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Do you prefer one to the other? I was looking to install Honeycomb any advice one which one is most preferable?
IMO since BC is not officially released, you will always be dealing with a not fully ready version. The dev's are doing great work with it but it is not a daily driver unlike cm7
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Do you prefer one to the other? I was looking to install Honeycomb any advice one which one is most preferable?
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I would stick with CM7.
CM7 all the way. HC is amazing for what they have to work with, but for daily driver, cm7 is awesome. Wait for the next nightly, and all will be well
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CM7 all the way. HC is amazing for what they have to work with, but for daily driver, cm7 is awesome. Wait for the next nightly, and all will be well
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Why, what's happening in the next nightly, something new?
myers022 said:
Why, what's happening in the next nightly, something new?
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Yes do tell.
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Yes do tell.
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Yeah. Seems the more recent nightlies are having trouble with wifi. Should be fixed.
Also, so everyone is on the same page, the bootloader will be flashed as well, so that should help a lot of people out.
Also audio and video hiccups will be fixed.
It's all here. Bookmark and read along!
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=encore
I liked DB's HC version, and the version before the recent release of madcat's where the SD card stopped working personally, I couldn't get used to the softkeys from the other versions.
I'd like to echo the responses above that suggest sticking with CM7 as a daily driver for now. HC is coming along nicely, and I do install the latest on an SD card every now and then to check out the progress, but it's really not "done" enough to use every day. CM7 is. The occasional nightly hiccup aside, it's definitely feature-complete enough for daily use.
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Yeah. Seems the more recent nightlies are having trouble with wifi. Should be fixed.
Also, so everyone is on the same page, the bootloader will be flashed as well, so that should help a lot of people out.
Also audio and video hiccups will be fixed.
It's all here. Bookmark and read along!
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=encore
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so its cm_encore_full-86.zip that has all these issues fixed? thanks
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so its cm_encore_full-86.zip that has all these issues fixed? thanks
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Theoretically, yes......However it is still a "nightly" build and hasn't been labeled as stable....Some things could be fixed and other stuff could have broken in the process (don't know that's the case, just saying it's a possibilty.)
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Honeycomb SDK preview is out
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/26/android-3-0-honeycomb-sdk-preview-goes-live/
Amen to that. You know - i ahve seen other phones have semi-working rom builds created from the SDK images. I am sure its just a pip dream, but damn it would be sweet if we could be working on honeycomb now....
it's possible to extract a image, but then it would be slow as hell.
not worth the trouble porting it
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it's possible to extract a image, but then it would be slow as hell.
not worth the trouble porting it
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I dunno.. doubt it would be slower than Froyo on an SD card.
I made a zombie out of the honeycomb preview and one of the nook kernels.
Touch input doesn't work, no hardware acceleration etc.
Well then get to work dblue.....
From the nookCOLOR
If we can get the Nook Color running gingerbread that would beyond awesome, honeycomb and I might just piss myself.
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I made a zombie out of the honeycomb preview and one of the nook kernels.
Touch input doesn't work, no hardware acceleration etc.
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I love it (and thanks for trying exactly what i was thinking of)! Sure, it isn't fully working, but it provides a TON of hope that with some work, Honeycomb can be made to work.
Once the source code is on AOSP then getting working ROMs for other platforms should be much easier. I think one of the problems we might see is driver support since the underlying kernel for Honeycomb might be different.
It does indeed run very slow so far.
Touchscreen is working now. I'll try to get the graphics acceleration running over the weekend that should help with performance.
(and I think it's stupid that I can't post or reply in the development forum without having more than 10 posts.)
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It does indeed run very slow so far.
Touchscreen is working now. I'll try to get the graphics acceleration running over the weekend that should help with performance.
(and I think it's stupid that I can't post or reply in the development forum without having more than 10 posts.)
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If you get a bootable SD card out of this, you'd become a legend on these forums (At least in my eyes)
If you don't, you still get huge respect for getting this working on your device.
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(and I think it's stupid that I can't post or reply in the development forum without having more than 10 posts.)
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It is an effort to keep people from finding out about XDA on yahoo or something and then coming here and going into the dev section saying make it work for me...NOW!!
Which sadly happens a great deal. Seen it many times in my years around here.
I'm sure that you will appreciate it when you have less of that to deal with when you hit another few posts and can start your first thread in the dev section.
You obviously have something to contribute so just post replies to a few posts in the general section here and you will be on your way.
Looking forward to the work you have started!!
Agreed - please keep up your work, and hit up the dev section after 10 posts. I would LOVE to see work progress on honeycomb!
Awesome. I may be wrong but isn't this the first HC port?
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Awesome. I may be wrong but isn't this the first HC port?
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I would call it a port. but yes. first hardware to run it
Congrats! You made Engadget!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/nook-color-earns-its-very-eary-very-unofficial-android-3-0-hone/
Deeper-Blue. hit up 10 posts and start a post on the Development forum. Gived us the code u got and we can help each other
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Congrats! You made Engadget!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/28/nook-color-earns-its-very-eary-very-unofficial-android-3-0-hone/
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Job in 3, 2 , 1
Done. He is already working for an OEM
Damn, makes me regret returning my NC. Awesome job!
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Amazing. The OEM still hasn't released Froyo and there are devs working Froyo, Ubuntu, and now Honeycomb. I didn't see Gingerbread, but I bet that has been done as well! Congrats!
will we ever see a solid froyo OS, or honeycomb on the Nook? If so, when? A month, year ...... ?
Truest sign of a Newb....
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will we ever see a solid froyo OS, or honeycomb on the Nook? If so, when? A month, year ...... ?
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Truest sign of a Newb.... Asking "eta."
Sorry mate, but its quite poor manners to ask such things, especially when you're relying on others to do all the heavy lifting. What you mean by solid is "off-the-shelf quality?" Boring!!!
Not gonna find that here. What the DEVS consider solid - and 99% of us very thankful users agree with - is already here! CM7 nightlies are rock solid; HC v4 is awesome; Froyo 0.6.X is great.
You gotta jump right in and enjoy the ride. Etas are for wimps!
I suspect Froyo might be realistic. Nothing higher than that.
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Truest sign of a Newb.... Asking "eta."
Sorry mate, but its quite poor manners to ask such things, especially when you're relying on others to do all the heavy lifting. What you mean by solid is "off-the-shelf quality?" Boring!!!
Not gonna find that here. What the DEVS consider solid - and 99% of us very thankful users agree with - is already here! CM7 nightlies are rock solid; HC v4 is awesome; Froyo 0.6.X is great.
You gotta jump right in and enjoy the ride. Etas are for wimps!
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I didnt see his question that way I suppose. I thought he was asking if B&N will be releasing a froyo based update, which the answer is yes. At that point, I would imagine the dev ROMS will be much more "solid" as they'll have a better base to build off of.
My question is can we get some Roms that are not CM7 based? I guess we will have to wait until B&N puts out the 2.2 stock update.
wpnyc2009 said:
Truest sign of a Newb.... Asking "eta."
Sorry mate, but its quite poor manners to ask such things, especially when you're relying on others to do all the heavy lifting. What you mean by solid is "off-the-shelf quality?" Boring!!!
Not gonna find that here. What the DEVS consider solid - and 99% of us very thankful users agree with - is already here! CM7 nightlies are rock solid; HC v4 is awesome; Froyo 0.6.X is great.
You gotta jump right in and enjoy the ride. Etas are for wimps!
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I have to say that I'm finding nookie froyo on sd to be completely unusable. It seems like it never saves app data. I have to settings inside apps need to be changed every time I reboot. Does this not happen to you?
Rumor says that B&N will be releasing Ice Cream in April 2011. (yep, they're skipping honeycomb.)
PS - it's ready when it's ready
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I have to say that I'm finding nookie froyo on sd to be completely unusable. It seems like it never saves app data. I have to settings inside apps need to be changed every time I reboot. Does this not happen to you?
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Outside of video issues and wifi issues that the team's working on, CM7 works great. (video does work for me.. just not youtube )
-mark
I still like Phiremod beta2. Flash, you tube, market, most apps, etc all work for me.
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Outside of video issues and wifi issues that the team's working on, CM7 works great. (video does work for me.. just not youtube )
-mark
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I hope they get those worked out. Wifi problems and youtube support are big deal breakers for me. Have you tried nookie froyo? Did you have any of the app data problems I'm having?
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I have to say that I'm finding nookie froyo on sd to be completely unusable. It seems like it never saves app data. I have to settings inside apps need to be changed every time I reboot. Does this not happen to you?
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I have to say that I find Nookie Froyo on eMMC pretty solid, no problems with apps data or something like that.
Consider actually flashing something in your Nook, before complaining.
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I have to say that I find Nookie Froyo on eMMC pretty solid, no problems with apps data or something like that.
Consider actually flashing something in your Nook, before complaining.
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I was very specific in my criticism of nookie froyo on sd. That's not wildly complaining. Even if it is better on eMMC, that doesn't negate my criticism of installing it on sd.
Is Honeycomb worth flashing to NC? Running Ultimate Droid on it now.
I have no issues with UD but I am thinking about HC. But I dont wanna flash it if its gonna be laggy and unstable. Only wanna try it if their is a benefit.
Frankly, anything is better than "Ultimate droid"....
I had UD on my OG droid and now on my NC and never ever a problem with any of his work. Only on my DX i dont cause I like blur.
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Is Honeycomb worth flashing to NC? Running Ultimate Droid on it now.
I have no issues with UD but I am thinking about HC. But I dont wanna flash it if its gonna be laggy and unstable. Only wanna try it if their is a benefit.
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I have been running HC (Samuel's emmc flash V2) daily for a couple of weeks. I came from CM7 nightly. I like it because if has more of a tablet feel. It is very stable with few force closes. The stock launcher is awesome. It may be a little slower, but still nice. Matter of fact, it seems to have become more responsive as time goes by. Most of the browsers are laggy. I have found that the stock browser responds well and works best for me. Flash is still an issue. I can play some videos from some web sites, but cant from others. I use mine mainly for email, web browsing and reading. I am content to stay with it until updates come. Be informed, you will more than likely lose CWR if it is installed internally. If so, a bootable SD card will have to be burned.
If you are using Ultimate droid you should use and support CM7 since that is where he is getting the base ROM, although the developer does not give the credit to the CM developers.
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If you are using Ultimate droid you should use and support CM7 since that is where he is getting the base ROM, although the developer does not give the credit to the CM developers.
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uhhhh yeah he does....
grinch247 said:
uhhhh yeah he does....
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Yes, he gives them "credit" for "features", but doesn't say that his code base IS CM7, and that he does nothing more than mod it a bit, and charge for nightlys. UD is a complete bane to this community.
ALOT of roms for NC and phones are based off of Cm to some given extent (i know there are exceptions)...Any people who are into /flash custom roms know this. But people still get all when something is not mentioned...If its a given then does it really need repeated everytime.
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ALOT of roms for NC and phones are based off of Cm to some given extent (i know there are exceptions)...Any people who are into /flash custom roms know this. But people still get all when something is not mentioned...If its a given then does it really need repeated everytime.
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agree 100%
now to get back to what was asked in the 1st place...as far as I know/read...its still somewhat laggy/buggy....but do a back up and try for yourself
grinch247 said:
agree 100%
now to get back to what was asked in the 1st place...as far as I know/read...its still somewhat laggy/buggy....but do I back up and try for yourself
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Thanks for the input... I think I might just stay put. Working youtube and video would be nice but I dont wanna go to Froyo.
Hey guys,
I'm getting my Touchpad some time next week and I plan on setting up CM9 after I play around with WebOS for a little bit.
I guess my question here is: which nightly do you use?
I've been looking around various forums and many seem to say that 5/29 is pretty stable (as stable as Alphas are anyways...) so I'm probably going to start with that.
If any of the more recent ones are better, please let me know!
Thanks
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Hey guys,
I'm getting my Touchpad some time next week and I plan on setting up CM9 after I play around with WebOS for a little bit.
I guess my question here is: which nightly do you use?
I've been looking around various forums and many seem to say that 5/29 is pretty stable (as stable as Alphas are anyways...) so I'm probably going to start with that.
If any of the more recent ones are better, please let me know!
Thanks
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I'm using eyeballers UNOFFICIAL nightly paired with GooManager and TWRP recovery. That way I get differential updates every morning and don't have to flash gApps because it doesn't format the /system folder.
As far as stability I have concluded that's up to you and your device. If you have wifi issues its got something to do with your particular TP and your setup because the problems are not across the board or isolated to certain versions or builds. Luckily I have a glitch free device. I have no sound and speaker issues nor do I have wifi issues. Never have since I installed Android. Don't even have the charging issues a lot of folks common complain about. But the setup I mentioned at beginning is what I believe to be optimal
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As far as stability I have concluded that's up to you and your device.
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That's a bummer but I'd agree- it seems to be the case across the board.
Out of curiosity, which build of CM did you start off with initially?
Thanks for your help, Pura Vida~
davidwnbrgr said:
That's a bummer but I'd agree- it seems to be the case across the board.
Out of curiosity, which build of CM did you start off with initially?
Thanks for your help, Pura Vida~
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I started off with the official nightlies but got tired of the system partition getting formatted and having to.manually add gApps each update. The route I described eliminates that problem
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Sounds good.
And you're currently on the most recent build (6/8 as of now) with no problems?
I just don't want to start off my TP mod experience with something that is known to be faulty...
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Sounds good.
And you're currently on the most recent build (6/8 as of now) with no problems?
I just don't want to start off my TP mod experience with something that is known to be faulty...
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Zero problems
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Hey guys,
I'm getting my Touchpad some time next week and I plan on setting up CM9 after I play around with WebOS for a little bit.
I guess my question here is: which nightly do you use?
I've been looking around various forums and many seem to say that 5/29 is pretty stable (as stable as Alphas are anyways...) so I'm probably going to start with that.
If any of the more recent ones are better, please let me know!
Thanks
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I heavily recommend AOKP. But that's my personal preference. CM9 is just as stable, I just like the customization AOKP has a lot more.
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I heavily recommend AOKP. But that's my personal preference. CM9 is just as stable, I just like the customization AOKP has a lot more.
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Yeah, I've heard a lot about AOKP. I'll have to try it out with the others.
Is it hard to switch from one version of the OS to another? Do you lose any data?
been using 5/29 tenderloin, smooth as silk at least for me...
also have Goo & TWRP installed, plenty of options available.
probably will try something new soon, i'm still a green noob but i'm learning quickly.
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Yeah, I've heard a lot about AOKP. I'll have to try it out with the others.
Is it hard to switch from one version of the OS to another? Do you lose any data?
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Not at all, just make sure you back up.
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Also, here's a n00b question:
How would I check the changelog when downloading an update? Is it in the .zip?
Thanks again
Eh I got it. Thanks anyways
I just got my broken charger replaced so I haven't really been following development. Which ICS rom is best developed and gives the best performance and experience?
As far as I understand it, there is just one at the moment. This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370873
What can be confusing is that as it's still alpha, you don't see official Cyanogen nightlies for this development effort yet. However several wonderful individuals have stepped forward to fill this need for the interim.
The other choice is if you wish to have opengl rendering turned on or not.
Soon, I'm sure you'll have four choices as 3.x kernel development is going on as well, so you'll eventually need to choose between the 2.x kernel with or without opengl and 3.x kernel with or without opengl.
What fun! But all of them are excellent.
I've used the builds from here (both opengl and not) and have been quite happy.
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I've used the builds from here (both opengl and not) and have been quite happy.
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Yeah by best rom I really meant opengl vs non opengl. Which one is better?
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Yeah by best rom I really meant opengl vs non opengl. Which one is better?
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Non is more stable with snappier performance. But only plays flash with Opera Mobile.
Krylon360, with open communication from the Nook Devs, has released AOKP for the Nook Color.
It can be found here: http://goo.gl/9Z4BR
It's nice to have some more options, and that's what AOKP is all about.
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Krylon360, with open communication from the Nook Devs, has released AOKP for the Nook Color.
It can be found here: http://goo.gl/9Z4BR
It's nice to have some more options, and that's what AOKP is all about.
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Thanks! I'm gonna try this one.
thanks for posting that link 12paq, I have been waiting for AOKP for the nook. I've been running it for the last few hours and its running pretty nice. a few glitches here and there but nothing major, and I haven't noticed any major difference performance wise compared to cm9. big thanks to Krylon360.
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thanks for posting that link 12paq, I have been waiting for AOKP for the nook. I've been running it for the last few hours and its running pretty nice. a few glitches here and there but nothing major, and I haven't noticed any major difference performance wise compared to cm9. big thanks to Krylon360.
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It's a bit buggy, but so is CM9, but maybe just a bit less. I did get Hulu to play a "House" episode, Netflix is a no go. When and if the new kernel comes out then we will likely see some performance increases to CM9 based builds.
To be on topic, I'd reluctantly recommend CM7 for the best overall Nook build, even though CM9 is very functional and fun. The Nook is not my only tablet and I use it for light reading and hardcore experimenting (I am head test monkey for my dev friends of higher aptitude, lol) I always want to be on the cutting edge, however performance and options can suffer. This tablet has been a blast as well as a fantastic learning tool for me, but as a daily runner, not so much anymore.
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I second that! Cm7 is by far the most stable ROM on the nook color. Also, I have gotten used to having my "back" button on the bottom right corner that I'm not running CM9 until they can change that.
Do you use the same cm9 rom for bootable sd card as you would to flash?
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As a general rule yes... the "recovery mode" script on Verygreen's sd install will modify the way the installer script works to install correctly...
there is an exception:
Racks' tripple boot sd has to have the files modified prior to placing on SD... so it knows which to install as primary and alternate.
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I second that! Cm7 is by far the most stable ROM on the nook color. Also, I have gotten used to having my "back" button on the bottom right corner that I'm not running CM9 until they can change that.
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For me, since I dont spend so much time on games anymore, I made CM9 as my daily system. For sure it lags a bit at speed, in comparison to CM7, but other than that is perfectly fine.
i tried the AOKP version listed earlier and i agree its nicer and smoother than the CM9 thats going right now but i have noticed with both its less responsive than my CM7..
anyone else having this issue or is it just because its a working progress?
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i tried the AOKP version listed earlier and i agree its nicer and smoother than the CM9 thats going right now but i have noticed with both its less responsive than my CM7..
anyone else having this issue or is it just because its a working progress?
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snag build 40 from goo app off the store flash that...
krylon360 did some amazing work on it its fast ...
I have tried all the CM7 from the SD Card and now from the eMMC and although I love how they run, I'm very please and happy how my Nook is running with Samiam CM9 build from eMMC. I have tried eyeballer and krylon360 builds yet for some reason they both make my Nook freeze at times while with the Samiam build I don't have that problem. I have change the launcher to ADW Ex since the Trebuchet launcher do uses more RAM than ADW. I play many games, browse the internet and just about everything. I know that there's some features that are still not working but they are not so essentials for me anyway. I don't use Netflix, the Youtube HD work sometimes and sometimes it doesn't (can't explain how or why since there are reports that HD doesn't work on CM9 yet) but I can deal with that. Again, overall I'm sticking with CM9, hoping that sooner or later the will come with an official build. Thanks for all the hard work that everyone here does.
I have found krylon360's AOKP port for the Nook Color to be more responsive and smoother than the CM9 nightly builds. Being used to using AOKP on the Galaxy Nexus, it's nice to see those power features available on the Nook as well.
Definitely looking forward to krylon360's next AOKP release! :good:
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I have found krylon360's AOKP port for the Nook Color to be more responsive and smoother than the CM9 nightly builds. Being used to using AOKP on the Galaxy Nexus, it's nice to see those power features available on the Nook as well.
Definitely looking forward to krylon360's next AOKP release! :good:
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I second/third Krylon's AOKP. I' ve neen tinkering with all the ROM's and this is the best I've experienced so far
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I second/third Krylon's AOKP. I' ve neen tinkering with all the ROM's and this is the best I've experienced so far
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I'll give this a try tonight.
I've been happily running CM 7.1 for a long time, waiting for the ICS release. Got tired of waiting and installed a CM9 nightly a couple days ago. It was sluggish and many freezes resulted; not ready for prime time yet.