I just installed phiremod i rebooted and my nook color shows an animation with the N Color ( the word color moving colors) and an android in the right with the word nook color devs.
I already there more than 10 minutes, what can i do???
Thanks a lot
Hi guys i just finished configuring my nook color with phiremod i did what it says here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371, i just bought my nook 1 week ago.
Thanks a lot
Fabrizio
You need to ask these questions in the phiremod thread. This is a common thing. Look there for answers.
Did you repartition the noook color to the original partition scheme since you recently bought the nc. If not, there is a thread by Deangibson on how to.
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i'm thinking of rooting a nook color but i have a quick question. i have downloaded books on my nook now with notes that i would like to keep for school. do they get deleted when i root the nook and if so is there anyway to keep those notations?
Alright so I have a Nook color and desperatley would like to try the Android OS on it. But I have never really toyed around with it on anything before....but it really intrigues me.
What kernel works best?? I saw another thread about wi-fi issues is this prevelant??
Thanks so much!
Well, you are running Android -- that's what Barnes and Noble uses. The downside is that they've limited it, so you can't do things like get apps from the Android Market.
The easiest first step is to root your NC using the latest version of Autonooter (search the forum). Prior to doing that, you need to make sure your Nook Color is running the latest official update from B&N (check the B&N website under Nook Color/Support). Autonooter (with a big thanks to those who contribute to it) is a quick and simple way to get going.
That will give you full access to the version of Android on the Nook (2.1 if I recall), as well as the Market apps. Play with that for awhile, then start exploring the other Android versions -- which you can run off of a SD card as a separate OS to make sure they work for you (then flash to rom is you want to).
Right now I'd vote for CM7 with working Bluetooth as the most useful OS available on this forum. The latest version also fixes video issues. Another version of CM7 is Phiremod, nicely packaged with some additions (CM7 is still in development -- so Phiremod won't typically use the latest CM7 version, which is OK).
Most of all, learn to use the search function on this forum -- it will save you lots of time!
As far as performance...is the Nook comparable to many tablets?
I agree that autonooter is the best first step. Use a launcher to get a 'feel" for android and if you're happy don't go any further. If you feel you want the "full" experience, than I also agree that CM7 is the way to go. Also, installing CM7 is pretty easy if you follow the guild on the Nook Color wiki via http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/nook-color
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As far as performance...is the Nook comparable to many tablets?
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This isn't an easy question to answer because it's about half the performance of the Xoom and new Galaxy Tabs that are coming out, but there is nothing that pushes the hardware yet. For an early adopter of android tablets, I think the nook is perfect because it preforms great and the price tag cannot be beat!
Compared to other non-official tablets, it out preforms them in some ways, specifically the screen. THe nook uses the best (I think?) type of touch screen and offers a great viewing angle.
Autonooter 3 -- something is definitely wrong.
Used auto-nooter 3 on our 1.1 NC. Computer runs slackware. md5sum was correct. Burned it to a Patriot class 10 8GB microSD card. Inserted the card, plugged in the USB. After the android showed up NOTHING happened as described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942424.
There was no "sign in" at the Android welcome screen to skip.
No "location services"
Wandered around logging into youtube and gmail. Youtube has both a user name and a user gmail account. Tried both.
Gmail account(s) refused to sync.
Market opened, and we attempted to download several free apps --
Got some sort of 'downloading' message, but nothing ever did. Progress meter, if that's what it was, showed no movement at all.
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Restored it and tried again. Twice. Slightly different results, but NEVER able to download from the Market.
It's obvious that SOMETHING is wrong, I just have no idea what it might be.
I'm ready, willing and able to follow instructions, but when what I see bears no relationship to the instructions given I have problems.
I hope it's obvious to somebody what I'm doing wrong, because I'm stumped.
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Used auto-nooter 3 on our 1.1 NC.
I hope it's obvious to somebody what I'm doing wrong, because I'm stumped.
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I used Autonooter 3.0 and it worked for me. Check your wifi. If it shows connecting/disconnecting, it's a wifi problem - especially if the download progessing bar is not moving. See my note in wifi http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11458921&postcount=1
On Nook os 1.1, a device rooted with Monster Root Pack was able to run the nook app for Android. Autonooted devices never could run it.
On the 1.2 release, the nook app won't work.
There are a lot of reasons to prefer the nook app over the library app. One route to getting it is to install CM7, I realize, but I do prefer the stock interface.
With the relase of the Nook Touch, which is excellent for what it is, I'd really like to be able to keep my reading positioned synched between an NC and an NST. Without using the library.
I spent a fair amount of time trying to get fbsync to work and am not able to yet (set up exactly identical paths on the NC and NST for books with the same title, yet they still each track reading position independently.. cleared web and on=-device caches, rebooted devices, waited, ultimately waited overnight then checked....)
So, is anyone working on hacking the Nook App to work on the Nook Color? I've asked BN multiple times for this and am not getting a response.
I would pay 50 bucks for a copy of the nook app that ran on the the NC running rooted OS 1.2.
I suppose the other option is to roll back to 1.1 and root with monster root pack. I think I lose relatively little by going that route.
Running Phiremod 6.2 on my Nook I use the nook app from the market.I prefer it over the stock reader. The page turn animation feature actually works and page turns is more responsive than stock reader
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Right, I realize I could also go to phiremod or cm7. I've just never liked them very much, though having bluetooth support is helpful, the battery penalty was pretty high last I used them -- has that been resolved?
I did finally get fbsync working this weekend, though, which is super cool. Involved deleting all epubs off both devices - I'd had fbreader installed on the NC for a bit, moved over to Aldiko, and had lots of odd, random paths to things in the fbreader database.
Now I'm figuring out if I can launch fbreader from a commandline and use a cron utility to launch it a couple of times a day, just to remind myself to sync.
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has that been resolved?
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OMG, absolutely!!!! I just installed CM7.1, RC1 (from Phiremod 6.3) and Dalingrin's 6/30/11 kernel this weekend and battery life is incredible. This is a whole new animal. This baby's definitely ready for primetime. Along with the new Nook App for Android that allows you to read magazines, and the Nook Color is 1000 times the machine it was running stock 1.1.0. I'm smitten all over again.
Hi, I just bought a nook color and bought an 8gb sd card off of ebay but my apps are very limited and I have the old android market and not the new look. I only have access to hundreds and not thousands of apps,How do I update to the new market, my nook color is running cyanogen mod 7.0.3 encore and the kernel is 2.6.29-omap1........should the guy have sold me a new version of cyanogenmod? I have another problem, my search ability in the market works and sometimes it doesnt and I get a message that says "a server error occurred. Retry or cancel and return to previous screen." and I cant do any searches now. How do I update to the new market and why cant I search?
If you can, return the set to the seller and ask him/her give you a latest one.
7.0.3 is too old.
Thats what I was afraid of, is that the only solution is to update to I guess 7.1 whatever, im new to this whole nook color to tablet thing.
Why not just do it yourself? You have the SDcard already.. just need to run something like this to get going
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
It seems a little complicated but it really isn't. Once you get on the nightly builds, it's very easy to keep updated.
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Thats what I was afraid of, is that the only solution is to update to I guess 7.1 whatever, im new to this whole nook color to tablet thing.
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No, if you don't want to return, you can make one for your own.
Link provided by Evaders99 above.
Are you booting CM7 off the SD card, or is it internally installed? If you must have the SD card in the Nook Color to boot into CM7, obviously it's booting off SD, and presumably has the stock OS internally.
Of course older CM7 has nothing to do with the market missing apps. Newer CM7 does do some tweaks to make some more apps show up, but it's not an order of magnitude of difference.
And IMO, old market is better.. It's faster, isn't constantly loading new thumbnails for stuff nobody cares about, or at least I don't care about.. I want apps, not books, movies, music..
Guys I don't think he's booting off the SD card, I think he just bought a pre-owned, rooted, and CM7 flashed Nook color. Upgrading is easy and advantageous. Is not as hard as it is intimidating at first.
Hi I'm new to this forum and new to the nook world. My parents recently bought my son a nook hd for Xmas and he really likes it but as I help him go thru it we see there isn't a whole lot you can do with it and there doesn't seem to be many apps that he can use. I've done some searching online and on you tube on how to root and have come across a lot of info to set the nook as an android but they were all for nook color. Some of the features these videos offered would certainly be things I know my son would enjoy. The other thing I came across was rooting the nook without voiding the warranty, is this something that can be done? Any help and direction will be much appreciated. My apologies if this is something that has already been posted I tried searching but wasn't lucky finding such a thread.
I personally own an ipad mini so no too familiar with the nook so this is certainly new territory for me. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rooting will void your warranty. However, you can install an Android ROM, called CM10, to a microsd card and run it off of the card, never touching the HD's internal storage. For more info see this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35842612
sent from my Nook HD using xda premium
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Hi I'm new to this forum and new to the nook world. My parents recently bought my son a nook hd for Xmas and he really likes it but as I help him go thru it we see there isn't a whole lot you can do with it and there doesn't seem to be many apps that he can use. I've done some searching online and on you tube on how to root and have come across a lot of info to set the nook as an android but they were all for nook color. Some of the features these videos offered would certainly be things I know my son would enjoy. The other thing I came across was rooting the nook without voiding the warranty, is this something that can be done? Any help and direction will be much appreciated. My apologies if this is something that has already been posted I tried searching but wasn't lucky finding such a thread.
I personally own an ipad mini so no too familiar with the nook so this is certainly new territory for me. Thanks in advance for your help.
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You actually don't have to worry about warranty with rooting, there is a simple way to restore to complete stock. Just reboot 8 times, interupting the process before it completes. Go here if you want to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613, CM10 is still a little buggy...
PS, rebooting means holding down the power button 10 sec to completely turn off.
This is true. I actually prefer rooted stock to CM10 as of now. For someone just starting out, my advice would still be to install CM10 to an SD card. They can play around with it and see what their HD or HD+ can do when it's unfettered. And they don't have to worry about messing up their Nook, ot about B&N updates taking root away. Then, when they feel more confident, they can root stock and really enjoy their Nook. But either approach will work fine in the end!
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You actually don't have to worry about warranty with rooting, there is a simple way to restore to complete stock. Just reboot 8 times, interupting the process before it completes. Go here if you want to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613, CM10 is still a little buggy...
PS, rebooting means holding down the power button 10 sec to completely turn off.
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Thank you so much for this information. I do have some more questions to your post. How exactly would I reboot, do you mean reboot the nook 8 times how would I do this process. Also, we have purchased some apps so if we do the rooting, will my son lose those apps, will we need to back up the nook before rooting. Sorry for all the questions I just want to make sure I have the full understanding before I proceed. Thanks!
For what it is worth, the nook hd already has Android ice cream sandwich installed. It is the home screen launcher and omission of certain Google apps that make it appear limited. In fact, without rooting, you can follow instructions posted at B&N's website how to sideload an alternate launcher and many Android apps to unleash lots of features.
E.g., Chrome works perfectly when side loaded. In order to side load without root, install on a PC the nook hd drivers, the android SDK, the nook HD SDK, and then use the android debug bridge from a command prompt to install apps (*.apk format) to a connected nook. Also, epubs from the Google Play store should be accessible via the Sony Reader android app if side loaded. I installed launcher pro, drop box, amazon kindle, Sony Reader, amazon mp3, Facebook, yahoo mail, adobe acrobat Reader, and neutron player without a problem. You can still access all the standard B&N apps by toggling between launchers with the n button. I did all this yesterday on 2.0.5. B&N posted in their online developer Web pages incredibly specific directions on how to set up windows, Mac and Linux to side load.
set an afternoon aside as it is tedious, but follow the instructions at
https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/21943338-nook-developer-start-up-guide#_Sideloading
Note that the instructions are directed to downloading your own written apps. However, you can download Android apk files all over the web and side load them to the nook using the described process.
Enjoy and good luck!
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Thank you so much for this information. I do have some more questions to your post. How exactly would I reboot, do you mean reboot the nook 8 times how would I do this process. Also, we have purchased some apps so if we do the rooting, will my son lose those apps, will we need to back up the nook before rooting. Sorry for all the questions I just want to make sure I have the full understanding before I proceed. Thanks!
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If you want to completely reset the device to the way it was when you first took it out of the box (unrooted, unregistered, and all your added stuff erased), then you interrupt the boot process 8 times in a row by holding the power button so it shuts off again before completing the start up.
Rooting gives you the ability to do more with your Nook, but all of the B&N interface is accessible too. As long as the Nook is registered to the B&N account with his apps, they'll still be available.
I don't know how old your son is but be aware that parental controls available with the B&N profiles only applies to the B&N interface.
It's a good idea to backup. The tool which allows you to root also has the option to back it up if you want.
Thanks to everyone that helped so I did the Root/Gapps from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and it all works my son is excited but now we just need to know how to install other apps on there. We have the google play which is nice, is there a way to install android market, and amazon kindle...all that good stuff. once I get the how to for dummies i think I should be all set lol. Thanks again for any and all help.
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Thanks to everyone that helped so I did the Root/Gapps from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and it all works my son is excited but now we just need to know how to install other apps on there. We have the google play which is nice, is there a way to install android market, and amazon kindle...all that good stuff. once I get the how to for dummies i think I should be all set lol. Thanks again for any and all help.
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Android market is the same as Play Store. You can get Amazon kindle there. Just register with Google in the Play Store and all that stuff becomes available.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
Hi there,
My son has been having a great time with the nook being rooted. He did run into a problem and I certainly don't know how to fix it. When he goes into setting and selects General he gets the following message "unfortunately, settings has stopped" and he only gets this when he selects General. He was trying to set the dim settings timer and screen shut off but can't do so. Any way to fix this? Thanks!
Techmomof5 said:
Hi there,
My son has been having a great time with the nook being rooted. He did run into a problem and I certainly don't know how to fix it. When he goes into setting and selects General he gets the following message "unfortunately, settings has stopped" and he only gets this when he selects General. He was trying to set the dim settings timer and screen shut off but can't do so. Any way to fix this? Thanks!
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Try not to double post questions. It gets confusing for us. I answered in my thread earlier.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
Hands down you can not go wrong rooting and running android on the Nook....let's face it, Nook apps suck..play store rocks..lots of free goodies