Hey,
I just downloaded the new version of Back Track linux and its really great
On their site they said that there is a version that supports ARM. Could this work on the nook? (Its been seen on other android devices such as the captivate)
I suspect it would. I haven't had much trouble getting nook software to run on my epic - basically the same phone as the captivate.
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Is there any reason to register your Nook with B&N other then purchasing book to read on it?
I picked up a Nook a couple days ago and immediately used Nookie and Honeycomb from the SDCard. I've only booted and seen the intro video/setup once but never completed the setup.
I'm still not sure if I ever really plan on using the Nook with it's base software. I'll most likely flash the internal memory when the Honeycomb official source comes out and things get real stable.
I can't imagine that not registering will effect anything, but I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking something. I don't want it to bite me in the ass down the road.
I mainly want to make sure if I ever do boot into the stock setup that it doesn't auto update in the future and possibly complicate rooting the device.
Gonna bump this one up instead of creating my own. Tried searching, but there's so many threads about registering, I couldn't find anything about not registering, aside from this single thread. I also come from SD Froyo, where there's no registration, and don't care about anything having to do with B&N aside from the hardware itself. From some of the "lost registration" threads, all we lose is access to the B&N library/store, is that all? Considering finally moving over to CM7 flashed directly to the NC.
if youre not on stock rom, registering is useless!
That's what I thought, even though most of the builds still warn you to register before flashing. Like the CM7 guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
daemonfly said:
That's what I thought, even though most of the builds still warn you to register before flashing. Like the CM7 guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
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That is only so you could use B&N market for buying books... etc.
Hi,
as you may have realized the Streak has only 2 fingers multitouch. Sometimes it is an software limitation and can be adjusted. Does anyone know if this is the case for the Streak? Any hint?
According atmel, it supports 10 touch
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4620
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50575488/datasheet-for-mXT224
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878936
Okay, now we need to figure out where the limitation is and fix it. Anyone on it?
Every multi-touch tester I've tried only shows 2 fingers max. My Evo 3D shows 4 fingers with the same app.
If you want more touch points (assuming that it is in fact that controller), you'll need to modify/rewrite the touchscreen drivers to make it work with more.
The last link giveen gave is link to a patch to tell it to accept more touch points. It doesnt ADD touch points, it merely tells it to use more points that were already available, but simply not turned on.
If it's simply points not being enabled it should be a trivial rebuild, if it's not in the s7's kernel source code you'll need to merge in a driver that does support the extra points.
There should be a reason that dell didnt turn them on, as a 7" display can reasonably take advantage of at least 4 points.
To compare to the fm audio support on the s5 (which was also turned off) it was due to it being rather buggy, if the code to take use more points is in fact in the kernel, it might not be particularly useful.
Did anyone figured out how to enable more touch points?
If anyone wants to give it a try, this is our TS driver
https://github.com/DJSteve/streak7-...s/input/touchscreen/atmel_mXT224_touch_luna.c
https://github.com/DJSteve/streak7-kernel/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-tegra/board-ventana.c
Well, I'm going to have a go at this, bearing in mind I'm going to be teaching myself as I go along, if I can figure out where to modify the files, I may need someone's help getting it into a kernel. Really I'll be happy if I can figure out how to get even one more touch point active.
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Well, I'm going to have a go at this, bearing in mind I'm going to be teaching myself as I go along, if I can figure out where to modify the files, I may need someone's help getting it into a kernel. Really I'll be happy if I can figure out how to get even one more touch point active.
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I've actually done a bit of work into this.
First you need to build a linux box, personally I use a virtual machine, using Ubuntu 11.10 x64.
Then you need to get our source, listed above in the ICS branch or the HC branch.
Now our board-ventana.c already states 10 finger touch. That was built-in.
Now the driver is for a Atmel mXT224 touchscreen controller, which is a TS common in lots of devices. Now I am currently working with a couple people in Dell tracking down some information in regard to the DS7. I was informed the reason why the TS controller driver is not a standard format like all other mxT224 drivers is because the screen itself is different. I am still waiting to hear back in regard to this.
I've been denied loads of information due to legality issues.
Anyways........
the driver is a custom one and needs to be re-written to accept more touch.
how would one Install this? im running Giveen and Dj_Steve's HC on a US 4g model
ThattOneKiddMichael said:
how would one Install this? im running Giveen and Dj_Steve's HC on a US 4g model
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HC build is purely Steve, I didn't do anything with that build.
Second, you can't install this. Its a driver source code that needs to be modified and then built.
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.
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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.
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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
I have a curiosity that I'm trying to justify if it's worth attempting but don't know where to start. My desired outcome is to turn my Moto Droid 4 into a full out linux machine with one catch, making phone calls.
I already know that I can root and install a flavor of linux side by side with android, but I'm hoping to replace android with linux and my own software.
I wondering if the drivers for the phone's radio and other devices(camera, led, etc) exposable which I then could write my software to use in linux.
I'm pretty sure it's not feasible as it's all most likely proprietary drivers made by motorola, but on the off chance that it wasn't I figured someone here would know.
I know very little about Android and pretty much only use AndFTP on my Htc Inc2. I have that Inc2 which I carry in case my car or truck breaks down. I have a DooGee DG300 I bought years ago then found I couldn't use it and have been using it as a tablet. The DG300 is Android 4.2.2. I can't find an upgrade to 4.4. Thought I had one until a pop-up saying answer these questions showed, so I killed the website quick like rabbit.
Why do I need Android 4.4? I thought I needed 5.0 until I chatted with a Google rep.
I bought a Google Home Mini. I managed to find a Google Home app version 1.22.25.7 that would install on the DG300. Plugging in the Google Home Mini I run the Google Home app and it find the GoogleHome giving it an ID but calling it Chromecast. A Setup button is displayed. GoogleHomeMini is repeatedly telling me it has not been setup. I mash the setup button and the app comes back with A Newer Version is available, Upgrade, and pressing yes it closes going no further. If I say no to the upgrade it says it's trying to connect to a wifi hotspot via the Chromecast. I assume the app is telling the HomeMini to connect to the hotspot but it fails to connect to any wifi routers or phone as a hotspot. Google Home app in the PlayStore says it needs Android 5.01. I chat the rep at Google and am told Google Home with work with the mini if it's 4.4 (mines 4.2).
I bought an RPI3. I tried to install RTAndroid and was told it's no long available but to use EmteriaOS and that is available free but the free version reboots every 48 hours. So, I install the EmertiaOS to a microSD card and it wakes the RPI3 with an animated triangle but no cursor and as I understand it, no Next> (which should be visible). Also, unlike linux no Alt+F1 for a terminal login. I've used Debian linux for years but am not a programmer. I don't know Android.
Giving up on the EmteriaOS I move on to Lineage-14.1, which like EmteriaOS is an android os for RPI3 or cells. You can see I want to install android on RPI3, download and install a current Google Home app and run Google Home Mini setup.
The EmteriaOS now overwritten by the Lineage-14.1 operating system, I boot the RPI3 and find an animation that looks like the edge of a galaxy with a planet appearing on the right, approaching, then exiting on the left. Again, no cursor, mouse, or way to proceed, and no Alt+F1 terminal.
So, I'm wondering if:
a) should I find a way to get the DG300 to boot to the SD card with Lineage-14.1 - but I don't know how to get the DG300 to boot from the SD card,
b) should I find a 4.4 firmware and flash the DG300 - but that firmware doesn't seem to be available from a reputable website,
c) put the SD card having Lineage in a reader and modify it using the RPI3 booted to Raspbian so it then can boot the RPI3 with mouse support.
The last seems the most convenient but I should mention that the RPI3 is using a display from a lightening stuck Pavilion laptop using an M.NT6876.2A DVI VGA Audio LCD LED screen controller. This laptop screen obviously isn't touch.
Advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Soywalker