Anyone else having touch screen issues with the Nook App running on CM7? I can touch the Types drop down but when the choices appear, I have to touch "My Files" several times to select it. It takes a ridiculous number of tries, otherwise I wouldn't be posting it here. Same applies to the gears icon on the top right of the app. That is the icon you have to click for logging out. And I have to click it some 50 times for it to work.
I thought I had touch screen issues in those areas of my NC but I just had a chance to play with another NC and it had the same issue with the gears icon. My Files worked after a couple of tries.
I am not entirely sure what is going on. I like the app and will not mind switching to it (from FBReader) but this is driving me insane.
Yep, I have the same problems. I've given up on using that app, and just use Aldiko for my reader.
Thanks for chiming in. I now know I am not the only one.
This issue and the fact that it always starts at home and makes you pick a book every time you start are the two big annoyances with this app.
On the other hand, it looks gorgeous with smaller fonts and Amasis is a very readable font at smaller sizes. It even makes the other fonts render beautifully. So much so that even the sans-serif fonts look very readable and easy on the eye.
Oh and calling the brightness dialog fades the screen so you can't tell exactly what brightness you are getting. Seems like no one ever used the app in real life.
I have been using FBReader for a couple of weeks but I have only one font that is usable on it. I have tried Amasis and other Nook fonts but they don't render as well in FB as they do on Nook. FBReader is very plain and boring (yet functional) so I was considering switching. Yes I am vain and distracted easily.
Not only are you not alone, but others have commented on this since it came out.
It's a shame, because it otherwise is a good reading app. If it also read Nook magazines, I would buy more of them, but I'm about to switch to Zinio for magazines because I can't read them on the Nook app unless I go back to stock.
am I missing something? I read magazines fine on my app...
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Yup...mine displays magazines fine also. What version of the Nook app are you using? Should be 2.6.1.35...the newest.
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I had the same issue with the nook app with CM7, the screen in the too right (no matter what orientation you are holding it) is extremely unresponsive.
Its odd because I just changed over to Miui for nook and the problem does not exist any more. So it is obviously something with CM7 (but not Miui, which is based off CM7) I also believe I had the same issue with phiremod.
Also, have never had a problem reading magazines with any of the roms.
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Roger, Roger
I had touch issues on my Nook app reading magazines. Eventually got it to work - but it wasn't easy to get it to load my magazines and respond to touch screen. Other apps were working just fine.
I hope they get it worked out - was kindof a PITA to deal with.
Cuhulin, have you looked into dual booting? Mine is set to dual boot between tock and CM7 since my 4 year old like the "elephant book" it came with.
mg1030, is this http://www.miui.us/ the miui you speak of? It seems intriguing. Are you running it from SD Card? Any pointers on how to install it to NC? It seems very iPhone like.
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Curious how you achieved this. Mine just closes automatically
I just tried slingplayer as well and does same thing. Some programs just won't run on it at this time I think.
I have it working...sometimes. It's strange, about half the time it'll run ok and the other half it just closes like you guys have seen. It seems to have something to do with either free memory or another program using the sound system. I'm still trying to narrow it down, but it DOES work.
Did you modify accounts.db by chance?
No. The only system level changes I've made are nooter, multitouch and direct app installs (all done to the letter by the instructions on NookDevs). I've got Dolphin HD, Angry Birds, Slideme, SlingPlayer and AndTask installed.
It works for me but sometimes I have to restart it about 10 times to make it work.
Try opening it in landscape vs portrait.
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Try opening it in landscape vs portrait.
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That doesn't seem to have an impact as far as I can tell... When it does start it's always in landscape regardless of what the screen was before. It starting at all is still hit or miss even when already in landscape.
Well I figured out a system to get slingbox working (for me atleast). Run advanced task killer, try to open slingbox 3 times, if it doesn't work just repeat as necessary. Now mine boots every time now.. weird...
what version are you all running?
I have it working, but the picture quality is not very good. I have the HD box, and all I get is SD crappy quality.
mines work fine
Working fine for me as well.
Most of the posts not working are old. Maybe its a 1.0 vs 1.0.1 issue?
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Mine is working.
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Mine works with no problem, but I'm running an old version.
Slingplayer works for me with my Slingbox ProHD but I can't get to the menu to change the input (device) nor can I edit the slingbox properties.
On my rooted nc i have downloaded several apps but none of them show up in my extras section of my nook. I have to go into the market to see them. Is there a way to get them to show up? I don't really want to use an alternate home because I like the nook color user interface. I bought this as an ereader that i could add my fave apps to and i would like to keep the UI to reflect that but going into the market every time i want to launch an app is a pain. Is there a solution? Rooted with the latest auto nooter.
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Have you tried turning the NC totally off by holding down the power button? I find that apps don't appear unless it has been turned off and on again.
That did it! Thanks!
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I just updated the Nook app on my Xoom. In the updates list, it doesn't mention anything about magazines...however imagine my surprise when I opened the app and see my magazines in the list waiting for me to download them.
Works flawlessly! Screw Zinio for not releasing their app across all devices. I can finally renew my subscriptions via B&N.
Nice. I just updated on my Xoom as well, and didn't see this so I haven't even opened the app yet since my update. In the middle of a nandroid backup right now, but gonna check it out as soon as it is done! Thanks for the heads up!
Just updated as well. Magazines look great in landscape!
any chance you could post the apk?
They look great now, but the bad thing is that now I have to see full page advertisements. Blah.
This is awesome. I've been waiting for B&N magazines to be properly supported for a while. Great news!
looks like the update got rid of the force closes when hitting the back button to leave a book. I prefer nook over kindle app if nothing else for the page animations and smooth transition. Great update and finally get to use the nook app all the time!
My only wish now is that they will make a widget that shows some of the books you have downloaded so you can scroll through them, like the Youtube widget.
Very nice update, but epub book covers won't show up in the library. Anyone know of a way to fix this?
Can someone post the apk please?
This makes me really happy.
The new app looks great, seems they updated the user interface for tablets too finally
Too bad it doesn't support "read to me" books... still need the stock NookColor for that.
Thanks for posting this, tried zinio but I've been wishing for B&N to make mags available in their app for some time. btw is it just me or is the app a little sluggish?
anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.
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anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.
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I could investigate if you post the apk. We can't get the app outside of the US
Hey guys,
so I got the apk by downloading it with Market Enabler on my phone and then transferring the apk to my WiFi XOOM. Wish that Market Enabler worked on WiFi :\
Anyways, here is the apk for other Non-US members
Also, as for the sideloading question, I also could not see sideloaded epubs on the home screen. However, when you search for them with the magnifying glass in the top right, the epubs show up.
Hope that helps!
Cheers
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anyone know the answer that that other guy's epub cover question? It doesnt seem to show covers on books you side load. I loaded the same books into my girlfriend's nook 3g and it shows the covers on that.
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I have a 3g nook as well, and the covers do not show up. If you browse your library of purchased items, you will see in the bottom LCD screen the covers of the books that you can scroll through. For items that are sideloaded, it does not show the covers in the LCD portion of the screen.
I just installed the posted nook app, and when you first open the book, the cover of the book isn't displayed. If you swipe to go back a page, it'll display the cover. It seems by default, it skips the cover.
It would be awesome to have the ability to display covers on the bookshelf, but I think B&N intentionally made it so it wouldn't display it. Aldiko is able to display the covers in the bookshelf view.
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I can't find any of my pc mags available
Pretty much what it says in the thread title...I just did a Market update on my CM7 install and it showed an update for the Nook app to support magazines and newspapers. The only major functional difference between the stock reader and the market reader now is kids' read-to-me books. Nice update!!!
That's great, although it is lame that kids books aren't supported yet, even the *pad supports those!
Just updated, and couldn't get anything to work right! Just cleared the cache and rebooted to see it that helps
Great will update that's what was missing
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Well allllright! Now I don't have to resort to annoying work arounds to read The Onion and Asimov's Science Fiction on the market Nook reader. It supports more magazines now too (for example, PC Gamer was "Nook Color" only, now it's "Nook Color" and "Nook for Android (Tablet)" which apparently means us...makes me curious how it's deciding what is a tablet and what isn't, if it makes a distinction...screen resolution I presume), so it's work a look for anyone who got some magazines on the Nook Color and can't read them now because they are on CM7 or something.
I think the interface is a bit better as well.
My books disappeared
I have a number of books loaded on my SD card( in the correct directory). After the update the books don't show up.
Any ideas?
edit: They showed up. Just had to wait a few minutes.
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I have a number of books loaded on my SD card( in the correct directory). After the update the books don't show up.
Any ideas?
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I'm not sure what to say, I didn't have any problems. Have you tried refreshing the the app? (that is, presing the refresh button up near the top of the screen underneath the search button within the app?)
I can't get the update to run on my nook color with 1.2 and manualnooker. There's an icon but when I tap it nothing happens no force close screens no error messages nothing. It's like the app isn't even installed.
I've got the same issue on my stock rooted original. Maybe it's not working because I haven't updated to the newest software version.
I also tried running it on my nexus, but my magazines will not show.
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I'm running CM7, but why are you guys trying to get it to work? You can just use the slightly superior still stock Nook Color reader. I mean, you know, go for it...just curious.
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I'm running CM7, but why are you guys trying to get it to work? You can just use the slightly superior still stock Nook Color reader. I mean, you know, go for it...just curious.
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Not everyone has stock (rooted or not) still intact? Never mind, I gotcha (Thought you were referring to the earlier posters rather than later)
On another note, going to the store (and for that matter, any top-bar or bottom bar menu items, like menu, go to library (if in store), info, search) takes a long time to register. It's not my screen, because I can swap in and out of other apps and hit those spots without any lag or problems. Menu is not working for me at all
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I can't get the update to run on my nook color with 1.2 and manualnooker. There's an icon but when I tap it nothing happens no force close screens no error messages nothing. It's like the app isn't even installed.
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Its not possible to run Nook app if you are running Stock... doesnt matter which version... at least i never got to run and always found ppl stating the same
some questions
Running cyanogenmod 7.02.
Is it possible to "read in store" when I am in B&N?
Using the nook app, do I have to load the books on the SD card? Can I put them into internal memory?
Thanks in advance
How to get if in Canada
Whats the best way for a Canadian to get this app since the Market restricts it.
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On another note, going to the store (and for that matter, any top-bar or bottom bar menu items, like menu, go to library (if in store), info, search) takes a long time to register. It's not my screen, because I can swap in and out of other apps and hit those spots without any lag or problems. Menu is not working for me at all
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Whats the best way for a Canadian to get this app since the Market restricts it.
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Look up Market Enabler in Google Market. Tricks Google Market into thinking you're in the US.
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Bummer about the small buttons on the top right of the app..
FYI, search will work in app if you use the CM7 Tablet tweek search button. It will call up the BN apps search dialogue box, provided you have the option toggled on to show the search button on the status bar.
Worked great, for my phone
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Look up Market Enabler in Google Market. Tricks Google Market into thinking you're in the US.
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That was a great solution and worked like a charm. I'm hoping to find the APK somewhere so I can load it on my Transformer.
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I spoke to one of the Nook app devs about the near impossible task of pressing the buttons in the upper right corner, when they released the beta of this last week. He said they are working on fixing this.
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Good, that's about my only real complaint about it right now.
Looks like they didn't fix sideloaded books showing their covers. The nook app is the ONLY reader app that doesn't show my sideloaded books covers. Every other one i tried they work fine. Annoying.
Just be careful what you touch.. I was looking at magazines and saw NatGeo and thought hey, look, maybe I can preview it. So I tapped "Current Edition". Nothing happened. Tapped it again and it confirmed purchase for $6 for a single edition.
I've emailed B&N telling them to remove this and credit my CC back and that they should fix their horrid user interface.
First off it should VISIBLY change when there's money to be paid. Button changes color or BETTER the button is in a different position, such as a pop-up window that says "Your credit card will be charged X dollars, purchase/cancel". Not the same button that apparently is so laggy it doesn't update in time for folks to not realize tapping it twice in a few seconds will purchase it.
Meh.
I just updated my NOOK app and it does not run. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with the same result. Anyone else gotten the updated nook app that came out today running under CM7?
EDIT: Never mind. I cleared Data and then it was able to run. . . It does require a complete reload of all of your books due to a new architecture. . . so bear that in mind. . .
Hopefully this addresses the general crappy performance the old nook app had under cm7. I swear every other app I use works flawlessly. The old nook app constantly forced closes, is very insensitive to touches, and just plain old sucks. Eventually when you got it to load a book it is pretty stable but will still lose your spot every so often.
It drove me to set up dual boot stock/cm7. I am booting back to CM7 now to test the new version out!
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Hopefully this addresses the general crappy performance the old nook app had under cm7. I swear every other app I use works flawlessly. The old nook app constantly forced closes, is very insensitive to touches, and just plain old sucks. Eventually when you got it to load a book it is pretty stable but will still lose your spot every so often.
It drove me to set up dual boot stock/cm7. I am booting back to CM7 now to test the new version out!
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agreed, not really impressed with the nook app, it does work though (newest update). irritates the hell out of me when it loses my place, i've found that the bookmark feature seems to work if I can remember to use it lol.
The only reason I use the Nook app is to show off to my little niece about the page-flip feature, that's all.
I read .epub using either Cool Reader or Aldiko while using Adobe Reader for .pdf.
How did you install the the 2.7 update? While the nook app shows up in the Market, there is no option to install or update. When I go to the web based Market interface, it claims that the nook app is not compatible with my CM7 Nook Color. I've tried the usual fixes like editing the build.prop file for screen density (160/161) and also to make the device/manufacturer appear to be HTC. No luck. I found a 2.6 apk that works fine, but have yet to find a 2.7 apk outside the Market. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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How did you install the the 2.7 update? While the nook app shows up in the Market, there is no option to install or update. When I go to the web based Market interface, it claims that the nook app is not compatible with my CM7 Nook Color. I've tried the usual fixes like editing the build.prop file for screen density (160/161) and also to make the device/manufacturer appear to be HTC. No luck. I found a 2.6 apk that works fine, but have yet to find a 2.7 apk outside the Market. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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Uninstall the market update and you can search it and it will have a download button.
I wish the nook app supported the "read to me" books that I bought and now can't use unless I put stock back on my nook. I'd like to also be able to read them on my phone or another tablet.
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I wish the nook app supported the "read to me" books that I bought and now can't use unless I put stock back on my nook. I'd like to also be able to read them on my phone or another tablet.
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Hey, we had to leave B&N with something didn't we?
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Uninstall the market update and you can search it and it will have a download button.
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I am running into the same issue with Phiremod'd 6.3 and the B&N android app.
However in my case, once uninstalled (original was corrupt and would not work), returning to the Android Marketplace and selecting the app does not bring up a download button. Gives me all the info about the application, but no app download or uninstall.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening? If it were windows, I'd say there was a registry setting left that was making the system think the app was still installed...
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I am running into the same issue with Phiremod'd 6.3 and the B&N android app.
However in my case, once uninstalled (original was corrupt and would not work), returning to the Android Marketplace and selecting the app does not bring up a download button. Gives me all the info about the application, but no app download or uninstall.
Any thoughts as to why this is happening? If it were windows, I'd say there was a registry setting left that was making the system think the app was still installed...
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I just told you in the section that you quoted. Use the old market!
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I just told you in the section that you quoted. Use the old market!
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Total noob here, just got my nook color last week. I have CM7 on an SD card and I am having the 'no download button' problem. Can you point me how I can install the old market? Thanks.
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Total noob here, just got my nook color last week. I have CM7 on an SD card and I am having the 'no download button' problem. Can you point me how I can install the old market? Thanks.
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settings/applications/market/uninstall update
Disable updates to market app?
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I just told you in the section that you quoted. Use the old market!
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I have a quick question: is it possible to lock the old market down so it doesn't auto-upgrade. Every now and then, out of the blue, I fire up the market only to find that the app has updated. I can then stop the Market and uninstall updates. But it's a pain in the a$$ to do that over and over and over...
Uninstall the market updater app. (I used Titanium Backup for that.)