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Best Version of Honeycomb Port

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
myers022 said:
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.

I Am Marino said:
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

nolook said:
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.)

[Q] New to nook: What ROM to use?

Hi all,
My first post and my first contact with nook Color. My unity just arrived from US on the last friday (I'm in Brazil) and since then I'm reading all about the different ROMs available.
When I bought my nook, my intention was to use with it with HoneyComb, but reading on the HC thread I see that it's a work in progress. I see that now the Cyanogenmod supports our nook colors and cyanogenmod is very conceptualized in the Android World.
So my question for you, more experienced users than me, is: Despite the HoneyComb port isn't completed yet is it worth to use it as a daily system, on the internal memory? Or is it more secure to stay on Cyanogenmod? My intention is to use my nook as a small tablet.
(Oh my! I'm in love with HoneyComb!)

Cyanogenmod is the best ROM IMHO. All of the major problems have been fixed, the integrated honeycomb like soft buttons make the Nook very usable.
Grab one of the newest nightly and nook tools, over clock to 1200 and you should be happy.

I tried Honeycomb, but it's not really there yet (and unless/until Google releases source code it may not get there). CyanogenMod 7 works great, however (and improvements keep coming).

Hi painter_ thank your for your repply! I'm a lot lost yet. I'm totally new to noob and android in general...

CM is really your only good option IMO.

CM7 nuff said.

As bigbob23 said, Honeycomb is just not there. I tried it myself and was disappointed. Google has said they will not release the source code so you will not see the kind of support and development that you see with CM7. Stick with that and use one of the more recent nightlies. 132 and above contain the OC kernel should you want to push the CPU a little in the future.

You should use the latest stable cm7, which is 7.1 rc1. Works really nice on the NC.
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_jonte said:
You should use the latest stable cm7, which is 7.1 rc1. Works really nice on the NC.
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I actually recommend the nightlies myself, as development moves rather fast from release points of stables to current.

_jonte said:
You should use the latest stable cm7, which is 7.1 rc1. Works really nice on the NC.
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FYI RC1 is not the "stable" release. It is the first release candidate for the next stable.

MIUI, more iPad like UI, based on CM7.

Hey guys, thank you all for the replies! I upgraded my nook yesterday with the lastest CM7 nightly and it´s great (despite my love for the HoneyComb!).
Speaking in overclock, what value and settings do you recommend? I'm a bit worry about overclock...

1.2 GHz is the best, you get the best results. and more and it screws the graphics.

Thanks again! What about the battery with these clock speed?

Harlley Sathler said:
Thanks again! What about the battery with these clock speed?
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I don't think the increase in clock speeds will drain battery much faster, if any. The CM 7.1 RC1 or the newer nightlys allow the Nook to "sleep", which is what greatly reduces battery drain.

Oh! Thanks again!

Honeycomb v3.1 vs CM 7.1.0 for nook

Hi Guys,
I'm planning to install my first custom ROM on nook color. However, I am wondering how good is honeycomb port on nook. Ideally and I know the right answer is to try it out myself both and find out, but I don't have enough time to try out both since I have to give away the nook to someone.
I have honeycomb on my EEE transformer and really love it...that's why i'm favoring for HC but still if anyone can anyone details pros and cons for both HC and CM7, regarding stability, battery life and overall quirks, bugs and performance, it would be really helpful..
Regards,

HC isn't really ready for the NC.. its very buggy and still has several issues running on the NC. cm7 is very stable and well running few problems at all. just my 2 cents

Since honeycomb isnt open source, the Nook port is made from the SDK rather than source. As such, its incredibly buggy and very slow. Dont get me wrong, its impressive that it works in the first place. But by no means is it a daily driver.
CM7 is the way to go unless you absolutely must have HC app compatibility. Even if you do, we'll have ICS in a few months.

Another vote for CM7. I tried an older release of the Honeycomb port and it was pretty bad -- very laggy and a lot of stuff didn't work. Several people have said that it's not really much better even now since we don't have an official release of HC's source. I ended up going back to stock for a long time until I tried CM7. They have done great work, and even though it's based on a "phone OS" (Gingerbread), it's adapted very well to the Nook.

Thanks for reply guys..
Actually I just saw some videos of NC running HC, so I got excited..didn't know it was that buggy..i'll put CM7 on it today

Mafioso said:
Thanks for reply guys..
Actually I just saw some videos of NC running HC, so I got excited..didn't know it was that buggy..i'll put CM7 on it today
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HC may be buggy, but some of the lag that a lot of people experience is because they install it to SD and their SD card is a low class giving it lower read speed. And the default launcher is terribly slow and buggy. If you decide to use it, use a lightweight launcher like zeam.
If you're still interested in trying it out, look into dual booting it and cm7. That's what I currently have set up.

I know this ROM was not included in your original question buy I highly recommend MIUI. I have found it to be incredibly stable and fast and the UI just looks great on the NC. I have tried CM7, Phiremod, and Honeycomb and to me the look and feel of MIUI just seems to fit the NC. Anyways, just my two cents : )

when i used to have my NC dual booted with Phiremod and Honeycomb i hated using the Honeycomb because it was glitchy and slow.. i went to using CM7 Nightly 150 and havent looked back.. it runs smooth as can be, is overclocked to 1.2 ghz, and battery life is with reading alot and searching the web ( 2-4 hrs of usage a day ) i can get a solid 4-5 days on one charge... if i only use it for an hour or so a day easily 9 days.. CM7 works great and you can theme it to look like honeycomb in alot of ways..

It's not even close. Honeycomb is pathetic. Go with CM7.
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I have a Transformer too and would love to see Honeycomb on the Nook but I'd rather wait for ICS on both
I have a feeling that ICS will run better on the Nook than HC does but that is just speculation.
These developer at XDA rock so I have faith they'll make it happen as soon as Google releases the code. Yeah, I believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy

I have a feeling that ICS will run better on the Nook than HC does but that is just speculation.
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Of course it will as long as the source code is available.

[Q] ROM decisions

I've had my Nexus One for 2 years now and have had a few different ROMs on it. I've been pretty loyal to Cyanogen and used Kangarama for a while which was a Cyanogen base. Currently I'm using CM 7.1 with Intersectraven's kernel and it is fast and smooth. The only thing is, I've grown bored of CM lately.
My wife has a Samsung Vibrant and I've taken her from Simply Honey to CM 7 to ICS Passion and now to MIUI. Each ROM was drastically different than the one before. She loves MIUI now and told me she wants to keep that one for a long time. I messed with it for a while and have to admit that it is pretty cool.
I started thinking: should I go to CM nightlies for a change or should I use MIUI? I have some hangups about MIUI though. I figured yous guys are the ones to ask about this. Is MIUI as customizable as CM 7? Is it as fast? Are the CM 7 nightlies currently stable enough for use as a daily driver? My knowledge of Android is strong enough that I've used nightlies before and understand that there are bugs but is the currently a build where pretty much everything works? Do the nightlies currently have many more new faetures than CM 7.1 or are they a lot the same?
I don't normally ask questions like this but today I figured what the hell? I would just flash and try them out but I use DarkTremor's A2SD and I've never had luck with a new ROM unless I do a Titanium backup, backup my SD to my computer, wipe and repartition my SD card, copy the data back to my FAT partition, flash, reinstall A2SD, then restore from Titanium. That makes the process take a couple of hours for me.
Any info/opinions on the subject would be appreciated and thanx in advance.

For me, nightlies never were an option and will most likely never be. Weeklies at least.
I used to have MIUI.us and it was ok. Fast and everything, but I soon got to realize that MIUI wasn't for me. Too "flashy". I use samuaz's CM7.2 build with IntersectRaven's kernel and it's fast and stable and all that. A little bored with CM7 now but the only reason I use it is while waiting for a stable ICS/CM9 build.

Theshawty said:
For me, nightlies never were an option and will most likely never be. Weeklies at least.
I used to have MIUI.us and it was ok. Fast and everything, but I soon got to realize that MIUI wasn't for me. Too "flashy". I use samuaz's CM7.2 build with IntersectRaven's kernel and it's fast and stable and all that. A little bored with CM7 now but the only reason I use it is while waiting for a stable ICS/CM9 build.
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I'll look into that build. Thanx for the fast response.
I'm not pumped for an ICS build until they get the kernel needed for full hardware acceleration. When I put ICS Passion on my wife's Vibrant, it ran well with few FC's but it didn't have full hardware acceleration either and it was pretty darned slow compared to other ROMs I've put on there. That is why I ended up putting MIUI on her phone. She couldn't stand the slowness.

DigitalJedi said:
I'll look into that build. Thanx for the fast response.
I'm not pumped for an ICS build until they get the kernel needed for full hardware acceleration. When I put ICS Passion on my wife's Vibrant, it ran well with few FC's but it didn't have full hardware acceleration either and it was pretty darned slow compared to other ROMs I've put on there. That is why I ended up putting MIUI on her phone. She couldn't stand the slowness.
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I too will put ICS on hold until it's got all I want in it.
MIUI is very highly "theme-able", though, considering you can mix and match themes as you wish. Let's say you wish to have an ICS lockscreen theme and a completely different SMS theme while having a third dialer theme. No problemo there.

Theshawty said:
I too will put ICS on hold until it's got all I want in it.
MIUI is very highly "theme-able", though, considering you can mix and match themes as you wish. Let's say you wish to have an ICS lockscreen theme and a completely different SMS theme while having a third dialer theme. No problemo there.
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Where do I find samuaz's 7.2? I looked in his github and didn't see it and his website is in another language so I was lost.

DigitalJedi said:
Where do I find samuaz's 7.2? I looked in his github and didn't see it and his website is in another language so I was lost.
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Here's his topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416894
But you'll have to put up with downloading it from depositfiles, though ^^

If your using CM7, there is no need to switch to nightlies. There were only a handful released after 7.1 stable was released. If there were any changes, they were minor.
I have tried MIUI, and while it is nice, it isn't for me. While the scrolling between screens is always butter smooth, the menu system often lags, and since it is chinese developed, there are a few things which are in chineese (theme names pulled from the web), and some things don't work to well (like the lyrics and album art function of the music app). I would occasionally get freezes and FC's.
MIUI is a very nice polished ROM with a lot of nice bells ans whistles that make it look really stunning, but it just doesn't seem to always play nice with the android framework.
I too am bored of CM7, and am like everyone else waiting for a decent ICS build. I tried texasice and it works fantastic for the amount of time that has been put into it, but it's not quite up to daily driver status.
If you are interested in trying different ROM's to see which you should use mainly, I highly suggest Boot Manager. It lets you boot different ROM's from your sdcard, so your main ROM is untouched. It doesn't work with ICS yet, but it is an excellent app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.drx2.bootmanager&hl=en
It's suggested you use at least a class 6 sdcard, but I have had few problems with my class 4.

fastest ROm for Nook Color

Hello,
I have installed CM10 some time ago and i've notice that the device gets really slow to the point that it takes a few seconds from any app to come up once "clicked"
Anyone can recommend a fast ROM for this device?
Thanks.

Any CM7 flavor will get you there. It is up for debate as to whether the MCROM, Mirage, or official CM7.2 is faster, but I think it's mostly splitting hairs.
I don't know if CM10, when finally finished cooking, will ever be able to match the speed of CM7, but I doubt it.

PToN22 said:
Hello,
I have installed CM10 some time ago and i've notice that the device gets really slow to the point that it takes a few seconds from any app to come up once "clicked"
Anyone can recommend a fast ROM for this device?
Thanks.
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For me the CM10 seems faster than the CM7 - CM10 is stll being worked on, but for me it is stable and fast. Screen draws are quick.

PToN22 said:
Hello,
I have installed CM10 some time ago and i've notice that the device gets really slow to the point that it takes a few seconds from any app to come up once "clicked"
Anyone can recommend a fast ROM for this device?
Thanks.
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I'm currently running CM9 with V6 supercharge scripts enabled and it cooks along at a good clip. No lag or any issues at all.

The current CM10 Alpha is pretty fast
PToN22 said:
Hello,
I have installed CM10 some time ago and i've notice that the device gets really slow to the point that it takes a few seconds from any app to come up once "clicked"
Anyone can recommend a fast ROM for this device?
Thanks.
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I've been doing my own builds of CM10 for a while, and it's easily twice as fast as CM9 right now, even in alpha. Bit stuttery, though.

CM10 is a bit better than 9, but 7 is clearly the fastest. I think 512MB RAM is just not enough for Android 3/4, and these OSs are clearly also more demanding on the CPU and GPU.

I don't know which one is fastest and I recommend you try them all. We have many excellent developers working on ROMs for the Nook.
I seem to be having very good experiences with the latest MiRaGe build from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344873 and the updated Kernel from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649390.
M-Rom has some very nice eye-candy if that is what you prefer and of course CM9/CM10 add all kinds of nice features.
I hope this helps.

Personally, I'd actually recommend trying the newest CM10 Alpha that's been going around. It's quite stable, minus the lack of OpenGL (hardware acceleration), HD YouTube, and Netflix. Although, if you can, I'd build it from source. A lot of bugs have been fixed since they have gotten CM10 up and running, including the n button bug in the thread.
For me, it feels like every time I update my source code and build, it gets faster and faster each time.

First of all, great job to all the devs and all the people that are still working hard on the old but yet always renew Nook Color, I appreciate the non stop hard work.
I'm loving what this new baby CM10 alpha is doing with my Nook, it is faster, more responsive and so far more stable than the ICS builds that I have tried. Wonderful job guys. And I know it is just the beginning.
I'm running the eMMC dual boot by Taosaur. I'm running CM7 on the alternative partition and CM10 alpha on the primary partition and both are running great. It is the beat combo yet.
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