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TIL touching the wifi opens up "Quick Settings"

I used autoneuter and am running zeam launcher. I was pretty pissed the ipad had a switch for disabling screen rotation ( not anymore apparently) and wished there was some way to do it on my nook when laying down in bed reading.
I was messing with the screen and i found out touching the wifi/battery/clock area at the bottom right of the screen opens up Quick settings which has "wifi, mute, oreitnation, and brightness"!
I may be really slow but I was SUPER happy about this and wanted to share incase anyone else missed it.
I am not sure if this is part of autoneuter, zeam, or softkeys ( installed by autoneuter) but thought I'd share for those of you who don't know about it.

It's part of the stock B&N software.

noodles12 said:
I used autoneuter and am running zeam launcher. I was pretty pissed the ipad had a switch for disabling screen rotation ( not anymore apparently) and wished there was some way to do it on my nook when laying down in bed reading.
I was messing with the screen and i found out touching the wifi/battery/clock area at the bottom right of the screen opens up Quick settings which has "wifi, mute, oreitnation, and brightness"!
I may be really slow but I was SUPER happy about this and wanted to share incase anyone else missed it.
I am not sure if this is part of autoneuter, zeam, or softkeys ( installed by autoneuter) but thought I'd share for those of you who don't know about it.
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As stated above its part of the B&N framework. Its actually a great setup except for its location. I love the notifications being a popup instead of a drag down.
BTW, there's a bunch of ways to get this same setting. In fact Extended Controls Widget has an orientation lock toggle that will handle that in one click if you want.

I can't find extended controls in the market... i've been using it on my Aria and wanted to use it for my nook too...?
Sent from my Nook Color using the XDA app

[Q] Re-rooting my nook?

Hi and good morning.
So i had successfully rooted my nook at the start of this year, had it all setup with my apps, etc.. and well i also had a ton of apps for my 4 yr old on there. She was using the hell out of it and last night i looked over at her and i noticed that the Nook was rebooting. I didnt think much of it but then i saw it booting back up to the original OS, not the screens I have gotten familiar with seeing. Im not 100% sure, but im 99% sure that somehow she navigated to the settings of the NOOk and selected "Erase & Deregister Device". Ugh, im crushed.
But just wanted to check a few things before i root again:
1. I have to imagine it is okay to root again, correct?
2. What software could i have been using to have a nice little backup of the items that i had been using? Is there any you are using?
3. My next step will also be find an app that only allows certain programs to be open by my daughter.
I guess I should maybe take advantage of it being set back to the original today and go over to B&N and read for free for the hour..
Thanks --- Aaron

Hi there
1. Yes
2. I use either appmonster or titanium backup. Which if you like it is worth paying for paid version. That way if you have to do a restore you don't have to constantly click install.
3. Anyone have an idea about this one?
Sent from my Nookie using XDA App

3. Try using a separate launcher for your daughter. i.e. Use Zeam/ADW/LP for your home screen, then use one of the others for your daughter. You can setup her screens the way you want and "hide" the settings icon as well. You wouldn't be able to have a default launcher but it would give you the ability to limit what your daughter can and can't use.

Thanks for the quick replies on this, much appreciated!
- Aaron

fprice02 said:
3. Try using a separate launcher for your daughter. i.e. Use Zeam/ADW/LP for your home screen, then use one of the others for your daughter. You can setup her screens the way you want and "hide" the settings icon as well. You wouldn't be able to have a default launcher but it would give you the ability to limit what your daughter can and can't use.
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Can't hide the stupid B&N shortcut button in the status bar though..

khaytsus said:
Can't hide the stupid B&N shortcut button in the status bar though..
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You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.

acomiskey said:
You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.
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Can hide the status bar with ADW, as well.

Buy her one of her own!
We do have nandroid backups working now, that may be the way to go.
Thank you,
Joe

acomiskey said:
You can hide the entire status bar with zeam, there is a widget for full screen mode.
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Good for the launcher but it returns in the apps. My biggest issue with it is when I'm typing I accidentally hit it constantly when I'm trying to REALLY type in landscape mode. Very annoying and frustrating.

They way they handle the softkeys and toolbar in Customized Nookie Froyo rocks

Hiding Status Bar

Hi all, I am trying to find a way to hide the system bar.
on my SGT 10.1, HoneyBar used to work (you can hide the bar by clicking a space specified by the application, with offset and introduction modes)
However, the same application does not work on my SGT 7.7
Anyone got other solutions?

I use HideBar.

Glamthaus said:
I use HideBar.
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Thanks, quite some good tool there (especially the hidden back button). Although there's quite a bit of lag after I tried to do the unhide action. (but it happens on HoneyBar as well).

Honeybar works well for me

not working for me, everytime i click "hide status bar" nothing happens any suggestions?

adinis78 said:
not working for me, everytime i click "hide status bar" nothing happens any suggestions?
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I think you need to have root.

murmur70 said:
I think you need to have root.
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I have root and still nothing
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium

adinis78 said:
I have root and still nothing
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
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Try reinstaling superuser

alvinlts said:
Try reinstaling superuser
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We are not supposed to remove it otherwise there will be issues with wifi
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It would be great if an app can hide the bar while playing video's

You can use mx video player.
It will automaticaly hide status bar.

HideBar didn't work well on my tab. (gt-p6810 imported from HK)
I can "hide status bar", but afterwards, never show it again.
What's the difference between others and me?
Anyway, I purchased HoneyBar
and that seems working well for now.

psuusr said:
HideBar didn't work well on my tab. (gt-p6810 imported from HK)
I can "hide status bar", but afterwards, never show it again.
What's the difference between others and me?
Anyway, I purchased HoneyBar
and that seems working well for now.
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Can you check if honey bar can still hide the status bar with Dice player or mVideo Player, thanks!

EarlZ said:
Can you check if honey bar can still hide the status bar with Dice player or mVideo Player, thanks!
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I've just checked it and found HoneyBar can work with both Dice and mVideoPlayer.
I could watch videos with true fullscreen without any problems,
there are some people who say HoneyBar didn't work from the start, though.
Android market has 15min refund window,
you can try on your own

Thanks, I didnt get the Tab yet.. waiting for later batches. The ones we have in my country seems to be a bit problematic.

Honeybar, Diceplayer & aspect ratios
So I also tried Honeybar with my brand spanking p6800 (ZSLA2 Hong Kong firmware) and confirm it effectively hides the status bar in all the places/apps I've tried it so far: Diceplayer, stock browser, gallery & home screen. If I discover somewhere it doesn't work I'll advise but so far so good. No issues at all un-hiding the bar - just tap the invisible spot bottom centre edge of screen.
Most useful usage for me - for web-browsing where screen space is at a premium. Easily worth the $1 for that alone.
I was actually most interested in it for use with video, and it certainly works as intended there but for me the effect was very subtle:
(i) hiding the already virtually invisible "movie mode" blacked out status bar with its tiny dark grey function locator dots (bar is of course more visible in a pitch black room, so more benefit there); and
(ii) as it frees up the space used by the status bar the video image is theoretically able to "expand" to occupy that space. No doubt this is a great benefit for those who like fill the frame or have 1.6:1 source material. But for me much of my sources are 16:9 and I prefer to run in native aspect i.e. black bars above and below the image. So in this case all hiding the status bar achieved was move to the video frame very slightly down the screen (without changing its aspect, or raw pixel width or height) so that the video image remained centered between the upper and lower bounds of the now slightly increased vertical accessible screen area.
Probably a bit too much detail there but hopefully useful for someone.
PS: currently flicking through a 7.5Mb/s rip of episode one from my Bluray box set of BBC Frozen Planet and it is... stunning.

Hmmm, I spoke too soon. So the above was all accurate - when Honeybar was working fine. Unfortunately Honeybar just started being temperamental.
It stopped hiding the bar for a while no matter what I did, including closing in application manager and reopening the app. Then after disabling and re-enabling within the honeybar app started working again. Now stopped again...
Now working again after closing it in application manager then reopening. I'll see if I can discern a trend...

Maybe restarting the device helps?
Should be reported as a bug to the developer though..

Can honeybar offset change from middle left to middle right?
I cant hit the select icon on portrait mode. cuz the offset is midde left will cover over it..

I am using hide bar from this thread and it works. I am rooted btw. Using Arc media for streamimg and it is great!
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[Q] How to Remove the Softkeys of nook hd to use the whole Screen?

How to Remove the Softkeys of nook hd to use the whole Screen? I've rooted my Nook HD,But the softkeys (white side at the bottom of the screen)taking up the screen, Most apps from google play are not able to se the whole screen.How to remove the SoftKeys from the bottom of the screen, therefore I'll be able to use the whole screen for veiwing!
thanks
Update:I found the solution: GMD Gesture Control From google play(paid version)

longlivezq said:
How to Remove the Softkeys of nook hd to use the whole Screen? I've rooted my Nook HD,But the softkeys (white side at the bottom of the screen)taking up the screen, Most apps from google play are not able to se the whole screen.How to remove the SoftKeys from the bottom of the screen, therefore I'll be able to use the whole screen for veiwing!
thanks
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You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
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They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
Note NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ do not support true full screen mode. The bottom system bar always displays. Therefore, the NOOK "n" key is the home button and not the back key since the system bar contains a back key that always displays.
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from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).

fanoush said:
They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).
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I'm sure it can be modified, but are you sure you want to? It can be painful to have to "home" for every "back". Anyway, it will have to be a hack in /system, which means recompiling, putting in the /data/su directory and symlinking, and hoping it doesn't bork the system!

Part of the reason I got the nook hd is that you get the whole screen while reading. It is quite annoying to have the bar but in every android device I've used, you don't get the full screen. But the Nook HD screen is 16:10 so in landscape movies are ok as 16:9 is the typical encoding.

fanoush said:
They are not. The native B&N ebook reader can hide it and go completely fullscreen.We just need to find out how it is done.
EDIT: I have searched B&N developer documentation for some API how to enable/disable bottom system bar and found only following message
from https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-nook-developer-reference-manual#_SysStatBar
This means it will be either unsupported hack or the documentation is wrong. At least the "back key that always displays" part is not true. I've seen the bar without back button
Additionally it appears that both home launcher and ebook reader can also add search box to the bottom system bar so it is not ordinary android system bar (or is it?). OTOH when media player is playing the design of system bar is same as stock ICS (black bar with dots in usual places).
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I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.

longlivezq said:
I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.
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Status bar or navigation bar or both?
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
You can't. They are permanently there by design by B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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I found that GMD GestureControl ★ root from Google Play can slove the problem . You can hide status bar and enjoy full screen in your favorite games or while browsing.

leapinlar said:
Status bar or navigation bar or both?
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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Both

this app needs root authorization. Did you confirm that it didn't install anything in /system and don't goes to 8 reboot faild?

longlivezq said:
Both
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I can confirm this app does work. But you need the paid version. Status bar hiding only works in the paid version. And I had trouble with the multitouch gestures, so I switched it to phone mode instead of tablet and single finger geatures were enabled. And that made it work well. And nothing apparently was written to /system to cause a reset.
Sent from my BNTV600 using Tapatalk

full!screen freeware to hide both status and softkey bars
leapinlar said:
I can confirm this app does work. But you need the paid version. Status bar hiding only works in the paid version. And I had trouble with the multitouch gestures, so I switched it to phone mode instead of tablet and single finger geatures were enabled. And that made it work well. And nothing apparently was written to /system to cause a reset.
Sent from my BNTV600 using Tapatalk
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I have just found from google play a freeware full!screen to hide and show both the status and softkey bars, and downloaded and installed on my rooted Nook HDPlus. Worked flawlessly. It didn't reset my system even its use requires root.
My rooting has been done with the set of files and steps you provided, for which I am very appreciative. Thank you.

cool2know said:
I have just found from google play a freeware full!screen to hide and show both the status and softkey bars, and downloaded and installed on my rooted Nook HDPlus. Worked flawlessly. It didn't reset my system even its use requires root.
My rooting has been done with the set of files and steps you provided, for which I am very appreciative. Thank you.
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Yes, I have used it. It is an awesome app.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

The GMD gesture control works fine. Only drawback is that every time I use it to hide the bar it also removes the wallpaper from both stock and apex launchers.
Also, just found that Asphalt 7 from play store, that normally crashed before loading, plays fine with the bar hidden.

You loose the wallpaper because the way that GMD uses to hide the bar is kill the SystemUI service.
I used that method before on my Touchpad and it did work, but it is a little nasty.
Since CM10 you can hide the bar (Expanded Desktop) so it is a better alternative than GMD.

I use an app called Hide Bottom Bar. Much easier to activate than GMD. You can activate it from the notification panel or via widget. Also it doesn't kill your wallpaper. And you can access a soft key pop up with a one finger swipe from the bottom similar to Button Savior but without a persistent visible toggle. Very convenient. Only drawback is that it is not free.

I tested all previously recommended possibilities. No one suits for my needs. But ... i used TSF Shell launcher and TSF MIUI theme for starting theming phone my way. TSF Shell have possibilities to hide all stuff, that you get blank screen. I dont tested it yet on Nook but i will do this on next week.
Actually i have not ended my Nook HD+ theming (based on original Nook HD+ theme), running on CM10 and CM10.1. I hope i have time to end it this week and post it here too.

geomez said:
I use an app called Hide Bottom Bar. Much easier to activate than GMD. You can activate it from the notification panel or via widget. Also it doesn't kill your wallpaper. And you can access a soft key pop up with a one finger swipe from the bottom similar to Button Savior but without a persistent visible toggle. Very convenient. Only drawback is that it is not free.
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I just gave this a try. Found that unfortunately it does kill the wallpaper when I tried it.

Is there a way to add a "Home" soft key to the navigation bar (as in CM or standard Android navigation bars)?

Use Handy Soft Keys instead
Handy Soft Keys: It is a free app using which you will get navigation bar at any convenient position along the edges of the screen by drag and drop.

[Q] Questions: New Nook HD with CM10.1

I've been happily using a Nook Color for over two years running CM7.
But when B&N reduced the price of a new 16GB Nook HD to $150, I couldn't resist.... I grabbed one.
Haven't even had it for 18hrs and its running CM10.1 in EMMC (thanks to verygreen's fantastic skills and files)
Now I'm trying to get moved in and get it configured like CM7 was in the Nook Color.
1: In the CM7 system tweaks, there was a setting to allow apps to run full screen on request. I can't find anything like that in CM10. I tried the FullScreen app from the Play Store, but all it does is run full screen all the time or not at all. I want the status and navigation bars to show when not in a full screen app. Any suggestions???
2. Having a problem with wallpapers.... I can choose and set to any preloaded wallpaper that came with CM10. But when I try to use a downloaded wallpaper JPG from the Gallery, the wallpaper setup goes normally, but won't change the wallpaper after tapping Set Wallpaper. ???????
3. I managed to get a Power Control widget stuck in the upper left corner of the screen. Press and hold to move or remove it doesn't work. Help!!
4. Navigation Bar: This thing is a total mess compared to CM7. I had full control over which buttons showed in CM7. Now it appears I can't do anything with it. The home button is a useless duplicate of the Nook button. And personally I have never had any use for the Recent Apps button. But in CM10, I can't turn them off!!! All I really need in the navigation bar is Menu and Back (which is all I used for two years in my Nook Color). And I don't even need them. There's a navigation app called Button Savior that I absolutely love. When not in use, its just a little tab on the side of the screen... tap the tab and a full navigation menu shows in its place. And its totally customizable. What can I do to get rid of the Home and Recent buttons in the navigation bar.... or barring that, how do I turn off the navigation bar??????
I really liked CM7 because of all the nifty tweaks it had.... where did they all go????????????

Forget about number three... the widget went away on its own somehow.

macevanscb said:
1: In the CM7 system tweaks, there was a setting to allow apps to run full screen on request. I can't find anything like that in CM10. I tried the FullScreen app from the Play Store, but all it does is run full screen all the time or not at all. I want the status and navigation bars to show when not in a full screen app. Any suggestions???
4. Navigation Bar: This thing is a total mess compared to CM7. I had full control over which buttons showed in CM7. Now it appears I can't do anything with it. The home button is a useless duplicate of the Nook button. And personally I have never had any use for the Recent Apps button. But in CM10, I can't turn them off!!! All I really need in the navigation bar is Menu and Back (which is all I used for two years in my Nook Color). And I don't even need them. There's a navigation app called Button Savior that I absolutely love. When not in use, its just a little tab on the side of the screen... tap the tab and a full navigation menu shows in its place. And its totally customizable. What can I do to get rid of the Home and Recent buttons in the navigation bar.... or barring that, how do I turn off the navigation bar??????
I really liked CM7 because of all the nifty tweaks it had.... where did they all go????????????
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Have you tried using expanded desktop and pie controls? If not, you may find it does pretty much what you're looking for with both #1 and 4.
Go to settings --> system and tap on "expanded desktop." When enabled, you can hold in the power button, and one of the options will let you toggle expanded desktop on and off, which allows you to get rid of the navigation bar entirely whenever you want.
Also in settings --> system at the very bottom, you can enable Pie controls. When enabled, you can tap the bottom of the screen to bring up the navigation bar controls.
I don't know if there's a way to enable or disable expanded desktop automatically depending on the app in CM 10.1. I don't use the option myself, so I'm just not aware. Maybe with Tasker or something?
If you just want to get rid of buttons in the navigation bar, that's also under settings-->system. Tap "buttons and layout," and you can add or remove whatever buttons you want, including a menu button.
Hopefully that answers at least some of your issues, and I wasn't just telling you stuff you already know.

About #2 (setting wallpaper):
I found that changing wallpaper in landscape mode --> it won't stay.
But doing the same thing in portrait mode --> working fine.
I think this is a small bug in verygreen's CM10.1 (don't see this in other devices running CM10.1).

Hiding the Navigation Bar
Thanks for your help Dan...
I looked up both "expanded desktop" and "pie controls" and then played with them.
The expanded desktop only deals with the status bar and that's not a problem in the apps I want to use full screen.
Those apps do hide the status bar but not the navigation bar.
I don't need the pie controls because the Button Savior app does the same thing... and is much easier to use IMHO.
I finally figured out the interface for Buttons and Layout.... I don't find that setup intuitive at all... but I did manage to beat it into displaying just the Menu and Back buttons, the way I like it.
So I still need to find some way for full screen apps to hide the navigation bar.
I really liked the old way it was done in CM7: There was no separate navigation bar. Navigation buttons were in the status bar. And the status bar could be placed either at the top or bottom of the screen. I had the status bar at the bottom with just the Back and Menu buttons in it. I'd love to find some way to make CM10.1 work that way.
After living with the Nook HD for another day, I see that some apps do go full screen and hide the Navigation bar... both YouTube and MX Video Player do this. But the one app I use for reading PDF eBooks, RepliGo Reader, won't go full screen and hide the Navigation bar. My secondary reader app, Aldiko, hides the navigation buttons, but not the navigation bar.... strange. I guess I'll talk to Cerience about RepliGo Reader under Jelly Bean.
hyperxguy... re: wallpapers: I've been doing all my attempts to change wallpaper in portrait mode... sigh
Had anyone out there set wallpaper from a Gallery file successfully???
Is there some special place I need to put my wallpaper JPGs in???
Right now they're just sitting in /mnt/sdcard/download/

macevanscb said:
I looked up both "expanded desktop" and "pie controls" and then played with them.
The expanded desktop only deals with the status bar and that's not a problem in the apps I want to use full screen.
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Expanded desktop definitely gets rid of the navigation bar. If you choose to enable it, it will give you options that say "status bar visible" or "status bar hidden." But with either of those options, it will get rid of the navigation bar.
I agree that these functions are implemented in a non-intuitive way. It seems like there should be easier ways of configuring it.
I'm not aware of any ways to do the more involved things you're talking about, like moving the status bar down with the nav bar. There are other ROMs out there that allow more fine grained control (Paranoid Android is especially popular), but I don't think they're available for the Nook. If you want more customizability, you might be better off with a tablet like the Nexus 7, which is not much more expensive and has more development support.

I'm sorry Dan, but I can only go by what I see.
With expanded desktop set to either hide or show the status bar, the navigation bar will not go away when running either RepliGo Reader or Aldiko Reader.
I would be totally happy if it did.
I'm running CyangenMod v10.1-20130615-UNOFFICAL-hummingbird
That's what was in the EMMC instructions I used.
Is there a more stable version I can load up????
Maybe backing down a build or two would get rid of all my problems.

I think this goes back to the user-unfriendliness of the way CyanogenMod implements certain things. To get rid of the nav bar, there are two steps involved. First, you have to go to settings-->system, and choose Expanded Desktop, either with status bar visible or hidden.
But all that does is enable the option to turn the nav bar on and off. To actually turn it on and off, you have to hold down the power button to bring up the power menu. If Expanded Desktop is enabled, you should see an option for "Expanded desktop." Tapping on it turns the nav bar on and off.
I tried to say that in my first post, but it's a complicated process, and it's not easy to describe.
Also, in an earlier post you mentioned something about wanting the status bar at the bottom of the screen. I didn't really understand what you were talking about with that, but it may be TabletUI, which Google used to put on large tablets but then discontinued. There's a mod where you can install it for the Nook: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275939
I haven't tried it, so I don't know how stable it is. But it may be worth trying if you like the look of the screenshot on the page I just linked to.

IT WORKS!!!!!!
Thanks, Dan!!!!!
I never noticed the Expanded Desktop option in the Power Menu... in the week I've had the HD I've almost never used it.
My apps are now running full screen and I don't miss the navigation bar at all... Button Savior takes its place.
Status bar on top or bottom was in the CyanogenMod Tweaks settings in CM7 as was adding navigation buttons to the status bar.
I don't really need it here at all as all my navigation is handled by Button Savior.
I have a new question about pixel density... for you or for anyone out there.
I learned in CM7 that pixel density had to be set to either 420 or 69 for Google Play Store compatibility.
Use any other pixel density, and it was very difficult to get new apps or app updates.
And a setting of 420 was perfect for my Nook Color with its 1024x600 screen.
Now, on the Nook HD, the default setting is 420 for the 1440x900 screen.
This leaves a number of things a little too small for me... especially the status bar and other text.
Does anyone know a larger density number I can use that is compatible with the Play Store????

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Wow... I sure didn't remember this correctly.
160 was the original setting on my Nook Color and 240 was what I used to make things the correct size on screen.
Now 240 is the original setting on my Nook HD and I've found that 320 is the Play Store compatible setting to make things larger on screen.
I am not totally happy with my CyanogenMod Nook HD... everything is working perfectly!!

I'm glad the full screen is working for you. I don't know anything about the pixel density, unfortunately. I've only had the Nook for about a week myself, and I haven't run into any app compatibility issues that would make me start messing around with that.

macevanscb said:
I am not totally happy with my CyanogenMod Nook HD... everything is working perfectly!!
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How are you now not happy with perfection?

Stupid fingers
Damn dyslexic fingers.... NOW.... I am NOW totally happy with my Nook.

pixel density
The reason I had to mess with pixel density is because I don't like the stock Trebuchet launcher app.
I started out almost three years ago with the Zeam launcher app and I got used to its simplicity and gestures.
But Zeam adheres to the pixel density in build.prop and the icons are too small.
When running Trebuchet, the icons are ok, but widgets and things in the status bar are too tiny at stock density of 240.
Then, running Zeam, everything is too small at stock density.
But with the density set to 320, everything is just right.

You might try Nova or Apex launchers. Both have lots of customizability with gestures, though you may have to pay for the full version to get all the options. I'm not sure if they deal with the dpi issue.
It's too bad there's not a Nook HD port for the Paranoid Android ROM, which allows you to customize the dpi separately for every app you have. If it ever becomes available, you might want to try it out.