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Not sure where along the way they stopped working but my children's book are no longer readable on my rooted Nook. Im going to totally reset it and go through the process again to see where they broke. I'm guessing it may have to do with the fact that I updated Adobe air and I believe some of the kids books use that. I will let everyone know what I find.
the children's books that come with it work fine on my rooted nook.
Did you upgrade Adobe Air afterward?
It is def a result of upgrading Adobe Air. I just factory reset and rooted and children's book worked fine. I upgraded Adobe Air and they broke. Any who has a need for children's books should not upgrade that package.
do the magazines still work on a rooted nook?
edit: Nevermind, it is early in the morning. I was thinking a nook running a different version of android.
Magazines work still; kid's books no so much
Can someone post the Adobe Air here. I didn't notice its missing(?) til this thread.
I think this is my pre-upgrade APK... you might wanna double check the file size versus the upgrade APK.
Works Great!
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I think this is my pre-upgrade APK... you might wanna double check the file size versus the upgrade APK.
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Thanks Brotha! My kids thank you as well.
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This didnt work for me.
Should I be using adb to install this?
Or can I install from dropbox?
It also asks me if I want to replace a system application.
I say yes. But I dont know if it is doing anything
I answered my own question.
I used adb
adb install -r AirRuntime.apk
adb reboot
Now the children;s books are working great.. and my wife and kid love me again.
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It is def a result of upgrading Adobe Air. I just factory reset and rooted and children's book worked fine. I upgraded Adobe Air and they broke. Any who has a need for children's books should not upgrade that package.
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The market never showed me an upgrade for adobe air (the alternate market did, but that just shows you anything new, not in particular compatible with your unit)..
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Has anybody had issues with the children's books on rooted stock Froyo update from B&N?
I tried the older Adobe-Air APK in this thread but it didn't help. The problem I am running into is with the children's book with the extra features. It is tricky to turn the pages, the tap or tap and swipe seems very sensitive but will work. The books will still read to you, but the newer books with "extra features" you can never seem to tap on the feature icon. It always misses it and turns the page forward or back.
Stock Rom, Softkeys installed, and Zeam launcher. I am not sure if I still need softkeys installed, Zeam is set to default launcher on physical home key press and I bring up the B&N home screen via the App I found on the forum here. I can also bring up the app via Softkeys --> Home button.
(I'd like to uninstall softkeys if I no longer need it due to the app i found that will launch B&N home screen. I was unable to get the double press home screen button to work with softkeys, hence using app to launch it is much quicker)
Any info or hints to try would be great.
Thanks
AWDEclipse said:
Has anybody had issues with the children's books on rooted stock Froyo update from B&N?
I tried the older Adobe-Air APK in this thread but it didn't help. The problem I am running into is with the children's book with the extra features. It is tricky to turn the pages, the tap or tap and swipe seems very sensitive but will work. The books will still read to you, but the newer books with "extra features" you can never seem to tap on the feature icon. It always misses it and turns the page forward or back.
Stock Rom, Softkeys installed, and Zeam launcher. I am not sure if I still need softkeys installed, Zeam is set to default launcher on physical home key press and I bring up the B&N home screen via the App I found on the forum here. I can also bring up the app via Softkeys --> Home button.
(I'd like to uninstall softkeys if I no longer need it due to the app i found that will launch B&N home screen. I was unable to get the double press home screen button to work with softkeys, hence using app to launch it is much quicker)
Any info or hints to try would be great.
Thanks
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There were some problems if you used MN 4.5.6 or earlier. The fix was rolled into MN 4.5.25, or you can try this
I ended up flashing the stock 1.2 Froyo rom and then re-rooting with MN 4.5.25 and they are working again.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Hey guys,
Currently running CM7 RC4 on my emmc. I was thinking about going back to the stock firmware, because I'd like to use the B&N functionality in store.
I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
I've noticed that a lot of the time they are able to keep the stock pull up menu on the bottom of the screen, with a appdrawer launcher immediately above it.
Thanks for the input!
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Hey guys,
Currently running CM7 RC4 on my emmc. I was thinking about going back to the stock firmware, because I'd like to use the B&N functionality in store.
I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
I've noticed that a lot of the time they are able to keep the stock pull up menu on the bottom of the screen, with a appdrawer launcher immediately above it.
Thanks for the input!
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I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
lyam23 said:
I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
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Not true. There is a thread here that shows how to do it with BN 1.1.0 and rooted with auto-nooter 3.0
Hmm...browsing the forum it appears that a lot of rooted users do indeed still have access to in store features. Therefore, my original question is still pertinent for me. But thank you for the warning, I appreciate it!
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I've read a number of posts indicating no success with in store reading with a rooted nook, stock or otherwise. It appears it may only work with a non-rooted stock OS nook.
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I can do everything in the store with my autonooted 3.0 Nook Color, including 1 hour in-store browsing of titles.
I've got all sorts of stuff installed on my NC, too.
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I have seen a lot of nice themes on rooted stock. I was wondering if anyone could point me to how people go about adding a custom launcher and homescreen? Is it as simple as installing ADW or Launcher Pro?
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Pretty much. What I did is basically what's outlinked on the nookdevs site:
1) Installed custom launcher of my choice (ADW originally but switched to LP because it's so much smoother/quicker for me.)
2) Used home switcher to set soft keys as the default launcher
3) In Soft keys set it so your custom launcher is the default launcher. (I also have SK setup so one click gives me "home" and two gives me the soft keys.)
The stock pull up menu is still there and works for accessing the stock B&N stuff, but for the most part it looks and works like a normal android device.
As for the in-store stuff. It sounds like the problem is with B&N still having some issues with in-store setup to support the NC at some stores as people have also been reporting the same problems with stock non-rooted NC's.
I use Zeam, without softkeys, as the stock notification bar has all of that functionality.
Zeam is a tiny bit buggy on the NC though. Anyone know how to set a different launcher as default?
Install another home launcher and home switcher. Hit the N button and it should ask which launcher to start with. Make sure you check the box so it will set that as the default launcher and launch the one you want to be your default.
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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.
stevek28 said:
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.
angomy said:
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.
Is there a way for side loaded apps to show up on apps list in nooks hd stock app? Thanks in advance.
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Us there a way for side loaded apps to show up on apps list in nooks hd stock app? Thanks in advance.
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Yes but not easy to do. Go to the apps screen and press the up volume key and press and hold "apps" at the top of the screen. Another screen will show up called extras and it will show your sideloaded apps. You have to do this every time you want to see them.
A better way is to sideload a launcher app like ADW or zeam. It shows them in a different screen.
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Thanks, I Appreciate that. is there a way without the volume feature?
The other way is to use diff launcher, not B&N stock launcher.
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Thanks, I Appreciate that. is there a way without the volume feature?
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No. Just the new launcher.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
This would be the only way I can test if a tv app which checks for root access would work, not?
I managed to install this app before doing the all in one, after I got the 8bootloop while trying temp unroot with some apps.
It already refused to install while rooted.
Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom
TomMapp said:
Hi All,
I managed to use the method shown here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/themes-apps/play-store-amazon-5-4-0-root-t3669740 to download google play.
This worked well, and I managed to download and use apps from the play store. Eventually I decided to organise all my apps into folders, taking it from 2 screens of apps into 1. I then turned off the tablet overnight. After I rebooted this morning, everything worked normally, apart from the fact new apps downloaded from the store wouldn't have an icon appear. The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating.
Any help on this would be great!
Tom
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Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too
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Launcher? If stock fire launcher try to force stop via manage apps from settings. May need to clear data too
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Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom
TomMapp said:
The apps still work perfectly, they just don't have icons on the screen which is mildy frustrating. Any help on this would be great!
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This is an increasingly frequent complaint with recent builds of FireOS 5.6, especially in the HD 10. Root cause is not apparent and there does not appear to be a durable workaround at the moment. My guess is a 'glitch' snuck into the stock launcher that will be addressed in a future update. Conspiracy minded members will claim Amazon is up to no good. Will see where it goes.
For now not much you can do other than wait for a fix or attempt to use a different launcher with accompanying pros/cons.
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Hi, I assume I am just using the original launcher (not 100% sure however). I am trying to find the application under manage apps like you said, however I cannot find a name of an app called launcher, or with launcher in the name. Is there a specific name for the app?
Sorry to be a pain!
Tom
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It's called Home Pages
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It's called Home Pages
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Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.
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I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
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The answer (apparently) lies I the dozen or so posts immediately preceding yours. Take a read to see if that information proves helpful.
Hippie459MN said:
I just got my son a Fire 8 for xmas and it has the latest 5.6.0 software and I got all the google stuff installed and was working great. He downloaded a few games and apps with no issues then he downloaded 2 other apps (games) and they didnt get added to the home screen (stock fire launcher) and the only way to get to them is through the Play Store pretty much and then select Open from there. Is there any way to get them added to the home screen? They will show up in the recent apps but after you use a few other apps its gone. Its frustrating to say the least.
EDIT: I tried the force stop and clear data thing and it didnt work. Still missing app icons on the home screen. If I install Nova Launcher or something though they all show up in the app drawer. Im on the fence with this Amazon Fire at the moment.
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Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?
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Did you reboot after force stopping and clearing data?
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I did not but I did delete the 2 apps and then later did a reboot and then just reinstalled them to see if it would have issues again and this time they both showed up on the home screen. I hope my kid doesnt run into issues and cant find his apps if he installs them. Either way, they are there now and hopefully no more issues. Fingers crossed.
7 gen HD Question for Launcher and Search Bar
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Cheers, it has worked!
Thanks
Tom
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Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..
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Hi, I just got my first fire hd 7th 'gen. I tired the hack and I do have google working on the it now, but like others here my apps on the home screen are not showing up ( the ones I installed the day of the hack are fine).. it is the apps I have installed the say after that are not showing up on the home screen, I had files ready to go but... HO hum!
what I call Add/Remove: they do show up, but unlike a phone or windows. I have no clue how to fix this. since it seems you can't drag and drop from a master folder within the system.
I have seen where you got your home screen working again, but I don't know enough about the Fire 7th Gen yet.. can you or someone be so kind to point me to the correct place where I will find the launcher?
better yet, tell me what the launcher is.
Also on the search, is there a way I can get a google toolbar installed? I dislike using bing. I have to say I do so love my Google tools. and I miss my google search bar I had on my cell phone..
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