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USB ADB or file mgr & sd to install apps?

Can someone make a recommendation? I basically want to sideload some apk's & pictures, videos & books. I was using Calibre for sideloading non B&N books with Win Explorer for wallpaper. I was partially successful at getting USB ADB working, got driver working, but realized that Windows now does not see the NC as a mass storage device & Calibre will not ID it. Am I better off just putting apk's on the sd card & installing via Astro file mgr? Any insight on this subject is appreciated.
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kev

I had that issue until I realized that
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I had that issue until I realized my nook was not awake. Once I woke it up ut worked like a charm.
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bugeyed1 said:
Can someone make a recommendation? I basically want to sideload some apk's & pictures, videos & books. I was using Calibre for sideloading non B&N books with Win Explorer for wallpaper. I was partially successful at getting USB ADB working, got driver working, but realized that Windows now does not see the NC as a mass storage device & Calibre will not ID it. Am I better off just putting apk's on the sd card & installing via Astro file mgr? Any insight on this subject is appreciated.
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For me... Got my NC for Christmas ! I followed the BN instructions to download and update my NC to 1.0.1. I then followed the instructions for using Auto-Nooter and then these for setting up the USB drivers in Windows:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882751
And it works for all cases. I can use ADB, Windows sees it as a mass storage device and Calibre connects to it. Something could be wrong with your USB setup. Try checking out the thread I used.

OK, as long as Win. still sees it as before & Calibre still works, I will try to get ADB working over USB. Right now Windows "computer" doesn't see it, but it shows in Device Mgr as Android Phone/Android ADB interface. The NC is ON & displaying the USB mode screen. Since explorer doesn't see it, I can't eject it. As I said, I will back up & try the ADB setup again. If anyone knows what I did wrong, please speak up. I will be working on this this afternoon. Should I remove the ADB driver & start from the beginning?
Thanks,
Kev
Update: Got it working. At least it reported the serial number when I ran "adb devices". I can now see the NC in explorer & device mgr shows the device. I now need to learn to use these new adb tools. Any helpful instructions I can read?
Thanks,
kev

If using my computer and I find an apk. I want to install, I use dropbox. I then open dropbox on the NC download the apk and install it.
Also the Wireless ADB app works well too.

I honestly have no clue why so many people are mucking around with ADB and command lines. If people like doing things the hard way, fine, install apps via ADB, but there are much simpler ways to do things.
Yes, there are a handful of things that need to be done by ADB, but installing standard apps is not one of them.
EDIT: Reworded for clarity of target.

RoboRay said:
I honestly have no clue why so many people are mucking around with ADB and command lines. If you like doing things the hard way, fine, install your apps via ADB, but there are much simpler ways to do things.
Yes, there are a handful of things that need to be done by ADB, but installing standard apps is not one of them.
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Well, I did ask for recommendations in the OP! Care to make one?
Cheers,
kev

Oh, certainly, what I meant was a file manager is great for it, as it's the other method you mentioned. Dropbox is by far the easiest way I've found to move things from your PC to your Android device, too.
My comment about people "doing things the hard way" wasn't specifically directed at you, either, although upon looking back it does seem to come off that way. I'll fix it. Anyway, what I meant was that everywhere I go I see people posting very long sets of commands for people to type in to ADB or the Terminal so that they can accomplish things that are easily done with the push of a button or two in the appropriate app. And then I see lots of people responding with "It didn't work" which usually means they typed something wrong.
The command line is wonderful because it's so powerful and precise, but that doesn't mean it should be used for every simple task.

I find that the majority of things that I need to do can be done with Root Explorer.

Wireless Nook File Transfer?

I am looking for a method to wirelessly transfer files over WiFi to my SD card (sick of popping it out every time I want to add a photo or pdf - usb cable doesn't seem to work). I am currently using a CM7 variant. Any good suggestions on how to do this? Thanks in advance.

Does Dropbox work on the CM7 Rom? That's what I use on AutoNooter3 and it works wonders!

I use an app named WebSharing to accomplish this:
http://android.nextapp.com/site/websharing
Basically it gives you a web browser interface to move things on and off your android device. It's pretty damn cool and has a free version you can try.
I also use Dropbox for this and love it. It makes it easy to move any files from one computer to another. Just dump them into the cloud and pull them down to your device. You get 2GB for free.
If you sign up with Dropbox you can use my referral link and we both get an extra 250GB free. Not trying to spam the service, but it is pretty good.
Referral link: http://db.tt/m7DfKVy

Search the market for FTP server. You can copy files to and from the sdcard or internal memory with one of those.
There is also a smb server for android so you can do window shares off your android device but can't remember its name.
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If you have Windows, you can do SMB transfer with ES File Explorer using the LAN tab. You can also search for the cifs thread by dasdud in the development section. I use cifsmanager with the cifs modules there. The only down size is that it only work on eclair.

Samba filesharing. Super easy to use.
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I've used all the methods mentioned here, and a couple fo others, and by far the most seamless is SAMBA - I've even use dit to transfer files between two android devices via my PC.
Otherwise I have ES File explorer installed solely because it can look across the network from the Nook, but it often cannot resolve names properly and can be a bit clunky to use.

Awesome drop app in market

Wow, there's an awful lot of choices there. I don't suppose that there's a AFP server app for us Mac users?

I use SWIFTP and it works great. On my PC I use Filezilla to connect. And Fetch on my Mac.
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you could also use adbWireless from the market
and then just do adb push <file> /sdcard

I use DavDrive. I can mount the storage right to Nautilus in Ubuntu. It works about the same with a Mac I think. Windows is a bit trickier.
I'm definitely going to try SAMBA now also.
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there is also an app called File Share on the market. been using it for awhile now, works great

which of these apps would allow me to view folders i've shared in windows 7? or OSX?

jcollierdavis said:
I use DavDrive. I can mount the storage right to Nautilus in Ubuntu. It works about the same with a Mac I think. Windows is a bit tricky
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Good to know. I'll definently check out DavDrive

ddrddr said:
which of these apps would allow me to view folders i've shared in windows 7? or OSX?
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ES File Explorer should work with Win7.

Here's an example of what cifsmanager does,
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/streaming-epub-books-media-to-nook-color-with-cifsmanager/

SwiFTP rules! Use it all the time for my droid v1 and new nook. Lanch the app, hit a button to enable and start up your FTP program on your PC (I use filezilla). Transfer files back and forth to your SD using FTP.

rockstarsomeday said:
SwiFTP rules! Use it all the time for my droid v1 and new nook. Lanch the app, hit a button to enable and start up your FTP program on your PC (I use filezilla). Transfer files back and forth to your SD using FTP.
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Agreed. I used SwiFTP on my Nook Color & HTC Incredible and connect with my host machine using Filezilla. Quick and painless setup!
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Ok, I am convinced that I should use Samba. Now, not bring the brightest blub in the box when it comes to networking (actually, it's my weakest event in the techie trialthon), I have no idea what I need to do on the computer's end (Win 7) to get it to see the Nook, or vice-versa (no offense, documentation is not Samba's strong point). This is obviously over WiFi, so what am I missing? Thanks (I feel like an idoit).

[Q] Noob: Moving personal ePub files to NC Froyo on SD Card

I am running the customized Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 on a SD Card and have the Nook eReader installed. I am not sure how I move my personal ePub files - free books downloaded, no DRM - to be read on the Nook eReader. I tried to connect to my PC with a USB cable, then enabled USB on the NC. Then in Windows Explorer I tried moving the files to various directories like Nook, Nook/My Documents, My Files etc., but no matter where I put the files when I go into the Nook eReader it does not see the files (I am looking in My Files section). I even tried using Aldiko - that did not work either. Calibre says the files are transferred to the SD Card.
Any ideas? Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Never mind I found the answer here. Interesting that you have to use ADB to push ePub files and you cannot transfer them using Calibre or Windows Explorer. I thought ADB was for programs only.
Thanks to all you guys for the fantastic job in making the NC a working Android tablet.

I use dropbox for this as well. GIven that I had updated 4 or 5 different builds and ran on SD card for each of them, it was handy to just download the dropbox.apk and have all of my personal epubs available each time.

Thats a great solution! Can you tell me where I can get more information on how to use Dropbox? I see I already have the app.

janus2000 said:
Thats a great solution! Can you tell me where I can get more information on how to use Dropbox? I see I already have the app.
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+1 for this. Running the same config and haven't messed around with adb at all.

Disclaimer : I don't use the nook app; I use fbreader, so ymmv with this.
Anyways, the way I get epubs out of Calibre onto the nook is via the Calibre webserver. Turn it on on your pc (In Calibre, Preferences->Sharing->Sharing over the net, set up what you need, then hit the Start Server button), then access it via your nook color's web browser (make sure you use the port you set up in the url, that that port isn't blocked by a firewall, etc).
From there, you can just click to download the epubs. On mine (nookie froyo), it asks whether I want to complete the action with the browser or with fbreader. I choose fbreader and it will download it and add it to its library (if you're curious where the files get dropped, on mine it's /mnt/sdcard/Books/<ip address of my desktop>/get/EPUB).
FBReader can also talk to OPDS servers for network libraries, which the calibre web server also talks (it's just a specifically formatted) xml feed). Go into Network Library, then click the Add Catalog link. The OPDS url to use:
http colon slash slash <your server ip>:<port you setup>/opds/
(gotta love new user link protection)
The resaon I go through the nook browser instead of the network library is because the calibre web server allows actual searching. The OPDS feed doesn't allow searching (though it does allow you to get at your library through a number of different categorizations, which might be sufficient for you). Fair warning, too, that since I haven't used OPDS much, there may be something I'm missing about it.

Thanks very much for the detailed response. Just got back in town - will try it this weekend.

Sync Nook books with Android

I have a few epub books I side-loaded onto my NC but they are not showing up on the B&N "My Nook Library," section of my online account management which means they are also unavailable on my android phone. Is there a way (a specific location to move them to on the Nook) to get them to sync? I don;t do a lot of reading from my phone, but it'd be nice to pick up where I left off for a few minutes when i have time.

Anybody?
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AFAIK, side loaded books do not sync.

Kayak83 said:
I have a few epub books I side-loaded onto my NC but they are not showing up on the B&N "My Nook Library," section of my online account management which means they are also unavailable on my android phone. Is there a way (a specific location to move them to on the Nook) to get them to sync? I don;t do a lot of reading from my phone, but it'd be nice to pick up where I left off for a few minutes when i have time.
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You could sync the Files with Dropbox... but you wont be able to sync your place in the books if that is what you are looking for.

therealguppy said:
You could sync the Files with Dropbox... but you wont be able to sync your place in the books if that is what you are looking for.
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...with some creativity it might be possibe to use Dropbox and a few symlinks in the appropriate data folders to sync places (..assuming android supports symlinks like other linux/unix os's... )

Side loaded books won't sync with the Nook. They will sync with the Kindle app if you're willing to do some hacking.

Get aldiko in the market. It reads epub and pdf protected books. I normally have to open the file in astro or similar for aldiko to see.
If possible just download to ur nc and skip the sideloading.

What do you mean by sync? Are you expecting sideloaded books to get pushed up to B&N and pulled down to other nook readers?
If you can't see your sideloaded books in Nook-Android on HC, go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966339&highlight=can't+books

MNMichael said:
What do you mean by sync? Are you expecting sideloaded books to get pushed up to B&N and pulled down to other nook readers?
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Yes, actually. But I can see why B&N doesn't allow it.

jaybert45 said:
Get aldiko in the market. It reads epub and pdf protected books. I normally have to open the file in astro or similar for aldiko to see.
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I also use Aldiko in the Rooted NC to read epub books. FBReader is also a good alternative.

[Q] File storage and computer connection

I apologize if these questions have already been answered but I didn't see them in any Nook HD+ forum/thread.
1) I downloaded some books from B&N prior to rooting the Nook. I then rooted the Nook HD+ and I can still read the books thru the default reader but I can't seem to locate them in any folder. I tried two different file viewers from Google Play and can't seem to find them anywhere. Does anybody have an idea of where they could be stored? I know they are stored locally somewhere since I have WiFi turned off. My reason for asking is I would like to access them from the new launcher (using another reader) rather then going to the B&N home page.
2) My next question involves connecting to my desktop. I use openSUSE and run WinXP in an Openbox VM. Whether in Linux or using WinXP in VM I can't access the folders on Nook. I was able to get the drivers working to use ADB (in the WinXP VM only), but I can't get any folders to show up in a file manager. Well, I actually get one folder to show up, called "NOOK", but it has very limited storage. I tried this with both developer mode on Nook turned on and off. I can transfer files to Nook (and see personal folders) when using Win Media player and Nook set to MTP, but I can't see any folders with a file manager. Any idea on what is going on? BTW, it would be nice if I could see everything from Linux without having to use WinXP.
Thanks for any help. Also, many, many thanks to Someone0 for the simple root instructions. Much better use of the Nook HD with general Android apps available.
Rich

B&N books are stored at /data/nookmedia/B&N Downloads/Books

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B&N books are stored at /data/nookmedia/B&N Downloads/Books
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Thanks...that helps. Wonder what the purpose of the /sdcard/B&N Downloads directory is. Very confusing.

rfmhunt1 said:
Thanks...that helps. Wonder what the purpose of the /sdcard/B&N Downloads directory is. Very confusing.
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No clue...the external sd card also gets a B&N Downloads folder.