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NC to tablet the EASY way...

Hi,
My husband and I wanted a tablet but the cost for most of them was just too much for us, so we did some research and found that the NC could be made into a tablet right here on XDA. Then it all seemed just too complicated. Somewhere we read that there was a SD card that you could use to make it a tablet and still use the NC. Dual boot thing...We researched that and found these N2A cards. You put the card in the SD slot and you can boot into the NC or ANDROID to use the tablet. Comes with preinstalled applications and this way you don't void your NC warrant. Any problem just remove the SD card and you are back to just NC..
Then we didn't like the price of those new ones either so we searched and found REFURBISHED ones...
Using these now about two weeks and IN LOVE....7" is a great size for us and some of the better tablets are 10'' just too big...
Anyway hope this help somebody here looking for a great inexpensive way to the TABLET world.
Donna aka gramme

Congrats for getting NC to become a full fledged tablet I simply use CM7.2 Mirage Kang ROM, but it's nice you did it easy.
I hope you don't come into any problems with your refurbished SD card though. I always go new when I buy memory cards.
Good luck and have fun!

tjw345 said:
Congrats for getting NC to become a full fledged tablet I simply use CM7.2 Mirage Kang ROM, but it's nice you did it easy.
I hope you don't come into any problems with your refurbished SD card though. I always go new when I buy memory cards.
Good luck and have fun!
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I think Gramme meant refurb'd nook color... not memory card

64GB card

OK Most of my 32GB card is taken up already with just games and comics. Instead of making another 32GB CM10.1 card for movies and books is there anyone who has gotten a 64GB card to work in their nook hd with CM10.1 ? Im asking because searching came up with this post:
"I use a class 10 sandisk 64gb on both my nook HD and transformer infinity. I believe sandisk and Samsung are the two biggest high end solid state manufacturers. In my experience any card no matter what class has been solid as long as it was made by them. The 64gb sandisk has worked well so far in my nook HD."
But its not very descriptive at all and gives no card model number. Thanks.

I am running my HD+ from a SanDisk 64gb Ultra U1 "class 10" and it's working well for me. I'd need to pull it for the model number.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10

Tried a 64U CL10 with CM10, constant reboots
Tried with the hybrid install, constant reboots
Now on 32
I think answer is YMMV

I [email protected] know about cm10.1 but I have it on stock root
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Root?

IS It able to root this device and use it as a normal tablet without having to dualboot using an SD Card? Or do I just have to buy a Nexus 7?

Hello,
It's completely upto you which tablet you'd like to prefer. If you'd like to jump straight to the Android experice with no hassle, and go mainstream, I would probably just purchase a Nexus 7. If price is the concern, then I guess a Nook is your answer. But I would honestly recommend installing CyanogenMod via a SD Card + Hybrid install for performance and a better experience. Most of us who have installed CM10 have not turned back; and we have correctly done so, and can easily be justified by the experience you recieve. I becomes a full fledged tablet.
Anyway, yes you can root and install Gapps on the Nook's standard ROM. But the default B&N ROM is worse than iOS's restrictions; you cannot do anything! After a root + Gapps, you do get many more features, but you do benefit from a default Jelly Bean interface via CM. I can't explain it, you need to experience it to understand a glimpse of the jibberish coming out of my mouth.
Root + Gapps (thanks to leapinlar): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613
That should detail it all.
Again I would recommend CM10 on a hybrid install, if it's the difficulty you're worries about, you shouldn't be, it's easy. Ofcourse, it's your choice.
All the best.

Eh, I dunno how much you can compare the two.
Nexus 7:
Smaller screen
No microsd slot
No HDMI
Standard usb port
Lots of development
HD+:
Bigger screen
microsd slot
HDMI out
non standard usb port
Less development
Nook Usb/HDMI cables are expensive
A 16 gb Nexus 7 ~ $200, and a 16gb Nook HD+ and a 16gb class 10 microsd card is ~$200.

is there a way to store apps on the sd card for the nook hd 7?

i just got kinda bit with an impulse purchase on a nook hd7 8gb version... i did not think about lack of storage.. i just thought how much i liked the hd+ and how it might be nice to get the 7 inch... the lack of storage is an issue.. 8gb is kinda thin... so i was wondering if there is a way to transfer apps to the sdcard. to free up some space... i plan to root this as i did the nook HD+ an put the 10.2 nightly on it... dang impulse purchases... awell... still a pretty cool tablet for 80 bucks..

scuzzo said:
i just got kinda bit with an impulse purchase on a nook hd7 8gb version... i did not think about lack of storage.. i just thought how much i liked the hd+ and how it might be nice to get the 7 inch... the lack of storage is an issue.. 8gb is kinda thin... so i was wondering if there is a way to transfer apps to the sdcard. to free up some space... i plan to root this as i did the nook HD+ an put the 10.2 nightly on it... dang impulse purchases... awell... still a pretty cool tablet for 80 bucks..
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No, you cannot put apps on the SD with the HD/HD+. But you can swap the SDs so that media files get put on the external SD instead of the internal SD, making more room for apps on internal. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and read item 4.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Upgraded to fire 8 hd tablet, but micro sd doesnt work

Have a micro ad card that works well on my fire 7 tablet. I tried putting it in my fire 8 hd, but would not mount.