I was running CM11 M12, then the 11/22 nightly since January and for about a week, the latest nightly. I think it's time to move to a more recent Android version. I'd like to hear from anyone who is running 12.1 or Marshmallow and how your experience has been. Would especially like to hear from anyone who moved from any CM11 version and from those who have tried both 12.1 and 13. Which did you like better and why? I use my HD primarly to surf the web with Chrome and as a reader (Kindle and epub formats.) Occasionally look at Facebook, pictures (Google photos or QuickPik), the NYTimes app, and of course, XDA!
Thanks.
No one has tried both 12 and 13? Oh well, guess I'll just flip a coin to decide. Or maybe it's time to say goodbye Nook.
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No one has tried both 12 and 13? Oh well, guess I'll just flip a coin to decide. Or maybe it's time to say goodbye Nook.
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Just saw your post. I've used anything from cm10.1 to cm13 on my ovation and hummingbird. Mine lives off marshmallows now. I personally prefer aosp over cm but cm gets faster updates. The available cm13/aosp builds out perform cm11 and 12.1. Also development of 12.xx is dead. The dev that does the newer builds is fully involved in the mm builds.
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Just saw your post. I've used anything from cm10.1 to cm13 on my ovation and hummingbird. Mine lives off marshmallows now. I personally prefer aosp over cm but cm gets faster updates. The available cm13/aosp builds out perform cm11 and 12.1. Also development of 12.xx is dead. The dev that does the newer builds is fully involved in the mm builds.
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Thanks for the info. MM sounds like the way to go. I'll give it a try.
Installed CM13 today. Went smoothly. So far so good.
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Installed CM13 today. Went smoothly. So far so good.
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I'd be interested in your experience with CM13 after a few week soak.
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I'd be interested in your experience with CM13 after a few week soak.
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I'll try to remember. After 2 days, I'm liking it a lot. Seems to have refreshed my Nook HD. A little zippier overall than the CM11 nightly. No real issues at this point. Installing the zip files with TWRP was easier than CWM due to the graphical interface. I don't use too many different apps but my main apps, Chrome, Facebook, NYTimes, XDA, Overdrive, all work fine. I did have to reinstall SuperSU from the zip file. It wouldn't update the binary for some reason. Once I did that, Titanium Backup worked again. I am going to update my wife's HD+ soon. She's still on 10.2.1 and has been complaining lately about spontaneous reboots and shutting down at random.
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Installed CM13 today. Went smoothly. So far so good.
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Can you link me to the version you used. Considering that CM13 on Nook has been buggy I'd like to go for the exact same version you are using
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Can you link me to the version you used. Considering that CM13 on Nook has been buggy I'd like to go for the exact same version you are using
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The files are in the appropriate folder here:
https://m.box.com/shared_item/https://notredame.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww
I used this recovery for my HD: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=52420
I used pico Gapps from opengapps.org
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After 2 days, I'm liking it a lot. Seems to have refreshed my Nook HD. A little zippier overall than the CM11 nightly. No real issues at this point. Installing the zip files with TWRP was easier than CWM due to the graphical interface. I don't use too many different apps but my main apps, Chrome, Facebook, NYTimes, XDA, Overdrive, all work fine.
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The CM13 install has not cured some of the problems. Very slow to respond sometimes and occasionally an update will hang during the install process. FB was updating and after the download was complete, after 90 seconds it still said updating. I closed the play store and when I opened it back up, the update was complete.
I think some of the issues are just related to the (relatively) ancient hardware and will not be cured by on OS update. My Nexus 7 running stock MM does not exhibit any of these issues but its hardware is far superior to the Nook. Since I bought the Nook primarily to experiment with custom ROMs, I can live with its limitations.
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The CM13 install has not cured some of the problems. Very slow to respond sometimes ...
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I have not tried CM13, but my experience with CM12.1 was similar to yours -- response time was initially very zippy after fresh installation, but then after about two weeks unresponsiveness started to manifest more and more frequent in unpredictable manner ...
As my HD+ is my daily-driver tablet I opted to go back to CM11 for a more predictable albeit less zippy responsiveness.
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I have not tried CM13, but my experience with CM12.1 was similar to yours -- response time was initially very zippy after fresh installation, but then after about two weeks unresponsiveness started to manifest more and more frequent in unpredictable manner ...
As my HD+ is my daily-driver tablet I opted to go back to CM11 for a more predictable albeit less zippy responsiveness.
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My HD with CM13 is still better (I think) than it was with CM11. It's probably my imagination but it seems to be better with a good charge. I should probably also reboot more often. I regularly go days, sometimes even weeks, without a restart.
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After 10 days, the bloom is off the rose. Many of the issues I was experiencing under CM11 have returned. Slow app loading/switching, occasionally unresponsive touch-screen, and the overall sluggishness. I noted today in the CM13 thread that a Facebook update took 9 minutes to install after the download finished. Of course, I have no idea if this is FB-related or CM13 but I don't recall it taking that long in the past. I don't intend to go back to CM11. I don't think CM13 is any worse than CM11 but at this point, it doesn't seem like much of an improvement. I think the Nook hardware is just showing its age. It will probably be relegated to the role of book-reader. I have a Nexus 7 that overall works much better although it too suffers from occasional touch-screen unresponsiveness.
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After 10 days, the bloom is off the rose. Many of the issues I was experiencing under CM11 have returned. Slow app loading/switching, occasionally unresponsive touch-screen, and the overall sluggishness.
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This morning the Nook with CM13 was its old zippy self, just like after I installed it. The XDA app loaded in 6 seconds, about the same as my Nexus 7. Yesterday it took over twice as long. I had two other apps open. Don't know why performance seems to be inconsistent. When it's working well, it's great, when it's not it's very frustrating. Oh well.
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After 10 days, the bloom is off the rose. Many of the issues I was experiencing under CM11 have returned. Slow app loading/switching, occasionally unresponsive touch-screen, and the overall sluggishness. I noted today in the CM13 thread that a Facebook update took 9 minutes to install after the download finished. Of course, I have no idea if this is FB-related or CM13 but I don't recall it taking that long in the past.
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FWIW I just updated Facebook on my HD+ running CM11, it took 55sec including download time.
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FWIW I just updated Facebook on my HD+ running CM11, it took 55sec including download time.
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Wow! Even my Nexus 7 took almost 3 minutes today.
Well, after about 5 weeks with CM13, I'm going back to CM11 Snapshot on my HD. I just posted the reasons in the main CM13 thread so I will not repeat them here. It was good at first but for whatever reason, performance has deteriorated to the point where it is too frustrating to continue using it.
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Well, after about 5 weeks with CM13, I'm going back to CM11 Snapshot on my HD. I just posted the reasons in the main CM13 thread so I will not repeat them here.
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Have gotten some good suggestions in the MM thread so I will try them before reverting to CM11.
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Necro. What was the end result? Did you ever try 12.1, Slimkat or any other builds? Anyone else?
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I'm new to this but I understand the root & flash process.
I just need some help selecting & locating a rom for my nook hd.
I don't like the Barnes & noble os as it seems a little laggy.
Therefore I'd like to replace if with a proper android rom but I get confused with what the difference between stock & cm10 is.
I just want a stable android rom that's fast for browsing & will play netflix well.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Stock ROM is the default Barnes & Noble operating system, the one you're using now. The term "stock" is used to describe this ROM, as it's the default ROM that comes installed with the Nook.
There are other ROMs available, so that you can customise your Nook. The one I would recommend, so that you can comfortably just use Android on a daily basis without worrying about anything else is CyanogenMod 10.1.3 (stable). This is a stable ROM, and ready for daily use without worrying about anything else. That's CyanogenMod (CM) 10.1.3. Do NOT install CyanogenMod 10.2, as this is a nightly version and not ready for daily use. You can install CM10.2 if you desire, but don't expect it to be perfect; there may be few issues and problems here and there.
Installing CyanogenMod 10.1.3 runs Android version 4.2.2, so that's Jelly Bean. CM10.2 runs Android 4.3 (however, this isn't stable yet). Here's a beginners guide to installing CyanogenMod for your Nook: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
All the best, if you require any assistance, feel free to reply back.
For what it's worth, performance on my Nook HD+ with CyanogenMod 10.1.3 is absolute garbage. 10x worse than stock B&N ROM, everything lags to hell and back. Even scrolling the damn app menu lags, and I'm constantly seeing "<Insert App Name Here> isn't responding. Do you want to close it?" Everything, even the system idle process. I don't know what to advise as there seems to be no general consensus as to what's the best ROM, everything's under development, the only ROM listed under Original Android Development (which I'm hoping is as close as possible to stock) doesn't work.
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For what it's worth, performance on my Nook HD+ with CyanogenMod 10.1.3 is absolute garbage. 10x worse than stock B&N ROM, everything lags to hell and back. Even scrolling the damn app menu lags, and I'm constantly seeing "<Insert App Name Here> isn't responding. Do you want to close it?" Everything, even the system idle process. I don't know what to advise as there seems to be no general consensus as to what's the best ROM, everything's under development, the only ROM listed under Original Android Development (which I'm hoping is as close as possible to stock) doesn't work.
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My experience wasn't like that at all. While I wouldn't say it was blistering, it did seem on par or better than the Stock ROM. swiping was just a smidge laggy using Nova Prime.
I went on to Carbon and while it has a very nice feature set, it seems a good bit LAGGIER than the previous ROMs. I've been told that SlimBean runs nicely though, so I'm going to play with Carbon a little more but likely go on to that one when I decide to flash again.
I should expand a bit on my experience.
Performance was great the first half day, very speedy, better than stock ROM. By the end of the day it got a little slower than stock, a day or two later it was already pretty bad, noticeably slower, a week later absolutely terrible. It's as if performance degrades with time. I've tried reflashing it and now it sucks from the very beginning. If you find yourself trying CyanogenMod 10.1.3 stable and it still works great a week later, let me know--maybe I need to send mine in for a warranty swap.
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I should expand a bit on my experience.
Performance was great the first half day, very speedy, better than stock ROM. By the end of the day it got a little slower than stock, a day or two later it was already pretty bad, noticeably slower, a week later absolutely terrible. It's as if performance degrades with time. I've tried reflashing it and now it sucks from the very beginning. If you find yourself trying CyanogenMod 10.1.3 stable and it still works great a week later, let me know--maybe I need to send mine in for a warranty swap.
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Hi, I have been running 10.2 nightly for awhile now and have my tablet running several hours a day surfing Web, watching movies, reading, etc. and I have not had any of the lag or slowdown that you mention. I have had no random reboots or any trouble, I think it performs better than stock rom.
I am very happy with this setup.
So I hope this helps you some.
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I should expand a bit on my experience.
Performance was great the first half day, very speedy, better than stock ROM. By the end of the day it got a little slower than stock, a day or two later it was already pretty bad, noticeably slower, a week later absolutely terrible. It's as if performance degrades with time. I've tried reflashing it and now it sucks from the very beginning. If you find yourself trying CyanogenMod 10.1.3 stable and it still works great a week later, let me know--maybe I need to send mine in for a warranty swap.
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It is not CM10.1.3, it is your device being hit with the need for trim. Your stock would act the same way. Read in the CM10.2 thread.
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Oh my god, you're right! I have to admit I noticed the TRIM issue when I first installed CyanogenMod (hard to miss, it's at the top in big red letters ). I realized it's a perfect match for the performance degradation I'd been seeing, but I dismissed it as a possible cause out of a naive belief that there's no way a manufacturer could ship something that crippled. I thought surely it would have been caught during testing. I also didn't want to read a 100+ page thread to figure out exactly what the issue is when the search was broken. I've taken a few hours and caught up on the thread now... I guess if it looks like cheese, and smells like cheese... it's gotta be cheese.
I've got MAG2GA & 0x000015 memory chips, looks like my only option is to brick it and do a warranty swap I'm curious as to how the other people above reported good experiences; are you guys purposely installing builds with TRIM enabled because you know have good memory chips? Seems to me almost every ROM around here has it purposely disabled. Either that or you've barely used the internal flash memory.
I guess the first recommendation for Kido44 would be to figure out what kind of memory you have, so you know if you can install a kernel with TRIM enabled. The degradation in performance without it is so bad, I want to fling it at the wall. I guess it might not be noticeable right away for you if all you're planning on doing is some light web browsing and Netflix viewing, but you'll run into it at some point and weep. I suspect you're already getting there if the stock ROM is starting to lag a little bit.
As always, thanks to leapinlar for pointing me in the right direction
I've been happy with CM 10.1 for a while, ran really stable without any major hiccups, but the lag got so bad due to the lack of trim that I decided to take the plunge and risk installing 10.2 Milestone 1 with a trim-enabled kernel. I also have a bad emmc chip but I'm willing to risk it.
It's not what I'd recommend for everyone, but that's my experience.
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I've been happy with CM 10.1 for a while, ran really stable without any major hiccups, but the lag got so bad due to the lack of trim that I decided to take the plunge and risk installing 10.2 Milestone 1 with a trim-enabled kernel. I also have a bad emmc chip but I'm willing to risk it.
It's not what I'd recommend for everyone, but that's my experience.
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Carbon B11 + cm10.1.3 kernel has been working well on my HD+ for a while. It's almost as fast as the trimmed cm10.2 but without the fault risk.
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Carbon B11 + cm10.1.3 kernel has been working well on my HD+ for a while. It's almost as fast as the trimmed cm10.2 but without the fault risk.
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Not sure I understand. Won't it get slow eventually because of the lack of trim?
Sure, but it was still usable after several weeks.
I like Slimrom for the most part and observedly better than CM 10.1.3 on my nook hd+. Seems faster and more responsive, and if you use Puffin browser, it seems like it's 2x faster compared to stock browser (that's just my imo, ymmv). Anyway, I've tested only 3 roms so far, slim, cm, and carbon, so my question is, are there any roms that you guys recommended on the hd+ that can maybe compare with slim? Slim doesn't seem to be officially supported.
I'm throwing in the towel on CM11. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong,:crying:but the Nook becomes unusable garbage quickly, even after complete wipes and reflashing. It seems to happen at some point shortly after flashing GAPPS and logging into google. I've been using the correct GAPPS for CM11, so I don't think its an issue with that. I've made attempts at full wipe/installs around 10 times over the past few months, each time getting discouraged and setting it aside. It sucks, and I really want to enjoy this tablet (as I said...its unusable) without going back to stock.
Has anyone experienced this and if so, was there a particular version of CM10.1 or 10.2 that you moved to with better results?
There are two stable versions of CM10.1/CM10.2 available (CM10.1.3 and CM10.2.1). I personally like CM10.1.3. Use the dummies guide linked in my signature to install it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784304
That's my current daily driver. But I have found that, with any ROM, it only takes one misbehaving app to make one misbehaving ROM.
Try the latest Xperia it works really well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2373198
It does take a few reboots to get it to settle down then it is solid.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784304
That's my current daily driver. But I have found that, with any ROM, it only takes one misbehaving app to make one misbehaving ROM.
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This is what I ended up going with. Nice and stable... I love my tablet again thanks guys!
Hello,
Nice to see an active community for the Nook HD+. I'm seeing them here in the UK for £70-80 refurbished and wondered if it's still worth buying one? I'm most specifically looking for a tablet that can comfortably display sheet music in portrait orientation (I will never get an iPad, it's Android all the way for me). The Nook HD+ still seems to be one of the only larger screened Android tabs with a comfortable display ratio for portrait, aside from the Nexus 9, but that is way expensive for my budget.
Anyone comment on the above? I'm particularly interested if you have used a Nook HD+ to display sheet music successfully. Also, anyone think there is a better large screen tab for under £100 at the moment? Obviously the cons of the Nook HD+ are the propriety charger, lack of cameras (thought that really isn't an issue for me) and lack of GPS and the other things taken for granted on other tabs. But I can't seem to find anything under £100 that comes close to the Nook's display. 9" full HD is pretty impressive for that price. Everything else I've seen has really poor resolution, or a smaller screen (or both).
The large circa 2000x1200 display of the nook is good so I think you have the best value for your use, as the other weakness ie procesor and graphics accellertion won't effect your music.
I use my look for web reading, comics and pdf manual reading and its excellant for that.
Just be aware that the Nook OS is 3 generations behind and likely won't support many recently written apps. To make it fully functional you'll have to install a custom ROM. If you do that it's probably the best value in an Android tablet.
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Just be aware that the Nook OS is 3 generations behind and likely won't support many recently written apps. To make it fully functional you'll have to install a custom ROM. If you do that it's probably the best value in an Android tablet.
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Yup, definitely wouldn't consider it without CM11, but I can't find anything else that comes close to matching the screen size and quality for £80. My finger is hovering over the payment button... [emoji2]
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If you do that it's probably the best value in an Android tablet.
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+1.
The Nook HD+ running CM11 is my favorite amongst all my tablets which include the Google Nexus and Samsung Note. Prior to the HD+my favorite tablet was the Nook Tablet running CM10/11. It's too bad that BN got out of the tablet hardware business.
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+1.
The Nook HD+ running CM11 is my favorite amongst all my tablets which include the Google Nexus and Samsung Note. Prior to the HD+my favorite tablet was the Nook Tablet running CM10/11. It's too bad that BN got out of the tablet hardware business.
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Great, you've sold me.
Next question is, which is the most stable, CM10 final stable build, CM11 (and if so, the latest nightly or the M12 snapshot) or SlimKat? I use SlimKat on my Galaxy S4 and love it's layout and features. I've posted a question on the SlimKat thread here, as 9.0 is the latest stable but the build for the Nook seems to be 8.12...
Oops, just realised the above post might come across as a "which ROM is better" request which are (quite rightly) frowned upon in these parts. It's more which is the most stable. My sense from reading here is that it's CM11...
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Oops, just realised the above post might come across as a "which ROM is better" request which are (quite rightly) frowned upon in these parts. It's more which is the most stable. My sense from reading here is that it's CM11...
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The most stable is CM10.1.3.
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It's more which is the most stable. My sense from reading here is that it's CM11...
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Here are some data points for you. My wife has the HD+ and runs 10.1.3. She mostly surfs the web and watches movies but will occasionally look at Yelp or Facebook and run a few other apps. I have an HD which was running 10.2.1 until yesterday. I had no issues on 10.2.1. Yesterday I installed CM11 snapshot M12. I have only used email, Chrome, FB and a weather app. So far, so good. The only hiccup installing CM11 was that I couldn't backup to or install from the external SD card. Had to do both from internal storage but other than that it went smoothly.
Thanks guys. I'm think gonna start on CM11 M12, prefer to be on KitKat. I saw a YouTube video saying bluetooth causes lag on CM11, is this still the case? And is there the same problem on CM11?
Personally, a custom CM10.2.1 (Android 4.3) build by @Jon Lee has been exceptionally stable for me with F2FS for /data and /cache partitions. No lag, no bugs, extreme stability and exceptional battery life.
Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58382663&postcount=148
Can anyone give me a summary as to why F2FS is better than Ext4? I'd never heard of F2FS before I started looking on here for Nook HD+ advice.
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Great, you've sold me.
Next question is, which is the most stable, CM10 final stable build, CM11 (and if so, the latest nightly or the M12 snapshot) or SlimKat? I use SlimKat on my Galaxy S4 and love it's layout and features. I've posted a question on the SlimKat thread here, as 9.0 is the latest stable but the build for the Nook seems to be 8.12...
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I've been running CM11 (snapshot builds) for nearly a year now, it's been very stable for my use of the tablet -- email, news and web surfing, occasional Hulu/Netflix streaming.
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Can anyone give me a summary as to why F2FS is better than Ext4? I'd never heard of F2FS before I started looking on here for Nook HD+ advice.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697069
Well, I've gone for the latest M12 snapshot of CM11 with ext4 and ART. Haven't played too much so far, but very happy with the Nook HD+ overall. The screen is fantastic! Perfect for my main usage as a sheet music display (we make so many tweaks in rehearsals I was ripping through paper in no time! 9" 3:2 is just about big enough to read in portrait mode and this way we only have to print right before a gig. Savin' me some trees!)
Thanks for everybody's advice.
I rooted with CM 10.2, but am getting sick of my browsers crashing all the time. I've tried Chrome and Dolphin. Dolphin seems a little more stable, but, like Chrome, will often crash after 10 minutes of use. Any suggestions on what I might try to get a more stable response from this tablet? Thanks.
59 views and not one reply? What's up with that? Doesn't anyone have an opinion or the most stable ROM for this tablet?
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I rooted with CM 10.2, but am getting sick of my browsers crashing all the time. I've tried Chrome and Dolphin. Dolphin seems a little more stable, but, like Chrome, will often crash after 10 minutes of use. Any suggestions on what I might try to get a more stable response from this tablet? Thanks.
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I have tried most all the rom's for the HD+ and the browser issues are there with all of them. Turning off flash and keeping java off when possible has made both Dolphin and Chrome more stable for me. Your mileage may vary, but the fix is not with the rom.
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59 views and not one reply? What's up with that? Doesn't anyone have an opinion or the most stable ROM for this tablet?
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I use CM10.1.3 exclusively. It is very stable. And I use Firefox. But no one's opinion seems to hold and is why none have answered.
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Thanks for the reply, and thank you for posting excellent instructions on how to root the Nook HD and HD+. I was contemplating a change to CM11, but will try 10.3.1 first.
Kokercey - Sorry I didn't see your post. Thanks for the reply. I will try your tips before changing ROMs.
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But no one's opinion seems to hold and is why none have answered.
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To add to leapinlar's point, no two Nooks seem to behave the same way on the same ROM. I was waiting for you to try them all and tell us which ROM works best FOR YOU on your particular Nook.
I just posted about Chrome crashing quite frequently since I installed CM11. It wasn't a problem on CM 10.2.1 but I'm not going back.
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I use CM11 and recently just installed the latest nightly. I've never had any browser crashing with it, and with ART and 2D Hardware Acceleration it seems swift enough.
i have hashcode's unofficial cm12 build and its working pretty well for me.
Thanks to all
I didn't take Wellersl's suggestion and test all the ROMs out there to see how they'd work for my Nook HD+. That would sort of defeat the whole concept of a fourum, and seems like a task more suited to a blog. Still, I did install a CM11 nightly, twice now. The first install worked great for a few days, then I installed a new theme and it started to crash and reboot constantly. So I wiped it and reinstalled the most current nightly. It is working, but I've had a few instances where Chrome crashed and it rebooted, but these have been fairly rare. So I'm going to stick with this ROM and see how it goes. My biggest complaint is the lagginess of the back button (soft button) and N button (hard button) when trying to get out of and app. Also trebuchet launcher crashes every now and then. Thanks to leapinlar for his excellent dummies guides to CM 10 and 11. And thanks to kokercy for his suggestion to not install flash or java on browsers which seems to make them more stable.
I am running the CM11 official and am totally satisfied with it. CM10 builds were always unstable and would spontaneously reboot several times a day. No instability and no unscheduled reboots on CM11.
I just started using Chrome Beta and it does not shut down spontaneously like regular Chrome. I'm running CM11 M12.
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I've been using the Mokee Open Source history version. It has some cool festures, it's fast and seems to be about as, or perhaps a little more stable than CM 11 builds.
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Hi all,
although this thread is more than a year old the ROM development for the Nook didn't stop. Now, I use the latest CM13 build but I'm not quite happy with the responsiveness. What ROM would you currently recommend for a fast and least lagging user experience?
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Hi all,
although this thread is more than a year old the ROM development for the Nook didn't stop. Now, I use the latest CM13 build but I'm not quite happy with the responsiveness. What ROM would you currently recommend for a fast and least lagging user experience?
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FWIW I've been using CM11 (11/22/15 nightly build) and am quite happy with it.
I think stock firmware from B&N didn't crash the browser. I'm gonna try it, since I've not used the stock fw since 5 or so days after I got the device.
I installed CM11 M12 a couple months ago on my HD despite being totally satisfied with 10.2.1. I did get the Nook to play with after all.
It's sort of OK but doesn't feel as responsive as 10.2.1. When I touch the menu button to open the app drawer, the screen dims and it may take 5 seconds before I see the app screen. It is often slow to go back to the home screen also. Strangely it's not consistent.
I may go back to 10.2.1 but before I do, I was wondering if any of the more recent CM11 nightlies have solved this problem. I've never used a nightly build before but since they are built to solve specific issues, can I assume performance won't be any worse than my current "stable" build? Would like to hear in particular from anyone who has followed this path, i.e., started with C11 M12 then went to nightly builds and are happy with them. If any specific nightly is most stable, I'd start with that one.
lmacmil said:
I installed CM11 M12 a couple months ago on my HD despite being totally satisfied with 10.2.1. I did get the Nook to play with after all.
It's sort of OK but doesn't feel as responsive as 10.2.1. When I touch the menu button to open the app drawer, the screen dims and it may take 5 seconds before I see the app screen. It is often slow to go back to the home screen also. Strangely it's not consistent.
I may go back to 10.2.1 but before I do, I was wondering if any of the more recent CM11 nightlies have solved this problem. I've never used a nightly build before but since they are built to solve specific issues, can I assume performance won't be any worse than my current "stable" build? Would like to hear in particular from anyone who has followed this path, i.e., started with C11 M12 then went to nightly builds and are happy with them. If any specific nightly is most stable, I'd start with that one.
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That is a poor assumption that nightlies won't be worse than stable builds. They are by definition experimental and could be less stable as new things could be added to make it less so. That said, I don't run CM11 because I like the speed and stability of cm10.1.3.
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I've been running cm11 m12 for a couple of months now on several nooks hd and hd+ and I am very pleased. And would like to thank leapinlar for his great guide. The only bug I found is that turning the machine off sometimes is just a reboot and it turns it back on. I also try to minimize the number of applications I use at the same time, perhaps thats one of the reasons it is running smooth. I was curious when cm11 m13 will come out, it has been awhile now.
zspeciman said:
I've been running cm11 m12 for a couple of months now on several nooks hd and hd+ and I am very pleased...I was curious when cm11 m13 will come out, it has been awhile now.
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I'm not sure we'll ever see M13. I suspect most developers are concentrating on Lollipop. And at some point, they'll give up on the original Nook since it's been superseded by the Galaxy Nook.
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