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[Nook Color General] ddd22:
Since I could not be more pleased with rooted nc I have blocked the OTA and I will wait to see how the push is evaluated by others. To my way of thinking that will also allow time for the development of new rooting processes. what is missing.... a microphone, decent speaker output and a camera, with the possible exception of increasing usable volume, no push is going to fix anyway.
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
Just my personal opinion, but I really hate push OS updates for android devices. I'd rather apply an update myself. Even though I doubt that B&N will block our rooting, there is that small chance of rooted 2.1 not being compatable with the update itself, for whatever reason. You also have to remember that the B&N 2.2 update will not be true 2.2. You will only have access to their own market, so very limited apps. The ultimate upside to this update will be the new kernel for the devs. Hopefuly it will solve some of the problems that continue to keep Nookie Froyo and CM7 80% complete. ie. sleep death, wifi and bluetooth stability, USB host.

The choice is yours to make, but I would block OTA updates. You can always sideload the official update anyway.
[Nook Color General] ruprick:
That begs the question: how do you block OTA updates? I couldn't figure it out on my auto-nootered stock NC.
[Nook Color General] fpga_guy:
Just a clarification. This is what has been announced in a formal press release:

"NOOK Color will get even better this Spring when a major update to the device’s firmware will offer customers access to explore exciting new applications, e-mail and many other requested features."

http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/2011_march_25_nook_color_better.html

Froyo was not mentioned - so the update may or may not include froyo. "Spring" is anytime between 3/21 and 6/21. I discount anything from HSN.

Be interested if there is another reference to the update from BN.
[Nook Color General] bluewhite79:
if you have CWM insstalled, then from what i hear, updates get blocked.
[Nook Color General] Droiddict:
CWM is Clock Work Manager? Could you please explain what it is and what it does to block updates? I have read what I can about it but have not found an explanation that I can understand.
[Nook Color General] Edwg318:
All CWM does is allow u to install/update clockwork recovery without the need for a cpu....cwm blocks ota(s) only if a non stock recovery is on ur phone
[Nook Color General] chrzanek_:
in my case i will stick with cm7. i do not believe stock will get any better, however i do not use bn software at all
[Nook Color General] smuook:
It was published back in December that it is Froyo based by Ars Technia. Why would they say it is Froyo when it is not, it is Froyo based Nook ROM. Most Nook owners (besides the ones on xda) have no idea what Froyo is anyway.
[Nook Color General] grasstrout:
If I've flashed new roms to the emmc will the update happen or is this only for rooted stock Rom users?
[Nook Color General] cshehan:
Anything other than stock or rooted stock that isn't set to block updates will be the only ones to do an automatic update. If you're on the modded Roms: nookie froyo, cm7, hc, etc you would have to download and flash it manually. Or alternatively restore to stock and let it update.
[Nook Color General] luciferii:
Couldnt have said it better my self.

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[Nook Color General] frobthebuilder:
Disregard B&N.

Install CM7. It's actually really good now. It's even got bluetooth.
[Nook Color General] rictorg:
I'd love to use something other than rooted stock, but I enjoy the Nook magazines, so I'm eager to see what the update brings.
[Nook Color General] ruprick:
I am autonootered 3.0 mostly because I enjoy the stock ereader functionality. I have also installed quite a few apps and launcher pro. Will an automatic OTA update affect my apps or launcher functionality? If so, his can I easily block it?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmoze:
OK, got my gTablet, installed the Vegan rom after the OTA update. I'm new to Android/tablets, have been noodling around some. BUT: can someone point me to some basic intro to the user interface, Android OS, etc.? I'd like to learn how to do basics like remove apps (and which ones are bloatware), create folders/organize apps, customize the functionality further, etc. Most of what I've pulled up thru searching hasn't covered the basics for a new user. Thx!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchconner:
Here is the link for the Advent Vega Manual, which tells a

lot about operating the Vegan Tab interface:

http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/manual.pdf

Hope this helps.

Rev
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmoze:
Thx! Any pointers to a guide to the general Android OS basics? (I haven't found one yet and I figure someone here might know a really good one.)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumbleweed:
check out http://www.xda-developers.com/android/understanding-android-from-a-to-z/
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hachi2Go:
I think you'll learn more just messing around with it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmoze:
Alas, the A-to-Z guide doesn't seem to actually exist!

Not necessarily. I get some random pop-up indicators, and can't figure out some basic stuff, or if apps remain running in the background, how to organize the desktop(s), hid/organize icons from the main screen, where to find things in the file sys, etc.

Call me oldschool, but I prefer to actually read a manual or guide (I hate videos--I want to read at MY pace!!) and see just how the system is organized, what can and can't be done, etc. You usually miss a whole lot with the 'just play around with it' approach--I've seen this to be generally true over the past few decades.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoobiHowserMD:
So, my gf's white fascinate running superclean 2.9.2 has booted into safe mode randomly each of the last 3 days. Has anyone else had this problem? And are there any solutions? I've flashed the rom more than once and sometimes it reboots at 30% battery.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stereoblind:
Mine boots into that safe mode thing after I run the script to wipe battery stats in terminal. Another reboot and it boots into the normal mode. I have no idea why it does that.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoobiHowserMD:
Same problem, she reboots and its fine for a day. My phone has the same setup and no problems. Hoping someone can help me out.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fordee11:
i used to have that problem on 2.9.1 all the time, but since 2.9.2 i havent had any problems
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s13_slider:
Did you do a full wipe when you threw on 2.9.2?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoobiHowserMD:
I did. Tomorrow I think ill do an Odin back to stock, then flash 2.9.2 again and see if it works.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s13_slider:
Ok. My girlfriend's Fascinate has been doing this while mine hasn't and we're both running 2.9.2. It may be time to wipe her phone to get everything working properly again. I tried running fix permissions on Thursday, so I'm gonna wait to see if that fixes the problem. If it doesn't, it's wipe city.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s44:
Yeah, the whole "deep clean" where you manually wipe all the partitions from Clockwork (twice, if you're paranoid) *before* you do a full Odin may be good, just to be safe.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
I have been using incredibly re-engineered z and downgraded to clockwork 3.0.0.7 as the instructions say to do to load nils business sense z . I downloaded the rom and used Rom Manager to install the new rom, as I always do, except for restoring sometimes in recovery. For some reason when the phone booted back there was a horizontal black line across the screen below the "HTC Incredible boot screen...then there are two vertical white lines at each end of the screen and the center is black.. The home,menu,back and search button still have haptic feedback, so i assumed the phone didnt quite make it into recovery...pulled the battery...tried regular reboot...same thing happens at the boot screen. Got phone into bootloader and when i hit fastboot, it shoots out a bunch of errors it seems real quickly. All is can read is SD checking...no image or wrong image...PB310IAG.zip (i think)...lack of heap. I tried to get the phone into recovery from the bootloader screen and the same thing keeps happening. I'm stuck and have no clue what kind of fix there is for this...am i bricked? I dont get this...have flashed roms 20 times or so and nothing like this has ever happened...please help!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Sense you can't get into recovery you are going to have to flash back to stock with an RUU..... if you want I will help you through the process..... first check and make sure your SD card is formatted fat32... and let me know and we will go from there
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
i was able to format fat 32...also tried a factory reset and clear memory...appreciate any help...thanks!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
actually just tried to make sure once again and it says SD FAT32 init OK

(red letter) 255: Not key-card!!!

Process done, reboot device?

(vol up) yes...i am at that screen now
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok follow these steps exactly for step was formatting the SD so hboot can read the zip..... now download the zip I'm giving you and place it on the root of your SD card once you have it there rename the zip PB31IMG.zip exactly, then boot into hboot wait for for it to search for it if you did my steps correctly it will once it finds it it will ask you if you want to update press the button up to update let it do its thing till it says it done and asks you to reboot... don't panic and pull the battery because the process can take awhile just be patient... make sure you have a good charge

Here's the file let me know what happens....

http://db.tt/8YWjgVF
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
hit volume up and rebooted...didnt reboot into hboot though and same thing happened at incredible screen...assume the sd card is still formatted correctly
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
i do not have a sd adaptor for my mac and not sure how to flash anything on the hboot screen. Also I have never used my computer for anything on the phone so know very little about how I would put something on the root of my sd card through a computer
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
thinking about going to verizon tomorrow and just telling them that I might have picked up some new malware that I hear is going around on the market...that it has caused this to my phone...???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Well I thought I could help but if you can't access your SD card then that wont work.... the root of the SD is the section where all the folders are located....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
just wierd...flashed many a rom and this has never happened before. No clue what I did wrong as I do the same thing every time I flash a new rom through rom manager...make a backup if I wish and wipe...then reboot and off we go...for some reason things went a bit different this time. no clue...?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Yea it sounds strange if you go to Verizon be carefull
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
if i am able to get an adaptor, how easy would it be to do this. As mentioned, I ve never really done anything with the phone on my computer. I have seen the mass storage files and pulled pics from the sd card through a usb cord and thats about it. I can get an adaptor pretty easily. Just dont know if I can actually do this. I'm decent with computers, but far from an expert
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
what did i do to the phone so i can try not to do this again. Its like rom rom manager messed me up...sux
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Its hard to tell what happened without skittles more info but I can help you I will we will Yakut step by step if you want to try I'm willing to help
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
most definitely...pretty beat from a long week. Are you gonna be around tomorrow? Also, do you know about mac's? I also have a windows machine so i guess it doesnt matter, but know the mac a little better myself.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
I use windows myself but all you need it for is to download the file and then copy it to your SD the rest is done on the phone its actually pretty easy ill just have to explain it in more detail for you.... so if you want to wait go ahead and download the file its about 180mb so you will have it and we will get you fixed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
dl'ing file now...let me know when you might be up and about so we can get this done. Really appreciate it!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
I'm usually up by 9 I have a 5 month old no sleeping in here
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
haha...a 4 year old here...she's still up though so I might make 9...gonna have to run to the store to get that adaptor and have other chores as well, but first things first...thanks again
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
No problem I know what its like
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
not sure if skype would be easier to do this since not sure how complex the whole ordeal might be...if so my skype id is c2cjond...if not, guess we can go back and forth here. Have to get that adaptor first and think kmart opens at around 10. Hope they have one...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
I've never used Skype bro don't worry ill talk you through it so you will understand
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
alright ...got the adaptor...gonna take micro sd out and put in computer...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
already have a folder called PB31img.zip...tried changing splashes before but could never get it to work, but folder is still there...? Should I delete?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
also have a folder named "root" where I have a PB31IMG.zip fil...only 9kb, so assume thats why that one never worked...should I delete this one as well?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
just copied your download to root of sd card (dragged and dropped to to where all the folder are)...asked me if i wanted to replace a folder already with same name and said yes...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Yes delete both of those old folders just invade...... now are you positive that your SD is fat32?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
I had never formatted fat32 before i dont think...but when trying in hboot last night, the above came up...if im not sure, how can I be sure...?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
rebooted after that, so can only assume it is formatted fat32
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok do this is you your SD still in the computer if so maximize the window with all the folders and on the left there should be 3 boxes the bottom box should say either "fat" or fat32 check that real quiik
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
guess it doesnt work like that on a mac...maximized window but doesnt say anything or show anything like what youre saying
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
ok...found out how to see...yes formatted fat32
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok I'm confused is your phone working then..... did it ask you to update
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
havent done anything yet...was waiting for a reply... :) Assuming i need to boot into hboot as you mentioned in one of your first posts and go from there...doing now...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok now did you put the file on the main directory and not inside any other folder? And did you rename it PB31IMG.zip..... if so we are ready to put the SD in the phone and boot into hboot....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
yes in a main directory named exactly how you said
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
hboot screen up
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok are you in hboot now?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok it should search for it and ask to update did it?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
no...didnt ask for anything...just has hboot highlighted in blue as well as fastboot highlighted in blue
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
I can scroll up and down, but definitely hasnt updated or asked for anything...???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
typical white hboot screen that has recovery in green font, clear storage, simlock (in blue) and factory reset in red
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Then your either formatted. Wrong or you named it wrong make sure the file don't have zip at the end of it twice
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
when i hit power button on bootloader it switches back to fastboot and vice versa...nothing seems to be happening
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
named it exactly how you said after downloading..."PB31IMG.zip" and put in main directory
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Are you positive you your formatted correctly
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
that is the only thing i am positive of...yes...clearly said formatted fat32
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Ok and when you first open the SD card do you see the file in there with all the other folders
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
kinda why i wanted to do the skype thing so you could see what my phone is looking like...can scroll through options of menu, but nothing else is happening as far as updating...do i need to select anything or is it just supposed to automatically update?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
im an idiot...sd card was not fully engaged in phone...updating now i can see
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
pressed volume up to update and bar on right side of screen seems to be updating something
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
Lol don't touch anything till it asks to reboot it might take a few mins
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
rebooting now...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
seems to be working now...am I still rooted? should i not restore any of my old roms and start from scratch or is it ok to restore anything. Was also having problems with fernando's market on my last rom as it kept force closing...uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of times...not sure what the deal was there. Appreciate your help sooooo much!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
just tried to reboot into recovery and phone is doing the same update it did to fix the original issue. How can I get into recovery now? Do I basically have to start from scratch...believe i can just get rom manager from market and go that route instead of amnually going into recovery...seems to be only option....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
You are stick again so you will have to reroot and start over but its better than not having a phone at all just alittle Extra work if you have anymore questions let me know and don't forget to hit the thanks button.....lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
You wont be able to use rom manager till you reroot sorry it was the only way to fix your problem after you reroot you will be ok just be careful....
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
And remember you are stock just like when you bought the phone so you will need to follow the steps you did the first time you rooted.... and you need to take the file I gave you and remove it from the phone but still keep it just incase. You need it again
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
tried to reroot using unrevoked and seems like bootloader is at the point to where it wants to update your file again. Do i need to take that file out of the sd card first before I try and root?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
YES!!!! Take it out and store it on your computer somewhere incase you ever need it again..... then start your rooting steps over again...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug piston:
Ummmmm. 3.0.0.7 is not compatible with SLCD. All you realy needed to do was reboot and flash 3.0.0.8 through rom manager
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
thats probably what the problem was then...instructions on loading the rom say to use 3.0.0.7, so thats what I did...already had 3.0.0.8
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
The reason I suggested the RUU is because he made it sound like he couldn't boot back up and he was stuck.... was I correct or could you load the rom?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoman24v:
Look up slcd and recovery or something like that. Pretty huge thread about your 2 white lines in recovery.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
Definitely could load nothing but the hboot screen...you helped out SO MUCH. The ROM i was trying to load says to use 3.0.0.7 in directions, so I went from 3.0.0.8 in ROM manager to 3.0.0.7, exactly how the directions for that specific ROM say to load the ROM and had the issue that apparently slcd inc's have when using that specific clockworkmod...wierd that a form of recovery would affect a phone with a certain screen on it...?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
So are you you good to go now??? I've been waiting on an update
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdaniels31:
pm'd...thanks again!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doug piston:
If he was stuck with out recoveryI would have tried flashing a just the recovery first. Best not to have to flash radios unless absolutley neccesary. Less of a chance for something to go wrong. Just for future reference.:)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newt:
I kinda misunderstood him what I gathered was he was stuck in hboot you know more about it than I do so I got ya

Just reread I didn't think about flashing a recovery in hboot ill know next time
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkrein:
Okay been running tnt two taps for about a week ive noticed that when using a non live walpaper it is streched and oversized cant seam to find a fix for this did see it was happening on the nook color but nothing on gtab. anyway anyone know of a fix for this thanks t.krein
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkrein:
Any ideas live wallpapers work just fine
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joekak:
Well when you set a wallpaper the tablet usually stretches it to fit all four panes on the classic home(when you slide left and right). Try to use one that's more landscape, I forget the actual resolution, and see if it looks any better
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] transitoyspace:
anyone know the solution to this this have been a problem on most roms that ive tested on

yes i used both 1024x600 and 1024x1024 and even started to use high res so it would look so pixelated