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[Nook Color General] atomclock:
The sad truth is that not all sdcards are created equal. I have a 16GB and and 8GB sdcard. The 8GB is rock solid... everything works. The 16GB appears to work but applications crash, I get errors and sometimes it gets stuck in boot loops. The sad thing is that the 16GB card should be a better card than the 8GB card... So, if it doesn't work... get a new card!
[Nook Color General] ricsam:
Now that you figured us out, it's time for you to go work on "they landed on the moon" thing.
[Nook Color General] thechrisventura:
HAHAHAHAHAHA nice one!
[Nook Color General] migrax:
nevermind, I removed my sarcastic rejoinder... pardon my dust.
[Nook Color General] evopanop:
I had this problem

Did you sign in to your google email account? Also you have to sign in to YouTube. Once in YouTube activaten your channel. Otherwise Market won't work. Sorry if others have been rude. They must have forgotten the problems and questions they had.

Don
[Nook Color General] emanresu_:
After having tried HC for the nook I do kind of agree with you. I have windows 7 64bit. From my experience with HC installed on SD I cannot get ADB to work at all and I have to get a Market app for wireless ADB and everything work fine.

The market for HC is not a full market I think in large part because HC is not officially released. This is a port based on a pre release of HC so no ideal in many different ways.

for the SD card I think 8GB cards are about $20 or less. 4GB cards are about $10. You may have to spend big and get a name brand card class 4 or higher.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
I have Win 7 x64, and adb works fine. There is nothing about it that makes it so it can't work. Just follow the instructions, and you are set.
[Nook Color General] snarful:
Others are not being rude to the OP. He is not asking questions, he is not asking for help or guidance; he is a troll. He takes a position which he likely knows is untrue, and in fact, non-sensical, insinuating that the hundreds or thousands of users running Froyo and honeycomb on their nooks--complete with Market access--are either deluded or lying, and then challenges everyone to prove him wrong. It is he who is being rude. It isn't worth accomodating his trolling any further; ignore him.
[Nook Color General] emanresu_:
Everything works fine on my XP machine. I just thought it was a Win7 64 bit thing. I am on to CM7 now and with the tablet tweaks seems to be ok. Still some issues but over all very usable. Haven't had the need to ADB yet.
[Nook Color General] joeantol:
One of the posters was kind enough to suggest a fully loaded image. I downloaded, installed on the SD and...

It worked...

Sort of...

It has the Market and a ton of other apps. I downloaded the NYT, Moon+Reader and IPaper. When I tried The Weather Channel and the WSJ app both downloads failed.

Yes, Google is my friend. I searched and searched and read and read. This has been a problem for some time now.

Cleaned the Market cache, deleted its data and rolled back the updates. Yes, I rebooted.

Oh, did I mention the WiFi cuts out. Maybe my router whispers and the Nook is hard-of-hearing?

I guess I should take the unit to the Google offices here in Chelsea or perhaps a local B&N?

So maybe I am stupid. Or at least foolish for wasting so much time.

I'll wait to see if B&N opens up the Nook. If that doesn't work out, I'm buying an iPad. At least I can walk into any one of a dozen Apple stores around here and get things fixed or replaced.

The amount of effort this has taken (both me and fellow posters) leads me to believe that the juice is simply not worth the squeeze.

Last note... With few exceptions the quality and civility of the responses has been first rate. This is especially impressive given the tone of my initial post.
[Nook Color General] joeantol:
He's right. Don't feel bad for me. My post was born from justifiable frustration. As I stated in another post I loaded a complete image, which "worked" in the sense that I got the Market.

Until it refused.

And the WiFi cut out, then in, then out...

It must be me.
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
wifi cut out is a common issue with Froyo build last I checked. But I never had any issue with the market.

Why don't you do yourself a favour and go straight to CM7? Unless you WANT to have problems to complain about.
[Nook Color General] joeantol:
Tried CM7. Got the tab to boot, but no Market or Gapps, just like the last four attempts w/ Froyo (2) and H/C. Followed the directions (download, copy to sd, start nook in recovery mode), but it never entered the so-called "recovery mode"

If there's a fully customized image of CM7 out there, please share it.
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
Is there a compelling reason why you won't write to the internal memory?
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
This really is your best bet to run, as others have posted. Even explains how to install gapps (market).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
[Nook Color General] ricsam:
It's been my experience (and some others from what I have read) that some nooks boot into recovery differently. That is: how long to hold the n and power button and when to let go. For one of my nooks I have to let go of the buttons about two seconds after "The future ...." appears, then wait a another 5-7 sec or more and the process starts. The other, I have to hold the buttons a good 6-7sec after the "the future..." for the recovery to work. Any sooner, and it boots normally. Simple figured out through trial and error. If it go's black, u have to do it over.
[Nook Color General] wretchedlocket:
When people ask me what gadget they should purchase, I consider they're interest, willingness and patience to tinker. If they're that type who wants to have something different, but don't have an interest in taking the good with the bad, and you'd have to with the Nook, I typically steer them clear of the types of gadgets.

I know you'd probably enjoy the Nook if it was 100%, but it's not. Because it has only been on the market since October, it's still young in its development. You will likely be happier with a Galaxy Tab, Gtab or iPad. They work out of the box and there's nothing needed from the owner other than turning it on.

If you're on an iMac, you'd be better off with an iPad.

Regarding wifi, the OC kernel from dalingrin actually provides a better wiring signal for me.
[Nook Color General] eneloop:
Someone mentioned already verygreens thread and if you following these way http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12250705&postcount=25 it's none problem with the market application ;)
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
I don't think it gets any easier than:

Make a CWR card with CM7, gapps, and oc kernel on it.

Boot CWR card and do a backup of your existing system for security' sake.

Flash CM7, gapps, oc kernel.

Remove CMR card, reboot and enjoy.

No messing around with flaky adb connections, no mistyping command lines, less than 10 minutes of effort and a few button clicks in CWR mode.

If the OP can't get market running after this, there must be something wrong with his side of things (bad flash card, nook, flash util, pebcak, whatever).
[Nook Color General] joeantol:
I have to admit, the assistance here has been better than I expected.

I will try the steps you mention, but I'm unclear on a few terms:

1) What is a CWR card? Is this the SD card?

2) CM7, gapps and oc kernal can be added to the above via the evergreen post?

3) What do you mean by "backup of your existing system"? Do you mean backup of what's on the SD card or the Nook?

4) How do I flash CM7, gapps oc kernal?

This sounds like I'm rooting the Nook since the last step says to remove the CMR card, reboot and enjoy.

My purpose is to run off the SD card as I'm not entirely sure the Android interface is for me.
[Nook Color General] robot8:
Despite all the people who have successfully installed myriad working flavors of android with full market access to their NCs, despite all the tutorials, help and suggestions that can be found all over, including all the nice responses from the nice people on this thread and board.

If the OP still can't figure it out and instead of asking for help, states that it's a waste of time and issues a challenge to be proven wrong, then clearly;

this is not meant for him. Don't waste any more of your time and ours. Just go buy an iPad. Problem solved.
[Nook Color General] nonpromqueen:
Everything I needed to know was found in this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957

Read the entire thread, there are some good tips in there. I couldn't get my nook to boot into recovery mode either (still can't actually) But managed to get everything installed.
[Nook Color General] nonpromqueen:
Annnnnnnnnnd right after I posted that I managed to boot it into recovery mode for the first time. You must be good luck :P
[Nook Color General] bigbob23:
I had issues with my Mac not seeing HC with adb via USB. Fortunately I already had the market installed before that happened. I installed ADBWireless and that works flawlessly.

I later felt that HC was too unstable for me and went to CM7, but I still have USB issues so I have installed ADBWireless there also.

With CM7 that you can put both the CM7 zip file and the gapps zip file on the SD card at the same time and they will both be installed in the same recovery boot process.
[Nook Color General] Qwenjis:
I can understand you don't want to install something into eMMC or even just root so you don't lose warranty.

You know, you can flash stock image of the NC Android 2.1 and have your Nook look like a brand new. By doing this you also don't lose warranty.

So I suggest don't be afraid to explore. Such devices as NC can't be bricked software wise so you don't run into troubles messing around with Android, installing here and there different versions of the OS.

As I said before, you can always revert back flashing stock image.

Goog luck ;)
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
The steps I mentioned are a summary of the detailed instructions provided by the great peeps here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030227

To answer your question, yes, this will be a SD card containing ClockWork Recovery. It's an alternate operating system that boots from the SD card allowing you to perform operations like backing up your current OS, installing a new OS, wiping partitions, etc.

Without bothering to read evergreen's post, you just add the files to the CWR card the usual way you would copy and paste a file over (that is, through your operating system's file browser).

No. Basically what writing to the internal memory does is wipe out most of the info currently on your nook. This means once the install operation is done, you'll be booting into a new version of android (CM7/Gingerbread) and not the one that came with your nook by default (Barnes & Noble custom Ecair). This means a few things. One you lose access to the Barnes & Noble reader app, though many people prefer other alternatives like Aldiko reader (free). But you also lose the ability to read your B&N magazines and newspapers.

The point of creating a backup before you do ANYTHING else is t provide you a way to go right back to what your nook was like before you flashed it.

Once the files are on your SD card, and you boot into CWR, you will be able to select "install zip file from sd card" and pick the ones you want to install.

Then you don't understand what rooting is and I suspect you have done an insufficient amount of reading before plunging into the world of nook hacking. No offense intended. This will in no way void your warranty unless you hand it back to B&N for warranty with a different OS installed. If you ever need to get your nook serviced, flash it back to it original OS with the backup you made. In fact, even if you don't make a backup, and if you don't idiotically tinker with the partitions on the internal memory, there should be a Barnes & Noble recovery partition that will flash the original OS back on under certain conditions (8 interrupted reboots).

So, bottom line is, root or no root, you aren't voiding any warranty.

The default OS that runs on the nook is Android (2.1 Eclair version). I won't try and sell you the benefits of running other versions but I'll give you my opinion on it. You're already running android, you're just stepping up to better versions with more features (that is, if you avoid the buggy honeycomb build :D).
[Nook Color General] skeeterpro:
Well said, lechiffrie!
[Nook Color General] cshehan:
Seriously running anything off sd is not as nice as just flashing to emmc. Things just run better, and you'll be happier in the long run. And if you're looking for a rom that just works go with cm7. Froyo was ok, but I've been much happier with cm7. I played with hc for a day or two but it just isn't as polished as cm7, and I haven't had a single wifi problem since switching.

If you're just looking for an e-reader, forget you ever read these forums. If you want something that just works from the moment you turn it on with no work on your part, then forget you ever read this forum and get an ipad. If however you don't mind taking some time and reading a lot, you can't find a better tablet for the money than the nc. And yes adb is a pain in the ass, once you get up and running with cm7 load adbwireless it's so much easier.
[Nook Color General] #2!:
My wife won't let me:o
[Nook Color General] eneloop:
if you're looking for an pure e-reader why should i choose an iPad :confused:

it's a	heavyweight, expensive with a darn glare display, moderate battery life ... state-of-the-art ebook reader are actual the sony prs series or amazon kindle with e-ink panel
[Nook Color General] wretchedlocket:
In that case, get a good quality SD card, such as a sandisk class 6 or faster. It will help with performance and reliability
[Nook Color General] cshehan:
umm did you read what I wrote??? I said just forget you read the forum. ie. leave the nook color stock and use it the way it is.
[Nook Color General] joobu:
I've found that the nook can be finicky with SD cards. Many others have experienced this as well. I initially tried using a 4 GB Transcend class 6 and it refused to work properly. I used a 2 GB unclassified card and it's been working well.

I've been running CM7 off SD card. I followed:

http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/comple...c4-android-2-3-gingerbread-on-the-nook-color/
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
Solution, new wife or new nook. It's probably less paperwork to buy your own nook though :D
[Nook Color General] brento1:
After playing around with different SD bootable files I finally was able to get PHIREMOD installed using verygreen's SD card image and CM7 installer. It was frustrating at first since I went straight for the PHIREMOD but finally got it running after many trial and errors. It is running of an 8gb class 6 transcend card.
[Nook Color General] 12paq:
ummmm.... I bought the Nook Color for two reasons; one I love to read and two I love Android and hacking my own devices. I had also heard in December that Nook Color was "potentially" an Android hacker and modders dream. Truthfully I never thought it would get this good and be this fun. The key word here is fun.

While I could have never predicted how much dev support this device would eventually receive, I am thrilled to be part of the community and to have and mod this device.

I am sorry, to each his own, but if you are not having fun hacking this reader into a near full tablet, put it up on eBay so someone eles can enjoy the challenges and troubleshooting.

my $.02

EDIT: or maybe you're having fun by complaining? That could be funny too.. to a point. Take this from an ex NYer :)
[Nook Color General] quikt:
There are alot of guides, just read more. The nook is great to learn Android on too. If you mess up flashing you can boot from SD and start over. I've tried all Roms, emmc and sd. CM7 final has by far been the best experience. Wifi issues have been ongoing. try different kernels. personally i havent had any wifi issues.

if you want something that just works, get the ipad. if you want something to constantly tweak and tinker with android is for you.

lastly check out nook color on irc freenode. they've been very helpful!
[Nook Color General] fattire:
Thank you op for the chuckle. I hope once you figure out what you did wrong you'll be equally verbose with your.. update.

Also I have a mac. Update your ~/.adb/usb_adb.ini -- no need to root anything.
[Nook Color General] mg00000:
thread......

.....reminds me of reading something that my dad would write. hhhaah. He's the most pessimistic person on the planet Earth. "The world is against him".

:cool:
[Nook Color General] 12paq:
off topic sorry... but have you ever read the book "Sh#t My Dad Says" really funny and really obnoxiously negative. lol
[Nook Color General] xmlaroux:
Why has no one offered this suggestion?

Guys, the guy obviously has an issue and wants to boot off of SD, and yes that adds to the trouble he has had.

I say just go ahead, boot to CWR, and install PhireMod. Your GAPPS are all there from the getgo, and he makes is SIMPLE for you. VERY.

I was done in 15 minutes.

:D
[Nook Color General] Moricon:
I had to laugh when I read this. I had 2.2 and 3.0 running just fine including market and all other gapps. I liked it but wanted the bigger screen. Still have the 2.2 image on a class 10sd around here somewhere.
[Nook Color General] VitaZora:
Teehee.

That was a good 2 cents.
[Nook Color General] LongbowFoSho:
You're not the only one who has experienced frustration with this device.

When I started it seemed like everything required ADB, which I have zero interest in using. Nevertheless, more reading revealed alternative methods and I took the plunge. It took three tries at rooting the damn thing before I could even get functional buttons. Finally figured out that WinImage simply didn't like me. Once I switched to Win32DiskImager, I was in.

To be honest, I never was able to get Froyo or HC to fully boot properly from the SD card. I then moved onto Froyo on emmc, but it was slow, even with an OC. I'd heard everyone gush about CM7, but it still seemed a bit wonky. Once the stable version was released, I knew it must be pretty good and went for it. It really does live up to the hype. Once you overclock, it can't be beat.

Patience and lots of reading will work wonders. I didn't know anything about Android (I actually have an iPhone side business), yet now I am flashing ROMs and kernels and all kinds of craaaaaayyyyyzaaayyyy stuff like that on a daily basis without much of a problem. Sure, I cursed and almost traded it for an iPad (twice), but look at me now.
[Nook Color General] YamJoker:
Yeah I would just go with Phiremod

I stayed with stock rooted for quite a while but I just emmc flashed Phiremod 6 and it does lots of nice stuff I have my Stock flashback sd card though just in case and I have used it several times with trying to emmc dual boot just don't worry to much about it. It is really hard to mess this thing up. But if you do want to stay with running from sd stay away from froyo i think it sucks
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
The only thing froyo has going for it is battery life, at the expense of wonky wifi. I see no point in ever going Froyo again on my nook after living for a week with wifi cutting out every minute. CM7 is rock solid, the only time it crashes for me is when I try too many experimental things all at once.

On the topic of this thread, I'm assuming by the OP's silence that he got his stuff sorted out. If you're still reading this OP, feel free to come back and eat your words :D
[Nook Color General] boborone:
To elaborate on what you said. I think the title of the thread should be changed to reflect his change of heart.
[Nook Color General] cshehan:
Or more likely the troll has crawled back under his bridge now that he ignited a 7 page thread. ;)
[Nook Color General] wjbaird:
Hmm - CM7 is rock solid for you? Are you running off an SD card? I'm running CM7 stable off an SD card - I followed the directions at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 - and everything seemed to work - I can boot up into CM7, and I can start the google apps and such, but it's flaky as hell... *everything* force-closes on me occasional... The browser, the gmail app, the market app...

when I reboot it's sometimes stable for a little while - like 10 or 15 minutes, and then things will start force closing...

I was using a 16gb class 10 uSD card, and I saw a mention somewhere on here than class 10 might be too fast, so I bought a class 4 8gb card today, and went through the install process again, and it's still so flaky I can't use it...

I'm back to running the stock BN image, just so I can get a browser that works...

Any ideas?
[Nook Color General] combustiblemonkey:
Just because you can do it off the SD card does not make it the best idea. Ive been running CM7 from EMMC since the nightly builds started, and have run almost every build of it. I can not find anything to complain about since the Release version.
[Nook Color General] zanderman112:
This thread solidified my decision to get a nook color.

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G
[Nook Color General] lechiffre:
AFAIK CM7 was designed to run off eMMC. All bets are off running it of uSD, as you're relying on modifications to cm7 or some kind of additional layer to make it work. I've been using CM7 since n29, its been very stable even then. Its not 100% perfect but out of all available versions of android for the nook, it can't be beat in stability.
[Nook Color General] robot8:
Luck of the draw depending on your SD card. What with all the fake cards and all, even genuine cards are finicky due to different speed ratings, especially small block random writes. See this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12971821

That being said, my original install on a Transcend class 6 8G card was flaky and had some FC issues/random quirkiness. So I ditched that card and picked up a cheap Class 2 Sandisk 8G card. CM7 has been rock solid since, just updated to the latest nightly 41 with 4.18C test kernel.

Whatever you do, make sure you get a genuine card from a reputable dealer.
[Nook Color General] istehwin:
turn off wifi and turn it back on, also range may vary... but thats the first rom setup I used
[Nook Color General] timobriggs:
I had the same problem, but I got round it by using bootcamp and using adb on windows. Then I could use adb wireless after I rooted so no more problem seeing the device!
[Nook Color General] wjbaird:
Thanks - that's quite interesting - had no idea that the 'class' only mapped to sequential speeds... what a useless standard.

Interestingly I put honeycomb on the same SD card that was FCing all the time with CM7, and it's working quite well... not blindingly fast, but it works...

maybe I will just put my OS on the emmc...
[Nook Color General] bigbob23:
I wonder if that would work with VirtualBox? I'll have to give it a try. Fortunately with CM7 I didn't need to use adb to install the market. My mac and adb don't seem to like each other.

I'm waiting to see what the B&N Froyo update looks like before deciding whether to put CM7 on the eMMC.

I have used 3 different SanDisk Class 4 cards (8 and 16 GB) with no serious issues, although the 8 seems a bit more stable.
[Nook Color General] timobriggs:
I have since deleted my partition of bootcamp to make room for Portal 2. Now I am trying VMWare to see if it will recognize it with adb just in case. I found that it always connects with adb Wireless but that is not helpful for rooting honeycomb or putting Gapps on honeycomb.
[Nook Color General] j4jim:
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[Nook Color General] zanderman112:
Having trouble?

Sent from my always stock, EC05 Epic 4G