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[Nook Color Android Development] fpga_guy:
First - many thanks for your work. I would gladly buy you a ham & cheese if so desired.

In the development forum, nemith suggests using CWM 3.0.2.8. In your instructions, your links points to MonsterRoot pack's bootable CWM - which is an older version.

Since you linked to it, I assume that older version works fine?

Thanks again.
[Nook Color Android Development] Phoenix84118:
Some more updates (re gapps)...

I've had a heck of a time experimenting with the gapps...

What works:

Facebook (only loaded app, didn't sign in)

YouTube (watched several videos)

Maps

Gmail (synced mail)

(logging into account works as well, signed in from Market instead of YouTube.)

What doesn't:

Market (opens, and searches, but errors when downloading)

Untested:

everything else

I only got this to work with the CM6 mdpi version of the gapps, and only by extracting the zip and copying over the apk's one at a time. Flashing the whole zip causes the nook to freeze on the bootup animation (bootloop?).

The hdpi version has an apparent issue with GoogleServicesFramework (doesn't list in "All Apps"), which causes gmail and market to crash on startup.

FYI, only flash GoogleServicesFramework.apk and the apps you want from the list above (not sure which apk freezes it up, but GoogleBackupTransport, MarketUpdater, MediaUploader also seem to be ok).

I may take a look at hacking the framework.jar next to see what I can fix there.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Hmmmm nice work. I'm surprised that much works out of the box. How is the Gmail support? Perhaps this is something I can bake in at a later date.
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
Not an SD install, an actual dual-boot install on emmc with 1.2 as my alternate image... with internal CWM as well. And yes, I'm comfortable in a shell -- both terminal and adb. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
Good news. Using the above gapps and copying over more fikes i have market working as well as gmail maps and youtube. What i would love would be a calendar app that works syncing eith google calendar and stock froyo mail client.

Cant get my location working in maps though
[Nook Color Android Development] zentsang:
No Menu button with ES File Explorer

Just to ask the question in general... I noticed after following the 1.2 upgrade and then following your instructions, everything worked fine but I noticed an issue with ES File Explorer... there is no Menu button to do things like Add New Folder or New Servers (under LAN).

Anyone know how to open the menu in ES File Explorer on the Nook Color? The volume buttons don't do anything, the N button just dumps you back to the Home screen and Power just turns off the display.

-ZenTsang
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
The stock launcher doesn't have a soft Menu button.

Try installing Softkeys and/or a different launcher.
[Nook Color Android Development] Phoenix84118:
It seems complete. Sending and receiving works. I was able to attach a file to a message by using 'Send' in Astro. Inline pictures also work, so far I haven't found anything wrong with it. Automatic notifications work too.

The only thing that didn't work initially was the contact list in app, but that was fixed after I installed the GoogleContactSyncAdapter.apk and synced my contacts.

Forgot to add, but I also had to install the various other (non-apk) files for the appropriate apps (maps.jar, .so, .xml files).

I just wish the market worked. ATOH, as was mentioned before, the Amazon app store works just fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] GorillaPimp:
Works

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Facebook works well

Evernote

Remember The Milk

Subsonic

WP Clock - Live Wallpapers are enabled by default - the Google Maps and WP Clock live wallpapers appear in the stock Nook Home settings

Free Dictionary

TV.com

TuneIn Radio

Winamp

LastPass

Xmarks

Dolphin

DocumentsToGo

cVolume

FancyWidget

Google Voice

ReadItLater

Button Savior

Dropbox

Adobe Reader - this thing is much faster

Problems

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Google Reader - same as gapps

ES File Explorer - no menu
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Version 1.1a is up!

Version 1.1a is up!

Major update...

* Added Edify code to clean up old versions before installing or re-installing (either version)

* Updated su (version 2.3.6.1 - thanks dascud)

* Updated and relocated Superuser.apk (now lives in /data/app so updates will not complian about it being a "system application" anymore.)

* Added Zeam 2.9.2 to /data/app

* Added NookColorTools to /data/app

* Added SoftKeys 3.06 to /data/app (in case anyone needs this - some apps don't display the nook status bar properly.)

* Added latest busybox binary to /system/bin

* Added a crapload of symlinks to busybox functions in /system/xbin. Almost everything works now (grep, mount, etc) without having to run through busybox or toolbox. (thanks RileyGrant)

* I have attempted to perma-enable adb by setting the adb_enabled value in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db. Unfortunately it appears that this setting is ignored - at least when auto mounting is enabled. See notes below.

Notes:

Now that we have busybox and a current version of su, we now have what resembles a "normal" android shell environment. More apps should work with the updates, and we can now get a shell (then su) via adb. You can also run the Android Termainl app and su from there.

Also, since Zeam and SoftKeys now baked in, the first boot will now ask for your preference of default launchers (Home, SoftKeys, or Zeam.)

To get ADB working, you need to update your drivers, and play with settings in NookColorTools (development section) to enable USB debugging.

I have validated this install via a fresh install and over-top of existing installs. The only requirement is that the Nook has been turned on and registered. You can flash this over older versions, the script cleans up cruft from prior runs before installation.

(check out the OP for details...)
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
The new version should address this with Soft Keys. Apparently B&N doesn't like full-screen apps.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Can you PM me with the package you're using? I'd like to check it out - maybe even include it if I can script the install.
[Nook Color Android Development] priyank_bolia:
Thanks, I was doing something really silly, I had similar software WinImage on my machine, I was using that instead of Win32DiskImager. Same name confusion, may be my mind was low on battery last night. Thanks again.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Busy working on AutoNooter for 1.2 right now.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Here are the essential steps:

(paths are relative to the zip root)

copy data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db to /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/

copy data/app/zeam-2.9.2.apk to /data/app/

copy data/app/NookColorTools_0.2.apk to /data/app/

copy data/app/Superuser.apk to /data/app/

copy system/bin/su to /system/bin

symlink /system/xbin/su to /system/bin/su

chmod 775 /system/bin/su

copy system/bin/busybox to /system/bin

chmod 775 /system/bin/busybox

(this is where it gets shady)

You need to symlink a *lot* of shell commands to /system/bin/busybox. busybox --install may work, otherwise it will have to be manual. There are sed scripts you can use for yanking the --help output and formatting it as multiple lines of ln -s - but since I'm doing it with edify, it won't be of much help.

Check META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script for more info.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Nice.... How badly hacked up are the android bits?
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Hell if I know... it's bad enough it's a pain in the ass. Not bad enough it can't be done.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
So far with my progress:

ADB - Modified uRamdisk which should enable ADB.

Apps installed - ADW Launcher, Softkeys, Nook Color Tools, Root Explorer (Full Functional), SuperUser, Zeam

Gapps Installed - Gmail, Maps, Market (See Next Line), Talk, Google Voice, Youtube

Market - Seems to be fine save for an issue where it can't write to cache during download.

Alternative to Framework.jar - Method discovered by nemith, may allow
[Nook Color Android Development] greenmky:
Yay! Want autonooter 1.2! :D

I'm still on a FW 1.0.0 rooted with Nooter 0.2. Been waiting for a while to upgrade.
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Gabrial,

I do not know if this helps, but after restoring most of my apps through titanium, I tried to install one of the BN apps, and they said I was out of memory. I think they may have done something screwy and limited the file size of the cache folder, or as maybe even to some degree the data/app folder.

If they did, this was a very bad idea, and thus far I do not htink it prevented me from installing anything sideloaded. I have many apps, and some of them are huge.

Good luck.

Leko
[Nook Color Android Development] FredOak3:
Better, still can't install certain apps and certain ones don't boot.

Angry Birds from Amazon won't install and if I take the SD card out I get an invalid package error, I wonder if it's B&N doing some checking?

Won't Install

Angry Birds (any version)

Weather Bug

Flickstr

Home Switcher for Froyo

Will Install but Won't run

Grisly manor

XDA (Free version)
[Nook Color Android Development] mutant13:
Nice.....! so lets see, we have 2.1, two versions of 2.2, 2.3, and 3.0 hmmmm what other tablet offers that? and from an SD card!!! thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] mr_fosi:
Already working on a 1.2 Autonooter... You guys are awesome. :D
[Nook Color Android Development] bikercr:
XDA is running fine (using it right now).
[Nook Color Android Development] FredOak3:
Nope still no go on XDA, it looks like it's going to start and then just goes back to the home screen, and yes, I've reinstalled, rebooted and re-flashed.
[Nook Color Android Development] patgnds:
I was able to install angry birds off the internal memory. I did pay for the angry birds B&N. On the other two I used the internal memory to install form with Sdcard removed. Hope this helps.

Working

1.1a

RockPlayer Lite

Aldiko

Amazon kindle

Dropbox

Quick pic

Angry birds (B&N) other two install off internal memory no Sdcard removed

Backammon

Jewel rotation

File expert

Rom manger 3.0.0.2

Soft keys 3.0.7

ADWLancher Ex

Terminal Emulator_1.0.21
[Nook Color Android Development] kingsjack:
after full root, superuser is working, that's great.

But, the big problem.......:confused:. can't install any apk big than 4M.......
[Nook Color Android Development] Tim J:
I just downloaded the 1.1a file in the first post and the MD5sum is not matching up. I tried downloading it twice, but both times verification failed. It is showing up as 1.28 mb though...
[Nook Color Android Development] dascud:
For those dont want to wait for the Autoneuter version you can install some of the Gapps if you already have root.

I downloaded the gapps for Nookie Froyo from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=917660. Unzip the folder on your desktop and push the relevant files to the same dir structure.

for e.g use adb to push the apks from system/app to /system/app

and the system/etc/permissions/*.xml to /system/etc/permissions and system/framework/*.jar /system/framework on your Nook.

SetupWizard.apk runs on first boot and I could not progress to the next screen so I would avoid copying that. Gmail, Maps and Youtube all work fine including being able to log in to your Youtube account. Market has a problem though. You can search for apps but downloads fail. Trying to figure out the problem.

Google Voice also gets stuck at the screen for setting up Voicemail so thats a no go for now (for me at least).
[Nook Color Android Development] FredOak3:
That was the same problem with the web android market , I could click install it would say downloading and then fail
[Nook Color Android Development] Phoenix84118:
Thanks for the extra info, I forgot to mention that tidbit with SetupWizard. I had the same issue of not moving past the first screen. I also had issues with google voice, but I couldn't even get the app to open.

I used TB to restore all my apps, including Angry Birds (all of them), and they run fine (I checked angry birds specifically after reading this topic). For those having install problems (except market), are you selecting the "Package Installer" from the prompt (I get two installers, the other is a B&N installer, which gives me a signature error or something)?
[Nook Color Android Development] GorillaPimp:
Thanks for the info.

With Google Voice go through the setup and when you get to the Voicemail page hit skip. It works fine after that.
[Nook Color Android Development] FredOak3:
Yep I'm picking package installer but the install still fails.

I'll just keep playing with it

Edit: I'm going to take it back to 1.1, upgrade to 1.2 and then redo and see if maybe I messed things up with throwing too many su at it.
[Nook Color Android Development] dascud:
Cant hit any buttons after I hit skip. GoogleVoice gets stuck and the only option is to kill the process.

On another note, I got Market and Google Talk working after using different apks. This Market seems like an older version but seems to work. Shrug. Here are the apks.

I think, I screwed around too much with the /system partition and framework files now I cant get softkeys to launch. Arrgh, looks like I have to start over again.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Whoa.... I'd like to try this, what app are you installing?
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
I know the reason behind the fail, I just need to find out why it's failing in that particular way now and fix it.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
DOH!

I must have done the non-signed version.

65267cf3314d7fae829881970d70b444

OP updated, sorry bout that, good catch.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
If setup wizard is missing, and I doubt B&N left the account bits in the settings area.....how does one define their Gmail account login?
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
FYI, doing "factory restore" from Clokwork is much less of a hassle. I ended up doing that 5 or 6 times last night. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] dascud:
When you launch GMail you get a prompt to create a new account or sign in to existing account.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
Tested Transproxy 3.0.7 and the iptables is fully functional, I can go to the internet thru the proxy server from the default browser :D
[Nook Color Android Development] FredOak3:
Thanks H&C, Duh!

I should have known as I do it all the time when I'm screwing around with my phone.

Just haven't made the total transition to thinking of the NC the same way.

But good practice to make sure all my SD cards still work :o
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
When you launch Gmail, Market, or Youtube you have the ability to log in. It seems Froyo Gapps is less dependent on the surrounding environment than it's Eclair counterparts. (That or B&N did less butchering than we previously thought) Because the login screens work fine. However the main issue with being unable to run SetupWizard and the reason we've always had to run it before, is because we can't otherwise enable Network Location for use in things like Map, Twitter, etc. This could be fixed with a newer version of NookColor Tools. But last I checked the person working on it released the source then never bothered to update.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
Also using VTL Launcher 1.6.2 and it is perfect. Give it a shot.

Also sideloaded OL file manager and it allow me to install apk from the sdcard. All is good now. Once we get market working this FW will be perfect.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Working on a solution to the Market download issue as we speak.
[Nook Color Android Development] Tim J:
I installed 1.1a earlier. After installing a few apps I decided to head to the B&N store to do some browsing. I got an error, can't remember exactly what it said, and the Nook went into reset mode. It cleared account info and who knows what else because I can't get past setup now. After choosing time zone and wifi, etc...I end up with an error, "Sorry We're having trouble setting up your NOOKcolor...I am left with options of power off, or reset.

Any others try to go to B&N store after installing todays update?
[Nook Color Android Development] dascud:
Market is working. I just posted the apk. Its the old version with the grey bar on top but works fine for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] dfellars77:
I ran into a similar problem at boot after installing. It did a factory reset and now I get stuck in a setup loop. Reverting to stock and trying again.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
When can I find the apk you have just posted. Thanks.

Is that the vending apk from the wiki?
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
I successfully installed market but talk is giving me an error during installation :confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
I was okay in the store, but last night my nook reset. Then as son as I got everything setup again, it reset again. Is there something I am doing to trigger this? I never had it reset before. I know when certain apps crashed before on both Nook and phone, they would reboot not reset the device.

Before, I tried the market and gapps. I must have not installed something, because none of them let me sign in. I also could not get location to work on maps (through wifi obviously).

Leko
[Nook Color Android Development] dascud:
Did you restore your apps using Titanium Backup ??. This was a known issue from the firmware ver 1.0 days. If memory serves me right no one really figured out why the NC was resetting other than the fact that restoring apps using Titanium was the cause.

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-873975.html
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Not really sure if B&N fixed it yet, but there use to be an issue with sleeping/wifi which caused the kernel to panic and force the device to reset.
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Dascud,

Now that you mention it, that is exactly what I did. I also restored data which was what they thought linked to it. I will try to not use Titanium and see what happens. Thanks.

Leko
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Is there a way to get a log written to the SD card automatically, so when if it happens again, we have some idea? I do not think Alogcat actually stores anything.

Leko
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
I know you're working hard on a new AN, so here's one (small?) request: can you please make a version that works with 1.2 installed as the "alternate image", or the "second image," in a dual-boot configuration?

Several of us would be mucho appreciative!

Thank you guys for all that you do!! :)
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
I found those earlier and sucessfully installed vending.apk, but talk.apk is giving me "Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NO_CERTIFICATIONS]" error, any idea? Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] randroid123:
No body really wants to release this publicly because it will infringe on B&N's copywright... Instead you can find a .zip on this message board, in the emmc dual boots download thread, which will move whatever rom you are running on your emmc to your dual image, once you do that you are free to flash your normal image back to a previous backup (say cyanogen). You will be left with the 1.2 B&N build on your second partition... The only thing annoying about this is the hassle of modifying the rom once its installed to the second partition... Easiest thing to do would be to wait for a stable rooted 1.2 with market working and everything the way you would want, then downgrade to 1.2 stock and use the new auto-nooter 1.2 (soon to be released its looking like)
[Nook Color Android Development] kdeguy:
went like clockwork! thank you so much!
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
That's the thing, I already have 1.2 stock as my alternate image -- with cm7 as primary. All we would need is a slightly modified version of AN that makes all of it's changes to the alternate image's partitions, rather than to the primary partitions.

The only differences would be the locations (different partition #'s) of the files being modified by AN.

"a flashable dualboot AN 4.0", if you will.

Honestly, I understand if it's too much work. Worst case scenario is that I'll attempt to modify the next version of AN myself -- but, since I've never messed with compiling these things, the learning curve might be steep! lol
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
I will not be modifying AN in any way to support anything other than a pure stock system.

Running on dual boot systems or otherwise is at your own risk. With the new CWM based AN I'm working on someone should be able to open it up make the modifications and then run it manually through CWM like any other update file.
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Hey everyone,

Just got off the phone with BN. It seems their servers crashed because they did pushed the update and it reset a bunch of Nooks. Too many people are trying to register at once. So, moral of the story, you may want to turn your wifi off for a bit.

Leko
[Nook Color Android Development] paleh0rse:
Fair enough! I'm sure we'll work it out. :)

Thanks ahead of time for the new AN!
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Actually, this isn't that big of a problem.

First of all, it would be subject to the EULA, which I'm sure spells out that you are given a license to run the Nook Color OS on a Nook Color. I seriously doubt they spell it out in technical detail which files reside on which vdevs, partitions, etc.

The packaging and downloading of the image, on the other hand, is a grey area. Yes, you can (as stipulated in Fair Use laws) make a backup copy, and even download a copy of software you rightfully own (or have been licensed.) But B&N can send a C&D to whoever is hosting it. Rather than getting involved in a dispute, any file host will pretty much just pull the file.

Just out of curiosity, what is the issue with running 1.2 on emmc, and any other roms on other partitions (or SD cards?)
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
I'll investigate this. There may be a setting somewhere that enables/disables validation of certificates for the market.

How was this handled in Autonooter 3?
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
My market works to lauch but downloads an install don't happen. Do your down loads happen?
[Nook Color Android Development] iDidItAll4theNookie:
When I try to install any apk, I get a Parse Error. Just says that there is a problem parsing the package.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
All my Gapps are working fine save for Market which there seems to be extensive issues with. We've been working on it pretty much the entire day.

Gapps don't get installed, you push them to /system/app after remounting /system.
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
What install procedure are you using? Amazon market? SD Card? Browser?
[Nook Color Android Development] HamNCheese:
Don't push apps to /system unless you absolutely have to. I had issues with this at first with the launchers - if you run them on the read-only filesystem, they throw some file permission exception.

This is why I moved things to /data/app instead. The OS thinks anything in /system is "factory" software, so it's reluctant to install newer versions in /data/app over-top of the /system/app ones
[Nook Color Android Development] lekofraggle:
Kind of a noob question, but how do you get to root shell in adb? I tried su, but it threw a pup on the nook that I could not accept because it was in disk mode.

Leko