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[Nook Color Android Development] azsl1326:
Market Crashing

I updated from 4.5.25 to 4.6.16 and now am having issues with the Market. When I open it, it appears that it is loading as I briefly seeing the 'loading icon' and then immediately returns to the home screen. I tried the suggestion in the OP and that isn't working.

I don't particularly feel like restoring to stock and then rooting again, so any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
[Nook Color Android Development] azsl1326:
So I restored an earlier backup thru CWM that had the MN 4.5.6. I checked that everything was working, including Market. I then went and updated to 4.6.16 and it appears that this is what is breaking my Market as it no longer worked. I then went back to 4.5.6 and Market worked fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] bluepen61:
You might try setting you gmail and youtube accounts again, then try market.

Bp

NookColor v1.2.0

Manualnooter 4.6.16, Dalingrin's OC
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Yea i just updated and have the same problem, my gmail crashes too..going to downgrade and see what happens. thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Anyone know where i can get 4.5.25 since i deleted it and i don't see it on the first page anymore. Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Went back to 4.5.25 and market still doesn't work..
[Nook Color Android Development] azsl1326:
I had to go back to 4.5.6.
[Nook Color Android Development] eejimen:
Look back a few messages for my solution. I had a similar issue and ojtlines my solution. Basicly rename vendor.apk to vendor.apk.old, reboot, rename vendor.apk.old back,reboot, go into market and accept agreement, market might crashh but that's ok; do one more reboot and all is ok.
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Hi. I did see tour post about solution , just need to figure out how to rename file. I can push and install with adb just don't know how to rename.
[Nook Color Android Development] ClarkSt:
I see that "B&N HomeLauncher" is now included with this release. Is this what it sounds like? I can switch between something like Launcher Pro and the stock B&N home screen? Which, I hope, also means all of the functionality of the functionality that goes away when you aren't using the stock launcher? (ability to read magazines, especially, and being able to stick book icons on the home screen)

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Do either Dalingrin's kernel or the others allow B&N Instore reading or does that get broken? For me, I'd like to OC but not at the expense of losing the Instore Reading feature.
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Can anyone help out how to rename file. I am trying to do the fix a couple pages back but I can't rename file. Thanks..
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Use Root Explorer, go to folder, press and hold on file name, popup will give you the option to Rename.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
It worked fine with 1.1, not positive I've checked with 1.2 but thought I had.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
It launches the stock home app, but you could also manage that with something like home switcher anyway although this is more convenient. Reading magazines should be a function of the stock reader app though and shouldn't be affected by the home app - they all still call the same stock reader. If you can't read magazines, you've probably got another issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] eejimen:
I use file expert to rename the file. Search my posts. I wrote a procedure how to use file expert to rename the file. The key point is to mount the app folder as read/write.

Its not as straight forward as root explorerto mount but the app is free.
[Nook Color Android Development] flyboypr:
Thanks for the help guys, got it to market to work again. Thanks again...
[Nook Color Android Development] bikercr:
I haven't tested the Dalingrin kernel but Sugwacee's definitely works for in store reading. It's also more stable in my experience.
[Nook Color Android Development] rgreenpc:
did you use an OCed kernel?
[Nook Color Android Development] slonoten:
I have strange problem with google search. Any try to search with keyword typed in address bar or with google search widget causes browser crashed. If I select another search engine f.e. bing all works fine. I can't find any solution for this annoying problem, please help me :confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] lschroeder:
I know that adding the second line to /etc/hosts prevents automatic BN updates but I found it block instore reading as well. I could only get a sample while in the store. I did not have Root Explore app to add a comment '#' in front. The closes BN store is 40 miles away. So if anybody has Root Explorer, add the second line and check to see that instore reading is blocked, and report back if that commenting the second line out restores instore reading.

127.0.0.1	localhost

127.0.0.1 images.barnesandnoble.com barnesandnoble.com

If nobody has a chance to try this, I will report back the next time I am in a BN store.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Reporting back. After updating my stock 1.2 with MN 4.6.16 and Daligrin OC, all in eMMC, I went to the B&N store. Getting access to the store "badge" on the Shop icon was not a problem at all. However getting a book to download to read was very spotty. I checked with the Nook counter and their displays worked good. Mine worked once out of maybe 10 times. Each time I would try and read a book, I would click on the book that had the "Read In-Store badge" then click the Read button. It would go to the download screen but never download. I would wait a couple of minutes, then reboot my Nook. One time I got it to work and the rest just sat there with no download.

Does that match anyone else's experience?

What I may try and do, if it's possible, is boot the stock 1.2 off of the SD card, for those times I want to Read In-Store. At all other times, I'll use the stock with MN and Daligrin OC.

Now off to hunt for instructions on how to put the stock 1.2 onto an sd card.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Tried a suggestion in another thread that said to essentially switch Home back as default launcher (from Softkeys) and turned off Softkeys as boot service. Then rebooted Nook and walked into a different B&N store.

I had better results (2 of 4 times) but not conclusive. It could have been due to the different store.

I'll go back to the original store tomorrow and see if my results are consistent.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Doesn't match my experience at all. Just went up to B&N, fired up my MN 4.6.16 with Dalingrin O/C 6/18 and started the wireless. After a minute or so, a full screen came up about reading instore, etc with a button to connect to shop. I connected to the shop, browsed books, did some in-store reading. No problems on any front and the home app was not running either (it was not even in the background) and this was all from zeam.

Don't know what to tell ya...
[Nook Color Android Development] azsl1326:
Where exactly do I set up those accounts again? I looked and could not find where to do it.
[Nook Color Android Development] azsl1326:
I had that same experience but only on one visit. I tried rebooting, reverted the build.prop file, nothing worked at the time. The next time I went back the books would download...strange.

BTW, if you find out how to put Stock 1.2 on an SD card, I would be interested to know how to do it as well - thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] lschroeder:
This thread put Stock 1.2 on an SD card

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061523

Edit: I just did this and it works great.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Well that's encouraging. I think last time it broke was because I updated from an early version of MN, and had to do a complete wipe, restore 1.1 then sideload 1.2 before applying the latest MN. It sounds like that will be my next option if tomorrow does not go well.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Went to B&N today again. I fired up my nook and experienced the same thing as you the first time. In fact, downloading the Read Instore book was very fast. I thought WOW whatever I did last night (nothing) must have fixed it.

As an experiment, I then powered down and rebooted. For the next 3 times I tried, I could not even get the In-Store banner at the bottom. Wifi worked but it refused to recognize that I was in the store, so obviously no in-store reading.

I drove to another store across town, and could only connect to wifi just like the last 3 failed efforts. No in-store reading at all.

So something is very strange. I wonder if there is cache on my Nook that can be wiped out. I even looked around for a Mac address spoofer (like on my iTouch) but couldn't find one in the Market (to see if changing that would "re-recognize" me).

Booting to SD card or wiping out back to stock and going through the whole process is looking more appealing.
[Nook Color Android Development] realawill:
This might be here already, but it's a long thread. Here is my issue. Nook ran normal for about an hour, then froze. Now when I restart, it gets to the screen that draws out “nook color” from left to right. It just keeps repeating this animation over and over. Usually it freezes at “nook co” and then starts over. Any suggestions?
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
I'm obviously not understanding something. Will this be like the 1.1 autonooter where I'll have access to the stock nook and separate ROM by clicking the 'n' button and choosing one? Or is this process going to make me LOSE the stock nook. color. I actually use that too which is why I'm asking.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Like AN it remains the stock ROM and you will keep access to the B&N stuff. When you press the 'n' button you will have access to another launcher (not ROM).
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
I see. Thank you for clearing that up. So, it's root with launchers not a ROM.

Can a ROM be used if one wishes and still keep the stock nook as well? Or is it one or the other?
[Nook Color Android Development] IIDeViiNII:
if i do this will my nook apps such as the angry birds that i can get the mighty eagle by going to the nook store stay backed up on my account or do i have to buy them again i know i can just get the apps from the market for free but i payed for these so ya please give me an answer i would like to have some other apps then the 300 something nook apps that there is available.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
No, the stock ROMs that provide full B&N functionality (eg. Read Instore) are part of the official releases (1.0 thru 1.2). Alot of the features are available with the Android Nook Reader though if you have an Android phone or decide to go with another ROM. Popular alternative ROMS that do not have B&N functionality are Phiremod, CM7, and Honeycomb. These ROMs extend the functionality and performance available on the stock B&N ROM but you do lose full B&N features.

On the other hand, the kernel options keep B&N features but extend some additional features not available in the stock ROM alone. For example Dalingrin's OC kernel allows you to overclock the nook, increase the volume, and have USB host support. Other kernels are Sugwacee's OC and Quickie OC.

See the wiki page for further details on kernels and ROMS:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nook_Color#Official_Roms

Or see the general message on various utilities and how-tos:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=872003
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
sangahm, thank you so much for that clear explanation.

I was trying to have the regular nook color software but also alternately have access to an Android tablet ROM. But I see that's not possible. It's just that I actually USE the nook color for reading books I purchase on b&n but I wanted the option to also read the books I buy for the Kindle app on my Android phone. And I want a better PDF reader than what's on the stock nook color.

Any suggestions? Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
You can load the kindle app on to rooted stock. And you can load another pdf reader if you like (ezPDF, etc). Once you root stock, all those options are wide open.

Alternatively, you could convert your *purchased* kindle books to ones you can read on *your* nook. That's what I do (don't need to use the kindle app then).
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Yes, as doncaruana said, you can have *both* a great Nook color reader (stock) and an Android tablet (rooted). No need to load another ROM just to get the tablet features. The rooted stock Nook gives you the ability to get a new launcher (I like Zeam), add the Kindle reader, and most every app from the Market or Amazon Store.

You would only need an alternate ROM if you want to push the limits further, like adding (really just turning on the hidden) bluetooth, video enhancements, or just trying out Honeycomb (the latest android release for tablets). And some say that later Android releases (ROMs) add more stability and performance since they include bugs and patches over earlier versions.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
The downloads are tied to your username/password from B&N, so as long as you keep the same account, you can load them again.
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
Actually, didn't he say the opposite? I thought what he said was that you could only EITHER root the nook and add a launcher or have a tablet ROM on it. I think what he said was that you CAN'T have both. No?
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
No. What sangahm and doncaruana said was 100% correct. Think of it like jailbreaking an iPhone. You can still run all the Apple store apps., but you can also run jailbroken apps., so you get both worlds. The only things you wouldn't get by simply rooting the NC are the bluetooth drivers, etc. But rooting the NookColor turns it into an Android tablet as well as a NookColor. Once rooted, you then have the option of running alternate ROMs, but you don't have to do so.

My NC is rooted with the stock ROM and I have all the B&N functionality as well as the Android Market and the Amazon App Store for Android installed and working. I have Kindle, Borders, Nook, Issu, Zinio and a plethora of other readers (ezPDF too) installed and they all work great (I use mine mainly for reading too). I like/run ADW launcher over Zeam myself. I also installed Dalingrin's OC Kernel and run my NC at 1GHz which technically isn't really overclocking it, but is since B&N actually underclocks it. Hope this helps.
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
Right, ok I misunderstood what you said.

I thought you were saying that you could have the stock B&N interface and still have like Cyanogen or Honeycomb or something sideloaded. Which is why I disagreed.
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
Well, if you want to get a little more technical and dual boot, or create a bootable SD card, you can also do that. I have two spare SDs, one has CM7 on it and the other I keep ClockWork Mod Recovery on (that way I still have my stock, rooted NC, but can fire up CM7 at will, simply by swapping out my SD card).
[Nook Color Android Development] tinpanalley:
Any drawbacks to running a ROM like CM7 off of an SD card? How about dual booting, is that problematic at all? Crashes, brick risk, etc? Or is a ROM on an SD Card what "dual booting" is?
[Nook Color Android Development] IIDeViiNII:
this might sound dumb to ask this but once this is done and i sign in i can just go to the store and re-download my regular apps?
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Yes.

sangahm
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
You can dual boot from either emmc or from sd card. Otherwise you just boot from SD and leave whatever on the nook proper (like rooted stock)

Expect to sacrifice a bit of speed when running off SD, although it seems to run pretty smooth for me, in all honesty. If you use an sd card, don't scrimp - go buy sandisk. You will get force closes and all kinds of mayhem with a crappy sd, even one you wouldn't expect.
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
I would add that the card should be at least a Class 6 to run decently. My CM7 SD card is class 6 and it runs quite respectably and I've had 0 problems.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Rather than hijack this thread, I'm continuing my test reports and findings in this new thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] lschroeder:
This is wrong. I use to think the same way. It is counter to our intuition. There is a whole thread on this for our nook:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1005633

I use nightly 126 as my daily driver on a 16GB SanDisk Class 4 card with MN root stock 1.2 in emmc (memory). I also have phiremod v7 TEST on an 8GB SanDisk class 2 card, plus the new AOSP MIUI 1.7.8 on an 8GB SanDisk class 4 card. All of this run perfectly with no major problems.

Here is a summary of that thread. If you decide on SDcard only use SanDisk cards, the key is the random read write speed and SanDisk SDcards are the best at that for our nook. Other brands and higher class are for sequential read write speeds and for Operating System random read write speed is the only thing important. The other brands and higher class are very bad at random read write speeds.

Now the setup of the card on the pc with class 2 or class 4 SanDisk is much slower then class 6 or higher on the pc. This is only done one time.

But the execution with the ROM in the nook is what we used all the time and their is no comparision between how well SanDisk class 4 and SanDisk class 2 cards are many times superior. SanDisk class 2 are hard to find but their class 4 is also very good. I like using 8GB and 16GB SanDisk cards so I could put lots data/music/video on the card as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Does anyone know if we can use the new android market on this? Seems there were a bunch of problems getting the current one to work...
[Nook Color Android Development] vinal:
Just installed. Works. No problems yet.
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
Well, that is interesting and I definitely agree that random I/Os are more important for running an OS. The problem I have with those results are that they look like there was only a single benchmark used and the random write test was only done at one size (4kb) from what I can see.

It might be worth going to a site like Tom's Hardware and check out some of the numbers for I/Os there (see this and this) Although Sandisk is faster than the others for some I/O testing, one of the Lexar's and one of the Transcend's beat it out in other I/O tests (and they would be plenty fast enough to run an OS respectably IMO). You basically need to do a little research before you just up and buy an SD card that you want to run an OS on (cheap ones aren't likely to do it well). They are indeed mainly designed for long/big reads and long/big writes (data storage).
[Nook Color Android Development] Crazydaddy:
Just got a nook color. 1.2.0. The CWM instructions and manual mooter 4.6 files are the correct ones right?

Rooted Glacier/OC'd/faux's 1.2.7
[Nook Color Android Development] lschroeder:
There are many instances in the various ROM threads where other brands and higher class (6 or 10) were slow, had lots of forces closes, would not boot completely, or not even install. The solution that worked was to buy a SanDisk class 4 or class 2 8GB card, then the install and operation went smoothly. According to one post the Nook itself for internal memory uses a SanDisk 8GB card. Radio Shack always seems to have SanDisk on sell. The SanDisk 4GB and 16GB cards seem to also work well.

The SanDisk for now seems to always be a winner. There is one caveat, be aware of counterfeit SanDisk cards on the web.

hexaae on the web "Overall a lower class (2-4) has better performance on every day use with a smartphone! Instead an higher class has horrible performance when writing small files (0.5-2KB), frequently used to store temp files, .ini, cfg, thumbs with modern smartphones OS.

My suggestion is not to buy a class more than 2-4 for your smartphone or you’ll notice big lags (even 10 seconds!) when saving! Real experience."

Here is a link to 2011 Tom's info for our micro SDHC SDcard

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2011-micro-sdhc-charts/benchmarks,127.html

It seems your links were for 2009 SDHC Memory Card Charts. I do not know enough to evaluate the results and know difference that types of cards make. I am just going by the feedback that I find in the threads.
[Nook Color Android Development] svet-am:
I didn't have time to read the entire thread but wanted to see what the current status of the location service issue is.

this is preventing location-based services (EG, MLB At Bat 2011 TV viewing) from working.

Other than this issue for me, MN is _awesome_ !! :D
[Nook Color Android Development] lexluthor:
Updated Netflix in the market now works great with ManualNooter.
[Nook Color Android Development] bluepen61:
Calendar appointments created on the NC do not sync with my gmail account. Has anyone experienced this too?
[Nook Color Android Development] fpga_guy:
Works for me. I can create on NC with Jorte and the events get uploaded into the cloud.
[Nook Color Android Development] svet-am:
I also wanted to follow up and ask if there's any hope of getting the stock launcher to work with Android Market-installed apps?

I actually like the stock launcher but none of my apps frm the Android Market show up in its apps tray...
[Nook Color Android Development] fpga_guy:
removing default N button to stock NC Laucher

I have friend with a registered NC and rooted his NC with MN 4.6 but before setting it up, inadvertently set the stock NOOK launcher as the default for N button. Reinstalling MN doesn't remove the default assignment.

He is unfamiliar with ADB. How does he remove the default setting on the button? He can get to zeam by searching.
[Nook Color Android Development] MTavis:
download unsuccessfull from Market or AppBrain Install

I rooted Color nook using manualnooter-4-6-16.zip. Originally I had rooted nook version 1.0.1 and before I changed downloaded Titanium Backup and backed up all the applications and data. Then restore the nook to factory default. I downloaded the new 1.2 operating system from B@N and successfully upgraded. Then I used the manualnooter-4-6-16. Everything seemed to have worded. I then restored all applications from the using Titanium Backup restoring all applications and data. When I went to the Android market, I found that I had a lot of updates available and I choose to do all of them at once. The process repeated several times before either quitting or I stopped it. Since that time I have been unable to successfully download any applications from the market either directly or through AppBrain with or without Fast Web Installer. I am able to obtain applications from the Amazon market and if APK are available on the web download to my computer and copy to the sd card and from their install. I have read a lot of threads but have not been able to solve the problem. Did I make a mistake on reinstalling all applications using Titanium backup. If I repeat, which files shouldn’t I re-install?

Update: I saved everything again but did not bring back to stock 1.2. Instead I just installed the manualnooter again without deleting. Now I can go to market and install new programs. However, some applications have to be deleted before re-installing. I do not show any updates on the Android market but I see many updates needed at AppBrain. The updates from there do not work.