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[Nook Color Android Development] jaehdawg:
I must say that I've been extremely impressed with MN!! Great job to all those involved in making this happen.

The only issue that I have is the Calendar sync, but I know that will be resolved soon. Everything else works.

This is what I did:

- Downloaded BN 1.2 Update from BN.com site

- used a 2gb uSD card and created a bootable image using CWM 3.0.2.8

- copied MN over to the uSD card

- booted to the 2gb uSD card and backed up my stock/working 1.2

- installed the MN and followed the directions

- re-inserted 16gb uSD card

- booted/selected softkeys as default launcher

- configured zeam and softkeys

- started marketplace and signed in-to google

- had to perform "Market has limited visibility" fix

- installed my favorite apps

- installed TI Backup and froze BN home so it wouldn't run in the background

- updated all the stock google apps

Done! Almost perfectly functional tablet.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
I'm super curious - why would you freeze home? What does freezing it do/not do for you?
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Freezing it and stopping it from running would keep the Reading Now button from working, and I suspect would have adverse affects on whether or not In Store functions actually worked. I can see no reason why anyone would want to freeze it.
[Nook Color Android Development] jonty12:
it definitely worked on stock 1.2. It does get whacky too. i've had the behaviour change to taps on both sides advancing or paging back (no way to go the opposite way), as well as swipes only working in one direction. I found that if you pull up the page list on the bottom of the screen and then swipe back and forth a few times, it really messes things up.

I may have to go back to stock because of the 3 year old.
[Nook Color Android Development] nukeruss:
CM7 Test build has same issue with latest B&N kernal

The test build released today for the new B&N kernnal with CM7 is having the same issues installing to the SD Card. Looks like there may be more help coming to resolve the issue soon.
[Nook Color Android Development] jaehdawg:
I didn't want it consuming memory and cpu cycles. I haven't bought anything from the BN store yet. For my purposes, it hasn't caused any adverse effects. Lastly, I didn't want it to show as a launcher option either. Luckily, it can be thawed if necessary ;)
[Nook Color Android Development] fpga_guy:
dual booting causes video problems...

HTCF4N did find that video issues with MN is indeed caused by dual booting and is "freaking relieved". His solution is posted: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13682638&postcount=60

My guess is that HTCF4N is under age 40 while I am over 40 :-) But he is correct, I am a noob when it comes to Android.
[Nook Color Android Development] HTCF4N:
:rolleyes:lol the old man is always right, even when he's wrong. Thanks for the suggestion gramps :D. In theory it wasn't the fact that dual booting causes any problems, it's the u-boot.bin file that caused the ruckus. BN 1.2 and apparently CM7's newer kernel codes are not compatible with the older u-boot.bin and causes video headaches.

Anyways, no more dual booting until rookie1 releases an updated u-boot.bin :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] compman723:
Limited Market apps

First I followed instructions and performed the market fix 3 times and everything happened as it should but I still get limited view. Anyone have any ideas or something i could check to get me some more apps?

Love the work!

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] anymoose:
Do you mean "limited view" as in only one app, or as in, shorter-than-expected list? If it is the latter, try holding the NC in landscape view.
[Nook Color Android Development] bretzke:
Thanks Gabriel, H&C and others for the work so far.

I think that while MN has brought back root, we have some issues that seem to make the system unstable after MN. I did what appears to be the best upgrade path: BN1.1 w/ AN going in, wipe system & data & flashed back to BN 1.1, upgraded to 1.2 per BN, then MN 4.5.6. Had to do the Market fix and have full Market. You Tube works, did GPSFake to get IMDB to work. Using NookHome to access BN content.

Here's the issues I'm seeing:

a) Battery indicator seems to show charging mode even when unplugged (charging animation in systray)

b) SD card icon in notification tray will not go away

c) page advance issues within BN kids book reader

d) FC on a handful of apps that worked fine for months previously (Homerun Battle 3D, News and Weather

e) Generally slower performance, especially games. Seems like things hang a great deal more. Sometimes the NC catches up, other times I have to reboot

f) Live Wallpapers nonexistent

And this is only after 24 hours after MN. I know these are generally little annoyances, but added all up, it seems we are not there yet.

I'm not trying to be a whiner and I greatly appreciate the work done to date. I've donated to OP. Just wanted others to know what I see in case you see connections for a possible fix.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
The SD card is a stock issue, not rooting, so blame B&N for that one. The only one of the rest of your issues I've personally noticed is the kids book reader.
[Nook Color Android Development] bretzke:
Thanks.

I described my upgrade path wrong...I flashed back to 1.01 (not 1.1) before the 1.2 upgrade.

Is this in fact the best upgrade path?

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
For my money it is. My personal opinion, with it's limited worth, is that I don't necessarily trust flashing directly to 1.2 and think it best to let the B&N update do that. I went back to 1.01 on my two that I've done so far and will probably on my 3rd as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
I went to 1.1 which was on my NC when I bought several months ago, and from there went through the BN 1.2 upgrade. Then MN 4.6.2

I've noticed the battery indicator issue once 2 days ago. A reboot of the unit resolved that, and has not returned yet.

I don't use Kidsbooks, so not familiar with those issue. I'm not running into the other issues, but I don't have many games so not noticing.

One thing that I do notice is that a couple of weather widgets (Beautiful and Fancy) are unable to provide weather, probably due to the inability to get a GPS read. I'll try GPSfake to see if that fixes those issues.
[Nook Color Android Development] anymoose:
I use Beautiful Widgets for my clock/weather widget, and it provides weather (both the widget on the home page, and weather information when I click through the widget). Under weather settings, I set location by putting in my zip code and unclicked "geolocation."

RE: other issues, the only ones I have are the sd card icon, which is a BN 1.2 "feature," and the messed up kid's book page issues. I flashed the 1.1gHz OC kernel, which may address lag issues.
[Nook Color Android Development] bretzke:
Has anyone dug around in the update zips to see if there is any value in starting at 1.00 (how mine came) and doing a linear upgrade path upping to 1.01, then to 1.1 and then upping to 1.2?

I would think it would be unnecessary, but if BN is assuming the previous upgrade is in place, perhaps it would matter.

Just a random neuron firing. Thanks for humoring me.
[Nook Color Android Development] flipflargin:
I noticed the live wallpapers weren't available after rooting also.

I followed the instructions here which at least allowed me to use the LW's from marketplace:

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_Live_Wallpapers

The Earth Live Wallpaper and the Bubbles LW work really well (very smooth).
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
NC 1.2 has built in LW support, in Settings > Home > Wallpapers there's a third tab called "Live Wallpapers" there is no need to "enable" them just install them from market.
[Nook Color Android Development] czarjohn:
I cant seem to get any of the angry birds versions working. My kid loves playing those so hopefully i can find a solution.

Also aldiko isnt able to install.

Both download fine, but says unable to install.
[Nook Color Android Development] flipflargin:
Excellent, that's so much easier! :D
[Nook Color Android Development] HTCF4N:
Hey GabrialDestruir, can you/or is anyone looking into getting stock exchange/corporate email accounts working and calendar to sync? I think these 2 things are the only thing holding me back from using the stock 1.2 rooted as my main setup. If you know of a workaround, let us know as well. Thanks for the MN!!:D
[Nook Color Android Development] fpga_guy:
The only problem I have seen is c), the BN Kids book reader. Since my main criteria is battery life, I don't use live wallpaper - though it is there as GD has noted.
[Nook Color Android Development] rohit275:
Does anyone know if it's still possible to use in-store features from B&N after going through the rooting process on 1.2?
[Nook Color Android Development] sangahm:
Yes, this was discussed a few pages back.

Essentially if you root 1.2 directly with MN 4.5.6, then you should be fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] rohit275:
Awesome, thank you for the info.
[Nook Color Android Development] skyhawk21:
Unmount the SDCARD or just physically remove it, then with manual nooter 4.5.6 market should install all angry birds versions and aldiko fine!
[Nook Color Android Development] czarjohn:
Worked like a charm...muchas gracias
[Nook Color Android Development] MeanSquare:
Belatedly came to this party.

I've tried Cryanogenmod and Honeycomb. Both are nice, but this seems to be the best balance (for me) of stock functionality and full access (especially to the Android Market).

Thanks so much for my fully rooted Nook 1.2.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
We know why Calendar isn't syncing it has to do with more signature issues, which is also why Network Location isn't working either at the moment (causing things like IMDB which use Network Location to break where they previously worked).

As for stock Exchange/Corporate Email accounts I can only assume you mean the email app released with 1.2, this really isn't our of focus with MN mostly because what we're trying to do is leave as much of 1.2 untouched, with only a few text files being modified, this way the updates can (hopefully) be used on future updates too.

I think I may have an idea as to why Kids Books act up, there's no guarantee that this is the issue but if someone wanted to try removing /system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml it's suppose to enable native multi-touch support for apps and gets copied over during MN it's the only thing I could think of that might possibly be effecting them. You may need to reboot after deleting it? (Dunno)

If that doesn't work the issue boils down to more bad coding on B&N's part as opposed to something MN actually did to break it perhaps if ran a logcat they might be able to find why it's acting up if this isn't the cause.
[Nook Color Android Development] bretzke:
Thanks Gabrial for the thoughts. So do you think we should dig up and restore the original BN1.2 version of this XML file or simply delete the current/MN version present? Were the mods there to fix something else? Meaning, should I expect something else to potentially break because of this?

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
The original 1.2 file has an additional line:

<feature name="android.hardware.touchscreen" />

while both have

<feature name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" />

I'm doing a quick backup and will test by replacing it with the original 1.2 file (vs deleting it). If that doesn't help, I'll try removing it altogether. I'll post back in a few minutes...
[Nook Color Android Development] pavlos46:
Hi all trieded it also and still doesn't work....

Any ideas. ...?

Do I need to reformat my SD. ..
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Well, I think this is working, at least for me. I put the original file from the 1.2 update back on my nook and rebooted and the kids books seem to operate correctly.

Here is exactly what I did:

connected to nook via adb, pushed the file, changed the permissions (in case they got funny) and rebooted. The file from the original update, which I used, is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?5rb1wj9x2viz43s

More specifically, here are the commands I ran...

adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit

adb push android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml /system/etc/permissions

adb shell
cd /system/etc/permissions
chmod 644 android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml
reboot

If anyone else could try and give some feedback that would be great. If it works, just use this for now. If Gabrial 'blesses' it, maybe he'll roll it into the next MN release.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Should have nothing to do with SD. The issue is it won't install with it in. Are you doing this from the market or from amazon?
[Nook Color Android Development] Rayven01:
Worked for me as well. Once I made that change and restarted, childrens' books went back to normal (swiping left/right to turn pages).
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Hrm, I hadn't realized the file was preexisting within the FS it seems this is yet another thing B&N fixed that really doesn't need to be dealt with by B&N an update will be released after I get my replacement cards/reader that'll replace this one with the stock one.
[Nook Color Android Development] pavlos46:
I am trying from Market will also try appplanet as I don't have access to amazon (us only).

Any ideas. ..?
[Nook Color Android Development] Bratag:
Worked perfectly for me. Thanks for doing the legwork on this one and thanks to Gabrial as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] Kelvala:
Flash was NOT working for me...I downloaded the file below, installed it and now its fine.

Posting in case anyone needs it.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LCLJY2D4
[Nook Color Android Development] Runnin_IT:
Hi all. I have NEVER gotten the market to work for me, period. I love this nook, but am getting very frustrated with my inability to get the market working. Here's what I have done last. I have manualnooter 4.5.6 on a bootable CWM 3.0.2.8.

I completely wiped my nook. (8 resets put it back to 1.1.0, deregister to wipe data).

I then installed the 1.2 update and deregistered again to get as clean as possible.

I booted up CWM and did a nandroid. (old habits)

Wiped Cache and Dalvik

Rebooted into CWM and installed manualnooter

rebooted, chose zeam launcher. Launched market and accepted TOS (after setting up my google account)

Got the abbreviated market attempted to download Glympse and Noom Weight Loss (the two items I could see) - no luck. They both show up in downloads IN THE MARKET and it says starting download under here as well, but there is never a download notification on the nook.

So, do the market visibility fix from page 1, go to market - Yay, full visibility! Try to download Astro file manager - same thing happens; sits at starting download. I try with a variety of apps, and get the same thing. I try with and without SD cards...no difference.

So, I come to the great minds here in hopes someone somewhere can help...Email works, so I don't think it's a connectivity problem...
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
Runnin_IT

Did you register it before (after the 1.2.0 de-register you did) you started the manualnooter ?

You need to do that
[Nook Color Android Development] Runnin_IT:
Not sure. I will do it now, thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] Runnin_IT:
Didn't work. I have no idea what's going on here. I will wait for AN and see if it does a step I'm missing or something...thanks for trying.
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
Runnin_IT

Not sure how you did these steps:

1) I completely wiped my nook. (8 resets put it back to 1.1.0, deregister to wipe data).

8 interrupted powerups is what is needed.

Make sure you see the NC show the screen that says installing and a sd card pic with a progress bar.

I then installed the 1.2 update and deregistered again to get as clean as possible.

That is OK

I booted up CWM and did a nandroid. (old habits)

Wiped Cache and Dalvik

I would not do this step (Below) and then there is no need for wipe Cache and Dalvik

YOu may have done this all this way - I am just checking
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
I don't know if your situation has changed any but I had that problem when Google talk wouldnt work. The market needs that working or it will hang on downloading like you are seeing. See if you can get Google talk running first. If not you may have a firewall issue. If it works GTalk works then I'm stumped.
[Nook Color Android Development] rohit275:
You, sir, are incredible.

Thanks to everyone for this whole thing. This manual nooter is fantastic.
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
RunningIT,

this was my exact problem although for some reason I had a weird network issue as well. When I switched wireless networks, I was finally able to get GTalk to log in and then Market downloads worked.
[Nook Color Android Development] marckusdavis:
+1

Except I just DLed it and used Root Explorer to replace it and set permissions. Reboot and Viola.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
AN will be exactly the same thing... nothing will change from MN to AN except the AN won't require you to manually select your update file.
[Nook Color Android Development] FreeMan2012:
Wow!

After some tribulation getting CWM to work in the first place (check the CWM thread if you want to see the gory details), I got MN in one shot, including the market, all as described in post #1.

Thanks, GD, and everyone who's contributed to making this all come good!

The only bad part, is now I have to give my daughter her Nook back. :(

FreeMan
[Nook Color Android Development] mutant13:
I got Netflix running with MN !!!!

I just renamed these two only

ro.product.model=PC36100

ro.product.Manufacturer=HTC

here is the link in general

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1076145&page=13
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Make sure you get the fix I posted yesterday for fixing kids books.

Gabriel - if you're not ready to update MM yet, maybe you could paste the multi-touch fix into the OP?
[Nook Color Android Development] FreeMan2012:
Thanks, but my daughter's not quite that young. ;) As a teenager, she's not reading a bunch of picture books...

Father's Day is coming up, though... :D
[Nook Color Android Development] Garoto1973:
I rooted and seems that everything is working fine except one thing.

My pic app (quicpick) doesnt want to scan the internal sd for pictures, just the external sd. I noticed that with other apps as well, seem that they are not recognizing the internal sd. I know it is fine because I can get to it with root explorer and with my PC .

Has someone seen this after rooting? NC settings displays the correct info for both internal and external sd.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
I've noticed apps in general just seem to totally ignore the internal /media, I just figured that the apps weren't designed to see it.
[Nook Color Android Development] beezy69:
can you still download and read magazines with this method?
[Nook Color Android Development] Garoto1973:
You are not losing any of the original Nook functionality or interface, instead you are opening the door to use the whole android OS.

After applying the manual nooter I recommend adding the OC 1.1 kernel for stock 1.2. The B&N interface will be smooth like butter after that (I find it kind of choppy out of the box).
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Yes, save for the issue where I accidentally replaced the multitouch file this doesn't affect any stock fuctionality.
[Nook Color Android Development] Runnin_IT:
Wow, this worked! For some reason, my wireless at work wouldn't allow me to log in to google voice.

Question, though - what happens if you don't have a Google voice account?

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions; especially you, doncaruana!:D
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
Just a note: B&N just released an Android App that for the first time allows you to download and read magazines. I'm sure there are still reasons to go with a rooted 1.2 (such as in-store browsing and such) but for some this might justify a different ROM.
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
Ref Kids Books

The swiping works - the animation when you are to select a item does not.

Ref: 12 hidden days of christmas.

Or is this some other issue?

No biggie for me - just pointing it out.
[Nook Color Android Development] FreeMan2012:
Now that I'm rooted (thanks again, GD!) what are the advantages/disadvantages of setting Zeam as the default launcher, or replacing entirely with CM7?

If I set Zeam as default, how do I get to the default BN interface to use it as a reader? Do I have to DL the nook app and use that instead?

TIA

FreeMan
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
FreeMan Now that I'm rooted (thanks again, GD!) what are the advantages/disadvantages of setting Zeam as the default launcher, or replacing entirely with CM7?

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CM7 is a custom Android OS - maybe you are thinking of ADW Launcher?

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If I set Zeam as default, how do I get to the default BN interface to use it as a reader? Do I have to DL the nook app and use that instead?

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I do not select a default - that way it asks each time - if I want B&N I can choose it.
[Nook Color Android Development] FreeMan2012:
Yeah, I know. Just wondering the value of a ROM replacement vs the stock ROM with Zeam or LP or another launcher.

I haven't selected a default yet, either, just wondering what the options are if I do.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
A big thing for me is: battery life will be better with ManualNooter and the stock OS - than it will be with CM7

I think I saw some posts in this thread about launcher and setting defalut - how to change it later.
[Nook Color Android Development] runningslow:
With a rooted stock rom, regardless of the launcher used, you will always be able to access all of the stock functions from the default Nook menu (the "^" on the status bar). You could also just add a short cut to the Library app on your home screen, if you use a different launcher.

For the record, I use ADW EX as my launcher, with the app dock hidden, with a gesture of "swipe up" to open the app tray.
[Nook Color Android Development] virtualkaos:
Check out the NookHome App:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065542
[Nook Color Android Development] Techienana:
Regarding the download and copying of the file to fix the kids' books issue, I haven't researched or figured out how to use adb with MN yet. However, I used an easy method of getting the file onto the NC: downloaded on the NC straight from the link provided; opened Root Explorer and located the downloaded file in media/My Files/My Downloads; long pressed the file name and chose MOVE from the menu; navigated to etc/permissions and chose PASTE. The new file overwrote the existing file. I rebooted and the books are working correctly now as far as pagination.
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Interesting side-note on the 'Last Reading/Reading Now' icon...

I've noticed that even though you may have the stock B&N Home running in the background, eventually, the book icon will quit working. If you go to to Nook Color Tools, it will show that it is still a running app. However, if you use System Panel, it shows that it is not running any longer when this occurs.

If I go and launch the B&N Home and then go back (to Zeam) in my case, the book icon works again as expected. Also, at this point System Panel shows Home as running, just like NCT.

Don't know if this is a Froyo thing or what (closing down the Home app), but thought I'd pass it along.