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[Nook Color General] youbecha:
Terrific post!

Works just fine on my 1.2 manual root nook. (downloaded app from app store, used Root Explorer for editing as shown above.)
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
There are two separate entries for ro.product.manufacturer and ro.product.brand in CM7. Manufacturer is about 5 lines lowering the in the document.
[Nook Color General] Drachen808:
DOH! well ok, I will have to go back in there and change it (firing up the ol' nook right now). So then, do I change ro.product.brand back to "bn"?
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Yes, it won't harm the netflix having that bn there.
[Nook Color General] dweezilz:
So you are saying it works with the OC kernel or are you using the kernel that comes with CM7? It works for me using the base CM7 beta kernel but as soon as I put the OC on, I get alvin and his brothers. I'm gonna try HTC/vision and see how that works with the OC Kernel. Does your market still work with that setting?
[Nook Color General] Ronin3178:
Yes, with the HTC/Vision settings the OC kernel does not give you chipmunk voices, everything is normal. I modified the build.prop prior to flashing, b/c I don't have a root explorer capable of editing my current one (I'm a cheap bastard I guess). And my market works fine, with the exception of problems I have always had when using two devices on same gmail acct.

That prob is installed apps disappearing from one or both devices, or changing installed to just free (not installed). My TB also no longer has market links on either device, and can't fix with Market Doc. <----- jic anyone knows how to fix this.

Ronin
[Nook Color General] dweezilz:
cool! I gave it a try and it works...and market seems fine. Someone mentioned an issue with adjusting brightness when trying something that fix the video speed (can't recall what he tried) but that seems fine too! I used root explorer which I purchased, however I saw in the Nook / Netflix how to video that there is a free app that does the same thing called es file explorer. I'm gonna try it even though I already paid for root explorer.

I've never had those issues you are describing with apps disappearing or showing purchased instead of installed etc... Not sure if it's something new with the cm7 beta (just installed that for the first time last night) but with cm7 stable on my nook, both my unrooted fascinate and now with my new unrooted TB each device seems to show properly what has been installed vs. purchased even if I haven't installed everything I've purchased on all devices. Somehow it seems to keep track properly. Is that the issue you are having? I hope that doesn't become a problem now that I've changed the model/manuf in the prop. What do you mean by market links?
[Nook Color General] Ronin3178:
Nope, I have had this problem with my droid and Nook since I added the Nook back in March. I briefly made another gmail account to use for the Nook, but came back because I didn't want another email address. But this is a problem I should open a topic for, glad you got the NF working on the beta.

The market link is referring to titanium backup, when you have an app backed up, sometimes it shows an icon that means it has app, data and market link backed up. I had all the market links on my D1 before these problems started, but they slowly disappeared over time.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
All you have to do is put one line at the beginning of the builp.prop...

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

NO OTHER changes or edits are necessary... leave everything else alone... then you can simply put "#" (without quotes) to comment it out if you want to later.
[Nook Color General] Wifflepig:
HTC Inspire worked for me. According to DizzyDen, just plain HTC should work.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
And you don't have to CHANGE anything... just add the ro.product.manufacturer to beginning of build.prop
[Nook Color General] bigbob23:
There's an app for that: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119093
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Doh!!! Gotta reboot after a build.prop change. That did it. Wooo!
[Nook Color General] FractalSphere:
That seems like a pretty low-tech way to verify if you're on a supported phone. You'd think they would look for something in the video spec or processor or something. But whatever, I'll get home and play with that file. :D

Thank you sir!
[Nook Color General] aakbari1024:
So I'm assuming its not practical to just keep the modified one permanently?

Netflix works great, btw, thanks for the tip!
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Just as an example, I don't keep my MLB.tv-modded one running all the time on my G2, because although it allows the video, it breaks skype. It wouldn't surprise me if something similar happened here, but you also might find it to be worth it, depending on how much netflix you end up watching.
[Nook Color General] :
Okay, so now that we all know the trick, quickly delete this thread and only tell those you know how to do it. :P
[Nook Color General] aakbari1024:
Just found a pretty big problem... market keeps force closing. guess i can only use this on occasion.
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Market FCs confirmed here as well. But hey, I'm no developer, and I'm fine with my solution. Just a few extra reboots occasionally.
[Nook Color General] gmoooney:
When attempting to edit the line: ro.build.fingerprint=tmobile/htc_vision/vision/vision:2.2/FRF91/277427:user/release-keys

using prop editor... I get (invalid character in name)

Any help? Thanks!
[Nook Color General] gmoooney:
Ok so just for the hell of it I figured I'd reboot and try it, even with the ro.build.fingerprint line set as it was in my Phyremod build.

And Netflix works GREAT!

So that last line does NOT have to be changed if you are on Phyremod. (at least in my case).

Thanks for the help!
[Nook Color General] mooja:
yeah, market wont load for me either, but netflix works lol
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
have you tried clearing market cache and framework data?
[Nook Color General] gmoooney:
I am also getting force closes on Market after editing build.prop... I did make a backup though :)
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Cache didn't help, and I'm not going to bother with clearing data. If someone else finds it worked, though, then I'll try it.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Well, its sort of a needed two part thing. You have to clear the market cache and framework data together.. not much point in doing just one...

Settings -> Manage Applications -> All -> Market
Clear Cache then Force Stop -- DO NOT clear data

Settings -> Manage Applications -> All -> Google Services Framework
Clear data then Force Stop
[Nook Color General] computercarl:
Why is it, every time I leave my NC @ home, something big happens? Last month was B&N dropping Froyo, before that it was Video Fix, before that it was bt, before that it was CM7... Ugh.

Can someone with their NC possibly test w/ only changing the fingerprint line, and leaving the rest as is, and can they also try clearing the market cache and framework data if it's still FC'ing?

Thanks!
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Ooooh, didn't think about the possibility that I could be messing with folks' stuff on a semi-permanent basis.

In case anyone *didn't* back up the build.prop, here's how the lines I changed looked before:

ro.product.model=NookColor

ro.product.brand=bn

ro.product.name=encore

ro.product.device=encore

ro.product.board=encore

ro.product.manufacturer=bn

ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion:2.3.3/GRI40/102588:user/release-keys
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
I had no idea! I gave it a shot, but it still FC'd.
[Nook Color General] computercarl:
Maye try flashing gapps zip again? If we can get this working and not having to swap build.props back and forth all the time, that would be awesome, and another +1 for "the little tablet that could".
[Nook Color General] aakbari1024:
I guess until a better fix comes along, we'll just have to suck it up and restart every time we wanna watch netflix.

But this is still a great solution. Thanks a lot chinly.
[Nook Color General] sangamc:
Netflix works and market doesnt crash for me. using cm7 :):):):) time for my inuyasha marathon
[Nook Color General] danbutter:
details please!!

which version of cm7?

SD card or emmc?

I see the app in the market and it installs fine. runs and can manage queue but no video.
[Nook Color General] hacku:
Just edited my build.prop and rebooted.

NETFLIX is up and running on my NOOK COLOR!!!

Thanks a lot! :D
[Nook Color General] pidge2k:
Sorry to sound like a noob (cause I am) but...can anyone provide basic instructions for doing this? My Epic 4G is rooted and has 2.2 installed. Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color General] molesaied88:
can someone with working netflix please post their build.prop please. mine doesnt seem to be working
[Nook Color General] vasmi:
True reflash of gaps no go
[Nook Color General] hitsndc:
I second that if it is possible to post that on the thread
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
Only two fields needs to be changed:

ro.product.model

ro.product.manufacturer

I suggest using the Nexus S model and manufacturer rather than Vision's.

This shouldn't really cause any issues. Its not like there are many, if any, apps that detect and look for the Nook.
[Nook Color General] ebubar:
The build.prop mod works for me on my dualboot phiremod/honeycomb SD Card (the phiremod side). I get the market force closes as well though.
[Nook Color General] BSDaemon:
I'm running Phiremod 5.1 and it's running a bit choppy. Guess I'll try re-flashing the latest version.

If your playback is smooth, what ROM are you running?
[Nook Color General] vasmi:
I got mine working only changed name,device,model,board cleared market reboot and working
[Nook Color General] chinly43:
Hey, Dalingrin! I'm glad someone who actually knows what they're doing has stepped in. I took my original build.prop mods from the mlb.tv thread, but I can confirm what you said, that only model and manufacturer need to be changed. I stuck with vision, because there wasn't a reason not to.

Also, a bonus of only changing those two is that apparently the market still works!

I can post a working build.prop for CM7.0.2 running from an SDcard if someone who knows can tell me that there's nothing identifying in it.
[Nook Color General] Darkomen64:
i got it to work this changing thise 2 lines

ro.product.model=Nexus S

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

and both netflix AND market work

make sure you dont cap samsung.. when i did it as Samsung netflix wouldnt work.. but with just samsung worked fine
[Nook Color General] FractalSphere:
OKAY - I backed up my build.prop and using Root Explorer I renamed and copied in the updated build.prop I conveniently took pieces out of from my EVO. (see below)

ro.product.model=PC36100

ro.product.brand=sprint

ro.product.name=htc_supersonic

ro.product.device=htc_supersonic

ro.product.board=htc_supersonic

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

ro.build.fingerprint=sprint/htc_supersonic/htc_supersonic:2.3.3/GRI40/102588:user/release-keys

The numbers and build stuff after "htc_supersonic" on the last line were everything that was in the original Nook build.prop.

Netflix streams fine (Firefly episodes!!), and Market has NOT force-closed on me (yet). It just updated the flash 10.3 and Google Books without an issue.
[Nook Color General] RileyGrant:
Can anyone confirm this?
[Nook Color General] tony1208:
Wow thanks for that build.prop fix...netflix working great!.... is it ok to keep these changes normally as a daily driver? Or just to watch netflix?
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
The netflix app is a hell of a resource hog though. They don't seem to use DSP codecs completely or something. It keeps my Captivate running at 1ghz and the same for my Nook. I wouldn't expect great battery life with this app =(
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
Yes this is what I've been using.
[Nook Color General] chazglenn3:
Sweet! Changing again now...
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
I dunno.. i tried

ro.product.model = Nexus S

ro.product.manufacturer = google

And am getting the Not supported error. What strings should i be using? I am using what is found here: http://new.glbenchmark.com/phonedetails.jsp?benchmark=glpro20&D=Google+Nexus+S&testgroup=system

Ah.. damn.. i see my error.. needed samsung instead of google.. doh!.. lol
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Thanks for this.

Pretty simple if anyone's needing some help:

Root Explorer -> system -> Click "Mount R/W"

Long press build.prop -> Copy -> Paste (for backup purposes)

Long press build.prop -> Open in Text Editor

Change the above two bolded lines

Save

Reboot

Open Netflix and enjoy! :D
[Nook Color General] FractalSphere:
You didn't expect it to run lightly, did you? Streaming constantly and pushing pixels the whole time..

Glad you're in the thread, however. Wouldn't having multiple entries in the build.prop with different values (htc_supersonic vs encore, for example) cause some identification issues?
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
But if they are using the hardware correctly, the only big overhead would be moving the data correctly. Once our devices get the info, the DSP should pick up the processing slack. From the sounds of it, the CPU is getting hit hard, which will kill battery life (as opposed to the much more streamlined DSP..
[Nook Color General] RileyGrant:
Much thanks dal!
[Nook Color General] philburkhardt:
This worked perfectly! Working Netflix & Market.

I am about to head out from work and get on a bus for the next hour. Hello Netflix!!!

I love this forum :)
[Nook Color General] sangamc:
My mistake, not cm7. This is what was on the nook

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016115

emmc
[Nook Color General] chazglenn3:
I can also confirm Netflix and market are working for me running CM7 from the SD card by changing only the model and manufacturer to Nexus S and samsung.
[Nook Color General] lathavim:
Thanks man..It is really cool..How do you get full screen? Mine is kind of cropped between 2 edges. Yours looks like a full screen
[Nook Color General] ebubar:
Nexus S and samsung fix works for the racks Phiremod/Honeycomb microSD. Netflix and market both working great.
[Nook Color General] chazglenn3:
Probably changed the LCD density...but I'm just guessing.
[Nook Color General] chemical1der:
Hey folks,

I changed my build prop to:

ro.product.model=Nexus S

ro.product.manufacturer=samsung

but now i can't access any of my google accounts like Docs, Gmail or the Market. Whenever I try to open the aforementioned apps they immediately close. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running a CM7 nightly.

TIA!
[Nook Color General] wobedraggled:
Yep, this did the trick, SWEET!

Edit: It's keeps pausing every few minutes, I hit play and keeps going, just an oddity
[Nook Color General] chazglenn3:
You must have changed something else. Did you change all the lines that were listed in the thread earlier? I did, but restored my backed up original build.prop, THEN just changed the above two lines. Works like a charm! :D
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
Audio and video are playing twice as fast on my NC. Running dalingrin's CM7 beta 2 kernel. Sounds like chipmunks.
[Nook Color General] Calla969:
I'm running the CM7 2.6.32 beta2 with the 1.2 uBoot. I changed the build prop to Nexus S and samsung, but still get the "device not supported" error. I rebooted using the reboot option in the shutdown menu and also did a hard reboot by holding the power button, still nothing. I'm using the NetFlix app that was extracted from one of the LG systems a while ago. Any ideas? Does anyone else have this working with the beta2 CM7?
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
You will need the NEW app that came out today
[Nook Color General] nookiecolo:
I am trying this but am using ES File Explorer instead. However, when I try to mound system as writable I get "failed to mount". Is there a way around that?
[Nook Color General] wobedraggled:
Download the app from the market.
[Nook Color General] danr238:
Yup changing nexus s and Samsung in prop files gives me chipmucks too! Cm7 beta2 .32 kernel. Oh well maybe someone smarter then me will figure it out.
[Nook Color General] colorado_al:
Here's a working modified build.prop from CM7.0.2/Phiremod 6.2

Netflix & Market working.

MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR BUILD.PROP BEFORE YOU USE THIS. NO IDEA IF IT WILL WORK ON YOUR NOOK COLOR! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! IT PROBABLY WILL NOT UNLESS YOU ARE USING CM7.0.2

PS-

ro.sf.lcd_density=200 in this build.prop
[Nook Color General] Calla969:
Thanks. I was unable to find the app in the Market but now it is there. It is working, but all of the videos are in fast forward with "chipmunk" voices! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app from the Market with no change.

Edit: Holy crap you guys are responding fast!!
[Nook Color General] Drachen808:
But are they synced?? That is the important question. LOL, sorry, I had to. trying this right now.
[Nook Color General] chemical1der:
chazglenn3, i started with a virgin build prop. i tried clearing the cache and data in my GApps but nothing worked. strange. no big whoop, though. i'm just going to reflash CM7 and start from scratch. thanks for your help though!
[Nook Color General] Calla969:
Changed the build prop to the HTC Vision and now the chipmunks are gone and it is working correctly!
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
Hmm. Didn't work for me.
[Nook Color General] Drachen808:
dang, still getting "device not supported" and I haven't ever done anything other than this to the build.prop (in fact I finally purchased root explorer just because of this).

Edit: tried HTC Vision/tmobile as well.... no dice.

Edit/Edit: CM 7.0.2 Dal OC Kernel 04/04/2011 at 1100Mhz
[Nook Color General] jpeg42:
Are you running CM7 or stock? I am running 1.2 stock with MN, and no luck either. Seems like more work needs to be done on the build.prop.

EDIT: Just got it to work by only doing

ro.product.model=Vision

ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

Nexus S/samsung did not work for me for some reason.
[Nook Color General] Drachen808:
answered with another edit.
[Nook Color General] Calla969:
Strange. All I did was change the model to Vision and the manufacturer to HTC, rebooted, and now it works great. I really hope they don't shut us out of this. It is really nice. After all, I do pay for Netflix.
[Nook Color General] lyam23:
*facepalm* I didn't separate the model and manufacturer. It works now! Thanks.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Its nice having but so far, with the Nexus build.prop, i am getting HORRIBLE quality.

That said, i am running Dal's .32 beta 2, and i have noticed other wierdness...
[Nook Color General] 9thSage:
It isn't just you (I'm also using the Nexus S build.prop) I'm not running the beta (newest stable CM7 and the 4/24/11 kernel) and the quality is 'eh'. It works well framerate wise and audio and video sync, just the video quality isn't great.
[Nook Color General] mightytalldude:
Was on 2.6.32 with the same 2x speed issue, but everything else was very very slow. Trying#70 now.
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Ah.. maybe it isn't that then. The only oddness i found is that Mobo Player will not upscale videos to full screen in hardware mode. But other players like Vital player will, so it may just be some Mobo player issue (sorry, didn't mean to derail the thread).
[Nook Color General] Junishin:
You guys rock!!

I used the Samsung method and it works like a charm.

Simply awesome!!!
[Nook Color General] spamolamo:
hot diggity! working!!!
[Nook Color General] djfrost17:
i follow these steps...and it works perfectly!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
So i tried again, but holy hell,squirrel mode go!!! The video and audio are in sync, but playing at 2x speed. However, if family guy was funny at 1x, its better at 2x with squirrel voices......
[Nook Color General] japzone:
This worked perfect :D Watching Netflix now!

Just make sure you backup your build.prop file before editing just in case you need to switch back.

For Newbs:

-Remount /system as RW using Root Explorer

-Backup the /system/build.prop to /system/build.prop.bak

-Edit the file /system/build.prop with a text editor

-Replace each line with it's above replacements

-Make sure there are no extra spaces at the ends of lines as that can cause problems

-Save the file

-Hard Reboot

TaDa! Netflix Works!

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[Nook Color General] agentburbank:
For what it's worth, when I altered my build.prop file it was backed up automatically upon saving my edits in root explorer. Might help anyone who didn't back it up prior to editing and needs to return to the original.
[Nook Color General] japzone:
I've noticed on my Nook that whenever I start a Netflix stream it's in this really low quality but as soon as I seek somewhere in the Video it buffers to a higher quality.

Anybody else notice this quality quirk?

EDIT: I noticed people are complaining about quality. Try loading the Video and then Seek to the beginning again, that rebuffers it to a higher quality like I stated before. At least for me.

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[Nook Color General] Ronin3178:
Awesomeness, since I don't have root explorer. I improvised, edited the build.prop in N70 and installed to eMMC with ext4 modified 4/24 OC. Working great, no chipmunks or audio/video lag either.

If anyone wants a copy of the modified N70 : http://db.tt/WYacxBY
[Nook Color General] GchNYadM:
Does anyone know if this fix will allow me to watch MLB.tv on my nook color? I have it on my Droid 2 and it would be amazing if it worked on my nook too
[Nook Color General] 9thSage:
Ah, you're right...that does help. I guess it's a glitch in the way that the app decides on quality (I know at least Netflix usually seems to decide this based on bandwidth available at the time).
[Nook Color General] japzone:
In the future you can try File Expert. It's a Completely Free File Manager(Ad Free) that works really well and if you go into it's settings you can Enable Root mode and it works just as well as Root Explorer. To remount System as RW go to the system folder then click Menu-->More-->Mount.

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[Nook Color General] Legobricke:
Netflix does this on allot of it's dvd player software. Starts off a little bad and then gets good quick.... All depends on the connection and the buffering.

I used the Nexus S / samsung changes and it works perfectly. Market works and all.

This is being run from the CM7 (stable-encore) build on a SD card.

Lego
[Nook Color General] joeb690:
Does this apply to Netflix.ca also
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
It doesn't apply any more to anything. Sorry, but that quote is really old, and i have already made several newer statements....
[Nook Color General] anthonylavado:
Unfortunately it's not supported in our country. It's not listed in the Canadian Market.
[Nook Color General] joeb690:
I know but we can get the apk just wondering if there is a relevent work around for Canada. TIA
[Nook Color General] jimmyz:
Any one else try to get this to work from europe- the app loads u when it goes to play it states I cannot watch from this location- any ideas?
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
Yes actually. The YouTube app does the same thing and the Nook doesn't need to break a sweat. The CPU shifts back and forth between 300mhz and 600mhz versus 1.1ghz for the Netflix app.

No, just changing those two values will be fine. Like I was saying earlier, its not like any app actually knows what the hell an "encore" is anyway. ;)