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[Nook Color General] angomy:
More from The Digital Reader website:

That was a response from B&N rep when Amazon changed the Kindle's 1 month charge capacity to 2 (by lowering the # of hours per day of reading from 2 to 1, lol)
[Nook Color General] japzone:
This is off topic but is their any kind of spoiler system here on XDA? I've had many occasions where I wanted to keep things neat but still add some extra info.

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[Nook Color General] allenalb:
i would pay twice as much as B&N wants for this thing, if only i could run Evernote on it, so yeah +1 for rooting from me...
[Nook Color General] dtsurfer13:
think of the possibilities

..The idea of being able to load the android kindle reader app on here really appeals, then I would have access to both bookstores on a single device!

.. Also there are lots of app opportunities for black & white, especially with the battery life and readability outside (turn-based games, puzzles - sudoku, jumbles, grocery-lists, calender ...)
[Nook Color General] poetics:
This looks pretty cool, has anyone used one in store yet and let us know if the touchscreen works as well as it looks in the video?
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
There's an ever-growing mass of hands-on reviews over at mobileread: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=209
[Nook Color General] clairecakes:
Mine just showed up in the mail today. The touch screen aspect isn't as responsive as a super phone, but I find it to be much more responsive then the touch screen on the original Nook.

It's a solid little device and, more importantly, it's ridiculously fast for an eInk device.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
One thing I've seen reported over and over again is how well the on-screen keyboard works, which is kind of surprising given the basic touchscreen technology. It usually comes up in comparison to the Kindle's hardware keyboard, though, so it could be not so much "This is awesome!" as "This doesn't suck as much!"
[Nook Color General] kLAcK107:
I wish this had free International 3G, I can't replace my kindle until someone else offers that.

It's so awesome on the beach and abroad!
[Nook Color General] chisleu:
Because a CM7 powered web browser that can be used in direct sunlight with flash and everything else, even if black and white, is epic.

Especially given the extremely high battery life.
[Nook Color General] akaCat:
I'd bet that your extremely high battery life would vanish pretty fast, with wifi on all the time and a browser with flash attempting* to run.

* Or maybe it would run well (and still drain the battery); I have no clue what the processor is.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
Yeah, I'm sure Flash would be awesome on a screen with the refresh rate of an Etch-a-Sketch. E-ink is not just a black-and-white LCD. It's a different technology with different strengths and limitations. I'm sure we'll see the STR rooted and the custom apps that were developed for the rooted Nook Classic updated, and hopefully some new custom apps. If we're really, really lucky maybe some devs will find it worthwhile to work on an e-ink optimized custom ROM, but to work with this display it would have to be extremely custom, and probably wouldn't net enough new functionality to be worth the time invested.

I'm sure we'll see some kind of web browser and a news reader, and better library tools, but we probably won't see a Kindle app or Google apps, and we certainly won't see any kind of video.
[Nook Color General] zonyl:
The N2E does have a browser. It makes a cameo during the google contact sync settings.

Plus I have gotta say for as unresponsive the touch screen is during most of its interaction, the on screen keyboard is surprisingly good.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
It has the capacity to pop up a browser window if it's needed to accept permissions or log in to a Wi-Fi hotspot, but that's it. It might be something for devs here or at nookdevs to build on, but it's not a user-accessible browser as-is.
[Nook Color General] ajaik:
New nook is really great.

I received my new nook about a week ago and love it! It's the thinnest lightest fastest eink reader out there. People are blown away by how light it is. It's very easy to hold and use. The faster CPU renders PDFs faster. Page turns appear to "merge in", i.e. it does a full flash only every 6 pages. You can also hold down the the next page button or swipe very fast and it keeps up with you. I've been carrying it around for about a week now and everyone I've shown it to thinks it's better than the Kindle.
[Nook Color General] bbells:
I recently took my rooted Nook Color with me on vacation. It worked great as a tablet, horrible as a reader. I needed to charge it 2x a day. Had to ration use at the airport so the battery wouldn't go dead on the flight. The screen conflicts with polaroid sunglasses so it is very hard to read outside. And it was very irritating to use as an ereader in dim light.

I found myself wishing for a rooted version of my Nook e-ink so I could get by with just one device and not have to stop using it twice a day to charge it.

If the Simple Touch gets rooted to where I can EASILY do email, Angry Birds, light surfing etc., it would probably fulfill my wishes. Color is not a big deal to me.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
You will almost definitely get 2 out of 3 of those (email and light browsing), but anything involving motion graphics is not happening. Again, e-ink is not a black-and-white LCD. It's a different technology. It has much better contrast and reflectivity, it can display an image without drawing power, but it takes much longer to put a new image up on the screen.

Its purpose is to imitate paper: it's just not a video technology.

ETA: I got curious and did a little digging, and apparently the max squeezed out of a Pearl E-ink screen to date is 10-15 FPS, which is better than I thought. Would that be playable for Angry Birds?
[Nook Color General] japzone:
The Nook STR runs an 800mhz processor.

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[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
Angry Birds would easily be playable I would think. I don't really know anything about this PocketBook though. Specs don't seem "high-end" at all to be running Doom II.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apFspOlK10

Edit: Wow, somebody has Angry Birds on N2 already, and the video was posted yesterday :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k22BB8VPI5o
[Nook Color General] akaCat:
I am impressed. But it looks far too much like raiding at 5fps; I think I'll pass on the video games on this device!
[Nook Color General] The Flying Penguin:
The Nook 2 looks to be a spectacular device. From a strictly e-reader perspective it looks like it could be a real hit. Here is what stands out the most to me:

+ Full touchscreen thus easier to navigate

+ Longer battery life than Kindle

+ Smaller footprint but same size screen as Kindle

+ Free wifi from AT&T and B&N

- No 3g. They may not have found it necessary but it's something their competitor is offering and they aren't

- No web browser to take advantage of the free wifi.

The lack of a keyboard may turn some people off who don't like typing on a touchscreen. I personally find the size savings to be more important

I think it could be a real hit.

I see some of you are already interested in hacking this thing and a lot of you who think its pointless. I wouldn't say its pointless at all. Remember, its all about how YOU use your device. Everyone has different needs. Even modified this wouldn't fit with how I use my device but I can certainly see the advantages, especially if you do want to use this as an e-reader but also want to surf and do other things as well. It's got some awesome battery life and you can use it in direct sunlight.
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
I don't remember who had said it. But someone had mentioned that an E-ink screen would be utterly amazing for Comics or Mangas, and that fact alone really sold it home for me. I'm a very avid reader of a lot of things and it's why I got the Nook Color in the first place.

With a 2 month battery life, I really see this as a wise investment for anyone looking for something that has an E-Ink screen and is essentially an android tablet.
[Nook Color General] arcascomp:
I use a HD2 for my work to do all things, including creating VPN connections to our data centres and using RDP to fix out of hours issues. The HD2 is great, brilliant for many things but no good for battery life!

I had been looking at the Kindle for reading and a bit of occasional surfing (a surfette?), but if I can root a Nook touch and manage to run VPN/RDP on it that would be fantastic. Also as I'm UK based I would need the Kindle app as well to get much on there without having to use the likes of Calibre to change the books format.

I know e-ink isn't for fast refresh, but would it be able to do Remote Desktop connections? I don't have to do it often, so it wouldn't need to look that pretty. Is the touch screen sensitive enough?
[Nook Color General] mattrb:
Dis tablet got rooted today.

THE FIRST E-INK ANDROID ROOTED TABLET!
[Nook Color General] pbcal:
Not today. Its done yesterday.:p Waiting for a user friendly guide.
[Nook Color General] koloth:
For those watching this thread for updates: he's now posted his process: nookdevs.com/NookTouch_Rooting
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
I want this so bad! =D Oc kernel soon? lol
[Nook Color General] xtravbx:
Dude really? Reserved?

:rolleyes:
[Nook Color General] xtravbx:
I'm with you on that one man.

It will never play angry birds, or do anything with any sort of animation. Its not the nature of e-ink.

Though it is a great reader. I have an Android phone and decided that one Android device is enough. I had the original box/etc for my Nook Color and it didn't have a single mark on it. So I turned it in for store credit, got the New Nook, and a gift card w/ store credit for the rest (which can be used for the Starbucks inside! or for a carrying case, other merch, blahblahblah).

Overall, very happy with the switch. If I want email/android fun - I have an always connected phone.

This makes a MUCH better reader. I tried the original Nook - it wasn't for me. But this is awesome.
[Nook Color General] tjupille:
Got the last non-preordered one at my local B&N on Friday. Got it rooted per instructions in about an hour. Used Android Commander on Windows to install ADW Launcher, K9 email, Softkeys, and a couple of browsers (Dolphin and Opera Mini).

At the moment, I have it set to launch Softkeys on boot, and Softkeys set to be runnable from the notification bar, with Softkeys home set to launch ADW (all of which is a work-around to allow me to get back to ADW from the reader.

Observations at this point:

The stock reader works (obviously)

*Any* wallpaper except solid white or black is *very* hard on the eyes because of the way the E-ink renders colors.

No pinch-zoom, and anything you drag is hard to control because of the screen redraws. Everything sort of "breaks up" during the process.

K9 works OK except that settings for things like color or mullti-select don't stick.

I haven't gotten a functioning calendar yet.

Web browsing is a mixed bag. Opera is the best of the three so far (Dolphin is second and the default is a distant third), but about 20% of the sites I tried would not even load, and many of the rest were almost illegible because of the color rendering as gray text on a gray background.

Too early to get a good read on battery life, but I suspect it ain't gonna be three days of use, because web and e-mail do a *lot* more screen redraws than reading.

At this point, I'd give the Reader an A, launcher and Email a B-, and browsing a D+
[Nook Color General] xtravbx:
Cool that people are working on hacking/rooting/customizing this - but I see no point.

I really just want it as a great ereader, which it currently is. Best e-ink reader on the market if currently, if you ask me.
[Nook Color General] akaCat:
Even as only an ereader, there are a couple of great improvements to be made by rooting it.

1 - Install Overdrive, get wireless access to library books.

2 - Install a 3rd party reader and move all sideloaded books to a directory the nook reader doesn't notice, so that the very kludgy shelving system works tolerably well for B&N books. (Scrolling through 1200 books just so that I can put the 3 I'm currently reading on a "current" shelf? Not Fun.)

Granted, I hope that the shelving will be improved in the first software update. But that could be a few months away and it's currently nearly unusable.

3 - Install a better PDF reader.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Printerscape:
*Netflix rmk40 fix

*Flash 10.x Hulu-fied

I can only get one to work at a time... more specifically, if I flash the rmk40 fix, I can't get Flash 10.x to work with Hulu, like I did before. Once I flash rmk40's fix, there's no going back to "Hulu", unless I restore my backup. I tried both the minimal and full, and both work with Netflix, but not with Hulu.

And according to this post, which leads to this post, that Flash 10.2 will fix it.

However, that Flash version isn't "Hulu-fied", so I can't watch Hulu on it.

=(

So, any way to have both at the same time?

P.S. I use rmk40's fix, as Fenny's fix results in my Netflix lagging like mad for some reason.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonny68:
Great advancements have been made with the HD2 over the course of the last 6/7 months none more so than us being able to have NAND Android on our phone and much credit and respect due to everyone involved.

I've noticed though over the last few months that Gingerbread with Sense seems to be all the rage, unfortunately I don't believe any great major progress has been made recently, I'm looking through and have flashed various gingersense builds but its the same problems with them all camcorder,graphic glitches, Wi-Fi trouble,etc etc seem to common reoccurring problems,I've no doubt in time that these issues will be resolved but it seems some people who are content to have a build that might only be say 80% complete on their phone just because it is gingersense as opposed to a build that is 100% stable and thats a bit baffling really, as I said no doubt these issues will in time be resolved but until then personally speaking ill just stick with my stable froyo build until I get my Samsung Galaxy S2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MagikWorx:
.....and the point of this was?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonny68:
bit of a smart ass aren't you:rolleyes:

The point being that im wondering why no real advancement has been made with gingersense builds, for months now the same issues are still there,im sure in time they will be resolved but to date they haven't been.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Cuz the source code was not released.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kypeth:
gingersense is the most godawful ****ing word I have ever heard. I hate hearing that word, even in my own head.

gingersense.............

!~!!!!!!!

I can do without sense roms personally, but I feel you, fully functional sense builds would be a dream, truly.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonny68:
I wasn't aware of this, i knew that Google didn't release the source code for Honeycomb.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonny68:
BTW i didn't coin the phrase "gingersense" :D ive no idea who did i just read it on here.;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Well google did release gingerbread's source code, but they don't handle the releasing of source code for phones'. The manufacturer's do.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dung8604:
I agree. You never stated that you had a question in the OP. Just that you're staying with froyo with sense. Cool story, bro.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaymado:
I have gingercyanomod (did i just make up a word too???) and i tell you pal, ginger is worth it in some perhaps little aspects! (nothing compared to cyanogen mods which i love above all)

all is working ok for me on Android 2.3.4 ...ok, i could do with native usb tethering (theres an app for that!) and true hd camera drivers but these are little things i can live without.

Better that than having to use windows mobile right?

As for sense builds etc, i dont see the point unless you are lucky enough to have bought the TMOUS HD2... every single sense build i tried on my EU HD2, regardless of overclocking, just runs laggy and annoyingly freezes all the time... sure i can have data and sync off and it will run smoother, but thats crap innit?

Using NAND Typhoon for HD2 3.3.2v MAGLDR (clk still has a few bugs imo)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tobiascrystal:
I was looking around to see if the source code for gingersense had been released and I went to http://developer.HTC.com and the first thing on there is HTC Desire HD - GB MR - 2.6.35 kernel source code and when I downloaded it the file is called ace-2.6.35-gb-MR.tar. now I have no idea but isn't that what they need? Or is it there something else?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Well what the devs have right now is the sensation's build, atleast I think so. Haven't been in that forum in some time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] the_scotsman:
The devs are waiting for the Desire GB kernel source to be released...then well see some major leaps forward.

Oh and I'm happy with GINGERSENSE because minor graphic glitches don't bother me and I don't use camcorder. WiFi has no issues either for me.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jonny68:
well that is good to hear anyway.

each to their own my friend but a working camcorder is absolutely essential for me and every gingersense build ive tried has had some sort of issue with Wi-Fi so ill just keep the stable build i have.;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Galactus:
GB 2.3.3/4 with CM7 runs so smoothly, couldnt change to a sense rom and lose all the smoothness
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] n_youn:
if ur waiting for anything

its htc to release the source code for their ginger sense and or a group of devs to write up some new drivers for the hd2 case alot of the driver arent compatible with the hd2
[Nook Color General] DeanGibson:
Please do not quote this message. When information in this message changes, I can change this message, but not the quoted copies.

As many of you know, the newer Nook Colors come with a partitioning that allows 5GB of space (/data -- ext3 partition) for apps and B&N books/etc, and 1GB of space (/media -- FAT32 patition) for user side-loaded content. The older Nooks had the reverse: 1GB for /data, and 5GB for /media.

I first documented a manual process for reverting the newer B&N partitioning back to the old partitioning, here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13971291&postcount=110 Upon several requests, I have automated it here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14047474&postcount=129

Someone in that thread requested that I repost the information here, so that it could be "pinned". Therefore, I have reproduced and expanded that information here (I now regard the above thread as dead for this purpose).

Caveats:

You must have ClockworkRecovery installed on the Nook Color, or on a bootable SD card which accesses the Nook.

You must backup everything you wish to save, or archive it on the B&N site, because this will clear all your data on the device:

/data partition (0p6)

/cache partition (0p7)

/media partition (0p8)

The following partitions will not be touched:

/boot partition (0p1)

/rom (configuration) partition (0p2)

(hidden) recovery partition (0p3)

/system (whichever operating system you have) partition (0p5)

If you have added additional partitions (eg, via "internal dual boot": http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=959461 -- unlikely, given an existing 5GB/data partition), you must uninstall/remove them first.

The usual non-warranties apply.

The following are installed in the usual manner using ClockworkRecovery installs.

Download and copy to an SDcard, ONE of the following repartitioning install packages:

To use B&N v1.1 "old" 1GB "/data", 5+GB "/media" partitioning: http://www.mailpen.com/download/nook/repartition1GBdata-v1.zip

To use custom 1.96GB "/data", 4+GB "/media" partitioning: http://www.mailpen.com/download/nook/repartition2GBdata-v1.zip

To use B&N v1.2 "new" 5+GB "/data", 1GB "/media" partitioning: http://www.mailpen.com/download/nook/repartition5GBdata-v1.zip

Also download and copy to an SDcard, the following install package: http://www.mailpen.com/download/nook/reformatData-v1.zip

Boot into ClockworkRecovery with the above SDcard inserted in the Nook Color.

Install the repartition package from the SDcard, to repartition /data (0p6), /cache (0p7), and /media (0p8).

Mandatory REBOOT into ClockworkRecovery.

Install the reformat package from the SDcard, to reformat (and clear) /data (0p6), /cache (0p7), and /media (0p8).

If you backed up the B&N "/data" partition, then you should be able to restore and continue without reregistering, but don't count on it (you may have to reregister).
[Nook Color General] limaunion:
Hi DeanGibson, so you're basically indicating that by following this guide I won't have any problem rooting the new NC currently being sold?

I ask this because by reading different threads previously I had the impression that it's wasn't very clear if there would be issues or not with the new models.

I'm planning to buy a new one and this can make a big difference (going to another tablet brand or buying a new NC) if I'm confident that I'd be able to root it.

Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color General] TubeShaped:
Imho this should be made sticky in order to avoid confusion of new NC owners. Also it has been reported to work great. I will rely on this as soon as my NC finally gets delivered. Cheers!
[Nook Color General] DeanGibson:
Read carefully ...

The above repartitioning does not root the NC. In fact, you must have either:

rooted the NC first, and then installed "RomManager" (which requires root privileges and includes ClockworkRecovery) before doing the repartitioning; or

have an external SDcard which accomplishes the same thing.

This thread does not document that process; there are many other threads that do so.

The process I document is designed for the new models.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
There was at least one report of a B&N staff member saying they can repartition new NCs to the old set-up if requested. Can anyone confirm it?
[Nook Color General] I Am Marino:
I've heard this, waiting for someone or people to confirm it.
[Nook Color General] DeanGibson:
And waiting, and waiting ...

This was suggested by one person:

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...ly-Change-to-the-NOOKcolor/m-p/1031812#M45946

Hardly a definitive statement, which was denied two posts later by a B&N store employee.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
Well, having dealt with customer service (or tech support, actually), I suppose I would take the store employee's word over the alleged phone conversation :/ Pretty sure I saw someone on XDA saying they'd heard the same thing from a store employee, but again it's all what-ifs and hearsay--I haven't seen anyone say, "I went to B&N and they repartitioned my device," or "I went to B&N and they would not repartition my device."
[Nook Color General] vellos:
I can confirm this method has worked for me on my NC. I also did a restore of my ManualNooter'd backup after running the second formatter zip. B&N settings menus shows that the available sideload storage is at 5.23GB.

I'm going to see if I can now properly load a Cyanogen build onto my NC's eMMC that will actually fully boot now.

Thanks a ton!

Edit: It took! I just got Cyanogen to flash to the eMMC for the first time successfully since I first got my Nook. Clockwork is also no longer complaining about dealing with /data any longer either. Kudos!