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[Nook Touch Android Development] robyinno1972:
In the process of TouchNooter installation It's possibile to backup of the original files that the TouchNooter overwrite or change?

Or at least it's possible to have a zip with the orginal files , overwrittern by TouchNotter, so some user can come back to the original ROM?

I have see this Topic to come back to original ROM [N2E] Flash back to clean stock ROM

Even if in this topic topic [n2e] ull factory restore they say even starting from a clean ROM backup there are some files that are unique for each nook touch ( regarding serial number and etc..).

So if you confirmed that is working [N2E] Flash back to clean stock ROM topic is not needed to backup only the original changed file in the rooting process.

Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] Aridon:
Neither the market or the read in store feature works correctly once rooted.

You can get around the B&N market issues for the most part by not going to the Shop screen and starting from the see all b&n picks on the main page. Unfortunately search is a bit hit or miss it generally will work the first time and then bug out until you go back to home and repeat.

You can also buy from a PC and or smart phone and it will automatically sync up when you refresh your library on wifi.

As for read in store that is broken and not accessible on the rooted nook. Fortunately if you want to replace a hard copy with a .epub or try out a sample you can download the books pretty easily:

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

http://bolt.cd/board/90/novels

Bolt CD requires registration. There hasn't been any spam.

Calibre is a great program to convert formats.

If you like the work then don't be a cheating ass hole and buy it. I provided those links for people to download books that they may already own in one format or another. I refuse to re buy .epub versions for books I already own. If you are a cheating douche just looking to steal then you are just that.
[Nook Touch Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Saying stuff isn't working isn't going to help getting it working. ryanpl says that he's rooted and haves in store access, so the question is what is different between his root and our root.

Also I find myself able to buy books just fine from shop on my home network.
[Nook Touch Android Development] TJSomething:
What can I do to help diagnose this?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Aridon:
NM

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[Nook Touch Android Development] thriler:
Memory Card

Hey guys, I got my nook just a couple of days ago, and I'm considering rooting in. I got a 8GB Kingston microsdHC card Class 4. However on some other forums I found that Class 6 memory card is required for rooting, here I don't find it explicitly mentioned. Do I need to buy a new card, also what is your experience and what type of card did you use. Thank you

thriler

One more question when doing a backup do I have to use noogie.img file or can I use touchnooter-1-6-24.img instead? Also after creating a backup how do I substitute noogie.img for touchnooter-1-6-24.img?
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Thriler,

I rooted mine with a 4Gb class 2, and it works fine. Now I've got a 4Gb class 4, and still no problem to be seen. Just go ahead.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Nikotttin:
Dear all,

I have a nook touch... activated using the gmail of a friend. I am living abroad...

If I go and root my nook, then go to youtube and use my own gmail address (and not the one used to activate the Nook), what will happen?

My goal is simple: I don't care being able to buy from B&N (if only they opened their shop to the outside world...), but I do want market access for ezpdf and I do want to keep the stock epub reader, which I like.

Is this possible?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Nikotttin:
I decided to go ahead and try it. First I updated my friend's email (changed it to mine) under B&N.com. Then I rooted the Nook. I followed this dumb-proof method for 'newbies': http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/nook-touch-root.html

It worked almost like a charm. The Nook was locked in a boot loop. I thus removed the microSD and hit the power button longer than usual. It booted... on the launcher and Android setup. Pure luck I assume...

I then ran the setup and got Market access! Interestingly when I hit the Nook setting 'about this Nook' I still see the previous email address.

Anyway thank you so much for developing the TouchNooter. You rock and rock the hell of that little machine :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] agr0man:
Well, I can say that I setup my android account with a different email address than what I used for my BN account. Perhaps that is where the issue is? The guide recommends using the same email address, but nothing about WHY you would want to do that. Perhaps this is the reason??
[Nook Touch Android Development] nutz4books:
software update N2E

Does anyone know how the software update will affect root? It can be manually downloaded or it will be automatically pushedOTA over time depending on your serial number.
[Nook Touch Android Development] mtnguy:
Used your program to root my device. At FIRST I did have shopping working fine. However, after a while it quit working. I would hit the SHOP icon I could do everything on the Shop screen. I drove to the B&N store (15 minutes away) to get a cover for my device. When I got to the store Shop quit working ... each time I pressed the Shop icon it would flash the Shop screen but go back to whatever previous screen I had selected before. I could not read B&N books in the store. The clerk kept trying and he also called tech support and nothing worked. So, I believe that the root broke in store reading and, in my case, broke the ability to Shop.

Detailed enough?
[Nook Touch Android Development] nickveldrin:
I just tried to get to the shop from my device after rooting using touchnooter this past weekend and the same thing happens with my device. It starts to open the shop and then it just closes and goes back to whatever screen you were on before you clicked the "N" and shop.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Z4buz4:
Hi guys,

at my first try to root the nook, mine stucked at the loading screen after the ROOTED FOREVER screen. After shutting down it, i do again the root process with success, but later came problems... gmail doesn't sync and i don't have in the app drawner the market and other things that should be there...

How can i restore it and retry all the procedure? I didn't make a backup with the RESTORE/BACKUP guide because in case of problem i thought to use the flash guide via adb wireless, but i can't use it in my actual situation...

Please help me...
[Nook Touch Android Development] densets:
Has any soul tried to root a Nook with the new firmware(1.0.1) using this method?
[Nook Touch Android Development] nutz4books:
The first time I rooted my N2E, it got stuck on the boot logo screen. I ended up turning it off and taking out the card, and it was partially rooted. I couldn't sync gmail, get market access,e tc, although i could see stuff like the app tray. anyway, i did the interrupted boot thing 6 times in a row and reset the N2E. I did it by long pressing the power button for about 20 seconds, then once it starts to boot, I would press the N button on the bottom. Repeat until the N2E prompts you to restore your nook. Then i tried rooting again. Got stuck on the boot screen, but this time, when i turned it off and restarted it without the SD card, everything worked out well. Dunno why.

I am afraid to turn on wifi because of the update. Anyone have an idea if updating to 1.01 will unroot the nook?
[Nook Touch Android Development] tomsdev74:
Yep and it works without problem :)

*first post!*
[Nook Touch Android Development] chinsoponsub:
Just got NookTouch with SN 30128xxx

Is step1-23 still working to root NookTouch?

After finished, i can add my own font and keyboard by adb shell and push ,right ?

Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] ibex333:
After "Rooted Forever" it goes into Nook by Barnes and Noble screen, and just cycles through the 5 circles on the bottom. It stays on that screen forever and ever, and not doing anything.

The guide says to use the button savior if the selection doesn't appear after "Rooted Forever". WHAT BUTTON SAVIOR?! What is a button savior?
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Ibex333,

One common solution is resetting your nook (turn it off, holding the button for 10 secs, then after a while turn it on again). It happened to me both times I rooted, but on the 2nd time, it worked (for some people it took a few more times).
[Nook Touch Android Development] chinsoponsub:
Hi Guys, anyone chan help to solve Sync Gmail issue ?

I found this problem "This account is not configured to sync auto. Press menu ...."

My market could downloaded program successful and Youtbue is working fine but only Gmail can not sync mail.

Please advise, thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] ibex333:
Ok, I followed all the steps exactly. Set up you tube, gmail, downloaded and installed kindle. But the last step, says to go into setting and format sd card.

In my case, it says that SD card is not there, even though it very much is. Since I am in settings menu, there is no way to go back unless I press the nook button. When I do so, the nook just offers me to go to home screen. When I select it, the nook just go back to its factory home screen as if it was never rooted. What gives?
[Nook Touch Android Development] chinsoponsub:
Need help urgently

After tried to add my font and keyboard, after reboot then the screen keep flahsing at Nook by barnes and noble.

What should i do ? please advise
[Nook Touch Android Development] Nikotttin:
Apparently the update is not performed on rooted Nooks. See the comments to this post http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2011/08/02/firmware-update-for-nook-touch-doesnt-seem-to-work-rooted/
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Even though I downloaded the update and installed on the root directory of the nook, I could get it to be found. After unrooting I managed to update it... and then rooted again. Voilá!
[Nook Touch Android Development] Nikotttin:
Hi Ibex333,

I had a similar issue when rooting my little device. To make it work I removed the SD, removed the USB cable and pressed the power button. It did not work at first... and then worked.

Button savior is a little icon on the middle-right side of the screen. It's faint... press on it and you should be able to switch launchers (ie, Nook stock start page or Android).

Hope this helps.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Nikotttin:
Same as above, use button savior. If you selected the Nook interface as your default (which you should not have), then try to installing using the kaputt stock browser an app which will allow you to change this back. It's all described there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198137

Regarding the SD card, just format it in your PC, then reinstall it in the Nook, and voilà.
[Nook Touch Android Development] xor_:
That's my experience as well. Trying a manual update on a rooted device failed.

Here's what worked for me:

I did a partial restore by setting /rom/devconf/BootCnt to 8 and rebooting. After this the update took place, and the device came back up unrooted, but with all my settings and installed programs in place. I simply ran TouchNooter again, rebooted, and everything worked.
[Nook Touch Android Development] radioraheem:
Just installed on my Nook simple touch. Had to hard reboot during the first install attempt after it appeared to get stuck, worked fine on the second attempt.

For the record my Nook was already on the 1.0.1 update when I rooted.

Thanks for the great guide/work!
[Nook Touch Android Development] Dorinelax:
I`m from Romania and I`m thinking of getting a Nook mainly because of the rooting and android app capability. Getting the device itself won`t be a problem, but registering it might be. Does TouchNooter work on an unregistered device?

Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Dorinelax,

I've registered mine in Brazil, and no problem during doing so. After that I just rooted, and ready to go.
[Nook Touch Android Development] BobbySteel:
Ok rooted and ready to go, but whenever I leave a book, i go back to the old home screen. How can I default to the new launcher? I can't find an option to ever get back there once I leave a book and hit the home button.
[Nook Touch Android Development] eyecannon:
I couldn't figure it out either, but then I noticed a semi-transparent icon on the right side of my screen, clicked it and a menu popped up. Try it!
[Nook Touch Android Development] BobbySteel:
Ah, once I specifically ran the Go Launcher app it appears now. Thanks!
[Nook Touch Android Development] henryyeh0731:
how to "zoom" the page? (not in reader)

hey guys, Touch Nooter is work fine in my device.(thanks GabrialDestruir!)

But now i got a problem here

i install the googledoc app, and i find that can't zoom the doc.

Double tap is no effect, and there is no zoom control button!

and i found that the built-in web browser even have no zoom control buttons,too.

So now i have to change the font size to match the size that can display well in nook.

But i think it's too inconvenient.

So can anyone tell me how can i enable the zoom control function?

thank you very much guys:)
[Nook Touch Android Development] koltzu:
I'm from Romania too and I just got a STR. The device automatically registers, even if you're in other countries than America.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Dopedangel:
How do I set BootCnt to 8 from inside the nook without using the computer
[Nook Touch Android Development] superanima:
Hi everybody,

are there any chances to use the NookNooter method under OSX?

I followed the NOOGIE method and I think I succeeded, but it don't install anything useful for me, and now I'm stuck at the abd shell.

I want to install at least the easyPDFreader app for pdf newspaper reading.

EDIT:

If I find a way to restore the TouchNooter image to a SDcard (I think I've found a working windows pc), can I proceed with the TouchNooter method now That my nook it's already rooted with the NOOGIE method? Or maybe I have to restore to its original conditions first? If so, what is the best method to do so? The 8 restarts or a full image restore (I saved the Nook original image)?
[Nook Touch Android Development] mdall:
You can download the apk of your pdf app and then install it with "adb install myapp.apk".

Or else, you can install TouchNooter even if your nook is already rooted.

You can also install it under OSX (I guess) if you do something similar to the part "For Mac Users" of http://nookdevs.com/NookTouch_Rooting but using touchnooter-1.6.24.img instead of noogie.img
[Nook Touch Android Development] superanima:
I've tryied that, but I think that the touchnooter image didn't work with that command.

Yesterday I was able to install the touchnooter on my nook, I remembered that I had somewhere a 11 years old Thinkpad with usb port :-)

I had one problem though, the B&N ebook app didn't recognize anymore the ePubs in my SD card. When I tried to open one and read it it told me that the format weren't supported :-|. Maybe I did some step wrong in the rooting process, I don't know, but after that I restored my nook to its original state, today I will try again to root it.

With the device rooted I was able to evaluate the "android homepage", navigate the apps etc.

There is only one thing I wasn't able to get, how did you navigate the file system from the android interface? I mean, can you select a specific file, and maybe chose a specific application to open it?
[Nook Touch Android Development] densets:
anyone know which version of maps.apk is in the Touchnooter 1.6.24? i updated google maps and lost pinch to zoom.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Link2sd and multiple partitions

Anyone able to get link2sd working on touchnooter? I had it working on Xboxexpert's image but for some reason it refuses to work on my system since loading touchnooter - no idea why.

It tells me it doesn't recognise the partition and wants to reformat every time I painstakingly repartition the SD to make the extra partition (tried different file systems, etc etc. - nothing works where I had it working before!)

*EDIT* It's working!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16941209#post16941209
[Nook Touch Android Development] davidbessler:
Any news on getting shop to work after nooter?
[Nook Touch Android Development] mdall:
Have you ever had a working pinch to zoom (multitouch) in the Nook Touch ?

BTW, the only files in TouchNooter related with google maps are com.google.android.maps.jar in /system/framework and com.google.android.maps.xml in /system/etc/permissions/

Huum I don't know I can't have a working shop anyway as I'm not in the States.

To fix this issue, I guess that one should revert to stock and do manually what TouchNooter does and see when the shop stops working ...
[Nook Touch Android Development] ozer86:
Is there a way to get instantly to the android home screen, in stead of using back arrow multiple times?
[Nook Touch Android Development] cymoze:
Use Button Savior "home" icon key. Activate Button Savior by pressing the light gray icon snuggled against the right side of any screen.
[Nook Touch Android Development] stockhomer:
Is it true that all the touchnooter users have battery drain issues?
[Nook Touch Android Development] mdall:
No, I don't have battery drain issues (afaik)
[Nook Touch Android Development] tebra:
Same for me. No battery drain after rooting
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Just goes a bit faster when using wi-fi or processing intensive apps, like games with lots of movement, which don't show well on STR. Besides that, doing nothing lasts a long time, and running pdf/cbz readers don't use much of the battery.
[Nook Touch Android Development] fatfishycell:
linux alternative

I was running into issues with the dd command, it ended up making my filenames random looking bytes, I think it might have something to do with the mounting. Anyway I found a workaround you can use imagewriter as a dd frontend. In ubuntu just type

sudo apt-get install usb-imagewriter

then

sudo imagewriter

This method is also a little less scary if your worried about typing the wrong drive letter.
[Nook Touch Android Development] fatfishycell:
Just wanted to share my experience. logged into my gmail thru youtube, (dunno if I have done this before because I did get a welcome to yt email after words) anyway i accepted the credential sharing with other apps, but then I kept getting network error 401s and 403s in mychannel page. I popped over to the gmail app, yes that synced. Tried market, market unavailable. so log out and back in in yt app, market still not working. restarted wifi, rebooted, all no go. removed youtube app using nooktools settings, tried market magically working, tried downloading tetris, stalled dl, tried installing kidle app, downloaded installed and running. So I guess I'm off to a good start.
[Nook Touch Android Development] pablortega:
My experience.

The first time I tried, after the root forever screen the nook got stuck at the B&N screen (the one is the loading circles) after waiting for 20 minutes and sweating a lot, I decided to hard reboot the nook. After holding the power button for 20 secs and restarting the nook for a second time, this time everything went as expected and after a couple of minutes I was in the android robot screen. I did the you tube trick but my email did not refresh. I then added a gmail account through the gmail app and everything worked. The market works but I cannot search.

If more thing come up I will update this post.

Thanks for the hard work.
[Nook Touch Android Development] FrostyWolf359:
I had the same thing with mine. Thought the nook was stuck in a boot loop. I force rebooted after probably 5 min, and took out the sd card because I actually forgot to check if the image was written correctly. Then after writing the sd card again I unlocked my nook to reboot it and I was greeted with Go Launcher........ and everything works fine. Only Market searching fails, but its ok because I can install apps on the nook from my pc through the Market web page.

I just want to add that PerfectViewer is the best comic book viewer on the nook. Very fast with page draws and refreshes.

I also seem to have no problem with the battery. I'm still on my first charge from getting the device and its on 77% after 5 days and reading about 500 pages of comics.
[Nook Touch Android Development] leedr:
I get significant battery drain if I leave WiFi on, goes flat in a few days even if I don't use it. I think it is probably something with Google Sync...but every time I go into settings to try to turn it off, that part crashes/closes out, so I can't confirm.

With WiFi off, I charged it to full, unplugged in the morning, and it was still around 99% when I went to bed after reading about 20 minutes. We'll see how it goes after a few days.
[Nook Touch Android Development] dkg2000:
Red LED?

I did the TouchNooter install a couple days ago and everything is working great. I have my favorite Android apps, and I am reading Kindle and EPUB books. This is by far the best ereader solution cuz it does everything! :)

I went to charge the Nook and noticed when I unplugged the cable the LED near the USB port changes from green to red. And the LED stays lit all the time which apparently is why my Nook discharges the battery within a day now. I checked to see if this was a notification from gmail but when I clear out my new email the LED is still lit and still red. Any ideas what is causing this LED to light up? If it is due to some notification, is there a way to turn notification off? I didn't see that in the settings on the Nook like I have on my Droid2.

Another thought. I completely powered down the Nook after charging it up and seeing the red light. When I powered it up again, the red light is gone. I wonder if it is the Battery Full notification (which I can turn off on my Droid but don't see it on the Nook).
[Nook Touch Android Development] drjekyll:
Dont' know about all, but...

Don't know about all. My refurbished unit drains after a few days. When I do not run WiFi or "push" apps like gmail I get more life from a charge.

Q: Is it better to recharge from a very low battery reading (< 15%) or recharge frequently, such as every night?

Best regards,
[Nook Touch Android Development] drjekyll:
Uh, sorry. That logic is challenging this noob. "market is not searchable" and then "downlooad any filemanager from the market"

How do I find it?
[Nook Touch Android Development] apeine:
Go for apps, best, and you will find Astro manager. Don't have to look much further. Or you can look at utilities.
[Nook Touch Android Development] guitar_east:
You can still browse the market is what he was saying. You can't search. Honestly, I go to Androidzoom.com as it will open the app in the market, or Market.Android.Com.
[Nook Touch Android Development] kohkohnut:
Hi

I have just successfully rooted my Nook with the TouchNooter. But I realized that there are no file managers in the app drawer. I have copied the apk files into my sd card but without a file manager how do I sideload my apps?

Since there are no file managers available, how do I sideload without using ADB?
[Nook Touch Android Development] ros87:
What about using Market?
[Nook Touch Android Development] kohkohnut:
Hey ros87

I do not intend to link my Google account with either Market or Gmail for security reasons. I will be bringing my Nook around and there is nothing to stop anyone from picking it up and accessing my emails since there is no lockscreen available for me to protect the Nook if I were to lose it.

I would only be installing a couple of apps that allow me to read the news, that's all. So this is why I hope to be able to sideload apps without going through the Market.
[Nook Touch Android Development] mtnguy:
Why can't you use Market, install what you want, and then delete the Market, GMail, etc? I would use Market to dl ADB Wireless, delete Market, and then adb all apps onto Nook.