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[Nook Touch Android Development] homesik_alien:
I rooted my Nook Touch then decided to try to return back to original "virgin" state. I successfully backed up (verified the file size was 1958739968 bytes) and restored but after I registered my Nook and then restarted, the screen with the android logo and prompt appeared.

I can skip all the Android stuff but one thing I found that I can't do anymore is link to facebook in settings.

It seems if you didn't back up your ROM before you rooted, you will never be able to return to the original state. Hope I am wrong. If B&N release an update, will that help clean the Nook and free it of touchnooter?

Any help is appreciated
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
That's my understanding yes, but check out the link that was posted on the previous page : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15523638&postcount=14

So I tried updating the market with the xboxexpert modified vending.apk and now the market is broken "a server error occurred, etc...". Anyone got a link to an updated vending.apl that works with TouchNooter? Thanks!
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
ok, restored my "clean" TouchNooter image and I have the Market back, albeit non searchable..

Ah, how are you doing that? I'm only seeing a download button when browsing that site with OperaMini and nothing happens when I click on it.
[Nook Touch Android Development] bretzke:
You should be able to do a 8 failed attempts built-in clean/restore to get there as well. I did it once and it seemed back to full stock before I rooted it again, but didn't try the FB app.
[Nook Touch Android Development] collins521:
To read in landscape you have to actually use the Android Nook app and not the default app. It lets you change the layout in the settings of the app.
[Nook Touch Android Development] collins521:
I did this today cause when I was reading my touch screen would stop working for some reason and this has done this three times now. I had to reset the device/wipe the device in the settings and then do the 8 failed attempts to get it to restore back to stock. I tried it without the reset and it kicked me back to where I was with the launcher for some reason. Thought I would throw that out there just in case someone else ran into this

**Sorry for the second post, I thought I hit edit but I guess I hit quote**
[Nook Touch Android Development] homesik_alien:
You are right. My Nook is now back to it's "virgin" stock state - Shop is working and so is sharing to Facebook. After I wrote my previous post and on my way home on the underground I triggered the software reflash using the 8 failed attempts method. The way to do it is to power off first then hold the power button briefly to switch it back on. At the moment the screen changes to "Read Forever Your nook is starting up..." you press and hold the power button (for around 10 seconds) to interrupt the startup. You will know it has failed when it just stays on that same screen indefinitely. Hold the power button to restart the Nook then repeat the step of holding the power button for 10 seconds when the screen changes. When you have done this 8 times just restart the Nook and the software restore will begin.

Once this is complete, the Nook will be at the screensaver/slide to unlock screen. Power off then proceed to the next step which is to restore to factory settings. The way to do this is to power on and after the screen changes to "Read Forever..." you hold the bottom left and right page turn buttons together for around 10 seconds. Instructions for the factory reset will then appear. Just press the 'n' button twice to complete the reset.

I hope this is clear enough and that it is helpful to those that rooted and want to "unroot"
[Nook Touch Android Development] Z4buz4:
Hi guys,

I have just recived a Nook 2E and i was reading how to root it. I've a few question:

1)Rooting N2E, with nooktoucher, has some known bug? I've read of people that can't search in market app?

2)For restore the nook to default rom this (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1142983) is the best procedure or there are simplier ones?

3)There is something orrible that i have to know in the rooting procedure? :D

Thanks in advance :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] jipi:
Gmail crash and Market search

I have rooted my Nook Touch with TouchNooter 1.6.24. It works but I have a few annoying bugs.

1. Gmail worked fine until I add a second account. Now, when I open Gmail, I can see email before it refreshes (a few seconds) then it goes back to home screen. I have read the solution should be deleting accounts data in /data/data/ but when I open /data/ it is empty. Where are my accounts data? I have tried reinstalling Gmail and restore with the 8 fails boot without success.

2. Market is installed and works but I cannot search it!

Then I have a question: Is there an app that converts color in Black and white? Often colors are converted in light grey and it is difficult to read.

Thanks for any help and keep the good work.
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
Thanks for the workaround to the lack of market searchability. I've only been able to get it to work from my computer though, not from the N2E either with the browser or OperaMini ? I've read about a "chomp" workaround too but can't seem to find much about it.

Ok, Chomp is an app that lets you search the market, let's see how it works...well it works pretty well so far (found "home switcher").
[Nook Touch Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
There's bound to be issues with Market and Gmail... as they were technically not meant to run on the N2E... the best we can do is find versions to update to after using TouchNooter. The apks included with TouchNooter are used because they're what works to get the little hacks working.
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
Sure, it would help if that was clarified in the first message though so people don't think something is wrong with their install. Also you should specify that an on/off is needed as the N2E won't finish booting the first time.

So is anyone aware of a version of the Market that can be added to the TN install that won't break it or is Chomp the best bet at this time?
[Nook Touch Android Development] jipi:
Delete buggy Gmail including data

So, if Gmail doesn't work, how could I remove it completely and erase the data (they don't seem to be at the usual place /data/data).

I don't mind not to have email working on my nook touch but I want it clean. I basically use it to read and the reason I rooted it was to be able to download my books directly from the net. I installed Dropbox and it works exactly as I wanted.
[Nook Touch Android Development] denizenx:
if u open the DOWNLOAD in a new tab it turns into market:// URL which will launch Market.
[Nook Touch Android Development] denizenx:
I only have gmail problems when I try Acct Settings -- resets.

Otherwise I got dual accts up n synched.

(I hardly use the internal storage, does that help?)
[Nook Touch Android Development] denizenx:
anyone got battery usage stats?

on intensive wifi activity my batt drains about 5% per 30 minutes.

without wifi the standby is amazing.
[Nook Touch Android Development] guitar_east:
On Thursday night I charged mine up to 100%. I used mine for over 2 hours everyday browsing the web, downloading apps, books, unzipping files, read a few hundred pages etc. Pretty heavy usage with wifi on. The battery finally died on Tuesday night. I'd say that's excellent.
[Nook Touch Android Development] rev0l:
i prefer installing from https://market.android.com on my computer

to fix the search in the market you can replace it with a working one:
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
Thanks but that one broke the market, has anyone actually tried it with a TN install?

@denizenx - marvelous, that did the trick in OperaMini, thanks!
[Nook Touch Android Development] jrec:
use of Amazon app store on rooted Nook Touch

I read someplace that the Amazon App store works better than the Android Market on the rooted Nook Color, so installed it on the rooted Touch. Works well so far.
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
Tried that too but couldn't get the Amazon site to send me an email with the download link, will have to try to get to it with my Android smartphone.
[Nook Touch Android Development] jipi:
Gmail and Market search solved

Most of the problems I had were solved mounting /system folder rw. I used adb to do it (http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/mount-filesystem-read-write.html) but it can be done more easily with Busybox or with this app (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=917078#10677757).

Once /system mounted rw, my second Gmail account started working without touching anything else.

Then I installed the market I found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15084704&postcount=51 and now I can search it!!!
[Nook Touch Android Development] rev0l:
hmm, strange

u have to get the market working (with version that dont supports search) first!

u can try this too:
[Nook Touch Android Development] jrec:
I copied the amazon market apk into the touchnooter image before using that on the Touch.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Michael.Rose:
Just use the Download link for the Amazon Appstore download to get the app:

http://amzn.to/getamazonappstore
[Nook Touch Android Development] fogbav:
OK - thanks for the great rooting guide ...

One Question :

I got a new Nook Touch and i don't have an american credit card.

I'm standing in the Setup process screen .... can i configure the WLAN connection and go into the system without registration to B&N (but registration to Google-Account) or is it indeed nessasary to Register to B&N with Creditcard ?

Target should be a rooted device without B&N Account - is this possible ?

thanks for an answer
[Nook Touch Android Development] rev0l:
you have to register your device or the rooting will brick it!

you dont need an us creditcard for creating an account at b&n or registering the device.

to buy books from b&n store you must have an us credit card and us ip address
[Nook Touch Android Development] fogbav:
Thanks for the answer ... no way to go arround this problem ?

Is ist possible to complete the WLAN Registration ? When comes the Registration to B&N in place ? ... i am at topic 3 of 4 in Setup Prozess ... can i activate WLAN and process or should i wait when a solution is found like cyanogenmod on Nook Color ?

Thanks for answer nr 2 ... 8)
[Nook Touch Android Development] mdall:
You don't need a US credit card, any international credit card should work (if I'm not wrong).

(You just need a US ip and a valid US adress to buy books ...)
[Nook Touch Android Development] fogbav:
Thanks again for the answer ... can this be confirmed ... i have Visa and MAster German ... if something goes wrong - i am able to go back , correct ?
[Nook Touch Android Development] webvan:
Thanks for the tip, unfortunately I'm getting an "Install blocked - For security, your phone, blah, blah...". I checked and Nook Color Tools has the checkbox for non market checked. Might be something wrong with it though since it stays checked when I uncheck the box. Will have to try sideloading via ADB.

So side-loading worked but now of course it won't let me install apps from the Amazon Appstore. Will try reinstalling "Nook color tools".
[Nook Touch Android Development] markmc87:
I cannot seem to install the vending apk without getting the following error

C:\Users\Mark>adb install c:\nook\vending.apk
512 KB/s (2123059 bytes in 4.042s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/vending.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

FWIW I was able to search the market at one point, but couldn't install anything (downloads stalled). After re-rooting it I can now install, and can search fine via market.android.com. The searches I did still show up in my market app history but the nook search prevents me from searching for anything new. I'm not too bothered about this as it's easier to browse on a pc and have it installed in seconds when my nook's wifi is on, but being able to do this while out and about may come in handy (I've set it up so my nook can connect to my phones 3g network via ad-hoc wifi).
[Nook Touch Android Development] vacano:
Tried like 100 time cant make this work. What am I doing wrong?
[Nook Touch Android Development] fogbav:
OK - thanks for the help here folks ...

For all non-us owners : In the Setup process - after wifi connection - you only have to register to B&N with an email account - it is possible to SKIP the information for creditcard (setup says you can add this information later on B&N Website) ...

So - activation is possible without US-IP and US-Creditcard ... you only have to get this enviroment ready when you want to buy books over b&n (now i got it ! 8) Thanks again)

have a nice sunday ! Now i am goint to root ...8)
[Nook Touch Android Development] fogbav:
EDIT :

Solved - Hell - i should read all posts here --- power of and reboot did the trick - second run is successfull -- kann someone edit Post 1 - add : Reboot after X Minutes with power off power on ? My pulse has exploded and i had e near death adventure ...8)
[Nook Touch Android Development] Snoopy_:
Has anyone fixed "shop" issues?

My intial root failed... at least I thought it did. I turned the nook touch off, and when it restarted it was rooted.

Then, I found that Market was un-searchable. Reading through all the posts in this thread, I installed the updated Vending.pak and I could then search. This fixed search, but somehow broke my hardware buttons for page turns.

Everything was good for a few days, then the Nook shop stopped working. I could install the Nook app on the android side, I could shop and download free books, but when switching back to Nook I could not download them to read.

I mistakenly clicked the check box and chose home on the Android Launch screen... and could not get back to the android side.

I restored via 8 boot routine, which fixed shop issues. Now wondering if I should re-root it and start all over....

Snoopy_
[Nook Touch Android Development] devwild:
From what I've seen the main shop app/page doesn't work, but if you pull up the B&N picks you can search for and purchase books that way as kind of a back door. Did that break too? When you say you couldn't download them on the normal nook side, do you mean they didn't show up in your library (or archived)? Did you try waiting and hitting refresh in your library (I've had it take a half hour when I made a purchase on the website)?

I am curious what in the process causes the shop to crash in the first place, I haven't seen any discussion as to figuring that one out, but I would think it would be a nice fix for a better rooting experience.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Snoopy_:
I tried the backdoor approach, and it was a pain. It would at times crash, and send me back to one of the other menus, such as Library, Settings, Home, etc...

If I "bought" a book by other means, be it via my laptop or nook app on android side, when I went back to the Nook interface, it would show up after syncing with a "DOWNLOAD" bar. I would select download and it would switch to "CONNECT" and then flash back to "DOWNLOAD" It appeared that for some reason it would not communicate with B&N the same way as previously. I deregistered and deleted everything via Nook Interface, but it still failed. I then restored the device and everything worked normally.
[Nook Touch Android Development] devwild:
Hmm, yeah, then working out a fix for this needs to be a higher priority - rooting is kinda pointless if you break the original functionality of the device. I hadn't purchased a new book since rooting, but I plan to soon.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Snoopy_:
It could be my fault...

It could be my fault... everytime I get to a point where I think it's a package, I use the nookrooter image to re-root the nook. Maybe using it more than once, on an already rooted nook is a problem. I do this when I want to use a different package that may correct the issues or problems I have. I am trying to install and configure the Android SDK so I can install and modify what I need, in hopes of making some progress. I was thinking this would be an easy slam-dunk, but maybe I need to put some skin in the game and get up to speed with the SDK and how to make the changes more easily and get a better understaning of how to hack through the device. Just to clarify, I am not actually purchasing books, I am downloading $0.00 cost books to test with.

Thanks

Snoopy_
[Nook Touch Android Development] devwild:
Ah, good point. I just downloaded the free copy of the Odyssey through the store and that worked and downloaded, for now anyway. :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] vacano:
Good morning guys.

Finally I managed to make a full wipe and restore. Unfortunatelly my "social" is not working, when click ot it it starts "thinking" and then takes me back to the same tab without showing me the login to facebook window. I recall that it was working properly before my rooting attempt. Any suggestions ? Is there any way of knowing whether I am still rooted ?

Thank you in advance.
[Nook Touch Android Development] cymoze:
The android screen popping up, AFAIK, is the most apparent sign of a still rooted nook. I never did a full 8 boot wipe, never restore original factory image, but just did the built in factory reset. It would look like it reset completely the first time, and I'd go in and reregister as normal. But then if I powered down the nook and then powered it up again, android screen would pop up almost immediately.

Have you tried powering off/on after restoring your image?
[Nook Touch Android Development] vacano:
I followed the second paragraph of the written below and it worked. I see no android logo or screen. The major thing that is bugging me is that I cant use the social network part.

Since there was a bit of bad information out there about recovering Barnes and Nobles Simple Touch eReader I thought I'd share.

I rooted mine and wanted to recover it back to stock. You can wipe the \data partition by doing 8 interupted starts. To do that you power it off and then on (hold power and home buttons if it's truly borked up) until it tries to start up. As soon as you see the starting message, press the home and power buttons simultaneously and hold them down until it restarts again. Lather, rinse, repeat 7 more times at which point it'll wipe the data partition and your user data. NOTE: This does NOT restore to factory.

To do a full recovery, power it down and then power it up right after it starts coming up, press both the left and right lower buttons on the face of the nook touch, hold them down for several seconds during the start up and it'll prompt you for a system wipe. Press Home twice to confirm you truly want to do that.

Takes a minute or two and then you'll have a clean nook.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Snoopy_:
Vacano, Awesome! This works like a dream. Much better than the 8 boot method. After the 8 boot method I am still stuck with some of the Android OS right after you re-register the NOOK. This method is a lot cleaner.

Thanks,

Snoopy_
[Nook Touch Android Development] Snoopy_:
Um, then again myabe not.

After using the two button trick in wiped my nook, but only the B&N part. After re-registering the Android AFIAK or whatever you call it still pops up.

Does anyone no where an image is that we can use to put the nook back to factory, destroying the nookrooter information?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Sparky977:
I think I really screwed up. I got the touchnooter onto a microSD and put that into the Touch. But when I turned it on, it just sat on the loading screen for over 10 minutes. So I disconnected everything, pulled the sdcard, and did a factory reset like vacano mentioned. Now it has been stuck on the Read Forever starting up screen for 15 minutes. What did I do?!
[Nook Touch Android Development] Sparky977:
Ok, I went through vanaco's steps again for resetting, and it worked this time. whew

I think I'll skip rooting at the present time. All I wanted was the Kindle app on it so I could read the books I have there. Oh well.
[Nook Touch Android Development] spiffwilkie:
Ok. Maybe I skipped over this, but I got my device rooted just fine. Now I am unable to access any books that I had sideloaded. Please tell me there is a nice, simple solution for that.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Aridon:
I had no issue with this. Make sure they are still there.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] i_rnb:
i m eager to use my sg3 to control my laptop.. wifi is available in both of it.. so which is d best app & how to configure it??

well this is what i want with it---

keyboard/mouse

file explorer

mp3/mp4 streamer

plz sumbody hav any knowledge in this plz share...
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] werker123:
try 2x client rdp/remote desktop. there are alot more in the market:D

but i didn't test it and why u want it? the sg3 screen is small so i don't think it will be nice
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] i_rnb:
Actually I tried them.. I think I doin sumthin wrong or missin sumthin while configurin it..

Help me sumone who used it..

____________________________

Tapatalked from my awesome Galaxy3 ..

Rom- Kyrillos Rom 5.7

Kernel- Fugumod Kernel 2.4 beta3 (800Mhz)

www.pocketdroid.net
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Sushil79:
try logMeIn Ignition its work me on gprs network
[Wildfire General] tomnten:
Put your device as disk drive, then right click the white space, it should say FAT/FAT32, ...
[Wildfire General] Lesicnik1:
Right click and click properties.
[Wildfire General] bx19:
Wow.

Is there a need to create thread like this. ?
[Wildfire General] tomnten:
Well yes. I know its quite a basic principle but a FAT is required, rather than FAT 32 which cannot be used.

Only trying to be helpful. :)
[Wildfire General] bx19:
Reverse case.

Fat32 is required . lol
[Wildfire General] tomnten:
Thank you, sorry about that :) However mine said fat, and I rooted mine yesterday :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] elingreen:
I have the sleep policy set to never yet my WiFi at work keeps reconnecting every time i power it back on. My Evo4G has the same settings and doesn't drop the signal.

Ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] galaxytabevo:
I'm having the exact same problem!

When I let my tablet sleep, after turning the screen on, the status bar says I'm connected to WiFi, but the bars are grey, not blue. Browsing the web works and YouTube as well, but apps like Talk keep saying I'm offline. After waiting a minute, it signs me in.

I have it set to never disconnecting WiFi, I'm not sure why it's doing this.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Ravynmagi:
Same problem here. I returned my first Galaxy Tab 10.1 because of this. Sadly my replacement does the same thing.

I'm wondering how common this is or if returning it again would just be a waste of time.

It's particularly annoying because I like to stream after a while when the display is off, the streaming stops (wifi apparently dropping).

Seems like it is always one dang problem after another with each Honeycomb tablet I've had. *sigh*
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Ravynmagi:
Am I to assume by lack of response that almost nobody else has this issue? Just curious because it seems odd I'd have this problem with two tablets. And trying to decide if I should return and try a third time. Hate to keep returning them though if it's just a normal glitch with this tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] cryptyk:
Same problem here, but only on my EAP network at work. On my home network (WPA2 personal), it works great.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] bradrobster:
I have this issue too, I seem to be connected but bars are grey. I tap the wifi, which takes me to settings and once I tap on my my access point which already shows connected, it lights back up and the bars change back to blue. Mainly an annoyance for now.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] cue_32:
I had this same problem, the only way I found that is consistent is using Bluetooth.