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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
I have tried looking for these, but it's been a long night of not understanding some of this stuff and I've gotten to that dreaded, "I give up, this isn't worth it" point. Because of this I may simply not be seeing the answers right in front of me. These are the things I don't understand right now.

1. I've followed the steps to the letter about installing CM7 on an SD card. Then I try to follow the steps to get gapps on there and can't boot into recovery. I don't think I actually can boot into recovery from sd but it doesn't say no anywhere. Confused.

2. I don't get why there is a dialer on the ROM. It's so strange that it makes me question whether I did something wrong. Am I the only one that thinks this is wierd or is there some backstory to why it's been left built into the ROM? There's gotta be some reason.

3. Still can't find anything that tells me how I would go about installing apps that I have apk files for on my computer, where I copy them to on my sd card, and where I put other files (pdfs, docs, videos, music) that I want to be able to run.

4. Is an sd card ROM install REALLY the same as booting from the nook itself? Or dual-booting? I feel like it couldn't possibly be the same speed or fluidity. i need to have the ROM but I also need easy access to the actual Nook.

Again, I'm probably wrong in my thinking with some of these things, but very often, even in noob guides, these questions aren't really addressed directly. Anyway, if someone can help me understand these things, I'd really appreciate it. I'm almost at my wit's end fishing for these answers.

Thanks, guys.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabiddabird:
1) Just let cm7 load up. Then hold power. A menu comes up. Select reboot. Then select recovery. Then it will do its thing.

2) Cyanogenmod's builds it rom for multiple devices, most of which are phones, so there are items in the rom that pertain to phones ie. dialer.

3) Apks can be placed on any storage area of sd card, or even emmc for that matter, all you need is a file explore like Astro or I believe cm7 rom comes with a file explore. Then just go to the location where you saved the apk and you will be given the option to install the apk.

4)This depends on your sd card. Sandisk cards are the pick of the litter and provide a good user experience. If you use a less worthy sd card then yes there will be lag and it will be less fluid. I myself am on emmc but my friend is on a sandisk card and both perform pretty much the same.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
1. To boot into recovery easily boot into CM7 then on the homescreen hold down the power button until the power off menu appears choose "reboot", in the next menu choose "recovery" and press "OK". The nook would reboot straight into recovery.

2. Those apps are included to allow more apps to show up in the market. You didn't do anything wrong.

3.To install APK applications on your Android phone do the following:

Copy the APK file you want to install to your phone's memory card and insert the card into your Android phone.

Go to Android Market and search for the Apps Installer, App Installer, z-App Installer or Fast Installer application.

Open it and click on the Install button.

After it is installed, just open it. It will show you all the APK files stored directly in the root directory of your memory card.

Just click on the application you want to install and it will be installed.

You could also just install a file manager app like Astro File Manager and then browse to the APK and install it.

4. Depends on the SD card if you using a sandisk card there isn't really any difference but eMMC is always going to be at least a little bit faster and SD cards are more likely to fail quicker but if your using a sandisk you really shouldn't have a problem.

Hope that helps.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
I've done it half a dozen times. It doesn't root into recovery. I've rooted and flashed my phone several times, so I'm comfortable with the process.

I only see a really tiny partition to save apks and videos and not enough to save stuff on the card.

I'm on a class 4 sandisk 8gb so I should be good.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabiddabird:
Try putting your sd card back into your computer and put the google apps zip in the boot partition again. Then try the steps mentioned above.

That tiny partition is your boot partition there should be others that were created for storage purposes. I think verygreens process creates 4 partitions. You might need partitioning software to see the other partitions if your computer does not recognize them.

Edit: This thread has some info on the partition software http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1187625
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
I dont know, Im thinking I might not have recovery. Is that even possible?

I had first used the microsd card to try a Honeycomb ROM and then used win32diskimager to place the cm7 rom on there thinking it would completely write over what was there. Should I have formatted instead?

Maybe this is an opportunity to try the rc 7.1?

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabiddabird:
Yes I would suggest that you format and start from the beginning using verygreens process http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 and CM 7.1 rc.

As far as recovery no you do not have recovery such as clockwork mod per-say. This part of the process doesn't take you to a recovery menu. What it does is initiate the install process of the google apps zip.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
I don't see a 7.1. I only see these: ??

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore

Is that basically what you mean by 7.1? The newest one of these?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
Here you go

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=rc&device=encore
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Hey guys,

Thanks for all the help last night. Really appreciate it.

I still don't get how I'm supposed to copy media to the microsd when I can only access a small part of it. This is all I can see on Windows Explorer.

How do I put a 600MB video file on the card or anything else (music, documents, etc) if I only have room for this much??
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
What you are seeing is the boot partition. Your storage is on the 4th partition. To access your storage space you should transfer it over through the nook via USB.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Ok, cool. Thanks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patruns:
Actually, that is because when you created the image to on the card the software only formatted as much as it needed for the image and left the rest unformatted. Download EaseUS to your PC and you can then stretch the unformatted partition out or create an additional one and get your space back. The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] votinh:
Even so, you can only access it through usb via the NOOK, at least on Windows since it only sees the very first FAT32 partition, which appears to be the boot partition.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
You guys are awesome. I've totally come to understand better this whole process. I was at that deep-end point last night where nothing was making sense, everything was coming out wrong, and ai was ready to give up. Now I have a pretty smooth running and sweet cm7 nook color. I wish it could run Honeycomb but alas... maybe in time.

For now, the only thing missing for me is to know what the best video player is for CM7 and whether Flash runs on this ROM or not in browsers.

Thanks, guys.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] votinh:
Rock Player (Lite version is enough) seems to play everything.

Flash is OK, at least on Dophin HD and Opera Mobile
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dabiddabird:
Good to hear your up and running
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Hmmm... Weird. All of a sudden, I can't move any apps or access the pop-up menu when I tap and hold the home screen. It's almost like the screen is locked.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fattire:
You may have locked it. Check the menu.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Thanks, just noticed this.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Well, thanks again, everyone. I'm running really smoothly now and loving everything. Again, wish there was a functioning Honeycomb but such is life. So, is there any easy way to perform updates to newer release candidates or does it mean totally starting from scratch again?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
To update put the update.zip onto the boot partition and then boot into recovery and then reboot. You will update automatically. No flashing involved.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
Just an FYI - if you need to, boot up holding power and N, and you'll get to the booting menu options. Just choose SD and Recovery in the options, then go on. I noticed that too, that with my upgraded CM7 flash, that verygreen's boot up process seemed different.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wifflepig:
There is a functioning honeycomb, but it suffers from software rendering -- so it's slooooooow. There's even an image out there that dual-boots HC and CM7 on an SD - its around here somewhere. I tried it - the HC is pretty, but as I said - sloooooow.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdovbnia:
Hello guys, good day to everyone... :) Just wanted to warn you I'm a newbie in Android and Nook Color using... Got a silly question for you... What is the difference between CM7 and MIUI??? :confused: And what is the difference between CM7 Stable and CM7 Nightly??? :confused: Thanks...:p
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
CM7and MIUI are different roms that can be installed. I personally don't like MIUI at all but I won't get into that.

Stable means that there aren't really any bugs and that it is ready for day to day use. A new nightly is released almost every day and could have many bugs but they seem to pretty stable.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdovbnia:
Ohhh, thank you very much for your answers... :o

And, as I understood, there no any MIUI's for my Nook Color??

Ohhh, can you tell me please, if I install Nightly release above Stable release using clockworkmod, will my apps and settings remain??? And will Nightly release automatically update itself for newer versions??? :o
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
By above do you mean on top of? As long as you don't wipe data and cache you won't lose your data.

No it will not install new updates automatically. You gave to do it yourself or use rom manager.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdovbnia:
Ohh yes, it is. Just finished this operation and my droid seems to function OK! :o
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
I was under the impression that the available Honeycomb is actually not working well, not that it's slow necessarily. I tried one that wasn't slow but had problems with several apps and processes. So there's another one?

Also, can someone tell me exactly how to search for CM 7.1 RC? Can't get them to show up. How are you searching for them?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinpanalley:
Yeah, but will it force me to reset all my apps all over again? Is it like hard resetting?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
Nope all apps and data will stay.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syco123:
[Posting in existing (somewhat similar) thread as per registration vid request.]

Brief version:

I have a Nook color and would like to run from the SD card, overclock faster than 900Mhz, watch Hulu/Netflix, fix compatible market issue, not drain the battery when sleeping and easily boot into recovery. Is CM7.1 stable (or nightly) the best ROM for what I want to do?

Details:

Just got a Nook and put CM7.0.3 on a Sandisk 16Gb class 4. Runs great, impressive project. Gapps and Hulu modified flash installed and working. Been using CM6 on my hero for a while so not a total noob. I've had a few issues though and have some noobish questions. I have read a lot, but most threads are from March to July of 2011, maybe this info is still current? I fully expect that my issues may come from me screwing something up. Starting from scratch is totally fine, I've only had it a few days.

Issues:

In the market I get "device not compatible" for some apps. I read installing 7.1 would fix that. Current nightly is 253, would that be a good thing to install or should I use the 7.1 stable, does it have issues that have since been fixed? Is there a nightly that has come out since the stable (pre 253) that you would recommend?

I can't boot into recovery mode (I put the Gapps zip with the ROM zip on install). I've tried using the reboot menu and the verygreen listed method. Tried over and over and it just wont do it. Again, as I'm thinking of just reflashing, would the nightly or current stable be the fix for this?

The overclock speeds are only given a option of 900Mhz max. I read everywhere theres up to 1.3Ghz possible, Is this possible with CM7 on a SD ROM. Does this require an app or am I missing something in the settings?

The battery seemed to be draining when I thought the device was sleeping. Is there a way/app/ROM to minimize battery drain?

Something back:

Anyone having trouble connecting their wireless N routers to their Nook Color (standard and CM7), I changed security from WPA2 to WPA and connected right away. I didn't have to cripple the N to G speeds.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gallahad2000:
7.1 has overclocks of 1.2-1.3gHz, runs all the apps listed and has stable sleep (7.0 does not) most of the time (yesterday I came back to a dead battery). Device not compatible seems to be fixed with build.prop editing (though facebook still crashes due to gps check). Not sure why you can't boot into recovery, have you tried reinstalling it with rom manager?

I have had no trouble connecting to either wireless g or n routers.
[XPERIA X10 General] mhyke13ph:
Nice Quick first Impressions :D

some questions

>Can you use the Led as a Flash now?

>After Many reboots, does the arc launcher works faster? i read that the launcher is laggy

>How Much RAM(highest possible you can get) and ROM available after GB update

>How about screen performance? is there any improvement? sensitivity/colors/gradients etc

>Can you also make a Video Review if possible :D

thanks alot
[XPERIA X10 General] screamingskullsxyz:
is camera flash working or is it still same as 2.1..??

what about installing applications on memory card?
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
You should thank me cause' I accidentally thanked you lol.

1. Can't use as Flash.

2. Run smooth but lag when using app killer

3. Usually ~45% Free and when kill ~65% free. Task will rise up to 40 tasks after killed for 2mins

4. Run smooth, look the Arc and you will see that they are the same.

5. The review is not available but you can see this. I make it 720p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioue-pg7kvk&feature=mh_lolz&list=HL1312000052
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Camera UI is the same Android 2.1 but better. Applications on SD Card is ready.
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
- Cam Flash still the old lame Photo light! work around Vig works fine but not as good as the New 2.3.3 Camera

-Yes It does get faster and smoother after a few reboots

- the highest possible for me is 187mb with using native app killer but mostly GB can handle this well so you wont slow down!

-No improvements in Screen or any display aspect

- i will when possible. my cam is currently not working so i must find some other way!
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
I don't know, for me the GB update feels very clunky. It's slow ,laggy, and actually gets worse than 2.1 sometimes. It's super stable though and camera is a huge plus, and I'm loving facebook inside xperia.
[XPERIA X10 General] mhyke13ph:
ok i gave back you're thanks to me :p

45% and 65%? of the total ram that is 386mb ram right? so around 150mb is available? or 45~65mb is atleast available :confused:

is X10 still worth getting if i have $330 in my pocket with that Gingerbread Update?

Thanks for your feedback :D
[XPERIA X10 General] hon kin:
No improvement on the multitouch[ok, dual touch]?? o_0
[XPERIA X10 General] mhyke13ph:
Wow Thanks for the info's

187mb ram thats nice, ihope you can get yourself a working camera and make a full video review of gingerbread features. :D
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Update the review video soon.

Watch this post.

Uploading...
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Review VDO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vx4xjvbzj0
[XPERIA X10 General] mercury_beta:
so many bad words in the video ~.~
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
It's just about phone. How is it? Worse about what?
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
Bro do another video review

and dont keep moving your cam
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Maybe I should have a stand for the camera.
[XPERIA X10 General] mercury_beta:
because i'm vietnamese, so i can hear some bad words like $%^#@ in your video :D
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
yes....but its ok this one will do

make another one explaining the Features IF possible!
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
Very pleased with the update. I think SE did a great job! I actually for once like the new timescape widget...however what bugs me is that they didn't link the camera to timescape anymore. So, once root is available, im affraid timescape has to go lol. If they would have linked the camera to it, I for sure would have kept timescape this time.

My only other thing is im patiently waiting for a root method...I know there's pre-rooted firmware, but Im just not in the mood to flash back to 2.1, root it, blah blah blah. So i'll wait.

I just hope Z or someone is actually working on a root method?

Overall, SE, very slick update,, congrats!
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
I agree. Timescape and the whole Facebook inside Xperia concept is amazing and works well. I just wish there was a way to 'show friendship' like in facebook, where it groups you and that person's FB tagged pics, status tags, wall posts etc. into one app. That would be cool.
[XPERIA X10 General] mhyke13ph:
Maybe you should include the available Internal Memory(ROM) too :D

and indicate that 187mb is RAM, to avoid confusion.

btw, how about the phone responsiveness? opening an app, app drawer etc

and i forgot about the FLASH Support in browser that should be interesting :cool:
[XPERIA X10 General] Z3US911:
i am pretty impressed by this release from SE...(y)
[XPERIA X10 General] heathenlife:
My gingerbread zips...

Some things you can do to improve the speed are move some apps to the SD card use launcherpro instead of arc.

Just my $.02
[XPERIA X10 General] moritd:
i guess when you update by SEUS is faster than Flashed one because i had 1400q and it`s way faster than 2.1. camera have not as lag as 2.1 .and media discovery is nice
[XPERIA X10 General] iruganisan:
OMG, i got this GB update, but what is this, screen is so laggy.....
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
it takes an hour or two to settle, it gets pretty zippy after that, trust me.
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
get better as time goes on!
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
I dont understand how that would make a difference....its still the exact same firmware.
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
I am actually very, very impressed by this update, and it *almost* makes up the terrible service us X10 owners got over the past year.

The phone is really laggy the first hour and two but then gets quite fast, definitely faster than 2.1 by a long shot.

Facebook inside Xperia is amazing, and for the first time I don't think Timescape is bloatware. The facebook integration is great in the gallery, phonebook, lockscreen, everything.

The camera, oh yes, very nice as usual exactly like 2.1, which is not exactly a good thing...the stupid photo light is still there, no camera flash.

Sony Ericsson has always released the most stable ROMs out there. 2.1, though slow, did not have a single software problem. Unlike motorola and HTC whose phones are having reboot problems and overheating and poor battery due to the 2.3 update, the X10 is perfect. Amazing stability.

Overall I'll give this update a 9/10. Sure, there are some stuff I hoped would come but remember, we weren't going to get anything past 2.1 anyway. So, I am very happy. Now, I'm just going to wait for the awesome devs to cook awesome stuff :D
[XPERIA X10 General] zmbutt:
Well, I am impressed too, the Quadrant Score is 990, and the Arc launcher is smooth for me! no lag at all !

everything is working well and smooth :)
[XPERIA X10 General] mhyke13ph:
can anyone say something about the flash support in browser
[XPERIA X10 General] akila87:
And this has iptables so we can use transproxy without installing a custom kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766569
[XPERIA X10 General] kantk20111:
990? I get over 1250! Best is 1430 :)
[XPERIA X10 General] zmbutt:
How ?

I just Flash the Rom using PC companion, and 1st thing i did is download the Quad and checked the score ...
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
Lin pack - First run 32(N Precise), second run 36.86(N precise) third run 37.313(precise) fourth run 36.946(precise)
[XPERIA X10 General] zmbutt:
Lin Pack is just another Benchmarks tool !
[XPERIA X10 General] KInG GaME:
quadrant - 1115

2nd run - 1250

3rd run - 1290

4th run - 1410
[XPERIA X10 General] Z3US911:
i got 1250 on 1st run only...:P
[XPERIA X10 General] abrarabbu:
My thoughts

+1
[XPERIA X10 General] estugarda:
So how's the battery on GB?

The poor battery performance on 2.1 (even the wolfbreaks 2.2) is the think i dislike most on my x10. I never got more than 24hrs. Usually much less. So I guess my x10 goes if there is no battery improvement.
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Update video about new apps and effect on Gingerbread later.

Watch this post.
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Poor? Let me say this. My phone can stay more than 3 days if idea and 36 hours if I use it as web, play games....

With this update, I don't think it's more better at least equal with 2.1 Eclair cause' the system runs with so much background apps
[XPERIA X10 General] Darth Glacious:
I do not agree, there is no more need for half baked ROMs made by so called developers. 2.3.3 is fast enough with ~1200 score in Quadrant, it moves fluidly, all the features are present.

So why waste time with crappy work? Only thing that might be useful is root, to remove some of the apps.
[XPERIA X10 General] harlz:
Seeing that the new gingerbread doesnt seem to come with the arc style digital clock, I downloaded all the arc apps from their forum and installed the clock widget. It works perfect and on unrooted Rom. Just letting you all know incase you missed it like I did
[XPERIA X10 General] Z3US911:
I loved the closing animation....:D:D
[XPERIA X10 General] Bwyan Benton:
+1

Its pretty sweet
[XPERIA X10 General] estugarda:
Well, lucky you. I never got more than a day, even when the x10 was on standby with all wireless disconnected. I've also been told that 24hrs of light use is average.

Anywayz, I'd really like to hear direct personal experiences with stock GB battery...Is it better than 2.1? Or even worse as some suggested.
[XPERIA X10 General] silveraero:
Can be equal or worse than Eclair cause, as I said, too much background apps and services even when you killed, they will reload.

Official 2.3.3 for X10 - New Apps and Effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skV5tekm7Cw
[XPERIA X10 General] estugarda:
Thanks. I guess there is no reason to waste time on GB then. What I have seen in videos there is aboslutely nothing new and interesting. Timescape is useless imho. And I don't use facebook anyhow.

X10 is a total dissapointment. I had nothin but SE since 2000., and I was always satisfied, but x10 seems to be worse than competition in every way but the camera. And then it looks like SE spoiled even that with software.