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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DeanGibson:
Repartitioning the NT

The partitioning on the Nook Color used the FDISK program, and once rooted, the partitioning could be easily readjusted.

The Nook Tablet uses a different partitioning scheme (unknown to me), and thus there is no known (to me) way of adjusting it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] amylyn1970:
I turned off my firewall & it worked like a charm! Yay! I'm a happy camper now! :D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Uses EMMC partitioning which is able to be repartitioned but I forgot who did it on what device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] abulkhairi:
Please Help

Hi,

I have a very simple question. A friend of mine is coming from US to my country and I want to make sure that this tablet can be rooted to use android market or else it is not worth buying. Please answer following questions.

1) If I dont root it, can I install normal android apps .apk available on the internet?

2) If the answer to question 1 is not, can I do that after rooting it?

3) CAN IT REALLY BE ROOTED?

4) Once rooted, It will remain like that forever or any update etc to the tablet OS would disable that?

5) If the answer to question 4 is yes, can we like disable update on OS?

6) If we dont root right way, would it brick or become permanent screwed? Or we can do it in as many chances we want to

7) I am using Windows7 64 bit, do I need some special drivers? Has this been done on this OS in 64 bit?

8) Any other useful information you would like to give me to make up my mind to buy this?

9) When compared to Ipad2 and Ipad2 being 10/10, what rating would you give to a rooted Nook?

10) Is it really worth buying if you dont want to root it?

Thanking you in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
I can answer a few of your questions:

1) Yes. There are a few threads here on side-loading apps.

2) Yes, it can (still) be done after rooting.

3) Yes, thanks to Indirect. See the first page of this thread.

4) There haven't been any OS updates that I know of (yet), so this is unknown at this time.

5) Unknown at this time.

6) How would you brick it by using it as intended?

7) Follow all of the instructions carefully. I rooted mine in about 30 seconds using Win 7 x64.

8) Depends on what your ultimate goal is for the tablet. I wanted it for the e-reader (honestly), running anything else is a bonus to me.

9) They're in a different class. The iPad is bigger, which means more screen space (and also more weight), has a better (in my opinion) keyboard, camera(s)... The NT has none of these, though we may be able to adjust the keyboard at some time in the near future. I have the NT, my mom has an iPad 2. Both are great. Android is Open, iOS is as closed as you can get (this coming from an iPhone owner). The choice is yours.

10) In my opinion, yes; but I really wanted it as a reader primarily. Anything else I end up doing with it will really just be icing on the cake.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smatticus:
4)no there havent been any updates but if there were you couldn't get them on a rooted device just like on the nook color. you'd have to unroot, update, and then wait for the new root method for the new update.

5)n/a

6)like liquidzoo, i am baffled by your question. how would waiting make it brick? if you wait and get a model with updated software then you might just have to wait for a newer root procedure. but i think the method for rooting will only get easier as more people work on the project.

7)yeah running 7x64 here too and the only issue was getting the nook to come up without windows installing generic drivers. but there are ways of fixing that and once i got that done it only took a few minutes total.

8) just know that B&N will add more features to this going forward like they did with the nook color. they already have plans to launch a video marketplace just like amazon or apple. and more and more apps will be added weekly. yes, rooting and adding the android marketplace is great but i still get greeted with "this is not compatible with your device" messages, which can be frustrating. the hardware is fantastic and runs every compatible app with ease. there are a few rough edges but no device has been perfect which brings me to

9)honestly, if you're already giving the ipad2 a perfect score, i don't see how anyone here can change your mind. i personally don't think the ipad 2 is a 10/10. more like an 8.5/10 with it being jailbroken. and even then iOS kind of mars the whole thing for me, but that's a matter of personal preference and that's going to be the deciding factor for you. but if you're looking for the top of the line android experience i'd wait for the the transformer prime from asus. the thing will be a beast when it comes out. and it runs all the android apps without rooting, plus you get a camera and all those goodies that come with full fledged tablets. the nook tablet makes for a good android tablet with a few sacrifices (no 3g/4g, no camera, limited android support) but it does cover the major bases for the average consumer (great interface for reading books, magazines, newspapers plus great video content through netflix and hulu+).

10) i also say yes here because it's a great reader with decent tablet functions. and like i said it's likely to get better over time through updates and additions to the app selection. but if you're impatient like me, just root it and have fun.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Eggg:
Ah man.. Gave all instructions and scripts a shot but:

- Script stopped right after it was rooted and did not prompt to install gApps

- NT did not reboot

- Cannot access debug mode anymore, even through the scripts..

Anyone else encountered this issue?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Format using deregister device and start again.

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] d0wn10w:
No one answers my questions

Okay so i explained that i rooted before and couldnt access an adroid launcher because library isnt allowed to be checked in the searchable items checkbox. So unless its from rebooting i cant access adw launcher.... which defeats the whole ****ing purpose of rooting it. If someone couldbexplain how to fix this or even just tell me that gettng a micro sd would fix this i would be greatful. Again the problem is i have no way to get to adw after restart because i cant check library in the searchable items checkbox.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zanderman112:
Search and all your questions will be answered. Look for the "Homecatcher" thread in development.

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
Dear god someone help me.

No matter what I do, I can't get any numbers to show up when I run the Nook&Zergy file. I just formatted the PC i'm trying it on and put a fresh copy of windows on it, so there was NO chance that it could pick up on some previously installed drivers, etc. And yet- still no dice.

Does anyone have ANY clue what I'm doing wrong? I have tried this 20 times now and still can't get the numbers to show up when I run Nook&Zergy. I've followed every instruction in this thread and still can't do it. Debugging enabled, auto mount turned off, unknown sources checked, everything done according to instruction. Tablet is listed as Android Composite ADB Interface in device manager. But still- no luck.

If anyone has any advice- I'd really appreciate it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zirquel:
I was in a similar situation (freshly installed comp). I actually ended up giving up and trying a new computer like some other people, and it worked -.-. The only difference (even the hardware was the same) that I'm aware of was the fact the computer it DIDN'T work on originally had "install driver software from windows update if it is not found on my computer" checked when I first plugged in the tablet, as well as having a Nook Color previously connected. I turned that off, and was able to install the right drivers with the help of another thread, but nook&zergy wouldn't show the numbers.

I did everything the same on another computer, but made sure all drivers were set to "Never install driver software from Windows Update" before I plugged it in for the first time. It worked.

Hope that might help in some way...

Now on to my current problem!

I thought I rooted my tablet correctly, but certain things aren't working, and I'm stumped. Anything that requires root access doesn't seem to work (ES Explorer, AdFree, and Titanium Backup are what I tried). I either get errors about Busybox not being installed, or not being able to find the su binary.

So I decided it's not rooted, and tried to root it again. With a quick print screen, as it flashes away quickly, this is what I got when I ran NookandZergy.bat (attached jpg). So I'm stumped. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling superuser from the market (gapps installed fine with the root process). No changes. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help!

And THANK YOU to everyone who's worked on the tablet in any form so far! HUGELY appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's rooted. Just use the busybox installer app to get busybox installed.

Worst case: Do a hard reset on the nTab and re-root. You can do that by causing 10 bad boots in a row *search the forum how* then simply re-run the script.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] abulkhairi:
Okay,

a) Question 6 actually was,

If I root it right away and do not root it right, would the device still work? I mean PlayStationPortable gets permanently damaged if you dont root it right.

Please let me know that I can try even 100 times to root it till I get it done okay without the device getting damaged.

Thanks.

b) I am buying a tablet for the first time, I already have an Ipod Touch 4G and I LOVE IT!!! I use it 90% of the times to watch movies/tv seasons, use internet over WiFi and to play games.... I dont want to use this as a ebook reader but I have the option. Please commend on this.

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
The root can't damage your device but if it fails, you have to completely format it using the bad boot method and then you can try again but it should work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zirquel:
I went and updated busybox, and ran it, as well as tried a new installer. Both told me it couldn't use/find the su binary (and if I felt it was in error, go to superuser, etc etc). I went to superuser, didn't immediately find the option busybox told me to look for, decided to look for it in a minute, and instead check for updates to su within superuser.

It said my installed version was legacy, so I said update. Everything went fine until "Checking current install path...fail!" "Failed to find currently installed su binary. Update cannot continue".

I'll try a hard reset tomorrow and re-root (unless there are any more suggestions between now and then), and post an update in case anyone else is ever in this situation.

Sorry for all the noobish problems, I swear I don't usually have this much trouble with things like this!

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Bmore_Ravens_Fan:
Thank you all for your hard work

Just registered to say thank you Indirect, Anlog, and everyone else for all your hard work. Got my tablet delivered last Wed. Opened it up thanksgiving morning and had it rooted and working that day. Your instructions worked without a hitch. Thanks so much!:)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
zirquel, thanks for the info, I will look into that.

My problem is I've tried this now on 4 different computers and gotten the same result 4 different times. I'm starting to think the problem may be with the Nook itself. Some kinda setting I have wrong or something? Or maybe the Nook is set to read only, something like that?

Either way, I'm pretty baffled at this point.

But again, thanks for the input. I'm gonna look into that tonight as I try yet again to root this damn thing.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] LoboM:
My apologies if this question has already been asked but I couldn't find it by searching...

Is it possible to enable usb debugging (and subsequently root) without wifi access? The guide shows using wifi to browse to a site to download tgps_launcher.apk, but I don't have wifi access at my pc.

I was hoping I could download the apk via my pc internet connection and then copy it to the Nook and install it from there, but I don't suspect that's allowed since that's the "unknown sources" option that I'm also trying to enable. What's confusing is that you can install that apk via the browser even though that should also be considered an "unknown source", no?

Maybe I need to take the Nook to a wifi hotspot and enable "Unknown Source" from there, then bring it back home and launch the local apk again?

Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Wouldn't hurt to give it a try, it might work with no issues.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sheetz:
You don't need wifi access you just need to get the initial apk onto the device. You can download it onto your computer (either from the site or a prior post of mine has an apk you can use) and transfer it to the device via usb or put it on an sd card and put that into the nook.

The apk isn't being installed via the browser, the browser is just being used to download the apk which the nook then tries to install locally. When the device sees an "unknown source" apk for the first time this is what triggers the dialog box asking whether you want to enable unknown sources or not. Then when you enable it you will be allowed to install "unknown source" apks. If thats not clear let me know
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Actually it wont work since the built in file manager "doesnt know" how to open apk files. You need to use the browser to download because then when you click the apk file in the downloads from the statusbar, it opens the prompt to install.

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CRE:
Does "file:///sdcard/filename.apk" not work on the NT? (entered as the desired URL in Browser, of course)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It might, forgot about that. I'll actually try it on my nook tablet and post back.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CRE:
I don't have one or I'd try it. I don't know if there will be permissions issues; I've read that some devices have that function blocked out for security reasons.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nicklas18:
quick note of thanks

to the OP and everyone who's worked to make this happen - it's appreciate, i am enjoying the r00t. much thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
Okay, after about 25 attempts, I am rooted.

I have no idea why it worked, but it did. The google market seems to work and it looks like all systems are go.

Now my main goal is to figure out how to block OTA updates and then I'm officially good to go.

Many many thanks to the folks who provided all the valuable input, it is greatly appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zirquel:
Update to my unable to get superuser properly working--

After a bunch of runarounds, including having to reinstall drivers (this part actually baffles me more than the whole thing, maybe because I had my OG Droid plugged in earlier? nfi), I FINALLY got the prompt for apps to gain su!

At the first reset, my NTab was restarting after root, but before gApps installed. Root also wasn't sticking, I don't think, as I was able to run NookandZergy several times, each time claiming it was doing the root process. I ended up doing another hard reset, and tried again. It rooted fine, and asked to install gApps. I said sure, but towards the end, it gave an error of "are you sure your device is turned on?" or similar. I refrained from letting my head hit my keyboard in frustration and tried to use market anyway. Market was installed, and AdFree requested Superuser permissions! Anyway, hopefully I'm good to go now.

Thank you again to everyone for all the hard work on the nook tablet!

Added info- (Unfortunately) I just learned that while making an Activity shortcut with Any Cut to the 3rd "Settings" (there's a few listed), will cause the tablet to do a restore. I'm not sure if it was a full restore, but root was gone, and I had to re-register it. Just FYI as a possible added option when resets are needed, as it's quicker to start than 10 failed boots. I'm not in the mood to make sure it can be duplicated, however. On the bright side, rooting and gApps install worked perfectly the first time I tried this time! =p
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] musashiasano:
Bypass 1GB

Does rooting allow you to bypass that 1GB limitation B&N has on the Nook Tablet? I want to use all the storage space I can! =)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DeanGibson:
No, not without a lot of additional (and unknown) work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
The limitation is there, but can't you load non-B&N apps onto the B&N reserved space?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rvr350:
You can always push whatever you want on your SD card, then from the SD card, push it to your /data folder. That folder has 11gb of space on it. That's where we stand for now.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] apollomaker:
No USB Enable on my NT --- why???

Hello All --- well here I sit in a fit of frustration.

I have read and viewed countless presentations of how to root the Nook Tablet by this method.

I cannot get my NT to recognize a downloaded apk file. I have tried several of the standard ones presented in the how-to lessons.

All I get is error messages basically saying the NT does not "recognize the program and does not have the firmware for it" (paraphrasing).

I simply cannot get the hidden selection screen to come up. The NT simply refuses to go into it and just stops at the error windows I get.

Any ideas, comments, help -- anything. How can everyone else easily do this, and my NT will not? Otherwise the NT is running fine.

Help!!! :confused: Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zirquel:
I had the same, or at least a similar problem (no error message involving firmware). I couldn't get the apk from this thread to install, but I googled the rooting process and found another site (geek dot com "How to root the Nook Tablet"--I can't do external links yet). It offered a titanium backup apk to use instead, and that worked for me to bring up the debugging menu. So either that apk is more friendly to nooks that you want to throw across a room, or repeated tries of trying to install any downloaded apk from the browser, coupled with dumb luck, worked. I really don't know, as the apk from this thread worked each time I tried it there after (had to do a hard reset/restore several times for unrelated reasons).

So don't give up!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CRE:
I don't have one, so I can't test this myself, but it works on other devices I own: Try saving the file to a microSD card with your PC or phone, whatever. Then open the "Browser" and enter the following address: file:///sdcard/tgps_launcher.apk

Aside from that I could only conclude that you've somehow saved a default action for the .apk extension in the browsers settings and probably need to reset to clear it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] apollomaker:
Many Thanks CRE. It has been so long since I have rooted an Android device, I have forgotten many of the basics. Big help --- Thanks!!! :-)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ggfunk:
Well, I think everything went okay. Zergy said it was all good and then installed the gapps for me as well. When the nook rebooted it gave a framework force close error.

It may sound dumb, but I'm not sure where to find the Google Apps on the device itself and I'm beginning to wonder whether the root actually succeeded. Any advice?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It worked just fine, install homecatcher and a new launcher or hit the nook button, click search, then type into the search bar "market" without the quotes.

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ggfunk:
That was perfect, thanks. I just went to the android markets website and when prompted, I chose to install using the Market rather than the web. Thanks a ton!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lusayalumino:
Thanks so much for your hard work; greatly appreciated. I just gave you a donation.:)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drenhead:
SD card unmounted

Well, I tried to root on my second NT and now it is getting SD Card unmounted or not present. I followed the instructions, and I believe I am rooted now, but I can't do anything with ES file explorer or dropbox because of this SD Card unmounted error.

Any suggestions on how I can get it mounted?

Thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CRE:
Heh, that makes two of us. :p

Did you end up resetting or did loading the file locally using "file:///sdcard/tgps_launcher.apk" in the browser do the trick?

Drenhead, do you have an SD card installed?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
I would hunt down the exact post but I'm lazy and the end of my lunch break looms. I wonder if maybe a re-format might work assuming the SD card is new/clean? I thought I recalled in one thread that using this appears to sometimes clean up these issues:

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Throwing darts in the dark here...

[Edit]

CRE, you posted before I managed to get mine on. I never thought to ask the obvious question. Not having an external SD card installed would cause that issue as well. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drenhead:
No, I don't have an external SD card installed. Just what is in the NT itself.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CRE:
There's a thread about this or it's in one of the side loading threads. Some apps it seems require an SD card to be present... Probably written that way as they were originally developed for devices with significant limitations as far as on-board storage. The easiest work around is to buy a cheap 1 - 5GB card... shouldn't cost more than $10. I haven't yet seen anyone post another proven fix.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
I had this problem too. Do a hard reset and reinstall the system software by doing a deregister wipe.

Thats what I had to do.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smr00:
Mine keeps showing up Android Phone then ADB interface.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rjmohit:
Some help!

For those are finding difficulties in installing their first apk through the browser, select PACKAGE INSTALLER while installing and not APP INSTALLER. If you have selected App Installer, download another file and now select Package Installer.

App installer is the package manager of B&N store, it corrupts the file if it is not signed by B&N store, thus rendering it useless even for Package Installer (which is the android's inbuilt installer)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] hersh40:
I've tried 3 different computers and none will root. They all show the nook tablet and not the broken icon. Is there any other way to root it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Semblance:
I haven't rooted my Nook but since no one else has commented I wanted to verify that I've been able to place APKs on the SD card and then install them by pointing the browser to the file using a url like the one mentioned above. Because I had previously placed some APKs in my Documents folder the URL was of this form:

file:///mnt/media/My%20Files/Documents/nameofapk.apk

Edit: Whoops, I meant I copied the apk files to the My Files/Documents folder within the internal memory so that the above URL works.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobloblaw77:
I've already installed Go Launcher and a bunch of apps, assigned the N button to Go Launcher, etc., but haven't rooted yet. I'd like to root so I can install Swiftkey to replace the crappy stock keyboard. Will rooting interfere with the launcher, apps, etc. I've already set up? Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
No, rooting should not mess up anything you've already setup/installed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobloblaw77:
Great, thanks. Hmm, I'm trying to follow the OP's instructions, but when I try to install the tgps_launcher APK it actually installs -- it's never blocked, so I don't get the hidden settings menu to enable debugging. Maybe this is because I had already enabled third-party apps previously? How do I get back to that menu?