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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
Open up the tgps_launcher app and click start. It should take you to the settings.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobloblaw77:
Yes it does, thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DeanGibson:
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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smr00:
After following the directions word for word about 8 times it just keeps showing up as android phone, i did all the removal steps (like the mass storage) even went as far as reformatting my pc and doing it all over again and still android phone :(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatgurl:
"Unable to Parse" error

Hi, thanks so much for the root instructions. My Nook Tab rooted is working great, I've got the android market and can get apps from there. However, when I try to download from anywhere else, I get an error "unable to parse." It downloads, but it won't install.

I finally got the Amazon App Store to download when they emailed me the link... That installed, I can get into the store and download apps. But when I try to install them, I get the same unable to parse error.

Any ideas???

Enable unknown sources IS checked. I don't get it...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] somerandomname:
what about usb debugging mode @thatgurl??? is that checked?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] smr00:
I am trying the manual way but i don't understand where i am supposed to "Install drivers and follow instructions up until running the batch file then do the following commands in order:"

where do i put these commands?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rhpmorgan:
I think Amazon wants an SD card, not sure why
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lenardo:
Yeah amazon requires a sd card not a big problem, just annoying. The game/apps install fine
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
I wonder if amazon market would not require an SD card if a script is written to shove it in the systems directory like the android market. Maybe this would then grant it access to the partition so people dont need sdcards to use amazon market.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Spoonman8:
I had the issue where Windows decided what were the best drivers for me. Here's how I fixed it:

The Nook tablet showed up twice in the Device Manager, both under the hard disks section. Ignore that.

-Go to the Universal Serial Bus controllers and look for the USB Mass Storage. (I believe the iD is 2080)

-Update the drivers for the device with the drivers provided here in the thread.

-The device will now show up as an android device...but the wrong one.

-Now, right-click the new android device and uninstall. **IMPORTANT** Be sure you click "delete driver..." yada yada

-Now you're Nook will act just like it does in the video and you should be set.

HUGE thanks to everyone who rooted this thing and who shared the information!

Good luck, keep on crackin!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rcchusid:
Tip For People Having Trouble

I rooted yesterday but had problems at the step of not finding Nook with the error icon in device manager after the first step. I spent quite a while reading various threads on fixing it. Here is the recommendation I found which finally led to it working.

There are two check boxes on the Nook Tablet for allowing USB debugging mode. I had them checked but ultimately read somewhere that they had to be unchecked and rechecked with each attempt at rooting to truly be in the USB debugging mode. After multiple failures I did uncheck and check both again and rooting worked fine the next time.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xToxicInferno:
So first off i want to say thank you very much Indirect and all the other people who helped out in anyway, the root worked perfectly.

Secondly, i wanted to let anyone who was curious to know, that when you root the device using the method stated above, it allows you to install your apps (at the very least) into the B&N partition.

I was curious about that, and i just got my tablet today so i figured i'd let you guys know that if you follow the steps either here on the fourms or the video you will be able to use the B&N exclusive space.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rcchusid:
Rooting has other advantages, but is not necessary to load apps into the B&N partition. Even before rooting, apps were loading there.

I haven't tried yet, but from what I've read it sounds like media still isn't recognized in the B&N partition if moved there. Even if not recognized, as people have tried moving media there, I wonder if the partition would still be of any value to use as a storage area. For example, if someone wants movies available but is low on SD storage, a few movies might be stored on the B&N partition using root explorer, and then moved to the SD when they want to view them.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, it works. I did that with my doctor who episodes and it read fine.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] thatgurl:
Unable to Parse

Thanks to those who offered suggestions. Yes, USB debugging IS checked, enabled unknown sources IS checked, and I do have a micro SD card in there... soooo I don't get it. I was able to download Amazon app store through an email link and it installed just fine, so it IS allowing some third party downloads.

I mean, it's still way better than what it would be without the root. But, the root should render it open source so this is really bugging me!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Just updated gApps to 9/30/2011 set. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] f100cleveland:
I'm having an odd issue here. I searched and didn't really find anyone with the same problem. I have followed all the steps, my nook shows up as an Android Phone / Android ADB Interface. I installed the tgps_launcher.apk file and selected both usb debugging boxes and unchecked auto mount. When I connect the nook, it pops up as usb debugging mode but when I run the nookandzergy batch file, it never finds the device. I tried un-checking and checking the usb debugging between tries, but it never seems to find it. Am I missing a step here????

I have a sd card in the slot too if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sean_nj:
Where is the installed tgps_launcher on unrooted Nook tablet?

Hi,

Sorry to bother your guys for my noob question:

Where is my installed tgps_launcher on unrooted Nook tablet?

I have no success rooting it yet and I am stuck at the tgps_launcher installation. I copied tgps_launcher.apk onto a microSD card and put it into my nook tablet. I did a package install from the microSD card (file:///sdcard/tgps_launcher.apk) and installation seemed going well. At the end of th installation I could check to set USB mode to debugging mode. But after I pressed the home (n) button to move away from the tgps_laucher screen, I could not find it anywhere under app list in my nook tablet. I have to re-install tgps_launcher everytime if I want to check or uncheck the debugging option. Everytime I connect nook tablet to my computer, the nook tablet still shows the USB Mode: you may now safely move files from your PC to Nook.....

Any suggestion?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Sean
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
Use the search function on the NT for tgps and you should see it pop up.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sean_nj:
"Use the search function on the NT for tgps and you should see it pop up."

I tried search function, but no luck yet.

Sean
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] f100cleveland:
I actually got it. Totally uninstalled and deleted driver from computer and it then reinstalled as a composite adb device and the batch file worked from there.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sean_nj:
Thanks for the info. I thought something was wrong when the Nook Tablet was changed to Composite adb device after the driver update.

One more question, did you say Yes to install gApps? I did, but could not find it under app list on my Nook Tablet.

Thanks,

Sean
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zirquel:
You have to search for market, like tgps. When you go to search, you need to adjust the settings so it searches for more items, I think it just searches books and BN apps by default. At least, that's what worked for me. I don't have my Nook in front of me, so I can't tell you the exact options, but I doubt it'd do any harm if you just checked all of the choices to search through.

The most common way to make your non-BN apps show is to install an alternate launcher. Go Launcher EX and ADW Launcher seem to be some of the most popular choices (I did Go Launcher EX, free version.) Then use Homecatcher (another thread) to make it the default launcher instead of BN.

If you want to keep the BN screen as your main one, then I hear the market app "Nook Color App Manager" will also get your extra apps to show. I haven't tried it myself (I hate the BN stock look). You can go to the market from a web browser, and choose to install the app from there. Your Nook *should* ask if you want to launch the market at that point.

Take everything I've said with a grain of salt, as I'm pretty new with the Nook Tablet myself. Hope this helps!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dandydonh:
build.prop not found

Hi All,

I managed to get the drivers loaded and running the zookandzergy script does provide a list of devices attached. Only the nook is attached, so only one id listed. Selecting 'y' to continue fails with the error 'build.prop not found.'

I don't think I missed a step and I went back and reread again. Any advice on why this error is popping up.

trying this on win7 64-bit
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] elite4inc:
Rooted Sd cards

I've seen some people root their Nook with a micro sd card. Anyone have any thoughts on it?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rebowling:
I had the EXACT same issue. The problem could be one of two things, or both in my case.

1) The driver should show up as Android Composite ADP Interface.

I was able to achieve this only after ensuring that I manually installed the driver while the nook was attached to my PC with USB debugging enabled. For me, when USB debugging was not enabled and I installed the driver it seemed to work with the exception that "Composite" was missing from the name in Device Manager. I believe this was my first problem.

If you think you might have the same issue, I would try uninstalling/reinstalling the driver manually ensuring the nook is USB debugging connected.

2) If you have tried Nook and Zergy once already and it failed, the daemon may still be running.

At one point I decided to reboot my PC to see if that helped. I noticed after the reboot when I ran Nook and Zergy again, the daemon restarted. I deducted from this that my previous failed attempts where related to the daemon already had been running. I believe this was my second problem.

If you think you might have the same issue, I would try killing the daemon process with Task Manager or rebooting your PC and trying again.

I hope this helps. Good luck!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DeanGibson:
Check threads for answer

Yes. This issue has been addressed in numerous threads.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BobK46:
A complete answer to the question should have included the statement that this isssue applied mostly to the NOOK Color.

As to the NOOK Tablet this issue cannot be fully addressed until a method to circumvent the locked down bootloader has been identified.

However, it should also be noted that questions should be more specific if they expect a clear answers!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Stevenwsmith:
Can't install some Adroid apps

Thanks for your work on this. I successfully rooted my Nook Tablet using this method. However, there are some Android apps that do not show up in the Market. One such app is IBirdPro. If I try to download it directly from their website it says my device is not compatible and I'm unable to download and install it. I've searched for a solution and I see several people are having this problem installing some Android apps on a rooted Nook Tablet. I edited the Build.Prop file which is a trick that solves the problem for the Nook Color but it didn't solve the problem with my Nook Tablet. Does anyone know a fix for this? Is there a way I can get the apk files form IBirdPro? I do have IBirdPro on my Android phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dweezilz:
I got it rooted and at the end of the process, there is an extra question about replacing system components for a more tablet like experience like keyboard, e-mail etc... So I chose this option and then couldn't find any rooted apps etc... So I went to google market in the browser, downloaded Go Launcher. Then home catcher and almost everything seems fine, except when I go to the regular Nook Tablet interface, the e-mail program says it can not be found when I click the icon for it.

I think that last bit in the process screwed up the e-mail on the Nook Tablet part. I can use the installed e-mail program from the root and also gmail which I installed, but I know my wife is gonna complain that she wants the e-mail button to work in the main app. I'd like to be able to point that button the the rooted e-mail program if possible.

Any clues? I'd hate to restore and then do the root again and NOT choose that last part but it sure seemed to screw up the e-mail. Anyone know how to recover that functionality aside from starting over??

update: looks like the My Media program is gone as well from the standard NT launcher.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Use the one click unroot app in this section.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BobbyKGrimm:
For me I took all the files from my latest backup of Titanium Backup from my phone and threw it up on Dropbox. Using my desktop I extracted all the .apk.gz files in Dropbox and deleted any files that were not apks after I finished, should be able to just select them all in windows explorer, right click and select "extract here". That's how it is in winrar at least. Now that they're all extracted and in dropbox. Install the dropbox app from the market and navigate to your folder there with all your apks and install away!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cookdav:
Hmmm...my nook is NOT rooted (yet)...maybe I will in a few more days/weeks, but right now, I'm too timid.

But, in preparation for gaining confidence to root it, I decided to try your advice of holding down the n at bootup. Nothing (different) happened...it booted up, from power-off, and the result looked exactly the same as booting WITHOUT holding down the n.

So, what am I mis-understanding? :confused:

TIA....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kingbobyjr:
Anyone having issues with Google Talk force closing after following the steps in the first post?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conundrum768:
It would appear that the restore feature kicks in after the eighth failed boot. So you would have needed to do this seven more times (consecutively).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
I just finally got my nook last night. I followed the youtube video Albert posted and it went (almost) perfect until I got to the point where nookandzergie.bat completes. Here are 2 problems I noticed (and was able to get around).

1) Both the usbdrivers.zip and nookandzergy.zip files had a "runmefirst.bat" file in them, yet you are supposed to unzip both into the sam "c:\ntroot\" file. So I just picked the one from the nookandzergy file to keep.

2) While running the nookandzergie.bat file, during albert's video it stops after google apps and marketplace are installed and restarts. However, for me it had one more prompt about installing a new keyboard and some other stuff. The first time through I said yes to install and it just hung up for several minutes with nothing happening, and no restart of the nook. I eventually realized the nook wasn't rooted and ended up deciding to start over from scratch. So I did a factory reset (by holding the 'n' key while powering on) and redid it up to the nookandzergie.bat, this time saying "no" to installing the extra keyboard and stuff. It completed fine but still did not restart the nook after. I then manually powered down and restarted the nook (by holding down the power button until the prompt comes on) and when it did power back up, it was rooted with everything working properly.

I am not sure if the batch file has been modified to add extra goodies since Albert did the youtube video, but it was certainly different for me and I didn't see anyone address that. But, being as this is both my first root and my first tablet, I think I did okay to get it all figured out in about an hour and on my 2nd attempt.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Zenoxio:
Thanks for this Indirect.

I have a few questions if this is the right place for them.

Does rooting the device change the B&N interface at all? Does it revert to a normal Android interface?

Does rooting the device disable the temperature monitor? I was told it did on the Nook Color.

How stable are apps from the Android market? Do most not work, or most do work?

Thanks to anyone to answers. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
No

No

Stable

Most work

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dweezilz:
would you suggest to try the last step again after I re-root or skip that. I do like having that keyboard and the standard android e-mail program, but if the result is that it always renders the standard NT e-mail app disabled then maybe I'll skip that. Should that part do this to the e-mail app built into NT?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yes it is supposed to do that, it REPLACES the email app, not freeze it. The stock one is gone and the launcher cant find it. Same with the "My media".
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dweezilz:
ahhh...that makes sense now. Wonder if there is a way to relink the e-mail button on the NT standard screen to the new android e-mail program?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
As of now, there is not.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] WinLange:
Root not working due to USB

After reading about rooting the Nook Tablet, I decided to purchase it at Best Buy, and also purchased there 2 yr. Accident/Loss, ins. policy for $70 and having them tell me that it covers me even if I root it.

So now I have tried to root it on 5 different computers, from a i5 laptop, to just a dual core, to a Pentium 4 with XP, then a Pentium 3 with XP. Same result. On Device Manager the nook comes up under Drives as two Nook tablets. Can't uninstall the USB drivers, tried just updating the drivers and get the response that the most current driver is installed, and that is that. Tried bypassing and running NookandZergy.bat anyway. Just sits there at the DOS prompt window. Waited for over an hour until I just Ctrl^C to end it. How is anybody rooting there NOOK?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Scubatl:
I rooted mine first attempt, i watched the video, read the direction and bam done...

there are a few threads listing the problem your having... in device manager it should show a ! beside nook ... have you followed step by step?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gotojanoo:
i just rooted everything is fine but how to start android launcher ? there is no option .default screen is nook only.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Install homecatcher APK as well as an alternative launcher. Then double click nook button.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gotojanoo:
home catcher from android or nook ? cant find in android market though .thanks for yr help
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's in the android development section of the Nook Tablet
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Stevenwsmith:
Thank you for your reply. My phone is not rooted so Titanium Backup was not an option. Also I was unable to view the Ibird.apk file with ES File explorer. But your reply gave me an idea. I searched the web for the Ibird.apk file and found it and successfully installed it. It's working great. Of course this doesn't solve the problem with the the Market not finding some apps or apps not installing from websites because they are flagged as not compatible. But it does allow me to get this one program I really wanted to install.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Stevenwsmith:
Talking Tom sound not working

I've noticed there is no sound on Talking Tom on the rooted Nook Tablet. Talking Larry will play sound for a few seconds and then give an audio error that says "Could not acquire microphone". All other Android apps I've tired have played sound just fine. Any suggestions as to how to get sound to work on Taking Tom and Talking Larry?

Thanks,

Steve Smith
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jettadroid477:
lost sync

Thanks for your work.

I have had root and all was well. Then I did a restart and now my library won't sync. In the settings the owner and account are both unavailable. Is there a way of fixing the setting without going to stock and rerooting?

thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] marcelteaching:
Android Talk error android

This root worked great for me, thank you, however I have an error message every time I start the device.

"Sorry! The application Talk (process com.google.android.talk) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

Force Close"

The app does 'sort of' start, but then produces the error.

Is there a way I can update/uninstall do something to stop this error message coming up? :confused:

Also, are there errors with some apps because I have not put in a microSD card yet? I'm new to the google app store, so I don't know whether all the apps are 'meant' to work, or whether it's just a chance of take your chances. ;)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] succulent:
Thanks for the guide. I had some trouble at first because W7 installed the driver by itself, but it's all good now. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, Google Talk isn't wanting to play nice. I'll look into just using the old APK.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
There, switched the files out. It should be fine now.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] marcelteaching:
that's great, what exactly do I need to do? Uninstall/unroot reroot?

Thanks..
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, unroot (there is a one click unroot method in the op) then reroot. Warning: back up your apps first.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] pikosito:
Full root Nook Tablet - Cannot install Noo&Zergy. Access Denied

Hi Zerg, I try to root my nook tablet but when I get to the step where I run the NookandZergy.bat , all I got on the screen is access denied when trying to install the packages.

Any idea on what I am doing wrong.

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
You need to check unknown sources in the menu before you click "development"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
MAJOR update released where it checks for root and proper USB vendor ID. Had to add these as safety nets and old Gtalk (FC problems should be fixed)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
So if we didn't get gtalk before, but want it now and are rooted, would we have to unroot/reset NT then rerun nookandzergy?

Or should we try that new alpha I saw earlier today?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Just take the talk.apk from the new zip and then
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rbellis:
I just got a tablet and can't seem to get this root going. I have tried on 2 different computers and when I plug in the NT when told to in the script ( the runmefirst ) it installs the drivers for the NT on it's own. I have tried to go into the device manager and update the drivers using the downloaded ones but it says the best drivers are already installed. Please help....I really wanna get this working!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Check under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" in device manager for USB Mass Storage and remove that.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Everyone, expect an update over the weekend to include a de-bloater. This will remove things that are not important to use (I refuse to allow it to remove most of the stuff I remove due to the fact I don't know if you want to still be able to read on it.) So, this will remove Home.apk, Sudoku, Pandora, Chess, and Hulu and maybe more. I will also include Honeycomb Launcher from Syndicate apps to install so you're not stuck without a launcher.

*Note, if you install gapps then I'll also remove the un-used search app. (Note, this will remove the "search" function from the n-button menu. There is nothing I can do about that. I will also install Homecatcher (if you choose to install a new launcher) :)