yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lilblackgirl:
I've been in the mountains for a week and I'm guessing ota updates installed when I got back to a network. I've discovered that grail doesn't work any longer as well as some of the buttons on button savior don't respond any longer. So will I need to unroot and start fresh with directions on the first page? Or can I just run with the root directions on page 1 with the nt in its current rooted status and fix all of these problems?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
I don't think anyone has gotten it with DeviceManager edited/removed, but rooting alone and FOTA have been unsuccessful in preventing the OTA.

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There are many threads where this is covered. You'll need to restore from a recovery zip and reroot. Indirect has a method of replacing DeviceManager.apk with one thatt reflects version 9.9.9. I believe that is the most popular/reliable method for avoiding the OTA currently.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] larrydotn:
Error

I'm getting this error when I run NookandZergy

"Your device was found to be rooted. Which is upsetting because now the root won't work again (you already have root) so you also can't use this script to install gApps or system mods. :(

because ADB doesn't allow us to remount unless adb is running as root (cant run without kernel mod)."

I havent been able to get gApps installed and I can't unroot.

Any ideas guys? Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] catseyenu:
A good working copy of Google Maps that you can download & install from the Nook's browser is hosted here:

http://comptonsoft.com/test/

Direct link:

http://comptonsoft.com/test/Maps.apk
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] abiscuit:
You can email your self the superuser.apk and nookunroot.apk then get those installed for unroot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jayjr1105:
I left my NT on last night and forgot to turn off WiFi and as of right now I'm still good. I wonder what kind of schedule the OTA is on or if it's random. BTW is anyone else having issues with TiBu? Mine says something like "unrecognized system or requirements" or something like that (I forget exactly, I'm at work). I wanted to restore some apps missing from the market using TiBu plus the OTA block fix needs TiBu correct?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ryanmfraser:
Got my NT for Christmas. Got it rooted and set up the way I like it. Went to eat dinner. Came back to a notification in the bottom left* corner that I had received the newest update via OTA. Timeline? Or just random? After a couple hours of working with it I managed to get it uprooted. Back to 1.4.0. Then rooted again. I also applied Indirects OTA blocking version 9.9.9 device manager. Frustrating to say the least.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
Great, time to get this puppy rooted so I can start working on porting and customizing ROMs. Now we can start to see what a nice tablet the NT can be. It's good even with the restrictions, but the leash just got lengthened quite a bit thanks to indirect and anlog (and others who got involved and offered additonal help) ! Once we have a means to boot into recovery, the leash will be cut ! But this is the HUGE first step needed.

Thanks to those involved, it lays the groundwork for us devs anxious to get going on this !

This is the first device I have bought prior to it beeing rooted, it was interesting to watch and you guys come along like it's something you wanted to try for the heck of it because you were bored at the time and it was a challenge !
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dodgepot:
God damn you people are genius
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JoeM01:
Awesome work, guys. Guess i know what i'll be doing today.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flamingsamurai:
I have been having trouble getting adb. I follow the instructions on the adbfix given in the drivers zip, and have installed 'Android Composite ADB Interface', but adb still won't work (error: device not found).

Any help? (Windows 7 x86)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] downsay:
I second this for sure.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
I had trouble getting ADB going at first, restarted computer (running Win7 64 bit) and Nook and it works now. Also did a factory reset on the Nook before starting, but not sure that is necessary.

Do note, after you restart (or may even after disconnect usb first time) one of the USB Debugging checks will get unchecked on it's own. To get back into the proper debugging menu in settings, I used the Nook Color tools apk listed earlier in this thread and it took me right to the debugging settings as it has all kinds of settings options available. I rechecked the usb debugging and it worked right away. This was after my reboots of both devices.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] RussianMenace:
Did you retain root after reboot?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] itsmee22:
Doesn't work for me. /system is read only and I can't change to RW since I'm not rooted yet.

Keep getting "permission denied" when using script.

ADB is connected normally but won't go into su (get permission denied).

Any ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] flamingsamurai:
Same thing for me :\
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] RussianMenace:
Is anyone else able to reproduce "rooted" results? Ran the script multiple times, same result...no root.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
my root has retained after reboot, but FC. I think I need to update the superuser file like others have stated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] trippmcnealy:
SuicideClown,

Any special steps you had to perform? I have the SuperUser icon on my Nook, but unable to mount.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I'll have to look into this, I might have messed something up since I did it at 3am.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] trippmcnealy:
Sounds good Indirect.

I just wanted to make sure it was not something I was doing.

I really appreciate all the work you are putting into this device. I am really looking forward to what this thing will do with Custom ROMs.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Sorry everyone, it appears that I missed a single chmod command. Leave it to exhaustion to mess it up.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] romified:
Same thing here but thought I went wrong somewhere along the way. Decided I would mess with it later when I had more time. Now seeing this concerns me....

I think we are missing a key step somewhere, like having ADB root to begin with or something.

Edit: Ok, just saw indirects response....good.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's all fixed and if you guys need to run the command its:

chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

and it will be perfectly fine and stick on reboot and whatnot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] RussianMenace:
Run it after the script?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
yes, run it in adb shell (Only if you ran the script before I just updated it)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tonyp22:
Hi everyone. This is my first post here although I have been following the NT progress from posts on androidtablet.net. I just wanted to jump in and thank the smart people here for the progress to date, and for a noob like me to ask if - once Indirect is happy with all the wrinkles being ironed out - an updated step by step could be posted? I've done hacking on non-Android devices in the past, but this is a new area for me.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mva1985:
Keyboard Clicks

After rooting I can't seem to get the keyboard clicks to work or find the setting for it. I chose ADW as my default launcher. I'm posting this again because I think my last post got "lost"

Thanks for any help
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] codygs83:
ahaha I finally got it!

was having troubles with the drivers and finally used usb deview to uninstall all android drivers, then it worked like a charm!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SkierHiker:
Arrg. I just re-rooted and forgot to put in the SD Card, then saw the message saying you can't copy the files. Can you provide a link to the files? In the meantime, I'll keep looking for them. Thanks.

Never mind, found it at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1405418
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SkierHiker:
Nook Reader not working

I did a full de-bloater root on my NT and installed the Nook Reader for Android. I have the Kindle and FBReader installed. However after installing the Nook Reader, it doesn't do anything when you click on it. Any ideas what is going on?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 424aca:
A little Hint Hint

If some of you guys are wondering if you can use another launcher other than the ones given, such as if you have a paid one (Adw ex) then just get that file

and copy it to the

C:\ntroot\launcher section

then just rename it to one of the other launcher names and copy over

besides home catcher (naw ****)

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It says that i do not have an sd card installed

i do

and this is after the complete root, i saw that you needed to do something with titanium backup.

i restored the three files thing and it restored the data. nothing changed in my version though
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ryanmfraser:
I had to freeze device manager in TB first. Then restore DevManager, then unfreeze. That was the only way it worked for me. Not sure if it matters. Worth a shot though.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Digital_Biped:
I didn't have to freeze mine beforehand.

I would say just keep trying till you see the happy 9.9.9
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] fortunz:
First, thanks everyone for the tools and assistance, and especially the OP.

I followed Albert's videos. I verified that 1.4.0 is still on my device, only connected to wifi long enough to download tgps. I enabled usb debugging, disabled auto mount and usb debugging connected does show in the notifications area of my NT. I have an sd card in the NT's slot. Installing the adb drivers went without a hitch and the NT shows in device manager under Android Phone -> Android Composite ADB Interface.

The problem is, under step 7 of the OP, I see no device listed when I run nookandzergy.bat from ntroot. Just a blank line.

I've rerun it several times, I've restarted the PC, restarted the NT (while checking to make sure Device Manager still shows it, and re-disabling automount on NT), deregistered and restored the NT to stock and started over, uninstalled the adb composite driver and started over, followed the troubleshooting guide at lilliputing (most of the entries were already present), and still a blank line is in the the nookandzergy batch instead of my device. I think I've run out of stuff to try.

I run Win7 sp1 pro, fwiw. I gave it a shot on my XP home netbook and got stuck at the same point, though I only did that once. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Edit: nevermind folks. I restarted my machine one more time, and my NT finally came up on the adb device check. Thanks again for the great tools, sorry for the interruption.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
I can confirm Maps works. Also Google Earth and most of the aps from my phone that make sense without GPS. Got stuck in the rooting script when it checked for the SD card. Nook was already rooted with gapps so I downloaded Titanium Backup from the market and ran Indirect's block after copying the three files to the Titanium Backup folder. BTW when you use the restore feature in Titanium be sure to get all three files from your phone and restore apps & data. Duplicates what's on the phone.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] promek:
do you or anyone have wifi location working on google maps?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Changelog:

6.0: Added ricochet1k's SystemUI mod to have perm back / menu button on status bar + have N automatically redirect to home on first click

6.0: (continued) fixed the sdcard check for users since Zerg causes auto unmount of the sdcard
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SkierHiker:
Can you post the link to ricochet1k's SystemUI mod so I can add that into my rooted NT? Thanks.

Update: Found the mod at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1415075. Make sure you change the permissions after you copy it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DeanGibson:
BETA: v1.4.1 with full root and Android Market access

See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20775924
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gwreedak:
sdcard check?

I can do the SystemUI mod, but is there a simple fix for the sdcard check w/out rebooting again?

Thanks ~ G
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, I already fixed it.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] blueeyedsusan:
I'll figure it out later, but thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tq745:
ahh! i forgot to click the settings menu and choose usb development. and now i can't get back to the menu. is there another way to get back to that menu?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] promek:
do i need to re-apply the whole script just to update the system UI

or how do you update the system UI only?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] blueeyedsusan:
me too

I don't know what to throw in there to fix those 2 things

I ran the script the last time but what do I do for these?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ryanmfraser:
If you've got the tgps launcher app installed on your device you should be able to search for the app using the "n" menu, launch it, hit start and go through the development settings that way. That's the point of the app. It should also be in your downloads notification in the bottom left corner. OR just redownload the app.

Edit: Actually the app wouldn't be installed. So either relaunch the download or redownload would be your options. It will take you through the same steps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mac4rfree:
Guys, if i understand correctly, i need toggle off wifi once i downloaded the tgs software from XDA, and follow the rest of the steps as shown in the video.... i am going to get my NT today...

Can somebdy help me...

Cheers!!!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cfoesch:
Yes, turning off the wifi in general is a good idea, to ensure that your tablet doesn't randomly decide to download an OTA.

Once you have rooted your system, and followed the steps to block OTAs with that root process, then you should be safe to re-enable WiFi and just leave it sitting there. However, none of the roots out so far automatically block OTAs.

I'm working on snowball-mod which will apply to a fresh Nook Tablet, and automatically apply the OTA block and not require using TitaniumBackup. This simplified and automated process should hopefully reduce the number of people having OTAs apply.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cfoesch:
Under suggestion, the post now contains a screenshot of what it would generally look like at the first reboot into snowball-mod. As I noted, it's kind of boring, and unimpressive.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SkierHiker:
How did you do the SystemUI mod? This is the last thing I would like to get working before turning the NT over to my wife (it was a Christmas present and she has patiently been waiting for it). I have searched for posts by user ricochet1k but have not found anything.

Update: Found the mod at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1415075. Make sure you change the permissions after you copy it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
Hello, i see some users have reported that their tablet doesn't charge while being ON only charge when off after apply this method, is anyone looking into this issue:confused:

Thanks for the hard work to all the devs
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mac4rfree:
Yeah,, i have successfully rooted my NT after having some issues.... but one question is there no USB charging enabled??????

because the charger i got with nook will not work in my country(india)... trying to get a converter... :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cfoesch:
How are they attempting to charge, where it is not working? From the computer? The mA drain for the charger is well over the USB maximums, and thus attempting to charge from the computer is generally a losing proposition, unless you're off of course. Then no matter what piddly charge comes in, it can charge. Of course, this would also take forever.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1400872
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mac4rfree:
So we will not be able to charge when the nook is on??????
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
Can you charge it in the car for now?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Karma79:
FOTA last night??

So I guess I missed the step about turing off the OTA updates and my nook downloaded and installed the OTA last night!! Hopefully i'm not screwed!! :)

Ugh....now it requires an SD card to download files.......le sigh......:(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cfoesch:
Everything I hear about the crap B&N pulls to make our life harder trying to keep us in their walled garden just sounds like one big crazy joke... :(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gratefldiver:
Indirect, thanks to you and Albert for your selfless effort to help the NT community. I just sent $10 as a small token of appreciation. Keep up the great work!

Jon
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SkierHiker:
Here here. 10 bucks coming your way too. I just hope that everyone else who has successfully rooted their NT and are happy do the same.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mac4rfree:
Well i got a converter for my charger, now i am able to charge it from the socket... need to check whether i am able to charge it from laptop though... :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevalin:
Has anyone else had the issue of gapps crashing? I did everything instructed, and tablet worked wonderfully last night, but this evening (about a half-hour ago) gapps crashed and will not uncrash, even though I've turned the tablet off and on. I can't access my home screen (and by extension, any side-loaded apps), because the launcher choice screen becomes one big jittering, unresponsive mess.

Another issue, smaller than the first, but very annoying: every time I unplug my tablet from my pc, then plug it back in, I have to uninstall the damned H/drive, which is what the computer thinks my Nook is. Once I do so, the Nook shows up fine in My Computer, etc.

Anyone else have these issues--and a solution for getting back into my freaking Nook, ideally without having to bring it back to factory state? By the way, it was still on version 1.4.0 when I did the rooting, and I've kept the Wifi off while waiting to install the OTA killer. That's what I was getting ready to do when gapps crashed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
7.0: Allowed recognition of users that used ADB Hijacker app to allow for system mods to occur even if you didnt choose them with the script originally

Meaning even if you were "half rooted" or you want to apply something that came as an update, if it finds a file that was installed with the ADB hijacker app, it will allow you to continue!

edit:

7.0.1: Fixed minor bug where systemui mod was not being properly installed (wrong command was used) NOTE: You will get force closes from the systemui until the script finishes and reboots your tablet. Do not under any circumstances reboot before the script finishes otherwise it might really mess up your tablet. (not brick, just cause problems)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mac4rfree:
i set my time to my timezone,,, but my time is wrong.. Can somebody help me out with that..

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] MPdesign:
Root said no no SD Card

I rooted and it appears to work but I have a few problems:

#1 per the below, it said that I didnt have an SD card. But I do. It is 32 gig Micro SD Class 4 that the Nook would let me view the files on... The SD card was in the nook.

Because it said no SD card, then it didn't install the titanium backup.

now I have what appears to be working fine in honeycomb but the OTA update may get me at any time.

When I try to connect to the computer again, NookandZergy wont see the device to do anything.

Problem #2

I have tried to download titanium from the market twice and it doesnt show up. I need to stop the OTA before it gets me. I have downloaded other stuff from the market and it shows up, just not titanium.

Donations to Albert

and

Indirect when I get this all working. :cool: Thank you all.

I got it all fixed. I used the free titanium app and that worked. No other problems.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jreed012:
Not sure why, but same thing happened to me and my wifes Nook. I followed all the directions here just a few days ago (after subject changed to "block otas") Any idea what I missed in the process? I'm now on 1.4.1 now. Anyway, thanks for your hard work on this indirect!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
The problem with SDcards is that you need to take out, put back in, unmount, take out, then replace and it will work fine. I believe I actually included a copy of titanium backup with my script to be installed

But regardless, here is a link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15069134/Titanium.apk
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] MoneyBlind:
Just updating a possible problem, my nook also updated after rooting and installing gapps.i did not attempt to block OTA outside of installing gapps. Hope this helps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobapunk:
I need to do a bit of a custom run of this root bat file.

The Nook is technically my wife's (I bought it for her for Christmas) and I already rooted it once. She did not like the fact that she could no longer get to her email app from the Nook home. What I am trying to accomplish is to have the Nook 100% Nook for my wife but have the ability to switch to an Android Tablet.

Cfoesch instructed me on how to edit the .bat so that it would not push the email.apk and I am good with that, it is really simple. I am also going to not push Gallary.apk because I am worried that it break her "Media" app from Nook Home. I am also wanting to not replace the stock keyboard. I want to keep the stock keyboard, then go through the how-to so that I can install different keyboards and switch between them. Is "LatinIME.apk" the keyboard APK?

Finally, I like the idea of persistent menu and back buttons, but the "n" button must retain its stock function (one press for menu, double press for Nook home) Can this be done or is Button Savior the way to go?

Thanks for helping me keep peace in my house without having to go buy a 2nd Nook Tablet!

Thought I would also add; our NT came with 1.4.0 and has been on WiFi most of this past week and it has not OTA'd to 1.4.1... I did have device manager froze via TiBackup for the short time that it was rooted, but it has been unrooted and on WiFi for all but a few hours.

Finally, last time I rooted, the icons for the Nook manuals were changed. It should not be a big deal, but any idea why or how to revert them back to the stock icon?

Thanks!

ETA< After a little googling it appears that "LatinIME.apk" is teh GB keyboard, so I will just edit the BAT to not install it, Gallery.apk or email.apk and I should be ok...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
I had the same SD card issue. Install titanium from the market and then follow the directions.

Worked fine for me that way.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bldgengineer:
My nook downloaded the update last night apparently. Went to tgps and checked the box again to allow install from outside resources and backed out of it. Still didn't work and double checked tgps and the box was unchecked again. I started running around tgs a little and now its stuck in "manage applications" section.

What's the best thing to do here? I'd like to get it back to where I can download from the amazon appstore and market again.

EDIT: I never did have any luck with getting Ti backup installed. It would say it was installed but I couldn't open it from anywhere even though it appeared that I was rooted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ckevinwelch:
Use this method to go back to stock and use this method to block the OTAs.