yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] paulus_01:
Guys (Indirect etc.): great job!

A colleague of mine is in NY at the moment and I've asked for her too bring me back a tablet (living in Europe - NL)....I was going for the fire, being cheap and stuff, but I am glad I checked this thread just before she left...Now I just hope she will get me the Nook tablet and I can start tweaking the device.

Will report back if I get the device and if I succeeded rooting etc ;)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
right click on the barnes and noble drives under portable drives and uninstall.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eddfrank:
i tried that, when i run script and plug in nook it installs drivers... how can i turn off plug and play too?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Should be in settings in device manager somewhere. I'm not on windows right now so I can't screenshot it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] squeakster:
When I was doing this on XP, the solution wasn't to uninstall that one, but to go to Universal Serial Bus Controllers and update the drivers for the usb mass storage device there. After doing that, it prompted me to install a new device again, so I just pointed it to the same USB drivers and everything was gravy.

When I uninstalled the portable drives, it was just reinstalling them right away. I couldn't update those drivers either, which makes sense.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xToxicInferno:
Alright i got a quick question, i do not own a Nook Tablet yet, (will be getting it for x-mas) thus i can't figure it out myself, and this thread has over 30 pages of responses so i did not read them all.

My question is this, does this root alleviate the 1 GB of storage for non-B&N limit or is that still a issue? If it does not, do you guys think it is likely a way to get rid of the limit will ever come out?

Thanks for all the hard work you guys have done.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Well, yes and no. Some people have managed to bypass it and I'm going to work on it when I get my nook tablet either friday or saturday. :)

All of your apps are installed to /data/app though so you can install 15gb worth of apps for now until we actually have a solid fix on what to do to bypass it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Torrential91:
Hey Indirect, I'm not savvy whatsoever with rooting (as I've never done it before), but when I get my tablet I'd rather not void my warranty if a problem should arise...is there any way to dual-boot the Nook with a microSD card as of yet? I didn't know if there was a way to do that with anything you have here, or if that's another issue entirely.

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Not without a cracked bootloader. Its really frustrating and its mounting the system weird so wait until i get my tablet friday for a full working reverse of the root.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Torrential91:
Great, thanks. :) I'll be sure to stay tuned. I won't be getting mine for a while, but I'm reading up on all this stuff as much as I can.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zanderman112:
Smart move. I'm doing the same.

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snapplex:
Just so im tracking...is the only benefit to rooting the tablet right now the ability to remove unwated bloatware?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zanderman112:
Basically, but you can also do anything a rooted phone can do on a stock rom.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lanceot:
Brilliant! I finally got this to work....I switch from my desktop to laptop to make this work correctly.

Thanks for this!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Happy to help the community. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
Odd. I tried it a few times and it didn't take until I installed the Android SDK. I suppose it could be just a coincidence...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AugustusBot:
I was running nook&zergy... following along with the video, and it stopped at one point.

Rush did it ! it's a GG, man!

Killing adb and restarting as root... enjoy!

success

remount succeeded

127kb/s (22228 bytes in .170s

127kb/s (22228 bytes in .170s

260kb/s (413129 bytes in 1.550s

then frozen. According to the video, it should (i think) copy on a busybox apk and then ask me about instaling gapps. Thoughts?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's probably pushing the APK. Just let it run for a few minutes.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AugustusBot:
been waiting a good 10 minutes now.

What harm would occur if i just closed it and... reran nook&zergy?

there's a window up asking if i want to format disk G. Perhaps that's what's holding up the .bat?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
That is actually possible. close it out then just reboot and run.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] shazamizer:
I could not find the Thank You button. Maybe I'm still in a noob usergroup and haven't gained my stripes yet. But I just registered to say, Thank you for turning my $250 brick into a useful Android tablet. When I got that thing from the store and turned it on I almost wanted to cry after I saw how much B&N was charging for their abysmal junk.

I have one question to ask, is there any way to move/customize the tiny black nav bar at the bottom. I'm not sure what you guys refer to it, but it contains the "Back" and "Options" buttons. In GO Launcher, that ribbon/bar covers part of the screen and makes it difficult to view app options. Would that be something ROM related?

I truly appreciate your hard work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's unknown what we can do with it right now it's probably in systemui and framework-res
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] shazamizer:
Cool, well consider me another guinea pig in the pack. The Warranty and she's gone, so I have nothing to lose, as long as I can unbrick it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snapplex:
Rooted. :D

Thanks Indirect and all those who posted bits and pieces. I'll come back and edit with what I did for those having issues win Win7(64x)

edit:

*Tried to add every step I did to get everything working, so it is kind of long.*

-I do not have 8 posts so you'll have to replace the "xxxx" with "http"

-I was receiving the two B&N items in device manager problem, drivers are not compatible error, and windows automatically reinstalling drivers that I did not wanted installed for the tablet.

How I got everything to root using Windows 7 (64x)

I bundled all the tools I used (Indirect's batch script, the usb drivers and usbdeview) into a NT-rootusbd.zip file.

0) Make sure your tablet is not connected via USB and side-load AppMenu(xxxx://comptonsoft.com/test/AppMenu.apk)" from your device. (You will have to use the tablet's default browser to access the website, download it, and then it should install like any other .apk)

0.5) Access the search menu from your tablet, pull up the AppMenu application. Click Open Application Settings ---> Check "Unknown sources" ---> Development --> Check US debugging, stay awake (2x - one at the top/bottom), and uncheck Auto Mount.

1) Download NT-rootusbd.zip from (xxxx://hotfile.com/dl/135842071/36fbc3a/NT-rootusbd.zip.html) on to your computer.

2) Extract the files.

3) Right-click usbdeview and open as an administrator.

4) Select all the listed devices and select the Recycle bin. (This will uninstall them.)

5) Goto Control Panel > Advanced System Settings > Hardware Tab > then click "Device Installation Settings". Change this setting to "No, let me choose what to do", and make sure "Never install driver software from Windows Update" is checked below that.

6) After all that has been completed, connect the tablet via USB.

7) Run "runmefirst.bat" from the cmd prompt. (It will walk you through disconnecting and reconnecting the usb cable, followed by opening the device manager.)

8) After that you should see the "Nook Tablet!" show up in the device manager.

9) Right click and update the drivers (point to the folder where you extracted the zip file. -- i.e. ..\ntroot\usbdrivers)

10) Uncheck "show compatiable devices" if this is checked and select the first choice "Android Composite ADB Interface" (It'll prompt about installing unsigned drivers.)

11) Assuming the drivers installed correctly, run "NookandZergy.bat" from the cmd prompt and after walking through the prompts you should have root on your tablet.

Hope this helps others.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] AugustusBot:
Not sure what happened that first time... but it attempted to format the drive and prevented the packages from fully installing.

i did the power on/off 8/10 times thing and it factory reset, then ran this nook&zerg again... worked ... "flawlessly" ? :).

Thank you so much.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eriepiper:
Root Successful, can't find downloads

It only took a day, but I successfully rooted my nook tablet. I can access the android market place and download apps. I can play them initially after downloading, but can't find where they went after that. How do I access my installed apps on my rooted tablet?

thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
1) install a custom launcher now to easily access them

2) use the "search" function that comes up after you press the n button once and search for the app name
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snapplex:
Do you know if having the ability to add apps to the default nook home would be feasible or does that require boot loader modifications?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jdubr:
I'm interested in this, too.

I'm running a different launcher but still have the home button taking me back to the default Nook home (I'm doing this by choice--I tried the HomeCatcher app and it worked perfectly--I just like being able to get back to the stock home).

I'd like all my apps to show up in both places just like books do, that have been side-loaded.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] snapplex:
^^ I'm using the Go Launcher, but am playing around with getting my apps to show up on the nook home. Lord willing I won't break my device. lol.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PurpleSh4rk:
For those who are having issues having their device show up when you run NookandZergy.bat even though it already shows up as a ADB device what you need to do is right click the device then Update Driver Software and then Search Automatically for Updated Driver Software. It will install it as a USB composite device and the device with now show up when you run NookandZergy.bat
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
I tried just that but I get the following error message:

"Windows was unable to install your NOOK Tablet. Windows could not find driver software for your device."

I've been at this for hours now while trying everything I've came across and seem to have no luck getting NookandZergy.bat to recognize my device. :( Any help will be appreciated!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TKENNEY:
Read my post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19581949
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
I'm not sure if you understood my question, TKENNY. I was able to see my Nook Tablet with the "!" symbol next to it. I followed Indirect's instructions word for word but when I ran the Nook&Zergy.bat, it didn't list anything for me. I seem to be stuck at a wall here :confused:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Please tell me you ran runmefirst.bat
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
I did! I got the Android Composite Device to come up too. But when I try to continue, it stops me :[
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phizle:
Just wanted to thank you Indirect for a beautiful script that allows users like me to enjoy the better things in life
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eddfrank:
Ok thanks to indirect and squeakster i am trying to run the root with being able to install drivers.... Ill keep you up to date thru post...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
1) Do you see the little android bug in the bottom status bar when it's plugged in?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
Yep! I tripled checked to make sure that it was there.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Try rebooting your tablet and PC and re-enable USB debugging. *you need to recheck it. as well as uncheck Auto-mount again.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
Just tried it. No dice :[
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
do me a favor and type this in command prompt

type "%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
To be honest, I never understood what that meant.

I went to start menu, brought up the command prompt via cmd and typed in what you wrote inside the quotation marks:

%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini

I got the following message:

'C:\Users\Kevin' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Help!

I started to follow the directions in your post to root from my PC. I got all the way through step 6b. It showed up with the updated drivers and changed from a Nook to an "android phone" (android composite adb interface) as in the video. However, when I got to the next step (ran nook zergy), it did not recognize the number of the device; it showed up as blank. When I answered "n" for no, it said something like "I need to make sure you didn't lie!". It then ran through the scripts, said it installed root and gapps, but it is still stock nook. Never restarted, so I restarted it on my own. Nothing is different. Not sure what happened/went wrong. Any suggestions? I tried to go in and delete the files from my PC to redo it, but it says they can't be deleted now...goin on 3 hours of working on this and starting to get frustrated...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Restart your computer and you should be able to root. I'm really not sure what the problem is though. I'll try to recreate it on friday when I get my nook.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Thanks, restarting now. Reset nook as well. Could just be that my pc is a pos. Usually use a mac; now mac user, though, so not as familiar with its os and more comfortable trying this on the pc for that reason...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Kevin, you need to actually use the quotes.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eddfrank:
no matter what i do i cant get my computer not to autoload the nook drivers for "B&N Nook Tablet USB Device". I did get it to let me install "Android Phone" device, but now zerg script is not showing it as a device. I have tried to install drivers on everything, and tried to just let windows install drivers, but no luck. heres what i have in device manager thats nook related:

------Android Phone

-Android Composite ADB Interface

------Disk Drives

-B&N Nook Tablet USB Device (x2)

------U.S.B. Controllers

-USB Mass Storage Device

-USB Composite Device

Again, i am on windows xp, and cannot find a way to disable the "B&N Nook Tablet USB Device" from auto loading...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
android composite adb device IS the nook tablet. Run "runmefirst.bat" if you haven't already and then you should be good. Also do adb devices to verify your nook is connected.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
Upon typing the following code (with the quotation marks):

"%USERPROFILE%\.android\adb_usb.ini"

I get the following message:

"The system cannot find the path specified."

Did I miss a step?

Thank you, Indirect, for your patience! I really appreciate it!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eddfrank:
Tried to do it, but still not showing up as a device in script. ANd the adb.exe isnt working, just flashing a dos screen, i snapped a screen shot, but its all random...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's not supposed to be ran by double clicking. It's a command line utility.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
You didn't run the runmefirst.bat file kevin. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] elrui:
Thanks Indirect!

Bought the Nook Tablet today, and first thing I did was root it. Didn't work on my desktop (I think it was because I hooked it up once to test moving files over using the normal usb mount method). Worked perfectly on my laptop.

So is there anyway to make Go Launcher stick? Or at least drag it out on the nook desktop to make it stay there?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Deregistered my nook (again) and restarted the computer. Still showing up in devices as android composite adb interface, but still got the same error when trying to run the zergy. Message: " 'adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. did your nook tablet show up? y or n"

When I enter "n" I get the following: "your phone is a nook tablet meaning we can continue!" I hit y, y for root and gapps, but I get the same error that it is not a recognizable command. Any suggestions?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
Hmm, I tried the entire process once more just now. I uninstalled the Android Composite ADB Interface so that it would turn back into the Nook Tablet with the "!" next to it.

I also took the liberty to delete the folder titled "Chen" in the ntroot folder (I noticed that it wasn't there when I first extracted the usb_drivers and Nook&Zergy into it).

When I ran runmefirst.bat, I noticed that it created the "Chen" folder once more (which had a .android folder in it but it was empty). I tried running NookandZergy once more and the same problem occurred (ie: NookandZergy didn't recognize my device).

This is what I see when I run "runmefirst.bat":

"Access is denied.

Error occurred while processing: C:\Users\Kevin.

The system cannot find the path specified.

success!

now plug it back in."

etc etc.

Does it have anything to do with the error that occurred there?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I screwed up in the script on a single line. My apologies.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Alright kevin, I fixed the runmefirst.bat. Please redownload the usb drivers pack and enjoy root. :) Anyone else with problems but having done everything right, redownload the drivers. I found out that I missed a "" in my script so it was causing a bad directory to be created that we didnt want. It was fixed though so we're good!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Is this updated on the first page?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, same links and everything.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
Indirect, you are a miracle worker. Thank you! And I truly appreciate you being so patient with me :D!

Next up: CM7! (I hope!)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Be sure to post and let me know if you get it rooted though! :D I'm curious to see if all the time I spent helping you guys works out. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zanderman112:
I can't wait to get my Nook. Hopefully soon.

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES phone, running "two.three.five"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Mine is showing up friday afternoon. :D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kevin_chen:
I got it to root! Yesss! Thanks again!

Last question: I saw that the NookandZergy.bat had also installed gApps too. But where can I access them on my Nook?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Still no luck...going to bed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zanderman112:
I, sir, am jealous. I have to wait for a check to come in, and for my parents to pay me back $130 lol
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Just use "search" and it will pull up google search and you can access market to download a new launcher there. *type in Market* and you will see

Market

Application

Sorry man, perhaps try a new PC or restarting your computer and tablet with all settings properly enabled.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mlb107:
Ok, decided to try ONE MORE TIME before I went to bed...and it WORKED! Oh glory day! Finally! I don't know what was different this time, but so glad it finally went through...thanks again! Still can't believe you did all this without even having a tablet of your own yet. You rock! Thanks for all your help.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Glad it worked for you man. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sivasamraj.m:
I followed the instructions from here - http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/165554-usb-driver-general-fix-problems.html and it helped me!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Caterwaul03:
That B&N Nook Tablet USB Device (x2) showed up on my 2nd PC in the kitchen even though it's a fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit with full windows updates and nothing else really. I never plugged the Nook into it before.

Then I plugged my Nook Tablet into my HTPC in the living room which also had a fresh reinstall of the same Windows 7 64-bit and the same Windows updates yet that one didn't recognize it and I was able to root mine from there. Strange crap. Both of those computers use Gigabyte motherboards released around the same time except one has HDMI out w/ on-board video (HTPC) and the other uses a PCI-E video card (the one that didn't work).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eriepiper:
Ok I solved the issue of not finding my installed android apps. I had to install the Home Manager app. That puts an icon in the lower left corner of my nook. Activating that brings me to where I can access LauncherPro. Once I've done that I can access everything. The B&N home is still set as default whenever I select Home using the Nook button. I'd like to change that to go straight to my Android desktop, but haven't figure that one out yet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] hao5951:
hey asiq, one question, how did you get a nook tablet in india, did you buy it in US or ..?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] squeakster:
You have to say N not n in the batch file.

I should have mentioned the " thing earlier. The batch file wouldn't have worked for anyone with an account name with a space in it.

There's also a minor bug in the last echo in the script. echoing a & doesn't work well.

This is simply untrue. I registered my device just fine with a Canadian address. You just can't buy stuff from their app store without a US credit card. I strongly urge people not to hand random people in India their accounts.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eddfrank:
I also switched pcs today. Formated my laptop, and installed windows7. After a few driver unistalls and retrys i finnaly got my nook tab rooted! Props to all on forum and mainly indirect.

I can now enjoy the android market!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sivasamraj.m:
If you follow the instructions in the link I posted few posts above you should be able to connect your NT
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jayofdoom:
Thanks so much for this! Especially since you don't even have an NT. If we get a collection together to get ya one, I'll toss in a few pence :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I do have a donation button for that very reason incase I end up bricking mine I can just replace it lol. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Kaninrail:
Thanks again for the work, Indirect! Donation sent :)

I have a few issues I want to run by you guys now that I've rooted. I can't seem to download anything in either the stock browser or dolphin HD, they force close as soon as the download starts (any download). Fix Permissions failed to help :(

I'm also having a weird issue where any launcher I run (I've tried Go EX, HCL, Zeam, LauncherPro) won't let me create folders on homescreens. Depending on the launcher it will either just do nothing or force close. Anyone have any ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
I wiped mine and got back in to enable debugging. I noticed that several of the options were listed twice, so I made sure both were set the same.

I also noticed an option in there called "auto mount". I unchecked it, thinking that it won't act like usb mass storage and will let adb connect.

Gonna test now...

***UPDATE***

Can't get any working drivers going. This is on Win7 x64. Gonna keep trying...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
Having the same problem here. cant get any drivers to work and recognize nook tablet usb drivers in debugging mode for win7-64bit
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
Ok I got the drivers to load... I had to edit the android_winusb.inf file to change the 002 to 004 for the Nook device entry. Testing ADB and root now...

*UPDATE 1*

ADB works... Can't "su" (permission denied).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
mind uploading the drivers you used + the android_winusb?