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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Oh ****, duh. I know why it didnt install SU, i didn't have it added in the version I uploaded. Fixing it now

edit: fixed it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
What do you mean?

BTW, here is the output of Zergy:

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00015118

[*] Scooting ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[+] Zerglings found a way to enter ! 0x10

[+] Overseer found a path ! 0x000151e0

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x40119cd4 0x0054

[*] Researching Metabolic Boost ...

[+] Speedlings on the go ! 0xafd193a3 0xafd3908f

[*] Popping 24 more zerglings

[*] Sending 173 zerglings ...

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !

[+] Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!

Rebooting it now since it unmounted my SD and wouldn't install Titanium to test root...

***UPDATE***

No root still. Guess I need your updated package...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, zerg did it's job but I forgot to reupload the script that added superuser and su to the device. It's an honest mistake of a tired developer. :)

Anyway, you can redownload and rerun.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
So I re-download the Zerg file in the OP and re-run?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
yes, just redownload but first reboot your device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15069134/su.zip

^ just use that.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
Ok so now when I tried connecting to ADB again it keeps starting USB storage mode. What sucks more is that the USB menu app doesn't work (the screen just flickers for half a second).

Gonna factory reset again and re-run root...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
alright, keep us posted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lect1984:
for the life of me, i can't get adb to work. unless i can do everything via terminal emu..
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
I edited the file that came with the nookcolor-easyADB package in the usb_driver folder. In the android_winusb.inf file do a search and replace. Replace all instances of "VID_2080&PID_0002" with "VID_2080&PID_0004". Even if text follows the 4 - basically the 2's get changed to 4's and everything else stays the same. Then you have to manually reload the driver from device manager.

---------- Post added at 12:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 AM ----------

Ok so when I ran the updated script it said it pushed "su" to the tablet. I then ran an adb shell and had a # prompt.

However, after rebooting and installing Titanium Backup, it says it can't get root. Going to dig around some more...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
you need to run the command

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

I forgot to add that command too lol. Fixed though,
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
Damn I don't want to factory reset again. Is there an terminal emulator apk download link you can give so I can manually chmod it?

***UPDATE***

Duh, can't mount R/W without root. Factory wiping again. This time I think we'll get close!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conundrum768:
Here:

Page: http://www.apktop.com/android-terminal-emulator-1-0-32.html

D/L: http://www.apktop.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=5181
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] anlog:
Hey Indirect how about some props as well???
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Just posted you in the credits. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conundrum768:
Great work you two, I've been refreshing this page all night -- watching it happen.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Pito67:
What I did was to create a new Administrator account on my W7 x64 laptop and start from scratch the root.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Got the problem with drivers solved. It's inside of Universal Serial Bus controllers under the name "USB Mass storage device" Just uninstall and update drivers to adb ones. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rei901:
AAARGH!! ADB Drivers!!

This driver thing is making me freaking nuts. Indirect, what do you mean when you say uninstall USB Mass Storage driver and update with ADB ones? HOW? (obviously I know how to uninstall the driver, but what am I replacing it with?)

Hours upon hours. Every post reviewed and every instruction followed. All help gratefully appreciated.

R
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
Once youve uninstalled the drivers, just follow the video. It tells you how to 9nstall the necessary drivers. I know i myself would still be struggling too if it werent for the video.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rei901:
Shortfuse's SuperOneClick

Shortfuse's SuperOneClick has a Zergrush exploit built in. I ran it and Eureka! instant root. Superuser is installed, Root Explorer is installed and permissions granted, and I can see the entire file system. I've restarted and the root stuck.

Google it, download, extract, run, choose Zergrush in the right hand dropdown menu, run, and then donate.

WHEW!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] squeakster:
Just sayin' :p

You don't really have to uninstall, you can just update the driver directly. For people who aren't used to this sort of thing, when the wizard comes up make sure you pick "Install from a list or a specified location" then point it to the usbdrivers folder in the provided .zip file. There's a file in there called android_winusb.inf that will install the driver you need.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BobbyKGrimm:
After numerous attempts the past few days and wasted hours I have finally become successful in this. I too had the driver issues. I used the driver remover, updated any device I plugged in and nothing worked. Finally after watcing the video (thought I was too cool for it) and followed it exactly as he had done and POW it worked. Make sure to look at the debugging options in the video and set it exactly as he did. One setting that I kept choosing (I forget why) was "Stay Awake" on the development screen. Also I tried several different ways of doing this, one was not checking "Unknown Sources" on the Application Settings, having it checked was the last setting I used before it worked. I don't know if these were the trick or not, but doing this and watching the instructions in the video EXACTLY as they are shown made this a 15 minute affair. So happy to be able to do this.

My tablet has gone from a $250 Nook Tablet to being comparable to a $400+ tablet. Yes it's missing key features that some may want, camera, gps, etc. But everyone should have known that in buying the tablet to mod it. Really hoping that there is a built in Bluetooth chip like the previous Nook Color. With that this will be a perfect low cost tablet. Thank you so much to Indirect for this mod and Albert for the video!

The apps I've used here to get me going are Button Savior, ADW.Launcher (I use the purchased EX version) and Opera Browser. Unfortunately Dolphin does not work yet or at least I have not found any info showing otherwise so for now I'm trying Opera out. Sorry for not having direct links to those, I haven't posted enough yet to allow that.

BobbyKGrimm
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] hterzian:
How to transfer epubs in the protect data of BN

Now that tablet is rooted, I wanted to know how I can use the protect data area of 15G (16G - 1G for personnel data). I want to be able to transfer ebooks from the accessible 1G to the protected area as though I have bought it for BN.

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Pretty sure that you can do that with Root Explorer or something similar.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] J3STUR:
Yay, Just pick up the nook last night at 3 in the morning at best buy, lol. Gonna give this a try right meowz!! Thanks indirect for the root guide!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] hterzian:
I tried but I am not sure in which folder to copy. I copied in the same folder were the book i have bought are but it does not show in the reader.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kbs24:
I changed my hardware installation method in advanced settings, and the nook is showing up now in device manager as an android phone, after updating the drivers. But, in zergrush, no adb devices are found. I have tried everything but cannot get it to show up in adb. very frustrating. I have rooted several android devices including my nexus one, a pandigital reader, an original nook, and a kindle fire. This Nook tablet is the only thing that ever gave me a problem. oh well. at least I can sideload apps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Are you sure that you ran runmefirst.bat and what exactly does it say under android phone in device manager?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rcchusid:
Custom Keyboards

Will rooting allow use of custom keyboards?

So far I have held off on rooting as between side loading programs and using other utilities here I have the tablet doing pretty much what I want in terms of avoiding the B&N stuff and using it as an Android tablet. The biggest problem remaining is that I would like to replace the built-in keyboard with a custom one but the setup menus never allow this choice. Anyone have any ways around this limitation, or does it still exist after rooting?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yes, there is a thread in another section (themes and apps)

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rcchusid:
Rooting and Amazon Video

I have read that Amazon videos from Amazon Prime do not work on a rooted nook tablet. Now that more people have rooted, I'm wondering if this is really true, or if others have it running. For now I do have this working fine after side loading onto an unrooted tablet, and am trying to balance benefits versus limitations (such as any programs which might not work) before deciding whether to root.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
Do you have AndroidSDK installed? The first couple of times I tried to root, it didn't work, so I decided to just try installing AndroidSDK and then used command prompt to list adb devices. It appeared there and so I closed it and tried Zergrush again and that time it detected it.

I know Indirect's files already have ABD in it, but for some reason (even if only coincidence) it didn't work for me until I installed AndroidSDK and looked for my ADB devices through command prompt.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] d0wn10w:
cant launch adw from gingerbread

Happy to say the root and everything was succesful. However i cant select library in the searchable items checkbox selection. So i cant access adw while running gingerbread or have found a way to search for it succesfully. I can boot the nook with adw but as soon as i use the (n) button i revert to ginger. I dont want to use the savior app and want a way to access adw whenever i please or simply replace ginger. Havent seen anything about this online please help!

Update: factory reset and i still cant select library in searchable items. I bought my nook today on black friday maybe the updated it so it cant be selected
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kbs24:
It says Android ADB Interface.....

---------- Post added at 09:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:23 PM ----------

Yes I do have SDK installed and I tried going through the command prompt, no devices are found....

To be clear, when I first connected the Nook to the PC, it was identified as a disk drive, and there never was a yellow indicator in device manager indicating drivers were not installed. So I tried uninstalling and updating etc etc but to no avail. I am able to load apps and I got GoLauncher ex and Button Savior so I can get to whichever home I want, but I just can't get the adb drivers properly installed. As for the USB mass storage device, I cannot identify which my nook is connected to even though I removed all of the other connections to my hub. I even tried connecting the nook directly to the usb port on the back of the pc instead of the hub. I have been at this about 3 hours now, with a break for dinner!! Thanks to all for any and all help!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It needs to say composite adb

Uninstall then install drivers to the nook tablet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kbs24:
Okay I just uninstalled the android phone and the drivers as well. then rescanned for new hardware and the MyNook came back as a "portable device" in device manager. when I try to update the drivers for it, it is labeled as a wpd file system volume driver, and then when I navigate to the folder with the android drivers, i get a message that there are no drivers there for my device. which makes sense, since it is looking for drivers for a volume. I have no idea how to get it to show up as a composite adb. I checked the winusb inf file and the nook is in there in the right place etc, so that can't be the problem. The problem I think is the way my windows7 64 bit is recognizing the Nook immediately. Is there a way that I can change the designation of the type of device from wpd volume driver to something else, would that do it maybe?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
uninstall the "Mass Storage" device under Universal Serial Bus controllers at the bottom of device manager.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kbs24:
i did as you suggested, uninstalled the usb mass storage device which was the nook tablet. It no longer appears as a portable device or a volume in windows. If I rescan and device manager finds it again, and I change the driver for the mass storage device to an Android device and install the adb drivers, then the nook shows up in device manager as an Android Phone. but adb detects no devices attached.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jerrykur:
I am having the exact same issue also windows 7 64bit. I think it may be due to the having a nook color which I rooted. Does, this means the Nook Color drivers are still in there somewhere. Anyone know how to remove those?

On my system(s) if I execute runmefirst.bat as soon as I plug in the NT it shows 2 entries in Device manager under Portable device. F:\ is the emmc drive in the NT and G:\ is the uSD card. If I then run Nook&Zergy adb does not show any devices. I not sure how to proceed at this point.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] itchytweed:
Add another one to the list....

TWO THUMBS UP :D

Had to use a virgin windows machine to load the drivers but once that was done, the rooting process went smooth as silk. I had a bit of a tussle getting it to go to USB debug mode but AppMenu saved the day.

Now to make this unit work the way that I want. I have tons of pdf's that I want to load onto it for work. Now when LibreOffice for Android makes it, this unit will be complete.

It is a shame that B&N chose to sell this locked up the way they did but with it unleashed, this unit really sings sweet :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] skipper86:
Got it rooted.

Thanks so much Indirect, and Albert for the video. I did struggle at first with my Windows 7 machine, could not get it to detect in usb debugging mode, but switched to my sons netbook, and it went smooth as silk. Thanks for all your hard work. Just wanted to say thanks again, your hard work is much appreciated by someone who cannot even imagine how to do all that you do.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Made a new thread in general for the driver fix so people can show that it works or not. If it worked for me, it should work for you.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] J3STUR:
yeah showed up already as an android adb devices on my main desktop 64bit windows 7 computer, so I did it on my windows xp laptop and everything went good. Thanks for root!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] spawn174:
The only way I got this to work is to do the root procedure from a fresh windows xp vmware virtual machine. All attempts to do this from windows 7, virtual or otherwise, have resulted in the OS automatically installing ghetto drivers that keep coming back.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
Updated Nook software disables side loading.

I followed the instructions for side loading some apps and found that they would not install at all. I tried to download several different apps and when they download all I got was a file with a question mark. The reason I posted this here is that I am worried that this root may not work with the newest system software?

Help?

EDIT: When trying to install the TPS apk, the browser "unexpectedly crashes", subsequent attempts yield nothing at all.

This is running the latest 1.4.0 software out of the box.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BobbyKGrimm:
I bought my Nook on Wednesday. It is rooted and is the 1.4 version. If you check my post from a page or two back you can see everything I had to go through to root it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xToxicInferno:
Just wanted to know if you got anymore information on whether or not you can access all 16gb using the root or if you are limited to the 1 GB for non-B&N content.

I have asked this once before but you said you would have to wait till you got your own Nook Tablet which you were getting on Friday, so i was wondering if you had anymore info on it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] d0wn10w:
again cant access adw launcher unless from boot

I posted yesterday that i couldnt select library in the searchable items checkbox. Even after factory resetting i cant select it. I want to re-root however if i cant get to android while running ginger bread there is no point. Please help!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tlephuoc:
How to unblock nook tablet dedicated memory

Thank you Indirect for the video and instructions on rooting the nook tablet. I was able to do it. I have the kindle, market app,... However, after I downloaded Amazon's App Store, I tried to download my apps and it won't let me. Is it possible to unblock BN content storage memory?

Thanks again.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
I GIVE UP!

I have tried every thing I could think of to get this to work. Evey time I plug in the tablet it auto installs the nook driver, even after turning automount off. We need the Clockword mod and multiboot for this turkey.

Its a shame that BN would release such a crippled unit. You can't even get Angry birds free on this thing!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] zikzak1:
Wow

Fought this all day. Running W7 x64. Ended up uninstalling the Mass Storage Device under USB Controllers in the Management console (with the Nook unplugged).

Then plugging in the nook to let it detect the Mass Storage Device again.

At this point W7 installed 2 B & N Nook disk drives (I have a 16g SD installed)

I chose to update the USB Mass Storage Deice. Installed using the have disk option. Chose the Android Composite ADB Interface driver.

At this point when the nook was plugged in, I saw two entries under Android Phone.

I ran the adb devices command and found a device! I ran Nook&Zergy and it went smooth and quick.

I hope this helps someone else a little. Thanks go to Indirect for his fine efforts, and all the others who posted useful information!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jujjk:
You can just sideload Angry Birds, or any game or app, really. You don't necessarily need for it to be rooted for you to install apps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
Worked absolutely flawlessly.

One question, though, how do I get back to the point where I can load things onto my nook through usb? I can't seem to get that option working again.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
No you can't. With the new 1.4.0 software when you download the apk using the browser and then try to install as the video shows it fc's the browser The damn thing doesn't even recognize what an apk file is. Its almost like the installer has been disabled.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jujjk:
Uh, yes you can. I've been doing it since I got it, lol. You should google "sideload apps nook tablet". You just need the TGPS Launcher apk. Tick the "unknown sources" option, and then you're good to go.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
have you done a factory reset?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phil0sophic:
I did the same on W7 except I had to delete one of the phones and both B & N Nook disk drives then ran the 2 proggies without issues...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
Rooted (finally) now to get gapps to work!

Turns out that after many frustrating something was wrong on my host machine (Win 7 64) somehow permissions were wrong to allow me to install the drivers provided here.

On the NT I had to do a factory reset to get to the side loading bit. Hooked up to a different computer and finally got root.

Now to install a proper launcher and the to get gapps working and all will be good.

Thanks to indirect, xdahgary, albert and BobbyKGrimm for sticking with it and helping me through this nightmare!

Hell the TP was easier than this.:D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BobbyKGrimm:
I've installed the amazon app store and am able to download and install some apps, not a lot though. Many are listes as unsupported. Is that the error you are getting?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] clhdpgh:
Anyone having any luck making a launcher the default? I dl'd GO launcher from the market but when you hit the n on the bottom the tablet goes back to its default nook home.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
You need to use the homecatcher apk found in the dev section. Just use that and it will work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
hrm... sounds like someone needs to invest the time into making a central FAQ Wiki until we can get roming done. I see a ton of repeating going on in the forum. I would do it but I dont have time. Have to start preparation for national shelf exam in 3 weeks. Will see if I can whip something up in the next few days in my spare time if My wife doesnt kill me first.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tranzact:
sd card

First off, thank you so much for your work here, man. Thanks to you, I was able to root the NT in no time flat. Much appreciation. Second, I am a total newb---so please excuse me if my questions are kind of annoying for the technologically advanced.

Here's my question---now that I have a rooted NT, can I change the sd card out without mucking up the works/root? I have an 8 gb card in there, but want to switch it out for a 16 or 32 for more storage.

Thoughts?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] xdahgary:
Yes, external storage is not affected by root access.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] FloridaPhil:
Done! Thank you so much!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
Well I'm making progress with this root thing but I'm still hitting a wall.

I updated the drivers and got the tablet to show up as Android Composite ADB Interface (finally). But when I run NookandZergy.bat, I get no device number. Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Is this still a driver issue? Cuz I was able to get the device to show up correctly and update the drivers as instructed, so I thought I was past that particular hurdle. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
You need to run the runmefirst.bat file included with the drivers...Why do people always forget to do that?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
Um but I did run runmefirst.bat before I updated the drivers.

And yet no numbers show up when I run NookandZergy.bat.

Odd.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] yumms:
Are you by any chance running a firewall? When I ran NookandZergy.bat file my firewall asked me to permit a local connection it was trying to make...if so then try disabling the firewall.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] moha34:
1gb memory restriction?

Hello there,

thanks for your hard work, really appreciated.

The rooting; does it remove the restrictions of the nook tablet memory limitation to 1gb? as you know the tablet is currently configured to only 1GB and the rest to b&n.

my question is, does rooting the nook remove this limitation, if not is there a way of removing this restriction.

Thank you for your time and effort.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jimmysuggs:
yumms, I don't seem to have a firewall, but thanks for the suggestion. Anything's worth investigating at this point.

It's weird- the process works exactly the way it's supposed to, except I get no device numbers when I run NookandZergy.bat.

So close, yet so far. :(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] amylyn1970:
I'm having the exact same problem. Hopefully we can get it working.