[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] The_Joe:
(I cannot post links at this time, a quick Google Search or a look at the Topic titled "Full Root")

The goal of this guide:

I rooted my family members Nook last night but got hung up for a few hours trying to get the ADB Drivers enabled. This is how I made it work. This guide will be expanded and improved once I have my own Nook Tablet (Jan 12th).

Things you need:

•	Nook Tablet (Duh)

•	USB cord to go between NT and Windows PC

•	PC with Windows installed (Tested on XP and x64 Windows 7)

•	TGPS_Launcher.apk Installed to your Nook

•	ADB USB Drivers for Nook Tablet Extracted to C:\Ntroot on your PC

•	USBDeView open on the Windows PC

Step 1:

Ensure that your Nook is version 1.4.0 and not 1.4.1. (I will expand this step later when I have a nook in my hand, I suggest a Google search if you do not know how to do this)

Step 2:

Find this thread on your Nook and download the TGPS_Launcher.apk to your device, then install it. This is well covered in many other threads. (Will expand this step when I have a nook in my hand)

You should now be able to allow USB Debugging, and disable Auto Mount. These settings can sometimes change without your permission, so always uncheck and recheck them to ensure they are properly set.

Step 3:

Plug in your Nook to your PC. Your nook should still respond to your commands, if it tell you in USB Mass Storage mode, then retry Step 2.

Go into your Device Manager. If your Nook shows up with a yellow explanation mark indicating an Error, then you’re in business and really don’t need this guide. All you need to do is update drivers from the file C:\Ntroot. However, assuming that your Nook shows up under Disk Drives and USB Mass storage, then ADB wont be able to see your Nook, please keep reading.

Step 4:

Time to start the USBDeview utility. This utility will open to a list of almost all the drivers your computer has for USB Devices. We are going to uninstall a few of them, namely anything that says “Android” “Nook” or in my case, “Motorola”. You do not need to remove any that specify ADB.

Near the top right hand side, you can sort drivers by when the device was last connected. Do this, then remove any utilities used when you plugged your nook in. Done? Ok, time to see if your work was for nothing.

Step 5:

Make sure once again that USB Debugging is turned on for your Nook. Unplug the Nook, then Unchecked USB Debugging and Check it again. Now plug your device back in and check in Device Manager. You will hopefully see one of two things:

A: You will see your nook with a yellow error icon next to it, which means you just need tell it to update from C:\Ntroot.

B: At the top of the device manager you will see Android Devices, and your nook will show up as Android Composite ADB Interface

If your Nook is still showing under disk drives and mass storage, then try steps 3 and 4 again. Still having trouble? Do a factory reset and try again from step 1.

You should now be able to run your rooting program!

(I feel this should be in the Dev forum, but this is my first post and I was not allowed. Perhaps a mod would like to move this topic?)

I plan on purchasing my own Nook on the 12th on Jan, at which point I will add pictures and expand on my guide. This guide is written from memory and will be edited and improved.

Please consider this guide an Alpha Version :)