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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
OK Everyone.

Here's where we're at. The current build Gonc and I have no longer has what we consider to have been the most important bugs.

These Bugs were:

SD format and bricking issue,

Market app install problem

Various software crashing when it tried to play video (even browser in mobile youtube)

Internal Media partition not mounting

Media partition not connecting to USB host when plugged in

Factory reset after 8 reboots should be fixed

There have been a few other minor fixes too but the above are the most important and common ones.

So now we're about to do some testing. xIndirect has kindly created a sign up form online for people to apply, only those with good android background will be asked to join us in testing and only 10 in total will be chosen.

We ONLY need those with a background in some sort of technical development. We won't have enough spaces for the general user who is only able to "test and give feedback". We need people who are capable of actually helping find and fix bugs so we can progress a little quicker than what Just myself and Goncezilla have been able to do, although I think you'll agree we've hardly been slow considering there is only two of us!

So here's how things are going to work, within the next 24 - 48 hours all the initial test team will be contacted and receive an updated build that I'm puttiong together to test with. After that initial testing is done, we will be contacting all those that kindly donated to offer them a testing build. This is our way of saying thank you for their support. Again this testing will probably be a few days and feedback will be gathered. Assuming that feedback is all positive from both teams of testers and no major bugs are discovered. We will then release on the forum for everyone else :

So lets hope there's no major bugs any more and that this CM7 release is a good stable everyday version for everyone!

P.s. initially only the internal version will be available, we decided to concentrate our efforts on the most popular built first, the SD version will follow along later once the internal version is given the OK appologies if this causes ant problems for people but we needed to concentrate our efforts on one at a time.

May the fun begin!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Where is the sleep policy at couldn't find it? Thanks

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Hey CWS don't forget that reset counter thingy when u reboot so it doesn't factory reset lol

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Mike_IronFist:
Go to Settings -> Wireless & Network Settings -> Wi-Fi Settings -> Press Menu button and pick "Advanced" to access the menu section that allows you to change the Wi-fi sleep policy.

He mentioned earlier in the thread that that fix was already in place and that the next build would have the file in place that keeps the reset counter from going up, so there's the good news with that. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Idk why I couldn't find that damn thing he was hiding trying not to be found thanks iron mike

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
If anybody here knows about APK development can you please visit this thread HERE
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dodgepot:
It's this ROM deodexed? I'm not 100% sure what that means but it's a prerequisite to porting miui

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Even you were a beginner once

If this post helped click the thanks button!

remember QTIP - Quit Taking It Personal
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Mike_IronFist:
I'd just like to confirm to all you folks who have had trouble restoring apps from Titanium Backup that it is indeed directly related to the "Could not install to SD card or USB" error in the Android Market, i.e. trouble with recognizing/mounting the SD card properly.

A work around is to copy the APK from your SD card to a safe place on your internal filesystem (using a file browser capable of root privileges like ES File Explorer) then safely unmount your SD card, navigate to the folder with the copied APK using your file browser, and install it as normal.

Then if you can figure out how to restore just the app data from Titanium Backup, you'd effectively have the same result as restoring normally. This part I haven't figured out yet myself though...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] upcboy:
Wifi "Crash"

I'm using the Internal Build. I haven't been able to reproduce the "Crash" just something to keep an eye out for I mentioned in to Celtic Earlier in the week on the IRC
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] leegoon84:
small question, for internal install, will CM7 rezie the system partition? which is currently at 14GB or so? (you know how it only has 1GB to exchange files when you plug into the computer initially?)

It would be great if we could utilize more spaces

Thanks you
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aszid:
Wow certainly great news that it's moving forward the the big issues are fixed.

I have installed the early alpha and I have had a few weird quirks on my internal install, which I have not seen addressed (or not quite the same).

- When I charge my nook, the power indicator on the cord does not change to green when charging is complete, minor issue, don't really care :)

- Twice yesterday, I unplugged my nook from the charger, and Wifi was stuck in a state of "turning off". After a reboot, Wifi is in an "Off" state, but works just fine after I turn it back on. When attempting a reboot from the shutdown menu in this state, the rom crashes at a black screen (backlight still on), and I needed to hold power down to shut it off to reboot.

- "Mobile standby" is taking a percentage of my battery according to battery stats. Might just be a bad label or something, but it caught my eye. "Phone idle" on the same page, bothered me less, as it's most certainly just the label.

A few app specific issues, that may have nothing to do with the rom:

- Sketchbook mobile when started asks repeatedly to accept the license, and never lets me actually use the program. Seems almost as though the program is restarting constantly. (this never worked on stock, but FCed there)

- Peggle fails to connect to server to download the data files (also was broken in stock as well)

- The dock icons in GO Launcher EX occasionally end up being in boxes that are not correctly sized. Restart of go launcher fixes it, so probably unrelated, though I never had this occur on the stock rom.

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I must admit, the openess which you started this project was very awesome, and although I'm primarily a lurker, it was refreshing to see. I'm rather disappointed that you've opted to close it down to "special" people for the forseeable future, rather than continuing the project with openess as a prime characteristic.

I certainly wont complain or make demands, but I did want to share my opinion on it.

Thanks for all your great work, I look forward to future releases, and as long as bug reports are welcome, I'll keep an eye out for issues.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Know-Fear:
Everything included in the base CM7 kit is deodexed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
NO not fully odexxed, Gimme a bluddy chance! lol
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Not closed for the foreseeable future at all. It's tester, then an early release for donators hen the rest of the world.

The only reason we decided to go testers first was simply that the brick issue was completely un excusable on our part and the chances of which would have been greatly reduced. It won't be long before an updated version is publicly released so nothing to panic about, we just want it in a sort of stable fashion before it is released to people who don't know what they are doing yet that's all.

As my Mam always used to say "It's for your own good!"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
As for the charging my nook goes green on the cable but as for wifi it does hang and i have to reboot. What's crazy I heard it has the reboot bug of factory restoring when it hit like 8 reboots but I swear I done it more than that. But yea in standby it dies alot quicker than stock forsure

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Great cuz then we can use that as a base so i can try and get a boot going on miui. I'm trying to figure out all the files for it

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Oh yes that should be fixed too :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
I figured it was but just throwing out the obvious lol:D

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aszid:
Sorry, I must have misunderstood a bit. I assume you're implying that future releases will be public?

I do want to say, I did download the alpha on day one. Had I bricked my nook, I would have certainly cussed up a storm. But never would I even consider the devs had any responsibility or blame. So don't beat yourself up over it ;-)

Each and every hack, rom, etc that I've ever used or even considered using has come with a "at your own risk" disclaimer, and I'm one of those people that actually reads them.

I'm patient and can wait for the public release. The alpha for me is still far more functional than stock, and I haven't even considered going back, even though I need to work around a few quirks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Yes of course a public release will be coming along hopefully before very long. Just testing has to come first then only fair that donators get a head start on every one else for their generosity and support.

In Short everyone will get it at some point :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
I've connected to two coffee shops, a mall and free wifi at a fairgrounds today with no problem. Internal version.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ae1990:
Celtic

Once we donate where can we find the updated from link for tester I've been on since day one for sure you guys are making big jumps on this device to say the least
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Mike_IronFist:
The current plan is to just have everything mounted when you plug the thing into a USB port, so that you can access it all easily on your computer. No partitions will have to be moved or deleted, which is fantastic news because re-partitioning a somewhat locked-down device like this is not as safe and easy as re-partitioning a PC hard drive.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] boyj600:
I had the same Wifi "turning off" problem and solved it the same way too. I am also curious about the "mobile standby" as well. Is it just a label or is it actively using battery life?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
I think you have misunderstood. It doesn't work like that at all, we're not asking people to donate to get a then we'll give them a link in return, what we said is that we'll be having a testing group over the next few days who will do the initial testing of the new version to make sure there are no major bugs like the first version.

Then once we're happy the new version is safe (no bricks like first release!!!) we'll email everyone that donated and send them a link to download, they get it a little earlier as a thank you for their support. This group along with the original testing group will then test it for some more time supplying feedback and just generally letting us know if there are any problems that will stop it being used as a daily OS.

All being well with the testing it will then be released for general testing to everyone else on the forum :)

New updates will always go out to testers first, we only do this to limit any issues that are caused when new versions are released, we don't want a recurrence of the initial release! It wasn't tested enough so all future version will be tested before general release and using the donators to do this if they are interested seemed like a sensible way of picking a small group of people to test it for us.

Hope that explains everything to you :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Not really looked (and I'm not near my NT right now) but I'll check on mine later, does it have OS or maybe idle as any of the other things consuming power while it's off?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Tablets going strong and i have rebooted plenty of times haven't seen the reset bug yet but wifi hangs and that's about the only big thing. When in sleep for a long while it acts like it can reconnect so i have to reset and all is well again other than that love:D

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] boyj600:
The Phone Idle & Mobile Standby was what I wondering about.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] codygs83:
the only time i've run into the reboot bug is when rebooting with quickboot, it will power off fine, but for some reason if i hit reboot through quickboot it gives me the black screen, not off not on type thing. then i hold the power button to turn off and back on.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
same with me but using the stock reboot actually weird I think reboot just hangs and just stuck

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Was but not ne more so ur gonna have to wait like everyone else sorrie

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] servergod:
Hey all, please PM me usernames for github. a private repo has been created.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ktulu909:
I am running the internal from the initial release and it has worked fine,other than the known bugs.

This morning I started getting random reboots while using Pandora,sometimes after an hour sometimes after a couple of songs.Its interesting because I have been using it all week for pandora without a single issue.3 reboots this morning tho.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Mike_IronFist:
Whoa, okay, this is an odd bug that might need some serious attention...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1491868

Apparently everyone who flashed the internal version of the initial alpha release (myself included) has the EXACT SAME MAC ADDRESS according to the "About Phone -> Status" menu. We've all got this MAC address:

08:00:28:12:03:58

I don't even know how this happened - aren't MAC addresses usually stored in firmware directly on the wireless/networking chipset?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
We spotted this one early on, it appears it also effected the Nook color too. That said I could have sworn we'd managed to fix it! I think we may well have with the new kernel setup but I currenty have a completely bricked NT which absolutely refuses to recover (wasn't done by CM7 by the way ;) )

As sson as I'm back up and running, or IF I'm back up and running I'll check on mine :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
I'll go look at the applications now and see what theirs were like, I hadn't even looked yet as I decided to have a day out wit the wife instead for a change :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brentb636:
If you Google on "NTCM7_beta" , you'll probably find the files.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
In China more than likely!

New version ill hopefully be here within a week or two depending on how well testing goes.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] vandizzam:
I tried donating but couldn't because it was on the UK PayPal? Any way to do it from the US?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
can't it just send dollars anyway ? I've had a couple that are dollars?

If the link doesn't work you can click the button under my name.

If all else fails you could send a personal payment directly to nooktablet@celticwebsolutions.co.uk please make sure you mark it as a nook tab donation.

Thank you in advance :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brentb636:
:)

Maybe Russia ? I've had a lot of luck there .
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
O wow lol he said a week or two mines well just make it "Two Weeks" :D

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Kenobi6680:
I seem to be having trouble with the nook app.

It give me an error: "Problem occurred while trying to synchronize library."

Clearing data (and logging back in) makes it work again, but I'm having to do this 2-3 times per day.

Is anyone else having this issue? It wasn't doing this on the stock rom, and doesn't do it on my HTC Aria running CM7.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Dropepd a clanger there dind't I!

If testing finds bugs though it could be months of course ... Just so you know what to possibly expect. It could just be with testers for a long time yet
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jtbnet:
Paypal US let me donate to Team-B earlier today in pounds... so works
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brentb636:
Have you "blown away" the Nook folder, and then re-installed the APP ? That has been the answer so far !
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Anon9mouz:
Here's for that person that said there charge light doesn't go green

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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] vandizzam:
The link sent me to the UK Site. I'll try the us site later.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tep065:
Yah, I'm having same issue
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rbellis:
I had that issue and was able to fix it. you need to go into your SD card and delete the nook folder and reboot your nook. Once it powers back on...just download the app from the market again. I did this and now it works perfectly!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
You can still og in with american details though, I often log in on the america website when being sent there form donation links form other threads.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] StridAst:
Curious, are the video drivers updated in this next version of cm7? or will hulu still have fits? :D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Gonc and I managed to get drivers updated and things have improved, acording to antutu we're now just in front of the Kidnle fire on graphcis now.

I don't have hulu login details to test though, if you fancy sending me login details via PM I'll be happy to test and improve it for you :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] vandizzam:
Just tried it again. Swiftkey was adding an extra space after my email log in so I couldn't log in. It worked after trying a new keyboard.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Just noticed you're not in the list lol. Think you're a tester too unless I'm mistaken :)

I'm pretty sure you made the grade ;)

Very short update about progress and whats happening added to second post at satart fi thread now :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tonyp22:
CWS, I'm still a "SD first, internal next" sort of person, so I'll be happy to test the SD card version once it's available.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Kenobi6680:
Looks like I've got the same error today after doing this last night.

My process was:

1) Uninstalled Nook app

2) Deleted /mnt/sdcard/Nook

3) Rebooted

4) Installed Nook app
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
We're going to be adding some security to the build that's being tested.

There'll be a few different security systems in place which will make sure the build doesn't wander and more importantly take sthe pressure of the testers, not worth anybody asking them about it because even if a tester did send it it would be useless.

We're looking for a bit of a Kernel guru to help out because one of the security measures is going to be of kernel level.

Anybody on here fit the bill? If so drop me a Pm and we'll get you on the team
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] moukazwina:
Wow! Is this going to make the 6 o'clock news tonight?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Didn't I just know somebody would quote before I managed to change.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tselling:
No offense intended, but don't you think that is just making additional work for yourselves (and another place for bugs to slip in)? Especially since it will eventually be released to the masses and the security will need to be removed or turned off?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rjmohit:
I agree

I'm sure there'll be MANY who would agree! :-/
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eybarra2:
Is the new version gonna have overclocking capabilities or blue tooth functionality?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Danrarbc:
Yeah lets not over-complicate things here. Closed testing is fine and is how many developers do it, but don't let that get out of hand.

If you really want to do something have the serial go out over email on the first clean boot or something like that. You really don't want to be messing with the kernel.

IMO, I think overclocking should be left to kernel releases, the included kernel should be stability-focused. And I think they've said BlueTooth is lower priority.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jeffml:
I thought the whole idea of this was to look for show stopping bugs and release relatively quickly to the masses? Are you really that serious about worrying about a leak here or there?

If you get out a release every week or so nobody is going to bother trying to "steal" one. The Alpha version is very usable and you killed off a majority of the larger bugs based on your reports so the next one should be pretty nice.

I know I'm just waiting on your kernel config and source so I can add extras that I find useful. This just seems very strange for an "open development" type release. Don't take this the wrong way because I appreciate everything you've done (reason I donated).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aszid:
Wowzers, it seems I didn't really misunderstand that much...... Open project turned into a closed, locked down one... Now with DRM.

Except for special testers and people that buy it, but of course.

On a different note, disabling wifi before the charging avoids the wifi freezing in the "turning off" state, so no need to reboot if you do that.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Goncezilla:
I just wanted to thank everyone who has supported this effort (and not just the ones who have donated). Yes we have receieved donations, and they are appriciated, but we do not ask for them nor do we do this to generate them. Please do not feel obligated to give them, we are not offended if they don't show and we do not prioritize release by them.

All of us are here because we have an honost love for development and open source. I have not been around much lately because of personal conflicts, but I have complete faith in Celtic and Indirect's method here. They have recieved a lot of guidence from other developers on how to proceed and have put in a lot of thier free time to setup a successful test program. This test is only to ensure that there are no dangerous bugs left in the build and it will quickly lead to another release should it prove succesfull.

Please keep in mind that all of our work here has been fleshed out in the open and the source and files of our work can be found on our original CM7 thread should anyone want to attempt to build themselves.

Thanks for you patience, we are looking forward to a release soon.