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[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
Way to go!

Wow... amazing! Way to go!

Yeah-- gotta make sure that's the case-- don't want to get into a bootloop situation in the other direction, so make sure the menu will override the behavior if the file isn't found. (It should... but if it did, wouldn't that let you get out of a busted recovery loop now?) You might need to move things around to give the menu priority. I can't remember :P
[Nook Color Android Development] ahnuts72:
Disregard i was being impatient after an hour or so of pulling what little hair

i have left out and wearing google out i found what i needed to know.

I was wanting to change the menu to what's on my nook instead of

just mmc or sd.

I have compiled a few apps for ubuntu when I couldn't find a deb package have compiled cm from source a couple of times but im not sure on the build tools or how to configure the build for this .

Im trying to learn a bit instead of asking for someone to do it for me

but im not sure how to configure the build or which config file to use.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nook Color Android Development] mateorod:
If you're just asking how to compile the uboot, this is where I learned it.

Git clone the verygreen bootloader, but make sure to switch to the cb branch to get the latest changes.

Edit: Just saw your update. I was responding to an email alert that just had your original post.
[Nook Color Android Development] ahnuts72:
Thnx mateorod your link was what i found just getting impatient in my old age

i guess.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I though I would describe something that I have developed to aid in getting out of recovery flag bootloops.

I have also discovered what sometimes causes them in the first place. First, the user uses ROM Manager or some other software to set the recovery flag to boot into CWM. The older versions of CWM (3.2.0.1 and older) have an option in the mounts menu to format /boot. Not knowing any better, some users do that. Then they flash their ROM and hard power off to exit. They hard power off either because they did not know they should choose "reboot" from the menu or by CWM locking up when they try. When the user does that, CWM does not clear the recovery flag. So next time it boots, it tries to go to recovery as we have discussed here before. If they formatted /boot, there is no CWM there so we have our bootloop. Fortunately, that option to format /boot is missing in the newest CWM.

What I have done is create a new CWM bootable SD with fattire's/Racks' new version (5.5.0.4) and Cyanoboot. What I have done differently is to not only include CWM as uImage/uRamdisk, but also to include it as uRecImg/uRecRam. In a recovery bootloop, those are the files the system is looking for. Therefore it will boot to them. Then the user can flash the new CWM to emmc to fix the problem. This has worked for at least one user in a recovery bootloop. The new CWM image file is attached to my tips thread linked in my signature.

The reason I am posting this in this thread is, I still think it is a very good idea for the option of clearing the recovery flag to be in Cyanoboot. Mateorod, I hope you are making progress in adding that. It is as important as ever.
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
I thought that was in progress (see previous posts)... Unless it was abandoned (?) in which case I may have to look into it.
[Nook Color Android Development] mateorod:
Hey yeah, still plugging away at it. DizzyDen is lending a hand at it as we speak.

It didn't seem like I was too far off, but I'll be damned if I have been able to get it to act right. I've built and tested MANY times over, but it hasn't come together.

I contacted DizzyDen, since he mentioned being willing to work on it, and he's got my progress now.

So, the project isn't dead, just slow...:o
[Nook Color Android Development] iakovl:
is there any way to flash it from CWM itself?
[Nook Color Android Development] byproxy:
i have cyanoboot loaded to emmc and it's working great.

i'm wondering how i'd put cwm recovery on my sd card such that if/when i have issues and can't load my rom from emmc i can load into the cwm on the sd card to fix things.

right now i have a seperate sd card with cwm on it specifically for fixing the nook but it would save time if i didn't have to swap the card out when i needed to clear and reload.

thanks for the info!
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Reviving this thread:

I've noticed an issue for awhile that CyanoBoot doesn't like that the word "update" is missing from the ROMs, and fails to see the zip if it's missing "update".

Updates used to be formatted as "update-cm-7.0.3-encore-signed.zip". Now they are formatted like "cm-7.2.0-encore.zip". It's easy to add "update-" to the front, but could we modify the search script to look for the new format? If someone can help me figure out how to get to work on it I'd take a shot at fixing it myself.

I'd also love if CyanoBoot was meged into the CM7 branch... but one thing at a time.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
If you are talking about the SD install script for verygreen's SD installation, I have already modified the script to recognize the new naming standard. Look at my tips thread linked in my signature.
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
CB is really a device-specific thing and probably doesn't belong in the cm7 branch. Its more "meta" than any particular os, though it is bundled and installed w cm.

One thought if anyone is looking for a project-- so the acclaim/nooktablet version of cyanoboot is a little ahead of the nc version... anyone want to update the menu code?
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Ahh, didn't know someone had a modified version, but still, if you install CM9 on the verygreen based SD card, CyanoBoot somehow replaces it. Can't we update the version that gets installed with the rom so the modified version is no longer needed, except for the initial SD card install?

So... I rephrase and say bundle with CM7? Is it worth it?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
If you look at my tips thread you will see how the SD install script works. It takes the bootloader (which is what cyanoboot is) from the rom zip and puts it on the boot partition replacing whatever bootloader is there. CM7 comes with the cyanogenmod bootloader and CM9 comes with the cyanoboot bootloader. So the bootloader you end up with comes from the rom zip itself (this is true for emmc installs as well as SD installs).

I think what you were asking is, why has a change not been made to CM7 to replace the cyanogenmod bootloader with cyanoboot just like CM9. I think the answer is that the CM9 git repository for the Nook Color is not an official CM repository so fattire can add whatever he wants without CM approval. So he added his experimental cyanoboot. To add it to CM7 requires that someone submit an official change to CM7 and have it peer reviewed and approved by the CM team. No one has done that.

If you want to put the CM9 bootloader on the CM7 installation just replace the existing bootloader (u-boot.bin) with the one from this thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
It was both really, why it hadn't been replaced in CM7 and CM9, but now I understand it more in depth.

Replacing it in CM7 doesn't seem worth it. But as far as CM9 and CM10 goes, if we have control over the bootloader since it's built from our repo, can't we update it? You have a fix :p That's mostly what I'm asking.

Ease of use - it works out of the box (CM9/10), rather than having to replace u-boot.bin.
[Nook Color Android Development] sisterchick:
Link?

The link in the OP to the u-boot.bin must have gotten eat by the bugs...it is no longer valid. Is there another available? :)
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
Just download a recent CM9 nightly and extract it.
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Should be able to find one here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25354258#post25354258
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
New slightly cleaned up version

I've actually got a new version that has a few fixes:

* Replace "E" and "S" with "EMMC" and "SD" for clarity. This shows you where you're booting FROM.

* fix (I think) bootcount in top left corner to be more correctier. (convert unsigned long to string rather than just unsigned)

* better layout and code parity to match that of NookTablet

* fix to u-boot.altboot and u-boot.device to work properly with the menu (uses proper "1" string detection)

* cleanup to menu layout

* code cleanup (matches NT now)

* moved menu.h to /include directory

* more complete credits to recognize other contributors. Eventually will probably want to eliminate this entirely.

Can someone test this for me? Please verify that it works from EMMC, SDcard, etc. Also that the u-boot.altboot and u-boot.device files in /rom work as expected (set to "0" to create default boot settings which can then be set from u-boot itself)

Also, is there any point in enabling fastboot?

File is here.
[Nook Color Android Development] alienbiker99:
I just swapped this u-boot in... i only boot from emmc. EMMC 01 is in the top left corner and now when i hold n, I am only able to select the internal boot and internal recovery (theothers are all "greyed out") which is a great feature as those are the only two options I use on my nook. Wish i could verify the other options but its working perfectly for me. If the option is available to enable fastboot I think it'd be a nice feature. i don't flash recoveries/bootloaders much on the nook but i do like the ease of use of fastboot. Thanks for the work fattire!
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
Updated!

Thanks everyone who's been trying it. So far, so good.

A heads up-- the source is now moved to NookieDevs here. The top post has also been updated to use the link from two posts ago and now points to the updated source.

Thanks again! In a few days if all is kosher, we can push it to the device to be used in future builds.

ft
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
A landscape oriented cb...?

BTW-- J4mm3r had some code here that I would like to add as well if it doesn't clash with current code. Anyone want to volunteer? The net effect of his code is to allow there to be a landscape version.

I think the square 600x600 grid though he proposed doesn't work with the new menu text placement though... in an early incarnation of the above changes, which was actually over his changes, everything was being written in all kinds of odd places and flowed off the screen in landscape orientation... I would have sorted through the differences in the code, but j4mm3r's changes have so many formatting changes that it was a bit unweildy..

J4mm3r... or anyone else... would it be worth it to sift out the changes and get a landscape cb? Or perhaps we can just put j4mm3r's version, before my latest change, in a separate branch "landscape CB"..?

BTW for those of you who haven't used a recent cyanoboot lately, it should dynamically detect what boot scenarios are available and grey out those that aren't. It also will notice if you have the u-boot.* files in /rom and if so, allow you to actually change your boot preferences from within u-boot's menu itself. (User tonsofquestions deserves much credit for simplifying and refactoring the menu to make it more streamlined and nice to look at.)

You can turn on default boot settings with:

# echo -n "0" > /rom/u-boot.altboot

# echo -n "0" > /rom/u-boot.device

This will determine how it boots by default (sd/emmc and normal/altboot) when no keys are held down. Be sure if you're testing changing a default boot setting that you have an SD or uAltImg/uAltRam for it to boot off, etc. If for some reason it doesn't boot, you can hopefully hold down the N button and select manually and/or change settings.

Always have a bootable SD to boot off if something gets hosed. Anyway, people have reported it works, but it's now open to a little wider testing. Be careful out there.
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
A slightly newer one.

Two more fixes:

Timestamps at the bottom of the menu now show the actual build time and not modification date of the menu.

The "n" glyph is now shorter and fatter, matching the button a little better.

Get it here:

cyanoboot-12-9-20.tar.gz

(updating OP)
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
do you still have the 3/28 version? These newer ones are not working for me. Never had a problem with 3/28. I'll explain whats going on in more detail if you'd like, I just don't have the time now to do it.
[Nook Color Android Development] eyeballer:
If you read back just a few posts someone already posted you can find the old cyanoboot in any one of my CM9 nightly builds.

Also, be interested to know what issues you're having since you'd be the first to report any afaik.
[Nook Color Android Development] Quantumrabbit:
Hey... sorry to noob it up in here, I see a tar.gz, is there a way to get a flashable one, or do you pretty much have to adb a bootloader on the NC? Sorry I'm more used to my HTC devices where everything's flashable.

Also, could I trouble you for perhaps noob-proof install instructions? I'm not really sure how to install the .bin.
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
Actually I posted in your thread about this too. Basically after flashing your latest cm9, it booted fine. I made only minor changes, I.e. removed a few apks, downloaded a couple of apps. Because I had removed some system apps and because I was trying to get Netflix working, I tried rebooting from the power menu into recovery to clear cache, dalvik and fix permissions. It hung on the cyanoboot loading screen for a few minutes, so I held the power button until it turned off. Come to find out, I had lost all functionality of cyanoboot, couldn't boot into anything.

Anyways, made a uSD with cm7 on it, and downloaded root explorer to see what was going on in emmc. There was no longer the u-boot.bin there, so I copied the newest version in /emmc, turned the Nook on, then manually went to the cyanoboot menu. Still no dice.

Thinking one of two things: either permissions are bad, or this newest version just doesn't like my Nook. What I don't get is why when I looked in emmc, how the file was completely missing.

Figured I'd give it a shot with the 3/28 version, since I never had any problems with that one.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that in preparation for flashing cm9, I did format boot. Thought I would be safe since the zip had all those files...
[Nook Color Android Development] eyeballer:
u-boot.bin goes in /boot not /emmc. Either way flashing the latest nightly would give you the old cyanoboot not the latest test one in this thread so I don't think it's a cyanoboot issue at all.
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
I swear that's where I kept it before. Granted, it has been a loooong time since i've messed with my nook. I apologize for the noobness, I swear it doesn't happen often. What would be the easiest way to get cyanoboot working again?
[Nook Color Android Development] eyeballer:
Well /boot (and every other internal partition is on the emmc) but specifically you need to make sure you put it in the /boot partition. If you somehow broke cyanoboot then I'd just use a recovery sd card (CWM/TWRP) to boot off and reflash the rom.
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
unzip it. then it's inside the folder.

---------- Post added at 11:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:14 AM ----------

My way was way more difficult. Forgot about uSD recoveries. Like I said, it's been a while. Thanks for your help and also for providing it nicely :) thanks for all your work here, can't wait to try out your Rom (again)!
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
Very Nice Indeed

Just loaded the 3/28 uboot.bin onto my SD card (replaced older one) and using it with MROM's new ROM. Great combination - thanks to both of you devs.
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
Quick note-- if for any reason /boot isn't mounted, you can manually mount it with this:

# mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boot

(assuming there is a directory /boot)
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
Been looking for that damn command. Thank you sir.
[Nook Color Android Development] -somebody-:
on page 2 or 3 someone made a flashable, just replace the old version in it with the new version using 7zip or whatever and there ya go. i had to do this earlier after redoing my nook from stock again.
[Nook Color Android Development] Quantumrabbit:
Based on this, I made a flashable of the 9/20. It seems to have worked for me, so for anyone else, maybe someone else will find this useful.
[Nook Color Android Development] tambourineman86:
Wow. Just scrolled down on the first page of this thread and what do I see? The command to mount /boot. Goddamn. Me <~~~~~ moron.
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Just installed 9/20 and gave it a test run, looks good :) Just pressed n and switched it to SD normal, which worked.

I like how the unused ones are grayed out. Nice touch.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
question for you all,as i am planing to go in a short vacation to europe,

and i dont think i will have data plan there ,so my question is if i have a gps software installed in my tablet do i need any internet connection ?

do the motorola have gps built in?

thank you,
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
You need a connection to get directions, once you have the directions you can break the connection. It's called agps...and you better hope you don't need to change your route.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
thank you for your reply!

is there any offline maps programs,for france and belgium?

that maybe i still see the map if i am not connected anywhere?

thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anowdee:
Yes it does have GPS built in. Purchase copilot live for the country you are going to visit. Copilot only needs to download data once then you don't need data again.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anowdee:
Oh and you can change routes as often as you like. Copilot will reroute without internet connection as its maps are preloaded. It does use a lot of space though. USA maps are about 1.5g.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tribalb:
+1 for copilot. I have that on my wifi xoom and works great without data. You just need preloaded maps and ur set
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llama-power:
If you only want to see the map, you can use a labs-feature in google maps to download map tiles to your device so they are still available if you go offline.

However, if you're with T-Mobile USA, your xoom should be an everest (MZ601), right? That should be compatible with european networks and you can get prepaid flat rate plans starting at around 10€... I got one of those back when I visited London a few years back, paid like 8£... totally worth it:)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
thanks guys for all that good info!

i got this one here on amazon

i dont know exactly the model number ,but in settings /about it say :

xoom,android ver:4.0.3 build IML77

now,can that copilot be installed on microsd card? i only have 2 gb ,can i add a 16gb microsd to it?

as for the main memory i have 26gb free.

thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
yes,i am with tmobile usa,but i buy my xoom from amazon,

so i dont know how this works...

for 10euro will be nice also to have data connection,i will be for about 12 days in europe.

thanks,
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trig0r:
Maybe a bit late but what are you planing on using the map for, you could always just use google maps and pre-cache the area's you want to visit, perhaps before you leave the hotel or where ever your stopping via a wifi connection?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
"""you could always just use google maps and pre-cache the area's you want to visit,"""

maybe i can do that ,but i have to find out how,

i just want to use the map for france and belgium to find places to see ,eat,sleep,train routes,buses,etc.

thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakson0100:
The Xoom does have GPS built in. You need to cache maps if you want to navigate. If you open the map application without wifi access or caching maps you will see your position on a blank grid.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deech:
Look for Navfree on the Market, works very well, can be used off line as when you install it before you go get the maps you want / need...also now available for USA too, uses free maps and "crowd sourcing corrections"

I use it on both the Atrix and Xoom
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverstorm:
+1 for Navfree by Navmii on the Market.

Works very well in the UK, so imagine it should be fine for other countries in Europe.

You just need to switch on GPS, it doesn't need an active data connection since you have to pre-download the entire map for the country to your sd card.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
thanks guys for your advice,

will use navfree,

regards,

bosanci28
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shpitz461:
Sygic is another great option.

Another one is Waze
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
does waze works in europe also?,hmm did not knew that...

also ya sygic but is paid...

for some reason i have sygic in my xoom ,and it works but it say something to login,activate...but i notice somewhere it say something that is valid till dec 2012!?

maybe the program come from Motorola free for one year?,no clue..

thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sistema1927:
Caching map files before you go or from your hotel wifi works for Google Maps, as I discovered during a recent trip to England.

Another option is Mapdroyd. The maps aren't hi-res, but perfectly acceptable for navigation.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bosanci28:
ok,thanks for that info will try,will go loaded with all app that i can find,to make sure i dont get lost there...:D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alpine101:
In the UK, the best of all is MM Tracker which loads up qct files of real OS maps. You need to find the non encrypted versions of these though... Google maps in the UK are pretty hopeless with lots of errors. They are also just road map style charts, rather than proper maps.
[Epic 4G Apps] Bliger241:
Does anyone know of an app that lets you remotely shut down your phone? I have not lost my phone, I locked it inside my office that I can't get to until tomorrow. Is there a way I can remotely shut it off? I do not want to wipe it or anything, just literally shut it off. Maybe an app or something that once downloaded will shut it off.
[Epic 4G Apps] lmsomb:
Very unlikely... Im not very knowledgeable about this but there must be an already installed app in your phone that allows this function. Not just some random app.
[Epic 4G Apps] ac16313:
If it existed he could use the desktop market and download and install remotely to his phone

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G Apps] Blankrubber:
Try Avast Mobile Security. It's probably the best free anti-virus.

Also allows you to text your phone to perform just about any "admin" function, such as turning on GPS, turning on Data, shutting down phone, etc.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psychokilz:
Hi, sorry if this is a noob question, but whenever someone sends me a picture message, why do i receive it as a video, even when its not a video. Also the picture and video size is very small when viewing it... any help is appreciated..thank you.

Sent from my Nexus One.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
What ROM are you running? Stock or custom ROM. Also what carrier
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psychokilz:
I'm running MeDroid - v6.1 - 7.2. My carrier is Mobilicity.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Not too familiar with that ROM or carrier but look to see if you have any kind of settings to change User's Agent. Look in the stock messaging app.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Psychokilz:
I do have an option to change user agent...which one shouls I use?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Find a device that you know is an official phone for your carrier. Nokia N95 work for most.