yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] growthweb:
Final note

ONE FINAL NOTE to my excitement below. NO MORE WORRIES ABOUT "ALLOWING DOWNLOAD FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES" works like a charm and once I rooted with Veronicas root I was surprised at all the cool needed programs she put on there. Homecatchers, file viewers,task managers,GO browser, all kinds of stuff. My 8 gig Nook color tablets are SUPER TABLETS! And they were cheap since they are the newer 8 gigs.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tinkturtle:
Rooted 1st try for me. After running TeamB CM7 for a couple months I'm really enjoying this. I was having some annoying bugs with CM7 that would require reboot/retether. I can now actually use the reader the way it was intended and enjoy the tablet the way BN didn't want me to. With the help of DropBox I've been able to load all the apps that say they are not compatible with your device, from my phone. A big thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] growthweb:
still cant run FLASH on rooted 8 gig Color Nook tablet

Hi All, Love that I have had success rooting my 2 8 gig color nooks. HOWEVER still can not get FLASH to work. I installed the newest flash from the android store. Even running the VIMEO.com app (which is mostly flash stuff) cant get flash to work. Wonder if its because this is because its the newer 8 gig nook? Anybody figured this out? Thank you. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cinnocent:
Alternative to Win32DiskImager

I am a new member so I guess I cannot post URLs yet or I would have included them in my posting.

I didn't know it then but I had two strikes against me from the beginning - I bought what is an apparently problematic brand of SD card, a PNY and internal SD burners are also a problem - particularly those found in Dell machines.

When I tried burning to an SD card from my internal SD card burner, I ran into a known issue with Win32DiskImager - lookup Question #194026 if you are curious.

I don't have an external burner so I searched for quite some time to find something that actually works and I found an alternative - Roadkil's Disk Image.

It is free, worked very well, and was extremely easy to use - thought I would pass this along to anybody having trouble with an internal SD burner.

I was able to root my NT successfully!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] old_fart:
welcome to the group ! you can after ten posts.

yes, there is a debate on 'sd cards', the five dollar ones, 8GB class 4 SanDisk work the best for me. thx for telling us about 'roadkill' -hmm. ( i tell my kids - that's what for dinner off and on. )
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] apocalypse 2012:
trouble booting

it took me almost two hours to get the NT to boot, but i eventually got it to work.

i originally followed the simple instructions. downloaded the image, used Win32DiskImage to write it, confirmed all the files where there and the partition was active. i tried restarting the nook 5 times and it kept booting normally.

since i didn't have an sd card reader at home, i took a different approach. here is what i did:

booted the nook with the sd card still inside

-went to system and formatted the sd card

downloaded jichuan89's zip file from Instructions for option 2.

-unzipped the contents and transferred them to the sd card (tethered)

used windows diskpart to set the partition as active

powered the device down

unplugged and replugged the tethering cable

the device booted to the cardboard box as expected
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] old_fart:
well first, congrats on getting the 'sd card' to cooperate. Ya !

so the 'take away' is that if a person does not have a card reader...

they can use the NT as their card reader. Hmm, is this card a off brand class 10 or a Sandisk class 4 ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] apocalypse 2012:
It was an off brand 2GB I got with an old phone.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TurtleSmores:
Just popping in to say I followed your rooting guide a few weeks ago and everything worked perfectly. I used an 8GB SanDisk micro sd card and burned the image. No hiccups. Thank you! I actually bought this tablet before I knew they'd made it so you couldn't side load apps, so you saved me from having to return it, because I really do love the NT.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] uncleray:
So what's running here?

First of all, please accept my thanks to jichuan89 for all of those developers

for their hard work in the rooting process.

Second, my question. After the image is installed on the Nook Tab 8GB,

exactly what is running? The HOME icon seems to take things back to a

stock BN tablet. However, the tablet will also install Android Apps.

Is the newly installed root image some sort of overlay on top of BN's overlay?

Just curious as to what's going on.

Thanks again to all.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] old_fart:
Please go read Cubanluke88's post :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1666065
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sideshow1176:
Something of a noob question

Hello all, I'm a noob here :o (and yes, I hate myself for it,lol) as well as a noob with android technology. I am preparing to do the root on my 8GB NT and am trying to make sure I have all relevant info first. I have two questions. First, before beginning the root process is there a need to 'erase & deregister' my nook? And second, if I do brick, is it possible to recover factory settings?

My thanks to jichuan89 for all his work here as well as to all who have posted with questions and info. It has all been informative and helpful.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jaimadge:
How do I put icons on the desk nook?

l download games or applications from android market, how do I put icons on the desk nook?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TurtleSmores:
I must have had an OTA update because now I have lost root and am on firmware 1.4.3. Can I use this to re-root or is my tablet screwed now?

Edit: I took a chance and did it. Re-rooting with 1.4.3 firmware worked just fine.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jaimadge:
my tablet was updated and now I have version 1.4.3 and I can not access to android mark ... works if I do the whole process again? .... and how to turn off the updates
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] failcritic:
Same problem

I am actually having the exact same problem. When I go to install an apk file (i think thats the extension off the top of my head), it says that it can't be found and it deletes the file. I say delete because when I try to rerun it, it is completely gone. When I try to install something from my sd card, it'll disappear after failing. I can install things from the play store just fine as well.

Thanks so much for helping me root my nook. It's just this little problem that I have to deal with left. Any advice would be appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mike39201:
When i check in unknown sources to instal apk i go hack to install the apk file and the thingnsays i have to check in th ebox e.e any waybof fixingnthis? Thanks goes out to jichuan
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mike39201:
*When i check in unknown sources to install apk, i go back to install the apk file and the thing says i have to check in the box e.e any way of fixing this?

Thanks goes out to jichuan for the Root, you rule
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conquesoextra:
Whit the sd card image you dont need to deregister or something else.

You will loose all your data.. its like a factory reset but rooted :)

Sorry for my bad english
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] googleist:
Hey

I used this topic to root my 8GB Nook Tablet. It was great and easy, thanks alot ;)

After that I checked the other topic ( my rooted NT or something like that ) as said in the first post, and followed the useful tips to download "NT Hidden Settings" and... . Although I installed NTHS, but It took me so much time to be able to check the unknown sources box. However, Now I have that box checked, my NT is rooted, I installed some Market apps, but I have a problem, and that's it:

How can I install APKs from my computer? I connected NT to my computer an copied the APKs to it. But how can I see those APKs in the NT? I tried Astro file explorer and it didn't see the memory. With default NT library I could see files, but I can't install anything. Which File Manager should I use?

I need it because I can't find something like "HomeCatcher" in any markets and I should transfer it from computer
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sideshow1176:
Thanks for the info conquesoetxra.:highfive:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] conquesoextra:
Youre welcome :)

Enviado desde mi LGP970 (Zeus 6.39n) usando Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 03:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

You can not do it whit astro...

Search "root browser" or "root explorer".

The way that i did it, was downloading those apps from the dolphin browser (searching in google) and then i opened directly from the notifications bar.

Also you can try downloading root browser (free version) from the playstore, but i dont remember if you can access to the sdcard from there.

Please try, if you have more problems please sendme a PM.

Enviado desde mi LGP970 (Zeus 6.39n) usando Tapatalk 2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TapTapper:
Get GPS Working?

Hi

This is a great package, thanks! (and yes I hit the button :D )

I rooted an 8 GB NT with the jichuan root for NT. I put beautiful Widgets ? Live Weather on my tablet and although it installs and I have the wavy grass etc, I can't set my location. the widget doesn't let you add a zip code or anything: it will only use the GPS to capture its location. I saw a few threads with code and recompile hacks to get the GPS working. Which is beyond my knowlege

Is there something I can run or do to get my live weather working? I tried a couple other animated live weather apps and they all seem to want GPS access.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] woraz:
Can I apply this on my 1.4.3 stock ROM?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mrmwroot:
no skype?

Since I rooted and contributed earlier this year, I turned the Nook over to my better half.

Now she asks after Skype. I installed it from the Market. fine. I can hear through the earbuds, fine. But like jbilln, the skypeout call hangs up moments after its completed.

Has there been a fix posted?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tmjohnsonfse:
No, the mic only works for certain apps.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Ditto this question - will this work with 1.4.3 firmware?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] t2jcracked:
Unregistered nook

My nook is not registered so i am unable to access the nook store. is there any other way to install the Android market on my tablet?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] humb11:
Please help

I've been around PC's for a while and I even jailbroke my iPhone, but when it comes to Andriod I'm a super n00b. I needed an e-reader so I went out and got myself a Nook Tablet 8-GB. It wasn't until I got on this great forum that I found out the great things the Nook can do if freed from B&N's restrictive stock ROM.

I've read and screen captured several tutorials such as the one written by CubanLuke, but there are still many things I'm not too clear on. Further, almost all the detailed tutorials I've read involve ROMS versions 1.4.2 and earlier. I saw just one that said it was for 1.4.3, but for some reason the Nook didn't boot with the SD card inside. Naturally I don't want to try any root instructions for an earlier version.

Can anyone out there just point me in the right direction? Please give me links for tutorials, videos, files or anything that'll help. Naturally any and all advice is invaluable.

Thanks. :confused:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kakapt:
thanks mate
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Try the attached file.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ac4u:
Grazie

Worked great thank you very much!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DaKineStuff:
Worked perfetctly!

Just rooted my Nook Tablet running 1.4.3--worked perfectly with no glitches. Used a SanDisk 32GB class 4 microSD. Read in another thread that most people had sucess booting from the SD card using a SanDisk class 4.

I tried allowing third party apps from the Hidden Settings and could not get it to stick until I tried the method below. Worked like a charm.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Are you saying you rooted your 1.4.3 NT with the method in the current thread? It's not clear from your post.

Just making sure.

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kperry1911:
I just re-rooted a NT running 1.4.3 using the method (Method 1 Specifically) in "This, right here, CURRENT Thread" as well. Then pulled up Market and loaded up NT Hidden settings among other things... Worked very smoothly. :good:

I re-rooted because I wanted to start fresh after having issues connecting to B&N Store via WiFi. So I reverted back to stock 1.4.2(un-rooted). Then upgraded to 1.4.3 Stock (un-rooted). I followed the post and wrote the image to SD and everything worked as it should regarding the root process on boot.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] humb11:
Rooting Nook

The big problem I've been having isn't the actual root of the Nook Tablet with 1.43 - it's the fact that no matter what I do, I can't make the Nook turn on with any card that has a bootable CWM in it. We all know that if you can't accomplish that, you're dead in the water.

I have tried countless ways and with several cards, including a Sandisk 4-GB Class 4, to get the Nook to boot and the result is invariably the same -- it just sits there and does nothing as if I had removed the battery. It will boot if you use that ROM that runs off the card without rooting, and it will also boot with a blank or non-bootable card or with no card at all, use a card with a bootable CWM and it'll just freeze up. This happens regardless of whether or not I simply power off and turn it on, or hold the power and N button until it shuts off.

I've prepared the cards using the Linux method and the Windows and there is no difference. I only wonder this - if indeed I had prepared the card incorrectly, then wouldn't the tablet just boot normally?

I see no other explanation that the fact that somehow this thing is programmed to smell a rat and just freeze up if it finds one.:confused:

Any suggestions?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Thank you for the info. I'm hoping that when my Nook Tablet arrives, I will be able to root it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DaKineStuff:
Yup, rooted with jichuan89's method (from the current thread).

Make sure you use a class 4 SD card (any size), then power up using the USB cable.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Cool. Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SlowCobra96:
No the tablet will not boot with a bad SD card.

Are you setting the partition that has the CWM files as active? Are you wiping the card and partitions in between failed attempts? Once in a while I have a card get temperamental on me and required basically starting from scratch. I make sure to set the partition as active and as the final operation on the card I rebuild the MBR.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] humb11:
Booting from CWM

Certainly the Nook won't boot if the card is bad. I doubt that's the problem because I've tested 2 cards with identical results, plus the fact that other than this both cards work perfectly under both Windows and Linux.

This is what I've been doing. Maybe there's a mistake somewhere along the way:

1. Insert the card and bring up Gparted under Linux Mint.

2. Unmount the cards so editing partitions becomes possible

3. Wipe existing partitions and create a new FAT32 partition for the whole card

4. Set 'boot' and 'LBA' boot flags to the new partition

5. Remove card and reinsert it so Mint can work with it

6. Copy boot.img, flashing_boot.img, MLO and uboot.bin into card's root directory

7. Click 'safely remove' and pull card

After all this I power down the Nook and try to turn it on. It won't turn on.:confused:

What's wrong with this picture?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SlowCobra96:
You're using the nook as the card writer. Get a real card reader and that should solve the problem.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] humb11:
Nook CWM bootup

No I'm not.I have 2 card reader/writers that support the MicroSD as well as several other cards. Once I perform the operation then I insert the card into a powered-down Nook and get the results I've been telling you about.

Assuming the procedure I described for preparing the card is correct, I see no reason the Nook shouldn't boot into it unless somehow the bootloader is designed to freeze up any time is smells anything that reeks of a recovery ROM. :confused:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SlowCobra96:
I apologize for the mistake. This here "After all this I power down the Nook and try to turn it on. It won't turn on." made it sound like you were using the nook as a writer. You honestly are the only person I have seen having this issue. Either you have a bad nook or bad SD cards at least in the eyes of the nook. Yes it is possible to have more than 1 card the Nook just hates. If they are cheap off brand cards they could also be garbage. I've used 2&4gb class 4, and 8gb class 4 and 10 with no issues. Transcend and Sandisk cards,.

I setup my cards to run the nook from SD so I split them into 3 partitions. 1st partition I label SDCARD primary and format it fat32 (using Win7 x64 with Mini Tool) I give that partition 1/3 of the available space. I also set it active. 2nd partition I label System and give 1GB of space or 1/3 of the space depending the size card. It is set to create as primary and the file system is ext4, 3rd partition is similar to the 2nd however it gets the remaining space and the label is Data instead of system. After that I select to rebuild the MBR(Master Boot Record) by clicking on where it usually says basic and the space of the card. Then I choose apply and yes,

I have had issues getting CWM to work when trying to load a rom, Sometimes I have to choose a different version such as the CWM files from CM9 instead of from CM10 (see succulent blog post for the links or scroll through the forums for it) Occasionally I have had to make sure I got CWM working then dump the rom files onto the card.

Succulent blog link
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jdennis27:
Thanks

I just wanted to say thanks for posting this, it worked perfectly for me!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ummduh:
I'm having issues writing the SD card to begin with. On v 0.6 of disk image writer, it'd give me an empty disk. Unmountable in windows, and in an adroid device it'd show formatted but empty.

Going back to v 0.2, it wouldn't do anything. It'd go through the motions, say it was writing, but it wouldn't even format the card.

Win7PRO x64, using a 1GB mSD, in a mSD to USB adaptor.. I don't have any actual card readers. I'm thinking that is my problem.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DealsFromMSDo:
Need Help to Root my NC 1.4.3

I've followed the directions given from page 1 on my NC 1.4.3

This is a summary of what I've done:

I've tried multiple times to root my NC. NO GO. I'm using a Win7 machine.

Burned the image to the SD card using Win32diskimage, then I followed the directions and no go. Verified that the material is there.

Power Off my NC, insert the SD, plug in the USB. NC boots as normal. I NEVER get the brown box. I tried removing the SD and restarting just to make sure I didn't miss the brown box. Nothing. :(

I am using a 32GB SanDisk card.

ANY and ALL help would be greatly appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
If you have a Nook COLOR I suggest you head over to that sectionand find the root instructions for that device. This is for Nook TABLET!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SlowCobra96:
Sigh... not the first to to get it wrong and won't be the last. If only people took a few seconds to learn the difference.

Sent from my CM 10 nook. Thanks devs.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] andded:
Img file broken

Hi, I've tried downloading the linked img file from mediafire a number of times, and from different connections on different machines. On trying to extract the files using 7-zip, I keep getting the error "Data error in 1.img file is broken"

However, the MD5 checksum is correct. What could possibly be going wrong? Please help!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
You could always try one of the other root images available. I've listed 2 in this topic:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2081981

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OK, so I downloaded it to check it out. It's img file. It's not ment to be extracted! It's already in the form you want to use it!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] andded:
Thanks @asawi :good:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] pureline:
My nook didn't wake up

I just flow your instruction

I saw box and symbol with read forever

But after turn off

My nook don't wake up

power button didn't working and power cable either

How can I turn on my nook?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bengineer8:
Is there a way I can swap out the marketplace APK it installs? It is outdated to the point of not being able to connect to Google's servers.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
You're a day late and a dollar short. Google dropped everything below Android 4 some years ago. Following really old posts is not the best idea because the ground has shifted a lot since 2012.

If you want market access on the device you'll have to flash a custom ROM. See https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-cm-11-and-beyond-for-the-8-gb-nook-tablet-bntv250a.3667555/
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bengineer8:
I'm trying to follow that, but I am stuck on the part about preparing the SD card, unable to complete step 1 in the thread linked in that thread: https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-installing-cm11-or-cm12-internally-on-nook-tablet.2692403/

The partition manager tool recommended there doesn't have an option for changing the partition ID type and activity flag. Sorry if my terminology is bad, I am new here.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Use this older version: https://www.mediafire.com/file/psuwg3iugtqh096/pw102-free.exe/file
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jichuan89:
Can you give the exact command you're runninng on Linux?

Sent from my rooted Nook Tablet 8GB
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lictenau:
win 7. method 1. successful. can install from market but can't find installed apps. where do I find then besides going to appbrain.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kr00lplatinum:
Ok, I'll try to show you what I'm doing...

schaefer@kmint ~ $ cd Downloads

schaefer@kmint ~/Downloads $ ls

jichuan89_nook_root_sd.img

schaefer@kmint ~/Downloads $ sudo unmount /dev/sdd

[sudo] password for schaefer:

sudo: unmount: command not found

(I used KDE Partition Manager to find out that my 16gb micro sd is /dev/sdd)

schaefer@kmint ~/Downloads $ sudo dd if=jichuan89_nook_root_sd.img of=/dev/sdd bs=1M

55+1 records in

55+1 records out

57681920 bytes (58 MB) copied, 0.0635977 s, 907 MB/s

Now all of the files are on the micro sd. I eject and put the card into my Nook Tablet 8gb, which is turned off at this time. I then turn it on and it just boots as usual.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] teddykgb715:
Hmm, did you do anything special to get it to work? I think in order for them to show up you need to install an alternate home screen as they won't show with the default nook screen.

---------- Post added at 10:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:25 PM ----------

I also tried method 2 on Windows using the windows partitioning instructions and that didn't work either. Just thought I'd give it a whirl.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lictenau:
followed instructions to the word. I was one of the first to brick a 8gbNT so a bit cautious. formated sd card and installed the image via the windows method. installed different homescreen but cant run.:(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jichuan89:
Yes, teddykgb715 is right - you will need to install a 3rd party launcher to see apps installed from the Android Market. Otherwise they only show up in the global search interface ("n" button ->Search).

Sent from my rooted Nook Tablet 8GB
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lictenau:
thanks, working now after reboot.:p