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[Nook Color Android Development] gsutton:
SD vs emmc

Thanks for a nice ROM. Had some troubles after installing gapps but finally got it fairly reliable. In the most recent build, how can I know with certainty that I am using the SDcard and not internal memory for the storage?

"MROM has internal storage checked by default to improve performance… go to settings->MROM->Application and uncheck “Internal Storage“"

. I can not find this setting at all on the recent build. Thank you for your good work.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Sorry, the build does not contain this feature yet... Thanks for using my rom...
[Nook Color Android Development] gsutton:
Thanks for the reply. No wonder I could not find it! And apologies for the signature in the previous post. I run mrg666's MiRaGe build on my personal NookColor (a really great ROM itself) and your ROM on my daughter's NC. Just the son's NC left to go now!
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
Nice to see this new build. Can I just install it as an update, or do I need to do a full wipe/full package install?

thank you
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
It really depends on which build you are coming from. I you must update, I would try first with a backup... Just make sure to clean cache and dalvik...
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
I am currently running 1-0.20130216-encore
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
That's gb, sorry, going to jb requires factory reset...
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
New Version Posted!!!

New Version posted. Major performance improvements. ROM and Kernel are compiled and optimized with Linaro toolchain. Grab your update.
[Nook Color Android Development] AgentCherryColla:
Just flashed a new ROM' and you bust out the linaro..... :D
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
The new version now has the sdcatd1 as the internal,is this intended? Before, it is the SD card.

The performance does get a jump, great job!
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Thank you for pointing that out. I thought I reversed them, I will check that for the next update... I am bringing few more things to this ROM that will make this device worth keeping...
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
I have the same issue with cm10.1 RC5. Sd1 is internal, sd0 is the external sdcard, maybe something with the orginal cm rom
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
The reverse internal external should have made it in this build, I will figure out why by the next build...
[Nook Color Android Development] runningslow:
I had to revert to the previous build (which is still working great), because a few of my apps couldn't find their data on the sdcard. I know you said you'll fix it for the next build, so I'll probably just wait for that.

If I get impatient and flash happy when I get home, is there a way on the user side to manually swap internal and external? Edit a config file?
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Well, in your case, the switch internal external might have worked... you just have to copy the data to the sdcard, or simply edit /system/etc/vold.fstab, switch them, and reboot...
[Nook Color Android Development] zagzag99:
10x, that didseem to work... once i'll get the launcher to refresh and show all apps correctly.
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Okey guys!!!! I dirty flash this over cm10.1 and I got to tell you Holly sh#$##$.

I play Lego brain attack and was smooth. That game is like a benchmark for me. I wonder how a clean install will do :eek::cool:

Keep you posted and thank mmontuori. Great job on this rock on dude

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This is reeaaaal good is almost as my gtp3113. I have two new tablets yessss :sly:
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
I am working on few more speed optimizations... More updates coming up soon...
[Nook Color Android Development] hirent:
Man, you are on a roll!

Thanks, Thanks and THANKS!
[Nook Color Android Development] Mikito1976:
Hey guys,

First of all I want to thanks mmontuori for a great ROM. I've been using a few of the ROM's available and I feel that this on is the most responsive one and the best with battery life, excellent work. I've been using this ROM for about a week now and the only problem that I have encounter is that I've been getting random reboots. If anyone can help me out why I'm getting this random reboots I will appreciate that. Other then that I want to continue to use this ROM as my primary ROM.

This is my set up:

Dual boot from emmc: MROM-primary and alt-CM7.

Launcher: Nova Prime

Two widgets: Falcon Pro and Beautiful widgets.

Not that many apps.

I have notice a couple of time that when using hangout app it takes longer than usual to open and in those times I have gotten a reboot, but again it's not the only times.

Once again I want to thanks mmontuori for his dedication, time and hard work.

Sent from my NookColor - MROM-Encore [4.2.2][LINARO][CM10.1] build:20130611
[Nook Color Android Development] jlpatte2:
This rom rocks! It almost brings my nook up to par with my nook tablet in terms of responsiveness!

Thank you Josh
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
If you could catch one of those random reboots with adb logcat, would be great...

Who's Josh? :)
[Nook Color Android Development] hirent:
Well, I have gone and done it; slid into temptation.

Bought the Nook 'HD+', couldn't resist and hold out any longer....$150 was the inducement.

I still have my good old NC which I use with your ROM; will actually keep using it for your ROM alone.

Any chance of you coming and joining us with an 'HD+'?

Would love to see what you cook up for that tablet.

Cheers!
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
That would be nice, but unfortunately, I don't own a nook hd+. Maybe users could buy one as an investment and I can bring a nice rom for that device also...
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Hey mmontuori, when is your next release? Looking forward to it :).
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Soon...
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
Michael

Just wanted to chime in here, that after a week of using this latest build, two big thumbs up. I messed up the first install attempt, and it was running really really sluggish, and I was panicing. Redid the the whole thing & it's smooth as buttah. Looking forward to your next update. Job well done sir!
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Hey hey do not distract him. Our nook color are nice devices. Keep the development on nook color, but if easier to ported carry on bro :)
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
Noticing with this ROM, that when I connect it to the charger, it starts itself again, and when it is plugged into to its cable, & running , it isn't charging, the Nook plug shows full green.:(

On other ROMS (Mirage) it would even charge faster if you left it on but dimmed the display.

This one I have to keep it off completely overnight for it to reload.
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
I do not having those problems. And also the battery life onnmine with this rom is better
[Nook Color Android Development] unibroker:
I just flashed this last night. I am charging it now. I started at 13% and currently at 27% with the screen on, wifi off. It's been charging for 1/2 hour.

Update: Total charge time: 3.5 hours (as soon as cable turns green I unplug; 96% charge). I came from being a constant user of MiRaGe. I am impressed with this rom's performance thus far.
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
I have had mine connected overnight, which before would result in the charging cable tip showing full green, this morning checking it & is only 1/2 green. I will check it after work tonight (left it to charge all day) & see if it reaches full green. It may just be that my battery stats need wiping, but I have seen this twice now using this ROM. Other than that it is a joy to use.:good:
[Nook Color Android Development] Fekish:
After 2,5 years using the Nook, the charging rate with a non barnes and nobles cable is the slowest i have ever seen, with this rom...

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Thanks for all hard work!:)

Is there a way to disable all animations in order to make the tablet faster?
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
I will look at the kernel for B&N cable... the original cable has an extra PIN for faster charging, it's probably not enabled/configures/coded in the new kernel...

Regarding the animations, in Settings there are few things you could try to speed up the device.. but overall, once started, allow some time to cache, and things normally speed up. Now, unreasonable speed is just not possible with this old hardware...

What is exactly slow?
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
After using this 3 or 4 weeksa, it startted to slow down, some lag. Is not always, but is happening. I will keep you posted
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
I am noticing that it is kind of slow to respond to short taps,as to open apps etc. I sometimes have to tap them more than once for them to register the tap.

Although having switched from Aldiko To Cool Reader, this book app flips pages & responds much better than Aldiko did.

Fort me, overall everything runs smooth overall, just slow to respond to action requests.

By the way, is this ROM running the CPU at stock level (1000mhz)? I don't find any performance tweak options anywhere.

P.S. Came home from work to check battery level (It was connected since last night, so almost 24 hours). Was up to only 98%, and Nook cable led was still 1/2 orange
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
In order to find performance options you must push 7 times build id in settings. About phone... This is a normal cm behavior...
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Do you notice this slowdown even after a fresh boot?
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
I just fix permissions and clear dalvik cache. I will monitor after this fresh boot

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This rom like it hard :cool: . i also change the governor to performance, speed was 1100mhz. Is lloking good now. Keep you posted
[Nook Color Android Development] christoophat:
Ah so, well "About Tablet" anyways, I'm used to using Nook Tweaks, I guess.OK found it. I also wanted to ask if it is normal for it to boot in landscape mode versus portrait. (I'm assuming yes.)

Cheers.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Landscape is the default behavior for cm-10.1... If it represents a problem it can always be changed...
[Nook Color Android Development] Fekish:
Thanks for your time!

Regarding battery charge unfortunately we got used to of the charge with another cablr. We know that it will take around 10 hours to fullly charge! And around 2-3 hours to wake up after a dead battery....

For the speed, i always disable all animations, so that i can press a program to open or turn a page without noticing that small lag... Since we knew from day 1 that this tablet was not the fastest one... But you do not have in the options the disable option...
[Nook Color Android Development] mlovesu:
i m facing repeated sod...what could be the problem
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Hard to say without some logs... Can you post logcat?
[Nook Color Android Development] mlovesu:
I am noob.. I don't know how to get the logcat.. if u could guide me..
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
There is a link on the main page to a tutorial on how to use adb to collect not only logs, but to improve your knowledge with android, which I think, if you want to run custom rom is a must to have...
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Hosting

I am looking for virtual server hosting to quickly deliver new builds. Anyone willing to provide that?
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
New Version Posted!!!

New version has been posted!!! This more than likely, will be the last update until the brand new ROM will emerge from darkness...
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
I need to swap the two sd cards by modifying the /system/etc/vold.fstab file but inside the terminal emulator app, it said is is read only but it won't let me chmod it to 777 either.

Is there a way to get around this problem.

Note: I tried the adb route but I could see the device SN in "adb devices" but it says the device is offline (I did the adb start-server) not sure why it is so. I remembered when I was using CM10 (not cm10.1) I don't have that problem. Also, the debugging is set on the device.
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
I dirty flash it, but some apps were closing, but not FC, just close, mlike google now. I did wipe data and I am reinstalling all again.mlet see how it goes
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Please update the sdk. Android 4.2 has signature verification when using adb and requires a newer version..
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Google now or google search is closing upon opening. Not good. When I hold the home button to get goohle now, is closing. When I do a google search is closing .:(
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Just to be clear, are you flashing gapps after the ROM?
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Yes. I was using your previous vrrsion. Then I dirty flash the new one. Then gapps. Not working well. Then I wipe data. Re flash rom, then gapps, same behavior
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
I am checking files and other things... could you provide logs via logcat?
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Is now loading all apps. As soon as it finish I will posted. Rigjt now the nook is real bussy jejejejeje :cool:;)
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Found a problem with NFC. I am pulling this build and will work for another update, I apologize for the inconvenience...
[Nook Color Android Development] gnuts:
I just started using the 6/11 build a couple of days ago, what a breath of life into my nook color. I flashed to this update and had all the FC's and am now flashing back. As far as I am concerned you are providing something very useful, and the occasional re-flash is no inconvenience. Thanks for what you do.
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Hi Lakland,

Please note that the sd cards (0 and 1) are now swapped on this version, so if you installed your app on the sd (most likely 1 then), then your applications would not be located. Until you swap the cards back (that is what I am trying to do now), you would have to re-install the app again.
[Nook Color Android Development] deboyz1014:
Yeah I can confirm that Dolphin Browser crashed on version 06/28
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Thanks, I got in via the adb.

Although I logged in as "su", I am still getting the "Read-only file system" problem, so I am unable to modify the vold.fstab file.

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Hi mm,

While you are doing an update, could you fix the sd card issue so that that sdcard0 is the internal and sdcard1 is the external?

TIA.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Ok... Will look into it...
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
You are correct, system is mounted read only, you have to remount it rw...
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
try:

adb remount

That should remount system as r/w

While your editing the vold.fstab file... change the lines to:

That should set you up with the sdcard references the way you want them.
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Thanks, Dizzy.

I did that after mm's post although I used "mount -o remount,rw /system", The swap did work but as a lot of users reported, a lot of applications crashed.

Again, to you and NM, thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
Yesterday, some users posted a problem while opening applications with their build. I corrected the problem and posted a new build...
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Thanks, will give it a shoot.
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Thank you for this, we appreciate your work for giving life to our nooks!!! I flashed and is loading apps. For now at least google apps is not force closing, so thats a good sign. Keep you posted
[Nook Color Android Development] lepa71:
So do we have tablet ui in this rom?
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
Nope. But use apex launcher that have a option for that

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Got to tell you that this is the best ROM for our nooks. While the latest build were recall it, I test cm10.1 stable release and is not compared to this one. The mrom is fast very good. Again thanks

Mmountori. I have some questions on where the apps installed. When I run astro file manager , my files are on sdcard1 and myfiles2 is sdcard0.

Again thank for this ROM rock on dude :thumbup:
[Nook Color Android Development] miked0602:
Great install and one resolution

Hey Mmontuori,

I wanted to reply a Thank you after clicking Thanks.

I used to have the triple boot image Nook/CM7.2/CM9 on our Nook Color for almost a few years.

It was getting cluttered and I decided to scrap the project and put a real rom on it.

Found yours and well its really nice!

Wanted to add my experience with this rom.

FIRST! After flashing this ROM the nook color charging cable is no longer needed and in fact doesn't work. This will now work with any micro USB charging cable! but takes a long time to fully charge (approx. 10hrs) <----could be my battery as my daughter is known for not charging things properly.

Now onto the install and success story.

I ended up finding a 4GB cwm image file for the SD card to allow ROM and gapps zip files to be loaded without any other partitioning.

I used Win32Image to load the cwm image, then drag and dropped the zips.

The boot up was simple and quick.

I performed a data wipe / cache wipe and davlik wipe just to be sure.

Then installed your ROM zip with ease and success (a couple of gulps and a cigarette later)

I rebooted it back into recovery by just rebooting since the sd card was bootable.

I then installed the gapps zip through cwm.

I then powered off and pulled the sd card as I now wanted to only boot into your awesome ROM.

The sweet boot animation which looks like Burger King bought android is nifty!

It made it to upgrading android through some 80+ apps

It then showed the lock screen but SystemUI forced close.

I tried about 3 more times to let it just boot to no avail.

FIX: I held (n) and pressed power to boot into EMMC recovery.

It was the same recovery that the nook came with and I ran the wipe.

To my amazement, after that it booted right up into the OS!

Just wanted to help out if anyone was going to try and possibly have the same experience.

Incase anyone would like the 4GB cwm image file to load onto the bootable SD card:

http://code.google.com/p/monster-rootpack/downloads/detail?name=4gb_clockwork-3.0.2.8.img.gz

Enjoy.

My next step which I will post up for ya is getting the sd card partitioned for added RAM since this only has 500MB RAM built in.

Again Thanks!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] dombeef:
The nook color has been able to charge via any usb cable in CM7 the last time I checked and the Nook charging cable should work, unless if there is a problem with this rom and fast charging.

Don't do that, it will shorten the lifespan of the SD card and it would make the nook lag.
[Nook Color Android Development] unibroker:
I have been using this rom recently after coming from the very stable MiRaGe 7.2. JB has come a long way and this is now my daily driver. I am still on build 6/10.

Some have complained about slow charging. I have not experienced this. As a matter of fact I let my NC completely drain (wanted to see if I could stop the slow battery leakage on this charge when screen is off) this morning and it was fully recharged in 3.5 hours with the Nook charger setup.

With MiRaGe I was able to get 5 to 6 days per charge as I mostly use my NC for reading books and limited web use. I expect similar if not better usage per charge with mrom because the leakage I experienced early on was noticeably better. A big plus is the responsiveness when connecting to wifi. It is immediate with mrom.
[Nook Color Android Development] miked0602:
Roger that, DOM, I have been busy with a nook tablet straight root and gapps install at the moment so I haven't done any work in that regard.

So I take it there are no ways to increase memory on that puppy?

Oh well gonna dump it with 4.2.2 for like 75 bucks then.

Appreciate your advice!
[Nook Color Android Development] dombeef:
I do this every time I change my rom if it is running android 4.1 or higher, it speeds up my nook to the point that the lag between applications is almost nonexistent:

But instead of the IO squeduler BFQ, I use NOOP, but there may be a better one.
[Nook Color Android Development] unibroker:
Problem flashing with TWRP

This happened when trying to install another rom as well.

I installed build 6/11 no problem but when I went to install build 6/29 through TWRP after wiping cache and dalvik cache, TWRP just reboots. I have restored build 6/11 to look at the file through Root Explorer and make sure the permissions are set. The permissions are the same for both builds. Any ideas?

Update: fixed by erasing all previous downloads and flashing once more. For some reason no problem this time.
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
Here you go, I used the AutoPatcher to make one from the zip: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31648393&postcount=690
[Nook Color Android Development] 123421342:
So I just flashed this to emmc today. I flashed the 6/29 build, gapps, then CWM. I installed a few apps, OC to 1.1ghz and gov is interactive. I noticed that everything is a sluggish. Is this normal? Forcing gpu rendering doesnt seem to help too much. Otherwise, awesome build and its very cool:good: If its normal to have lag, I can understand as its an old device.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
The build should not be sluggish at all... actually, it should reasonably fast...
[Nook Color Android Development] 123421342:
So on your nook color its not sluggish at all? On the trebuchet it was sluggish but I installed holo launcher HD and it is much better.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
At first launch, the device is slow while everything gets synced up and the caches are prepared. Once the steps completed, then everything is relatively snappy, considering how old the Nook Color is...
[Nook Color Android Development] eungholee2:
Nice to see a friendly face! Great rom on the atrix, as well as on the nook :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
I rolled back to 20130611 build, For me that is the best rom working on my nook. It is smooth, not slugish

thank you for all you effort to make this work!! WE really appreciated! :o
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
If everyone agrees with your opinion then I could revert the build changes...
[Nook Color Android Development] Lakland:
The smiley on my previous post should be:):thumbup:
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
This is a series of experiments, so the best ones are selected. I just need more confirmation that the previous build behaves better then the latest one...
[Nook Color Android Development] andtron:
I believe this release is the smoothest yet, less wifi drop out.

I would not rollback.
[Nook Color Android Development] mmontuori:
I think we need to be more specific for the type of problems encountered in each build, if you could reply to this with your observation of what exactly is slow or not working:

Build 20130611:

Items:

Build 20130629:

Items:

My idea is to build a release that fits most users. Without specifics, I will not be able to identify what the problems are and correct them.
[Nook Color Android Development] chronokeeper:
I had wifi issues with the 6-29 build, the 6-11 works perfectly