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[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You have to figure out a way to get the file on partition 5 of the SD. None of the ways are easy if you only have a windows PC. Windows cannot see partition 5 on a removable drive like an SD.

You can set up adb to work with the cwm card. Not easy.

You can use Linux or Mac to look at the card. Easy if you have either of those. Not easy if you don't.

You can get Linux to work on your windows PC so it can see the partition. Not easy but not too difficult either.

Use a VM under windows 7 or higher to load Linux. Some skill needed.

Make a Linux live CD. The easiest if you only have windows. Search the web for Ubuntu live CD. There are instructions how to make one. Once you have it made, you can put it in your PC and boot to Linux. Then you can see partition 5.

See, I told you not easy.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lkmiller:
You burn the cwm image to the sd card. Then you need to put the CM10 zip into a particular place on the sd card. The instructions give you a couple ways to do this. With CWM if you have adb working. Otherwise, scroll down to where it says "if you don't have operational adb..." Since you mention already setting up linux vm, you can use that and follow the instructions from there.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
Cheers, yeah i already set up a virtual machine when i was copying the wrong image file so i should be able to do it that way. I don't know how to see partition 5 specifically though, maybe you tell it to write there by adding 5 instead of 1 at the end of the command in the terminal. I'll re

read verygreens thread to check or google if i cant find an answer.

Thanks for clearing that up, i'll try following the instructions later on and see how it goes, cheers for the help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
So I followed the instruction in verygreens post but not luck so far. Everything works until I get to the step to install from zip.

I get

-- installing: /sdcard/cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip

Finding update package...

Opening update package

Installing update...

symlink: some symlinks failed

E: error in / /sdcard/cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted.

Looking through the thread someone else had the problem and resolved it by buying a new sd card, hope that's not the problem. I thought a class 4 sandisk should be compatible.

Not sure what to do now, I wrote the image in windows using the imagewriter, do i need to install to partition 5 instead (which I'm not clear on how to do btw). The instructions say to use the whole disk and not one partition though. I copied cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip to CM10SDCARD in linux as well so not sure what would be wrong there.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That error means a corrupt download (bad file). You may need to redownload the file. It also may not be copied to the sd so that it is complete. It could be the card, but since it is sandisk class 4, I doubt that is the problem. The file may have gotten corrupted anywhere along the line.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
Hmmm well I hope it isn't the card but I tried downloading it twice through ubuntu and transferred my windows downloaded copy but still the same problem. When I copy the file to the CM10CARD section on in ubuntu I just drag and drop it across, maybe I should use the terminal to copy instead? Maybe I'll have to google around to see if there's a solution to that error code. Or should I be installing the original image to partition 5 in the first place? But surely it wouldn't even get to the zip stage if I hadn't installed the image correctly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The image is ok. It is something about that file it does not like. Try one of his earlier files. Then if they work it is easier to update once you have it working.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
Thanks a lot for that tip, managed to install it now using an earlier file, how do I go about updating it to the latest one? Though might be a little risky seeing as it didn't install in the first place. Also I see people talking about downloading gapps which I'm not sure how to go about either do I need to download a zip from somewhere and install the same way as the other zip or can I download google play store straight to the new system?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
With cm10 browser go to goo.im and download the gapps-jb-20121011 version to your SD. Boot to recovery with the CM10 power menu and flash that gapps file. Reboot. As part of boot it says updating apps, that is the gapps finishing install. Go to play store and register.

Do the same thing with the new CM10 zip.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] openallnight:
wrt: You can set up adb to work with the cwm card. Not easy.

Are there any specific posts/threads on how to do this?i think this is the best option long term even though not easy.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The problem for most Windows users is the CM10 CWM changes the Windows VID from the standard 2080 to 18D1. So you need to manually edit your ini driver file to reflect that so that it installs properly.

Go to my HD/HD+ tips thread to get the stock B&N drivers. Also get my adb rar file while there. Extract both to somewhere convenient on your PC.

I have a tip in my Nook Color tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item A6. It tells you how to edit that stock B&N driver so it works with the CM10 CWM. Just substitute the HD/HD+ for the Color in the instructions.

Then plug in the nook to your PC with CWM booted and use that modified driver to set up the ADB interface.

Then you can use the standard ADB commands in a command prompt. Make sure the command prompt in windows is the same folder where you extracted those adb files.

But some users may still have some difficulty. ADB is notoriously difficult to set up on the HD/HD+.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
Thanks for all the help, working great and fully updated now. Is there anything else I should know about with cwm and nook HD + or shall I just continue using and keep an eye on the main cwm thread?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Keep an eye on the thread. I just added a couple of things, doing periodic backups and Voice Search. I also added a change log to the second post.

Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
[Nook HD, HD+ General] vimesxda:
I've noticed I'm only getting about 6 hours battery now which seems quite low, is that a bug or is cm10 just more of a drain? I also got the same bug someone else mentioned where booting back into normal nook from cm the with fi won't come on until you reboot.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
CM10 is more of a drain. And it depends on which version you have on your card. I don't remember which device you have, but at least one of verygreen's hd+ versions had a bug where it would not sleep. His most current version is fixed.

And when you boot back to stock from cm10, you should power off and remove the sd before powering back on.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dononeil:
I've been trying to get the ADB drivers working as per your instructions, but when I changed the .ini to to what was listed, it didn't work, so I looked in the hardwareid information for the device, and matched that, but I still get the error "the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver...."

I downloaded the drivers from the B&N site, as well as from your thread, but neither made a difference.

The device ID on my machine is showing up as;USB\VID_18D1&PID_6860.

I've got the 12/31/12 build of CM10 SD running on the Nook HD+

Any ideas? I'd really like to get ADB working ASAP.

Thanks!

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DOH!! I forgot to add it under the 64 bit section... once I did that it worked!

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I got ADB working, but I can't get iDisplay going. Has any one else been able to?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] openallnight:
You were right. It was easier to setup Ubuntu although I have to start adb as root otherwise I see a whole bunch of question marks when I run adb devices. I did try to add the permissions but it don't matter seem to matter . any ideas.?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] eng3:
Would you mind elaborating why the NookHD+ did not overly impress you (vs the Kindle Fire HD 8.9)?

I noticed that seems to be more progress with CM10 on the nook. I assume because of the SD card

You mentioned that you did not like that it didn't have a camera. Are there any other reasons you may prefer one over the other (ie performance with CM10)?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tarthenal:
Rotation, Apps and Thank You!

First off, many thanks to all on the forums. I have managed to get both the rooted stock and CM10 working in great shape for the HD+. I know have a couple of (minor) questions though:

1. When running CM10, rotation is rather...laggy. Sometimes the screen rotates fine and sometimes it takes a long time to register the orientation change. I noticed Leapinlar mentioned in another thread that some other user had managed to show him/her a fix. I can't seem to find it though. Any advice on how to get rotation working properly?

2. Is there any way to access the apps installed in the stock OS when booting into CM10? In particular, the HD+ comes preloaded with QuickOffice Pro HD (or something similar sounding). I would like to be able to access that in CM10 as well. Any tips?

Once again, thanks a ton to all those who have done such great work on this tablet. Really is a joy to use!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] RustedRoot:
1. Don't know what version you're on but I believe the latest beta of CM10 (v01/08) reduces rotation time.

2. Best way I know is to use Titanium Backup. Do you use it? If not get it and the Pro, very much worth it and I'll help you to create the necessary zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tarthenal:
Hmmm, thanks. I'm using the version linked to the first post in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032364

Do you if that is the v01/08 version? If not, would you know how to get it? Apologies for all the stupid questions, but I am rather new here. I'll try out Titanium Backup. Thanks for the tips!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The rotation issue is fixed by holding the device vertical while rotating. If you tilt it while rotating, it does not register the change and seems laggy. The 1/08 version helps but does not fix the issue.

And the zip in the first post of that thread is not the 1/08 version. It is the 12/31 version. The 1/08 version can be found on verygreen's 1/07 post in that thread.

And you understand that what Titanium Backup (TB) does for you is allow you to backup the app you want on stock and then later install it on CM10? You must have TB installed on stock to be able to do that. And to install it on stock you must have Play Store installed or some other method of getting TB on stock.

Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tarthenal:
Thanks! Yes, I figured that it would be difficult to backup a software I didn't have on CM10 :) I had rooted and installed Gapps using your method in the other thread (thanks for that again) and managed to get my QuickOffice on an SD card but haven't gotten around to installing it on CM10 yet. Kingoffice seems to be doing pretty well for now.

Apologies for another question, but if I update CM10, would I follow the same process as for installing CM10 for the first time? Would that remove all my stored apps and documents?

Many thanks for all your help and the awesome work!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
To update CM10 in the future, just download the new zip using the CM10 browser and boot to CWM and install just like you did the first one. No, if you do it that way, all apps, documents and settings remain.

Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tarthenal:
Awesome! Thanks for all the help Leapinlar, you've been extremely kind to a new user!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] chefz:
Add book icons to Nova Launcher?

Hi folks - I'm a new Nook HD+ owner (my first tablet, only had the Simple Touch Glow before), and really like it so far. I prefer a third party launcher over the default Nook home screen, so have been using Nova Launcher and Apex Launcher. I've kinda like some elements of the Nook homescreen though, and have researched all over but can't find the answers to these 2 questions:

1) Is there any way to add an individual book shortcut - showing the book cover art - to the Nova homescreen, just like on the default Nook homescreen?

2) I know most people who use other launchers like Nova hate the Nook homescreen's book/app carousel, but I like it. Is there any way to add it as a widget to the desktop in a launcher like Nova? Or are there any widgets out there that are similar?

Or do I just have to let those two ideas go completely? Thanks!!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dvschnk:
You might be able to get something like that using ES Filemanger...which lets you add almost any file to the desktop (just select it, hit menu, add to desktop). To get the cover art...you might have to download the image manually and then just change the icon. That's the only way i can think of unless theres some app that does this.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cyberdentist:
I am running stock rom with Nova Launcher and installed a zip to sideload apps and installed Amazon app store.

If I open 3-4 apps the entire UI completely slows and becomes unresponsive! Not sure what the issue is. I downloaded task manager app and tried to kill all the open apps and it becomes faster. But every time I open task manager it says only 300MB available. Nook HD+ has 1 GB ram right?

What can I do other than install CM10 on it?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It only has 768 mb available. Rest is for operating system.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Delta^1_1:
Another possibility is to add an icon for the Nook home screen to the Nova screen. It takes an extra tap to get where you want, but it's almost as good as having those elements directly available.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cyberdentist:
So when I check in task manager after I run 3-4 apps - mostly angry birds various editions cos my 3 yr old can't make up his mind, it shows only 70MB available and then it stops to respond until i restart! my HP TOuchpad with CM9 worked better than the new nook!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mpeg3s:
With CM10.1 the NOOK seems to be using WAY too much RAM. Something is not setup right. The GPU RAM should be virtual memory.

Why isn't the full 1GB available?

Same problem, open 3 apps and start the CRASHING.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] fattire:
Unfortunately, a locked bootloader can be used just as easily on sdcard as it is on the internal emmc.

A test might be to change the ramdisk on the sdcard and see if it still boots (i bet it doesnt), but this is a little advanced a process due to the way the ramdisk is combined with the kernel on the boot.img (file, I assume).

From adb, can you type:

uname -a

The result will tell the version of the kernel, for whatever that is worth. Also, if this is being distributed to the public (preview releases or whatever), they should provide kernel/uboot source.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] AyeBeAPirate:
I bet someone could. I dont want to get in any trouble, lol. Lets wait till someone can tell if the bootloader is indeed locked.

My only real experience with this stuff is in CM7 on my nook color and rooting my old phone. I'm not an expert but if anyone has any questions I'll try to address them.

I'll try to get the kernel version tonight.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
Ya don't want to be the cause anything bad. I'm not an expert I can do some stuff but not most real dev stuff but I could edit a copy of the SD image so that if the bootloader is locked it will not boot and will boot fine if it is not.

At this point XDA should add a HD/HD+ forum so we can move this out of the nook color one.

Sent from my Droid 4 Running Codename Android
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tool Belt:
Ditto on let's add an HD/HD+ forum.

Following this with great interest as a rooted, mod-ed HD + would be excellent ( with no offense to my MiRaGe KANG nookie).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
My first impression start from how BN messed up on the pre-orders Nook HD & HD+. It's a total mess, people can go to store and pick it up w/o any pre-order, yet all online pre-orders get delayed. I was lucky enough to get a hold of one after calling a few local store and pick it up after work and cancel the pre-order. I don't mind how the new UI look, but I don't like the fact that it does require a nook account to actually start using it. And I do not like the lock screen that you can only use numerical value to lock. I haven't play too much with it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] roustabout:
See if you can still skip out of box experience - the "skip oobe" on the nc and nt work fine.

I'm almost ready to have an hd+ held at my local store now. I've nver used the custom roms for long, but do need root for the devices to work as I like. This one looks rootable and apparently many apps can be installed via adb, don't know if that's true on the as-delivered-to-customers.

Any benches on this yet?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
I may get a HD+ when it's rooted and gets the android market or a good rom like cm10 or CNA but not today.

Sent from Droid 4 Running Codename Android
[Nook HD, HD+ General] fattire:
Just a warning-- when you hear it is "rooted", this means only that you will have root/superuser access to the loaded/installed stock os from BN. You'll be able to try sideloading and such, but it says not much about the ability to replace the os entirely, which requires countermeasures to a locked bootloader (design flaw), assuming one exists...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
I know rooted is not a new rom but I did say it would need to get googles android market working for me to go for it. The dev docs say sideloading apps can be done OOB so if it can't that's grounds to ask for a refund. I know about the effects of a locked bootloader I have a droid 4 for a few weeks. Before that I had a droid 2 and it still does not have a fully working cm7 but the Droid 1 has a working CM10. It looks like we can boot from SD witch will make it much harder to brick and will allow the devs to try things that would be a bad idea without a alternative boot option.

I'd still want access to the nook software anyway to replace my nook color (I run CM10 from the sd card) and I have had to replace multiple parts on my "Nook 1st ed. 3G" (that's what they call it now I got it just after it came out when it was still just nook). The nook software for android has a lot of things removed that are in the nook color, tablet and are likely to be in the HD.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Darrian:
Lol omg, dude, I got so sick and tired of replacing that cable that I went over to Amazon and found a 3rd party one that works just fine and it hasn't broken yet!

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While that's true, at least the Nook HD and HD+ are running Ice Cream Sandwich. Of course, I'd prefer Jelly Bean/CM10, but if I can add any app I want and have access to the Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore then I'll be perfectly happy running B&N's customized ICS. I've always loved their custom UIs, although it did suck with the Nook Color/Tablet that apps you installed didn't show up in their app drawer, so switching between launchers was kind of a pita.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tool Belt:
Good to see fattire is in on this thread, thank you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
Just hit me that the OOB sideloading and unknown sources listed in there dev docs means that Amazon Appstore should run without any modification at all!! rotfl
[Nook HD, HD+ General] roustabout:
Yes, a rooted device is not a device running a new operating system.

There are a number of us who've been running rooted variants of the nook OS for years now and have tried the Cyanogen variants and not liked them enough to keep running them; I'm one of those folks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] davidr415:
According to PCMag review, sideloading of apps is not possible OOB.

http://tinyurl.com/apt3zdb

I do think sideloading of books is possible.. perhaps there is some confusion on that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] roustabout:
I have the feeling you'll be able to sideload apps, but I'm not 100% yet.

A fellow who has done dev work on the device reports that you can, though.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
The dev docs found in this thread says sideloading is possible but just needs a setting change like base android. By OOB I was referring to not needing any hacks to make it work. It's also possible that they removed sideloading and the docs are old but as the docs says it takes the android sdk/adb to sideload pc mag may have overlooked it.

Edit: I check the dev docs again and they have been updated to say that adb install still works but unknown sources is blocked so no amazon appstore but we who know how can still sideload

Sent from Droid 4 Running Codename Android
[Nook HD, HD+ General] skipped:
According to Android Community, you can not sideload apps..

"Unfortunately for Android tinkerers, there’s some degree of lockdown. B&N couldn’t tell us what the official policy on modifying each tablet might be, but did say that there was no support for sideloading apps. That’s unlikely to dissuade the more eager modders, however."

http://androidcommunity.com/nook-hd-and-nook-hd-tablets-take-on-kindle-fire-hd-20120926/
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
At this point I expect one of the first hacks out for the HD will be a way to enable unknown sources.

Sent from Droid 4 Running Codename Android
[Nook HD, HD+ General] andtron:
According to Nook's site: https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/21846516-quick-start-for-android-developers

In there it states:

"Sideloading Apps

You can sideload apps to your NOOK device after your device becomes visible to the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) command. Sideloading means manually installing apps to the NOOK device and then making the apps visible to the NOOK app user interface.

Note The preferred way to install apps on to a NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ is to utilize the ADB commands, for example, adb install filename.apk. Do not use the "unknown sources" menu on the device to install applications--Barnes and Noble disables this menu and its method of installation."
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
If it is just that the menu is hidden then it's possible we could get to it with a sideloaded app like the hidden tether menu on some phones but it's more likely they took real steps to prevent it.

Sent from Droid 4 Running Codename Android
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
You should have put that in quote since it's not in your own words. Also the way I read those paragraph, it seem to me like if you sideload using the adb command you would get a proper app icon while installing apps using other method wouldn't.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] andtron:
someone0, point taken, posted edited.

Since an apk is supposed to include all the resource files including the app icon, so if you could install it, regardless how, the icon should show up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] skipped:
it seem you can sideload via adb

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...ussion/Nook-HD-First-Impressions/td-p/1401536