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[Nook Color Android Development] majorpay:
B2 Success report.

I've been using the Nook going way far back, and this is the first time I have seen significant boosts to performance with an upgrade. Do not change a thing! No SODs, but I've only been running for two days. Gaming performance is light years ahead anything I have installed in the past years with my Nook (seriously - they actually don't look like jerky slideshows!), and everything seems to work as advertised. All the "performance tweaks" and "hacks" to make the interface run a little better, or get more life out of the battery, at the cost of app performance can take a hike. I'm almost afraid to do anymore upgrading after this. This will definitely be my daily driver.

I'm running the paid version of Nova Launcher. While that isn't as smooth as it could be (especially in apps menu), it's only a portal to my apps which all work great so far (an optimized launcher is not worth a performance hit on apps). Netflix 1.8.1 works good, as does youtube, etc. Netflix is just a pig when it comes to their main interface, so I could never say Netflix is working "great;" not even on my phone.

There are two very minor issues:

1. Sound is extremely low (Apparently in the Android world, there are no headbangers, as many Android devices suffer with this affliction out of the box). Does Nook Tweaks still work for this purpose in JB? Figured I'd ask before making a mess.

2. Touch positioning and sensitivity. Oddly, this *appears* to work great in 3D apps (or at least, I've had no problem with them), but I believe the sensing position is slightly pushed upwards on the various launchers (including stock - you have to tap towards the top of the icon). I have also noticed sensitivity is down on the launchers on the right hand of the screen (I often have to double tap - sometimes in other locations). I know cubed had his app that was supposed to better align the touch on the nook in GB; not sure if that's also going to make a mess in JB, but I might give that a try it soon if it becomes annoying.
[Nook Color Android Development] moocow1452:
Nook Tweaks is a no go, vastly different kernel.
[Nook Color Android Development] majorpay:
Spoke too soon

SOD hit shortly after writing all that. I don't think it's the standard SOD, however, as the screen still appears to come on (back-lit, but black display). I saw some issues early on with the lock screen being a little wonky, and I believe the two are related. I'll turn it off and see if that doesn't fix the problem moving forward.

Edit: With it off, you turn on the screen, and it shuts down again. Only by long pressing the power button and tapping elsewhere can you keep the screen alive.
[Nook Color Android Development] samcoinc:
I think I have seen this... (power button turns the screen on and back off.) I found using the volume to wake worked..

sam
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
menu icon is fixed. commit pushed. will be in the next build.
[Nook Color Android Development] sisterchick:
Running great!

Got Beta 2 all set up using Apex launcher. I made a script to remove everything I didn't use at install (GoogleSearchBox, Trebuchet, Apollo, livewallpaper picker and papers, CM wallpapers,extra ringtones, etc) and with the zRAM going, I still have 160-180 mb of available RAM. I checked CM7-Mirage before uninstalling and I had 160 mb of RAM with basically the same app load (just different launcher).

Only "bugs" I have run across are USB mounting doesn't auto launch to access SD card and you can't add 3-dot overflow menu key to soft buttons. Neither are deal breakers. With Apex, you can doubletap the homescreen to bring up access to system settings and you can enable 3dot overflow menu in apps under System Settings/System/Hardware Keys.

By the way, using the Tablet UI patch (unsupported and at my own risk) and it is running well too. I've crossed over into the land of bifocals and the larger display is nice. Theme Chooser works too.
[Nook Color Android Development] plasticarmyman:
so, i just flashed beta 2 on top of a1 on my SD card.

no SOD yet, no boot looping or SD card problems yet.

Weird enough, the N button wakes it up.....but NOT the power button... i'm not complaining, it is much easier than putting so much wear and tear on that poor lil power button. But yeah, just thought I would put it out there...

yeah the menu buttons are broken...going to go into tablet UI instead so that I can use 'em...

edit: rebooted for a second time just to see if anything would happen, and it Blackscreen SOD'd on me..rebooted to try to get out of it and it bootlooped once and then just BSOD'd
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
The "N" button will wake up my nook if it is plugged in and charging. If it isn't plugged in it will not wake up my nook. Seems odd but with everything else working I'm not complaining. :good::laugh:
[Nook Color Android Development] Teksu:
My poor nook has been neglected all year, as i have been haply playing with my Galaxy Nexus.

Just saw this, and tried to flash it, receiving "bad file" errors when trying to flash, downloaded multiple times...

On CWM 3.2.0.1

Going to do some more reading as i have time available for it, but if anyone has any helpful insite I would appreciate it. Do we need to be on a specific boot loader or any other pre-req's I may have missed?

Thanks!

EDIT: renaming the file seemed to solve the issue...
[Nook Color Android Development] met67:
Thanks for all this great work!

Do you plan to re-enable overclock at some time? I guess that also zram could introduce its share of kernel bugs... :p
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
OC = next release. zram shouldnt be an issue. zram = the old compcache feature. will help our little 512mb ram device.
[Nook Color Android Development] adverbius:
Odd thing - I've not yet experienced the SOD or the backlight SOD, but with B2 I'm noticing a significant delay for the backlight to come on with my device when I wake it up. The screen comes on immediately - the lockscreen is obviously on and visible, just dark - and then the backlight comes on after at least a second or two delay. Not sure if this is related at all to the backlight SOD others are experiencing but thought I'd mention it.
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
dbl tap power. fixed. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] EAK128:
Pretty much this has been my experience also. Although I switched my launcher to the new ADW EX and it is much smoother than Nova.

Tried the re calibration app, but don't think it helped any. For the sound I tried Volume+ app and it boosts it a little bit.

Only other thing I noticed is after surfing the web on the browser for a while the wifi just stops working, it shows it as still connected to the router, but can't load any pages or anything, I'm thinking it might be flash related, but not 100% sure. I need to toggle wifi off/on to get it to work again.

Great job as always guys!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] FloydF:
ODD WiFi issue B2

First, B2 seems to work great. No problems with the rom at all, with one interesting issue. For some reason every time I trun the WiFi on, it kills the WiFi connection to my Squeeze box. Consistently. Nothing else does has this effect, and it never happened before.

Turn on the WiFi the squeezebox drops the connection, turn off the WiFi, Squeezebox has no problem.

Please let me know if anyone has any ideas.

Pretty sure Alpha did not have the same problem.

Mainboard SN QI12M9GERVN

DATE Manufactured 03/10/2011u0

Revision 1.2

TouchScreendriver CYTTSP
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboticBuddy:
This is great, so many updates, lol

In B1, I added the Menu button to the Nav bar, and in the new update, I did the same thing, but the menu does not come up.
[Nook Color Android Development] frankusb:
Wifi usage seems way up comparing to beta 1, see attached screen.

Frank
[Nook Color Android Development] FloydF:
Hit send too soon, the clock problemis still there. In alpha the clock died after every boot, but it never seemed to affect the actual clock displayed in the corner of the screen. Happened twice in 1 hour, without any reboot. Doesn-t seem to be a major issue and I really can't tell if it causes any problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] lollyjay:
I installed the SpeakerBoost app and the volume went way up. Be careful not to boost above around 60%
[Nook Color Android Development] barkerdogg:
"SOD" issue

I have to agree with majorpay. This is the "SOD" issue i have been experiencing. This has happened to me three times since last night.
[Nook Color Android Development] mateorod:
Did you guys talk to HacDan at all?

He turned on zRam in a kernel for CM9 waaaay back, but ended up backing out of it due to some specific concerns. I never talked to him about what those concerns actually were, though.
[Nook Color Android Development] Fafhrd42:
I haven't gotten around to B2 yet, but I just had a B1 issue that I'm not sure if anyone else had, and may be a concern for B2: For some reason the battery drained out completely overnight, from around 70% to no power at all, with wi-fi set to shut off in sleep mode.

Charged it for an hour or so, and it would not boot. Cyanoboot would come up, show 'loading,' and then the screen would go black again, and as far as I can tell the Nook would shut back down. Booted into recovery, did a full wipe, still wouldn't boot. Ended up having to restore my backup of CM9 to get it to boot again.
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
Fixed with b2
[Nook Color Android Development] fulanito01:
Cannot believe this lil' ol nook is running jelly bean so well. Hats off to the devs; this will most like delay my tablet upgrade by at least another year.
[Nook Color Android Development] plasticarmyman:
okay with a fresh SD card install, i've rebooted it about 3 or 4 times and no problems. The menu button prob is still there of course, no more N button wake.

And Smartglass works without needing the cracked apk :)

so yeah, so far so good...
[Nook Color Android Development] greiland:
Bluetooth Sound

Installed b2 and seems to be working pretty well. Thanks Devs!! Just one issue to report: Turned on bluetooth and it connects fine to my "Supertooth" speaker, however I can't get the sound to go through the bluetooth speaker. Both Pandora and Play Music will only play through the Nook speaker even though bluetooth is connected.
[Nook Color Android Development] echoedge:
Does CM10/Jellybean on the Nook Color have Keyboard support?

Tried installing nook color tweaks (which works great on cm7), but it says invalid kernel when opening on the cm10 b2.

Is there any workaround, anything i'm missing?

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] Fafhrd42:
Cool.

I'm still getting the mis-reported SD data issue on b2, alongside a new problem where when I try to move an app that installed to SD by default (Minecraft Pocket Edition being the only one I have that does this so far) from SD to the tablet it will reboot the tablet and not move the app. I can move something from tablet to SD and back fine, if it started on the tablet.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigrat:
I am getting the "Black Sleep of Death" as well. I note that lots of times, when I press the power button to wake up the device, the screen lights up, but is extremely dim. I can see the screen, but I have to hold the power button a little longer than normal to get the thing to wake up. It's "choppy" when it finally does wake up. Eventually, it won't wake up at all and I have to hard boot it.

I am using the stock install with the "performance" governor, zram is at 18% (default), samepage merging is ON.

I have the 1.2 CPU. I am installed to emmc. I have filled out the hardware survey previously under my username, if that helps. I don't have adb set up anywhere, unfortunately, but I probably could if you needed me to. PM me if you have questions.

When I installed b2, I installed over b1 with a dalvik and cache wipe only. I note one other funny thing - I have "Smuggle Truck" from the Humble Bundle installed. After I upgraded I didn't see the app, so I thought it got wiped somehow. When I reinstalled it, I got a message that I was "replacing" the old app, and then the app icon showed up again. Strange. Works just fine afterward.

EDIT: One small question: how can I get my 1100 and 1200Mhz overclocks back? I don't see these in build.prop - I'd like to avoid SetCPU, is there any other way to override that?
[Nook Color Android Development] lollyjay:
What keyboard? Bluetooth?
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboticBuddy:
I'm assuming he means a USB keyboard plugged in by a OTG or a gender changer/adapter.
[Nook Color Android Development] vettejock99:
I am having the same type of SOD/WOD ("Wake of Death")Dim screen oddness as well. When that isn't happening it is AWESOME. My hardware is ES1.2 and it is installed to EMMC. I did a full wipe with beta 1 and then just cleaned dalvik and cache when flashing beta2 over it. Filled out the survey as instructed.
[Nook Color Android Development] adverbius:
Several variations of SOD being researched, apparently. My NC is also experiencing something you mention, what I'm calling a delayed, staged wake - hit the power button, see the lock screen dimly, then the backlight comes on a couple seconds later. Just a guess here, but I'm thinking that could be fixed in the next build.

As for the overclock, this build, both in it's alpha1 and beta2 phase, had the extra OC turned off by default in an attempt to standardize/simplify debugging. Krylon360 has stated that the next build will reactivate this, so stay tuned... :)
[Nook Color Android Development] bytte:
Beta2 - fails to resume from sleep - backlight but no display:

ps: http://pastebin.com/wMw23M6d

dmesg: http://pastebin.com/vg0UQLtD

logcat: http://pastebin.com/yjfQtSa3

To locate the wake up point, I pressed the power button a couple of times, then attached the wall charger which you can see in dmesg, tried again, and then connected to adb.

I have included the complete logs as there are several errors, and I have no real idea what may be relevant.
[Nook Color Android Development] StarWolfX0:
Netflix will not start. I installed Beta 2, but every time I start Netflix is is just blank, or says that it is not responding. Is their something that I am missing to get it working?

Also their is a slight lag when I power on the device. Like the screen is resuming from sleep. Almost like it is resuming from being Dim, but no Power Button issues.

The "n" does not power on the device like in CM7. Not sure if this is by design. And I do see the first post.
[Nook Color Android Development] DatterBoy:
I am running ES 1.1 and cannot get past the CM boot splash. The furthest I get is the CM ring which is faded with about 2/5 of the ticks going around the ring and it then boot loops sometimes going to the CWM recovery screen.

Any ideas? Happens with Beta2 and Alpha1.

Have tried many things reading through this thread including the uImage fix. No good.
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
Are you running the 1.8 version of Netflix?
[Nook Color Android Development] echoedge:
Correct.. USB host/USB keyboard support.
[Nook Color Android Development] ahopper:
Storage problems with CM10

This is odd; my 32g sdcard now mounts read-only under CM10. Also, everything is installing to the "internal" partition instead of the emmc, so nearly 100% of that 1G is now used after restoring my apps.
[Nook Color Android Development] no_cannabis:
Ha, overnight. I charged my B1 with test kernel to the full green overnight, and it drained 80% in 1.5 hours I spent to get to work. My backpack was quite warm because of this, even with 4 degree Celsius outside.

I'm keeping it off now, until the next beta comes out with fixed menu icon.

---------- Post added at 09:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:55 AM ----------

I reported this with alpha release along with logcat. Seems to be a problem with audio layer (ALSA), i.e. switching from speakers to a Bluetooth device.
[Nook Color Android Development] deboyz1014:
No OC right now above 1.0 GHZ I believe. As for Netflix, if you are using 1.8.1 and its not working, clear data from the app and try again.
[Nook Color Android Development] akramarshad:
I am on beta 2,enabled menu button.The button seems to respond but no menu drop down appears.I tried it in almost every app no menu shows up.
[Nook Color Android Development] samcoinc:
been runing since the beta2 came out. No SOD's. No boot loops. No oddness. (I don't know what the context menu means - so I don't know if it isn't working ;) ) Running really great. No issues that I have found.

QIOCM97CWJT

12/12/2010

OMAP3630 ES1.1 (12cache iva sgx neon isp 192mhz clk )

cyttsp
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
READ!!!!!!

I guess no one reads the OP, or through the thread anymore.

N to Wake is not active. We took it out due to it was causing the SOD's on ES1.2 devices.

Don't believe me?

20 hrs, 26 min on battery so far. device wakes up just fine. and yes, I am on ES1.2; and up until b2, I couldn't even make it to work with my nook in my bag without it not coming back alive and I only live 15 min away.

Menu key shows, but doesn't do anything. Read a couple of pages back please. I already fixed this and pushed the commit to github. Build if you want it fixed right now, or wait till the next release.

1.1/1.2 OC. these options where taken out of Alpha builds. Now that we are in Beta, they will go back in.

a lot of the SOD reports I am seeing on b2, aren't SOD's at all. Seeing a dim lit lock screen...guess what...means YOU DON'T HAVE AN SOD!.

SOD = Sleep of Death. meaning the device wont wake up at all.

BSOB = Black Screen on Boot was also fixed for b2. I never experienced it, however, our testers that did have it, haven't reported it since we released b2.

I'm only seeing a hand full of "SOD" reports, and out of 120GB (sorry, that was just for 11/1; forgot to add in the 15GB that was downloaded on 10/31), so 135GB worth of downloads for B2, you'd think there would be A TON of true SOD reports if it was a real issue.

So please, Stop reporting on the N key, Stop reporting on the OC, Stop reporting on Netflix Doesn't Work....READ THE OP. Install 1.8.1, not the one from the market.

OTG HAS NOT BEEN ADDED YET. Stop reporting this as a bug. I said this a few pages back.

there's probably more, but whatever. Not like anyone will read this post anyway.
[Nook Color Android Development] pauljohnson75:
I read it and think you are doing a wonderful job. Keep up the good work and thank you for bringing my Nook back to life.
[Nook Color Android Development] lollyjay:
Yer a "Buen hombre" krylon360. I'm sure that everyone means well, but we all needed this reminder to search the thread first. I will post here that my current setup (b2 over b1, tablet ui) is working better than ANYTHING I've ever installed starting back with the 7 series.
[Nook Color Android Development] MrPib:
Hi Krylon. I'm sure it's very frustrating, but please remember that there are a lot of us out here who keep up with the threads and don't report known issues, or ask things that have already been answered! You're just seeing a few lazy bad apples.

Your hard work, and the time you take to keep us updated on what you're doing, are both very much appreciated.

BTW, B2 is fantastic -- it's like having a brand new tablet!

THANKS!
[Nook Color Android Development] lollyjay:
Can't help you with the sdcard, but here's a link to how to set the data partition on emmc to 4gb.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094371

[HOW-TO] Repartitioning the NC back to 1GB/data, 5GB/media
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I'm not really sure of your terminology. You say "internal partition instead of the emmc". There are two versions of the Nook. The old version has 1GB /data (where installed apps get put) and 5GB media (called emmc by CM and where media files go). The new version has it reversed (5GB /data and 1GB media). That is what lollyjay pointed out to you can be fixed. But I am not sure this is what you meant. You said restoring apps caused space to fill up which would indicate that is what you meant, but then why does the read only SD matter? And as far as the read only, can you write to the SD in your PC? Sometimes cards just go bonkers and cannot be written to.

EDIT: Or were you meaning you usually install some apps to SD and now you can't so /data is full? That makes sense. Then either try a different card or repartition like lollyjay said.
[Nook Color Android Development] keyodi:
Netflix not Working

@krylon360,

I installed the latest Netflix, but all i get is a blank screen :( What's the deal? I thought you guys said netflix works!
[Nook Color Android Development] derekr:
FWIW - the "n" key works to wake just fine for me in b2... I have a real wonky power button and have to rely on volume or "n" to wake.
[Nook Color Android Development] RallyStyle2003:
bluetooth

I haven't seen much testing with bluetooth, so I figured I would do some. I was able to find and pair devices with several methods.

Works:

ftp file from pc to nook

wii remote

Doesn't work:

audio to/from nook. Tried 3 diff devices. No errors on either side. They show paired and connected but still plays from nook speaker.

I'd be happy to troubleshoot this if there's anything I should try.
[Nook Color Android Development] vettejock99:
Per my prior report, I am getting a ton of SODs. And seeing the CPU pegged a fair amount for no apparent reason. And the dim screen upon resume issue. Just wanted to report them separately since I am clear they aren't all SODs but krylon lumped that in with his vent. I know it is being looked into, and I will try to pull a logcat this afternoon.
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
Define SOD?

Because I have yet to see a valid report since the B2 release.
[Nook Color Android Development] frankusb:
Except it works sometimes for some people? Since it's behaving differently for different people, this may lead to confusion as to what should be reported.

Should we be calling this SADLLS? I'm probably guilty of calling it a SOD for lack of a better term.

Frank
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
N to wake works for me ONLY if it is plugged into a charging source (both AC and PC). When not connected to a charging source N to wake does not work.

edited to add:

Apparently no one reads WHO posts things either.... *snort*
[Nook Color Android Development] grayfoxmg1:
There's your problem, you must use the 1.8.1 version of Netflix
[Nook Color Android Development] no_cannabis:
krylon360, just a word of support - most of us, who started from alpha read every post in this thread and never reported something twice. It's just that at this point there's plenty of users, who jumped on in the middle and never bothered reading even the OG. Keep in mind though, I think people mean well, when they send you all the logs. I really think you just need to copy your recent post into the header of the feedback form, so people knew what they are not supposed to be uploading.

And please continue your tremendous work, it's appreciated by every one here.

On a different note, my observation is that it's only when Menu icon is on the bottom (ES Explorer) when it doesn't do anything. When it's in top-right (MX Player, VNC) it works just as it should. In B2.
[Nook Color Android Development] krylon360:
N to wake while plugged in isnt really considered "waking" the device.

Since it's plugged in, it's not sleeping.

Thats why we only got SOD's when unplugged.

So, unplug and let it sleep for a bit, then press N. It shouldn't work.
[Nook Color Android Development] StarWolfX0:
Well that was embarassing. I was using the latest Netflix. Tried 1.8, and it worked great.

---Edit---

Sorry. I did not realize I HAD to use 1.8 to get Netflix working. I thought it would work with the latest market update. And I did read the OP.

I only see in the first post that Netflix works, not if it was the latest version or not. Again my apologies.

And as for my "n" posting. I know it was removed, and would rather keep it removed for better battery life, just wish it was back.