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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sawbuck00:
I hope I am in the right forum for this thread. I have plenty of questions and hope to get answers to a few..... Here goes -

A few weeks ago I bought a nook 16Gb Tablet essentially for my wife and created a CM7 SD card to allow using it in stock BN system as well as experiment with Android use from that card. The end result is I decided I needed one for myself so I wouldn't conflict with her use. I had months ago rooted my nook eink but regardless of its expanded capability it was still only a great ebook reader and hopeless as a web browser, etc. So bought a Certified Preowned 16Gb nook Tablet for myself and duplicated the CM7 SD card process and was able to switch between stock nook use and Andorid use from the SD card using the dual boot process. I found myself mostly in the Andorid side and began to wonder why I was keeping the unused nook side around. After a ton of forum reading I decided to root my tablet and leave my wife's in its dual boot format - undoubtedly a safe move....

I used this process:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466583&page=24

it is titled:

How to root 1.4.1 (or any other version) using just an sdcard {easy}

and I followed the detailed steps and links from "liquidzoo" post #240. Creating the SD card for the rooting process was easy. It went well up to the point of the step of powering up after inserting the SD card in the powered down nook. It kept booting into the stock BN nook side by use of the power on button. It began booting to the SD card only after I allowed it to power up by plugging it into my pc with the usb cord. Then the following steps went fine after I discoverd I had to use the volume controls to step through the menu selections. Thereafter it did go smoothly through the process. When the process indicated it had completed powered off, removed the SD card, and powered up into Android.

It seems to be somewhat faster than using Android from a dual boot (CM7 on SD card). I guess I missed somewhere that it would have dual a home selection menu allowing the stock nook home menu choice along with Android - so the best of both worlds. I am still familiarizing my self with the new configuration but so the fiirst of a few questions are:

Aside from experimentation, is there any way of finding out what all the icons in the status bar are for on the vbarious screens? Some are obvious but at one point I had a flashing-inverted-chevron icon that seemed to be maybe a downloading indicator but I couldn't find what.

Is there a simple toggle to switch from nook to android screens? Seems to be several taps to achieve that.

How do I install the Amazon Android App? I can' seem to find it.

I'll probably reply to this with other questions after I do more experimenting but answers to these woiuld be helpful.

Thanks in advance. I'm still a noob so I can't post to the link above but I think somewhere I saw the ability to 'Thank' as well as 'Donate' - both of which I need to do now. I think I'm really going to like the newly configured nook Tablet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
First, read this.

Now, just so we're on the same page.

You created an sd card that allowed you to boot into a custom recovery and then using the volume up/down buttons, navigated to install and installed a zip file that allowed you to root the device correct?

If that is the case, you are still on the stock OS (as it sounds from your description). This is why you have both the stock B&N user interface (launcher) and a custom one (the one that looks more like cm7 did when booting from an sdcard).

Still have that custom recovery card? Here's my suggestion. Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store). Store these files on your internal storage. Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. DO NOT FORMAT SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT (people do this for some reason, I don't understand why and it breaks things - don't do it.) Upon rebooting, you will no longer have the stock OS installed You will have a custom rom, cm7 installed.

The difference from your current setup is that right now, the core of the device is still based on B&N version of Android. The alternate user interface is nothing more than a tease of what Android is truly capable of. A custom rom opens up many more doors and should be a much smoother experience.

Any questions post them. And please read the first post of the thread I linked.

---------- Post added at 12:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 PM ----------

Also, I'm morally obligated to advise you to return the Nook and buy a Nexus 7, if you truly prefer the Google experience.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sawbuck00:
A bit to more to chew on....

Thank you, Cubanluke88, for you thoughts and suggestions.

First, I did grab your first linked post and realized some misconceptions. I still need to digest it more thoroughly, though.

On the part of your response that I have edited out in the qoute, I also want to read more troroughly and pose some questions in a later response.

As for the final suggestion, I have been eyeing the Nexus 7 for some time ane even though it is a bit more expensive than the nook Tablet I currently own I think I might get it (or a similar device) when fortune and convenience presents itself. For now, I am still in a learning mode with the Android-like device I currentlhy have and need to read and educate myself further. As stated in my opening post - I am a noob - there is a lot of experimenting I need to do.

I will be replying with some questions after more reading and thought on your offered suggestions in the section I edited out for the time being.....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sawbuck00:
questions....again

Cubanluke88,

Thanks again for giving me something to think about.

I have read/reread both of your linked posts and your complete response to my post. Further, it is useful to comment that with my nook Tablet hardware it is not at all important for me to have the BN OS. I have a classic nook eink that is totally satisfactory for anything I may need for BN usage alone - mostly, ebook purchase and reading. I purchased the tablet as a means to get access to Android applications not possible from the nook classic which was also hopeless as a general web access device. As a rooted Android device, I anticipate it's nook app to be satisfactory as an ebook reader as well.

Referring to the quoted segment of you initial response:

Still have that custom recovery card?

Yes.

Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store) Store these files on your internal storage..

Can you suggest a pointer? I get swamped and cofused on what to choose when I google. The verison I have filed on my PC is embedded in an SD image file and I suspect that is not what you were referring to ( I have: -->> "Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img".

By "internal storage" do you mean in the recovery card or within the Tablet through USB connection?

Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.

The backup would be my current loaded system - in case I need to get back?

.

When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.

Is this a single menu item on the recovery card or separate commands?

I appreciate the help and apologise for the need for spoon feeeding but I hope it helps avoid making further mistakes......

One last thought, on the recovery card I downloaded and included "flash_B&N_Stock_v1.4.3_8-16gb_emmc" which I assume would restore to stock 1.4.3 BN version. Is that prossible? and would that be easier to do and start fresh?

Thanks in advance....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
That .img file is what you used to create the sdcard your wife and you used. Just as with the recovery sd card, you take said .img file and burn it to it to create a "bootable" sdcard. Thats not what we want to do now (if you're ready to replace the stock OS). Go to this thread for cm7. See where it says "Internal version 8GB & 16GB Compatiable?" Grab that. That is the rom zip file itself. To get gapps, youll need cm7 compatible gapps, found here.

By internal storage, I'm referring to the internal storage on the Nook itself. (like what you see when you mount it via USB on your computer). It should come up as "My Nook" or something to that effect. If you store the rom zip file here, you will be able to boot into recovery via the sdcard you created, navigate to the internal storage and find the zip file and install it. Now personally, I would recommend, that if you plan on using internal roms, that you should also change the internal recovery to a custom one. With an internal custom recovery, you could swap between various roms without ever needing to use that recovery sd card. You would simply boot into recovery, grab the zip file for whatever custom rom you want to use and install it.

The easiest way to get a custom recovery is via this app here. Simply install the app and flash the custom recovery within it. Its also a great tool to return to stock recovery should you ever need to.

Yep.

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Its in the recovery menu there right at the front. You should see something like reboot system, apply sdcard, wipedata/factory reset, wipe cache, install zip, backup and restore. Backup/restore to backup your current installation, install zip to install the rom + gapps, and wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache after installation.

I'm not sure what this is. I'll take a look at it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sawbuck00:
Read much of the following thread and while I think it will be simpler in the future I assume I can do that at any time. Right?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458630

Albert Wertz's youtube video throws a lot of stuff into the process which looks very interesting but I think I'll "crawl" around a bit and use recovery card for little longer while I become more familiar with a rooted tablet.

I grabbed the CM7 and gapp zips you pointed to and I'm going to give that a whirl with my current recovery card and post back with results - hopefully good......
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
Note that if you install cm7 to the device, you are not simply on a "rooted" tablet anymore. You will be on a custom rom that also happens to have root access (most custom roms do). Its also worth noting that cm7 is a custom rom based on Android 2.3.4, so the roms capabilities and limitations will be subsequently limited to what cm7 is capable of. The latest version of Android is 4.1 and we are lucky enough to have a custom rom (cm10) in development based on it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sawbuck00:
undeeded apps

Been doing some exploring and contemplating addition of a few apps. However, some of the apps loaded with CM7 and Gapps (like car home, phone, camera to name a few) don't make sense on a nook tablet - unless I'm missing a reason they should be there. What is the best way of uninstalling/deleting these or any I may install but discover no need for?

TIA....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Cubanluke88:
They're there because cm7 is a port of a phone based OS (Android 2.3 was designed for phones). You can disable them but I believe camera is tied to gallery so that could screw up picture viewing and phone might be tied to contacts so that could screw up your contacts database if you use gmail. If you have a file explorer that has root access (I use root explorer, paid app in play store), you can navigate to /system/apps and all the apks for those apps (system apps) are found there. You can add a ".bak" extension to each one, then reboot and see if anything breaks. If for some reason things break really badly, you can always reboot to recovery and just flash the rom on top of it again.
[Microsoft Surface] e.mote:
How does Snap work while vertical? How about other functions?

How fast or slow is rotation? Is there a rotation lock?

Have you used the tablet in portrait mode for any use, say, as a reader? How comfortable is it to hold?

Is the on-screen keyboard usable in portrait?

TIA.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
Snap requires more horizontal resolution than is available when in portrait mode, so snapped windows disappear. They come back when you return to landscape, though.

Rotation is pretty fast, taking about a second to complete the switch, but with just enough delay (and a starting animation) to let you know that it's about to happen, so you don't get it by accident.

There is an auto-rotate lock. It's on the Screen Resolution control panel widget (reachable by right-clicking on the desktop, or doing a search on "orientation" or "resolution"), right where you'd expect it from previous Windows versions.

It's very easy to use the tablet in portrait mode for reading books or web pages, although the 768 width is a little lower than most pages are written for. Holding it is extremely comfortable, although be careful not to hit the Start button by accident. Folding the Touch Cover behind the tablet while in portrait mode works great; the Type Cover works too but it feels weird to feel the keys move under your fingers. However, the keys and touchpad on either cover are disabled when it's flipped behind the tablet.

The SIP (Software Input Panel) is absolutely usable. I'm coming to love the split-keyboard mode for short amounts of text; it's designed to be used by your thumbs while your hands hold the tablet at the corners. I almost never use the "normal" on-screen keyboard. The handwriting recognition really isn't usable without a stylus, as expected..
[Microsoft Surface] nbates66:
Also just fyi, Windows button+ O is a hotkey for activating rotation lock.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
@nbates66: Not working for me. Win+o, or Win+Shift+O, don't appear to do anything (at least on the desktop). Auto-rotate still occurs. Win+0 just launches the tenth thing on the taskbar, as expected. It would be great if this is usable, though. Win+P, Win+E, Win+R, Win+L, etc. all work as expected.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
hi,

Im a sort of noob here, i want to flash the cm9.1 on my sola (locked boot loader), when i installed the zip via cwm i kept getting this error. status 7 installation aborted, Then someone told me to flash the boot.img present in the cm9.1 zip. So how do i fastboot flash boot boot.img.? Thanks for any info :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hayden18:
You can't flash boot images with locked bootloader

Unlock bootloader first

Sent From My Paranoid Xperia S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
thanks for the response. any tutorial on how to do that?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1527159
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
thanks. im am currently on xics hybrid rom. do i need to flash back to stock rom before i unlock the bootloader?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
im not able to trigger fast boot.

i power down the phone, hit the volume up button, connect the USBs, i get a purple LED, in a few seconds it turns red and it charges the phone. No driver installation, no nothing. :|
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1949953
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
a downgrade isnt exactly what i would want :\
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
Sorry worng link,http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php...sible+solution+for+fastboot-windows7+problems
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
doesnt help...i dont even get an error. It doesnt even start installing drivers. purple led>turns red>sony logo>charging...thats it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
It is small gap between purple and red,you have to install fastboot driver.

Try installing fastboot drivers before connecting.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nosmaster:
hold the volume up while you put usb in down just press it led should go blue
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
could you elaborate a little more?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
ok i manged to nail it. drivers installed now :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
ok im done doing the steps, on how to unlock the bootloader. how do i make sure that it is unlocked?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nosmaster:
when you sent the unlock command did it come back complete ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
I think it shows something like unlocked or completed .

You can try flashing custom kernel,if it is still locked, it will tell you to root first.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] srprashant91:
i did try and flash cm9.1, it said status 7 installation aborted
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] neectron:
delete first 3 lines from updater-script of zip..i.e those getprops.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] nosmaster:
does sola have adb via recovery?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
I've torn apart my Prime in hopes of fixing the lack of GPS and horrible wifi. My issue is absolutely and unfortunately a hardware one and I am looking for ways to resolve it. Upon tearing it apart, I noticed that there were two mini ufl type connectors that I traced back to the horrible pogo pins. Im thinking of adding a separate internal antennae to the connectors to see if it helps my issues any ( attached pic is of the GPS/swan/Alan antennae I will order ). The thing is, I cant find this particular type of connector anywhere online to order the proper plug for the socket. Ive already found a thin antennae that I want to use ( and I may even mod it to the exterior of the case ). Can anyone with working radio knowledge take a look at the attached pic and let me know what type of socket this is ? Its much like a regular internal wifi socket but just a hair smaller. Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
I took a couple more photos with the plastic covering removed. It looks like it should be relatively easy to add another antennae if I can find the proper cable to solder to it. You can easily trace the bulk of the IC for the antennae wires :)

I removed the left pogo in hopes to solder the connection to the pad but couldnt get it to stick.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
Ok, another quick update. The Pogo pins are the antennas center pin. The ground is actually a body ground to the back casing via that little copper pad making contact to the silver foam pad stuck on the case which is shown below in the case just above the pogo pins. I greatly increased my wifi signal by soldering a small lead to the copper pad on the antenna and grounding it to a case screw next to the camera. I also cleaned the silver plate on the antenna to ensure the pogo pin makes contact. I still have had no luck getting GPS up and running.

Side Note,

There is a bridge that looks like maybe a HFL socket on either end on the left side of the mainboard near the single pogo pin. Im going to order a short bridge because when i carefully removed it, the end fell right off leading me to believe the end wasnt crimped on properly. So far 2 design flaws Asus........Great job! The other odd little connector seems to be a testing point. Apparently it breaks the lead to the antenna when the tester probes into it. Im wondering if the internal mechanism in the testing socket is broken and is causing the lack of connectivity to the regular antenna for the gps? im going to solder the ground wire and a main wire to the GPS antenna when I get a chance , fixing the ground to the mainboards grounding plate, and carefully test the other side of the resistor leading to the test socket. This should let me know for sure if the sockets center pin is breaking contact for the pogo pin.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pooblej:
Keep up the good work ... you never know what you might find...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] praktical:
Impressive work. Looking forward to the end result. Keep us posted.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
Thanks for the kind words guys. It might be a few days before I can take more time to work on this little project. If this pans out, Im also thinking of adding a 3.5mm jack to the top right side so we can plug in a straight external antenna ( Just above the headphones jack ). Im a mandatory city employee and we are still dealing with this hurricane here on the east coast, so my time is short for the time being ( damn 12 hr shifts lol ).

Here is the antenna in thinking about modding the case to fit :

Item: 3.5mm 12dbi AV TV FM Radio GPS Antenna For Cellphone Nokia 5230 5800 N8 N9 N97

URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=390411077664

Here is the internal part for it. Id just solder the leads to where the gps pins have an active connection. It looks like there is enough space in the case in the top right corner to fit the internal component. Id likely just drill a clean hole and hot glue it to the case to keep it from moving around. From there its a simple solder to the leads to make the jack active for an external GPS :)

Item: 2 pcs 3.5mm 4 Pole Female Repair headphone earphone Jack Plug Audio Soldering

URL: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251173492012
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pooblej:
How much to hack mine if it works....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
Sorry but Im not touching anyone elses tab. If it works, ill provide detailed instructions on what I did along with pictures. The risk to your device is in your own hands. I personally dont mind tinkering with mine :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] praktical:
Keep safe through the Hurricane man. I would like to suggest a child post for this forum on Hurricane Sandy just a let us know each member is safe and sound.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pooblej:
Pyraxiate - did you try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1509794 ???

I just remembered it and added some foil as per image on post #1 and hide it inside my case.

Looks like it makes a massive difference! Have try and report back!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] whycali:
Are you unlocked running a custom rom?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
Yes unlocked. Daily rom is CM10 ( Craigs Build ). I flash back and forth between Stock JB ( The de-odexed flashable zip ) and Cm10. Thats part of the reason i cant test things on a whim. CM10 suits me better and I need time + computer to flash back to stock when I test hardware mods.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] pyraxiate:
This kind of makes the gps completely null. Im trying to get it actually working LOL.

I should have time to flash / tear down tomorrow to determine if the connection to the testing socket is causing the break to my antenna. Apparently when the probe pushes into the sockets internal pin, it intentionally causes the external antenna to detatch and im thinking when the probe was removed, something got stuck causing the test socket to stay active. This is all according to the very little bit of information ive seen available on the test socket. My GPS does not function at all what-so-ever even if I remove the metal back case and run a wire to the pads on the antenna ..... My issue is purely a hardware one. There is a physical disconnect somewhere in the antenna circuit which is why im trying to build a permanent fix. If I can make some kind of contact to the gps module, ill likely solder / drill / mod the case to fit a nice looking external antenna. Im even thinking of something similar to how the IBM laptops have their modules set up on the exterior.