[Nook Touch General] Zalamel:
Right, let's delve right into this. Though I warn you, it's quite long. :o

I recently purchased a Nook Simple Touch in the hopes that, after rooting, I would be able to install the Amazon Kindle app.

Things have not gone according to plan.

I am by no means technically inept, I revel in subverting electrical devices into doing things in which they were never designed.

This is why it pains me to have to come here, asking for assistance.

What I Did:

I used TouchNooter 2.1.31 to root my Nook, which was at version 1.1. I followed the somewhat detailed instructions to the letter, and was happily greeted with the Android screen. "Huzzah!" I exclaimed in my exuberance, all was as it should be, my buttocks finally able to unclench itself.

I proceeded with the setup, when I came upon the choice of if I wanted Google to be able to find where I was located, and if they could have access to my Nook, I unchecked both options, even though the instructions recommended not to.

The setup seemed to proceed unhindered. I put in my Email, and I was shown the desktop. I then proceeded to open Youtube, and logged in.

This is probably where I made a mistake. instead of trying to sign into Gmail, I went straight to the market. It didn't work as I anticipated. So I shut the Nook down and chose to wait the recommended 24 hours.

After 24 hours, I returned to my Nook, and attempted to log into the Android Market. It Worked! Goody Gumdrops.

However, attempting to download anything resulted in a message first stating "Your app will now download" And after a few seconds, a notification would pop up, telling me the download has failed, and to try again.

I chose to give up, and instead try the Amazon App Store. It booted up fine, and everything seemed to work. However, upon attempting to download something, it would start, then immediately stop, without any trace of it happening.

Now I was pretty sure, the reason for all this, is I hadn't synced my Gmail account with my Youtube account. I went and attempted it, only to discover it would supersede my Yahoo account if I continued. I chose to make an entirely new account.

I then went back into Youtube to log into my new account, and after doing so, I was greeted my a 401 Loading Error. I exited the app. and was going to try again by clicking on the Youtube App. Only now it wouldn't show up."Fiddlesticks" I mumbled, what now?

I went back to the instructions, and found that the Youtube App can sometimes flake out for unknown reasons. So that's where I left off.

I figure the easiest route to fix this would be to re-root the Nook.

And that's where I could use a bit of help.

How you can help:

I'd like to know the easiest way to re-root a nook that ISN'T Bricked. If it's not too much trouble.

Can I just use the menu inside the nook to reset to factory settings?

Or should I use this method? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289233

What do I do once It's fixed?

After I re-root it, I'm reading that, because it runs on Android 2.1, many apps no longer work, and older versions must be obtained.

It seems like I need the file ES File Explorer to be able to install these old apps, but how does one go about getting said file explorer on the Nook in the first place?

So if anyone would be so kind, as to take the time to not only read, but answer my questions, I would be eternally grateful. :cowboy: