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[Nook Touch Android Development] jackcorso:
small problem :)

hello, i hope someone here can help me out. I tried rooting following the described steps, but after inserting the SD my device doesn't power on anymore. what should i do? thank you.

nevermind :) it eventually started, and it works. Thanks.
[Nook Touch Android Development] TheEditor:
Does this work with the U.S. version of the Glow running 1.2?
[Nook Touch Android Development] mug2k:
A few questions if its ok.

1. I have made the backup, where is it located (so I can transfer to my PC) ?.

2. Do I need special e-ink versions of apps or are the normal ones ok ?.
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
i'm interested in root but but i currently i only have one micro sd card. it is a 8b card so I don't want to sacrifice it for the sake of rooting. once i get rooted can i reformat the card and use to store my books, files, etc, or do I have to have a dedicated card to run the rooting process
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
You can reformat/reuse the same card, but why not buy a couple of small (4GB or even just 2GB) class 4 to keep aside for rooting and occasional backups etc., as they should be relatively inexpensive.
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
yeah i know i can do that but currently i am only operating on with one card. i'm gonna pick up a 1/2 GB a little later once i finish up some work related things.

also how do i go about uninstall programs? with the nookmanager relaunch is included. while i like it, ultimately i would like to replace the launcher with another. i searched hi and low but found no options to uninstall apps. do i have to adb everything?

ideally i would like to have this rooted. run a few apps such as calculator, dropbox, and launcher7.
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
I ran into the same problem with using a pre-made SD image for rooting my NST. I tried different things unsuccessfully but the following process fixed it for me:

Use Windows to reformat the card (which should appear as a drive on Win OS, if not just use MiniToolPartition to assign it a drive letter)

Use SD Formatter 3.1 (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/) to reformat the card again (use zero out + format options)

Use MiniToolPartition to recreate whatever partitions needed

I had expected that SD Formatter by itself would fix it, but it didn't; it only worked after Windows format had a pass at the card.

From this experience I generally avoid using pre-made images, especially as I realized they are strictly for the convenience of not having to manually create a FAT32 partition with the proper flags set so as to be bootable.
[Nook Touch Android Development] mug2k:
I'm gonna need that too ^^ thanks

You seem knowledgeable about this stuff and wondered if you could help me. I used NookManager and made a backup before rooting but can't find the backup it created, do you know where I can find it so I can transfer it to my PC ?.
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
Just to clarify: I didn't mean to imply that every pre-made image will cause a reformat problem.

I am not able to help here as I have not (yet) used Nook Manager.
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
NookManager creates a second partition on the SD card for the backup. Unfortunately, Windows ignores all partitions except the first on removable media like CDs and SD cards so if you put the card in your PC card reader all you'll see is the NookManager partition and not the Nook Backup partition. So you need to use your Nook as a card reader.

Power off your Nook.

Put the SD card with NookManager and your backup on it into your Nook.

Power on your Nook and let it boot into NookManager

Plug your Nook USB cable into your Nook and your PC

You should now have two drives on your PC - NookManager and Nook Backup

Copy the backup files off of Nook Backup to your PC.

HTH

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It probably would have been easier to just use MiniTool Partition (or any other favorite partition manager) to do all the work. You can delete all the partitions on the SD card and create one or more new partitions on the card and format it/them with just the partition manager.
[Nook Touch Android Development] jptiger:
Thank you both for spending so much time helping and investigating this!

The way you described with the bottom two buttons actually worked just fine as a full factory reset. It then couldn't connect to B&N servers to register, but I could connect it to the PC and load the firmware update zip onto the device, which kicked in soon after putting the thing to sleep with the power button. Once the update was installed, it connected to B&N servers and I could register as normal.

The updated NookManager rooted without a hitch. I'm having some minor trouble with app installations (re-signed opera mobile for 1.2.2 errors out with "problems during installation") but I think I just need to spend a little time with adb on the thing, but otherwise things look promising.

I'll report back once I've tried out ADE and Kindle again.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
Interesting with the Opera. You can always try the vendor version and see if it likes it better. I hope I didn't inadvertantly upload the original instead of the resigned one...
[Nook Touch Android Development] jptiger:
It's possible? I was able to grab the correct one from the app collection linked in your signature and it installed fine now.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
Thanks for the info. With many downloads of that file I've never heard of a problem, but I'll reup a copy just to be safe.
[Nook Touch Android Development] farmerstele3:
It wont create a backup, it just pauses.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
"it"? Are you talking about NookManager? The original version with FW 1.2.1?

Backups take time. There should be a message at the very bottom of the screen which says that a backup has begun at such-and-such a time. If not, then your NookManager might have become corrupt--or, there may not be enough room on the card?

If you're trying to use the original NookManager on FW 1.2.2, then all bets are off. Anything could be happening.
[Nook Touch Android Development] farmerstele3:
I don't know what you mean by "original" I downloaded a version yesterday and tried to back up my 1.2.1 nook, and I left it overnight, and it wasn't done in the morning. Today I tried on my 1.2.2 nook, and it still isn't working.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
If you downloaded the package from this thread then it is the "original" version which works for FW 1.2.1. It will not work for FW 1.2.2.

If you download the package from this thread, then it is the updated version which should work for both FW 1.2.1 and FW 1.2.2.

The behavior you describe is new to me. Did you notice the message at the bottom of the screen indicating when the backup process started? It still sounds to me like you have a corrupt copy or some issue with your sdcard.
[Nook Touch Android Development] farmerstele3:
Yeah, it started but won't do anything

now my display is trashed. I cant get the file to load for some reason. What am I doing wrong? I am on mac os 11, and I format the sd card with MDOS Fat.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
Thin ice here as I don't have any experience with Macs. FAT32 is correct for the card. How are you burning the image?
[Nook Touch Android Development] farmerstele3:
I've tried direct download to the SD and moving it over from the download folder.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
If I understand you correctly I don't think you are using the file correctly. You download a zip file inside of which is an img file. You must use software to burn this image to an sdcard. This creates the necessary structure to allow the NST to boot from the card, not the OS. It also copies the needed files and structure. As in the instructions in the first post:

If you do this correctly, you should have no problem. I recommend using one of the updated versions of NookManager, however.
[Nook Touch Android Development] lilyoftheshadow:
I know it's been a year but if anyone's still watching this thread, do we have suggestions for installing Libby on a rooted nook? My library has certain titles that aren't available as an ePub that I can transfer over. I've got the nook simple touch successfully rooted with the standard process outlined in the very first post, but I kind of deleted the app store it included because I didn't think I'd need it.

Is Libby even available on the amazon app store that was included with nookmanager? if I can just backup and re-root my nook then that's fine, it didn't take too long and I've got all my books stored in multiple locations so I'm not worried about losing anything, and it'd be worth it to be able to read my library books on nook. Otherwise, what might my options be? A cursory search of xda forums didn't reveal much but I also wasn't sure what search terms to use.
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
There is no version of Libby that will run on the NST/G. Also, the Amazon App store included with the original NookManager package (update here: https://xdaforums.com/t/nst-g-updating-nookmanager-for-fw-1-2-2.3873048/) hasn't worked in years.

In my neck of the woods the library has epub, DRM epub, and Kindle books available from its website. All of these can be read with the NST/G with a little bit of transferring (in the case of the epubs). To my knowledge there are no books available only to Libby users (but I could be wrong). Magazines, comics, etc., are available in an encrypted pdf/html format that can only be read by Libby. So if that's what you're referring to, there is no hope.
[Nook Touch Android Development] lilyoftheshadow:
Thanks for the response! It looks like I might be stuck as far as Libby is concerned 😭 I will have to look into what other ways the Chicago Public Library does ebook lending since their first reccomendation is Overdrive/Libby. Libby was just so convenient to browse.

I appreciate you taking the time to reply, and for adding the info about the lack of updates to the appstore! Like I said, I never even attempted to use it so I had no idea.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Talko:
please some give a working link of nook manager

jeff_kz
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
[NST/G] Updating NookManager for FW 1.2.2

XDA member @jeff_kz released NookManager back in 2012 and many grateful people have used it to root their devices and make backups. It's still a great piece of software but a little dust has settled on it and the NST/G has moved on to FW 1.2.2...

xdaforums.com
[Nook Touch Android Development] Talko:
i tried all root files the only one worked was

NookManager Classic

other stuck on nookManager screen and

NookManager Classic don't have es file explorer
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
There's nothing wrong with any of the versions. Many hundreds of people have used them. You either have a corrupt download or--more likely--a bad card. It's almost always the card. Try using a different one.
[Nook Touch Android Development] kbs24:
I have resurrected my Nook original which had been rooted many years ago but then had a factory reset. My ru.launcher is still there, file manager is there, but I don't think it is actually rooted anymore. Adb finds the device, but the number shown is definitely not the serial number of my Nook. So, I'm wondering, since the firmware has been updated to 1.5.0, will this method of root work for me? If not, is there any method that does work on 1.5.0? Thanks for your help, I know this is a very old thread.......
[Nook Touch Android Development] nmyshkin:
Whoa. Am I correct that you are talking about the so-called "Nook Classic", and not the NST?

If so, don't even think about using NookManager on it.

Do you need help tracking down the files and methods?

Edit: here, maybe? https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-root-nook-classic.3335660/post-65818755

Edit: this is probably better: https://github.com/AnotherKamila/nook-revival?tab=readme-ov-file

That includes a link to information for rooting 1.5
[Nook Touch Android Development] kbs24:
Yes! The Nook 1st Edition! Thanks for the info. I'll give this a try.:)
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
thats what i did, used minitool to delete all volumes then make a new partition.

the thing that elude me now is how to uninstall apks/apps from within relaunch. i did a factory reset as i junked my my nook with various apps from the amazon store. once i get my "recovery" microsd i'm gonna re-root and play around a little more.

if anyone can guide me on how to uninstall apps, that'd be great. basically i want to run a launcher (maybe metroiu or launcher7), have es file explorer, calculator, dropbox and a eink friendly browser. then eventually some rss news feeds
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
For apps installed with the Amazon app store you should be able to uninstall them in the Amazon app. For other stuff I'm using ADB Konnect on the NST and Android Commander on my PC to wirelessly install and uninstall stuff. You could also try searching the Amazon app store for app managers to install on your Nook and avoid ADB but I haven't tried it and don't know if any work on the NST. Also, I just took a look at ReLaunch and you can long press on an app and you'll get a menu to Uninstall or Cancel.
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
i want to uninstall relaunch, lol. can i use dropbox to install apks or will i get an error message about 3rd party apps
[Nook Touch Android Development] remlap:
What other launcher do you plan to use? This is not a phone or a tablet.
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
launcher7 for the android side. think the eink screen benefits from the ui. also i think it looks nicer. heh
[Nook Touch Android Development] osowiecki:
Legacy Launcher ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wordpress.chislonchow.legacylauncher&hl=en
[Nook Touch Android Development] remlap:
Relaunch is designed for the Nook. It is a eink launcher. Launcher 7 looked horrible when I tried it last week.

Phone launchers look horrible in general on the device due to the style of refresh eink uses, ReLaunch is perfect due to how it refreshes.
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
I had thought so too, and indeed that was the very first thing I had tried but it didn't work.:) The MiniToolPartition went through the delete/create/reformat/etc operations and declared the job done, but then the original partition size remained "intact".
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
You could leave ReLaunch installed and don't bother uninstalling - just set Launcher 7 as the default launcher. If you really want to uninstall it ADB Konnect/Android Commander looks like it should uninstall ReLaunch. Just don't do it until you're happy with your new launcher - the others I tried (ADW & GO) were taking way too much time to configure to look & work decent on the Nook and my needs from a launcher on the NST are minimal so I stuck with ReLaunch. Because there was really only one app that I needed - Aldiko to check out and read library books directly on the NST - I just remapped the QuickNav Search button to Aldiko using NTMM and a long press on the n button to bring up ReLaunch for the rare occasion I need to do anything more than read books. I wish ReLaunch had an option to start in the app list instead of the file manager and all would be perfect for me.

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That's no fun - its not supposed to do that :(. MiniTool works fine for me - not sure why you had trouble.
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
The particular SD image I had problem repartitioning is sd_2gb_clockwork-rc2 (from this thread and which frequently was used as a based for NST tools). Have your tried MiniTool on a sd overlaid with this very same image?
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
Please don't crosspost on multiple threads. Keep your questions about a particular image on the thread for that image. I don't have any problem with the image for NookManager that this thread is about.
[Nook Touch Android Development] repoocaj:
Has anyone else tried to use this NookManager on a 1.2.1 Firmware?

I just updated a new Nook from 1.0.0 to 1.2.1 and then tried to root it. The system boots and the 'NookManager Loading...' screen is displayed for a bit and then the lettering on the screen fades. Almost like it erased the screen, but nothing else is displayed.

Jeff

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It was a problem with my SD card. It worked enough to boot, but I started getting errors from /dev/mmcblk1 when the kernel started. Switch SD cards fixed the issue.

Jeff
[Nook Touch Android Development] [[ Cold ]]:
anyone outside USA is able to install amazon kindle app using this method? (amazon app store doesn´t work in my country)
[Nook Touch Android Development] sLiKK:
So here's a question from a n00b:

I am on 1.2.0., Im rather confused on how big my sd card should be. I read in a post in a related thread that I should have 4gb sd card. I have a 2 gb sd card and a 16gb (which I use for my camera). I was going to use the 2gb sd card...then I stopped coz I had to write the image file onto it. Would I have enough space to load books onto this 2gb sd card after writing the Nookmanager onto it. I plan on installing only a few apps: dropbox, montano, ezpdfreader and a few others.

THanks for your help.
[Nook Touch Android Development] tokyostomp:
can anyone recommend a good pdf reader? i know there was a general censuses of what was the best but i cannot locate the thread. also. now i am rooted with home manager (love it).

any suggest any other apps i can install. got dropbox only.
[Nook Touch Android Development] osowiecki:
- APV PDF Viewer [free]

https://code.google.com/p/apv/downloads/list

- Ebooka PDF Viewer [free]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebooka.pdf&hl=en

- ezPDF Reader PDF Annotate Form [not free]

other :

- Cool Reader App for Nook Touch

http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...artial-refresh-and-page-button-support-video/

XDA- download link (for CR)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16570967&postcount=19
[Nook Touch Android Development] brunobbarcelos:
Just upgraded to 1.2.1 and lost root (made 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 one after the other).

Using NookManager i´ll be able to maintain my nook working as a non rooted nook?

Let me explain, it was rooted some time ago and the main screen continued the same (my wife also read and the use must be as simple as possible).
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
A 2GB SD card is fine. Even a 1GB SD card would work if you don't have a huge amount of books already on your NST. NookManager is a 64MB image so when you flash it you'll only see a 64MB SD card. Boot your NST with it and when you make a backup NookManager will make a second partition on the SD card using up the rest of the space on the card and put the backup there. Because Windows won't see the second partition with the backup on the SD card once the backup is complete and before you exit NookManager use your usb/microusb cable to plug your NST into your PC. You'll see two drives appear on your PC - Nook Manager and Nook Backup. Copy the backup off the Nook Backup drive. Eject the two drives on the PC then go ahead and root the NST and exit NookManager.

At this point if you put you put your SD card into your NST you will only see the 64MB NookManager partition. If none of the apps you want to load require an SD card you could just leave the SD card out of the NST and you'll still have room for books on the internal memory. But I found a lot of apps require the SD card and an SD card gives you room for oodles of books if you need it. If you don't have another SD card to use in your NST then you'll need to repartition and format your SD card. Put the SD card into your PC card reader and use a partition manager (Minitool Partition Wizard, Paragon Partition Manager 12 Free or your favorite) to delete the two partitions on the SD card and create a new FAT32 partition that takes up the whole card. To make my life easier if I need to go back to the backup I made a drive image of the SD card before I repartitioned it. Put the SD card back in your NST and you're good to go.
[Nook Touch Android Development] digixmax:
What is included in NookManager's backup -- /boot, /rom, /system, /data?

Also, what is in factory.zip?
[Nook Touch Android Development] remlap:
It's best to get Coolreader off http://sourceforge.net/projects/cre...cr3-3.1.2-27-arm-armv7a-x86-mips.apk/download

It works with the 4.2.0 firmware.

Cheers
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
NookManager does a backup of the entire internal drive at the drive level (drive image) so all partitions are backed up.

The restore factory.zip option bumps the failed boot count so that on next boot the stock B&N boot process restores the NST back to as delivered. Wipes the entire internal drive for a fresh start. I haven't looked inside the factory.zip but I assume its just a drive image like NookManager does.

UPDATE: The factory.zip is not a disk image. I suspect B&N wipes partitions and reloads them from the factory.zip data but I didn't look at it in detail.
[Nook Touch Android Development] sLiKK:
I rooted my Nook last night with no problems. I am trying to install apks using Android Commander. Since im a noob to all of this , I need to know which folder I need to push the apks from my pc to the Nook using ADB Konnect/Android Commander. A step by step guide would be nice ..hehe...
[Nook Touch Android Development] straygecko:
Don't push. In the left pane navigate to the folder on your PC with your apk's in it. Click on the button above the left pane that says Installer with the gear icon. Check the apk's you want to install and click the Install Button.
[Nook Touch Android Development] pissat4motion:
I'm having a problem installing apks from the appstore. Is this a problem with non-market apps? If so, where can I find the setting to allow that option?

*Rooted by Nookmanager
[Nook Touch Android Development] bsd1101:
1.2.1 is out. Any advantages of upgrading than flashing root over ?
[Nook Touch Android Development] DeanGibson:
v1.2.1 changes

v1.2.1 includes European WiFi channels (1-13) support.
[Nook Touch Android Development] bsd1101:
question is. If I upgrade, can I get root again ? I would not want to lose it.

Update: yes I can, but nook touch manager needs an update now....
[Nook Touch Android Development] dq11:
I get ModManager not available for 1.2.1 during the root process

Update: I modified two of the script files in the image which were hard-coded to 1.2.0 and changed them to 1.2.1 and the rooting procedure worked perfectly after that on the new 1.2.1 firmware as the base

./scripts/install_nookmods:if [ "$SYSTEM" != "1.2.0" ]; then

./scripts/install_old_installer:if [ "$SYSTEM" != "1.2.0" ]; then
[Nook Touch Android Development] sLiKK:
How can I not let my Nook update to 1.2.1? I honestly dont wanna loose my root (done by NookManager)!!!
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
My NookManager rooted NST attempted to update OTA but failed. It could be due to some additional packages I have installed, but there is at least a chance that you don't have to worry about the OTA update.
[Nook Touch Android Development] sLiKK:
The same exact thing happened to me today. Initially I didn't know what was happening and got scared that something had went wrong. Nook restarted itself and was fine and I still had root.

Its good to know that I still have root and the update failed...whatever advantages/disadvantages it had, i am happy hehe.
[Nook Touch Android Development] npoon:
After rooted by NookManager, I can't sideload any apk from SD Card. The error is not enough space but I have 95MB left. Any idea?
[Nook Touch Android Development] bsd1101:
ya, same here. just do it through adb for now.