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[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] kevzettler:
I'm getting the same problem. When I tap the market app it opens up a browser to :

google.com/intl/%locale%/mobile/android/market-terms.html

I installed the "Search Market" apk and when I tap that app. It opens a keyboard where I can enter a search query. When I submit the search query, Search Market also tries to open the "Android market terms of service" app or frame and gets redirected to that same url.

Looking at the url with the `%locale%` section I suspect there might not be a locale configured on the device or browser.

I can hit the

google.com/intl/%locale%/mobile/android/market-terms.html

url from my desktop but it fails on the Nook.

If I hit

google.com/intl/en-US/mobile/android/market-terms.html

It connects however theres no further option to agree to the terms. I guess the problem here is how to agree to the market terms without the browser connecting
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
OK, so there are several possibilities here:

1. the Market app has it's own little mini Webview of a browser for you to look at the Terms and Conditions and it is not working for some reason; I have no way to test this short of restoring my NST to stock, which I am not going to do; anyway, I doubt this is the case.

2. the Market app is invoking whatever the resident default browser is to display the Terms and Conditions and that browser is broken. This is what I suspect. If I type in the first URL you gave, using Opera Mobile on the NST, it goes right to the correct page. There is, as you say, no "agree" button to push or anything like that displayed on the page.

So, it may be that there is some sort of interplay between the Market app and browser via cookie or shared tidbit that tells the Market app you've seen the T&C. Or, maybe coming from the app rather than just typing in the URL from scratch it's possible there is some code transferred which will reveal buttons. In any case, there is no way to know which of the two cases is correct (if either) unless someone installs a browser that is

not

broken and tries it.

I've attached a copy of Opera Mobile below. Transfer it via USB to you NST and install. Then try the Market app again. If it's bringing up an external browser, you'll get two choices (choose Opera Mobile) and see what happens from there.

Either way, report back, unlike the first person, so that other people may learn from the experience and/or we might continue troubleshooting.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] kevzettler:
I installed some other browsers. Now when I open the market place app It does appear to open some embedded web view with a title "Android Market Terms of Service" with a "Loading..." indicator. Eventually, it pops up a prompt for me to select which browser to open in. When I pick Opera it opens the same %locale% URL, which no renders ok, but there are no buttons to accept the terms.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
Thanks for responding with that info. So now we know the initial problem is browser-related, not Market app related.

I'm assuming you have checked the PlayStore on a PC to see if your NST ("phone") appears under the device manager or as a device when you select an app to install. In the past it has sometimes taken awhile for the device to show up on Google's servers. If it's there you may have market access of a sort. On the T&C page it says:

If you can see your "phone" in the PlayStore, then try installing an app (something like the Nook clear screen app). Google will no longer push apps to the NST, but if you can get it to say it will be installed "soon", then return to the NST and try to open Market again. If you're not challenged for credentials, then look at "My Apps". Apps selected in the PlayStore generally appear at the bottom of that list but not marked as "installed". Tapping on the listing will initiate the install.

If you don't see "phone" listed in the PlayStore, then you don't have any market access. There is an older way to sign-in, described mid-way through this post, but it probably won't work unless you go back to the very beginning of the process and I have no idea how to get there unless you restore to stock and run NookManager again (or restore a backup you hopefully have made before installing GApps). Either way, you would need to side-load the YouTube app

ahead of

the GApps process so that it is there to work with when you follow the other instructions (might as well do the SearchMarket app as well if you go that route).
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] 0phen:
I am having the same problem. I tried to tweak the link that opened a bit though and that worked. If I remove the %'s in the adress or remove the "intl/%locale%/" part, the ToS show up. But in this scenario there are also no buttons to accept them.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] 0phen:
Update: interestingly enough all of a sudden it works. No idea how that came about, but I am of course very content.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
What, exactly, "works"? Do you suddenly have Market access without being challenged by the T&C page? If so, how long did it take from sign-in to full function?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] 0phen:
I am sorry, in my enthousiasm I forgot that "works" is kinda vague. I did a lot of different things that night, so I don't know exactly what the winning combination was, but I think this is what made me get access to the market.

First I set the nook back to factory settings. I took NTGAppsAttack and deleted the MarketUpdater. I rooted the Nook and installed NTGAppsAttack. Next I side loaded Opera (file found in this topic) and a version of Market I found online that should work with Android 2.1. When I opened the Market and logged in, I saw the buttons for a very short time and hit "accept" as soon as I could. A server error showed up and I assumed it didn't work.

Next day I opened the Market to see whether I could find a way to fix the error and was surprised to see just the Market. It didn't (and still doesn't) show any apps, but I didn't get any errors. So I went to Play on my laptop and found my device was registered. Now I am able to push apps to my nook via my laptop. Since I need just a few apps for a project in which I am going to use the nook this method will work for me.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
OK, so the scenario goes like this?

1. Root Nook.

2. Side-load Opera Mobile (order here is logical, but just so it's there before trying to access Market because stock browser is dead)

3. Remove MarketUpdater.apk from NTGAppsAttack before installation

[this makes sense because at this point it's not likely Google will respond with an update for an Android 2.1 device since the PlayStore has a lower OS limit of 2.3--I think]

4. Side-load your version of Market app (vending.apk)--Can you post this? Maybe it should just be added to NTGAppsAttack before installing, replacing the one already in the package?

5. Open Market app and accept terms

6. Wait for access--this is not new. It can take as much as 24 hr. according to OP for actual market access after signing in.

Does that seem about right?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] mulcahey:
Markets won't load?

Hope I'm not too late to this party...

I just bought a Nook Simple Touch this week. and I'm having difficulty w/ NTGAppsAttack.

I can't get the Market app to work, even when I try deleting it and quickly opening it again. All I see is "Web Page Not Available"

Similarly, the Gmail and Calendar apps do not work (though tbh I'd like to remove them if possible)

Any advice is much appreciated. My end goal is to have 2 apps: Pocket and Kindle Reader. That's it. That's all I need.

Here's what I've done so far:

-Successfully installed NookManager

-Installed NTGappsAttack onto the Nook Manager SD card (and MERGED the 2 Custom folders)

-Got the Android icon on my Nook and logged into my Android account using a 1-time password

I see the Google apps (Gmail, Market, Calendar) in my app drawer, but none of them work. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!!!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
Well, as it happens, you are late to the party. Last year Google cut off Market access to devices running 2.1. See https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/general/google-support-android-market-android-2-t3625175

FWIW, GMail never worked properly. It would receive OK but had to be reinstalled constantly because it would freeze up sending after a few messages. Calendar never worked. There may still be some 3rd party apps with calendar sync capability for the NST, but you'd have to hunt. Start by searching the forum for "calendar". You'll find a discussion (which may now be out of date).

It is currently a moot point whether there is any point in installing GApps unless you want to run the last remaining version of Google Books. For that you need the behind-the-scenes syncing capability of GApps. No telling how much longer that may continue to work. See https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/general/gapps-post-market-era-t3656982 for a longer discussion.

What's not known is whether the older apps that will still run on the NST require GFS (Google Famework Services) to run. Many current apps do. I have the Market app disabled on my NST and all of my apps still run OK, but there's more to GFS than just the vending app, so someone will have to test this eventually. In the meantime, you've got GApps installed so it should not be an issue for you.

As for Market access, most apps that are useful are so old they are not in the Market any longer and you need to hunt them down (or ask around) and sideload them (many choices in the package in my signature, including a slim email client), but if you want access to the Market anyway, you can install the Yalp Store. See https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/general/regain-market-acccess-nst-g-t3662594 for more discussion. The version I currently have installed (0.33) works really well, but you do have to update it occasionally when Google changes something in their api.

The good news? You didn't do anything wrong :D
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] mulcahey:
Thank you, this is helpful.

So is there any way to get Pocket and Kindle reader on this tablet? If yes, how?

If no, then how do I remove my Android credentials from this tablet completely? I'd like to eBay this device and put that $30 towards an Onyx Boox C67ML Carta.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
You can sideload the Kindle app from here: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024062

You will also need to update the cacerts.bks file because the security certificate for amazon.com that's in the device has expired. Once you do that, the Kindle app should function just fine. Instructions here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65503037&postcount=24

Pocket is another issue. There was a lot of buzz about it on the forum. Not sure if there was a resolution. You might search the forum for "pocket" and see what was decided (if anything). As with most apps, finding a version that will run on Android 2.1

and

still log in to servers is often difficult since so many layers of security have been added since 2.1 and often the NST just can't navigate through the hoops.

As for removing a Google link from a device, many people would like to know how to get Google out of their devices once it's in. If you do a factory re-image (turn off, turn on and as soon as the screen changes hold both lower hardware buttons until the prompt comes up, then continue), anything you've done will be wiped out and the NST left in out-of-the-box condition. For all the reasons already discussed, it's unlikely someone will want to install GApps on the device if purchased. But there is no way I know to remove a device from Google's hive mind.

Actually, I'd be surprised if your device shows up in Google. Mine does not and I logged in a long time ago when we still had PlayStore access. My device "disappeared" after the denial of access to Android 2.1.

Always meant to pick up an extra NST or even NSTG to experiment with but never did it. I guess I should look into that since there are now so many developing issues with older schemes that are no longer working properly.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] mulcahey:
You've been so helpful with this, I'll give you mine as soon as I safely wipe my Google credentials. Send me a PM with your info.

It occurs to me that since I logged in with a 1-time app password, removing that might be sufficient.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Airic85:
Exchange calendar sync issue

Hello,

i have installed the NTGAppsAttack and the Email.apk - i think it's the original mail-app for Android 2.1

I can add and sync an exchange-account with mails and contacts, but the checkbox to sync calendar is not available. Does somebody have any idea to get this to work?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
The place you should be looking is in /data/system/sync/accounts.xml

There are entries for Calendar which probably have "false" in them. This should be changed to "true".

BUT, it won't work. Nothing in GApps is functional any longer with the exception of sync for Google Books 1.2.2 (and that's assuming you can negotiate the initial Google sign-in with GApps). You don't need GApps to run the Email.apk. See here: https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/general/gapps-install-tested-confirmed-t3782459

Also, search the forum for "calendar". You will find third-party app suggestions and their limitations. At this time I would be very surprised if any third party app would sync with Google Calendar. Android 2.1 is just too old and seen as a security risk, so many servers simply reject contact attempts.

Edit: O.K., I have been looking at old posts and experimenting myself. I swear this did not work before but perhaps changes have been made in the app.

With the Calendar apps that come with NTGApps, you cannot get sync to be automatic. Otherwise the apps are functional. What you need is Synker. This is a widget which you can use to manually sync various accounts. I only tried Calendar since my Googe Books was already checked. Theoretically Contacts can be synced but there are other issues there I have not looked at yet.

Anyway the first manual sync with the widget takes quite awhile. After that it's faster. But it does work. You just have to remember to do it before and after accessing/changing the Calendar.

But, I also edited the accounts.XML file while I was fooling around. I believe this is not needed.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Airic85:
The problem is, that i can't even check the option to sync calendar of an exchange accout. When editing the mentioned file, there is no entry for calendar sync. I think the version of the email-app that is installed is not able to sync exchange-calendar. Is there any other email-app that can be installed on the nook which has this ability?

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[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
Take a look here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10417842&postcount=4

It's about the Nook Color, but the initial OS was Android 2.1. Also, some people claimed that K-9 mail was able to negotiate Exchange accounts.

Are you using the Calendar app from the original NTGAppsAttack package? Those settings don't look familiar.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Airic85:
[MENTION=5562185]nmyshkin[/MENTION]: Yes, this is the original calendar-app from NTG-package. I managed to get the MotoCAL from https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10417842&postcount=4 running. Now i can activate calendar-sync for Exchange, but it only syncs from the nook to the server. Existing items on the account are not displayed on the nook, but when i create an event on the nook its synced to the account. Do you have any ideas?

I also tried to get K-9 mil but i could not find an download which is compatible to Android 2.1 ... does anybody have this?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
I know I posted a k-9 mail app some time back but I've spent the better part of an hour trying to track it down :(

Edit: Thank goodness for Google: https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4077388&d=1489695236
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
Sorry, this took a longer to percolate through the little grey cells. I think it's likely that the Exchange servers are very well protetected (for obvious reasons) and the old SSL certificate on the NST just can't get past that. AKAIK there is no way to update this certificate although we have had some success updating individual certificates in cacerts.bks

Still, it would not hurt to try Quicksync. It's an app I included in my update of NTGAppsAttack, but here is a direct link to the download: https://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4795891&d=1563819296

The app has no interface other than the icon itself. It performs a force-sync for any accounts it detects on the device. This may not solve your problem, but it's worth a try, I guess.

Viel Glück
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] frittahubris:
I've tried signing in but I can't connect to Google servers.

Is that because I skipped signing up for B&N account? I had to skip it because it wouldn't connect to their server to register.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nmyshkin:
See https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/development/nst-g-updating-ntgappsattack-t3875957
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] achkar:
Thanks for this. Should be included in the manual, as it is :)

The problem i have is when i try to install something from http://play.google.com I get "the app will be downloaded to your device shortly", and then nothing. nothing installs.

http://imm.io/UhNJ
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] dalkor:
Firstly I's like to thank devs for their work.

Secondly, I want to know if somebody encountered a problem with gtalk like I'm having right now.

The problem is that gtalk can't open friend list, contact info etc. All I see after launching Gtalk is a screen flash and nothing more.

At first I thought that gtalk is broken because of some unexpected problems while rooting or installing gapps, but then I noticed that if somebody writes me, I can open gtalk dialog via notification bar and chat normally, which means that gtalk is at least partially functional.

Any Ideas what is the cause of this and how to fix it?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] straygecko:
I don't have a definitive answer for you as this appears to be one of those problems that seems to have a different fix for different people based on forum posts for other devices. This happened to me once and what I did was go to ReLaunch apps and long press on market and select uninstall to uninstall the updated Market. I can't remember but I might have rebooted too. This fixed it even later when the Market automatically updated again.

From a lot of reading it also can start working spontaneously again - I guess sometimes its a Google server problem. For some people its a problem with their router and a router reboot fixes it or using a different router. You can also try some things I posted earlier about a server error problem. Unfortunately, Google created problems for older devices when they changed to Market to Play without any clear answer on exactly how to fix them.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] straygecko:
I don't use gtalk but it opens fine for me and I can open my empty friends list. I have had gtalk report a network error when opening it. A reboot fixed it. In general I find that when loading and running a bunch of stuff on the NST it slowly runs into memory issues and needs a reboot. Try a reboot and if that doesn't work look at the logcat after opening gtalk when it fails and let us know what it says.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] straygecko:
That's helpful in identifying the problem but unfortunately I don't think I can come up with a solution for you. I've seen this layout-width problem before with the Google Contacts app and is why I recommend using GO Contacts EX and didn't include the Google contacts app. I think its a bug in the Android framework IIRC and I spent a couple of days hunting for a solution hoping to get the contacts app working but was unable to come up with anything. You might have to try another IM app for GTalk. Looks like eBuddy and TiMessenger show up in a market search from my NST.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] dalkor:
Thank you again.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] straygecko:
Did GoogleCheckin.apk get deleted from /system/app? Or have you made changes to /system/framework/framework.jar? Are B&N apps disabled? Doesn't seem likely if a working backup was restored but it looks like what the errors in the logcat may be pointing to.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] domi.nos:
Indeed I freezed checking service. Thanks so much.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] KSzasza:
How to change prog assignment

Hi, I recently rooted my NSTG and installed NTGAppsAttack. Unfortunately I checked the checkbox to always launch Relaunch when I click on the Nook menu Home softkey, and the normal Library when I click on the Library soft button. Now - as it should be - it always launching these programs. Is there any chance to change these setting somewhere? To launch different programs? It is not asking me anymore to choose from different programs.

Thanx
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] osowiecki:
1. Install 'NookColor Tools.apk'

2. All Settings -> Manage Applications -> Relaunch

3. Select 'clear defaults' in "Launch by default" section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=868366
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] KSzasza:
Thank you very much. Finally...
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Helix751:
Cannot download SearchMarket after rooting

Hi. After rooting Ok with NookManager, installed the NTGAppsAttack package and all went Ok. The Market even installed Opera Mini but further installations simply fail because I'm unable to enter the Market and select the app for install. i have another Android devide (Galaxy S3 with 350+ apps installed) and so the app list is full of the S3 installed apps.

I have tried installing SearchMarket and other apps from Windows through the Play Store but it simply won't push these into my Nook. Also I have tried searching for a downloadable SearchMarket.apk for installation through adb, to no avail. There's no such package available for download.

I'd appreciate if somebody uploads this apk to complete my Nook rooting and customization process.

Thanks in advance

Edit: Managed to get it installed by searching for it from within the Nook Browser and installing from its web interface (from a PC it didn't work. Market stated the app would be installed but it never happened. Weird but after thit the SearchMarket app was shown topmost on MyApps in Market and could be clicked, which begun installation.

The problem is Market for Nook only displays a limited # (~15) of MyApps (given I have a Galaxy S3 with 350+ apps installed and that the Nook Market doesn't restrict to Nook installed ones).
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] sun4384:
So it's not me suffering this Google Talk problem... I experienced exactly the same thing. There might be some cause for this.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] straygecko:
See this previous post for what's known about the issue. If someone can track down the root of the layout_width issue we can get both gtalk and contacts to work. Until then look for a replacement app.