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[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] stumark:
Hi, has any progress been made on the hdmi front? I don't remember seeing anything since the quote above. I am just wondering whether there is any point in ordering the reduced $25 hdmi cable from B&N. Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
No progress since then yet.

You still can output video over hdmi and just need to output audio via other device for now.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Yes, unfortunately there's a disease outbreak in my fish pond, so the entire weekend went entirely not as planned, sigh. New features and improvements are even more delayed than before.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Escaperoute:
I pray for you

Hope your fish pond recover quickly, your work is valuable to us. Thanks for all your hardwork.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] erm1001:
BN has the adapter on sale for $25.00. Come with a HDMI cable.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bL33d:
Not sure about mkv playback though I would imagine it should run them no problem. Battery life with 50% brightness is very good close to my ipad3 im sure at 25% it would be outstanding.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] panchokoster:
There seems to be a problem with offline charging, the screen doesn't turn off, has anyone experienced that also?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
I'm not sure what you mean. You mean it does not turn off screen automatically after a timeout, or you cannot manually turn it off.

Edit: If you meant the former, look in settings, developer options and look to see if it has the stay awake during charging box checked.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] panchokoster:
When I charge the nook when it is off, the screen doesn't ever turn off
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Escaperoute:
Improvement

Verygreen,

Thanks for all your hardwork.

Can you add some function into your ROM. like PIE control to get rid the soft button and get a bigger screen real estate.

And for the kernel can you ask some dev to help you coz with price reduction, this tablet has a potential to become a best budget tablet.

Your hardwork are a beacon in a dark time.

Thanks again
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
See my edit above. You mean when the device is powered down? That is not a function of the ROM. But it is part of the boot files.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] View92612:
As far as I know. This tablet cannot be shut down while being charged. ( Can be in sleep mode with screen off but not shut down.)

I tried once and it's not charging after shut down.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
He does not need another dev to help him, he is a kernel expert. You did not mean to, I'm sure, but you just insulted him.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] panchokoster:
Yes, when the nook is powered off.

My nook ran completely out of battery, and when i plugged it, the screen showed a "charging" icon, then it disappeared, but the screen was still on.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
That is a function of the charging zip built into the boot files. I'm sure he is using the stock charging zip. Did you have this problem with stock on the device?

Look in /bootdata folder.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] panchokoster:
jajaja, i didn't had the chance to try, I flashed this rom almost immediately after i got the nook
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Classpro:
I noticed this oddity too when I first got the HD+. Unlike most tablets that can charge the battery when completely off, the nook needs to turn on to charge the battery. It even says this in the manual. That doesn't mean the screen is on will full brightness the whole time. It should go dark when charging.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Actually most of tablets are like that. Need to have the thing on, if only in the bootloader. HP Touchpad was exactly like this for example.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] View92612:
Kindle Fire HD is the same. The only tablet I know that can be charged while off is Nexus 7. But I have to unplug the charger otherwise it cannot be turned back on.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] FLASHnox:
Hmm a lot of tablets have problems with mkv 10 bit play back, but I guess if anything i'll just use my laptop for that. I really just interested in how my manga will look on a 1080p tablet. Thanks :D
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Escaperoute:
I don't mean to offend.

But what i means is that power of collective minds power get the job done faster. That's what i love about android there are a lot of Devs working on many projects and it usually yield a great result.

I thanks verygreen in all my post, he just make Nook HD+ a very useful tablet. I can't thanks him enough.

I try many of the kernel on my Nexus 4 and most of them yield different result and different function.

I just wish that kind of interest for this great tablet. That's all, and again i'm not trying to offend anyone.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] arh2o:
Just picked up a NookHD+ as they slashed prices - what a steal. Thanks VeryGreen, looking forward to loading CM 10.1 on it :highfive:
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leshan:
twonky beam doesn't work. It works with stock rom.

Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Yes, I know.

Kind of expensive still.

Anyway, hdmi audio is now working, so probably time to return the adapter ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] DebauchedSloth:
This works great! Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] rejctchoir:
Can I earmark donation for you to buy a B&N hdmi adapter? I'd love to thank you for your hard work in a selfish attempt to increase the chances of the hdmi working with audio
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
New snapshot: cm-10.1-20130612-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip

- Fixed HDMI audio out

- Added USB audio out

- Upstream fix for navbar settings crash is in.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Well, technically I already bought it and fixed hdmi audio.

But if you happen to like me not returning the adapter back, you can do that.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] rejctchoir:
Awesome! I sent some money, and I'm sure I'll send more when I actually put CM10 on (hdmi was the only thing keeping me on the fence). Thanks for your hard work! I hope all the other users remember to tip for great service!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] RustedRoot:
Leapinlar: What will it take to get verygreen a promotion to Recognized Contributor, if not Developer? The time has come, IMO.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
He just needs to be nominated and approved by a committee. I will see what I can do.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jamus28:
Hey Verygreen,

I'm sure you hate requests like anybody else, but can I suggest building with pdroid 2.0 patches for the next build. The ability to block privacy permissions and boot state is really nice. Only if you like the idea and have the time. Collegedev makes the patches easily to apply.

https://github.com/CollegeDev/PDroid2.0_Framework_Patches

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1923576
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
Volume is too low

The first version I tried of this rom is the 0612 version, so I don't know if previous versions were better, but the volume on this ROM is way too low.

I have two Nook HD+'s here, one still running stock and one with the 0612 ROM, and the volume is maybe 60-70% of the max volume for the stock version. It's the same for both the headphones and the speaker.

Full disclosure: I did muck with the build.prop trying to get Zinio working. Workaround 2 in the first post in this thread that mentions changing ro.product.device to nookhdplus actually resulted in no audio and no microphone working. (BTW this did NOT fix Zinio, it installs but does not find servers) But changing it back to ovation (I believe that's what it was originally) got that working again. Reason I'm mentioning this is I also followed other instructions I found on the net regarding getting Zinio working on N2A, which did get Zinio working, but I'm not sure if it broke something more with the volume. I reverted to what I think the fields were, but I thought I'd mention this here just in case it has anything to do with it.

I did find another post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35857352&postcount=11 where verygreen mentions his audio library and only knowing about ovation. I suspect there are still some issues with the volume in this library.

verygreen, any idea?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
This is known, and the result of me not artificially boosting audio gain.

BTW, if you are zinio user/subscriber, can you please write to them and ask then why would they blacklist Nooks from accessing their service?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
Is there a way that I can artifically boost audio gain then? Because it's too terribly quiet in my opinion.

And FWIW, Zinio works fine on the stock Nook OS, so I don't know how or why they are blacklisting Nooks when using CM10.1.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
They absolutely do blacklist Nooks or Barnes and Noble.

It's just stock 2.1 ROM actually masquerades not to say Nook or Barnes and Noble anywhere in the model name or manufacturer name.

Edit, I take that back, they don't blacklist Nook specifically, their API just has a bug that we manage to hit. Will be worked around in next release
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
Sweet, glad you figured that out!

But can we have an option or can you tell us how to artificially increase the volume ourselves? Would we have to recompile a library? Or do you know of any market app that will do this? I searched and there are a LOT of hits for "volume boost" that appear to all be some sort of spyware/malware/etc. Those apps out there sure require a lot of permissions to just increase volume!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
I'll look into it.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] TonyBigs:
The stock Nook rom (in part) uses SRS processing to achieve its perceived loudness -- it uses compression, 3D, bass boost and a limiter. I suspect that if someone flashed one of the SRS/Beats zips in the general development section the "volume" could be increased.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
There's no need for any of that to just have a louder volume.

The question is - how loud do we want to go?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] MechaGen:
Until distortion.

I was on a 15 hour flight last week, and could have used a little more volume with MX Player set to 15 (max plus) on the volume. That's with Bose headset.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
That's somwhat subjective.

Ok.

Let's see, how about this: volumefix.zip - check both headphones and speakers.

I think going any higher already starts to distort somewhat. I totally feel some people might complain even this might a bit distorted, so tell me!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
Much louder. Dare I say a tick or two (on the volume control) louder than the other stock Nook HD+ I have here. I did detect some distortion, both in the speakers and headphones, but personally I like having the ability for a bit more volume so I can crank it higher for movies/tv shows vs. music.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
So, not cranking it any more I assume? The distortion would only get worse.

Any other opinions? I certainly can dial down the loudness a bit.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jamus28:
You've heard my opinion. That your non-boosted rom sounds better than any other device I've used. I would beg you to leave it as it is, and have an addon zip for those who want it.

Or they can put down the $5 beats earbuds from walgreens and get a decent $30 set off amazon. Loudness solved :P

Anyways, you may not have seen my previous post at the end of the page about pdroid. Let me know what you think.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Did you try this one? If you dial down the volume is it still worse than before?

I might look into it later, but I don't want to deviate too much from CM at the moment.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jamus28:
I'll upload this baby for myself and I'll test.

I'm a bit skeptical because it's usually loud enough on the lowest setting. (I'm not elderly I swear)

Impression: Seems like a 150%ish boost? 1/15 = 4/15 ? I'm reaching my-eardrums-are-about-to-explode at volumes 8-9 instead of 14-15
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] YOUCANNOTDENY:
I agree. The volume levels are fine as they are. Sufficient to drive my full-size headphones. Please make the volume boost an addon for those who want it.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
New binary snapshot: cm-10.1-20130613-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip

Changes:

- Garbled cruft on screen at startup is gone, as are periodic crashes on startup, also should reduce boot times by almost 10 seconds.

- Zinio app should now work without any build.prop hacking

- Boosted speaker volume, also boosted headset (but not headphone) volume. - This will probably change some more later as testing of various options is happening.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] YOUCANNOTDENY:
Hi green. Thanks for the update. I'm curious, how does the ROM differentiate between headsets and headphones? Is it the presence of a microphone?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Yes.

Has microphone = headset. No microphone = headphones ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
Question about /sdcard

Forgive me if this has been asked, I haven't read the entire thread...

Should /sdcard be pointing to /storage/sdcard1?

I don't want to keep an SD card in, and even if I did, I don't want apps to point there.

Reckless Racing and Reckless Racing HD both seem to try to write to /sdcard. It tries downloading data, fails instantly. When I changed /sdcard to go to /storage/sdcard0 it is able to download and play fine.

Order and Chaos Online doesn't work either. It downloads all 1.4GB via the play store, then another 22MB or so when you launch it, then crashes.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] YOUCANNOTDENY:
Ah, I see. Thanks for keeping the headphone volume unchanged :)

Edit: it seems that headphone volume has also been boosted. Could you please look into this?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Well, technically it should not. But it only matters for apps that did not update to the new way of doing things.

I guess I am not strongly tied to current layout and can bring these symlinks into better conformance with the guidelines.

what's the crash reason in logcat?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Well, it's complicated. I increased a general boost level that lifted up speaker and headset, and to compensate, I reduced headphone level, perhaps I did not reduce it enough (I literally halved it).

I don't have any way to accurately measure audio levels, though. The end result sounded kind of the same volume-wise. How big is the overshoot, do you think?

Start "adb shell", start your audio source with headphones plugged in, then run:

"tinymix 61 6", "tinymix 61 5" and so on till you reach 0 with that last number, let me know at what number do you reach the old volume level. (range for the values is 0 to 15).

change second number to 59 for adjustments of headset volume if that's how your headphone is detected.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
If you can tell me exactly how to get the log you want (or point me to a link that describes how) I will. I downloaded aLogcat and it doesn't show anything.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sarcoptic:
Anyone had luck getting a ps3 controller to sync? I downloaded the sixaxis compatiblity checker and the nook hd passed that...next I grabbed the windows sync app and wrote the Bluetooth MAC address to the controller...finally hitting start on the app it says listening for controllers however the controller won't pair....any ideas?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tebra:
same problem with wiimote.

New BT driver in android 4.2 seems to be the problem (at least for wiimote)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sarcoptic:
There was a bluetooth issue with 4.2.1 however supposedly that was resolved in 4.2.2. It appears a lot of people have success with their controllers and cm 10.1....maybe we can provide some input to help resolve the issue. Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ItsDon:
Wait.... what? Doesn't the Nook HD+ require the adapter to HDMI out? Gosh, maybe I missed something, I've been looking for a deal on an adapter ($25 is still too much) to eventually use the HDMI feature. Are you returning it because you only needed it to fix the audio or does the tablet not need the adapter any more? :confused:
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sarcoptic:
He bought the adapter...fixed the HDMI audio out...now has no use for the adapter so it appears he is going to return it. In the end you need the adapter to have HDMI video/audio out.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
Use usb connection, that one works for sure, I tried it.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] old_fart:
.

first, thank you very much for your rom. i suppose you are at the top of the list over at barnes and noble...

.

probably you can tell me why my tablet is doing what it is doing. i downloaded 'autodesk sketchbook pro' for my younger boy going to the local junior college. ( he has it in his head that he wants to be a game designer ) when the applette fires up, it complains 'warning! no sd card found'... so i put in my sd card ( its got your zips on it currently ) and the tablet boots up into twrp. ( always and consistently ) take the card out and back to normal. . hmmm...
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] verygreen:
It's a paid app, so I cannot try it myself.

I got the free Sketchbook Express for Tablets and I do see sdcard warning, but then the thing works perfectly (as fasr as I can see), I can draw things and such.

Once you are into twrp, if you have adb running, please do adb shell and capture content of /proc/last_kmsg file for me, if there is one?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jamus28:
Now that you have internal twrp, delete the IMG/files off the card. now you can use it as a normal SD. The program may (stupidly) require an external sd. Try it now.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] e.mote:
>when the applette fires up, it complains 'warning! no sd card found'

Apps look for user storage at /sdcard or /storage/sdcard, rather than the present /storage/emulated/legacy. You can likely change the location in the app settings. When asking for 'sdcard', the app isn't asking for an actual SD card, but for the location of user storage which in Android-speak is a synonym for 'sd card'. The confusion arise when Android devices sports SD card slot, and now we have different locations for "internal" and external SD card. Now throw in the fun of multi user accounts.

Basically, user storage location is a mess, thanks to Google. More gory details here:

http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...d-by-the-many-locations-of-the-virtual-sdcard

>so i put in my sd card ( its got your zips on it currently ) and the tablet boots up into twrp

Try a normal SD card and not the bootable one created for the purpose of installing CM. You can reformat the bootable one back to normal if you like.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] tobyq:
This is related to the same issue I was having. It's trying to write to /sdcard. I just replicated it on my tablet (I also own Sketchbook Pro for Tablets).

When I change the symlink for /sdcard to go to /storage/sdcard1 (back to the default in this ROM) and don't have an external SD card plugged in, Sketchbook says "No SD card found". If I change it to /storage/sdcard0 it works fine.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] SCWells72:
These builds are looking really great! Thanks so much! I have two questions, more about CM10.1 than about the HD+, but I figure this is as good a place as any to ask:

1) Is there any way to add the Expanded Desktop toggle to the pie control menu or bind it to the hardware Home button for long press or double press? I'd love to have some faster way to toggle it than holding down the hardware Power button and then clicking the Expanded Desktop option. I know you can add it to the toggles, but those are only available when the status bar is still showing. I guess I could make expanded desktop retain the status bar, but I'd prefer 100% full screen.

2) Is there a reason that the value for ro.sf.lcd_density in build.prop is 240 instead of 256 (native)? Is it for market compatibility because 240 is more standard or something? I've tried switching it to 256 and it seems fine, but perhaps I'm setting myself up for issues.

Thanks again!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] aszid:
You can add a tile for 'Expanded Desktop' to the quick settings panel.

Settings -> System -> Quick settings panel -> Tiles and Layout

Then simply add the 'Expanded Desktop' wherever you like.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] SCWells72:
Thanks. Yeah, that's what I meant by adding it as a toggle. That works for enabling Expanded Desktop, but if you hide the status bar while expanded, you still have to go into the power menu to disable it, right?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] aszid:
Sorry I misunderstood. That is correct, quick settings is not accessible when the status bar is hidden (even if you try to open it using some other methods). I do not see any other way outside of the power button, with the status bar disabled.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] stanggt1313:
Anybody else have flakey wifi? Always shows connected but I have numerous slow downs if not an all out halt. My Note 2 does not have this issue (or any other wifi device) so I don't think its the router. I am on the latest emmc build.

I'm beginning to think it's a hardware issue... Any way to return to stock without a stock backup image? I can't seem to find a flashable zip anywhere and in reading the thread it sounds like it may not be possible. This will make it hard to exchange at Best Buy.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] View92612:
I do not notice any Wifi issue with mine but I had a big problem with my HTC Amaze Android phone before. It used to always crash my Wifi router and I had to use a second router to work around it. However that problem disappeared after a firmware upgrade. The phone worked perfectly with a different router before the firmware upgrade. Therefore if you have another router you may test it out.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Look in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. I have links to plain stock ROM flashable zips listed there.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jamus28:
You may be imagining it. We tend to get over-observant about our devices when we start modding.

I just ran a speedtest with my laptop, htc one S, and nook HD+. Granted my ISP caps me heavily, but everything seems stable for me.

laptop: 40 407kB/s 105kB/s

One S: 40 400 123

Nook: 32 395 130

Speaking of obsessing over the small things. I've made a habit of changing the dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit to 64m in buildprop. For you folk saying things are jittery, try it out. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, don't bother. It probably does nothing.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40961
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] TonyBigs:
I LIKE the volume boost mod.

My recordings span a wide range of the digital era: early (80's) CDs tend to be mastered flat with straight transfer off the tape masters, today, with digital audio tools, compression and limiting is liberally applied giving the impression of "louder" though the peaks remain the same.

Thank you very much!