[Nook Color General] eltrkbrd:
README 1

[Guide] Nook Color Installation Instructions for CM 10.1.2 on SD (simplified):

Install the SDFormatter software on Windows.

Insert your USB MicroSD card adapter (with Sandisk Class 4 MicroSD inserted) into your PC.

Format MicroSD with SDFormatter.

Use Win32DiskImager.exe to write the generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-larger-Rev6.img file to the formatted MicroSD card. Make sure you choose the correct drive letter otherwise you will erase the wrong drive!

Eject the USB MicroSD card/adapter from the PC and reinsert it back into the PC (select "continue without scanning" if prompted by Windows).

Use Windows Explorer and copy both the cm-10.1.2-encore.zip & gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip files to microsd (this installs cyanogenmod android rom & google apps).

Copy both the uAltImg & uAltRam files from the AlternateCWM-SDInstalls-Rev2-v6.0.1.2 directory to the USB MicroSD card/adapter (x:\boot) (this CWM will nandroid backup the SD, wipe dalvik-cache or cache, fix permissions, etc).

From Windows Explorer, right click the drive letter to eject the USB MicroSD card/adapter and then insert it into your Nook Color (while it's powered off).

Turn the Nook Color on and wait for Cyanogenmod to boot. Setup your google account when prompted (wifi connection required).

Hold the power button down and reboot your Nook Color. Enjoy!

Please note:

At this point, you will have a stable version of Android 4.2.2 installed on your Nook Color thanks to the CyanogenMod team & the XDA community. You can stop here but I would recommend installing v6 SuperCharger, the 720p Flash & Video Patch and the Netflix Xposed mod (README 2 & README 3 below).

Sources:

[ROM] CyanogenMod 10.1 Stable for Nook Color

Patch for 720p codec issues (Flash, video thumbnailing)

[GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on SD

[USER][TIPS]Nook Color User Tips for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 From LeapinLar

Download this entire guide including source files here:

nook2android.zip (299.8 MB)

md5sum: 815A2DEBABCC364FDA1A4E5E85553D08

Alternatively, you can click the links in each step of this guide to download the files separately.

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Newbie App Guide (Addendum):

If you're fairly new to Android, here are some recommended Android Apps (APKs) that will put some pep back into your Nook Color.

General Apps -

ES File Explorer (excellent file manager; free from Google Play)

Airdroid (easily transfer files from/to your NC wirelessly from your PC; no USB cable required!)

MX Player (think VLC but for Android; this is an excellent multimedia player supporting a wide array of video codecs)

Cool Tool (useful cpu, memory, battery utilization meter, etc.)

ZArchiver (like 7zip but for Android; very simple and handles most all file archive types automatically)

SD Tools (simple performance guage to easily benchmark your SD card performance)

Titanium Backup (popular backup application)

Spotimote (use this awesome app with Spotimote server & Spotify on your Windows PC to turn your Android device into a Spotify remote)

Gmail (not included with gapps)

Youtube (not included with gapps)

Netflix (new version from Google Play using Xposed mod or install w/o Xposed mod by downloading older version netflix-1.8.1.apk)

OfficeSuite Pro (works amazingly with "gesture typing" keyboard included in Android 4.2.x)

eBook Apps -

Calibre Companion (manage your ebook collection and easily sync your ebooks wirelessly from your PC to your Android device; Calibre Portable for Windows highly recommended)

Mantano Reader (PDF & EPUB support, works great with Calibre companion)

RepliGo PDF Reader (excellent support for PDFs featuring text resizing / reflow; it even automatically reflows multi-column pages into single pages).

Moon+ Reader (supports many different ebook formats including PDF in pro version)

FBReader and CoolReader (also worth checking out but no PDF support)

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README 2

[Guide] v6 SuperCharger + Service.jar patching Instructions for CM 10.1.2 (simplified):

Note: On Android 4.2 and newer, the "Developer options" are hidden by default. To make it available, go to "Settings" > "About tablet" and tap "Build number" seven times. Then, return to the previous screen to find the developer options.

From the developer options screen, enable "Android debugging" and tap OK on the "Allow USB debugging" dialog when prompted.

From your PC, install the "nookcolor-easyADB.exe" drivers.

After the driver installation is complete, plug your Nook Color into your PC via USB. Do NOT "turn on USB storage" if prompted on your Nook Color.

From your PC, open Windows Explorer and copy the file "v6_supercharger_for_android-update9_rc12-blackdog-63457_fix.sh" (right click > "save link as" to download this file) & the entire "supercharger_starter_kit" directory to My Computer > Portable Devices > NookColor > SD card.

From your Nook Color, open the "Play Store" > search for "SManager" (free), & install it (select browse as root; superuser access - remember this choice forever).

Launch SManager & enable "Mount/system as rw" from advanced options.

From SManager, navigate to /storage/sdcard1/SuperCharger_Starter_Kit/ and run StartMeUp.sh as SU, then follow the prompts to install busybox & sqlite3/zipalign.

Reboot your Nook Color.

Now from smanager, open "v6_supercharger_for_android-update9_rc12-blackdog-63457_fix.sh" and follow prompts but don't reboot, simply press (E) to exit when prompted and proceed to next step.

From your PC, navigate to the "Ultimatic_Jar_Patcher_Tools_RC7_TEST6_ALL_DEX_ALL_OSes_NO_FLASH" directory, right click "ultimatic_jar_patcher_adb.sh", select run as administrator (accept Secure USB debugging notification on Nook Color otherwise it will hang).

Sources:

[V6BD63457]Hey,Hey,Baby,SuperCharge Your Way,Watch Your Launcher Rip, Lags Keep Away!

[RC10] ULTIMATIC RC7T6![EXE]-=Ultimate Jar Power Tools=- w/Maximum MultiTasking Mods!

[GUIDE] How to install Supercharger V6

[DRIVER PACK] Easy USB ADB Installer for Windows (32/64 bit)

Important Notes:

As of JB 4.2.2, you will have to tap to accept the adb secure usb debugging message that pops up on your Android device, otherwise Ultimatic_Jar_Patcher will hang after you see "daemon started successfully".

Java is required on your PC; you may also need to set your Windows path variable to point to your java installation directory. On Windows 7 x64 add this to Windows environmental settings path variable - ";C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin" (without the quotes but prefixed with a semicolon).

Optionally, you can also download only the Android SDK Tools from here (after extracting the .zip, you only need to run SDK Manager.exe update for Platform-tools), then replace the 3 files in the Ultimatic_Jar_Patcher_Tools directory with the three updated ADB files below (located in the android-sdk-windows\platform-tools dir):

• adb.exe​

• AdbWinApi.dll​

• AdbWinUsbApi.dll​

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Windows 7 ADB USB driver installation & troubleshooting:

Check windows device manager to make sure there aren't any "unknown" or "other" devices showing

You should see the following listed under device manager:

• Android Device > Android Composite ADB Device​

• Portable Devices > (two drive letters)​

If you don't see the above devices; try rebooting your PC & Nook Color and connecting to a different USB port on your computer, then disabling & re-enabling "Android debugging" on the NC under "Settings" > "{} Developer options" -

From the Nook Color, go to "Settings" > "Storage" > tap the overflow menu icon (the three small vertical dots located in the top right of the display) > then tap "USB computer connection" > and check "Media device (MTP)", making sure "Mass storage" is unchecked.

Now when connected via USB, the Nook Color should appear under My Computer on Windows as "Nook Color Portable Media Player" and if you double click on that you will see two partitions; one that says "Internal Storage" and the other that says "SD Card".

Lastly, if none of that works, remove the following devices from device manager containing the Hardware ID "2080":

• USB Composite Device​

• USB Mass Storage Device​

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ADB USB console test:

Click the Windows Start menu, then type "cmd" & press ctrl + enter (without quotes) to open the command prompt with administrator privileges.

Type: "adb devices" (without quotes) and press enter.

You should see the serial # of your Nook Color listed and the word "device" next to that if the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) connection was successful between your PC & NC (if not, make sure your path to adb.exe is correct & that the nook color USB drivers are installed properly).

As of CM 10.1.2 (JB 4.2.2), you will have to tap to accept the ADB secure USB debugging message that pops up automatically on your Nook Color; otherwise the connection will fail.

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README 3

Nook Color CM 10.1.2 720p Flash & Video Patch download & instructions:

Open the Android Browser on your Nook Color and go to (XDA DDL shortlink): http://goo.gl/Nu8DW

The patch file, libstagefright-omxcodec-patch-for-cm-10.1.0-encore.zip will be saved to the "Download" directory by default. Open "File Manager" and navigate there to verify the download completed successfully.

Power off your Nook Color.

Power on your Nook Color and hold the Nook "U" button down until you see the "Cyanoboot" menu.

Use the minus volume button to scroll down to the "SD Card Alternate" option and press the Nook button again to select that option.

Select "install zip from sdacard".

Select "choose zip from sdcard".

Scroll down and select the "Download" directory (verified in step 2).

Select the libstagefright-omxcodec-patch-for-cm-10.1.0-encore.zip file.

Confirm install by selecting the option "- Yes - libstagefright-omxcodec-patch-for-cm-10.1.0-en" option.

You will see "Install from sdcard complete".

Press and release the Power button once and once again until you see the menu option "reboot system now".

Press the Nook button to select that option and wait for it to reboot. Enjoy!

Source:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43030486#post43030486

Netflix Workaround

Netflix Xposed mod here (to download latest version of Netflix from Google Play on your Nook Color).

You can download the older version of Netflix 1.8.1 here directly from the web browser on your Nook Color (no mod required). Note: You must go to Settings > Security > and enable "Unknown sources" first. Then after the download is complete, open "File Manager" on your Nook and navigate to the "Download" directory and click the netflix-1.8.1.apk to install it.