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[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
From your post, you said you have tried "rebooting". I have gotten my Nook STG into this situation before and it takes pressing the power button for 30 seconds or more to get it to power off. Then after releasing the power button and waiting 5 to 10 seconds I have to press the power button again for 5 to 10 seconds to get it to restart. Sometimes it takes a second 5 to 10 second press of the power button to get it to restart.

It seems you have already tried something similar, but I am posting this on the odd chance that you just haven't been holding the power button long enough (30 seconds or more seems like forever if you are concerned you just bricked your device. :( )
[Nook Touch Android Development] vasconqs:
Thanks, I tried that before opening the nook and disconnecting the battery. I counted 30, 40 and 60 seconds and nothing worked. I also tried some variations of pressing both lower buttons.
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
Have you tried following these instructions?

Nook Simple Touch restore to stock
[Nook Touch Android Development] speedman2202:
try apply ur backup ..... and after u insert noogie img SD card .... plug in ur charger .... at first will be green then orange then back to green and ur device partition will be available for apply recovery image and if ur led responsive as i told u but screen not ... so i think ur touch screen is dead ,mate :\

good luck

for the developer of this rom .... what the advantage between ur rom and Nook Manager rom?!!!!

w8 ur replay .. thx for ur great work
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
I am not the developer, but I can relay my experiences with both. I own a Nook ST and a Nook STG. I have applied a B/N screen protector to the ST (but not the STG). So I had rooted both with NookManager and then when I saw this ROM come out, I applied it to my STG.

Note that the original post here indicates that this ROM will do the following (among other things).

Once I had this working on my STG, I set both devices to the same page of the same book with the same reader (the Nook stock reader) settings. I then compared the displays with the Glowlight OFF. To my eyes, the text was darker (blacker) on the STG with this new ROM. It also seems to be blacker with the Glowlight on. That is to say that with the Glowlight on the text does not seem to wash out to gray as much as it does with the stock ROM.

I can't comment regarding how this helps with gaming as I just root my devices to have more control, not to turn them into eInk tablets.
[Nook Touch Android Development] smart1:
I was wondering the same thing myself. Anyone?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Windsor1959:
I installed this ROM on my NST yesterday. Every step went as expected. My NST needed some time after the installation was completed to settle down and for everything to work well.

Some initial observations:

Text and images look sharper on the new ROM. It's as though resolution has improved somewhat. Whatever accounts for it, text looks great.

I installed the Kindle apk from another thread on this forum and it works very well. I have a Calibre setup, but it's nice to have Kindle as well as Nook on my NST.

Nook Shop seems to crash when I try it. I take it that this is expected.

There is some hesitation now and then when I turn a page in a book or go from one app to the next. Nothing excessive, and a small price to pay for the improved text - especially considering that my little NST is being asked to do things it was never designed to do. I don't use it for games or video, just text-oriented apps.

Overall, this is great work.

Finally, do you suppose that if we asked really nicely, B&N might release an update based on a newer version of Android, even Gingerbread? I saw how someone found a way to take the Gingerbread ROM from a Tolino Shine and run it off a microSD card on a Kobo Aura HD, and that got me thinking. There are several other apps I could run with Gingerbread. Pipe dream, perhaps?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Windsor1959:
Okay, if anyone is still following this thread, I found a glitch or a setting that I want to change. I noticed that a few of my Nook books don't show up in my library. I finally found the problem: the firmware must be for England. My Nook thinks I'm there and not in the U.S. I confirmed that by going into Shop and finding prices set in British pounds. Can I change that setting? If not, I may need to go back to stock, as much as I like the enhancements on this tweaked ROM. Thanks for any help you can offer.
[Nook Touch Android Development] pinguy1982:
Install a root browser and open /system/build.prop

and change

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=GB

To where ever you live.

Save then reboot.
[Nook Touch Android Development] Windsor1959:
Thanks! I knew there had to be a way to change that setting. I'll check that out.

I assume I change GB to US, if I'm in the States?

I've tried a couple of ways of rooting my NST, but this one is the most satisfying. Thanks again for your fine work.
[Nook Touch Android Development] bradpitcher:
Repository

Have you shared your updates in a source control repository somewhere?
[Nook Touch Android Development] Thor55:
First I am sorry for my bad English. But I have to write, that the your ROM is amazing. Display looks, as if has bigger resolution. Text and pictures are very sharp and black is more black. Combination of your ROM + new Alreader is excellent.

Than you and all developers for Your hard work!!

Only one thing. I like EpubBrowser too, but I see only 6 books. I can't swipe to next or previouse 6 books (Left / right swipes to go to the next 6, previous 6 books, no indication of the current page is displayed). And text in description of the book (in EpubBrowser) is not so high-quality, like else (variable intensity letters). Can I someway fix it? Thank you!
[Nook Touch Android Development] vasconqs:
Ok guys, I'm officially giving up. I'm selling it to any fair offers. If anyone want's to pick it up, PM me.
[Nook Touch Android Development] pinguy1982:
Try flashing all the cwm zips. It may just be an issue with the kernel. Try flashing this: http://d-h.st/N6O

The device isn't broke because you can boot into CWM. If you wanted you could just grab the firmware from B&N website and flash it using CWM.
[Nook Touch Android Development] skyli91:
Hi! I've just installed your mod and so far everything is fine :) Launcher 8 pro is faster with this rom (i think becouse of the gpu mod).

But i have a question :) After installing Nooter-Part1, the edges of the screen were snow white (bigger paper area!), but after installing part 2, it became grey. Why is it? Is it the kernel? after part 2, the kernel changes?

btw, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ROM!:victory:

Edit: another quetion. I used Nookmanager before for root and some gapps pack and the market was better i think. For example, I tried to search for skype, trillian, opera mobile, google maps and i just can't find them. Also, a lot of downloads stop at 100% and not install :/ I have installed them before on this nook. In the My apps screen, I don't have my old apps. Why is this? Can I install this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2086582 ? I had this before and it was working fine :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] Platinum_Lotus:
Thanks, I installed your ROM and it works great.

But then I have some problem with my Nook charging and I think I will send it back to B&N for them to replace it.

How could I revert back to stock to preserve my warranty? My device is NSTG on 1.21
[Nook Touch Android Development] skyli91:
Can I turn off the boot optimizations? After every boot, It's optimizing now for about 5 minutes? Another strange thing is that, before, Fruit ninja Puss in boots was working, but with this rom, it is not :eek:
[Nook Touch Android Development] skyli91:
I've found a bug: The keyboard is always closing in the browsers (UC browser and Opera too). When I want to type, click the textbox, kexboard flashes then hides. After some more attempts, keyboard remains. Is something killing it? Is there a tweak that tries to free up ram every time? (I have about 130MB's of free ram, but with this rom, I can't multitask between 2 applications. If i open for example Opera, then switch to my file manager: Opera closes in the background, but why? Can I return memory management to stock? Thank you very much!

Please fix the keyboard bug in Opera and UC Browser!:fingers-crossed:

[YOUTUBE]6H69PBHVEdA[/YOUTUBE]
[Nook Touch Android Development] dayofthedaleks:
Very Well Integrated Rom!

This mod has my Nook Glow more useful than ever. Thanks for the efforts!

I'm not a big fan of ePubBrowser (no response from the menu button so I'm assuming there's no real user settings, doesn't find books downloaded to subfolders by FBReader) but installing ADW and the Minimalist_Black theme takes care of me fine.

I'm curious - what's the Launcher/Home screen used before ePubBrowser gets installed via Nooter2? I found that really useful and elegant, maybe even more nook-appropriate than ADW.

The only thing I could suggest adding would be incorporating the Extended Power Menu options. I installed the patched framework jar but I think it might have caused me to take a step back in terms of how reliably text shows up in Settings menus.

Has anybody gotten their Google Calendar successfully syncing on this or any other NST builds? My calendar items load once at initial setup, but they don't seem to do any further syncing. You can create calendar items on the Nook but they don't get propagated to Google and if you create new items on the Google Calendar webpage they never show up on the Nook. That's the one thing keeping my Nook from being a viable PDA. I'd normally go to Gmail -> User Accounts -> Settings to ensure Calendar items are set to sync just like Gmail, but unfortunately the Nook soft-reboots any time one tries to take a look at those settings.

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It looks like this issue can be addressed by Gmail -> Accounts -> Add Account. You can re-add a previously installed account, and when you do so you're given the option to check the box for syncing the Calendar. Found that on the Gapps Attack thread. I'm considering taking that Gapps solution for a spin.
[Nook Touch Android Development] skyli91:
That is ReLaunch.

For me, my favorite launcher is Launcher 8 Pro.
[Nook Touch Android Development] wozhere:
It took me many hours to set up my nook last year and many of us would love it if you could make an apk or CWM install file that will only do one function: force all rendering to be done on the GPU. Is that possible?

Maybe also with a toggle switch for on/off?
[Nook Touch Android Development] vasconqs:
Update:

It probably wasn't the ROM's fault. I think the sd card was the culprit. I bought another NSTG and installed this ROM just fine with another (better) card.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch Android Development] vasconqs:
Can anyone tell me how to get a USB keyboard to work? I had it working using some other ROM, but I can't remember how I did it. I think I just plugged it in, but that doesn't work now. Thanks!
[Nook Touch Android Development] Renate:
Use UsbMode.apk (in signature) to initiate and verify host mode.
[Nook Touch Android Development] skyli91:
Okay, I've find out how to fix these keyboard and multitasking bugs :victory::o

using this tutorial: http://elast2009.blogspot.hu/2010/12/lowmemorykiller-in-android.html

So now My nook don't kill everything to free up 64MB of ram but let my apps run parallel :) now my chat apps, browser, keybord etc.. works much better!

Only my 'READING NOW' button isn't working somehow, but not becouse of these memory tweaks. It just don't works on this rom.
[Nook Touch Android Development] vasconqs:
Thanks! I'll look it over the weekend! I really liked being able to write in the sun with my USB mechanical keyboard and the NSTG.
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
Are the items listed above possible without the modified kernel? I ran this ROM for a while on my NST with Glowlight and honestly really liked it. I had previously run guevor's kernel on my original NST and liked it also. However, I have stopped using the modified kernel on both devices because they started behaving strangely after a period of time. Returning to the stock kernel eliminated the strange behavior. So if there is a way to continue to use the stock kernel and still get the GPU rendering (I have already followed the instructions here, so I may have already accomplished that part). As well as the Auto-zipalign, defrag, and apps calibration on boot I would be willing to try to follow those instructions.

Thanks again for your work on this.
[Nook Touch Android Development] pinguy1982:
Yeah you can change kernels. The tweaks are in the ROM not the kernel.
[Nook Touch Android Development] chuby007:
market giving an error...

when I try the market I get this: Attention A server error has occured. Retry, or cancel and return to the previous screen , the rest works fine any ideas ?
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
Can you be more specific? This is a UK ROM and I would like to modify my US ROM if possible.

NOTE: I have already modified the /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg file to be the same as yours, so I think I have the "force hardware rendering" part done already.

Thanks

David
[Nook Touch Android Development] pinguy1982:
You also will want to look at my build.prop.

I did post this already but you can change the ROM to US by editing the build.prop.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51698744&postcount=32
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
Thanks for the reply. I will get it a look.
[Nook Touch Android Development] chuby007:
market ?

anyone help how to get the market working ?
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
I haven't tried it myself, but I would suggest looking at the GApps Attack thread.
[Nook Touch Android Development] chuby007:
I did re-install everything it looks like something I installed was not quite right, cause now everything is working GREAT ! thanks !
[Nook Touch Android Development] iakovl:
So is this the glownooter + more custom stuff? Have a nsg on the way to replace the nst (i like night reading...) want to know what to load it with
[Nook Touch Android Development] tebra:
Hi, I have installed nook_1_2_update, Nooter-part2 and nook_remplacment_home but my nook is not rooted and fastmode2 app did not do anything. Maybe the rooted kernel is include in nooter-part1. If yes, can you provide us a cwm zip with that kernel. Thanks
[Nook Touch Android Development] dwgalaxys:
help restoring to stock for reinstall this rom

Hi all. Wonder if anyone can help - I've had problems with home.zip and home_replacement (none showing books) and actually want ot restore to stock, stabelise and re rgister at B&N/Nook UK etc so I can then re root and flash this agian (as I really like reader contrast/font clarity)

BUt all the time i try to flash official stock 1.2.1 from Nook UK via CWM it fails - will not install....is it something to do with signature? I have toggled verification both on and off and neither works

any suggestions/how to?

thanks Team!
[Nook Touch Android Development] BaGRoS:
How to get back to the original firmware?
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
@ both of the above:

Try using the "Restore factory.zip" feature of NookManager, which can be found here.

Let me know if that works out for you!
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
I made a modded Nooter-Part2.zip with ReLaunch as the launcher in case anyone wants it. Enjoy! :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Cool, thank you!
[Nook Touch Android Development] OverByter:
In my humble opinion Relaunch is the best launcher for the NST, pretty much made specifically for it.

OB
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
Hey. Pinging in the thread again. The ROM is awesome but is there any way to shrink that lag when you boot? It kinda gets on my nerves sometimes (since official school rules state that I must have my devices turned off unless the teacher says so but I do use my Nook for English and Spanish classes as well as on the bus) when I frequently turn it off and back on and I have to wait five+ minutes for stability.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
I bet this isn't an option, but can't you just sleep your Nook instead of turn it all the way off? I mean, it's not like it can make noise or distract you in any way, right?

Besides, you're actually destroying your battery when you turn it all the way off and on again repetitively through the day. :/

P.S. Kind of a cheaty thing to do, but if you need to you can grab cold_boot_screen.png from /system/assets/shutdown_images and use it as a screensaver... :p
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
Yeah it really isn't an option to keep it on. Every time someone is "caught" with a device, it is always either immediate confiscation or being told "all the way off." Lots of people don't care and leave it running, but I'd rather stick with a "better safe than sorry" policy. I just don't see what the problem is. I mean, obviously cutting down on distractions in class and preventing cheating ond tests is one thing, but for instance during lunch or BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN STARTS it makes no sense. Sorry for the rant. This isn't the right place for it. I just have to get these things off my chest.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Nice rant, brah. :laugh:

But seriously, I totally understand. Everyone needs either a good cry or a good rant now and then.

And to actually answer your original question, the only way to cut back the boot time is to cut down on the amount of content on your Nook. A basic rule to remember: More apps/content = longer boot time & less battery life.

Hope I helped a bit. :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
Thanks for the reply and for understanding. I get what you said about having less content, but on the other hand, I used to have more stuff on just plain stock rooted and it took a far shorter time to boot. I personally blame the zipaligning, defragging, and other processes that run at boot that come with this ROM. My real question is whether or not there is a way to cut back on those. By the way, isn't defragmenting useless on FLASH memory? At that, doesn't it really eat up a ton of write cycles and wear down the memory's usable life?
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
If there is a way to cut back on those booting processes, it'd most likely be in init.rc in uRamdisk. Don't quote me on that, though.

And yeah, you're right - defragmenting is completely superfluous on flash memory. I wish I knew of a way to get rid of it…
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
I guess I'll have a look around the filesystem and kernel as a whole when I have time. :)
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
That's what I was thinking.

Between the two of us, I'm sure we'll be able to come up with something! :D
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
Didn't realize the OP lists a link to a bunch of build.prop and init.d tweaks. Will look into it sometime tonight or tomorrow.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
Same, same.

Time to get up now - I'm typing in my bed right now, since I just awakened. :p
[Nook Touch Android Development] yattaro:
Aaand just the same here. Gotta go catch the bus :p
[Nook Touch Android Development] youxiaojie:
I found my relauch could not have the superuser previlage and no gscript support...

after flash nook 1.2.1 and register with b&n id,I flash nooter part 1 extension.the home changed to relaunch definitely.but I am not sure the system is rooted because I use reboot,I was told:"the operation need a rooted device" or similar warn. and I could not find any root request in supersu app.why?and could any one can add script when short press n button and task switcher when long press n button?
[Nook Touch Android Development] kavena78:
NSTG

Will the Nooter-Part1.zip - 38.41 MB, Nooter-Part2.zip - 2.80 MB also works on NSTG or do we need to use the glowNooter instead...

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does the modded Nooter-Part2.zip works with NSTG as well?
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
I don't know for sure (and I'm not in a position to try right now), but you can easily test it by making a Noogie backup first and then flashing the .zips. If it flashes the wrong firmware, you can just restore your backup and be happy. :)

See above. :good:
[Nook Touch Android Development] aiamuzz:
Hey i am using my NST with G for about a year or so ...

I have Multitouch, norefresh, all up and going with NTMM, a working nook store account, a working market(but without the search functionality), and other things. In other words, Its in prime working condition. Infact I keep taking regular nand backups so that if anything goes wrong, i could restore instantly.

Its surprising how i have not come across this thread soon enough(glad that the thread has been active throughout 2014).

The talk about crispier text and darker blacks is making me itch to try this rom out.

If i did try it out, can somebody tell me what will i be trading off from the above features which are up and running already on my device.

I also need to know if i can restore the nand backups of my current device through the 'dd' single line command, with the rooted forever SD booted into ? Will the rooted forever SD card procedure work for this rom too ?

thanks,
[Nook Touch Android Development] David0226:
If you feel your Nook is in "prime working condition" and your only real goal is to get the "crispier text and darker blacks", you may want to try this tweek first:

Edit the /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg, removing the line that has "0 0 andriod". This allegedly forces GPU rendering of all screen images and I believe is the part of this ROM that gives you the "crispier text and darker blacks".

If you try this, I would be interested to know if you think it actually results in "crispier text and darker blacks". I have done this and I believe it works, but then my eyes are 53 years old and can't be trusted 100%.
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
0 0

android

I applied the egl.cfg mod about five months ago, and I have definitely seen sharper and more defined blacks and whites since the change. Just for another opinion for consideration.
[Nook Touch Android Development] aiamuzz:
thanks for the quick fix and quick replies ...

i am currently trying it ... i have been in and out of this modd 3 times, just to be able to compare better with and without this mode.

i think i'll modify this ... just a question

Original Content

0 0 android

0 1 POWERVR_SGX530_125

Line 1 : Blank
Line 2 :0 1 POWERVR_SGX530_125

or

Line 1 : 0 [B]0[/B] POWERVR_SGX530_125

or

Line 1 : 0 [B]1[/B] POWERVR_SGX530_125

or

which of the above 3 is the correct content ... just in case the the second digit 0 to 1 increment happens to be the line number ... forgive my exaggeration.

PS : any more such minor tweaks to my existing device state is much appreciated

Cheers
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
The original egl.cfg looks like this:

0 0 android
0 1 POWERVR_SGX530_125

The modified egl.cfg should look like this:

0 1 POWERVR_SGX530_125

No extra, blank lines or changing of the numbers are required.
[Nook Touch Android Development] aiamuzz:
Hey i do notice the changes ... tested on stock nook reader same book same page, i see text darkened, but it is a little uneven (as in a few phrases are darker and a few phrases are comparatively lighter) ... not complaining though.

also i have enable code lock as per one of renate's instruction post, is there some editing that will let me reduce the size of the code entering window ?

And do let me know of anymore tweaks, i am all ears ....

Cheers
[Nook Touch Android Development] :
I assume you're talking about using this command:

am start -n com.android.settings/.ChooseLockPin

...to start the hidden settings option for a lock PIN? If so, I know what you're talking about, but I don't know of a way to reduce the window size. It's probably in a .xml file somewhere in /system/framework/framework-res.apk, which I could find if I had the time, but quite frankly, I don't. You could PM [MENTION=4474482]Renate NST[/MENTION] about it and ask, though.