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[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
When "nothing" happens it's always good to see what is happening.

Do you have ADB working? This will show what is happening and why.

adb logcat

With the correct system settings you can re-do application picks that you made or simply uninstall applications.

You could also edit /data/packages.xml to remove preferred-activities.

You could uninstall with ADB:

adb uninstall com.temblast.reader

I still would like to know what is going on there.

You might have accidentally selected another reader instead.

To clarify what the touch-sensitive parts of the screen are:
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] geopapa:
Thanks for your answer. I did as you said, uninstalled tempblast reader through adb and then reinstalled it but the problem persists. I have attached the logcat I copied from the terminal after the action of opening the file.

Thanks again.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] darkic:
Same with me, 1.2.1 rooted, reader doesn't do anything. First, when installed 1.1 reader, it couldn't open epubs(file explorer doesn't even had icon option in "open with" dialog (, pdf wirked, but, suddenly it just stoped, uninstalled through application manager, reinstalled and it just doesn't do anything.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
[MENTION=4236440]geopapa[/MENTION]

It took me about 100 milliseconds of looking at the logcat to figure out the problem. :laugh:

You are using an old Library.apk and it's not compatible.

Load the new one in the signature.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] geopapa:
[MENTION=4474482]Renate NST[/MENTION]

That made it. Thanks. Nice app by the way :).
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] darkic:
What sbnout me, I'm using stock library, does your reader works with B&N library? Sorry if I missed something, I read all pages but maybe I something didn't figured out right?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Well, the problem, as always, is how many library applications a reader should check and update.

Do you have B&N purchased books?

My Library/Reader works with non-DRM content and OverDrive public library books.

The next version of the Reader will be more resilient on not finding the Last Reading Point content provider.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] darkic:
No, I don't have any B&N purchased book, only books I found on the net and side-loaded. But, of course, I had to registrated Nook on B&N first time I powered on Nook.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Then just load my Library.apk from the signature.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
As I said above, it's because my Library.apk is not installed.

You can install it or you can wait a bit until the next version of Reader.apk comes out.

Without my Library.apk it will not be as good tracking multiple Last Read Points.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] darkic:
Thanx!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
New version. A few things were cleaned up.

The "Pop" button is easier to see if it's poppable

I find Pop really helpful when you want to go back and check something.

Push the location, leaf through the pages, then Pop.

There is now a setting for eInk refresh rate under "Scr".

It goes from Always -> 2 (every other) -> 20 -> Never.

Of course, this only shows on Nook eInk models.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] tebra:
Hi Renate,

did we still need to install your library app or is it included in this new version?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
The Library.apk is a separate app that you can download from the signature.

You should be able to open a book from any library app or a file manager.

Which library app holds the Last Reading Point information is the issue.

I keep forgetting to do the update to the Reader.apk to make it resilient to a missing Library.apk

So, for now, just download the Library.apk
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
New version, fixed bug with PDF viewing when there was no title or TOC.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Hung0702:
Just started using this and it's great for books I have in PDF that don't convert well to epub.

However, I noticed that the text is noticeably lighter for one of my books. When I turn the page, the text darkens to a comfortable level for a split-second, then returns to the grey tone that hardly contrasts with the background. Any reason for this? Anything I did wrong or something wrong with my PDF? When I view it on desktop, the text is all black.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] eridium:
Enjoying playing with it. So far looking good. :good:

Any way to edit the physical buttons for page turns and such?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
These kind of problems are often bad CSS styling when the publisher tried to micro-manage appearance.

You can often just unzip the book and delete or simplify the CSS sheets involved, then rezip.

Usually you decide globally what you want the buttons to do and assign them in the key mapping.

I could make it so you could configure the keys on an application-specific basic.

It gets involved, even things like having the orientation change with rotation.

Also things start getting device specific.

Let me think about.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
For example, would remapping the right-side keys to NEXT_PAGE and PREV_PAGE even do anything in your app?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Well, it gets complicated.

B&N were using Android API 7.

They decided to make the 4 side buttons use unsupported keycodes.

Along came Android API 9 and suddenly those keycodes were used.

What they should have done would be to have had the 4 side buttons do reasonable things and remap from the scancodes in the reader app.

Moreover, even some modern apps (including) browsers don't support page up/page down keys.

They start mixing in volume keys.

My suggestion, map the four side buttons to Back, Menu, Page Up and Page Down (as defined in Android API 9).
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
Will Page Up and Page Down work as scrolling buttons and as NEXT_PAGE and PREV_PAGE buttons in the default reader app as well as yours?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Yes, the stock reader can work correctly.

See: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24632564&postcount=7
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
Erm...

Could you run through that again? I got a little lost there :P.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
It's all in that thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1588780 (specifically #7 & #9).
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
After messing around a bit, I pinpointed the screen refresh bug. When in Invert Colors mode, the app will consistently refresh the screen every page switch. :/

Maybe you could fix this in the next update.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
I'm not setup right now to look into this, but I will later.

I think the problem is not so much that it is refreshing as the EPD mode.

I would guess that the "non-refresh mode" does something like "find the black, erase it, write in the new black".

If you have the colors inverted then that would create as much flashing as a full refresh.

EPD remains an OEM technology and not much of it is documented.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
Ah, that makes sense. No rush. I just appreciate that you made this awesome app at all! :D Thanks again.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] skitty:
Any chance of adding syncing of page position between nooks? As I two readers and would like to be able to leave one at work and one at work.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
I'm gonna say most likely no, mainly because of how difficult just the idea of getting something like that to work is.

It'd be cool, but practically impossible. Sorry. :(
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] bingen:
Hi!

Is this reader suposed to work in the nook glowlight (the white one)? I just installed it and after selecting the file to open (and select your reader to open it) returns to the library inmediatly :(

Thanks for all!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
Unfortunately, no. This is only for the Nook Touch and the Nook Touch Glow.

Sorry.

EDIT - Correct me if I'm wrong!
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Getting the new reader app to work with the white Nook could be a problem.

The reader app works fine on things without eInk and without antiquated lib files.

The Nook has been orphaned. If a new update for the white Nook came in that made it as new as the black Nooks, this would be easy.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
I heard about the divorce between B&N and Nook, but I thought it was just a rumor. Did it actually happen yet?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Um, I think it did, but I wasn't really referring to that.

The white Nook has a mish-mash of software on it, some older than the code in the 1.2.1 update for the black Nooks.

Apparently when they were working on the greater screen resolution they forked from an old version.

I'm not holding my breath waiting for any further software updates.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
Ah.

Well, I'm certainly not expecting any new software updates, either. I think doing it yourself is the only way to get much new stuff (which for Nook devs like us isn't all that bad! :laugh:) .
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] barbas66:
Reader and Library not working

Hi there,

I just donwloaded your library and reader apps, but, though they install, they don't seem to work. I own a rooted NST with 1.2.1 firmware.

Is there something I should be doing which I didn't?

Thanks for the help.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
The phrase "they don't seem to work" is a bit vague; too vague, in fact, for anyone to be able to assist you.

Would you care to specify what issue you're having with the reader and library apps?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] barbas66:
Right, I did deserve a rebuff!

I installed Renate_NST library and reader apps by simply opening them with the apk-installer (i.e., like any other apps), but whenever I click on "library" (which shows up among the other apps) I just get a screen refresh, whilst when I attempt to open an "epub" file, the reader shows up among the suitable reading apps, but again I just get a screen refresh.

I started wondering if I must install them among the system apps (though I seem to remember I installed version 1.7 of the library app -which is working- as a normal app).

Hope I made myself a bit clearer.

Thanks again for hearing me out.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
No problem at all, helping people is what I'm here for (besides development, of course).

No, installing them in as system apps (by moving their .apk files from /data/app to /system/app) is definitely not necessary, as I've been using these apps for as long as they've been out, and I've never had to move them around.

Firat off, try uninstalling and/or deleting both apps from your Nook, download and install the two .apks I've attached below, and see id they work. Both of these are the apps I'm using to this day; they work great for me.

By the way, my system is a Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight on 1.2.1.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] barbas66:
OK, just installed the apps, but they don't work, behave exactly as I described earlier.

Too bad.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
I don't know what kind of EPUBs you have and where they are.

The reader will not work with B&N purchased content.

The library scans a list of possible locations for books.

In later versions of Android the media scanner is a (somewhat) reliable source.

In our version, it's easier to do it yourself.

Hit the refresh button to scan.

Although development of both of these apps has gone forward, they have become too problematic for general release.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] :
The problem is, he can't do any of these actions because he inexplicably gets an f/c every time he tries to launch either app. :eek:
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nivieru:
Hi Renate,

I just tried reading a hebrew language EPUB, and since hebrew is a right-to-left language everything is backwards.

is there a chance you would add rtl supprot in your reader?

I couldn't get it to work in any other reader I tried on the nook.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] nivieru:
Oh, seems like Aldiko can do rtl, although not without problems. I should also reinstall the original reader that came with the nook and try it there, completely forgot about that one.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] NookST Student:
Last reading point problem

Hi Renate !

I have been using your reader app. It is great and simple.

But I keep losing the last reading point :crying:.I use stock Library app and Relaunch app.

So any idea of fixing this issue.

And I also like an integrated dictionary feature for a future update.:fingers-crossed:

Thank You for your Contribution to all of us.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Bulletinabluesky:
Am I missing something, where is the install link for the app?
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
Oops, sorry, I've been neglecting this thread.

The last released version is attached to this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54201382&postcount=94

I've been branching off a new version that has a few new things and is compatible with the new Nook Glow Plus.

It's also compatible with all my other devices including Nook Simple Touch and a Nexus 7 with Marshmallow.

I've had to change some paths and things so I have to figure out how to make it workable for everyone.

I love my new Nook Glow Plus, but without the monopod mount I'd find it a slippery customer to hold.

Oops, sorry again. It's the library app that keeps track of last read point for all the books.

I think that I have compatibility with either my Library app or the original stock B&N.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] STEELBAS:
Thanks for all your work on this app, Renate! It seems really promising, but am I right in concluding that it doesn't have a dictionary lookup-function? Also I don't really understand the Pop-push buttons in the navigation menu. How does that work?

I love the TOC-function, but I really like being able to long-press a word and having a dictionary definition pop up, so I think I'm going back to ALReader, for now...
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] Renate:
The "Push" button puts your current spot on a stack so that you can navigate somewhere (using forward or back presses) and return again using the "Pop" button.

I probably should dust off the released version to be closer to the version that I normally use.

The Glow2 is so horrible with touch sensitivity that I've been hesitant to mix in Dictionary context touches.
[Nook Touch Themes and Apps] The Chris:
Thanks for a wonderful reader, Renate! It works great on my old NST.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] lcm86:
ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33318.exe

This link for wm 5 fo hp 4700.... If someone can to install i? say mo how to.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] esackbauer:
Did you ever try to mount Fiat Punto windows on a Skoda Oktavia?

Guess what, it does not fit. They are not compatible.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] vijay555:
V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] geoffrey23:
Wah lau e... what a newbie... trying to put ipaq rom into magician.. haha

extremely stupid...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] austinslater25:
Sometimes when I set a wallpaper it allows me to choose from landscape, portrait etc and other times I get a set icon to do it with. It might be because I'm using different launchers or whatever, Im not sure. Anyway....Any tips on an app for setting wallpapers so they don't look bad? Not really looking for something like Zedge but something that allows me to use pictures in my gallery in an optimized way. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BSquaredB2:
Have you tried Image 2 Wallpaper app? I haven't tested with the S5, but it worked great with my other phones.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech3475:
Yesterday I got a call from my network offering an upgrade to the S5 (from my current s3/i9300) which I accepted only to find out afterwards about the new SD card policy in kitkat.

Is there any news somewhere about if this change is being reversed anytime soon? Otherwise I'm considering returning the phone before I even get it.

Yes I have tried Google but I don't know if there's somewhere it's being mentioned somewhere that I missed e.g. Facebook or Google+.

I know there are root based fixes but I wouldn't want to root it (not yet anyway).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degast:
No, there are a few work-arounds (like Samsung still supporting app2sd, root,...). But Google isn't changing its policy on SD cards.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shockandawe:
You can still use the stock app My Files on the S5 to read/write to the SD card...but yes Google is closing loopholes with each update. Just ask the folks that use FolderSync, worked at first with KitKat, then 4.4.2 came along and made it to where the app couldn't sync with the SD card anymore.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thomasba:
I'm one of the folder sync crowd and I'm not happy that apps I've paid for have been crippled in this way Foldersync's not the only app either. I know I could root the phone and get round it that way but at the moment that's not something I'm prepared to do. This all smacks of Google forcing us to use cloud services namely theirs! as a result if I have to go the cloud root it'll be anything but Google Drive.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shockandawe:
You nailed it...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colonels:
i would also like it reversed

as far as i understand it was designed to clean up orphaned files on the SD card which is all very nice but...

what about all the orphaned files that cannot be touched now if you upgraded your existing phone from 4.3 and the apps no longer have permission???

very poorly thought out move for a zillion dollar company
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech3475:
After trying it out I've decided I'm going to return it, at least until this situation is fixed officially since within 5 minutes I was finding problems which never existed before.

If google are that concerned over SD card management they should at least give the option for the old system like supersu does for root..

It feels like Android is starting to turn into a half-a***ed ios.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeFCaputo113:
FYI- If you root, you can fix the "sd card issue".
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tripledrop:
Didn't even know there was an sd card issue lol

Rooted before I used anything within 10 mins of receiving phone! Why wouldn't you want to root?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keskincene:
How to fix it I have root
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colonels:
did rooting prevent you from using Private mode? can you check?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoeFCaputo113:
Search for the fix yourself, c'mon there's dozens of threads addressing this. Google is your BFF.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tripledrop:
Just tried, and yes it doesn't enable. .. However there are plenty of apps that do similar aren't there?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech3475:
I know, see my OP.

Mainly the warranty among a few other things.

If the thing supported the SD card as it was OOTB chances are I'd be fine on a stock, un-rooted ROM and there are few other reasons I'd root it otherwise (at least for now).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
An app called File expert has sorted this issue out with out root. Available from play Store
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikmaze:
any link to which file expert? there seems to be mutliple "file experts". I am another user that is not happy about the sd card situation, nice fat card, unable to move. As far as why not to root, I gotta give it back in a year.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Am I correct in my interpretation that to someone like myself, who only stores photos and music on external card, this has no effect?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech3475:
From what I understand, yes and no.

The change is that most apps no longer have write access to anywhere on the SD card, the only exceptions I believe are system apps and MTP.

So if you only use the stock camera, file manager and MTP you should be fine AFAIK.

If however you use other apps e.g. isyncr, that will only be able to save files in it's own dedicated folder (e.g. exsdcard>Android>com.isyncr>music) and if you uninstall the app it will remove the data it's saved there so you need to backup anything first.

However, apps can READ anywhere so for example, you could have your music in a folder you can still use any compatible media player.

There however have been work arounds from what I've read, for example, using the Android media scanner it's been possible to delete compatible songs instead of directly deleting it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
foldersync? dropsync is way better!

---------- Post added at 06:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:55 PM ----------

this is also not a samsung issue...its an android KitKat issue....so no matter what phone u get..it wil happen

anyways..yes this is an issue if you are unrooted...but being rooted and running the app fixes the issue
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markuzy:
Samsung could do something about it. It is their own Touchwiz ROM after all.

Of course unless Google throws a fit for going against design directions.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris170569:
There is no need to root your phone. There is a file manager app called File Expert, that can access your external xd card.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thomasba:
The included file manager will allow you to write to the ext sd card but that's not the issue. the issue is that 3rd party apps like folder sync are not allowed to write to it
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuGmENTor:
Meh, I haven't run into that being a problem yet. But as has been pointed out, root fixes it, and I'm always rooted, so if it ever DOES become a problem I can deal.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgtPower:
This is complete and utter bull****. As someone who uses FolderSync and ES File Explorer a lot this bothers me to no end. Is Google trying to be like Apple and telling me what I can do with my device?

Make it at least optional in the settings. I don't understand this decision other than make SD cards and apps that work with it unattractive to users. I don't feel like rooting my brand new phone that still got warranty. Especially with that fancy eFuse thing Samsung put in their newer devices
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hetalmp:
My files app that comes with the phone is good enough for me. Haven't felt the need to use es explorer. I think it's a good decision to lock down on what apps can change files on SD card.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
Seriously? Why would you be worried about the external SD card? It's the changes to internal memory that worry me the most

-Sent from Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy Ibanez:
Oh god, ever since I got this phone I thought my SD Card wasn't working properly anymore (I upgraded from an S4 that was o 4.3).

I use ES File Manager a lot. When I download things, I want to move them tk the SD Card. But all moving and file creation operations have failed on the SD Card. Now I know why. I wasn't aware there were SD changes on 4.4.

What a d**k move from Google. I want control over my phone. At least give me a way to change this without having to root and other magical voyages.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Hi guys,

I have a problem with the app installation(from unknown source).

In fact, this is the first time.

I tried to install Blinkfeed launcher(works on unrooted and rooted phones) but from some reason I can't.

99% of people install the application normally like any other app.

I wonder if there is a way to do something in settings or something...

Thank you in advance
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Blinkfeed is for HTC devices
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
If you are using ART it will not work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Not anymore:)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Nope, i am on dalvik.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2whisper:
Interesting. I would go to that thread and mention what your issue is (so it's seen by the right people)