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[Nook Touch General] :
Hello there,

The amazing thing about the Nook Touch is that you don't need a custom kernel or a custom ROM to get everything a normal Android user would need out of your Nook. NoRefresh is most definitely a staple, but it's not a kernel, it's an app! You can download the version you need on 1.2.1 below in the attachments. Install it by tapping on it in a file explorer like ReLaunch (your homescreen app).

There are currently only two ROMs available for the Nook Touch; the Tweaked Modded ROM and the 1337 ROM. The Tweaked Modded ROM is by [MENTION=4636254]pinguy1982[/MENTION], and the 1337 ROM is a joint project by [MENTION=5326897]yattaro[/MENTION] and myself. However, I'd recommend running your stock rooted ROM for a while until you become familiar with it, and then perhaps try a ROM.

The kernels available for the Nook Touch right now are really only for advanced users who would like to be able to use a physical keyboard or play audio on their Nook. These kernels can take quite a bit of doing to install and get working correctly, so I would recommend sticking eith your stock kernel for now.

If you'll send me a private message (or PM), I can troubleshoot the issue you're having with the Google Reader.

Have a nice day!

Regards,

Nookie
[Nook Touch General] ygrigory:
Thanks, PM send.
[Nook Touch General] kazikas:
What exactly creates

/data/media/B&N Downloads

folder?
[Nook Touch General] :
I think the boot sequence does. Try looking at

/init.rc

in a good tedt editor like Notepad++ to know for sure.
[Nook Touch General] Milkman12:
Hello!

If I will root my NST, all my data (books, bookmarks, notes etc.) will remain?

Trimis de pe al meu SM-N910C folosind Tapatalk
[Nook Touch General] :
Yes, all of your data, every last bit of it, will remain if/when you root your Nook Touch.
[Nook Touch General] Sparker_95:
Hello!

Sorry if it has already been asked.

I rooted my nook simple touch with Nookmanager and also disabled B&N apps with it. After switching to sleep mode the display sensor is still working for about 8 seconds and if I touch the display during that time NST will return back from sleep mode. It is very inconvenient. Is there an easy fix for that?
[Nook Touch General] :
Re-enable B&N apps in NookManager and report back on whether or not sleep mode works correctly.
[Nook Touch General] Sparker_95:
It was really because of disabled B&N application, although it's not NookManager fault. Some time ago I also disabled some applications manually and I must have touched the app responsible for sleep mode by mistake. Thanks for help!
[Nook Touch General] Tharg0r:
Hi, Whats the best way to restore a Nook Simple Touch Glowlight to stock out of the box?

Ive realised that Ill only be using it as a reader from now on so I might as well have the best battery life possible, its not worth the battery drain and the random "Process is not responding, Wait or Force Close" errors that pop up every now and then...
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
That depends on how you rooted. NookManager has a pretty easy factory reset option. Be aware that a factory reset will remove all of your user data. Any B&N books can be easily downloaded again, but you will need a backup of anything else.

You might just want to consider a minimal root like Minimal rooting - back to basics. Using this method, you can have additional readers installed (I use AlReader) which will allow you to read non-DRMed mobi files as well. With this rooting method, you can also use ADB to remove some of the unnecessary leftovers B&N failed to removed which can actually give you more battery life than stock. This method does require a good working knowledge of command line though.
[Nook Touch General] lolrko:
Finally back

So I decided since I bought my nook that I won't root it but now I want to maximize my modding, I have been away for something like a year and I only remember that I used something called touchnooter, what's the latest news about everything? I am confused
[Nook Touch General] :
[MENTION=5054328]lolrko[/MENTION],

The latest and greatest Nook Simple Touch rooting method is definitely NookManager. Read through the first post in the thread, follow the instructions, and you'll have a nicely rooted Nook in no time.
[Nook Touch General] lolrko:
Alright, I am rooting using NookManager right now, any addition to that? I am familiar with rooting and stuff since I have Nexus 4 and I am modding it too
[Nook Touch General] :
[MENTION=5054328]lolrko[/MENTION],

Yes, one more somewhat essential thing; if you want Gapps on your Nook Touch, look at the NookManager addon NTGAppsAttack by [MENTION=1584045]straygecko[/MENTION].
[Nook Touch General] lolrko:
[MENTION=5981373]ИΘΘK¡€[/MENTION]

Yep I am also on that, will do it after the root is completed anything else feel free to link me and I will check guides or something

BTW good job I can see your name everywhere in the section
[Nook Touch General] Tharg0r:
Hi again. One question thats been bugging me: Is it okay to use the power button to bring up the screensaver when you finish reading or does that cause extra battery drain while the device is idle? Im on a completely stock 1.2.1 Nook at the minute but when I was rooted I remember a thread advising you to let it shut down with the 2 minute timeout not the power button. Thanks.
[Nook Touch General] kazikas:
According to this post all sleep modes consume the same amount of current
[Nook Touch General] :
As [MENTION=3563718]kazikas[/MENTION] said, all sleep modes use the exact same amount of battery, so using the power button for sleep is perfectly fine.
[Nook Touch General] Tharg0r:
Interesting thanks, can I take from that thread aswell that a full system reboot is recommended after transferring files over USB or would that not affect a stock Nook?
[Nook Touch General] :
I don't know who gave that advice, but in my years of Nook experience, it's definitely never been necessary. You can if you want, but you don't have to.
[Nook Touch General] Tharg0r:
Perfect thanks guys.
[Nook Touch General] Milkman12:
I have rooted my Nook Simple Touch and made a backup which I copied on my PC. Is it safe to format the microSD card used for this operation or do I have to permantly use it only for my Nook?
[Nook Touch General] :
It is definitely recommended that you format your microSD card after you finish rooting and/or making a backup, but I'd also highly recommend keeping the card in your Nook if it's rooted, as most of the applications which can be installed require an external SD card to work correctly.
[Nook Touch General] Milkman12:
Ok. Thank you very much!
[Nook Touch General] hieu86:
Hi guys,

Please help me with "n" button (or Home button, the tiny cute one at the center bottom of my Nook Simple Touch). Currently it does not work as expected, I can only use this n button for a hard reset, while when I want to return to homescreen of Relauch e.g, it does not work at all.

When i try press for 3-4 times, the screen turns into lockscreen and the n button may act to unlock the device. However, while reading a book I cannot come back to home directory by pressing on this button anymore. I always have to restart the NST to access to home screen, it's terrible.

Thanks in advance!
[Nook Touch General] kazikas:
For now, you can remap other buttons for the homescreen using Nook Touch Mod Manager. You can remap 'n' and all side buttons, as well as long press.
[Nook Touch General] Mineturtle33:
Is usb networking possible on this device? (Assign IP address to usb to communicate with another device)
[Nook Touch General] :
I'd imagine so, but I've never seen anyone attempt it.

By the way, I love your username! #asdfmovieFTW
[Nook Touch General] hieu86:
Actually I found that Button Savior (correct me if I'm wrong with the name) is the most simple and efficient in my case. Thanks a lot!
[Nook Touch General] :
[MENTION=4474482]Renate NST[/MENTION] [MENTION=3563718]kazikas[/MENTION] [MENTION=5548765]nivieru[/MENTION] [MENTION=4745574]David0226[/MENTION]

Does anybody know if there is a way to deregister a Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight from B&N without resetting? I just finished un-DRMing all of my B&N books, so I'm ready to totally remove my Nook from B&N's radar.

I've already tried manually starting the Oobe.apk main activity and bypassing Oobe using the top-right-button method, but it doesn't work properly, because it still displays my name and email in Settings > Device Info (instead of "Unavailable").

Can anyone give me a hand?
[Nook Touch General] kazikas:
I think you need to remove some system app, just not sure which one.

My system app's:

CertInstaller

HTMLViewer

LatinIME

PackageInstaller

Settings

SettingsProvider
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I believe that you can "erase and deregister" on the B/N web site I suspect this will delete all your B&N content and perhaps other things. I would make sure you have a good backup before trying this.

David0226
[Nook Touch General] :
Do you mean to say that the entire contents of your /system/app folder are just those six items? I find that a little hard to believe!

I'll definitely do some testing with the idea of removing a system app - thanks for the input.

By the way, I'm happy to see you're using my SBM Theme! :)

I also know for a fact that this is true, but it's not what I want, nor would it work if it was what I wanted. My Nook is gone from my B&N account "Manage Your Nook" page, but it still tells me it's registered with my name and email in the About Your Nook section.

However, even if I had been able to use your method, it wouldn't be what I wanted because I want to deregister my Nook without erasing it.
[Nook Touch General] kazikas:
There are few more items (IGOMyWay, Opera, ReLaunch, SmartKeyboardPRO). Not sure about removing LatinIME, I think it's responsible for more then a keyboard.

I'm in charge of my devices, not the other way
[Nook Touch General] :
I know this to be a fact.

Amen!

Progress report - After I did a Nandroid backup in CWM, I took your advice and deleted all of my system apps except for the ones you listed and the ones I had placed there myself. When I rebooted, my Device Info screen was just like yours. However, because I wanted to do some testing to see exactly which app handled the items in question, I restored the /system partition of my Nandroid backup. When I booted back up, my Device Info was exactly the way I wanted it (see the screenshot below, thanks to marspeople for his E-Paper drawing app which I used on the image).

Thanks again, everyone! Problem solved!

EDIT - I discovered which app is responsible for the About Your NOOK account and version information. It's DeviceManager.apk.
[Nook Touch General] :
Does anyone know if there's a way to flash a CWM .zip (or replace a system file) to the NG2 without rooting it? The current CWM won't work, as the NG2 has no side buttons...
[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
epubbrowser refreshing

On the first page of pinguy's rom thread, there is a mention of epubbrowser continually refreshing and a reply about flashing a home.zip file, which is now a dead link. Since I'm having this problem, would anybody have a current link to this file?

Better yet (choosing the no-google, non-rooted variation), is there a way to change the home screen, ie. to the library or kindle app, and just ditch epubbrowser altogether?
[Nook Touch General] :
I don't have a link, sorry.

You most certainly can ditch epubbrowser, but you'd have to replace it with another actual launcher. Android can't use any app it wants as its homescreen - it has to have a launcher. ReLaunch is great.

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[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
Ok thanks, ReLaunch is what I had before and it's perfect. I only redid everything because I wanted a "less of everything" rom, including non-google. I just use it for library app and kindle app (whole reason for using a custom rom). I downloaded the relaunch 1.4.0 apk from this forum but I get an "installation blocked for apps not sourced in Android Market" message when I try to install it. I assume this is because I'm not rooted? Could I use NookManager to root this rom and then install relaunch?
[Nook Touch General] :
Just grab the NookColor Tools app, install it, and un-check and re-check the box for "Allow Non-Market Apps".
[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
Sorry, I'm having a frustrating time with epubbrowser, it takes 5 minutes of doing the 10oclock swipe for it to finally register through the refreshes and get through to the program menu. Normally, I could guess my way through the menus to find what I need but if I guess wrong, I'm back to the refresh nightmare.

So, once I get to the program menu, how do I go about making relaunch the home screen and deleting epubbrowser forever? Thanks.
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I believe if you install another launcher, such as lightning launcher, and then restart your nook you will get a dialog box asking you to pick a home screen. You can then pick relaunch if you choose. Once you get into relaunch, you should be able to uninstall epubbrowser.

If you have adb setup, you should also be able to uninstall epubbrowser as follows:

adb uninstall epubbrowser.apk
[Nook Touch General] :
If your current launcher is malfunctioning, this whole thing would be way easier if we used ADB. Do you have ADB working via WiFi or via USB?
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
So if I temporarily remove DeviceManager.apk and reboot and then replace DeviceManager.apk and reboot again my NSTG will "forget" its registration to the B&N web site? Do I understand this correctly?
[Nook Touch General] :
Yes, you understand correctly.
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
Hmmm... That did not work for me ...

Here is what I did.

adb pull DeviceManager.apk to my laptop

adb shell

mount -o remount rw /system

cd /system/app

rm DeviceManager.apk

reboot

adb shell

mount -o remount rw /system

exit

adb push DeviceManager.apk /system/app

adb reboot

When I go to Settings -> Device Info -> About Your NOOK, my name and email address are still there.
[Nook Touch General] :
Oh, yeah, forgot to tell you that you have to get rid of Shop.apk and Social.apk, too. Do you still have those?
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
I deleted Social.apk a long time ago, but I still had Shop.apk. So I moved Shop.apk to /system/archive but that did not help either. Here is a listing of what I have in my /system/app currently.

AFfileDownloadService.apk

Accessories.apk

AccountAndSyncSettings.apk

AirRuntime.apk

ApplicationsProvider.apk

BnAuthenticationService.apk

BnCloudRequestSvc.apk

Browser.apk

CertInstaller.apk

CloudService.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

CryptoServer.apk

DeviceManager.apk

DeviceRegistrator.apk

DownloadAdmin.apk

DownloadProvider.apk

DrmProvider.apk

GlobalSearch.apk

ReaderRMSDK.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

Home.apk

LatinIME.apk

Launcher.apk

Library.apk

MediaProvider.apk

NookHWTest.apk

Oobe.apk

QuickStartActivity.apk

ServiceOne.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

SysChecksum.apk

ThumbnailService.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

WaveformDownloader.apk

It must be a combination of removing DeviceManager, Shop, Social, and something else.....
[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
I do get the home screen dialog box on restart but I'm not able to enter keystrokes because the thing starts going into refresh heck before I'm able to get through.

Thanks guys, I'll get to work on ADB later. Once I uninstall epubbrowser, all should work.
[Nook Touch General] :
Woah - that's way more stuff in /system/app than you need! Here is my complete list of items in /system/app:

AccountsAndSyncSettings.apk

CertInstaller.apk

com.benhirashima.nookcolorsettings.apk (NookColor Tools)

com.temblast.nullkbd.apk (Null keyboard)

HTMLViewer.apk

LatinIME.apk

org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard.apk (Hacker's Keyboard)

PackageInstaller.apk

ReaderRMSDK.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

Superuser.apk (SuperSU)

SysChecksum.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

So you're definitely going to want to delete a bunch more items from /system/app. :laugh:
[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
When I run the above command and I get... Failure

If you have an idea for this, I'll try it, otherwise I guess I can just install the 1337 rom, it's way more than I need but I'm sure it's a great rom.
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
The command I listed assumes you have already set up adb and connected with your nook.

If you run the following command, what do you get?

adb devices

You should get something that looks like this:

List of devices attached

1234567890123456 device

if you are connected to your Nook. (Of course the number will be different, but it will have 16 digits.)

If you are not connected, there is a pretty good set of instructions here: Minimal rooting - back to basics
[Nook Touch General] hognoodle:
I get a 16-digit number from adb devices but still get failure when I type adb uninstall epubbrowser.

Edit:

Geez, it was simple as pressing the NavButton/Home to get the dialog box I needed to make relaunch the default. I loaded the second pinguy rom ("If you are not interested in having the Market/Play Store or being Rooted and only want to be able to side load apps and still be able to use the B&N store, follow the guide and install the modified nook_1_2_update.zip - 127.45 MB"), perhaps the uninstall command is not working because I'm not rooted?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
adb installs are like this:

adb install somefileifound.apk

That is, you install a file.

adb un-installs are like this:

adb uninstall com.example.greatapp

That is, you un-install a package.
[Nook Touch General] David0226:
Thanks for the tip Renate NST, I never realized that…
[Nook Touch General] jojo2104:
Thank you very much for this great NookManager. I've just bought a nook simple touch at an auction yesterday after my kobo died unfortunately and it was very simple to root it with this tool.

As I'm living in germany the NST wouldn't be useful otherwise.

But I don't understand how to install and delete apps using ReLaunch? Since I need the amazon.de app store.

And I have another question. I used a 32GB SD card for Nook Manager, which is far too big I know, but it was the only free one I had yesterday evening. Is there a way to backup data on a PC and later write it back to the sd card because of the different partitions that are created?

Thank you very much in advance.
[Nook Touch General] thrackanomir:
To delete application, go to "All applications" (the middle button on the bottom of the main screen, the one with nine tiny squares), then touch and hold the icon of the selected application to enter into a small menu with uninstalling option. And to install an application from the ReLauch, just navigate to the folder where you saved the .apk file and tap it to begin installation process.

As for the second question, when you plug that SD card to the PC, you should see two partitions. One named "NookManager" and second named "NookBackup". Files on the second one are the backups of your device. You can copy them, store on the PC and copy back to the new Nook Manager card next time you create one.
[Nook Touch General] jojo2104:
Thank you. This worked well. :)

I'm a bit afraid about the two partitios. How do I do this if I want to restore my backup. Will Nook Manager automatically create a second partition on the card where I can put the files afterwards by using my PC?

And another question appeared to me. Is it possible to delete the b&n account on my device just by using the option in the settings or does this harm the ReLauncher Functions?
[Nook Touch General] jojo2104:
I did a full factory reset. After this I tried to root the device with the NookManager. But it was not possible to enter ReLaunch just after restarting the NST. Is there no way for logging out the B&N account on the Nook?
[Nook Touch General] :
Delete DeviceManager.apk, Shop.apk, Social.apk, and Library.apk from /system/app. This should log you out.
[Nook Touch General] esseti:
Hello

i do remember that in the past i added to the nook a italian-eng dictionary. does anyone of you know how to do it? i can't find the topic with the instructions.

PS: my nook has some problems. even if the battery is more than 95% it stuks and the only way to make it working again is to plug it and give it a charge. is the battery gone?
[Nook Touch General] dicksmoke:
Install apk

I'm looking all over and seem to just keep missing the answer to this.

I have an apk for a 2.1 twitter client on my sd card. Nook Color Tools says to put the app in /system/apps. in ES File Explorer, I turn on root explorer but it still refuses to paste into that directory. In the name of Allah, what am I missing here?
[Nook Touch General] :
In addition to turning on Root Explorer, you have to mount /system as read-write. Do this by opening the Fast Access menu in ES File Explorer, tapping on the text "Root Explorer", tapping "Mount R/W", and ensuring the dots for all the partitions are filled in on the right, not the left. This will fix your problem.
[Nook Touch General] dicksmoke:
Great, that did it, thanks.
[Nook Touch General] bufa:
Hello I'm having problems with the sd card. It won't show in my windows PC. When I connect the nook simple touch, It only shows the internal memory.

how can I solve this?

thanks!

ps. I have formatted it in fat 32 it a 1GB micro sd card
[Nook Touch General] :
The text I have highlighted in bold is rather unclear. Do you mean to say when you connect your Nook to your PC, your PC only shows your Nook's internal memory, or when you connect the SD card to your Nook, your Nook only shows its internal memory as being present?
[Nook Touch General] thrackanomir:
Try FAT16.

And make sure that the contacts of your Nook microsd slot are clean. For example check if any other card works with that slot. Use alcohol like ethanol or isoprophyl if to clean it if needed.
[Nook Touch General] gyok:
Hi, I have Nook Simple Touch. Sensor is broken but reader is OK - screen change image and reacts on pressing buttons. But I can't switch on my reader, because I can't swipe screen ((

So can you recommend me firmware for reader which enable working with reader without sensor?

Like in this tablet Sony-Digital-Book-Reader-PRS-300
[Nook Touch General] :
Hmmm. Let me look into this and get back to you.
[Nook Touch General] DSinOR:
ten nooks to root

Hello - we just bought 10 new Nook Simple Touch readers.

Their intended use: a wireless network of electronic scoring tablets for outdoor sports, using already-available scoring apps.

They will never be used as e-readers, or to access Amazon or B&N.

We do want to be able to access Play store, maybe browse the web, and run some other simple apps like calculator, etc.

When i root an android phone, i usually backup the efs files, install a custom recovery, do a nandroid backup, flash a rom, then do some debloating and install some apps.

Is the nook process essentially the same?

I read that the nook has a simple reset zip for restoring. For a new nook, is a nandroid-style factory backup even necessary?

Is there a lightweight rom available that focuses more on being an android tablet than being a reader? Can the B&N stuff be completely removed?

Is there an app to speed up the sluggish screen response observed on menu-driven scoring apps?

Basically, my goal is to create 10 streamlined tablets that are stripped down to the bare essentials, able to form a wireless network through a portable router, able to browse through a hotspot, and able to install and run a few apps.

I've been reading xda for about an hour, but a lot of the available options are beyond the basic root-rom-debloat process I'm looking for.

I'd be grateful for any tips or advice on a starting point or a basic gameplan.

Thanks!