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[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Uldiniad:
you can always try dirty flashing both cm14.1 and opengapps 7.1 but I can't promise everything will work well. Wiping and starting over is often recommended when upgrading major versions.

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flashing a build I made on archlinux (ovation cm14.1 unofficial 29/11) hangs on cyanoboot. 28/11 flashed and booted correctly... [MENTION=5672278]belfastraven[/MENTION] can you confirm this for me whenever you have time and then we can contact [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] if there is something to be patched?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] belfastraven:
I just synced and build this morning 11/20, using default toolchains. It stayed perhaps a little longer on the cyanoboot logo than it normallt does, but booted just fine. Interestingly, I got a message that android was upgrading, and then it did its compiling apps thing. I have not updated gapps yet, but don't anticipate any problem with that.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Uldiniad:
ok. I tried today again and it didn't work, so at least it's good that it seems to be only on my side. will try figuring what's up or just try again later.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] HMSVictorious:
Dirty install didn't do too bad for the OS- my gapps didn't play nicely though. Nuked the Hummingbird as that wasn't used for more than browsing and won't take too long to get back to the way it was. Although now it's all upside down!

Thanks for keeping these devices going all, really appreciate all the work!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] king200:
Ovation, I wiped CM latest MOB version and installed CM NDE 161126. Also Open Pico 7.1 x 12/01. System would not boot and hung on CM logo. After a long wait, I disconnected the tablet from charger and system came up. I believe that fresh system will not boot while on charger. After a clean flash, I went back and restored Data only from TWRP backup and had no significant problems. I did redo the 'Settings' even if I just toggled off and on.

My TWRP version if a 3.0.2.0 that I obtained from this location but no longer in Box downloads. I recall it being an 'NR' TWRP. Is the special I have necessary?

Credit to developer. My Nook HD+ is very usable. The Nougat version seems smoother to me. I notice it with "Play Newstand". My battery life is poor but I think old age is the ailment. Root Explorer, 3.3.8 does not run and I don't like v4.1. ES File Explorer runs fine.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ieatabiscuit:
So I did a full wipe, and flashed AOSP NDE63V in the Ovation folder. It would not install GAPPS for 7.1 immediately after flashing the ROM, but instead asked for the 6.0 GAPPS. I flashed that to see what would happen since it requested it, and it indeed flashed, but upon rebooting I saw that did not actually install anything. Also, TWRP 3.0.2 from experimental (which works fine for me) said there was no OS installed after I had flashed NDE63V. I ignored it at the time, and did the first reboot after flashing that 6.0 GAPPS. Upon seeing that, and having actually loaded the ROM, I rebooted to TWRP, and then tried to install the 7.1 GAPPS again and cleared dalvic/cache just to be thorough, and was successful. Everything loaded up without a hitch, and was rather fast about it too! For some reason, though it's actually a nice feature for me personally, when you shut the tablet down, it reboots into the ROM, and when I tap on Reboot, it restarts in the recovery. I don't turn my tablet off ever, so for me it's like having APM installed without even installing it. PHH Superuser worked like a charm to get access to root, ARISE let me install V4A with ease, and though I miss Xposed, The ROM as a whole runs with no issues so far. I tested video playback on VLC, and Youtube to check for the usual bits of A/V syncing issues, or for frame rate drops, or general playback issues, and have no issues to report. Just wanted to report in on another job well done!

Update: I spoke too soon. YouTube gives playback issues after a short time. Clearing it's cache and data allow it to play, but only for a few moments. Not sure if it's ROM issues or YouTube being crappy. I plan to try it on the cm ROM, and again on older ROMs like official cm. That's all I have stumbled on so far though.

Update 2: YouTube issues are not the ROM. I am having the same issue on other devices with other ROMs. If you have the same issue, I would like to know if and how it got settled in a phone something.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] gk141054:
Hi guys,

Looking at the length of this thread, seems like i'm late to the party updating my Nook again. Anyway i'd like to update it to Marshmallow or Nougat but when I go to the link I can see NDE63X and MOB31K. Can someone tell me the difference between the two please and which one I should use?

Also is there anything in the builds above that specifically doesn't work on the Nook HD 7" please?

Thanks in advance for anyone that can help.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] mikeataol:
https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/1/3332708110

the hummingbird folder has two flavors of each Android version

M-Marshmallow Android 6

N-Nougat Android 7.1

CM is a CM port with a lot of theming and what I consider "extras" , has SU built in.

AOSP is a stripped down somewhat cleaner IMO version that I prefer and can tweak to my liking

U have to install a SuperSU program on the AOSP builds for Nougat , I don't remember about the Marshmallow.

[edit] you have install gapps on both for GooglePlay functionality - http://opengapps.org [edit]

my opinion is they all run very well, just differences in the UI that you may prefer CM, and they all likely have minor bugs.

I like to use the newest versions of Android just because, but I'm a flashaholic some weeks and there's never anything critical on my tablets where I cant worry about wiping them clean and re-doing them.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] xflier:
Anybody got the micracast worked in aosp N ROM?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] twiztid_:
I would recommend not using ES File Explorer (Baidu issues + bad/shady practices with ads and file "cleaners" that caused me data loss), and instead suggest giving MiXplorer a try.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] king200:
I'll try MiXplorer. I'll try several different ones. I'm so used to using Root Explorer that others seem awkward for me.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] belfastraven:
Pixel launcher

Check out the new AOSP builds 12/6 in the device folders. I do believe we have pixel launcher :)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] vinceweis:
Installed the new N build in the ovation folder and so far, so good. Thank you very much amaces, belfastraven, and all others that keep this device up to date.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] dilacerated:
During rotation there are 1px lines of variant length across the bottom 50% of screen

Hello all,

I've been running cm_ovation-ota-MOB30D.160422 for sometime but decided to do a clean install/update this week. I wiped every partition on my Nook HD+ (I've also mounted/wiped the System partition as well with no change) and flashed the following only to see 1px lines of variant length across the bottom 50% of screen when rotating my Nook HD+:

cm_ovation-ota-MOB31K.161125 + open_gapps-arm-6.0-pico-20161209

cm_ovation-ota-NMF26O.161207 + open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20161209

aosp_ovation-ota-NMF26O.161206 + open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20161209

The only "new" build not exhibiting this issue is aosp_ovation-ota-MOB30Z.160820 but it complains that I need a 5.1.1 GApps. I am using TWRP 3.0.2 that was updated by TWRP Manager sometime ago.

Has anyone else seen this?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] amaces:
Do you mean the transient screen tearing that happens only during rotation? It should only happen on Marshmallow builds (both AOSP and CM); are you sure it's the same on Nougat builds? Those three builds contain changes for HWC 1.1 (compared to API 1.0 before). I suspect the leftover abnormal rotation support in frameworks (which we no longer use) is responsible for those artifacts. I noticed too late, and now it's mostly Nougat builds, where I didn't encounter any rotation issues.

Yes, that AOSP build is still on HWC 1.0, so makes sense. Still surprised by the GApps issues; you may need to also wipe /system, plus use a reliable source, such as OpenGApps.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] dilacerated:
Yes that's what I am seeing. Given that I was working on this late Thursday night and typically log ≤5 hours of sleep on working days I may have been wrong about seeing this on the AOSP an CM Nougat builds. I'll redo with such and if any problems I'll return. If not consider my saying I did a sleep deprivation based error.

That explains why I didn't see such then. I am using Open GApps but honestly I prefer CM over AOSP so I'll likely not try this build again.

Thank you very much for your response and all you have done to keep these tablets chugging along :).
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] DominoPhreak:
I loaded the latest CM Marshmallow build on my Ovation and CM Nougat on my Hummingbird. Was previously running the Aug. CM Marshmallow build on both.

My Ovation is having cracking sound issues and the white lines showing up when rotating. Both seem to have a screen rotation issue. Ovation loads with the Andy logo sideways (landscape), and Hummingbird has the logo upsidedown. Ovation won't go into the right-hand landscape rotation unless 180 mode is enabled, and Hummingbird won't go into normal portrait mode unless 180 mode is enabled.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] belfastraven:
Read the post immediately before yours re rotation issues on Marshmallow.

Also, at least for me on Hummingbird, 180-degree rotation has been enabled by default in the latest builds, except perhaps on the lockscreen. Are you using a lockscreen? as for the boot animation oddities we will probably have to live with them . [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] has explained what is going on http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69761709&postcount=1437

I have found that on hummingbird, some apps insist on coming up "upside down". I use the Rotate app to force proper orientation. There are actually several apps available to try, if this is a concern for you.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ajislav:
I can confirm the Ovation issues, especially the cracking sound. What I noticed is that a video from the web (using chrome browser) may start playing with correct sound, but if I lock and unlock the device, the sound becomes broken.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] danj88:
Using aosp_ovation-ota-NMF26O.161206.zip (clean install via TWRP):

The only real issue I'm having is that Youtube/Twitch/Chrome videos&streams will crash and stop playing on a daily basis. The only way I can resolve this is by restarting the tablet. I did experience this with 6.0 and previous versions but it was less frequent.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] xMandy:
working ovation

Did the step, coming from cm.11 and cwm 6046.

First installed twrp manager and (for safety reasons) some steps between landed by twrp 3.0.2.0. After rebooting into recovery my choice was "cm_ovation-ota-NMF26O.161207.zip" . No cleaning and factory reset and no gapps.

No problems so far. Restarting without power supply plugged in. Only error messages about play store and google services. To install open gapps was not that easy, getting "error 70" - not enough space. After several trials got version "pico" running. :)

Now it works. I have android 7.1.1 on my nook hd+. It's not that fast, but I think that is caused by the dirty way I used. But I'm happy!

Will give it a try and redo a clean install if everything is working...

But - thanks a lot for your great work! :good:
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] parker.stephens:
Rotation Error

On the latest CM Marshmallow build, the default rotation is upside down, and whenever you do rotate, black bars appear on the screen, and then it rotates.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] skyzx:
My Nook HD is upside-down too, but no black bars on rotation. Thank you for all your hard work on this. It keeps me playing with my grandson's roughly handled erratic HD.?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] piperman7:
I am interested in installing 7.1 on my HD+. Where do I start? Currently I am running CM 11 .
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Uldiniad:
if you have TWRP or CWM recoveries (I recommend TWRP 3.0.2.0) already installed (quite sure you do), then you can either check the link to download the personal builds from the first post from amaces, the owner of this thread and project. otherwise, if you want to build it yourself, get Linux and pick the branch you want from here: https://github.com/airend/android/

follow the instructions on the readme and also https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_ovation. replace all command with cm-14.1. Have fun fiddling around with linux and all after that
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] c3maker:
Just installed the latest aosp nougat rom on my HD+. I am trying this install without gapps to see how I like it. So far I am amazed. Thanks for all the hard work amaces, to keep this old device running the latest android. Everything I use daily works well.

I did a clean install as I was coming from Marshmallow. I reinstalled TWRP 3.0.1-0 since I had an install issue on my first attempt at nougat, using 3.0.2-0.

The SD card which was working fine before needed to be formated to work again after the install. I only have a couple of apps I use (nook, iweber, and torque pro) and don't care for all the Google bloat (I only install pico when I do use gapps) so I chose not to install gapps at this time
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jemyzhang:
which of the supersu should I install if I am using aosp 7.1.1?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] mikeataol:
you don't need to install supersu in the normal way. The binaries are built-in, you just need to install the supersu User interface

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.phh.superuser&hl=en
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jemyzhang:
I have already installed the user interface, but remind me that the binary needs to be updated, but failed after try.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] mikeataol:
it has to be THIS user interface, not the chainfire or other one....
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jemyzhang:
ok, clear. Superuser but not supersu. I will try later on, thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ipdev:
Quick note to those running the aosp build (with phh superuser)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70150700&postcount=2150
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ms2003:
Hi， I flashed your latest Android 7.11, and found one wifi bug: If I manually add a hidden access point, the whole wifi part will be completely not usable, untill I delete the hidden access point.

One more thing, in the latest ROM, Chinese language can't be used as system UI language, will you add in the future version?

Thank you!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] brenyoka:
Installed the latest Nougat build for Ovation. Clean install, with OpenGapps nano from TWRP 3.02. Everything went super smooth, and the rom is pretty solid. Maybe a tiny bit slower than MM builds (still, barely noticeable), but no annoying bugs. No WIFI connection issues after reboot. Also, the battery seems to last much longer than on previous builds. Great job keeping the device alive with up to date android rom!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] nicolask1:
Hello

Battery seems to be draining too fast with this ROM (aosp_ovation-ota-NMF26O.161206.zip (clean install )and pico gapps 7.1.1) battery lasts less than 5 hours (idle and screen of)

What could I do to solve this ? any advice ?

Many thanks in advance for your great work and advise
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ieatabiscuit:
Possible that the battery's not holding as much of a charge. I haven't plugged mine in for a week, and it's lost 50% sitting idle mostly. Another thing is look at the battery usage, see if there's an app that you have that could be draining the battery in the background.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] hemeboy:
My wifi connection drops for all Nougat builds (aosp and cm) from December using open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20161217. Are there any fixes ?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Famineuk:
That's it I am throwing in the towel with these builds, they are just not worth it. I could put up with the flaky wifi and the fact you can't shut the nook down properly but this latest development of the screen being upside down (even with screen rotation) is a bridge to far. It made me stop and think about it and I came to the conclusion that if I had bought a tablet in this state from a shop then I would take it back as faulty - so no more.

I went searching round the verygreen threads and found a version cwm that will allow you to install CM11 and you know what? I am happy. Wifi works straight away. When it shuts down it actually shuts down and finally it loads up the right way round. Performance wise I think there is very little difference.

Amaces thanks for making your builds public, it really satisfied my curiousity but ultimately they are not for me. I would advise anyone who just wants a working, fully functional tablet to put CM11 on it.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Sus_i:
I have installed the latest N build for Ovation (20161222). Clean install, with OpenGapps pico. Looks good, feels much better than cm11 and 12.1.

The nook hd+ doesnÂ´t connect to a wifi network with hidden ssid, it seems that the nook does not find the network after the ssid is changed to hidden and the wifi is switched off/on... In the saved connections tab, there is no way to connect.

Any workaround for this?

What about the file explorer sd card problem? What explorer app is recommended?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sovanyio:
Anyone have casting working? Nook on aosp or cm fails to find cast devices--every other device is fine.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] mikeataol:
native casting has worked on every aosp ovation and acclaim build I've ever loaded. using the 1222 ovation build today and casting is working fine.

I don't try the CM builds

by casting, I do mean native screen casting, as well as chromecast enabled apps.

it would be helpful for people with issues to at least give some info about what they are running.

there are 3 devices in this thread, and 2 build flavors for each device.

I'm seeing complaints about rotation for example, but I have to assume they are for hummingbird, but no one that I can see has said so.

likewise with wifi

with ovation and acclaim I have seen no issues with wifi or rotation, and casting has always worked.

regarding SD card... what is the issue? what machine? what build?

I have an sd card in my ovation aosp build now, and es file explorer sees it and works with it fine.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] hemeboy:
My device is ovation; wifi with ssid displayed and wpa2 password drops right after connecting; clean install; did not have this problem with earlier (October) builds.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sovanyio:
ovation, as stupid as this is changing my wifi from channel 1 to 11 made casting suddenly start working.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] acr123:
I am using ovation and a Nougat build from October that is working well. I have tried for months to get mirroring - a copy of your screen seen - to work on the Nook HD+. My understanding has been that since ~ CH 11 or 12 it will not totally work whatever you do. I am able to only hear audio but no video. I have used Mirrorenabler,etc but have NEVER had mirroring totally work. I also tried numerous mirroring apps w/o success.

However, using chromecast and the apps that work with it such as you tube, etc audio and video work well. ( not mirroring though ). Since this feature is occasionally asked for does ANYBODY know what the actual reason is that the CM earlier versions were able to mirror but the newer CM version are not able to. It obviously is not a hardware issue. I am not a programmer or smart enough to know about these type of things. I just like to experiment.

Thanks,

Al
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] vinceweis:
Thank you [MENTION=4473900]amaces[/MENTION] for sharing your 12/22 build. It is working great for me. I have solid connections with everything I use. I don't do casting or other tricks but I do use it to watch TV through home Wi-Fi.

Sharing your work is very much appreciated here.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] twiztid_:
I used WiFi Analyzer in various spots in my house where I'd use my device to see which channels offer better performance where, and used that to decide what channel to use.

I did find out the hard way that our microwave uses the same frequency as Ch. 6, so every time the microwave was on the signal would drop.

Has anyone had issues with video playback on the AOSP ROMs?

I've tried the last two versions of the AOSP ROM on Ovation, and Plex fails to play video all the time, even with it's transcoding on. But with the CM Variant, I haven't had a single issue with playback. I'm not sure if android uses some sort of codecs that AOSP isn't including (or using), and was wondering if anyone had experience with this.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] e.mote:
My thanks to Amaces for his continuing work on the Nook series, and Happy Holidays to everyone here, those who still remain.

I've just clean installed cm_ovation-ota-NMF26Q.161222 onto a Nook HD+. One apparent bug I've yet to see reported is that the system button menu is turned vertical, resulting in only the Home button being shown, when the Larger and Largest settings are selected in Display | Display size. As has been mentioned, auto-rotate has a noticeable lag at times.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] Sus_i:
My ovation on aosp 161222 can´t connect twice to a hidden ssid, shows network out of range.

Probably reason: driver problems with 802.11n networks (812.11n+g too).

Workaround for me: change router config in order to use 802.11n+g+b or 802.11g+b.

After this the ovation connects fine to my wpa2 network with hidden ssid... for now, no more wifi problems :good:

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Music app in aosp force close.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] neonleon29:
I'm currently using MM AOSP with Dolphin Browser and Flash Player installed. When watching a video on Youtube and going to full screen, I get a green static border around the video. From what I have been reading, I think it is due to hardware acceleration but can't find a way to disable it. Has anyone experienced this problem and figured a way to solve it?

I do get an option when in full screen to chose an app to watch the video and if I switch to MX Player, the problem goes away. I'm just curious to see if there is a way to fix the static green border problem with Flash Player.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] belfastraven:
I'm running nook hd's on nougat/cm14.1 now, and can't remember exactly what setting are available on Marshmallow, but at least on these roms, there are two settings in Developer Options "Force GPU rendering" and "Disable Hardware Overlays" which might have some bearing on your problem. If they exists on Marshmallow, playing with them might be worth a try...
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] belfastraven:
Boot Animation for hummingbird

The attached file is a bootanimation file for cm (now lineage) hummingbird that has been rotated and will look "normal" on nook hd hummingbird devices.

You can install it by in recovery

mount system

then iin Advanced/filemanager:

rename the zip to bootanimation.zip

chmod 755

copy it to system/media

Watching the little guy standing on his head was making me queasy...:)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] neonleon29:
Both of those options exist on Marshmallow. I tried changing each one but unfortunately the problem still exists. Thanks for the suggestion.