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[Nook Touch General] caromcm:
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Thank you for this very helpful reply, Nmyshkin. With regard to GoogleApps, all I want is a way to download DRM books without tangling with ADE, which will not run on my Linux laptop. Google Market seems to be the answer. Last night I succeeded in getting into Google and registering with my gmail address, so this may help?

This morning in System/App I found HTMLViewer.apk and Browser.apk, hence the conflict and the 2 input screens. On the All Applications screen the browser is just called 'Browser', so perhaps this is the obstructive B&N one?

I did not find ReLaunch in System/App so I expect that I need to load it, or another file manager app. I did find some other apps which might be relevant: GoogleSearch.apk, GlobalSearch.apk, AffileDownloadService.apk, DownloadAdmin.apk, ApplicationProvider.apk, Packageinstaller.apk.orig. Is that last one disabled​?

I cannot get into Root, and I'm not a Superuser, so these problems presumably need to be tackled.

I tried clicking on Amazon Appstore to see what I could download, but I got the message that it could not download 'because of a network connectivity error'.

My Nook now seems to have become unstable - when I close it I always find a different screen when I open it again, except when I close it on a book page.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions. Meanwhile I'll look into downloading ReLaunch, or similar, onto my laptop. Best regards, Caromcm

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[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You want to get rid of Browser.apk, but there should not be a conflict with HTMLViewer.apk.

Wait, did you say you rooted with NookManager? That should install ReLaunch by default so if you hit the "Home" quicknav "button" you should get a dialog for whether you want the B&N Home or ReLaunch. Or, install some other launcher if you have a preference and you'll get the dialog to select it. The problem with no launcher is that even installing a file manager won't do you any good because you will have no way to access the app without a launcher! That's why ReLaunch is included with NookManager.

OK, now we have an issue. Both should be taken care of with NookManager. It installs a copy of SU as well as enables side-loading. How are you looking at the files in system/app if you don't have root access??

So it sounds like the real problem is that you have not yet figured out how to launch ReLaunch (it's maybe not a system app? did you look in data/app?) so none of the rest of it is going to work for you.

Aha! So you have found the app drawer!!!!! That is part of ReLaunch :D Whew..... Alas, the Amazon App Store is dead on the NST and should be uninstalled. It always caused instability on my NST (see your remark below). So now your task to to figure out how to find the file or folder manager in ReLaunch. There I cannot help you. I know it's there because I've seen screen images. Try the menu button when on the app drawer. Perhaps something will show up. There has to be a way to navigate to the folder screen and to access settings so you can enable viewing of the root folders as well.

That should not happen, obviously. Since you haven't gone very far at this point you might just want to use NookManager to do a factory reset and try the whole process over again.
[Nook Touch General] caromcm:
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Many thanks, again. I really don't have ReLaunch, I have Launcher (Launcher.apk in System/App). I've been using the Launcher file menu system. I've also been using the app drawer - didn't know that's what it's called. I've now deleted the Amazon App Store.

I've also deleted browser.apk and discovered that the input screen which actually had a full stop in fact belonged to that. HTMLViewer is just that, not a browser - should have realised. I need to get a browser installer into the right place. Should I drag the Opera Mobile installer from my laptop into the Root folder which is one of 14 folders at the top file level? I can open this, but it appears to be empty, which I interpreted as inaccessible except to superuser. Or should I put the installer into the top file level along with various init files?

When I click Superuser in the app drawer the screen just re-writes. No message.

How would I do a factory reset? Also, I have Calibre on this Nook and my laptop. Is it possible that Calibre has upset the applecart?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Wow...it's like we're not even talking about the same device. If you do not have Relaunch how can you have an app drawer? How can you see any folders except for B&N user folders? When I connect my NST via USB to my PC all I can see in the "Nook" directory is what B&N intended for me to see, despite the fact that the device is rooted. That's the way the USB interface is designed to work. How are you even running Launcher.apk? That old, primitive launcher that B&N left on there is useless.

So here's what is says in the original NookManager post:

Relaunch, as little as I know about it, has a few screens. One of them is a folder browser, like a file manager. It can see the SD card if you have one inserted, as well as the actual Nook "hard drive"--but not at the root level unless you have enabled that in the settings for Relaunch.

System apps can be installed as you have described: just drag the apk file into the system/app folder and reboot. But you can't install other apps that way. The apk file needs to be processed via the package installer (or through ADB....another story). Hence the need for a folder browser of some sort such as is part of Relaunch.

I repeat, if you have an app drawer, that is, a screen with a bunch of icons on it that represent and will start apps when you touch them, then you have Relaunch. If so, then you need to find the other screen with the folders, because that's how you are going to install, for example, Opera Mobile, by placing the apk file in some folder or another (create one called "Downloads" or something) and then touching on the apk file to bring up the installer. Again, while looking at the app drawer try the "menu" button--that's the little soft "button" at the top of the screen next to the "back" button.

If you are convinced that there is no Relaunch (I still don't understand how you can see any folders?!), then you MUST do a factory reset and try the process again because anything else is just piling problems on top of problems.

I'm not going to ask how you got Calibre onto your NST because you should not have been able to do so with all the issues you are having.

The presence or absence of Browser.apk has nothing to do with the system default keyboard, which certainly contains a period.

To do a factory reset: turn off the Nook and insert the NookManager card you made. Turn the Nook back on and wait for NookManager to load up. Factory reset is either an option on the first screen (after the dialog about Wi-Fi) or is found under "Rescue".

Before you try again, check your software version number (or just look at what NookManager says at the top of the screen when it is loaded. You should have 1.2.1
[Nook Touch General] caromcm:
Many thank for the valuable info. Yes, I do seem to have tripped into a parallel universe. Perhaps I now have a quantum Nook - complete with wormholes in the operating system!

The menu button in the app drawer doesn’t work. I get to the folder browser via the library button: this opens the SD card (I think I set it to do this) and I go up through the folder levels. I'm not exploring the file system via USB/laptop, I'm doing it direct on the Nook. I should be able to transfer the Opera Mobile apk file to the Nook SD card and thence to an appropriate folder on the Nook itself. It might be better to do a factory reset - but wouldn't I have to re-register? I don't think that would be possible now that B&N no longer support the Nook in the UK. My Nook is v1.2. I was using Calibre before I rooted.

Re ReLaunch - I've now set the right-hand physical buttons to go to the menu. This works as expected now, but originally I was in file manager mode and every time I tried out my change the word 'ReLaunch' popped up - first time I've seen it on the Nook. It wasn't a menu, just 'Relaunch' and two buttons, Information and OK. 'Information' just gave me a version number - v.1.38 - and OK just took me back to the previous screen. With hindsight I think Relaunch was asking me to OK the change. NB Now I've gone back to read mode the Nook seems to have stabilized.

When I deleted the Amazon Appstore and the browser, I just did a long press (I think) and got a menu including Delete. I didn't use ReLaunch because I couldn't access it. Can it only be accessed via System/Apps? I don't seem to have a facility to do a search through the file system.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I'm not going to ask how you got a Calibre app onto your Nook before rooting. Yes, you can copy the Opera Mobile apk file to the SD card and then use any sort of file manager/explorer to install it. If you want an ordinary file manager (since you have a sort of app drawer you should be able to launch it), I recommend an old version of ES File Explorer. It is among the apps I have bundled together that are hard to find which I have found useful on my NST. You can download the package here. In the settings for the app you can enable access to root folders.

It sounds like you really need a good launcher. The hidden one that's on the NST is pretty crippled. Many people like Relaunch because basically they use their Nooks to read and do little else. Relaunch was designed for that. If that sounds like you, one option to get a functioning/updated copy is to install Opera Mobile and use it to download/install Relaunch. Here's a link. Or you can download on a PC and transfer to the Nook to install.

When you install any new launcher you will get a dialog when you touch the "Home" quicknav "button" asking what you want to do. It's possible that in the past you had that for Relaunch and answered something different with the "always do this" checked and then it's nearly impossible to find the launcher again--unless you install a new one. I personally prefer a more traditional tablet approach and use ADW Launcher, but there are many other options. Almost anything has got to be better than what was hidden on the NST when B&N shipped it out (of course they never expected anyone would access it). I do not think launchers, in general, are system apps. My ADW is in data/app along with most installed apps. BUT, launchers do not typically appear in the app drawer (why would they?) so there is no way to start one except at the initial dialog when you try to access "Home" after installing a new launcher (or each time you access "Home" if you do not tick the "always do this").

I can understand now why you do not want to do a factory reset, seeing as how you are in the UK. It has been reported that running the NST without registering results in abnormal battery drain. I don't know whether that is correct, and there might be more than one way to set it up without registering, but it's a risk. That being the case, I can't stress enough how important it is to make backups frequently as you try to sort things out. Making a backup with NookManager is easy, but only one backup can exist on the SD card at a time. You can transfer backups to your PC when NookManager is running. So, for example, if you plug the USB cable in before you exit NookManager, you will actually be able to see the otherwise hidden backup folder and can copy the files to your PC. I usually make a folder with the date and include a small text file that describes what has been done since the previous backup. Keeping two or three backups on your PC can be a lifesaver if something that you try goes really wrong.
[Nook Touch General] caromcm:
I think I've misled you about Calibre. I meant that I run Calibre on the laptop and had noticed a couple of Calibre files in the Nook filing system. I've just checked and found the're on the SD card.

Progress in understanding here, but no practical progress.

I put the Opera Mobile apk file on the Nook SD, but then found it couldn't be moved/copied onto the Nook itself. Do you think I could install direct from the SD - B&N seem to have set up a barrier. I also emailed various links to the gmail address I put onto the Nook, but the emails refuse to open. I think the Google stuff needs updating.

I re-enabled the B&N browser, but it keeps warning me that site certificates are out of date, even when I use addresses which work on my laptop. Occasionally something works.

Amongst t[/QUOTE]he galaxy of menus I found an option to 'Show all apps including this one'. I clicked and ReLaunch appeared in my apps drawer!

Yes, that's what I did - it was supposed to be reversible, but the trick didn't work.

I think I'll make another backup and try NTGAppsAttack. Might free up the email. Then I'll have a think about launchers.

Many thanks for all the useful suggestions. Will let you know how things go, but not tomorrow as I have other things I have to do.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yes, Calibre stores little files on the SD card if you use it to move over books. I might add that simply dragging over the epub files seems to result in a smaller chunk of memory storage. Perhaps those Calibre files don't get updated (and larger) when you do that. At least that was my experience. And the NST can't use the Calibre information, in any case.

I install all my side-loaded apps from a folder I have on my SD card called "Downloads", so yes you can install an app from SD card--or

should

be able to do so.

If there was already a resident Gmail app in system/app it is probably useless. Even the one in GAppsAttack only functions for awhile and then you have to reinstall it to get it going again (and again....). Apparently a known issue but "fixed" versions do not run on the NST. You can try the small and simple e-mail app that is linked from here. That's what I use. It works simply and reliably with imap e-mail and functions just like you would expect Gmail to.

The problem with certificates has recently been addressed and is not a problem of the old (albeit largely useless) browser, but of the device itself and it can limit its access to, for example, Kindle books as well as various websites. When you get to the point where you want to deal with it, read the thread here (and the next few entries for some simplification).
[Nook Touch General] caromcm:
Great! You're a mine of useful info - and, belatedly, I've just found the Thanks Button. I've also loaded Opera Mobile, which is working fine. In the process the email has been fixed too. I've copied all your links onto my Nook for future investigation. When I have time (next week) I'll run NGAppsAttack (making a backup first) and then I should be able to download books.

For clarification, it was Loader, not ReLoad which offered me the load options and an "Always do this" tick box after rooting. The action of the tick box was supposed to be reversible, but that trick didn't work. I still don't know where Loader fits in. Part of the Nook software? Part of ReLaunch? However, all works now, so I won't post any more into this thread as it's really about my browser problem. May thanks Nmyshkin.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Glad we got some things squared away. If you install the ES File Explorer I directed you to, it comes with an app manager. You can find the Loader, or Launcher or whatever (more likely, "Home") and cancel the default behavior from your "always do this" mishap.

Good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mart.hart:
I updated My Tab 2 with CM13.0 and did rather well for a technophobe. I was hoping that the software may have ethernet but I'm afraid not.

Problem I have got is that my favourite app won't work with it so I have been trying to install 4.4 or 5 and I have tried about 10 files so far from various places but none of them work. Just get error 7 and sometime zero. It will then quite happily let me install cm-13 for some strange reason.

Anyone know how I can get kitkat-lollypop on my gt-p5110 (if one had ethernet drivers I would be over the moon)

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mart.hart:
I have tried changing the "updata-script" on a few files and all I got was install aborted.

When I installed cm-13.0-20160222-2140-UNOFFICIAL-p5110 it would not let me install the Gaps-600 base file either !

I think it hates me. :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logiel:
What is your recovery ? You need to have a compatible recovery to flash 6.0 ROMs.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mart.hart:
I used Clockwork . Part of the installation of CW it installed recovery but I can't be sure it worked OK or even what it is !

Thanks

Mart
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
CWM is totally outdated and development on it stopped

use Odin to flash latest TWRP: http://andi34.github.io/recoveries_tab2.html
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mart.hart:
Thanks that fixed it.

Mart
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
I've never done this before (did it a few times with old omnia i900 and WP6.5, never android) so I need as much help and advice you can give me :)

I know I need Odin, Kies, a rom and a kernel(??) and drivers. Found all the links from the video /watch?v=bd1zwH2-kX0

If there's a video on youtube showing everything that has good quality you can just redirect me there.

Anyways, my mom uses this phone so I need it to have as much battery life and ease of access possible so which ROMs do you recommend?

I also need to know what I need to have to flash the phone (USB cable and something else software wise, maybe) and what are the risks of flashing it. The reason I'm flashing it is because it feels slow for some reason and it keeps vibrating all the time. Does it need an sdcard because I don't have one.

Sorry if I violated some rules posting this. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
strange to see you struggle with the same phone as i am the same day on an old phone like this, im trying to get google play to work on it, but it seems the custom backup installed rom is just messed up, google play just give blank screens or some weird errors, the internet and other things work, but https also messed up on some pages, and the date is set correctly =/ which is what usually is wrong on my pc when https is messed up

so im also looking for advice on a custom rom, the lighter its on resources the better, is it also possible to use ROEHSOFT_RAM_Expander on this phone? is the kernel limit of swap ram a software thing or a hardware think?
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
Yes. I also have same problems, white screen for play store or errors saying it crashed or no connection. I think a different ROM would solve all these problems. You can try Cyanogenmod.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
yes tried the one on http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-pocket/development/rom-samsung-galaxy-pocket-gt-s5300-t3033992/page3 and messed up phone boot, the steps are not very clear on that link, will try whatever i can today, else hammer the phone and buy the kid a new one, not going to be stingy with the kid or waste a lot of time on the phone, but i was trying to ditch the throw away economy, and forcing the kid to buy his own phone that way he appreciates what he have a lot more.:laugh:

Edit:

flashed back sucessfully with oddin and this post files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2560314

will fight the trow away economy later today.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
I like fixing and troubleshooting stuff more. But only if it's mine and I don't have much to lose. You might've missed to root the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
it was rooted i think i used this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2365697, and Superuser app was installed after that process so it seems it was rooted, i used airdroid screen cap function to test because that one ask superuser permission and it worked after the root

I got whatsapp and airdoid working without google play but really want google play to work, did you try Cyanogenmod or are you scared to mess up the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
I haven't tried anything today. My mom just got the phone today so I don't really want to brick/mess something up.

I tried only installing few apps like Facebook, Opera, Chrome, FB Messenger and Viber. Some worked right away, for some I had to download different apks because play store doesn't work. I haven't even tried rooting it. It could be rooted using kingoroot, I might try it.

I noticed that play store works only when you want to update an app. It didn't crash when it redirected me to YT app and FB app update.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
i installed kitkat4.4 from this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtYI91-S8Tk

google play worked until it updated then the blanck screen stuff started to happen all over again, but at least the kitkat version does not eat up all the internal storage like the rom i had from stock, so it only uses 20% vs 80% 90% so for that reason ill keep it until i see a better alternative on the forum, may play with it again but out of time.
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
Did you do everything like from the video or did you do something that is usual thing to do before flashing that a noob like me would miss?

Have you tried flashing it again but this time without updating the app?

Also did you use sdcard for this or via usb on PC?
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
this is the way to go for me, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2698533 this one works wonderfully

it has chrome and flash working, it also works as smooth as silk vs the stock or the kitkat 4.4 roms, so don't waste your time and trying to get the other ones working.

let me know how it goes.

Edit: replaced old post to avoid more headaches old post in quotes
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] vorokin:
Why is the notification bar no the bottom on the CM7 one you sent?

Thanks for helping me out. I might try today flashing it but still without sdcard.

BTW if you try flashing it again you might try recording it with an HD camera to see the full process on how to do it. I could also edit it and add annotations and you could post it to youtube if you want. If you do that please make sure it's bright enough in the room :D
[Samsung Galaxy Pocket] socus:
im still playing wit hthe phone, i reflashed to stock several times already, the one that work smooth as silk is still the best and no need for external sd card to use that one, but im trying to get the one that i meesed my phone up with to work, i got a external sd to test it but im still cant get the cm11 to install when on external sd card

Edit = PD:

the best 2 i found for 5300 and tested them bouth, no external card needed for these 2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2682495

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2074054 (for this one let it restart after install and let it boot to the system, then shut it down after you selected language and entered home screen, then boot recovery again and install the update file)

if you don't have stock rom or if the installation goes bad, or the installed rom does not work properly, then Restore Stock ROM/Unbrick, and then try again, i found that doing this step before trying a new rom is the best, else wifi or other tings fail. here is the Restore Stock ROM/Unbrick thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2560314

just show your mom this forum thread before you try anything with her device, remember i was ok with hammering my device, so i didn't care if i killed it, but it works very nice with any of those rom, the guys that worked on those know their stuff!!, and is probably worth the effort flashing the device, also leave your sim chip in when doing the rom flashing, it seems the provider sends the configuration automatically to the device when it starts the new installed rom, if not then be prepared to search the internet for the apn settings of your cellphone company or to call them and ask.