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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
How Pandora know what country is mine when not with WiFi on and Location disabled... :( P.4-5-6-7

I tried KOreader with & without Location active, with & without WiFi and Location On/Off... it is so fussy apk...

From the web site:

KOReader | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Ebook reader

f-droid.org

only as the last available version is: Version v2023.06.1 (98451) - Added on 2023-07-12 nothing older as your v.2022.11 :( Can u attach the apk file if you have it please

Version v2023.06.1 (98451) - Added on 2023-07-12 is also same, not possible to install :( P.3

What will I do without good and proven as reliable apk for reading with GlowLight ... How can I run KOreader, you said is good and proven...

P.1&2 Internal storage is 11.87 GB, Memory is 778 MB :( less than 1GB RAM

BNTV250a I know is without speakers & as you said half storage & RAM, but performing better :) :( should be opposite :)

Right there is mismatch but somehow need to find best way to run most reliable apks...

Do I need Kodi?

Most probably Libby is good for your area and will not be working here with me... No need Libby in my area... Great

So, looks like most important is the KOreader, no other apk for reading :(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
It can tell from your IP address. It's like when a YouTube video is geo-blocked. I have, on occasion, installed a free-trial VPN (virtual private network = you connect through a server in a different country) program on my PC in order to get one or two parts of a multi-part video collection which are for some unknown reason blocked for the US. Sometimes I connect using a French or Swiss server, whatever will work.

There are VPNs for Android but you have to be really desperate, and the only reliable ones are not free.

Try this one: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/download/v2022.11/koreader-android-arm-v2022.11.apk

I'm using 1.99 GB of internal storage just idling and I have a lot more installed than you do, so you're fine.

As for RAM I am running about 400 MB free while idling. Your numbers are fine.

No, it has speakers.

No.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
IP, yeah, got it... I forgot abt IP :( I have reliable VPN in my android phone, one is AdGuard, the other one is: Super VPN apk. Are they reliable for BNTV250? Now how I can check which model is my Nook, in About tablet under Device model is not mentioned BNTV250 :( I lost the path :(

It was ok with installation, but when I clicked to Open the apk after installation the attached crash report came :(

After another attempt to open it came in Landscape mode only, not in Portrait :( Any adjustments inside the settings? Not rotating the screen :(

Why my Internal storage is 11.87 GB, you said this Tablet BNTV is 16GB internal, or I'm wrong... or you said is 1 GB, don't remember...

And if the Memory of RAM is 1 GB, why is indicated as Total memory: 778 MB ? where used 512 MB & Free 266 MB as remaining?

My Free is only 266 MB, and not many apks I have installed... Where is this leak of MB? Strange... P.4-5-6

I need to disable apks but which not to start with boot? Looks like they all are Start at Boot :( ?

I have speakers as well, but do I have mic?

Good :) No need Kodi & Libby... Will download e-books and with USB data transfer cable...

Abt program for converting to e-book in my computer I have "eBook Converter Bundle" v.3.23.10320.448, or there is better program if you know?

Thank you Bro!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
AdGuard is an internal VPN, for lack of a better description. I'm not familiar with Super VPN, but if it allows you to connect as if you were in a different country, it might work. You'd have to try.

Most of the specific hardware info was never coded into the "About tablet" section. Your model number is printed on the back cover at the bottom. Get out your magnifying glass.

I can give you some basic setup stuff later today but the only way to solve the screen orientation issue is with a rotation control app. I had a short conversation with one of the developers some time ago and we both came to the conclusion that the device does not handle screen orientation in a "standard" way so you need an app to force it. I can get that to you later today.

Yeah, I think some of the numbers are bogus. I've never bothered to look with busybox but maybe I will today.

Yes. I have an app on mine for making wifi phone calls (for emergencies).

? Why do you need to convert? What format are your typical ebooks? KOreader can handle quite a few including epub, mobi, pdf, CBZ (or R?), etc. And there are free online converters if the books are not huge. Calibre (for Windows) can also convert from one type to another as well as make small editing changes.

The one thing KOreader cannot do is open DRM protected books. Calibre has a variety of plugin filters to strip out DRM.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Oddly there is no way to export or import settings from the app. But according to what I've read, this should work. Download the attached koreader zip and unzip it. Then copy the contents (a "settings" folder and one file) to the storage/emulated/0/koreader folder, overwriting what is there. If that turns out to wreck the app, you can always reinstall it. This settings pack assumes that you are storing books in a folder on the sdcard called "Books", but as our card numbers are going to be different, you may need to reset this part (i.e., on the KOreader home screen, you'll have to navigate to your book storage folder and then made it your "home").

See your "conversations" (private messages). Little envelope in the upper right corner of your PC screen when at XDA. Should have a red dot there.

I did, and the values returned by busybox bear no resemblance to the figures given by the ROM Settings app, so don't take that too seriously unless you are in the red, as opposed to the green.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
I don't need to convert so far, but in case to have program available. So KOreader is OK with many e-book files, so don't think will be used, but in any case, better to have such program. Calibre I know it, but is mostly for Kindle books, 10 Y ago I was using to convert, most probably these days should be top class program.

No idea what DRM protected book is, still not in power to go so deep in details with everything ant my Nook Tablet, but soon.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
Strange, I cannot locate your attachment, may be still not attached yet...

I did and reverted with reply and confirmation, I did all instructions, and one program is not giving same options what you have available... but what you circled in red I did.

What is BusyBox?

here you are talking abt ROM memory cappacity and free availability... not sure which apks to disable not to be started after boot/Start up, only the most used and necessary programs to leave and all other to disable... but which are they?

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Oh, whoops. It's been a long time since I did that. I've attached it below. Right now. Before I forget.

It's a utility for accessing and changing Android at the system level. Not something you need to think about.

There really isn't anything you could/should disable that we haven't already. Best to let sleeping dogs lie. Is that an idiom you know? Maybe there is an equivalent in Bulgarian. I remember when I studied German we all laughed at the equivalent to "it's all Greek to me" (meaning, "I can't understand that at all"). The Germans say "it's all Spanish to me".
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
All went smooth & good, no wreck apk :)

Thanks, I received the attached KOreader.zip file and I did above. On the SD card I have Books folder early days created and all books I keep inside :) I did Books fm the SD card as home folder, but every time I close & open again the KOreader is not having SD Books as Home Folder :( Once I start it is P.5 :( not Home Books Folder :( Something wrong I did? :( Photos as attachments here below. P.1-5

P.7 & 8 = I did Software Update, is everything OK now after the update? Now once I open the apk KOreader is strait to the Home Folder :) Good, good :)

P.6 I have all files in use as Software storage of apks for installation if you can take a look, to keep them all or to delete some of them? Most probably I have installed them all but not remember every single file purpose for use :) Brain wash :)

What is "busybox"? = It's a utility for accessing and changing Android at the system level. Not something you need to think about.

Now I got it, not for me :) Happy! :)

Abt Settings/Memory/Apps started on boot... Should I keep for extra load of the RAM or ROM in background the following apks? :

Cellular Data, Email, Castify, Contacts, Downloads, Messaging Service, Mobile Network Configuration, Phone Call Management, User Dictionary & Xposed Installer??? All these are active apks from the booting time :(

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
You don't need to keep those installation files on the SD card, but if there is room they don't do any harm. I generally keep such files on my PC (although I don't always know exactly where they are!).

I thought you disabled Email and Contacts? Either via Settings>Apps or else by changing the .apk file to .apk.bak in /system/app or /system/priv-app

The others you should leave alone because it's a lot like Jenga in Android. If you're not going to use Castify, you can uninstall it. Newer versions of Android have an option to prevent apps from starting at boot, but not CM13.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
Same as you, I have them all in my PC, but in a folder on SD card in any case when a program collapse and need to install it back... some kind as double protection... Storage in my PC and for immediate recovery in case of crash

Yes, I confirm, all was done as per all your instructions, now went to check them Both and it turned out that they are disabled, but they stay inside :( I disabled another 2 options, one was for Wi-Fi, the other one I forgot now... I'm sleeping already with my last power at 03 am I'm struggling for better life :) with Nook ;) hope Soon

Castify is better to have instead of staying without and not another alternative... better to keep it... not consuming resources. Will see if I will use it in close future, then will decide again.

Which format is better for reading in Nook Tablet: fb2.zip, epub, txt.zip, sfb.zip, pdf or mobi?

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
So I was wrong about boot start-up and CM13. As you already know there is a way to restrict apps from starting at boot. Screenshots below.

The thing which does not show in my screenshots is that the list continues below the ones that say "5 min ago" to others which say something like "June..whatever". So it looks like things never leave the list but if the record does not show a startup that is when you last turned on the tablet, then it's not starting. That would imply that even a disabled app (like Email for you) might still appear in the list, although not as starting at boot.

I generally favor epubs since I read almost exclusively on the Nook SimpleTouch and that's what the reader reads (also PDFs, but poorly). I can also read mobi files with the Kindle app and I have another for PDFs (not a great book format, IMHO), etc. So there I use different apps for different types of files.

With KOreader on the NT, you can deal with just about anything (not sure about fb2, though... and never heard of sfb) so faced with that possibility I would choose whatever format I can get my hands on, with a preference for epub (they are small files). Calibre does really good conversions from epub to mobi and back. Conversions from and to PDF are terrible. But you have conversion software on your PC, so that doesn't matter.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
As attachments are: P.1-2 Email all disabled and ignored, P.3-4 contacts all disabled and ignored, P.5-6-7-8 are all in the same place in the Settings/Memory/Apps started on boost... You said nothing except Email & Contacts to disable... IF you see something else is for scrapping would be nice ;) Looks like whatever is in this Privacy Guard List stay inside, does not matter enabled or disabled to start at boot, more important is not to consume RAM/ROM/Memory resources ...

Right, will get focus on epub books, but tell me please, what is the best apk for pdf reading, It was not pleasure with NT to reed pdf, with NST6" was better, but even there pdf was not giving relaxed feeling in reading :(

Even with PC conversion software is terrible to convert pdf to epub... even was not possible, that's why I need best apk for reading pdf... But as usual whatever free ebook I find is not matter that file is the ebook, but to be available when I really need it for reading... Not so easy to find available titles in all possible files :(

Hope soon will see the happy end with NT and slowly proceeding with NST6 :)

Big HUG!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Yes, I think that's right. Anything with the potential to start at boot appears in the list forever. But things which you disable at boot have a "last seen" date that gets older and older.

You'll get as many answers to that as people you ask. KOreader does not attempt to re-flow. Rather the document is treated as a page-by-page book. The problem with that approach is that a screen with one page on it often has very small print so unless you read the book in landscape mode you have to have very good eyesight. EBookDroid is similar except that the book can be set for a continuous vertical scroll. This is what I usually prefer if I am stuck with a PDF book rather than distinct page changes. But even there, unless read in landscape the print is often very small. On the NSTG it's pretty much the only way to deal with PDFs that makes sense unless the PDF source is actual text. In that case the stock reader will attempt to re-flow the text and if you can bear with varying page sizes you will at least be able to read without squinting. However, many PDFs I come by are often based on page image scans and so re-flow is impossible.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
Right, the most common problem with the pdf files are the photos converted to pdf file, then is the most difficult to read. Which apk for pdf you consider as best for NT?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Well I like EBookDroid because of the continuous vertical scroll, but I'm not sure which (older) version might be best on the NT. Let me look around.

Technically newer versions of EBookDroid can read all kinds of formats but I've not been impressed with the fitting of text to the screen. Irregular spacing, odd hyphenation, etc. Still, in a pinch it can do some thins that KOreader can't like .azw and CBR. But for PDFs it seems fine.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
Great, will be happy with EBookDroid as you advised is best apk :) I'm waiting for your time as much as it take for the proper ver.

Still no idea what the differences between .azw, cbr... What I know the PDF is the worst and ebup as best :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
This version of EBookDroid seems to be OK: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/ak2/e...d-pdf-djvu-reader-2-4-1-android-apk-download/

The app needs a lot of attention in terms of settings and so on. I'll take a look at it later and offer some pointers.

Edit: I've attached a zip with a settings file. After you've installed the app, run it once just so it initializes then exit. Copy the contents of the zip (just the .jsz file) to /storage/emulated/0/.org.ebookdroid/backups. You may need to create those folders if they do not exist. Then you can reopen the app and slide out the right panel. At the bottom you'll see backup/restore and hopefully when you select that you'll see the file. Tap and hold to highlight it and then select "restore" at the bottom of the screen. You may need to reset the "home" folder, i.e., "Books" on the sdcard because of the code number change. There is an alternative "bookshelf" view but it's filled with stupid (IMHO) graphics which I could not suppress although the EBookDroid Wiki says you can. That's why I placed it in "Library" view as a default. Obviously you can customize as you wish. I just tried to quiet it down a little visually.

I don't know a lot about various formats, but I can tell you that fb2, epub, mobi and azw(3) are text-based, although the last two are typically Amazon universe formats and are encrypted to various extents. fb2 and epub are html/xhtml formatted. The epub is actually just a zip. In fact, if you change the extension to "zip" you can look inside the archive and see the various components.

CBR and CBZ files are also rar and zip (respectively) archives of images (usually jpegs). Commonly used for comics, manga, magazines, etc. You can create your own with a series of images. Just make an archive (RAR or ZIP) and then change the file extension to CBR or CBZ.

PDFs are a completely different animal. Some are text-based and can be reflowed (poorly) by some readers. Some are image-based. If you have the complete Acrobat software (and maybe some others) it is possible to export a PDF (of any kind) as a series of jpegs. These could then be turned into a CBR or CBZ, but such archives can get large because image-based PDFs try to use high-quality images.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
So... my SDcard16GB I used as a storage in NT and now I'm using it as a bootable, back up & support SD card for NSTG.

I remained with two by SD1GB cards, one of which was for the process with NookManager for NSTG and another one I'm using now to transfer all stored folders from my ex NT SD16GB... one of the folders was containing collection of all Software apks and another Folder is "Books"... SD16GB content was copied to my PC and same was transferred by copy/paste into this 1GB card, the last remaining SD available :( ...

I downloaded the above EBookDroid and placed inside of the Software folder... then the installation of EBookDroid was successful :)

Question: When I open the File Manager, I'm not direct in my SDcard as storage :( and as Home I edited the new /storage/1C11-8B31 as new number for different SD, not the old one SD16GB... Now I'm able to direct go inside of the SD1GB as external storage...

What should be the other difference where need to specify this different SDcard as Home & storage, which will be recognized as a new one, and not having mistaken with the old one which was removed: SD16GB... :( little complicated time for SD replacement swap.

KOreader "Books" is done as a Home folder :) anything else as affected? Cannot remember everything... Brain wash in 0200 am :)

Now awaiting for EBookDroid pointers :)

Thanks for this Edit: will take inside to perform these instructions now.

Thanks for all about the various formats, it will take time for me to get in details inside of this content, but as a first time reading this explanation is really matter of deep interest to know the simple basic :)

About PDF files would be better if first recognize all text inside if file was created from photos/pics and save as amended pdf file after text recognition and then could be better for pdf reading in Nook, not sure, but try... could be better, not sure...

Foxit PDF Editor Pro 13.0.0.21632
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] aykov77:
Till here all was done... restore was successful :) P.1 with this way of chosen settings...

I did all above and sending video file V.4 as attachment, I cannot locate same file in KOreader and in eBokDroid epub is not visible :( what is wrong with my adjustment?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matni01:
help me!

why did my facebook video playing keeps on buffering?

i have stable wifi and data connection, but the video keeps buffering for ages and never play!

just came from fresh/fully wipe OPO, rooted, latest RR build with micro gapps. no kernel tweaks whatsoever
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ak:
you're using fb app?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matni01:
yes, i'm using fb app
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ak:
Don't..

Use this app instead: https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/bullshified-version-facebook-okay-to-t3586318
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matni01:
thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ok digit:
Hi. I'm using an asusrance wireless phone. I've messed up trying to install android 6.0 on it. I didn't unlock hte bootloader before installing my custom rom... so I'm stuck in recovery with no power to install a rom. I get an authorization error. Unless someone can help me get around this I think my only way is to find a signed offiicial stock rom. Any help?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvel prince:
Hi

this is the link for the stock rom

www,mediafire,com/file/xw1rb8j6a9643c6/ZTE_N817_V1.0.0_QFIL.zip

i'm a new member so i can't post outside link so

replace the , with . in the link

I hope that help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherjeela:
Has anybody successfully flashed the mentioned stock rom to ZTE N817 ?

Actually I've got an Assurance Wireless phone already updated to the B16 that closes the door of ROOT. That's why I want to flash the stock rom that comes with B11 update which is effectively rootable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealAkito:
Instead of that, Patched the boot.img by magisk and flash it.

Boom You got "systemlessly" root

If you want me to do it for you. Give the boot.img to me! and tell me the system architecture to confirm something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morlok8k:
I also have this phone and have downloaded the above link.

I'm stumped on how to flash it, as it (seemingly) does not have the required files: a *firehose*.mbn (for a flat build) or a content*.xml (for a meta build). I've tried using QFIL v2.0.0.5 and v2.0.1.9, but could not figure out how to flash based on the instructions i read.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sherjeela:
Great to know this. :o

Actually I've followed the following Link and successfully rooted some couple of devices:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3587174

The approach that the above link uses is KingoRoot as the 1st step. But alas! KingoRoot is unable to succeed on recent N817 ZTEs shipped with B16 update :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] lipeandrade77:
closed
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] neFAST:
Piracy on XDA? WTF