[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Mmm......it's that $%*# Relaunch. I just don't get that app and never could figure out how to make it do simple housekeeping tasks. Ugly, too, IMHO :)

So, originally ES File Explorer was included with NookManager and then it was removed because Relaunch could supposedly manage files, etc. And maybe it can. Perhaps you have to hop on one foot while swinging a dead chicken around your head to get it to perform. Why bother?

Here's where it gets interesting--two options :

1. If you just want your NST to function as it did before, without the books you want to delete, you can go here: https://sites.google.com/site/xcdguides/nook/nookregion and follow the instructions to flash your firmware to US. That will be 1.2.1. You can register that with B&N and then go here: https://help.barnesandnoble.com/app...tware-updates-for-tls-1.2-compliance#ManualDL and follow the directions for manual download of the update for firmware 1.2.2--or maybe it will automatically update when you try to register 1.2.1. Anyway, that will get you back to the functioning e-reader that you know, minus the books from your defunct UK account.

2. If you want to fiddle with more of the Android side of the NST while still retaining the e-reader function minus the old books, then you do need to root, etc. I've assembled an update package for NookManager (attached below) which deals with the issue you were having. You can download the package, unzip it, and apply the changes to the card you prepared with NookManager using your PC.

Specifically:

a.

replace

the contents of files/data/app with the apps in my update package. Relaunch and Amazon app store will be gone. The first is problematic, as you found, and the second does not work any longer. In their place you will get a real launcher (ADW) and a real file manager (ES) preinstalled.

b. copy the contents of the scripts folder from my update package into the scripts folder of the NookManager card, overwriting where needed. This updates the software so it can also root FW 1.2.2, and adds the installation instructions for ADWLauncher and ES File Explorer. You need to

remove

from the card the "install_x" files for Relaunch and Amazon app store (the latter might be called something like Venezia if you don't see an entry for Amazon app store).

Once you've made those changes, power down your NST and insert the NookManager card. If you made a backup before rooting (I hope you did), restore it, reboot, and then run NookManager again, this time to root the device.

That should do it. Be aware that when you have an alternate launcher installed, you are given a choice each time you boot. If you choose the Nook Home and make that the default (by checking the little box) there will be no way to get to any of the stuff you just did. And, if you use the QuickNav buttons to go "Home", there will be no way to return to ADW launcher. How to solve this?

Do not check the little box! At least not the first time. Choose ADW Launcher, go to the app drawer and run NookTouch ModManager. There you can assign functions to the various hardware buttons and QuickNav buttons. You might start with the "n" button as whichever home screen you would prefer by default. Then perhaps a long press of the "n" button for the alternate launcher. Anyway, once you've made a way to be able to get back to ADW in some manner, then the next time you reboot or are asked about which launcher to use, you can check the little box for "default" and then make your selection.

Those books you want to get rid of? ES File Explorer can do a lot of things, but it can't get root access without going into its "Settings" (access with the "Menu" button in the status bar at the top of the NST). Somewhere in those settings (under Security?) is a place to check for Root access. When you do this you'll get a Superuser prompt which you should approve. Then also check the "up to root" selection. If you want to do any mucking around in root, you will also need to check the third option to mount the system as r/w. You can return to that when you are done and uncheck it just so you don't accidentally wreak some havoc.

Lots of other settings and capabilities for ES File Explorer, including ways to pretty it up, but that's your call. Ditto for ADW.

Those annoying toasts from Superuser can be turned off. Go into its settings and uncheck the notify on access. You'll still get a prompt for a new request, but you won't get a message every time you access root.

OK, wow. That's a lot.

As always, ask any questions.