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[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I did first Power off/on, then applied the ESSettings.zip, then again Power off/on and every time before applying the ESSettings.zip and after when all three are checked I see what you indicated in your 9 & 10, but still sqlite3 cannot be moved :(

Please see all P.1-12 where P1. is the initial I started, then P.2-3 is what access is possible, then exit the ES File Explorer & activating again P.4, P.5 is the request to activate 1-st up thick, with Yes is the failure in P.6, then P.7 is the result as inactive 1st row, P.8 is after exit and activating again ES File Explorer, P.9 is after applying ESSettings.zip again after exit and activating again, and without touching any of the mentioned three lines check boxes are P.10-12...

I tried, no success :(

Once I started to uncheck the 3-rd one is giving indication "Failure to unmount", the box is unchecked after the notification. The 2-nd uncheck is easy, and the 1-st is unchecked. Now all unchecked but 3-rd and 4-th become inactive in grey row color in P.13. After exit and activating again is same as P.13 and again sqlite3 cannot be moved :(

After starting from the top with 1st checkbox and confirming the SuperUser prompt when trying the first check box & approve with Yes coming the same failure as indicated on P.6 :(

Again trying transferring the sqlite3 file to /system/bin was not possible :(

Definitely that would be very time consuming to start over again from zero point :( and now no idea what I should do :( I follow every your advise, whatever you decide. Thank you for all your help!

This I have no clue what need to do :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
That makes two of us. I can't follow all your images. There's just too much, a lot of it the same, over and over.

1. Open SuperUser (if you hid it in the app drawer, you will need to unhide it).

2. Do you see ES File Explorer listed?
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I cannot open it :( Please refer to the video file attached.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Mmm....maybe getting somewhere finally.

Put your NookManager card in your PC and find the folder /files/data/app. In there is the file com.noshufou.android.su.apk

That's the SuperUser app. Copy that to your regular sdcard and reinstall it over the old installation from the file manager. Then see if you can access the app.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I did reinstall over the old installation, but same :(

As second option I did ordinary Uninstall, then Power off/on and clean install of com.noshufou.android.su.apk, then V.4-5-6 with success :)

sqlite3 was transfered to /system/bin and in properties I changed as you specified wrx-rx-rx and then I installed Settings_1_5.apk :) I think I'm ready to continue :)

THANKS!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Whew.

A couple of things. You tend to press rather than tap. The IR touch screen is slower than an LCD but usually the OS is keeping track of touches so no need to press so long. That just leads to unwanted (or no) results.

You do not need to back out from the file manager. From any directory tap the status bar menu button and a menu will come up from the bottom with a "more" option. Tap that and you'll get another menu with an "exit" option.

You MUST back out through the Nook Settings app. Use either the status bar back button or the arrows on the individual pages. If you bypass this with the "n" button the status bar back button will actually be doing something else. The app constantly shifts overlays on the back button and they don't clear until you exit the initial screen.

You may want to assign "back" to the top left hardware button and "menu" to the top right hardware button (use NTMM). Sometimes you get stuck in an app with no status bar.

I see what you mean about the Bronte Sisters. If you have a screensaver image you want as a default, rename a copy Bronte_Sisters.png and copy it to /system/media/screensaver/authors.

This will replace the ugly image with your own. To make sure, rename another copy as default.png and copy that to /system/media/screensaver.

You're good to go
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Got it, will do properly.

This part is not clear :(

The original Bronte_Sisters.png I renamed as BronteSisters.png and the wanted image I renamed Bronte_Sisters.png :) Thank you!

Right, following P#11 the remaining :) Pleasure is mine, because you are aside.

Appreciate!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Problem. I notice that in your videos in post 88 the bookcover widget (post 11, Details 4g) is gone! The last time I saw it you were trying to resize/reposition it on the home screen. Where did it go? You need that to continue so you may have to do that part again :-(

Once more, I suggest you use NookTouch ModManager to set the upper left hardware button to "back". Also set the upper right button to "menu". Sometime the status bar is hidden and you need a way to go back one screen or access a menu.

As for Nook Settings, always use the status bar back button to move backward in the app until it closes.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
No idea where that book cover widget disappeared :( Will repeat P#11, 4g, Thank you!

This NSTG is more difficult comparing to NT :( Hope will manage soon to finish, need to focus on the details in P#11.

Thanks for highlighting this to complete it, P.1-4 hope all is ok now.

To confirm this to be sure what exactly you mean, this is the pointed arrow in P.5, right?

Little images I attached if you like them :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yeah, I'm leaving for Antarctica on Saturday so I'll not be able to do much more than check email (when there is wifi) or make a quick response to a post until Christmas. So better to move along here.

Yes. Exactly right.

Correct.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
On vacation trip I presume?

In 2022 I passed Drake Passage from E to W, taking eye on A23a movement /a giant iceberg/ :) because the weather was fine and was not option to pass The Magellan Strait :( which I was very excited to see... :) Only single chance in my life I missed that option :(

Pinguin and the white nature... Glorious!!! Please photos :)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
This is the point where I ended up as last in P#11, THE DETAILS..

P.1 & 2 please take a look of the 5 grey boxes I have at the bottom "Your Book Cover Here". You asked me where the first one was gone, and I created the second one...

Really this part I see as complicated and hard for me to deal myself :(

And what was not clear to start following is where I cannot locate /data/data/jp.co.bii.androi.app.dskvzr/files,

only /data/ is directory which i can see :( in P.3
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
OK, we've talked about the 5 grey boxes. They appear when you press the "n" button and are already on the home screen. So "don't do that", as my doctor would say.

The cover image sizing seems to be problematic. Compare my example below with what you have. Yours seems too big. I think if you just push up from the bottom when resizing the whole thing may fix itself, but you might need to make additional adjustments.

I almost ran out of the house looking like something out of an Edvard Munch painting when I read that. I

know

we fixed that root access issue for ES File Explorer. I didn't dream that. Then I remembered that there is an infrequent "bug" or something with the file manager that only a reboot will fix (as far as I can tell). So I have had the same blank screen under /data also. Just do a power cycle and I'm "sure" it will be fixed. If not, then it's time for Munch.

Off-topic, but not, I noticed the case/cover you are using. I have one of those too. I like the inner pocket on the cover but eventually found the fold-over latch annoying when reading. Also, it's very hard to access the side buttons.

I eventually found a similar product. It lacks the inside pocket :-( and instead of a fold-over latch there are magnets in the upper and lower right corners.

And

, the cut-out for the side buttons is more generous. This is what I've gone to for all my NSTs and NSTGs. Here's an example at Amazon, but I've seen them for less at Ali Express. I especially like the brown/leather color.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
P.1&2 after resizing following the provided dimensions, hope now will be ok ?

You are very right, after Power Off/On the path /data/data/jp.co.bii.androi.app.dskvzr/files appeared and inside 3 files P.3&4

Yeah, my hard case is not so comfortable as you said because of the fold-over latch annoying when reading :( Will think for better one after NSTG is ready for use :) Ali Express is giving options.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here I located three files as indicated on P.4

Here I'm lost again... How to navigate to the SetCover download folder ? :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Your book cover widget looks fine now.

Everytime you try to make one and then either accidentally or on purpose delete it, there is a record. That's why you have three files. It's probably #6, but to be sure, find the DesktopVisualizer app in the drawer and tap on it. Then tap on the status bar menu button. A small menu appears at the bottom. Tap on "refresh widgets". You will get a dialog with two options. You want "edit mode". When that's done, exit the app and return to the home screen.

Your book cover widget will have a tiny indicator at the upper right. You'll probably need a magnifying glass. The widget ID# is there. Write that down. Then use the notification in the status bar to refresh the widget normally. This will remove the indicator.

As for navigating to the "SetCover download folder", did you not see that text is blue? It's a link.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
What I see over the magnifying glass is ID: 5, but not sure if it is 5 or 6

Done

I downloaded "SetCover_4-5.apk" and now continuing to follow instructions...

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I reached this step where NTMM to choose "Configure Mod Options" or "Modify Button Actions" not clear what I should do now :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You want to "modify button actions", i.e., assign a hardware button to SetCover4. I chose the lower right button with a "long-press" since I was beginning to press it accidentally when I sometimes picked up the device. With a long-press you really have to hold the button down until the screen flickers and then release. So you have to mean it.

I'm pretty sure it's not going to work with version 5 of the app. I know those numbers are hard to read. That's why I suggested looking at the files instead. But you have junk files in there now. Logically it seems to me that the most recent file (6) reflects the visible widget. But I might be wrong.

To test, you will need to transfer an epub to the device (/sdcard/My Files/books). Tap on the "books" icon in the bottom bar on the home screen and then on the "n" library. If your book does not display a book cover in the library, it's not ideal to test this. Try to find one that does. When you've got one, open the book in the reader and move around a few pages. Then press the "n" button to return to the home screen.

IF you have the right version of the app, you should see your book cover on the screen AND when you tap on

either

the book cover image

or

the "reading now" button at the left of the status bar, the book should reopen where you left off.

If none or only some of that works, check /media/NowReading. There should be a cover image for the book called NSTcover.png. Inside the folder "BookType" should be a file with the name "1" (for epub). Also, in /media/screensavers/CurrentBookCover there should be a cover image with a long file name, probably ending in .jpg. This is to be used for the optional screensaver.

If some or all of that is missing, you need to try SetCover_4-6. Uninstall the wrong version and install the new one. Activate the new one (tap on the icon in the app drawer) and then try the experiment with the book again.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
P.1 as indicated Bottom Right Button, but not sure how that "long-press" to activate on P.2 but as Default on P.1 ?

P.3 I think is fine? All books are displayed with book cover.

P.4 is the book cover of "The Little Prince"

Right, working fine and reopened at the same page where I pressed n :)

This part above I presume is not applicable now and should be ignored.

I think no need to go for SetCover_4-6? :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You want only what you have in P.2. You can set P.1. back to "default".

I'm amazed at that! Hooray!!!!!! I have to wonder how that app is keeping track of the widgets, but if it works, we won't try to "fix" it.

Good job!

(the "badge" on the book cover image is way off to the side; generally it should be just over the left hand corner; if you have a lot of white space in your dimensions this can happen because the badge position is determined by the total space, not just the book cover image; I've shown two examples below)

You are ready to move on to "5. Create additional SimiFolders and arrange dock icons"
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Done!

Pleasure was mine :)

The "badge" on the book cover image with me was a little way off from the left top corner side :( but I adjusted it. Please check P.1, hope now is fine? :)

Thanks, will move ahead now :)

Happy New Year! Wish you good health and lovely moments with your beloved ones.

Thank you for your strong support with all my Nooks :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Everything looks good now!

Happy New Year to you as well. Let's hope "new" is actually "better" :-)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
As it was stated above I did uninstall off the SimiFolder app and now this app is gone... What about now with above and below instructions ? :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Okay...

1.Do

not

read any more "Spoiler Alerts". If/when this is all done we will address things you may not want.

2.Download the CWM zip attached below.

3. Copy the zip to your CWM card (that's the one with the other zips on it).

4. Shut down your NSTG and swap out the sdcard for the CWM card. Power up.

5. Select "intstall zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard" and finally select "SiMiFolder_CWM.zip". Confirm and do it.

6. This should return you to the main menu screen with "reboot now" at the top. Remove the CWM sdcard and replace it with your regular storage card. Press "n" to reboot.

This should restore what you removed, including the sample "books" folder. Confirm that your "books" icon is working properly after this. It may have been orphaned when you uninstalled SiMi Folder.

Before you try anything else, you need to have some idea of what you want. SiMi Folders are a way to group similar apps or apps with similar uses in a single place. For example, I have a "tools" folder which contains ES File Explorer, Nook Settings, and a Calculator. These are things I use often (well, not the calculator...) and don't want to go to the app drawer to access. This puts them on the home screen without adding three more icons. There's just the single "tools" icon in the dock.

Similarly, I have four reader apps on my device: the stock reader, Amazon Kindle, EBookDroid, and Perfect Viewer. Putting them in the "books" SiMi Folder allows me to access any of them without going to the app drawer. And so on.

So this is about what YOU want on your device to make it simpler to use. You can see all of my SiMi Folder contents among the images in Post #1.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I confirm "Books" icon down left is working as usual, all is fine.

Thanks a lot, all was done and SiMi Folder apk is back in my NSTG. Will go back in P#11 to continue with all instructions.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I did all above and as per P.1 I placed ES File Explorer & n Settings, but could not locate where is my Calculator to add it as well :( which I'm missing inder the Tools icon.

How to create the others as indicated on your NSTG?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
If you want a calculator, download the app and copy it to /system/app, set permissions to rw-r-r and reboot. Then add the app to your SiMi Folder along with the file manager and settings app. (the calculator is a system app. Do not "install" it. Just copy to the folder as described)

As for the rest, you need to decide what you want. With the exception of Opera Mini none of the apps exist on your device right now. Are you going to use USB Audio? If not then you don't need any of those apps or the folder. Are you going to want different reader apps for mobi or pdf or cbr? If yes for some or all you need to install those apps and then add them to the "Readers" SiMi Folder. Are you going to want the browser (Opera Mini) or email? These are the things you need to decide so you can install the apps you want and then organize them in folders.

If you let me know which apps you want, i will give you download links.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Done, working fine :) P.1

Yeah, USB audio hope will be in use, better to have it instead of not ;) Most probably all apk as you have and are in use, then will delete whatever I don't need...

Most probably only email will not be used as for email I use my mobile phone Android. Definitely different reader apps...

Should I continue with P#11 point 6. Add Greeting widget (MinimalisticText) ?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
If you want to change the order of the apps in the SiMi Folder, open SiMi Folder and Folders>(your folder)>Sorting>Custom. Then drag the apps into whatever order you want.

Let's get the SiMi Folders sorted first, at least for a first pass. Here are links to all the apps you are missing (except email). Each is a user app, so transfer the apk file to your NSTG and install using the file manager. Once the apps are installed you can add the readers to the "Reader" folder, and create an "Audio" folder for the other apps. Since you will only have one app for internet stuff (Opera Mini) there is no point in creating a folder. You can long-press on the app in the drawer and a copy will move to the home screen. Double tap for the context menu and chose "edit". You can select the icon that would be used in a SiMi Folder so everything will look uniform (/media/Icons/www.png). Then drag the icon to the dock.

Amazon Kindle

EBookDroid

Perfect Viewer and PDF plugin (install Perfect Viewer first)

Akimbo AudioBook Player (attached below)

MX Player and Codec (install the player first)

TuneIn Radio

Record That Note
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Thanks, all properly arranged now :)

All apk properly installed, but missing Dictionaries in The Books icon P.1, Go Contacts EX in Web icon P.3, all others are same & fine :)

And how to fix as your NSTG on P.5 ?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Dictionaries is my app for swapping out dictionaries for other languages or translation. I mentioned this to you once (with the possibility of making Bulgarian or English/Bulgarian dictionaries) but you said you were not interested. Change your mind?

If you are not using email you have no need for Contacts. In P. 3 QuicPic is just a gallery app which you may never use. It's not really an "internet" type of app. And Wallpaper Chooser??? I thought you uninstalled that. I had trouble getting rid of it recently on a new device. I just kept uninstalling it until it finally went away.

So as I said before, with only Opera Mini as an "internet" app there is no need for a SiMi Folder. That's two taps when you only need one. You can place a copy of Opera Mini on the home screen just as you would with any launcher, then double-tap on the icon to edit it. If you choose the /media/Icons/www.png, it will look just like the SiMi Folder. Then delete the SiMi Folder and drag the edited Opera Mini down to the dock. It will look exactly the same but only require a single tap.

P.5. comes at the very end. Closer, but still a ways to go.

Edit: PerfectViewer is missing from "books"? That's fine if you don't want it. I thought you might have forgotten to add it.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Would be nice to have US/EN to BG Dictionary in my NSTG if you have one available :)

I checked in the drawer and did not locate Wallpaper Chooser, then I clicked over the Wallpaper Chooser icon and message saying Wallpaper Chooser not found! but this icon is still there :( I remember long time ago I did proper uninstall... strange why is still there... :(

Looks like this Wallpaper Chooser is a parasite inside the NSTG :) I need to get rid of it :)

OK, the web globe icon I delete it as SiMi Folder icon.... P.1

P.2 asking for update? What is your idea, should I update with the new version?

Done, P.3, the icon of opera mini is now the web globe icon, is what you mean? not the original icon as indicated on P.1 the SiMi Folder I delete it.

PerfectViewer was missing from your "books" I noticed on attached readers.png, then I added it to my "books" as indicated on P.4
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I'll see what I can do. I'll have some material for you to look at shortly since I do not know Bulgarian. Just need some confirmation on what I think the data is. In the meantime, the Dictionary app is here. This app goes through a set-up sequence on first run, so install it but let it be for awhile until we get things more stable.

Yeah. Well, it's easy to get it out of the SiMi Folder. I think. Just go to Folders>(your folder name)>Add. Then uncheck Wallpaper Chooser and it should disappear from the SiMiFolder. I hope.

As for the device itself, it's apparently "gone" but has left something behind that does not flush out. Let me take a closer look at that and I'll get back to you. In the meantime, a power cycle might help.

No.

never

update any app on the NST. The version of Opera Mini you have is the last one that will run on the device. Just say "no". It should not ask you again.

I think that's what I meant. The Opera Mini icon on the home screen should now look like the web globe icon and should be down in the dock with everything else.

Yeah, sorry about that. I added PerfectViewer after I finished that post and have not gotten back to update the images, although I did indicate that it would now work with PerfectViewer.

I think you're ready for widgets!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Inside this archive Dictionary app is here were the following files:

-com.google.android.maps as rar & com.google.android.maps as xml file - nothing I did with these two files

-Dictionaries.1.apk is the file which I installed with confirmation in SU request

-sqlite3, This file if I remember was codec for another apk - nothing I did with this file

I did uncheck of Wallpaper Chooser and even then I deleted the entire folder from the SiMiFolder

I could not locate Wallpaper Chooser anymore, but was with check in SiMiFolder where I did uncheck and later on, I deleted the entire folder ;)

Thanks, nothing to go with Update! using the installation version with ignore of every request, got it.

Got it, now is as it supposed to be.

Got it, PerfectViewer is now included as an icon inside of the SiMi folder with all readers.

Got it, now ready for widgets & moving ahead ;) P#11 point 6. Add Greeting widget (MinimalisticText)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I said not to read the Spoiler... but "Uninstall the existing NST UI app and install NST UI_no_widget" should I follow this instruction?

I don't need the Weather widget, should I "uninstall MinimalisticText and delete /sdcard/Fonts as well as /sdcard/MinimalisticTextPreferences" ?

Better first to ask, then to proceed :)

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Well....you need to decide. Either before or after. So you can just set everything up and see what it's like and then get rid of what you don't want, or you can start getting complicated now and draw this process out...
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
All above was properly completed without following the Spoiler, just starting from a).

Please confirm to proceed with the next step :)