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[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Time to tidy up...

Hiding folders and/or files is an individual preference. On the stock NSTG you can't see any of this stuff, so it's surprising how fast folders and files multiply when you start hacking! My feeling is that if this is a reader, I shouldn't have to look at a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with reading (with a few tiny exceptions). I've attached images below of my /sdcard and /media directories.

I have hidden whatever I don't need to access in order to facilitate reading, book and dictionary management, etc. Also, I have "Pictures" visible on /sdcard because screenshots end up there. But if you never take screenshots, you don't need it.

As far as the app drawer goes, I am even more draconian. I don't see the purpose of having apps in the drawer which I will never access (much of the B&N stuff) or which are already on my home screen. I actually only have about 4 apps (!) in my main drawer. These are things that are not on the home screen like a Crossword puzzle app, Tasker, etc. I also have a separate tab for apps associated with the UI that need to be accessed rarely (GL Gesture, QuickTiles, Desktop Visualizer, Minimalistic Text, and SimiFolder). The first two are there because the system occasionally kills them and I need to restart them (still working on that problem...)

You probably don't want to hide that much. To hide an app in the drawer, you tap on the 3-dot menu in the upper right corner and select "Setup Group". All the installed user apps are listed. Anything with a check mark will be visible in the drawer.

This is a list of things which you will

never

access and therefore don't need to see:

AdAway

Contacts

DeviceRegistrator

Library

Nook Touch Mod Manager (available from Settings)

NookHWTest version

NoRefresh

NoRefresh Settings

NST UI

NSTWeather

Opera Mobile

Rotation Locker

SetCover4

Settings (the stock one--without the "n" in the middle)

Shop

Social

Superuser

TestCenterService

These can all be unchecked and you'll never miss them. The rest is up to you. It depends on your tolerance for clutter.

When you've done all that and everything else, shut the device down, take out the sdcard, insert the NookManager card and make a backup and :)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I did uninstall & reinstall with CANCELING out the quick setup box without filling in any of the options.

Preferences file with check of the additional items as described in P#208+213 is done!

Please check attached V.1 & 2 and P.3, it looks like everything is same as initially it was. After few changes of the pdf pages, the file is dropping off and manual activation is required to open the file back.

Do you think everything is fine?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
In the first video you are asking the app to change pages in a 1 page file! Sorry, no can do. What happened to the Green Lantern comic file?

In the second video there are a few housekeeping items visible. The annoying "bookshelf scanned" message can be eliminated. The setting is either in the bookshelf settings or the misc. settings. You should uncheck that. You can always do a manual scan after adding new files.

Also, if you don't want that big check mark on the book cover there is a setting for that as well.

You are expecting the device to respond instantly to page jumps. It can't. When you move the slider a lot you have to give the app time to respond. Otherwise it will freeze and/or crash.

There seems to be confusion over how to change one page. A single tap on the side of the screen will not be enough if the page is set to fill the screen width.

I need to look at the second video again.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
All above is done P.1-4

This FTP & Screenshot Tiles are amazing and saving a lot of troubles with USB connection and file transfers :)

Thanks!

Here this is not clear for me, what is "Quick Access" in Windows Explorer and how to make it simpler on Win10.

Here I confirm FTP & Screenshot Tiles are amazing and for sure will be using them with pleasure without removing them from the QuickTiles configuration file.

Got it, will remember to have either 4 or 8 entries for QuickTiles, including "blank".

Great THANKS!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
!?==>AdAway - not existing... I have ADB Konnect

Contacts - unchecked

DeviceRegistrator - unchecked

Library - unchecked

Nook Touch Mod Manager (available from Settings) - unchecked

NookHWTest version - unchecked

NoRefresh - unchecked

NoRefresh Settings - unchecked

NST UI - unchecked

NSTWeather - unchecked

Opera Mobile - unchecked

Rotation Locker - unchecked

SetCover4 - unchecked

Settings (the stock one--without the "n" in the middle) - unchecked

Shop - unchecked

Social - unchecked

Superuser - unchecked

TestCenterService - unchecked

P.1 what remained in the drawer after " - unchecked"

P.2a&3a before

P.4a after

P.5a before

P.6a after

Here I will confirm after I return from all now with confirmation and readiness to do it. Please check if all I did is fine.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
All of that looks fine. Here is a new link to the comic file. I'm concerned over the page turning issue with Perfect Viewer. The app is not set up to change pages with the hardware buttons which is what you seem to be trying in that second video. Unless you changed that yourself.

The preferences file sets the left and right screen edges as "Scroll Forward" and Backwards (they could also be set as Previous and Next page). So tapping on the screen just like in the stock reader or any of the other readers should move the page along, but as I said, if a page is longer than one screen length when fit to width, it may take two or three taps to change a page. And, of course, in really large files the process will be a little slow.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Well, I can't show you on mine because I disabled Quick Access awhile back. See image below.

The way it is supposed to work is that you right-click on a folder in the right-hand pane and one of the items in the context menu is "pin to Quick Access". This will place a shortcut under "Quick Access" in the left pane. It used to work with an ftp address when I was using it so you didn't even have to type anything into the address bar, just click on the shortcut. I don't know whether that still works and I haven't been able to run down a description of the process. I'll look around some more.

Edit: found it! When you have the /sdcard directory shown as in the image below, right-click on "Quick Access". One of the context menu options is "pin current folder to Quick Access". Try that and see if the address shows up under Quick Access. If it does then you can just click there once the FTP server is running and you'll go right to the /sdcard display.

Unfortunately there is no way to rename this connection. I recall that being a drawback with a number of devices all connecting with a different ftp address. Now I don't care anymore! You can see from my previous image that I have many, many devices to keep track of. Now I just tap on the notification to peek at the address before I start. But the Quick Access thing is great if you only have one or two.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I tried to find where it is located the annoying "bookshelf scanned" message to eliminate it either in the bookshelf settings or the misc. settings, but I could not locate it :( Please help here.

Please send me a screenshot, I'm not sure what this is about exactly and how to locate it to finish this as well

Got it, waiting for time slow response for avoiding crashes.

Hope in the second video you have better view over the situation I mean.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Is there option to set up the hardware buttons to change the pages turning of the PV files and how where?

Would be good to set as Previous and Next page with reasonable way to "Scroll Forward" and Backwards

I suppose there is a good option to go "Scroll Forward" and Backwards and in good way to set as Previous and Next page by hardware buttons...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Preferences>Bookshelf Setting>Auto scan:

Also, to eliminate the check mark on the book thumbnail in the bookshelf:

Preferences>Display>Show read mark:
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yes, Preferences>Control and hardware key>Hardware key management

But...

Actually this will not work well. To increase print size to maximum on the 800x600 display, we set PV to "fill width". Since most book material has a higher V:H ratio (about 1.6) this means the bottom of the page is cut off and you need to do a small scroll to see all of the page before changing to the next page. The "Next Page" and "Previous Page" commands skip this extra movement so you will never see the bottom part of the page. So the best option is "Scroll Forward" and "Scroll Backward".

I'll tell you why I don't think this is a good idea and then I will show you how you can do it for PV (this same setting will work for Kindle but not for the stock reader and not for EBookDroid--tapping on the left and right sides of the screen works for

all

).

Buttons wear out. More importantly, the rubber bezel on most of our devices is slowly deteriorating, some faster than others. Frequent flexing at the button site is not going to help this. Also, with the current cover you have, it's very difficult to press the buttons. In time you will likely push a thumbnail through the rubber.

Think about a 300 "page" book in the stock reader. Each "page" is about three screens. So you would press the side button 900 times just while reading that one book! Now multiply that by all of your reading and consider the potential for failure of the aging rubber and the switch itself.

On the other hand, a tap on the screen doesn't wear out anything.

To make the lower two buttons work with PV and Kindle, we change their functions to VolumeDown and VolumeUp.

(Nook)Settings>Buttons>Nook Touch Mod Manager:

You need to change the functions of the two buttons shown to Volume Down and Up. The app responds slowly to open the list of options. Be patient. Likewise exiting the app through the back-button is sluggish. Be patient until you are all the way out of Settings.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
P.1 is that what you mean, I did all above and pinned the ftp under the Quick Acess??

Just I have one ftp and I hope is that what you mentioned here, right?

When NSTG ftp with wifi is connected then from Quick Access pinned folder ftp address I'm straight inside the sdcard ;)

Great thanks :)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here I did uncheck [ ] in Preferences>Bookshelf Setting>Auto scan:

Here I did uncheck [ ] in Preferences>Display>Show read mark as well and uncheck [ ] in Preferences>Bookshelf Setting>Auto scan:

Done! THANKS!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
So, If I follow your advise better to leave everything as it is and to adjust my mind in the way to use my device properly with so well adjusted settings, that would be great, because it has been proven that it is working good and effective. You said "this will not work well."

Here I fully agree with you and think as reasonable to stand down from my idea and to remain with all setting as they are, just need to learn how properly I should use them.

Thanks for your good explanation to avoid my willing to discover the hot water :)

Based on above, I think I don't need to change the hardware lower two buttons and above instruction I will skip. VolumeDown & VolumeUp... how that works for moving page back & forward with the lower two hardware buttons when there is no sound integrated inside of the NSTG? Little confusing for me.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You may have heard once: "only a fool tests the waters with both feet" :)

The button functions are based on more-or-less standard Android keycodes. Whether the hardware is there or not, the system still understands those keycodes. In fact, if you assign VolumeUp or VolumeDown to any of the buttons and are in an app that isn't written to support some action with the volume controls, you will actually see the stock on-screen volume slider briefly and you can turn it up and down, although it has no effect (unless you are using USB Audio).
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
So......time for a complete backup? I think we might be done?
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Before completing the backup do you think I need to delete useless files & folders or what I did to hide them was enough? Just as kind of attention of mine to clear that doubt.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Unless you added some folders on your own, all those hidden folders were created either by the B&N system (which will replace them if you delete them) or by the various installed apps which use them for housekeeping. So there should not be anything else to delete.

I thought of one other thing I had forgotten. I'm almost afraid to ask. The last time I saw your home screen (in a video) it looked like the weather widget was not working?
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Right, only one folder I created where I keep all apks, remaining is all you know.

Can you take a look on the V .1 where I see all is ok, most probably the reason you noticed is because after powering on the device is loading the weather data and till it is updated is what you noticed over the video...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Everything looks great. You've done a good job with some really tricky configuration and have been very patient.

You can't open a new SiMiFolder while there is already one open, so that's what you were seeing there.

If you are concerned about things on the home screen getting scrambled or even accidentally deleted you can lock the desktop. From the home screen tap on the status bar menu icon and you'll see a small box of options including locking the desktop.

Time for a complete backup with NookManager.

Oh, one more thing. I am still testing a change to the GL Gesture app which will hopefully make it restart automatically if the system kills it. I'll let you know if I get that working.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Everything is because of you, your patience and kind support, I was only following up

Not clear what you mean here... Why do I need to open a new SiMiFolder, did I tried out that?

If I lock the home screen how then I can operate with touch buttons? Lock the desktop, that is not clear to me :(

From the home screen in the status bar menu icon in the small box of options including locking the desktop I activated the down left icon and now the status bar menu icon is locked showing message Unlock Desktop... Cancel/OK

Is that better to keep it locked? Now is locked.

Whatever you say Boss! :)

Following your command Sir, Roger, Roger Sir :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
No, I saw you try to open the next item ("tools", whatever) without closing the previous item (like "books"). You need to close one before opening another. You can either close by tapping on the icon again or by tapping on a blank spot on the screen.

Locking the desktop prevents you from changing anything there. Touch still works, but you can't accidentally delete or move anything around. You decide. It's like a pin lock, I guess. It places one obstacle in front of you to give you a chance to say "oh wait....I didn't want to do that".
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Got it, thanks.

So, better to keep it locked. It is easy to unlock when I need and better to prevent unusual things.

Now ready for next :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Ready for last. Backup. Then go get something to read!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Ready for back up
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Well...here's a "blast from the past", post 31:

1. Turn off the NSTG.

2. Insert the NookManager card and power up. You should get a white screen saying something like "Nook Manager Loading". Eventually a screen with two options appears. You should opt to continue without wireless (lower right button). There is no touch-screen interface to NM, it's all done with the buttons.

3. Choose "rescue" (upper left) then "backup" (upper left) and finally "create backup" (lower right). This will take some time. When it is done, connect your NSTG to your PC while NM is running. The Backup partition on the card will be visible and you can copy off (or copy back) backups (two files). This is important because NM was written for only a single backup on the card, unlike CWM or TWRP. In other words, every time you make a backup whatever was on the card before will be overwritten. So...when you see that the backup is complete, connect the device to your PC, locate the Backup partition on the card and copy the current backup (two files: .gz and .md5) to somewhere on your PC. I like to save mine to dated folders and include a small text file in the folder that tells me what this is (like: stock, registered). I think you must already have a backup like this for the original stock, registered device.

Back out of NM through the menus until you get to "Exit". Have the regular sdcard ready and remove the NM card when prompted and quickly replace it with the normal one before the boot process gets going.

And that is that.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Thanks, only need to see which one of my 2 micro SD cards is the correct one.... I forgot why I have 2 microSDs :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
One is CWM which was used to flash some of the new components. You could wipe that one if you like and recover it for something else.

The other is the one you want, Nook Manager.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
After so many months I'm now lost in the space, almost inside the Galactic of the Milky way :) I don't remember which one of the two P.1 or P.2 is the one I need to delete/format for use with another device and which one is the one for creating the back up... Sorry, I lost my mind :(

"The other is the one you want, Nook Manager." looks like is P.2 :) as the title say so :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Wipe #1. Keep #2. The answer is staring you in the face. See below.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here is where I lost the sequence... "and finally "create backup" (lower right). " there is no such option :( P.1
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Follow the images below. Between each image I pressed the upper left hardware button until on the final screen I would press the lower right button to start the backup process.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
"the lower right button to start the backup process." does not giving me such option :( this is my last screen P.1 :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Cr*p. I though you made a backup of the registered device before we did anything. And I thought it was on your PC somewhere....

Well, that's water under the bridge now. Press the upper right button to create the Backup partition on the card. Then you'll be able to make a backup.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Right, I saved on my PC, please P.1
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Well, then there should already be a backup partition on the card. But there isn't. So you need to make one by pressing that button and then you'll be able to do the backup.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
If I properly remember I used MiniTool Partition Wizard 10 to recover that space... not sure :(

Now I go with Upper right Button...

after I pressed the new screen appeared same as your last with lower right hardware button for backup request & I confirmed...

Now waiting for completion.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I was thinking the same thing. You were supposed to do that with the CWM card, not this one. It doesn't matter. You have the original backup and you're making a backup of all your hard work. That's all that matters.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I updated my last P#257 and still waiting for ... P.1 which is long time I see ?

Looks like is a very long process... how long time it will take about creating backup image?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
It will take a long time. Longer than you'd like. Maybe more than 20 minutes
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I'm not sure if this creating backup image is Ok or the screen is frozen... :( so long time already :(
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Sounds optimistic then :) You gave me a fresh breath :)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
After I got awake I saw the screen is same :( frozen :( same P.1, more than 7 hrs...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I was afraid of this.

1. Hold down the power key on the back for a count of 10. Release for 10. Continue this until the device reboots (if it does).

2. If it reboots, exit NookManager, swapping out the card when instructed for your regular sdcard. Keep your fingers crossed.

3. Examine the device when it has finished booting. If it looks OK, give thanks.

4. Wipe the NookManager card. It's "broken".

5. Maybe you still have the NookManager img file around? If so, use win32diskimager to write the image to the card you just wiped. Don't do anything else to the card!

6. Power down the NSTG. Remove the regular sdcard and replace with the new NookManager card. Power up.

7. You should be able to make a backup now but will need to go through that step of creating the Backup partition. This time it should work.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Nothing happened after many attempts, more than 10... Then I connected the USB cable with charger and please see P.1 if you think there is better way or please confirm if I need to follow all below. I thought the battery was dry, it was 43% when started and I presumed is sufficient enough... Not sure if the microSD card will turn out is the problem... Let me leave for a long sufficient time for charge first, than will try all below again...

Still I think the SDcard is OK, but with crossed fingers will continue latter today or tomorrow

Thanks a lot!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yes, that was the other possibility, that it had drained the battery in an endless loop trying to create the partition when there was no space for it to do so.

If the screen still shows the same when you see this, remove the NookManager card and replace it with your regular sdcard and hope that it boots properly.

If it has already booted into NookManager, exit the program, replace with your regular card and set aside to charge.

The NookManager card is almost certainly ruined. It is

supposed

to have a "wasted" area (unallocated) so that when you get to the backup stuff it will ask to create from that space a backup partition. If the entire card has been allocated to the program then there is no room for the backup partition. If you did what you said you think you did, that's the problem.

In any case, it's easy to wipe the card and write a fresh image, You are not losing anything since you have the very first backup safe on your PC. That's why we do that.

If by the time you see this you have already gone beyond the first NookManager screen and are trying to make a backup again.....I don't think it is going to work.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
The battery was the problem, will read and do all tomorrow after fully charged. P.1

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Hmm...what sdcard is in there that it is complaining about? You should not reformat your usual storage sdcard. You'll lose everything. Maybe you didn't get it inserted quite in time? If a reboot does not make that message go away, there is another issue beyond the NookManager card.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
This NookManager microSD card is only 1GB, I'm not sure if that space is enough for backup creation? causing full battery discharge...

After reboot P.1 same message came, then I did replacement with my regular microSD 16 GB card & all is back to normal.

Battery was fully charged after NSTG was connected to the power supply usb cable with NM card inside.

P.2 indicate that :( For this device I had three micro SD cards, 2x 1GB and 1x16 GB in use. I remember was asking something regarding this space but that was in the last year :) Not sure what exactly it was, but now I'm with present situation :(

Whatever is the procedure I hope, will not be so boring, but definitely I prefer to have proper backup.

No, I didn't do second attempt to make backup, I was charging the battery and now texting you with details.

In the present moment NSTG is with 16GB card powered off.

Thanks!