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[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
API as I know is abbreviation of American Petroleum Insititute... and API is typical specification for crude oils similar to Density & Specific Gravity... What is here the API meaning? and what is PM?

Varna, Bulgaria with Lt=43.217 N & Lg=27.917 E on P.1 is available as my location.

Lt & Lg is not allowing to use decimals, only a number without decimals... is that correct to enter Lt=43N & Lg=28E, what is API key? how to get it? in P.2

Right, WiFi appeared shortly with notification to construct the widget :)

Above is completed :)

P.4 if place is OK ? but the location is close to my city Varna, not same :(

All above was completed easy based on Lt & Lg with API key as updated in P.3, please confirm Lt & Lg without decimals and without N/S for Lt & E/W for Lg... not accepting decimals and letters :( City is incorrect and not using 'C as default in metric, but temp in 'F :(

P.5 indicate no forecast for the next 5 days as empty columns for each rows :( Evern after Power off/on of NSTG nothing come better, but same in 'F and wrong location with no 5 days forecast :(

Pleasure to complete all above and hope will not consume NSTG capacity when is in service overloading the processor or memory...

Slowly moving to the pleasure end of 8. Configure QuickTiles :)

Thanks a lot!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Nothing come better and "." is not placing decimal for Lt & Lg :( P.1-4 indicating all options of the keyboard :(

No change, always is 'F but not 'C :( even after power off/on :(

Still same :( indicating in °F

Right, "F" was changed with "C" :)

Sounds as another headache for you, but would be good to know how hungry they are eating the resources & parameters of the sweet NSTG :)

What do you mean to edit? Decimal is not working :( or do you mean about your API to change it, but with what? P.5

All keyboard options in P.1-4 not giving option to place a decimal :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Go back to my previous post. Lots of edits even as you were typing.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I updated with all changes I did, but "." decimal is not working :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Follow along with the images below. Each tap on the Shift key changes it. You can only access the decimal point (period) when shift is OFF.
[Nook Touch General] cmill126:
I’m enjoying the setup you created here quite a lot on my NST; thank you! However, I’m having an issue I cannot solve. The “now reading” setup does not recognize which reader app I’m using as your description in the original post says it should. Instead, it only works with the stock reader. Also, it auto-recognizes EPUBs there but not in other readers (FBReader is the alternate reader I use most). When I manually capture a cover image in another reader, it will put that image in the “now reading” spot but still go to whatever I was reading in the stock reader.

To fix it, I have tried: power cycling, deleting and re-creating the “now reading” widget, moving the EPUB file to the books folder for FBReader instead of for the stock reader, and deleting and re-installing the SetCover app. (Interestingly, it appears the widget number now is different than when I first installed your setup.) Nothing else seems to be broken.

Any thoughts on what might be happening? Could it be some sort of difference between an NST and an NSTG? Thank you much for any help you can provide.
[Nook Touch General] cmill126:
Thank you much for the assistance! My widget number is 8, and I would be interested in the FBReader library app you mentioned. As for readers, I have the stock, FBReader, Kindle, and EBookDroid (basically for PDFs), and I don’t see that changing. Again, thank you for your patience in handling my (and so many others’) questions.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
First uninstall NST UI and SetCover. This is important. You cannot overwrite the current installations because variables have changed.

Next, install FB Library, NST UI and SetCover. Initialize NST UI and SetCover (tap on the icons and approve SU). They have the same names as the previous apps so you should not need to do anything else. Just to be sure, go to /media/NowReading/BookType and delete the file that is there.

Try out a book. Remember that

any

kind of book opened with FBReader must have a manual cover capture while you have the cover page on the screen. If you don't do the cover capture, the "now reading" button (or the bookcover widget) won't know what to do (which might be useful if you just want to check something but are not going to actually read). See if everything works as expected.

As for FB Library, go into the "Readers" SimiFolder and uncheck FBReader as an app and add FB Library. Adjust sorting to your desire.

I'm not promising that this first pass will work, but I did try to be careful. I know it should work, so if there are problems, let me know and I'll try again.

BTW, if you have epubs in a folder you're using for FBReader--assuming it's different from where the stock epubs are stored--you might be able to prevent those epubs from showing up in the stock library. Create a .nomedia file in the folder. That works to keep PDFs from showing up when I have them elsewhere for EBookDroid and PerfectViewer, so it may work for FBReader (unless it observes .nomedia).

Edit: apps replaced with correct versions for widgetID 9
[Nook Touch General] cmill126:
It is not working, unfortunately. The SetCover program captures the image but does not replace the "now reading" image, and neither the book cover nor the now reading button takes you to the book you were reading.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I hope you are referring to the stock reader because I was just now going to post that I forgot to change the auto-cover widgetID number there. Or does nothing work? It would be helpful if you could try each reader. I've shut down my PC for the day but will give it another go tomorrow. More info is better.
[Nook Touch General] cmill126:
I tried it with Kindle, FBReader, and the stock app, and none of them work. I also tried recreating the “now reading” widget after trying all three, but if I understand you right they won’t work now regardless because recreating the widget changed the widget number (it’s now 9). Ah well, back at it tomorrow; grazie.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Allright. I got cocky and it backfired. I'll test them out on my own device with FBReader also installed. I'll get it.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
OK, I have replaced the apps in post 133 with the corrected versions for widgetID

9

. I have tested them on my own device (with FBReader added temporarily and the widgetID # changed).

I tried everything except a DRM epub on the stock reader (because I didn't have any and didn't want to bother to get a freebie from B&N) but I didn't go anywhere near the code for that option so it "should" work. Everything seems to behave as desired.

If it doesn't work for you, check again to be sure your current bookcover widgetID is actually 9 (DesktopVisualizer>statusbar "menu">Refresh Widgets>Edit mode then look at

tiny

widgetID number on cover image). Note: refreshing this widget will remove the badge (not forever, just this one)

As before, uninstall the previous apps, install the new ones and initialize them. Delete any file in /media/NowReading/Booktype.
[Nook Touch General] cmill126:
It works! I tested it with all four readers and it works! I also happened to have a DRM book from B&N and it worked as well. Thank you so much!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Good. I forgot to ask if you had used the "no-widget" variant of NST UI, but I guess you would have said something if you had.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
OK, it took a week longer than I intended because I made a mistake the first time.

Here are some suggestive results for

one device

with a

unique battery

. At this point all of our batteries are in various conditions (except for yours which is new!) so these results are not definitive. I have no doubt that the drop-off for a typical battery is not linear (especially near the end of useful charge level).

1 week idling (not being used at all except for automatic widget activity):

My system as shown in post #1 with all the apps, etc.

Start: 100%, End: 82%

Minus Weather app and widget:

Start 100%, End 87%

I'm going to start another 1 week run now with the no-widget alternative to NST UI installed and see how much the Greeting widget may impact the battery life.

If you don't want the Weather widget at this point, uninstall the app and remove the widget (long-press>remove).

If you decide to keep the widget I have fixed the issue with the temperature units in the widget and the unit label in the forecast panel. I can provide an updated app and updated widget preferences file. No need to redo the widget entirely.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Thank you for all details in decimal point explanation, all now is fine :) Sorry for my long-time disconnection, but I was overloaded with many things in the family and didn't have time to concentrate over my NSTG.

With Shift decimal point was active and now Lt/Lg are as per the coordinates given on the website of https://openweathermap.org/ this is on P.1 & P.4

Strange why even after this Lt/Lg actualization was done, why still the correct city of Varna on P.4 is not shown, but some village area which is 25 km away named "Dolen Bliznak" on P.2 :(

V.3 is regarding "Social" icon which is not applicable for this product... should I uninstall that app?

And as last P.5 when I press the NSTWeather icon there is nothing as weather forecast for next given days... strange :(

Thank you one more time!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
For time being I think to keep NSTWeather app, till you revert where most battery is discharged and what resources are eaten by other app if you think to reduce some of the apps... but if you confirm to keep it as negligible resources consumption is there will keep all as they are :)

If that is easy for you would be great to update with new changes, for now will keep the weather widget :)

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I've attached an updated Weather app (ver. 1.6.1) as well as an updated widget preferences file. Unzip.

1. If you want to keep them, copy out the lat and lon and API values from the Weather settings page (tap on widget, tap on settings cog-wheel at upper right of weather panel. Since you are having trouble with your city displaying properly, what I wrote about the app in the original post may help:

2. Uninstall the current NSTWeather app.

3. Copy the updated apk file to your sdcard. Copy the Weather.mtpref file to /sdcard/MinimalisticTextPerferences, overwriting the file that is there.

4. Install the new NSTWeather app.

5. Go the app drawer and tap on MinimalisticText Preferences. Tap on the Weather widget. Scroll all the way to the end of the settings to "Save/Restore" where you select "Restore". Select "Weather". Finally, tap on the "menu" button on the status bar and when the menu comes up at the bottom of the screen, tap on "OK". This updates the widget for the new variable. You can exit the app. The actual widget on the screen might now be a mess, but that will change.

6. Tap on the NSTWeather icon in the app drawer and fill in the settings information.Be careful with the API and don't forget the stupid trick of the "." on the keyboard. After everything is filled in the way you want, tap on the bottom bar for a manual weather download.

I'm a little worried about the blank forecast panel. I don't understand that at all. Almost like you have a corrupted file. The widget should sort itself out after a few minutes once the data has been downloaded. Don;t be tempted to look at the forecast panel just yet. One thing I noticed about this is that it seems possible to kill the app process if you open the panel before the data crunch is finished. Then the panel is messed up, or incomplete or....blank? Anyway, this is not generally a problem because it all happens at 0300 when you are asleep (hopefully). So wait a bit before you check the panel--maybe 10 minutes? It should not take that long, but just to test.

Let me know if the panel is still messed up.

If your town name is still not displaying correctly even after altering the lat and lon, we can just edit the widget and replace the town variable with plain text.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here I'm little confused abt "tap on the "menu" button on the status bar and when the menu comes up at the bottom of the screen, tap on "OK"."

Where that is: "menu" button on the status bar ?? :(
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Please, confirm P.1 is fine, all as usual I did and finally my City of Varna is there on P.2 :)

If you are little worried about the blank forecast panel, then I'm fine :) but still same on the forecast panel...

P.3 will keep open this forecast panel for more than 10' to see if some update will come (with crossed fingers)

Looks like it is, still the same empty panel :(

Hope this is sorted out by itself in your new updated apk :)

Thank you for your great support!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Good, one dragon slayed.

The panel will not update when opened, but it is reconstructed from saved data every time you open it.

Edit: Alright. I have managed to reproduce your result (see below). But I have no idea what is wrong. Clearly it has something to do with the selection of units (either time, temperature, or both). I thought I had tested all this and I probably did in an earlier version. Since then I've done something to solve other problems that broke this. So, thank you, because otherwise I would never know. I'll get to work on figuring this out.

Time for you to move on--as time allows--to the final step (at least in the setup).
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Pleasure was mine ;) Looks line another brain storming for you... with happy end, I'm sure

If I'm not wrong, I should move to "8. Configure QuickTiles" in P.11, right? I see that it is the last remaining...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yes. It's fairly simple and I can give you a shortcut.

The app posting is at https://xdaforums.com/t/app-nst-g-quick-tiles.3904002/

But you only need that if you want more information about the different tiles. I've attached a zip below that includes the file qtiles.txt. It's the configuration I'm currently using. You may modify it to suit you. Unzip and copy the file to /sdcard/Qtiles, overwriting what's there.

Then find the QuickTiles app in the app drawer and tap to initialize. This places an invisible overlay over the space where you tap for wifi/glowlight. The overlay is always there whether you can see the status bar or not, so it's handy for apps that run fullscreen.

A long press in that area will deactivate the app for 1 minute in case it's covering something you need to get to.

You can read more about the various options in the original app posting.

Don't try out the USB Audio tile unless you have the needed hardware.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I have the final data point for widget activity.

1 week idling (not being used at all except for automatic widget activity):

My system as shown in post #1 with all the apps, etc.

Start: 100%, End: 82%

Minus Weather app and widget:

Start 100%, End 87%

Minus Weather app and widget, with no-widget NST UI app and minus Greeting widget:

Start 100%, End 88%

So the Greeting widget power use is essentially negligible since I doubt that the battery monitoring is so precise that there is really any difference between 88% and 87% during a week of discharge.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I figured out the problem and can see it is isolated to the application of the time zone and forecast intervals. I could give you a "hot fix", but I'd rather spend time working through to a universal solution.

You can see below that it can be forced (times in left column are offset by 1 hour).
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Should I follow all rich information in the given link above? what should I do or it is for reference and information only?

This I did to copy the file to /sdcard/Qtiles, overwriting the existing one.

After tapping "QuickTiles is activated" was shown as a message on the screen

P.1 indicating on first row 4, on the second row 3 and last as empty...

You mean the blue area 1 in P.2 or the red area 2 in P.3 ?

What should be the needed hardware for USB audio, speakers on USB/micro cable? I want to remove that USB audio tile from its location and to include the GlowLight icon which is not there on P.1 :(

When I try to press the little pencil in the right down corner to edit the tiles it is very difficult to activate the edit mode :(

P.4 is after including the glowlight and excluding the USB Audio icons...

Do I need to install "RotationLocker_MOD.apk" or I have that apk already installed earlier?

What should I follow in this original post: https://xdaforums.com/t/app-nst-g-quick-tiles.3904002/
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Right, the Greeting widget power use is essentially negligible as 1% is difficult to consider, could be 0.51% with round up to 1% or 1.49% round down to 1%... more or less is negligible despite of

Weather app and widge

where is 5% this difference and all these measures are based on the original battery which you have and not as new, but probably with reduced age capacity.

Thanks for this comprehensive explanation with acurate data! Considering my battery is brand new and capacity is higher then the original one, will keep

Weather app and widge

for now, will be a pleasure, for future will think once I start using it for reading if slowing down the working process as consumption of CPU capacity, ram memory... not sure if NSTG with be slower.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Great! Whatever time it takes for you, it is pleasure to see that is in the proper order :)

Is it possible to eliminate the Offset time with accurate local time? Will be good without offset :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
The information there is to explain the function of each tile AND indicate any additional apps that may need to be installed. You already have RotationLocker.

As shown below. I didn't go all the way to the corner so the bookmark function in the reader will not be blocked.

I'll look up the hardware (OTG cable and USB-C external audio thing) and get back to you. It's also possible to add an external Bluetooth transmitter.

I used to use the Glowlight tile but then wrote a separate app for gesture control of the light. If you want to try it, you only need to install the apk in the zip. You already have all the other stuff.

Yes, this is sort of intentional so it's not accidentally started. It requires a LONG press and should then bring up the activity picker to ask what app to use (ES Note Editor). If you check the default box it will always open with that in the future. If you don't get an option box, let me know.

Again, if you've selected a tile (or want to try another, just be sure you have the required additional app installed (if any). For example, NoRefresh requires an additional app.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yeah, the time zone is one issue but the real problem is the times themselves. In the US, as far as I can tell, during Standard Time the forecast period begins at 0100, During Daylight Savings Time it shifts to 0200 . I just assumed this would be the same everywhere.

But your data set (now you are on Standard Time until the end of March, I think?) starts at 0200. That's a mismatch for the app and is why the panel is blank because there is no data at 0100, 0400, 0700, etc. Instead the data is at 0200, 0500, 0800, etc.

So I will have to work out a way for a quick scan of enough data to determine where the set starts instead of worrying about Standard and Daylight time. It will take a while.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
You have specified in P.#11 the need of the following apks:

Desktop Visualizer - not sure if I have this installed ??

Minimalistic Text

Simi Folder

QuickTiles 2.3 (custom for this UI)

Do you think I need additional apps to install?

I'm not sure if I will ever use an external Bluetooth transmitter on my NSTG...

Thanks, this apk I just installed :) "GL Gesture activated" but I don't see difference in the activation from the tale, same GlowLight control panel...

Please advise what additional apk to install if you think as reasonable

Thank you!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I presume you are very right, attaching below print screen of one of the best forecast websites www.windy.com/ where the forecast starts at 0200 and ends up at 2300 with every 3 hrs prediction, free version giving these options. I need to pay for Premium version to get forecast every 1 hr, but I don't need it... that is on P.1

On P.2 is my mobile phone apk weather forecast where prediction is at every 1 hr...

Could be that reason in concern to Daylight Saving Time know as Summer Mean Time /SMT clock change and 1 hr movement in Spring & Autumn seasons...

Only if you think that is reasonable...

Thanks you!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
That's only if you skipped some of them and then changed your mind. You already have all of them (and are using them).

Well, you may. Let's take that one step at a time. Once we have the whole framework finished (just about now) then it will be time to configure readers, etc. and we may find some things you want but don't have.

I've made a little video (below) to show how it works. It's important not to make the swipes too slow or the app will register them as a long press and turn off the light.

Regarding USB Audio, you need a minimum of an OTG cable (micro USB to USB 2.0) and a USB C-type external audio adapter. I have a picture of two examples of each type below, as well as a picture of the whole thing connected. The two different external audio adapters differ in the presence or absence of volume controls and LEDs. Since the software places on-screen volume controls the hardware controls are not really needed and the LEDs just use up even more power, but both work fine. They also have microphone inputs along with the audio out and that also works.

The OTG cables are pretty cheap but not every one is a good fit for the NSTG. The microUSB jack is not quite standard so some OTG cables may not make a good connection. This is the most common problem people have. It took me two tries to get a cable that would work well. You don't want to mess around with a bad connection because you are going to loosen the contacts of your jack if you do and then you won't be able to charge the device (I speak from experience). So if a cable doesn't seem to work, toss it and try another.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
:) Did I reach the framework finishing moment? It was so nice and challenging time! Thanks!

Got it, very useful video with good explanations. First my light was going off because of the slow movement, but after second time watching was nice to get the fast-sliding movement giving more brightness and control over the light.

I don't think will need to use the USB Audio, that's why I get it out from the menu bar including the GlowLight icon.

Thanks a lot for your kind patience and good support over entire transit of my old NSTG spirit recovery. When the end is reached and everything is completed would prefer to create a back-up file for recovery in case of some trouble in future, in that way will safe a lot of nervous and time, now with hope to enjoy reading in my lonely moments :) with all e-ink books.