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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
Sorry, didn't know that. My bad. I somehow thought Zoomboards II/III have some generic, reference qualities that OEDs like B&N import unchanged into their designs. Like USB port that can be initialized in Angstrom as serial. Oh whatever. I'm highly uneducated in this matter.

Looking for 8 or even 5 scattered holes that can comprise a semblance of JTAG sucks. I wonder whether anyone JTAGged Droid X/2 succesfully, and if so, what were their "holes"?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
I did not take the board off the touch screen. there were 3 total shields on the back i took photos of all of them. i just re-assembled my NC. it works perfect. there are only 3 connectors to the board so its pretty easy to get apart and back together. i can have it apart in 10-15 mins if we need more photos.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
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ok guys. this is the underside of the board. i took a ton of pictures. i put my NC bac together. still working as it should :)

hope this little contribution helps. im quite excited for android 2.2 on my nook. this device "feels" very well built, and its really the size i want. now we just need a real andoid experience and ill be one happy nook color owner.

let me know if we need any more photos or close ups, i can borrow a macro lens if wee need photos of something really close up
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
KChase,

EWE ROQUE!

while I can't do anything with 'em...I know the risk, time and effort it took to get those out and they just might be what get's it over th top to root.

Thanks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
high res photos if you want to zoom in:

photos: 3504x2336

nook_color_teardown.rar - 127.6 Mb
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Sir, you have gone above and beyond. I don't think there's much more we need to know without taking a soldering iron to it. The shield obscures part of the DDR part #, and Hynix doesn't publish any info on it. A little Googling found a Linux kernel patch for the OMAP3630 Zoom3 devkit, which has a 512MB MCM DDR SDRAM, referencing a part number Hynix H8MBX00U0MER-0EM, giving timings and register values for this part. Looking at the Zoom3 512MB variant memory init code in x-loader shows that there are 2 chip selects of 256MB each. So this is an MCM (stacked chips), 2x256MB each die mDDR.

We can't see the OMAP part number, but that's irrelevant since we know it's an OMAP3621. The WiFi is a prebuilt module with no apparent marking. I suspect it's USB so we'll find out soon enough. The audio CODEC is a TI TLV320DAC3100 which has a built in PWM headphone amp, headphone detection, and a mic amp and ADC for a microphone. Unfortunately the headphone jack appears to be a 3-pole TRS style, so there's no mic or control input.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
Im just happy to contribute. usually im just d/ling a patch or following the steps of everyone hard work.

on a side note. my nook is doing some really strange software things. like zooming in and out all by its self, and tapping the screen endlessly (it was doing all this before i took it apart) its very inconsistent but it keeps happening. I called BN they asked me to take it in tomorrow for a replacement.

so ill gladly open this one up again, and get any numbers or more photos that may be needed before i get a new one tomorrow. just let me know
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
I pried open my only sync cable. It was easier than I expected. The cover is held together with a bead of CA glue. No plastic welding or potting. A light twist of a spudger split it in two cleanly.

There are 12 pins coming off the connector. It looks like there are no pins for the standard micro USB portion, only the extended 12 pins. 2 pins are used to bring in +5V, 2 pins are for signal ground providing a hefty circuit for the 2A charging. USB takes up two pins, and as far as I can tell 2 more are for each LED via current limiting resistors. Two more pins go to discretes that I haven't identified, and two more pins are unconnected. I'll take my scope to them when I have some time.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom in AZ:
Great stuff guys!! Excited to see what comes about soon.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] occip:
Same ram config for igep 020 :)

Hi,

The memory chip is very similar to the hynix memory from igep 020 static struct

omap_sdrc_params hyb18m512160af6_sdrc_params[] = {
[0] = {
.rate	= 165941176,
.actim_ctrla = 0x629db4c6,
.actim_ctrlb = 0x00012214,
.rfr_ctrl = 0x0004dc01,
.mr	= 0x00000032,
},
[1] = {
.rate	= 133333333,
.actim_ctrla = 0x5219b485,
.actim_ctrlb = 0x00012210,
.rfr_ctrl = 0x0003de01,
.mr	= 0x00000032,
},
[2] = {
.rate	= 82970588,
.actim_ctrla = 0x31512283,
.actim_ctrlb = 0x0001220a,
.rfr_ctrl = 0x00025501,
.mr	= 0x00000022,
},
[3] = {
.rate	= 66666666,
.actim_ctrla = 0x290d2243,
.actim_ctrlb = 0x00012208,
.rfr_ctrl = 0x0001d601,
.mr	= 0x00000022,
},
[4] = {
.rate	= 0
},
};

So The MLO from igep020 could be OK for the Nook color :) and maybe the u-boot too ;)

Good job
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
That looks a lot like the struct from the kernel patch I found.

It looks like the zoom3 memory config works on the Nook. X-loader does some low level init, then memory setup, then copies itself into DRAM, then jumps to the function start_armboot() in the DRAM copy. By trial and error and stepping a while(1) backwards through the code I found that whatever is responsible for making the backlight blink briefly lives in start_armboot(). That means that x-loader runs past the point where it starts running out of DRAM. We may still have the banks messed up, but at least the timing is correct and that's the hard part.

I'd like to find out specifically what happens to make the backlight turn on and put that early on in u-boot since I'm not sure we're getting there. You can do a surprising amount of debugging with just a blinky LED.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] occip:
board 3630 sdp with same sdram

Re,

Now with the sandisk emmc (and the lack of real flash nand), It makes sense, the boot sequence tries mmc1 and mmc2 so, so it will be easy to crack it without brick it :)

Tomorrow i will try to test the usb console mode through musb (with my omap 3430 board), it will open a lot of doors.

With kernel 2.6.37 rc2 the board 3630-sdp (board-3630sdp.c) seems to use the same sdram so it can be a good starting point.

cheers

Occip
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
hi guys. forgive the newb question, but obviously im monitoring this forum and reading whats going on. idont have any experience debugging or hacking, but i think i am grasping whats going on.

is this correct:

looks to me that you now have a complete hardware list of the NC. this is important for drivers?

from trial and error...you figured out is that there is a way to boot usb>>then SD>>then onboard

both of these are important steps as this allows you to write a "bootloader" that is hardware specific and allows for booting off the SD card?

If you can successfully build a bootloader, you can then have something like an update.zip on the SD card and basically we can run any version of android we please off the SD. it basically will be like the primary drive on a computer?

I hope these arent like total amateur questions, but i do guess asking its the only way to learn. am i understanding this correctly? i mean obviously you guys are hard at work on this, and explaining it to me in plain english isnt really necessary...but i think its pretty interesting watching the process.

thanks....sounds like there is some progress.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
It's more like we figured out how to control the boot device from USB and boot from the SD card. I used the datasheet and some tools on the OMAPpedia and Pre wikis. But we needed to know some of what lives inside to go to the next step: getting a bootloader running that lets us either dump the internal flash or boot our own Android or Linux image. The internal photos were helpful in verifying what kind of memories we have and how they need to be configured.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
so these devices do not run like a pc where memory is memory and its handled by bios...rather you need to actually set the memory types, and timings in the bootloader? same for the cpu and such?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Yep, that's how most embedded stuff is. x-loader does the low level setup, u-boot handles loading the OS from flash, and kernel drivers take care of setting up hardware we don't care about during boot. There's not much to the CPU initialization on ARM unlike modern x86 where you have to program hundreds of config registers, set up paging, and do memory training before you can do anything useful.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
Mine has done the same thing. It turned out to be a case of sweaty fingers for me. If there was even just a little moisture on the screen it would start doing it. Now I make sure I'm not leaving too much human filth on the screen when touching it. If it does it it just takes turning it off and wiping the screen.

My phone does the same thing.

It's nice they're giving you a new one though.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjsp:
The anti glare screens that they sell are awesome. Cut a lot of glare, makes the screen feel better, and you can spit on it without it going haywire
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsquabbles:
aw man, i had just put an anti-glare on my evo and it feels like silk now. not stuttery slipping.

but yes, water does make my input screwy on my ipad so i'd guess it's no different with the nc.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madjsp:
I've used multiple nook colors with all types of screen protectors, and I think the anti-glare was the best. It cut the glare a lot, it didn't dampen the colors, and it felt good overall.

I like having a screen protector on it because of the gunk from fingers.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
All, the guys at the #nookdevs IRC channel would like you to join them to discuss this process. They're some great people and very smart and helpful. Currently they're about to release a rooted version of the 1.5 fw for the original Nook.

irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/#nookdevs
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpnyc2009:
Same here. Works like a dream on my Rooted Aria. :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
someone in the chat says they've found a way to install sideloaded apps. watching to see if anyone else can duplicate that.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezhore:
With regards to a scratch resistant cover, I'm probably going to be picking up one of these: Zagg Invisisheld I had one for my G1, I've got one for my EVO, and I'm incredibly happy with it.

Just my two cents.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockworx:
Just on the off chance it gets lost:

UPDATE - apparently this didn't work when tested

Dying to see how this pans out
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philosophy757:
I've tried with Better Terminal and can't get the steps that were posted to work yet. does anyone know where I can go on my phone to find the directory that the program is installed to? I need to find out the ***.*****.*** folder name

Im going to try andoku.....they said that they would post instructions later....i really hope this works
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
Somehow I thought they meant the original Nook.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
That's about the NookColor afaik - the original Nook has been rooted and

had apps for quite some time now.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
Ap3x, who says he has discovered how to install NookColor apps, says the info will be here soon http://nc-devs.yolasite.com/install-apps.php
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsquabbles:
I hope theybpost details soon. I'd love to in tall alternate readers and browsers.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
i hope this is the first steps to a full root. although id be quite happy if i can get mail, calendar, and flash on it. i really dont need anything else.

anyone have a suggestion for exchange 3rd party app? i just use the htc one for my evo.

i also think if they can sideload apps, then they will also be able to install things like ES file exp. and browse the device at will, then they can really open it up.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
Not to p on anyone's parade, but I have got it like some earlier models have been "rooted", and to a certain extent with that. They don't have a "vanilla" Android 2.1 on they toy, or I missed something?

Not that I care much on some developments for s3c6410 device if it not the PDN. And this is Nook Color thread, so back to the issues: what are they trying to sideload to NC and why isn't it the rotting tools? crap, rooting was meant

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Summary for today's effort by pokey9000 and occip in my blog, as usual
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jensenkd:
Looks like the instructions for side-loading apps is up!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modembug:
I have tried these instructions without any luck. Has anyone had any luck? If so what apps and what are they naming the folder in extras? Lets try and get together a list of known working apps!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fbd223:
under step 3 it says CREATE a new folder in the "B&N Downloads ==> EXTRAS" directory of your Nook Color with the accurate name for the app you wish to install. (To find out how to find the accurate name click here.)

what is the accurate name?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modembug:
A bit of googling doesnt reveal much :\
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modembug:
"(13.)REPEAT step 6 & 7

IF ALL WENT WELL THIS SHOULD HAVE WORKED... BUT IF IT DID NOT WORK REPEAT THESE STEPS WITH ANOTHER APP AND IF THAT DOES NOT WORK THEN EITHER ROOT OR TRY SOMETHING ELSE...

to root goto: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor"

what kind of bs is this?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezhore:
I'm guessing its the folder under /data/data on an android phone, not sure though. Trying it with Angry Birds.

EDIT: That didn't appear to work. I'm struggling a bit with the Dedexter, but any googling for help results in the Dexter TV shows (fun, but not useful).
[XPERIA X10 General] xd4d3v:
Anyone noticed the data icon is an H instead of a 3 while using the nordic 2.1 Firmware?
[XPERIA X10 General] j3yps:
I think that means you're currently using HSPDA as your connection instead of 3G
[XPERIA X10 General] xd4d3v:
hmm thats interesting. never did it before. always displayed 3, and sometimes E or G something like that when it went down to GSM.
[XPERIA X10 General] Puck24:
Obviously the H idicates a HSPA network.
[XPERIA X10 General] tigermrk:
i was abit confused myself to see the "H" but as far as i know now it is actually faster the 3g so if thats correct then its a good thing
[XPERIA X10 General] wblancqu:
In order of speed:

G - GPRS (56Kbit/s)

E - Edge (236.8 kbit/s)

3G - UMTS (384 kbit/s)

H - HSPA (7.2 mbit/s - 14.4 mbit/s)

So yes: YIPPPIIII
[XPERIA X10 General] Chewitt:
The X10 always had HSDPA, it used to always run on it just never had the icon as 1.6 struggles to display it as it was never designed to be used on HSDPA handsets.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinyrock:
hello

i have samsung galaxy i9000, i connect my phone to coputre to update firmware but i get error. can any one tell me what is problem with this phone.

why i can't update firmware of my device.

i upload the picture of error

i purchase the phone from t-mobile uk.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pjuuder:
You can't update your phone couse it doesn't have any official updates yet available from kies.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinyrock:
so i have to wait untill offical avilable update.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torres76:
Wtf what error how is this development.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinyrock:
what i didn't understand. what u want to say

i buy this from t-mobile uk...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinyrock:
Hello plz help to update for my samsung
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbtomas:
This is offical avilable update.

I installed JP8, then Jp6, and then after that I installed the new version of Kies, I found the new version of JPA, original Samsung. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
No Questions allowed in the Development section.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrej.marinic:
also, please use the search. this forum is overcrowded, mod desperately needed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pulser_g2:
Moved to Q&A as not development.

Please search before posting, and read http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8475563&postcount=2
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
You'll have to wait until T-Mobile firmware is available to upgrade.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Eid:
Hey guys,

As far as I have figured out, my touchscreen's digitizer is broken, I tried re-writing the ROM (had to skip calibration with software) and so on..nothing helps.

The problem is that I don't have money atm, and everything would be fine using the QWERTY but I can't even send SMS, the send button is on the touchscreen.

Could I do anything (reg changes or something) to make a QWERTY combination to send out sms?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mister B:
You could use the key mapper & map a key to a mortscript emulating the screen tap for sms send button.

You can also hook your Raphael to PC.notebook via MyMobiler allowing your PC to control PPC via PC screen & mouse.

All software is linked in my signature.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Ovrclck:
perfect, this will work for me. I just ripped my digitizer off because it was pealing.

Would you be able to help me out with the mortiscript? Having a tuff time emulating the left soft key tap.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] supermaster:
Welcome,

Here you get to vote for the Android build you love the most:

PS: Its not competition please dont take this wrong, just vote for the one you think its more useful to you.

- : [BUILD][Mdeejay eVo Sense v. 2.3 rEVOlution] By: m-deejay

- : [BUILD][MDJ FroYo Revolution v.1.1] By: m-deejay

- : [BUILD] Mdeejay eVo Sense v. 1.1 Matted By: m-deejay

- : [BUILD][shubCRAFT 2.0 CM6]By: shu8i

- : [BUILD][HyperDroidV1.7] By: pongster

- : ]BUILD][FroyoStone Sense - V3.2 - linux_on_wince_htc 2.6.32] By: DarkStone1337

- : [BETA BUILD]MIUI Stock 10.29 By: domineus

- : [BUILD] phireMOD SkinnyEVO v1.5 By: phiredrop

- : [ROM][WWE] OzDROID ROM 2.00 24635 By: the_scotsman

- : [BUILD] [darkstone HD2Froyo V3] By: DarkStone1337

- : [Build] Bangsters V1.5 By: bangsters

- : [Build] [linux_on_wince_htc] By: michyprima

- : [BUILD] HD2ONE 0.2.3 By: Kouno.Takaaki

This isn't complete list please post ones you think are better and are best.

Thanks for your contribution.

PS: If there are any errors i do apologies in advance.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] atticus182:
Good idea, but:

I think this thread is a little unappropriate. You can ask people for their personalpreference, but there's not Best Android since that's a very subjective matter. Either change the title to Choose Your Preferred Android (or anything similar) or it will be closed for certain :)

My personal favorite is [mattc Froyo w/Sense 1.8] because it's really clean and stock-like, and working like a charm!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] antaed:
there is no such thing as the best rom and i feel sorry for those who make choices based on popularity only.

just for the record, i use coredroid now and used xcelsior's before. neither of these are on your list...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lacusxharo:
Neither are mattc Leo and froyo sense. And OzDroid is winmo
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mskip:
I really dont know if I want to keep this open as these kind of threads have always been a breeding ground for flames and arguments to start. I will keep it open 'for now' but will be keeping an eye on it and if it starts to degrade from the subject then I will have to close it.

Either way you need to take the_scotsman's OZDROID out of the list as it is a WinMo Rom WITHOUT an Android Build included. Also it might be worth asking for the reasons why someone prefers the build they are using as it may give insight to new users looking for a Build to use.

I also changed the title of the thread to make it less prone to flames and clarify that this isnt a vote for the Best Build but purely what the users prefers. Please also change the title of the poll acordingly.

Mark.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Peew971:
I'm getting ready to flash my first Android build but I visited a few threads before and the poll results confirm what I had heard.

It's a good idea to help newcomers like me decide, as long as it doesn't derail :).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] supermaster:
Cheers mark,

I've always been bad with my assignments :p no matter how hard i try i'd always mess them rofl writing has been always my weakest point and will be :P

cheers for sorting it out

PS: I wasn't sure about that Win one either might remove it to keep it pure Android ones, i should made it more like "which droid you use most?" so that would have made it easier to see who use what...

PS: the purpose of this was to see which one is most fav among us as all and which build is recommended by most. as you can choose more than one to vote for i think its fair on all :)

Cheer
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] berbecverde:
For me so far the shubCRAFT 2.0 seems to be the best.But i tried almost every android build around. The phiremod, and hyperdroid 1.7 are ok too.:)

This must be because i like the sense-less builds. :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Reno_79:
My main concern with this thread is it being outdated when new builds get released or updated. And it's all subjective anyway. One mans meat is another mans poison, ones man sick setup is another man iPhone...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] supermaster:
I had that in mind but this isn't meant to run for long time, if it shows 1 week's info i guess it will be much beneficial for many of us.

Rest i am curious, want to know and being new to Android wont hurt to see who use which android and for what purpose guess that will enhance our knowledge about the build a little more, i find it really hard going thru 500+ pages and 1000s of posts to just get some proper info as u know that already.

Thanks for time and info :) much appreciated always...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Reno_79:
Ok well if it's just for a personal snapshot of what people are using at the moment I kinda get it, but even if we like something doesn't mean you will, and our stability may not guarantee it for you.

Using Shubcraft 2.0 (DropMode) atm and really liking it. Couple of little niggles (notification bar colour, changing it in the settings doesn't seem to work properly; installer bar on market flickers annoyingly) but they really are minor. Boots reasonably quick, doesn't crash on me, good standby battery drain, mostly reliable data.