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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebauchedSloth:
No dice here. Have installed downloaded nooter, followed the instructions, then have been able to ssh in and see /tmp/nooter.log. All looks well - but when I reboot, no adb. The nook shows as a removable drive.

Don't think this is an adb issue, as I've got adb working with my Nexus One, no issues.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
I had the same problem. Someone in the IRC channel suggested this one, and it worked

mediafire dot com /?f9x81z8i4n7u17p
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yerand:
nevermind... i didnt read that right :P
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
FYI the nook color currently doesnt seem to recognize an SD card when you install games such as NOVA and Sandstorm that want to update themselves to an sd card.

i dont know if adb shell is working yet, im away from my pc now as well, but this tutorial should work.

careace(*DOT)net/2010/05/12/how-to-remove-android-apps-through-adb/
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nemix:
Were the versions of angry birds the same, just different apk files, or are there versions of angry birds that wont work? (vs 1.3.5 that is known working)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
i dont know version number, but i know the apk is making a difference in which ones work and dont work. it all depends.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Those times are pretty rough. Unfortunately until we get video working there's nothing we can do to let you know what state the NC is in. Of course we can do a lot more once we have video and button control BN has promised us GPL sources soon, which is good since figuring those out by trial and error would be a hassle.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
Found a working version of angry birds (mediafire dot com /?f9x81z8i4n7u17p )

Also:

abtc

evernote

labyrinth lite (like several other games I've tried, it plays in the corner at phone screen resolution)

midnight bowling and pool

tricorder :P

remote vnc runs but I can't connect. That might be a networking issue.

wifiscan

google finance

docs to go

appmanager (but you can't install from it. you can back up your apps to an sd card but can't restore.)

doodledroid

it appears some graphics-intensive games crash.

snes emu,

guitar hero,

asphalt
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Did you add the Barnes and Noble USB vid (0x2080) to adb_usb.ini? Only a few vendors are supported by adb by default.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormly:
I am running Win 7 64bit.

All went well until:

dd bs=1M if=nooter_sdcard_40mb.img of=\\.\Volume{398961d6-fc89-11df-8708-00044b18d53e}

Error writing file: 87 The paramter is incorrect

39+1 records in

39+0 records out

DAMN! I wanna play AngryBirds :D (just kidding)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quietglow:
Anyone find a working alarm clock yet? The stock alarmclock.apk won't install because of missing dependencies.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaicherry:
As posted, this works:

sudo sh -c "mkdir -p ~/.android; echo 0x2080 > ~/.android/adb_usb.ini; adb kill-server; adb devices"

-K
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopsui:
Can someone please clarify what you should see when you "hold the power button for 15 seconds?" Is the device supposed to boot up to the home screen or are you just supposed to see a blank screen? Whenever I do it, it just boots up like normal and I don't get any new devices in Device manager.

I'm not sure if my SD card is flashed correctly. I ran dd on it and it appeared to flash the image with no errors. When I tried to view the SD card afterwards in file explorer, it said that it wasn't formatted correctly which I assumed might be expected.

Just a better description about what we should be seeing would help. The instructions say "nothing" but "nothing" could mean a blank screen or it could mean nothing out of the ordinary from a normal boot.

thanks for the hard work

-mike
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
stock rom image

FYI, once you root you can read off the whole rom image:

adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0 nc_wholedisk.img

pulls down everything but takes a little work to loopback mount.

If you want to get images of individual partitions:

adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 nc_part1.img

adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 nc_part2.img

...

Don't bother with partition 4, it's the extended partition.

I recommend at least getting 1 through 3, where 1 is the bootloaders, kernels, and ramdisks, 2 is your device specific info (serial number, mac address, wireless calibration, public key, etc), and 3 is recovery. With these I *believe* you could recover your NC if you wreck the flash.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themolester:
It seems like the VAST majority of problems the past 5-10 pages are linked with dd confusion. Some windows users may prefer an alternative. I think it is easier (but then, I have no problems with dd). It is probably a lot safer as well as long as you're using a.

I have not actually tried this yet, since I don't actually have one yet (it's in the mail)

WAIT FOR AN EXPERIENCED DEV/USER TO VERIFY IT WRITES CORRECTLY.

that being said... I don't think it will be a problem.

1. goto m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php (paste in address bar)

2. Download "physdiskwrite 0.5.2"

3. extract zip file to the same path as the image files

4. follow the original directions, but replace the dd step with "physdiskwrite.exe sdcard_40mb.img"

5. After you run it, it should list your hard drives. It will most likely be one with the smallest C, H, S values. Obviously, the fewer drives you have connected the easier to find.

6. Type the number that matches and hit enter.

7. I don't have a sd card on me, but I believe there is a confirmation (Y/N) and then it writes. If there are more steps, correct me if I'm wrong.

Does that all make sense?

Also, there is a safety feature you may need to bypass for drives/cards over 2GB (imagine wiping the partition table from a 500+GB hdd from a typeo). So, if you're card is larger than 2GB, and you're SURE you are writing to the correct drive... run physdiskwrite.exe by itself and it will tell you how to bypass the limitation.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
The screen will be black. None more black.

(srsly, something went wrong creating the card. It should seem NOT to boot up when you press power, and then all of a sudden a device shows up)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
Just once after the sd card didn't halt the boot. How did you get it back?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormly:
I did this before I tried DD because I have a Freenas server ruhnning off SD, I got errors and it just shutdown so I gave that up as well Thats two methids that do not work for me :confused:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
After the recovery finished, it wiped my wonky ramdisk and booted normally.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
for you windows guys:

-install winimage

-start winimage (administrator)

-go to disk menu

-restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive

-select physical drive then click ok

-change the file type to all files

- select pokey's image

-write!

This worked for me

thanks to MrMuffin
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
Recovery isn't finishing. Just keeps looping. Not sure how I would go about wiping ramdisk anyhow
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Don't you mean mmcblk1?

I dd'ed /dev/mmcblk1 to and 8G sdcard in /dev/mmcblk0. I should be able to just dd that back to get a full restore, right? I can also read individual partitions on a Linux box.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Try forcing the factory reset: hold power until it powers off, then hold power, home, and vol up until just after the gray-on-black n screen. I'm still not sure of the difference between the two, but I think factory reset wipes the user data partition and restores partitions 5 & 6.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
For some reason the mmc devices are swapped in the BN kernel. mmcblk0 is the internal and 1 is external. I wouldn't recommend dd'ing into anything from within the Nook yet, you're asking for brickage and we don't have a clear recovery.

If you DID have a mmcblk0 image on your PC, you could probably scp from the file on your PC to the device, but I'd wait until you had a well bricked Nook first.

Again, standard hacking rules apply.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormly:
Thanks that worked for me!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdude5:
I followed the instruction to flash the image onto the sdcard from a mac and when i put in the sdcard it keeps booting to the nook :((
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lionclaw:
I'm on the fence on this. Is there any way to access app menus, normally accessed with the menu button on android devices?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
To the people who have gotten this working:

Can you please provide instructions on how to install APK's through adb for those who are technically-challenged?

I'm having lost o' problems figuring that out...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] block911:
What are the chances of Cyanogen being installed on the Nook? Would we need a custom menu bar for the standard android buttons or is it already there?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopsui:
THIS.

That fixed my SD card problem. Now it gets through that first boot and tries to install the CDC device, but when I remove the SD card and reboot, all I get is the Mass Storage device. No ADB.

I've updated the adb_usb.ini file.

Are we supposed to get both mass storage and adb at the same time or just ADB?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Ahh... I was referring to what I see in the root image, not the running nook. I see now that the devices are swapped.

I was hoping you'd brick yours first as a test case! :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
I don't have my netbook with me to try it yet but if I remember correctly:

adb shell

mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

exit

adb push [full apk name] /system/app

At least that's how its done on my phone. Can anybody confirm?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbutton:
Let's tidy this up, shall we?

I'm a big fan of order, so I went and registered nookrooter.com (nooter.com was taken) and installed phpbb. This is a temporary solution until nook devs or xda creates a space for NC.

I'm working on transferring common problems and solutions over there so it's a bit easier to access that which we already know.

There's also a global topic in which you can tell me what is needed on the site. I have bluehost and simple scripts so installing PHP stuff (blogs, CRMs, chat, ect.) is easy and quick.

Is this something anyone wants or will ever use? If not, what does it need to make it useful? (I don't have much to donate except time and webspace, and this is the culmination of those two things.)

nookrooter.com
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
adb install [apk]

Should work.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
All I've gotten for every try of everything is "error: device not found"

However, it shows up under the "lsusb" commands.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Sounds like you don't have the device setup correctly. Does "adb devices" show a device? Have you tried "adb kill-server; adb devices"?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
im having trouble understanding where this step falls in the instructions on nookdevs
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
The update screen appears just after the "n" screen no matter what key combination I try (including that one)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopsui:
Doesn't seem to want to install the ADB driver on my system. I get a "Nook" device in device manager that's banged out. Do we need to add the device to the adb driver's inf file?

such as:

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7000

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0955&PID_7100&MI_01

if so, what's the PID? I'm assuming we'd use the VID is VID_2080
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormly:
Got everything working on Windows 7 so far and rooted the device (or seemed to) But I get no devices listed when I do a:

adb devices

I assume it is because I have to add the nook?

The Guide says:

If you have installed the the Android SDK you can now install apps directly using the ADB program in the SDK once you add the Nook Color vendor ID to your adb setup.

The NC vid is 0x2080

How/where do I do that, that is unclear to me..

Thanks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plink212:
is there a web interface app to the filesystem for android, similar to the way that iPhone users have to manage their files? I was thinking that this was it would be easy the upload the apk by just turning on the wifi and hopefully toggling the function, rather than having to cable every time.

Tim
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
The pid I used is 0002 per online lists of Vendor id's.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikescar:
it takes place of step #3 (write sd card image)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Try this (in .../android-sdk-windows/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf):

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2080&PID_0002

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2080&PID_0002&MI_01

Also add 0x2080 to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
I just happened to walk into the store at just the right time (noon yesterday). One of the pre-orders had just canceled and they sold it to me. I was the first one to walk out the door with one!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezhore:
Am I wrong, or does the smaller shielding in this pic http://picasaweb.google.com/henxing...OH5ju7SXQ&feat=directlink#5541397410344044914 look like a microsd sized cover?

EDIT: Also, mind throwing up a pic of the outer shell? And/or write a description of how you removed the top? Maybe I'm being too gentle with it, but I can't seem to pop off the top.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
Nope , thats the wifi chip , you can clearly see the wifi antenna going into the box under that cover .... check the other side . I tried and tried to get the covers off , seems like the are soldered around the edges to keep them on , as well as the dimples in the metal keeping them on .
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Those bastards! Try using your X-ray vision. :cool:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syncron:
Developers from Barnes & Noble are carefully observing your progress ^^
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
lol .... like I actually bought this thing to read books
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pezhore:
So did I.... sort of. If it never gets rooted, I'll still be happy for what it is - especially when the nook developer stuff opens up.

If it gets rooted, and I happen to be able to show off my $250 fully functional android tablet to my apple fanboy friends, then all the better.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
Oh , well . Short of getting the covers off the board thats about all I could do . Put it back together for now . At least it still works , those little connectors weren't easy for my fat fingers to reattach .
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjthebest:
lol :D .........
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syncron:
While this little tablet certainly has a great amount of potential, I must kindly remind you that B&N isn't exactly known for its hardware manufacturing prowess.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
On pics: ...yet internal 8 GB are hidden somewhere. Must be on microSD, or else....
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
Its more than likely an onboard 8gb chip , could be a micro sd . If only I could have got under the other smaller metal cover on the board .
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjthebest:
Okay? :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
This is what device manager reports under usb mass storage device with the nook plugged in and no micro-sd card installed

USB\VID_2080&PID_0002&REV_0216

USB\VID_2080&PID_0002
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
LOL.... But I know of one sort of "hard" wares B&N is just fine: the dead tree book reprints.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syncron:
Anyone have any luck accessing the internal storage yet? I can't pick mine up until later today ;)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Converting video

Got this to work for converting video to play on the NC:

ffmpeg.exe -i INPUT_FILE -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1000k -flags +aic+cbp+mv0+mv4 -trellis 1 -mbd 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 250 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 -ab 160k -vol 1280 -async 1 -f mp4 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 OUTPUT_FILE.mp4

Manual says max size 845x480 mpeg4 simple profile.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeoh:
Nice, I'll have to give that a try.

Anyone having trouble opening your NC, I would recommend not trying. As my pictures show, everything is under metal shields that are soldered to the main board. My guess is that there's no hidden microSD card because there would be no point to having a removable storage module if it wasn't accessible.

I was able to get everything back together without a problem, so if you're still interested in taking it apart I'd say go for it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
So, if there's no hidden internal microsd, does that mean we're lucky and it's going to be rootable just via the onboard memory or the expansion card? Or does it mean we're more likely screwed, because the memory is onboard and therefore inaccessible?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devis:
I got the SD card to write just fine but when I try to follow the directions for the rooting portion I get nowhere. When I press/hold the power button for the furst 15 seconds WinXP wants a driver. I can only assume that driver is useful for the rooting procedure to take place.

I think a little clearer explanation is needed in this case. Windows asks for drivers, what do we feed it? I tried the edited ini file with the info above inside the SDK folder, no go.

P.S. Brand new to Android... as you can see from my siggy it's been WM since 05
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopsui:
Thanks, that did the trick.

<Searches for Angry Birds apk>
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gormly:
where is that file? I do not see it anywhere??
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
its in this thread. multiple people have uploaded it.

EDIT:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plink212:
if your a windows user, try looking in the root of your profile

C:\Documents & Settings\%USERNAME% or c:\Users\%USERNAME%

also make sure you have turned on show hidden files and folders in explorer under tools\Folder options\Show Hidden File and Folders
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brazimus:
A Big Thanks!

Just wanted to give a quick "thank you" to all the devs who've worked to enable me to install apps on my nook color. This forum is why I bought a nook color on launch day: I knew that the fantastic devs on XDA would have this done in no time.

Thanks for making my nook color awesome.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robnix:
YES. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

I installed K-9 mail on my nook color. Works GREAT!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robnix:
also - I don't know if anyone knows this, but there's an accelerometer. I moved Asphalt from my Epic over to my nook color and other than it not scaling properly to the screen, it works just fine. Tilt forward to accelerate, side to side to steer.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopsui:
FYI I got impaled angry birds and pocket legends working.

You can get the pocket legends apk from here:

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...now-available-for-those-without-market-access
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmx128:
Launcher Pro/Browser

Hi! First, I'd like to thank Pokey9000 and other contributors for making this possible. I bought my NC a couple of days before launch in anticipation of this day, and thanks to your efforts, that day has arrived!

A couple of questions for those who have rooted and installed apps on their Nook:

1. Have you been able to replace BN's default launcher/desktop with Launcher Pro (or some other launcher) successfully? It would be great to be able to launch apps directly from the desktop instead of going to the "extras" folder. Do the back/menu buttons appear on the bar at the bottom automatically?

2. Can the built in browser be replaced with the one that allows pinch to zoon (Dolphin HD)? If so, does the browser work well? How is the performance compared to the stock browser (which is very sluggish, imho).

Thanks!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
So, I've tried on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Ubuntu, but I get as far as using ADB. Every time, it never finds my nook.

I've installed all the drivers, tried both disk images, inserted the VID, etc. But, ADB can NEVER find my Nook!

Any help is appreciated...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
need more details, go over exactly what you did, what is the nook doing when you put in sd card, does win7 see a new hardware device etc.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spookymonster:
Yes and yes. For further details, search this thread.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
Well right now I'm using Windows XP.

I have the image on the SD Card, when I power off my nook, unplug it, put the card in, and plug it in, Windows XP recognizes it, then I take the card out and restart the nook, (i think) the ADB drivers work, then I do the "lsusb" command in linux (when I used linux the first time) and it comes back with the device, but none of the adb commands have any effect.

"adb devices" lists no devices

If I try "adb install Package.apk" it says "error: device not found"
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] modembug:
anyone having any issues with Dolphin HD running? I get it to run through the wizard, but then i have to skip because it saus i cannot register. After that it will not start...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roachman3700:
Hello,

First off I have had the nook since the 20th and love it, second thank you to everyone who has been working on rooting this device.

I am having problems and wanted to see if someone could help

Details:

I have created the sd card, I can have the nook boot from it but I am unable to get windows 7 x64 to install the driver when the nook boots off of the device manager shows a cdc composite gadget but when I edit the android_winusb file with the following item it still will not install the driver

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2080&PID_0002

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_2080&PID_0002&MI_01

any ideas on what I am doing wrong?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
did you edit the ~./android/adb_device.ini file?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
Having trouble installing drivers on windows 7. After plugging in, it tries to find drivers. I tried installing usb drivers from sdk, but it tells me there are not any drivers in the folder. I'm very inexperienced in this. A little help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrygon:
I know this is prob a stupid question but I don't know how to add the nook vendor ID to my adb setup. I am on windows 7 64bit and at a command prompt at this directory...C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

Any help would be appreciated...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
did you edit the ini file in the usb_driver folder you are selecting?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrygon:
Sorry no idea what you are talking about...lol..
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoutcamper:
lol, i was talking to the post before you, but this applys to you as well, you have to start up the sdk manager, and download the usb drivers, then you have to edit the ini file with the drivers, search the thread for more info.