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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
Just a quick and BIG BIG thank you to everyone here for making this happen! I've got a ton of great stuff on my NC now. Specifically, thanks to pokey9000 and rad131304 for the GREAT instructions!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smarcisin:
that doesnt work for me...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] probaina:
I just want to say thank you very much for the writeups and support. After messing with it for two and a half hours I finally got it to work. I just used Winimage to create the sd card. It was really simple. However dealing with the drivers was a pain.

One thing I did that seemed somewhat different then the writeups was when updating the nook drivers the only way I was able to get it to recognize them was by selecting "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" instead of browsing for the driver location. Then I just clicked on have disk and went to the usb drivers folder.

So far I got Gameloft NOVA, and Asphalt working. The 3d performance on this is pretty good. Also it's nice too have pinch to zoom working in Dolphin Browser HD. In Dolphin Browser it's scrolls smoother then the stock browser too, but it also depends on how many images are in the web page.

Is there any way to get SuperUser APK to work on this though. I install titanium bakcups but it can't seem to get root access.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
You have to be connected to wi-fi for it to work. Apparently they are releasing levels like 12 hours at a time. Once you connect to wifi you should be fine.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
I posted this in the working apps thread also, but my NC has a Quadrant score of 972.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madsquabbles:
all i did was put it in the nook, unmount and format.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indeana:
Stuck At Unsigned Drivers

Hey, everybody! I've been trying to root for a couple of hours today. I have finally gotten to a point where I need Vista to identify the correct driver for the USB Mass Storage device. I have already modified the .android/adb_usb.ini and the android_winusb.inf file (which is stored in the android sdk drivers folder). When I got to install the drivers, I get a message about unsigned drivers, I go past that and then I get this message. I can't seem to get around this. Can anyone help? THANKS!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merrill77:
Looking forward to it!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smarcisin:
i am connected to wifi. the screen just flashes black really quick and then nothing happens
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] probaina:
Weird. In windows 7 I get the same type of message but it gives you the option to continue.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
Thats odd. Runs fine for me when I'm connected to wifi. Installed the .apk using Astro after I did the SQL hack mentioned earlier.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
Hey guys, I finally got everything to work great! I can even install using estrong file manager. I just have one question, and I hope someone can help me out.

How do I uninstall an app? When I type "adb uninstall" + the app name I get a failure.

When I use estrong, I can't seem to find what folder the apps are in. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smarcisin:
you know what i adb pushed that over before i did the sql hack....i uninstalled it then rebooted and reinstalled with astro...working now!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pinesal:
Vista has a problem with installing unsigned drivers. If you google it you should find a way to do it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cj7wilson:
still trying...

I'm having a problem with Windows 7 x64, it won't let me install the ADB USB drivers. I follow the instructions on nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB down to step 7.6 (enter c:\androidsdk\usbdrivers, hit ok), and this is what comes up and I get an error message that the folder doesn't contain a compatible driver (image attached).

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novaglarion:
Try this it worked for me.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwcasey:
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device

('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
How did you uninstall the app?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indeana:
Thanks, Pinesal.

Next question: I got root explorer loaded but when I want to go to certain directories, it claims I'm not rooted. After getting this far, did I miss something in the procedure?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
I tried adb uninstall, but it didn't work. Do you need the -k?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
Sweet! Glad it worked for you. Now install Launcher Pro (or any of the other launchers) and turn your NC into a full blown android tablet. :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
I can't find this file any where on my computer. Any suggestions.

android\adb_usb.ini

I'm just trying to add that one line to it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
What OS are you running??
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
The folder is .android not android
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwcasey:
You might simply need to remove the .apk file with the rm ( remove ) command.

If you start the adb shell, change directories to where the app is located or specify the full path to the .apk location

example:

adb shell

cd /system

rm file123.apk

or you can run

adb shell

rm /system/file123.apk

That's just an example, not sure where the .apk is located on your device. Also, double-triple check when running the rm command, because once it's done, it's done.

EDIT: see here for more examples...again be careful when running the rm command...when the example linked, they use the -r command switch...not sure why as that is a recursive remove ( can be very dangerous :O ) so try without the -r. You can run the ls command in /system to see what .apk files are there

adb shell

ls /system

Anyway, here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=644909
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
windows 7 64
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cj7wilson:
Got it, thanks for the assist. adb is working, installing APKs... been working on this since last night, it has been REALLY frustrating. I can't thank you guys enough!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
I didn't type the dot in the thread. When I go to users\name\.android, the file is not listed there.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
Go to C:\USERS\%USERNAME%\.android (username is the username you are signed in with). If you dont see the .android directory there, then run the SDK Manager from wherever you installed the SDK to and download any package and then the .android directory will show up. At that point you can just make the .ini file yourself and put 0x2080 in it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
what is %username%. There is a file with my user name in it without to %. And .android is in it. But when I open it the usb file isn't in it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
How do I make the .ini file. Sorry for all the questions. I'm new to this.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
No, your misunderstanding. When you go to C:\Users you see a list of all the users that have signed into the computer. So %username% is just geek speak for whatever your username is. In my case its c:\users\txskeets as that is what I sign into my PC with.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
Are you using Windows? If so, type "adb shell ls /data/app"

Find the app you want to uninstall.

Then type "adb shell rm -r /data/app/<app.name.goes.here.apk>"

Of course, replace the stuff in the brackets with whatever the app name is.

Pretty simple, eh?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
Under my user name, there is no .ini file
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philosophy757:
I got one of these yesterday and like it so far. I've actually only started trying books. Mostly watching video, surfing the internet and listening to music. I bought it hoping it get's root though. I'm down to help during my 30 day return period. I don't know if this will help, but I have a Teensy++ board that i got to use PSGroove on that I haven't touched yet.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
It means that it's much more difficult to root. There's no way to turn ADB on, and there's know way to know what might work other than trial and error.

Anyone know how to create an update.zip to see if it gets executed on a reset?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmazu:
Rooting

Hey guys,

Thought I would share this link with you guys related to the rooting of the Pandigital Novel - another ebook reader with a skin layered ontop of the Android OS.

The members at slatedroid were able to root this device with the following information. Give the thread a read and see if it can be applied to the Nook Color for our rooting purposes.

Forgive my ignorance, but another poster had listed the USB debug information for the Nook Color, maybe we can adapt that information using this guide and maybe it will lead to root access for us.

Here is the link:

slatedroid dot com/pandigital-novel-android-tablet-discussion/1546-pandigital-novel-rooted-4.html

Happy hacking :-)

Dr. Mo
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philosophy757:
I hope this helps. I got this thing for school but my books are protected so the pdf reader has no keyboard for me to enter my info to unlock them. All of the small issues that I have found with it so far I'm pretty sure can be fixed with software tweaks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
If I understand axe2 correctly, this unfortunately won't help for the NC since
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeoh:
What he posted was just the vendor id and the device id that come up if you connect the device to a linux machine and run 'lsusb' Unfortunately, that isn't any help because it doesn't change the fact that the NC is only connecting in mass storage mode. I'm giving the link you posted a look through now to see if it leads anywhere.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmazu:
The novel didn't have adb enabled either. The folks at slatedroid enabled it using the method given on that site. They basically used the USB Id to enable adb and root via the android sdk and command prompt. Let's hope you guys can figure out something based on their methods.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woshi:
Reading that thread, it sounds like the PD Novel already had USB debugging enabled, it was just missing the vendor and product IDs in the ADB inf files -- once they added it, they could connect and use ADB to push software onto the Novel.

However, as deeoh pointed out, the NC is only connecting in mass storage mode so there is nothing for ADB to connect to.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeoh:
What he said ;)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmazu:
poopie... the search continues.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdude5:
This is the most locked down android experience I have ever had
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
Has anyone connect the nook color to wireless tether. Im having trouble.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeoh:
No problem here. If you post some more details we may be able to help.

Edit: For clarification, I've had no problem with a WIFI network or tethered to my rooted Aria.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjthebest:
I'm having no problem tethering with my iPhone and MyWi.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woshi:
No problem here either.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forcedfab:
It may be the encryptcion setting you are using for tethering on your phone , are you on wep , wpa , wpa2 .... what are you using ?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
The encryption setting is on auto. After turning on wireless tether on my phone, the nook wouldn't detect it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdude5:
Me neither are you guys using wireless tether or some other way
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woshi:
I'm using wireless tether (mobile hotspot) on a Verizon phone.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PHiZ:
The Nook Color will not support ad-hoc connections, which is what Android wireless tether uses.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
Just take the file I attached here, unzip it and drop it into the .android directory.

Make sure you drop this in C:\Users\<yourusername>\.android directory
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
I'll try that. Thanks a lot for your help.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul96:
What are you supposed to use for 4 main buttons on the nook?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] block911:
I've seen a tablet that has an overlayed band of software Android buttons, not sure what it would take to include that in here but would definately need custom code written as we couldn't grab it from another device or map to the volume buttons?

Overall this is a cool project and I like the screen but no buttons is going to be problematic. The software based buttons I saw would often get displayed over as programs wouldn't respect the screen real estate

EDIT: wow looks like I can't post images but google "Archos 70 buttons " to get an idea

ht*p://fs01.androidpit.info/userfiles/30778/image/pics/11_05_10/fb-20101105-150212.png
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaughnOnix:
Back on page 47 of this topic:

Welcome to the party. ;)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smarcisin:
i used astros app manager. its under tools. i uninstalled it through there
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
Back and menu buttons appear automatically in most apps. Nook button is home and the arrow thing has search.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
I have tried to root this 3 times. I thought I was doing everything correctly, but adb devices will not detect the nc. I'm using windows 7. Anyone else having this issue.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
Yeah, but what folder are the apps in on the nook color?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] block911:
Any chance VPNC could work on this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511849&page=13

That is the last piece of my IT admin job puzzle i need so i can ditch my laptop when I'm on call
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
Thanks! That worked great! You wouldn't happen to know what folder the apps are in on the nook color, would you? I'd like to use either Astro, or estrong to uninstall, but I can't figure out what folder the apps are in.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] essgeewhy:
I rooted my NC last night (didn't realize it till this afternoon though). After I got home I installed adb and was able to sideload angry birds... works great.

Thanks to all the contributors.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kdragon75:
I have adb install working but nothing else. I cant adb remount. And as such i cant do the SQL edit. Any advice would be wounder full and make loading apk's a tone easer. (with the sql edit can i install from the web?)

Also is the SuperUser app needed?

Thank you all for all your efforts!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smarcisin:
the are in /data/app
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sark666:
I live in Canada, but I happen to have a friend visiting the US and he'll be back in a couple of days and I was going to ask him to pick me up a nook color.

Is there anything to watch out for or does this work on all versions? In googling I saw the old nooks couldn't be rooted if the firmware was 1.4.1 as it would brick going to 1.0. I'm not sure if that's still the case with the old nook, but I'm wondering if there are any gotchas with rooting the color nook.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bighead21:
Bought one tonight after reading about this on Gizmodo today, got home and rooted it immediately... Angry Birds, Google Maps/Earth, ADW Launcher, ASTRO... all working. ADW makes for a great home replacement!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhanford:
Has anyone tried installing adbwireless after rooting? That would solve a lot of the usb nonsense when adding new apk's right?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sark666:
Thanks bighead21

I've never had an android device yet, I understand it won't have access to google market, but are there apps for say gtalk? I know that's part of the google app services, but it is an open standard I believe, just wondered if there were IM options like that.

Also, I've seen guides on getting an emulated android access to the market, why can't the same not be done for this?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodus1999:
so question..i finished rooting and edited my sql...how do i return my microsd back to normal?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzero88:
Yeah, get TeamVeiwer, load the server on the network, and use their Android App.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bphillips09:
/data/app/
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
I posted this in the other thread but this folder is read only for me. How do I get it to r/w?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kdragon75:
/data should mount r/w all the time. I still cant get r/w for /system
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybergenie35:
silly question, but where do I get the applications without an andriod phone. Thanks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
I haven't tried to install the GTalk app but I do have Trillian running which allows you to log into AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Talk, Facebook and MySpace all at once.

As for why we haven't seen an easy way to add the market. I think the problem is some of the basic Android dependencies and files aren't there. On other devices people just needed to add the market and it worked. On the Nook I don't even think it will install because of the missing parts and pieces it needs.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
You don't need to browse to the folder to uninstall the apps. In Estrong click Menu>Manager>Apps Manager then find your app in the list, press and hold and choose Uninstall.

To make it even easier, if you install ADW Launcher or Launcher Plus, you can open your app drawer, find the app, press and hold so it is now hovering on the home screen, drag and hold it over the trash and after a few seconds it will say "Drop to Uninstall".
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bighead21:
you need to search the interwebs for the apk files... install via ADB :cool:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fake-name:
I've managed to get rw to /system You have to manually remount the partition, adb remount does not work.

I've been updating the nookdevs wiki here:

h__p://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting#Getting_rw_access_to_the_.2Fsystem_Partition

(Broken URL because I'm new, apparently)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
I used the Panasonic SD formatter (it's free, just Google it).
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] block911:
In the end how is this better than just buying the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet?

It costs 274 dollars from amazon and is capacitive and has full android out of the box with no need to hack, 1ghz processor, High resolution screen, WVGA 800 x 480 pixels, 7'' TFT LCD, 16 million colors, 300 grams / (7.91 x 4.49 x 0.43 - 11 oz)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clockworx:
I would say it depends on your needs, but the Nook Color has a higher resolution screen with better display technology. As you point out, the Archos 70 has some benefits as well. There are pros and cons to both devices.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
I dunno, works for me - do you mean the url doesn't work or the game?

getandroidstuff.com/angry-birds-seasons-android-download-angry-birds/
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonghast:
Seems to me that Archos has a rep for shipping HW that's anywhere from mediocre to not bad, and software that's worse. The Archos tablets don't come with Android Market installed either. And while 800 x 480 used to be high rez on a phone, the difference between that and 1024 x 600 stretched over 7" of screen is eye bleedingly obvious.

Of course, YMMV.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erm1001:
I have both the Archos 70 and the nook color. The screen of the nook color is much much better for reading. As for viewing videos is a wash. However the archos handling of videos is much better, able to handle subtitile, streaming directly from network share, handle almost any codecs up to 720p even when streaming. In the end I am selling the Archos and keep the nook for book reading. It is all depend on what you want to do with it. One more thing the Archo 70 is much more compact compare to the nook, much smaller and lighter eventhough both have the same screen size.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lockheedload:
doesn't the Archos 70 only have 256MB of RAM in comparison to the Nook's 512MB?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noah98:
Yes, that is a big advantage to me. It will make the eventual (hopefully) upgrade to 3.0 more viable.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpnyc2009:
Rooted last night!!!!

Great work everyone! This evolution happened at hyperspeed. I've track the thread very closely from the beginning and I am amazed at how quickly the Community improved this sweet little machine. As I've said before it was really, really good prior to Root. Now its a true iPad KILLER! At 7" I bring it everywhere, in a pocket. Can't do that with Apple product.

I rooted my NC last night and side loaded SlideMe. Now I have almost everything I need on it. NC is now an AMAZING 7" tablet! :D :D

Thanks again, great job!

Cheers from New York City. :cool:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ms960:
I picked up the NC, and also have the Archos 70. If I could get the NC to operate like the Archos, or Galaxy Tab, i'd keep it. Without seeing screens and such, it's hard to get a feel for how the NC functions like a regular Android tablet instead of a hacked e-reader. For those who have rooted their NC and added apps, does it still look and function more like an e-reader than a standard Android tablet?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sirchuk:
I wonder if 3.0 will ever come out to the NC. Is it possible or even likely? It's got a 800MHz CPU, where most phones and tablets have 1Ghz+.

I'm really struggling to not buy an android tablet until 3.0, the supposed "Tablet" version of Android.

As it stands, can gingerbread (2.3) be loaded on the NC or are there special drivers or whatever needed in order for it to work?

If no "drivers" are needed for the NC, then theoretically any version of android that supports a 800MHz CPU and 512MB of memory should work, right?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zdrifter:
While the NC supplier (B&N and it's mfg'er) have a limited track record, the record of Archos is pretty clear ... roll out products that target the 'latest trend' with software that is usually not ready and move on to the next latest thing within a very short time leaving a trail of unsupported devices. If you can live with buying a new thing from Archos every 9-12 mos and knowing support will be GONE after that then go for it.

As said the Nook may not turn out better, but it can't be worse. It has an up-to-date system now (A70 just getting 2.2 and who know what bugs with it), larger memory, better viewing for it's primary mission.

If you want an android multimedia device then the Archos family may be a way to go, but evaluate it against multimedia devices since that is Archos' focus, not reading and/or tablet functions. Probably most people on this thread have reading as a primary, tablet second and entertainment third.