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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjlxs215:
NC Keyboard acting up

I am noticing when playing with my NC while it is being charged the touch screen acts up. Specifically on the Internet if i try to scroll down or up it acts if im double tapping and zooms in. Also when i try to use the keyboard to go to a website, if i hit one key it acts if i hit either a completely different character or hit the key multiple times. Is anyone else having this problem?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazzcat007:
I'm having the same issue.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solom01:
Folks I got my wife a nook color for the holidays and it was having the same problem, the keyboard was acting really wonky while it was charging. When it wasn't plugged into the charger, it was fine. I took it to the local B&N store and they exchanged it and the new one works fine both while charging and while not charging. This leads me to believe that there was a bad batch of these and that it's a hardware problem, so I would probably just exchange the unit if I were you.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urbanengine1:
Wonky keyboard whilst charging...

I have the same keyboard issue BUT it only started ocurring after root... which seems pretty strange.

No real issue though, the only thing i do when its plugged in is read books and no problems there
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
This is generally the result of sweaty fingers.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
There were some people who were fooling with the hosts file to block updates. If b&n was blocked in this way it would also block the store. Incidentally, I'm rooted on 1.01 and have no problems accessing either the market or the b&n store.

Perform a system reset (power on + volume up + nook button) you will lose all data but root will remain and you can reauth your store access. Make sure you also follow the instructions to enable location services also.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazy2535:
Kindle App

Anyone try using the Kindle app and searching through the Kindle Store? I get the web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site while just clicking general books or so. Seems like the application is using the original Nook browser and Amazon doesn't like it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CPAjim:
I have the same problem.. the Kindle app fails to find the store so no browsing, searching, or listing of books available is possible. The app is registered and syncs ok with the site.

A post describing this error on an android app forum from June 28 was followed by "Browser needs to be in mobile mode for the app to work."

I set both the browsers (standard and dolphin) to "mobile view" but I haven't found any option to set that on the NC kindle app... the problem remains... any ideas?

ver 1.0.1, auto nootered with 2.12.25
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chapimp:
Does anyone has the Asphalt game that works on the nook color?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow00198:
Battery Meter Issue?

So I rooted my Nook a few days ago and have been noticing that any time I plug into a computer or insert an sd card the battery meter resets to 100%. When you plug in the included cable it shows that the battery is not fully charged. Anyone else having this issue?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heynownow:
Rooting a relocated NC

This puts me in a dilemma. I'm an India user of the Nook Color, and I procured the gizmo from a friend in NY. I noticed, that my NC already downloaded and updated the firmware to ver 1.0.1. I was hoping to root it today or tomorrow, but now I'm confused whther I should wait after the official froyo update is out. As it is I live in India so I dont give a damn about voiding the warranty, but am peeved about bricking the device.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvcachi:
Rooting works just fine on 1.0.1. Nobody even knows for sure when the froyo update is coming, so I don't see any reason to wait for it.

Of course, we might even have custom ROM's before B&N's froyo shows up.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarheeldan:
Help! Software Update Loop

First, I want to say thank you! to the devs for all their awesome work. I was able to successfully root one 1.0.1 NC, use adb to install apps, and it absolutely rocks.

I was going to do this for a friend mine (we all got NC's for Xmas from the boss) - but I jumped the gun an inserted the newest autonooter on SD without thinking about the version. Turns out he hadn't updated to 1.0.1 - only had 1.0.0.

I tried to do a factory reset so that I could then update, and then re-root - but what happens is that I get the "A new software update is being installed. This will take a few minutes" screen after the N screen - the process completes, reboots, and same thing over and over again.

I am lost as what to do now to save my friend's NC. Please help? (Sorry if I missed a fix for this in my search)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heynownow:
I tried rooting my NC last night, and prepped the nooter (1.0.1) on a Usd using Winimage on my Dell E5400 notebook /w WinXP and SD Reader. After the operation, I tried to see the content before I put the card in my nook, but windows couldnt read and gave me a "format card" prompt. so I repeated the process, but ended up with the same result. Unsure of myself, I put the usd card in a mobile phone and activated mass storage mode and plugged it to my old IBM T42 running Ubuntu 10.04. There I found out that the dell created 2 mountable filesystems (one called Autonooter, and the other called Nooter files), Since I'd written the image twice. Now I guess had I inserted that card, I'm positive my NC wouldve acted up. I'm in India, so I'm pretty much on my own here, we have no B&N here to run to for support.

SO what I intend to do is format the card (using Fat32) and transfer the image again (1 time) and will check the contents on my linux laptop. Only if it shows there is one filesystem with the listing of files as mentioned in NookDevs will I insert the sd into my nook. I guess WinXP cannot identify the partition created by the autonooter, but good old Linux can ;) Can anyone confirm that I'm good to go if I follow the steps I just outlined.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heynownow:
shouldnt you have turned the wi-fi off when you were trying to reset the device?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilityguy:
I installed fbreader on my Nook using nookhoney04. I can pick up books from Project Gutenberg through the browser and they show right up in the FBReader library. I use FB on the phone all the time and it's nice to see that it runs cleanly on the Nook under Honeycomb.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilityguy:
Problem using 16G cards?

When I got my Nook yesterday, I tried writing the nookhoney04 image to a 16GB class 6 card. The write worked, but I couldn't boot past the screen with the little A N D R O I D in the lower left corner. I bought an 8 gig class 4 card on my way home, imaged it from the same file, and it worked fine. Has anyone else had problems booting HC from cards bigger than 8 gig?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mg00000:
DocumentsToGo

So this should be working? It's not for me. I went into my applications settings, it actually was already there. I had to go into the market though, but since i have it for my Droid OG, it was listed (I assume connected to Google??) as "purchased" in my apps list. So i clicked on it, it directs me to market and installs it. My first guess is that i need to go and find the free version b/c i think if you don't have both dnlds than the full version isn't going to run. Has anyone seen this issue with DocumentsToGo? After i dnld and see this app in the notification bar i try and click it and it just blinks and closes. Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frihet:
MD5 For 1.1 Image

The MD5 I get for the image download is 5551A7E7F5F00C02F421E86303AF22EA. This does not match what is specified on the developers thread.

I have tried both Mediafire and Multiupload and get the same thing.

Any ideas? Safe to proceed?

Thanks.

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Edit. Forget this post -- although the MD5 issue is real. I just discovered this Nook is at 1.0.1. I'm back to square one.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lkrmurthy:
un-rooted Nook color question

Maybe this is a stupid question... I just bought a Nook color and the version is 1.2.0. I have not rooted my Nook yet...I need to change the font in the web browser. When i see the options, i see only very few font options.. when i searched the web, somewhere i found that Opera browser will help... here is my questions..

1. Do I have to root my Nook color to install opera mini browser?

2. Do I have to install Opera browser to change the fonts that I want?

3. Is there anyway I can change the fonts in my existing browser without rooting my nook?

Maybe these questions were already answered.. but when i did the search I could not find a clear answer...

thanks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angomy:
I believe you cannot install or use any non-B&N (non B&N store or packaged) apps to stock software without rooting.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red Hood:
problem with win32diskimager - rooting Nook Color

New here so my posting is limited.

I have tried via this web site to root my color nook. All attempts using different .img releases and using wind32diskimager have resulted in format size of Sandisk Transflash (2 gb & 8 gb) to be 115mb or smaller. This is not allowing me to complete the second step of rooting SD disk.

What am I doing wrong? Is there a file that corrects this? Would Like to do the SD version of rooting before moving into the other options.

I have seen others with this problem.

I have the HP tool to reformat back to correct size, so that is not a issue.

PLEASE HELP
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babyfine24:
Root problems with image size on sd card!

I'm having the same issue!!! Also a noob here! can anyone help?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnibyte:
Can you give a link to the directions you are trying to follow?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AidenM:
A pretty old thread bumped...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemonhead101:
Ive flashed my Nook Color with Honeycomb. But I cant use Rom Manager to boot into cwm. I want to try to install a new ROM.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koopakid08:
Why did you bump this exactly? Ask this in the thread that you got your rom from don't bring an old thread back from the dead.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carbfrze:
Nook Color crossword?

Hello all,

I just purchased a new nook color. I have it rooted and I am running the latest version of CM7. The major thing I am missing from the stock ROM is the crossword app that is pre-installed. I've looked around and the only app I can find keeps giving me force close errors.

I've rooted and unrooted a few times so I'm familiar with that and don't really want to lose the overclocking ability by going back to the STOCK ROM again..

Anyone know where I can get a working apk of this app or should I try a different ROM?

Thx in advance!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raystang35:
question about nook color 1.4.0 not being able to read sd card

i have all the latest clock work and cm7 and gapps i have tried three different sd cards first one was a 16gb class 2 and then a 4 gb class 4 and a 8 gb class 6 but i just bought nook color and all the forums i have read talk about upgrading to 1.4.1 but none of them say anything about it not being able to read the boot disk, i have tried both winimage and win32 have been reading between a few forums phandroid etc and that is where i got the programs, i am pulling my little bit hair out, i tried to update the nook from b&ns web site it said to drop the files into the nook and then when it sleeps it will install but it never did, thanks in advance to anyone who can shine some light,
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwardarroyo:
I updated to 1.4.1 and it still reads the boot sd cards well. However, I have this problem: When I try to install the Kindle Reading App on my Nook Color ("Blue Dot" & software version 1.4.1) running Cyanogenmod 7.0.3-encore Android 2.3.3 Build GR140 from a microSD card, or on my Nook Color running Honeycomb3.0 from microSD card, I get the message "Your device is not compatible with this item." (i.e., the Kindle app). Searching around the internet, I found one suggestion that if I changed the screen resolution the app would be compatible, but I haven't been able to get this to work. Any advice?”
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superbeak:
thoughts from the future

In the end we find that the nook is a nice device with CM7. Maybe Barnes&Noble left the nook bootloader unlocked for a reason? This tablet vs the kindle fire. Nook wins!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SystemIdleProcess:
Here is the USB info for OMAP3630 when you are on the factory reset screen:

USB\VID_0451&PID_D00E&REV_0000

USB\VID_0451&PID_D00E

VID 0451 = TI the CPU maker for the NOOKcolor

I'm trying to locate a driver now.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
That's not ADB, it's the OMAP on chip bootloader. Read here and feel free to dig in.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
watchlisted
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mytos-xda:
sdcard boot

im excited to hear that the tablet will boot from sdcard before nand, im curious to see if we could boot something to flash a custom recovery and aosp rom into the nand with it
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
First we have to get something working beyond just interrupting the normal boot, which is all I've done. That means getting an x-loader (MLO) and u-boot tweaked for Nook Color. Once we have u-boot and some way to control it (console over USB via usbtty?) we should be able to dump the onboard flash, modify it as we please, and reflash it.

The great thing about this is that there's no need for recovery to run AOSP. In fact, you should be able to concoct a microSD card that boots AOSP once we can get drivers working.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
My uneducated comment is this:

it's very exciting

, AOSP= Android Open Source Project, hopefully built on the latest Android 2.2 sources. There might be some use (even if only educational one) in building "online" Angstrom (link:Angstrom Community Release) as a test for a given set of u-boot, x-loader, and kernel. The claims are it can be built virtually in minutes, so it might turn as a first painless proof of the concept.

Tedious, but much more rewarding work is here: http://omapzoom.org/wiki/Building_Android

{other link is in my blog fineoils.blogspot.com -- sorry, got tired, it was a long D-Day;}
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mytos-xda:
great work guys, im stuck in school at the moment, but later this afternoon i should have time to work on a proper script to get the sd card booting properly if your willing to share what youve got already pokey we can collaborate on getting this thing running better than any other tablet thats out right now :D
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
See over here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841912

I've only spent a few hours on this since having no console output makes it hard to get further. But I tried to describe what I did and answer questions in that thread. Take a crack at it, please! Let us know what you find. I want to keep any work on this in the open.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
nook color root fund

i was reading the other thread and noticed people offering to donate to help fnd cables. if there are people out there that need parts, supplies, or even a nook color that are talented enough to find a root...im more than willing to donate.

the way i see it, the NC is the right size, shape, excellent screen...and a few $ donated if it gets root and we can load android 2.2 we will all have one killer device for not that much $.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon!:
This definetly needs froyo and a root

played with one at barnes and nobles.

This time seemed a bit sluggish. I did a few speed tests vs my Galaxy S phone and browser loaded via 3G a good 8-12 seconds faster on my phone vs the nook color on wifi

Not sure if barnes and nobles wifi just sucks or if its the 2.1 flashless browser. I dont consider 3G on ATT to be super fast, so the fact that its faster is concerning. Anyone else do similar tests?

Tried a few random youtube videos and none would play all gave flash plug in needed messages.

I think this thing needs froyo and root to be good.

The size is nice thouh, i could fit it in the front pocket of my jeans.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
It would be very helpful to get pictures of the CPU and RAM. This means taking apart a NC and pulling off the RF shields. I'm not convinced they're soldered down. I plan to use my NC so I'm not going to do anything that'll carry a risk of killing it. But if you're willing to crack yours open and snap some pictures that would be huge. We need good *in focus* and legible shots of the chip package markings to know how to tweak the bootloader.

We really need a serial port too, but at least with DRAM geometry we might get lucky and get all the way to u-boot's fastboot.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
I love the spirit....;)

Here's a short summary of what Pokey9000 has achieved yesterday:

fineoils.blogspot.com
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and it might be more convenient to you to read it there, and even talk to pokey9000 as I'm pulling stuff from several threads and different sites. If you have any preference in scripting reference sites, I could pull whatever relevant there too.

(There's no ads in my Fine Oils, I'm not getting any pennies from anyone, as I'm banned from Google for my "goolocalizations.blogspot.com" with mild critique of The Mighty GOOG. It's just a sheer and pure delight in seeing 100+ visits to it, and some might be even exposed to my paintings, hehe)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
i can assure you that the wifi in a B&N does suck. its provided by at&t and also every device in the store is pullin on the same connection, the DL speeds are heavily throttled it seems. Youtube hardly works in the store, but on my home's wifi it works no problem
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
teardown

I don't have any experience in adroit hacking. The max of my ability is following the directions that others have come up with.

How ever, I'm more than capable of a tear down and photo documentation if that helps. U can do that tonight
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpnyc2009:
Wifi at Home on Nook Color

I agree! My wifi at home is buzzing when I use my Nook color. :D

In store is sucks. :(
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabbieBot:
that would be awesome. Basically what we really need to see is whats under the shielding when you take the back off, get close ups of connections and chipsets, etc.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Awesome! Those kinds of shields are usually in 2 parts: a base that gets soldered down, and a lid that has clips on the side to hold it on. You can try prying around the base gently to lift it off.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aludal:
Pokey9000: Sorry, I thought you're busy building something of u-boot/x-loader/kernel for something like Angstrёm (http://www.omappedia.com/wiki/OMAP_Angstrom_Main) -- as a proof of a concept, at least. Then, if successful booting it, you may have a terminal to play with. And do whatever you need to crack open stock NC firmware.

As for Droid X "secret" chip scare, I've found this http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbugencontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12316&contentId=4629&DCMP=WTBU&HQS=Other+EM+m-shield. For me, it means the existence of active serial/JTAG access on the NC board defeats the purpose of that M-Shield part of OMAP3621, even if it's not turned ON, yet.

Sure, the searches of ways to break in with a terminal should continue, but I thought your priorities may be in pursuing all the fruits your discovery has brought.

It's all strictly IMHO, and I apologize for interrupting anything.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCHASE731:
teardown

ok guys. you asked. here is where im at. its actually a pretty simple open. im going to leave it apart for a while so if anyone need more photos or closeups let me know. i shot these all with my 30d i can take photos in higher res if anyone wants them

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
The x-loader and u-boot I built were from the same git repo in the Angstrom documentation. The problem is, there is no target specific to the Nook Color hardware. x-loader does a lot of board setup, like DRAM init, GPIO directions, clocks, etc. There are targets for development systems like the Zoom boards, but not the Nook Color or the OMAP3621. That's why a serial port or JTAG would be nice right now: we can see how far we get in the code, and hack on any roadblocks until we make more progress.

The ideal situation: there's a serial port available on the USB connector, there's u-boot on the device already, u-boot lets us interrupt the boot process, and we can extract BN's u-boot and x-loader.

The "nuclear option" would be to press on BN for u-boot and x-loader source. u-boot is GPL, and x-loader is a pared down version of u-boot.

M-shield sounds like a way to sign the bootloader as well as a way to verify signed code against a key blown into hardware (the e-fuses). From what it sounds like it's not a matter of blowing a fuse with firmware updates like the 360. It's more of a BN-programmed private key that is permanently programmed in the OMAP that is used to verify that the bootloader is signed, and check signatures before loading the OS or installing apps. It's not in BN's interest to enable this in the field, since a failed e-fuse burn will perma-brick the board. That would result in a customer service / PR nightmare when some percentage of customers have to RMA their Nooks after an OTA update. There's mention of securing of debug capabilities, which I translate to meaning a fuse that disables on-chip debug (the meaty part of JTAG) unless some unlock procedure is done. All speculation of course since TI doesn't release those docs.

JTAG would be useful since it gives you access to everything. There's an ARM standard for passing debug messages over JTAG, which would meet my needs for debugging u-boot. But it would likely involve me taking apart my Nook and soldering to test points even if I did identify the right pads. I encourage someone else to try this if they like, but chopping up a $15 charging cable is the most hardware hacking I'm willing to do on this project.
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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Thank you! Those are excellent pics!

The other pics floating around show two more shields on the back side of the bottom of the PCB, on the flip side from where you found the memory.If you're willing to pull the motherboard out and pop the lid on those, that would tell us the rest of the story.

The smaller lid on the back probably houses the WiFi. It would be interesting to see what lives inside. TI's WiLink parts are very integrated, and manufacturers might not enable all the features in software (i.e. Nexus One FM).

As far as I know, Sandisk doesn't sell oneNAND or standard NAND, only eMMC, so that's probably what that chip is.

I can see a transmission line going to a filter network and then to a region without a ground plane starting from where I assume a WWAN module would go. That's almost surely a GSM module.