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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaicherry:
Gettin' goin' on Mac OS X...The Hints n' Tips

Ok. The big "oops" points:

1. dd must be used on the whole device, not a partition:

What you need to do here is get a formatted microSD mounted via the Finder via whatever means you have. Use Disk Utility to determine the device path "/dev/disk<a number>s<another number>" which would be spoken as "dev disk one, slice one" (for example).

Next, you will want to click *unmount* in disk utility NOT EJECT, and when you run the dd command in the terminal, you want to do /dev/disk<a number>, e.g dd if=theNooter.img of=/dev/disk<a number>

If you get this part right, the rooting happens correctly, automatically. Per the guide, Mac OS X will tell you it has found new devices.

Once you get to this point, really, you're done. The only thing you need to do after that is paste this into a Terminal window...*but there is a catch* so read past it:

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

Unless "adb" is in your path, this will not work. The easy solution is to paste the following into a terminal:

export PATH=$PATH:

<-do NOT hit return or add any spaces.

Then, drag the tools folder from the android SDK to the Terminal window, then hit return. You can now do:

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

And you are in business.

Let me know if/how that works out for ya.

-K
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
You should see 7 different Functions under the Hardware Tab of the Nook Properties if you did it correctly:

Android Composite ADB Device

B&N Ebook Disk USB Device x2

2 drive letters

USB Composite Device

USB Mass Storage Device

If all of these are not there, then the drivers are not installed correctly. Try uninstalling the drivers, disconnecting the nook and connecting it again.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
Awesome...that is truly step by step...I can't wait to try it out.

When I try to "mount //./,f>".....I mean at the very beginning...I get "Device or Resource Busy"

This is similar to when I was trying to use WinImage.

What is holding onto that card that is stopping writing to it?

Anyone?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scotthellewell:
This solved all my problems.

Thanks
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
which device or resource is busy? //./<f>: or your mount destination?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msantiago1256:
Yup, it's all there, i've gone the delet and re-install route twice and reset the computer also (just incase) any other suggestions? thanks for the quick reply btw.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
I'm trying to run this command

mount //./d: /dev/sd3

My SD Card came in as drive d:

Thanks for your help
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrygon:
anybody have a apk for a working gmail and aosp email program?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pinesal:
Is there a nook board yet?

Also, how can I access the menu key in a full screen app?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
No, i get that ... which error do you get:

mount: /dev/sd3: device or resource is busy

or

mount: //./d:: device or resource is busy

Side note: try using /dev/sdd instead of /dev/sd3
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
Check your adb_usb.ini file? I'm grasping at straws now....
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
The first.../dev/sd3....I will try your suggestion

Edit: sdd seemed to work...moving on down the line of instructions
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
Stupid question...how do I get my memory card back to the original size? I used winimg originally.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
Yeah, you can't use numbers there (that's why I had the whole convoluted disk number into zero-indexed alphabet thing in my instructions).
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
disk management utility

start > run > compmgmt.msc

click on disk management

right click on the existing partition and select delete partition

format the whole raw volume

EDIT: do not format the raw volume first, disk management can only expand a partition from left to right ... don't ask me why, it just does.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
Sorry...next step failed too.

after the "mount //." step seemed to work

I tried

dd: if=/nooter/nooter_sdcard_40mg.img of=/dev/sdd

I got

dd: opening 'dev/sdd' : no such file or directory

Sorry I'm such a clod...but your help is greatly appreciated.

Edit : the nooter directory is IN the cygwin directory
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
is there read/write access through adb? i tried to replace the browser with the one from cm5 (i miss pinch to zoom) and it said read only i tried adb remount and it failed and root explorer wont let me mount as R/W
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] macndroid:
This....for OSX

Confirming this works.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msantiago1256:
Thanks but that file is also updated. it's weird huh? has anywone else had this issue with everything else looking just fine?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
There is no Delete Partition option, I do see Extend Volume, Shrink Volume, Delete Volume, but they are all greyed out.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
On a wild hair...I tried sd0 and it seemed to work.....

moving on down the list
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
right clicking on the existing partition does not have a delete option
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
ok guys dont know if anyone else figured this out yet but iv got file managers (in my case root explorer) installing apps from internal memory

the directions for the original nook found here, http://nookapps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/feed/howto.html

work with one minor change you need to edit the .db file on your pc first

you need to reboot after installing apps for them to appear in the extras tab but they will open after install well most show up anyway
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodus1999:
i cant find avd_usb.ini , i installed the SDK. any ideas?

EDIT: turns out i had to update the sdk, here goes nothing...

EDIT2: Awesome, thanks everyone for the help, this is most excellent!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
I hunted around the web looking for a way to remove partitions on an SD card and finally found a solution.

http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter

Install that, when you launch it, go into Options and I made Format Type - Full (Erase On) and I set Format Size Adjustment - On.

It took a little while but my card is now back to normal size.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
You say this is the directions for the original nook. Did you try this on a NOOKcolor and can you please explain what exactly you did different. I'd love to stop using ADB for installing apps but I'm a little hesitant to start editing files on the Nook without more confirmation.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
yea nook color like i said you have to edit the file on your pc as the NC dosnt seem to have sqlite edit capabilities at the moment.

basically this

sqlite3 settings.db
update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';

needs to be done on the PC then pushed back where it came from

more experimentation with it and ive found that if you kill the applaucher process with a task killer (ick) it will refresh the extras drawer with out a reboot
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrygon:
Can you please explain further... what file do I need to edit? A little lost here.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrygon:
A little help please... I made launcher pro my default launcher and would like to change that. There is no applications in settings to clear the default with the NC. Anybody have any ideas?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
I guess that's the part I don't get. I'm not sure how you want me to edit this file and then push it back to the Nook.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pokey9000:
Nooter 0.2

Nooter 0.2 is out. Get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?cfddu9wt9d8dunl. Directions at http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

If you already rooted and don't intend on sshing to your Nook, don't bother.

0.2 changes the USB device from CDC composite to RNDIS network only. This allows Windows users to get a network connection going while not affecting Linux users. It also adds ext2tools, dosfstools, and util-linux mainly to get mke2fs, mkdosfs, and fdisk for anyone who screwed up their flash and wants to try rebuilding the disk.

As usual, use this at your own risk.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david_beholder:
Actually, how did you get an access to sqlite3. My nook seems like doesn't have /system/bin/sqlite3
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
yea probably should have just posted this in the first place instead of linking to the nookdevs post

assuming you have windows

x=your drive

youll also need a sqlite editor i used the pre-compiled windows binary from http://www.sqlite.org/download.html

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db x:where\you\want\the\file

sqlite3 settings.db
update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';
.q

adb push setttings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/

reboot your nook and you should be able to install apps from file managers (turns out astro file manager can uninstall apps too)

any apps you install will require either a reboot or you to use a task manager (like the one built into astro) to kill applauncher

thanks to nook devs for the original tutorial on this found here http://nookapps.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/feed/howto.html

sorry if this dosnt make since i have to get up for work in about 4 hours so im kind of in a rush (like im going to get some sleep tonight with a shiny new toy like the nook color calling my name)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novaglarion:
Works!

AWESOME!!! Thanks you guys!

sqlite3.exe is in the tools folder in the android SDK for me. didn't have to download anything.

This is what i did

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>sqlite3 settings.db
sqlite> update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';
sqlite> .q
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

rebooted and bamm, installed a bunch of apps from my dropbox and the web.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodus1999:
I installed some apk's via "adb install" command. the only thing that shows up in extras is angry birds (which works fine) am i doing something wrong? or is it the apks? anyone have a test apk i can try?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Novaglarion:
most likely the apks/apps. some stuff is just not going to work because libraries are missing or are just not compatible.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
ive seen a few apk's that wouldn't show in the drawer but i cant remember what they were. try installing astro file manager i know it shows up
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
Seeing a weird keyboard bug in a couple apps, wondering if anyone else can duplicate.

In Google Voice, it gave me an error when it tries to access the voicemail settings during setup, I prompts you to Skip and then hangs. Came back later and it accesses my account but when I try to text, the keyboard only pops up with 2 rows....therefore missing much needed letters.

I see the same in Transdroid in the popup to change a torrents label.

The keyboard seems fine in other apps. Trillian is wonderful on the Nook! :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodus1999:
tried this, adb said sucess, then it doesnt show up on NC. does it show up in extras for you?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rckymtnrfc:
Did you reboot the Nook? Angry Birds showed up immediately for me but the others didn't show until I rebooted.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exodus1999:
duh, man it must be the 3am time and few hours of pulling my hair out, thanks alot guys
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zedley:
Uninstalling

For those trying to uninstall stuff, a Q&D way of doing it:

adb shell ls /data/app ---- to get the full name of the apk
adb shell rm -r /data/app/#APPNAME

I'm not sure about dependencies and whatnot, but it got the app out of extras (after a reboot) and removed the apk off my device, which is all I care about at this point.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sisith:
Wow couldn't have been easier, thanks for noticing sqlite3 was in tools already!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sisith:
Also, you can add fruit ninja to the list of awesome apps that work! It didn't originally work, but after changing the sqlite3 settings to allow unknown sources it works after you back out of the part where it tries (and fails) to connect to feint.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pinesal:
ebuddy doesn't install.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PLinga:
Does Comic Reader Mobi work?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simoun:
some acv options

sorry to take so long to respond but i just tried some ideas. in acv i went to "settings" and "control" and i set the long hold to do "open sd browser". that way, i am able to at least go back to choose a different comic when i want. (i also set swipe up to go straight to settings - just my preference.)

if you are stuck inside a comic like i was and you cannot get back to the settings, i was able to get to the menu screen by taking out the sd card. of course, if you are viewing a comic that is on the internal memory that might not work for you. but it made acv at least usable, so i hope it helps you out :p
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixampl:
Has anyone extracted the nook Color's ROM (as described on page 76)?

If yes it wold be great to have this. I haven't gotten my nook Color yet but I'd like to examine the system files, especially the overall settings library limitations and settings.

Especially I want to find out how to circumvent the initial registration with a B&N account.

Has anyone tried custom keyboards like SwiftKey, Swype, or the stock Android one yet? I don't think the nook Color has keyboard changes (= enabling) in its settings, so maybe this has to be done on the file system again.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poweroutlet:
Will it be possible for custom roms to be created for the NC at some point? Something based of cyanogen mod for example. Or is that too far fetched?

I thank all of you guys for your awesome work, I'll have my NC soon :D
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sendoushi:
Then... I kind of get excited! It was my only problem: eye strain.

anyone confirms that Nook Color doesn't eye strain or something more than kindle 3?

anyone checked eee note from asus already?

sorry about newbie question but all this rooting affects the all system or just what's inside the SD-card?

and one more thing... anyone knows where i can buy a Nook Color in europe?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobdude5:
I Fail

well i give up..ill just use it as an ereader as was intended. Ive been trying for over 15 hours on 3 operating systems (os x, ubuntu, and windows 7) and all failed. The sdcard dd works on the compute rbut when it comes time to pop it in the nook..it just boots up like normal ugh :(
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
find your adb_usb.ini file - it is usually located in c:\users\<username>\.android

I can not find this file on my computer. Did I install something wrong?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oakleyrdc:
When I plug my nc in to my computer, it shows the adb driver are installed successfully but when I type adb devices in terminal it won't find my device.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
You might have to show hidden files and folders - I'm at work now and I don't remember the process but it's usually something like:

Open Explorer

Tools > Folder Options...

View Tab

Show hidden files and folders radio button about 7-10 items down the list
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
after you adb remount, can you edit the adb_usb.ini file (i.e. make a change and save)? If so, you may be editing the wrong one?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rad131304:
Huh - I don't know, I will re-run through the steps when I get home tonight.

Try elevating bash to administrative privilages (right click on bash and run as administrator) - I'm just guessing now.

EDIT: I botched the instructions, you need to remove the card after you mount and then insert it again (I did a physical removal, not a software eject).
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Consolenomad:
Aldiko / opds / trook ?

I know that the Kindle apk works, but has anyone tried alternative means of downloading and reading ebooks?

I installed Aldiko and it seemed to work well, but unfortunately the softkeys for menu/back disappear when opening an ebook and you get "stuck" in that book unable to access the menu.

I don't have an original nook, but nookdevs indicates that trook (nookdevs dot com / Trook) allows nook users to opds open book feeds. Has anyone tried installing trook (or any other original nook apps) on the color?

Ultimately just trying to figure out the best way to get wireless access to Calibre libraries, etc.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhoepfin:
WOW THANKS!

This completely fixed my issue where I was seeing CDC Composite Gadget in Windows XP.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epakrat75:
The Viewsonic has the worst screen of any Tablet I've ever used. So unexpected from a otherwise decent monitor provider. Couple that with the worst software too and the NC is head and shoulders above it out of the box IMO. The Galaxy Tab when bought off contract requires at least 1 month of service, I believe. After that, you can cancel and always come back. No big deal there. However, I digress...this thread is about neither. My apologies.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad5427:
You, my good friend, are a gentleman and a scholar. After trying so much and researching so much, this worked perfectly....PERFECTLY!!!!!

I can't thank you enough. Absolutely amazing. I din't even need to reboot. It was just gone.

Thank you thank you thank you. I feel so much more confident adding apps knowing now how to easily remove them.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epakrat75:
Are people resorting to the use of ADB for installation / removal of APKs because apps like the Astro File Manager either fail to install / fail to install other apps? :confused:
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevetotheo:
All the good stuff comes out on linux first and this is why Ive converted completly to linux on every machine i own. Root took me about 15 min under ubuntu and it only took that long becuase i had to fight with the sd card. Thanks mbm and pokey and a1fa you guys all are awesome.

Steve
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
In the kindle app, at least, you can just tap the screen and the menu shows up.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whgarner:
unweildy thread

this thread is getting too long, we need to start threads based on specific problems and solving, i've already started a new thread using windows 7 rooting, credit to rad131304 for this.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] txskeets:
You guys just ROCK! This worked perfectly for me!!! Loved my NC before, love it even more now!!!!!!!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Baka no Kami:
Quick list of a few apks I tried out.

Working

A few that others had tried, Angry Birds, Dolphin browser, Astro for file management.

Cubed music player (works but seems not to detect music on the internal memory, only the microsd)

DropBox

gReader

LastPass (password management)

VLC Stream and Convert

AndroMote

Transdroid

XBMC Remote

Not working

androidVNC (no icon ever showed up)

Remote RDP (Opens, but the menu button drops you back to the home screen)

The Android nook app (I figured a picture of the nook running the nook app would be funny, but it never opens)

Also, a quick warning. At one point when playing around I had an issue where the home screen would crash and refresh constantly. The only thing that fixed it was a wipe, and then I had to root again (although it went much faster the 2nd time around). I'm not 100% sure but I think what started off the home screen problem was doing an "adb reboot" instead of using the power button on the nook.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kelvala:
Baka, nice list. If I was you, I would start a thread of working/not working.

Edit..whoops, already there..man you all are fast!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotShotAzn:
that worked. Thanks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rholm:
I have some apps that worked and then stopped (after I tried new things)... How did

you do a wipe and did it erase any sideloaded books?

Absolutely stellar work here by the guys here.... THANKS!

Cheers,

Rich
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] axe2:
Gapps login

Did anyone solve the gapps login over Wifi issue yet? I saw discussion of it on IRC last night, but wasn't able to follow it to conclusion...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
would a partitioned sd card prevent this from working?

I haven't been able to get it to work and then realized my sd card probably is partitioned....read something about departitioning a card....
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brazimus:
RadioTime: Works Beautifully

Just wanted to add to the "this works too" list, adding RadioTime to the list. Installed it last night, and the streaming quality was excellent, and the speaker even sounded pretty decent.

Nice job all around on the hardware - at least, my unit.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sudermatt:
This whole thread has been moved to the Nook Color Board on xda....

There are many other threads on the board dealing with different topics....look at the top of this page and you'll see the world of Nook Color! or at least how to get there.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirtygreek:
The new Angry Birds Seasons works

getandroidstuff dot com /angry-birds-seasons-android-download-angry-birds/
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingu:
This fixed the issues I was having with two Windows 7 computers, and now the nook works with ADB. Only thing I'd add is before adb.exe remount, type 'adb.exe kill-server'

Thank you again!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PTzero:
Here's the utility I used to write the nooter image to micro SD. It worked well for me on Win7 x64.

https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iconoclastnet:
+1

This works great. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen!

Anyone else find it funny that /rom is mounted rw?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robnix:
Same with K-9 Mail.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rboatright:
massively updated detailed step by step instructions for windows/mac/linux at

nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

with links to detailed ADB_USB installation (very very detailed) at

nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB

and drivers for pokey9000's nooter 0.2 ssh access for windows detailed at

nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_RNDIS

Going there may save reading 95 thread pages.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] br0adband:
It really amazes me that people never alter the forum defaults in that respect. I've got mine set to 40 posts per page so... same thing on Google: 100 results on a page, no more of that click-click-click crap looking at stuff 10 posts/hits at a time. ;)

I've read every post in this thread so far and check it frequently, so I have to add a THANK YOU to everyone involved in the root and continuing development. I plan to get an NC for the Wife for Christmas and this will just make it a far more useful device.