yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color Android Development] Ptaaty:
Thanks very much for this easy to follow and use process. I can only hope something similar can be followed when 2.2 or 2.3 updates roll around.

Quick tip: If you want to use your SD card again (as a normal SD card)....put it in another device (digital cameras work great) and use format. I didn't see anything that worked quickly in Windows 7 (god mode, disk tools, etc). Otherwise you'll need to download a program on the PC. Camera = 5 seconds, no hassle if you have one.
[Nook Color Android Development] NikolaiT:
Hi. I haven't ran any other hacks besides autonooter, and my "N" button seems to be disabled for some reason. None of the Softkeys (excluding home) work either. Any suggestions?
[Nook Color Android Development] KryptoNyte39:
Or you could just reformat the SD card right in the Nook Color, immediately after rooting so you don't pull the good ol' accidentally reboot with the bootable SD card still in the NC.

Settings -> Device Info -> SD Card -> Unmount SD card -> format SD card
[Nook Color Android Development] Trainboy19:
Thank you. Rooted my NC last week with your tools. Worked great. Had to wipe NC and returned to stock. I had a dead pixel popup tonight. Returned for exchange. Will root the new NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
i may have a soft brick here

tried to upgrade clockwork recovery through rom manager, got stuck in a boot loop

tried the 8x interrupt, no go

tried the method on fixing bootloops in nookdevs, using nooter 0.2, no go

tried using the supernooter disk i made, it stopped looping, but no boot

think i'll return for an exchange too
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Set the Softkeys app as your default Home, and within the Softkeys preferences you set your real home.. You should see Softkeys request su access after that and everything should work.
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
Sorry about this, where do you set this? I had to remove Softkeys for Button Savior to get it to work.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] jkest:
3 questions

2 questions: i see many references to system/data/apps...i have no idea where any of that is so i can't employ many of the fixes that are discussed...what am i missing

also...i downloaded adb wireless...is there a step by step to install applications on my nook color somewhere using this

and finally..i uninstalled youtube before i read the instructions about how to get it to stop closing...is there a way to reinstall....

thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
In the Softkey prefs themselves. You set your primary and secondary home in the "Virtual Home" press and long-press. Whatever is the primary here is what home launcher actually launches.

Look in the thread for the Softkeys app itself..
[Nook Color Android Development] >DARKMAN<:
I believe the youtube problem is the same that i have had on my phone, when you login and then don't logout after you are done, it will force close the next time you use it. I never log in to it and have never had it force close.

just my 2 cents, hope it helps.
[Nook Color Android Development] tigersgt:
I can't find the thread for Softkeys 3.0.0. Anyone has the apk? I am looking to manually upgrade it from the 2.0.2 that came with Auto-Nooter 2.12.18. I tired to install Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 on top of 2.12.18 but the Softkeys hasn't updated to 3.0.0.
[Nook Color Android Development] bdcrim:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860153&highlight=softkeys
[Nook Color Android Development] tigersgt:
Ah...it's under "Nook Color Themes and Apps." No wonder I couldn't find it.

Thanks a lot!
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
The link doesn't seem to provide installation instructions. How do I install it?
[Nook Color Android Development] tigersgt:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857732

You can follow this instruction to install the apk.
[Nook Color Android Development] blackiceuk:
Cleaning out failed apps

Hi

Pre getting marketplace to work I put various Andriod apps on a SD card and they were loaded onto the nook.

So now I have a favourite cafe with working wifi (still not sorted the apple issue) and downloaded the bulk of the apps I needed as per referenced on wiki.

There's a bunch of crap that doesn't work. As they weren't loaded by marketplace how do I clear them out?

Cheers

M
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
returned my NC today and got a new one in return..

:)
[Nook Color Android Development] tnvento97:
i rooted my nook last night and so far it's awesome (my first time rooting anything). everything was working great for a while, then i lost my keyboard. in the running services area of the tools app the gingerbread keyboard pops up every 30 seconds or so and says 'restarting' then goes away. anyone have a fix for this? i searched this thread but didn't see anything that had already addressed this issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
May not help... But I had loaded the gingerbread keyboard and found it didn't come up in some situations, so I went to settings and reset keyboard to initial Multi-touch and all was back to normal for me...
[Nook Color Android Development] califrag:
So i've done this twice now and was a little thrown off at this point.. when it says it will boot up I thought i would actually see something on the screen, it just stays black, but it's still 'working' in the background.

Anyways I've had a couple problems\bugs with both nC that I have used this method on...

Upon first boot, the B&N 'app launcher dock' doesn't work to get to extras. Once I rebooted again it worked.

the Market didn't load all the apps only a small list and has a graphical glitch, some white box at the top (see screenshots). After installing the latest 'new' Market all the apps load and everything is fine.

EDIT: My bad I found the fix for the partial list on the portal..

NookColor Tools works funny (not sure if a bug with the apk itself or what).. when you uncheck the box for install non market apps then exit and reopen, it is checked again, but it blocks non-market installs. To fix I toggled it off and back on, then exited.

Enabling Gingerbread Keyboard broke the keyboard until I reinstalled the gbkb2.1 apk.

I can't access the nC via USB ADB anymore, it worked before but now I can only get in using Wireless adb..

EDIT: Okay I got it working again using this method : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882751

I'm not sure if there are fixes for these in the thread or other reports... didn't bother to search. I've got mostly everything back to working though...
[Nook Color Android Development] tnvento97:
if you don't mind, where did you find that gbkb2.1apk file? was it already on the nook after rooting? i'm trying to figure out how to fix my keyboard without being able to type, ha ha. when i go to settings then keyboard, i get booted out of settings and back to my home screen. frustrating to say the least...
[Nook Color Android Development] mschmitt01:
Nope. Once you have rooted pop out the card and format with your PC. If it says only 39 Meg available pop it in your nook and format it. Should see the full size available again. As for the YouTube issue that people are having, I have a solution. It requires titanium backup. Go to titianium backup and backup the YouTube app. Then long press on the app and choose wipe data. Then exit and launch YouTube. Works perfect.
[Nook Color Android Development] :
I used super manager and the apk was under system then apps then reinstalled gingerbread.apk
[Nook Color Android Development] califrag:
I got it from the Gingerbread Keyboard thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875202

but I think maybe mine is an old version... it works though (i attached mine for convenience but you may want to download the one from the thread)
[Nook Color Android Development] barczakmark:
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but i cannot boot the nook up again after a power down without connecting it to a computer for a few minutes. Hmm... :/
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Have you left it plugged into the charger for a while? Even powered off, the Nook should charge.
[Nook Color Android Development] mimir1:
This is not a major error but more of an inconvenience, when going into Nook Color Tools, All Settings, Development, Auto Mount… When rebooting the Nook this setting goes back to selected. Again not a big issue but wanted to let you know.
[Nook Color Android Development] cutterjohn:
Hasn't worked for me using a crappy old 128MB uSD that I got with Datel Games'n'Music card for my DS lite... (some generic cheapo 128MB card probably, I've been using it w/a SD adapter in my Sony PRS-505 as it doesn't take much memory to store books...)

Wrote the image twice to the uSD and the NC never booted from it, just went through it's normal boot process... (1.01)

I'll pick up a class 6 card somewhere this week or order one online somewhere... been meaning to order a few 8GB uSDs anyways... o.w. all I've got are a few 2GB uSDs that I use with my DS lite... plus the one in my gTab...
[Nook Color Android Development] jleecong:
Thank You... Was getting tired of using ADB for everything.
[Nook Color Android Development] eric2k:
little help

Hi,

so i was in the process of rooting it.

SOMEHOW i get to step 9 it closed the android setup screen.

Then i ended up back at the regular nook home screen looked like nothing was rooted. The bottom menu was un clickable.

so i restarted.

Now i get an endless loop stuck at this screen.

I tried power+home at boot to wipe. Still stuck booting at this screen?

should i try the 8x off before that U screen and then it should factory restore?

Other then that im LOST as **** :(
[Nook Color Android Development] HotShotAzn:
There's a few things you can try like power it off and then doing the power+home+vol to wipe. You can't just interrupt the boot loop with the power+home+vol. It doesn't work for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] markcat:
Do I need to re-root everytime an update from B & N comes

Hi,

Thanks everyone for the great information. I have rooted my nook and loaded various launchers and everything works great. I was wondering if I will need to wipe it clean back to factory and re-root it everytime Barnes and Nobles gives a firmware update. I heard 1.1 is coming soon and later Android 2.2 will come. Is there anywhere around having to re-root everytime?

Also - big request - please include the Ad-hoc network root fix in the next version of Auto-nooter.

Thanks,

Mark
[Nook Color Android Development] jakers204:
Just wanted to say this has made my nook rock. Thanks for all the hard work from everyone.
[Nook Color Android Development] djblitzer3:
Help Please! When I try to use Win32DiskImg it says "Not Enough Space on Disk"..I have a 1GB SD Card?
[Nook Color Android Development] chika_shia:
First of all, i want to say that you guys are awesome! I couldn't wait any longer for the bn android update so I decided to root my nc.

HOWEVER, i ran into a few problems (please forgive the noob that i am...):

Okay, so after setting up my microsd card, I inserted in into my nc and booted it up. Everything seemed well until Step 9: Enable Location Services when given the option. For some reason, that option didn't even show up and I was somehow back on the home screen. I powered off my nook and turned it back on, but nothing changed except the little soft key button was now on the home page.

So then i tried logging into my youtube account and when clicking the "my channel" button, it says "There was a problem authenticating". What did I do wrong? And i noticed that on my extra page screen, there wasn't a gmail or dolphin app icon, only changes were the addition of youtube and softkeys.

What am i doing wrong? And how to fix it? Thanks in advance guys!

Btw, when i click the softkey button on my home page, and try to click on the icons that pop up with it, it says "unable to execute as root". Augh! What did i do wrong? :(
[Nook Color Android Development] ericinva:
Re-posting this question since I've seen no responses yet. Has anyone else tried the Borders app for Android?
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
Take a peek at this person's response. See here for fixes to potential/probable issues.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] ericinva:
Thanks...I guess I was searching thru the wrong thread!
[Nook Color Android Development] xwint3rxmut3x:
What does the card say when you navigate to it? If you've already formatted it once It may only think it has 30mb on it..an easy way to format it is to pop it in the nook, navigate to settings > SD card > unmount and format. Hope that helps
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
It may be an issue with packages.xml a manual edit may fix that.
[Nook Color Android Development] cybergenie35:
Great to know! thank you!!
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
Well, I pulled the packages.xml, and it looks like it wasn't edited. After editing it & then rebooting I'm still getting the same errors.

- Ed
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
The only other thing I can think of is that it may be an issue on Google's side. No one has tracked down the cause of the issue yet.
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
I'm not sure if it's on Google's end. I've rooted before with market access (but with other problems) so I think that may not be it. I'll take a look at the androidID in the db, it may not be generating properly.
[Nook Color Android Development] rbebber:
Got it working great, but youtube wont log in, gmail and market both work though,.
[Nook Color Android Development] NeoOfTheDark:
A question to those who are also having market errors: Do you have another android device (smart phone?) with market access tied to the Google account you're using for your Nook? It might just be concidence, but I just tried to access the market on my Droid Eris and I got the same error message as I was getting on my nook.
[Nook Color Android Development] greenmky:
I do - a HTC touch pro with a custom Android build on it (2.1 I think). I haven't used android on in it weeks though. That's a good thought onto why it's acting up.

I tried pulling and editing packages.xml on a previous boot. It wasn't edited, but editing and replacing it didn't help.

It's working perfectly for me now after running the Autonook_0.8 after the auto-nooter. I'd recommend running this, and then running the Autonook_0.8.
[Nook Color Android Development] NeoOfTheDark:
Maybe I should just retry with the 0.8 auto-config...

Oh, and it was just a coincidence. Market just popped back up on my Eris...
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
Yes it is Mb and I also am moving my photo's/vids as they run faster. Does BN push updates or do you think we'll have a choice?
[Nook Color Android Development] sark666:
I did use a gmail account for B&N registration, but I don't want to link this gmail account with my youtube account. Can I change this in my nook before running all this?
[Nook Color Android Development] rad131304:
This script does not appear to modify ro.build.fingerprint of your build.prop

Read the optional step at the bottom of nookdev's enable android market tutorial:

http://www.nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market#Optional_Getting_Protected_Apps_To_Show_in_Market

adb -d shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb -d pull /system/build.prop
sed 's/^.*ro.build.fingerprint.*$/ro\.build\.fingerprint=verizon\/voles\/sholes\/sholes:2\.1-update1\/ESE81\/29593:user\/release-keys/' /tmp/build.prop > build.prop
adb -d push build.prop /system/
adb -d shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb -d reboot

I got the sed string from: http://muffinworld.net/android/nookcolor/NookColor-Config

HTH

EDIT: We have been looking for a "better" fingerprint, but the Galaxy Tab is 2.2 so I am not personally using it - you can try it out though as it's listed: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871397
[Nook Color Android Development] rad131304:
sqlite3 silly question

Is anyone else getting the following screen when using the Calendar?

I can't see any of the "all day" activities with that bubble there.
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
How Autonooter differs from auto config script

As part of trying to troubleshoot this, I decided to go piece by piece to see what's different between the two sets of modifications. A few people have said that they've been able to get everything working after doing Autonooter then the auto config. I'd like to share my testing results.

I haven't looked at the image files to take it apart at this point, but I did look at the file system and auto config script to check step by step what the differences are. I haven't compared the nc_gapps_framework.zip contents to the file system at this point.

/data/system/packages.xml not edited

"update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';" not set in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

Different market fingerprints:

Autonooter:

ro.build.fingerprint=generic/zoom2/zoom2/zoom2:2.1/ERD79/269:user/test-keys

auto config:

ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.1-update1/ESE81/29593:user/release-keys

I set each of these by hand, with no luck. After that, I tried unpacking the nc_gapps_framework.zip as the script shows. When I rebooted, it wanted me to set up my gmail account even though I had previously set this in Youtube. Sign in went fine, and the 'sync' icon came up in the tray for a minute, similar to what you'd see on an android phone. After that, I was able to launch the market successfully. I've tested installing apps, and it looks good.

I think the problem probably lies in the difference between nc_gapps_framework.zip and what GabrialDestruir is using in his image. I'd work on this further, but it's all working well now so I don't want to take chances!

- Ed
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Chances are Autonook_0.8 didn't do anything and your Market just happened to start working at the given time. The reason I think this is Autonook_0.8 and AutoNooter do the exact same thing, the coding is the same.

The error people get seem to be common with Android devices so it may not have anything to do with the rooting process but issues with a server somewhere.
[Nook Color Android Development] greenmky:
No way. Something else is different. I repeated the manual method at least 5 times, and autonooter 4+ times. Multiple reboots, time while I was sleeping today, nothing did the trick. I ran autonook 0.8 and it IMMEDIATELY worked.

I think edembowski above has found what's different.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Sorry the same line of code is in both. In the AutoNooter it wasn't writing back to the proper file. This should be fixed in the next issues. As for what I'm using in my image I'm using nc_gapps_framework with additional apps (in the next version).
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
Can you talk some more about how you're putting together your disk image? I think there may be a difference between the nc_gapps_framework.zip he has and the one you're using.
[Nook Color Android Development] rad131304:
Ed,

All the changed fingerprint gives you is what google calls private apps (SlingPlayer, Wind Finder, and Course Pro [Paid Version] are 3 examples). If you leave this alone, people will still have access to the market, just not all of it.
[Nook Color Android Development] rad131304:
SUGGESTION: Corporate email and calendar

Do you want to add Exchange Email and Calendar support to it?

download attached zip; then:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb push CorpCal.zip /media/
adb shell miniunz -x /mdedia/CorpCal.zip -o -d /system/app/
adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/*.apk
adb shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb reboot
[Nook Color Android Development] djblitzer3:
I have formatted the card with nook and computer. I transferred the image to the card with WinImage and everything on the card looked right. I then followed the directions for AutoNooter and the Nook boots up normal. So I was thinking it was WinImage and so when I tried to use WinDisk32Img it says 'Not enough Space on Disk".
[Nook Color Android Development] blackiceuk:
Hi

Just to report its all working well. Now have Kindle app on it which is my previous ebook. Looks like I'll be using that for now.

Still have the wifi issue. Anyone solved it?

M
[Nook Color Android Development] naplesbill:
I had the same issue when using the microSD with adapter in my built-in SD slot. I then tried it using a usb microSD adapter and it worked.
[Nook Color Android Development] xwint3rxmut3x:
I had that same problem when using the DD instructions in Ubuntu, everything looked correct, but nook boot normally. When I switched to the windows instructions on Nookdevs it worked fine. (using my microsd / SD adapter and dedicated SD card slot) I'd try Naples instructions and see if that works for you.
[Nook Color Android Development] djblitzer3:
OKAY...I used a different computer and it worked just fine. How frustrating! Anyways, Thanx everyone.
[Nook Color Android Development] shawn605:
Most issues, as I read it, appear to be from NOT following the instructions... So as I prepare to do this, I'd like to clarify a couple things..

I've been using my new Nook Color for about 2 weeks. I've created a B&N account, and "assigned" this device to it. I even updated to 1.0.1 (which appears required).

The instructions say I need to wipe?

Will wiping drop my 1.0.1 update? (So I have to wipe and THEN update)?

Will wiping drop my pre-entered B&N info? (So wipe and then re-enter)?

Can I simply do the wipes and proceed since I've already been using the device and updated to 1.0.1?

--------- AND -----------

I can UNROOT *completely* back to factory doing this :

Factory Reset wipes /data

8 Failed Boots wipes /system
[Nook Color Android Development] SoFresh99:
First of all I want to thank EVERYONE involved in making this auto-nooter. So simple, took me 5 minutes while being bugged by a 2 y.o., so not much concentration needed either. Now I need help with non-market apps.

I had the 1.0.1 update and used the appropriate Auto-nooter and I do indeed have the "Allow non-market apps" checkbox. It is checked. Even if I uncheck it it re-checks itself on boot and randomly, so unchecking it is not the problem. The problems is that I cannot install sideloaded apks. I wised up and bought Root Explorer so I could change the permissions on my System\apps to even allow me to paste the APK on there since it was erroring when I was trying to run it from the SDcard. But it still won't load the APK from there, permissions aside. It says that I cannot install non-market apps.

Additionally Titanium Backup (su granted) is telling me that I cannot back up my apps b/c "Your system settings will prevent you from restoring applications" and that I should check an "allow unknown sources" checkbox in the applications page of my phone- lol.

I am assuming that these are two sides of the same coin?

Help would be most welcome, additionally if the answer is that ""this pie ain't baked yet", that's ok too.

Also the auto-nooter has replaced the keyboard in my regular B&N browser (chrome I think) and I hate that I can't see the page that I am entering data into if I have a form to fill out, is there another option?

Thanks so much in advance.
[Nook Color Android Development] spotmark:
I believe this is the answer you are looking for.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857732
[Nook Color Android Development] xwint3rxmut3x:
If you are using autonooter and you haven't rooted yet, you do not need to wipe. Just make sure you the most current version of autonooter since you're on 1.0.1
[Nook Color Android Development] SoFresh99:
Thanks, I did read that entire thread before posting. In that thread no one appears to have ended up successfully installing their apps. I am downloading the SDK to try it via ADB now but it seems that the one of the features of the 1.0.1's auto-nooter was this "allow non-market apps" checkbox that should let me do this without a ton of hoop jumping.

It doesn't address the issue of my Titanium error, which I think is the same "permissions on the file system problem."