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[Nook Color Android Development] star_jones:
First off. Thank you Gabrial for doing this. You just made my Nook 100% more awesome. Everything seems to be running as it should.

One question for Gabrial or someone else that can answer it. Though I can download apps from the market and they are working, I am not sure where they are ending up. They don't show up in the extras nor do they show up in my file manager. I know when I perused this thread there was some talk about an alternative manager but I can't seem to find the post (big thread).

Can this be solved by some other file manager. I am not sure I am using the correct terminology. To be clear is there something I can d/l (or hack) that would make the interface less like a nook and more like my android phone?
[Nook Color Android Development] mbh87:
Reboot and they will show in extras, otherwise download a launcher like adw, zeam or the like.
[Nook Color Android Development] MikeSpears:
Worked amazingly, super easy and zero issues, unlike getting market on my old White Pandigital Novel lol, and made a great device excellent
[Nook Color Android Development] Mastiff:
Nice that somebody does it easily. I still get the server error from Market. I really wonder if it may be because I live in Norway.
[Nook Color Android Development] seraphim118:
Ive looked around, and maybe I skipped over it, but im trying to figure this out before I start this. If I have 1.0.1 do I need to wipe my nook? I did not wipe before I installed 1.0.1 .. so do I have to do that now before I run auto or what? This is the only part that confuses me...
[Nook Color Android Development] Leo Carpi:
Installing 3rd Party Apps from SD Card

Okay I've read and read, and I rooted my Nook based on the long, long detailed instructions - took forever, but it worked. So here's my question, I did a factory reset, and re-installed my system based on the awesome "auto-nooter" image. However, I can't install apps off my SD card because as you know, the Nook forbids it. Did I do something wrong, do I have to follow the same steps in order to to this again? It used to work, but now it doesn't.

Did I miss something? Dang this is frustrating, I've read but can't seem to find the answer, apart from using the old "adb commands". Since I'm on vacation, and I'm using my notepad, I don't want to screw with my laptop in order to to this.

Thanks in advance!!

Merry Christmas!
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
No, if your NC already has firmware 1.0.1 and you're not yet rooted, you don't need to do a wipe. Unless you want to go back to firmware 1.0.0, then you wold do a wipe. If you want to root your Nook (1.0.1), make sure you use the autonooter specific for that firmware, and not the one for 1.0.0.

PS: Just to be clear, was your NC already rooted when you installed 1.0.1? If no, then do as I say above. If yes, wipe the nook, register with B&N, upgrade to 1.0.1, then root with auto for 1.0.1.
[Nook Color Android Development] Novarider:
If you used auto-nooter you just need to go into nookcolor tools and uncheck then recheck install non-market apps
[Nook Color Android Development] xda_ynwt:
Need Help

Having problem rooting NC. Can someone help me out.

Not bot up at the following steps.. Nothing happen.

5 Plug the USB cable into your computer and your NOOKcolor. (This will boot up the NOOKcolor.)

6 Your NookColor will reboot when it's done.

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] tnpapadakos:
it didnt reboot for me either, but i turned it on after a few minutes, and it had worked
[Nook Color Android Development] SunnySon:
Market issue

Anyone has issue with browing apps on the market? it seems to only display a few apps. and when you search, it says found 405 apps, but it only display like 8 of them.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
My only suggestion is you try to rerun the autonoot and let it sit for a couple minutes before rebooting. You messed up somehow.
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
The moment that the "Welcome to the future of reading" comes up, you must INTERRUPT the boot process by immediatly re-pressing the power button.

If it ever gets to the boot animation, then the counter gets reset to zero.

This is hard to do. If you have adb access to the nook, then the command line version works far better...

http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
[Nook Color Android Development] Mr Uncanny:
Oh man, that's all it took. Thanks a lot!
[Nook Color Android Development] Bandage:
Huge thanks for this!! I'd run the auto configure 10+ times, with no market...this is working 100%!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
I cannot seed any explanation of how to "wipe data" - could you please point me to it?
[Nook Color Android Development] SheldorTheConqueror:
Market not Downloading

I have everything running fine, but the Market app won't download any apps. It will stick at starting download. I ran the autonooter script just like it said. I rebooted the NC just to see if that would change anything. :confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
That (I think) did it because it then said "a new software update is being installed"

I can't thank you enough but I think I'll wait a bit for clear step-by-step instructions. I am not an expert and many of the comments here, albeit well meaning, are incomplete or erroneous.

Thanks again
[Nook Color Android Development] johnopsec:
http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
What do you have to do before using this?

[Edit]:

Any chance you can provide a link for Step 1? I'm sure many people would appreciate this :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
That's where I'm at as well. Everything else works fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] midnightmaraude:
I don't understand why you need to login to the youtube app? Is that what it takes to enable the gmail and marketplace?
[Nook Color Android Development] johnopsec:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
[Nook Color Android Development] edembowski:
Running the Youtube app and logging in is necessary to create the Google account entry in the device's credentials cache.
[Nook Color Android Development] johnopsec:
You don't have to understand. You just have to do it. :D
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
Must you have a youtube account to do this or do you use your Gmail credentials?
[Nook Color Android Development] gripworks:
Thank you so much. With these final additions this is soooo close to being the tablet it can be.
[Nook Color Android Development] Robertjm:
Rooted, but defaulting to B/N interface

OK, so I went back and repeated the steps from scratch with auto nooter. Now, when I go to extras I've obviously got extra apps. Was able to successfully log into my Google account, as well as YouTube.

However, I do not see anyway to get to the normal Android GUI, nor to the Marketplace, which was to be installed with auto-nooter, if I understand correctly.

Is there something additional I need to do beyond auto nooter to get the access, or am I missing something?

Thanks!!

Robert
[Nook Color Android Development] johnopsec:
Yes. If we tell you that you have to do something, you

really have to do it

for things to work right.

Now, go outside and stand on your head while singing the Scooby-Do song for 25 minutes and chewing watermellon flavored gum and eating spoonfuls of toothpaste. Otherwise, the rest of the directions we posted won't work for you.
[Nook Color Android Development] johnopsec:
You need to install the home switcher of your choice. Auto-nooter does not do that. Market should show up in Extras for you now. FYI: "Extras" is the B&N version of the app drawer. Once you install ADW, Zeam or another home switcher, you will have a real app drawer.
[Nook Color Android Development] docfreed:
Let's not be so testy - many of the instructions here are unclear (and many others are asking similar questions)
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
In portrait mode, it only shows 8, but if you turn the NC in landscape, it will load up more apps as you scroll to the bottom of the page.
[Nook Color Android Development] Leo Carpi:
Thanks that helps....but in order to do that...do i have to install a program such as root explore to access system/app directory... is there a way i can access it from a usb connected nook? So all programs have to be copied to that directory in order for them to work? The old system was a pain but you could installed apps from anywhere. Thanks again
[Nook Color Android Development] kendoori:
Gmail Waiting to Sync, Marketplace Apps Stuck on Starting Download

It sort of works for me... You Tube worked initially, no longer. Also Marketplace starts app download and nothing ever gets passed that. Also Gmail is stuck on "waiting to sync."

I am connected properly as Google Talk works (associated with my Google apps gmail account) and a few of my purchased apps show up, but not all.

Not sure it matters, but my gmail is associated with Google apps; however, YouTube is linked to a personal gmail account.

Not sure how to best troubleshoot.
[Nook Color Android Development] niket527:
I used adb to push a file explorer apk to the /system/app directory. But the program doesn't seem to work. Any help?
[Nook Color Android Development] chukostar:
what did I do wrong, I couldn't get it to boot / reboot after I inserted the sd card and plug in USB cable, pls help...
[Nook Color Android Development] Novarider:
You don't see it boot. Just insert the sd card then plug the cable in and it boots but you won't see it. Wait 6 minutes then it should reboot by itself when its done. If it doesn't boot by itself then hold the power button for 15 seconds (to power off the boot from sd card) then turn it on like normal. Once it boots take our the sd card.
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
I just followed the steps and they worked flawlessly! Many thanks!

Is it possible to add newly installed applications to Extras or do they simply have to be accessed through the Market?
[Nook Color Android Development] chukostar:
let me try again... so when I plug in the USB cable with SD Card inserted, my computer (win7) detects both sdcard and NC internal memory, and NC shows 'USB Mode', that's normal, and let it sit for 6 minutes right? it should reboot
[Nook Color Android Development] sueharrah:
I grabbed a free app called Fast Reboot that refreshes system and shows newly installed apps under Extras immediately....

- Sent from my Nook Color
[Nook Color Android Development] Salt72:
Wifi?

Hey guys,

I've run Auto-Nooter twice and both times I've had issues with my Wifi not connecting. Anyone else seeing this?

I didn't see these issues when I originally rooted just using the regular Nooter.

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] bartimeus:
I am having the exact same problem. Anyone know what could fix this?
[Nook Color Android Development] wumpus11:
I thought a working market required a gmail account at the gmail domain, not just any google apps domain. The various guides are emphatic about it, and my own experiences seem to support the claim.

From the NookColor_Rooting page at nookdevs:

When you log in, put in your entire gmail address, it must be of the form xxx@gmail.com. Nothing else works. We really mean this.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
Update Check Original Post
[Nook Color Android Development] king conan:
Thank you for your time and effort!
[Nook Color Android Development] Link3737:
Quick question before I end up breaking something, can you use another Android device as a MicroSD reader? You said specifically not to use a NC, but I mainly use my phone for an SD reader.

Thanks, and sorry if this was already answered earlier, I couldn't find the answer
[Nook Color Android Development] omgdz:
NOOB question: can you add more than 1 gmail account on this thing? Thinking about sharing with my wife so that both of our calendars/contacts/email are available on it.

Great work!
[Nook Color Android Development] Hypntick:
Auto nooter is great, but does not give me the full root control that I need to get things running correctly. Even z4 isn't working for me now. May reflash to defaults and return this thing, I cannot believe it auto-updated and screwed me up this bad.
[Nook Color Android Development] Novarider:
What more do you need that SU access and adb?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
I originally rooted with 2.12.18 on 12/23. I'm not having any problems ATM.

Is it recommended to a complete wipe before running this update script version or has it been tested to run as an upgrade?
[Nook Color Android Development] midnightmaraude:
Merry Xmas all. Need a quick fix. I wrapped up the Judd Nook with utube working. But when I went to show her it looked like it was gonna load but the screen just transitioned back to zeam launcher screen.

What happened. Can I fix this? Thanks all
[Nook Color Android Development] Novarider:
Use titanium bakup to clear the data of youtube.
[Nook Color Android Development] Hypntick:
Well I finally got it more or less working doing the sqlite stuff. Appplanet is loading slow as dirt though. Need to be able to get rid of all the extra stuff included in this noot, marketplace, youtube etc. I did not need any of that nor did I want it.
[Nook Color Android Development] LRiley:
okay first Merry Christmas

my sister and I got one for my mom as I'm pretty tech savvy so I rooted it and it was super easy with market working and all...I just want to kno if theres a way to prevent the keyboard from taking the whole screen when in landscape?
[Nook Color Android Development] beerock:
Merry Christmas XDA! Anyone have a mirror for the 2.12.25 I cannot get it to complete.. :D
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
Merry Christmas to all! :D

Yes. Install the Gingerbread Keyboard in the Themes/Apps section here. Did it myself and it works fine from what I've been able to tell so far. I read everything there (more than once to be sure I didn't miss anything) and it went well. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880068

The latest update to AutoNooter would appear to add the Gingerbread Keyboard. It might boil down to what ends up being easiest for you between the two. I updated the Softkeys and the keyboard manually before the AutoNooter update was out. There doesn't seem to be much reason for me to re-run it based upon the listed changes in the OP.
[Nook Color Android Development] k8108:
Merry Christmas!

I have read and re-read, searched, but have found no solutions to my problem. I have put several android builds on my HDT HD2, but can't quite conquer this.

I have downloaded winimage for my computer (Vista 64 bit).

Downloaded the auto nooter file. Unzipped using 7-zip.

Open winimage.

Navigate to unzipped auto-nooter file. Open.

My winimage program looks different from the image given over at the nook developers site, and I'm not familiar with this program, so I am guessing at the steps I took with this program.

On the tool bar I selected Disk. Selected F drive (the drive with my card reader in it)

Clicked on the icon that says Write Disk under it.

Then I get an error message that says the disk does not support the image size and the image will be re-sized. If I click no, nothing happens. If I click yes, then winimage puts the stuff on the sd card.

The problem from there is that I can not get my Nook Color to format with the disk.

I have my NC completely off.

Plug into connected USB cord.

NC boots up, but goes directly to the NC boot-up screen.

I let it sit for a long time, thinking that maybe it was booting up, but no re-boot. No Android option.

Any suggestions? I'm supposing that the transfer from winimage is the hangup here. I have tried on my 64bit laptop (using winimage for 64 bit) AND my 32bit PC (using winimage for 32bit). Same error message on both machines. I must be doing the process wrong, but just can't see another way.
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
The solution was (in my case) not to use the commercial WinImage but instead a freeware that can be found here...

https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download

Download the latest version and you should hopefully find it to be much easier.

Then after successfully writing the image to the SD, I connected it to the computer and turned the nook off after inserting the MicroSD into the NC. After it had completely powered down, I waited 10 seconds then turned it back on again. I waited several minutes following that and it rebooted having worked 100%.
[Nook Color Android Development] LRiley:
this can help a little

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qly4WUtcDww
[Nook Color Android Development] k8108:
You just gave an old lady the best Christmas present ever!!!!!

I am a 53 year old woman who loves to tinker with her gadgets. I am in awe of all the great talent here and the knowledge freely shared.

Thanks, epakrat75! My NC is up and running and downloading apps as I type.
[Nook Color Android Development] midnightmaraude:
So can the new autonooter go right over the 18 one?
[Nook Color Android Development] timbo1083:
I don't have access to a card reader. I just have mt4g (rooted with recovery) and my NC. I cannot get it to write to the SD card correctly I believe. Am I stuck until I can find one? Or is there a way around this somehow to write these files? I was hoping that I could just use clockwork to mount sd storage. Then I wrote the image and put it into my NC, but it will only boot normal (unrooted). If anyone can help I would appreciate it.
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
Don't try to use the card reader of any phone or the NC. It likely won't work. I didn't specifically have an external MicroSD card reader either. I remembered that I had a microSD to SD adapter and that my notebook had a SD card reader / writer though. Perhaps you have these as well?
[Nook Color Android Development] cnuckols1:
I too would like to know this answer as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
I wanted to know this too so I asked this question above yours but I don't expect an answer any sooner than next week due to the Christmas holiday weekend.
[Nook Color Android Development] GabrialDestruir:
The answer is the same as with all previous versions.
[Nook Color Android Development] cnuckols1:
If you are referring to the question about if we can flash this over the previous version than please answer the question if you know the answer. I have tried to search the post but could not find an answer.
[Nook Color Android Development] here.david:
Merry X'mas...Happy Holidays...and all the PC wording...YES I did the 25 over the 18. However, the instructions needs to be changed....

1 Download Auto-Nooter from here: auto-nooter-2-12-25.img.zip

is, on my download anyways, auto-nooter-2.12.25.img

Seems to be running smoother too...
[Nook Color Android Development] cubstuff:
Need Help / Stuck In Bootloop

Rooted 1.0.0 Nook Color. Sideloaded a bunch of apps and everything has been OK for 2 weeks. This morning my nook updated to 1.0.1. When it rebooted it would not go past the bright screen with Nook Color.

I then tried Auto-Nooter 2.12.25. Now it will still not go past the Nook Color bootup screen, although the screen is different (Not lit up brightly like before).

Also, I can not seem to figure out how to do the factory reset, as it stick at the boot screen.

Need help. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] jewnersey:
hello

i just got my nook color (yay christmas)

im trying to root it;

installed 1.01 update

nooterized my sd card

inserted the sd card

plugged in the nook to pc (is the nook supposed to be on or off (not asleep)

anyway, now its just sitting in USB mode not doing anything, it was on but asleep when i plugged it in.

if i safe remove on pc, usb mode stays active on the nook screen.

did i fudge this up or is it just supposd to take forever..

EDIT:

so i forced i powered it off, and it wouldnt boot with the sd card in it, took it out, reset and boot. and it booted with the custom nook color

screen. i am seeing the android setup business, but the home screen is still b&n's screen rather than the android screen..??? and the gingerbread keyboard doesnt load either.

its like the autonootering doesnt finish. or something?.. should i just leave it for a long time and see if it ever reboots itself?

edit: randomly it worked.. and i just read that i need zeam. word.

still cant get gingerbread keyboard though.
[Nook Color Android Development] jgirard8:
When I try to reset it, it doesn't work... I made a stupid mistake and now I have a big problem!
[Nook Color Android Development] prozac4312:
Just wanted to thank everyone involved with this, my wife opened her Nook Color this morning and following the instructions in the first post of this thread I was able to root it in all of about 10 minutes. A $250 eReader is now a $250 Android tablet...thanks a ton guys. The tutorial was impressively simple.
[Nook Color Android Development] foethalove:
Alright guys, I have a problem. And there is very little info about doing this on a Mac

I have created the autonooter2 sd card using terminal.

My nookcolor is powered off, sd card inserted, nook USB cable plugged in to nook and then computer. (nook symbol lights up on cord), my mac pops up and shows a RNDIS ethernet device

-1 st problem, It says on nookdevs that this RNDIS dialog will pop up and to ignore it...does that mean ignore it, leave it there or click cancel? I have tried ignoring for a while and then clicking cancel.

- It says both here on xda and there that when the autonooter is finished the nook should reboot itself..its been 10 mins this never happens??

any help is appreciated

edit:

alright I just unplugged the USB and turned on my nook and it brought me to the Android setup screen. I skipped the tutorial and sign in and checked both location boxes and then when I clicked continue the screen flashed and it threw me into the normal B&N interface and the nook color user guide automatically popped open and starts flipping pages rapidly. I can close out of the user guide but then it auto reopens :/

edit2: restarted , everything appears to be working alright except I cannot pull up a keyboard in any instance...searching store or through books
[Nook Color Android Development] cubstuff:
I am in the same spot still / Stuck at boot screen. Cannot get to factory reset either. All I get when I try to reset is after a couple times it has the green box where it states installing new software. After software installs, then it is stuck at the color boot screen with the little Android guy in the lower right holding a book. Not sure what to do at this point. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] foethalove:
Same here.

I have been able to do a data clear: holding home +volume up + the nook button and the device resets and clears everything .

But I cannot do the 8 reboot deal to do a factory reset. I turn it off, press power to turn it on, right when I see 'touch the future of reading' I hold power to turn it back off and then it auto turns back on and I hold it again but then it goes straight to the 'n' screen and reboots fully
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
When the "touch the future of reading" goes off, do not release the power off button, keep holding it. The n screen will come on, but if you keep holding the power off button, the n screen should disappear after a few seconds and the nook will turn off. In my experience, when I did the 8 reboots, only the first one turned off the NC completely after the "touch the future of reading" came on while I was holding the power off button. But from the second reboot on, the n screen always came on while I was holding the power off button, but I didn't release it, and the n screen went off each time eventually.

However, even though the way I did it worked, from reading around on these fora the proper way of doing the 8 reboots is as follows:

Turn on the NC, "touch the future of reading" will come on then will go off, next the 'n' screen will come on and it is at this point that you want to press the power off button and keep holding it until the 'n' goes off and the NC turns off.
[Nook Color Android Development] ilcas:
I have a small problem: how do i have the gmail contact list working?

And what about the clendar?