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[Nook Color Android Development] jmoch2:
Great work everyone. I've rooted mine, my brother's and my dad's nooks (all three were Christmas presents). The only question I have that I'm not sure has been addressed is the stock contacts app on the nook.

Before rooting, my brother had linked his contacts to his gmail account and they were listed. I rooted mine right out of the box (couldn't wait) and I cannot get my contacts to import using the stock app.

Also, the email app that is added correctly connects to my exchange server but I do not get any options to import contact or calendar. It would be nice to have a calendar/contact option with the email since I'm not good at memorizing addresses.

Any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] Filiab:
Hey guys, been scanning through the thread to try and find others with my same problem.

I consider myself fairly technologically competent :P I've rooted and messed around with my Desire and Hero problem free. But the issue im having with the NC is a little strange.

I am using a Lexar USB Card reader for the MicroSD, I succesfully wrote the .img to the card. I put the card into the NC, plug in the USB to my PC and then it just forces it to boot up normally. Can't seem to be reading anything from the SDcard, doesn't seem like it's trying to install any software from the card.

Any suggestions? Could it be as simple as buying a new card?

Thanks guys!
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
The thing is, remember that auto-nooter doesn't run the NOOK's operating system, it's running an OS that was booted off of the sd card, so as a result, if it ran the busybox install, it install it onto the autonooter sd card, not onto the nook.

What we need is someone to write a "followup" app that asks a bunch of questions... "do you want this, do you want that" and makes the changes....
[Nook Color Android Development] jmoch2:
I used a new card to root mine problem free (8gb class 4). However, my brother and dad wanted me to root theirs and I had alread reformatted my card and was using it for music and such on my nook. So I pulled out an old 64mb micro card and did the same process and had the same problem you did. They would just reboot without running the autonooter.

I reformatted the 64mb card over and over using a couple different utilities and nothing. So, I formatted my 8gb card and re-winimaged it and it worked flawlessly.

So, I would try getting a different card.

Hope this helps!
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
It is not your card. You are not getting the card written correctly.

try following the instructions on this page: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
The files will not FIT on a 64 meg card. You need a minimum of 128 meg
[Nook Color Android Development] Filiab:
That site was the initial instructyions i tried to use at first anyway. I think something may be wrong with the card though. I tried to write the img file again a second time, but it wouldn't. Just said "Done"
[Nook Color Android Development] jmoch2:
Wow, I didn't see that anywhere on the OP, so I didn't know. Thanks for the heads up. I can remember my first computer only had a 128mb hard drive, now a 64 mb sd card is too small. Crazy! How things have changed.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
How to tell if your sd card was burned correctly

Many people are having trouble burning an sd card that works on the nook color. This post lists troubleshooting steps.

You must have at least a 128 meg micro sd card.

you must UNZIP the aut-nooter img zip file you downloaded

the img file that results will be 65307 kb.

you must burn the img file to your sd card using dd or win32diskimgager this program is much easier to use and free, and simpler than winimage.

After you have burned the sd card, take it out of your pc, and before you put it into the nook, put it back in your PC. It should appear to be a normal sd card, and it should look like the folders below.

If it doesn't look like this, you didn't burn it correcctly yet. Go back to step 1 and check everything you did again.

(Note: there's a second partition on the card that does not show up in windows. That's where the rest of the stuff is. You still need a card > 64 meg even tho this looks smaller.)

It is very VERY unlikely that you can burn the sd card using a phone, an mp3 player, etc etc. you need either a built in sd card reader/writer or a usb sdcard reader/writer. Walmart sells these for under $10.

unless you are using a card smaller than 128 meg, it is almost certainly NOT the cards fault.

Try the burning instructions at http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting. They are very detailed for mac/linux/windows
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
That's not the card's fault.

See the post below with trouble shooting steps. Look at the directory of the card, if it didn't look like that one I posted, it isn't burned correctly.

Use win32diskimage instead of winimage. It's MUCH better.
[Nook Color Android Development] crippus:
hello,

I am fairly computer literate and my nook color already has the 1.0.1 software. My question regarding auto-nooter is if I already have that version of software on there can I just do the auto nooter or do I still need to wipe the nook clean? I ask because I have about 800 books I have sideloaded and don't want to have to go through that again(i.e. calibre, redownloading the books etc...). Also, I have a 8gb micro sd card installed, but not used yet. Can I unmount the sd card to use for auto nooter? And once it is rooted, do I need another sd card to expand the storage?

Thanks

Craig
[Nook Color Android Development] attackpilot:
Quick question...

If I root my Nook Color, do I still have access to the apps that are B&N NC proprietary (i.e. Bookshelves, library, lendme, extras, shop, etc)?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
Yes. I've created shortcuts to them in my replacement home screen / launcher (set as default too) as well as installed the "Home Switcher" app to easily switch between the B&N Launcher and my home screen / launcher replacement at will. Tried it all and nothing was broken / unavailable in my case. :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] digitalicecream:
You can use ADW EX and have the best of both worlds.
[Nook Color Android Development] digitalicecream:
Suggestion: Button Savior instead of Softkeys

http://www.appbrain.com/app/button-savior-(root)/com.smart.swkey

Sits as a side pullout menu overlay on every screen of the nook and works like a charm, works with ADW EX without interference. I never was able to fully understand how to use softkeys (that may be my limitation however and not the devs).
[Nook Color Android Development] smashingtool:
Alright, this ADWLauncher not only fixed my problem, but fixed my next question, which was how to make the home screen the same as an android home screen.

Now my next question is how do I make the icons fit more densely on the screen? It seems like there is enough room between icons to fit 1-2 more icons, but it wont allow me to do this.

Also, I have had an iPhone since the original launch, and while I definitely intend to swap to Android and Verizon this coming summer when my contract comes up, I have very little experience with Android as a whole. I would never have known about ADWLauncher. If anyone has any other tips, suggestions, or must have apps, please forward them my way, as i would be very grateful.

Thanks everyone!
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
No need to wipe clean. Since you've already upgraded to 1.0.1, make sure you use the autonooter designed for firmware 1.0.1. You don't need a new sdcard, you can recycle the one you use for rooting after you've rooted your NC and reformatted the card to get rid of the autonooter image. If I were you, I would backup all data on sdcard, format it, write autonooter image to it, root NC, reformat sdcard (you can do this easily in NC), put backedup data back onto it and back in the NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
Ok, you need to make changes in ADWSettings. When in ADW.Launcher screen, tap the icon in the status bar sitting to the right of the upward arrow in the center (that is, the icon with the 3 horizontal bars inside a circle). A window will slide up, select the 'More' tab, then select ADWSettings. And then you can do all sorts of customizations on how Launcher and the Drawer will look on your screen. Specifically, to make icons denser, select Screen preferences, then in Desktop Layout select Desktop Columns and Desktop Rows: each will lead you to a status bar that you can move all the way to the right (giving you up to 8 icons per column or row, and this is what I personally have it at). You can do the same with the Drawer by tapping on the Drawer Settings tab.
[Nook Color Android Development] antoniouslj:
Okay, I did this on my mothers NC... everything works except ADB.

ADB works through my laptop on my NC, Nexus One, and my wife's Vibrant.

Titanium Backup fails to get SU.

Terminal Emu gets SU, but throws error: "shell: not found".

Help Please?!
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
You may want to get

AppBrain App

from Market: it does a better job at finding apps in Market.

Dolphin Browser HD

, much better browser than B&N stock browser.

Advanced Task Killer Free

to force close apps when too many are open and to make the system run smoother.

Screen Filter

to set the brightness lower than allowed now by NC (great for reading at night in bed without disturbing sleeping mate).

Astro

to manage files in your NC and do backups of installed apps (will come in handy if you have to wipe and restore everything).

Adobe Reader

which has much better functionality than stock pdf reader on NC. And

Dictionary.com

,

Facebook

,

xda

itself to keep up with this very thingy here, and so on and on...
[Nook Color Android Development] smashingtool:
Oh, also, i don't know if this is an issue with this install of the market, or if the market is always like this for everyone, but why are all categories and searches limited to 10 items? why can you not keep scrolling down the most popular games or productivity apps or w/e? seems like you need to know what you are looking for in order to find it, unless its part of the top 1% in popularity.

edit:well apparently someone answered my question while i was posting it! thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] zappaziz:
Did you update your busybox in Titanium? I got the same error, clicked problems, allowed Titanium to update busybox. All good from there.
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
You have to turn the NC in landscape mode to be able to do that. For some reason, it doesn't let you scroll in portrait mode.
[Nook Color Android Development] jonnyjonjon:
I did read the directions, but...

Ahoy all. I did read the original instructions, and am well-aware that a usb card reader is supposedly necessary to re-image the microSD card, but why wouldn't the following work?:

-push (using ADB) auto-nooter-2.12.25.img to the /data partition of a rooted Android phone

-open terminal emulator on the phone and run "mount" to see how the microSD is mounted (let's say "/dev/block/vold/179:1", since that is what showed up on mine)

-unmount microSD via Android settings menu

-back in the terminal emulator on the phone, run "dd if=/data/auto-nooter-2.12.25.img of=/dev/block/vold/179:1"

*scratches head* I tried that, but when I installed the card back in my Nook color and plugged it in, it simply booted into the normal Nook Color interface. On my computer, I could see the two auto-nooter partitions and the nook color partition all mount.

I'm guessing the sd card just doesn't have the bootable flag set, but I wonder why using dd from the Android terminal emulator shell wouldn't do the same thing it would on a Linux pc with a card reader... anyone know?
[Nook Color Android Development] s0nathan:
Thanks so much. I've got a rooted nook! My microSD capacity is however reduced from 4 GB to 40 MB. Anyway to get my size back?
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
With the NC ON (make sure it's ON), insert the microSD card. Go to Settings, Device Info, SD Card, Umount SD card, then Format SD card. Now you can Unmount the card again and remove it from the NC. And you're back to the full size.
[Nook Color Android Development] smashingtool:
I had this problem as well. Formatting it with the normal explorer interface did not work. Go to Control Panel-> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management, and then format the uSD card from there.
[Nook Color Android Development] antoniouslj:
That fixed Titanium, but adb still isn't working. :-/

Also, I'm getting a lot of wigging out in the mounting/unmounting department when I connect either my NC or my mother's. Anyone else having issues with this?
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
Not an expert here, but was able to get up and running by carefully following instructions in the link below:

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB

Also, while setting up ADB on the computer did you at any time do the thing about the adb_usb.ini file which should contain 0x2080 (Explained in 'Patch the USB driver files' in the link above)?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
I imagine you may have misunderstood my post? I already am using an alternative launcher like ADW. I already have the best of worlds. Sorry for not being more clear. :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] zappaziz:
If italiano1964's suggestion doesnt fix it for you check out xboxexperts scripts for setting up ADB. I got lucky and got mine working right off the bat but some have had success with his setup. Good luck!

[SCRIPT] Nook Color USB Drivers and ADB Setup (WinXP&7)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=882751
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
1) You can just do it.

2) you will not lose access.

3) you can use that card.

4) after you use it, wipe it using the nook itself

5) procedures detailed at nookdevs.com
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
yes -- no change to any of that.
[Nook Color Android Development] rboatright:
A more interesting question would be how to use the nook to write the sd card to root itself.... :-)

Seems kind of unlikely. You have an already-rooted nook at your disposal.
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
I have been doing this the whole of three days with 2 different cards on two different systems and with one annoying outcome: an unrooted NC.

I'm following the instructions both on here and in nook devs word for word. I don't understand what could be wrong.

A question though: After I turn off the nook and put in the SD that's been flashed, all i have to do is plug in the usb right? That's what it says in both guides but i feel like I'm doing it wrong....so frustating
[Nook Color Android Development] bonzer2u:
Yah it should power/boot up off of the SD in that case..... and reboot when its finished, i disconnected the usb during this post-nooter reboot..

Are you sure the SD image is the correct version and written correctly?
[Nook Color Android Development] rsptexas:
If you use Windows and ever need to reformat an SD card... you should googlle for and download the "HP Format" tool for SD drives . . . it is an "essential" Windows SD tool that has been around for years, and looks idential to the old Windows format utility but unlike the Windows utility, it will reformat SD cards to their original capacity.
[Nook Color Android Development] jmoch2:
Bump
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Yeah...I'm starting to think that it's because I flahsed it using my android phone. Shame that it didn't work cause now i have to buy a SD card reader/writer :(
[Nook Color Android Development] s.revenant:
Differences from autonooter 2.12.18 to 2.12.25?

I ran autonooter 2.12.25 last week, but have had only minor success -- I downloaded an app and after it installed the nook rebooted and "restored" everything back to how it was after the initial root was complete--loosing all of my settings and other data. And other apps crash, I cannot get gmail to link up, etc.

I figured I'd see if anything had been updated. What all does the .25 fix vs the older version?

Also, do I need to run through the wipe-n-load to get to it, or can I just boot my 1.0.1+2.12.18 with the 2.12.25 auto-nooter to get the "latest"?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
The instructions in the OP say this won't work. Why would you try it / expect otherwise? :confused: You don't have a built-in sd card reader in a desktop / notebook computer of yours that you could use? However, you may also need a MicroSD to SD Adapter. I did it this way and it worked for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] KeithLM:
I'm very confused about a few things after having done this.

First, where are apps that I install? I went to the market, installed apps, and was able to open them via the notifications after they installed, but I don't know where they are. Under Extras I have a bunch that were installed by Auto-Nooter, e-mail, gmail, youtube, etc., but where are my new apps? When I hit the little arrow thing and the bar with the icons comes up the house icon doesn't do anything. The n button always takes me the main nook screen.

Second, how do I sync contacts? For some reason I have only three random contacts when I look under contacts, and when I compose messages in gmail it's not offering up any contacts. Also, where can I change, add, etc. accounts?

Update: After rebooting my apps showed up. Is this normal? Do you have to reboot every time you install apps?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
In order to see / run any newly installed apps from the market, you must install a home screen replacement / launcher app such as ADW, Zeam, etc. Then they will become available from the app drawer. You can also reboot after each install and they should also become available from the extras section.
[Nook Color Android Development] KeithLM:
OK, added Zeam and got that sorted out. Still no contacts and calendar isn't syncing up either.
[Nook Color Android Development] capnron65:
yep, reboot

Yeah, that has been my experience

Ron
[Nook Color Android Development] capnron65:
Noob question...

Installed Adobe Reader...how do I get pdf's to open up with Adobe Reader and not the stock reader? I tried just renaming Quickoffice _Viewer using Root Explorer, but they don't open...it just says it can't find the path to Quickoffice_Viewer.
[Nook Color Android Development] Bobb_o:
http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM

I can do method 2 instead of method 1 correct?
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
I was having the same issue. Maybe the files have to be saved in a particular folder in order to be accessed by Adobe Reader. I solved the problem by downloading Dropbox onto my Nook Color from Market. Put the pdf files in dropbox on your computer and they will show up in Dropbox on the Nook Color. When you tap on the pdf file, it will be dowloaded to the Nook color and then you will be presented with the option to open it with either Adobe, Quickoffice, or the BN reader.
[Nook Color Android Development] richg0404:
Well I studied the thread, digested what I read, and finally took the leap. It worked great. A couple of little glitches, but a couple of reboots and it seems that everything is working. I haven't tried youtube which seems to bee a sticking point for many but I can do without that for the time being.

There was a post a little while ago about disabling something to save battery life. Is there a script to run that will do this easily, of could someone point me to some clear instructions ?

Thank You to all of you who worked so hard on this, it makes my Christmas present even better.
[Nook Color Android Development] Filiab:
So got this thing rooted, really was a breeze. My family was amazed my cousin and mom picked one up this evening. Thanks to all those who worked on it and those helping out!

Just a few questions:

What are the optimum settings everyone is using for Softkeys?

Also softkeys, how do I get rid of that back button (or place it somewhere a little more practical)?

What has everyone been doing first thing since root? I've rooted my Desire and magic but I feel that this is a whole new ballgame. So what have you guys been doing to mess around?

Also, on the lock screen, there's a green little circle a little off from the swipe area (it is not a dead pixel as it is only there during the lock) - any suggestions?

THanks guys!!
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
There's also an alternative to Softkeys called "Button Savior" available from the Market. Try both and use which ever one suits you best. :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] italiano1964:
The little green circle is the minimum target you have to reach with the swipe button in order to unlock the NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] bluesk1d:
First off, this is awesome! A couple quick questions:

How do you get the calendar to sync?

If I plug in the usb to a computer, the nook basically freaks out as if I am plugging and unplugging the cable over and over. The SDCard icon also flashes on the screen. Is there a way to mount the sdcard via usb again after using this process?

Once you set the default home button action to ADW or other loader, how do you clear that default and set it to stock or some other loader like Zeam? That option is found in the normal Android settings but isnt present in the Nook build.

Is there a way to apply a wallpaper without having it look like crap? The standard android wallpaper setter mangles the images and doesnt properly resize/apply them.
[Nook Color Android Development] KeithLM:
I went into gmail, and then went to the accounts menu, from there I re-added the account I was already using for gmail. When I did that it presented me the option to sync the calendar. Now my calendar works. Still only have three random contacts in my contacts app, which as a whole appears completely useless to me, and when I compose e-mails I don't have any access to contacts so that's a giant pain in the ass.
[Nook Color Android Development] capnron65:
Originally Posted by capnron65

Thank you for the response. I will try that. Still curious though...is there a way in android to associate file types to programs - similar to windows? I'm already in WAY over my head and wouldn't know where to begin.

Ron
[Nook Color Android Development] aschneid:
If you have a Fry's locally, they have a SIIG reader that is $8 with an $8 mail in rebate. I grabbed one yesterday because my existing one did not support SDHC.
[Nook Color Android Development] stealthkk:
Root not working

I've followed these instructions to a -T- and for the life of me i cant get the root to work. When i pop the usb cable in, the nook starts and just boots as normal. I've double checked the files from the .img file are in fact on the card. I used my droid eris to write to the card with winimage and it says it's successful. One odd thing, however, is that if i go into the nook settings, it claims it cant read the card (it's corrupt), but on my computer it works fine. I've done the same steps outlined here over and over and over with different cards, trying to format the card first, i've tried everything.

Has anyone come across this and can anyone help?! :confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] bluesk1d:
That worked great with getting the calendar sync!
[Nook Color Android Development] gadgetrants:
I'm really puzzled that no one has mentioned this: DROP Winimage and use Win32DiskImager instead. It's so easy a baby could do it. :) Oh, and you know you need to use a standard card reader, not a phone.

https: //wiki.kubuntu.org/Win32DiskImager

Details at: http ://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

Sorry about the URLs, still don't have enough posts yet! :mad:

-Matt
[Nook Color Android Development] Filiab:
Couple of new questions:

How do I reduce the spacing bewtween rows on ADW EX Launcher?

How do I restore the scroll bar when viewing specific catagories in the Market ? I can scroll through catagories, but I can't view more than 15 in each catagory (I know there is more, I can see them on my Desire).

Can we get Adobe Flash working on these?

Thanks guys!