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[Nook Color Android Development] spotmark:
I followed the directions in that thread, and have no problem installing apps directly from my NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] firemanmario:
was able to burn auto nooter to sd card on mac but when booted up NC there is no sign of you tube, market or a keyboard. Followed step by step yet no you tube in apps(rebooted a couple of times to see if apps would come up). Stuck at that point, wiped back and tried again......same results.
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
So you booted from the SD card exactly as described in the Wiki here: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

And when it rebooted after the nooting process it had the new splash screen, Google Apps sign up, etc? I'm thinking you did not do anything at all in reality... Recheck your steps, maybe you didn't really make the SD card, or just simply not following the instructions?
[Nook Color Android Development] sark666:
I rooted my nc when it first came out, I actually didn't want to bother wiping etc and going to 1.0.1

I tried to prevent updates by renaming etc/security/otacerts.zip but it still updated. Now I'm on 1.0.1 . My side-loaded apps are still there, but the majority won't run.

The first instruction in the autonooter steps is to do a complete wipe to update to 1.0.1. Well, I'm on 1.0.1 and obviously without doing a wipe. So is it still necessary or can I just continue with the steps after that?
[Nook Color Android Development] tnvento97:
+1 on looking for an answer about the update situation on a rooted nook. not that re-rooting would be that hard, but if it isn't necessary, then that would be good to know.
[Nook Color Android Development] GoochyPuppy:
Disable USB auto mount; modify /default.prop ?

I've been thinking if you could just make a permanent change to /default.prop it would solve the automount problem (or does the command in init.rc override it? or is some other boot script overriding it?).

From your Nooter script, I extracted the section that edits default.prop .

Do you think it would be as simple as adding this line in your next mods / compile? I know only enough to poke around ... I don't have a cooking environment set up.

mount -o ro $RDPART /mnt

if [ -e /mnt/$RDFILE ]

then

echo "ramdisk /mnt/${RDFILE} found" >> $LOG

mkdir /tmp/rd

cd /tmp/rd

dd if=/mnt/$RDFILE bs=64 skip=1| gunzip -c |cpio -i

if grep "ro.secure=1" default.prop

then

mount -o remount,rw /mnt

cp /mnt/$RDFILE /mnt/$RDFILE.bak

sed -ie "s/ro.secure=1/ro.secure=0/g" default.prop

echo "persist.service.mount.umsauto=0" >> default.prop

find . -regex "./.*"| cpio -o -H newc | gzip > /tmp/ramdisk.gz

cd /tmp

mkimage -T ramdisk -C gzip -A arm \

-d /tmp/ramdisk.gz /mnt/$RDFILE

echo "successfully un-disabled adb" >> $LOG

else

echo "adb already enabled" >> $LOG

fi

umount /mnt

else

echo "couldn't get at the ramdisk" >> $LOG

exit 255

fi

​
[Nook Color Android Development] shawn605:
Ok... I had been using my Nook for about 2 weeks.. Had updated to 1.0.1 manually, and then initiated the flash of Nooter... During the install my screen way completely blacked out... I had no idea it was actually working (there was no indication)...

After about 4-5 minutes it rebooted and I could tell from the new boot animation that it had been changed. Followed the instructions EXACTLY, and everything worked out - EXCEPT - I don't know how to UNINSTALL and RE-INSTALL YouTube which isn't working... I tried moving it out and back in - didn't work.

And... What SHOULD my home key launch (home or softkey?).
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
I used Titanium Backup to clear data for YouTube. That solved the launch/exit issue.

By default, Home launches your launcher. It might give you a choice to choose home or softkey.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Yes, as the other guy said, don't REMOVE Youtube, just clear the data. Either do it in adb, shell, or with Titanium Backup, or even Root Explorer... /data/data/com.google.something.youtube, you'll have to look at the actual path. Just remove the files within.

I think I'm going to edit the wiki in this regard, this removing/reinstalling Youtube is just problematic.

And what the Home key should launch, see here for how I personally set up Softkeys.. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10123761&postcount=275
[Nook Color Android Development] here.david:
8hrs to charge vs 3hrs

On Nookie Froyo 0.5.8 it takes about 3hrs to charge the battery, however, it takes about 8hrs on this rooted version (Auto-Nooter 2.12.25). Yes in the wall plug....Is it something that is only happening to me due to something I installed or are others seeing the same thing?
[Nook Color Android Development] bonzer2u:
Hmmmm. I noticed the long recharge time like yourself but I rooted about 20 minutes after getting my NC. Could the froyo build be charging at too high of a rate?

I guess the more appropriate question might be how does the rooted NC compare to a NON-rooted NC in recharge times???
[Nook Color Android Development] shawn605:
Just wanted to throw it out here... I followed the instructions EXACTLY and it worked perfectly... And for those of you wondering - I was ALSO able to wipe it back to stock without ANY issues.
[Nook Color Android Development] gmanvbva:
Thanks for this. Worked perfectly.

Installed my Apps from the market and was able to watch Slingplayer on my NookColor~
[Nook Color Android Development] ADHurt:
Still having issues with Facebook. I've followed all of the instructions that I could find and no luck. Oh well, I may try to wipe it out and try again.
[Nook Color Android Development] murubaba:
Thank you, thank you

Wow! It's amazing. Never thought that I would be so excited to read news :D replay angry birds and watch a view on Youtube (almost a month since the last time).

Thank you ! Thank you !! Thank you !!!
[Nook Color Android Development] tunwear:
Just rooted. Other than having to reinstall youtube, everything works great. Thanks everyone for their hard work in making the NC a cheap android tablet. ;)
[Nook Color Android Development] ClarkSt:
I can't get youtube to work at all. I don't see the app anywhere, either. Could be I uninstalled it... I don't remember.

EDIT: But, I just found and installed Easy Tube from the Market. Works GREAT! And you can download the clips! Strange that I can't go to YouTube and play the clips, but they work using the app...
[Nook Color Android Development] tunwear:
I can't find the original link that directed me to this, but after I uninstalled youtube (before reading you don't have to actually uninstall it) I found this copy of youtube http://www.mediafire.com/?ql6v72qia20wkh7 . Of course use at your own risk, but it works for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] LPChris:
Did anyone else lose usage of the home (n) key or the volume rockers? My YouTube worked perfectly the first time, but the softkeys app doesn't really work even though I granted it SU access, multitouch on the browser doesn't work, I can't download anything from the market. It's actually fairly useless in its current state.

Anyone else seen all of this happen?
[Nook Color Android Development] scubageek01:
Hi All,

Can anyone tell me how long it typically takes from the time the microSD is placed into the Nook color, plugged into PC to when the device actually reboots. It's completely black and I'm not sure if anything is going on. The first time I did this, the device wouldn't boot up and was stuck at the N. I'm afraid I may have bricked my 3-hour old device. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] bugeyed1:
I agree. Win32DiskImager is just about foolproof! It has one purpose & that is the function we need & there is no learning curve.

Thanks,

kev
[Nook Color Android Development] bugeyed1:
FWIW I deleted Google Talk, in an attempt to clean up my system, & lost the ability to dnld Market apps. After asking on forums & not getting any answers, I re-auto-nootered & all is fixed. I hope!!! At least I have market access back & have not noticed any issues. So it appears that re-nootering does no harm & restores the files that are added during auto-nooter. If anyone has any input on this, please speak up, 'cause using this method to "repair" the system seems like a very usefull tool.

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
My guess is you're not running Softkeys. Set Softkeys as the default Home app, and within Softkeys preferences, set your "real" home app. Here's how I set mine:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10123761&postcount=275

Power off NC, insert Autonoot SD card, plug in USB. At that point it was MAYBE 45s to a minute until it rebooted. You'll see the new boot animation and such. Read the wiki instructions if you haven't... http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

If you need to reset it, here's the instructions: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_UnRooting

You did not brick it regardless. If ALL ELSE, do the 8 power button reset and it'll go back to factory settings. It's basically impossible to brick this device without doing it intentionally.
[Nook Color Android Development] scubageek01:
Thank you for the reply. I managed to do the 8 power button reset and got it back to the original ROM. I updated to version 1.0.1 and redid the process by powering the nook completely off, placed the auto-nooter microSD card into the slot, plugged in USB cable. The N on the USB is green rather than amber, but my nook is completely black and no boot animation for 10 minutes already. What am I doing wrong?
[Nook Color Android Development] aludal:
While there's a Froyo and complete Clokwork recovery is around the corner for NC, I can't stress enough of importance of some "ground" work. Like your cleaning, kev. Hopefully you'd dig deeper and clean out all the B&N apps and running services, just to see how actually fast and responsive this beautiful device is. Of course, it might be done in steps and following the procedure you might try, debug and offer to us fellow Nookers, so it will be reversible with an Auto-Nooter -- or without.

My personal request is finding better (for A2.3?) Gapps, as my NC has no StreetView somehow (after Auto-Nooting; the script and apps there need to be updated -- at least with the "HQ" YouTube app that I have found). But it's just me. An overall "clean the NC" drive must bring smoother HD video, 3D games even on A2.1.

Thank you

fineoils.blogspot.com
[Nook Color Android Development] fyrfyter:
Did you plug the nook into a USB port on your computer? It should restart itself with ease. If not, you can always try starting it yourself. You may have to press the power button a few times but it should work.
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
After opening and closing the flap over my card slot, the flap won't stay closed any more; it appears that the little magnet isn't strong enough or working. Has anyone else had this issue or does anyone have any suggestions for getting it to stay closed?

I realize this is a bit off topic, but likely the participants in this forum will have encountered this issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] gadgetrants:
Oh kev..."not getting any answers"? :confused: I'm deeply wounded.

LOL, no worries. :cool: You did figure it out by yourself. :D

-Matt
[Nook Color Android Development] bwlang:
torrent available for auto-nooter image file?

it's not huge... but the download is really slow 7.8k/sec

code.google.com/p/nooter/downloads/detail?name=auto-nooter-2.12.25.img.zip&can=2&q=

it the original file i'm trying to fetch.

Perhaps someone could seed a torrent, I can't seem to find one.

brad
[Nook Color Android Development] VillainousVivi:
hmm.. so I haven't rooted my nook for a couple of weeks, and had been running it stock. I figured I would give it another shot today, and ran into some issues with the latest autonooter:

1) the "n" button no longer worked after the autonooter

2) the youtube app wouldn't launch to let me go through the steps

3) I had to reset the unit to open any of the "extras" and even then they were extremely sluggish

I was running 1.0.1 before running autonooter 2.12.25 so that was all correct.

Since B&N is giving us sideload abilities with their next update, and the nooting stuff can be a little problematic, I think I'm going to hold off on rooting again for a while. I want to see if an official firmware will give us more functionality when it comes out later this quarter and maybe give you guys that are better at this stuff than I am some time to fix the bugs.
[Nook Color Android Development] firemanmario:
Booted up to android screen and tapped, went to learn how to use your logicpd zoom2 and skipped, skipped set up google acct., selected both boxes for location. Verified wifi connection. Didn't get prompted for home keys and didn't have you tube in apps. Wiped back to reg. settings and tried twice with no change
[Nook Color Android Development] bugeyed1:
OK, Except for your response of course.:o Actually though, you said that it wouldn't be the prudent thing to do, but you did support me in my closing-my-eyes-&-jumping defiance of prudence! :p
[Nook Color Android Development] jimvsmij:
I only have a class 2 Micro SD. Will I have problems loading Auto-Nooter? If i do have problems is it easy to restore my Nook back to factory? If so, how do I do it?
[Nook Color Android Development] jibberishballr:
Need Help!!

I'm on a MAC, having trouble getting the img file onto the sd card. I have a class 4 Micro SD card made by PNY. I am able to use dd to unmount all volumes, but then when i do the command "dd if=auto-nooter-2.12.25.img of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m" I get a "can no find such directory" message. Anyone have any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] skaman77:
AutoNooter registration step

Can someone tell me why it is important to register your device with B&N prior to rooting? Does it give you some extra functionality to the device once rooted or is it required to root?

By not registering, would it prevent BN updates/remote wipes to be pushed to the device?
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
As long as you are patient you should have not problems. You will only have to boot off the card once. A standard restore to factory doesn't involve the card so it makes no difference.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] jimvsmij:
Thanks Homer_S! I'm going to root it tonight! I came back from Best Buy to exchange my nook because it wouldn't keep the micro sd card in without poping it back out. Now I just have to wait that recomended 3 hour for charging.
[Nook Color Android Development] Ev3rM0r3:
I attempted to add the 2.2 market from my fascinate to my nook, obviously it broke the market, would flash when opening. So i deleted the vending.apk or android.vending, whichever, any who the image will not add it back no matter how many times i use the auto-nooter setup. Is there any way to get this thing to reinstall using auto-nooter or can someone copy me out the vending and android.vending whichever it uses. I need the files to get back the market, even though it was limited. Would greatly appreciate it.
[Nook Color Android Development] jibberishballr:
bump...please im stuck here....anyone experienced this....i'd like to get to where i have the autonooter on the micro sd
[Nook Color Android Development] camwinnn:
either thats the original from A-N or its the updated one, but its a working market for NC. If it is the new one it doesnt have the 10 item limit
[Nook Color Android Development] SgtPecker:
for clarity's sake

at what point do I unplugg USB and at what point do I remove the micro sd?
[Nook Color Android Development] spotmark:
When the process is complete, your computer will say that it has found a new device, and can't find find the drivers. At that point, disconnect your NC, remove the SD card, and fire that sucker up.
[Nook Color Android Development] whiffer2:
format the sd card too when done

i would also suggest formatting the sd card asap as well. i made the mistake a couple of times: plugging the sd card back in and at some point rebooting the nook, and all the sudden its trying to auto-nooter again. FAIL by me.
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
It will reboot when it's finished, no need to do it manually.
[Nook Color Android Development] spotmark:
Mine didn't.
[Nook Color Android Development] scubageek01:
Khaytsus is correct. I was freaking out as mine didn't and nothing worked and thought I bricked my NC. He definitely eased my anxiety in an earlier post. Make sure you follow the instructions carefully. Be sure to check the version of auto-nooter is for the version of your NC. My NC was 1.0.1 and I kept rooting it with the auto-nooter for 1.0.0. I finally got it after carefully looking at the file.
[Nook Color Android Development] tblack:
lost

Ok. Help me put it in my terms...

1. download for 1.0.1 Download GabrialDestruir's auto nooter 2.12.25 to desktop (win7)?

2. UnZIP pulls up win32 disk imager...select driver where sd card is located and 2.12.25 file? Write or read? Tried both.

Is that supposed to put it on the sd card.
[Nook Color Android Development] xdaikatanax:
SD Card Issues

I've been trying to root my NC for a few hours so far tonight, and I'm getting stuck putting Auto-Nooter on my SD card. I'm using Linux (Ubuntu), and I had the NC format the SD card after a few failed attempts. Once dd is done, I got a bunch of random files and folders in unreadable text loaded on the card. I've done research on dd to help myself already, but at this point I'm just stumped. The "clean" NC is patiently awaiting a properly setup SD card, but it boots to the standard B&N setup screen every time.

Possible theories:

-my laptop has a built-in card reader

-my SD card is not the right class

-I'm still not using dd properly

-I fail at rooting

Any help would be MUCH appreciated. Thanks!

Update: I've got it to work on a slower 1GB card, but I'm having lots of issues once booted. I've followed the instructions exactly, and I'm on my third try rooting, but the issues are as follows:

1. Gmail doesn't ever load after having performed the YouTube step, and crashes

2. Market says "Service unavailable at this time"

I've read that certain classes of SD cards don't work well with Auto-Nooter, is this confirmed? Neither card has the class printed on it's casing, but one writes around 2mb/s and the other around 5mb/s. Gchat connects, and YouTube does NOT crash, but after playing around with settings for a while I still can't get everything working.
[Nook Color Android Development] bitmancn:
I am not sure this is the right thread to ask my questions. I am a newbie here.

I followed the instructions at nookdevs dot com/NookColor_Rooting to root my nook color. Since it was 1.0.0, I downloaded Download GabrialDestruir's auto nooter 2.12.15 file 15 Dec 2010. Everything seems to work fine after rooting. But I didn't see the nookColor tools. I guess it might be in the package for 1.01 only. So, I enabled the non-market app install through adb (nookdevs dot com/NookColor_Enable_App_install_from_on-device_installers).

The problem I have now is lots of apps I installed can not be found inside extra. The extra only list 20 apps (4/row*5 rows). Even one game (unBlockMe) I installed from market is not found there either.

What did I miss during rooting? What should I access those apps I installed?

Update: I found I can see those apps under extra after power off/on the device. However, lots of them are not working for me, although they are said to work by other ppl, such as ASTRO etc.
[Nook Color Android Development] xdaikatanax:
OK:

Just a heads-up, not sure how I missed this but I figured I'd pass it along, if you wipe your Nook, it gets set back to 1.0.0! I'm in the process of updating it back to 1.0.1, then trying Auto-Nooter again. Will repost if it works...:o
[Nook Color Android Development] scubageek01:
1. Open WinImage (administrator)

2. Click on Disk on the menu then select 'Use disk X' (the removable drive)

3. Click on Disk on the menu then select 'Restore Virtual Hard Disk image on physical drive'

4. Select the physical drive in the list dialog: select from the list, your removable drive for the microSD

5. Find the location of the auto-nooter image file. You have to change the extension to 'All files' to see the .img file

6. Proceed with writing process.

Caution: Be sure you are selecting the removable drive where the microSD card resides to write the image to.

Hope this helps.
[Nook Color Android Development] lec81:
BUMP! I'm stuck here too. Can anyone please provide some guidance getting the auto-nooter 2.12.25.img to the microSD card using a MAC?

Thanks guys!
[Nook Color Android Development] tblack:
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it!
[Nook Color Android Development] fyrfyter:
I had to use ADB to restore the original market from 2.2. For some reason, the Nook does not like to roll back programs, even when you tell it to. I use the ADB wireless program on the Nook, and then run this, to restore it to previous versions. Which ever version of the Vending.apk file you want to use, needs to be in the platform-tools folder of your ADB install. You do all this from a DOS prompt window, within the platform-tools directory of your ADB install.

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system

adb shell mv /system/app/Vending.apk /system/app/oldVending.apk

adb push Vending.apk /system/app

adb reboot
[Nook Color Android Development] barbo:
location services

Is there a way to check and see if location services is enabled? I am not sure whether I did that when I first auto-nootered.
[Nook Color Android Development] exactor_mortis:
Just bought and rooted a new NC. Awesome work, and thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] jtmoney00:
HELP

Not sure what I am doing wrong ----

I write the auto-nooter to the sd card

turn the nook off

sd card is in there with correct files

plug in usb to computer

it just auto boots the nook normally....no root or anything.

it does not sit at a black screen for 5 minutes then boot. Plugging it into the usb drive just boots the nook normally.

any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] jtmoney00:
basically it's not booting from sd card - it's just straight up booting it wth?
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
This happened to me and it turned out I was using the wrong diskimager tool for Windows... you want to use the simple free one linked a bit back ( https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Win32DiskImager) and not the pay version more features one that myself and others have mistakenly thought was the right one...
[Nook Color Android Development] jtmoney00:
which one do u suggest
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
Sorry was searching back for the link which was an indirect reference... https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Win32DiskImager
[Nook Color Android Development] jtmoney00:
That's what I'm using --

It's driving me nuts - I've reformatted and started over several times

I write the files to the sd card -

Turn the nook off

Plug in the usb

then just boots normal. no changes.
[Nook Color Android Development] puppster1:
I had successfully rooted my nook before.. but had to exchange as my last one was defective.. just attempted to re-root my new nook color about 4 times... can't get gmail to sync, market apps stuck at "starting download"

what am i doing wrong?

also don't seem to have the gingerbread keyboard either.. really weird since I had everything working before...

edit: got everything to work except gingerbread keyboard
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
Are you plugging the SDCARD into an adapter on the PC to run the image tool? I heard that trying to do this with the sdcard in the device connected to the PC doesn't work...
[Nook Color Android Development] puppster1:
is it a problem to redo the root on top of a rooted system?

my location based services don't seem to be working either...

so far this 2nd NC is more annoying than my first!

edit: so now gingerbread keyboard appears to be working... but still don't have location based services (i recall leaving that stuff checked, not sure why it isn't working when I rooted it according to instructions).