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[Nook Color Android Development] Fulicolor:
I had the same problem until I realised that the auto-nooter file has to be in the top level of the mac hard drive. So if you mac drive is called OS X then just put it in there. Do not put it in the 'users' or 'home' folder. It took me a few times to work this out, but now I have a rooted Nook Color which is almost as good as a full Android Tablet
[Nook Color Android Development] Colornookuser:
Unable to use color nook when plugged in.

I successfully rooted my colornook and it works great. My only minor issue is that before the root I could use the colornook when it was plugged into the wall charging. Now it does alot of crazy things if I try to do anything while it is charging. Is there a way to be able to use the color nook while connected to a wall plug or connected to a computer.
[Nook Color Android Development] spotmark:
Well there's your problem. You bought one of those cheap Chinese knockoffs. If you had bought the real deal, it would be a Nook Color. :p
[Nook Color Android Development] puppster1:
any help on getting location based services turned on without re-doing the entire data wipe and reinstall?

i've already gotten everything else working, as well as installed a new launcher.

what's this "root explorer" thing everyone keeps talking about though?

Thanks in advance guys, I know that this isn't necessarily the place to be asking.
[Nook Color Android Development] supersoulfly:
I used a class 2 SD card to Noot mine. There was no problem getting it to nooter the Nook.

HOWEVER, formatting the card after was a big headache. There was only the 40mb of data that was partitioned that was available on the 32gb card after I nootered. I should have been able to format it on the Nook and removed the partition. The Nook wouldn't format the card and kept telling me the card was damaged. I tried formatting it on my android phone, my P.C., both with no luck. Neither would remove the partition. I finally was able to format it with my camera though.

I don't know if it had anything to do with it being a class 2 card. But that was my experience.
[Nook Color Android Development] gadgetrants:
I ran into a similar problem the first time I rooted the NC. Windows people can use Easus Partition Manager (http://www.partition-tool.com/) to get their sdcard back to full size. It's free and pretty easy to use. Just DON'T use it to reformat your hard drive, LOL! :D

-Matt
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Really? No.

POWER OFF the Nook Color

Remove the SD Card

Power on the Nook Color, let it finish booting

Put in the SD Card

Go to Setting->Memory Card

Dismount the card if mounted

Format card
[Nook Color Android Development] turdbogls:
Flowed the directions and now the wifes NC I'd my new best friend.
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Wat.........
[Nook Color Android Development] gadgetrants:
Hmmm...then I'm wondering if maybe I misread the question. I figured:

meant he succeeded in rooting, which means he rebooted the Nook without the card inside and:

meant he put it back in after rebooting, but got the error message.

-Matt
[Nook Color Android Development] gadgetrants:
I think that's the new English. You know, like new math.

-Matt
[Nook Color Android Development] iloveflynn:
Quick question.

So I have the img file in the win32 disk imager, but I don't know what to do next.. I'm clicking on the "device" drop box, but it's not working. :confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] puppster1:
Anyone? Is there a way to get to enable location services? I keep googling and see posts saying to get into settings to enable it but I don't see it anywhere... could someone help?
[Nook Color Android Development] xdaikatanax:
Wow. So the rooted NOOKcolor? Freaking AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! Done through Ubuntu (eventually), and it's surprisingly easy to do.

A few things I learned:

1. Pay close attention to what you type in dd, and use Disk Utility to find name/location of SD card

2. After performing a wipe, then installing 1.0.1 (which means registering through B&N), simply power off and throw in the SD card - I don't know why, but I kept thinking that I needed to start the rooting process from a completely wiped Nook. Perhaps this bit can be added to the instructions?

3. PNY SD cards didn't work for me. I have no idea why, but a class 6 PNY card wouldn't properly format, unlike my class 4 generic that came with my phone.

Anyway, I think this is the tablet to beat. CES has nothing on this "little engine that could".
[Nook Color Android Development] staciedaisy:
just for the people lurking, i was getting a sd failed to mount while trying to perform a nandroid.

I rebooted, opened nook tools>settings>sdcard>unmount>format

now my nandroid is in process! :)
[Nook Color Android Development] vatk:
Guys, thank you very much for your efforts to make nook color our best friend.

A quick question.

I successfully made the process and everything went fine after a few problems.

Now, when i try to install a downloaded .apk that i have thrown in my nook (i haven't installed yet a microSD card) it says "downloaded apk can't be installed".

Do you know what is the reason for that?

* Market works well and i can install everything from there.

Thank you in advance for any help!
[Nook Color Android Development] justmosing:
Do I have to wipe my Nook before updating to 1.0.1?

I just wanted to find out the reasoning behind wiping the Nook before updating to 1.0.1? I manually updated it to 1.0.1 (copying the file from pc to nook root directory) without wiping, so should I do a hard reset and de-register it and then re-register? Or is that not necessary and I can run autonooter now?

I read a little more, no one explicitly said this but it seems that the complete wipe is only necessary if I had 1.0.0 and the Nook Color was rooted.
[Nook Color Android Development] jwortiz:
Does Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 affect in-store features?

Hi,

I recently ran Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 a last weekend without a problem, but then I read elsewhere that rooting may affect in-store features. Although those folks were using a different method to root, has anyone reported the same problem(s) with Auto-Nooter? I haven't been to the B&N store yet to confirm. Just curious...

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] EasyEJL:
Does anyone have a guess as to whether doing this will make it difficult/impossible to install the official Froyo update from B&N once it comes out?
[Nook Color Android Development] likearaptor:
From all the times I have tried Auto Nooter it does remove all in store features, except you still can connect to wifi, just no promotions or in store reading
[Nook Color Android Development] jwortiz:
:eek: If it's not too much of a hassle for the powers that be on this thread, can this be fixed? Maybe add it to the STILL NEEDS section of the first post? I was hoping to check out these features at my local B&N.

Thank you.
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
Yes please!
[Nook Color Android Development] KidVulcan:
Just got a Nook Color

Just tried your Auto-Nooter

and just signed up so I could say, thanks:) It worked like a charm
[Nook Color Android Development] supersoulfly:
I realize most people just formatted their SD card in their Nook. The process didn't work for me. The Nook did not like my SD card for some reason. I tried to format it with a Nook and I kept getting an error message telling me it was damaged.

Was just retelling my experience with a Class 2 card. By know means was I making any claims to why this happened.
[Nook Color Android Development] jwortiz:
Hmmm... Don't know where my post went...trying again.

Try sdcard.org. They have an SD Formatter tool and see if that helps.

good luck...
[Nook Color Android Development] supersoulfly:
I was able to resolve my problem weeks ago. I was just recounting my experience to a person that had questions about using a Class 2 card.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
+1. Any updates on if this is possible or not?
[Nook Color Android Development] FJnook:
Sad - My nook got bricked

I knew there was a chance for this to happen so I am the only one to blame but I thought I would share with you guys taht I followed the directions and my 2-days-old nook got bricked... Not sure what to do with it now! The prospects of rooting my nook was worth the risk. RIP Nook...
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
It is not bricked. Try starting here: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_UnRooting
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
sorry for the too quick post
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
thanks for this. i am rooted, connected, it is working well. I downloaded the kindle book reader, which is one reason i wanted this. However, I know I am missing something very obvious... where the heck is the app once it is downloaded. My home screen does have this app, all it has the nc screen with books. and it is not in extras. thanks, and sorry for being so dumb...
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
nvm. read about 15 pages, found a launcher, didn't realize i needed one. tried zeam, saw a mention of that, and I am good! you guys are great!
[Nook Color Android Development] SpenserS:
First off this is awesome and thank you! Second...So I just ran the auto nooter and everything is working pretty well except...the live wallpapers arent working, I have no gingerbread keyboard, I tried downloading an image from the web to use as the background instead and it doesnt allow it. Is this normal? thanks again!!!

Oh and literally as I was typing this post it just rebooted on me...weird?
[Nook Color Android Development] TT01:
My Nook unrooted itself!

and took itself back to 1.0.0!!!!

It was just sitting on my desk overnight. I went to turn it on and was given the choice of what to use for my home screen. I had previously installed Zeam so I chose that. Force closed (after a long while of no response). So I rebooted and chose softkeys the next time and got the message that softkeys was unable to obtain root permissions.

The NC was acting pretty flaky, so I decided to run autonooter again since I still had the 1gb microsd. Seemed to work, but when I went to look at 'about my nook' in settings, it said my software version was 1.0.0.

Guess I'll have to go through the whole update thing again to get to 1.01 and then insert the card and see if that works.

Puzzling though. It was working fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
I nootered my wifes NC about two weeks ago on the latest and hers also had no Gingerbread keyboard, not sure if or when (if ever) the Gingerbread keyboard was part of it, but it's not on the wiki. You can install it from instructions on the wiki as well, of course.

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

Reboots: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880785 and http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Issues

Did you clear data or something?
[Nook Color Android Development] buffnutz1:
So do I follow only those directions (if so, that's incredibly easy)? Or will I need to also do stuff not listed like install the drivers etc...
[Nook Color Android Development] TT01:
Nope, just powered it up.

And, as of right now, I'm still looking at the 'n' screen. It refuses to boot after I did the 8 reboots (succesfully), updated to 1.01 (succesfully), and tried to run autonooter (unsuccesfully).

I did the factory reset and wipe. Going to try it again. (Hope this does not qualify my as insane).
[Nook Color Android Development] hacktek:
Noob here, sorry if this has been asked but i couldn't find it on the thread. I rooted the nook and it worked fine however only free apps show up in the android market. Is this a limitation or did i do something wrong? Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] wpnyc2009:
Strange Situation

Got into Clockwork and did a factory reset then restored a backup from 2 days ago. Boots into the Cool "Nook COLOR" animation from AN 2.12.25 but now its looping. Restarted CW,then cleared the 'cache,' now its still looping.

Any help?

Thx!
[Nook Color Android Development] EasyEJL:
Mine appear in extras. sometimes on a boot they dont, but a reboot fixes it usually.
[Nook Color Android Development] xtigerr:
On the winimage. do you I use the microsd card I'll eventually use for my nook or is this a backup sd card just for using winimage to root the nook? Or does it matter?
[Nook Color Android Development] straby187:
I accidentally used auto-nooter 2.12.25 on 1.0.0 and it worked expect for alot a weird FC. Yay for boozes and computers lol. My nooks a trooper! Time to start over again.
[Nook Color Android Development] barnesk9:
I've done everything up to the step where I have to power off and it's supposed to stay off for 30 seconds, the image is copied to my sd card properly, I've verified that a few times. I power the NC down, put the sd Card inside, and then plug the usb cable in and it starts right up just like normal, Has anyone else experiened this???
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
that's what i did, and it is still working...formatted card, copied file, let it go. got stuck once, but upon reboot did it's stuff
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
can anyone suggest some launchers. I tried zeam. also it now has 'softkeys' on there, which is a little back button that expands out. I am having a tough time getting the menu icons to show, never hitting the right part of the screen. any advice on other launchers that might be more intuitive or easier would be appreciated.
[Nook Color Android Development] GoochyPuppy:
I was running from an Auto-Nooter (successfully) for a week or so, and then messed around with Clockwork and attempt to reset to Factory, etc., and then ... back to Auto-Nooter again.

My current Auto-Nooter'd state is pretty stable except:

(a) "n" home button does nothing. I have tried various launchers, soft-keys, etc., and get the select default action dialog box upon boot, but that's it. Thought it might be hardware ... but looks like a few others are experiencing it. I suppose a wipe and try again is worth a try sometime.

(b) Location services did not enable, but I know there is a manual workaround using ADB ... no problem there.

(c) Nag, nag, nag: Please can SOMEONE tell me how to replace the Clockwork Recovery with Stock Recovery, please? Clockwork is fine, but I regret not making sure that Stock Recovery would still work ... it does not. I need to be able to fix it so I can have a true Stock Factory Recovery when needed.

Thanks,

...G.
[Nook Color Android Development] supersoulfly:
You can try ADW Launcher, it's fairly popular around these parts. Never used it personally.

An alternative app to Softkeys is Button Savior. Easy to use.

I also suggest changing the LCD Density of the Nook if you are having trouble with touching the icons and buttons. I use an app called LCD Density Changer ($1) to do it. Mine is set to 204, some use 250. Makes the Nook easier to view and operate. More information about that in here (number 6 in the OP):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889951
[Nook Color Android Development] bonobomidwest:
Auto-nooter and wma

Thank you thank you thank you for auto-nooter... I have a question that is driving me nuts. Almost everything works. I love it, but wma & wmv files do not work. I have yet to find a player that will play wma on the NC even if they advertise that they do. I've read rumours that B&N did something to disable wma to prevent wma audio books... and i've spent quite some time reading about how other folks got wma working on other devices, a lot of which involved setting

ro.media.dec.aud.wma.enabled=1

ro.media.dec.vid.wmv.enabled=1

in system/build.prop

so checking build.prop I find that these are already set... is there simply a codec missing from the B&N ROM? this is way out of my league!

Thank you in advance
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
Is anyone else finding that their sound is not working when waking up from sleep mode? A hard boot fixes the issue but it will popup almost every time I wake up from sleep mode.
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
Several of us have had this experience, even before rooting, and it appears to indicate a defective unit. I and several others returned ours to BN to have them exchanged and have had no further trouble.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
Ah I see. I'll just drop by my B&N and try to get a unit swapped out. I gather I will need to return to stock once again? :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Android Development] Karine:
I had my experience prior to rooting, so I can't say for sure, but stock seems like good approach for an exchange.
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
using for 2 days, no problems. turned off last nite. 15 hours later, went to use. wouldn't turn on (battery was at 85% last nite). plugged in. got it to show a screen, but stuck on upside down U and little print on the bottom saying ' contains reader mobile technology by adobe'. doesn't go any further than this. took out sd card, tried again. same thing. help please!

also, have sd card with auto-nooter on it in there. does this make a difference? Is this causing it to re root?
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
Try taking that out and try again. If you read the first post directions it calls out that you need to remove the card from the slot.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
so i may have found a workaround for this that doesn't require a reboot. simply allow the screen timeout/lock to lock your NC. I just did this and i the stock locking sound played. prior to this all sounds were not working. sure enough all media is working again. pandora is currently playing in the background as i type this response.
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
i know , i saw that. thanks. but i am still stuck on this screen. it doesn't want to get past this! any suggestions. i don't even know how i can unroot at this point or wipe. it is just stuck at the upside down U.
[Nook Color Android Development] jbinbi:
did enough reboot tries that it wiped the system (8 failed reboots).

want to re root. do i need to wipe the data as well?
[Nook Color Android Development] jojohoho:
Were you able to figure this out? I am having the same problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] RaZacs:
Hi.

Thanks a lot for this autonooter. It's great.

I've got a little problem with the button to come back to the last page I read : when I press on it, nothing happen.

I saw this after I installed launcher pro, is it the problem ?

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] dennis-:
so i just got this thing 2 hours ago and installed 1.0.1 on it like it said too and put the sd card in it like it said and plugged it in. well all it did was flash back and forth between the sd card and the usb icons showing you its plugged in and now it wont do anything? it wont instal this root. what is the super magic trick to make this work
[Nook Color Android Development] Chbimmer:
I had this issue and wiped mine, put 1.0.1 on, then re-rooted. I read somthing about a corupt boot file. Interuputing boot and starting over helped me.
[Nook Color Android Development] philburkhardt:
Thanks!

I can't thank you enough for this.

Everything worked perfect. I couldn't be happier.

Now I get to juggle my time between my nook and my EVO. Its an Android overload. I love it!!! :D
[Nook Color Android Development] dennis-:
nevermind it worked. i had to manually reboot it to make it boot to android
[Nook Color Android Development] SpenserS:
Okay I've been using my rooted nook color for days now. It's worked great but I just tried restarting it and now it wont turn on...any ideas what to so? Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Android Development] SpenserS:
Okay I just pulled out the sd card and it booted up just fine. Do I need to reformat the card to be able to use it with the nook? or am I not allowed an sd card?
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting#Things_to_do_after_you.27ve_rooted_your_NookColor
[Nook Color Android Development] ericman77:
Worked great for me i did get stuck at a black screen when i placed the sd in and pluged it in to the pc. I just waited a while just in case it was normal, still black . Pulled out the cord still black took out the sd, still at a black screen. so i just held the power botton for about 5 seconds and it rebooted and all was good. thanks alot! now my nook is awsome! just one thing i was wondering if its normal that the live wallpapers don't work. The ones i download do just not the ones preinstalled. Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] xtigerr:
When I try to use winimage, I select the sd card from the disk menu. then I select Restore Virtual hard disk and nothing shows up to select for a physical disk?

Can anyone help? I formatted the card using windows in FAT and FAT32 and still nothing. It does appear in the disk drop down to select to use and disappears as a select when I remove the card.
[Nook Color Android Development] ericman77:
Just watch the youtube video of how to use winimage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykg1yGgK9HQ
[Nook Color Android Development] dennis-:
fyi this will possibly jack up your sd card. i had to use sdformatter to format my 16 gb card because no matter how i formatted using windows after using this it would not show more then 32mb available. i dont know if the op wants to add this tip to the main post or not but it would make it less stressfull for people who discover this issue like i did. i almost cried a little thinking my 16 gb card was jacked
[Nook Color Android Development] hahyun6:
Well, to get your card back download EASUS partition manager and delete all the partitions and recreate. You didn't Jack up your SD.
[Nook Color Android Development] natoe33:
I used the NC's built-in sd formatter after Nooting and it worked great.

Sent from my Nook Color.
[Nook Color Android Development] dennis-:
i just used sdformatter the free program from panasonic and it worked like a charm
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Utter nonsense.

This.

and this: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting#Things_to_do_after_you.27ve_rooted_your_NookColor
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
How to restore full capacity to your SD card is covered in the instructions (step 18) and several hundred times in the forum posts. You just have to read them.
[Nook Color Android Development] straby187:
Where can I find info on making my own image files that will boot?
[Nook Color Android Development] mikesaint27:
Hey guys.

Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome info and I just have a stupid question. Once this was all done, I installed a few apps from .apk files, where do these files go as in where do i go to opwn them from now on? I dont see them in the extras menu so I'm kind of lost.

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] hahyun6:
You need to get a launcher like Zeam launcher from the market. And you could access your apps from downloads section of your market.

Sent from my Nook Color!!
[Nook Color Android Development] smashingtool:
Apps not downloading?

Does anyone know why apps wouldnt download? The nook lets them queue up, but you go to current download screen and they all sit at 0% Does anyone have any clue?
[Nook Color Android Development] dmolition:
Try clearing up the Market's cache.
[Nook Color Android Development] hahyun6:
Reboot your nook about 2 times.

Sent from my Nook Color!!
[Nook Color Android Development] smashingtool:
How do i do that? Sorry, relative Android Noob
[Nook Color Android Development] easy9:
good question , having the same problem here with the market not downloading any apps... downloaded about 10 no problem then all of a sudden the apps just queue up with no progress
[Nook Color Android Development] easy9:
run the program as admin. that seem to work for me. hope this helps
[Nook Color Android Development] philburkhardt:
This same thing happens to me on my EVO. Clearing the cache & data, then re-accepting the market terms always fixes it.

To clear the data and cache on the nook, go into nookcolor tools, all settings, manage applications, click on the market, clear cache & data.

I haven't had this problem yet on my nook, so I am not 100% sure it will work. But, it's easy enough and worth a shot.