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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] spyder1222:
Not seeing Setup Wizard

I'm not seeing the setup wizard in the extras menu, despite copying over the files.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ddenson:
I'm definitely missing some apps that show up in the market on my nexus. If you search, can you find Slingplayer or Homerun Battle 3D? The easiest way to see this is to bring up "top paid" in any category - I tried games - and you'll see a few that appear on the phone, but not on the NC. Thanks.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsmith.nook:
I have done a factory reset (and data clear) of my NC before starting this.

Following this verison or the install steps I could not get GMail to work once I got to the "Verify the steps to this point" section. A reboot of the NC solved that.

YouTube, however, would not run after reboot. I did a reinstall and YouTube worked. Then a reboot and YouTube stops working again.

So reboots break YouTube. Everything else is fine. Any tips on the YouTube situation?

--EDIT--

If I don't sign into YouTube the app works fine even after reboots. So as long as you don't need to sign into YouTube you're fine. Otherwise you'll need to uninstall then reinstall the youtube app after a reboot.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] clockworx:
Nope, I don't see Slingplayer either. Good catch. I guess we're still missing stuff, not sure why DataViz shows up now when I've seen it missing on other devices.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
anyone try doing this using the updated market? I figured i'd try in a few. Or if anyone has not tried it, anything I should look out for?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
Somebody in the other vending.apk thread said something about a missing fingerprint causing copy protected apps to be hidden in the market. I know DocsToGo isn't copy protected. It looks like this is the cause as windfinder (which is copy protected) is not visible in the market.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ddenson:
Would this help? -- http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...ected-app-market-fix-tutorial-build-prop.html
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] macndroid:
Followed the NookDevs process

http://www.nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market

I did all this on a fresh factory reset. It didn't work until then.

Works fine now. Market, gmail both working but I have to uninstall/re-install youtube every time I use it. There was mention of clearing app data but I have no clue how to do that - can someone tell me how to clear app data please?

Also gtalk starts - flashes - and that's it. Is it supposed to work like normal, or is it running in the background with no UI??

TIA
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] lintmail:
Woohoo!! Market is working!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
How did you clear the app data?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] skunkiechris:
Everything has worked fine for me, up until starting the emulator - I get:

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.

Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
This does not appear to have worked, but I haven't figured out how to flush the market cache so we will have to wait until 12:00AM for the verdict unless somebody knows how to do that.

SlingPlayer shows in my market now. I've attached my modded and original build.prop files in the zip

./adb.exe -d mount -o remount rw /system
./adb.exe -d push build.prop /system/
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] bazzly:
Not sure if this will help..Not sure if its related

http://gailly.net/android/android-tips.html

Applications often keep a large cache under /data/data/. Unfortunately many of them do not provide a way to clear the cache without clearing at the same the configuration parameters for the app. (You can clear the whole data in Settings->Applications->Manage applications.) You can find which applications use most space with:

du -sk /data/data/* | sort -rn | head

then move the biggest caches to the SD card as in the following example:

cd /data/data/com.android.vending

rm -R cache

mkdir /sdcard/cache/market

ln -s /sdcard/cache/market cache

Moving stuff to the SD card is unsafe since all apps can read and write its contents. So only non-sensitive data should be moved there.

so maybe under /data/data/ somewhere?

There seems to be a few apps for it though

http://refineandroid.doodlekit.com/home/refine_efficiency_pro

Dont know how well it works...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Pinesal:
I still haven't got this to work yet. I will try new new instuctions tomorrow.

But I do have a question. After I push the Google apps to /system/app am I suppose to see them in the app drawer?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsmith.nook:
Not the stock NC app drawer, no. You have to reboot before they appear.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
I've been through the process at http://www.nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market four times now, restoring to factory-fresh and clearing /data every time.

I get logged into YouTube (sorta) but, it doesn't load up my channel. Gmail knows the correct credentials afterwards though but, when I tell it to sync, it sets the sync icon in the notification area and then exits. Afterwards, when I try to run Gmail, I get "Loading Conversations" and it then closes.

Market gives me "Server Unavailable".

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong here. :(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Dunkshot32:
Error

I'm getting an error during the miniunz step. It starts to work but then has an error and fails to open and of the apps. Am I supposed to ignore this and continue anyway, or am I missing something. :confused:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gedster314:
Ok I did have the market working earlier (I was able to install AngryBirds Seasons) but I could not get gmail to log on. It kept saying I had activate syncing. So I did the full restore and redid everything and now nothing works. I also noticed that after a full restore and before doing any mods, I had an option to run Android setup or the normal B&N setup. I also already had Gtalk and Maps installed but they do not work.

So obviously a full restore does not blank everything out. So how do remove these items and actually get a full restore?

FYI: When I do a restore I am using the power + volume up + home. I am getting a flash of yellow and the prompt mentioning to press power to exit or home to start.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsmith.nook:
Going back to a stock NC image is a two-step process. It sounds like you're only doing the first part. See:

http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM

As for the GMAIL sync, after you've got everything up to that point, reboot. Then try it again. I found I needed to reboot before the sync works. Also, are you aware that on the sync screen you can press the menu icon (the small, three-horizontal lines icon along the bottom of the screen)? From there you can add a gmail account if you don't already have one and then you can force a manual sync from that same menu.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsmith.nook:
The only error you might get is it asking you to overwrite files. If you're getting any other kind of message then you need to check to make sure you've typed in the command exactly as it says in the docs. If you still get the error then your zip is probably corrupt and you need to re-download it and move it over to your NC.

Any chance you could type out the exact message?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gedster314:
For the life of me I can not get the thing to reinstall the firmware with the three buttons. Even following the directions in the link. But doing the adb shell thing did it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
If you have this problem, you can fix it by pushing the following file:

./adb.exe -d shell mount -o remount rw /system
./adb.exe -d push <path_to_gapps_download>/system/app/GmailProvider.apk /system/app/

The original tutorial did not push this file, if you use the current tutorial, you should be fine.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jsmith.nook:
The three-buttons thing doesn't do a factory reset. It just empties the data folder. The adb shell thing triggers a completely different type of reset which restores, among other things, the system folder.

Doing both of these actions will get your NC as close to a virgin NC as you can get. But you have to do both, you cannot do just one or the other.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rboatright:
The two step process for flashing back to an out-of-the-box state NookColor is detailed here:

http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rboatright:
no need to use the emulator any more.

Those instructions have been superceded.

Instead, follow these: http://nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rboatright:
You need to log into youtube with a gmail address account.

That is, you need to log into youtube with something like

NookColorUser@gmail.com

If you do not currently have your YouTube account linked to a gmail account, you need to do that, or it doesn't work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
I have. Same account that I am logged in with on my Droid1.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
Check system/app on the NC for GmailProvider.apk. I bet you did the same thing that I did and didn't push it because it wasn't listed in the original tutorial. You need it for gmail to work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
*I got it 10char
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
# ./adb shell

# cd /system/app

# ls Gm*

Gmail.apk

GmailProvider.apk

#
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
huh ... can you post the logcat of the crash?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
do you have GoogleCheckin.apk in your /system/app? What are it's preferences - i.e. is it still 666 or did you chmod back to 644?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
ok...i feel like an idiot...i can't get past step one listed on nookdevs.com

When I try and push nc_gapps.zip using adb commands i get a "failed to copy......read only file system error". i tried to mount the drive from shell and then use the adb commands but then it can't find adb....
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Wordsmith9091:
Contacts app

Anyone had any luck replacing the Contacts app with the one from a typical Android 2.1? I'd love to have my google contacts syncing.

I pushed Contacts.apk and ContactsProvider.apk (overwriting the one that was there), but no noticeable effect. Launching contacts in the menu still gets me the Nook version.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
So are you doing:

./adb.exe shell
mount -o remount rw /system
./adb.exe push nc_gapps.zip /media/

or

./adb.exe shell mount -o remount rw /system
./adb.exe push nc_gapps.zip /media/

if you do the former, you have to exit the NC shell before you can use adb because adb doesn't exist on the nook, only your computer. If you do the latter, I have no idea because media should be writeable. It could be an issue with the drives being mounted, but I've never had any issue with adb push onto mounted drives but YMMV.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] spartansgr:
I tried to install using NookDevs instructions. I did not do a restore, I just tried it as is, rooted with quite a few apps on it. I uninstalled my Youtube app and then began at the begin of the NookDevs instructions... and viola, Market on my Nook Color!

Thanks everyone for their hard work!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
I think that I have it after that. I'm tired and will try it tomorrow but I see what I did wrong. thanks
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] nelson8403:
I have gotten everything working, but I have a few questions.. google talk doesn't work, unless someone starts talking to me.. then I can respond and continue on an entire conversation, the same goes for google voice.. I can't start a text message thread but I can continue one.. is there anything I can do to get google talk to load normally instead of just flashing?

and second off, it says to change our build.prop to be like the droid eris, would it be possible to dupe the galaxy tabs so we can see those tablet apps too?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rboatright:
you have to eject the usb drive from your system. If you're in windows, in windows explorer, choose each of the two nook drives listed (sd card and the internal) and eject them.

DO NOT UNPLUG the nook.

now you can push
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Droidish:
Yup.... same here. Amazing work. I was also able to get calender and sync as well as market and gmail (talk still doesn't work though)

Contacts seem to be working correct via gmail and voice...

Now if I can just get rid of the spongy feel of my case.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] iconoclastnet:
Well, as someone already pointed out, if you sign in to youtube you'll have to do this again after the next reboot.

The "manage applications" page lets you clear the data for an app, but it's hidden from the Barnes & Noble version of the settings menu. There are a few apps floating around that let you get to some of the hidden settings, personally I've been using "Gesture Search". (Go into the gesture search apps settings page, and make sure you've enabled "settings" among the things it will search for.)

The other way I know of is if you have Titanium Backup installed, go to the "Backup/Restore" tab and select the app you want to clear, then hit the "wipe data" button from the pop-up.

The you tube part was tricky because it really wanted to log me into a "you tube" account, which just happens to have the same username as the gmail account I was trying to use. Once I got it to actually sign into the right account (and repeated the part of the instructions that follow after that) I now have a working market!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] norkoastal:
Any tips on getting the calendar loaded? I followed the nookdevs instructions and don't see the apk in system/apps..

Thanks..
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] kassemja:
has anyone had full market access sucess editing _>> ro.build.fingerprint=generic/zoom2/zoom2/zoom2:2.1/ERD79/269:user/test-keys ??

anybody know how too clear app cache from terminal.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
Yes. I did the addition into NOOKdev. It may take a few hours for the apps to show if you have already used the market before adding the eris fingerprint
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
I noticed this too. There's some talk elsewhere on the forum about this - its apparently an xml issue IIRC.

I'll search for the fingerprint later; I don't have the ability to edit build.prop at work. I wouldn't see why it would be an issue. I just used the eris because it was in androidforums.

EDIT: I posted a request for the build.prop/ro.build.fingerprint in the Galaxy Tab forum - hopefully it will get answered quickly!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Novarider:
Is there any way to make this automated or maybe somehow make it installable with just a few commands? I would love to have a working market but this looks like its above my skills.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ddenson:
Found this post on the Galaxy Tab forum, but Tab is running Froyo and is euro version - would that be a problem?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9415562&postcount=2
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
Froyo is likely a problem (incompatible apps); Euro, probably not (SWAG)?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
For Linux: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871210
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] greenmky:
I went through the procedure twice very carefully (re-staging for the second time). I just got the Nook color today. So...I haven't done anything on it besides register it (to get logged in) and do the root and this.

Gmail works. Youtube works (once I log in upon reboot). Market loads and reports the same error as someone else had..."Server unavailable. Please try again later."
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
# cd /system/app

# ls GoogleCheckin.apk

GoogleCheckin.apk

#

I don't want to be "that guy" but, I'm an engineer and follow directions very well. I started from a clean (went through the two-step reflash/clear) NC 6 times thus far using the howto at http://www.nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market and have yet to have success. Has anyone else gone through the process with a completely stock NC and had it work?

Here's what I have done:

(1) 8-reboot reset

adb shell

#echo -n -e "\008\000\000\000" > /rom/devconf/BootCnt

#reboot

(2) Go through the Home + Volume Up + Power wipe of /data

(3) Root the NC using the steps at http://www.nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

(4) Enable non-market apps using the steps at http://www.nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_App_install_from_on-device_installers

(5) Enable multi-touch using the steps at http://www.nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_MultiTouch

(6) Attempt to enable Market + GMail using the steps at http://www.nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market

With the exception of Market + GMail, everything else works. I'm not really sure what's going wrong here. :confused::confused::confused:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] eyeknow:
All of this is working beautifully! Just one quick question, does changing the fingerprint break access to the B&N Shop? I now just get the spinning loader icon.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] pstein2:
Okay everything worked and all was good then I did did the:

Enable APK Install without ADB Guide

Because I wanted to also use slideme market, and after a reboot everything works but the markets gives me "Server unavailable. Please try again later." Did I break it?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] edembowski:
Odd problem with the market

I've followed the instructions on the nookdevs wiki, market wouldn't work. I went to the first post & generated a market ID, and applied it. Now, all apps run fine and I can run the market, but when I try installing something I get "Starting Download" and it never actually downloads. Wifi is enabled, and I can browse the market, get screenshots, etc. Anyone see this before?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] edembowski:
I just looked at that:

- Expects adb to be in `pwd`

- This will work fine under Windows, just use cygwin
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnnydeathmatch:
I had that problem once, too. Eject the nook card from windows and it should work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
For anyone who is having pains with the process here, check out this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871210

GMail and Market are now working perfectly for me.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Mistar Muffin:
For everyone that is starting from scratch with a wiped NookColor, I have made a linux script available that will do everything for you. This includes enabling apk installs on the device, live wallpapers, multitouch, etc. It will also download and install YouTube, Gmail, and the Market. It also changes the Market fingerprint to that of a Droid Eris on Verizon so you can see protected apps. It does not require use of the Android Emulator to generate an AndroidId as this is done automatically thanks to clockworx. All it does require is that you be nootered and have working Superuser.

Thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871210
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jasoraso:
I had this problem too - the Market showed apps (even some updates for apps I had previously installed) but the download never seemed to really start.

I did a quick reboot, cancelled the downloads that were still not starting, and restarted them. They then downloaded fine!

THANKS!!!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] andykap:
I follow the instruction at NookDev and now I have the market working fine. Rather easy to do.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
I'm just as lost on it as you are - everything I'm suggesting are just off the wall guesses only because I don't have any better ideas.

Looking a bit harder at your logcat ... its gapps that's having the problem, and gmail is dying as a result:

Can you get a logcat of a crash starting at the launch of gapps? There might be some missing information there that could help.

If it makes you feel any better, both of us will be having a :headdesk: moment when one of us figures it out - its always that way.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] edembowski:
Yeah, several restarts later and still no downloads :-(
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] rad131304:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871397

Here is a fingerprint for a Tab ... but it's FROYO:

ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-P1000/GT-P1000/GT-P1000:2.2/FROYO/XXJJ3:user/release-keys

Does anyone know if the Tab was ever 2.1? If it was, we should be able to piece together a valid fingerprint for Eclair. We need to find a tablet that ran/runs 2.1.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Philosophy757:
Im having the same issue. All of the steps worked as listed but I am getting the same error when trying to load the market. I've done a reboot since installing everything. Coming from a factory reboot and data install with running Nooter and z4root, installing astro, then going through the steps on http://nookdevs.com/Enable_the_Android_Market. I can do everything except the very last step of verify market and then I get the error. Any thoughts?

*edit...I had an issue with youtube closing upon startup, ripped and reinstalled, i an now sign in and view items in Youtube. GoogleTalk closes upon starting as well.

*update...ok I woke up at 3am this morning determined to get this to work. I factory wiped and rooted, ran z4root. I used the windows automated script this time and everything ALMOST worked. I can access gmail and the market, but Youtube will instantly close. I'm willing to deal with it for now.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] greenmky:
Posting again

I tried one more time.

Same exact results. This is NOT WORKING. I'm absolutely sure I did everything 100% to the directions on nookdevs. Re-flashed nook, wiped data, ran through the procedure.

Running Win7 x64. There are no errors at all until I go to check the Market.

Exact same result every time. Same server not available message. Gmail works after I add my account and let it sync. Market gives the same result every time:

! Attention

-------------------------------

A server error has occurred. Retry, or cancel and return to the previous screen.

I'm serious. Did it accurately. This procedure has a problem. I'm not the only one in this thread having the exact same problem.

For kicks I tried both of my google accounts, I tried a different B&N email than my gmail, I tried the same B&N / gmail emails. I synced my password between my B&N account and my gmail account. No change. I made a new youtube account and linked it with my other gmail account and used those. No change.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] johnopsec:
I used Mistar Muffin's script from a fresh-wiped/nootered/z4rooted starting point and I'm up and running with GMail, Market, Google Voice and YouTube. Works like a charm.

I have no idea what the issue was before but, it's a moot point now.

Thanks for your help anyway!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] YertletheTurtle:
I have tried several times using the nookdev instruction set as well as the one posted on this forum on page 1 and I have had similar problems to ones described. One problem is that after logging into Youtube, I get a half a page of videos and 401 error. Gmail shows an account but fails to show email saying that it needs to be synced but this fails. Later in the process, when starting Market, it gives me the "Server error...". Tonight I decided to try to login into Youtube via my computer (something that I have never done despite have a Google account) and I am unable to log into Youtube as it brings up a screen saying that I have no such account (gmail, googledocs all works fine). Is this possibly contributing to these errors? Anyone else confirm this?

**Update: After going through the instructions again, marketplace and gmail working. I think that I may have been deleting the wrong line in packages.xml (I simply search for "uid" and deleting the lines below it but now in retrospect, there are several instances in program.xml of "android.uid...." which look similar but obviously are not the same. Thanks for the help as well as the hard work of developing the nook into a respectable tablet.