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[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Masterface7:
So after i restore to blank can i add new shortcuts in the dock. I long press and tap add shortcut and it just brings up the honescreen again.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Spookymonster:
Can't add shortcuts on NC. BN cripped that functionality.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mrschmitz:
You can't, unless you have access to another device that you can use to make a backup with the correct shortcuts that you want to use.

I was considering making one with a couple of actually useful shortcuts for the Nook Color...but I am afraid that there would be a flood of requests, and there are more important things that need work for me.

If anyone would want to step up and offer that, I'm sure there would be some happy customers!

Sent from my Nook Color
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] stevej41:
I may be misunderstanding, but I can add shortcuts to the home screen (launcher pro) by going to the app page and holding down the app icon until it jumps back to the home screen. I can't move them to the dock at the bottom of the page, tho.

rooted with auto-nooter 2.12.18. BTW, thanks!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Masterface7:
Here is my back up with market, gmail, estrongs file explorer, and internet.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] WillCameron:
Is it just a question of hand editing the com.fede.launcher_preferences.xml file?

- Will.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gottria:
Hope this isn't the Pro version, If I'm not mistaken it also includes your registration info.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] jojowasher:
Thanks for this, might as well get rid of the icons we cant even use!!

Jojo
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mrschmitz:
Perhaps it is...if so that would preferable to posting backup files!

Sent from my Nook Color
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] madsmurf:
So as this works great... as in I load up launcher pro on my Epic 4G, change all icons to what apps are on nook color that I want down on the 3 sliding bars, backup and then restore to nook. Kinda a pain to do that more than once ;)

I loaded Launcher Pro 0.8.2 onto the nook color running 2.2.1 via MicroSD card and it works great. Not a single lockup resizing things, and can add, remove and customize any of the icons in dock all I want. Here is a youtube of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra8xROjFpY4

So I guess that is just another one of those things that just won't work like it should via a hacked up 2.1 on these things? I would love to have that workin... As like the other guy says... I love me some launcher pro. Just not sure if I should give up hope and just wait for some legit Froyo action for things to be all purdy.

Other than having to convert videos for this thing so far and having to use Zeam which I actually am starting to like, these Nook Colors are awesome! Can't beat a tablet with this power and this screen for $250!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gottria:
So in your video your using Launcher Pro, how did you get rid of the extra icons on the bottom that is used for the BN stuff? And how did you get your notifications, clock, and WiFi on the top? All of mine are on the bottom still.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] mrschmitz:
It makes total sense that it works well on your 2.2 build...since that isn't a crippled version of Android like the stock 2.1 on the Nook Color. When 2.2 is ready for the masses it will be a beautiful day indeed.

Sent from my Nook Color
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] madsmurf:
Yeah, that is bare bones 2.2.1 Android, so the notification bar was never on the bottom with icons etc. but like stock android up top.

Although even with 2.1, pretty much any alternate launcher will give you options to hide the notification bar that came on the bottom with nook reader software etc. You just gotta drill down into all them options to find it :)

I honestly can't wait for this thing to get a full Android treatment the way it is supposed to be so we don't have to duct tape everything every which way sideways to get it to work right... It is a shame that B&N crippled this thing like they did. Full android out the door would ensure these things would be flying off the shelves. And that would gain them quite a bit more market share in a shorter amount of time. More people with Nook branded items means a higher percentage of people that might actually buy some of their goods in the store.... despite all the side loading of other readers etc unlocked.

At $250, this is by far the best color reader let alone tablet you can get right now... who cares if some people only buy it to play them some angry birds... they will show it to someone else that will buy it to actually read and buy their books :) Anywho, enough rants from me tonight...
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gottria:
Dude, I'm still confused. Sorry but I'm still new to this Color Nook android thing. How do you load up 2.2.1? Under settings on my NC it says 1.0.1. If 2.2.1 is the bare bones OS that is already on there how do I get it to run and look like yours?

OK, I think I know what is going on. Your running Froyo from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=10003844#post10003844 with LP over it. How is Froyo been running?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
What he's talking about is (I assume) the experimental generic Android 2.2 build that's in development by some other users. It boots and runs entirely from the SD card without touching the stripped-down Android B&N installed on the NC.

That Android 2.2 version is not ready for general use, as a lot of features are still broken or missing.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] gottria:
Yea, I got it now Thanks. Can't wait for BN to release 2.2 so it can be rooted for nicer features.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Cutty01:
Hi sorry to hijack this thread. I am not a developer but a novice who wants to expand the capabilities of his nook. I just rooted mine today and I am not sure if things are working as they should (when I compare with what others have shown on YouTube) For example with LauncherPro I can not add widgets or app shortcuts to any of my home screens. I was able to drag them over from the app screen, but when I press my finger on a home screen and hit the shortcuts menu, it just goes away and goes back to a blank home screen. Is this normal with 2.1 or is there something wrong with my install?
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] supersoulfly:
You cannot run folders or shortcuts on a rooted Nook. But you should be able to run widgets though. I suggest trying to use Zeam as your home launcher. If you get widgets working try using an app called Folder Organizer. It creates and manages folders/shortcuts/bookmarks/etc and then allows you to apply them to your homescreen as widgets.

If u cannot get widgets to work at all, perhaps someone else will help you. They should be working.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Geezer Squid:
You add apps to the home screens by opening the apps drawer, long pressing the desired app and then dragging it where you want it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] WillCameron:
terminology wise, if you mean you cant add Apps to The Dock of Launcher Pro (thats the small ghosted bar at the bottom of the screen where - generically you have the phone, chat, browser and email icons, but None if you used the restore from blank Dock trick), you cant as of yet add things to that. I'm about 80 % sure all you need to do is edit the cfg file for launcher pro to get apps on there, but I'm a little lost in all the techno-code in the file.

data\data\com.fede.launcher\shared_prefs\com.fede.launcher_preferences.xml I'm pretty sure is what needs to be edited.

If you cant do the LongPress thing to get apps on your desktop, something else is wrong...

- Will.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
Or just use ADW or other launchers that let you drag apps onto the dock... :rolleyes:
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] RoboRay:
Well, Launcher Pro has some very nice features that other launchers don't offer, especially the paid version. If people are accustomed to those, they may not want to give them up by downgrading to ADW.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] spotmark:
Here's what I did. I changed the swipe gesture setting to launch the desired app, and then I just replaced the icon to correspond. So, instead of tapping the icon, I swipe up, and the applications you see in my dock, launch.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] duloz:
For what it is worth, I am testing out GO Launcher on my nook. It is similar to Launcherpro, but not nearly as full featured. However, the launcher bar itself is very similar, and is actually functionally able to replace links/icons on the nook.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] BugsBunny891:
i agree with duloz. GO Launcher is similar to Launcher pro and i dont get headaches trying to set up the dock.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] BugsBunny891:
Waayyy too confusing for me. I just gave up on stock and got nookie froyo.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] macftw85:
i not sure what you mean by "make a backup of launcher pro home screen"

and once you make the backup where do i put it on my sd card to restore?

can anyone clarify? thanks
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TJNooker:
1. Go into Launcher Pro Settings on your phone, and hit the "backup homescreen & settings button".

2. Then, go into your file manager (astro/root explorer/whatever) and find the folder "launcherpro_backup." Copy that entire folder, send it to your nook color (email, dropbox, whatever), and then copy it to your SD card.**

3. Once you've copied it over to your nook and put it on your SD card, go into LP settings on your nook and hit "restore backup." Done.

**It should be replacing the backup folder you already have on your nook, so if you have never backed up your lp homescreen on your nook do that before you copy over anything.

Also, if you have a hard time attaching a folder to an email, turn that folder into a zip then attach it.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] huemedia:
LauncherPro that works on Nook

ONLY WORKS WITH 2.2 and 2.3!

Hi All,

samuelhalff altered a version of LauncherPro that has shortcuts for the launcher correctly mapped for the nook. He included it in his honeycomb release. I pulled the file and uploaded it to megaupload so you can all use it.

Simply copy the file to you SD card and install it via a file browser (I use Linda File Manager).

Works as you would expect.

All props for this should be directed to samuelhalff.

You can find it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FGK8A2DO

cheers huemedia
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TJNooker:
@huemedia

Are you saying that this fix will allow us to add new shortcuts to the dock, change the icons, etc just like LauncherPro does on other devices?

If so, that is awesome! I'll definitely thank samuelhalff, but you're getting props too for hooking us up with this file.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TJNooker:
@huemedia

Just to clarify, if I am running the unmodified launcherpro right now, I'll need to switch to a different launcher and uninstall launcherpro before installing the one you uploaded, right?

UPDATE: Ok, I uninstalled my old LauncherPro, installed the apk you uploaded, rebooted, and as far as I can tell the shortcuts still don't work.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] themusj:
I've tried changing the swipe gesture and that works, but I cannot replace the icon. When I try to change the icon to a custom it reports back "No pictures are available on the Iphone." Of course I have my Nook Color rooted. I can only select Launcher Pro icons.

So I am very curious how you were able to replace the icons.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] huemedia:
Strange!

I will check the version; perhaps I uploaded the wrong one, as it works perfectly for me.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TJNooker:
@huemedia

You're using Eclair (Android 2.1), right?

Sent from my DROID2
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] huemedia:
Nope .... 2.3 ..... I guess the mapping fix doesn't work on 2.1......Is that what you are using?

I will add a note to my post if thats the case.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] TJNooker:
Aww man, you got my hopes up! Yeah, I'm using 2.1, and it's a known issue that this only affects 2.1. I was really hoping you had found a solution.

Sent from my DROID2
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Luckydog666:
Thanks for this. I like launcher pro, but was using zeam because of this very issue. Worked perfectly.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] maurices0910:
Thanks for the suggestion
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] chris peas:
This is a damn good work around! Thanks spotmark!!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] swears11:
Same here. I can't change the icons. I hit "Change Icon" > "Custom Icon" and I get:

"No pictures are available on the phone"

Where is it looking? I saved a .jpg icon to my SD card.
[Desire General] DeVrm:
What are the rom with the wi-fi N? thanks:)
[Desire General] x5starguerillaa:
Cyanogen 6.1.1 I think? There's possibly loads more.

HTC Desire. Cyanogen 6.1.1 S-ON
[G1 Android Development] mschoolbus:
GINGERBREAD-DS-Alpha-20101222-1.zip boots very well.

Under android version it still says 2.2.1. Almost ready for a daily driver.

I hope this becomes CM7 someday :D

Edit: I seem to have battery life issues using pershoots 2708 2.6.34.*... Any other kernel I should try (that does not have usb unplug bug)?
[G1 Android Development] sada23:
Not that I know much, did you check if you have the latest radio and SPL?
[G1 Android Development] mschoolbus:
I have: HBOOT-1.33.0013d

RADIO-2.22.28.25

Thanks for the help!
[G1 Android Development] jeffakajeff:
Did you get it to boot?

The first time i installed, it would not boot, I waited for like 15 minutes or so, then tried a different kernel, same thing.

Just to try it, I flashed the gingerbread alpha again, and tried one more time, and it booted up.

I did notice the first time I flashed it, the "progress bar" did not move at all, the second time I was able to see it move.

-Jeff
[G1 Android Development] bestofrhcp:
um worked fine for me but, on the setup "Touch Android to Begin", is irresponsive

the android flashes on touch but no continuation, hhelp?
[G1 Android Development] nomadman:
Love it! Looking forward to a beta next year :cool:

1. backup

2. superwipe

3. shutdown

4. boot to recovery

5. flash the alpha rom (do not reboot)

6. flash pershoot latest New SPL + Radio 2708 Combo

7. unplug USB and reboot

Let it boot all the way up and let it sleep on it's own.

Don't expect a fluid UI and don't compare it to other ROMs. It's not intended for public consumption.

:)
[G1 Android Development] Since001:
im able able to get it boot, but it hangs at the setup

when I touch the android an error pops up that launcher force closed and I cant go on with the setup
[G1 Android Development] ezterry:
Um.. setup is part of gapps .. we have not hacked gingerbread gapps to work yet on this.. so I'd not install whatever non gingerbread gapps you have.
[G1 Android Development] Since001:
I haven't flashed any gapps. I just flashed your alpha, nothing else.
[G1 Android Development] roalex:
I saw you changed a few things so i made a new build, 3d seams faster, but it will crash still:

I build the test rom with the Pershoot 2.6.35.10.

Also i attached the script im using for the build, isnt "mine", just adapted it a bit :)

p.s make the directory for the repo, put this script in in, chmod a+X G1Ginger.txt, ./G1Ginger.txt
[G1 Android Development] farmatito:
You could add processor number autodetection to your the script:

processors=`grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo`

and substitute the -j n switch with:

-j $processors
[G1 Android Development] brentil:
Going to give this a try on my spare G1.

Is this designed to require the 2708 or do we need to run a different kernel for 2708 support?
[G1 Android Development] bypass23:
ATM it is a 2708 kernel.

If you dont have lastest radio you can always try to flash pershoot's Kernel 2.6.35.10 – OC-UV-RAM-FP – Dream/Sapphire (32B/A) here right after flashing the rom.

I have'nt tested it myself, but I changed and used pershoot's 2708 kernel zImage instead of ezterry's since it was getting a lil old when we first started working together on this...

It worked fine so it should work... :rolleyes:
[G1 Android Development] brentil:
Yeah, I'm running the newer radio on both my G1 & MT3G.

Ok so I tried flashing the Gingerbread rom after super wiping my G1. I get the following error.

Installing update...
assert failed: || getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.0011" ||
...
|| getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.0013d"
(status 7)

So I thought maybe it was the spoofed SPL so I refashed back to engineering HBOOT 2005 and fastbooted 2013d without spoofing it and I get the same issue,
[G1 Android Development] roalex:
normaly you dont access /proc/cpuinfo w/o sudo tho right ?

in any case people can just change it as they see fit :)
[G1 Android Development] bypass23:
If you have the newest radio and spl combo, you don't need to spoof the SPL.

You can always remove the SPL check in the updater script (\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script) :

assert(getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.0011" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.2011" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.3011" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.0013" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.2013" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.3013" ||
getprop("ro.bootloader") == "1.33.0013d");

and resign with test-keys the modded update.zip and it will flash without checking the installed SPL.
[G1 Android Development] farmatito:
dr-xr-xr-x 69 root root 0 2010-12-06 10:16 /proc
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-12-22 17:17 /proc/cpuinfo

/proc/cpuinfo is world-readable.
[G1 Android Development] jcarrz1:
hey colorize guy, could you do a quick upload of a nightly you built before you colorized it? even imgs are fine.

Thanks, i'm not on my linux box this week so i can't build it myself.

Jcarrz1
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
sorry but im not really building it myself yet, i just took the 12-22-2010 alpha and injected my .pngs into it, for the most part...other than that i removed some stuff and added some other stuff, but not actually "building" from source

which leads me to a question i've had

ive been watching ezterry's git repo and havent noticed anything new since 12-18 i think...so, if one builds from the source link in the OP, would it just be the same as the 12-22-2010 build he posted? or am i missing something

i actually frankensteined together a linux box running karmic 9.10 yesterday so i could start building it myself, but dont know if there's any point...i dont think the source is being added to since 12-18

also, anybody else notice asking team cm about gb for d/s is met with alot of weirdness and rude answers lately...like its some sort of government top secret project or something

or did i miss the memo saying "its impossible, stupid"

i'll tell ya though, what i'm using now is not too bad, just wish gps, camera, video stuff, and init.d capabilities could be fixed...at that point i think we would have a fully functional gb for d/s
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
I'll be submitting some stuff in the near(ish) future

I have native a2sdext working,

but I need to fix a few other things before its ready for public consumption
[G1 Android Development] tnpapadakos:
yeah i been watching yours too

thanks for the update and thanks for working on this

sure i could buy a new phone, but what would be the fun in that?
[G1 Android Development] HaloTechnology:
you are right my man
[G1 Android Development] farmatito:
Attached you'll find a patch set for the pershoot 2.6.35.10 kernel

fixing all compile time warnings and adding the BFS scheduler.

Tested on my G1 and works fine, you can browse and play music at same time

without music lagging.

Enjoy

PS: this patch set seems to have fixed the usb power drain bug as I'm not able

to trigger it again. More testing needed.

04/01/2011: Updated patches.

Still more testing needed.
[G1 Android Development] HyeProfile:
So will it be based off of Ezterry's source and include tnp's colorizations? Will it be autokernel like your CM6 MagPie, or will it be for the new radios only and we'll have to flash Pershoot's or Ezterry's latest kernal ourselves? Will camera, WiFi, GPS, all work? Yeah, I know I'm lazy & annoying, but I like it...

P.S. All of you folks who want to see Gingerbread for D/S with native apps2SDext, please support the reopening of Firerat's 'MagPie' thread on CM Forums...
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
when I get some of the anoying bugs out of the way, I will do a build with AutoKernel.

I would also like to add AutoKernel to the build system.

No, it doesn't matter, I'm doing this Anyway, so no need to start a war with the CM Forum Mods

Magpie for CM6 Froyo will also continue, I may even 'backport' some of the gingerbread stuff because its 'cleaner' imo

and anyone who wants it in its present state can get it from github
[G1 Android Development] th3k1d:
Do you simply apply the zip in recovery or you have to do something else to get these to work?
[G1 Android Development] farmatito:
@ th3k1d

You have to apply the patches to the kernel-2635 source,

build the kernel, add it to the android source tree,

build the android gingerbread source and flash

the ota package form the recovery......more or less :-)
[G1 Android Development] th3k1d:
I see.. I was hoping more for a kernel to flash zip! :P im not yet on GB since i have a need for gps and wifi, I thought i could use this on CM 6.1!
[G1 Android Development] HyeProfile:
Also got the following tweet a few minutes ago from Ezterry:

update to the DS GB build: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9987696&postcount=2 video playback and gps still no go..
​

So does this mean that all we need to fix is video playback and GPS, and we have a stable daily driver Gingerbread for D/S?

I'm getting excited, but too much of a coward to flash GINGERBREAD-DS-Alpha-20110103-1.zip... Anyone wanna have a go and report back? Benchmark numbers would also be nice...
[G1 Android Development] cctv35:
Gmail work?
[G1 Android Development] NoSkilleth:
Why not, I'll give it a go :)

I've been using the most recent version before this one for a couple of days now and I'm loving gingerbread, all I really need after this one is GPS then I'll be a very happy Magic user once more :p

Cheers ezterry and anyone else that has helped put this together :)
[G1 Android Development] nomadman:
updated over previouse alpha just fine. need to flash update_bypass_mod-signed to get other features like root access and gapps working. i still needed to flash with the latest pershoot kernel to remove green rendering.

thanks for the update!
[G1 Android Development] NoSkilleth:
Yep, same results here, just updated over the top and re-do the root/gapps one job done

First tilt on launcher pro was very slow and the screen went black before eventually coming back in landscape, since then it's been working fine :)
[G1 Android Development] lyzanxia:
3D rendering also seem to be still an issue.

Try quadrant benchmark, you will see that 3drendering has no textures.

But great progress!!! thanks for the update
[G1 Android Development] midget_3111:
Flashed over previous rom, reboote, then flashed update-bypass, and on first boot up I had a random reboot
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
what about the second, third and forth boots?

did you get a random reboot?
[G1 Android Development] midget_3111:
Only been running it since just before my last post, but no, no random reboot since then

@cctv35 Nope, Gmail is still buggy
[G1 Android Development] hrk:
There are, it's you who never learnt them. (<--- this is a "The Secret of Monkey Island" joke :D)

Give a try to the "rm -rf" but FIRST OF ALL give a try to scandisk. It could just be a damaged FAT (in which case I'd go for a manual backup of whatever you have, since Windows scandisk doesn't repair very well sdcards... more often than not it just wipes them)