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[Nook Color Android Development] madfatter:
THANKS! so I had the right command, i just needed to be in superuser to have it work. This build is now more than stable enough to be my full time daily build. I would like to run it off emmc, but I haven't had the time to sit and mess with it. I want to use autostart with this app, but I am a little unsure how to create an autostart.sh. Is it just a txt file with a .sh extension with whatever commands I would like it to run in it?
[Nook Color Android Development] jwestfah:
Location not supposed to be working?

Hey guys,

Maybe this is implied by the fact that the browser force closes because of location issues... If I click on My Location in, for example, Google Maps, is says my location is temporarily unavailable. Is this known to be not working, or have I messed up some setting somewhere?

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] runhopskipjump:
Yep create a text put put the commands you want. Then rename it to autostart.sh and place it in /data/opt. I had to create the opt folder. Just remember to view the script with a text editor on the nook because sometime desktop text editors add formatting stuff to it (font size, color... blah blah blah). If it does just delete the extra stuff that was added to the script you made.

I believe this has to due with running the OS off a single MicroSd card. Especially if you are running the pre 5.8 builds because it is handling /system, /cache, /data and what ever you are trying to access on the last partition that holds your media files. A flash card can only handle so much. 5.8 build speeds things up by using the /cache on the emmc which frees up some resources that the MicroSd card had to handle previously. I am running off the emmc and download speeds are fine.

Sent from Nook Color (Nookie Froyo on emmc)
[Nook Color Android Development] fattire:
Earlier versions (5.6 or whathaveyou) had an issue where /data and /cache were both assigned to the same partition, and the theory goes that there was "blocking" where reading and writing were happening simultaneously. I suggested a "fix" earlier in this thread that for most people anwyay resulted in an amazing speedup in UI reaction time... this was totally fixed by Cicadaman in 5.8 where /cache is being mounted on the emmc using the original cache partition (I think he puts it in a folder like /cache/nf or something)...

The more you know...
[Nook Color Android Development] muness:
The flash speed seems to make a big difference. I was on a class 2 4GB and it was unusable. I remembered I had a class 6 8GB and it's working really well. I think it'll become my daily usage setup now.

Speaking of making it the daily setup, does anyone have Pandora working with NookieFroyo? Anything special needed to get it working?
[Nook Color Android Development] macndroid:
Does the emmc method NOT work then?

So does this mean that it worked once but will no longer boot from the emmc? Did the clockwork recovery restore the original B&N system? Has anyone else tried this?

I have nookie froyo on a class 4 sdcard and its neat but not useable on a daily basis. I'd like to move it to the emmc...
[Nook Color Android Development] Lint6:
from cwirl at the CM forums
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
I'm having the same issue, but the "fix" didn't work. I cannot find Zeam or DolphinHD at all in the market.

In addition - i am having painfully slow market downloads. I checked, and i am running .5.8, which i thought had fixed it...
[Nook Color Android Development] jta:
Nook Color Media App?

I have Froyo running on my nook color, completed the additional tips from nookdevs, etc. including moving cache off the sd card to emmc.

Now, I want to reinstall some of the original nook software; namely the nook Media Player. I guess I can use a 3rd party file browser to get to my media files...

Does anyone have the apk for the stock nook color media player?

Has anyone tried to make it work on Froyo?

Thanks,

j
[Nook Color Android Development] Zuhkov:
You may need to change your ro.build.fingerprint string in build.prop. I believe that's covered under the wiki, as well. Instead of using the string posted on the wiki, I wound up using the string for the galaxy tab that someone posted somewhere on this forum. Don't think I could see everything in the market (I'm not running froyo at the moment to verify), but I was able to get Dolphin HD and several other things (like market Flash 10.1 and the Wall Street Journal tablet app).
[Nook Color Android Development] Mat Sumpter:
I can confirm that changing my build.prop allowed me to access other apps as well. Just got Swype running on it today (from Galaxy Tab).
[Nook Color Android Development] duloz:
Good God, how, dear sir?!
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
Nookie is very fast and smooth on a class 6 sd. Just remember to turn the screen off/on right after booting (every time) to avoid the touchscreen lag.

I personally don't think it's worth any risk of installing it internally until there's a flashable zip. Just get a class 6 sd and knock yourself out (I got a 4GB one for $15 at tigerdirect).
[Nook Color Android Development] Mat Sumpter:
I pushed over Swype.apk to /system/apps and libSwypeCore.so to /system/lib and made changes to my build.prop per this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880056

Then restarted and told Android to use Swype as my default input. Works perfectly just needed Froyo :)
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
...quoting madfatter's post to bump it for relevance (not sure how many caught it the first time). Thanks to this info, I now have 2.74GB on the SD Card partition of SD-run Nookie Froyo. Thanks!!

p.s. - it's spelled EASEUS, not EASUS (there's a clone app called the latter, avoid that one). The one you want is available here
[Nook Color Android Development] jta:
What do you mean by '..turn the screen off/on right after booting (every time)...' ?

Is that an option in the settings? or are you just meaning 'hit the power button to go into sleep mode'? or something else entirely?

Also, is this done before you unlock? right when you see the lock screen?

I have a class 10 SD (4 gb) and it does seem slow / laggy.

thanks!

J
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
Just hit sleep any time (I suggested after booting to have effects from the get-go), you can wake it up right after that. I saw this somewhere and realized that I'd never bothered putting it to sleep when I'd tried it before.

It works for me. I had major touchscreen lag before--after I started doing this, touchscreen is every bit as responsive as stock B&N.
[Nook Color Android Development] watzone69:
I can verify that this works. Be sure you turned off haptic feedback in "settings > sounds" as well. Major difference!!
[Nook Color Android Development] japzone:
Personally I Prefer to use GParted, I find it works Smoothly and does the Job well. Using GParted I resized my sdcard Partition in Seconds. I now have a 2.9gb sdcard Partition on a 4gb MicroSD.
[Nook Color Android Development] japzone:
Hardware Media Decoding?

I was just wondering what progress is being made in Hardware Media Decoding. So far the only way I can play Media on Nookie Froyo is by using Rock Player. Since it has a Software Decoder for Media it works, however I can only get certain File Types at Certain Qualities to Play with it:

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Some LowerQ 3gp(Some 3gp don't Play right for some reason)

LQ MP4(Really Low Quality Making Subbed Anime hard to watch)

SD FLV (About 360p Youtube Quality although some Vids from Youtube at this Quality still won't Play in which case you have to use 220p)

DivX/Xvid AVI @ DVD Quality (Pretty much your Standard Movie at Around 700mb)

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Everything else besides the Above is either Highly Video Laggy or won't Play at all. Flash Player does Work but many times the Video is Slightly Laggy.

I was just wondering if there is a Specific Problem your having with getting Native Media Playback working?
[Nook Color Android Development] jta:
I have also wondered about the native media player. it is a great player, works better than rock, and mplayer (or was it vplayer?)

Anyway, if we can get the nook colors native media player back, that would be great!

Is it as easy as finding the apk and installing? probalby not...

J
[Nook Color Android Development] cicada:
little update to 0.5.9 - I'm out the rest of the week so this will be it for a little while. Fixes the browser force-close :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
Market seems to be miseing a lot like dolphin hd wnd adw laucher. Do i need to change build prop? I tried market fix by wiping cache and rebooting but it didnt fix it.
[Nook Color Android Development] madfatter:
now that flashable zip and recovry are working, i doubt it will be too long until we see a froyo update.zip.!!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] madfatter:
Speaking of market, I am unable to get the new market working. anyone sucessful with this?
[Nook Color Android Development] japzone:
How to Enable Market on Nookie Froyo

If you mean installing Market then go to the Nookdevs:Nookie Froyo Tips page-Here

Then Follow the Instructions To Install Superuser/Su and Google Apps.

Next Open the Attached Txt File and Follow the Instructions to Enable Market.

The Instructions are Long so I put them in the Txt File instead.

Note: I pulled these Instructions from Nookdevs and Modified them for use in Nookie Froyo. Mostly I maid Minor Edits as Most of the Stuff I removed was NC Rooting related and is obviously Not Needed here. If you want the Full Original Article simply follow the URL at the End of the Txt File. If you have any issues PM me.
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
Some good news

Changing the build.prop worked.

Tried the new market vending .apk didn't work.

Got desktop rotation to work by using ADW

Screen is nice and responsive now with the close screen after boot tip.

I am liking this so far even on a class 4 card it is good.

Used gparted to enlarge sd card partition so now have 6+ gb of free space.

Next will try to port over the stock nook apps and see if they work.

Flash works but unfortunately the video is slow and choppy so not useable. Too bad if flash could work better this would be killer.

Possible that overclocking would help?

Also anyone know the build.prop for galaxy tab and how to trick swype to install?
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
I think they meant the new market. The one with the green top? The one on the wiki is the older, grey topped market.
[Nook Color Android Development] djkns:
is the sd card accessible by the system... cuz i get an icon on the top saying the sdcard is damage and not mountable.... is there a way to fix this...??
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
A request to cicada: I don't know about anyone else, but after this ROM (presumably) becomes flashable internally, I personally would love to see the SD image kept up to date parallel to the flashable zip for subsequent updates . . .

I think a lot of us were associating the touchscreen lag with being on the SD, but now it seems that had nothing to do with it (and the lag appears to be easily fixed now with a simple push of the sleep button). As I said before, this is really cooking on my class 6, and I kinda like the idea of keeping the internal ROM in a state that's easily reverted to stock (should it ever need to be taken to B&N).
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
What is easiest way to update to .59 from .58?

can I just copy the files from boot partition over or is there more to do?
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
There are instructions on nookdevs' Nookie Froyo page, but I'm not sure if the base files (necessary for updating) have been updated on the site yet for 0.5.9.
[Nook Color Android Development] likearaptor:
I think it would be cool if we had a change log that showed what files needed to be copied over and permissions applied so we could do the update more efficiently than copying the whole partitions back over
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
A question just occurred to me: as we're booting from the SD, does the nook even need to be rooted to run nookie??
[Nook Color Android Development] ColdH33t:
Lol that's a pretty good question and one I had myself a while ago. I didn't find anything in the few google searches I did before, so I'm just assuming that no it doesn't require root. Which is totally awesome XD
[Nook Color Android Development] cicada:
That's the plan - I love that we can swap in an SD and boot whatever OS you want, keeping all your data, etc, intact. I will continue releasing the SDIMAGE and base archive, update.zip will be coming as soon as I can get it ready.

If you're on a linux machine, diff is the tool you're looking for to find that out - not sure how that's done in windows-land, anyone care to fill in?
[Nook Color Android Development] cicada:
Not at all. The nook color boots in this order: USB, SD, EMMC

Not sure we've gotten successful USB boots working but that's kind of a niche 'nice for development' case - mobile devices aren't all that useful when they have to be tethered to your PC ;)

An OS image can run from SD without interacting with internal memory at all. This means you don't have to be rooted, nootered, whatever - you could literally take a new nook color from the box, pop in NF and boot.
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
WOW. You can run froyo on your nook without any danger of voiding your warranty...
[Nook Color Android Development] cicada:
Now I definitely *didn't* say that - it's quite likely B&N has a clause in their warranty about running alternate OS or applications. It would be better to assume that it *will* void your warranty, and I cannot take responsibility for you doing such a thing.

That said, nookie froyo doesn't leave any 'fingerprints' behind that a factory wipe won't clear out if you're concerned. The applications you run in NF may use the internal /cache partition for temporary storage needs however.
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
Yeah, I gotcha. I doubt any Barnes & Noble clerks are going to check the cache when you take it in, but I know you want to err on the side of caution when making broad declarations about warranties.
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
Problem is that there are two different sets of instructions. One set talks about kernel and updating the boot partition. Other one talks abiut using adb to copy files over each of four partitions which for me is difficult as am not using linux and dont know how to mount thr two linux partitions on my mac
[Nook Color Android Development] shareef:
google reader not displaying full screen

Hey guys.. the main google reader screen is full screen but when i click on an article the screen shrinks to a tiny window. I've already unchecked compatibility mode in spare parts, but it didn't help. Any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] theyownus:
I am getting the same thing after updating and then after wiping and starting with the new image...

in the process of going back to a clean 0.5.8 image for the time being till this is fixed...

besides this little setback all i can say is WOW! i was fed up with the nook UI after auto nooting and playing with since sunday and was contemplating returning. after going for it and running nookie i can say this is the best tablet available right now. i previously had the archos 101(so so screen, cheap feeling) and the viewsonic gtablet(horrible viewing angles, heavy!) i was starting to think i was going to have to compromise... not with the nook color with nookie froyo on it!
[Nook Color Android Development] willsurg:
Hi guys, I just rooted my nook, and yes I did search before asking this question...

so following your train of thought, could I restore back to factory default and just use the microSD card that I made to root the nook as the main operating system? I followed the autnookie instruction and took out the micro sd card as instructed, and did not wipe it yet

thanks in advance!
[Nook Color Android Development] zenglh1988:
Does this rom support Chinese?
[Nook Color Android Development] muness:
Yes. That's what I did after realizing this new NookColor has a couple of dead pixels. I can play with it all I want but very quickly exchange it when I drive back to B&N.
[Nook Color Android Development] willsurg:
woww, talk about safe rooting... very cool, I guess I might go get that 16GB microsd after all then!!
[Nook Color Android Development] starkruzr:
So, I put 0.5.8 on an SD card the day before yesterday and all seemed fine. I installed the gapps pack and things went a little sideways.

Downloads from the Market are GLACIALLY slow, and when I tried to reinstall some of the apps I paid for the downloads just hung. Is this normal? I tried updating Gmail (there's an updated version in the Market), it got to 6% and hung there.
[Nook Color Android Development] muness:
I had the same problem (unusably slow Market downloads) when using a slow microSD (class 2). Going to a class 6 resolved it for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] starkruzr:
I'm on a 6, or so the card says :-/
[Nook Color Android Development] jay084:
Patiently waiting on hw accelerated video playback feature to be functional. Christ I want it so bad. Really appreciate the effort that goes into this guys. Its really appreciated.
[Nook Color Android Development] dennisi01:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there something in the works where Froyo will not have to be run from the sdcard?
[Nook Color Android Development] Iridox:
Yup, the OP said he's working on it.
[Nook Color Android Development] DyDx:
I also experienced extremely slow downloads with 0.5.8, but not just in the Market, in any sort of download situation. I didn't think to attribute it to the speed of my microSD, but that might be a reasonable explanation...

Now that ClockworkRecovery is working, shouldn't it be possible to flash the Nookie Froyo image with that? Or does it need to be modified to work properly with CWR?
[Nook Color Android Development] Spookymonster:
Weird... tried 2 different cards (a Class 2 and a Class 6, both 8Gb) and they both get the message 'Damaged SD card - SDcard damaged. You may have to reformat it', then unmounts my 'card'. This happens with both 5.8 and 5.9. Oddly enough, I had put 5.8 on the Class 2 card a few days ago without incident. Any suggestions on how to correct? When I format it under Android, it screws the card up and I can't boot into Nookie anymore.

Any suggestions?
[Nook Color Android Development] duloz:
Well yeah, formatting is going to erase everything on the card, unless I am misunderstanding.

What file system are you starting with? I noticed the first time I created a 5.8 on a brand new card, it booted, but the folder structure was very weird, and not adb friendly (lots of gibberish instead of / between directories).

Now that I think about it, this happened with my nooter card.tried to format it with my droid incredible (never rebooted) and it very nearly bricked the phone...
[Nook Color Android Development] bfhunt2009:
Audio question

First of all, hats off to the developers. NF is awesome. I really appreciate the ability to remove the card and boot the stock NC OS (of course after powering it down; I made that mistake once and thought I had bricked my NC - holding the power and N buttons simultaneously for 30 seconds woke it up). I find NF amazingly stable and very usable. I have shown it off to many people and they all want one now.

I haven't had any luck playing music however, and I was wondering if anyone else has. First, has anybody gotten Pandora to run? Mine starts, logs me in, and even presents album art, but then after a fairly long spinner dialog I get the message "Sorry, unable to retrieve music from pandora.com".

I tried using Winamp to sync over WiFi some music into my NF but then when I tried to play them with the built in player (or with Winamp) it said "incompatible music format". They were vanilla mp3s. Has anyone else managed to play mp3s?

Lastly, per someone's recommendation I used EASEUS Partition Master to expand the sdcard partition to 6.4GB (I am using an 8GB class 6 Transend microSD), so I have lots of room for music. I tried using adb to push some mp3s into the sdcard partition in a folder I created called media, but the built-in player does not "see" the songs. Did I put them in the wrong place?

Thanks again, and keep up the great work everyone!
[Nook Color Android Development] chhaggerty:
I had the same problem. I tried three different sd cards, and did initial and update installs using windows and linux. In every circumstance it worked fine with NF 0.5.6 and 0.5.8, but with 0.5.9 I would get the damaged sd card error. Had to go back to 0.5.8.
[Nook Color Android Development] samuelhalff:
Hi, I installed CW recovery and trashed my internal system/data files (please don't ask me how). I'm hoping to get the initial recovery files and do a hard reset. But to be honest, I'm quite new to all this, so could someone please explain how to mount the internal partitions from nookie froyo and then transfer the booting files back instead of CW recovery.

Thank you ever so much! I'm totally desperate...

Sam
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
If you bought a cheap Class 6 card off eBay or some no-name brand you've never heard of before, I guarantee it's not actually Class 6. Everyone except the "big" reputable names like Sandisk and Kingston drastically overstate their performance classes. Class 2 cards from Sandisk routinely outperform "Class 10" eBay-specials.

Yes, Sandisk and Kingston cards cost more, but you do get what you pay for.
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
How does Dungeon Defenders run on it?
[Nook Color Android Development] Canadoc:
First off am really enjoying the progress on this!

Have some Quick questions:

Is there a way to get the antenna icon out of the taskbar? Seems pointless to have it there. Also the no service indicator when the screen is on and the phone is in locked mode.

Given the overclock threads on 2.1, anyone try to overclock 2.2? Flash seem s choppy on a lot of video sites and well maybe this would help.

Finally has all the possible video acceleration been done on this or is there potential for further gains , and thus better flash video?
[Nook Color Android Development] chhaggerty:
What happens when you try to boot without the sd card in?
[Nook Color Android Development] Xhorder:
Possible Noob question:

If I were to run NF, would I be able to backup all my current apps and data using Titanium Backup, copy them to the new NF /sdcard, and then restore them onto the NF?

EDIT: I'm assuming the stock B&N reader doesn't work, but does the Nook app from market work? I have a few B&N books I've purchased (which hopefully would be accessible...)

thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
You could do that. You'd probably need to mount the SD partition and do it via adb, because the SD partition doesn't come up in Windows at least. I synced my Titanium backup to dropbox and restored the apps I wanted most from there.

I just tried the market nook app, and it works perfectly. Of course, if you leave the stock ROM intact, you can just boot without the sd to access that anytime.
[Nook Color Android Development] chhaggerty:
I was asking that while trying to help Sam who is having problems after a botched CWM install:)
[Nook Color Android Development] psymon101:
Be excellent if someone could post a CWM recovery of this so we can run it on the internal card.
[Nook Color Android Development] wvcachi:
I think he'll have a flashable zip ready pretty soon. He mentioned that in a post yesterday...
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
Seeing that the nooks take overclocks reasonably well, is there any reason we can't get an OC kernel to try on the froyo build?
[Nook Color Android Development] psymon101:
Wonderous!
[Nook Color Android Development] madfatter:
have you gotten the new market working? I have followed instructions and pushed it via adb to /system/apps and I have tried to manually install it, but it stay the grey top market. any help would be appriciated. Thanks!