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[Nook Color General] jsmith8858:
I just want to add that even though it is not free, SmartKeyboard Pro works GREAT with the Nook, you can access all of the settings and configure it any way you want. You can turn off full-screen mode in Landscape, choose the skin, etc. Anyway, I know it is not free and I don't want to sound like I am posting an ad for the app, but it works really well. I installed it as per usual from the Market, copied the APK to system/app, rebooted, and it works great. That combined with the Dolphin HD browser == an almost perfect tablet experience.
[Nook Color General] supermatt9:
Jeff, how do you access the settings for smart keyboard pro? I can't find that option.
[Nook Color General] LordDavon:
Thanks. That is quite a bit less typing than using my while loop. HA! ;-) Glad to know that there is an easy way of having busybox make those links. That is good to know for the 2.2 update which, I am picturing, I will need to set the NookColor up again.

I didn't need to do anything with the path since mine was already pathed. I wonder why yours wasn't. Maybe we used different versions of autonooter?

I did find that once I ssh into the nook, running "busybox sh" gets me a very capable environment to work in and all of the proper commands linked also.

Again, thank you for the info. I am a desktop/server Linux guy just getting into the embedded side of the world.
[Nook Color General] ictguy78:
Press and hold the ?123 button. That'll pop up the menu in Smart Keyboard Pro.
[Nook Color General] paleh0rse:
Have you (or anyone else) found any numbers around 250 that ALSO work with the native B&N apps?

I'm really doing all that I can to try and save the stock B&N library/reader apps; but, at the same time, I can't stand the nooted home screens at 169.3333... DOH!
[Nook Color General] wvcachi:
I haven't experimented with the B&N app, but obviously the higher you go, the more it'll cut off. you can have it lower than 250 and still be much bigger than stock, I prefer 250 because it keeps the status bar clean-looking.

I'd say start at 200, and if Nook apps still look fine there, raise it incrementally and see what the breaking point is.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Suggestions for new topics:

- How to get youtube to work. It seems like someone asks at least once a day. Information and APKs here. I think you can also just sever youtube's tie to your google account to make it work, but I cant remember the details for that one.

- How to tether to wifi. I've yet to do this so I cant offer much information. There are instructions here, here, and here. Again, I've not done this so I dont know which set of instructions is best. I'll be taking a crack at this in the next day or two, so I will offer more details when I can. I still need to get USB ADB working (failed for me so I used wifi) and jailbreak my 3GS before I can start, so I've got a bit of work ahead of me before I can give you further information.
[Nook Color General] gjo59:
Back Button

I appologize if this has already been posted, but on a stock NC, swiping from right to left on the notification area (at the bottom of the screen) = Back Button.

- G -
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
So I know where this stuff goes in Linux, but how do you modify the system PATH in Android? Is there a profile file somewhere? I actually haven't looked, but surely you guys aren't exporting vars each time you get into the thing.

I've just gotten used to typing busybox xyz or /system/xbin (although busybox is less typing). On my Nexus One, /system/xbin is already in the path from the custom ROM, I'm sure it can be done here as well but might not be possible until there's a ROM, but I'd think it's just a shell script somewhere that sets it.
[Nook Color General] myecomemail:
Wow. Thanks for sharing. This great and works on my rooted NC too. It works in the stock browser as a back button...exits apps etc. Very cool.

Anyone know of other gestures or ways to add them/other apps with this functionality etc?
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
It's been mentioned elsewhere, but not in this thread. That would be a good addition to the OP.
[Nook Color General] swapdotavi:
Hah, so I got a bit carried away and stayed up late to get this all done in one shot. Works great! Tethered to my 3G last night, this morning, and just now. Bonus points to whoever figured out a way to remove the need to switch to and from adhoc and infrastructure mode!

The steps on the wiki were easiest for me to follow. They are a bit vague at times, but they are absolutely possible to follow if you pay attention and read them carefully. Might be worth throwing a link to that article in the OP.

Of course you NEED to have a working USB ADB connection for this as you must turn wifi off to modify the supplicant files. If you used the wiki's ADB_USB tutorial and you cant get it working you should try again, as the ini file they had up until last night had a slight problem in it that may have been the source of your woes.
[Nook Color General] ClarkSt:
Just curious about this... Why did you have to modify anything on the CN to WiFi tether to a phone? I rooted my HTC Incredible and added a free app called WiFi Tether and once I run that on the phone, I can connect to it from my CN just like any other access point.
[Nook Color General] ClarkSt:
Personally, I use 220 because I can still see the time and, more importantly, the notification balloon on the left. Granted, it's a piece of a balloon and the time is staggered numbers on top of each other, but it works and anything smaller is really too small for me. I have seen someone say 204 was good, so I tried it - the click and balloon look normal, but the text is still too small for my old eyes. 220 is best for me.

LCDDensity is a great way to try out different values without making them permanent or having to change any files.
[Nook Color General] frenzisor:
Calendar

My google calendar is not syncing with my nook color well. Is there a way to sync it. Right now it only syncs all day events and it seems that even those are picked at random.

I would really appreciate some help.
[Nook Color General] supersoulfly:
You have the fortunate advantage of owning an HTC. Many phones can only tether to another device in ADHOC mode. The stock Nookie does not pick up ADHOC, only infrasteucutre. HTC has been good about releasing phones that use infrastructure.
[Nook Color General] ClarkSt:
Ah. Thanks for explaining that.
[Nook Color General] N00dle:
so I got my NC rooted no problem but when I try and rename the otacerts.zip it keeps telling me operation failed.

Also does anyone know where I can get the stock bootanimation I used auto nooter and for a little while would like to go back to the stock boot animation.
[Nook Color General] wvcachi:
Are you using adb or Root Explorer to change otacerts?

As far as the boot animation, I'm pretty sure just deleting the boot animation file in data/local will revert to the stock one.
[Nook Color General] N00dle:
I was just using ES File Explorer. I'm assuming this root for the NC doesn't unlock Nand protection like most phones do so on reboot it changes the system back to read only?
[Nook Color General] ThrowingKs:
You are good. Just use this program to enable R/W and ES File Explorer will do the trick.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/mount-system-(rw-ro)/com.beansoft.mount_system
[Nook Color General] N00dle:
Still nothing with ES File Explorer. Still getting operation failed when using Mount /system app.

I also tried to go to advanced settings with ES and tried to enable root explorer and keep being told it isn't supported on my phone.
[Nook Color General] ThrowingKs:
You need to enable R/W. It is not a permanent operation. Use adb, the program I linked, or buy root explorer.

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Making_system_partition_Read-Write
[Nook Color General] droidseban:
This forum post to disable otacerts.zip file has the adb commands to do so without using any additional apps. See post #2:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=860480&highlight=otacerts.zip

wvcachi, could you link to this in your original writeup, or pull in the adb commands?
[Nook Color General] cal3thousand:
I'm getting the same thing. I'm not sure if it bugs anyone enough that a solution will be fixed before B&N release their update. (I'm hoping that it turns it into a real tablet without having to root; I'll keep it rooted, I just dream about the added support for stock bits so development in the "underground" can focus on cooler things)
[Nook Color General] thechaps:
I've asked this in another post with no luck. Is there a way to change the build.prop so it shows the full market? One app that I thought would be awesome on the NC was Pocket legends. Since I don't have the full market it doesn't show up. I know when I hacked my DX with froyo before it was released there was a way to change the build.prop to see the whole market. Just curious if anybody has had any luck fixing this.
[Nook Color General] wvcachi:
I'm on nookie now, so can't speak for the stock ROM, but Pocket Legends is showing up in my market after changing the fingerprint for protected apps (as described on nookdevs). Again, that's on nookie though.... If you don't find another solution, you can always just switch ROMs.
[Nook Color General] rainmakerrc:
You should be able to find the most recent apk with a Google search, and then you can just install it from your SD via Astro or your preferred file manager. Just don't forget to check the box to allow for installation of non-market applications under Settings-->Applications.
[Nook Color General] webvan:
Wow, great stuff, I'll probably use the density trick for the TAB as I find things too big there ;-)
[Nook Color General] MajorSensible:
Spare Parts = sluggish screen?

OK, so I installed Spare Parts as directed above for the wifi workaround.

Now the screen seems very sluggish when starting any app. Any ideas?

Has anyone run benchmarks on a rooted NC? What should the baseline for a clean rooted NC be?

TIA!

EDIT: Never mind, I figured it out....Spare Parts defaults transition speed to "very slow".
[Nook Color General] rjoudrey:
200 is about the highest you can go and have good functionality.
[Nook Color General] irishii911:
#14

For some reason any page past my initial page on root explorer will not let me mount R/W so therefore I can not do #14 could someone please advise either 1. what is wrong with my root explorer that it won't let me mount r/w after the first page or 2. the adb that I can use to do this .... sorry newbie here. Thanks!
[Nook Color General] webvan:
Make sure you have updated to the latest version on the Market, older versions have issues with R/W.
[Nook Color General] criley:
In regards to CPU Tuner, I tried installing it today. There's an option in the settings to test for support of all of CPU Tuner's functionality, and it all returned as being not working.

So it looks like setCPU is the way to go here.

Thanks for a great post!
[Nook Color General] shawn605:
I installed the YouTube HD version.. I can tap the screen which brings up the bottom "bar" of reverse, pause and forward... But I seem to have lost my softkeys and can't go BACK to the list of videos...

Any thoughts?
[Nook Color General] t140568:
Try double-tapping the N button. It brings up SoftKeys for me.
[Nook Color General] john10101:
i had the same problem until i updated to the newest version.
[Nook Color General] jerrykur:
Try rotating the unit from landscape to portrait. The search/list screen should reappear.
[Nook Color General] Filiab:
Is there any way to see all items on the market instead ofvthe 10-14 it shows per category?
[Nook Color General] rainmakerrc:
Try switching to landscape mode, and the market should list more apps.
[Nook Color General] piotrbartkowiak:
have any of you found a problem with making shortcuts. It seems that I cant make any it just comes back to main screen
[Nook Color General] rainmakerrc:
Just longpress the programs from your app drawer instead.
[Nook Color General] piotrbartkowiak:
I wonted to make coutome links to websites but I think I found a solution in DesktopVirtualizeR.
[Nook Color General] |attf|:
Thanks for the youtube fix. Now I don't have to clear cache each time the NC comes out of sleep. Although, it's still strange in that you have to wait till the whole video plays to get back to the video menus (even with softkeys running.. they do nothing). anyways.. better though.

How about:

- how do you get flash 10 installed?

- how do you stream video from local network storage?
[Nook Color General] j.gunnell:
Has anyone been able to their purchased books to load on the nook application?

edit- sorry, wrong forum
[Nook Color General] nderouch:
Rooting Instructions

I would like to install the Honeycomb hack on my Nook. I have looked around and all the instructions just tell you to "flash" it. I am pretty new to this so I am not sure what this means.

Is there instructions somewhere that would walk me thru how to backup my current OS then install the new?
[Nook Color General] webvan:
There you go : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11044967&postcount=7
[Nook Color General] dvanburen:
Anyone have any hints on how to get the 'Water' Live Wallpaper to work as the OP does in his screenshot? The link in the howto for the LiveWallpaper apk pack is dead and when I move the one installed with Auto Nooter it won't even load a preview. Others such as Nexus Revamped and Solar Winds work fine.
[Nook Color General] pts69666:
Overall, great guide! I used quite a bit of this information myself on my nook. I love this thing. There was one tip i did a different way than you and just want it to be known as another option.

When it came to remapping my buttons, I don't have Root Explorer and didn't feel like buying it. (yeah, im cheap) So, I decided to give it a shot with ADB. I'm new to the whole android thing so i decided to play around a lil and it worked. Here is what I did.

Plug in nook to USB

open up CMD and verify your nook is connected

adb devices

if youre nook is found, copy the keybored layout file to your computer

adb pull /system/usr/keylayout/TWL4030_Keypad.kl TWL4030_Keypad.kl

From there, I went into my home folder and made the required changes with notepad++

then I remounted the file system to be read/write and then pushed the new file, followed by a reboot

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb push TWL4030_Keypad.kl /system/usr/keylayout
adb reboot

I hope that helps people who are cheap and lazy like me. =P
[Nook Color General] dvanburen:
To answer my own question I found a link to the apk in a quota in the original thread:

http://www.mediafire.com/?oymijnnydnz

This one works fine.
[Nook Color General] prostaff58:
I am rooted via autonooter and firmware is 1.0.1. I don't have the option of installing to SD or transferring apps to SD. the option simply isn't given in the application manager settings. is this option not installed via autonooter? is there a workaround? if I reset and bump up to 1.1.0 and root again is it likely to make a difference? what version of android is actually installed in the autonooter 2.12.25?
[Nook Color General] prostaff58:
yes, with no problem at all.
[Nook Color General] prostaff58:
yes, no problems doing so with firmware 1.0.1 and having used autonooter. can buy and download books and magazines, etc. only the storefront changes. (no longer personalized to my account). functionality is all still there.
[Nook Color General] bdcrim:
Firmware versions 1.0.1 and 1.1.0 are both Android 2.1 (Eclair). Apps to SD is not an option for this version. Autonooter just gains root access to what Barnes and Nobles has offered on the nook, which is 2.1.
[Nook Color General] fucon:
YouTube app didn't show up in the "extras" or even titanium backup after I uninstalled and replaced with the HQ youtube. It is indeed under /system/app, but no way to launch the app! I also set the permission to user rw group ro others ro.

Anybody got an idea?

Thanks
[Nook Color General] Huluk:
I have this exact same problem. I bet I messed it up somehow. Anyone have any ideas?
[Nook Color General] fucon:
When I use the Signed_youtube.apk (no HQ) using the same way. Everything worked fine. So it looks like something wrong with the apk? I actually downloaded it multiple times from different places (all 854kB), but none of them worked.
[Nook Color General] Huluk:
Whered you get that .apk from? As it stands right now, I don't have youtube working on there at all.
[Nook Color General] fucon:
google "signed_youtube apk nook", you can find it in the first result. (Sorry I am new here and not allowed to post URL)
[Nook Color General] Huluk:
Problem resolved.

I went to nook color tools, then manage applications, uninstalled youtube from there.

copied the youtube.apk posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942424

to the /system/app folder

set permissions and rebooted.

I hope this helps someone else!
[Nook Color General] Omega Ra:
how does one set permissions and such? I finally got ADB working, but I don't know anything about Linux style commands..
[Nook Color General] RickOSidhe:
Many people use an app such as "Root Manager" to be able to set file permissions. You should be extremely careful, though, when using any method of changing system files. That said, it's VERY easy to recover to stock if you screw something up -- but you'll still have to spend time reinstalling/nootering/etc your books, apps and such.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/root-manager/com.bg.rootmgrp

HTH
[Nook Color General] succulent:
#NookColor

We need more people on #NookColor channel. If you need help, there are many people there to help you out. The nook devs are there.

http://webchat.freenode.net or your own IRC client

Channel #NookColor
[Nook Color General] timobriggs:
"@k8108 - if you're using Root Explorer, it's a little button up top when you're navigating system/, which lets you toggle mounting system as 'read-write' and 'read-only.

My Root explorer says "mount R/W" I clicked the button and nothing happened

It still says r/o next to it.

EDIT: Quote fix (sorta)
[Nook Color General] rodsfree:
Is anybody else having problems downloading the Youtube HD apk from the dropbox link in the first post???

I can't seem to get it from multiple computers. I think the link is dead.
[Nook Color General] caballar:
thanks! very helpful
[Nook Color General] Krazypoloc:
Thanks thats helpful
[Nook Color General] evopanop:
Root Explorer not working?

Ok so I'm rooted with Nooter 3 and have 1.1ghz kernel running and loving my $199 tablet. Only problem so far is getting Root Explorer to work right. I want to install my Swift Keyboard but when I try to change /System/App to R/W it doesn't change. I can change the root folder but not /System or lower. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help,

Don

EVO 4G and Nook Color w/1.1 and OC
[Nook Color General] j4jim:
I know that 114 & 115 volume keys can be re-mapped to change to back or menu - but can anyone advise what key number the N (Home) key is and how to edit it to change single and double click to something else?
[Nook Color General] GuerillaZhou:
Thanks. My tablet runs better than ever now.
[Nook Color General] timobriggs:
I found that you had to use the market version, so cough up some cash. Once I bought it from the market, it worked like a charm!
[Nook Color General] bikercr:
Sounds

I've lost the ability to change notification sounds. Any way to restore choosing which sound plays for a particular event?
[Nook Color General] 34Ford:
Just received a used nc last night. Its bone stock.

How in the heck do you get past the "Touch the android to begin" screen?
[Nook Color General] caballar:
thanks for the info
[Nook Color General] darkhunter139:
"- Change the name of etc/security/otacerts.zip to anything else (doing this in Root Explorer works fine). So far, this had looked pretty solid in successfully disabling OTA updates."

Is that all I have to do to disable official updates or is there a better method I could use?
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
Once again, nice find. However, I still remapped my volume keys to BACK and MENU because the right-left back swipe does not work in Youtube.
[Nook Color General] Soravia:
I also remapped my Volume keys because Nook Color is not a phone and I hardly ever need to reset the volume from which ever I set it to. In fact, even at max, Nook Color has very tiny volume.

Is there any mod I can make it louder? I remember swapping some files in my Samsung Moment to make it 50% louder.

I have one good tip for wallpaper setting on Nook Color 1.1 that has been modded with Auto-Nooter 3.0 like mine.

Perfect Viewer from Market has a feature to set pics as shown on screen. Just zoom the pic as needed and hit Menu> Tools icon > Set as Wallpaper > Use Current Screen.

That's the easiest way. Perfect Viewer can also change different dithering options for image for your taste in quality of resize.:cool:
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
I installed the overclocked kernel yesterday, it includes a volume boost.
[Nook Color General] sabinblitz:
I'm not sure if this pertains to the "Can't login to B&N account", but I rooted my sister's Nook last night using the Monster Pack. Now I've rooted my EVO, and I think out of just habit I wiped the cache and the dalvik cache even though none of the guides say to do that (unless your loading a custom ROM which I wasn't doing).

After a successful boot with the root, I rebooted and installed gapps. Everything seems to be running great, but my sister texted me this morning that she goes to buy a book at the store and the screen just goes black. All of her other books carried over from prior to the root, as well as the magazines, and even kept the page number she was on for everything. Anyway I can fix this?
[Nook Color General] jerrykur:
That is all I did and it has worked so far.
[Nook Color General] Little Green Robot:
great post thanks for the info!
[Nook Color General] tablo:
I like to wear headphones with my NC and i do have to change my volume sometimes. BUT the back button issue trumps that in priority. After remapping volume buttons, how do you adjust your volume?
[Nook Color General] Little Green Robot:
Remapped the volume keys! thanks!
[Nook Color General] Deaks2:
I use VolumeControl. It sits in the notification area.
[Nook Color General] vlbasten:
great help for newbee... thanks a lot
[Nook Color General] jlgg:
I can't get into System, I do not have permission, even though I have installed auto-nooter 3. How exactly do I "mount system as "r-w" first"?
[Nook Color General] rainmakerrc:
Easiest way is to install Root Explorer (it's a paid app), and use that to access the system directory.
[Nook Color General] VitaZora:
Thanks so much for posting this. I have been able to apply most of the work arounds to my rooted Nook running stock. I have also had great experiences using the density modifications with both Froyo and CM7.
[Nook Color General] stolenmoment:
I had this same problem, and https: websites didn't work. Another poster suggested applying Autonooter 3.0.0 over the MRP and almost all is well.
[Nook Color General] brento1:
Is it only me or does anyone else have a problem clicking on the search button in market with a stock rooted NC? About half the time I press the button it doesn't register. I have to keep tapping it until it registers to do a search.
[Nook Color General] tomic22:
Wallpapers (no spam intended!)

I just wanted to mention that there's an easy way to find the correct size wallpapers and let them be set as a 'nice' background.

If you have your own wallpapers use Wallpaper Set & Save mentioned in the openingspost.

If you do not have the correct sized wallpapers or just like to browse some; get Flikie wallpapers HD.(search for it on market or Google) It allows you to set it with the right resolution and the app looks great on the nook!
[Nook Color General] flipflargin:
I agree, it's irritating. When this happens I bring up the app's menu (using softkeys) and select "Search" to continue.:mad:
[Nook Color General] ExploreMN:
Awesome tips! Thanks!

EDIT: Just curious, is there a way to get rid of the messaging services force close on boot up if you rename the phone and telephonyprovider APKs for the improved battery life?