yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color Android Development] sudhirkhanger:
Is there a way to make nook app work without a sdcard? My sdcard is en-route.
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
That was cleanest of the 3 ways I've gotten root working for HC on the NC...
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
So far very impressed by V4, thanks for the great work. I was able to install Opera Mobile 10 beta and also Firefox 4 beta both FC, I need them for proxy surfing. So far Dolphin HD works but it does not support proxy. Does HC support http proxy? I cannot locate iptables in the system. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsukaza:
Great that fixes the problem, I was using the magicandroid.com version of the su and Superuser did not like it. The fixed version fixed the problem, now Root Explorer works :) Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] bjitty:
I've looked at it. Is this something I can do in a terminal directly on the Nook? If not I'm still stuck because I can't get ADB to work.

Thanks for the link, I'll dig into it some more later.
[Nook Color Android Development] njdevils28:
Will the Adobe Flash Player for Froyo work with HC?

I found the APK but I have no idea how to install it or even if it will work.

-NJ
[Nook Color Android Development] 18.4009:
As far as my knowledge goes flash is broken on honeycomb still. this is the only thing keeping me from using it as my daily driver. Need my youtube and hulu :)
[Nook Color Android Development] cconrado:
do u have to use an sd card reader on your computer or can you use ur phone as the reader?
[Nook Color Android Development] RMHisCOOL:
I believe you can with certain phones. Try it and see if it works.
[Nook Color Android Development] ShadowDrake:
No dsp on honeycmb either whichmeans very limited video playback. Still, honeycomb works great...typing this out from landscape like a nomal keyboard :p it seems to run faster from emmc.
[Nook Color Android Development] raven2000:
Reading this thread on phone so excuse possibly obvious question: is this stable enough for daily use? I just want to browse the web. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] luigi90210:
oh it is very stable, except for a few bugs it is an amazing rom
[Nook Color Android Development] svennn:
This ROM is great. I can easily use it as a daily ROM.

I do however need to work out a few small issues that maybe someone else can help with.

The battery life is not good. Under usage it shows mobile network signal as 100% and awake as 100%. With the screen off I lost 10% of battery over night while I was sleeping.

Spare parts gives me a FC when I try and go into find out what is causing the partial wake battery drain.

Even with the battery drain, I don't think I can go back to rooted stock. I will just need to plug in more but it would be nice to get it worked out as it is mostly a reader for me.

Thanks,

Steve
[Nook Color Android Development] cconrado:
I tried it on my phone it copied completely with no issues. I'm using a 4gb card but when I insert it into the nook it doesn't boot from the card. It goes to the stock software any ideas??
[Nook Color Android Development] bjitty:
Yes as long as you can do without flash. Browsing, USA Today app, Engadget app, and a few games are what I use it for and it works we'll.
[Nook Color Android Development] bfhunt2009:
I have experienced a similar problem. Sometimes it just hangs on the Android_ screen when powering up. What I recently noticed however (I have not done exhaustive testing on this) is if I shut it down hard (holding n key and power key for 10 seconds) and then briefly press the power button (don't hold it down), it seems to boot up fine. Conversely, if I hold down the power button while turning it on until I see the screen flash (as the device wakes up), I see the Loading message, then a blank screen, then briefly the loading message again, followed by the never-ending Android_.

Moral of the story: press the power button briefly when turning on your NCHC to avoid hanging at the Android_ screen. Dunno if this is always true, but it makes as much sense as the "crappy SD" card explanation that dominated this thread last week. YMMV
[Nook Color Android Development] taylor.fowler:
I used my blackberry without any problems. Just make sure you don't format the card through the phone. Plug it in and mount it, then format from your PC.
[Nook Color Android Development] foxdog66:
i want device xyz to magically show up on my door... :p
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
Aside from the "Crappy SD" theory which I experienced. A dev also mentioned to be that there was a known (currently unresolved) issue called a "race condition" when using the HC rom. What this means simply is that SD fails to mount the system expects it to be ready. My NC hung here when I used the 1GHz kernal (the stock / non OC'd kernel worked though) so I tried the 1.1 Ghz kernel. Boots reliably everytime now. Maybe this helps someone.
[Nook Color Android Development] Oskiee:
Im wondering how this works. I just got a nook, and would like to play around with this. Do i just burn the image to my SD and reboot to get it running, or is there more than that involved...?
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
That is all there is to it. Since the Nook boots from SDcard first, you can keep your Nook stock or whatever and try other versions on SDcard.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
That's all... realy helps with the experience to use the fastest sdcard (i.e. class-6, class-10) you have/can buy...
[Nook Color Android Development] ingenue007:
i am looking to get this nook.

a general question, but does development for this get "easier" once one of the new tablets with true honeycomb comes out b/c they can extract the ROM?

thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] Oskiee:
Thanks. I bought class6 the other day, a different thread suggested it. This is unrelated... but what a good starting point for reading on understanding how CWR and what ADB is and all that stuff. Id like to stop asking so many questions on different thread, and start answering a few...
[Nook Color Android Development] msherwood:
Theoretically yes. It will help just to have a system dump since it will be a finalized version of Honeycomb, not just a "developer preview" where stuff is broken even in the emulator *cough*GALLERY!*cough*. We would probably have access to the new Honeycomb-specific GMail & YouTube apps then as well. And once Honeycomb gets released on the AOSP devs will heat things up pretty quick.
[Nook Color Android Development] n25philly:
OK, I know I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what. I've tried this with three different micro-sd cards and so far I am 1 for three. The one card I got to work was an 8 gig class 4 card which left honeycomb running like crap.

So I went out and got a 32 gig class 10 card and then later a 16 gig class 10 card. Both are Patriot Brand. I can't get honeycomb to run on either one, I just keep getting the screen to decrypt the storage. I've reformatted these things a bunch of times so the screenshot below shows the partitions after loading the image to the micro-sd so hopefully someone can point out if something looks really wrong.

I saw earlier in the thread that it is likely a corrupt card but I find it hard to believe that I bought two cards that were corrupt straight out of the box. I don't think it's the image either as I've tried a bunch of different ones as I currently have V3, V4, and Honeybunches on my computer to try.

Any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] bonzer2u:
Ohhh No, I believe alot of folks have had issues with patriot's????

get ahold of a 4-GB sandisk/lexar class-2/4 and watch it hummmmmmm.
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
the work that has been done here is just amazing

I can't believe how far this project as come

I never thought people would even get this running just from a preview sdk image let alone having it run this well

I was actually considering driving across the border to buy a nook just to use this rom

but I'm going to google i/o and I kind of have a feeling they might give out tablets..

and if I got a free xoom or something from google, I wouldn't have any use for my nook anymore

anyway, keep up the good work
[Nook Color Android Development] vista1984:
nick work,, following the thread
[Nook Color Android Development] WebDev28:
Nice work guys

Just letting you know I have installed this on my Sdcard and booting it on my nook. I love that I can boot it from my sdcard and if I want to go back to my rooted stock OS all I have to do is shut off NC and take the sdcard out. Great job. Keep up the good work. Do you you know when v5 will come out?
[Nook Color Android Development] haniam:
is there hope that the Android 3 works on hd2

or no

thanx
[Nook Color Android Development] haniam:
If it works on hd2 possible rom android 3.0 Thank you
[Nook Color Android Development] msherwood:
You're definitely in the wrong thread - we're developing for the Nook Color. My gut says no because Honeycomb was designed for tablets. I know someone out there had some screen grabs of Honeycomb on a phone form factor but I'm guessing it won't work. You would have to wait until Honeycomb hits AOSP and then ask the HD2 developers in their threads. I would worry about Gingerbread first.
[Nook Color Android Development] svennn:
Is anyone else having force close issues with spare parts?

I LOVE this ROM except that I have a major partial wake battery drain that I want to track down. I have tested it this week and with screen of overnight, I get 10% drain as opposed to <1% on rooted stock. Other then that , this ROM is a great daily ROM.

I have always relied on SP on my Evo when tracking down these issues but with a force close problem I am stumped.

Also, how can I pass this info onto the Developer so as to help for the next version?

-Steve
[Nook Color Android Development] pwarren:
honeycomb

The process works great. I got my NC rooted and refreshed to honeycomb with no issues. What I did notice was that i could not view any "Pictures" that i had stored on my SD. Additionally i attempted to pull pic s/w from the market and each seemed to pull, but they never loaded nor did they show an error in loading. is there something that i am doing wrong or is this something that are to live with till more changes are made?

Keep up the good work and thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] bjitty:
Gallery was busted on the preview image this was pulled from so no fix for it until the source comes out.
[Nook Color Android Development] luigi90210:
spare parts doesnt work for me but i have been reading about the SOD problem with the nook color(only really effects gingerbread but it applies to all android builds)

but SOD in a nutshell is pretty much the fact that the nook cant sleep using the kernels developers have been able to compile using B&N source(3.6.29) and if the nook sleeps it cant recover from this sleeping state however the nook color appears to be sleeping in every android build except 2.3(according to CM forums) so even though your nook's screen is off it isnt sleeping(which its like having your device always on but with the screen off)

so pretty much the battery drain you have noticed is the fact that the nook isnt sleeping(even with screen off)
[Nook Color Android Development] jealous cow:
While the standby time is obviously uncompetitive given this issue, 10% drain from a fully functional device (less screen) in 8 hours isn't bad.

Also, I went and picked up an NC last night at BBY based on this thread. Took 15 minutes to get up and running, including installing the Google apps. I can honestly say that a tablet running Honeycomb as well as the iPad runs iOS would be a major contender. I love the notifications.
[Nook Color Android Development] svennn:
Edit - The more I think about it, it seems fairly obvious that the stock kernel will not run with this.

I did flash an OC 1.1 kernel. Can the stock kernel be run with v4?
[Nook Color Android Development] Xerxes910:
My Honeycomb version no longer outputs sound. If I remove the SD card and boot into the Eclair image I have on the internal memory sound works and everything is fine. Anyone experienced this? I'll reflash the honeycomb image to the SD card, but found it very weird. The one thing I did change was I updated to the 1.1Ghz kernel. Could that cause the sound driver to fail?
[Nook Color Android Development] omega1alpha:
You should revert back to the stock kernel and see if that fixes the problem. It's a quick fix. I've read others who had weird issues with some of the overclocked kernels. I tend to make a copy of the stock uImage first before I try the overclocked kernels. It only takes a few moments to copy the stock one back that way.
[Nook Color Android Development] Big-A-Rob:
Gallery does not work but you can install the 3D gallery.apk from froyo build and it works great.
[Nook Color Android Development] redboy33:
try an older version of winimage32. that worked for me..
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Deeper-blue: I'm not sure if you can, at least until the source is released, but can you add IPv6 support to your Honeycomb releases? I think support has to be added to the Kernel though
[Nook Color Android Development] ws6kid:
Has anyone gotten flash 10.1 to work yet???
[Nook Color Android Development] luigi90210:
flash 10.1 doesnt support tablets according to adobe so you have to wait until 10.2 before you get flash working
[Nook Color Android Development] altimax98:
Which should be soon with the zoom on the near horizon

Sent from one of those missing Droids
[Nook Color Android Development] luigi90210:
yep same with aosp code for 3.0 and 3.0 gapps
[Nook Color Android Development] asiandrg0n:
Also getting anything higher then a class 6 memory card shouldn't give you any speed advantage, the user guide mentions that it only is capable of reading a class 6 card.
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
I believe that's what the user guide states... but it seems to be mistaken as disk tests I've run on the nook show 9.9MB/s write and 18.2MB/s read with my faster KingMax Class-10 cards... Sandisk Class-4 was getting 6GBs write and 12MB/s reads which would be normal Class-6 speeds in the ratings... so just proves it faster can be faster...
[Nook Color Android Development] msherwood:
Is anyone else wetting their pants in anticipation of Thursday? Hopefully some fortunate soul will have pity on us and post a system dump from their new Xoom. And hopefully this will be followed by Google posting Honeycomb in AOSP.

And a little off topic, but the live wallpapers from Kittehface in the Market look spectacular on Honeycomb. I have the Silhouette version.
[Nook Color Android Development] jtbnet:
Some one in the Gtab forum was working with a Xoom dump yesterday but as it's built for A9 and not yet AOSP it didn't seem as interesting ...
[Nook Color Android Development] FrasierCrane:
On the other hand, the final SDK came out today, which is pretty interesting.
[Nook Color Android Development] xdaikatanax:
The SDK came out! The SDK came out!!!!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
SDK != AOSP code

SDK != AOSP code

SDK != AOSP code

.....

We need the code, so our local gurus can compile a build especially for us.. The SDK preview was great, but we need the real thing.
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
I just finished booting the new emulator

still seems fairly slow..

they've definitely changed the look of it

new wallpaper, different app drawer button

new icons for browser, calculator, clock, contacts, and settings
[Nook Color Android Development] jaysckap:
Screenies

HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.2
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
I will second that request.
[Nook Color Android Development] altimax98:
Agreed, my sdk pc doesnt have the horsepower to run the emulators :-( .... i cant wait for the new apps and such. Anyone know if it includes a new gmail app?

Sent from one of those missing Droids
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
xda really doesn't like big images..

I don't know if you guys will even be able to see these cause I had to shrink them so much
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
never mind..

that was just me being dumb and not realizing I had saved the images as bitmaps

no wonder xda was complaining
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
I'm not sure if some of these are the same as before but whatever
[Nook Color Android Development] smaskell:
were there autofill settings in the browser before?

I probably just didn't notice

Also, I see that it the auto-complete box shows up at the bottom of the screen if you are using a hardware keyboard

that will go greatly with the new bluetooth keyboard support
[Nook Color Android Development] ocdtrekkie:
As someone who doesn't do this stuff, and only has played with a single ROM of sorts being this one, which runs off the SD card... why? This bit from the SDK *preview* worked beautifully on the Nook Color, so why wouldn't the final SDK version work as well? What's it missing?
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
Yes, the SDK was made to work, but it was far from perfect. The reason we need the code is so that fixes can be made at compilation time, and not trying to hack together a working system via scripts and patches. Take it from somebody who does (other) coding stuff... working from compiled code is the only way to make a stable build for our system..
[Nook Color Android Development] luigi90210:
i dont do this stuff often but you need aosp code to fix alot of bugs that we are experiencing like a lack of dsp, lag, proper screen support, and proper application installation and support

^this!!!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] ocdtrekkie:
Alright, thanks for the answers. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Nooter:
The full Honeycomb SDK is now available!

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-android-30-platform-and-updated.html

Apologies if this has been posted before.
[Nook Color Android Development] simmerin:
Anyone know where to find how-to steps for the basics?

I've experimented with SD Card ROMs on my Nook Color and I know how to type in a command prompt but I don't know where to start when I see the following on NookDevs.com on how to install Market for the Honeycomb.

Questions:

What is adb? how do you aquire and install it?

For shell command lines my questions are - what shell, on the Nook, on the Desktop? How do you access the shell?

I haven't seen explanations or tutorials for these things so suggestions on at least where to look would be appreciated. Thanks

------------------------- from NookDevs -----------------

Install the apps with adb:

unzip gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip

adb remount

adb push system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/app

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

adb push system/app/Vending.apk /system/app

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/app/Vending.apk

adb push system/app/Talk.apk /system/app

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/app/Talk.apk

adb push system/app/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk /system/app

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/app/GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
[Nook Color Android Development] foopirata:
ADB (the Android Debugging Bridge) is a tool that comes in the Android SDK. You can download the Nook SDK (which has adb) at the nookdev dot com site.

You will use adb as a command in your desktop. It will talk with your Nook over the USB cable.
[Nook Color Android Development] NullP:
I'm in the same boat. I picked up a Patriot 16gb Class 10 and I consistently get the Decrypt Storage prompt. I've installed clean, same thing every time.

I did manage to get past it ONCE - I used easeus partition manager to rebuild the MBR and it booted but nothing worked right - FCs everywhere, no "Settings" applet listed, all kinds of issues (IO, undoubtedly).

I'm hoping this is a bug in HC4. The performance of this card is crazy-fast and I'd like to use it!
[Nook Color Android Development] Lento10:
I had the same problem, I switched to 8gb Patriot class 10 and it work perfect.
[Nook Color Android Development] jaysckap:
Thanks man looks good

HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.2
[Nook Color Android Development] djUniversal:
ADB no drivers required

Also, if you don't want to mess around with drivers too much to get your nook connected via ADB, download ADB Wireless from the market.

-Get ADB from the Android SDK or the Nook SDK

-Run ADBw on your nook

-Run the connect command that is displayed by ADBw (You have to be on the same wireless network on your nook and your computer)

-Use ADB on your computer
[Nook Color Android Development] fms01:
Will I be able to play video files with this Rom from the SD card?

The videos are formatted to play ok on the original nook Rom.

Cheers,

Julian
[Nook Color Android Development] simmerin:
If I install apps on my Nook for the Honeycomb preview on an SD card will it affect the BN 1.1 stock ROM? I'm just doing this to play around with Android but I rely on BN for reading my books and magazines.

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] jaysckap:
Just dl the nook app and your good to go kindel app too

HTC Incredible OMFGB 2.3.2
[Nook Color Android Development] bigted41:
Just burn a HoneyComb image to SDCard, put your SDCard in the Nook and it will boot to honeycomb. Your 1.1 won't be affected, you just need to turn the nook off again, take the sdcard out and boot as normal to the stock 1.1 configuration.

people that say to download the nook and kindle apps are greatly mistaken as they think this will be a good solution, but not having the original B&N reader is NOT an option for a lot of people.

I personally have my stock rom rooted with a few apps and am running honeycomb from SD. honeycomb is usually what I use, but if the kids want to "read" a book (read to me option) I NEED the stock B&N app, not the one from the market.
[Nook Color Android Development] diomark:
Last post from Deeper-blue is Feb 2nd:( any progress on this?

SDK is released now:)

-mark
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
SDK is meaningless - we need the AOSP code. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] KidJoe:
I would expect that everyone working on this will wait for the AOSP code to be available, rather than trying to rip code from the SDK and try to patch and make it work...

the AOSP should be easier to work with, and should be out not long after the XOOM hits market (which happens tomorrow)...

so why waste time messing with the SDK code, when they can wait a few days (weeks tops?) to work with the real thing?
[Nook Color Android Development] FL5:
Deeper Blue is around and he is paying attention, but, as others have noted, the SDK doesn't provide anything new that's helpful for the nook. As is, right now, there's not really anything that can be done to make this image any better until the AOSP drops. As is stated in the OP, it's meant to be a preview image for now, not a daily driver.
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
About 24 hours from release of Nexus S until Gingerbread hit AOSP.

Any bets on how long after tomorrow's Xoom release Honeycomb will hit AOSP? :eek:
[Nook Color Android Development] msherwood:
Hmmm... -12 hours? Pretty please? :)

Maybe if Google has mercy on us we can have the NC running legit Honeycomb before any crazy people shell out $800 for a Xoom!
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
That would be awesome.

Even better, from reading bits here and there, i understand that alot of GB/CM7 knowledge and work will translate to Honeycomb, which in theory should improve the time it takes to get a first build. Very exciting indeed.
[Nook Color Android Development] ocdtrekkie:
Xoom's only $600 on contract through Verizon. I'll be buying it that way. Still will love to have the final 3.0 on my Nook down the line though, there's a lot of times I wouldn't want to carry the Xoom with me.
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
It looks to be a great piece of hardware, but i don't see how it is at all related to waiting a day for AOSP code so we can build our own version... :P