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[Nook Color General] Fifcic:
Even if they change the boot order there is a way to force boot on SDcard

somebody mentioned that they can change the boot order. I was always amazed that B&N left the boot order in developer mode. this is great for hacking. They can change the boot order in Hardware by setting a pin to ground. the OMAP will go to internal flash first and if the right IFT (MLO) code is found it will bypass the sdcard for boot. Result is no more looking to SDcard for MLO, UBoot etc. However there is a last possible way before JTAG. the OMAP firmware that boot the chip will always look for an IFT code using UART 3. this is to allow reviving a board in case an MLO gets corrupted in the internal flash. I do not know if serial is available on the NC board but if it is, there is a way to change or bypass the internal MLO through serial. I have an app that I use on the beagle board to download through XMODEM the MLO on the the board. the only thing I do not know on the OMAP 36xx is if there is different magic number or different signature needed for the MLO (XFT) file to load.
[Nook Color General] aludal:
Great information, Mr. Fifcic! Will put it in my blog in the hope to find it faster when the arises. OMAP3621/3630 chips were the base of Zoom2 platform not so long ago, any insights from Zoom2 testers?

I also hope magic number/signature either didn't change, or were given to Zoom2 testers.
[Nook Color General] Melrin1:
Dang i was thinking about getting one of these. Would anybody say i should try to find one in stock somewere and buy it or, no need and just wait
[Nook Color General] Admiralvic:
Depends on how you look at it. Overall recalling them to remove this hack is less than wise. Most people here care more about the tablet aspect than the E-Reader aspect so their not really losing money. However each nook sold is another nook in someones hand.

Even if the XDA crowd is hacking it... Nook gets good press, and the more we hear and see of it. The better the nook looks. Sorta like "everyone" has an Ipod so maybe I should too.
[Nook Color General] pokey9000:
The hardware strapping takes precedence over any software. You can write a new boot order that will take effect on a software (warm) reset, but as soon as you cold reset or power off the OMAP the boot order defaults to the one in the hardware straps. I did a u-boot with this that GD uses for Auto-Nooter so it boots into the stock OS at the end.
[Nook Color General] al2x:
I work at Best Buy where the employee discount is the cost price of the item + 5% on top of that...

The employee discount quote on the Nook Color is only around 70 cents cheaper than the unit itself, meaning although there probably isnt nearly much of anything marked up on the unit itself, they don't lose money on it.
[Nook Color General] one4thewings:
I doubt that B&N is just giving them to BBY to sell. You would have to imagine they worked a little markup into that. So while you may get it for .70 cents off, I have to believe that B&N sold it to BBY for a profit too.
[Nook Color General] lafester:
perhaps bby gets a cut of the book sales in exchange for selling at cost.

they also make money on covers, warranties etc.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
Good, because Good E-Reader needs a good number of people yelling STFU and stop starting rumours. I'll join you, let me know when!

As said, no, this is a hardware change.
[Nook Color General] stacyh:
I requested an RMA for a screen defect - my replacement will be here in 2 days. I'll let you know if they have modified it in any way.
[Nook Color General] miemens:
They are just moving inventory around between stores. There is a post on phandroid about it with a response from BN.
[Nook Color General] Homer_S_xda:
Got link? Nevermind... here it is for inquiring minds.

Homer
[Nook Color General] fwdixon:
so what you are saying is that if I wait two weeks it will likely be the exact same device I can buy today? If so, I'm not gonna bother waiting :D
[Nook Color General] john10101:
As an employee at bestbuy as well, and can confirm the 70 c discount. but all that really indicates is what bestbuy pays for the product, and ive seen many cases where products are price locked (ie no discount.) also bestbuy is known for losing money on products, to make up for it on accessory's. im sure bestbuy is willing to sell a nook at cost, because you are going to buy the case, the screen protector and the service plan (like i did.) But also best buy sells B&N cards (as well as kindle) and thats another huge margin item.

but non of that means B&N sold them to bestbuy for profit. thats only indicates what bestbuy's cost and what they sell it for. B&N could easily be making 50$ or losing 50$ by selling it to bestbuy. Its hard to say. I would assume they are turning a profit, even if its minor for a few reasons, bestbuy is buying pallets of them. it costs less to sell and distribute a pallet then it does to send 20 nooks to this store, 20 nooks to that store across the us. BestBuy then ships it to their stores. Bestbuy also carries the sony ebook reader, and the kindle, giving B&N the rare opportunity to show their products, right next to the competitors.

Also in my town, there is no B&N the closes one is 45 min away. But within 30 there are 2 bestbuys. giving them the ability to have their product exposed to more customers. In the end of the day the more people with nooks the more books they will sell and ebooks are pure profit.

I cant imagine that more then 10% of the total sales of the nookcolor are hacked. people like us tend to be the small subset of the users of a product.
[Nook Color General] yossarian229:
I just got an email from B&N today informing me that if I wanted to ensure on time delivery of a NC for my sweetheart for Valentine's Day, I needed to order soon.
[Nook Color General] magicalsleeper:
Courtesy of the Groupon commotion I noticed that last night the ship date went from 2 weeks to available to ship now on their website. And also thanks to this, I'm getting mine at half price. Woot woot.

Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
[Nook Color General] rohit275:
Half price? Isn't it a 10 dollar off coupon? Does groupon let you buy multiple (it says limit one per customer)? I got caught trying to buy multiple amazon cards on livingsocial a couple weeks ago so I didn't want to attempt it here.
[Nook Color General] pokey9000:
Imma smack the next person that posts about BN turning on e-fuses.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetleaf1351:
hi, im new to modding my phone. i had cm6 for a month then i tried omgb and now im at skyraider sense. im mainly looking for better battery life but i do not understand this kernal thing. can i flash a kernal and keep the same rom? how do i do that? is ultimate droid a good rom?

thanks for all the help
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gahh Its Lee:
You can flash a kernel by simply downloading it and then going to into recovery and clearing cache and dalvik cache then flashing it. Kernels are what really impact your battery life tthe most.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetleaf1351:
do i just hit install zip from sd card? how do i know what a good kernal is? is any compatible with every rom?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetleaf1351:
for cm and a 2.3 rom please
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
AOSP ROMs require AOSP kernels, same w/ Sense ROMs.

Beware installing an AOSP kernel in a Sense ROM or vice-versa.

As stated, flash a kernel in recovery by choosing the appropriate zip file.

I have used Sense and AOSP ROMs, depends on what you want/like.

I do like UltimateDroid, v 2.5 with IncredibleK's #18 - I get phenomenal battery life and performance to boot.

I can also recommend Ruby (AOSP), these two Sense ROMs: IncROM, and Incredibly ReEngineered.

All are stable, fast, good-looking, and great on battery.

ymmv
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jubi Lee:
I did a backup with Titanium Backup and then flashed to Cognition 3.04.

I had some memos saved that I would like to restore. Is it safe to restore the Memo 1.0 app from the backup, which I assume would also restore the data, or does Froyo incorporate a newer version of the Memo app? Alternately, is there any way to restore just the data?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10tonhammr:
It is safe to restore the app. Doing so would also restore the data. You can also just restore the data using titanium backup. Go to the backup/restore list in the app, find that app, click on it, and choose restore data only. However, the memo app is a system app, which titanium backup might have ignored. Check the app list to see if there is anything there for the memo app. Whatever you do, do NOT use the batch mode to restore the system data as a whole. You'll bork the rom to the point of having to reflash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jubi Lee:
Yes I found that out the hard way on my first flash when I used batch restore, so I redid it and was very careful to restore only the items I really needed this time, hence my question about the memos. When I clicked on that app in Titanium Backup I didn't see an option to restore the data only, just the whole Memos 1.0 app.

I do remember when I first did the batch restore all my original memos were restored, so Titanium Backup didn't ignore it, but the Memo app itself was locking up intermittently after that. But then so were other things on the phone so I don't know if that was due to restoring the Memo app itself, or just a side effect of having restored other incompatible system files causing general overall issues.

I'm loving Cognition but would rather not have to reflash it again for a stupid restore error, as the process is a bit of a hassle. Do we know for sure if the Memos app in Froyo/Cognition is still Memos v1.0?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sircaper:
I THINK you'll be fine (GRAIN OF SALT!). When you click on the Memos v1.0 to restore, it will prompt you and say something like restoring only data, which is what you want. If it sayS something else, then don't go through with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jubi Lee:
When I went to restore it this time I got the option to restore data after all, and it worked fine. And it looks like the Memo app is still at v1.0 in Cognition.

Thanks for the replies.
[Droid X Android Development] bravo1234:
Glad to see this out and about in the open. Quick question though; did you make it so you can manually set custom overclocks at boot?

Bugfixes are always a nice addition to see in as well.

What is Cytown Phone? I saw the application for G1, but never found a droid x version.
[Droid X Android Development] chefthomas99:
Yay!
[Droid X Android Development] kejar31:
Thats because I was the first person to get cytown phone working on the DX/D2

Anyways Cytown phone is awesome go into settings-->Call settings and you will see the awesomeness
[Droid X Android Development] a_sty2007:
Which theme can i used with 1.5?
[Droid X Android Development] milan616:
Themes that can be used with 1.5 will be in the toolbox.
[Droid X Android Development] NUTNDUN:
I am so excited and depressed at the same time. I am so excited to see the next update for Liberty and I am depressed because I gotta wait a couple of hours until I get home to install the latest version. I might try and download it over 3g but for some reason I don't trust doing it that way. Would much rather download over wifi and we don't have that here at work.
[Droid X Android Development] achang9523:
just installed 1.0 last night, for my buddy. i have an evo but he has droid x. how do i know wat resolution hes got and why did it fc wen i tried to get into his liberty settings?

another question: i rooted his phone last night, whats the best recovery to use on droid x?

rooting n flashing for evos and droid x are basically the same process right??
[Droid X Android Development] Zudovex:
I did it over 3g and it worked fine. I made sure to do a backup first. Not sure how much work you'll get done after you install it. I couldn't put my phone down last night till I passed out in my recliner.
[Droid X Android Development] madAdam6LOVE:
Easy update over 1.0. No wipe needed. It's all good! Thanks JRs! :D
[Droid X Android Development] typo13:
HRm.. seems like LP keeps FC. 3d gallery seems to be slower on 1.0 but i'm gonna roll back to stock .340 rooted and load this again. then restore all my apps and data and hope this fix's it. eww... as i was typing this i tried to remove some widgets and my phone re-booted.
[Droid X Android Development] deadpixell:
I keep getting a force close on titanium back up when trying to restore apps (in batch mode, manually it works fine, but still force closes on some occasions)
[Droid X Android Development] Droid0351:
You can get the correct size gingerbread keyboard from the market. It works like a charm.
[Droid X Android Development] typo13:
well restored rooted backed up and reloaded liberty 1.5 smoothly be patient it does take some time when restoring apps/data once liberty is installed. but i hope this stays stable.
[Droid X Android Development] chaz493:
Yep worked for me too! so glad i didnt have to go through installing and setting everything up all over again!
[Droid X Android Development] madAdam6LOVE:
Ran into a small glitch after updating from 1.0 to 1.5 without wiping:

OC with JRummy's app did not work on boot. I toggled the module on and off and it's now working.
[Droid X Android Development] deitiphobia:
I factory wiped then installed Liberty 1.5 and I'm getting reboots every minute after booting. All by itself reboots. If I try and use an app...reboots. going to wipe and flash again.

What really sucks is that it doesn't even give me enough time to download and install bootstrap! I'm just stuck in bootloops and not around a PC I can use. Any suggestions?
[Droid X Android Development] EtherBoo:
Sweet.

Glad Ringtones are finally fixed. Was driving me batty!
[Droid X Android Development] dwray:
I'm also getting FC's on LauncherPro. I wonder what's causing the incompatibility.
[Droid X Android Development] deitiphobia:
Put my phone in airplane mode and that stopped the reboot issue. Now going to try WiFi or Titanium to get my bootstrap back.
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
This is a meta morph do not flash in cwm if you do not know what a meta morph is read up on it at my link how to apply a meta morph
​

OK guys i put together a bunch of meatamorph files for you guys to be-able to install with different animations i hope you like it if anything wont install or work please let me know and i will fix it right away.

Look here for videos on what a few of these look like Videos here

Install instructions:

How-To Apply a Metamorph

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11695218#post11695218

2. Manually Add Animations: should work for most roms

This process will be helpful for those wanting to mix and match animations from the folders. In fact, why don't you create your own mix and post it here so everyone else can appreciate your awesomeness. I'll add new mixes below if they come in.

-Simply get a hold of the anim folder with the animations you want to use and the framework-res.apk from the rom you're interested in modifying (/system/framework/framework-res.apk).

- Open up the framework-res.apk in 7zip (right click on it, and select "open archive").

- Drag the anim folder with the animations (which you can download below) into /res folder in your framework-res.apk. This will replace the files currently in /res/anim.

- Exit out of 7zip.

- You now need to push the modified framework-res.apk onto the phone. You can do this by placing the modified framework-res.apk in the root sdcard folder, and entering the following into terminal emulator on your phone or using ADB when the sdcard is mounted:

su

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework

mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

reboot

If you're using terminal emulator, your phone will probably reboot before you finish re-mounting and/or typing reboot.

If you want to install the framework-res.apk that you just made in CWM recovery you can put it in this .zip make sure to put your framework-res.apk in the framework folder for this to work Your anim .zip

3.ninjamorph insatll find it in the market.

- create a new project of your framwork-res.apk.

- on your sdcard put the anim you want in this folder but first extract the folder out of the .zip first. (sdcard\androidthemes\workspace\framework-resapk\res\anim)

- make a copy incase you dont like the altered animations!!!

-replace the folder attached with the one in this zip

-go back to ninjamorph and finish project your phone should automatically reboot and there ya go animations are changed.

These will work with any rom and any phone enjoy

If you have any prob please post witch animation you used, that did not work so i can look into it.

BlurAnimations.zip

Bounce.zip

Custom my set up.zip

My set up 2.zip

Drop in.zip

Flip1.zip

Flip2.zip

Flyin and flip.zip

Fly in 1.zip

Fly in 2.zip

fold.zip

Shift.zip

Sliding1.zip

Slide2.zip

If you would like more custom one with animations together let me know what you would like
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Theses are the .xml files in the anim folderi will tell you witch ones i know and what they do if you know what others do that i did not mention please let me know and i will update this thank you.

This is the anim of the opening of a new page

activity_close_enter.xml

activity_close_exit.xml

Theses are if you go back on your page

activity_open_enter.xml

activity_open_exit.xml

Dialog box is the box that comes up if you were for example adding a widget to the home screen

dialog_enter.xml

dialog_exit.xml

Theses will control how the keyboard comes into the screen

input_method_fancy_enter.xml

input_method_fancy_exit.xml

This is the anim when you unlock your screen

lock_screen_exit.xml

The options panel is the panel if your on any screen and you click on your settings button for example if your on the home screen and you click on your settings button you will see a options panel that askes if you want to add a widget change wall paper etc...

options_panel_enter.xml

options_panel_exit.xml

I think this one speaks for its self

search_bar_enter.xml

search_bar_exit.xml

please post others
[Fascinate Android Development] 87jason:
I am having problems getting any of them to install it just sits there and says applying.
[Fascinate Android Development] lucas.scott:
Mine also just says applying. On Rubik's dl30
[Fascinate Android Development] crazyfool287:
Go to: Settings-> Applications-> Development-> check USB debugging. It should work now.
[Fascinate Android Development] jrummy16:
Also check out Anim Mod on the market for easy animation switching ;)
[Fascinate Android Development] TheMuffStuff:
May I ask what these do
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Updated try out fly in 2 i really like it im working on bounce next hope you like it if your having trouble installing these im very sorry but i test them before i release them so i hope you can get them to work.
[Fascinate Android Development] cabjmb:
Jacked up AOSP vanilla froyo version .5. I don't really have much experience with MM though. I followed the instructions exactly. Just a warning...
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Well with anything you should always make a back up and i have never jacked up my phone from using any of these if you can thos let me know witch you used that you say jacked up your phone.
[Fascinate Android Development] cabjmb:
The custom one. I had just installed .5 though so I just did a reinstall and I was fine. Maybe I'll try again later tonight. I really liked the animations in the doctored version of SC you posted originally. Maybe I'll just pull the /anim file and replace the one in my framework-res though. I didn't mean to sound ungrateful. I really appreciate the work you put into these. I just wanted to post a warning in case there is something specific to the AOSP Froyo that would keep this from working.

Edit: Just tried again in MM and it worked fine. I must have messed it up the first time. Thanks again for the awesome animations!
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
no prob and thank you
[Fascinate Android Development] obliviator33:
I am using your "Custom" theme, and it is working great, thanks.

I did also try "Flip 1" and even after reboot it seemed to do absolutely nothing but change my background, that might have been MM's fault who knows.
[Fascinate Android Development] lucas.scott:
Running the custom on Rubik's dl30 and its awesome. Thanks to whoever told me to enable USB debugging haha. Had these on my DX and was really wanting them back. Thanks man.
[Fascinate Android Development] XCellPhoneSalesRep:
Have you guys seen the Gingerbread Screen Off Animation that looks like a TV turning off, with the line and a small flash (not sure exactly how to describe it). And when i say "screen-off" i mean by tapping your power button, not holding it in to power down, but to turn-off the screen and lock the phone.

It might be kinda stupid to some, but i think it's pretty neat and unique...

possible?
[Fascinate Android Development] crazyfool287:
No problem. It's one of those little steps that is rarely mentioned. Enjoy!
[Fascinate Android Development] obliviator33:
Any documentation out there on which xml file controls what (other than guessing from their name)?
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Ill post later on the ones that I know do what
[Fascinate Android Development] obliviator33:
Thanks. I have been playing around mixing/matching the animations with some decent results. Is there a program that can convert just the xml files from to and from the binary and text formats?

I am using apk manager to compile/decompile the entire .apk file but that is kind of annoying.
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
updated 2nd post
[Fascinate Android Development] jdellingson7:
Anyone try this on the eb01 with any success?
[Fascinate Android Development] cabjmb:
I'm using custom on SC 2.0 now. Works great.
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Yes these work with ebo1
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
If anyone wants any transitions meshed together please let know
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
try my set up 2 it works and is great try it out and let me know how it works thanks guys
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
ok i updated all my mm files so they all should work now please let me know if you have any prob
[Fascinate Android Development] akaine2001:
Kaos got the gb rom working with this. Just wait another couple weeks. Cm7 is coming soon!
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
ok so what does this have to do with my topic at all
[Fascinate Android Development] dalrym05:
I am having some issues. All of these work with superclean 2.4 but if I have a theme installed I get endless forcecloses and reboots or if I install a theme afterwords. Thrjed several themes and different orders. I am using metamorph. Also tried animal mod from jrummy with the same success/fail rate. Should I be trying ninja morphology?
[Fascinate Android Development] Mean Sixteen:
This is a gingerbread feature. That's why cm7 has it.

Don't know if it could be ported.

And it is awesome!

Sent through mental telepathy
[Fascinate Android Development] Mean Sixteen:
+1 on this

Adryns 2.4 super clean has these animations and I had that themed with no problems.

Now I have black hole 4.2.

Theme and this do not play together for me either.

Sent through mental telepathy
[Fascinate Android Development] calebv2:
Well personally I have never had these issues but I guess you need to figure out what works best for you I guess.
[Fascinate Android Development] dmbfan13:
This killed my phone! Endless boot loop!! And for some reason, I cant get to CWM. I can only boot to the default recovery mode! UGGH!
[Fascinate Android Development] Mean Sixteen:
Applying update zip doesn't work?

Sent through mental telepathy