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[Nook Color Android Development] giedrys:
Titanium backup shows these pop-up screens every time I use this program.

1. go to phone settings and check USB debugging box

2. go to phone settings and then in aplications and tick "unknown sources box"

Where do I find these settings exactly?

Also, can someone elaborate on non-market installs?

It says that NC tools enables non-market installs, but you must put these apps to system/app.

1. Is there a PC desktop file manager for android? How do I put these files in appropriate NC folder in the 1st place? I can't find "system" folder just by connecting NC to my PC via USB.

2. How exactly do I install them, once these files apk files are in system/app?

TIA
[Nook Color Android Development] mo_htc:
WOW

I am thoroughly impressed with auto-nooter 3.0.0 ! ! !

I can't imagine the hard work that has gone into this effort but it is really nice. If the nook had two cameras and 3g/4g what would it be? Why, it would be a zoom or one of those other things. Really great work guys. How can I contribute (money wise) to this effort?

I have one problem.

When I bring up gallery on my samsung mesmerize, it brings up a small stack of photos for each folder with the name of the folder underneath. Probably 6 or 8 folders worth on the screen.

When I bring up gallery in the nook, it brings up a large thumbnail for each photo and about 8 photos to a screen. If I want to see a particular photo I have to scroll through every photo on there to find the one I want. My question, is there a better "gallery" type app to use for photo viewing on the NC?? Or a way to change the way gallery displays on the NC?

Also, I have folders for the apps on my home screen on the mesmerize and I'm wondering if there is some way to do the same on the NC??

Thanks again for the hard work. Keep it coming ! !
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
You may want to download the 3D gallery, do a search and you should find it. If I run across it I will edit this post
[Nook Color Android Development] rgreenpc:
is it necessary to block OTA with 1.1? I am seeing conflicting info on several forums.
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
There's nothing higher than 1.1.0 right now, so no... But if there's a 1.1.1.....

And we expect a Froyo update soon hopefully, but I think that'll require a wipe and start over. We'll see.
[Nook Color Android Development] NewZJ:
the guy at b&n selling nooks confirmed an update later this month.

whether its froyo, or he didn't have the facts right (or at all) I cant guarantee
[Nook Color Android Development] mnxd9:
So I spent several hours last night trying to figure out how to go back to a regular factory fresh rom, not rooted, I didn't do anything more than run the autonooter.

Finally I found a good write up to do what I wanted to do here http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM

That link would be SUPER handy to have in the OP... ;)
[Nook Color Android Development] banzairx7:
Trying to get my nook rooted and am getting nowhere. I'm having some issue with the SD card I hope some one can help me figure out. The card keeps ending up formatted to only 39mb with just a few files on it even though it is a 4gb card. If I format the card in windows it ends up @ 32mb. Write the nooter image to it, it ends up @ 39mb. If I format it in the nook it goes back to 4gb.

The files on the card are-

MLO

u-boot.bin

uImage

uRamdisk

Combined these files are only just over 7mb.

I am using a windows 7 machine and a dedicated Targus card reader. The card in question is a 4gb SD HC card. Should I be using a non HC card?
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
If you look in disk manager you will see that the card is partitioned. You are only seeing the first partition with the boot files on it. Which is all that is needed to copy over the files to root the nook.

Don't worry about it and just pop it in your nook and boot it up.
[Nook Color Android Development] pbcal:
Anyone tried to go to shop from Autonooted shock. I went to check the free Friday book and it said there is a authorization problem and restarted. Then it cleared the data partition. :(
[Nook Color Android Development] banzairx7:
I didn't think it worked because I put the card in and out of the nook several times and nothing at all happened. No reboot, no reading of any files that was obvious to me. I just now powered it off and back on and it booted with android running now. Not sure if that's typical or not.
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Yeah it is. It flash the charging led and then its done, you have to power off and on again.
[Nook Color Android Development] micksh:
Everybody new, try Super Manager, it's free on Android market.

I guess it can do most things that Root Explorer can do, but I didn't check all. At least, Super Manager mounted system partition as writable and I was able to change files in /system folder.
[Nook Color Android Development] micksh:
2. I have read that it's in NookColor Tools app which is installed with rooting. It's called "Allow Non-Market Apps". But it didn't work for me, Titanium Backup still complains.

1. This is in NookColor Tools app too, under All Settings\Development. This didn't work for me either.

And regarding YouTube - I downloaded apk from OP, copied it to \system\app with Super Manager but when trying to install it said "installation of apk is not supported". Don't know if it's because of the problems above or Super Manager is not good enough.

YouTube still quits immediately until I wipe data with Titanium Backup. Didn't try ADB stuff - seems complicated so far.
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Yea that is all I use. Been using it for awhile. It doesn't show up in the market on my nook though. Copied it from my Captivate.
[Nook Color Android Development] xdaikatanax:
I've nootered before, so I'm not too sure what's going wrong this time, but I think my new sd card isn't working for this. Also, is anyone else checking the md5sum posted by OP? I've tried downloading the file from a few different sources, and I keep getting this:

5551a7e7f5f00c02f421e86303af22ea

TIA
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
I rooted my fiance's nook color 1.1 last night using this. For the most part, things are working properly. I logged into google as myself since she went out and wanted to continue. It looks like there is no easy way to remove my account.

I found a command way to remove myself using sqlite3. I booted back in and was able to add her account, but all the google apps seem to now be broke. If I add myself back to the device, only youtube is busted.

Is there a way to clear out the google settings and re-run the setup wizard? Is my only option to revert to stock and root again?

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Can you go into nook tools and settings and then accounts and remove it from there? I don't have mine with me to check, but I think you can.
[Nook Color Android Development] millbean:
stuck in clockwork recovery. will the 8 failed boots get me back to stock to start over

?
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
I believe with the failed 8 boots you can flash back to stock from the SD card or something like that.
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
Trying to remove an account from there will just reboot the device. I'll probably just revert to stock 1.1 and root again. Should be quick now that I have done it once.
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Hmm thats odd, must be a bug or some conflict with the stock system.
[Nook Color Android Development] skasj:
HOLY CRAP..

Wrote Nooter to Nook!!

Had sd card and nook both plugged in to computer. Nook changed usually sd drive letter, so i thought it was sd card. It was the NOOK. Wrote nooter to Nook.. Now i have nothing.. HOW SCREWED AM I?
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Just do the 8 failed boots method and flash back to stock.
[Nook Color Android Development] skasj:
Nook will not power on.
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
You probably trashed the /boot partition. It c can be repaired. Instructions are here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=949699
[Nook Color Android Development] atirage:
Did you try holding the power button for longer than 10s?

Or try turning on later.

Last tip - disconnect from pc, put in the SD card (with autonooter) and try turning it on.
[Nook Color Android Development] skasj:
OK..Got it ON.. Will not boot up with SD card in.. Did the 8 boot things, reset itself but " Restart Required Your NOOKcolor encountered a problem that requires system restart." Just keeps encountering problem, and needs to restart. Tried that about 10 times now. Try SD card with Rootpack or Nooter, will not boot up. Thanks for help.. Seem to be getting closer

Edit: Boot into Clockwork. Try to install zip, No Files Found. Seems like not reading card after i put zip files onto it. 2 days .. Im about to give up
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
Does anyone know why Shop breaks after root and how to fix it? I tried going into the settings and doing the second Wireless option to redo the authentication but that didnt work. The web browser also crashes when trying to go to b&n shop page.
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
I did Autonooter 3.0 last night. Didn't break the shop for me. At least I don't think so. I was able to download a free sample, though I haven't yet tried purchasing anything.
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
Did you install google apps? Maybe an app that's installing is breaking something. I installed ADW launcher and a few games/utilities. Maybe ill have to revert and root again if nobody has a fix.
[Nook Color Android Development] cameraz:
Nook Color Update Coming!

Barnes and Noble just announced that they will be issuing a Nook Color update in April that will allow flash and apps. Word is that this will include Android 2.2.

How will this affect people like myself who have rooted our Nooks to Android 2.1? Will we have to restore our NCs to stock before getting this update, or will downloading the B&N update automatically do it for us?

Depending upon what new features we will get, will we have to again root our NCs to get all the features we rooted our Nooks in the first place to get?

Thanks to all the helpful people on this board.
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
I've installed a bunch of stuff, but the only Google branded stuff I've installed is Google Maps and Google Sky Map. I've also got ADW launcher, Fany Widgets, Angry Birds and a few odds and ends.

I'll try again tonight and see if anything I've installed since the last time I checked has broken the store. I doubt it, though. I think we'd have heard a lot more about it if this were a typical ocurrence.
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
From reading around, it looks to me like the best path to take is to block the B&N update, then wait for a pre-rooted 1.2 (if that's what B&N calls it) update to appear on this site and use that to update the NC.

This seems to be the simplest path to blocking updates: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11341224&postcount=46
[Nook Color Android Development] alovell83:
I dont have a microsdcard reader, anyone know if the format and writing to SD will work on an Android phone? Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] starkruzr:
Something that took me a long time to learn: If your NC appears not to power on, it is because it is tricking you. It's actually on and totally unresponsive to everything including the power button. This has been called "sleep of death" in other threads.

To get around this, you use an unadvertised feature of the device. Hold down the power button for THIRTY (30) seconds. Just keep holding it down. Now take a Nookie Froyo, CWMR or other "live" uSD card and put it in your NC. Power it on as usual. It WILL power on provided it has enough juice.

What is happening here is that your boot partition or something else in the system has become corrupted. It just sits and does nothing after trying to boot from the bad boot partition. Bad behavior? You bet! But we can get around it :)
[Nook Color Android Development] mysterfix:
It works using my Evo. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] tablo:
Can someone tell me how to get Amazon App Store working with AutoNooter 3.0?

EDIT - nvm By going into NookColorTools, checking and unchecking Allow Non-Market Apps, I was able to install the Amazon Appstore with Apps Installer.
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
Walmart sells one for $13.00 that reads micro SD directly (as well as a bunch of other formats). Not a bad thing to have lying around.
[Nook Color Android Development] cromanorn:
Ok, so I put Auto-nooter on my SD card , inserted into Nook (nook off and unplugged). Plugged cable into nook & PC. Its been about 15 - 20 mins and nothing. the n is lit up ont the cable. Does it usually take this long? Should I unplug and try again?
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Just hold power button to power off and then power on again. Auto nooter doesn't reboot.
[Nook Color Android Development] cromanorn:
Ok, so did that and no change to the nook. Still stock. Guess I'll try again.

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] wgarrido:
Really no extra Apps in extras?
[Nook Color Android Development] cromanorn:
There was nothing, just the stock apps.

I started over from scratch and this time it worked. The only problem I am having now is the soft keys at the bottom not working. But, I'll figure it out.

Thanks!!
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
You didn't set Softkeys as default. The buttons at the bottom don't seem to work otherwise. See here:

http://nookdevs.com/index.php?title=NookColor_Default_Launcher
[Nook Color Android Development] cromanorn:
I did have them set as default. but nothing. A reboot fixed it.
[Nook Color Android Development] cromanorn:
Now Im trying to figure out which Froyo ROM to run. Any suggestions?
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
I had to exchange my Nook because the touch screen was bad. I got the new one, activated it, ran Auto-Nooter on it. Root was fine and followed all directions. After it booted back up, I did all the google steps. Once those were done, I went into the Nook Shop, and it attempts to load and crashes. Still cant figure out why.
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
Try this...

Hold the power button for about 8-10 seconds (this is known as a hard shutdown)

Then start the unit back up as you normally would and see if that fixes the issue.

If not...

If you have CWM you may want to wipe cache and Dalvik cache. if you don't have CWM go to the market and buy it, well worth the price. Then wipe cache and Dalvik cache, Do do this from ClockWork reboot into Recovery and wipe caches from there.

Be patient for the 1st boot after the wipe it will take some time...

Hope this helps
[Nook Color Android Development] millbean:
8 failed boots and it still loads to cloclwork? help..ugh
[Nook Color Android Development] ericizzy1:
just to be clear, if i do this,will the nook have and android operating system on it, with all the functions?
[Nook Color Android Development] andmer:
you need to restore the original recovery to get the 8 failed boots to work.
[Nook Color Android Development] millbean:
How do I accomplish that?
[Nook Color Android Development] TheDave1022:
Didnt work. Shop still loads for a second (see the status circle move) and then it freezes and just closes. Default browser does the same when on default home page and selecting any link. Works fine with skyfire.
[Nook Color Android Development] Wadech:
I rebooted my Auto-Nootered NC with the AN sd card still in it, and now it won't go past the boot screen. How in depth do I need to go to fix it?
[Nook Color Android Development] khaytsus:
Just remove the SD card... Rebooting with it in shouldn't do anything bad.
[Nook Color Android Development] Wadech:
Tried that, but it just stalls at the boot screen.
[Nook Color Android Development] millbean:
stuck in the same boat!
[Nook Color Android Development] glsooter:
Newbie lost at beginning

I have downloaded auto-nooter 3.0.0 , unzipped it with 7-Zip. I have Irfanview as an graphic image view. When the auto-nooter 3.0.0 becomes unzipped it becomes an Irfanview icon with auto-nooter 3.0.0 caption, but there is nothing in it. I uninstalled Irfanview and then unzipped auto-nooter 3.0.0 and got a icon that I could not open. With both of the unzipped icons I used Win32diskimagewriter to write it to my Lexar 2 gb microSD. But when I look at the drive where the sd card is it is blank. the card was formatted Fat32. Without being able to get past this step I am unable to root my brand new NC. So what am I doing wrong? I've even tried down loaded auto-nooter 3.0.0 a couple of different times with same results. I am using a Gateway laptop with Windows XP. Help Please:confused:
[Nook Color Android Development] glsooter:
And by the way the icon show: IrfanView IMG File, size: 121 MB (127,664,128 bytes), size on disk: 121 MB (127,664,128 bytes).
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
It should be an IMG file "auto-nooter-3.0.0.img" 127.7 MB

Then WimImage will burn that to the SDCard
[Nook Color Android Development] tablo:
he may have his file extensions hidden from view by default. if that's the case, it will appear as "auto-nooter-3.0.0"
[Nook Color Android Development] xKLoWNx:
I done all the steps that was stated on the main page. Everything runs perfect had no problems, and still not having any problems. My question is, is it ok to leave the nook color just running on this autonooter or do i have to flash a rom? i like the original nook reading because the nook app from the market seems slow and i dont really like it, but i do like the ability to install apps from the market. So is there any long term effects running it just on the autonooter 3.0.0?

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
Even if you only used autonooter you can still install apps from the market. You can even install the amazon app store. You don't have to install any other rom - rooted stock will get you plenty - and there are no long term effects accept perhaps the extra risk of getting the OTA update when it comes (soon) and getting unrooted - but that info is in other threads.
[Nook Color Android Development] KryptoNyte39:
Just to add to the discussion - just did a complete wipe (from rooted 1.0.1) and did the B&N 1.1.0 update, and then autonooter3. Pretty much painless, thanks for creating this rooting package. Two things that always catch me off guard is that the autonooter image file doesn't appear in the WinImage file browser until all files are selected, and of course I forgot to remove the autonooter SD card.

I should mention that the dropping wi-fi after waking is an issue now, something that I never experienced with rooted 1.0.1. It's sporatic, though. I downloaded "Auto WiFi Toggle" and that seems to have solved it ... as far as I can tell.
[Nook Color Android Development] xKLoWNx:
I am having the same problem with the wifi, i will try the auto wifi toggle and see how it works for me.
[Nook Color Android Development] xKLoWNx:
I forgot about the OTA update, do you know where the pages are that talk about that, and if i get an OTA update can i do a wipe and redo the autonooter and get fixed again? Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
I "gathered" them up here.

For the moment, I would recommend being on 1.1.0 autonootered - seems pretty full functionality to me. But it's anyone's guess if any of the links I gathered are "foolproof" vs the new update that's supposed to come this month.
[Nook Color Android Development] dsf3g:
Yeah, I'm sticking with 1.1.0 autonootered until someone here releases a pre-rooted 1.2.0 package that I can sideload.
[Nook Color Android Development] cyberdelia:
Problem upgrading

I rooted my NC (I don't remeber wich method) from the SD, when I had the firmware 1.0.1

I downloaded the new firmware from B&N, but the NC never starts the procedure to upgrade... I followef the instructions, and nothing... I put the downloaded file in the main memory, in the SD, and nothing.... ¿Can I put AutoNooter 3 in 1.0.1? and how can I get the upgrade from B&N (this and the future upgrades) ?
[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
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[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
I've attempted several times to root my NC but to no avail. I have burned the image to the SD, powered off my NC, inserted the SD, plugged the USB cable into the computer and then into my still-powered-off NC. I get a Win7 error message crying about a disk that has an unknown format (please let me format it, please!) and then the NC boots to its desktop. Problem is is that it is showing the USB/PC Connected message with a "Unknown SD - Format Now?" message under it. I can do nothing further until I unmount the NC and then cancel the NC's attempted SD format message but nothing has changed. Is there a special USB driver for the NC such as the one necessary for hacking my phone? I've not seen one so if there is then I've totally missed it.

Thanks!

NVM... after Googling my head off, I stumbled upon some key information from a Youtube video. WinImage 8.50 seems to be buggy and it was recommended that WinImage 8.1 be used instead. Upon using 8.1 to burn my image and subsequent redo of the rooting procedure, I now have a newly rooted NC. Might be a good idea to add that lil' tidbit of info to the OP so others don't have to pull half their head of hair out trying to get this thing to go. I didn't even need the Youtube.apk file so all good here.

Thanks for the how-to, works like a charm after using WinImage 8.1.
[Nook Color Android Development] CzarDestructo:
I can't get this thing to root. I followed all the instructions perfectly, I validated all the image files are written to the SD card and all the partitions got setup properly, but no matter what when I try to boot the Nook with the SDcard in it never boots. I've let it sit for 20 minutes, nothing. Screen stays black, the light on the USB cable never flickers once. Soon as I take out the SDcard, hard reset, then boot, its fine and boots into the non-rooted Nook desktop. Simply can't get beyond this stage. Any thoughts?

This isn't exactly my first android experience, been rooting since the G1 came out so I'm pretty frustrated I can't get this working when everyone else is having effortless success.
[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
I feel your pain CzarDestructo. Did you try my suggestion above; that is, if you're using the Windows route?

One other thing to note... "Windows: Unzip and use WinImage to "Restore Virtual Hard Disk Image" to your SDcard." I missed that my first go, I simply burned the image file. Not sure that this is exactly how it must be done but I did it that way every time after the first go including when I finally used WinImage v8.1 after finding that info from the Youtube video.
[Nook Color Android Development] CzarDestructo:
Tried WinImage v8.5, then v8.1 per your recommendation, as well as Win32 Disk Imager, all with the same results. Going to try and redownload the image....

edit: and, nothing still...
[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
Not sure what else to do next... I've only begun working on hacking my NC. I'll post anything I find that may be helpful.
[Nook Color Android Development] CzarDestructo:
Thanks bud, I appreciate the support!
[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
I just gave the alternative image writing option; Image Writer for Windows 0.2, a go with success while attempting the Nook Color CM7 install instructions thread and successfully rebooted into ClockworkMod Recovery so it seems that that tool works correctly. You might wanna give it a shot.
[Nook Color Android Development] CzarDestructo:
I love this community. This worked like a charm! Up and running and typing on my new Nook toy!

I must say, it feels a bit wrong to be reading kindle books on the nook!
[Nook Color Android Development] RegLinUsr:
Glad I was able to help and happy that you got it working now. I just finished with my backups. ROM install is next.
[Nook Color Android Development] lpd0084:
How long after i plug the usb cable in should it take my nook to reboot?