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[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
The problem with using long-press of the Volume keys to trigger Back and Menu is that you then have no way to activate the long-press Back and long-press Menu functions, which I use far more often than I adjust the volume.

It is a very interesting concept, but it simply doesn't meet my usage requirements. I'm sure it would be quite useful for people who don't use the long-press functions of those buttons.
[Nook Color Android Development] timoskrempel:
I was thinking the same and had a different idea and I am really happy with it: I replaced the application that shows the recent apps when you long-press home and added an additional volume slider. This way you can change the volume without exiting the current application.

It is just a first alpha version but works quite well. Screenshot and apk is attached. Let me know what you think.

How to use:

(0. install the keysmod so you have back/menu instead of the volume buttons)

1. install the apk

2. go to settings, cyanogenmod settings, input settings, long-press home settings: check "custom application" and select "recent plus"

3. long press home to switch apps or change the volume

EDIT: This app now has it's own thread: click here
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
You know... I was just thinking that the Recent Apps screen would be a wonderful place to add a volume slider! :p
[Nook Color Android Development] ADude:
Does anyone know what causes "boot loops" ?

Every so often, when I reboot the CM7 NC, it will loop the part where it starts the logo with the skateboarding Android, does that for roughly 30 seconds, and starts again right at the point where it first displays the logo.

A 20 second press of the power button fixes it for the moment, but I see this maybe once a day or so.

Since it is not a one-time-only event, I was curious if anyone understood why it happens ?
[Nook Color Android Development] Narfx:
A bit ugly :), but I like the concept.
[Nook Color Android Development] Arbelzapf:
This is brilliant!!!!

Thank you very much

Some nice button graphics would be nice if you ever feel bored but I already love it. The inability to adjust the volume on the fly always kept me from switching to the volume-button mod.

Some toggles could be useful as well (BT, Wifi, rotation)
[Nook Color Android Development] mooja:
this. is. awesome!

i was originally wanting a slider like this added into the notification bar, but this is just as good! allows you to adjust volume while in full screen apps too, which is an improvement on my idea.

kudos to you!
[Nook Color Android Development] chisleu:
Killer app of the day award goes to...
[Nook Color Android Development] jewnersey:
Exactly what I wanted. Awesome. Thanks so much.

Oh p.s.

A brightness slider would be Rad on there too.

from my NookCOLOR, *****es
[Nook Color Android Development] tj!2k7:
That's definitely helpful, much much better than having to manipulate volume via a separate app, widget, or from the Statusbar (ironically unavailable in full-screen apps where one might want to be able to adjust volume, such as Rockplayer -- and I know it has brightness and vol gestures, but I find them way too flaky to be reliable).

Thanks for sharing your app, what an awesome first post. Excellent work; I know you said it's alpha at this stage,but for future consideration, it would be nice to be able to list the last 15 apps.

Thanks again. =)
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
Works great! ...until the recent apps list exceeds six, at which point it all can't all fit in the window and the volume slider scrolls off the bottom.

Definitely an A+ for the effort so far, though! :) App of the week!
[Nook Color Android Development] long2know:
Is there a script or other method available yet to easily repartition the EMMC memory? I'd still like to do away with the /media partition entirely and move it all to /data ..
[Nook Color Android Development] dalingrin:
I think people misunderstood your post or perhaps I did.

100% CPU usage is not expected behavior in CM7. Wifi reconnect issues shouldn't peg the 100% CPU either. Verify that you are not running SetCPU profiles. If you are not using SetCPU then some other userspace program is not playing nicely.

If you have a working adb set up you can do the following:

Run: "adb shell"

From the shell run: "bash"

Now run "top"

This will give you a breakdown of processes currently running on the Nook and you should be able to tell which process is causing the issues.
​

CM7 will not completely sleep at this point but should idle at 0% cpu usage. In other words, the CPU never turns off but should be able to sit idle in a low power state.
[Nook Color Android Development] Arbelzapf:
Maybe you should make a separate thread for this once you think it's ready. It would be a shame if your app would drown in this crowded thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] timoskrempel:
Thanks for your feedback so far. I will look into the issues. I am thinking of putting in some options regarding the number of recent apps to show. I will create an own thread for it then. If you have suggestions on how to improve the functionality or the looks, let me know.
[Nook Color Android Development] newellj79:
Suggestion. The volume control is for media only. Maybe one for system?
[Nook Color Android Development] Calla969:
Am I missing something, or is this app not attached anymore? Could someone post it? I'd love to try it. It sounds perfect.
[Nook Color Android Development] murdockr:
I experienced this last night when going to 29. The only thing to make it stop was to go to 30! So I can't comment on why it happens.
[Nook Color Android Development] eyecrispy:
I went from 26 to 30 and got stuck at the Android landscape text. I had to reflash 26.
[Nook Color Android Development] lospulpo:
I think it looks great! Definitely worthy of it's own thread! Thanks!!
[Nook Color Android Development] ADude:
I agree - but more because all the other issues are getting drowned in the (well deserved) interest in the app. :D
[Nook Color Android Development] chisleu:
I don't use the recent apps thing so I downloaded the app "MyVolume" and set lome-home to that. It has sliders for media/alarm/etc.
[Nook Color Android Development] eghill1125:
I think I may not have given the right details on my concern of running time. I am referring to the very first screen in Spare Parts after you select Battery History. It shows Running, Screen On, WIFI On, and WIFI Running. This is where both my NC and my wife's are pegged at 100% on the Running. Barely anything showing on Partial Wake tab and when clicking on the Running Blue line, it shows the NC has not slept at all. I have tried running it with WIFI shutting off when screen shuts off and it does shut off and has to take a second to reconnect, but the NC is still not sleeping at all. If this is definitely what others are seeing, then I am content to wait for some fixes down the road on it. I know that my CM7 on my Droid Eris does sleep properly and only shows roughly 10-20% Running time when I look into it. I currently lose about 15% overnight with my nook unplugged from midnight to 7 AM.. With WIFI shut off also.

Sorry if this was not explained well enough. I think this description may show what I mean and if anyone else is also seeing it on theirs, then I guess that is what we have as of now.

Other than that and the Audio Sync not quite right yet, the CM7 Rom is really coming along great. No major problems at all. Quite happy with it. :)
[Nook Color Android Development] chisleu:
Recommend that you check out the phone settings list of power usage.

The audio sync for hardware accellerated video is great, but it's choppy.

Software accell sync is a problem for all platforms, and I don't think it's rom-based, but software codec based. IE, the program used to play is doing it poorly.
[Nook Color Android Development] john10101:
This is really cool, you should def start your own thread, also it would be nice if the volume slider did the whole system volume, and not just media. Keep up the great work !!!
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
You can also use the app Quick Settings to modify volume (and pretty much anything else, including rotation, wifi, etc).

I have it set to Search long press (via Soft Keys).

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bwx.bequick&feature=search_result
[Nook Color Android Development] dalingrin:
I misunderstood. The CPU does run at all times. In other words, the CPU does not shut down. This is a known problem and I purposefully made it so the CPU cannot sleep. As soon the audio/framerate issue is fixed, I plan to take another look into our sleep problems with Gingerbread.

15% for 7 hours is about what you should expect out of CM7. For me, it is usually between 1.5% - 2% per hour.
[Nook Color Android Development] john10101:
Interesting. ill have to look into this stuff more
[Nook Color Android Development] KDOG2020:
I like that quick settings app. Works good. If I could get it as a button in Button Savior it would be even more awesome.
[Nook Color Android Development] timoskrempel:
Agreed. Please move the discussion here: [APP]Recent Plus! (new version!)
[Nook Color Android Development] miniaturepeddler:
feedback:

Started out with build 25, updated to 27, then 28.

Found both were draining the battery, even when plugged in to the original Nook Charge, when in sleep mode (yes I know this is a known issue). So have taken to shutting off the Nook when not using it for an extended period of time.

Updated to build 30 yesterday, and since that time, I have forgot to shut down the nook and simply placed it into sleep mode (by hitting the power switch once quickly - habit I know). Interesting thing is, that the unit actually charged the 3 times I have done this the past 24 hours.

So don't know what has changed, but it is a step in the right direction.

Second I came to this build from Nook Froyo 0.6.8 with its Wifi loss issues, and I have been very impressed how fast the Nook C7 has reacquired my wifi connections upon boot and from waking up from sleep, even when I have changed locations, it has recognized my regular wifi connections and activated quickly.

Thanks!
[Nook Color Android Development] tominabox1:
The improved wifi performance is due to turning off adhoc in one of the recent builds...
[Nook Color Android Development] kin869:
Should we still leave the WiFi Sleep Policy on "Never?"
[Nook Color Android Development] tominabox1:
You don't need to, it will sleep and recover fine if you want it to.
[Nook Color Android Development] rcmsmas:
CM& freezing at initial install boot

I have been trying to install nightly 30, and it keeps getting stuck at the boot up with the cyanogen logo. I tried resinstalling, wiping dalvik, fixing permissions, etc. For some reason, it will run off of the SD card (albeit slowly), but can't get past boot up from internal memory. Any ideas? I tried searching the thread but couldn't find anybody with a similar problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] PMDColeslaw:
How do I take a screenshot on CM7? shootme seems to show a black png every time. I tried searching and saw that many others have this issue but haven't seen any fixes. I also noticed that some have no issues with shootme or other screenshot apps while people like my self are just getting the black pictures.
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
I use Screen Shot seems to work well.
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
XDA Prem and XDA

Not sure what is going on or if anyone else is having issues.

Both program start out normally until I attempt to open a thread then I get a force close.

Tapatalk works as it should.

XDA Prem and XDA work fine on on my DINC do I have something set wrong on the NC
[Nook Color Android Development] philburkhardt:
Have you tried redownloading the ROM? That would be my next step.
[Nook Color Android Development] PMDColeslaw:
Thanks, but its giving me the black pics too. :(
[Nook Color Android Development] RoboRay:
On the NC with CM7? It gives me a black screen on Nightly 30.
[Nook Color Android Development] murdockr:
I had this problem with 29 and it was solved by going to 30. Try reinstalling a lower version (and Dalingrin if you use it) and see if that works, then reinstall 30. It's worth a shot.
[Nook Color Android Development] EsotericPunk:
Hello all, I wonder if anyone else seems to have had their internet speeds slow to a crawl with CM7? When I switch over to my auto-nootered stock ROM, I see a substantial speed increase in all things internet related (book d/l's, web browsing, app downloads). In CM7, however, the internet crawls along, probably akin to a 56k speed. I have FiOS at home, so speed should not be an issue. Could I maybe have something configured incorrectly? Or has anyone else had an issue like this?

Edit: Sorry, forgot to mention the important stuff, I'm on nightly 29 loaded onto a Class 4 8GB SD as per verygreen's instructions.
[Nook Color Android Development] rainmaker002:
I upgraded from N17 to N30 this morning, and tried a fresh wipe. Formatted cache, system and data along with Dalvik Cache. Installed to EMCC.

Everything seems fine with two weird exceptions: there is no lockscreen (screen goes to black but I when I press the N button it goes right back to the home) which is fine I suppose, but more importantly the only time the N works is to wake the device- it doesn't bring me back to the home screen when I'm in applications.
[Nook Color Android Development] tominabox1:
Found your problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] EsotericPunk:
Hmm, I guess I don't understand which part you are referring to. There are three possible distinct problem points in there:

1) Problem in CM7 nightly 29

2) Problem with running a ROM off an 8GB Class 4 SD

3) Problem with running CM7 off of an SD rather than eMMC

For (1) I've searched this thread for any mumblings on speed issues and didn't see any. For (2) I have read other posts where it seems that this card (while not the most ideal) should be fine. Finally, for (3) I looked through verygreen's thread and didn't see anyone with similar problems either. Could you be more specific as to which of these issues (or which combination thereof) is likely causing my internet problem? Thanks for the help!
[Nook Color Android Development] tominabox1:
running off an SD card.
[Nook Color Android Development] ADude:
Hundreds of people run off an SD card without those problems.
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
True, but after having tried a few cards myself, I can say that the type of card can make a HUGE performance difference, to the point where a slow card makes the system unbearable.
[Nook Color Android Development] diomark:
...because we're not optimized. The devs are working on performance...

-mark
[Nook Color Android Development] EsotericPunk:
So what speed card would be a minimum for reasonable performance? The Class 4 transfers at 4MB/sec. Does anyone have any experience running smoothly at this speed?

Also, why would the internet speed differ so greatly? Even if the OS is running slow, my book and app downloads should be mostly a function of bandwidth wouldn't they?
[Nook Color Android Development] chisleu:
"class 4" is relative. A Sansdisk class 4 will probably outperform any class 10 cards. I've run SD off of a class 2 sansdisk and had no lag from the SD card, but it was a sansdisk.
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
Class is irrelevant since no one actually enforces them.

Any cheap-ass manufacturer can slap "CLASS 6!!" on a card, even if its realistic speeds are a Class 2. There's just no one to call them out on it. Transcend is an inexpensive manufacturer that actually sticks to the correct classifications. I've not had any problems with my Class 6 Transcend running Honeycomb. PNY, however, is one of the worse ones. I always had issues browsing and downloading from the market running a ROM off my Class 4 PNY.

Anyway, just run it off of EMMC and use the dual boot to move your stock install to another partition. This ROM wasn't made to be run off the SD card, so don't expect support if something goes wrong when you're running off SD.
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
And just to add to more confusion - even if two different brands of cards can handle sustained "class ratings", it does not mean that random block performance (which is much more common in a system like this, where files are being loaded from all over) will be the same. This is much akin to desktop SSDs, where random read/write is much more important than sustained speeds.

IN terms of the best, ifyou are serious about running it on an SD card, the best BY FAR is Sandisk.. I have a class 2 8Gb that smokes my Kingston class 6, in both sustained and random, and actually made Froyo on SD enjoyable...
[Nook Color Android Development] EsotericPunk:
Thanks for the advice, I'll either shop for a new SD or check out the dual-boot option.

P.S. I wasn't expecting support, I was more hoping to understand better. I've been around XDA since I picked up an HTC Pure a couple years ago (don't let the join date fool you, I just wanted to change my handle) and I am always impressed by what a few creative minds can do to some of our devices.

Edit: By the way I checked the brand of my "Class 4" it is indeed a Kingston... grumble, grumble... at least it was free.
[Nook Color Android Development] ADude:
The best flash brands are quite different from RAM brands.

For example, Adata and Kingston make excellent RAM and - from the reports - crap SD cards.

Sandisk and Transcend both make excellent SD cards - Sandisk "conservatively" rates their classes.

Someone actually compiled all the reports in the Forum and made a chart in IIRC Nook Color General forum.
[Nook Color Android Development] adma84:
New Afternoonly Posted

This build is made from CM GIT repo, right from source. Only change to source is disabling security check on EAS policies. If you guys request it, I will take that out.

This includes all changes identified here up to and including

Build Name: update-cm-7.0.0-RC2-encore-03252011-KANG-signed.zip

md5: b089b99b2648034be78f2d7e4637eb52

'Thank me' if you find this useful. You could also sign up for dropbox at the link below if you want to thank me.

Usual Disclaimers

It's always best to download nightlies from CM repos, not from some random crazy on the forums (with that said, enjoy this build :-P)

These are highly experimental, this build might not even work! (just like a nightly)

Always nandroid backup before Updating

Always nandroid before updating

wipe cache and dalvik cache for good measure (likely unnecessary, but a good idea)

check md5 hash and redownload if it doesn't match my posted hash

Thank the real devs (dalingrin, fattire, etc) I just build these for you guys, I am not providing development assistance at the moment

Grab Dalingrin's OC kernel if you want, you can get it here: Dalingrin's OC Thread

Yes, you can flash this right over your nightlies

Yes you can flash a nightly right over this

You can find my builds in my twitter link below, follow me to keep up with the builds

Nandroid backup before flashing

I don't link directly here, because I'm sure that's not XDA, CM, or Nook Dev Approved. And for good reason...
[Nook Color Android Development] ADude:
I'm confused - how can there be a Release Candidate, when the main developers of the "Encore" version have identified two major issues that need to be solved - audio software problem causing low video framerate, and "Sleep of Death" issue ??
[Nook Color Android Development] adma84:
it's not really an RC for the encore. It's just that the main CM repo is now tagged as RC2 and the encore builds off of that. Chalk it up to the fact that I was lazy and didn't change the build.prop
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
YOU DON'T FORMAT BOOT WHEN FLASHING CM7!!!!!!!

Can anyone follow instructions anymore?
[Nook Color Android Development] Irish Cream:
You may have to do a full recovey as you formatted your boot partition
[Nook Color Android Development] canyoufindben:
My apologies, I missed something. Where are the instructions I sorely missed?
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
Your post would make sense if those instructions were actually

IN

the OP. Seriously, do a CTRL + F for "boot" and let me know what you find.

What you SHOULD be asking is "Why is it so hard for people to write clear instructions?"

You can see my signature for examples of how instructions should be written. It's really not that difficult.
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
From the first page of the EXT4 CWM thread:

And since you couldn't find 'boot', why would you format it? Do you just do everything blindly without reading up the tiniest bit? If you can't bother to read the first page of a thread you really shouldn't be doing this sort of thing.
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
I personally didn't format boot before flashing CM7, but some other ROMs do say to do this, so if you're wondering why other people are doing it, that's why.

I'm just appalled at how badly people write documentation. It's an easy skill, and A LOT of frustration would be saved if the first poster in a thread would just write things clearly. It's very, very easy. Sometimes I wish XDA would allow multiple people (non-Admins) to edit the OP of a thread.

What you linked should be posted in the OP of both CM7 threads. Whether you think people should read the entire thread or whatever, a 5 second cut/paste by each OP would save countless headaches.
[Nook Color Android Development] xawen:
For the record, these are not release threads. The CWM 3.0.0.6 SD thread is, but that's a release of a CWM image, not CM7. These builds are developmental nightlies. On any given day they might boot and work well or they might demand an animal sacrifice and suck your Nook into a black hole. Nit picking on documentation at this point is rather pointless as things are moving quickly and may change faster than they are written down.

If you would like updated documentation, please feel free to stop by the NookDevs Wiki and create/update the necessary materials.
[Nook Color Android Development] canyoufindben:
Wow, this is not necessary. Simple answer, YES, if you format Boot with recovery 3.0.0.6 it will keep the screen from coming on.

Easy enough fix. Use recovery 3.0.0.5 to format and flash the 1.0.1 or 1.1.0 zips and you're back in business. Maybe this hint might serve well in either the CM7 OP or the ext4 CWM recovery OP.

Yes, in post #19 of the ext4 cwm thread it doesn't not say to format boot, however it is a very common practice in the OPs of other NookColor ROMS. It does not explicitly say to DO NOT FORMAT BOOT, and as far as I can tell that Q&A doesn't happen till page 13 post #121, easy to miss if you're trying to skim the thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] AntsInMyPants:
Charging Bonus !

This is a very nice start. FC's here and there but no big deal.

Bonus: I can now use any Micro USB cable and 5v 2a power source to charge my NC. Now I know the proprietary Nook charger is software driven.
[Nook Color Android Development] Izord:
Is there any way to get the youtube application to work?

Does youtube work on the froyo roms?
[Nook Color Android Development] canyoufindben:
Not until DSP gets fixed.

EDIT: Yes it does work with Froyo ROMS, just not yet with CM7.
[Nook Color Android Development] KitF:
For future reference, the roms that ask you to format boot have badly written zip files. There is almost no reason boot should be formatted when installing a rom. So no, it shouldn't have to specify to not format boot.

Edit: canyoufindben: The big bold letters weren't really directed at you in particular. Sorry if it came out harsh, but I've been seeing it everywhere. I just wish someone would put it in the OP or something, it would prevent a lot of stress.
[Nook Color Android Development] jkurl:
Look if you two want to verbally bash each other go do it in your own thread or via pm's.
[Nook Color Android Development] Izord:
Does youtube work on any nook rom?
[Nook Color Android Development] Izord:
OK, thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] Paul22000:
I'm glad we agree. What you said, that's really all I'm saying :)