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[Nook Color Android Development] zequav:
Switching airplane mode on switches the wifi off, but if you switch on the wifi afterwards it will switch on without problems. So you can have airplane mode on and wifi, they are not exclusive.

Anyway, maybe you had airplane mode on since forever, but you didn't notice till now because of this new bug...
[Nook Color Android Development] stolenmoment:
So this change was intended to fix the airplane-mode bug, perhaps?
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
No... looking at the code differences it was intended to improve signal indicators on other devices and had a negative effect on devices without radios.

For now it looks like we can get away with placing the /system/app/SystemUI.apk from N233 into N236 zip file to fix the issue.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Thx dizzy!

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] boxcar8028:
yeah, thanks dizzy, nice work around. got to try this later when i get home:D:D:D
[Nook Color Android Development] boggsie:
Odd, I cannot get 7z, WinRAR or WinZip to complete this for me.

Best regards,

-boggsie
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
I am sorry... this seems to be one time I have given bad advice... upon further use of my recommended fix of putting SystemUI.apk from N233 into N236, I am experiencing "The application Status Bar (process.com.android.systemui) has stopped unexpectedly" errors, causing a Force Close only option.

I do NOT recommend the fix as I previously had. For anyone that considers the phone status bars a deal breaker... stick with N233 until it is sorted out.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsddave:
Anyone tried N237? I wonder if it contains this bug still.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
You can assume it hasn't been adressed based on the changelog.

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] jac0708:
Airplane mode indicator is still always on. I don't have any phone bars showing however.
[Nook Color Android Development] boxcar8028:
flashed n237 last night and still no phone signal indicator bar this morning so far so good. i think this bug has been fixed. thanks guys :)

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you can remove the airplane icon with this app. click on tools at the top and you'll see the icons at the bottom. just uncheck airplane mode. and the app is also free.

Android Assistant:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.advancedprocessmanager&feature=search_result
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
I have abandoned CM7 as the last 3 updates cripple my Nook.

Will not come all the way up since processes begin FC'ing as soon as it starts to boot

Did a full wipe (formatted everything 3 times), installed just nightly...

I went back to Rooted B&N 1.3 and the Nook works great, no issues, as soon as I place CM7 from a nandroid on the issues start again.

Formatted the SDCard, Changed the SDCard went through the steps above for each SDCard and had the same problems...

I am now running MIUI flawlessly...

Anybody have any ideas?
[Nook Color Android Development] jac0708:
There is a modified version of 229 (I think) on the cyanogenmod forums, you might try that if you are looking for a more current release. I was on 221 for a long time before, which was stable for me. You could roll back.
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
Thanks, I will look for it...
[Nook Color Android Development] jac0708:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/16323-cm7-discussion-of-nightlies/page__st__1680

Here you go
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
Thank you very much.

Since Dalingrin is off doing his HP thing, the Nook may be left behind... I hope not.
[Nook Color Android Development] keyodi:
If anyone wants to test this out...I made a modification to the source to prevent the signal bars from being displayed. So far it seems to be working with nightly 237. Just replace the systemUI.apk in the /system/app folder with the attached.
[Nook Color Android Development] zequav:
Yep, that's my fear too. That's the bad thing about ARM: each device is a different world, and if no devs use a specific device, it's almost impossible to support. Love the Linus quote:

I hope Kali- doesn't abandon his HTC Desire :P
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Thx keyodi,giving it a shot when the kids get out the door.

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] deboyz1014:
I may get death threat for saying this but the NC has come a long way and doing so much more than what it’s originally intended to be. Even if nothing else is released for the NC, I'm happy and content with what it’s capable of doing right now.
[Nook Color Android Development] patruns:
I kinda feel the same way. Then again, even with all the work updating mine I still mostly use it for reading.
[Nook Color Android Development] MrPib:
Gee, didn't know I could *read* on it! ;-)

Agreed -- they've taken this device to unimaginable places.
[Nook Color Android Development] zequav:
But it would be a pity not to get the full potential of the NC. Gingerbread was NOT meant for tablets (the ugly ass USB mount dialog is only one example), *especially* buttonless tablets. ICS would be the first "proper" android for our NCs.

In my HTC Desire, for example, I wouldn't mind that much not to get ICS. ICS doesn't seem to have many advantages over GB on a phone (except native bookmark syncing, which is the only thing I miss):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#4.x_Ice_Cream_Sandwich
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Worked great for me. I just added it to my custom gapp zip that I flash with each new nightly and so far has performed flawlessly. Thanks so much for this.
[Nook Color Android Development] oldman_58:
You are correct, if you look at the "age" of the NC it is well passed it's prime in new gizmo speak.

It has been incredible watching development and enjoying all the changes the DEVS have provided.
[Nook Color Android Development] Awats:
I agree. It's amazing what can be done with it now but the HP Touchpad hardware has made it far less attractive for running Android. It's clear the focus has shifted to the next shiny tablet. On the other hand, the 7" display of the NC is far better for field use and I doubt I will ever stop using it until something better comes along. Next year, the TP will both fall to the next generation hardware.

Each have their place in today's world but progress can't be stopped.
[Nook Color Android Development] tsddave:
I think the nook will be happiest with Ice cream sandwich on the basis that this is designed with tablets and phones in mind.
[Nook Color Android Development] Awats:
THAT is something I am looking forward to. :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] Ronin3178:
I don't know if the Nook will have the hardware ability for ics to run smoothly
[Nook Color Android Development] zequav:
That would be pathetic programming by google. A 1.2GHz CPU with 512MB RAM and decent GPU cannot run a launcher, menu, dialogs... smoothly? What's ICS, the new Crysis?

The NC is capable enough when things are accelerated properly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEGVWu5a5s. Just compare Opera (smooth as butter) with the stock browser (horribly jerky). ICS is hardware accelerated.

Another question will be whether we get the necessary drivers for the newer kernel.
[Nook Color Android Development] zombieflanders:
IIRC, Google stated several times before and after the unveiling that the system requirements for ICS are no different than for Gingerbread. All of the issues with performance with HC on the Nook come from it being hacked from SDK. So, assuming Google follows up on their promise and releases the full source for ICS upon (or soon after) release of the Galaxy Nexus, then CM8 (or whatever they're going to call it) and other ICS ROMs should have little problem running on the Nook. In fact, as pointed out above, the interface being designed for software-button devices may actually work better for devices like the Nook than for the current hardware-button devices.
[Nook Color Android Development] koopakid08:
Maybe I'll feel that way after ICS. What the devs have done is amazing but Ice Cream is looking really delicious.

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[Nook Color Android Development] tsddave:
Seems enough ppl corrected you on this!
[Nook Color Android Development] Ronin3178:
Correct, I stand humbled.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
Had a strange behavior this morning, wanted to see if anyone had seen this in any previous nightlies. Flashed 237 yesterday, cleared Davlik and Battery Stats. Used the Nook with my normal work load and left it unplugged overnight since I wanted to get the battery stats updated. Woke up this morning with the battery reporting 5% so I plugged it in to get a charge. Came back about 30mins later and saw I was down to 4% O_o ?!? It looks like the Nook didn't think there was any charge coming from the cable. I remove/reinsert but I don't see any charging animations or anything to lead me to believe that the Nook is taking a charge. So I reboot, which forced me to the pre-boot "you need to charge your nook" screen. Left the charger plugged in and after about 20mins it goes through the boot cycle, boots to CM7 and starts showing it is charging.

So has anyone gotten their Nook to think that there isn't any charging current in the USB connection when there obviously is? My charger was plugged into the wall with the official Nook uUSB cable this entire time.
[Nook Color Android Development] rhester72:
Just because the light is on does NOT necessarily mean it's charging. The cable itself should be considered suspect unless you're 100% sure otherwise, because it has a horrible failure rate and can/does behave exactly as you describe.

Rodney
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
The cable is good. Again, rebooting the Nook while it was plugged in allowed for the charging to start again.
[Nook Color Android Development] andyrubin1:
the NC probably has enough power to run ICS, the problem is, afaik, whether the dev has enough resources (and motivation) the upgrade the kernel from 2.6.32 to 2.6.35, which has support for the hardware assisted interface, which is mandatory for ICS
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Dal posted a few pages back after the audio issues asking if someone were motivated to do the kernal upgrade, only no one has responded, at least publicly. Time to get a bounty together for Dal to help us out ;)

Ian

On a side note , i just read that along with the NC dropping to $199 it will now support hulu + legitimately

sent from space
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
My wife's nook has the same issue, I've just rebooted and its back to normal, or powered off and charged it.

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] stolenmoment:
Mine did the same thing two days ago, with the same fix. I was worried that another cable had gone bad.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
I'm glad it is not just me. To be clear, this only happened after loading 237
[Nook Color Android Development] bsw11:
Root tools may have messed me up

I had my NC install all set, then I went in to Root Tools and:

Backed up my animation

Changed my animation

Change fonts.

and now my sdcard has been moved to /mnt/emmc and a new sdcard (internal I believe) is in its place.

Any ideas how to restore or do I need to re-rom the thing?
[Nook Color Android Development] timmyjoe42:
I've got version 2.7.1.5 of the B&N nook app on my nook which is running CM nightly 177. It is telling me the new update for version 3.0.0.17 is not available for my device. I'm going to try updating the app on my phone, backing it up and then side loading it to the nook.

I really hope this implements a fix for the kids books not working.
[Nook Color Android Development] jgaf:
Still no support for the auto read kids books
[Nook Color Android Development] bigbob23:
I was able to upgrade with the latest version of the Market app (nightly 240). (Edit: I sideloaded the app with adb).

I don't know about kids books, but the new version allowed me to download a book which I had pre-ordered before it was released. The old version kept saying it still wasn't available.
[Nook Color Android Development] stolenmoment:
I changed LCD Density from 160 to 161 and Market let me install. It's soooo confused about compatibility.

Nope, sorry. There are a few small improvements, but nothing earth-shattering.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Settings/cm settings/applications/ uncheck use internal storage. That is the only place I am aware of to swap SD/emmc

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] andyrubin1:
Some apps show up only under 160 and some apps show up only under 161.

Hope ICS will solve this mess... (and ICS will show up on NC)... :D
[Nook Color Android Development] timmyjoe42:
Yea, it's really annoying. I also had to side load Words with Friends.

Now on my rooted Cliq 2, WordFeud isn't available on that device. I was happy that it seems the new market has alleviated the problem of "My Apps" not displaying without having to clean the data, but now this is causing an alternate problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] Ronin3178:
Anyone else noticing battery drain over time while screen is off? Spare parts isn't showing any major partial wake locks and CPU spy is showing lots of deep sleep.

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[Nook Color Android Development] Ronin3178:
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[Nook Color Android Development] koopakid08:
If it is on then the battery is going to drain. It's a fact of life.

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[Nook Color Android Development] Ronin3178:
I know it is, BUT, had this Nook for a while, it hasn't been acting like this for a long time. This only within the last few nightlies.

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Notice the long time between the screen on / off. I had never seen that jumping up and down of voltage before. It goes from being unplugged at night to being 75% the next morning. Something is screwy.
[Nook Color Android Development] koopakid08:
Seems like something is messed up with your deep sleep. Do you have wifi on during sleep with apps syncing in the background?

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[Nook Color Android Development] les02jen17:
Erm... To those who have access to a wifi connection, and can therefore access ROM Manager's nightly user reviews/ratings, can anyone tell me what's the best nightly to upgrade to? I recently flashed nightly 242, not knowing that it had an issue with airplane mode always being on because I didn't have a wifi connection and therefore wasn't able to check the reviews via ROM Manager. I do have a mobile broadband (usb stick) and I can certainly download nightlies through the mirror network, but I can't share my internet using my wifi router. (My ADSL connection is currently, well, cut off.) XD

EDIT:

Just flashed Nightly 244, and it still has the Airplane Mode bug. To those who know, what's the most recent nightly that doesn't have it?
[Nook Color Android Development] mrapollinax:
Checkout the CM forums. Someone is posting a modified build that addresses this specifically for the Nook Color as it seems that it is the only device with this behavior. I'm running the modified 241 nightly.

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/16323-cm7-discussion-of-nightlies/page__st__1720
[Nook Color Android Development] jh1523:
I use the 240 nightly and it doesn't have the bug.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
I would assume it's related to the radio signal issue. I have been experiencing some issues with wifi not truely shutting off with the screen, giving me SOD. I am trying green power and seems to be doing its job.

With Dal moving forward with TP development and away from nc1, I feel we are crawling to a stalemate on this device, especially with ICS needing a kernal port to run on our device. And Dal is the only one that I think can pull it off.

Edit: the builds posted above in the cm forums are solid.

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Yay! It appears that there is a solution for this SOD issue without turning off wifi or putting a wake lock on deep sleep. A user on the Cyanogenmod forum isolated the problem to the wifi driver. He created a modified driver that seems to solve the problem. I installed the modified driver and so far have had no SODs and I usually have a lot. And he did this a month ago. I can't believe this has not been made common knowledge to us users.

You can read about this and download the driver here:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32316-sleep-of-death-debugging/page__p__246213#entry246213

I added this driver to my customized gapp zip and flash it with each new nightly.
[Nook Color Android Development] capnblackleg:
care to share your customized gapp zip?
[Nook Color Android Development] bbernardini:
Anybody know if there's a CM7 compatible kernel for the Nook Color that supports fast charge, like Incredikernel does for the Droid Incredible?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I could upload it to a file server if people are interested, but it is customized for the way I like my CM7. I have added a notification ringtone that does not come with CM7, changed the screen density to 240, added a revised SystemUI.apk that a user here modified to prevent the signal bars from showing up on the status bar, and now this modified tiwlan_drv.ko wifi driver to prevent SOD.

Adding the screen density mod was a little tricky since you need to add scripts, etc to modify the build.prop file on the fly, but adding any new or revised system file is very straight forward.

You just open the original gapp zip with Astro File Manager and add the files to the appropriate place under /system and back out. Astro saves the revised zip. It is not signed properly for an install zip, but Rom Manager does not mind and flashes it anyway. Just keep it the same name and in the same location that Rom Manager put the original. Then when you flash a new nightly, check install gapps, and Rom Manager checks to see if you already downloaded it and installs your custom zip. Any files that are under /system in the zip either replace the ones that the nightly installed or are added to them.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Getting ready to push the file now. Why isn't this public knowledge with the rampant SOD's this device has? Ill keep you guys updated.

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] :
Pushed it. Everything still boots up/connects fine.

Set to never sleep, so I'll see how well it does. I was getting it 1x a day or so with 7.1 stable.

Hope this fixes it...
[Nook Color Android Development] capnblackleg:
I see the original tiwlan file is under system/lib/modules. No such directory in the gapps zip, do I create it?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Yes. And any other subdirectory you need in the future. For instance, I needed to create a subdirectory to install my ringtone.
[Nook Color Android Development] capnblackleg:
I replaced the old file with the new and my wifi stopped working.

I appreciate the help but I think I'm over messing with this thing. I reverted back to the last nightlie that wasn't giving me issues.
[Nook Color Android Development] mis3:
Same here, lost wifi. Maybe that's the fix. No more sod since it disables wifi.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
My wifi works great with the new driver, at least at my house here. I will try some other locations tomorrow to see how it does. Still no SODs.

Did you check to make sure the driver was installed properly at the correct location? Sounds like it was not installed properly or the driver was corrupted in download.

Ian said earlier in his post that it installed well and wifi was working. He just wasn't sure if the SODs were gone.
[Nook Color Android Development] :
Make sure you have a the same kernel. Check under settings > about tablet
[Nook Color Android Development] keyodi:
Anyone know where I can get the latest source for the 16/32 kernels? I checked dal's github site, but it doesn't seem to be up to date.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Ace is right. The user that created the updated wifi driver called it a kernel module that is matched to the 2.6.32.9 OC kernel. CM7.1 stable and recent nightlies have that kernel.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
Mine stopped the first push because i didn't change permissions to match the original file. After matching the permissions it boots and runs fine. Thought I would have some results to post this am but my dumb*ss forgot to freeze green power to get a true result. We shall see how the day goes.

Ian
[Nook Color Android Development] crandy2:
I first tried to justreplace the file with root explorer, but my wifi wouldn't come on. Then I added it to the gapps zip file and flashed that from recovery. Works great, up about 12 hours so far. It seems to establish wifiafter a resume faster. No SODs so far.
[Nook Color Android Development] ianPhillips1:
All is well, deep sleep ,good stepping . I used root explorer to get it done,es file explorer will work as well.

Just waiting on the next bug :-)

Ian

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[Nook Color Android Development] :
So far no SOD. Pandora usually did me in when the screen turned off.

It does seem faster, but maybe it's placebo?

In any event, this seems to fix it *knock on wood*
[Nook Color Android Development] androidmonkey:
Its been awhile since I installed CM7 to my mSD card in my NC. I want to update to the latest nightly since some apps wont let me install because of unsupported device.

Whats the easiest way to upgrade?
[Nook Color Android Development] dexx0008:
is this going to be submitted for addition to a nightly?
[Nook Color Android Development] timmyjoe42:
I have a dumb question here...if I'm on nightly 177 and want to flash a newer one, It's gong to be like doing a factory reset, right? I've been pretty happy with the one I have, but the Market bug with compatible apps is a bit frustrating. I'm not sure that I am ready to reset it though.

I may wait for the new stock 1.4 software to come out and be rooted. Not having the children's read along books is also really frustrating.
[Nook Color Android Development] :
I'm just a messenger, but I would think (hope) so.

Seems we need more testing, but for those who have it working it seems to be fixing any SOD issues that there were....only time will tell.

With wirelessADB and ADB on your computer it's a 2 second fix. Copy/paste to the command line. You have a backup you can restore if things go to hell.
[Nook Color Android Development] newellj79:
No its nothing like a reset. Flash the Rom and then clear Dalvik cache, its under advanced. Reboot and u have a updated but everything the same NC.
[Nook Color Android Development] androidmonkey:
So, to be clear, are these the steps to take to Update CM7?

1. Download the latest experimental, cm_encore_full-246.zip

2. Put cm_encore_full-246.zip on the root of mSD card.

3. Power device on while holding the N button.

4. Select install from zip, select cm_encore_full-246.zip

5. Done?

What about GAPPS, do I have to reinstall them? Will my existing apps and data be intact after the update?
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Yes you can do it that way. You do not need to reinstall gapps. That is all taken care of by the nightly install.

An easier way to do it is to use Rom Manager which should have come with your existing nightly. Just open RM and choose update. It will tell you that the latest is 246 and ask if you want to download and install. Say yes to it and then it will ask if you want to add gapps. Generally it is OK to say no. Then follow prompts and let it do its thing. When the screen prompt asks if you want to wipe Dalvik cache, let it. Do not wipe data.

When finished all apps and data should be intact.