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[Nook Color General] Theowb4:
http://www.androidcentral.com/barnes-noble-pulling-nook-color-ready-anti-root-measures

My friend recently broke my Nook hacked to all hell, but he has a friend that works at Wal-mart. We can get it replaced with a new nook color, but according to that article, the new ones may not be hackable. Is this true? Please help.
[Nook Color General] cabbieBot:
Bogus rumor is bogus.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
A) Check the date on the article: Thursday, Feb 3, 2011. If this was true, you'd see plenty of threads discussing rooting post-Feb 3rd Nooks.

B) It clearly explains at the very top of the article that any anti-hacking measures were totally false:
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
Thank goodness. I wasn't sure either; and I'm still fearful of the upcoming upgrade. It would stink if they disabled the SD boot.
[Nook Color General] xdajunkman:
I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that the ability to boot from SD first is a hardware setting, not a software option. No amount of B&N firmare/OS updates or changes can take that option away - it would require cracking open the machine and changing some hardware configuration. That was the basis for some of the rumors regarding the supply shortage some months agao - that they were pulling all of their floor stock to make this change and re-supply with non-SD-bootable devices. This obviously did not come to pass. So unless they start quietly producing machines with a new hardware configuration there is nothing to worry about.

Besides, if you just install one of the custom ROMs available then all of the updates become a non-issue. CM7 is coming along nicely - I was a firm backer of rooted stock 2.1 until the past week or so. Flashed CM7 and am quite happy with it so far.

Cheers
[Nook Color General] cigarsnscotch:
That's all totally untrue. Ibjust bought. NC two days ago and rooted it with AN 3.0. When i was talking to the girl who sold me it she asked if i had any questions or wanted to play around with it and i politely replied "no i just want to root it", to which she responded with "they've made some changes so that people might not be able to root these" and i just laughed and said yeah i have more faith inbthe android dev community than some dev who works at B&N.
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Just goes to show how retail people are always so uninformed about technology. :rolleyes:
[Nook Color General] neidlinger:
Yea. Until they make the unit stop booting off the SDcard first the sky is the limit.
[Nook Color General] JLCollier2005:
B&N has no reason to not want root. I bet they made the SD card boot first so that it was easy to root. Think about it this way...the more people that want to hack it, the more people that will buy it...if it was just a pure e-reader, I doubt they would have had the sales numbers they have. Also, it is most likely possible for them to send a OTA update and stop SD boot (as it is imprinted on the hardware, but can still be changed by software) but again, I doubt they'd ever want to do that.
[Nook Color General] distortedloop:
I tend to agree with you on that. I and several I know would have never considered a Nook Color if it weren't easily rooted. I picked one up a new one last week and rooted it with AN 3 the minute I got home (so to the OP, there's another confirmation for you that they're still rootable).

I think B&N's intention is primarily to sell these cheaply to get you to buy digital books (which are seriously over-priced) ala the give away the razor and make money off the replacement blades model. It's working somewhat with me...I never would have bought an digital book or magazine from B&N, but I've got my eye on a few when I have a chance to actually read a book..
[Nook Color General] hxh103:
I am also one of these people that would have never bought the nook if it wasn't rootable, but it's not helping BN any cause I don't buy their books either
[Nook Color General] ADude:
Well that is still helping B&N in two ways:

1 - What is called "economy of scale". It costs less per processor to buy 100,000 than to buy 10,000. So, if they break even on all the rooted Nooks, they save money on all the rest, or lower their selling price on all the rest, making more attractive to book readers.

2 - It raises the visibility of the Nook Color and B&N ereaders in general. Note that WSJ article about how rooting the NC gets you a bargain tablet. No doubt that that article also ended up selling some NC's to people who just want to read books bought from B&N.

The Nook rooting community is a big publicity machine for B&N, and e-books are still so new that any market share gained now is worth a lot in the future.
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
But the thing is, assuming they ARE at least breaking even on these "razors", then WHY has no one else been able to bring out a 7" capacitive tablet in anything like this price point?

I still feel (without any evidence) that they may be close to losing money on these and are really counting on the book sales, and that therefore future anti-rooting measures are still a possibility. Just fear and speculation on my part though...
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
They can bring it out, but don't, because unlike B&N, have no further revenue after the purchase. B&N can afford to be lower, because they know that even if not all of them buy books, a good majority will buy some, now and in the future. Other tablet makers are SOL; once their device is sold, they are out of it, unless they can get some good accessories, etc...
[Nook Color General] xdabr:
Yeah, I'm almost surprised they let you leave the store without registering the device, like when buying a cell phone. I think we even paid cash. It's great for the consumer though! (I guess it's kind of sad that today a store letting you buy something without strings and gotchas is a source of unexpected joy.)
[Nook Color General] JLCollier2005:
That's mainly for the cellular aspect. You can actually buy a Xoom with cash and walk out without registering it. Might not be as easy as the Nook was (fastest I'd ever spent 250 bucks on a piece of electronics), but still possible.

Blocking Root is still possible, but not probable. Like one person said, they are making good money on their ebook sales AND the sales of the device so that's why the price point can be lower.
[Nook Color General] EVO_Android:
Likewise. Ironically enough, I don't really read books much anymore. But it was because I got the Nook Color to hack as a tablet, that I was curious about downloading a book from the Nook store. Both me and B&N are happy. They make the money they need to offset the price of the NC, and I get the tablet I wanted.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zin0:
I tried flashing it through rom manager but when I went to boot recovery, it didn't show up. I deleted the 3.0.0.5 img. I tried flashing it like 5 times but to no avail.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the12nv:
If you are having flashing issues...try switching to the alternate recovery, bottom of page and then switching back....worked for me...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stayclean:
I think Koush has the older recoveries on his site, just download and flash from Terminal or ADB.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
Here are four ways you could flash the recovery: http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Flash_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery.

Just replace the file with what you have and any of them should work.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony_s:
Follow andythegreenguy's post, except that if you have the newest ROM manager and you use Method 2 from the ROMRepo, the recoveries might be in the mirror.kanged.net folder instead of the koush folder. That did the trick for me.
[myTouch 4G General] scr3wy:
I did grakins method in obtaining s off n su awhile back but for some reason I lost su today.... n e one know what happen?

Sent from my HTC Glacier using cm7.
[myTouch 4G General] scr3wy:
So ya it seems visionary does work now
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
So I got TB coming in tomorrow, and knowing that this specific app does only work on the EVO 4G. I have tried it on other android phones, it will not detect it on the market, so when i download the app on computer, and i tried to force install it, it was unsuccessful.

So i am wondering if devs of the apps can make the app to work on a specific device? IS there a way change something in the TB to make that app think its a EVO 4G?
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
I got my thunderbolt today, and tried to install the app, it does not work. It won't find it on the market. Only HTC EVO 4G users can see it on market and download it. I know because the company made it for the EVO for now and will later release more for other phones. Anyways, my friend gave me the .apk file from his EVO, and i downloaded it, open with astro, and installed it, it will show the program and the progress bar, then few seconds later it pops up "application not installed"

So the app will look for the model and if its wrong model it will cancel the installation.

How do i bypass this?
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
model id change possible through build.prop?
[Thunderbolt General] BlackHoleSlam:
might help if u tell us the app so we can determine if its possible
[Thunderbolt General] danevarr:
the xda app? it works just fine on my TB
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
Its a nTouch Mobile app from Sorenson Communications, on HTC EVO 4G do a search in market for "SorensonVRS" for more information go to sorensonvrs.com/ntouch
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
Anyone got suggestions? I'm really looking forward to get it on my tb.

I tried editing the model number in the build.prop to the evo's model number, but it wont make the changes permanetly. Perhaps being rooted will make it work?
[Thunderbolt General] ddgarcia05:
I can't seem to get angry birds to work on jt1136's rom.
[Thunderbolt General] Hsoras:
by the way the link to apk download is APK download
[General Questions and Answers] LadiLilith:
Hello! I hope I am posting in the right place... I have been searching around and decided this looked like the best try. I just joined. ^^'

I went and got me the new Samsung Continuum Galaxy S and have been playing with it some. Have only had it for 3 days. ^^'

I have loved it but has found one thing that is very annoying... 3 pages of system apps that I can't install. Joy. 2 of those pages I could probably do without. Like bing, blockbuster, etc. And they run in the background randomly ((despite having auto sync off)) and I can tell with my Batter Doctor App. I would really like to remove them, but to do that I must first root the phone... No big deal, right? ... So I thought. =< My iTouch 4th gen was very easy to Jailbreak ((despite my boyfriend messing it up twice on me XP)) and watching my boyfriend do is Droid X seemed so easy.

I would like some help doing this...

I have seen some tutorials, but no have helped. I have done the z4root app ((permanent and temporary roots)) and it will go through all the process and then close itself out. Thought it was normal since that is what happened to my boyfriends Droid X phone and he got the Superuser Permissions to play with it more.

It just ran very slowly, didn't care since I knew there was an app that fixed that, and went to one of my programs to remove some of those system apps ((A Smart Uninstaller)) and it said the phone was not rooted?

I went back to the z4root app ((I did have the 1.3 verison by the way and the one made by ryanza, not an imitation)) and it was back to the screen for permanent or temporary root?

I did this process at least 10 more times and the same result each time. The app finishes installing the root and closes... and then it never is rooted and either the app will close after reopening or it will go to the normal screen. -sigh-

Is there currently any way to root the new Samsung Continuum?

Or just a way to remove system apps without rooting?

Extra Information ::

-- Astro is installed

-- AppInstaller is installed

-- USB is debugged

-- Firmware : 2.1-update1
[General Questions and Answers] ExNukeSquid:
This should probably be moved to the Continuum section, but yes, you can root the Continuum with SuperOneClick. I cannot link it since I am still a forum noob, but go to the Continuum section and look for the post "Root that works" in the Continuum Android Development section. Hope that helps!
[General Questions and Answers] ExNukeSquid:
Oh and I used Bloat Freezer from the market to just freeze the Verizon crap so I can simply thaw it if I need to.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
Hey Guys, I know this is supposed to be in the EVO 4G Android Development section, but I don't have enough posts to put anything there. So that being said:

Savaged Zen just released a kernel for CM7 that enables HDMI mirroring, but i have yet to get it to work. Here's all that I have done:

I have CM7 Nightly #21 installed currently with the latest BFS Savaged Zen Kernel 0.2.1. I have flashed back to CM7 RC2 just to make sure it wasn't an issue with the nightlies. I have also tried teamwin's HDMI kernel on top of the savaged kernel but that didn't work either. The HDMwin app is just saying Cable Undetected. I have also tried flashing the "test" kernel in the Savaged Zen thread. I have also Tried the 0.2.0 kernel that was posted in that same thread. I have wiped dalvik cache in between each flash.

I have a co-worker who is running the same ROM and the same savaged zen kernal and his Evo works perfectly over HDMI. We also have the same hardware revision 0004.

I have run out of ideas. Any Suggestions will be apprieciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
When you flash your rom, was it with a clean install?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
I have yet to do that. I'm kinda reluctant to do so just becasue setting everything back to what i like it as seems to take forever :p. That may be what I'll have to do in the long run, but i want to avoid it unless it is absolutely necessary.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well what you do is first backup all you apps, then you launcher settings, after that, do the clean install, then you just restore the apps and data, launcher, then the widgets, and done. :p Though its most likely what will fix the issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
So use Titanium Backup or something like that to back up all the apps and launcher settings then wipe and clean install?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Correct, you should have titanium backup already installed. Open the app, push menu, batch, and then select backup user apps and data, let it do its thing. Then go into your launcher settings, and backup your home screen settings, boot into recovery, wipe factory/data, cache, dalvik, and then re-flash the rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstalford:
Also, this is the right section.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
Do I need to backup my WiMax keys or will they just carry over?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Your should backup your wimax keys, and then copy them to the pc just to be safe. Doing a clean wipe won't erase your wimax keys, if that's what you were wondering.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
I imagine that my nandroid backups from earlier will stay put after I wipe.

Sent from my HTC Supersonic using the XDA Premium app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Yea, they will be.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
I might have to take a dive and do it then. The question is, is hdmi mirroring worth the trouble. Everything else is working great, it's just that one thing that doesn't work.

Sent from my HTC Supersonic using the XDA Premium app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well do you have an HDMI-micro usb cable? Cuz if not, then not really a big deal, or if you don't plan you use the HDMI.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
I do have one, i bought it from monoprice.com for like $1.50. At first I thought it was the cable giving me issues, but I tested it on one we sell at work and still "cable undetected". I think i'm going to wait to wipe until I find an actual use I might need it for.

Sent from my HTC Supersonic using the XDA Premium app
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I agree, so sit tight for now, and enjoyyyy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4ver1ck:
UPDATE!!!!

So with the new updated HDMI Mirroring App provided by teamwin, everything works. :D

Thank you to teamwin
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwenger:
Can anyone tell me if I can just replace the phone.apk that has the ascending ringtone with one that uses the standard straight volume ringtone? Will doing this cause other issues?

The other question this brings me to is if I can just replace it, can I just copy it using Root Explorer?

Thank you so much for the help.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venomio:
I'm not exactly 100% on this, but I don't think it works just like that.

As it's usually the Settings > Sound option that gives you that feature, not the actual Phone application itself (like I said, not 100% on it though).
[Xoom General] iqballo:
hey i will be getting a xoom very soon from usa...i am from canada! so i was wondering would i be getting ota updates? or do i need to be on varizons network? to get the updates? thanks
[Xoom General] aohus:
no, you do not need to have a verizon wireless account to get updates.

OTA (over the air) updates can be made via WiFi or 3G/4G.

In essence, as long as you have an internet connection.
[Xoom General] wang1404:
Weird? Why didn't you just wait for the wifi only version. You've just paid $200 for a chip you're not going to need. Well except when you travel down here
[Xoom General] iqballo:
no i am actually getting it from craigslist and its a pretty good deal for a brand new xoom!! the wifi one after taxs and dute fee will cost me the same maybe lil more!!:d
[Xoom General] ChongoDroid:
S'all good I'm in the same boat up in Vancouver and I'm the ultimate early adopter... I paid a guy 100 bucks to pre order and ship same day... I paid 1000$ for mine and I make love to it every night. Got my update no problem :)
[Xoom General] Trilloid:
I live in Canada and bought mine from the states ($600 from Moto's site) and my Xoom recieved an OTA update when I first turned it on. You do not need a Verizon account or anything, just switch it to airplane mode and use it as a wifi only tablet.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus ROM Development] shmooras:
does anyone have any links to the original WM 6.0 or 6.1 ROM, SPLASH and RADIOS for the neon 200 obviously in english??
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
I saw the article at Pocketnow...in the link below...that compared the photo quality of the camera and maximum zoom and the Focus, among the HTC Inspire 4G and iPhone 4, was said to be the best. My question: is it??

Since I have a WP7 device (HTC HD7), an Android phone (DesireHD ROM on HD2) and an iPhone 4, I decided to see for myself. I took all 3 pics of each category from the same spot and the Android and WP7 were left fully auto. The iPhone 4 needed to have the flash set to "On" because it wouldn't flash while set on "Auto" because the lighting conditions didn't really call for it. I also took an outside, or daylight, pic of each phone to compare under non-flash conditions.

From my view, the WP7 device took the best pics at the relative zoom. However, because the Android didn't zoom nearly as close as the other 2, it came out looking like the best pics. How it would compare at the same relative zoom as the others is anyone's guess.

The iPhone 4 has the highest zoom level, but the pics are washed out badly. The WP7 has the next highest zoom level and the pics, though lacking detail and clarity, are much better colored. Because the Android has such a low amount of zoom, I needed to crop the inside pic. But it is unaltered in any other way.

http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/which-phone-has-the-best-digital-zoom-video
[Windows Phone 7 General] ErikWithNoC:
Woah that last picture from WP7 (the one outside) looks really cool/strange/weird! It's like it's made of pastels/crayons or something (look at the grass!). I didn't realize Android couldn't zoom that much (never owned an Android phone myself) either.

When I was comparing my Focus and iPhone 4 I did find that the zoom was better on the Focus. I also found the flash to be brighter on the Focus, but didn't take as good pictures in absolute darkness (it was just for a test) as the iPhone 4 which was kinda weird. Without zoom I think the pictures were on par with each other/the Focus being better. The only advantage I see is that the iPhone 4 has the built in HDR feature, while with the Focus I had to open an app and then apply the filter which took much longer to do.

Thank you for taking these pictures! Microsoft really did a good job with the cameras in the phones. Samsung has a lot of built in features for the camera application making it very versatile, I just wish it would remember your damn settings when you came back to it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Jim Coleman:
Bear in mind of course that none of these phones actually has a zoom. All it is doing is cropping the image and then blowing it up on the screen. It's called "Digital" zoom as opposed to the proper "Optical" zoom, and it is completely, utterly pointless.

You would be far better off taking a full size pic and then manually cropping it on your PC afterwards.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoshiFan501:
does anybody know where to get the stock write and go app for my fascinate
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hbc.ciccone:
Type write & go apk in the google search. Someone out there will have a link. Same for almost any apk. Download apktor. Good place to get apks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Vakas:
I want to get the HTC keyboard on my NS as I am used to it on my Desire HD, I have tried the same file and method as you do with the Nexus One but I always get a force close error when I try to select the new input method.

Am I doing something wrong or do i need a different file to install
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zephiK:
http://postkreative.eu/HTC_IME_hi22.apk

i prefer stock keyboard over HTC_IME.. it doesnt have multi touch :\

either that or. http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-keyboard-pro/net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardpro

Free: http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-keyboard-trial/net.cdeguet.smartkeyboardtrial

Smart keyboard has a HTC_IME skin that looks like HTC but includes multitouch capabilities. Try it out.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Vakas:
That worked great thanxks :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Vakas:
Do you have to buy smart keyboard? Is the free one only a trial?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zephiK:
Copied from the app description:

This is the trial version of "Smart Keyboard PRO" (it has the same features but with a nag screen)

Don't forget to READ the FAQ on the web site for usage instructions
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Vakas:
I am using the HTC keyboard on my Nexus S and it works great but every now and again the text text that appears above the keys that shows you what you are typing does not come up so I have to kill the keyboard.

Anyone know a fix for this?

Thanks
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Borky_16:
use the keyboard thread link in my signature, its for the sgs, but it will work

good luck guy :D
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] zephiK:
Possibly go find a version for it thats compatible for 2.3.X.

The link I sent you before is 2.2.X but it does work. Most people have moved onto better keyboards because HTC IME is missing the multitouch keyboard feature.

@Borky: Your post doesn't help. The OP already has the keyboard and your keyboard thread hasn't been updated since October. So I doubt its the newer version.

HTC Sense is also not running 2.3.X (yet!) so unless you can port the keyboard from the sense 2.3 leak.... no luck
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Borky_16:
Oh I'm sorry yeah moved to Nexus S then I stoppen updating it :)
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] Vakas:
Thanks for your help I think ill thy a different keyboard for the time being gee how It goes.

If there is an update for the HTC keyboard later on please can you keep me posted on here.

Thanks