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Just got a NC a few weeks ago cause my wife wanted an ereader and I figured this would be a good opportunity to try an android device!
I would like to load CM7 as from my reading that appears the best rom for the NC. I have also read that running from SD cards provides mixed results regarding performance, so I was thinking I should load it to the emmc.
So my questions are
Can I load CM7 and still use the BN ereader app? My wife might kill me if she can't read her books! If so can someone point me to an android newb friendly guide?
If I cannot use the app what do you recommend I do? Is the kindle app any good compared to the BN native app?
Simply using the Nook app from the Android Marketplace will be the easiest way to get ereader functionality back.
Though keep in mind the Android Nook app is absolutely not the same experience as the NC is with the stock firmware. The Nook app will let you read ebooks from your B&N account, but the interface and capability is completely different.
nitrobass24 said:
Just got a NC a few weeks ago cause my wife wanted an ereader and I figured this would be a good opportunity to try an android device!
I would like to load CM7 as from my reading that appears the best rom for the NC. I have also read that running from SD cards provides mixed results regarding performance, so I was thinking I should load it to the emmc.
So my questions are
Can I load CM7 and still use the BN ereader app? My wife might kill me if she can't read her books! If so can someone point me to an android newb friendly guide?
If I cannot use the app what do you recommend I do? Is the kindle app any good compared to the BN native app?
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The Nook app from Market is not the same, your wife will not be able to read her magazine subscriptions and it's also missing some other stuff like Children's books.
IMHO, if you want to mess around and "try an android device" but at the same time avoid a scenario of "wife might kill me if she can't read her books!", or even worse, wife kills you because you wiped the Nook, then go get verygreen's installer and put CM7 on an SD card.
So long as you install onto a compatible SD card, you will get similar performance as to eMMC. No "mixed results" here, I guarantee you that you won't even be able to tell the difference.
You can mess around all you want, try out the stables and nightlys, overclock to your heart's content, fill it up with apps, browse and dl all the pr0n you can find, and when your wife wants to use the Nook, just take out the card and she'll have a completely stock Nook.
I'm in the same situation. Bought the wife a NC for mother's day, and want to expand the capability, but maintain the stock functionality. Kid's books are a must to keep around, one of the reasons I bought it in the first place.
What I'm looking at is using the manual nooter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027 to root and add gapps. This should maintain the stock reader functionality and open the device up to more apps, and to do things like youtube etc.
So far this seems like the best way to open things up a bit, and give the device some additional functionality without completely changing the experience or losing some functionality. While *I'd* like to go in and install CM7 or one of the 3.0 ROMs, it's her toy, not mine so I need to keep things as close to stock as possible.
Can anyone confirm this approach is going to get me where I want to be, or refute it? Is there something I might be missing which would end up wiping any points I gained for the gift?
I'm in the same boat. Any one have an opinion on deeperblues hc on sd? I'm probably one of the few that's not a fan of cm7. I just want to keep stock NC, with the option of a tablet experience.
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sagerox said:
I'm in the same boat. Any one have an opinion on deeperblues hc on sd? I'm probably one of the few that's not a fan of cm7. I just want to keep stock NC, with the option of a tablet experience.
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I used Deeper-Blue's version of HC 2 days after i got my NC. I've been using it for roughly 2 months now. I didn't like the Nook app since it was first released last year i was unable to sync from my LG Ally so i couldn't use it on my PC as well, so i went with the Kindle App.
I switched over to MadCat's update Saturday and outside of a few quirks i like it a lot. It runs the latest version of the Kindle app as well.
nitrobass24 said:
Just got a NC a few weeks ago cause my wife wanted an ereader and I figured this would be a good opportunity to try an android device!
I would like to load CM7 as from my reading that appears the best rom for the NC. I have also read that running from SD cards provides mixed results regarding performance, so I was thinking I should load it to the emmc.
So my questions are
Can I load CM7 and still use the BN ereader app? My wife might kill me if she can't read her books! If so can someone point me to an android newb friendly guide?
If I cannot use the app what do you recommend I do? Is the kindle app any good compared to the BN native app?
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if you have a 8 gb micro sd card you can back up the whole stock rom and ut would run just like anything else on your sd card.
Nice choice since some of us like the magazine supprt that only the bn rom has.
Right now im dual booting rooted stock 1.2 and CM7 Nightly's on eMMC
works great and I love not having to switch out SD cards and being able to access the contents of the SD on both OS's.
Was waiting for some craigslist possibles to come through, but no luck. Off to B and N soon to bite the $250 bullet.
I'm pretty sure I have no use for stock configuration/apps (actually setting it up for 13 yr old birthday gift). Plan is to go straight through the CM7 on EEMC thread, including partioning. Don't understand why I'd want to fiddle with running off SD?
Any tips or gottchas would be appreciated! Ohh, cana CM 7 NC use a bluetooth GPS? Got an old one from my Treo days...
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akenis said:
Was waiting for some craigslist possibles to come through, but no luck. Off to B and N soon to bite the $250 bullet.
I'm pretty sure I have no use for stock configuration/apps (actually setting it up for 13 yr old birthday gift). Plan is to go straight through the CM7 on EEMC thread, including partioning. Don't understand why I'd want to fiddle with running off SD?
Any tips or gottchas would be appreciated! Ohh, cana CM 7 NC use a bluetooth GPS? Got an old one from my Treo days...
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For me it was to familiarize myself with CM7 and the process of flashing prior to messing around with internal OS partition. I was also concerned that I would have problems restoring to stock if I needed to have the warranty honored. (Obviously these two no longer, since I'm running CM7 on EMMC quite happily). Also, some people don't want to invalidate warranty in case something happens to the Nook hardware and they have to return/exchange it. There are people here who prefer nootered stock over CM7, as well, or want the B&N native reader so run dual boot setup with CM7 on SD and stock as alternate boot on EMMC.
angomy said:
For me it was to familiarize myself with CM7 and the process of flashing prior to messing around with internal OS partition. I was also concerned that I would have problems restoring to stock if I needed to have the warranty honored. (Obviously these two no longer, since I'm running CM7 on EMMC quite happily). Also, some people don't want to invalidate warranty in case something happens to the Nook hardware and they have to return/exchange it. There are people here who prefer nootered stock over CM7, as well, or want the B&N native reader so run dual boot setup with CM7 on SD and stock as alternate boot on EMMC.
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Thanks, but I thought you had to repartion the blue dot nc prior to CM7?
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akenis said:
Thanks, but I thought you had to repartion the blue dot nc prior to CM7?
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If you get a blue dot nook and intend on installing CM7 on emmc, then you do need to do the repartition. I've heard various info on whether or not people with blue dot Nooks can boot from SD (haven't kept up with that thread), but if you are able to boot off SD on a blue dot Nook you shouldn't have to do the repartition unless you are installing to EMMC.
My nook was not a blue dot.
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If you get a blue dot nook and intend on installing CM7 on emmc, then you do need to do the repartition. I've heard various info on whether or not people with blue dot Nooks can boot from SD (haven't kept up with that thread), but if you are able to boot off SD on a blue dot Nook you shouldn't have to do the repartition unless you are installing to EMMC.
My nook was not a blue dot.
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Gottcha. Yeah I'm done with the lawn now, gonna go get it. Just want it on EEMC. Thanks!
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akenis said:
Gottcha. Yeah I'm done with the lawn now, gonna go get it. Just want it on EEMC. Thanks!
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Probably too little too late, but if you get your NC from Best Buy or Walmart, you stand a better chance of getting an older device without the blue dot.
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Probably too little too late, but if you get your NC from Best Buy or Walmart, you stand a better chance of getting an older device without the blue dot.
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Thought about that, but didn't think the partition would be to bad. As it turns out went to B and N and she was pretty up on "if you're a techie." When she handed it to me, I said so this is the blue dot? She said yeah we have some of the old ones if you want... so I'll skip that first re-partition step.
Also got to play with the new I ink, touch screen, reader. Nice! Interesting their pricing is $139 compared to a Kindle I saw at Wmart for $112. Side note, I did get a 3G kindle, new from craig's list for $118. Thinking that will be the go to device for "reading" especially at pool or beach.
I asked what the price of the NC used to be, and she said it's always been $250, but they where able to keep it up because of the Froyo update! So maybe I should have got a discount!!!
Wish I had known about the Best Buy/Walmart connection
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Wish I had known about the Best Buy/Walmart connection
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Got mine from b&n with no blue dot......someone forgot the dot...still had to reparation. Pretty easy after cm7 didn't work.
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If I Use Manual Nooter will my nook apps such as the angry birds that i can get the mighty eagle by going to the nook store stay backed up on my account or do i have to buy them again i know i can just get the apps from the market for free but i payed for these so ya please give me an answer i would like to have some other apps then the 300 something nook apps that there is available.
I would assume that anything you purchase via B&N--including NC apps--would remain available for you to re-download at any time from your account. It wouldn't make good business sense for BN to charge someone to re-download something they've already paid for. To be certain, I'd check BN website or give them a call! HTH
Bearnut2 said:
I would assume that anything you purchase via B&N--including NC apps--would remain available for you to re-download at any time from your account. It wouldn't make good business sense for BN to charge someone to re-download something they've already paid for. To be certain, I'd check BN website or give them a call! HTH
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i sent them an email if no response i will call thank you!
From my experience on using Manual Nooter yesterday on my gf's Nook Color all it did was root the phone and install a few additional apps(gapps, zeam launche, etc). It didn't erase anything already on the Nook Color.
gqkevyn said:
From my experience on using Manual Nooter yesterday on my gf's Nook Color all it did was root the phone and install a few additional apps(gapps, zeam launche, etc). It didn't erase anything already on the Nook Color.
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Thanks so much for clearing this up for me!
Also can you give me instructions on what exactly you did and was there apps already on there? like angry birds or something like that?
Hi, like the title suggest I am going to sell my Nook. I have had a fun time with it and have learned a great deal from these forums. Before I sell though I would like to know what steps i should take to get all my info off the device.
I am running CM7 nightly on emmc and CWM also on emmc. Can I just do a clean install of CM7 and leave it at that? Or does the Nook still have to be deregistered from Barnes and Noble somehow?
I just want to make sure none of my info or accounts are left on the device when sold.
I saw a thread before on the topic but could not find it I apologize but even a link to that thread would be ok.
Thank you
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Hi, like the title suggest I am going to sell my Nook. I have had a fun time with it and have learned a great deal from these forums. Before I sell though I would like to know what steps i should take to get all my info off the device.
I am running CM7 nightly on emmc and CWM also on emmc. Can I just do a clean install of CM7 and leave it at that? Or does the Nook still have to be deregistered from Barnes and Noble somehow?
I just want to make sure none of my info or accounts are left on the device when sold.
I saw a thread before on the topic but could not find it I apologize but even a link to that thread would be ok.
Thank you
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I guess the best thing would be to do a clean install. You could sell it with CM7 already mounted or you could sell it with stock mounted. You do need to deregister your Nook with B&N so that the next owner can register it if he wishes.
The thing is, I don't think you can register your Nook once it has CM7 emmc, so the next owner will need to install stock to be able to register the product on his name, so probably is better to sell it with stock. (I'm not quite sure about this probably another person can fill you in on this topic).
If you want to make sure non of your info gets out, just do a fresh install wiping cache and system. But remember to deregister your NC from the B&N website, so it's hazzle free for the next happy nook owner.
jgaf said:
I guess the best thing would be to do a clean install. You could sell it with CM7 already mounted or you could sell it with stock mounted. You do need to deregister your Nook with B&N so that the next owner can register it if he wishes.
The thing is, I don't think you can register your Nook once it has CM7 emmc, so the next owner will need to install stock to be able to register the product on his name, so probably is better to sell it with stock. (I'm not quite sure about this probably another person can fill you in on this topic).
If you want to make sure non of your info gets out, just do a fresh install wiping cache and system. But remember to deregister your NC from the B&N website, so it's hazzle free for the next happy nook owner.
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That's what I thought. I was going to sell it stock but the purchaser wanted android left installed. So I just did a clean install. Formated sd card and unregistered my nook with B&N. It kind of sucks they don't let you do it online anymore. I had to call :-(
But thanks for the info!
dabiddabird said:
That's what I thought. I was going to sell it stock but the purchaser wanted android left installed. So I just did a clean install. Formated sd card and unregistered my nook with B&N. It kind of sucks they don't let you do it online anymore. I had to call :-(
But thanks for the info!
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I have 2 Nooks. I just went to the B&N website to my account and although the screen has changed and all I see is pictures of my 2 Nooks, if you hover your mouse over one you have a few options including to de-register.
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I have 2 Nooks. I just went to the B&N website to my account and although the screen has changed and all I see is pictures of my 2 Nooks, if you hover your mouse over one you have a few options including to de-register.
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Yea but when you click on it a window pops up and just gives you instructions telling you how to deregister using the nook in hand. But if you don't have the Nook you have to call them to have it deregistered remotely.
Are there any incentives for dual-booting stock and a CM firmware?
Is there anything stock that the official B&N app can't do?
I have a feeling I would never even boot into it, and don't want to waste my time
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Are there any incentives for dual-booting stock and a CM firmware?
Is there anything stock that the official B&N app can't do?
I have a feeling I would never even boot into it, and don't want to waste my time
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The official android B&N Nook reader app cannot read interactive children's books. Only the version on the stock ROM can read them. That is because those books are really interactive applications that look like books but only run on stock. That and worrying about warranty issues are the main reasons folks leave stock on emmc and run CM on SD.
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The official android B&N Nook reader app cannot read interactive children's books. Only the version on the stock ROM can read them. That is because those books are really interactive applications that look like books but only run on stock. That and worrying about warranty issues are the main reasons folks leave stock on emmc and run CM on SD.
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Then there is literally no incentive for me to dual boot... I bought my Nook solely for the purpose of the tablet modification... I ran stock firmware for about 20 minutes in total, right when I took it out of the box!
Thanks for the reply!
If you registered your stock software, de-register it before you flash the new CM rom. That way if you ever want to sell or give away the Nook to someone else, it is unincumbered to your account. You can still put the nook app on CM and register that.
I got it for news aggregation. Magazines and the Sunday paper that you can't get on the app. If you want a tablet, kindle and nex7 are better. I'm a B&N member and use it.
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The latest B/N app allows you to read papers and magazines. I thought that covered them all, or is it only certain ones?
Robert
boborone said:
I got it for news aggregation. Magazines and the Sunday paper that you can't get on the app. If you want a tablet, kindle and nex7 are better. I'm a B&N member and use it.
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Robertjm said:
The latest B/N app allows you to read papers and magazines. I thought that covered them all, or is it only certain ones?
Robert
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Huh. Well when I bought it back when it came out it didn't.
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That was one of the biggest features people were complaining about when they were running the Android app, vs. the Nook Color app. Haven't tried any of the magazines myself other than a preview of NatGeo they sent out this Summer, but it was nice to see the option!
To the OP, the biggest things I miss are the free reading of anything from the eBook store, where you could sit inside a B/N Cafe and read for an hour. Also, they used to send out freebie coupons which you'd then show to the barista, such as a free frappacino or large-sized latte. Not sure if they do that anymore since I rooted, and eventually changed up the ROM completely.
Robert
boborone said:
Huh. Well when I bought it back when it came out it didn't.
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Robertjm said:
That was one of the biggest features people were complaining about when they were running the Android app, vs. the Nook Color app. Haven't tried any of the magazines myself other than a preview of NatGeo they sent out this Summer, but it was nice to see the option!
To the OP, the biggest things I miss are the free reading of anything from the eBook store, where you could sit inside a B/N Cafe and read for an hour. Also, they used to send out freebie coupons which you'd then show to the barista, such as a free frappacino or large-sized latte. Not sure if they do that anymore since I rooted, and eventually changed up the ROM completely.
Robert
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Mine updated and lost root. Haven't gotten around to doing it again. But yeah, when I got it I was a member of their club. Got discounts on everything, spent alot of time there. City I was in had no local coffee shop, so I went to b&n all the time. Starbucks coupons made it worth it. But I don't get the expensive drinks anyways. Unless I get a gift card. I mainly drink black eyes or espresso shots. That's normal price coffee.
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