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All Was Well With My DINC For Almost A Year.....Until Last Night

So last night all I did was change the main gmail user on my phone (since verizon gave me some generic one) to the one I always use anyway and now my phone is a mess. All my apps force close, Clockwork Mod has stopped working (I select an option and I get nothing but a black screen but if I hit the power button the main menu shows back up right away), half of my contacts are missing, and I'm beside myself with what went wrong....if Clockwork Mod and ROM Manager both don't work....am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I should note I am rooted, running a stock kernel, and Redemption ROM.

Alright so I had success in re-running Unrevoked3 and it updated the Clockworkmod from version 2.5.0.5 to 2.5.1.2 however it still isn't doing anything when I tell it to install the zip file for the new ROM from the SD card. Also my apps are still crashing as soon as they open so ROM Manager is a no go...any help would be epic.

I'm a d*mn moron....I was clicking the power button to select an option in Clockworkmod so I was putting it to sleep rather than pressing the trackball and actually selecting the option....this is what I get for doing this on a sunday....Redemption Rom 2.4 is installing now....lets hope it fixes the problem.

AlmostTactful said:
I'm a d*mn moron....I was clicking the power button to select an option in Clockworkmod so I was putting it to sleep rather than pressing the trackball and actually selecting the option....this is what I get for doing this on a sunday....Redemption Rom 2.4 is installing now....lets hope it fixes the problem.
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(Holds belly and tries not to laugh)
Welcome to my world, if it can be screwed up, I'll screw it up good.

Had a *very* similar experience on my DInc running CM7. Had to force close everything in BG and allow market to update.
Everything AOK since then.
Sent from my DInc using Tapatalk

I'm all set now, flash Redemption 2.4 and it's working perfectly, the ROM must have gone corrupt some how

Glad it was just a mistake and any easy fix.

[Q] Can you help a brother out?

I will post the long version here, mainly because I have nothing better to do.
Here is the situation. I bought a NC about 6 months ago. I rooted it using Auto Nooter. I have no idea what ROM I installed to be honest. I'm very much a novice at this. And I'm quite stupid to boot, I might add. It has worked relatively ok since then. The ROM seemed a bit buggy and I had some initial troubles with constant reboots, in addition to some basic things not working and way bogging the thing down, but in general it was ok. I haven't used it much since unless I was traveling.
Today....I was traveling. Traveling to BFE. As such, I decided to bust out my trusty NC and download a new book while I was waiting for my flight. I did so, and something went a bit haywire. It seems that somehow, without prompting, the device has restored itself to the stock B&N ROM (1.1 maybe?). Yet - the Android OS is still there. For example I can click on my task manager app in the lower left corner of the homescreen and it shows that all of my apps are running and I can even switch to them. But my homescreen is defaulted to the B&N one showing my eBooks and I can't figure out how to get my Android launcher back. I have tried to reboot and it does the Droid boot up but reverts to the same B&N home screen.
I was thinking about trying to update to a new ROM since it had been awhile and I figured there must be something better/more stable out there now - Honeycomb or whatever. I guess this is the kick in the ass that I needed.
So now here I sit in a hotel room in BFE. There are no restaurants open past 9. There are no bars. There IS a Super Wal Mart but I think I'm gonna pass on that.
I figured I would look into this. Where to start? Should I re-set this thing to stock and then just pick a new ROM and re-root? Can I do any of this without having a SD card slot in my laptop - just using a USB cable? Will I lose any eBooks that I downloaded?
I await your sage advice.

rooting actually means gaining super user access to the current android rom. B&N, i believe is Froyo, so you did not install any rom so to speak. you were probably just rooted.
I think the issue is with the launcher and not that it is back to stock. What happens when you long press on the home screen?
If you plan to do anything, you will definitely need an sd card reader.

If you autonootered, then you were running stock, but rooted. With a custom launcher replacing the stock launcher, it sounds like.
At any rate, you were probably hit with the automatic update to B&N 1.2 (which is Android 2.2, iirc.) You almost certainly aren't rooted anymore, but it may allow you to run any apps that you already had downloaded, just from the stock app launcher.
When you get an SD card reader, you can check out Manual Nootering. It's basically the same as the old Auto Nooter, but for B&N 1.2. If you change the rom entirely (install CM7) or just run a different rom from an SD card, you'll avoid having B&N overwrite your root access in the future.

Thanks for the responses. I believe that you are correct. I actually was running 1.0.0. I used auto-nooter to root the thing and had it working with a custom launcher. I don't think it updated to 1.2. In fact I know that it didn't update to 1.2. I am trying to get it to do that right now.
I would like to install a new ROM or root or do something after it updates to 1.2 so that I have access to the Android market. What is my best way to do this? Should I just root again from 1.2? Should I install this CM7?
Can you help me understand the differences? Thanks again.
I could Super Wal Mart tonight for a SD card reader if I'm feeling frisky.

I've got all kinds of problems.
I went to update to 1.2 from 1.0. I removed my SD card and erased and deregistered device. I booted it back up and it thinks it's a phone. I put the 1.2 file in the root drive via USB, as I have read over and over that the thing should recognize the 1.2 file and reboot itself. It's not working. I erased and deregistered again. same deal.
Any advice?

I'd do a full factory reset, then try the update to 1.2 again.
A couple of things about the 1.2 update -- do not unzip the update file or rename it. Just drop it as-is into the nook. And make sure to eject the nook from your computer and unplug it.

Thank you aka. I got it to take. I am now at 1.2. Now back to square 1(.2). Any help on this?
Baboontyme said:
I would like to install a new ROM or root or do something after it updates to 1.2 so that I have access to the Android market. What is my best way to do this? Should I just root again from 1.2? Should I install this CM7?
Can you help me understand the differences? Thanks again.
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Baboontyme said:
I booted it back up and it thinks it's a phone. I put the 1.2 file in the root drive via USB, as I have read over and over that the thing should recognize the 1.2 file and reboot itself. It's not working. I erased and deregistered again. same deal.
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ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.
I'd agree with akaCat that you should do a factory reset, BUT you can only do that if you still have the stock recovery utility, and it seems possible that you do not. Try to get the NC to reset by interrupting the boot 8 times. If it doesn't work, you may have installed ClockworkMod Recovery on your Nook Color in place of the stock recovery utility. You may have done so while rooting, or later from the ROM Manager app, perhaps even by accident.
Have you attempted to boot to recovery by holding down "n" while you power on the device, and continuing to hold power + n for about six seconds (1-one-thousand, 2-one-thousand, etc), then releasing both? If so, do you get a factory reset dialog (series of yes/no options) or a longer menu including items like "mounting and storage" and "flash zip from sd card?" If you get the longer menu, then that's ClockworkMod Recovery, and neither the 8-failed-boots-reset nor the automatic update are going to work.
If you do have ClockworkMod Recovery, don't do anything yet. Hopefully somewhere on the screen it tells you the version number, in the format 3.0.x.x. Just let us know that version number and power off the NC.
If you still have the stock recovery utility, then do the factory reset, boot into the stock OS, connect USB, drop the update file straight on the Nook (not in any folders), safely remove the NC from your PC, and let it sit. Hopefully it will reboot itself.
If not, the next step is probably going to involve preparing a bootable ClockworkMod SD and manually installing a CWM-compatible version of the update, or of a different ROM. This article may help you wrap your head around the different options: http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-pick-your-nook-color-operating-system-and-install-options/
ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.

Thank you, Tao. I seem to be a bit stuck, though.
I'm at 1.2 stock. I was able to reformat and erase my sd card. I went to load the .gz image onto the card (for CM7, per instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) and I also loaded the nightly build. Then inserted card into NC and booted. Nothing.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Should I unzip either file?
One thing that might/might not matter....when I went to eject the SD card from my PC, I wasn't given that option so I just pulled it.
One more thing.....the instructions at the link above instruct you to "write the image to your SD card" but then go on to say "eject the SD card" and then further "insert the uSD card into your computer"
Huh?? Isn't it all on the same card? Why do I need two different cards? What am I missing?

This blog breaks down the same process a little more step-by-step, with videos: http://www.anamardoll.com/2011/04/ereader-running-cm7-firmware-on-nook.html
You can skip the long preamble down to "Ready? Let's get started."
You do need to unzip the disk image, and write it to the SD using a program like Win32DiskImager or WinImage. It's also definitely a good idea to safely eject the SD card from your PC.

Hi Tao and others. Thanks again for all of your help. I'm almost there!
I followed this Ana chick's directions and I have CM7 booting up. I am now at the stage where I am trying to boot up in recovery mode so I can get the google apps and wifi thing going. I can't get it to work! I am holding down the "n"/home button and then the power button and it keeps booting up with CM7. I've tried it probably 20 times. Any help? Thanks!

Can someone also tell me how to access the book I just purchased and was in the middle of reading? Do I have to go somewhere and re-download?

Baboontyme said:
Hi Tao and others. Thanks again for all of your help. I'm almost there!
I followed this Ana chick's directions and I have CM7 booting up. I am now at the stage where I am trying to boot up in recovery mode so I can get the google apps and wifi thing going. I can't get it to work! I am holding down the "n"/home button and then the power button and it keeps booting up with CM7. I've tried it probably 20 times. Any help? Thanks!
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I should add that though I can get CM7 to boot, I never get "The Power of Reading". It's just kind of a flash.

That's all normal--verygreen had to make a new uboot, which no longer shows "The Power of Reading" and also flies through a recovery boot so fast you could miss it. If gapps didn't install, just make sure the .zip is still in the boot partition and keep trying. I'm pretty sure holding power > reboot > recovery boot works now from within CM7, but I would go into Settings>Accounts and try to sign in to Google before assuming it didn't install.
If the book was a B&N purchase, once you have the market working, just install the Nook app and sign into your account, and you should be able to re-d/l the book, possibly even still synced to where you left off.

Thank you so much Tao and others. Up and running with CM7. Any additional mods I should be messing with?

btw, you can also boot into recovery through rom manager, its easier.

Baboontyme said:
Thank you so much Tao and others. Up and running with CM7. Any additional mods I should be messing with?
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You can overclock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451
Just make sure you grab the version for SD, and install it just like gapps, then set clock speed via CyanogenMod Settings>Performance>CPU
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btw, you can also boot into recovery through rom manager, its easier.
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Easier than holding power a sec, poking "Reboot," then "Reboot to Recovery?"
Really, it's about the same either way, depending how handy ROM manager is on your system.

[Q] tabbonay cookbook update issue

running taboonay 2 and villian. Tried to update using the taboonay cookbook to get a new boot animation and home button. Boot animation works great' but when i push the home button it says system ui stopped unexpectedly. I really like the new buttons though. Tried installing again to no avail. How do i fix it and keep the buttons?

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running taboonay 2 and villian. Tried to update using the taboonay cookbook to get a new boot animation and home button. Boot animation works great' but when i push the home button it says system ui stopped unexpectedly. I really like the new buttons though. Tried installing again to no avail. How do i fix it and keep the buttons?
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Check the taboonay thread, vache stated he fixed the problem. Kitchen has been fixed, just re-cook what you want and flash
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Yes it's fixed indeed.
Just cook again ;-)

I'm about to give up hope on root. I think I messed something up with my lack of experience. Here's the story.
Rooted and everything went well. Installed clockwork and taboonay 2 with villian and everything was going great. Then I tried the cookbook thing on taboonay. And got a system UI failure constantly. So I decided I had made a mess of my sdcards trying to figure things out. So I was going to reset everything back to factory, to include clockwork, and start over. I used clockwork to restore things back to before I put on taboonay and villian. Then, without thinking I unrooted the tab before changing clockwork back. I moved my backups from clockwork to my computer and formatted my sd cards. Now the tab won't reroot. I tried to move my backup files back to path sdcard/clockwork/backups but clockwork says it can't find them. How do I get clockwork to find my backup files? And if I restore to a point the tab was rooted, will it again be rooted? How do I reset everything back to factory and start over?

think I figured it out. Rooted again anyway. Is there an easy way to reset everything at one time? Including recovery?

As far as I know the answer is "NO".
You may restore kernel and OS with a nand backup/retore and you can flash the recovery in tree ways : adb, zip, Acer Recovery app but not all at the same time.
First thing to do :
install the recovery
then flash kernel and rom from sdcard or you restore a nand backup.
Your clockwork backups should work if you put them back in the /clockworkmod directory of the external SD card. Did you pay attention to the directories structure ?
For Thor recovery, the path you mentioned is wrong to me.
On the external sd it should be :
/clockworkmod /backup/[date of backup]/*
The [date of backup] is like : 2011-08-26.20.00.12
(date and time)

id pay for an app that did it if anyone has any ideas.... OK. I got clockwork off. I'm going to unroot again and reset the whole thing again and start over.

I 've edited my previous post, will this help you ?

yes, very helpful. Got everything put back together, and even got the mods from taboonay cookbook working. You all are awesome. Learned more from xda in two days than two years of college. Ofcourse, that probably says something about my effort in college. Ive got another question though. Think im going tonstart a new thread for it. Ive got adfree on my tab. Every time it blocks an ad it puts the little green android picture in where the ad should be. Wouldnt it be cool if you could personalize that pocture that pops up? Is that possible?

[Q] GoLauncher seems to throw my KF into a bootloop?

I was having problems yesterday, I though my KF was bricked. I got some help and I got my phone to start again. But for some reason even after following this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19552626&postcount=1 my KF was still rooted when everything was over. I don't know why it was still rooted but when I tried to root it again, SuperOneClick said "Are you sure you want to root, you are all ready rooted".
Anyways I installed Root Explorer, it worked, so I guess I still had root. So now I wanted to install the Android Market. But first I wanted to switch Launcher because I have to anyways in the end.
I installed GoLauncher (GO_Launcher_EX_HDTest_V2.69Beta.apk) from their website. After installation, my KF seemed to lag, almost become unresponsive. Then a popup appear telling me to pick eithier the Amazon Launcher or GoLauncher. I picked GoLauncher and my KF wouldn't turn back on. I have to press the Power button a few times really fast to get back to the Lock Screen. Once I'm their I'll slide the lock arrow across and my screen just shuts off, my KF doesn't power off, just the screen. I turned my phone off for 20 seconds, restarted and back into bootloop with that Kindle Fire splash screen. I cant say for sure that it is GoLauncher but the first time my KF boot looped it was after I installed it and the 2nd time happened immediately after GoLauncher was installed.
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong or missing? Am I using the wrong version of GoLauncher or am I missing a step? Right now I'm following the "Unbricking" guide again to get my KF to work.
EDIT: I just followed steps 1-6 from the Unbricking guide and my KF is working again, but like I said for some reason I still have root. If I can't figure out what I'm having launcher trouble I'm just going to unroot I guess.

Try version 2.68

Droidanian said:
Try version 2.68
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Does it need to be installed in any certain way? Once installed how do I switch from stock to GoLauncher?

Just install it the normal way and choose "Open" once the installation is complete.

Kinda sounds like HD test version of the launcher was too much. I think go launcher has a failsafe style thing where when it becomes too much for the device, the choose launcher option pops up but...you choose go launcher again anyway lol. You probably weren't bricked or anything like that, actually what it sounds like is the launcher was malfunctioning or eating up all the resources causing the device to become unresponsive. Did you restore your kindle already? If not, a few adb commands could probably get you out of the situation

foxdog66 said:
Kinda sounds like HD test version of the launcher was too much. I think go launcher has a failsafe style thing where when it becomes too much for the device, the choose launcher option pops up but...you choose go launcher again anyway lol. You probably weren't bricked or anything like that, actually what it sounds like is the launcher was malfunctioning or eating up all the resources causing the device to become unresponsive. Did you restore your kindle already? If not, a few adb commands could probably get you out of the situation
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yeah i had to use fast boot and what not to get the kindle back on, but once i did i just installed golauncher 2.68 the latest stable one and everything works except sometimes widgets will say i dont have any space left but i have plenty.
i guess like you said that HD golauncher was just too much and was messing my KF up.

As mentioned to you already in the unbrick thread, you still have root after the fix because it doesn't remove the system partition. Why not just leave it stock until these types of things are more stable. You might get yourself into trouble where my guide will not help you anymore.

ubeezee said:
As mentioned to you already in the unbrick thread, you still have root after the fix because it doesn't remove the system partition. Why not just leave it stock until these types of things are more stable. You might get yourself into trouble where my guide will not help you anymore.
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If he bricks it again, good luck getting help from anyone, period. It's obviously your choice what you do with your device, but it does not mean I or ubeezee (we work together to solve the questions) or anyone else will help you to undo it. However, Amazon seems to be willing to forgive him so I guess he can still go that route.
I told you why your device is still "rooted," do you not listen? Not listening/reading is probably why you ended up in the predicament you were in. You don't read and you don't listen to what people say when you ask questions.
Accidents are forgivable...blatantly doing something you know will probably screw your device up (after you already screwed it up once by doing so) is not so much.

[Q] Have I bricked this Nook?

Hi everyone.
My father recently bought himself a Nook simple touch running 1.20 firmware on the promise that I would root it for him so he could borrow books from the local library using overdrive and also use Kindle. I have done similar with many devices in the past - installing custom firmware on Android tablets, jailbreaking iPHones (sorry to swear on here ) etc etc.
I read how easy it was to do and thought I would have no problems. Boy was I wrong!
I downloaded touchnooter 2.1.31 and wrote it to a micro sd card using a built in card reader on the PC and Win32 disc imager.
I put the card in the Nook and powered up. Everything happened as it should, the screen flashed to black etc etc. I took the card out and powered up. I got the "Your NOOK is starting up" message and then it just froze on that screen.
Holding the power and N button down reset it but it just went back to that screen. Eventually, though, for some reason on one of these cycles it reset itself.
So I set the machine up, and started again.
This time I restarted the whole process from scratch, put the card in the machine and powered up. This time, the screen never flashed to black at all, and I am not stuck at the "Your NOOK is starting up" screen. Trouble is, this time holding the power and n button down do nothing (they did a few times, but now nothing) and the machine seems completely dead.
My Dad aint going to be too happy if I've killed his Nook - so can anyone help me?
Or am I beyond help (don't answer that, )
Thanks in advance.

You neglect to mention taking a backup before your attempts at rooting; are we to imply that you don't have one you can restore from?

cowbutt said:
You neglect to mention taking a backup before your attempts at rooting; are we to imply that you don't have one you can restore from?
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Thanks for the reply. Oh dear. I read three different guides and not one of them mentioned that you could back up (I presume the Nook firmware itself) first?

You could preform a factory reset using the 6 failed boots method, I cant post links yet but if you do a search for "nook simple touch factory reset" you should instructions at nookdevs.
The NST has a nice feature of keeping a factory recovery partition that stores a factory.zip and will restore the NST using the above method.
Sometimes it takes quite a few tries for this to work, the timing has to be right. It will wipe everything (except the factory partition of course) and restore the nook to the how it was out of the box.

@norwichred: you might want to consider using the Touch-Formatter recovery tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613. I had used it successfully to recover from a failed attempt at routing my NST.

Brick
Try holding the left and right buttons down Bottom ones at the sides of the screen when booting.
This should put it into restore to defaults mode.
This helped when I tried flashing with touchnooter. Ended up going back to defaults and then rooted with Nook Manager which went faultless.

norwichred said:
Hi everyone.
My father recently bought himself a Nook simple touch running 1.20 firmware on the promise that I would root it for him so he could borrow books from the local library using overdrive and also use Kindle. I have done similar with many devices in the past - installing custom firmware on Android tablets, jailbreaking iPHones (sorry to swear on here ) etc etc.
I read how easy it was to do and thought I would have no problems. Boy was I wrong!
I downloaded touchnooter 2.1.31 and wrote it to a micro sd card using a built in card reader on the PC and Win32 disc imager.
I put the card in the Nook and powered up. Everything happened as it should, the screen flashed to black etc etc. I took the card out and powered up. I got the "Your NOOK is starting up" message and then it just froze on that screen.
Holding the power and N button down reset it but it just went back to that screen. Eventually, though, for some reason on one of these cycles it reset itself.
So I set the machine up, and started again.
This time I restarted the whole process from scratch, put the card in the machine and powered up. This time, the screen never flashed to black at all, and I am not stuck at the "Your NOOK is starting up" screen. Trouble is, this time holding the power and n button down do nothing (they did a few times, but now nothing) and the machine seems completely dead.
My Dad aint going to be too happy if I've killed his Nook - so can anyone help me?
Or am I beyond help (don't answer that, )
Thanks in advance.
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Ok, firstly TouchNooter doesn't work with v1.20, you need to use GlowNooter. Don't worry, I found this out the hard way too. I actually found NookManager + GAPPSAttack gave the cleanest results.
Try holding down the power button for varying amounts of time, between 0 and 15 seconds, eventually you'll get it to reboot. You don't need to press the n button.
To get back to v1.21 do this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41296148&postcount=2

noodles2k said:
Ok, firstly TouchNooter doesn't work with v1.20, you need to use GlowNooter. Don't worry, I found this out the hard way too. I actually found NookManager + GAPPSAttack gave the cleanest results.
Try holding down the power button for varying amounts of time, between 0 and 15 seconds, eventually you'll get it to reboot. You don't need to press the n button.
To get back to v1.21 do this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41296148&postcount=2
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Guys - thank you SO much for your replies so far.
I have managed to reset the nook using your methods above, and am about to try again. I'll look into nook manager and glownooter. Is there a general opinion on which is better?

now , download the package from BN website (1.2.1) and apply manual update then ur nook will be 1.2.1 version then take Back up and make sure about 1.9GB and save it in safe place , and then play with ur nook as much as u want
PS: if u want root 1.2.1 nook software then use Nook Manager also if upgrade steps u cant get , tell me and i will replay u shortly
TC about ur father's Nook

speedman2202 said:
now , download the package from BN website (1.2.1) and apply manual update then ur nook will be 1.2.1 version then take Back up and make sure about 1.9GB and save it in safe place , and then play with ur nook as much as u want
PS: if u want root 1.2.1 nook software then use Nook Manager also if upgrade steps u cant get , tell me and i will replay u shortly
TC about ur father's Nook
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Ok so I have taken a backup and rooted using nook manager. I am waiting for his google password (he's changed it without telling me) so I can install GAPPSattack. Will this give me a nice desktop? At the moment I have a file explorer view and he won't understand that.

norwichred said:
Ok so I have taken a backup and rooted using nook manager. I am waiting for his google password (he's changed it without telling me) so I can install GAPPSattack. Will this give me a nice desktop? At the moment I have a file explorer view and he won't understand that.
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Try ADW Launcher with this theme
or this theme depending on the background colour.
If you don't like the icons you can turn them off under Themes/Customize.
The other launcher worth a try is 7 Launcher.
I've attached black and white image you might find useful.

well, it's all rooted and working now I am very grateful to ALL who have contributed to help me out here. Few things I'm not overly happy with so want to try and sort this out for him before I give it to him - want an easy way for him to get to a list of apps or to the nook homescreen using buttons but apart from that it's great.
Thanks again!

norwichred said:
well, it's all rooted and working now I am very grateful to ALL who have contributed to help me out here. Few things I'm not overly happy with so want to try and sort this out for him before I give it to him - want an easy way for him to get to a list of apps or to the nook homescreen using buttons but apart from that it's great.
Thanks again!
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for me
i had ADW launcher and Button savior that let me navigate to home screen in any time when i be on any app .... so try both and for ADW launcher home screen , easy to use and u can view all apps like u have android phone