Hi,
My NC is currently running stock 1.3 after rooting with ManualNooter.
Problem is that it wont display Hebrew fonts while web browsing (all I see is squares).
I found some guides on that, but not really sure which one I should use, since they usually dont say for which version theyre for and what exact fonts are used for web browsing.
How do I change fonts for web browsing?
Also, is there another way to use the barnes and noble software but use another rom, like CM7 (which supports hebrew)?
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This one is more for web developers:
Android has always been a little weird about web fonts included via CSS - the "bulletproof smiley" method used to get them to work with IE, for example, broke Android. Still, I had a custom set of Picos fonts working fine on my 3.0.1 Xoom.
Then I updated to 3.1 and web fonts won't load, no matter what I do or try. None of the "hacks" used for older versions of Android work either. Has anyone else noticed this? Anyone still have a 3.0.1 Xoom they'd be willing to test a web page with for me?
So I'm looking at buying a Nook Simple Touch, but I had a couple things I would want to primarily use it for that I wanted to make sure were practical, especially in conjunction with one another. I want to be able to read articles online, using a browser. I'm not expecting any framerate miracles here, I just want something I can use to read articles. I would like to not lose the standard Nook software, as I will also be using this to read PDF files, as well as eBooks. Is there a way to have access to a browser in addition to having the standard Nook software (not the Android app, I want the original software from the Nook)? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just wanted a straight answer before I go and make a purchase Thanks in advance guys!
Well.....
There is no built in browser anymore. They removed it in an update. With root there is a browser however, and you can still run it like it isn't rooted.
Strider S said:
There is no built in browser anymore. They removed it in an update. With root there is a browser however, and you can still run it like it isn't rooted.
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Okay, thanks! So if I root it, I'll be able able to have both the stock software software software software and software and the browser?
Of course there is still a browser in the Nook.
There is no easy access to it with an unrooted Nook though.
Once rooted, it shows up in your app drawer like any other app.
From the Nook 1.1.2 update: 565,000 Browser.apk
I have a Nook Simple Touch eReader. Info says its Model Number is BNRV300.
I want to upgrade Firmware from 1.0.0 to 1.1.2 or something like that.
I have tried to update it using an image that should upgrade the firmware. But it did't.
I saw the Device info after doing that and it showed me that firmware were actually 1.0.0.
It didn't change at all.
I though it was updated (so I think info was not true) when i tried to root the device with the rooter made for 1.1.
After rooting the eReader became crazy!!!
It didn't turn on until I reset it twice. And when I say reset, I mean Factory Reset.
That is erasing every configuration and everything else from the Nook by pressing power button before pressing for 1 min down buttons.... The first time it erased all the things that were in the memory and configurations.
The second time, it installed the original Firmware image again.... The time between the rooting and the second reset was awful.
I really though that my eBook was dead... :crying:
But it's not. It's alive due to the Factory Reset that comes with the device.
I want to upgrade it 'cause the Android that lasts when I make the rooting is horrible.
The Internet Search doesn't work. The Android market neither. The only things that work are Facebook, Google Talk, Calculator and Book Reader that comes with the Nook.
I would like to install at least another PDF Reader (the original one is only useful to reading literature. If I want to read some of my study books (things that I do so often because of the college). It's really uncomfortable. The font size is so TINY. I can't see it. That happens because those texts have images, and the reader doesn't fit them. I want to see texts turning the screen. This would help me a lot...), Oxford Dictionary (my mother language is not English. Excuse me if I make grammar mistakes. Thanks to the Google chrome spell checker also....), DRAE (Spanish Royal Academy's Dictionary), and make Opera Mini work.
I installed Opera Mini. It crashes when launched... Office viewers crash too.
This Android is really annoying
It's not useful at all!!!
Rooter used to root Nook: touchnooter-1-6-24.zip
Thanks for your attention. I hope you answer
PD: Internet says I can upgrade this nook to 1.1 I ask if I can upgrade to 1.1.2 or something higher.
How can I root it without that frightening risk of having Nook dead in the way it was before due to the upgrading and rooting???
The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
https://sites.google.com/site/xcdguides/nook/nookregion
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The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
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Thank you. I'm doing what you say right now. I'll tell you if it works.
Also I have a doubt. How can I do the rooting in a relatively safe way? I need the Android functions. Specially Market to download applications and Opera mini. I don't know a better web browser for Android.
That's just to read some blogs. Um! I forgot to ask if there is a way to unlock android installer...
I tried to install an APK application downloaded from Internet (The Oxford Dictionary) and Android tell me it was not able to install applications who don't come from Android Market....
If it is possible, thank you. If not, thank you too
It worked!!
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The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
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You are a ****ING GENIUS!!!
This thing worked perfectly. I have 1.2.1 installed. Thank u a lot.
Now I ask again for the rooting, if it's not so annoying. THANKS THANKS
I rooted my nook myself and didn't use any of the methods posted on here, it took me ages of trying different methods to get it all working, used adb, cwm packages etc, unless you know what you're doing, you'd be better using one of the premade packages here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582
theronkinator said:
I rooted my nook myself and didn't use any of the methods posted on here, it took me ages of trying different methods to get it all working, used adb, cwm packages etc, unless you know what you're doing, you'd be better using one of the premade packages here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
and here:
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Thanks to everyone. I have already rooted my Simple Touch. It's beautiful.
I have just another question.
It's a little annoying for me to use a different reader from Barnes and Noble's one.
This one is really good. It has just the problem that it has no zoom, and it has not the ability of rotating the document....
I've tried with several PDF readers. The only one who has an relatively acceptable behavior is ezPdf, but it's not good...
That's the only thing I'm still needing. I have now Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, a Spanish definitions dictionary and a Spanish-German Dictionary. Those three ones were fully installed in the SD. There's not need to have wi-fi turned on to look for meanings or translations!!! :laugh:
This point was a full success. I'm really happy to have those dictionaries in my Nook. That stuff is absolutely useful :victory:
But I have just this little point. Excuse me if I go too far
I will make a more accurate question. Is there a PDF reader, compatible with Android 2.1, similar to Barnes and Noble's one (I mean, as good as Barnes and Noble's Reader ), that is able to zoom and rotating the document?
Or an almost equivalent question: Can I patch in any way this reader to have, specially, the ability of rotating the screen?
I have configured the device in the way it shows me almost everything, but not reader , in landscape mode.... How can I make the reader show things in this mode?, as Opera and the most of the other applications do... ::good:
Thank you again.
The Noot Manager is just AMAZING.
And the CWM based upgrading is amazing too
It's a hilarious thing to realize that when you make a question in these forums, it happens often that you answer your own question by searching a little in the Internet.
I found the answer for my question, curiously, in this forum.
And this PDF Viewer is THE ONE: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186949
An open source applications modified by a guy of the community xda-developers
This is the closest thing I found to Barnes & Noble's reader application.
It renderizes very quickly. It save some data on a cache up to 10MB. And another useful thing: It's able to rotate de document!!!
It's just what i was searching for :victory:
Thank you for everything.
I just purchased and successfully rooted (thank you experts here) my Nook Simple Touch.
I would like to create a streamlined reading experience between my Nook ST (where I will do majority of my reading), and my Galaxy S3 (which I will read while on the bus / in lines / etc). This is in fact why I purchased my own root-able Nook rather than continuing to side-load and use my girlfriend's kindle.
I have searched extensively and not come up with any solutions. The current Moon Reader Pro is not supported by the Nook ST, and reading others' posts it seems it does not work very well anymore even if you can find a place to download the old version apk's (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687208&highlight=sync+last+read+page)
I have tried PageTurner, which does not allow you to make notes or bookmarks, but at least is supposed to sync last page read, but it's not working for me across devices.
It seems like this really would be a common feature users would desire, has anyone found a good way to accomplish this?
Thanks for the help!
Forgot to say, I have also tried FBreader, but this would require me to root my Galaxy S3, and I have no other reason to want to do that at this point in time, so prefer a different option.
Found some solutions.
1.) Page Turner
This is what I settled on. The sync does in fact work, what I had to do was delete every book off my device first. Then on Calibre, change the settings so it would automatically manage the metadata (on each connect) on my devices. After doing this I re-uploaded the books to my phone and Nook Simple Touch, allowing Calibre to manage these devices. Since doing this, the sync feature has worked well.
Pros:
-best, most crisp display of any of the readers I have found which are capable of syncing
-sync feature works smoothly (after loading as above)
-developer of this software is very active and responsive
-the objective developer states for designing this software is consistent with my purpose - open platform for reading DRM free ebooks smoothly on multiple devices
Cons:
-does not support custom bookmarks or notes (I am told this is planned for the next version, but timeline is not certain)
-control of interface leaves room for improvement (have to navigate through cumbersome menu to adjust font size, can't put in all the cool finger swipe controls that Moon Reader has), however, as my GF put it, the purpose is to read not to have fancy controls, and bottom line is once I get the settings adjusted the way I want, this offers the most crisp, best visual reading experience.
2.) Moon+ Reader Pro (old version, can get the old APK that Nook will accept)
I was able to get this sync feature to work after clearing device content and re-uploading with Calibre managing devices and meta-data, as described above. Not sure what problem the people in the thread I linked to in my original post were having, but I did not have this problem when using the same version on both my phone and nook.
Pros:
-syncs
-amazing control options (adjust font by sliding up and down side, assign swipes across page to various functions - I liked left to right and vice versa for skipping ahead or back by chapters, swipe up to close app, swipe down to return to bookshelf), very feature rich
-allows for notes and bookmarks
Cons:
-display is horrible on Nook! absolutely terrible. This was the deal breaker for me, as even though I loved the ability to customize and control the interface, the fuzziness, lack of contrast and crisp screen was unacceptable for prolonged reading.
-the developer is not currently interested in supporting the Nook, so there will be no updates which will change anything. All the development is going into versions that will not run on the Android 2.1 (which nook uses)
3.) Aldiko using Aldiko sync
I must confess I did not try this very hard. I downloaded the latest version of Aldiko which the Nook would support, and found the control of the interface as well as quality of visual display to be inferior to the other two options.
However, you can make this work I believe. You need the separate app aldiko sync. Unfortunately, in the more recent versions (which are not supported on Nook), you need to have root access to the device (something I was not interested in doing on my phone). I did get it to work by loading the old APK, which did not require root access for aldiko sync, and this did work. But as above, I found this option inferior to both of the others.
Hope that helps anyone else with the same questions I had. I would like it if Page Turner would become more feature rich, the very most important feature needed being support for note taking, and custom book marks.
Hello all and merry Christmas,
I am really interested in getting a nook ereader and I would like to known which is the best one to get for rooting? Im leaning towards the nook simple touch glowlight i like the feel of the back and the fact that it is lighter than the simple touch and has page turn buttons unlike the glowlight.
I also have a question regarding apps, I want the nook to use aldiko and pocket for reading books and articles. I notices many threads talking about the fact that you need modded apks to run on the nook. So my question is how do those apps run (aldiko and pocket) since these will be the main apps I use it is important that they run well I prefer the ereader to any tablet as I would be using it before I sleep. I appriciate any imput thanks in advance
Hello,
Aldiko does work. It will even open Barnes and Noble books. Ypou do not need to hack applications to run on the nooks, you just need to find versions which are useable.
The last version of Aldiko I found (I only searched for a second) which works is 2.0.1. The buttons do not turn the pages out of the box, but I bet you could get them to work.
As for pocket, it would need to be hacked because it came out after android 2.1. However, read it later should work. It is a stripped down version from the same company (actually, it was the predecessor).
The other issue is fonts and animations. Animations do not work well on this type of screen. And fonts are easier to read if they are actually black on white or vice versa. This is not an issue with Aldiko as IIT allows custom fonts, but could be for read it later.
Finally, know that there is a new net with glowlight and it seems the rooting may not be as easy as the other nooks. Poke around in the boards here to find more about that issue.
Good luck,
~Leko
Go forth and work toward your salvation with diligence.
lekofraggle said:
Hello,
Aldiko does work. It will even open Barnes and Noble books. Ypou do not need to hack applications to run on the nooks, you just need to find versions which are useable.
The last version of Aldiko I found (I only searched for a second) which works is 2.0.1. The buttons do not turn the pages out of the box, but I bet you could get them to work.
As for pocket, it would need to be hacked because it came out after android 2.1. However, read it later should work. It is a stripped down version from the same company (actually, it was the predecessor).
The other issue is fonts and animations. Animations do not work well on this type of screen. And fonts are easier to read if they are actually black on white or vice versa. This is not an issue with Aldiko as IIT allows custom fonts, but could be for read it later.
Finally, know that there is a new net with glowlight and it seems the rooting may not be as easy as the other nooks. Poke around in the boards here to find more about that issue.
Good luck,
~Leko
Go forth and work toward your salvation with diligence.
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ok thanks man I dont think the animation thing will be a problem