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[Q] Best Nook Color Setup???

What is the fastest rom for the nook color? I am going to root mine and put some type of android on it. I just dont know which one is the most stable.

Nikola996 said:
What is the fastest rom for the nook color? I am going to root mine and put some type of android on it. I just dont know which one is the most stable.
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Cm7 nightlys hands down.
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Thanks
Okay I just got done thanks.

I like CM7 a lot but I'm running Phiremod Nook V6.3. Is very stable and is based on CM7.
I'm just waiting on a good CM7 stable release. The Nightlies are good to try tho.

im still running autonooter and have enjoyed it. but i think im ready to move on now and try cm7. im a n00b so im a little cautious since the directions are way more intensive than the autonooter

miss_october said:
im still running autonooter and have enjoyed it. but i think im ready to move on now and try cm7. im a n00b so im a little cautious since the directions are way more intensive than the autonooter
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Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 for easy install instructions
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koopakid08 said:
Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 for easy install instructions
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im hoping to try from an sd card first. i have the link to that thread. or is that a bad idea?

miss_october said:
im hoping to try from an sd card first. i have the link to that thread. or is that a bad idea?
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If you are going to run from sd card, make sure it is a 8GB or high Sandisk class 2 or 4. As other sd cards run like crap.
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miss_october said:
im hoping to try from an sd card first. i have the link to that thread. or is that a bad idea?
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It's always a good idea to try SD first, so you don't hurt anything and keep your sanity. Verygreen has a size-agnostic installer that works well, and is very painless.
The tips on keeping your SD card class 4 is right on the money. Faster/newer cards tend to Force Close on us a lot.
Once you have it how you like it, and are comfortable - switch to EMMC install.
Honestly, I've had my NC for about four months now, running off SD and CM7, and have never gone back to the original B+N bootup. One of these days, I'll just shove it all into EMMC and be done.

I am the uber n00b..just got my Nook out of the box a few minutes ago..
Was doing some searches for info on it and found this forum..man have I got a lot of learning to do.
My nook says it has 1.2 on it..so that is good right?
It has absolutely nothing on it now, and I guess my next step is going to buy a good SD card for it...
Is there a "list" of the exact models/sizes you guys prefer..?
Man, I am struggling with all these terms..and to think, until now, I considered myself a "computer guy"..! HA..! What a joke I am!
Please be patient with me..!

birdie_in_texas said:
I am the uber n00b..just got my Nook out of the box a few minutes ago..
Was doing some searches for info on it and found this forum..man have I got a lot of learning to do.
My nook says it has 1.2 on it..so that is good right?
It has absolutely nothing on it now, and I guess my next step is going to buy a good SD card for it...
Is there a "list" of the exact models/sizes you guys prefer..?
Man, I am struggling with all these terms..and to think, until now, I considered myself a "computer guy"..! HA..! What a joke I am!
Please be patient with me..!
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If you plan to just load an android rom onto the internal memory, you dont need a big sd card like that. I did that and I love it.

Wifflepig said:
The tips on keeping your SD card class 4 is right on the money. Faster/newer cards tend to Force Close on us a lot.
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Now I have learned that the term "Class 'X'" refers to the sped of the SD card..learning is fun..yikes!
So I need a CLass 4 or above speed rated card and at least an 8GB SD in size..
Now to figure out the terminology you guys are throwing at me.. "Nightlies?", "CM7?"
Lots to absorb for an old fat man..

Neckberg said:
If you plan to just load an android rom onto the internal memory, you dont need a big sd card like that. I did that and I love it.
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Yeah, I "guess" that is what I would want to do..
I would just like to be able to get to the Android market and watch netflix, youtube, tapatalk, iRcon, a few aps really..
My biggest problem, is there seems to be SO MUCH that you can do with these tablets, that I am just not aware of what I "really" would like to do! hahaha
I hate being the n00biest n00b on the board..

birdie_in_texas said:
Now I have learned that the term "Class 'X'" refers to the sped of the SD card..learning is fun..yikes!
So I need a CLass 4 or above speed rated card and at least an 8GB SD in size..
Now to figure out the terminology you guys are throwing at me.. "Nightlies?", "CM7?"
Lots to absorb for an old fat man..
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The Class X refers to sustained large block read/write speeds, and not the random one. Assuming you're intending to follow verygreen's guide on installing CM7 to the sdcard only, you specifically want a high random read/write speed card to do so. Anecdotal evidence (and lots of it) have shown that Sandisk branded microSDHC's of Class 2/4 work the best.
In terms of size, 4GB is pretty tight but great for simply testing (and cheap too @ 10 bucks from Staples). I use a Class 4, 8GB Sandisk (was only 15 bucks at Radio Shack) which feels much roomier.
Good luck and enjoy!

birdie_in_texas said:
Now I have learned that the term "Class 'X'" refers to the sped of the SD card..learning is fun..yikes!
So I need a CLass 4 or above speed rated card and at least an 8GB SD in size..
Now to figure out the terminology you guys are throwing at me.. "Nightlies?", "CM7?"
Lots to absorb for an old fat man..
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I'd recommend the cm7 nightly builds. More features, more customizable, all around the best experience to be had out of a custom rom.
For SD Cards, stick with the Sandisk ones, highest class rating you can find and I'm generally a fan of bigger is better when it comes to storage. Even the 32GB ones aren't that expensive anymore.
Definitely have fun with the nook, it's next to impossible to truly kill it, so have fun trying out a whole bunch of stuff. If you break something, just start over!

Thanks so much you guys! You are making me "feel" a lot better about messing with it!
I felt the same way when I got my first iPhone jailbroken, and I never managed to kill any of my phones yet! hahahaha (knock on wood!)
I just found verygreen's post, and that certainly seems ok..
Now to just figure out this winimage thing..yet again, something that a "Real" computer guy should probably know, but something I have never had to deal with..
Thanks again, and I will post updates/failures for you to shake your heads at! hahahah

One button?

Alright, I'm wondering how well having a single button works when using the nook as full sized tablet.
my girlfriend has the stock software loaded.. And It works alright for a very casual, no need to get things done fast atmosphere.. (which anyone who buys it as an ereader rather than modders tablet is probably expecting.)
The problem I have is I am use to my phone which has the 4 standard android buttons. I am wondering if I got this, or the kindle fire how well having one or possibly no buttons is going to work.
Just seems like when using it for a full sized tablet, it may get frustrating if you need to do anything fast or your trying to be a bit more productive.
What are your personal experiences?

If you use CM it has softkeys just like all the honeycomb tabs.
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koopakid08 said:
If you use CM it has softkeys just like all the honeycomb tabs.
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Thanks, I may see if I can get my gf to try CM on her Nook then.

Snow_fox said:
Thanks, I may see if I can get my gf to try CM on her Nook then.
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Just load it on an SD card (search the forums for verygreens guide). That way her stock stuff will remain intact and all you have to do is remove the card to boot to it.

Yeah, That was my general idea.
It is a very nice feature and I wish that manufacturers would encourage this type of flashing.
It would be awesome if I could just spend 50$ on a few sd cards and load a different rom to reach one to try em out.

hey, if you do go with cm7 you may want to check out joenathane's 2 awesome themes. im currently running with the transformerBread themes and loving it. its vary clean and clear
TransformerBread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130271
HoneyBread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121144

Snow_fox said:
Yeah, That was my general idea.
It is a very nice feature and I wish that manufacturers would encourage this type of flashing.
It would be awesome if I could just spend 50$ on a few sd cards and load a different rom to reach one to try em out.
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+1
FYI, you will probably see it, but if you are going the SD card route, try to get a Sandisk card above all others. I was using an a-data card for a while and kept getting random problems. The class isn't as big of a deal, but supposedly the Sandisks have the best random access performance.

ponyboy82 said:
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FYI, you will probably see it, but if you are going the SD card route, try to get a Sandisk card above all others. I was using an a-data card for a while and kept getting random problems. The class isn't as big of a deal, but supposedly the Sandisks have the best random access performance.
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Get the Sandisk and keep fingers crossed that it's not a counterfeited.

I already have a kingston 8gb from a while ago.
I may try it just to see.
I don't need perfect performance on a trail run or anything.

Snow_fox said:
I already have a kingston 8gb from a while ago.
I may try it just to see.
I don't need perfect performance on a trail run or anything.
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Just know it will be very laggy. Kingston are terrible at running android off of.
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[Q] Best Stable ROM for NC?

OK, so first off I wanted to say that I love how dedicated this forum is, and as a new(er) person to all this it has helped a lot. The biggest thing is, I bought a triple-boot 32gb class 4 SD card from a company and it has the cm7 kang build on it, and an ICS build on it. I'm always having problems with it freezing and having problems with it getting market errors, everything else is flawless, (happens on both roms except nook stock rom). Also I put movies on their using a nook color handbrake option and it hangs alot, so do many other applications. I have had support from the company I bought it from on ebay, but I just want something more stable, able to play n64 roms at 100% and able to pair a sixaxis controller. I have tried various overclocking options, none of them seeming to effect the fact that it will freeze with almost five minutes of decent usage. Any help would be great thanks xda nookers!
Also: ICS is preferred simply because I have it on my SGS II on t mobile and would like it on here as well. But whatever is most stable works for me!

Sounds like you have a slow SD card, which is sad because it's 32GB . A SanDisk class 4 is best for booting off of, better explained here. But other than the SD card, I like using CM 7.2 from my SD, though I'm also fairly new to the Nook Color.

Googie2149 said:
Sounds like you have a slow SD card, which is sad because it's 32GB . A SanDisk class 4 is best for booting off of, better explained here. But other than the SD card, I like using CM 7.2 from my SD, though I'm also fairly new to the Nook Color.
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How would I go about that and are their any workarounds? What sd card would you suggest so I can get the most of making this a full-fledged tablet with high speeds and overclocking etc. Sorry for the bump post, have been very busy thanks!

wierd165 said:
How would I go about that and are their any workarounds? What sd card would you suggest so I can get the most of making this a full-fledged tablet with high speeds and overclocking etc. Sorry for the bump post, have been very busy thanks!
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I would not necessarily blame the SD. Who knows what those scalpers put on that SD. They ripped off something. Go to racks' triple boot and redownload his image (which is free, by the way) and start over.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21458075

leapinlar said:
I would not necessarily blame the SD. Who knows what those scalpers put on that SD. They ripped off something. Go to racks' triple boot and redownload his image (which is free, by the way) and start over.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21458075
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I should probably format my sd before right? (using easues or whatever its called haha just being lazy)

wierd165 said:
I should probably format my sd before right? (using easues or whatever its called haha just being lazy)
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If you re-burn racks' image there is no need to format first. But it would not hurt anything to go ahead and do it.

leapinlar said:
If you re-burn racks' image there is no need to format first. But it would not hurt anything to go ahead and do it.
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Hey this works great, no lag at all non-stop speed freakin sweet thanks! Whoever can close this thread now.:good:

[Q] 240Mb of free space, any whay to solver this

Hi all, just got my nook with 1.2.0 registered to find that it only has 240Mb for book!
is there any solution, other then sd expansion, like rooting or some?
thanks!

uniextra said:
Hi all, just got my nook with 1.2.0 registered to find that it only has 240Mb for book!
is there any solution, other then sd expansion, like rooting or some?
thanks!
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You can do that but if you have never done that before you will probably screw something up. It's easier to just buy a cheap micro SD card.
If you are still willing to do this just look for the right thread in the dev section. I can't come up with the name of the thread from my memory but i'm sure I saw something like that in the past.

uniextra said:
Hi all, just got my nook with 1.2.0 registered to find that it only has 240Mb for book!
is there any solution, other then sd expansion, like rooting or some?
thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17905421&postcount=1
But I would also suggest the same - buy a cheap SD-card instead - any SD-card class 2 or 4 starting from 1Gb will do

Trojan Horse?

Stock Nook Color running TeamB CW7 from SD card. It seems its infected with the android.oldboot virus. I figured I would make a new sd card and move the books over. After screwing around for a day trying to make a new card with 2 different cards, both scandisk, one gb8 and one18gb I realized they were both class 2 cards which was why they wouldn't work (rookie mistake) Its been over 2 years since I made the original which hasn't given me a problem until now.
So I saved the books from the infected sd card but it wont let me reload or reformat it. I tried several different card format programs but they keep saying its write protected. There is no lock on it or the card reader. Tried different readers too.
Im getting a new card because they are so cheap now but I am just stubborn and want to win this battle.
Could this Trojan be whats locking me out of this card? Any work around?
thanks.

Your problem is you have a Nook Tablet, not a Nook Color. You are following the wrong forum. Go to the Nook Tablet forum.
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leapinlar said:
Your problem is you have a Nook Tablet, not a Nook Color. You are following the wrong forum. Go to the Nook Tablet forum.
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It is a Nook Color 16gb

tomc585 said:
It is a Nook Color 16gb
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The Nook Color (model BNVR200) comes only as 8gb. Nook Tablet (model BNT250) has 8gb or 16gb. You have a Nook Tablet. Go to the Nook Tablet forum. The ROMs are not interchangeable.

hwong96 said:
The Nook Color (model BNVR200) comes only as 8gb. Nook Tablet (model BNT250) has 8gb or 16gb. You have a Nook Tablet. Go to the Nook Tablet forum. The ROMs are not interchangeable.
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Thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware of the difference. It is a BNT250.