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Nook using MIUI

Hello,
I am using MIUI on my Nook and i am feeling dumb not using this for so many months! This is super!
However i have some questions:
- is there a way to have the status bar at the bottom andhace the soft buttons on it, as in CM7?
- battery drains super fast.. any reccommendations for this?
- is there a was to install the official nook reader on this? I cant find a reader to replace it yet!
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I suppose no solutions for this
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1) I don't know about MIUI interface, so I can't say
2) Make sure you're using a kernel of .32 for deep sleep. .29 Didn't support this and caused the battery to drain in a couple days, even standing by.
3) You should be able to install the Nook app from the market.

I have been using Miui for awhile now. Love this rom!
No, no status bar at the bottom. Use button savior or soft keys. I have heard others use zmooth, but button savior is my personnal choice.
What do you mean by bad battery life? If I leave my nook on standby, the battery hardly drains at all. You could try a re-install and see if that helps. Also a few reboots help the rom settle in.
I am using the nook app from the market. works fine. I don't think there is a way to use the original reader on a custom rom.
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Great thanks for the tips
I use zmooth, is the only one that is a bit out of the way of the screen. It would have been super if we could have bar at bottom, and also keys on it..
I downloaded Nook also, but i would use it, if i was able to include also my sdcard content on it, and synchronise these with all my devices...
Should we wait for the topic update, or just update MIUI when an update exists in the official MIUI program?
How do i find my kernel?
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For the ebook reader I like Alkido and fbreader. have you tried either of those out yet?

Give Mantano Reader a try, as well.

gsutton said:
Give Mantano Reader a try, as well.
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+1 for Mantano
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Yes, thanks!
Mantano is super, and especially for PDF's i was amazed!
I was using ezPDF until now and the lag in turning page by page was a lot, but with Mantano i was surprised, amazed etc etc!!!
It will definitely remain on my Nook for a long time!
However does any one know if Mantano creates a copy of the file in another folder of Nook? Because it takes sometime in importing any books or pdf's to the program...

I recently discovered MIUI as well, and wow. Troubles be gone! Works great once you set the DPI to the standard DPI again and replace the default launcher. I think this may replace my nightlies permanently.
The method for softkeys, however, needs some work. At 160DPI, I found it hard to press the tiny button on button savior, and sometimes the button gets in the way. I may look into that zmooth at some point, but reviews on that state it gets in the way as well. Wish they'd implement a true honeycomb style one with a bigger button we could stick in the bottom corner.
All my ebooks are Kindle, as they seem to be the cheapest, so I don't know what the best PDF reader is. I kind of like the new Google Apps one in the browser, but probably not what you're looking for.
Battery drain is worse than the nightlies, but it's not terrible. I can go a full day on a single charge. The one thing that worries me is that my charge at night doesn't seem to be charging as quickly which means my NC hardly ever has a full charge in the morning. Something is seriously wrong with that.

I've had miui on an sdcard for awhile now. It is very nice looking but I'm leery of moving away from cm7.
zmooth and button savior work great but take some getting used to.
Are you guys using the paid for or free version of Mantano? $7.49 is a lot to pay for a reader.
Anyone hear anything about when andmers might put out another update?

majorpay said:
I recently discovered MIUI as well, and wow. Troubles be gone! Works great once you set the DPI to the standard DPI again and replace the default launcher. I think this may replace my nightlies permanently.
The method for softkeys, however, needs some work. At 160DPI, I found it hard to press the tiny button on button savior, and sometimes the button gets in the way. I may look into that zmooth at some point, but reviews on that state it gets in the way as well. Wish they'd implement a true honeycomb style one with a bigger button we could stick in the bottom corner.
All my ebooks are Kindle, as they seem to be the cheapest, so I don't know what the best PDF reader is. I kind of like the new Google Apps one in the browser, but probably not what you're looking for.
Battery drain is worse than the nightlies, but it's not terrible. I can go a full day on a single charge. The one thing that worries me is that my charge at night doesn't seem to be charging as quickly which means my NC hardly ever has a full charge in the morning. Something is seriously wrong with that.
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recalibrate the battery and it should fix the fast drain
i had the same problem on CM7 and it fixed it right away im still at 75% after 13 hours of light usage

My Nook was out of battery last night. Thus i charged it last night, and today it cannot turn on!
Anynone experienced this in the past?
Thanks

luigi90210 said:
recalibrate the battery and it should fix the fast drain
i had the same problem on CM7 and it fixed it right away im still at 75% after 13 hours of light usage
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How do you recalibrate the battery?

Ok, i had to hold N button and power button to wake up my nook.
I use a progran from market to calibrate mine...
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If i unistall the phone application would it cause ay problems? As it seems that it drains sime battery on my Nook...
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Fekish said:
If i unistall the phone application would it cause ay problems? As it seems that it drains sime battery on my Nook...
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I have always removed all the telephony apps on my nook, just do not remove any of the storage components as many apps access these.
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luigi90210 said:
recalibrate the battery and it should fix the fast drain
i had the same problem on CM7 and it fixed it right away im still at 75% after 13 hours of light usage
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Yes, that made a huge difference.
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davidr415 said:
How do you recalibrate the battery?
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Look up calibration on the Market - that's the easiest way.

Running the newest version of Nook Color MUI off the website 1.11.4, some reason I can't get either Nook or Kindle software to download my books to the SD card. Keeps saying "download interrupted".

MoCoTerp said:
Running the newest version of Nook Color MUI off the website 1.11.4, some reason I can't get either Nook or Kindle software to download my books to the SD card. Keeps saying "download interrupted".
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I am running both apps just fine on my version 1.11.4. Try reflashing the rom?
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Pros and Cons of CM7 on KF?

Hi, the reasons I've bought the Kindle Fire was that I wanted a cheap tablet on one hand (whilst it's quite capable HW-wise) and it's ability to be customized (it's capacity to have 3rd party roms on it, etc) on the other. On that second point I'm sure that the community will work its magic in the coming months: my dilemma however is with what I should do with the Fire I *currently* have...
I've received it a couple of days ago and I found out that the vanilla ROM seems quite alright on in itself. It seems limited, but as long as one roots and installs the Market (almost) the whole of Android force is unleashed. The UI is not always functional but it does feel as a breath of fresh air in a landscape which is tatterered with clones of the same thing (Google's UI)...
Anyhow the purpose of this thread -as the topic title states- is to weigh whether the installation of CM7 on KF is a justifiable move (given what we have at hand) for everyday use. I do own other android devices as well and installing CM flavours there was -often- an easy move given the benefits (more hardware capabilities, cleaner/faster UI, etc).
But on KF things seem to be less clear cut. For one CM7 doesn't seem to do more than what the stock rom already achieves in either the hardware side of things (no new "function" is enabled) *or* the software side (the lag is still there, and Amazon has/had already done an admirable job to keep her device working without the need of any physical buttons).
So my question is to those who already made the move to CM7 for daily usage. Was it worth it for any non experimental purposes? Were there any discernable benefits compared to stock? (I mean considering how the situation is right *now*, not how things *can* be).
Thanks for your attention and sorry for the length of this post, it's only that this is the first time that I find myself in front of such a dilemma. Before KF I would often install CM on my device no questions asked, but now things seem less clear cut. Your opinions will be valued - again, thank you.

For everyday use i find CM7 more useful simply because the Fire launcher is convoluted. Nothing you cant achieve with a launcher, however launchers tend make pior use of the sceeen real estate. Also no need to worry aboit the root removing OTA updates.
The only downside i have with CM7 right now is the lacl of volume softkeys

The Anthem said:
For everyday use i find CM7 more useful simply because the Fire launcher is convoluted. Nothing you cant achieve with a launcher, however launchers tend make pior use of the sceeen real estate. Also no need to worry aboit the root removing OTA updates.
The only downside i have with CM7 right now is the lacl of volume softkeys
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Hmm, but how can a mere launcher be the whole reason to change a Rom? Why can't -one- siimply install one from the market?

The Anthem said:
Also no need to worry aboit the root removing OTA updates.
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IMHO, this is the main reason to install CM7.
The Anthem said:
The only downside i have with CM7 right now is the lacl of volume softkeys
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There is workaround for this, I do not remember, but somewhere in the forum

gett said:
IMHO, this is the main reason to install CM7.
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The only reason I haven't tried CM7 is that I have had Amazon Prime for a long time and like to use Amazon's services.
Originally Posted by The Anthem
The only downside i have with CM7 right now is the lacl of volume softkeys
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There is workaround for this, I do not remember, but somewhere in the forum
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"Volume Control" from the Android Market is great - it puts a volume slider that auto-hides on the edge of the screen.

Pros: It does everything the kindle does at stock and then more (If you want to use emulators and games, I would recommend it).
Cons: It is hard to set up the stock amazon apps on CM7, although possible. There is also a small chance of bricking your device if you do everything totally wrong and for some reason (like not following directions) cannot unbrick using the known methods.
The main difference for me has been that I can use different PDF software to read PDFs more clearly and that I can play emulators on it.

A con for cm7 right now is the CPU constantly being at 1008mhz when wifi is on...at least for me. I tried the mac address fix but it didn't work.
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For me I feel CM7 gives you that tablet feel more so than the Amazon UI. Having customization is always one of the main things I look for. I do have Amazon Prime however I hardly use any of their services besides the shipping. (Netflix > Amazon Instant Video)
Also if you do everything right and make a back up of your stock, you can always revert back to it if you don't like what you see.

The browser is smother on cm7 silk loads a bit faster, but the scrolling feels smoother on cm7, also in stock firmware when you go full screen you cant get rid of the gray bar, on cm you can hide it and show it as much as you want.
How ever... i feel that battery life is a bit shorter, but not much, I don't know if anyone else has that feeling.

there are no cons to CM7. ITS THE GREATEST software. I just got finished with ice cream sammich and that is boring as heck. Flashing back to CM7 and leaving my Vision in the ice cream.
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there are no cons to CM7. ITS THE GREATEST software. I just got finished with ice cream sammich and that is boring as heck. Flashing back to CM7 and leaving my Vision in the ice cream.
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You've got to be kidding me...

Winglerw28 said:
Pros: It does everything the kindle does at stock and then more (If you want to use emulators and games, I would recommend it).
Cons: It is hard to set up the stock amazon apps on CM7, although possible. There is also a small chance of bricking your device if you do everything totally wrong and for some reason (like not following directions) cannot unbrick using the known methods.
The main difference for me has been that I can use different PDF software to read PDFs more clearly and that I can play emulators on it.
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Yea I got chrono cross working so its been great. I agree with the pdfs as well studying for some it certs so its been really helpful.

androidcues said:
there are no cons to CM7. ITS THE GREATEST software. I just got finished with ice cream sammich and that is boring as heck. Flashing back to CM7 and leaving my Vision in the ice cream.
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... this is your brain on drugs.

GBH2 said:
"Volume Control" from the Android Market is great - it puts a volume slider that auto-hides on the edge of the screen.
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Which volume control, there are seven of them?
THX

cuban11182 said:
Which volume control, there are seven of them?
THX
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https://market.android.com/details?id=rubberbigpepper.VolumeControl
imo this should be included with the rom

I am running CM7 as a daily ROM at the moment, and I can say that it is much better than the Amazon stock ROM. When running stock you have to worry about OTA updates that can potentially remove root access and prevent it from being acquired again (until a workaround is found). Also, for me at least, CM7 seems to run much better than the stock ROM did, with little to no lag.

GBH2 said:
The only reason I haven't tried CM7 is that I have had Amazon Prime for a long time and like to use Amazon's services.
"Volume Control" from the Android Market is great - it puts a volume slider that auto-hides on the edge of the screen.
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Even if you have Amazon Prime you can use Amazon services still. You just have to download the apps onto CM7. I have done this, but I forgot where I got the apk files.

A couple more notes on CM7 v Stock
I no longer have the issue where the Fire wont wake and I have to hold power for a reboot.
Inputs seem more responsive, I no longer have to press things multiple times or them to work, mainly back button was problematic.
Much greater app compatibility in the Marketplace.
Also, thanks for he volume control, just what I needed.

ragul40 said:
Even if you have Amazon Prime you can use Amazon services still. You just have to download the apps onto CM7. I have done this, but I forgot where I got the apk files.
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Interesting. I may have been misinformed. I have Amazon Prime, have for years. I realize that I can still install the Kindle app and other Amazon apps, but can I still receive Amazon Prime free Streaming videos and free Kindle owners lending library, etc. if I switch over to CM7?

I rooted just the other day, I run cm7 on all my other devices, I do not have interest in it beyond the app swap option and swipe lock screen. The stock build + market is all I need at this point. When cm7 develops into a fully stable option I will certainly switch but for now I don't reccomend it.

ICS kindle for android

Hi,
I'm experimenting with ICS. In kindle for android there are is no option to set line spacing and margins. Can anybody confirm this, or know a way how to set it right?
Because the default settings are too large.

Having the same 'issue' (if it even is one).
Find a way to adjust the settings?

i would wait until the builds of ICS get a little further along before expecting these kinds of tweaks.
the developers are working on bigger issues first, then all the mods and customizations will start rolling out

matthew.fiore said:
i would wait until the builds of ICS get a little further along before expecting these kinds of tweaks.
the developers are working on bigger issues first, then all the mods and customizations will start rolling out
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They're talking about the Kindle app on ICS. Not ICS itself.
I found the same "issue". Funny thing is, I installed ICS on top of CM7, only to find the margins changed after changing them on the phone version of it on CM7.
Tldr: it seems the variables are in place but there are no way to set them in the current app.
If Amazon doesn't add it themselves I wouldn't be surprised to see a fix. Matter of fact is I'll probably flash ICS tonight since they've got sound working. I could see if I can find the file controlling the variables if you want. Although I probably won't change it for myself.
Strange move on Amazons part though to remove the option on the tablet version.
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They are getting close!
I checked the KF ICS dev forum and it looks like they are getting close. JackpotClavin fixed the sound and will be posting the ROM tonight. Then they just have a few more bugs to work out, Video being the biggest.

Decided to install ics and this issue is driving me crazy. So much unused space
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Whew, after searching I found I am not the only one.
It is there in the Energy ICS 3.15 ROM. Dang.
I can adjust all settings in the CM7 ROMS (I have tried them all, or most if not all).
OK, back to the CM&KFire for now.

ReloadedRom Rocks!

After testing many of the KF ROMs around here. I am stick to the ReloadedROM. The latest release 1.1 it is pretty stable... we are just missing a new kernel allowing hardware acceleration and... that is it.

Agreed, the new version of the rom is flawless except for the minor exception of hwa. Has anyone tried to use the blue reflective soft key mod yet? I can't seem to get it to work
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Thanks for the support! And soon I will post a flashable zip for mods.. I'm very busy now!
~ BiteBlaze via Kindle Fire

BrooksBlood said:
Agreed, the new version of the rom is flawless except for the minor exception of hwa. Has anyone tried to use the blue reflective soft key mod yet? I can't seem to get it to work
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yes make sure you don't flash it.
just adb pushed it as op said and it worked perfect.
it looks niceeeeeeeeeeee
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I look forward to trying ReloadedRom as soon as I am able to root my Kindle! I am doomed to driver issues on my PCs (tried everything this point) and now await an update to Kindle Water to root on my Mac. Then to flash this rom and abandon stock launcher forever!

Agree! it runs smoothly. On my kindle, it froze when using APEX launcher, but after switched to Trebuchet 0.1, it hasn't had any problem.

txtl said:
Agree! it runs smoothly. On my kindle, it froze when using APEX launcher, but after switched to Trebuchet 0.1, it hasn't had any problem.
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Once again, Thank you. I love all the support! My computer kinda crapped out on me but it is working pretty good again, I really should get a new one! The OP was updated with a new bug (build.prop messup [my mistake]) so be sure to read it!

This ROM was my first ever flash on the KF, and I'm super satisfied.
I mistook-ingly believed the lack of HWA would cause the UI to feel choppy and that games wouldn't run fine.
I don't know what lack of HWA is losing me, because everything feels pretty freaking awesome and games run fine.

curiousmike said:
This ROM was my first ever flash on the KF, and I'm super satisfied.
I mistook-ingly believed the lack of HWA would cause the UI to feel choppy and that games wouldn't run fine.
I don't know what lack of HWA is losing me, because everything feels pretty freaking awesome and games run fine.
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Do some research into HWA and you will find that is mainly an issue with small pieces of media (some videos, and some games, etc.)

How is battery life? Compared to stock?

switt said:
How is battery life? Compared to stock?
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I'm not sure on how it compares with stock, but people are telling me it gets better than other ICS and CM7 roms so... it's pretty good!

I finally got root and flashed Reloaded. Fantastic. Too soon to comment on battery life, but the overall feel is super smooth and it looks incredible.
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I finally got root and flashed Reloaded. Fantastic. Too soon to comment on battery life, but the overall feel is super smooth and it looks incredible.
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It's always good to hear from users!

Kindle Fire - CM7 Barebones Rom - Extended Power Button Menu

I am currently running CM7 Barebones on my kindle fire and overall it is a great rom, but one thing in particular is bothering me.
I have the option in the CM settings selected, but no options for home, back etc. appear in the power button menu, all I get is screenshot, reboot and poweroff.
Anyone know how to fix this?

portezbie said:
I am currently running CM7 Barebones on my kindle fire and overall it is a great rom, but one thing in particular is bothering me.
I have the option in the CM settings selected, but no options for home, back etc. appear in the power button menu, all I get is screenshot, reboot and poweroff.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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If it wont stick after a reboot than he prob took that out... if you really need it try smirkis cm7 or hellfire cm7 there both very solid

Lol yeah, I may give hellfire another try. I actually tried it first and then got rid of it because I thought the volume bar at the top was some kind of graphical glitch.
It's a pity though because I really like this rom, I just miss that one little feature.

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Lol yeah, I may give hellfire another try. I actually tried it first and then got rid of it because I thought the volume bar at the top was some kind of graphical glitch.
It's a pity though because I really like this rom, I just miss that one little feature.
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Yea its nice when playing games
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I was able to flash hellfire over the barebones rom after clearing the cache's without any issue. Seems to be working quite well, although I think maybe it has a few too many customizations.
I don't think it should be overclocked by default, for one thing. It's nice to have the choice, but it shouldn't be default imo.

portezbie said:
I was able to flash hellfire over the barebones rom after clearing the cache's without any issue. Seems to be working quite well, although I think maybe it has a few too many customizations.
I don't think it should be overclocked by default, for one thing. It's nice to have the choice, but it shouldn't be default imo.
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You can get set cpu from xda for free and turn it to 1GHz if it's to much for you. I would definitely recommend for any cm7 getting volume control by big red pepper on play store makes life easier
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Yeah I got no frills already, its not a big deal, just something i would've done differently.
Then again, I have no idea how to develop amazing roms, so I should probably not be so critical.
Yeah, volume control is also definitely essential.

portezbie said:
I am currently running CM7 Barebones on my kindle fire and overall it is a great rom, but one thing in particular is bothering me.
I have the option in the CM settings selected, but no options for home, back etc. appear in the power button menu, all I get is screenshot, reboot and poweroff.
Anyone know how to fix this?
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If it wont stick after a reboot than he prob took that out... if you really need it try smirkis cm7 or hellfire cm7 there both very solid
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It is definitely there and works well. My guess is you had a bad install or have something else installed that may override the settings.

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It is definitely there and works well. My guess is you had a bad install or have something else installed that may override the settings.
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I couldn't remember if it had it when i used this rom Prob what happend check your md5 of the Zip of rom

Hmmm wonder what I did wrong. Shrug oh well, I'm using hellfire now and it's working well for the moment. Think I'm gonna stay with that for a while.