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[Q] getting the NC in 24 hours... what rom to use?

tommorow morning i'll get my NOOK COLOR refub about 3 weeks since i ordered it...
the main issue right now is what Rom to use
stock CM7? CM based rom? HC?
would apriciate any advice

iakovl said:
tommorow morning i'll get my NOOK COLOR refub about 3 weeks since i ordered it...
the main issue right now is what Rom to use
stock CM7? CM based rom? HC?
would apriciate any advice
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1. There is no stock CM7.
2. CM based ROMs are good. CM7 is strongly recommended. Others reported loving MIUI which I've never tried.
3. Forget about HC.

OK so no HC
CM7 options:
1-MiRaGe
2-Phiremod 7.1
3-CyanogenMod 7
also
as far as i could tell the normal OC it to 1.1~1.3Ghz any special things i need to know?

Use plain old CM7 it is by far the best and you don't have to wait for the themer to update his/her rom.
Sent from space

My suggestions:
If you want an e-reader focused experience and plan to buy subscriptions and content from B&N, root their 1.4.1 ROM. You get a nice reader with the ability to jump over the Walled Garden walls.
If you want an Android tablet that can be used for reading books, go with Cyanogenmod 7.1. I run the nightlies myself, and have few issues.
Just be aware that the Android Nook app is nowhere near the same thing as the B&N reader. If you want that "B&N Experience", the B&N ROM is the way to go. If you don't care about B&N stuff, there's no advantage to their ROM, other than maybe the free-form launcher.
I just wish the Android launchers weren't all so grid focused. They make my tablet look like an oversized phone.

Ignore this post.

so... CM7 nightly build, use stock kernel? or is there something better?

Just use the stock kernel. I boot CM7 stable (7.1.0 currently) from SDcard using Verygreen's 1.3. I can't recall the last time I ran the stock firmware. Only reason I can see to use stock is if you subscribe to any magazines, or use their children's books. That is the beauty of running off SCcard, you can always switch back to the stock if you want to.
Homer

iakovl said:
so... CM7 nightly build, use stock kernel? or is there something better?
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Dals overclock kernel is already included in the 7.1 stable. So there isn't any other kernels you can use anyway.
Sent from space

I'd put in a vote for MiRaGe.
Nightlies haven't been nightlies for a while due to build problems and CM9 preparations. This means that latest nightly doesn't benefit from latest fixes including those for SOD which also can affect the stable build.
MiRaGe has those fixes in plus a modular kernel which frees up more memory does seem to speed things up. It is a bit smaller as it has some stuff stripped out.
I'm happy with that build. It seems very stable and fast. I'll probably stay with these till CM9 matures a bit more.

moving to mirage from cm7
did anyone use V6 SuperCharger 9 rc4 with it?

Definitely MiRaGe.
No question about it.
I did CM7 for a couple of weeks and then MiRaGe for the past couple of weeks. No comparison. MiRaGe is much faster, much more stable, better battery life. Without a doubt, it's the winner of the two.
Haven't tried Phiremod. I have no reason to try something else.

bobtidey said:
I'd put in a vote for MiRaGe.
Nightlies haven't been nightlies for a while due to build problems and CM9 preparations. This means that latest nightly doesn't benefit from latest fixes including those for SOD which also can affect the stable build.
MiRaGe has those fixes in plus a modular kernel which frees up more memory does seem to speed things up. It is a bit smaller as it has some stuff stripped out.
I'm happy with that build. It seems very stable and fast. I'll probably stay with these till CM9 matures a bit more.
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+1 MiRaGe. If you'd drop by MiRaGe Thread's OP and review the changelog, you'll see there have been lots of improvements to the build including a modular kernel that is based off dalingrin's which is the base for overclocking and has the SOD patch as well. Aside from this, the signal icon/wifi bug on the latest nightly (253) is fixed as well. There's also an optional script called v6 supercharger that adds up to the total speed and ultimately reduces lags on your NC. Performance has been superb and I've been using it for almost a month. mrg666 also syncs to CM Repo if he finds anything new to add he updates it (like nightlies) and it's definitely worth it.
Tapatalkin' it from my rooted NookColor running CM7 MiRaGe [KANG] [7.2 RC] overclocked @ 1.2 GHz

Yup. Right now Mirage is the way to go. Combine it with the V6 Supercharger and you get a steady nice and mostly lagfree experience with quite everything you throw at it.

what settings to use with V6 RC9?

GB CM7 vs. ICS CM9 on Triple-boot SD

As a newbie, I can't raise this question in Development box, so I guess I'll post it here.
My NC just arrived 2 days ago and I have installed the Dualboot CM7 & CM9 by racks11479. I am an absolute newbie on Android, so I just want to know which one is better in terms of battery life and stability/compatibility.
Many thanks.

right now cm7 is because its stable, but cm9is stable for everyday use but there are some bugs, i like them both but when cm9 is complete it will be alot better then cm7, both are good on battery i cant tell the difference

It seems to me that CM9 still has some bugs (Youtube, Earth and some games don't work on my NC). And the response is a bit slower than CM7. Anybody got the same experience?

I am using samiam's CM9 nightly with v6supercharger and am very happy so far. It is stable and very usable for daily use, in my opinion. But maybe I like to live dangerously.
Sent from my CM9 NookColor using Tapatalk

I also cannot post in the Development forum. I have created the dual boot SD from racks11479. CM7 works great but in CM9 I cannot get the Gapps to work. When I click on Market nothing happens. The Gmail icon is there but when I click on it I get a message that the app is not installed.
I have re-installed the Gapps at least twice and get the same problem each time.
Any ideas?

Yup same thing
Sent from my HTC_A510c using XDA App

I had the same problem when I first installed the racks triple-boot. Hate to tell you, but the only way I got it to work was to wipe the whole card and start from scratch. 2nd install worked great, and later updates worked with a simple Gapps re-flash.

vinhattieu said:
I am an absolute newbie on Android, so I just want to know which one is better in terms of battery life and stability/compatibility.
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Like others, I'm finding CM9 preferable as a daily driver, but for all three items you specifically listed, CM7 has it beat. Well, I'm not getting force closes or anything, so I'll give CM9 stability, but no hardware video acceleration means certain apps are not going to work, and others won't work well (scratch compatibility), and I'm finding the battery drains much faster than CM7.

Looking for stable ICS ROM as daily driver

Hi guys,
I've been a longtime lurker here, and avid Android fan for sometime now every since I purchased my Nexus One. I've used CM and MiUI and all, but now am looking for a stable ICS ROM which can be used as a daily use ROM with ICS.
I'm currently on MiUI 2.3.2 (tried 2.3.9 but it seems to really be very unstable for me) which seems to work fine if not for the random reboots and errors from time to time, not to mention I can't seem to get the SD to mount when the cable's connected to my PC.
Long story short, which ROM would you guys recommend? I'd love to have CM, but since they're not supporting ICS versions for the N1, I'd have to live with others.
(if I'm just repeating earlier threads, please feel free to point me there and perhaps we can close this thread)
Thanks!

TexasIce or MeDroid
Both roms are in an alpha stage but quite stable and good enough as a daily driver for weeks now.
Medroid:
- More "Cyanogen"
- A bit faster and a bit more stable (imho)
TexasIce:
- "vanilla experience"
- Awesome kernel work

Thanks Pommes.
I was leaning towards Medroid myself, but seems like there's some controversy/drama going on there with the dev, and was wondering about the continuity of it.
As I've not blackrose-d my Nexus One, I'd assume that's something I'd have to do first, yeah? I've no need to be bleeding edge in terms of updates, but just would like to have my phone being able to update and not random reboot from performing any number of things.

Samuaz's laptop is dead and zyrex tried to sell the ROM, but Samuaz later posted the link to download it. Mods have locked all of his ICS threads, even the medroid discussion thread I created. The future of that ROm is very dim, but Timbit (and possibly Zyrex) try their best to continue its development here: http://code.google.com/p/nexusone-medroid-ics/downloads/list
dk_zero-cool is a notable developer for the HTC Bravo (Desire) and has made a very good ICS ROM for it. It seems to be based on CM9. He doesn't have a Nexus One to develop on, but since the Desire and Nexus One are practically twins, it shouldn't differ that much.
Texasice is another development god when it comes to bringing ICS for us in his/evervolv team's version. It's not stock ICS or CM9, it's their "remix" of it which looks really nice.
As far as I'm concerned, these are all daily drivers, depending on what you need for a days use of your Nexus One. If you absolutely must have a fully working camera, then none of these ROMs are daily drivers for you. If you accept that there are bugs and that the camera isn't working 100%, then all of these are daily drivers. I personally recommend either texasice's version or dk_zero-cool's version.

I saw dk zero's so smooth and working camera preview now
Sent from my ICS Nexus One

There's also MIUI ICS that's stable enough. Haven't yet flashed camera fix patch recently released upon that rom, but I heard it can fix camera preview too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479348
Sent from my Nexus One

d3adbroke said:
I saw dk zero's so smooth and working camera preview now
Sent from my ICS Nexus One
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Thanks for this feedback, trying to flash dk zero's version now, having to Blackrose my device first which mean I have to flash a non ICS version as I can't USB mount my phone.
Quite an adventure just to have to work around as I had did a full phone wipe and lost my recovery in the process, in addition to MiUI reset wipe which seemed to have hung and I had to remove the batt to get it restarted.
Just set the custom blackrose partitions and hopefully can start flashing dkZero's version with hopefully a working camera preview as you've mentioned!

MoeNeXus said:
There's also MIUI ICS that's stable enough. Haven't yet flashed camera fix patch recently released upon that rom, but I heard it can fix camera preview too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479348
Sent from my Nexus One
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Thanks for the update, however after all the issues I've had with MiUI the last week or so and then switching from 2.3.2 to 2.3.9 and having to restore back to 2.3.2 as the latter was too messed up on my device, I think I'd rather wait till there's a more advanced RC or stable version before attempting to flash it again.
Not to mention, I'd forgotten why I'd shy-ed away from MiUI in the past, too iPhone-ish of a UI (yeah a change of launcher might help, but I'll give this other ROM a try)

I've been using medroidmod daily - however the microphone isn't working anymore (for the past two days) - so I'm struggling to rebuild it.
I have so far been unable to get Bravo ICS to install. I have blackrose with 16mb cache partition, and m2sd packaged with Bravo is not redirecting it to SD no matter what i do, and 16 is not enough for ICS.
At this point i am tempted to go to CyanogenMod 7.2 - daily struggle with ICS is wearing me out.

DK's is AWESOME....best ICS for N1 and its not close.....super smooth and great battery

secondclaw said:
I've been using medroidmod daily - however the microphone isn't working anymore (for the past two days) - so I'm struggling to rebuild it.
I have so far been unable to get Bravo ICS to install. I have blackrose with 16mb cache partition, and m2sd packaged with Bravo is not redirecting it to SD no matter what i do, and 16 is not enough for ICS.
At this point i am tempted to go to CyanogenMod 7.2 - daily struggle with ICS is wearing me out.
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Of all the ICS I think texasice rom is good one as its stable but as theshawty mentioned it gives vanilla experience. DK's rom is more inclined to CM9 and its just cool. Got into bootloop initially but after tweaking settings in memory management, I dont get any reboots. Battery is good and rom is smooth. You can try dk IMHO.

If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.

Ive used both medroid and bravo, I think medroid 1.4.2 was very stable with alot of customization, I didn't personally have problems with the mic but I know others did, and Ive also used Bravo so far it has been fantastic for me so far, the dev behind it aswell is very responsive and gets things fixed quickly, the only draw back is the lack of customization between bravo and medroid, I just feel like i'm missing 80% of the options and tweeks i'm able to do with bravo.

Androidity3000 said:
If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.
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Well, texasice's ICS and dk's are surprisingly stable.

Medroid 1.44 is smoth and stable. It already includes the last camera fix and a few other updates.

Non-HWA ICS Roms where always stable for me.
On HWA Roms I always had sleep of dead issues(phone freezing a few times a day), but I'm running Medroid 1.4.3(with camera preview fix flashed) now for a few days without problems.
HWA uses a lot of memory, so that could be a problem in the long run.

Androidity3000 said:
If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.
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Well, I was on CM7.1 for what seems like an eternity (used to switch ROMs quite frequently at one point) but figured its time to test drive some ICS stuff and as long as it isn't constantly random rebooting, and crashing. Its stable enough for me!
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DK's rom is more inclined to CM9 and its just cool. Got into bootloop initially but after tweaking settings in memory management, I dont get any reboots. Battery is good and rom is smooth. You can try dk IMHO.
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yeah, trying to get dk's ROM installed on my N1, just having to work through some issues I'm facing which is messing up with the install.

You should use 4ext, then you don't have any install problems.
Bud I had problem s after recover all my apps. Only dalvik and cache wipe has cleard this problems (endless boot without cache wipe?!)
BCM is very smoth but without the stock email app (i need exchange for my job) it is not realy usable. After install it (stok email app, not gmail), i had a huge battery drain. Charge via USB was not possible (whats wrong!!!), battery is discharging...
Then I went back to medroid 1.44. Medroid is not so smoth like BCM (why not???) but with Nova Louncher (not with stock) it runs very well. The best ist ScreenState works realy but you have for both cases set the CPU governor to SMARTASSV2 (or onother stats but whitout ondemand, that is very bad)
BCm is very very smoth, like CM7, but batterie drain on my phone was frightening!
An other problem is wlan, higher than channel 11 seems not to work (i had test channel 12 to 13, channel 9 does not work also, all othed channels are busy)
PS. I have unfortunately not possible to post in the corresponding post.

bin12345 said:
You should use 4ext, then you don't have any install problems.
Bud I had problem s after recover all my apps. Only dalvik and cache wipe has cleard this problems (endless boot without cache wipe?!)
BCM is very smoth but without the stock email app (i need exchange for my job) it is not realy usable. After install it (stok email app, not gmail), i had a huge battery drain. Charge via USB was not possible (whats wrong!!!), battery is discharging...
Then I went back to medroid 1.44. Medroid is not so smoth like BCM (why not???) but with Nova Louncher (not with stock) it runs very well. The best ist ScreenState works realy but you have for both cases set the CPU governor to SMARTASSV2 (or onother stats but whitout ondemand, that is very bad)
BCm is very very smoth, like CM7, but batterie drain on my phone was frightening!
An other problem is wlan, higher than channel 11 seems not to work (i had test channel 12 to 13, channel 9 does not work also, all othed channels are busy)
PS. I have unfortunately not possible to post in the corresponding post.
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There is a fix for battery drain in BCM ROM. Review this post for a file FOTA kill http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23951371&postcount=202

TexasICE's ICS ROM is the most stable, there is a camera patch floating around. You may flash both of them and enjoy ICS without missing any feature.

[Q] cm9 nightlys...

so i am currently running cm7... and around a month ago... i tried cm9 sneekpeak 2... it did not seem stable enough for me so i went back to cm7... i haven't flashed in a while and i was wondering which of the cm9 nightlys is the most stable at this point and what are the changes made from the sneekpeek 2.... thanks in advance

CM9 is much better now. There is too much to list but you should give it another try. There are two versions, with openGL and without. With allows you to run flash and video that doesn't work on without but the without version is a little more stable and snappy.
Biggest missing item in either build is the ability to run Netflix. If that is important you might want to stick with CM7 a little longer.
JP

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CM9 is much better now. There is too much to list but you should give it another try. There are two versions, with openGL and without. With allows you to run flash and video that doesn't work on without but the without version is a little more stable and snappy.
Biggest missing item in either build is the ability to run Netflix. If that is important you might want to stick with CM7 a little longer.
JP
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kk... flashing the most current nightly as we speak... but what is so special about integrating Netflix??? doesn't it work like all other apps???

CM9 on NC has improved drastically since those fullofbugs builds FatTire did. Video is still hit and miss because of the lack of hardware acceleration. I know MX Player can process vids through S/W, but don't expect HD.

I recommend you to downgrade CM7 or dual cm7+cm9. Is because cm9 is incomplete/beta and your probably new. You might also want to watch video...so on. CM7 should would be better. But CM9 does not the newer look and faster response. Use the search function in NC forum to find more comparison. There plenty.
I am running cm7 due to hd/video playback and other apps. cm7 is a tad more stable.

I am using the latest non-opengl nightly and the speed and performance equals my previous cm7.2 install.

Thanks
Thank you for all the responses... as of now... i am running the cm9 nightly from two days ago.... my nook does do random restarts and crashes here and there but i am more of a see what this thing can do type of person... i don't play games much and i rarely play videos... i use the browser alot... i just like to play around with different tweaks i find online though i am not a developer (im trying to learn to code [python] at home and then next year i will be working on java in school [im 15]... anyways thanks for all the responses and i am sticking to cm9....

[Q] Most stable and fastest ROM (at the end of Dec 2012) -- is...?

Dear everyone here,
I'm a newbie and bit of a n00b here.
My goal: I have Nook Color and want to put a stable ROM on it. It would be great if it can be stable, fast and Jelly Bean (CM10)!
I know the last official stable CM ROM is 7.2, Gingerbread. Didn't try it on Nook, yet.
I was following this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941247 and tried CM10 nighty (ver. 11. Dec 2012). This was my first Nook Color ROM ever. Everything I've tried was ok, but it's very slow and I can't really use it. Are there any ROMs that are faster, with no leg?
So, please guys, who have tried different ROMs, please suggest me a good working (stable) and fast (no lag). CM10 would be great, if not please feel free to suggest (with a link provided).
Otherwise, I would try CM 7.2, which is a "phone" OS, not that suitable for tablets.
Thanks a lot!

you have to remember that the hardware you have only has a stock, single core 800mhz processor. you wont get any smoother than the latest nightly. i suggest that you do a clean flash of the latest nightly and then go to settings>performance>processor and set your cpu governor to performance and set the max frequency to 1100mhz
you have to remember that this is hardware from late 2010, two year old hardware, it performes well, but it cant compete with the nexus devices.

That Baker Guy said:
you have to remember that the hardware you have only has a stock, single core 800mhz processor. you wont get any smoother than the latest nightly. i suggest that you do a clean flash of the latest nightly and then go to settings>performance>processor and set your cpu governor to performance and set the max frequency to 1100mhz
you have to remember that this is hardware from late 2010, two year old hardware, it performes well, but it cant compete with the nexus devices.
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Hello and thanks for your kind reply!
I've done what you suggested: CPU was already set to 1GHz in CM10, I've set it to 1100MHz and changed "on demand" to "performance". Not faster. Or not fast enough. I din't download another CM10 nightly since the one I'm using is just 3 days old.
I'm fully aware Nook Color is outdated in today's fast digital world. However, I'm disappointed it can't go any smoother since this is really to slow and even frustrating (waiting, click, waiting). What's the point of using CM10 if one can not really use it? CM10 nightly's general respond to basic operations (menus, settings) has a lag. Do the others report the same? What with the other CM10 ROMs, like Paranoid Android?
Would it be much better if I would switch to CM7.2 instead of CM10?
I also have ZTE Blade 2010. phone (600MHz stock single core CPU, OC to 800MHz) that works great on CM 7.2. Smooth and stable.
Once again, I didn't try CM7.2 for Nook Color, maybe it would work just as smooth as on Blade.
For the record, Blade and Nook Color almost have the same AnTuTu bench score (Nook is a bit better).
Please note I was using (testing) simple apps on Nook (not games or anything "heavy"):
- Opera Mini browser, News reading apps, ES File Explorer, etc -- works fine.
- Google Maps also works okay, no lag.
- YouTube is slow, it takes ages to swap from portrait to landscape when Nook is rotated. When finally starts playing it goes smooth even in HD.
- Chrome is a killer! Takes ages to load and is not usable.
All these apps, besides Chrome (requires Android 4) work just fine on my ancient ZTE Blade! :good:
I ask all of this since I saw posts on XDA regarding ICS and JB on NC saying "I'm totally thrilled with this version. Haven't had a bug at all, bluetooth functionality is flawless, and it's even faster than the stock software." I'd like the same!
Any hints now? Again, thanks a lot!

The fastest and smoothest ROM you'll find right now for your nook is going to be (mirage cm7.2).
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium

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The fastest and smoothest ROM you'll find right now for your nook is going to be (mirage cm7.2).
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium
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Especially if it is installed on the EMMC, and not running off of an SD Card.

My NC CM10 ROM is installed on EEMC, not SD. Should I forget about speed and smoothness on ANY CM9 and CM10 and go back to a phone OS on a tablet, CM7.2, as suggested?
Should I consider ICS instead JB hoping to get a better result? CM9 instead of CM10?
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk 2

I would forget about cm9, and cm10 is still in the works(but making progress). So if your looking for the most stable and smooth ROM, I would go with MiRaGe cm7.2, at least until cm10 has got a stable ROM. Those guys have tweeked that mirage ROM to the point of perfection.lol
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium

Thank you very much! I'll do that.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk 2

Just try the various ones and see what suits your needs the best. Everyone has differing opinions of the various ROMs based on their particular hardware, setups, expectations, experience and the particular apps used.
Only you can decide. It is easy to give them all a try. CM10 and Paranoid Android will perform similarly since PA is based on CM10.. so you don;t have to try both to get a performance feel.

This was in the CM 10 general thread:
soobah said:
Thanks to several people on these forums I now have the Nook color running CM10 fairly responsively, to the point where it doesn't feel all that different to the Nexus7. Huge kudos to the devs on that!
I hope these steps can help others get theirs in the same state. I am using EMMC boot. YMMV so do a backup first.
Firstly, I was having trouble with FC and really bad performance, I traced the issue to something installed on the SDcard (didn't happen if booting with SDcard removed), so I wiped the SDcard, problem fixed.
When installing via clockworkmod (3.2.0.1), I wiped data (aka factory reset), wiped cache partition, (under advanced) wiped dalvik cache. I did not do fix permissions but some suggest that also helped them, pretty sure you need to do that after install though and I've not gotten around to a reboot yet)
1. Settings->performance->interactive
This seems to be the biggest improvement overall. I am wildly speculating that the nook is too laggy at adjusting clock speed in 'on demand' and that is where a fair bit of the sluggishness comes from. I did run with 'Performance' for a while and that is better, and interstingly I didn't find the battery life too bad at all really, so that could be an option for some (I do turn off wifi when not using and that helps heaps with battery).
2. Settings->Performance->I/O scheduler->BFQ (YMMV but worth playing with)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22134559&postcount=4
3. System Tuner app from the Play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccc71.pmw
Tweaks->Sysctl->Recommended
OOM (scroll right past memory top line)->Presets->aggressive
I'm on the Nov13 build atm, not feeling like I need to try any later nightly but I might for interest.
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It makes the nook run much faster and it has a much better user interface than CM 7
Also run the unofficial build that has a few tweaks that make the nook seem faster with GPU intensive tasks.

i still think the cm10 rom, while experimental, is still the best rom, cm7.2 is old software, it was good at the time, but android4. and 4.1 have alot of enhancements as far as speed, but try 7.2 and compare it. the only person that can tell you what the best rom is, is you.

That Baker Guy said:
i still think the cm10 rom, while experimental, is still the best rom, cm7.2 is old software, it was good at the time, but android4. and 4.1 have alot of enhancements as far as speed, but try 7.2 and compare it. the only person that can tell you what the best rom is, is you.
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Thank you, as always!
CM10 might be the best ROM on the paper, due to JB's enchantments over GB. However, this particular CM10 is just slow on NC. Basic use, like navigating through system options, settings, menus -- has a lag (w/o any apps). All the time, every time. I must say I didn't try last power settings your recommended on the previous page, since I gave a try to CM 7.2 (Mirage).
CM 7.2 makes NC responsive and fast. (It won't play HD videos in YouTube, only "normal", that's the only thing I noticed so far.)
Regarding CM10, I can give it a try once again if/when becomes faster. Do you think the power settings you gave me most recently would really boost it? I can flash it again. Or CM9 (ICS), I'm following that one as well. Until then, I don't think it's the matter of choice. After all, we all have the same HW here (even though two versions of NC have some differences, but not in speed).
Lastly, I'm a newbie and I can be very wrong.

I have tested all of them, also various nightlies.And although CM10 looks prettier and have better "menu" options (no need to mount sd card when connecting to PC for example), 7.2 is still the fastest rom on Nook Color.

owim said:
Thank you, as always!
Regarding CM10, I can give it a try once again if/when becomes faster. Do you think the power settings you gave me most recently would really boost it? I can flash it again. Or CM9 (ICS), I'm following that one as well. Until then, I don't think it's the matter of choice. After all, we all have the same HW here (even though two versions of NC have some differences, but not in speed).
Lastly, I'm a newbie and I can be very wrong.
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The power settings definitely make a difference.. whether they would make it better for your use is something nly you can decide. Try them.

Nikola_r said:
I have tested all of them, also various nightlies.And although CM10 looks prettier and have better "menu" options (no need to mount sd card when connecting to PC for example), 7.2 is still the fastest rom on Nook Color.
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Thanks for your reply! Great you've tested more ROMs so you're experienced with different versions, their benefits and problems.
Right now, I'm on CM 7.2 (Mirage) and like it, fast and smooth enough.
- What do you think about HoneyComb (Android 3) for Nook? If not, than only HC theme would be enough.
- Have you tried power options settings regarding CM10, discussed in this thread?
- What other ROMs except CM 7.2 (Mirage) are worth of exploring? CM9 nightly?
- How about making a dual boot, so I would have a working CM 7.2 on one, and experimental ROMs on second boot (CM9, CM10). Is that safe? Should I be aware of possible issues? I've never done this, but I saw a thread on that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17834691
Thanks a lot!

Also give v6 Supercharger a try for all ROMs. And, SD Speed Increase with a 2048 heap if you are on 7.2.

owim said:
Thank you, as always!
CM10 might be the best ROM on the paper, due to JB's enchantments over GB. However, this particular CM10 is just slow on NC. Basic use, like navigating through system options, settings, menus -- has a lag (w/o any apps). All the time, every time. I must say I didn't try last power settings your recommended on the previous page, since I gave a try to CM 7.2 (Mirage).
CM 7.2 makes NC responsive and fast. (It won't play HD videos in YouTube, only "normal", that's the only thing I noticed so far.)
Regarding CM10, I can give it a try once again if/when becomes faster. Do you think the power settings you gave me most recently would really boost it? I can flash it again. Or CM9 (ICS), I'm following that one as well. Until then, I don't think it's the matter of choice. After all, we all have the same HW here (even though two versions of NC have some differences, but not in speed).
Lastly, I'm a newbie and I can be very wrong.
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there were some tweaks in the thread (don't ask I cannot remember where...) that helped make CM10 very usable. Before that I was using MC-ROM...

For me it is a toss-up: either CM10-12/17/12 nightlie or stock B&N 1.4.3, rooted with ManualNooter 5.8.20.
I believe stock/MN is much faster and more reliable.
CM10 is feature rich, slighly slower, and the mail app is far better than stock B&N.
Hey, do both on emmc.
Install MN by following the instructions in the OP here.
Setup your NC for dual boot by following the instructions here.
And Install CM10 12/17/12 and the correct Gapps.
Personally, my NC has stock B&N 1.4.3 rooted with ManualNooter 5.8.20 on the alternate emmc partition and CM 10-nightlie 12/17/12 on primary. Then I can share the uSD card for data.

bluepen61 said:
For me it is a toss-up: either CM10-12/17/12 nightlie or stock B&N 1.4.3, rooted with ManualNooter 5.8.20.
I believe stock/MN is much faster and more reliable.
CM10 is feature rich, slighly slower, and the mail app is far better than stock B&N.
Hey, do both on emmc.
Install MN by following the instructions in the OP here.
Setup your NC for dual boot by following the instructions here.
And Install CM10 12/17/12 and the correct Gapps.
Personally, my NC has stock B&N 1.4.3 rooted with ManualNooter 5.8.20 on the alternate emmc partition and CM 10-nightlie 12/17/12 on primary. Then I can share the uSD card for data.
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Did you see my post to you about CWM not being available on the CM10 thread? I think I have the solution for your problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
Did you see my post to you about CWM not being available on the CM10 thread? I think I have the solution for your problem.
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No. I I missed it. Which CM 10 thread? I have been following the CM 10 nightlife thread.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium