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OK, just picked up the Nook Color last night. It's v1.2.0 in its settings, and apparently a blue-dot version (since it only has 1.0 GB free space in its settings panel).
I picked this up because I wanted to make it a low-end cost-effective android tablet.
I'm already getting a bit confused with all the stuff flying around - I read some post that says you don't need to root these things, that you just format/flash right over the existing - more posts talking about how its next to impossible to brick these, other posts talking about bootable SDs, and some other posts talking about ManualNooter for rooting. THen I happened to stumble onto the whole "blue-dot" business.
My questions are fairly simple. I want a low-end android tablet that I can get stuff from the Market (or side-load) and play Netflix videos. I have a 4GB SD card in it now, that's free and empty that I can use to make flashable bootable whatnots.
Do I root? Do I repartition this blue-dot business first? Can some people chime in with exactly what I should be doing? I see things about rooting, I see things about bootable CWM SD cards, (different sizes for different SD cards, but golly if you're blue-dot, get the 1GB eyeballer somethingorother) and it's getting a bit much.
I have an Evo 4G that I've rooted and flashed ROMs, and know my way around CWM for that. I'm not a total noob to this.
I just want to make sure I have my ducks in a row. If I don't need to root, why is there manualNooter? I guess I'd just like to get an android OS going on there (CM7?) that will let me play netflix and get market apps and such. What's the shortest/easiest path to this, and should I repartition first?
edit: as a follow up - can I just install CM7 onto an SD card and always boot from that? Do I have to mess at all with NC's internal business? That would be handier, I think - if possible. I just read that it looks possible in the comments here:
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/8553/

In reading this:
http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-pick-your-nook-color-operating-system-and-install-options/
I think I want to go the OS on SD-Card option. It protects the warranty, and I can keep it "safe" for now.

Wifflepig said:
In reading this:
http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-pick-your-nook-color-operating-system-and-install-options/
I think I want to go the OS on SD-Card option. It protects the warranty, and I can keep it "safe" for now.
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If that's your decision, which is the same one I made, this is what I learned here:
-The MicroSD card itself can make running android a wonderful experience, or a torurous nightmare of force close issues on everything. All cards are not made equal. You probably want a SanDisk brand card, test your card with Crystal Disk Mark, and read Here and Here for more information on that part of it.
-I am running this Phiremod 6.2 image, dualboot between phiremod and honeycomb. You can just run it by default on the more stable phiremod without ever going into honeycomb if you want. I haven't updated it to phiremod 6.3 yet as the thread gives you the option for, 6.2 runs very well.
A rock solid package that works fantastically well, make sure to thank the people who made it if you like it - you can tell it's a labor of love by how nice it is.
Also, make sure that the battery is charged all the way to full the first time you put your custom SD card in.
To make the custom card:
-put it in your computer, fresh format if possible/necessary
-use WinImage to burn the image to the MicroSD card.
-use EASEUS partition software to extend the /sdcard partition to use the rest of the unallocated space on your MicroSD card.
...and that's really all there is to it. It can get confusing out there with so many options and configuration choices.
You may end up deciding that you like something better, but for a "no strings attached" look at android on the Nook color the image and tools I just linked are a good place to start.
Besides preserving your stock Nook color as-is, running from the sdcard lets you have a couple of different cards with different installs, and swapping between them is as easy as turning the Nook off and then back on again.
While the Nook is booted to it's stock configuration, you can plug it into your computer and transfer whatever you want drag and drop style into the internal memory of the device. When you reboot the Nook into your android sdcard install, you can use a file manager to browse to it and use it. No hassle pictures, music and etc... transfer to your android device.
The google market app "dual file manager" by medieval software is free and great for running back and forth between the internal and sdcard memory.
Also, for an sdcard install, get the google market app "sd speed increase" by diego stamigni. It absolutely makes a noticable difference in running android from the sdcard.
Two last app recommendations are both paid google market apps, but:
The "nook color power button" by otis8 provides you with an on-screen icon that emulates the hardware power button on the side of your nook. I have a case that covers mine, and a lot of searching led to this answer. You may or may not need it, but if you do this is the right answer.
"thumb keyboard" by beansoft, has completely changed my Nook experience in ways I didn't realize needed changing until I used it. The split keyboard makes thumb typing so much easier. The arrow keys I always seem to need were why I wanted a new keyboard, but with the customizable buttons and layout options available through this app...it was worth every last penny spent on it.
Every time I type something on the Nook, I am so glad I got this keyboard.
That should be enough to get you started, just make sure that if you install the image I reference above:
-After it boots into android the first time, let it sit and don't touch it for about 5 minutes. The first time it runs, it has to configure itself on the sdcard, which you don't see happening on the screen. A little bit fo patience this one time can eliminate some possible problems in the future.
-Log into and activate the google market from the app icon on the home screen first. If you delete this icon from the home screen, you may lose market on this install and have to either do something funky to get it back, or re-image the sdcard.
There is so much great information here, I was amazed and overwhelmed when I first started looking into it. This place has taught me so much in so little time - I love it here.
ETA:
One last thing is, I don't know anything about blue dot, i've only seen it in passing. My nook is updated to 1.2 stock. You should be ok, but make sure to read the thread of the image you download to make sure.
...and... by keeping your stock nook, you don't have a problem that others might. If using windows, an imaged sdcard can't be just formatted back to it's full capacity. Windows only reads the first small partition as the whole card.
If you boot the nook into it's stock software, and then insert the sdcard, the stock nook will let you format it right back to it's standard capacity and remove all the custom partitions on it.
Then all you have to do is pop the card out, put it in your computer, and burn a new image to it.

Apps on SD Card Sometimes Disappear

I'm having an intermittent problem where the apps which have been moved to the SD card often (but not always) disappear. They do not show up on my launcher (ADW) and I am also unable to install or update any apps. I haven't seen anyone else reporting a similar problem, but the weird thing is that the same thing happens on my daughter's Epic. Here's what I do know:
1. This only happens with Froyo ROMs. It was happening on my phone with SFR 1.1. I installed a Gingerbread ROM (Swiss Cheese Samsprint) and it went away. However, my daughter is on stock (but rooted) EC05 and the same thing is happening with her phone. Additionally, I installed Urban Inception (a GB ROM) and did not have the problem. But I missed the speed of the custom kernels, so I returned my phone to Froyo (this time SFR 1.2) and the problem is again recurring. So, it seems to be 2.2-specific.
2. I have used Odin to return to stock several times, that has not resolved the problem.
3. I have formatted my SD card (once using Windows and again using the format option on my phone) and that has had no effect.
4. When I boot my phone, the apps on the SD card do not show up in the app drawer. After a few minutes, they often appear, but not always. Again this is true on both my daughter's phone and mine, but only with a Froyo ROM.
5. The phone will usually get through two or maybe three new app installs or updates, then all the rest will fail until I reboot. Again, this occurs on both my and my daughter's phones, and only with Froyo. It doesn't matter if these are market apps or Amazon appstore apps. Once one update or install fails, nothing else will install or update until I reboot the phone.
I suppose I could solve my problem by going with GB, but those ROMs are so much slower than the Froyo ones with custom kernels. Also, I like my daughter being as stock as possible, because she won't mess with her phone and can't always give it to me to fix. I doubt it's a hardware issue because we both have it. But, it also doesn't appear to be a ROM issue, since we have different ROMs. Since it's obviously not common, it must be related to either an app we have installed or something strange that I have done (though her phone has nothing done to it but the one-click CWM 3.0.0.5/6).
Anyone have any ideas for me? I suppose my issue will resolve once we have official GB and custom kernels start appearing for it, but I thought it was very strange that I have two phones that both exhibit a problem that nobody else seems to have.
Thanks for reading all this.

This had been happening to me for a while too. I don't have as many apps anymore and keep it all in the phone and noticed better battery life but still want to be able to use apps2sd
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Stock sd's?
cd's or tapes?

schnowdapowda said:
Stock sd's?
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Yes, on both phones.

I just noticed this yesterday. I saw Angry Birds had updated but I didn't get notified in my market. The app was still in my launcher though. Don't know if it matters but I hadn't played it in a long time.
Reinstalling worked and didn't lose any data.
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I've had this problem too on the MidnightRom v5.2. It's especially annoying when my kids want to play Angry Birds and they are all installed to the SD card. I have "fixed" the apps not showing up in the App drawer by creating shortcuts on one of my home screens to the apps I have on the SD card. When the apps don't show up in the App drawer, the icon on the home screen looks like a generic "Android installed app". The apps I have on the SD card are: apps that came with my Rom (Video Editor), Apps installed from the Market and Apps installed from the Amazon App store.
*I've noticed* it's more common the icons don't show up in the App drawer or have the wrong icon if I unlock my phone before it completely boots (finishes the Scanning Media twice in the status bar).
edonnelly- if you are "missing" an App, try creating a shortcut for it to see if it's in the Applications list. That way at least you can launch it if you reboot and the app isn't showing up in the app drawer.
schnowdapowda- I'm also using my stock 16gb Samsung microSD card, and I've also formatted it with the same results.

Fast Boot option may be the culprit
This is actually a long-standing problem in Android OS, going back at least two years (donkey's years in this technology!)
Something about the interaction of the OS and an sdcard formated for holding apps creates odd behaviours.
Lots of complicated suggestions have been made, including reformatting sdcard, reinstalling ROMs, changing launchers (the one suggested here) and such.
None of these approaches seems really to solve the problem even in most cases.
What seems to be working for me (at least for the last week or so) is the following very simple tweak.
CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report anything further on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873670
(I am copying this post to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only there. This is a bit arbitrary (especially now that the chosen thread no longer is the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:

Xperia Play Slow :(

I've recently noticed my phone is becoming sluggish and slow. Lockscreen isn't 'fast' (wake up and slide,slider just sits there). There's a 2 second delay when I hit the home button or sleep/wake button before the screen shows anything.
When opening/exiting apps,it takes a couple of seconds,sometimes it gives a black blank screen.
Any one know of any fixes?

What exactly have you done with your phone?
Clearing your cache is something someone will recommend, so ill go ahead and tell you to try wiping your cache.
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Well recently I frozen a couple of apps(couple of google syncs stuff I don't use),service menu,street view,tts service,the 4 verify certificate dummy apps <-- are these save to freeze?
That's all I can think of.

choose carefully which ones but with titanium I did an uninstall instead of freeze and my device runs much faster.
If simple tweaks don't work a fresh start will. You could always do a security wipe. worse case yet re flash device with flashtool. anyhow make backups with clockwork mod as you get it where you want it.

I took all my apps off the system and put them on my SD card.
HOWEVER their data remains, you should use sd maid from the market and clean your phone. Despite it's name, it cleans more than the SD card and it has a nice and easy ui!
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[Q] Need some questions answered before I root my nook

Just got a nook color last night and been looking at websites and downloading books with no sleep so bear with me.
I found this screenshot and would love to get my nook to look kind of like it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860404&page=39
(msgnyc picture "Do Not Panic")
My main areas of interest in rooting is 2 major things
1. What size SD card do I need to root, jailbreak or whatever the hell you want to call it. I currently have a 4GB in, but everyone I see says they are using 8+.
2. I really want this feature and is the main selling point of me rooting. I want to be able to create folders on my main screen with an authors name and possibly a picture that will open up to all my books from that author. I have downloaded almost all my books that I currently own in epub format so I want to make sure I have access to them.
If anyone can help answer these questions it would be very helpful, and also point to the simplest (and I mean books for dummies guide) on how to get my nook to look like that picture would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to sleep now.

Well found this forum post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
Would this be my best bet for rooting a nook color version 1.4.1?
If so, then I just need help with my main questions and where to get those apps and how to put them on my nook.
Thanks again

That's an ok place to start. All of the information and files you need to do this are either in the thread already or it will link to other threads or posts that have what you need.
Basically, you just got a LOT of reading to do before you will get to where you want. It's really worth it IMO. You will learn alot that you may use later while trying to get started, but it's a great time.
I have read hundreds of posts and learn quite a bit I didn't know while only trying to figure out one thing to do. I love it.
Best regards.

Benzoman said:
That's an ok place to start. All of the information and files you need to do this are either in the thread already or it will link to other threads or posts that have what you need.
Basically, you just got a LOT of reading to do before you will get to where you want. It's really worth it IMO. You will learn alot that you may use later while trying to get started, but it's a great time.
I have read hundreds of posts and learn quite a bit I didn't know while only trying to figure out one thing to do. I love it.
Best regards.
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I'll give it a go when I have more sleep, I'm just afraid I'll totally ruin this new toy and just wish companies would stop putting limitations on their hardware.

If you root and use cm7 off an sd card you have no worries. You can take out the card and go back to normal.
Search bootable sd card in here. Pretty simple, although you may not go back. I did that for a while, then just did it to the internal memory as I have no plans to go back to stock, even then it's not too hard if I really needed to.
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No worries even if you decide to root your Nook w CM7 and use the card for storage. There are several locations here that will tell you how to get back to stock. You can not brick your new Nook.
Several good ereader apps available. I suggest either Alkido or the Nook app. Both work great for me.
Running Nook Color CM7 Nightly 253m on either root or SDcard, depending on the day and my mood.

If you just want to create a bootable uSD so that you can root your NC, 1GB card is enough.
If you want to install new ROM and running it from the uSD card, then 32GB is max, normally minus 2GB (reserved for system and data), the rest is for your own use.
I have never rooted my NC so I can't help.
I only played the NC with stock ROM for 2 days after I bought it then installing CM7 ROM on, so I don't remember anything about stock ROM and what it offers you.
As for creating a folder with possible picture on the main screen, I don't know it can be done or not.

It's always good to read as many posts as you can, but sometimes it feels like established users aren't just sending you looking for a needle in a haystack, they're actually holding the needle and telling you to look in the haystack anyway. I'll tell you what worked for me. It turns out to be a 10 minute process (at most) once you know the steps. I started with a Nook Color running stock 1.4.1.
1. Get an SD card 1GB or greater.
2. Install Image Writer for Windows (https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer)
3. Install CWM (Clockwork Mod) image to your SD card using Image Writer for Windows, per the instructions in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987735
4. Copy the Manual Nooter version 5.12.20 zip file to the SD card, obtain the zip from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20456719&postcount=1631 that is on page 164 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20456719
5. Shut your Nook Color off by holding the power button until the screen asks if you want to power it off.
6. Insert your CWM SD card into your Nook Color.
7. Hold the power button until the Nook Color starts to boot. (screen flashes)
8. Nook Color will boot into CWM. Use the volume keys to move down to "Install zip" (or something close to that) Press the "N" key on the Nook Color to select the option.
9. Select the option to "Choose zip", then select the MN 5.12.20 zip that you got from the Manual Nooter thread.
10. CWM does it's thing. Turn off when done. Remove SDcard. Boot. Done!
Obviously, this is just what worked for me. If it doesn't work, you'll have to go further down the rabbit hole to find out why. (read more of the linked threads)
I hope that makes the decision to root a little easier.

Reige1 said:
[...] I found this screenshot and would love to get my nook to look kind of like it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860404&page=39
(msgnyc picture "Do Not Panic")
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You clearly have good taste in books. That looks like a rooted B&N pre-1.4.1 install running an alternate launcher with a pretty wallpaper applied.
My main areas of interest in rooting is 2 major things
1. What size SD card do I need to root, jailbreak or whatever the hell you want to call it. I currently have a 4GB in, but everyone I see says they are using 8+.
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To actually root, you don't need anything larger. However, you might want a larger SD for other functions (more below).
2. I really want this feature and is the main selling point of me rooting. I want to be able to create folders on my main screen with an authors name and possibly a picture that will open up to all my books from that author. I have downloaded almost all my books that I currently own in epub format so I want to make sure I have access to them.
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That is likely to be a challenge. I'm not aware of anything that will put this on your homescreen. The B&N launcher on the B&N firmware will let you put books on your homescreen, but nothing sorted like you're talking about. B&N firmware does have the shelves feature, and the Library will sort by author, but it doesn't show on your home screen. Other readers such as Aldiko do have a nice shelf display that you can sort various ways, but in my testing, the closest you can get is to use Aldiko or Mantano reader to put a shortcut to a single book on your homescreen. Unfortunately, it's very very tiny. You'll also only be able to do this on a non-B&N launcher home screen, so you lose the Today bar and pretty book covers all over the screen that B&N provides.
I've done a brain dump on my experiences with rooting B&N 1.4.1 that might help with some other decision points. Rooting is only the start of the adventure. There are a lot of customization options you'll want to consider as well.
BE AWARE that rooting B&N firmware is altogether different than installing CyanogenMod to eMMC. The "[GUIDE] Install CM7.1 or 7.2 + Clockworkmod to EMMC - ALL NOOKS! (Updated:1/5/12" guide you linked to is excellent, but will OVERWRITE your B&N firmware with alternate firmware (CyanogenMod). Not a bad thing, but it may not be what you want. Before doing that, I'd suggest creating a bootable SD card with CyanogenMod that you can use for a test drive before committing to getting rid of the B&N firmware. This way, you can test out CM to your heart's content, but still leave the B&N firmware on internal eMMC memory. THIS is why you might want a larger SD card. It will be used by the CM when you boot it.
As other have noted, even if you zap the B&N firmware, you can get back, so don't panic. Just be aware of the differences between B&N firmware and whatever else you load up. I tried to highlight those in my summary, so I hope it's useful.

bobstro said:
You clearly have good taste in books. That looks like a rooted B&N pre-1.4.1 install running an alternate launcher with a pretty wallpaper applied.To actually root, you don't need anything larger. However, you might want a larger SD for other functions (more below).That is likely to be a challenge. I'm not aware of anything that will put this on your homescreen. The B&N launcher on the B&N firmware will let you put books on your homescreen, but nothing sorted like you're talking about. B&N firmware does have the shelves feature, and the Library will sort by author, but it doesn't show on your home screen. Other readers such as Aldiko do have a nice shelf display that you can sort various ways, but in my testing, the closest you can get is to use Aldiko or Mantano reader to put a shortcut to a single book on your homescreen. Unfortunately, it's very very tiny. You'll also only be able to do this on a non-B&N launcher home screen, so you lose the Today bar and pretty book covers all over the screen that B&N provides.
I've done a brain dump on my experiences with rooting B&N 1.4.1 that might help with some other decision points. Rooting is only the start of the adventure. There are a lot of customization options you'll want to consider as well.
BE AWARE that rooting B&N firmware is altogether different than installing CyanogenMod to eMMC. The "[GUIDE] Install CM7.1 or 7.2 + Clockworkmod to EMMC - ALL NOOKS! (Updated:1/5/12" guide you linked to is excellent, but will OVERWRITE your B&N firmware with alternate firmware (CyanogenMod). Not a bad thing, but it may not be what you want. Before doing that, I'd suggest creating a bootable SD card with CyanogenMod that you can use for a test drive before committing to getting rid of the B&N firmware. This way, you can test out CM to your heart's content, but still leave the B&N firmware on internal eMMC memory. THIS is why you might want a larger SD card. It will be used by the CM when you boot it.
As other have noted, even if you zap the B&N firmware, you can get back, so don't panic. Just be aware of the differences between B&N firmware and whatever else you load up. I tried to highlight those in my summary, so I hope it's useful.
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To be honest, I could care less about the today bar or anything else that comes stock with the Nook. I just want to be able to read my books that are in a nice organized fashion (which I found out you can't do with stock), play on the internet and use netflix. I also want the WiFi, screen brightness and battery indicator.
Another thing that pissed me off was I updated to 1.4.1 and it added the white bar at the bottom of the screen and you can not remove it (today bar I think?) I WANT THAT GONE!!!!

>>>>>>> +1 Aldiko

Reige1 said:
To be honest, I could care less about the today bar or anything else that comes stock with the Nook. I just want to be able to read my books that are in a nice organized fashion (which I found out you can't do with stock), play on the internet and use netflix. I also want the WiFi, screen brightness and battery indicator.
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In that case, rooting 1.4.1 is just extra effort. Proceed with the instructions to run CyanogenMod (recommend the CM 7.2 RC0 Mirage build found here on XDA.
Another thing that pissed me off was I updated to 1.4.1 and it added the white bar at the bottom of the screen and you can not remove it (today bar I think?) I WANT THAT GONE!!!!
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That white bar fills in with cover images from recent book you read from your library, and new issues of magazines and newspapers you subscribe to. If you don't subscribe to anything and generally don't care about B&N, just flash over it all.
As mentioned, Aldiko is a great reader. I'd suggest also checking out Mantano ($) if you don't mind spending a few bucks for a better PDF reader (IMO). Mantano provides more options for cataloging your books. I have had it crash the database with 500+ books, though, so do regular backups.
Unfortunately, I've yet to find anything that focuses on books for the home screen, other than the shortcut-to-single-book I mentioned before.

I've got an answer for the problem of creating author folders on the desktop. First you need to install ADW EX Launcher ($$). I don't know if you can do it in ADW free. Anyway, long-press on the desktop and select Shortcuts. Then choose your file manager. Now navigate to your books and select one. This should put a shortcut to that book on your desktop. Repeat as needed until you have all the books from one author. Now drag them into a stack, one on top of another. ADW will automatically create a folder that contains all the shortcuts in the stack. Now long-press on the folder/pile and select Edit. This will give you the option to rename the folder and if you touch the folder icon to the left of the label entry line it will let you add a custom icon for the folder.
There's also a free app called Folder Organizer that can do something like this. If you don't want to buy ADW EX and can't get ADW free to work you might give it a try. Just remember that you create shortcuts to your books by creating a shortcut to the file manager and going from there. Good luck!
And since everyone else is giving their favorite reader, Cool Reader FTW!

CobyHoff said:
It's always good to read as many posts as you can, but sometimes it feels like established users aren't just sending you looking for a needle in a haystack, they're actually holding the needle and telling you to look in the haystack anyway. I'll tell you what worked for me. It turns out to be a 10 minute process (at most) once you know the steps. I started with a Nook Color running stock 1.4.1.
1. Get an SD card 1GB or greater.
2. Install Image Writer for Windows (https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer)
3. Install CWM (Clockwork Mod) image to your SD card using Image Writer for Windows, per the instructions in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987735
4. Copy the Manual Nooter version 5.12.20 zip file to the SD card, obtain the zip from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20456719&postcount=1631 that is on page 164 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20456719
5. Shut your Nook Color off by holding the power button until the screen asks if you want to power it off.
6. Insert your CWM SD card into your Nook Color.
7. Hold the power button until the Nook Color starts to boot. (screen flashes)
8. Nook Color will boot into CWM. Use the volume keys to move down to "Install zip" (or something close to that) Press the "N" key on the Nook Color to select the option.
9. Select the option to "Choose zip", then select the MN 5.12.20 zip that you got from the Manual Nooter thread.
10. CWM does it's thing. Turn off when done. Remove SDcard. Boot. Done!
Obviously, this is just what worked for me. If it doesn't work, you'll have to go further down the rabbit hole to find out why. (read more of the linked threads)
I hope that makes the decision to root a little easier.
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You are a godsend for making this so easy. Was actually gonna buy an SD card off amazon that was already preloaded but decided to give it a try before spending money. Worked like a charm and got everything I need so far.

Glad to hear you got everything going. I'm sure you'll love it.

Reige1 said:
You are a godsend for making this so easy. Was actually gonna buy an SD card off amazon that was already preloaded but decided to give it a try before spending money. Worked like a charm and got everything I need so far.
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So you're going to stay on the rooted B&N firmware?
Don't bother with paying that premium for cards. You can roll your own in 10 minutes with the guidance here on XDA, and better learn how to maintain it as you do.

Ok, I have a problem and have spent several hours trying to figure this out. If you look at the screenshot I linked, at the very bottom (status bar?) you see an arrow in the middle that brings up a menu. After updating to 1.4.1 it is no longer there and even after rooting I can't figure out how to get it back. I got AWD but that is not the same. Is it possible to get that feature back?
And do I need to put my epub books on my SD card for me to be able to see them in Aldiko? I currently have them saved on the nook itself.

Don't see a screenshot, but do you mean the B&N shortcut bar that lets you select store,browser,library,etc.? If so, pressing the 'n' button brings that up on stock 1.4.1. Did you over-ride that with HomeCatcher by any chance?

bobstro said:
Don't see a screenshot, but do you mean the B&N shortcut bar that lets you select store,browser,library,etc.? If so, pressing the 'n' button brings that up on stock 1.4.1. Did you over-ride that with HomeCatcher by any chance?
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The screenshot was at the first page in my original post, sorry. And yes, that is what I mean, and I don't want to have to press the "n" button to do it, I want the old way back if possible.

Reige1 said:
I don't want to have to press the "n" button to do it, I want the old way back if possible.
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You will have to restore back to 1.3.... 1.4.1 changes it.
Somebody may have a fix though I've not seen it.

App starts to load then goes back to home screen

I can't find this anywhere else, so here goes. I downloaded Plants vs Zombies, it worked for a while, then I ran Link2SD and move it. It starts to load, then goes right back to the desktop with no error.
I unlinked it, same issue, completely uninstalled link2sd, put a different SD card in and it does the same thing. this happened with another app, and once I moved it back to internal memory, it worked fine. Not so lucky with PvZ.
I have to assume that there is still something written in a file somewhere that is causing it, just no idea where to look.
I am running Thor 14.2 if that is any help
I also used Switch me, thinking that may help.
Any ideas are appreciated, at this point it is not so much that PvZ doesnt work, though my kids love it, it is that I would like to know why something doesnt work.
i have considered going into CWM and formatting internal memory, but that seems drastic.
Thanks in advance

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I can't find this anywhere else, so here goes. I downloaded Plants vs Zombies, it worked for a while, then I ran Link2SD and move it. It starts to load, then goes right back to the desktop with no error.
I unlinked it, same issue, completely uninstalled link2sd, put a different SD card in and it does the same thing. this happened with another app, and once I moved it back to internal memory, it worked fine. Not so lucky with PvZ.
I have to assume that there is still something written in a file somewhere that is causing it, just no idea where to look.
I am running Thor 14.2 if that is any help
I also used Switch me, thinking that may help.
Any ideas are appreciated, at this point it is not so much that PvZ doesnt work, though my kids love it, it is that I would like to know why something doesnt work.
i have considered going into CWM and formatting internal memory, but that seems drastic.
Thanks in advance
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Only thing i can think of is to look for a folder with the title or Developers name on it . Delete that then reinstall the game. if you are root go to system/apps and look for it there and delete ..
Other then that Post this in the Rom Developer's thread..