Does anyone know of a tool that would work with Manual Nooter to allow me to turn off and lock the wifi on an original B&N Nook Color? I have one for my daughter, but want to be able to lock down her wifi with a password. Any and all help is appreciated. BTW, I'd rather not have to re-root to another OS, but if it's what has to be done...oh well. Thanks.
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I have a G Ttablet and today received a Nook Color. Since I live in the boonies, my fast internet connection consists of a Verizon USB wireless CDMA modem. From there I set up an ad hoc wifi network on my laptop.
My problem is that my Nook cannot see this ad hoc network, and I can't even get past the registration phase on my Nook color. I find this very odd because I don't have any trouble with my G Tab and haven't for the past month. When I input the SSID of my network, the Nook tells me it is out of range, almost like it isn't even searching for it. I tried powering it off and on and going through the part where it scans for networks but still no luck. My ad hoc network is not secured so that's not the problem.
B&N is no help because their advice is basically to take it to a B&N store or somewhere else and connect there. But, as I have said, I live in the boonies and this is not a very easy option for me.
Does anyone have any ideas on why the Nook can't see the network, even though my G Tab can? Is the wifi radio in my Nook broken? I read on here that Androids have trouble with ad hocs so is that the reason? But it's not like it just can't connect, but that it can't even see the network. Is there any other choice other than getting in the car and driving 2 hours to a public wifi hotspot just to register this nook? And even if I do, does this mean that it is a useless toy at home?
Thanks.
I'm not sure what the issue is, I always thought Android did have ad hoc troubles?
Anyone care to correct me if I'm wrong?
Here is some info. I believe once you registered your nook, you would be fine. Bummer about driving that 2 hours.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868354
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Ok. So I can't make my nook see my ad hoc network. But I found out how to skip the registration process, and I managed to get into the nook. For those interested it is very well described over at the nookdevs website. After a careful look over what B&N included on there, I think I will go ahead and flash a new ROM. Or I might root it. Maybe. Probably I will sleep on it. I really would like to bring it up to date before I start changing things.
I am hoping that ROMS like CM7 have fixed the Wifi problem on the nook.
I Am Marino said:
I'm not sure what the issue is, I always thought Android did have ad hoc troubles?
Anyone care to correct me if I'm wrong?
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While that may be true for stock Android which I don't know, it most certainly is not true for custom ROMs. As I mentioned, I have my G Tablet working just fine on my ad hoc network.
JowBe said:
I have a G Ttablet and today received a Nook Color. Since I live in the boonies, my fast internet connection consists of a Verizon USB wireless CDMA modem. From there I set up an ad hoc wifi network on my laptop.
My problem is that my Nook cannot see this ad hoc network, and I can't even get past the registration phase on my Nook color. I find this very odd because I don't have any trouble with my G Tab and haven't for the past month. When I input the SSID of my network, the Nook tells me it is out of range, almost like it isn't even searching for it. I tried powering it off and on and going through the part where it scans for networks but still no luck. My ad hoc network is not secured so that's not the problem.
B&N is no help because their advice is basically to take it to a B&N store or somewhere else and connect there. But, as I have said, I live in the boonies and this is not a very easy option for me.
Does anyone have any ideas on why the Nook can't see the network, even though my G Tab can? Is the wifi radio in my Nook broken? I read on here that Androids have trouble with ad hocs so is that the reason? But it's not like it just can't connect, but that it can't even see the network. Is there any other choice other than getting in the car and driving 2 hours to a public wifi hotspot just to register this nook? And even if I do, does this mean that it is a useless toy at home?
Thanks.
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Yup, the stock ROM from B&N won't even show ad hoc networks. There's some instructions on http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor aboit enabling ad hoc on stock, but that will likely require rooting and adb access first. Both of those should be covered there as well.
I'm pretty sure that CM7 has ad hoc working. I would recommend installing that to a class 2 SD card, you can leave the stock rom on the internal flash chip (emmc) untouched. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
jared_c said:
I'm pretty sure that CM7 has ad hoc working. I would recommend installing that to a class 2 SD card, you can leave the stock rom on the internal flash chip (emmc) untouched. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
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Thanks for the advice. Yeah, CM7 must have ad hoc working because that's the base on my G Tab (though I'm not sure about Nook color, but I think it must), and it runs smoothly most of the time. The times when there are problems are my fault for forgetting and not turning on ICS properly on my PC.
If it's working I need some help...I'm running Phiremod 6.3. Which, as I understand it, is based off of CM7 7.0.3. Ad-hoc does NOT work for me. I've seen posts and such stating that it does. Am I missing something? If not, I think it's debatable as to whether or not ad hoc is working with the latest CM7 or Phiremod.
I put CyanogenMod on my NOOK Color about 2 months ago and really have not used it much since I did it. When I first did it the WiFi worked fine. Now it Scans, Conects, disables over and over again... What do I do? Is there a fix for this? I have been thinking I would just return it to stock is that possible?? HELP, HELP HELP............
Try deleting all known networks and rebooting.
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No change, still doing to same thing.... Its like the wi-fi keeps turnung off and on and the wifi indecator does not even showup on the menu bar at the bottom.......
Try searching the NC forums here with your router model. I use the D-Link DIR-655 and it has a known issue with the Nook Color. I have to switch my router to 802.11G only mode before my Nook can connect to it. Others have had to turn off wireless security before their Nook will connect. It's a real pain!
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No change, still doing to same thing.... Its like the wi-fi keeps turnung off and on and the wifi indecator does not even showup on the menu bar at the bottom.......
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Infrequently mine does this but after several "turn off"/"turn on" wifi, it seems to lock onto my network and connects.
hawaiijohnson said:
I put CyanogenMod on my NOOK Color about 2 months ago and really have not used it much since I did it. When I first did it the WiFi worked fine. Now it Scans, Conects, disables over and over again... What do I do? Is there a fix for this? I have been thinking I would just return it to stock is that possible?? HELP, HELP HELP............
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Believe it or not, unplug then replug of router fixed that issue for me.
I'm having trouble finding consistent detailed information on GPS tethering with the Nook, and what I can find is pretty old. If I want to use my phone's GPS on my Nook, what apps are needed and what steps should I take? I've downloaded both GPS Tether and TetherGPS Lite, but I'm not sure I've figured out all the right setup on phone and Nook to get either one working.
Thanks in advance.
Don't use the old ad-hoc patch. As described below it did not even work for me (I saw the network, but could not connect).
Instead it produced just new problems: The wifi reconnect after wake-up stopped working properly, I often had to manually disable and reenable the wifi to get a connection back. And even then it was always very shaky.
I restored the original files and everything seems to be back to normal.
So I would advise against using the very old adhoc patch.
Can someone tell me what the current status on ad-hoc wifi for the NST is?
There is some very old thread about this, that says that you can use the patch for the Nook Color. But it is not clear whether that can be done with the current versions of the Nook, the Nooter, etc., so I am a bit worried about bricking.
Can anyone help? Thanks!
rhhd,
I have a STR with 1.1.1 firmware, rooted, running multitouch, and I've done all the process for running ad-hoc, which runs quite well. Do it! There is a later post on the same thread about changing an entry in a file which allows adhoc run well.
Thanks for the info and for pointing me to the ini post. I did all of this.now I can see the adhoc network, but I cannot connect to it. My Android phone also can't connect to it, so maybe its a general Android problem.or maybe Windows is to blame.
Anyway I now installed Connectify. This works well, so I don't care about adhoc anymore.
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rhhd,
That problem with disconnecting when sleeping already existed before, so it is not new. I guess it has to be checked with care before announcing it does not work at all.
I am not sure if we talk about the same thing:
Of course the Nook disconnects on sleeping, that is probably intentional to save battery (my HTC Desire does the same).
I am talking about quick and reliable reconnecting after wake-up.
I have tested it pretty extensively on my device, both before the restore and after. Probably took me two hours. So I am pretty sure about this. Of course, it may only apply to my device, but I doubt it.
Connectify allows testing this pretty well, because it allows you to see when the sleeping device disconnects.
I am tethering from my Droid razr cdma/lte to the nook color. I'm having issues with the nook once its connected, I can browse the internet through the browser but I can't access the internet for anything else (apps, play store). The wifi icon stays gray and before used to turn blue when I had access to the internet with apps and now it just stays gray. I have already tested the tether on another nook which is on cm7 and worked fine. Does anyone know why its doing this, is this a known issue?
That means you are not logging into Google which is why the store isn't working. When you are tethered try going into settings and make sure your Google account is syncing. Not sure what the underlying reason may be for that though.