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I have a used Nook Color on the way. I've been looking forward to rooting my very own NC for months now, and as soon as mine gets here, I'm going to work. But I am looking for some advice first. Before anyone tells me to search and read the threads, I have been, for the last week. That's why I have the questions!
I have CM7 on my Inspire, and have been very happy with it. My inner geek is screaming for ICS, and I'd really like to use CM9 on my NC. But I've been reading threads and while I see plenty of success stories, I hear lots of difficulties as well. "Man, this would be my daily driver except for (or in spite of) problem X." Some folks have sound issues, some don't. Bluetooth works, or it doesn't. Battery life is as good as CM7, or "I need a really long extension cord" (okay that's a paraphrase). Gapps work, gapps don't work. Screen rotation is funky for some, just fine for others. Then I read where this issue or that one has been fixed, but not for everyone. And there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why some have problem X and others don't. My head's spinning a bit here.
So here's what I'm hoping for from CM9 on my Nook Color. I need wifi obviously. I will be wanting to use it to listen to music and occasionally watch movies from Amazon or Netflicks, so I need sound. I'd like to get decent battery life (and what exactly IS decent battery life for these things anyway?) And Bluetooth isn't a deal-breaker, but I'd like to be able to use a BT keyboard occasionally. Am I expecting too much? I know we're still in the nightlies era with CM9.
Is there a stable, functional CM9 build out there? Should I expect to have to resolve some of these issues? I don't mind a bit of tinkering, but how much should I expect? Or should I bite the bullet and go with CM7?
If it helps, my plan is to re-partition 1.96 /data as discussed in DeanGibson's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371 and install CMx to eMMC according to eyeball's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 . I am planning on using this as a daily driver.
What should I realistically expect?
I know some of the regulars here must get tired of these sorts of questions, but after reading threads I'm more confused than ever. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Surprising no one has answered this. I'll answer what I can, though I've only just recently built a working version of CM9 myself. This thread will give you a good overview of stuff, and give you a mostly-working instruction document to compile your own copy of ICS CM9. Both this thread and [url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526115"this thread[/url] give out unofficial nighties for CM9.
First, you asked if there's a stable, functional build of CM9. There is not. The ones you'll find are functional, but buggy. Some things outright do not work, some are buggy or glitchy, and some things just won't work.
I don't think there's too much tinkering that will be necessary, at least I haven't had any tonight. There will be issues you run into, or things you wish worked that don't. Everything is still very alpha right now. But still very usable.
As for movies/videos, I'm not very sure. I have not tried video on mine yet, and probably won't, as I don't use it for that.
I, for one, do plan on using it as a daily driver, as I've not found enough issues to not. Besides, I love playing with a new toy, and ICS is new enough to count 8D
CM9 is still at an early stage compared to CM7. In my experience with the latest nightly builds it is very stable, has good wifi, bluetooth (limited range like CM7), sound and video and a much nicer screen organisation and functionality compared to CM7. Against that it currently does not have video acceleration so Netflix will not work and the interface is noticeably laggy compared to CM7. The lag can be reduced somewhat by choosing alternative launchers and a bit of tweaking but it is not up to CM7 smoothness standards yet.
What I do with a new install is
a) Install MiRaGE CM7 7.2 to internal emmc memory. Install gapps. Set up and download the apps you want and set up the screens how you like. Back up your apps via Titanium.
b) Take a Nandroid back up of your install. This will be your CM7 fallback.
c) Wipe (system, data, cache) and install latest nightly CM9. Install ICS Gapps. Install Nova Launcher for a bit of extra smoothness. Do basic set up, restore downloaded apps via Titanium and set up screens how you like.
d) Take another Nandroid back up of your system.
Now see whether you can live with or prefer CM9. If you find it too laggy or need your Netflix then you can simply restore to CM7. You can choose to restore back to CM9 as well to apply a further update.
Others do a similar thing by keeping CM7 on their internal and booting to a CM9 on an SD card. Perfectly valid, but I prefer to stick to a clean emmc install and avoid switching SD cards around.
I have been on cm7 mirage kang for a couple of months now and played with cm9. Didn't really like it so went back to cm7. I had the 1gb system and 5gb media set up from the beginning and was looking into repartitioning. I went that route but am now on a dual boot configuration with cm7 mirage kang running primary and a nightly of cm9 running alternate. I have over 2gb for each system and a little over 1gb for media and my sd card that both cm7 and cm9 share. Give it a try. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275859
Thanks for the advice guys. It's REALLY appreciated.
alunral, I had both of your nightlies threads bookmarked already, but hadn't gotten into the other one. Thank you, it's been informative. I hadn't really thought of compiling my own, but I may have to give it a shot. One of my boys and I have been playing with the idea of building our own Linux distro, but I'll bet I can get him interested in doing this first. He has a Xoom we could play around with too. (grinning and wiggling my eyebrows)
bobtidey and zires, those are both good suggestions. I'd thought about CM7 in eMMC and CM9 on SD, but I'm just not very enthusiastic about running off SD. Don't know why really.Either one of your ideas would work better I think.
UPS came by last night, and I'm looking at a new-condition NC sitting on the couch next to me. Y'all have made the road forward a little bit clearer.
zires, is your handle a left-over from the days of Palm?
I am i right in thinking that these ICS roms use generic graphic libraries etc etc thus dont take full advantage of the performance of the phone?
So a gingerbread rom like nottachatrix will actually perform better, i know ICS has a different kernel and under the hood changes.
cheers
incorrect.
admanirv said:
I am i right in thinking that these ICS roms use generic graphic libraries etc etc thus dont take full advantage of the performance of the phone?
So a gingerbread rom like nottachatrix will actually perform better, i know ICS has a different kernel and under the hood changes.
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What? ICS is more powerfull than any blur rom...
way better than GB bro
I am using Kanged CM9 Alpha , and it is very smooth on my Atrix. Problems are camcorder is not working and HDMI out is choppy, but I rarely use these functions so it's ok for me
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I am using Kanged CM9 Alpha , and it is very smooth on my Atrix. Problems are camcorder is not working and HDMI out is choppy, but I rarely use these functions so it's ok for me
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video playback (HW decoding) and flash player are what's holding me back.
On the rom that you tried, have you tried those functions?
Honestly, if I didn't have a lapdock I would be using jokesax build as my daily driver. It does everything I need it to do smoothly. Only problem is when you plug it in the lapdock, it's just an android tablet with no touch screen. Using that trackpad as your finger is not fun. Otherwise, the CM9 stuff is great.
Okay so the tegra drivers for ICS are present in the CM9 roms or is it some bespoke driver?
H/W decoding and camcorder are what keep me away from the ICS roms atm.
Thanks
Any custom can be good!
Correct me if Im wrong but as far as I can tell the big differences between ICS and GB are seen in stock roms.
And Custom Rom is USUALLY zipaligned, deodexed, converted to ext4.
Sometimes Developers (like notorious) build awesome mix of both, and put in they're own unique tweeks. Notorious's Neutrino 2.6 for instance runs graphics entirely from the GPU among some other tweeks, and you WILL NOT find a smoother faster rom. WILL NOT!
Now the only real ways we have to test out phones "performance" is with benchmarking apps like antutu and quandrant. But honestly their outcomes tend to vary so much, its hard to go by what they say.
But just so everyone knows, my best bechmark "score" on antutu was 7047 with cm7 oc'd to 1.45 (which is gingerbread by the way)
Ive benched every rom from all of Jokers cm9's, to every miui (GB&ICS) as well as all the CM7's and builds based off them (neutrino, morrisoftgen). Even BLUR based roms like dorians redpill and The Darkside by nottich.
All im saying is that I think both builds have the potential to be equally as powerful as the eachother.
PLEASE if Im completly wrong about ANY of this I would like to be corrected, but please make sure its with CORRECT information, lol.
Thanks!
CM9 anTuTu
Also, the best score on antutu ive gotten on any one of the cm9 jokersax builds with faux 1.45 oc kernel was about 6900!
So, so far Custom GB roms are best so far according to benches
I think the gb rooms perform a little bit faster...using cm9 4.0 jokersax and its laggy opening my app drawer and little laggy moments too..cm7 was a little bit faster though imo
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure the ICS ROMs still aren't very good with 2D hardware acceleration. And that means 2D is still gonna be slow and jerky.
ICS
I am running with jokersax ics rom, it is great, and the performance is better than the OTA 2.3.5 from Bell.. it took a bit to get the bootloader unlocked, etc.. it seems like I flash roms daily now... Unfortunately, there are still bugs... the most utd rom does not seem to take pictures properly, causes the app to lock up, and the video cam is no usable at all.. :\ I have reverted back to the 0.3.3 rom, and it will take pictures... as far as 2d/3d games are concerned, I play world of goo, hot pursuit, angry birds space and they all run great...
Motorola has ics update in progress as we speak, and they should be rolling out in a couple months, which means any lost code or functions that are n/a now will be rippable from the official... so either way, you can use the ota now or get a taste of ICS with a few problems...
flashing only takes about 5 minutes anyhoo, so its not like you can't switch back and forth....
I find ICS to perform a little quicker, my 2 cents.
Performance
Personally I have used Jokersax's and turl's builds (using turl now, but downloading jokersax 0.4.4 now). Both have really very good performance, especially compared to stock, I would say they outperform it by a long way, but yea, 2D graphics aren't brilliant and the camera was borked (although jokersax has apparently fixed that). I would say definitely change to 4.0.4 just because it is the latest android version and everything about it is soo nice, no blur to bog it down and while I am sure that many 2.3 roms can perform better, sometimes, it is best to choose user experience.
im on turl's latest and find scrolling to be so utterly smooth on ics easily replicating the smooth scrolling experiene on iphone whereas GB always had that slight jittery scroll which always annoyed me. I use apex launcher which i find to be smoother than trebuchet and with that all in all id say performance seems smoother than back on GB
I'm using CM9 both on HPtouchpad and Atrix.
And I can say that Atrix's 2d acceleration is not perfect yet.
It is almost perfect when we scroll lists.
But not when we scroll home screen with wallpaper scroll option.
And some people will think that browser's acceleration is perfect,
but it is not yet when it comes to complex web page.
It can be even more faster. I found that when I used cm9 on hp touchpad.
(Of course, turl and jokersax are doing great job. We have to blame motorola and nvidia )
I find cm9 to work very well, although there are the browser issues mentioned elsewhere.
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I have a Nook Color which I used to use a fair bit but has been put on the nightstand for a while (one year +) because I haven't been reading much lately. Still it was a cheap and functional tablet when I got it. I have been running a super old rom on the SD card which while functional, has many bugs. In fairness, its like 1.5 years old.
Anywho, I am traveling to Italy and for a variety of reasons I want to take my Nook. My ROM is desperately behind the times (at least I think it is). I am looking for a recommendation for a STABLE rom. One that can run everything (or nearly everything) without a hitch.
Its has to be able to run flawlessly
Dolphin
Google apps, inc Gmail and the Play Store
Youtube
Adobe reader
would be a plus if it could run Netflix
Also, I am running my current ROM off the SD card. At the time this was the best and safest option. Wondering if now its safe to write these roms to the internal memory.
Thank you in advance.
If you had checked a bit lower, you would see similar topics and recommendations.
Anyway you will find out that CM7. 2 is the stablest rom.
Produced by NookColor at ICS 4.0.4
Get CM 7.2 stable from cyanogenmod.com. follow the instructions I just told another user here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27963826
RASTAVIPER said:
If you had checked a bit lower, you would see similar topics and recommendations.
Anyway you will find out that CM7. 2 is the stablest rom.
Produced by NookColor at ICS 4.0.4
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The searching I did was on the ROM dev forum and frankly I was just overwhelmed by the wall of information. So thank you for cutting through the noise.
I just installed CM7 and everything seems to be working well with my Nook. Thanks for your help !!!!
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).
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The fastest and smoothest ROM you'll find right now for your nook is going to be (mirage cm7.2).
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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?
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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
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Thank you very much! I'll do that.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No. I I missed it. Which CM 10 thread? I have been following the CM 10 nightlife thread.
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I currently have CM7 (an old version, probably 7.0 or 7.1; I set it up last year some time) running on my Nook Color. It is working pretty well. At times it seems a bit laggy, even with it slightly overclocked. But videos and other apps seem to play okay on it.
I have seen a lot lately about how I should be running CM7.2 on the NC (partly because it has overclocking built in), or that I should be upgrading to CM10, even though it is not completely stable yet; but it is pretty close.
What would be the benefits from either upgrading to CM7.2, or even to CM10? Is moving to CM10 mainly to get a different user interface? Does it have more features, or does it make the NC more responsive?
And does either one solve the issue of getting the error message: "This app is not compatible with this device" when trying to download an app and install it on the NC?
Thank you for your advice on the best way to be running Android on my Nook Color. Any suggestions as to the best place to find instructions to install either of these (7.2 or 10) on the NC would also be appreciated, as well as how to install the V6 Supercharger, if I need that too.
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I currently have CM7 (an old version, probably 7.0 or 7.1; I set it up last year some time) running on my Nook Color. It is working pretty well. At times it seems a bit laggy, even with it slightly overclocked. But videos and other apps seem to play okay on it.
I have seen a lot lately about how I should be running CM7.2 on the NC (partly because it has overclocking built in), or that I should be upgrading to CM10, even though it is not completely stable yet; but it is pretty close.
What would be the benefits from either upgrading to CM7.2, or even to CM10? Is moving to CM10 mainly to get a different user interface? Does it have more features, or does it make the NC more responsive?
And does either one solve the issue of getting the error message: "This app is not compatible with this device" when trying to download an app and install it on the NC?
Thank you for your advice on the best way to be running Android on my Nook Color. Any suggestions as to the best place to find instructions to install either of these (7.2 or 10) on the NC would also be appreciated, as well as how to install the V6 Supercharger, if I need that too.
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I installed CM10 on my Nook and really like it. The UI of Jelly Bean is far superior to Gingerbread, especially with a good launcher. I have it overclocked to 1100MHz on the CM kernel. I haven't tried any other kernels for a higher OC. As far as responsiveness, it's good enough so far. It's still an old single core Cortex A8 based SoC at the heart of the Nook, so it'll never be blistering. I have had no issues with the Play store so far, and have installed a bunch of my apps from there. I think just install the right Gapps version and you should be good.
Stable everyday use, quick and responsive then go with 7.2.