The task button on my N2E does not display a list of tasks. Anyone had the same problem and fixed it? It works sa advertised on my Nook Tablet though.
thank you.
Well, by default it is not the usual behavior. You have to add an app on a rooted nook (nook touch tools) to have this behavior on a long press.
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Is there a way other than rebooting to navigate back-and-forth from standard nook software to the rooted interface with all the apps?
I don't know which method you used to root but if you have NookTouchTools you could change long press action for 'n' button to show home by using B&N buttons setting in that app (you must have android launcher as default homescreen).
And have unchecked setting "'n' button goes to home directly" to toggle B&N quicknav on quick press 'n' button.
Use ButtonSaviour. It works wonderfuly for me.
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I just put the library and shop B&N icons on my home screen, it doesn't get you to the stock home but it works well. Then you can have nook touch tools set to only 1 home screen.
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Use ButtonSaviour.
I registered on here for this specific question, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
I recently rooted my Nook Simple Touch (1.1) with TouchNooter 1.1. Everything was working perfectly, except the home button. Every time I would press it, it would ask to open with 'Home' (later I found out this is the standard Nook home screen) or something else I could not remember that would send me to the Android home screen.
So a few hours after I rooted I selected Always open with 'Home' (the Nook home, not the Android home). Attempting to reverse this I re-rooted my Nook with no luck. Then I tried restoring it, but Button Saviour is still on the side! How is that possible?
I remember it saying I could reverse the problem by going to the Android settings app. But I can't do this because I can't reach the Android home!
So my question is: how can I clear the setting? I'm using Mac OS X. Thanks in advance
I followed this guide to reset my Nook: [N2E] Recovery and Source for Nook Touch (see Kohr-Ah's post) and re-rooted and everything was back to the way it was
Thanks anyways XDA
corbin052198 said:
I followed this guide to reset my Nook: [N2E] Recovery and Source for Nook Touch (see Kohr-Ah's post) and re-rooted and everything was back to the way it was
Thanks anyways XDA
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If you come across this issue again, the simplest method is to put a second launcher in /data/app folder of TouchNooter, use the card again, this will force the choice to come up again.
GabrialDestruir said:
If you come across this issue again, the simplest method is to put a second launcher in /data/app folder of TouchNooter, use the card again, this will force the choice to come up again.
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Alright, thanks
I'm aware that this is slightly offtopic but found that Button Saviour is useless (for me) and only consumes precious CPU. Just map "n" button to "go to desktop" in AWD settings and the only thing You loose is the back arrow but that one can be accesed from the upper bar (that with clock and battery) so 99,9% of the time Button Saviour is useless.
I've notices a slight improvement of Nook overall speed by uninstaling it.
You can uninstall it by apps like "root uninstaller" along with others systems apps (like gmail, music) (this topic pops up in google cause it has ambigious title so Ive just added this for others)
After I rooted, I can't go to the android home. Always goes to nook home. When I click the button savior it just say "Button Savior has ben denied superuser permission". Tried to connect using adb to uninstall Button savior but it doesn't work. Tried to root again using touchnooter 2.1.31 but no luck. Please help.
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I'm aware that this is slightly offtopic but found that Button Saviour is useless (for me) and only consumes precious CPU. Just map "n" button to "go to desktop" in AWD settings and the only thing You loose is the back arrow but that one can be accesed from the upper bar (that with clock and battery) so 99,9% of the time Button Saviour is useless.
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I thought I can live without button savior but in several apps I am using the upper bar is not available.
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After I rooted, I can't go to the android home. Always goes to nook home. When I click the button savior it just say "Button Savior has ben denied superuser permission". Tried to connect using adb to uninstall Button savior but it doesn't work. Tried to root again using touchnooter 2.1.31 but no luck. Please help.
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did You try long pressing the home button in button saviour? it should open a window with curently opened apps, i dont think this will help much but try it
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I thought I can live without button savior but in several apps I am using the upper bar is not available.
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it just hit me theres another way
1.open Nook Touch Tools
2.select "B&N buttons"
3.select "'n' button goes to home directly"
4. (optionally) select "'reading now' button action" and choose "orientation" (so You can change orientation with one click by clicking that book icon in upper left corner)
5.select "Long press 'n' button action, change it to "Open recent app dialog"
6.select "show extra action buttons in recent dialog"
7.now you can access "back arrow" by long pressing the "n" button (physical button), i know its not the best (cause you have to press it like 3 sec) but it works xD
that's also my setup but I stay with the button savior (as a backup option) because sometimes it is more comfortable than longpressing "n" button, which doesn't work 100% and takes time.
Was able to fixed the issue. I restored to original and re-root again.
Thanks
I didn't find much utility in Button Savior. Except for the home button it mostly said "This feature requires 2.2".
With the "n" button hacked, the lower left hardkey as back and the lower right hardkey as menu I don't need anything more.
I would miss the original functionality (previous and next page) on the right side. I have just lower left button remmaped to Back. It would be great if NookTouchTools (cant remember the exact name) could allow to define also long press actions for hardware buttons (I would use those for menu access).
Once I got to Android home screen, I re-mapped my buttons. I'm right handed, so I usually don't use the left buttons. The top left button is Menu, the bottom left button is back, and long press home button is Android home. After that I killed Button Savior
Exactly the same for me.
I just got an NST today and rooted it with the clockwork mod method. So far things are working pretty well, with one major setback: I am having trouble getting back to the ADW. I selected ADW as the default home, but the nook button -> home still takes me to the original home screen, and the menu bar at the top only shows menu & back buttons. So once I open an app, I have no way to launch anything else (besides rebooting, which will bring me back to ADW).
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I apologise if this has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't track it down...
Thanks!
Oh, also, I lose the navigation buttons when I go into of the nook interface/reader/settings etc.
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B&N modified Eclair co-opts the Home key.
You need to either install Button Saviour (which gives you a constant selection of micro buttons on the edge)
or install one of the mods here that will hack the "n" button.
I use a modified /system/framework/android.policy.jar but I'm trying to clean up the mod.
Thanks, button savior did the job. Actually, I had already installed it with the CWM flashes, but I just hadn't figured out how to activate it; I'd noticed the little icon on the side of the screen, but hadn't actually managed to click it!
An alternative to Button Savior is to launch NookTouch Tools and use it to customize the B&N QuickLaunch menu via the B&N Buttons option to open your launcher of choice instead of one of the standard B&N apps. I find the side buttons for BS, Virtual Button Bar or similar programs always seem to be too small to press when I want them, yet get in the way when I don't. The QuickLaunch menu also won't get closed accidentally.
I've over-ridden all of the standard app selections and don't actually see the B&N apps anymore unless I deliberately launch one.
Hmm, that sounds ideal, but I can't seem to find an apk anywhere, can you link me? The root process installed nookcolor tools, which doesn't seem to have that option.
Thanks!
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Nook Touch Tools is by XorZone.
Be sure to check the Show extra action buttons in recent dialog option to get the Home, Menu, Back, Search and Orientation options when you long-press the 'n' button, and you can completely eliminate the need for Button Savior.
Just got it up and running, that makes for a much more comfortable configuration. Thanks again!
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Hey guys,
This puzzle is really stumping me:
- I have the TF101 running ICS.
- I can't figure out how to trigger the task switcher from the keyboard
- The lack of a keyboard function analogous to ALT-TAB makes the use of the TF101 as "laptop replacement" tough
I've tried looking in the settings for this ROM, and nothing appears to address this. I've also tried logical combination of the Fn, Home, Search, and Menu keys, as well as Shift, and Ctrl. Nothing seems to trigger the Task Switcher (probably because this tablet may not have shipped with ICS?)
Any thoughts?
If this ability isn't built-in somewhere, would there be a way to map a keyboard key to this function manually?
(I don't have the skills to delve into source code, or modify ROMs, or anything like that)
task switcher on the transformer is just alt-tab. it brings up the old gingerbread task switcher instead of the honeycomb/ics one but it still works
Also longpress on "Home" launches it
On JB and RaymanFx B4
Hey,
Thanks for the tip re: Alt-Tab. While it doesn't bring up the ICS task switcher, it's still better than nothing . Though the fact that ALT is on the right side of the keyboard only, will take some getting used to.
I'd still love to find a way to get the ICS switcher up, via the keyboard. Long press of HOME doesn't do anything for me
Cheers
I have searched quite some time to find answers to this so I will ask this here. I would like to trigger application executions or tasks (volume up for example) by pressing combinations of keys. So far, it seems no app accomplishes this neither does modifying any system file. I believe it requires something to detect multiple keypresses. Reason being is I would like to keep my Nook stock in appearance and only enter into an alternative launcher when needed. I quite like the aesthetics of the stock Nook but the available tools on android are indispensable. So, basically I am looking for something that will launch ReLaunch when I press both hardware down keys at once but ignore everything else. Perhaps trigger volume up and down by pressing "n" and up or down on either side. It's possible to do this in distros of linux but I have no idea about android or this version in particular. Does anyone know of any solutions? Thanks!
For combo buttons like that you'd have to hack android.policy.jar
You could always just use ButtonSavior instead.
That has popup softkeys on the screen.
If you have rooted with NookManager Nook Mod Manager allows you to assign actions to long presses. For example, I have a long press of the n button assigned to ReLaunch. A short press acts like normal and brings up the B&N quicklaunch.