I have my NC set up with NC1.42 stock as the alternate boot and CM7.2.0 RC3 Kang as the primary with both internal on eMMc.
I have successfully added epub titles to the stock/alternate boot side that show up as they should in my NC library.
However, for the life of me, I cannot find the file folders that contain my epub/mobi titles on the CM7...side for either the Nook or the Kindle app that I use on that side!
I would like to keep the stock and app Nook loaded with the same titles which (prior to my recent manual title loading) was never an issue. I would also like to manually add mobi titles to the Kindle app.
I have used both Root Explorer and File Manager to no avail in identifying those specific folders.
When I connect the USB cable to my NC, I get two drives: "H" which appears to be for CM7 and "I" which is where I manually load files for the stock side.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.
So you have root access on your nook? I use a file explorer from the android playstore called "ES file explorer" , you just type in your books into the search function and that file explorer will track down whatever loaded content you have on the nook.
On mine the books by default on the nook color are located on the mnt/emmc/B&N downloads/books
I haven't changed the path for this since I rooted mine.
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Keep in mind when you transfer files off of your computer onto your nook on what the file path is. You could of transfered those files anywhere on the nook if you was not paying attention and might be in a different path. Just use that search function with that file app I gave you. Its free on the android playstore.
The problem is not on the side where my stock 1.4.2 is. The issue I am having is finding the equivalent folders on the CM side for both the Nook and Kindle apps.
It would be located under the /emmc directory. Browse all the way up to root to get there.
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harryzee said:
The problem is not on the side where my stock 1.4.2 is. The issue I am having is finding the equivalent folders on the CM side for both the Nook and Kindle apps.
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B&N content is in /sdcard/Nook. Amazon content is in /sdcard/kindle.
A good file explorer is a valuable tool. I use Root Explorer.
Still no luck under either eMMC or SD Card. Can find only those titles for NOOK that are part of 1.4.2 (sd card).
harryzee said:
Still no luck under either eMMC or SD Card. Can find only those titles for NOOK that are part of 1.4.2 (sd card).
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On CM11, they're under /data/media/0/Nook/Content
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I am a bit stuck... I rooted my Nook Touch using the TouchNooter method. It worked well and I can install apps from the market easily.
But I think I missed a step. I want to be able to access nook system files on my computer and can't seem to figure out how. When connected via USB, I can see the normal Nook folders for adding books and such but none of the system files.
I want to be able to add/remove apk's using my computer. Is this even possible?
The easiest way to do this is copy apk files to your SD card and then use ES File or Root explorer to fin and install them.
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Even Astro get to install apk, and it's free on market.
While the OP can get Astro she will not be able to see the system files with that. ES File allows access to root files and is free as well.
I have not wifi and any file mangers
I rooted my nook touch.
I have not wifi (unavailable to me)and any file mangers (root explorer &...) how can i install file manager in my nook ?
I want to be able to install apk's using my computer. Is this even possible?
you can install using adb throught wifi. google adb.
I've successfully rooted my touch, and am trying to install Messagease & Instafetch.
Using ES File Explorer, I can't gain access to /system/apps, which is where i'm told they need to go- ES File won't go navigate above the SD card, although I've enabled root access & /system mounting.
i've tried copying the apks to an sd card, but install fails due to non-market issues, although i've enabled installing from non-market sources as well (as far as i can tell, anyway- maybe i have to do that in another place too?).
any ideas what I've done wrong? let me know if i need to post any other info. I'm using LinuxMint.
thanks!
-steve
ypres333 said:
i've enabled installing from non-market sources as well
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If you enable it using Nook Color Tools, you should untick and tick again the checkbox to make it work
Also, it may be possible to access the system partition booting with noogie.img ...
merci mille fois!
sorry for the question, but is rooting a 2nd time with noogie.img a bad idea, or will it just overwrite the image i created with touchnooter?
thanks in advance,
-steve
i may have figured something out: i remade a new image with noogie.img, the rebooted the nook with the sd card in. once the "rooted forever" appeared, I plugged in the USB and 7 partitions showed up on my computer screen. i was able to access the files there and put the messagease.apk and instapaper apps in there that way.
thanks again!
Help!!!
I have a dual boot setup with 7.2.0-RC3-Kang on eMMc normal and 1.4.2.keep-CWM on eMMc alternate.
This is by far the most satisfying iteration (of many) I have used on my original NC.
However, I cannot for the life of me find the path to the folders where my Kindle and Nook books are kept for their respective apps on the Normal/7.2.0-RC3 side.
I have used both the Root Explorer and File manager apps to no avail.
The files for my 1.4.2 Nook books are clearly on the sdcard.
In the eMMC sections I can examine, both the Nook and Kindle folders are empty even though I clearly have books in both.
Uploading to BN and then d/l to the app is not an option for several titles I want on the "apps" side.
Thanks in advance.
Also: Is there a 1.4.3-keep-CWM in the offing???
Unless you have moved the files on your nook color for your books, the native location for your book files is in the /mnt/emmc/My Files/Books.
Also check in the /mnt/emmc/B&N downloads/ for any books you downloaded from B&N.
You should not need root to find these files. So unless you deleted those files or moved them that is the correct path for them. I have not moved mine on the nook color since I had it.
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To find lost files on your nook color since you now have it rooted just download a file manager app called ES file explorer, make sure in the options of that app you have 'root explorer' enabled, and type in the file or book you want to find in its search bar you want to find in that app.
Barnes & Noble are not very good at listing warnings about minimum requirements. I bought a few apps for my Simple Touch Nook and when I tried to get them - I found out the hard way they were not compatible and that I will need to get newer hardware for them to work.
My Nook is rooted and modded.
Can I download the apps i paid money for from B&N in ANY other way and get those .apk files I bought, or is the absolute only way to get those .apk files to have a newer nook, download them to it, and only then extracting them?
Thank you.
c627627 said:
...the absolute only way to get those .apk files is to have a newer nook, download them to it, and only then extracting them.
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Sadly, this is the correct answer.
Thank you.
Does the newer nook have to be rooted for me to get those .apk files?
Can you log out of someone else's newer nook, log in with your own B&N account, pull the apps from your B&N account to their newer nook then simply get the apk files from it and load the apk files on any new Android device?
Then log out of your B&N account and log the original owner back in.
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Thank you.
Does the newer nook have to be rooted for me to get those .apk files?
Can you log out of someone else's newer nook, log in with your own B&N account, pull the apps from your B&N account to their newer nook then simply get the apk files from it and load the apk files on any new Android device?
Then log out of your B&N account and log the original owner back in.
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All of that should work, yes.
Since I would have limited time to access someone else's nook, would you please post how I can access the downloaded apk on a newer nook, where are they stored exactly, does the nook need to be rooted for me to get them?
Thank you.
c627627 said:
Since I would have limited time to access someone else's nook, would you please post how I can access the downloaded apk on a newer nook, where are they stored exactly, does the nook need to be rooted for me to get them?
Thank you.
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- The device does need to be rooted.
- The rooted, newer Nook will need to have ES File Explorer installed, with Root Manager and Show Hidden Files turned on.
- The .apks will be in /data/app. You can copy them to the sdcard from there.
- After that, put the .apks on your PC, copy them to your Nook Touch, and install them.
Thank you for posting.
Would you clarify. You say "The device does need to be rooted" but that is immediately followed by "the rooted, newer Nook will need to have ES File Explorer installed."
So in order to pull the apk files, does the newer nook have to be rooted or not?
If I have a ES File Explorer apk, how do I install it from an sd card to a newer nook, where in settings do I need to allow it to install the external apk of ES File Explorer and how do I install ES File Explorer on a newer nook.
But the most important question is can you clarify if the newer nook needs to be rooted or not?
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Thank you for posting.
Would you clarify. You say "The device does need to be rooted" but that is immediately followed by "the rooted, newer Nook will need to have ES File Explorer installed."
So in order to pull the apk files, does the newer nook have to be rooted or not?
If I have a ES File Explorer apk, how do I install it from an sd card to a newer nook, where in settings do I need to allow it to install the external apk of ES File Explorer and how do I install ES File Explorer on a newer nook.
But the most important question is can you clarify if the newer nook needs to be rooted or not?
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Both Nooks, the Touch and the Tablet/Color/whatever-your-newer-Nook-is, must be rooted.
You will need the app NookColor Tools (Google it) on the newer Nook to allow non-Market app installation.
I have a newly rooted Nook Simple Touch (NST) that was updated to firmware 1.2.1 before NookManager worked its magic.
The problem is that now I cannot take advantage of the Kindle App, ES File Explorer, or NGAppsAttack because I have no way to install anything.
Here is what I am running into.
1. I cannot install from the browser that came installed when NookManager did it's thing because it appears to have a problem with the certificate for any site except the default Barnes & Noble page, rendering my browser useless.
2. I cannot use a file explorer, such as ES File Explorer, to install a new version of the certificates or a new browser because one didn't come with NookManager's install and I have only ADB Konnect, Contacts, Device Registrator, Gallery, Library, Music, Nook Friends, Nook Touch Mod Manager, Nook HW Test, Settings, Shop, Social (doesn't work), SuperUser, and TestCenterService. I uninstalled Amazon AppStore because it didn't work and I read elsewhere that it was no longer working.
3. I cannot use the market app because there are no versions already installed, begging the question - now how do I install stuff without a browser, market, or file explorer?
I tried using NookManager to install things by following the directions elsewhere and extracting apps from their zip folders directly to the root directory of the NookManager MicroSD card. That failed on every app I tried because when I booted the NST off the NookManager card, there was no option for Custom under More! I even tried modifying the menu text file using Notepad++ to add the Custom -> menu item under button 4, but when the Custom menu came up there was no button response. Evidently, it couldn't find the APK files extracted to the root (in this case E:\) when I tried the extraction method.
Does anyone have a better idea? I mean, I'm not a programmer - so although there is probably a way to do it through ADB Konnect, I would need someone to explain it in baby steps.
Maybe I could image the SD card with an image that just installs apps?
Thanks!
-Nate
natetheblade said:
I have a newly rooted Nook Simple Touch (NST) that was updated to firmware 1.2.1 before NookManager worked its magic.
The problem is that now I cannot take advantage of the Kindle App, ES File Explorer, or NGAppsAttack because I have no way to install anything.
Here is what I am running into.
1. I cannot install from the browser that came installed when NookManager did it's thing because it appears to have a problem with the certificate for any site except the default Barnes & Noble page, rendering my browser useless.
2. I cannot use a file explorer, such as ES File Explorer, to install a new version of the certificates or a new browser because one didn't come with NookManager's install and I have only ADB Konnect, Contacts, Device Registrator, Gallery, Library, Music, Nook Friends, Nook Touch Mod Manager, Nook HW Test, Settings, Shop, Social (doesn't work), SuperUser, and TestCenterService. I uninstalled Amazon AppStore because it didn't work and I read elsewhere that it was no longer working.
3. I cannot use the any market app because there are no versions already installed, begging the question - now how do I install stuff without a browser, market, or file explorer?
I tried using NookManager to install things by following the directions elsewhere and extracting apps from their zip folders directly to the root directory of the NookManager MicroSD card. That failed on every app I tried because when I booted the NST off the NookManager card, there was no option for Custom under More! I even tried modifying the menu text file using Notepad++ to add the Custom -> menu item under button 4, but when the Custom menu came up there was no button response. Evidently, it couldn't find the APK files extracted to the root (in this case E:\) when I tried the extraction method.
Does anyone have a better idea? I mean, I'm not a programmer - so although there is probably a way to do it through ADB Konnect, I would need someone to explain it in baby steps.
Maybe I could image the SD card with an image that just installs apps?
Thanks!
-Nate
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You should be able to copy an apk file to the SD card and use the folder browser of Relaunch (which was installed during root) to install the package. Just open the folder where you copied the apk from your PC to the SD card and touch on the apk file.
If you need some apk files like ES, a browser, etc., check out my post here which includes a link to a zip file of potentially useful apps.
The certificates issue has recently been addressed. Look here and read a little further in the thread for some simplifications. But the resident browser is worthless and can be uninstalled.
nmyshkin said:
You should be able to copy an apk file to the SD card and use the folder browser of Relaunch (which was installed during root) to install the package. Just open the folder where you copied the apk from your PC to the SD card and touch on the apk file.
If you need some apk files like ES, a browser, etc., check out my post here which includes a link to a zip file of potentially useful apps.
The certificates issue has recently been addressed. Look here and read a little further in the thread for some simplifications. But the resident browser is worthless and can be uninstalled.
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I appreciate the advice. I will try that out when I have some time later today and let you know if it worked.
I just didn't realize that I could use Re-Launch to browse for a folder.
-Nathan
Hi, as the title says, I have a rooted Nook with Relaunch on it and I want to understand how I can install the google store app or other apps on the Relaunch system. thank you for your time. I've tried researching it but with no luck.
Dre000 said:
Hi, as the title says, I have a rooted Nook with Relaunch on it and I want to understand how I can install the google store app or other apps on the Relaunch system. thank you for your time. I've tried researching it but with no luck.
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I assume you are referring to an old NST or NSTG, not the new Glowlight Plus.
You've come late to the party for the PlayStore. Google has rolled up the welcome mat for devices running Eclair (Android 2.1) as of June 30, 2017.
You can side-load apps using Relaunch by transferring the apk files from your PC via USB to you Nook (place in a convenient folder, preferably on the SD card). Using the file manager capabilities of Relaunch, navigate to the folder where you copied the apk files. Touching on the apk file icon should bring up the option to install.
You can find various apks by searching with Google or trolling the forum here (a bunch that work in the link in my signature).
nmyshkin said:
I assume you are referring to an old NST or NSTG, not the new Glowlight Plus.
You've come late to the party for the PlayStore. Google has rolled up the welcome mat for devices running Eclair (Android 2.1) as of June 30, 2017.
You can side-load apps using Relaunch by transferring the apk files from your PC via USB to you Nook (place in a convenient folder, preferably on the SD card). Using the file manager capabilities of Relaunch, navigate to the folder where you copied the apk files. Touching on the apk file icon should bring up the option to install.
You can find various apks by searching with Google or trolling the forum here (a bunch that work in the link in my signature).
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Hi, do you by any chance no the search to show all the files found on the main memory my PC doesn't seem to show the SD card when I plug in my Nook, so I cant upload the apk to the SD card it seems. I tried /root/
Dre000 said:
Hi, do you by any chance no the search to show all the files found on the main memory my PC doesn't seem to show the SD card when I plug in my Nook, so I cant upload the apk to the SD card it seems. I tried /root/
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If your USB drivers are installed correctly you should see two "drives" when the NST is attached. One is the user accessible internal partition. You can copy over apk files into the "My Files" directory there if need be, as long as you can navigate to that folder using Relaunch, and install from there as described above--at least I think you can. The second "drive" should be the SD card which will show a similar directory structure unless you have added folders yourself.
There is no way to access all files on the internal memory via USB. Only the user data partition can be seen. To get to anything else you need a root browser (I think Relaunch has settings which enable root browsing).
If you're not seeing the SD card you either have an issue with the USB connection or there is an issue with the card itself. Can you see the card with Relaunch?
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If your USB drivers are installed correctly you should see two "drives" when the NST is attached. One is the user accessible internal partition. You can copy over apk files into the "My Files" directory there if need be, as long as you can navigate to that folder using Relaunch, and install from there as described above--at least I think you can. The second "drive" should be the SD card which will show a similar directory structure unless you have added folders yourself.
There is no way to access all files on the internal memory via USB. Only the user data partition can be seen. To get to anything else you need a root browser (I think Relaunch has settings which enable root browsing).
If you're not seeing the SD card you either have an issue with the USB connection or there is an issue with the card itself. Can you see the card with Relaunch?
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Yes I can see the card using Relaunch. And I was able to copy the apk into the My files directory, however, I was trying to figure out what the exact path is to specify in the Relaunch file browser/explorer so that i can see and install the apk? Do you know what it may be?
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Yes I can see the card using Relaunch. And I was able to copy the apk into the My files directory, however, I was trying to figure out what the exact path is to specify in the Relaunch file browser/explorer so that i can see and install the apk? Do you know what it may be?
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/media/My Files
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/media/My Files
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Ok thank you. I managed to find the package, however I'm presented with the error "There is a problem parsing the package" when trying to install. I tried installing some of the apps from your signature also but still the same issue persists.
Dre000 said:
Ok thank you. I managed to find the package, however I'm presented with the error "There is a problem parsing the package" when trying to install. I tried installing some of the apps from your signature also but still the same issue persists.
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Parsing errors generally mean the Android version is incorrect. That would not be the case for apps from my zip package.
How did you root your Nook?
Edit: try moving the apk files to the SD card and retry the install