Hello everyone.
I rooted my NST long ago, and used it to read manga with android applications. Now I am using it for reading epubs more, and from time to time (specially when I reset my nook, close the app, etc..) I loose the page and the bookmarks from the epubs.
I don't know if this was an old problem, or simply that I cannot use the Nook default reader after root, but I cannot find the answer in the forum.
So obviously, my question is: Do I need to configure something or install any patch to make default nook reader work? Or it should be working fine? Which could be the best option to make it work?
Thank you for your time!
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I just picked up a refurbed NC to add to my Android stable. Haven't done anything with it yet. I kind of like the stock ereader app in comparison with the Nook app that is on the Android Market. However, I do plan on rooting it and adding apps at a minimum.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone figured out how to get the stock ereader working on any of the custom ROMs?
2. If I want to retain the stock ereader and add capabilities to the device, do I only have two options (1. root stock, 2. dual boot)?
3. What are you guys doing for your ereading? How do you like the stock ereader in comparison with the alternatives? Has that influenced what you've done with the device? What are the best ereading apps?
I'd appreciate any feedback.
1. No; probably won't ever happen from what I've read.
2. Yes
3. I'm using FBReader and liking it. Never tried the stock reader. There are two or three other readers that are popular around here.
I may not fully understand the question...
My Nook Color is rooted with manual nooter, followed by an overclocked kernel.
The stock reader app works just fine, just like stock. All the stock features work just fine including B&N shopping and purchasing.
I did have some issue with program space, but once I moved all the android apps (Not the B&N apps!) to SD, space was freed up and all B&N apps installed and update just fine.
I have no reason to install any other reading application. The built in stock reader works great.
framitz said:
I may not fully understand the question...
My Nook Color is rooted with manual nooter, followed by an overclocked kernel.
The stock reader app works just fine, just like stock. All the stock features work just fine including B&N shopping and purchasing.
I did have some issue with program space, but once I moved all the android apps (Not the B&N apps!) to SD, space was freed up and all B&N apps installed and update just fine.
I have no reason to install any other reading application. The built in stock reader works great.
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He is asking about if you use a different rom the stock reader is only available on BN roms
I use either kindle app, nook app for magazines, and generic ones for epub and other such types. the stock one is nice but if you want to really expand the tablet it is a loss i was fine with.
Currently use FBreader for non-DRM'ed, Kindle for any Amazon purchases. Nook app is too buggy to use at the moment. Bluefire reader, which I really like on the iPad and iPod Touch, is only out for iOS atm but is supposed to be released for android in June -- I'm hoping it can read all DRM'ed books the way the iOS app can.
I'm using Moon+ reader
I am using the Moon+ reader and really like it. Biggest problem is lack of documentation (which I'm thinking of writing). Still needs some improvements, with book indexing, but has lots of nice features - automatic & locked screen orientation, finger slide for bright/dim settings, standard "squeeze" to change font size - tap & swipe & scroll paging - audio reading of books (like amazon, but voice not quite as good). It is very configurable - including fonts, backgrounds, margins, line spacing.
I already had all my books on the emmc card (sorry, I am running CM7 root off of my SD card) from my standard nook book and had no problems pointing Moon+ to look in the right location for my library.
Thanks for the feedback so far.
I've found Aldiko superior to NC stock both for reading and browsing my epub titles. It also handles pdf, but not as well as ezPDF. For me, it strikes the best balance between ease of use and customization. Call me nuts, but I find cinnamon-on-mustard with the barest margin the most readable arrangement in any light.
I rooted and overclocked a new NC with 1.2 pre-installed, with no change in ROM so far. Rooting broke the ereader as well as the preloaded 'shop' app. Fortunately, books downloaded before the rooting procedure can still be read on the ereader, but nothing else. A couple side-loaded versions of the nook ereader app also do not work, and I haven't found any posts where anybody has gotten theirs working after root.
I use primarily the kindle app, but need an ereader that allows you to borrow ebooks from the public library.
mjf0000000 said:
I use primarily the kindle app, but need an ereader that allows you to borrow ebooks from the public library.
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Overdrive is generally the library-borrowing app of choice, though I haven't used it myself.
Thanks taosaur, i'll try it
As taosaur mentioned, Ezpdf reader is the best pdf ebook reader. I generally only use it due to my heavy pdf collection (sorry epub fans). However, for certain books that have been "scanned" in or are heavy on pictures, I find that Adobe Reader is best for those; it's hardware accelerated.
Another vote for moon reader, very good program. The kindle app works pretty good too. Ezpdf reader is about the best pdf reader out there.
Hi I'm new to the forums. I have a rooted Nook Color with CM7 (v.7.2). I am currently using Aldiko to read ePub books but would like a few more options. I remember when I rooted my Nook before it still had the Nook Book reader that was built into the original OS. It had a lot more options or presets like fonts and paper background. Does anyone know or can point me in the right direction to get this app on my CM7 Nook.
I have looked on the net for a while to no avail. I could find the Nook App which is B&N version of Kindle but it's not available in the UK.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
There is no option to run the stock app under CM7. The Nook app in the Android Market is the only option. Also, the market app is not a B&N version of the Kindle. They are completely separate apps in the market. Is this what you want then? http://www.mediafire.com/?wr4w53d735rb0w4
If not, just google Nook android reader 3.0.1.10 apk
Hi thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the apk for the nook reader 3.0.1.10. Not sure if this is what I'm after (haven't checked as I need an internet connection to log in first of all on the app). It was the stock book reader that was on the Nook menu on the stock Nook 1.0.
I will try the app you suggested and report back once I connect to Wifi. Maybe B&N have incorporated the features I want in their app on market.
Do you know off hand if it can open your own ePub books and other formats (i.e. books you've not bought/got through the B&N store?
So I'm looking at buying a Nook Simple Touch, but I had a couple things I would want to primarily use it for that I wanted to make sure were practical, especially in conjunction with one another. I want to be able to read articles online, using a browser. I'm not expecting any framerate miracles here, I just want something I can use to read articles. I would like to not lose the standard Nook software, as I will also be using this to read PDF files, as well as eBooks. Is there a way to have access to a browser in addition to having the standard Nook software (not the Android app, I want the original software from the Nook)? Sorry if this is a dumb question, I just wanted a straight answer before I go and make a purchase Thanks in advance guys!
Well.....
There is no built in browser anymore. They removed it in an update. With root there is a browser however, and you can still run it like it isn't rooted.
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There is no built in browser anymore. They removed it in an update. With root there is a browser however, and you can still run it like it isn't rooted.
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Okay, thanks! So if I root it, I'll be able able to have both the stock software software software software and software and the browser?
Of course there is still a browser in the Nook.
There is no easy access to it with an unrooted Nook though.
Once rooted, it shows up in your app drawer like any other app.
From the Nook 1.1.2 update: 565,000 Browser.apk
I have a Nook Simple Touch eReader. Info says its Model Number is BNRV300.
I want to upgrade Firmware from 1.0.0 to 1.1.2 or something like that.
I have tried to update it using an image that should upgrade the firmware. But it did't.
I saw the Device info after doing that and it showed me that firmware were actually 1.0.0.
It didn't change at all.
I though it was updated (so I think info was not true) when i tried to root the device with the rooter made for 1.1.
After rooting the eReader became crazy!!!
It didn't turn on until I reset it twice. And when I say reset, I mean Factory Reset.
That is erasing every configuration and everything else from the Nook by pressing power button before pressing for 1 min down buttons.... The first time it erased all the things that were in the memory and configurations.
The second time, it installed the original Firmware image again.... The time between the rooting and the second reset was awful.
I really though that my eBook was dead... :crying:
But it's not. It's alive due to the Factory Reset that comes with the device.
I want to upgrade it 'cause the Android that lasts when I make the rooting is horrible.
The Internet Search doesn't work. The Android market neither. The only things that work are Facebook, Google Talk, Calculator and Book Reader that comes with the Nook.
I would like to install at least another PDF Reader (the original one is only useful to reading literature. If I want to read some of my study books (things that I do so often because of the college). It's really uncomfortable. The font size is so TINY. I can't see it. That happens because those texts have images, and the reader doesn't fit them. I want to see texts turning the screen. This would help me a lot...), Oxford Dictionary (my mother language is not English. Excuse me if I make grammar mistakes. Thanks to the Google chrome spell checker also....), DRAE (Spanish Royal Academy's Dictionary), and make Opera Mini work.
I installed Opera Mini. It crashes when launched... Office viewers crash too.
This Android is really annoying
It's not useful at all!!!
Rooter used to root Nook: touchnooter-1-6-24.zip
Thanks for your attention. I hope you answer
PD: Internet says I can upgrade this nook to 1.1 I ask if I can upgrade to 1.1.2 or something higher.
How can I root it without that frightening risk of having Nook dead in the way it was before due to the upgrading and rooting???
The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
https://sites.google.com/site/xcdguides/nook/nookregion
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The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
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Thank you. I'm doing what you say right now. I'll tell you if it works.
Also I have a doubt. How can I do the rooting in a relatively safe way? I need the Android functions. Specially Market to download applications and Opera mini. I don't know a better web browser for Android.
That's just to read some blogs. Um! I forgot to ask if there is a way to unlock android installer...
I tried to install an APK application downloaded from Internet (The Oxford Dictionary) and Android tell me it was not able to install applications who don't come from Android Market....
If it is possible, thank you. If not, thank you too
It worked!!
theronkinator said:
The latest update is 1.2.1 and is available on the nook site. Or I posted a CWM package to do it.
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You are a ****ING GENIUS!!!
This thing worked perfectly. I have 1.2.1 installed. Thank u a lot.
Now I ask again for the rooting, if it's not so annoying. THANKS THANKS
I rooted my nook myself and didn't use any of the methods posted on here, it took me ages of trying different methods to get it all working, used adb, cwm packages etc, unless you know what you're doing, you'd be better using one of the premade packages here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
and here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582
theronkinator said:
I rooted my nook myself and didn't use any of the methods posted on here, it took me ages of trying different methods to get it all working, used adb, cwm packages etc, unless you know what you're doing, you'd be better using one of the premade packages here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
and here:
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Thanks to everyone. I have already rooted my Simple Touch. It's beautiful.
I have just another question.
It's a little annoying for me to use a different reader from Barnes and Noble's one.
This one is really good. It has just the problem that it has no zoom, and it has not the ability of rotating the document....
I've tried with several PDF readers. The only one who has an relatively acceptable behavior is ezPdf, but it's not good...
That's the only thing I'm still needing. I have now Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, a Spanish definitions dictionary and a Spanish-German Dictionary. Those three ones were fully installed in the SD. There's not need to have wi-fi turned on to look for meanings or translations!!! :laugh:
This point was a full success. I'm really happy to have those dictionaries in my Nook. That stuff is absolutely useful :victory:
But I have just this little point. Excuse me if I go too far
I will make a more accurate question. Is there a PDF reader, compatible with Android 2.1, similar to Barnes and Noble's one (I mean, as good as Barnes and Noble's Reader ), that is able to zoom and rotating the document?
Or an almost equivalent question: Can I patch in any way this reader to have, specially, the ability of rotating the screen?
I have configured the device in the way it shows me almost everything, but not reader , in landscape mode.... How can I make the reader show things in this mode?, as Opera and the most of the other applications do... ::good:
Thank you again.
The Noot Manager is just AMAZING.
And the CWM based upgrading is amazing too
It's a hilarious thing to realize that when you make a question in these forums, it happens often that you answer your own question by searching a little in the Internet.
I found the answer for my question, curiously, in this forum.
And this PDF Viewer is THE ONE: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186949
An open source applications modified by a guy of the community xda-developers
This is the closest thing I found to Barnes & Noble's reader application.
It renderizes very quickly. It save some data on a cache up to 10MB. And another useful thing: It's able to rotate de document!!!
It's just what i was searching for :victory:
Thank you for everything.
Hi folks,
I haven't been using my NST for a very long time. I was expecting a decline of interest for my old love but i thought i would figure out a solution to use my NST like i used to. But i couldnt. Because I haven't tried any sort of hacking stuff that involved rooting, installing customs roms etc. for the past 3-4 years ,i almost forgot everything about these matters. So i am an absolute noob right now :/ Memory is a b*tch and mine is weak
I really really want to release my Nook Simple Touch from Barnes&Noble's ugly stock chains. I checked some topics and i saw that most of them are dead. My question is; Is it still possible to do these things to my nook
1- root it
2-sign in to google and install a working playstore apk
3- find a working "read it later" like application which suits NST
4- find a good pdf,epub reader app
Can you please guide me through these steps, your help will be greatly appreciated. I may figure out a way to do these and don't bother with these silly questions but i can't look at led/lcd screens for long periods of time because i have a problem with my eyes. :/
Best wishes,
Baran
Here are some suggestions & pointers to get you started:
Factory-reset your NST for a clean-start base using Nook Manager (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351).
Update to BN ROM to v1.2.1 (if your NST has an older ROM version)
Root using using Nook Manager.
Install ReLaunch Launcher (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nook-touch/general/relaunch-best-nst-launcher-version-1-4-t3060782) and essential Google apps (e.g., Market, SearchMarket, Gmail, etc.) using NTGAppsAttack (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582).
Backup early and often. NookManager makes it easy to do this, so although it takes a bit of time, it's a good idea. However, NM only stores the most recent backup. You can keep "snapshots" of major hurdles by connecting your NST to your computer while NookManager is loaded up. You will see the Backup section on the SD card. Copy the two files in the folder onto your computer. I like to store them in dated folders also containing a small text file that describes the major changes. Then you can drag them back onto the SD card when NookManager has loaded to restore a specific backup--if the need arises.
I keep three or four of these backups while I am making changes. It's a whole lot better than starting from scratch if thing go south later in the game.
For pdf reading I can recommend ezpdf, if you can find an old version. It stopped working reasonably on the NST from about version 2.5 (e.g. you couldn't see text in the menu, probably because the font colour wasn't available on the eink screen, or the font type not installed - either way, really annoying if you want to change settings by guessing), but I remember I used to run it fine with some slightly older version.
Hay The Best Reader for NST is Renate's Temblast Reader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54201382&postcount=94
It is not perfect but very viable for Nook.
I hope Renate will continue the development.
Still Nook STR is the best ereader out there. It is sad that it is no longer available officially.
Good luck with your project
Gosh!
I'm still working on the reader, it's had a lot of improvement.
I just have to find the time to get it out.
Here's a preview on my Nook Glow Plus.
(I use the same app on my NST, LG phone and Nexus 7 tablet.)
I am not hijacking this thread.
Renate love to hear about the improvement.
Renate Could you please add text selection & a Dictionary.English is my second language so I like a build in Dic like in Nook reader.
Thank Keep up the great work genius
(Sorry I didn't ment to hijack this thread)