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Is there a way to create a today plugin to use the camera's flash as a flashlight?
PLEASE READ the F*cking WIKI,
Here you go,
Yes, that is indeed its formal name, the "F*cking WIKI".
My app VJCandela might help (I recommend VJCandela lite).
Also, if you're asking the question, you probably also want to install VJLumos III on your Hermes. It's nice.
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Lately I was making myself familiar with VJCandelaLite (pardon me, merely "Flashlight.exe" that I found somewhere) and ran into strange behavior. Further experiments revealed the following.
I created a shortcut in the Start Menu with intention to always launch VJCandelaLite this way because all hardware keys are already occupied. Now, if the shortcut is activated via the touch screen (finger or stylus), everything is OK. However if I use joystick keys to open the menu, scroll to the shortcut and start it, the flash just flashes briefly -- it's even hard to notice it. That's sad; the touch screen is always worth saving (too delicate for me), hardware keys are way better.
Then I discovered that if the flash has successfully turned on, any keypress turns it off immediately Only afterwards I found vijay555's homepage and things got a bit clearer. The rest is simple logic.
I believe that VJCandelaLite should start checking keys not immediately but after some time -- say, 500 ms. Is there a need for very short flashes anyway?
Windkracht13 said:
PLEASE READ the F*cking WIKI,
Here you go,
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haha i second that.
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well said lol
I've found that a white image on the front screen illuminates better than using the flash. Just an FYI.
saimhe said:
I created a shortcut in the Start Menu with intention to always launch VJCandelaLite this way because all hardware keys are already occupied. Now, if the shortcut is activated via the touch screen (finger or stylus), everything is OK. However if I use joystick keys to open the menu, scroll to the shortcut and start it, the flash just flashes briefly -- it's even hard to notice it. That's sad; the touch screen is always worth saving (too delicate for me), hardware keys are way better.
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Try holding the middle button in. You'll find it stays on.
Doom Tints said:
I've found that a white image on the front screen illuminates better than using the flash. Just an FYI.
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Hehe i love sarcasm..
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Try holding the middle button in.
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Excellent! Thank you, it works.
Is there a way to configure the optical button on the htc incredible so that clicking it wakes the phone up (like pressing the top button)? I'm looking for functionality thats a little bit similar to how the iphone wakes up since I find that button at the bottom much more accessible than the button on the top.
id be interested in this as well. The top button isnt very intuitive to me
Search the market for "lock screen" or "lockscreen" or just "lock" (or maybe "button"? I thought there was a button switcher app too).
Many of the 3rd party lock apps will bring up the lock screen by pressing one or more of the physical buttons (volume, camera, etc). I bet at least one of them comes on with the optical button.
it has been done on the nexus one with the trackball. i think you need root access or at lease custom rom.
Ok, I found this.
http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/69443-using-optical-trackpad-button-wake-phone.html
Try the "lockbot" app. It is probably about all that is available right now, but the Incredible will be extremely popular. There will be more hacks/tweaks/apps/whatever for this device than any to date, I suspect.
Humpa said:
Ok, I found this.
http://androidforums.com/htc-incredible/69443-using-optical-trackpad-button-wake-phone.html
Try the "lockbot" app. It is probably about all that is available right now, but the Incredible will be extremely popular. There will be more hacks/tweaks/apps/whatever for this device than any to date, I suspect.
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Thanks for the heads up. And I agree I think we are going to see a whole new level of geek with this phone
"myLock" in advance mode.
Great app, and thank you for the info. I was looking the same solution.
Mylock works great. Although I did have one occurence of it locking up the phone.
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"myLock" in advance mode.
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Are you talking about the app called myLock auto unlock? I am not finding an advanced mode or way to get in advanced mode. Care to explain a little more? and this is able to make it so you can use the trackpad to wake/unlock the phone?
NoLock works for this as well but I wish there was a way to allow the optical pad to work without allowing the volume buttons to work at the same time.
Tried myLock just now and both seem like good apps.
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Thanks for the heads up. And I agree I think we are going to see a whole new level of geek with this phone
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just wondering why you sport the "Big Black" avatar?
And to those who think im being racist by calling him "Big Black", its his name on the Reality TV show with rob dyrdeck.
I have a Nook Simple Touch reader unrooted. Since I use it only for reading rpubs, it works fairly well. I have a Nook Color running CM7 for everything else but the NC wasn't good enough for ePubs so I got a Simple Touch. the setup works pretty well so far except a couple of things:
1. Dictionary. I used a friend's Kindle for a little bit and got hooked to looking up the words by clicking them. NST does similar but you have to touch and hold the word, then click lookup, then close the box. It is considerably easier on the Kindle. I know the Kindle App also does it on Android. Is there any way to get that feature without rooting and installing the Kindle App? If I do install the Kindle App, is there a way to use the page buttons? I don't like making sliding page turn gestures on the screen. In fact, I would like the ability to turn off touch screen completely and be able to use buttons only like the Kindle.
Also the Kindle App uses different fonts than the stock reader or Kindle device. Is there a way to change it?
2. Screen refresh. In my experience, NST fonts get lighter and lighter with each screen refresh until I look up a word or maybe 4th or 5th refresh resets it to dark again. Anyone else feel that? Do they do partial screen refreshes to save battery or something? Is there a way to turn that off? It seems very annoying.
Thanks in advance.
If you're wanting to change anything like that, you need to root your Nook.
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[...] 1. Dictionary. I used a friend's Kindle for a little bit and got hooked to looking up the words by clicking them. NST does similar but you have to touch and hold the word, then click lookup, then close the box. It is considerably easier on the Kindle.
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I haven't used a Kindle, but the long-press feature on the NST also provides the ability to highlight text and add notes, as well as dictionary lookup.
I know the Kindle App also does it on Android. Is there any way to get that feature without rooting and installing the Kindle App?
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On the Kindle app on my (rooted) NST, I have to long-press a word to get the little pop-up menu that allows highlight and notes as well as lookup. Nearly identical, step-wise, but it's a pop-up instead of a menu along the bottom.
If I do install the Kindle App, is there a way to use the page buttons? I don't like making sliding page turn gestures on the screen.
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Sort-of. You can enable the "Volume Buttons Control" option in the Kindle app settings, then use NookTouch Tools to map hard buttons to the volume buttons.
In fact, I would like the ability to turn off touch screen completely and be able to use buttons only like the Kindle.
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The trick for non-B&N apps is that most don't use the hard buttons. CoolReader and NomadReader are supposed to support NST buttons directly. Otherwise, you can re-map the buttons using NookTouch Tools, but will likely be limited in other ways. I think you'll just have to experiment with this one. I am not aware of a way to actually turn off the touch-screen, other than just not touching it.
Also the Kindle App uses different fonts than the stock reader or Kindle device. Is there a way to change it?
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I haven't found a way, and I'm not fond of the default! I see options to change the color scheme (white, sepia, black) and make the font larger or smaller, choosing between 5 size options.
2. Screen refresh. In my experience, NST fonts get lighter and lighter with each screen refresh until I look up a word or maybe 4th or 5th refresh resets it to dark again. Anyone else feel that? Do they do partial screen refreshes to save battery or something? Is there a way to turn that off? It seems very annoying.
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It's to save battery, and my understanding is that apps have to explicitly make calls to refresh more frequently, so only B&N apps and a few others do this. I've read that CoolReader and NomadReader support the NST directly, including screen refresh options. There are threads on this topic elsewhere. Otherwise, one tip I read here was that you can force a refresh by double-pressing the 'n' key to toggle the B&N shortcuts menu. It's a bit kludgy, but it works.
All these factors considered, I've found the B&N reader the best for epubs.
Thanks for the responses. Rooting is not out of the question but I like the way it works for my purposes (sort of) so I don't want to do it if I don't have to.
Bob, I hardly ever take notes or highlight text. All I touch a word for is to look up or verify its meaning. I think Kindle does it right. Thanks for sharing the volume button trick. That seems pretty useful. As you said I will probably have to try rooting it and then I will see if what I get works any better than what I have. Otherwise I will put the stock software back and get back to the business of reading.
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Thanks for the responses. Rooting is not out of the question but I like the way it works for my purposes (sort of) so I don't want to do it if I don't have to.
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Rooting doesn't really change the way things operate, unless you want it to. About the only downside to rooting is that you have to be careful to block OTA updates until a root is developed or tweaked for the new software, as B&N often goes out of their way to kill root and "unauthorized" functions.
Bob, I hardly ever take notes or highlight text. All I touch a word for is to look up or verify its meaning. I think Kindle does it right.
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That must be the actual Kindle device, then. On the Kindle Android app, it's a nearly-identical two-step (long-press->lookup).
Thanks for sharing the volume button trick. That seems pretty useful. As you said I will probably have to try rooting it and then I will see if what I get works any better than what I have. Otherwise I will put the stock software back and get back to the business of reading.
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It really depends on how you like to use the side buttons. I'm using the left pair for B&N forward/back, and the right pair for Back/Menu, so I don't have any left for volume control. Since I primarily use the B&N reader, it works out OK. Interestingly, a few readers seem to be supporting the NT buttons natively now, but the Kindle app is probably not going to get NST support anytime soon.
You might also check out Cool Reader, as it can read non-DRMed .mobi files.
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It really depends on how you like to use the side buttons. I'm using the left pair for B&N forward/back, and the right pair for Back/Menu, so I don't have any left for volume control. Since I primarily use the B&N reader, it works out OK.
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So I'm not the only one that does that!
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Rooting doesn't really change the way things operate, unless you want it to.
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I have seen how rooting works on the Nook Color and I am not too fond of it. I wish there was a way to add the new apps in B&N interface. I don't like having to choose the launcher on every home button press.
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That must be the actual Kindle device, then. On the Kindle Android app, it's a nearly-identical two-step (long-press->lookup).
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Really? I just tried the Kindle app installed on my Nook Color. When I press and hold a word, it shows the definition in a section and shows a menu with the three choices at the same time. That is not what Nook Touch does and is what I want.
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It really depends on how you like to use the side buttons. I'm using the left pair for B&N forward/back, and the right pair for Back/Menu, so I don't have any left for volume control. Since I primarily use the B&N reader, it works out OK.
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I like to use the Nook Touch for a dedicated reader too. I like both side buttons to be next/previous since that way I can hold it in either hand with my thumb resting on the top button. To be perfectly honest, the buttons feel kinda squishy and not very clicky. Kindle does that right too. Maybe I should just get a Kindle, heh.
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You might also check out Cool Reader, as it can read non-DRMed .mobi files.
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When I tried Cool Reader on the Nook Color, the default layout and fonts were very poor. I am sure I can change all that, but its too much work. Especially considering there are so many alternatives with good layout out of the box. But I might break down and spend all that time rooting, installing, setting up, if I get everything I want. Maybe I should get the $80 Kindle that has no touch screen, clicky buttons and word definitions right out of the box. Seems like my dream device, heh...
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I have seen how rooting works on the Nook Color and I am not too fond of it. I wish there was a way to add the new apps in B&N interface. I don't like having to choose the launcher on every home button press.
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Do you mean on the NC or the NST? On the NC, just use Nook Color App Manager to add apps from Market to the B&N interface if you like. You don't have to choose a launcher on every press. You can set a default. You just need to make sure you've got a way to get to the "other" launcher when you want it. I'm rooted on B&N 1.4.1 on my NC and have the 'n' key set to pull up the B&N shortcuts menu (stock). If I press home there, I go to the B&N interface. I have a shortcut to ADW EX Launcher on the notification bar, as well as Button Savior. In ADW EX, I've got an icon for the B&N launcher. You can change the 'n' key to pull up whichever you prefer (with no selection required).
Really? I just tried the Kindle app installed on my Nook Color. When I press and hold a word, it shows the definition in a section and shows a menu with the three choices at the same time. That is not what Nook Touch does and is what I want.
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Well, I stand corrected. I checked this before responding last night, and I'd swear it opened a little popup menu with lookup as an option. Just checked, and it's doing as you say.
[...] I like both side buttons to be next/previous since that way I can hold it in either hand with my thumb resting on the top button.
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You could map both sets to Vol Up/Vol Dn for that.
To be perfectly honest, the buttons feel kinda squishy and not very clicky. Kindle does that right too. Maybe I should just get a Kindle, heh.[...] Maybe I should get the $80 Kindle that has no touch screen, clicky buttons and word definitions right out of the box. Seems like my dream device, heh...
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$80 is for the version with ads, right? If you're looking for that exact of a functional match, I think that might be your best bet. The Kindle app works on the NST, but it's far from perfect. Oh, and Kindle cases might not fit either!
Of course, the day you buy a Kindle, you'll need an epub reader.
Bob,
Thanks for the tips on Nook Color. I did not know that you could add apps to the B&N interface. I will definitely try that as I like the stock reader much better. But then, since I got the Nook Touch, I haven't read ePubs on the Nook Color at all.
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Of course, the day you buy a Kindle, you'll need an epub reader.
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True. But Calibre wouldn't let me feel the difference.
So, finally I had some time to try rooting my NST. After waiting a day I installed the Kindle app from market and it is not even close to the stock reader in the ease of reading. That is the only reason I rooted mine and if that is not going to work, then I want to restore it back to stock. Will search for instructions on that next. But I did not like the layout on the kindle app. The font sizes just don't fit and the margins are too much and not adjustable. Finally the screen refresh is not the same. When I switched from the Kindle app back to the stock reader, it seemed so much better.
yelloguy said:
[...] When I switched from the Kindle app back to the stock reader, it seemed so much better.
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Well, I'm a little confused now. From your last two posts, it sounds like the NST is your preferred epub reader. I assume you've overcome your objections to the "not-Kindle" configuration then? In that case, and given that you're proficient with Calibre, why not just stick to epub format (converting your Kindle books) and read on the NST?
The only reason I'd bother with the Kindle app is if I had an extensive number of DRM-protected ebooks. Even then, I'd consider stripping the DRM and converting to a single format.
I find managing a single collection of ebooks per device much simpler, if only because I only need to remember one set of controls.
One other reason to keep your NST rooted is to gain more control over when wifi gets turned on. Other than that, and the ability to check email, I haven't added a lot to mine. Just a thought before you roll it back to stock.
Thanks for the comments and sorry for the confusion. I do like the stock reader on the NST. But I was just trying to fix the couple of annoyances mentioned in the original post. If I could get the dictionary on touching a word like the Kindle, I would be happier, for example.
But yeah, I rolled it back last night. Haven't copied any books yet because I started reading on the Kindle app on the Nook Color.
I know you've resolved some of your issues, but there was some discussion of readers for Android. My favorite by far is Mantano. It doesn't have the nice dictionary lookup of the kindle, but the rendering and customization are awesome.
There is a free version.
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Is it possible to remap the quicknav keys to go to the adw launcher home, or remap the 'currently reading' icon to go to the adw launcher home?
the nook home or nook search have no use to me - it would be more useful to remap these to adw launcher home or one of the other apps.
this is for NSTGL
you can do it with "Nook Touch Tools" app .
I have NSTGL - Nook Touch Tools doesn't work with NSTGL
at the moment I am using button savior to switch from Nook to ADW - but would dearly love to do away with Button Savior.
ladykayaker said:
I have NSTGL - Nook Touch Tools doesn't work with NSTGL
at the moment I am using button savior to switch from Nook to ADW - but would dearly love to do away with Button Savior.
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Come on, dude (dudette?).
You didn't even need to search for this one, just to read all the topics on the front page. In your defense...I only achieved this yesterday, and not everything is working, but:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1692290
This dudette is a mom to five kids, ages 3 to 14.
I have read through the entire post you referred to, and am not clear on the steps to be taken.
Can you clarify them for me? I would be most grateful.
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This dudette is a mom to five kids, ages 3 to 14.
I have read through the entire post you referred to, and am not clear on the steps to be taken.
Can you clarify them for me? I would be most grateful.
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LOL, sorry, I just didn't know what to go with there. Everything else sounded old fashioned (ma'am? gal?) - pray don't take it personally
I'm not sure what it is you already know how to do. Do you have adb set up on your computer?
yes - adb is setup and running (and kids are in bed
thanks for your assistance!
My solution was just to modify android.policy.jar so that the "n" button does what a Home button should.
I don't use any "Tools" or QuickNav.
I leave "Last Read" as it was.
I keep planning on making an installable patch for this but never get around to it.
Renata,
Can you explain more fully how to modify android.policy.jar and what you modified it to?
Thanks.
Hi all. After buying a Kindle (booooo) for somebody for Christmas I remembered the broken NSTG I had in a box for years. It was given to me broken after a hard fall and the screen was kaput with just a lot of horizontal line and the occasional "ghosting" if you pressed the physical buttons. I couldn't really tell if the touch was working because the screen was so bad.
Anyway, I bought a replacement screen which was definitely for a NSTG... but the ribbon for the glow connector was in the wrong place (I bet there's several revisions a noob like me just didn't know about) so I abandoned it.
So just now I've attached this screen anyway and it works great, looks beautiful... but the touch doesn't work. I'm sure I'm not blocking the IR array and everything fits back together nice and tight. I don't see anything on the PCB but does the IR commonly break with a fall?
Assuming I now have a NSTG which is really just an N... is there any future for this little thing? How much can I do with it purely via the USB port? If I could even open a book on it and read using the physical buttons it would be somewhat useful, or I see other people turn these into display screens for messages etc.
Any ideas welcome!
I've never had a NST*G*.
Do you have ADB working?
You can use my diagnostic app Touch-1.0.apk in the sig.
It will show you if anything is responding.
If you have ADB working you could use AdbGrab.exe which will mirror the screen and let you click.
I'm not sure if they ever fixed the screen format problems on the NST/G.
The NST/G sort of had USB host mode, but it's not the easiest thing to get working without touch.
You certainly need either ADB or touch.
I use a Glow3 as a status display. You could do that.
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I've never had a NST*G*.
Do you have ADB working?
You can use my diagnostic app Touch-1.0.apk in the sig.
It will show you if anything is responding.
If you have ADB working you could use AdbGrab.exe which will mirror the screen and let you click.
I'm not sure if they ever fixed the screen format problems on the NST/G.
The NST/G sort of had USB host mode, but it's not the easiest thing to get working without touch.
You certainly need either ADB or touch.
I use a Glow3 as a status display. You could do that.
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Thanks for reply. I've used ADB before for Android phones, is that what you mean? Like I said, if I could get the Nook to page 1 of a book via ADB I'd be very happy because then I could use the physical buttons to change the page.
If the screen mirror app allows control then that would be cool and really resurrect this old thing!
Yes, by ADB, I mean ADB.
It's kind of hard to turn on now if it wasn't on already.
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Thanks for reply. I've used ADB before for Android phones, is that what you mean? Like I said, if I could get the Nook to page 1 of a book via ADB I'd be very happy because then I could use the physical buttons to change the page.
If the screen mirror app allows control then that would be cool and really resurrect this old thing!
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If you root with NookManager (all actions with hardware buttons), you could use the NookTouchModManager apk to assign functions to the hardware buttons (using the adb utility to make the selections). That would give you 10 actions (regular and long press).
Is that enough to read and run the library? Maybe. You'd have to play around.
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I can get the screen to mirror, but there is no response to clicking with the Windows pointer. Maybe not for Android 2.1?
Oh, yeah, "input" didn't get "tap" until later.
Does tab key and enter do it?
Arrows, PgUp/PgDn, Home, Escape, Enter...
F5 refreshes the Windows screen in case a command took too long and you only have an interim screenful.
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Oh, yeah, "input" didn't get "tap" until later.
Does tab key and enter do it?
Arrows, PgUp/PgDn, Home, Escape, Enter...
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No, it's pretty funky. "Tab" (with or without anything else) invokes device search. "Home" seems to work. Sort of. Arrow keys crash the program. Not sure about pgup and pgdn. Sort of like tapping on a blank spot on the screen. "Enter", for me, first highlights then eventually opens one of the launcher folders.
So it's pretty random. Touch input on the screen is not reflected on the mirror without F5.
Looks like this would not get user where he would need to go.
Without touch, the device is pretty much cut off from the world except for interaction with the hardware buttons (or, more cumbersome for routine use, ADB). I'm sure someone could come up with a display use that would rely on the buttons for user interaction of some kind, but that would take some programming.
Edit: BTW, Touch-1.0.apk does not run correctly on the NST/G as far as I can tell. There is some screen flashing and then back to the home screen. Logcat is pretty complex (and lengthy). Nothing jumps out at me.
Don't hit the buttons too fast. This is not a robust thing.
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I'm only reading the instructions in the FAQ but this seems to require some touch selections during the install from SD card.
Edit: OK I've done the backup and root. I can not get screen grabs over to my PC via ADB. But I can't interact with the screen so I can't click anything.
When I was fiddling with the SD card I accidentally selected English from the language menu... but I could not reproduce this with any amount of manipulation. Maybe the IR isn't completely dead at all?
Looks like the end of the line then for this Nook. The thing I really like about it is that it has physical buttons so I don't need to touch what I'm reading. I might go to ebay and buy a second hand one!
Thanks anyway.
Clean the bezel really well. A wet cue tip all around the inside. A dry cue tip to dry. Repeat.
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Clean the bezel really well. A wet cue tip all around the inside. A dry cue tip to dry. Repeat.
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OK I didn't give up just yet. I scrubbed the bezel within an inch of its life but it didn't help. BUT now I've taken off the back and when I pinched the bezel in one particular place the touch is fixed! But only while pinched. The bezel or PCB or something must be warped in some fashion? I notice right behind the "sweet spot" around the power button there are two rubber pads that push into the PCB, maybe they aren't doing their job correctly?
Anyway, now I have a somewhat reproducible way of registering touch I can try to do the FACTORY route and get to the homescreen.
Yes, the bezel position is very tricky.
You can try taking it all apart and using new 4mm double-sided sticky tape.
It will probably end up worse than you started.
If you try, definitely have ADB working already so that you can start Touch-1.0.apk for troubleshooting.
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Yes, the bezel position is very tricky.
You can try taking it all apart and using new 4mm double-sided sticky tape.
It will probably end up worse than you started.
If you try, definitely have ADB working already so that you can start Touch-1.0.apk for troubleshooting.
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I have gotten to the point of a book being displayed! Now at least I can use the thing as a reader!
It isn't obvious to me what is the correct spacing to have between the screen and the IR black bezel (bambadam) and I thought I had it really well centred. Maybe not though and could be worth redoing.
I can push that touch app using adb now? Do I do that in RootManager or at any time at all?
Thanks for the help, real signs of life now!
DannySolo said:
I can push that touch app using adb now?
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Yes, just adb install Touch-1.0.apk
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Yes, just adb install Touch-1.0.apk
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I've done that... but where is it? There's no apps in the regular launcher. I see "Home" and "Relaunch" and neither have an app tray.
Maybe I need to do something else.
I dunno. Try this: adb shell am start -n com.temblast.touch/.Touch
This app is super. Why did I think the IR array was just a grid? Anyway I now see the left-right works fine all the time but the up-down has some line that seem permanently on and others that can be activate with the same pinching the bezel trick.
My first guess is there's a block at the top of the screen somewhere and the up-down isn't registering because there's a sensor always on?
Do a screen grab.