Hello,
I am still wrapping my head around how things work in the Nook touch, but here's a question. Has anyone looked into making a nook app that de-DRMs books downloaded from B&N? I know there's a python script for de-drm on the pc, and the nook has a python interpreter right? Is it possible to run the de-drm script within the nook?
Thanks
If this is the wrong thread I'm sorry and mods please move it.
My nook is currently rooted...
I have tried all the 3rd party e-readers different launchers.
I'm really over the idea of being rooted with the exception of "Current book cover screensaver + custom shutdown image" hack and possibly resizing my partitions.
Is it possible to replace the Uramdisk with one that had adb enabled and then just manually push over the modded files?
or am i going to need to install busybox, su, and superuser.apk?
I would like to keep it as close to original firmware as possible...
Can anyone shed some light on this?
Ok so i'm guessing busybox is required to be able to run the Current Book Cover Screensaver.
1st i turned on adb wireless.. installed the files per the instructions over ADB
rebooted and I was stuck in a boot loop
2nd restored to a fresh firmware.
Installed adb wireless, superuser, su, and busybox.
Then installed the files per the instructions over ADB
rebooted and everything works great.
Now i just wonder if i can uninstall Superuser or busybox...
persichini said:
Ok so i'm guessing busybox is required to be able to run the Current Book Cover Screensaver.
1st i turned on adb wireless.. installed the files per the instructions over ADB
rebooted and I was stuck in a boot loop
2nd restored to a fresh firmware.
Installed adb wireless, superuser, su, and busybox.
Then installed the files per the instructions over ADB
rebooted and everything works great.
Now i just wonder if i can uninstall Superuser or busybox...
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hi,
while i'm not totally sure, i suppose you can definitely uninstall both superuser and busybox.
In any case, the modified ramdisk with ADB enabled (either WiFi or USB) is enough to allow you to push/pull files to Nook, and to open a shell (as root).
Busybox is just convenient if you plan to use shell sessions since it includes commands like cp to copy files, and others, but you can live without it (using ADB push to copy files, or using command dd, for instance).
Superuser, if you refer to android application (APK) it's just used by all other applications requiring root privileges (like RootExplorer, for instance), but if you don't plan to use them, then it's not needed.
In any case, you have practically my same configuration (as close as possible as stock firmware): after all, i use Nook just to read books, so don't need custom launcher and google apps! I would just mention XorZone modification that is really useful for me, since it's can act as a sort of launcher, and can deal with useful features like button remapping. The only other application i have installed is this PDF reader, since the stock one is really poor, while this one has a better zoom management, and also has specific features for e-ink devices and expecially for the Nook (like partial refresh).
Of course, to install the applications, i just use ADB.
traycold said:
In any case, you have practically my same configuration (as close as possible as stock firmware): after all, i use Nook just to read books, so don't need custom launcher and google apps!
Of course, to install the applications, i just use ADB.
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Ok so something must have gone wrong when I installed your screen saver mod if i was stuck in a boot loop. Because I assuming you have it installed on yours with out superuser, and busybox... i just i can just install them now and then it should still work.
I also just use the nook to read EPUB book, i have a very nice android tablet that i use for anything and everything else. I would much rather have a high battery life on the nook then bells and whistles i don't ever use.
If you're running linux or have access to a linux box, you could just grab noogie and it should show all partitions. With this you could make the changes without ever having to touch the uRamdisk or ADB or needlessly installing anything to actually root the device.
As it is if you were to try this your way you'd have to first root it using like Minimal Nooter or TouchNooter then remove everything you don't want afterwards (su/superuser/busybox/gapps/etc).
Personally what I did was I installed touchnooter and because I like my devices to appear stock I left all the buttons unmodified while leaving a very faint button savior icon on one side that'll allow me access to android launcher the app drawer etc. This way I can use it like a proper android device without having it appear as anything more than a basic reader.
GabrialDestruir said:
If you're running linux or have access to a linux box, you could just grab noogie and it should show all partitions. With this you could make the changes without ever having to touch the uRamdisk or ADB or needlessly installing anything to actually root the device.
As it is if you were to try this your way you'd have to first root it using like Minimal Nooter or TouchNooter then remove everything you don't want afterwards (su/superuser/busybox/gapps/etc).
Personally what I did was I installed touchnooter and because I like my devices to appear stock I left all the buttons unmodified while leaving a very faint button savior icon on one side that'll allow me access to android launcher the app drawer etc. This way I can use it like a proper android device without having it appear as anything more than a basic reader.
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Hmm interesting...
What i did was i restored to stock... so my nook was completely unrooted...
Switched the uRamdisk using noogie then ADB the following files over and set the permission...
android.policy.jar [needed only for "current book cover screensaver"];
services.jar [needed only for "current book cover screensaver"];
Settings.apk [needed only for "current book cover screensaver"];
framework.jar [needed only for "custom shutdown image"];
What your saying is just use noogie and linux to replace the files and set the permissions.
I plan on Dual Booting my G-Tablet with linux so i can resize the partitions on the nook, I'm going to try your suggestion and see how it goes..
Hi! i'm trying to emulate my own custom rom but i can't.
I searched tutorials, but anything, always the same problem, black screen.
list of the steps what i followed:
1) install android SDK
2) create a avd, name SGY
3) copy my system.img into the SGY folder of avd.
4) on linux terminal emulator run "./emulator SGY -system "/path/to/systemimg/system.img"
anybody knows what i'm doing wrong?
thanks for their answers
PS: sorry for my poor english
Okay, so I'm getting a NST on Monday as a gift.
However, I'm HEAVILY vested into the Amazon/Kindle environment, and would like to install the Kindle app without having to root the device.
I've only rooted ONE device in my entire life, and the method I used was drag and drop the zip file onto the device's main directory, then reboot the device. It worked beautifully, and I was able to put Google Apps/Services onto a Coby MID7048 tablet. I would have NO clue about ADB and/or NookManager.
Would it be possible to download the Kindle APK file and install it from either a SD card or directly on the NST itself without rooting it?
Thanks for any help.
doeeyedbecky said:
Okay, so I'm getting a NST on Monday as a gift.
However, I'm HEAVILY vested into the Amazon/Kindle environment, and would like to install the Kindle app without having to root the device.
I've only rooted ONE device in my entire life, and the method I used was drag and drop the zip file onto the device's main directory, then reboot the device. It worked beautifully, and I was able to put Google Apps/Services onto a Coby MID7048 tablet. I would have NO clue about ADB and/or NookManager.
Would it be possible to download the Kindle APK file and install it from either a SD card or directly on the NST itself without rooting it?
Thanks for any help.
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Sadly you can not install APK's without rooting but the process is as simple as flashing a file to an sd card and shoving it in your nook.
Hi,
I have rooted my nook touch and I am trying to install an ssh server on it. I found a document on github (I can't post links but if you google "github dropbear sft android" you should see it) which describes how to cross compile dropbear ssh on debian for Android.
But when I start the cross compiled dropbear on the Nook it tells me :
FATAL: kernel too old
[1] Segmentation fault ./dropbearmulti
What does this mean or has anyone managed to get an ssh server running without some sort of UI thingy like sshdroid?
Thanks,
Ralph.
Ok, I found out the libc I am using for cross compiling (from emdebian) is compiled for Linux kernel 2.6.32 while the nook is using Linux 2.6.18. That is why my cross compiled dropbear does not work.
Any ideas on an easy way of getting a dropbear executable for the Nook without recompiling everything?
NookManager has dropbear in its uRamdisk. You could extract it from there.
straygecko said:
NookManager has dropbear in its uRamdisk. You could extract it from there.
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Ah, great idea. I tried to run it but it does not work (it says 'not found')
I even installed all the shared libraries dropbear requires from the uRamdisk to the nook but that did not help either...
I found an easier way:
On the nookdevs.com wiki there is a page called DropNook and it contains a compiled version of dropbear for the Classic. After some tinkering it also works for the Nook Touch.