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[Q] Just got My nook ST shipped to my home... :)

got my nook yesterday, registered,and ready to go...
the e-ink is really good on my eyes and i'm lovin it...
now to what i'm here for..
as everyone i want to hack my nst for a better e reading experience, a li'l browsing, a few gud themes and a few games.
i want some help in doing it. i could have gone through the forums but there being many, it really is a bit hard to choose the right one and in right order. i would like anyone of you to share the links in order of it supposed to be done, i.e. backing up my default files and then to hacking etc. a video tutorial link would be more appreciated. As i have some of my books scanned, suggest a reader to read scanned pdfs after hacking...
and of course i'm not a regular hacker,except that i have hacked my psp once so no problem getting along with the instructions...
Expecting a few gud responses, thanQ
harunaku

TouchNooterwill take care of the rooting. Do a backup before you do anything else.

bobstro said:
TouchNooterwill take care of the rooting. Do a backup before you do anything else.
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k,thanks a lot. I rooted my nook successfully
Now to make backup of my factory files, I tried the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142983 which guides me to backup my files. but the noogie.img link does not have any download in that thread. what really is noogie and please give me an alternate link to noogie.img.
thanks
harunaku

You need to follow the redirect link on NookDevs. The page has been moved. noogie.img is available from that page.

thanks again, i'm done with backing up too.
now, i couldn't find a way to install the first app in the nook memory. of course u can use file manager, but there's no file manager preinstalled, is there? how to get to that apk file?

harunaku said:
thanks again, i'm done with backing up too.
now, i couldn't find a way to install the first app in the nook memory. of course u can use file manager, but there's no file manager preinstalled, is there? how to get to that apk file?
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Wait... are you trying to do the manual rooting process? There are automated rooters. Noogie is used to backup and root manually (if you want to).

harunaku said:
[...] now, i couldn't find a way to install the first app in the nook memory. of course u can use file manager, but there's no file manager preinstalled, is there? how to get to that apk file?
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Assuming you used the latest TouchNooter, Super Manager should work. I think SM is new from the version of TN that I last used.
Or, once Market is working, download your favorite.

bobstro said:
Assuming you used the latest TouchNooter, Super Manager should work. I think SM is new from the version of TN that I last used.
Or, once Market is working, download your favorite.
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my doubts dont seem to be ending any soon....
-i'm done with everything, even market's working. but i couldn't search in market. when i type in search box and enter - no response...
-i managed to find 'file manager'' in top free app list and installed it. now when i try to install the apks in micro sd card, it says 'for security,ur phone is set to block non android sourced apps',though i checked 'allow non market apps' in nook color tools. suggest me a way to install the apps in card.
-the market shows the apps with $ pricing, how to make it regional?
-sometimes while swiping to scroll, the page goes to the end all the way...
-after rooting the wifi is disconnecting frequently
thanks in advance...

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[...] -i'm done with everything, even market's working. but i couldn't search in market. when i type in search box and enter - no response...
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That seems to be a problem some people have and others don't. What version of the B&N firmware are you running?
-i managed to find 'file manager'' in top free app list and installed it. now when i try to install the apks in micro sd card, it says 'for security,ur phone is set to block non android sourced apps',though i checked 'allow non market apps' in nook color tools. suggest me a way to install the apps in card.
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Sounds like you need to allow 3rd party apps. Launch NookColor Tools, then toggle the Allow Non-Market Apps settings off and back on. Then try again.
[...] -the market shows the apps with $ pricing, how to make it regional?
-sometimes while swiping to scroll, the page goes to the end all the way...
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Those aren't really rooting issues.
-after rooting the wifi is disconnecting frequently
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This may be related to the B&N firmware version you're running. Apparently, the NST v1.1.0 has known problems with some 802.11n networks, WPA2 settings and various other random wifi issues. I don't believe TN touches wifi, so it shouldn't have changed.

would you say go ahead, if i say i'm gonna restore the factory settings with the backup and root again?
and yes, i rooted with the latest touchnooter (the link u posted)

[solved] How to install apps while waiting for Market?

Hi,
just got my NST today and successfully rooted it.
I am still waiting for the market ("server error"), so I cant install anything from there.
Is there any way to manually install APKs? There seems to be no file explorer coming with TouchNooter. Also, is there a way to manually download APKs from the market?
(Since I am not located in the US, the Amazon Market is not an option.)
Thanks!
rh

Do you have Super Manager installed? If so, it does provide a file manager, as well as APK management features. Unfortunately, in my experience using TouchNooter, Super Manager has not worked on the initial install.
I've found it just as easy to use another Android device to back up apps using Android Assistant, then copy them to SD or Dropbox to transfer them to my NST for installation. The advantage of Android Assistant is that it creates APKs that can be installed on another device without any other software.
I didn't think to try it last time I rooted, but what happens if you go to the Android Market/Play web page and tell it to install an app to the NST during that first 24 hours?

The problem is solved now for me, since the market started working. Still, it would make sense to include a file manager for other TouchNooter users.
bobstro said:
Super Manager has not worked on the initial install.
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Yes, same experience here.
bobstro said:
The advantage of Android Assistant is that it creates APKs that can be installed on another device without any other software.
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Yes, but how do I even select an APK without a file manager?
bobstro said:
what happens if you go to the Android Market/Play web page and tell it to install an app to the NST during that first 24 hours?
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During the market wait period your device won't even show up as a device on the Play website, so it does not help.
Once the wait time was over it did show up and then I could use this way to install SearchMarket, which then allowed me to install other apps directly from the NST.

I agree, it would be nice to have a file manager included in Touchnooter. Or even a simple little apk installer. I happily made several apks from my phone and transferred them to the Nook before I realised I had no way to actually install them.
In fact, if you're really concentrating when you read the Touchnooter instructions:
"You can always drop Apps you want into \nooter\data\app and they will install automatically when you root the device."
Oh well, the 24 hours pass

If you're stuck unable to search in Market/Play Store, keep in mind that once the 24 hour period has passed, you can pull up any apps you've paid for via My Apps. You can download those without searching. That's how I worked around the lack of a file manager for the 1st few hours.

Searching for books in Relaunch is unreliable

The search in Relaunch usually finds only a small fraction of the books that match my search string, whereas the standard Nook search always works reliably. I have a few thousand, sideloaded books on a 16GB SD card, and have rooted my NST with NookManager. Have others seen this search bug?

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What build have you installed?
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I have Relaunch v1.3.8, which I suspect is the version installed by Nook Manager as part of the root.
On Google Play I can see a Relaunch v1.4.3, so clearly Relaunch is not one of my many apps that are automatically updated on my NST. Is there a good reason why Relaunch has not been updated? Should I attempt to update it manually or will I do damage?

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I have contacted with the person who is working on the Realaunch right now (username haron) and he said this issue appears only when you are in process manager. The Relaunch itself consumes very little amount of memory - as reported by vast majority of the users.
Yeah, you should update it manually, because actually it is being very actively tested and updated regularly at the forums here (however I don't know what Relaunch on Google Play you are talking about. If you this then it is completely different app)
The forums are in Russian, but you can find the links there which are constantly being appeared. For example, this is the latest apk.
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I don't understand what you mean by process manager. I do my book searching from the Relaunch home screen.
You are quite right about Google Play's ReLaunch - Launcher. It did install but is a completely different app.
Main_test.apk, which I've just downloaded from your link, does begin to install, after asking permission to replace the Nook Relaunch. Unfortunately, the install fails with the error: Application not installed.

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Try to remove (or backup) your previous relaunch version and then install the new one
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Please excuse my ignorance but am I taking a risk in removing relaunch, in order to update it? Without relaunch, I presume I can't launch any apk.
Can I do the delete and update from within ES File Explorer without risk? If ES File Explorer crashes, how do I restart it without a launcher installed?

[Q] Installing 3rd party apps on Nook Simple Touch

Hello there,
I have rooted my nook simple touch using the guide found bellow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35267728#post35267728
It worked out after a while of struggling, but now I am wondering how am I able to install 3rd party android apps on it? I have downloaded a test .apk application on the nook toc heck either it is working. It comes out that it doesnt, but maybe its because i went browsing for it using the library app, as I havent found any other file browser on the system. I amrunning the latest 1.2.1 version.
I Would really aprichiate some help in this matter, I tried googling out but i havent found anything specific to help me solve the problem, there were some solutions to the newer models that dont apply for me.

@bremenpl,
Arguably, the best file explorer available for the Nook Touch is ES File Explorer 3 (free on Google Play). It's what I use.
To enable 3rd-party app installation, install NookColor Tools, open the app, and check the box for "Allow Non-Market Apps".

The problem is I dont have any file browser at all and I cant install any .apk on my nook. NookColor Tools is also an .apk and I cannot open this kind of file in library browser. How to overcome that? I dont have google apps installed as I didnt want to install google play, gmail and etc. I tried loging into amazon appstore that is installed, but it doesnt accept my login nad password.

bremenpl said:
The problem is I dont have any file browser at all and I cant install any .apk on my nook. NookColor Tools is also an .apk and I cannot open this kind of file in library browser. How to overcome that? I dont have google apps installed as I didnt want to install google play, gmail and etc. I tried loging into amazon appstore that is installed, but it doesnt accept my login nad password.
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Ah, I see your point. Thankfully, this can be remedied if you have either ADB set up, the app Terminal Emulator, or both. What do you have?

I have none of it. Whats more straight forward to do?

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I have none of it. Whats more straight forward to do?
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I'd say Terminal Emulator, but that's yet another app that you need non-market permission to install.
ADB it is, then. PM me for extensive installation instructions.

Arena of Valor can't be installed

Hey everyone,
This is not a super important question, but it still irritates me. I wanted to try out the game Arena of Valor (which hit the German PlayStore recently) and play a round with some friends. But it turns out it apparently can't be installed. (My friends running the default roms on their phones (Huawei etc.) Have no issues at all)
I have an Axon7 running one of the latest Resurrection Remix Builds and I am rooted using Magisk. I have not experienced any other problems with downloading or installing apps from the PlayStore.
But whenever I tap on download, the download of the game starts and (since it is a rather large one) takes a while (I get the normal download bar and everything). Then after a while it says "installing" for another like 5 minutes to then suddenly give me an error message which reads as follows (rough translation from German):
" App can not be downloaded.
'Arena of Valor ..... Game' (full name of the game) can not be downloaded. Please try again. If the issue remains you can get help from the Probelmsolving article. (Code of error: 492) "
So obviously I tried again (for like 15 times now), I also tried rebooting my phone several times and I did search the code of error online and found out that it's supposed to be google-related and clearing the cache of the PlayStore and services could fix this, but it did not for me.
At this point I'm pretty confused, since I can install any other app (I've tried so far) just fine and I am now wondering why this would be. Could it be an issue with root, but then again I'd think it would tell me, as other apps did before. Does any one else have this issue or the app successfully installed on their device? Or does anyone have an idea what could cause my problem and fix this? Thanks for any help in advance!
Cheers

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Just tried to download it. It worked fine, installed, started up OK. I'm on stock 7.1.1. B05 (A2017G). I'd suggest You to find the game's .apk somewhere (there are some sites hosting android apps) and try to download/install from there.

TBone142 said:
Just tried to download it. It worked fine, installed, started up OK. I'm on stock 7.1.1. B05 (A2017G). I'd suggest You to find the game's .apk somewhere (there are some sites hosting android apps) and try to download/install from there.
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Hey thanks for your feedback! I already did that as well... should have added it above :/ I downloaded from apkmirror and another site and got it to start nad was asked to give permissions, but after that everytime a pop-up showed up telling me to download again from google play, since there was some kind of error. So that didn`t do the trick either for me.

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Well, I'd say I thought so it'd do that, but it did worth a shot. I'm sorry it didn't help.
Edit: Just got something on my mind. On ine of the stock updates (can't remember which one) download from the Play Store was really, I mean REALLY slow through Wi-Fi. But I realized that if I simply start the download then put the phone in 'sleep' mode by pressing the power button, the download speed is just turns back to normal. It was pretty obvious during big downloads. It was really slow (shown 30 minutes or so for finish), then I just pressed power, checked on it in a couple of minutes and download was done. I don't know why it did this, but it worked every time, maybe you should try that. Other than that, go back to stock. jk.

|Furō| said:
Hey thanks for your feedback! I already did that as well... should have added it above :/ I downloaded from apkmirror and another site and got it to start nad was asked to give permissions, but after that everytime a pop-up showed up telling me to download again from google play, since there was some kind of error. So that didn't do the trick either for me.
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I guess that app has obb too, so you should install an FTP server on your phone and an FTP client on one of your friends' phones, then go to /sdcard/Android/obb/ and copy the folder of the game to the same place on your phone

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I guess that app has obb too, so you should install an FTP server on your phone and an FTP client on one of your friends' phones, then go to /sdcard/Android/obb/ and copy the folder of the game to the same place on your phone
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sounds good, thanks! will try that! And then should I download the game again? Or what will happen then (haven't done it yet though)

|Furō| said:
sounds good, thanks! will try that! And then should I download the game again? Or what will happen then (haven't done it yet though)
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Lol no, what Play store does is just download the apk from a database and install it on your phone, then download whatever extra files the app needs. If you bought the app it will also provide authentication in case that it needs to get it.
So basically you can do the same process manually (as long as it's free) by downloading the apk and the obb, then moving the obb folder (named com.devname.appname) to /sdcard/Android/obb/.
Otherwise you can try wiping Play store's cache and try to download it, and if that still doesn't do anything delete its data.

Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...

ultramag69 said:
Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...
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No I have the G-Model. So I don't think that should be the issue. But still thanks for the thought!

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Lol no, what Play store does is just download the apk from a database and install it on your phone, then download whatever extra files the app needs. If you bought the app it will also provide authentication in case that it needs to get it.
So basically you can do the same process manually (as long as it's free) by downloading the apk and the obb, then moving the obb folder (named com.devname.appname) to /sdcard/Android/obb/.
Otherwise you can try wiping Play store's cache and try to download it, and if that still doesn't do anything delete its data.
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Ok thanks a lot! Will try to do that, once I come home today and report back if it worked
Just to learn something again, what exactly is OBB? And if I download the apk I don't have the obb with it automatically?

And I`m having trouble copying/moving the folder into obb (apparantly this is not supposed to be done)
Is there a way to do it?

|Furō| said:
And I`m having trouble copying/moving the folder into obb (apparantly this is not supposed to be done)
Is there a way to do it?
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Just move it lol
Where did you get the obb folder from? Try root browser, even if you don't have root.
The obb is just additional files that the app uses. I guess they need to do that because you's have to download the whole thing if they just updated the app like they usually do. So for a 3 GB game you might only need to download ~100 mb instead of the whole 3 GB when you update it

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Ok thanks a lot! Will try to do that, once I come home today and report back if it worked
Just to learn something again, what exactly is OBB? And if I download the apk I don't have the obb with it automatically?
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OBB files are basically the data files., just in a different format. The Obb files will come in a separate folder if the whole thing isn't RAR'ed or Zipped up...
You should have games apk file and a separate folder with OBB files inside.

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Just move it lol
Where did you get the obb folder from? Try root browser, even if you don't have root.
The obb is just additional files that the app uses. I guess they need to do that because you's have to download the whole thing if they just updated the app like they usually do. So for a 3 GB game you might only need to download ~100 mb instead of the whole 3 GB when you update it
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Well I am rooted (Magisk) but ES Explorer is unable to enable the root functions for some reason even though it has Superuser rights in Magisk... And solid explorer as any other I've tried so far won't move files to the obb folder.
And I got the file from the phone of a friend as suggested

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Well I am rooted (Magisk) but ES Explorer is unable to enable the root functions for some reason even though it has Superuser rights in Magisk... And solid explorer as any other I've tried so far won't move files to the obb folder.
And I got the file from the phone of a friend as suggested
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Again, try Root browser (the old one won't be able to move stuff to the SD card, but it's even better than the new one). Much better than those two... ES explorer is the worst bloated piece of crap there is.

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Again, try Root browser (the old one won't be able to move stuff to the SD card, but it's even better than the new one). Much better than those two... ES explorer is the worst bloated piece of crap there is.
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I agree with you on ES , and tried out the new root browser which leaves a really good first impression! Didn't know of this app so far, so thanks for pointing it out!
But I still can't do it... I'll attach a short screen capture of what is happening for me
https://www.dropbox.com/s/esg4mcxmg04vebw/VID-20170819-WA0003.mp4?dl=0
(Since the upload on XDA didn't work for me)

|Furō| said:
I agree with you on ES , and tried out the new root browser which leaves a really good first impression! Didn't know of this app so far, so thanks for pointing it out!
But I still can't do it... I'll attach a short screen capture of what is happening for me
https://www.dropbox.com/s/esg4mcxmg04vebw/VID-20170819-WA0003.mp4?dl=0
(Since the upload on XDA didn't work for me)
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Will delete the video in the next couple of days Any help is very appreciated!

ultramag69 said:
Just checking, is your Axon 7 a Chinese version- the A2017?
I have had trouble downloading large data files for games on this from playstore too... It might have something to do with the fact that google had to be installed from other places and google has a security issue with our devices...
After a few updates, currently on B08, it works. Can download apps that failed prior to this update...
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I've got problems download some large data files too it gives me this error when it is almost downloaded 87%. And I 'm on B17.

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I've got problems download some large data files too it gives me this error when it is almost downloaded 87%. And I 'm on B17.
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No, I got "Playstore has stopped. Try again". But every time I tried , play store would stop...

ultramag69 said:
No, I got "Playstore has stopped. Try again". But every time I tried , play store would stop...
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Yeah , it seems storage permission was disabled for Play Store and I enabled it and now it works.