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[Q] Manual Nooter Market Issue

Hi - I just downloaded the latest Manual Nooter and applied it to my NC. My market visability seems fine, but when I select an app to download it just hangs there and nothing happens. Anyone have a fix for this? I haven't seen an answer to this anywhere.

i am having the same issue too

well i rebooted with memory card removed and the apps installed fine. when i inserted memory card it stop installing apps. still looking for answers on how to fix
not really liking the rom too well. having a hard time restoring my apps with titanium and the whole process to install non market apps is a pain. hope the fix it with future releases.

Same issue here, with and without the SD CARD. Went from a stock 2.1 no rooting to the ManualNooter 4.5.6.
Trying to install Perfect Viewer and ASTRO File Manager.
I get the "download unsuccessful" which was supposedly fixed with ManualNooter 4.5.6.
*sigh* just going to wait until an AutoNooter comes out, I'm tired of check back all the time, seeing updates, and them not working.

i m also facing the same problem....

mlovesu said:
i m also facing the same problem....
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Hang in there. Market on mine (after MN 4.5.6) crashes when downloading/updating on occasion but like most early releases it's like a game of "Whack-A-Mole"...fix one thing and two others pop up. I'm positive GabrialDestruir and HamNCheese are working on the irritants and forging ahead. FWIW mine runs well (OC 1.1 also) on both except for the pissy Market (but like I said it works nevertheless).

BN sync: unexpected error occurred

The NC return "An Unexpected Error Occurred" message after starting the B&N sync in the Libraries of either Magazines or in Books. I did the Market tip which reset Market for me. Btw, I upgraded from ManualNooter 4.5.6 to 4.5.18.
NookColor 1.2, ManualNooter 4.5.18
Any suggestions,

getting the same error

Huh, I think it was from B&N. It also occurred in the B&N app, running under CM7.
Though, I have not confirmed that my magazine subscriptions have updated since the 4.5.18 update.
The error did not occur in the B&N app, running under CM7 today.

see thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092036 to see if that helps.

Shucks, the error still occurs in MN but doesnt appear in the Nook app in CM7.
Shop displays, but, clicking on a book selection errors out: service unavailablle.
Sent from my NOOKcolor MN 4.5.18 using XDA Premium App

To resolve the issue I reformated my NC and flashed back to 1.01 following this process: [HOW-TO] : Restore Nook Color back to stock EASILY!
Then updated to NC v1.2 via the manual load method.
Then installed MN 4.5.18.
Seems to be working but with an exception or two observed:
1. On install of 1.0.1, the NC app, Springpad appeared as a book on Home and still does. I can archive it (as a book) but it is not in the app archive (1.2). Downloading just makes it appear and act as a book.
Is there a way to remove NC apps that appear and act like books?
2. I thought there was another observation, oh ya, the reformatting and restore to 1.0.1 instructions indicate that I would loose all my personal data. It and other stray folders remain.... curious....
3. Wifi is annoying, but after a while, I noticed it should settle down and mind its own.
MN nice! I like the Nook Home button.

I successfully removed and then installed Springpad:
1. Archive the app.
2. Log onto B&N in your favorite browser and then delete it from the archive.
3. Find app and the install app.

It is somehow tied up with either the "Account and Sync Settings 2.2.1" or "AuthenticationSvc 1.0" system apps...or both together. Maybe someone with better skills than me can work with that.

Odd Market Problem with MN 4.5.6 and later

I haven't seen this particular problem discussed yet, so here goes. Prior to the B&N 1.2 update, I was running B&N 1.1 with the AutoNooter. I had no particular problem using the Market. After cleaning everything back to stock B&N 1.1, I updated to 1.2 and rooted with MN 4.5.6. After doing the Market visibility fix, the downloads shown in the Market did not include any of my freeware downloads, but did include all but one of my paid downloads. In any event, I was able to recover everything but the one paid download, something called Ibird Pro. Some things (News and Weather) did not work as they had before, but most were fine. When I try searching for Ibird Pro (or Ibird Lite for that matter), the Market would not return the program. When I visit the Android Market on my PC, "My Account" shows the program, but won't let me download it because it insists that "This item is not compatible with your device." The Market Help advice is that the app is incompatible either with my screen size or Android version. Well, it was compatible before the B&N update and MN 4.5.6, and Android is now supposed to be 2.2. It seems like this is an issue of the NOOKColor reporting the wrong OS or wrong hardware info to the Market. Any help would be appreciated. (I have tried MN 4.5.18 and .25, after wiping back to a clean B&N 1.2, but they give me flakier results with the Market than 4.5.6.). If this has been discussed, can somebody point me to the thread. Thanks.

Sorry if this seems a silly question, but you don't mention what fixes you have tried other than the market fix in the MN OP. Have you tried any of the other fixes mentioned in the thread itself?
I had a few missing apps, not the amount you seem to be reporting, but others had more and reported that clearing market data and cache, then renaming vending.apk to somethinbg like vending.apk.OLD, reboot, rename back to vending.apk, reboot again, worked to fix the visibility. Worked for me too and no problems since. This was for MN 4.5.25, and can be found somewhere around pg 96 of the MN thread in the dev subforum.
As for the incompatible app message, there are a couple fixes depending. Some have had to go into nook color tools and uncheck 'allow non-market apps', reboot, recheck it, reboot,and it should be fine. This seems to work even for some apps you get from the market but don' t install with the same message you received.
Using a different app to install also works for many. I had to use color tools for one, root explorer for two others which would not install. I copied them from another device onto an sd card, then copied into the correct folders in my nook before installing. Adb is another option to install problem aps.

After doing the market visibility fix, all of the apps, except Ibird Pro, that were still missing form "my downloads" were free ones. That was not a big problem. I just had to look them up and install them again. After I did that, they were back in "my downloads" again. The problem with Ibird Pro appears to be that the Market thinks it won't run on my Nook, so it doesn't show it on the Nook. As I explained, the Market on PC Browser won't send it to the Nook because it claims it is not compatible. I tried several of the fixes mentioned in the developers thread, including renaming vending.apk, etc., but nothing worked. After reading your post I tried unchecking "allow market apps, rebooting, etc." also without any luck. My hope is that this is a different issue than those fixes address. (I can't post in the developers forum because I'm considered a newby here.) It seems like the Nook is simply reporting the wrong hardware or OS to the Market. There could be a simple solution to this, like finding and modifying a text file somewhere in the system. If I were a betting man, I'd bet this is an issue with the B&N 1.2 update, rather than the MN files.

Yeah the post restriction is kinda painful. I only registered to be able to thank those whose work I used and post my experiences w/ .25 as there have been some interesting differences in how the update has been affecting users, and more data can help poinpoint why. Still, I understand why it's there.
I missed that the unsupported message was on your pc, sorry. I think the issue is MN from what you said though. I may be mixing up the large amount of info I've been absorbing recently, but there was a signature issue with the new market or something like that, and I believe I read part of the fix was to change the device the market sees the nook as.
I could be way off, but I remember reading something to that effect in the mn thread. I'm still very new to anroid roms, this is the first I've gotten to play with. =) But this could be exactly your problem.

[Q] MN5 success, except for Market access

Following GMPOWER's instructions (LINK), I used ClockWorkMod 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip to successfully root my Nook Color. (It's an original, non-blue-dot model which I wiped clean, re-registered and updated to 1.4.3 before rooting.) After rooting, I had a problem with accessing the Market app, but I gained access by following the "Market has limited visibility" solution in GMPOWER's OP. The Market app updated itself to the Play Store, and everything's working great. So far, so good, and thanks to GMPOWER!
I then executed the same process on my son's Nook Color, which I also wiped clean, etc. (It's also a non-blue-dot.) The root process worked, and everything went the same, except that I can't get access to the Market. I've gone through the "Market has limited visibility" solution multiple times, but always get the "An error has occurred. Please try again later." error message. I've gone through 3 cycles of completely wiping the device, reloading to 1.4.3, and rerooting, but without success. Except for access to the Market, it's running fine - that is, I have access to all of his books and apps in the B&N garden, I can run other apps from the drawer, and I can install new apps from B&N's app store. Just can't get it to run the Market. Any suggestions?
Noob apologies if I haven't provided enough information to address the question.

obfucius said:
Following GMPOWER's instructions (LINK), I used ClockWorkMod 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip to successfully root my Nook Color. (It's an original, non-blue-dot model which I wiped clean, re-registered and updated to 1.4.3 before rooting.) After rooting, I had a problem with accessing the Market app, but I gained access by following the "Market has limited visibility" solution in GMPOWER's OP. The Market app updated itself to the Play Store, and everything's working great. So far, so good, and thanks to GMPOWER!
I then executed the same process on my son's Nook Color, which I also wiped clean, etc. (It's also a non-blue-dot.) The root process worked, and everything went the same, except that I can't get access to the Market. I've gone through the "Market has limited visibility" solution multiple times, but always get the "An error has occurred. Please try again later." error message. I've gone through 3 cycles of completely wiping the device, reloading to 1.4.3, and rerooting, but without success. Except for access to the Market, it's running fine - that is, I have access to all of his books and apps in the B&N garden, I can run other apps from the drawer, and I can install new apps from B&N's app store. Just can't get it to run the Market. Any suggestions?
Noob apologies if I haven't provided enough information to address the question.
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Hopefully this will get you going again.
Choose "Manage Applications" from the NookColor Tools app
Select the "All" tab
Scroll down to "Market" and select it
Tap "Force stop"
Tap "Clear data"
Tap the back button
Scroll up to "Google Services Framework" and select it
Tap "Force stop"
Tap "Clear data"
Reboot the device
Once started backup, open the "Market" app
Most likely you will see the same problem
Choose "Manage Application" from the NookColor Tools app
Select the "All" tab
Scroll down to "Market" and select it
Tap "Force stop"
Exit back to the launcher
Open the "Market" app again, and this time it should work
Did you happen to update to the 1.4.3 firmware through CWM, or using the stock update process? Throughout the hundreds of times that I have flashed the stock firmware, most all of the market issues have happened while flashing the stock firmware from CWM. One of the best ways to get back to the stock firmware, is to follow the 8 failed boot process, then download the most current B&N firmware from B&N, rename the file to "update.zip," place in the root of the media partition, and turn the screen off.

Just for my two cents worth of experience...
If you've lost the 8 failed boots for whatever reason, you're better off flashing back to an older stock firmware and then doing the update from B&N to the latest...

GMPOWER said:
Hopefully this will get you going again.
Choose "Manage Applications" from the NookColor Tools app
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Open the "Market" app again, and this time it should work
Did you happen to update to the 1.4.3 firmware through CWM, or using the stock update process? Throughout the hundreds of times that I have flashed the stock firmware, most all of the market issues have happened while flashing the stock firmware from CWM. One of the best ways to get back to the stock firmware, is to follow the 8 failed boot process, then download the most current B&N firmware from B&N, rename the file to "update.zip," place in the root of the media partition, and turn the screen off.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately I haven't made any progress. I've been resetting to stock firmware using the 8 failed boot process, and I've been using the stock 1.4.3 update (not CWM) to bring it current before running MN5. I have also been erasing and deregistering the device from settings before resetting to stock. I've gone through the whole process at least 5 more times since your post, always with the same result. After successfully completing the MN5 installation, I enter the Market app and follow the prompt to link the device to my son's Google account (which reports success), and then when I continue to where I would accept TOS, it gives me the error box. Following the procedure you posted doesn't get me past the error.
By the way, I started out using the same SD card that I used to successfully root my own device. The last time I went through the process to root my son's, I reformatted the card and rewrote it (using Win32DiskImager with the card in my laptop's slot) with freshly downloaded copies of CWM 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip. No difference.
Sorry to be a pain - any other ideas? Thanks again for any help you can offer.

obfucius said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately I haven't made any progress. I've been resetting to stock firmware using the 8 failed boot process, and I've been using the stock 1.4.3 update (not CWM) to bring it current before running MN5. I have also been erasing and deregistering the device from settings before resetting to stock. I've gone through the whole process at least 5 more times since your post, always with the same result. After successfully completing the MN5 installation, I enter the Market app and follow the prompt to link the device to my son's Google account (which reports success), and then when I continue to where I would accept TOS, it gives me the error box. Following the procedure you posted doesn't get me past the error.
By the way, I started out using the same SD card that I used to successfully root my own device. The last time I went through the process to root my son's, I reformatted the card and rewrote it (using Win32DiskImager with the card in my laptop's slot) with freshly downloaded copies of CWM 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip. No difference.
Sorry to be a pain - any other ideas? Thanks again for any help you can offer.
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It's no pain, I would also like to find out what is causing the problem just in case it come up again in the future. Every time that I have experienced the problem that you are describing, that method has worked to fix it. Download this modified version on MN, and give it a try, LINK. I updated the market version in it try to get past that step, and also included an app called "Market Device Info." Sorry, I hosted it on mediafire, not my googlecode account just so people wont be downloading it, and trying to use it.
Once you have signed into the market, if it fails, open the app "Market Device Info," and check to see that you have a registered androidid. If this version of MN fails again on you, I will attempt to reproduce the problem on my device tomorrow to try to find a fix for you.

GMPOWER said:
It's no pain, I would also like to find out what is causing the problem just in case it come up again in the future. Every time that I have experienced the problem that you are describing, that method has worked to fix it. Download this modified version on MN, and give it a try (link removed). I updated the market version in it try to get past that step, and also included an app called "Market Device Info." Sorry, I hosted it on mediafire, not my googlecode account just so people wont be downloading it, and trying to use it.
Once you have signed into the market, if it fails, open the app "Market Device Info," and check to see that you have a registered androidid. If this version of MN fails again on you, I will attempt to reproduce the problem on my device tomorrow to try to find a fix for you.
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That did the trick, thanks! I wiped and reset to stock again, manually updated to 1.4.3, then ran the modified MN5 you provided. After the root completed, I opened the Play Store app, linked to my son's Google account, and it then prompted me to accept TOS with no errors. I've installed a couple of apps, and the only thing I had to do was untick and retick "Allow Non-Market Apps" to convince one of the apps to install. Everything seems to be working great now, thanks again!!

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obfucius said:
That did the trick, thanks! I wiped and reset to stock again, manually updated to 1.4.3, then ran the modified MN5 you provided. After the root completed, I opened the Play Store app, linked to my son's Google account, and it then prompted me to accept TOS with no errors. I've installed a couple of apps, and the only thing I had to do was untick and retick "Allow Non-Market Apps" to convince one of the apps to install. Everything seems to be working great now, thanks again!!
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Please pardon this stupid question but I have tried to find a clear answer b4 coming to this thread. I am attempting to root my NC 1.4.3 w/ the Mannoot 5.08.20 and CWM 3.2.01 per the instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901
The two questions remain are:
1) You must do a complete wipe before installing this package.
What constitutes a complete wipe
2) YOU MUST DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR B&N CONTENT BEFORE YOU CONTINUE,
Is this archive, to a SD or just download books from Library marked New?
Sorry to be a pain but If I screw this up... I'll never hear the end of it from my 'loving' wife..
TIA

Skyking711 said:
Please pardon this stupid question but I have tried to find a clear answer b4 coming to this thread. I am attempting to root my NC 1.4.3 w/ the Mannoot 5.08.20 and CWM 3.2.01 per the instructions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901
The two questions remain are:
1) You must do a complete wipe before installing this package.
What constitutes a complete wipe
2) YOU MUST DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR B&N CONTENT BEFORE YOU CONTINUE,
Is this archive, to a SD or just download books from Library marked New?
Sorry to be a pain but If I screw this up... I'll never hear the end of it from my 'loving' wife..
TIA
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1. There's a good description of how to do a complete wipe at http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM.
2. When I rooted my NC and my son's, I first downloaded all books, magazines and BN apps that weren't marked as archived with BN. In other words, there wasn't any BN content in my library with a "download" link attached to it. That's my interpretation of GMPOWER's instructions, and you should take what I say with a grain of salt, but I haven't had any trouble with accessing content after rooting.

I think I'm having a similar problem. I used MN 5.08.20 to root from 1.4.3. Everything rooted fine but whenever I try download an app from the market I get an insufficient memory error. I have tried all of the market corrections stated above. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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bard77 said:
I think I'm having a similar problem. I used MN 5.08.20 to root from 1.4.3. Everything rooted fine but whenever I try download an app from the market I get an insufficient memory error. I have tried all of the market corrections stated above. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance
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Use CWM on an SD to wipe cache. Play store uses cache to temporarily store downloaded apps. It may be full.
Edit: I did a little research and Play Store temporarily stores the downloaded file to /data/data/com.android.providers.download/cache as download.apk, download-1.apk, etc. And it installs it to /data/app. So if you somehow have problems with that download location it will say not enough room.
Sent from my NookColor running CM10 on SD using Tapatalk.

Gapps for FW 1.2.0

Hi,
I've manually installed FW v.1.2.0 on my NSG. Rooting with Nook Manager went without any problems.
Now I'm trying to manually add gapps from glownooter 1.5.26 package. Since it is for older FW it causes hangs on loading screen.
While putting manually files from glownooter with adb, I've found that the root of the problems lies probably in framework.jar. It was patched to provide IMEI for registration purposes, but now it seems that new FW changed that file.
It would be great if it was possible to update authentication patch for fw v.1.2.0 following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955847
Meanwhile I can boot fine, when the new framework.jar stays untouched. But then I can not go through android initial wizard - on the first screen I can not get through clicking on droid icon. If SetupWizard.apk is removed from nook system boots fine, but apps (apart from YouTube) does not start since device is not connected to google account.
I hope that with little help we would have gapps running on new fw.

zetet said:
Hi,
I've manually installed FW v.1.2.0 on my NSG. Rooting with Nook Manager went without any problems.
Now I'm trying to manually add gapps from glownooter 1.5.26 package. Since it is for older FW it causes hangs on loading screen.
While putting manually files from glownooter with adb, I've found that the root of the problems lies probably in framework.jar. It was patched to provide IMEI for registration purposes, but now it seems that new FW changed that file.
It would be great if it was possible to update authentication patch for fw v.1.2.0 following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955847
Meanwhile I can boot fine, when the new framework.jar stays untouched. But then I can not go through android initial wizard - on the first screen I can not get through clicking on droid icon. If SetupWizard.apk is removed from nook system boots fine, but apps (apart from YouTube) does not start since device is not connected to google account.
I hope that with little help we would have gapps running on new fw.
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Have you had any luck with this? having similar issues! When selecting 'My Channel' in Youtube, it gives a 'There was a problem authenticating' message.
Also used NookManager as all attempts at trying to root 1.2.0 with TouchNooter failed. It would never get past the 'your nook is starting up' page.
It came pre-installed with 1.2.0 but looks like I may have to downgrade to get the play store to work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040040

Guantonio said:
Have you had any luck with this? having similar issues! When selecting 'My Channel' in Youtube, it gives a 'There was a problem authenticating' message.
Also used NookManager as all attempts at trying to root 1.2.0 with TouchNooter failed. It would never get past the 'your nook is starting up' page.
It came pre-installed with 1.2.0 but looks like I may have to downgrade to get the play store to work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040040
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Hi,
I managed to get through - at least partly. I mean I have working google apps, but market is not working. It seems that BnN changed their framework.jar and the already patched version from nooter is not working anymore - that is why after rooting with nooter Nook is not booting.
If getting working gmail etc. is enough I can give You detailed instructions to get it working - unfortunately it is not single step procedure.

zetet said:
Hi,
I managed to get through - at least partly. I mean I have working google apps, but market is not working. It seems that BnN changed their framework.jar and the already patched version from nooter is not working anymore - that is why after rooting with nooter Nook is not booting.
If getting working gmail etc. is enough I can give You detailed instructions to get it working - unfortunately it is not single step procedure.
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I already have email working, it was mainly the Play store I was after, thanks anyway.

zetet said:
If getting working gmail etc. is enough I can give You detailed instructions to get it working - unfortunately it is not single step procedure.
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Yes please, could you explain how to get gmail etc working?

I used k9 mail for my gmail account, I find it is more useful on the nook ereader.
Did you get google calendar working yet?

I created a diff from the glownooter's framework.jar (1.1.5) and the original. I then applied this diff to the 1.2.0 framework.jar. (This is without the debug information.) Although I have since deleted all the gapp stuff, it worked at one time.
This is my first post although I have been reading and researching off of xda for the last 6 weeks.
You have to know what you are doing. If you need help, let me know.
here is the patch I used:

I just posted an addon for NookManager to install Google Apps for firmware 1.2.0 and 1.2.1. The thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582 Hope you find it helpful.
BTW, I used an awk script to patch the smali instead of diff / patch. It's more resilient to changes in the firmware and the oddities of line numbers and baksmali labels. It should make creating a new patch for the next firmware simple. I also added a patch to services.jar to get the setup wizard working and eliminate the YouTube - GMail dance. I'm uploading all my work to github now and will link it from the above thread.