Here's a little trick that may help several of you.
Requisites: Nook touch rooted (with touchnooter), Button savior, Opera, and a touch of stupidity.
The other day I decided to default the Nook launcher in button savior as this is what I use the most at the moment… or so I thought. The issue is that, once using the stock Nook launcher, one has no more access to anything but the stock Nook set of apps. Even button savior does not allow to use Go Launcher Ex. And there is no way to access the Nook Color tools or any other prefs. Searching for file onto the SD card leads to only findings in 'my library' and B&N's shop. This really sucks
So how to revert without re-flashing everything and loosing all apps?
1. Go in setting, search for www.google.com
2. Open Opera (hopefully you installed a more capable browser than the stock…)
3. Then search in Opera for home manager apk
4. Get it from the developer homepage (http://sites.google.com/site/droidcarp/home/home-manager)
5. Download it and save it in your download folder.
And here comes the neat trick:
6. From within Opera's download manager, run the app.
7. Finally kill the stock Nook launcher…
I eventually uninstalled Home manager, because it constantly leaves 2 notifications in the notification bar. These allow to switch launcher seamlessly, but since it is also present in the button savior app… what's the point.
There's probably other ways to do what I described above. But at least this method does not request a computer
Almost!
When I attempt to run the app from Opera the message says "For security your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android Market."
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Besides this, is there anyway to go back to go launcher ex as launcher (when using button savior), as I dummingly defaulted nook launcher in button saviour?
In this moment I don't have internet connection for the nook
Well managed to find a wifi connection and did the way from the previous post. If anyone has a better idea for future mistakes.
Another way is to install Relaunch with adb.
With this app, when you click on Home in the n button menu, you can start Relaunch and then start any app.
Gotta try that, mdall. I hope it doesn't happen again, but if it does, I'll have it around
Hi! I have a rooted nook color version 1.4.1, model BNRV200. When I first rooted it, android market was running fine. But few months ago (can't remember when), android market was removed from the apps, that's when I knew that it was replaced by Google Play. Also, whenever I click "n" the nook displays the menu bar at the bottom of the screen and when i click anything, nook went back to unrooted state. Then I will reboot to access the rooted state again. And clicking "n" would take me back to unrooted state, and so on.
My questions are: (1) How do I add Google Play into my rooted nook (rooted using manual nooter 5.02.19 apps2d. note that i rerooted my nook into this and got the same result. (2) How do I fix the "n" problem? thanks in advance.
shopxy said:
Hi! I have a rooted nook color version 1.4.1, model BNRV200. When I first rooted it, android market was running fine. But few months ago (can't remember when), android market was removed from the apps, that's when I knew that it was replaced by Google Play. Also, whenever I click "n" the nook displays the menu bar at the bottom of the screen and when i click anything, nook went back to unrooted state. Then I will reboot to access the rooted state again. And clicking "n" would take me back to unrooted state, and so on.
My questions are: (1) How do I add Google Play into my rooted nook (rooted using manual nooter 5.02.19 apps2d. note that i rerooted my nook into this and got the same result. (2) How do I fix the "n" problem? thanks in advance.
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(1) Your NC should have automatically updated itself to the Google Play Store. When you open that app drawer, you should see a white shopping bag that has a multicolor sideways triangle on it that says “Play Store” under it. If this is missing from your device, open the app "NookColor Tools" --> All Settings --> Manage Applications --> All, look for "Market" or "Google Play Store," and then select "Uninstall Updates." This will take you back to the original market, open the market, agree to the terms and conditions, then exit the market to allow it to update. After a couple minutes, you should see the old market app disappear, and the new "Play Store" app appear in the app drawer. Just open the "Play Store" app, and agree to the terms and conditions.
(2) It is not taking you to an unrooted state, it is just taking you back to the factory B&N home. This happened because someone set the factory home as the default action to take. To fix this, you need to go to the NookColor Tools app --> All Settings --> Manage Applications --> All --> HomeCatcher, and select the last option "Clear Defaults." Now when you click "n," and select "Home," you will be presented with an option menu that has two chooses, select the top option, and check to the make to make it your default. Whenever you click "n," and select "Home," it will keep you in the Zeam launcher, and you can just use the "Nook Home" app from the app drawer to get back to the factory B&N home if you need too.
I recently rooted my Nook Color with ManualNooter 5.02.19 and everything worked like a dream.
However, I accidentally made the default long press going to the B&N normal home screen, as opposed to the Zeam Launcher. Now, once I accidentally go to any screen that isn't associated with the Zeam Launcher, I can't get back into those keys! I'm such a dummy - if I reboot, and unlock the screen, there it shows me to get to the Zeam Launcher, so I can change settings, I just don't know where to go.
It popped up where I should go to change this, but unfortunately, I didn't catch it Can anyone please advise?
caseystain said:
I recently rooted my Nook Color with ManualNooter 5.02.19 and everything worked like a dream.
However, I accidentally made the default long press going to the B&N normal home screen, as opposed to the Zeam Launcher. Now, once I accidentally go to any screen that isn't associated with the Zeam Launcher, I can't get back into those keys! I'm such a dummy - if I reboot, and unlock the screen, there it shows me to get to the Zeam Launcher, so I can change settings, I just don't know where to go.
It popped up where I should go to change this, but unfortunately, I didn't catch it Can anyone please advise?
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No sure where it is in stock, but you need to find where your app information is in settings and clear the default for B&N launcher. Then the next time you long press, it will ask what you want to do.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
caseystain said:
I recently rooted my Nook Color with ManualNooter 5.02.19 and everything worked like a dream.
However, I accidentally made the default long press going to the B&N normal home screen, as opposed to the Zeam Launcher. Now, once I accidentally go to any screen that isn't associated with the Zeam Launcher, I can't get back into those keys! I'm such a dummy - if I reboot, and unlock the screen, there it shows me to get to the Zeam Launcher, so I can change settings, I just don't know where to go.
It popped up where I should go to change this, but unfortunately, I didn't catch it Can anyone please advise?
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Once you reboot, and are in the Zeam Launcher, go to the app "NookColor Tools" --> All Settings --> Manage applications --> All --> Zeam Launcher --> Clear defaults. The next time you press home, you can reselect the one that you want.
Can you use Home Switcher with stock? That is what I used when this same process baffled me in CM7.
mateorod said:
Can you use Home Switcher with stock? That is what I used when this same process baffled me in CM7.
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Yes, Home Switcher and Home Manager work with stock rooted. Either one easily allows you to change back and forth between home launchers and set the default. I don't believe either lets you change the short/long press action. For that you usually need to go into the settings.
Also if you are running Softkeys or Button Savior you may need to go into those settings and change the default action for short/long press of home to go to where you want for each.
JP
Guys,
somehow B&N Launcher became set as default and now I cannot access ADW Launcher or any Android applications. Basically I am stuck at B&N screen, which totally sucks. How can I recover from this, short of rerooting the device?
Thanks for your help.
mh127 said:
Guys,
somehow B&N Launcher became set as default and now I cannot access ADW Launcher or any Android applications. Basically I am stuck at B&N screen, which totally sucks. How can I recover from this, short of rerooting the device?
Thanks for your help.
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Can you access button savior?
If so try installing another launcher (say Launcher Pro) using adb or the google play website and click on the button savior home button. Installing a new launcher resets the choice.
If you dont have button savior working, I dont know
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cbay said:
Can you access button savior?
If so try installing another launcher (say Launcher Pro) using adb or the google play website and click on the button savior home button. Installing a new launcher resets the choice.
If you dont have button savior working, I dont know
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Button Savior was no help, since home button just took me to B&N launcher, which got setup as default.
However, installing Launcher Pro via Google Play worked and now I get the choice of launchers I had before. Thanks for help!
Hi,
Ok, so I've just installed NookManager, and every time I press the N button followed by Home, it gives me the option of selecting either Home (B&N) or Relaunch.
I could select one as the default, but then I'm not sure how I'd access the other?
How have people setup their devices so they can access both easily? What options are available?
Cheers,
Victor
victorhooi said:
Hi,
Ok, so I've just installed NookManager, and every time I press the N button followed by Home, it gives me the option of selecting either Home (B&N) or Relaunch.
I could select one as the default, but then I'm not sure how I'd access the other?
How have people setup their devices so they can access both easily? What options are available?
Cheers,
Victor
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Hi Victor !
I am definitely not an expert on this matter but the possibilites that I can see are:
A) (What I do) Just set RELAUNCH as my HOME action and when I want to use B&N reader I just run the "Library" application from the list of applications
B) If you set RELAUNCH as your HOME application and want to revert, you can install NookColorTools. In there you can go to the "Manage Applications" entry, select Relaunch application and the clear the defaults for it, that should reset you to inital state as far as the home button is concerned I think.
Cedric
By The Way, read this before using NookColorTools, better safe than sorry
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131971