This is my first Nook Color-> android flash. I'm having trouble loading my books back onto my Nook.
I followed a how to from android forums, setting up a 2GB uSD card to install CM7.1 using CWR:
I downloaded the rom from CM: update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip
(I cannot share the link since i just joined, but if you google: "nook color cm7 storage" and click the first link, that's the process I followed)
Installation went fine, I also added the google apps package, and can finally download apps from the general android market rather than the B&N market. I downloaded the nook app so I can load my books back on (mostly epub format). The problem is that when I run the Nook app, it says I have no SD card inserted. This is true, but I didn't need one to load books into my additional storage on the Stock Nook rom. I also have lost the USB storage mode ability I had on the stock rom.
If I go to Settings->Storage I have the following partitions:
1)Internal storage: 0.792/0.92GB
2)Additional Storage: 4.82/5.00GB
this is the /mnt/emmc drive
3)Additional Storage: unavailable
this is the /mnt/usbdisk
Again, all I'm looking to do is load books into my internal storage like I had with the original Nook Rom, and I'd like to be able to drag and drop them from my computer via USB. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
If it's too complicated I may go back to the stock rom, I just wanted the option of using a better web browser and having access to more apps with full android.
on a side note, in win XP file explorer, I see two drives when my nook is connected to USB, but neither has any data, and simply tells me to insert a drive/card when I click on them
Problem Solved
I messed around a bit and finally got things working. I wasn't getting USB mode, because you need to open the tray and click on USB Connected, then you get the "Turn on USB storage" dialogue. Yes, I'm a CM7 newbie. My stock nook, and stock Nexus One do not require this step. I also went into settings->CyanogenMod->Applications and checked the "Use internal storage" box, which switches your internal and SD card names in the system (requires a reboot). I'm not sure if this last step is necessary.
As for sideloading books to read, you have to figure out where your reader app wants to have them located on your device. For the Nook app, you put them in the "Nook/MyDocuments" folder. It could not find my ePub books unless I put them there. Then they still don't show up at the normal library page, I have to go to "My Files" in the drop down menu. On a side note, I'm liking the Nook app, which has page turn animations (the stock nook reader app does not). When you enter your B&N account, it should automatically sync books you have purchased.
Next thing to try is other reader software. I installed kindle and google books, but all my books are currently ePub. I'm going to try Blio and Aldiko next.
Hope this research helps someone else out moving from Nook Color as an ereader to Nook Color as an android tablet still used as a reader.
I wondered this myself and when I was having issues with the app I uninstalled it, changed the CM7 settings to install all apps internally as to the default of "auto", rebooted and reinstalled the app and then changed the settings back and rebooted. While that fixed my problem, the app still wanted a memory card installed. The reason is this is not a tablet app and it is looking for a card because most (or at least many) phones do not have enough internal memory. Since I used a card for backup, updates, etc this was not a big deal for men.
ive tried moving the book to the MyDocuments file and still am not finding the book i have downloaded.. it is in pdf file format so would this prob be the issue? ive selected the my files icon and it shows (0) files... not for sure what all im still doing wrong to get my book to read on the Nook app
Why aren't you using the setting to use your Emmc partition as your sdcard? It's an option to in CM7.
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Bmar08, I'm not sure if the nook app will read PDF files. You can use file manager to find your PDF files, then open them with your browser. I also started using the free Aldiko reader, which will read ePub and PDF files. It has a lot of nice options such as font size, brightness, background color, etc. so you may try that. Aldiko will also let you browse your directories to indicate which ones you want to include in your library!
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Can some gurus explain why an external uSD required when running from eMMC?
I meant, some apps such Google Earth, Aldiko, B&N Nook, Flixkie, ...... require an uSD installed in order to work? Why can they use the eMMC /media storage?
Some apps prefer to install to the card, probably because internal space is limited, especially in phones. By default, CM7 let's them install where they want. You can change that in the application settings within the CM settings.
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Some apps prefer to install to the card, probably because internal space is limited, especially in phones. By default, CM7 let's them install where they want. You can change that in the application settings within the CM settings.
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If you mean setting it from "automatic" to "internal" then it is NOT the case.
I had it set as "internal" from day 1 then installed few apps after that, still getting "SD card required to run" or "SD card unmount ...."
Note: just a few apps giving me this problem, every other app is fine.
votinh said:
Can some gurus explain why an external uSD required when running from eMMC?
I meant, some apps such Google Earth, Aldiko, B&N Nook, Flixkie, ...... require an uSD installed in order to work? Why can they use the eMMC /media storage?
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In short, because they don't know about it.
Our nook, like other devices, does carry spare internal memory. But, it does so in a way that requires changes to the Android system. because each maker/device is unique, the devs for the mentioned apps, have no way to easily handle all the combos. A few apps can hook into specific folder locations via file explorers, but that is it.
Thanks DM
On the Encore nightly (#149) log, there is "galaxys2: use /mnt/emmc for external sdcard (android_vendor_cyanogen)"
Does anyway that our CM7 Encore team can do that for the NOOK?
It seems like they've done for the Galaxy S2.
Oddly enough, while I forced it to install the Nook reader to the eMMC, it still drops the books into a folder on the card.
I put all of my mp3s into /emmc/My Files/Music manually; the players appear to be able to find them there automagically. But that's all that's there.
As I previously mentioned, only a few apps gave me the problem, not all of them.
I have other apps such Adobe Reader, RockPlayer, Cool Reader, ... installed and they all able to read files from the eMMC folder.
In this specific case, B&N Nook app can't.
(or maybe I don't know how to set it to read into the eMMC location)
I rooted and installed phiremod on emmc. I've downloaded a free epub book (drm free) but don't know how to use it. I assume I have to use the B&N android app. but when I plug in the nook into my ubuntu I have two drives show up, one is the B&N drive and the other appears to be the CM7 phiremod. They both have places I can place the file but I've tried numerous locations on both drives and I still do not see it in the B&N nook app. Any hints?
In your sdcard drive you should have a folder named Nook, in there go into the folder My Documents or Files (dont remember) and drop the epub. Restart the Nook app and go to My Files section and you should be able to see the book. If it doesn't show try hitting the refresh button on the Nook app or rebooting.
Thanks. It seems like the first file was corrupt. It works now.
Can you tell me what the second drive (appears to be emmc) is good for? With the phirerod cm7, I am using the nook app which seems to store things on the same card. What can we use the emmc for? It does have a B&Nnook folder and my documents folder also. All is empty though. Everything is in the sd card. Is it possible to boot into a stock rom also?
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If you have phiremod installed in emmc there's no way to boot into stock. I guess you can use the internal drive as extra space, since you can install apps in it. But only if you really need it, I wouldn't recommended tinkering around in the internal drive, well atleast don't delete stuff unless you are sure what it is and does.
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Hello.
I recently followed these (apparently and abridged version of this) instructions to get the Cmod 10 nightlies running on my nook off of a microSD card. My question is this: where are the data files that Cmod (or vanilla Android, for that matter), creates on your SD card? I am trying to figure out how to transfer files from my computer to my nook (as I did with my microSD in the Cmod 7 install running off the internal HDD of my nook), and can't figure it out. Either answering my original question or just giving me a way to transfer my files would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Sora
Depends on what you mean by data files. There are two kinds. One is where CM stores the installed apps and their settings. I doubt that is what you meant. The second are media data files, like books, magazines, music, movies and just general downloaded files.
If you meant the second kind of data files, for an SD install they are kept on partition 4 of the SD, named SDCARD. You cannot see that partition when you put the SD directly in the PC. The only way to see it with the PC is to plug in the USB cable to the PC while CM10 is running and see them with Windows Explorer. And by default CM10 uses a protocol called MTP to let you see them. It shows up in Windows Explorer as a portable device in the left pane below the drive letters.
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leapinlar said:
Depends on what you mean by data files. There are two kinds. One is where CM stores the installed apps and their settings. I doubt that is what you meant. The second are media data files, like books, magazines, music, movies and just general downloaded files.
If you meant the second kind of data files, for an SD install they are kept on partition 4 of the SD, named SDCARD. You cannot see that partition when you put the SD directly in the PC. The only way to see it with the PC is to plug in the USB cable to the PC while CM10 is running and see them with Windows Explorer. And by default CM10 uses a protocol called MTP to let you see them. It shows up in Windows Explorer as a portable device in the left pane below the drive letters.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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Thanks so much! Thanked.
Total noob here. I did the CM 10.1 and gapps (the proper version). All -seems- to work well except it doesn't appear that I can download anything to the internal storage even though there's about 800MB available (according to the Settings).
Example 1: I installed the DropBox app and it tells me I have to use an external SD card. Doesn't seem to be any way around this.
Example 2: I installed an eBook reader named "UB" and, when I ask for it to download the user guide (the link to it appears within the app in my bookshelf), the app advises that I don't have an external SD card (which is true).
I'm wondering if this sort of mod (Android overwriting the stock B&N Nook Color software) means that I can't use the internal storage. Is this normal? If so, I can live with that as a microSD card is cheap and has much more space. I'm just an inquiring mind that wants to know.
If there's some sort of setting that I've missed—remember, this is my first Android device—I'd appreciate a pointer.
By the way, it appears as though the old method of side-loading my non-drm'd epubs isn't available. Is there an app for this? IOW: How would I turn on filesharing or have the device mount when plugged into my Mac or access a shared folder -on- my Mac? (I can enable SMB on my Mac if necessary.) I imagine I can use a microSD and simply use ana adapter to get it mounted on my Mac if all else fails.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Barry
rumplestilts said:
Total noob here. I did the CM 10.1 and gapps (the proper version). All -seems- to work well except it doesn't appear that I can download anything to the internal storage even though there's about 800MB available (according to the Settings).
Example 1: I installed the DropBox app and it tells me I have to use an external SD card. Doesn't seem to be any way around this.
Example 2: I installed an eBook reader named "UB" and, when I ask for it to download the user guide (the link to it appears within the app in my bookshelf), the app advises that I don't have an external SD card (which is true).
I'm wondering if this sort of mod (Android overwriting the stock B&N Nook Color software) means that I can't use the internal storage. Is this normal? If so, I can live with that as a microSD card is cheap and has much more space. I'm just an inquiring mind that wants to know.
If there's some sort of setting that I've missed—remember, this is my first Android device—I'd appreciate a pointer.
By the way, it appears as though the old method of side-loading my non-drm'd epubs isn't available. Is there an app for this? IOW: How would I turn on filesharing or have the device mount when plugged into my Mac or access a shared folder -on- my Mac? (I can enable SMB on my Mac if necessary.) I imagine I can use a microSD and simply use ana adapter to get it mounted on my Mac if all else fails.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Barry
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You need to swap sdcards so that it considers your internal sdcard as your external sdcard. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and read item A16.
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leapinlar said:
You need to swap sdcards so that it considers your internal sdcard as your external sdcard. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and read item A16.
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Tried the first suggestion in A16 (adding that one line of code) but, after a power-off / remove card / power-on, UB and Dropbox complain about not having a card.
Frankly, as long as the apps I install go to the internal storage (and they do), I don't mind leaving the SD card in place. An extra 16GB is a good thing.
Next up is finding an app that restores the original "mount as external HD when plugging in to Mac with USB cable" feature that was present in the original NC software.
Thanks,
Barry
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Hello XDA forums,
Before I rooted my Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, I had no problem sideloading books onto the SD card and opening them from the native Nook Library app. However, after rooting (with which everything seemed to go fine), the following behaviors happen:
I can see sideloaded epub files in the Nook Library on the SD card /My Files/Books directory, but
when I try to open any of them, I get an error that says, "This Nook, cannot read this file. It maybe an unsupported format", however,
if I go through the ReLaunch file manager, it opens fine in the native Reader app, and
if I sideload the same file by usb to the Nook's main memory, it will open fine from the Library, but
if I copy/paste the file from the SD card to the main memory via the ReLaunch file manager, I get the error message.
Puzzling... any thoughts?
Thanks,
Spindle
spindlehead said:
Hello XDA forums,
Before I rooted my Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, I had no problem sideloading books onto the SD card and opening them from the native Nook Library app. However, after rooting (with which everything seemed to go fine), the following behaviors happen:
I can see sideloaded epub files in the Nook Library on the SD card /My Files/Books directory, but
when I try to open any of them, I get an error that says, "This Nook, cannot read this file. It maybe an unsupported format", however,
if I go through the ReLaunch file manager, it opens fine in the native Reader app, and
if I sideload the same file by usb to the Nook's main memory, it will open fine from the Library, but
if I copy/paste the file from the SD card to the main memory via the ReLaunch file manager, I get the error message.
Puzzling... any thoughts?
Thanks,
Spindle
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I am not familiar with Relaunch so was unable to check that angle. I did discover, to my surprise, that neither epubs nor mobis will open in the appropriate app from ES File Explorer! Jpegs and such do, but not those e-book files. So that was weird. I never would open them that way, but it's still unexpected. The " activity picker", or whatever it's called, can be really squirrely. I don't remember where the file is located any more but I once went to investigate it and found multiple instances of file associations, none of which worked...
Does the problem persist through a reboot? Do the epubs that refuse to open from the Library file manager have the little "n" in the lower right corner?
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I am not familiar with Relaunch so was unable to check that angle. I did discover, to my surprise, that neither epubs nor mobis will open in the appropriate app from ES File Explorer! Jpegs and such do, but not those e-book files. So that was weird. I never would open them that way, but it's still unexpected. The " activity picker", or whatever it's called, can be really squirrely. I don't remember where the file is located any more but I once went to investigate it and found multiple instances of file associations, none of which worked...
Does the problem persist through a reboot? Do the epubs that refuse to open from the Library file manager have the little "n" in the lower right corner?
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Thanks for the response. Yeah, the problem persists through reboot and indeed those epubs that refuse to open from the Library have the little n like they should. They just do not open
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Thanks for the response. Yeah, the problem persists through reboot and indeed those epubs that refuse to open from the Library have the little n like they should. They just do not open
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Mmm... I'm sure you've tried this, but what happens if you transfer an epub via USB to the internal storage [file opens correctly in Reader from Library] and then cut/paste it to storage on the SD card? I know that's a pain and should not be needed, but I'm curious.
The only other idea I have is to try a different File Manager and see if transfers via that app give the same results (to test if this is a Relaunch issue, although I'm sure people would be going on about it if it were). I move files around all the time with my old version of ES File Explorer and never see any issues, but then I don't have issues copying to the SD card via USB either.
Mmm...maybe one other idea. I sometimes use Wi-Fi File Transfer to move epubs from my PC to the NST. It's a very simple app with a browser interface (on your PC). I've never experienced any issues with moving files that way--also saves wear and tear on the USB jack. If that gives epub transfers that are unreadable then the issue is deeper than the method of transfer.
nmyshkin said:
Mmm... I'm sure you've tried this, but what happens if you transfer an epub via USB to the internal storage [file opens correctly in Reader from Library] and then cut/paste it to storage on the SD card? I know that's a pain and should not be needed, but I'm curious.
The only other idea I have is to try a different File Manager and see if transfers via that app give the same results (to test if this is a Relaunch issue, although I'm sure people would be going on about it if it were). I move files around all the time with my old version of ES File Explorer and never see any issues, but then I don't have issues copying to the SD card via USB either.
Mmm...maybe one other idea. I sometimes use ffdfdf to move epubs from my PC to the NST. It's a very simple app with a browser interface (on your PC). I've never experienced any issues with moving files that way--also saves wear and tear on the USB jack. If that gives epub transfers that are unreadable then the issue is deeper than the method of transfer.
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Thanks again. I will noodle on those ideas and let you know what was the outcome.
Sooo... I never figured it out and just lived with it. However, this week (a year later), I had to update the Nook STG because there was a mandatory transport layer security update that made it unable to access the B&N store via the Nook without updating. The update wouldn't install on the rooted nook, so I returned the device to factory default then installed the update. I wasn't using any of the rooted capability anyway, other than to open books from the SD card. After successfully installing the update, the nook still would not open books from the SD card in the native nook library. Since, it appeared that the problem had nothing to do with the prior rooting, I figured it might have something to do with the SD card itself. I unmounted and reformatted the SD card via the Nook's built in utility, then reloaded my books. Viola!! The Nook recognizes and opens the books from the SD card now. It was apparently an incompatible card format or something... So, SOLVED.