I've been reading a lot of people reporting that they first tried TouchNooter and this failed, they then had to restore and try a different rooting method. Can this maybe mean that TouchNooter doesn't work anymore for some reason? Are there people which have recent successes with it?
I got it!
I tried it and failed, and panicked at first. I then realized I could reboot the device, but nothing happened still. ros82 has a great thread with backups, shown here
Anyway, I took the recovery option one, and put it into my NOOK Simple Touch and rebooted. It said resetting to factory, wait till done. When it finished, I was rooted for some reason!
Apparently that "restore to factory" doesn't get around to restoring the boot partition.
I can confirm TouchNooter works - I used 2.1.31 to root a new nook touch that I bought over the weekend (twice).
The device was running 1.1.0 out of the box and I had updated to 1.1.2 before the first attempt. That worked but "device info" showed 1.1.0 after the root, and I couldn't force update the firmware after. Market was working after the 1-day wait as well. I used the 8 hard resets to restore the device and tried again on the stock firmware. Same results. I ended up using the MinimalTouch method after updating to 1.1.2 to root while retaining the firmware update.
Touchnooter did NOT work for me.
I have a new NST, came with 1.1.1 stock, then I manually upgraded to 1.1.2. Registered to B&N, have downloaded several books and transferred some epub and pdf files.
Then tried to root:
Upon starting up the NST with the Touchnooter SD image I created, I got the touchnooter instruction screen, then 20 seconds later did see a quick flash to black, then immediately the Nook startup screen appeared with the 5 dots along the bottom.
The screen stayed there with only the first dot black and it hung.
Waited awhile....10 or 15 min.
Took out the SD card, powered the Nook off then back on without the Touchnooter SD card in it.
The Nook was NOT rooted. Went right to stock Nook screens with my books loaded.
Tried it 2 more times, same result.
WHY doesn't this work on my Nook?
didnt work for me either
looks like touchnooter worked for me, but then on reboot i dont get adw option, just normal nook boots.. tried also salsicha nooter, same thing, why doenst it work for me!!!!
Touchnooter not working
I am sure there is something I can do to get this working, no? Had firmware 1.0.1, used the Touchnooter 2.1.31 booted and saw the little android icon and I started the process. Skipped the sign in and enabled location service, then flash of the screen and back to nook reader home. Restart, no Android icon, just e-reader home screen. Updated firmware to 1.1, retried touchnooter 2.1.31, still nothing comes up on startup, just acts like an e-reader, SD card inserted or not.
Sounds to me like some of you are either missing the prompt to select the launcher on 1st restart, or it's not working for some reason. Do you see the little Button Savior button on the right of the screen? If everything worked, you should be able to use that to get back to ADW. If that doesn't work, your default launcher may be set to B&N's home screen. I'd recommend a complete wipe and try again. TN has worked very well for me on 1.1.x, but be sure to set ADW as your home default on 1st launch if that's what you want.
If you have updated to 1.2, be sure to read around before trying to root. Things have changed a bit, apparently.
No button savior
bobstro said:
Sounds to me like some of you are either missing the prompt to select the launcher on 1st restart, or it's not working for some reason. Do you see the little Button Savior button on the right of the screen? If everything worked, you should be able to use that to get back to ADW. If that doesn't work, your default launcher may be set to B&N's home screen. I'd recommend a complete wipe and try again. TN has worked very well for me on 1.1.x, but be sure to set ADW as your home default on 1st launch if that's what you want.
If you have updated to 1.2, be sure to read around before trying to root. Things have changed a bit, apparently.
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Arrgg. Unfortunately no, I do not see the button savior on the right. I had it rooted a few months back and restored it to the plain e-reader before trying to re-root again. I thought I did a complete wipe by updating to 1.2. Should I go back to 1.1 and then try the µSD?
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shadylady said:
I can confirm TouchNooter works - I used 2.1.31 to root a new nook touch that I bought over the weekend (twice).
The device was running 1.1.0 out of the box and I had updated to 1.1.2 before the first attempt. That worked but "device info" showed 1.1.0 after the root, and I couldn't force update the firmware after. Market was working after the 1-day wait as well. I used the 8 hard resets to restore the device and tried again on the stock firmware. Same results. I ended up using the MinimalTouch method after updating to 1.1.2 to root while retaining the firmware update.
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I've tried auto-nooter and touchnooter and nothing I try works. My Nook is running version 1.1.0 and WAS rooted before but refuses to root now. I have the nooter image (linux using dd if= method) on the sd card but rebooting the device with the nooter card in it never ends with a rooted nook. It simply boots up normally and then complains that the sd card needs to be formatted. I've tried restting/deregistering the nook and trying again. No dice. This thing will not root.:crying:
praedoratrebates said:
I've tried auto-nooter and touchnooter and nothing I try works. My Nook is running version 1.1.0 and WAS rooted before but refuses to root now. I have the nooter image (linux using dd if= method) on the sd card but rebooting the device with the nooter card in it never ends with a rooted nook. It simply boots up normally and then complains that the sd card needs to be formatted. I've tried restting/deregistering the nook and trying again. No dice. This thing will not root.:crying:
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- for NST FW 1.2 upgraded from NST with recovery image 1.1 only 'tinynooter' will work (as for now) . You will gain root + adb but not the Market/Google Play.
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I.1 - do a full recovery (6 failed boot's in a row [reset the device just after it starts booting])
I.2- upgrade to 1.2 manually
I.3- run tinynooter from CWR.
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II.1 - wipe system partition using CWR
II.2 - install 1.1 FW using CWR (from cwr_1.1_zip)
II.3 - upgrade to 1.2 manually
II.4 - apply 'tinynooter' using CWR
same procedure if you just want to root 1.1.
- I.1 or II.1 + II.2 + 'Touchnooter' or any other 'nooter' that used to work
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I.1 - http://nookdevs.com/Nook_Simple_Touch_restore_to_stock
I.2 / II.3 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Simple-Touch/379003175/
I.3 / II.4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26015994&postcount=1
II.2 http://code.google.com/p/nst-recovery/downloads/list
Worked like a charm...after
I was having problems getting touchnooter to work. Running linux and using the dd command I found out I was screwing up the dd command slightly. I'd place the sdcard in my card reader and it would show up on my system as /dev/sdb1 (for instance) so I did the dd if=touchnooter.img of=/dev/sdb1 command but this produced a card that failed to boot even though the rooting software was clearly installed. Changing it to dd if=touchnooter.img of=/dev/sdb fixed the issue and a couple of days of problems rooting my nook became instant root upon reboot.
Now the problem I'm having is installing apps (or finding them). I try and install a google android app and it refuses to install saying my system security isn't setup to allow unsigned (or something like that) apps. I cannot find any security settings anywhere in what is provided by touchnooter that changes this. Also, while I can find a kindle reader app without issue in he amazon app store with a browser on my computer, it refuses to appear when I search the amazon app store from the rooted nook! WTF?
There seems to be a number of issues, in fact. The Opera Mobile app doesn't function, I cannot get gmail set to sync automatically, and I cannot get my yahoo email setup to work. Add to that the inability to install any apps beyond the base provided by touchnooter...I'm thinking of trying again only using the auto-nooter instead.
praedoratrebates said:
Now the problem I'm having is installing apps (or finding them). I try and install a google android app and it refuses to install saying my system security isn't setup to allow unsigned (or something like that) apps. I cannot find any security settings anywhere in what is provided by touchnooter that changes this. Also, while I can find a kindle reader app without issue in he amazon app store with a browser on my computer, it refuses to appear when I search the amazon app store from the rooted nook! WTF?
There seems to be a number of issues, in fact. The Opera Mobile app doesn't function, I cannot get gmail set to sync automatically, and I cannot get my yahoo email setup to work. Add to that the inability to install any apps beyond the base provided by touchnooter...I'm thinking of trying again only using the auto-nooter instead.
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I suggest updating your nook to FW version 1.2
root with tinynoot as osowiecki shows in the previous post
you can then use adb to install apps
tinynoot will install nookcolortools- open this - and deselect and then reselect install non-markets apps.
this will allow you to install non-market apps
tinynoot doesn't include any google apps.
instead of gmail, I use k9mail - with this I am able to set up my gmail and other emails - all in one app.
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I recently bought a new Nook N2E. It actually came with firmware 1.0.0 strangely enough. I did slap 1.1.0 on there.
I want to root this baby. My question is should I revert to 1.0.0, upgrade to 1.0.1, root with touchnooter and proceed with everyone else, or just manually root it noogie style? Or I could stay at 1.1.0 and rip out of touchnooter the things that are not working. I'm just looking for opinions.
volwrath said:
I want to root this baby. My question is should I revert to 1.0.0, upgrade to 1.0.1, root with touchnooter and proceed with everyone else, or just manually root it noogie style? Or I could stay at 1.1.0 and rip out of touchnooter the things that are not working. I'm just looking for opinions.
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There's no simple answer to that.
In regards to Market things are a little messy on 1.1.0 right now, but we're working on it.
Some people claim they got Market working on 1.1.0, but GabrialDestruir is having trouble with finding a reliable solution for that and so do I.
If you absolutely want Market right now, then save you the trouble and go back to 1.0.1 + TouchNooter 1.6.24
If root is all you need atm, then just check out the updated uRamdisk thread.
ros87 said:
...If you absolutely want Market right now, then save you the trouble and go back to 1.0.1 + TouchNooter 1.6.24....
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ros87:
If he does go back to 1.0.1/TouchNooter 1.6.2.4, won't the B&N update eventually download automatically and force the unit to update?
there is a way how to (successfully?) block OTA updates, just google it out. It is simple sqlite3 db update.
Thanks for the replies. I decided that since Ive never seen the N2E running android, I would go 1.0.1 and Touchnooter and it worked like a charm. Only thing I cant figure out how to do is change Google Sync from Push to Manual
Updated my rooted Nook touch to Ver 1.1.0, after reverting to factory version as received. Used the two modified files in the SD image, and after the third boot it worked. I get Youtube, Gmail, and Market successfully. Now I cannot install any non-market apps. Somewhere I saw a menu and accepted permissions which I thought would allow installation of many non-market APK's. Guess I need some help, but close to success.
Jim
"Install blocked" message appears "for security, your phone is set to block... Android Market", I had earlier checked accept non-market apps.
jmgazer said:
Updated my rooted Nook touch to Ver 1.1.0, after reverting to factory version as received. Used the two modified files in the SD image, and after the third boot it worked. I get Youtube, Gmail, and Market successfully. Now I cannot install any non-market apps. Somewhere I saw a menu and accepted permissions which I thought would allow installation of many non-market APK's. Guess I need some help, but close to success.
Jim
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NookColorTools, even if non market apps is checked, uncheck and check it gain.
I've had success three times rooting it with full Market and search.
Here's what I did:
1) Backed up with noogie.img on SD and Roadkil's DiskImage.
2) Used nookRestore on SD to restore /system.
3) Erased and Deregistered to wipe /data.
4) Skipped B&N registration (I don't need/want it).
5) Applied 1.1 firmware update.
6) Used TouchNooter 1.6.24 on SD, modified with 1.1 uRamdisk and framework.jar.
7) Triple booted TouchNooter (gave it five minutes each time), removed card, rebooted, skipped Google registration.
8) Youtube --> GMail --> Market. Downloaded a program in Market.
9) Installed SearchMarket and ADB Wireless Widget. Enabled non-market apps with NookColorTools. Uninstalled YouTube (someone said this helps).
10) Used ADB over wireless to push Vending.apk from here. SearchMarket is no longer needed.
My original thread (with links and other details) is on MobileRead in the nook sections. As ros87 noted, GabrialDestruir hasn't got it to work, but I see no reason why it shouldn't if I've done it successfully on different devices. My guess is that some part of the process is being done differently.
TouchNooter's three boots went like this for me:
1st) Infinite loop of nook dots. I reset after about five minutes.
2nd) Complete freeze either on "Rooted Forever" or nook dots screen.
3rd) Success! and boot to Android Welcome. From here I removed the SD and rebooted.
OK, this only happens when you press the second system options button within the Nook Color Tools App which is installed along with ManualNooter. Solution, don't press that button.
"I have a Nook Color on which I was running Manual Nooter which was deleted when B&N unceremoniously updated me to version 1.4.1 of their Android OS.
Last night I updated to ManualNooter 5.02.19 on my device which is now running version 1.4.1 and on which I was registered with B&N. I also installed the Dalgrin OC Kernel at that time.
The update went swimmingly. The Zeam Launcher interface was easily set to my new home, I had access to all of my B&N content, i had access to the Android Marketplace and installed the Dolphin Browser along with a couple of other applications.
After about two hours of operation the Nook gave me a warning screen, "Unauthorized Authorization, System Rebooting". During the reboot sequence it decided to delete all the data thereby removing my installation of the ManualNooter as well as my registration with B&N. I am back to a more a less clean install with a bunch of random extra files.
Has anyone else experienced this problem from the Nook Color. A couple of searches hasn't yielded an answer and I am loathe to go through the installation process again if B&N will simply delete the installation and put it back into a stock install."
Thanks for any assistance.
Hello i should have read the forum before apllying the root process but i pick in one site and only find the forum when the problems began.
I use the Touchnooter2-1-31 thanks for doing it but i use my 32G card so after 30 min no restart i took the sd out and try to power off and the screen became freeze in the same point even after pressing the N button and power 30 seg. power off then on without the card.
By the way i don't have a backup of my default only take out the content of SD card and nook, site not tell me to do it so no return to factory default.
Then i use other card 8G, N2T recovery 0.2 and gain control of NST again and apply with this card the Touchnooter2-1-31 again, since not all programs were in and i could install it .
After 12h i have Gmail and opera mobile but i can't use android market or access to stores of app so i am putting some apps that i can install by email or with .apk
And i copy again the content of .docThumbs and Digital Editions on Nook and on SD and also use the ADE to put the books again in to read but no chance on reeding thems with old BARNES & NOBLE menu
Now for read i have the ezPDF reader.but i don't like it.Aldiko give me error not even install so
I would like to now if i can use the old BARNES & NOBLE menu since i hit N key and home flicks the old BARNES & NOBLE menu and dissapear library put my sreen flashing with the image frozen and his negative image and only with power and N key 30seg i can turn it again but in this process the screen freeze on shop don't open and in nook settings- Social i can change notting flicks but nothing happens?
Is possible to get BARNES & NOBLE menu working again?
Thanks
My question on reading your post is - which version of the NST OS are you starting from?
Something is unhappy, but hard to say what. I would probably reset to stock again, take note of which Nook OS version you are running, and see if one of the other manual nooters works with it.
You make a disk much like the touchnoter disk, but instead of the process running completely automatically, you boot into clockwork recovery mode and choose which zip files to flash.
I threw one together called Tinynoot that gives you root + amazon but no google apps.
There looks like a better implementation called NookManager. Like mine tinynoot it is intended to support a wide range of devices, but it also doesn't install the Google market.
Google apps is a moving target, so you have to be sure the version of the rooting tool you use works with the specific OS installed on your Nook. In order to make Google apps work, core files called framework files are patched. Touchnooter, salsichanooter and I'm blanking on Eded's tool's name are all targeted to getting google stuff working, as well as the basics of getting you root access.
I am guessing that the problem you describe relates to a mismatch between the framework in the touchnooter and the rest of your OS.
Hello my NTS software version was 1.2.* i don't remember this last number but i try when i buy it 2 days ago to install from BN and nothing happens so was in last version, now nook OS how can i see it? Now the software version is undentified by the way yesterday i follow this movie but in the begining the page don't tell me Rooted forever tell me the instructions instead in both times, only in second attempt i get the screen like in movie at min 1:45 Nook Touch Rooting Tutorial - Super Easy Method user TheeBookReader on youtube i can add links
Google play today is working yesterday i install a cracked version but when i pick the apps tell me that the installation will be transfered sooner to my equipment but they don't happear
android market no search so i add searchmarket
When you tell me to reset to stock again is using N2T?
Thanks
Edited to add: i finally do a factory reset and now updating to latest version i will kept my nook as is since here we don't have so many hotspots free to surf on internet, thanks for all the help and info that i receive in this forum
Hi Everyone,
I tried to post this question to the NTGAppsAttack thread itself however the website didn't allow me to.
So, I've installed NookManager on my U.S. version Nook Simple Touch and all is good there.
After some fiddling I got NTGAppsAttack to run on my nook. However, when I went to sign in, I got an error message telling me that my nook could not connect to the server, and there was no cancel button. As I could not get back to the relaunch homescreen, I rebooted the device. I then tried to uninstall the market, but this was "unsuccessful."
Following this I tried to reinstall NTGAppsAttack, but on rebooting I was not brought to the page with the android dude and the hand. I still could not uninstall the market.
I re-rooted my device but the NTGAppsAttack apps were still present and I couldn't uninstall the market.
What can I do to get NTGAppsAttack working on my device?
Thanks in advance everyone, and sorry about my inexperience.
Lila10310 said:
Hi Everyone,
I tried to post this question to the NTGAppsAttack thread itself however the website didn't allow me to.
So, I've installed NookManager on my U.S. version Nook Simple Touch and all is good there.
After some fiddling I got NTGAppsAttack to run on my nook. However, when I went to sign in, I got an error message telling me that my nook could not connect to the server, and there was no cancel button. As I could not get back to the relaunch homescreen, I rebooted the device. I then tried to uninstall the market, but this was "unsuccessful."
Following this I tried to reinstall NTGAppsAttack, but on rebooting I was not brought to the page with the android dude and the hand. I still could not uninstall the market.
I re-rooted my device but the NTGAppsAttack apps were still present and I couldn't uninstall the market.
What can I do to get NTGAppsAttack working on my device?
Thanks in advance everyone, and sorry about my inexperience.
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Restore from the backup you made prior to installing NTGAppsAttack and then reinstall.
hat rCybroc
Hi,
I have rooted successfully and installed ntgappsattack both via nook manager, however I can't see the android upon reboot or the new apps that should have been installed as part of ntgappsattack package. Would be grateful for any help with this issue.
Many Thanks,
oxvcx said:
Hi,
I have rooted successfully and installed ntgappsattack both via nook manager, however I can't see the android upon reboot or the new apps that should have been installed as part of ntgappsattack package. Would be grateful for any help with this issue.
Many Thanks,
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This sounds like you never ran NTGAppsAttack from the NookManager menu. Are you sure you made it through step 9 OK? When you ran NTGAppsAttack from the NookManager menu did you get the messages "Install started" then "Install complete"? Go ahead and run it again to see the messages.
straygecko said:
This sounds like you never ran NTGAppsAttack from the NookManager menu. Are you sure you made it through step 9 OK? When you ran NTGAppsAttack from the NookManager menu did you get the messages "Install started" then "Install complete"? Go ahead and run it again to see the messages.
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Yes I have installed it via this process over ten times to see install complete, When I then exit remove SD and reboot it starts up to re-launch where there is only 18 apps! No one else seems to have this problem! Is there anything I needed to allow or disable between rooting and installation. Where do the apps from ntg appear?
Many thanks,
OK, then your install of NTGAppsAttack to the NookManager sd card must be missing some files. What do you have in /custom/files/NTGAppsAttack/gapps/system/app on your NookManager sd card?
straygecko said:
OK, then your install of NTGAppsAttack to the NookManager sd card must be missing some files. What do you have in /custom/files/NTGAppsAttack/gapps/system/app on your NookManager sd card?
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I see. The first image shows the files in that folder. However upon closer inspection upon extraction with alzip this is the output message I don't know whether this has any relevance?
Many Thanks,
oxvcx said:
I see. The first image shows the files in that folder. However upon closer inspection upon extraction with alzip this is the output message I don't know whether this has any relevance?
Many Thanks,
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All those corrupted archive file messages are the problem. You didn't get a clean download of the zip file and need to download it again,
this should work
Lila10310 said:
Hi Everyone,
I tried to post this question to the NTGAppsAttack thread itself however the website didn't allow me to.
So, I've installed NookManager on my U.S. version Nook Simple Touch and all is good there.
After some fiddling I got NTGAppsAttack to run on my nook. However, when I went to sign in, I got an error message telling me that my nook could not connect to the server, and there was no cancel button. As I could not get back to the relaunch homescreen, I rebooted the device. I then tried to uninstall the market, but this was "unsuccessful."
Following this I tried to reinstall NTGAppsAttack, but on rebooting I was not brought to the page with the android dude and the hand. I still could not uninstall the market.
I re-rooted my device but the NTGAppsAttack apps were still present and I couldn't uninstall the market.
What can I do to get NTGAppsAttack working on my device?
Thanks in advance everyone, and sorry about my inexperience.
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what you have to do is complete the registration steps faster. I know it sounds weird, but in the background it is updating and if you finish signing in before the update finishes your request will time out of the server. Reboot and uninstall the market (try again) then repeat signing in quicker. NO FILES ARE MISSING. I hope this was helpful
Install NGTAppsAttack frozen Nook
Hi all,
I have installed NGAAppsAttack through stages 1 to 9 on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582
and ejected the card and waited for the Nook to reboot and got the start up screen.
I was getting ready to quickly follow the next steps and sign in and then install some apps but the screen remains on start up several hours later.
I have tried holding down the power button but no change.
Any advice?
Thanks
Chris
Chrysalis77 said:
Hi all,
I have installed NGAAppsAttack through stages 1 to 9 on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086582
and ejected the card and waited for the Nook to reboot and got the start up screen.
I was getting ready to quickly follow the next steps and sign in and then install some apps but the screen remains on start up several hours later.
I have tried holding down the power button but no change.
Any advice?
Thanks
Chris
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Usually holding down the power button for 20-30 seconds to ensure the device is powered off then holding the power button down for 5 or 6 seconds to power it back on works. If not try booting back to NookManager, restoring your backup and starting over again.
Device Details:
Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight, Software v. 1.1.5
Process:
I have been following Instructions on: blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2012/05/28/how-to-root-nook-glow-using-glownooter-includes-googles-app-market/[/url]
Progress:
I created the recommended backup, installed GlowNooter root, and connected to WiFi (which I have confirmed through the browser app)
Problem:
I opened YouTube and attempted to sign into my google account and received an error message. I tried to open the amazon market app, to obtain Titanium Backup to fix the issue but "content could not be downloaded because of a network connectivity error." I have verified again that I am connected to the WiFi and that it is working (on the nook). Going back into YouTube now causes the YouTube app to crash and returns me to the nooter home screen.
Notes:
Some part of the login process did work because my gmail recognizes my username.
Also, since I was stuck and frustrated, I tried to refresh my email (to see if it worked) gmail crashed. Now when I click on gmail it automatically tries to refresh itself and crashes every time.
I am hoping to avoid having to activate my backup.. but do not know how to proceed. I would be grateful for some assistance.
FWIW I just re-rooted my NST recently (after upgrading from 1.1.2 to 1.2.1) using the rooting tool Nook Manager, then I used NTGAppsAttack to install (Google) Market, GMAil, ... apps. I found the combo of these two tools to be far easier to use than the other available rooting tools which I had tried and had used when I first rooted my NST a few years back (Nook Manager did not exist then).
If you plan to use Nook Manager you'd have to activate your backup -- or, better yet, use Nook Manager to reset to factory-fresh stock for a guaranteed clean-start for your 2nd rooting attempt (which was what I did in my 2nd iteration).