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[Q] Rooted Nook Color 1.2

I rooted Nook Color 1.2.
The Android Market place is installed and I can access the Market.
However, unable to download and install any apps as the Nook Color is not recognized correctly. When I checked the settings in the Market place settings the it displays "Unknown device".
How can I fix this and get the Market place to recognize the Nook Color properly?

adb frustration

Hi All,
I have been trying to get ADB working on my windows xp PC for my HD+. I purchased this from staples and it is at 2.0.4. I followed 2 separate threads here in addition to info on nookdevs from BN. I am able to see my nook in ADB but as soon as I try to run the allinoneroot and the nook reboots its gone. no more devices. Even if I just disconnect the nook and reconnect to my PC i see same behavior. basically it looks like my PC is not able to retain the ADB setup after the nook reconnects.
Any pointers? I have another windows 7 PC which I am planning to try next but i have no clue why this isnt working? should i be deleting some existing installation from my PC? I am new to Nook HD+ but not really new to android or ADB. I already have a Nook color with CM7 running on it and have been upgrading etc for past 1.5 years.
this has been my most frustrating experience with ADB so far. Please help.. I am so close to taking this back to the store.
thanks!

Can you open up the shell/batch file and execute the commands one by one to see where exactly it's messing up?

openallnight said:
Hi All,
I have been trying to get ADB working on my windows xp PC for my HD+. I purchased this from staples and it is at 2.0.4. I followed 2 separate threads here in addition to info on nookdevs from BN. I am able to see my nook in ADB but as soon as I try to run the allinoneroot and the nook reboots its gone. no more devices. Even if I just disconnect the nook and reconnect to my PC i see same behavior. basically it looks like my PC is not able to retain the ADB setup after the nook reconnects.
Any pointers? I have another windows 7 PC which I am planning to try next but i have no clue why this isnt working? should i be deleting some existing installation from my PC? I am new to Nook HD+ but not really new to android or ADB. I already have a Nook color with CM7 running on it and have been upgrading etc for past 1.5 years.
this has been my most frustrating experience with ADB so far. Please help.. I am so close to taking this back to the store.
thanks!
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I had the same problem. It loses the ADB after the first boot. I had to leave the cord plugged in and the command window open and go to device manager. I went to USB controllers and uninstalled the USB composite device. Another device popped up in other and I updated the driver to the nook drivers again. Then the command prompt took off to the next boot and same thing happened. Just went through that every time until finished.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

thanks!. "I think" the root is done. I reconnected after each step and it said installation complete. But i dont see any apps at all. how do I access Google Play for the next update step per your post? thanks for guiding me through this.
If I go in settings->applications I see Superuser,Talk etc.
thanks!
Was able to open google play using the browser. Installed ADW Launcher and it looks good. a lot of apps come up as not compatible in play though. maybe dpi setting is incorrect?

openallnight said:
thanks!. "I think" the root is done. I reconnected after each step and it said installation complete. But i dont see any apps at all. how do I access Google Play for the next update step per your post? thanks for guiding me through this.
If I go in settings->applications I see Superuser,Talk etc.
thanks!
Was able to open google play using the browser. Installed ADW Launcher and it looks good. a lot of apps come up as not compatible in play though. maybe dpi setting is incorrect?
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There are many things that make certain apps incompatible. It have tried several things including dpi, modifying build.prop (which I recommend against unless you want to reset), and nothing seems to help. I just think the HD+ is not on its list so most things show incompatible. The only solution is to use other devices to download and sideload. There are web stores that let you use your browser to download but not all apps are available. Like 1mobile.com.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

openallnight said:
Was able to open google play using the browser. Installed ADW Launcher and it looks good. a lot of apps come up as not compatible in play though. maybe dpi setting is incorrect?
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I've simply copied many of these apps from my phone to my PC then sideloaded. They work fine. It just seems to be that they aren't teed up for this sort of Bastroid 4.2.1 that B&N has deployed is my guess. Example, free angry birds works fine this way. Once loaded, you can backup with Titanium backup and reload if needed.

thanks evenryone.. the adb wireless included in latest root makes is so easy. you devs are awesome.

How To Bypass the Auto-Update (Tested on Nook HD+)

One annoying feature of new Nook HD+ (and assuming Nook HD) is that during initial set up it will look for and force you to update (if one is found). There is a neat and really easy trick to bypass this process.
Once you get to that step in the process, during the process hold down the power button and force it to shut off by selecting "OK" in the prompt. You have to do it before it finishes downloading the update.
Once you power it back on you'll have to restart the whole process of entering your WiFi and information again. When you get to the point where the device looks for an update, it will look for a few seconds and determine that its got the latest version installed and proceed to the next phase.
To make sure you did it correctly just go into "Settings" and check the version. For me my default was 2.0.4, for you it may be different, but either way its not 2.0.5.
I've tested it multiple times and always with great success.

What about 2.0.4 do you prefer over 2.0.5?
Also, let us know if this actually stays on 2.0.4. Those of us who had already registered Nooks (both HD and HD+) when 2.0.5 came out got updated in spite of having turned off auto updates.

lkmiller said:
What about 2.0.4 do you prefer over 2.0.5?
Also, let us know if this actually stays on 2.0.4. Those of us who had already registered Nooks (both HD and HD+) when 2.0.5 came out got updated in spite of having turned off auto updates.
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It was for rooting purposes, since at the time I couldn't find a rooting tool for 2.0.5, that's why. Also I too had registered once under 2.0.5, and when starting fresh found that this method does work regardless of what you initially registered under. Though it only buys you little time to do whatever modifications you need to to your device before it automatically updates you (you could also leave WiFi turned off too).

dcoke said:
It was for rooting purposes, since at the time I couldn't find a rooting tool for 2.0.5, that's why. Also I too had registered once under 2.0.5, and when starting fresh found that this method does work regardless of what you initially registered under. Though it only buys you little time to do whatever modifications you need to to your device before it automatically updates you (you could also leave WiFi turned off too).
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What device are you running? Still would like your factory zip.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

dcoke said:
It was for rooting purposes, since at the time I couldn't find a rooting tool for 2.0.5, that's why. Also I too had registered once under 2.0.5, and when starting fresh found that this method does work regardless of what you initially registered under. Though it only buys you little time to do whatever modifications you need to to your device before it automatically updates you (you could also leave WiFi turned off too).
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Ok, I thought that might be why. Thankfully we can root 2.0.5 now. But it's good to know this method of postponing that initial update if I ever need to reset and start over.

nook hd+ auto-updated after leapinlar root+cwm fixes
My Nook HD+ notified me last night that it had auto-updated to 2.0.6 but I was able to get back my original Nova Prime Launcher and the Google Play store continues to work (it broke Beautiful Widgets, but uninstalling it and reinstalling it fixed that)
I had originally rooted it from 2.0.5 using the Universal Root method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613
I had the following images installed:
NookHD-HDplus-Gapps+Extras-for-stock-rev1.zip
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev1.zip
NookHD-HDplus-LocationServices.zip
Using CWM for here:
NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6023-for-emmc-stock-4GB-rev1.zip
Note - I did not manually update or in anyway 'induce' the update, it just happened. Did I miss something in the instructions to prevent auto-update?
Atleast the play store and Nova Launcher keeps working (not had time to check if root is still working though) But I did notice that the B&N Home launcher keeps showing up more often than before (hitting apps and going back brings back Nova)
Thanks

vtmanryn said:
My Nook HD+ notified me last night that it had auto-updated to 2.0.6 but I was able to get back my original Nova Prime Launcher and the Google Play store continues to work (it broke Beautiful Widgets, but uninstalling it and reinstalling it fixed that)
I had originally rooted it from 2.0.5 using the Universal Root method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613
I had the following images installed:
NookHD-HDplus-Gapps+Extras-for-stock-rev1.zip
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev1.zip
NookHD-HDplus-LocationServices.zip
Using CWM for here:
NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6023-for-emmc-stock-4GB-rev1.zip
Note - I did not manually update or in anyway 'induce' the update, it just happened. Did I miss something in the instructions to prevent auto-update?
Atleast the play store and Nova Launcher keeps working (not had time to check if root is still working though) But I did notice that the B&N Home launcher keeps showing up more often than before (hitting apps and going back brings back Nova)
Thanks
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We have known for a while that setting the OTA to manual does not seem to stop auto updates anymore. The good news is that it still accepts the root. Just flash universal root again.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

I might have found a way how to disable Nook HD OTA autoupdate feature.
For some reason setting com.bn.device.fota.mode to manual does not work, so there is more straight approach to solve this.
So far i have found two:
1) Once you have rooted your device it is just a matter of editing /etc/hosts file and adding couple of lines
127.0.0.1 nook.com
127.0.0.1 barnesandnoble.com
127.0.0.1 su.barnesandnoble.com
which effectively blocks access to autoupdates, but when you reboot your device, all your data will be erased (nook will restore itself to factory state). So some way around is needed.
2) There is an app on google store called "Android Firewall", install it. Once installed block Wifi for NookConnectivityService. GAPPS and browser will not be affected, you'll get norification "Wifi error". But otherwise wifi is fuctional.

2) There is an app on google store called "Android Firewall", install it. Once installed block Wifi for NookConnectivityService. GAPPS and browser will not be affected, you'll get norification "Wifi error". But otherwise wifi is fuctional.
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Blocking NookConnectivityService kills connectivity to the Google Play.

greenya said:
1) Once you have rooted your device it is just a matter of editing /etc/hosts file and adding couple of lines
127.0.0.1 nook.com
127.0.0.1 barnesandnoble.com
127.0.0.1 su.barnesandnoble.com
which effectively blocks access to autoupdates, but when you reboot your device, all your data will be erased (nook will restore itself to factory state). So some way around is needed.
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You can symlink the hosts file. See my HD/HD+ tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item 15. Of course there are othe ways to prevent the update, like symlinking build.prop and doing the white on white repair. But those just cause the update to fail, while this may prevent them even checking. If this works, I may update my CWM zip to include it.
EDIT: After researching this a little I have found an easy way to accomplish this. That is to use AdAway. You can safely use that program if you configure it to put the hosts file on /data. It automatically symlinks it for you. But you need to be rooted to use this app. And it has a feature where you can add your own sites to block. Just add those sites listed in the post above. Then every time AdAway updates its own list, it adds your list to it also. This will block B&N from using those sites to download their updates. But realize that it also blocks you from browsing their site.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
EDIT: After researching this a little I have found an easy way to accomplish this. That is to use AdAway. You can safely use that program if you configure it to put the hosts file on /data. It automatically symlinks it for you. But you need to be rooted to use this app. And it has a feature where you can add your own sites to block. Just add those sites listed in the post above. Then every time AdAway updates its own list, it adds your list to it also. This will block B&N from using those sites to download their updates. But realize that it also blocks you from browsing their site.
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Nice! It works then Including it to CWM zip is a good idea, with a warning, that you get to loose one site. That rooting thing imho is the whole reason for not using it, but substituting with google play.
BTW Is your hybrid cm10.1 stable on nook hd+ ?

greenya said:
Nice! It works then Including it to CWM zip is a good idea, with a warning, that you get to loose one site. That rooting thing imho is the whole reason for not using it, but substituting with google play.
BTW Is your hybrid cm10.1 stable on nook hd+ ?
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WARNING! Hybrid not for HD+ !!!

greenya said:
BTW Is your hybrid cm10.1 stable on nook hd+ ?
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My Hybrid setup on the HD+ is experimental and a hacked version by me. And I am running verygreen's 1-07 version of CM10.1. The Hybrid works great and is very stable, but the CM10.1 is buggy.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
My Hybrid setup on the HD+ is experimental and a hacked version by me. And I am running verygreen's 1-07 version of CM10.1. The Hybrid works great and is very stable, but the CM10.1 is buggy.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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Seems i missed somewhere something

datas0ft said:
Seems i missed somewhere something
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You did not miss it. I just got it working this weekend and this is the first I have told anyone. I am going to test it a while before I even consider making it for anyone else. It does work but I had to manually configure some things. And it only works on CM10.1, not CM10. Until we get some better CM10.1's it does not really matter anyway.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
You did not miss it. I just got it working this weekend and this is the first I have told anyone. I am going to test it a while before I even consider making it for anyone else. It does work but I had to manually configure some things. And it only works on CM10.1, not CM10. Until we get some better CM10.1's it does not really matter anyway.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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This news change many things. But seems verygreen is so busy last time or found something new interesting.
Anyway. If you need some "hard testing" (when testing may make item dead) then ask me. I have one item with no warranty and ... you know, its not mine ... and its not last one.

greenya said:
I might have found a way how to disable Nook HD OTA autoupdate feature.
For some reason setting com.bn.device.fota.mode to manual does not work, so there is more straight approach to solve this.
So far i have found two:
1) Once you have rooted your device it is just a matter of editing /etc/hosts file and adding couple of lines
127.0.0.1 nook.com
127.0.0.1 barnesandnoble.com
127.0.0.1 su.barnesandnoble.com
which effectively blocks access to autoupdates, but when you reboot your device, all your data will be erased (nook will restore itself to factory state). So some way around is needed.
2) There is an app on google store called "Android Firewall", install it. Once installed block Wifi for NookConnectivityService. GAPPS and browser will not be affected, you'll get norification "Wifi error". But otherwise wifi is fuctional.
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Thank you for this. It works. I added the manual way to do it via AdAway to my HD/HD+ Tips thread and added a CWM zip to my HD/HD+ CWM thread to automatically do it for you if you are not rooted. Both threads are linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running rooted stock

leapinlar said:
Thank you for this. It works. I added the manual way to do it via AdAway to my HD/HD+ Tips thread and added a CWM zip to my HD/HD+ CWM thread to automatically do it for you if you are not rooted. Both threads are linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running rooted stock
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Could you also just freeze the NookConnectivityService app using Titanium Backup - seems to work for me

docfreed said:
Could you also just freeze the NookConnectivityService app using Titanium Backup - seems to work for me
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Someone earlier says doing that blocked his Google Play. Is yours working ok?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
Someone earlier says doing that blocked his Google Play. Is yours working ok?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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If you mean the Play Store, yes no problem - I don't use any other Play apps (like music, books, etc.). I am on 2.06, rooted, ADW EX Launcher and see no issues whatsoever with WiFi (as a matter of fact, no issue signing in to BN.com and downloading one of my books.

Sideloading after 2.1.0

I would love to be able to sideload applications after 2.1.0 update. Root is working fine.

Royaltiger said:
I would love to be able to sideload applications after 2.1.0 update. Root is working fine.
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You can if you flash my extras zip.
Sent from my rooted stock Nook HD

You are DA MAN!

parsing problem
Royaltiger said:
You are DA MAN!
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I have installed the extras zip and was able to install amazon app store. I still cannot sideload many apps and get the 'there is a problem parsing the package' message. Basically, I downloaded the apk and used package installer and got this message.
Thanks for your help
PeeAm

peeam said:
I have installed the extras zip and was able to install amazon app store. I still cannot sideload many apps and get the 'there is a problem parsing the package' message. Basically, I downloaded the apk and used package installer and got this message.
Thanks for your help
PeeAm
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Do you think rooting the tablet will help you?

Flashing to allow unknown sources via the image disk worked great for me. Adobe Flash and all my other non market installed apps working great. I did not root.
Edit:
Changed post from permissions to unknown sources.

rushless said:
Flashing permissions via the image disk worked great for me. Adobe Flash and all my other non market installed apps working great. I did not root.
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Can you please elaborate on "Flashing permissions via the image disk". Which file to flash? Can you please link to the thread that has this file.
Thanks!

fljoe said:
Can you please elaborate on "Flashing permissions via the image disk". Which file to flash? Can you please link to the thread that has this file.
Thanks!
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It is not a file to flash, his terminology is a little off. He means going to CWM and the advanced menu and choose 'fix permissions'.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
It is not a file to flash, his terminology is a little off. He means going to CWM and the advanced menu and choose 'fix permissions'.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I tried 'fix permissions' but no success. I am trying to install widely used apps from travel sites like Orbitz and Travelocity which are installed on my samsung 7+ tab running ICS. It must have something to do with stock as they were installed on CM 10 on nook hd+. While I prefer stock due to the excellent sleep option and battery life, I may have to go back to CM 10.
PeeAm

leapinlar said:
It is not a file to flash, his terminology is a little off. He means going to CWM and the advanced menu and choose 'fix permissions'.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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It probably is a terminology issue, but what I did was:
1. Create the image with a micro sd.
2. Drap the Rev3 zip to the sd
3. Shut off the Nook
4. Insert the sd into the Nook and then turned it on
5. Went to the option to flash via the sd card with volume and pressed home key
6. Chose the Rev3 zip and pressed home. The files installed,
7. Removed the sd
8. Restarted..... Hung on the Nook screen for ten minutes, so held power to turn off
9. Restarted
10. Was able to side load all of my apps that needed it after that. I started with Adobe Flash which works GREAT with Dolphin, Opera and Xscope (had to side load Xscope, since could not install via market).
I do not recall flagging permissions in the image menu. I thought the flash process did all that, which it apparently did for me.
Side loaded Flash, Oid emulators, aFBA, Xscope and some market games as well that could be saved with an unrooted back-up app.

peeam said:
I tried 'fix permissions' but no success. I am trying to install widely used apps from travel sites like Orbitz and Travelocity which are installed on my samsung 7+ tab running ICS. It must have something to do with stock as they were installed on CM 10 on nook hd+. While I prefer stock due to the excellent sleep option and battery life, I may have to go back to CM 10.
PeeAm
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His terminology was mixed up. He did not mean "fix permissions" either. He meant flashing the Extras zip, which enables unknown sources, not "flash permissions". But you had already done that.
So I don't know how to fix your problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Yep, to me getting unknown sources working is a permission, but wrong in the true Android terminology.
Regardless, being able to install by side loading and the 2.1 update make this one of the best tablets. Actually, it seems a direct equal to the Excite 7.7 which IMO is the best current overall tablet. Better in some regards. The display and power efficiency in sleep mode is a big part of the departuresweight for the HD+.

Thanks, All is Well !
leapinlar said:
His terminology was mixed up. He did not mean "fix permissions" either. He meant flashing the Extras zip, which enables unknown sources, not "flash permissions". But you had already done that.
So I don't know how to fix your problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Leapinlar- you have been wonderful with your work on this tablet . Your note made me realize that may be there is something wrong with the apk files I had copied from my other tablet. After spending many hours searching on google for sites that were not merely links to google play, I downloaded the apk files I needed. All of them installed perfectly !
Thanks once again to you,verygreen and bokbokan for making nook tablet the best tablet out there.
kind regards
PeeAm

Leap, rocks!

May be not the right place to ask, if that I am sorry. Anyway, by flashing extra.zip, will it help with host USB on the nook hd+?
TIA

samteee said:
May be not the right place to ask, if that I am sorry. Anyway, by flashing extra.zip, will it help with host USB on the nook hd+?
TIA
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No, it has nothing to do with that.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
No, it has nothing to do with that.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Hello, I followed your tutorial to the exact letter and all I got was my nook restarting several times before finally wiping itself and having to do the whole set up process again. I formatted the card and set the card to active like instructed. But which rar do I need? I am running the nook hd with 2.1.0. Software. I tried all the nook hd bootfiles rars listed and added the zip I wanted to install and it keeps rebooting and wiping.
Thanks

pmdash said:
Hello, I followed your tutorial to the exact letter and all I got was my nook restarting several times before finally wiping itself and having to do the whole set up process again. I formatted the card and set the card to active like instructed. But which rar do I need? I am running the nook hd with 2.1.0. Software. I tried all the nook hd bootfiles rars listed and added the zip I wanted to install and it keeps rebooting and wiping.
Thanks
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You need the one that says NookHD, CWM and BOOTFILES and ends in rar. You must extract the 5 files there to the SD. Be sure to copy the one named MLO first.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

leapinlar said:
You need the one that says NookHD, CWM and BOOTFILES and ends in rar. You must extract the 5 files there to the SD. Be sure to copy the one named MLO first.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Ok thanks. I think I tired that one. But I will give it another go.

[Q] rooted successfully, how to sideload??

I've successfully rooted, gotten things set up, and gotten the searchmarket app going.
The guides for nook glowlight all suggest certain softwares that seem to have a minimum OS higher than the Nook Glow. I found an older versions apk file and attempted to install via EX File Explorer (it has root access. Just browsing and selecting the file). I was given an error message that Barnes and Noble locked out that functionality, it was referring to installing nonmarket apps.
I've tried googling but seem to be gettiling infor for the nook tablet.... a completely different tldevice.
I cant seem to figure out how to get into the android settings either.
How can i load apks to this device? I'd prefer not to have to use adb.

AllanonMage said:
I've successfully rooted, gotten things set up, and gotten the searchmarket app going.
The guides for nook glowlight all suggest certain softwares that seem to have a minimum OS higher than the Nook Glow. I found an older versions apk file and attempted to install via EX File Explorer (it has root access. Just browsing and selecting the file). I was given an error message that Barnes and Noble locked out that functionality, it was referring to installing nonmarket apps.
I've tried googling but seem to be gettiling infor for the nook tablet.... a completely different tldevice.
I cant seem to figure out how to get into the android settings either.
How can i load apks to this device? I'd prefer not to have to use adb.
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The guides for nook glowlight all suggest certain softwares that seem to have a minimum OS higher than the Nook Glow
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What "softwares"? You need to find and apk for android 2.1+. If you get a message "error, older SDK", you have the wrong version of the apk.
I was given an error message that Barnes and Noble locked out that functionality
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never heard of this. Please post the exact message.
Your search engine was right. You have to use Nook Color Tools. Put it in /system/app/ and after you run it, unselect the "install non market applications" button and than selet it again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868366
If you have any other question regarding this..read the forum. Every week someone asks for this information. Seriously.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332164