So working with the CM7 nightly builds and the nook app for android, I'm struck by how much I'm finding I like the nook app better than the nookcolor home and reader. I can read my bought books, sideload books and everything else. On top of that I get pageturn animations that don't exist on the stock reader. The font selection is a bit more limited and some of the interface doesn't seem as refined, but it really doesn't seem that much of a tradeoff.
Anybody else running CM7? What are your impressions of the nook app?
I use the nook app on my phone, so that is what I was already used to. It did run sluggish on the NC the first time I used it, but I realoaded it and it is fine now.. mainly slow page turns.
does the Nook App have the same features as the Home one - Notes, Look Up, Highlight? what are the real limitations comparing to stock? that's the only thing that stops me from upgrade now, the whole reader integration on stock.
Does the nook app require you to import your sideloaded books like aldiko or is it like the nook home, and uses a file manager to locate books?
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I only did a quick try using the Nook App, but the one major downside I noticed is no support for magazine subscriptions. However, not much of a problem for those of you who don't have them. Also the look up, notes, highlighting etc built into the NC stock aren't available in the app. Everyone is entitiled to their opinion, but the only thing I consider better on the Nook App are the page turn animations and that really doesn't improve the use as much as the additional support and features available on the stock app. That's why I'm waiting for CM7 sd image, guess I'll have to stick with my stock emmc for reading and nookie froyo sd for tablet features until them.
I wish you could tap to turn the page in the app (or am I doing something wrong?).
With the Android Nook App (not the Nook Color Stock Reader/Library) - is there a way to move sideloaded books to the "Library" ?
Or do they just remain as "My Files".
xenuprime said:
I wish you could tap to turn the page in the app (or am I doing something wrong?).
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I am able to tap to turn the page.
I like the look and feel of the stock Nook Home but I definitely prefer the performance increases in CM7 vs stock Eclair.
I much prefer the Market Nook app. In fact when I first used the nook my wife commented on how "slow" the stock reader went through pages.
I don't really use the nook app either way myself (prefer Amazon), but I must admit that without the Market Nook app I couldn't tell people I have a tablet because the first thing they ask for (to demonstrate) is page turn animations. iPad set the bar there, and B&N out of the box didn't deliver....
I am having a problem importing epub files into the Nook app I am running phiremod nook V4.1 rom. I copied a epub file into the my files folder but it doesn't show up in the apps my files.
I don't really get the page turn animations? What's the point? Doesn't it slow down page turns?
I used the stock rooted setup for a few days, and then installed rom along with Nook App.
I didnt like the Nook App because of the lack of magazine/newspaper support.
The stock Nook setup is better IMO, it just feels better overall in terms of really getting the most out of your nookcolor. Magazines, newspapers, etc..
Oh and turn page animation? really? LOL c'mon ppl. I'm going to pay an extra $300 for page turn feature??
Is there anyway to use the stock nook setup with a custom rom?
"Also the look up, notes, highlighting etc built into the NC stock aren't available in the app."
I just tried these things and they work fine in the app. It would be nice to have the dictionary built in but hey, I have the dicitonary.com app if I really need to know. (On CM7)
jamesjhare said:
So working with the CM7 nightly builds and the nook app for android, I'm struck by how much I'm finding I like the nook app better than the nookcolor home and reader. I can read my bought books, sideload books and everything else. On top of that I get pageturn animations that don't exist on the stock reader. The font selection is a bit more limited and some of the interface doesn't seem as refined, but it really doesn't seem that much of a tradeoff.
Anybody else running CM7? What are your impressions of the nook app?
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How are you getting the app to work on the nightly builds? I am able to get in the app click stuff but if i download a book it just says file not supported. Also I had a couple of books on my sd card and moved them to the books folder for the app and it doesnt work either. Would you mins telling me how you got it to work? Thanks
I admit that of the Nook App for Android versus the Nook App for Stock that I much preferred the stock one.
But I really love the Nook as a tablet rather than a simple eReader, so I cancelled my magazine subscriptions this last week rather than having to go back to stock to read them.
b&n, if you actually read these forums, PLEASE give us magazine and newspaper subscriptions with the Nook for Android app, I promise that I will subscribe if you do!!
The Nook app won't download the "Read to me" children's books I bought. Otherwise I'd stop using the ROM on SD.
I too like using the Nook App on CM7 but has anyone figured out how to get the covers to show up for sideloaded content? Most of my stuff is copied over from my Calibre library, all covers show up fine in Aldiko but in the Nook app, no covers. Not a big deal really but just thought I would throw it out there in case someone has a fix.
bobzdar said:
I don't really get the page turn animations? What's the point? Doesn't it slow down page turns?
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It gives you that nostalgic feeling of yonder days I know we are trying to save trees here but some of us still want that feeling of flipping through pages.
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I figured it out..
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So I've been playing around with the Honeycomb previews, and was wondering if anyone's been able to get the stock nook reading/lending/etc.. apps working in Honeycomb.
I was able to transfer the games over via adb, although the layout is off on chess and the sensor at the edge doesn't pick up all presses on crossword.
Specifically, I really like the default reading app and side-loading epubs and would like to get that working.
Has anyone done this already or know which dependent apk's different components of the stock nook software use?
TIA
I also would like to get the B&N apps to run properly in Honeycomb. I am currently running rooted 1.1, because I want the B&N apps. My son use Nookbooks for kids and I prefer the default Nook app when I read. I don't purchase many books, but the ones I do buy are from B&N because I want to support them. If we don't support B&N they will stop making great devices like the original Nook and the Nook Color.
I do realize I can run the Android app and buy books via the web, but Nookbooks for kids is not available in the Android market.
Yeah, I'm playing around with it and seeing if I can get anything working with it.
I really like the stock Android apps, but like how much better honeycomb is designed for tablets (vs. froyo/eclair or the stock bn that can only have books in the home screen).
Will post back if I have any success... and I think it's a dumb rule that you need 10 posts to put anything in the dev forum. Supposedly this area is for noobs asking about how to install nookie etc.. and the other is for "dev" but half the posts over in dev are people talking about installation trouble and half the posts here are people posting things that would be better suited to the dev section. /rant
So I adb pushed everything bn over to honeycomb, but nothing shows up. Try to install Reader.apk and get error that it's missing required bncloudapi.
I have the jar file in frameworks, and the permissions files, but not sure if there's something else I should be looking for. TIA
Is it possible to still read magazines after rooting the Nook? I have the Nook AP on my XOOM and I cannot read any magazines on it. My wife's Nook has not been rooted yet but she would like to be able to use it more like a Tablet and use the Nook AP to access her books. But if she can't read her magazines, she wouldn't be too happy.
Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Is it possible to still read magazines after rooting the Nook? I have the Nook AP on my XOOM and I cannot read any magazines on it. My wife's Nook has not been rooted yet but she would like to be able to use it more like a Tablet and use the Nook AP to access her books. But if she can't read her magazines, she wouldn't be too happy.
Can anyone help? Thanks!
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While I don't know about magazines, I was able to buy a book and use the "lend me" feature.
This. was using the native NC program with rom 1.1 an3.0.0.
I read magazines just fine on a rooted nook.
ghoticov said:
Is it possible to still read magazines after rooting the Nook? I have the Nook AP on my XOOM and I cannot read any magazines on it. My wife's Nook has not been rooted yet but she would like to be able to use it more like a Tablet and use the Nook AP to access her books. But if she can't read her magazines, she wouldn't be too happy.
Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Currently the magizine feature is not avaible on the app. The main reason is the registration and subscription concerns. Soon enough it may be avalible
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I can't speak for the app, but I can confirm that my rooted NC reads my magazine subscriptions without any problems at all.
sanvara said:
I read magazines just fine on a rooted nook.
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How are you reading them? Through the nook AP or through another AP?
jlmwrite said:
I can't speak for the app, but I can confirm that my rooted NC reads my magazine subscriptions without any problems at all.
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Do you use an AP to read them?
I would think that if you want to root the nook is because you'd like do what you want with it. (i.e.) not have to pay for stuff like that.
I use Aldiko for all my reading, imported or otherwise.
I rooted mine with Auto Nooter 3.00 and my B&N store and being able to download and read anything I download works just fine.
As long as when you root, you stay on the stock 2.1 android, you will have the same B&N Nook app as before rooting, and magazines and childrens books work fine
If you switch to android 2.2 or 2.3 or 3.0 (honeycomb), then you need to use the standard Nook app, which won't read magazine or childrens books.
What i don't get, is that one would buy a Nook Color to root it to do heavy reading.
Why not? That's one of its features and it's a great one at that. Sure, you may be primarily interested in using it as a tablet, but why could you not also be interested in "heavy reading"?
swordsaint said:
What i don't get, is that one would buy a Nook Color to root it to do heavy reading.
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jasoraso said:
As long as when you root, you stay on the stock 2.1 android, you will have the same B&N Nook app as before rooting, and magazines and childrens books work fine
If you switch to android 2.2 or 2.3 or 3.0 (honeycomb), then you need to use the standard Nook app, which won't read magazine or childrens books.
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That's answers my question perfect.
If and when I rooted, I was going to stay with the stock 2.1. My wife only wants to root it in order to install aps from the market and not be so "hand cuffed" by the B&N software.
swordsaint said:
What i don't get, is that one would buy a Nook Color to root it to do heavy reading.
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She doesn't do heavy reading.
Also, many times people buy things because they don't completely understand what the best thing to buy is.
She does read on it and she loves being able to read magazines (and the childrens books that read to them) but she also likes the idea of being able to install aps (games, FB, Twitter and so forth).
Riley76 said:
I rooted mine with Auto Nooter 3.00 and my B&N store and being able to download and read anything I download works just fine.
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I assume Auto Nooter 3.00 is pretty easy to do? I did root my Droid X but that was very simple in running the z4root file, it did everything for me.
Also, once I run Auto Nooter 3.00 will I still be able to access the B&N software (I assume that is how you are reading your mags?).
noook noook
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ghoticov said:
I assume Auto Nooter 3.00 is pretty easy to do? I did root my Droid X but that was very simple in running the z4root file, it did everything for me.
Also, once I run Auto Nooter 3.00 will I still be able to access the B&N software (I assume that is how you are reading your mags?).
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Auto Nooter 3.00 still rests on the 2.1 kernal, and still uses the default B&N reader app that comes with that kernal, providing you with access to the Magazines.
As pointed out you only lose access to the readers if you install any of the 2.2 or 2.3 kernals that then require the 'standard' B&N Nook app for the android that you can download from the Android store.
This is one reason why I'm actually dual booting at this time. Using the autonootered Nook for my magazine reading, but using my SD card to boot to 2.2 and its much better experience as an Android tablet for everything else.
FWIW
Robyn
miniaturepeddler said:
Auto Nooter 3.00 still rests on the 2.1 kernal, and still uses the default B&N reader app that comes with that kernal, providing you with access to the Magazines.
As pointed out you only lose access to the readers if you install any of the 2.2 or 2.3 kernals that then require the 'standard' B&N Nook app for the android that you can download from the Android store.
This is one reason why I'm actually dual booting at this time. Using the autonootered Nook for my magazine reading, but using my SD card to boot to 2.2 and its much better experience as an Android tablet for everything else.
FWIW
Robyn
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Gotcha! I think staying on 2.1 would be fine for her... as long as she can install aps like facebook, twitter and games ... and then still be able to read her magazines and use the B&N reader that is on there. If I start trying to get her to boot from an sdcard things could go haywire quickly (for her and possibly me! lol).
Once rooted, I assume there is just a ap link that you click to go to the B&N reader which makes it operate like a stock Nook?
miniaturepeddler said:
Auto Nooter 3.00 still rests on the 2.1 kernal, and still uses the default B&N reader app that comes with that kernal, providing you with access to the Magazines.
As pointed out you only lose access to the readers if you install any of the 2.2 or 2.3 kernals that then require the 'standard' B&N Nook app for the android that you can download from the Android store.
This is one reason why I'm actually dual booting at this time. Using the autonootered Nook for my magazine reading, but using my SD card to boot to 2.2 and its much better experience as an Android tablet for everything else.
FWIW
Robyn
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Robyn - can you provide a link to the direction on setting up mSD card to boot 2.2?
Thanks
Karl
Hi All,
Devs and Members,
I have recently purchased the NC for my wife as a plain ol' e-reader, but after reading about rooting and all the cool stuff you can do with it I have been testing it out on the NC we have. I have to say I am impressed, not bad for buying the NC for $200 off of Craigslist. SO after reading for days on this awesome forum, I took a leap an jump right into rooting the NC using auto-nooter 3.0.0. After a few days of messing with around with it, I installed Nookie Froyo 6.8 emm 3 last night. WOW what a difference it is now compared to when we just got it. I havent had any issues with it, but if there is any opinions or advice on what apps to install next or what should I try next.....please feel free to leave me some comments. I will happily try it out and post some feed back as well as giving you thanks for your thanks meters!!!
Thanks In Advance
Ray.
Well now that you no longer have any of the NC B&N Apps I suggest getting some eReader Apps.
-Nook App (If you want Nook Books, but Magazines and Kid Books won't work)
-Kindle App (If you have Kindle Books or Mobi books)
-Aldiko App (For Reading PDFs and EPUB, also supports Adobe DRM so you can get Library eBooks)
-Titanium Backup App & Buy the Pro Key (For Batch Backup/Restore of Apps and Settings in case an App update brakes an App or you Switched ROMs)
That's a Good Start.
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HI,
The NC is my first real eBook reader - and one of the most useful/interesting
apps is an opensource PC/MAC program Calibre - and eBook library management
utility. It will download covers, reviews and convert many formats. It will also
d/l to your device etc. See: http://calibre-ebook.com/
There is a (paid) app in the library that can link to Calibre as well: "Calibre Library",
but you can also use other tools with Calibre to get your eBooks onto device.
Not mentioned above is FBreader, another eBook reader app. which has a syncing
tool available on the market: FBSync, to keep bookmarks and books in sync - useful
when you are trying different ROMs.
ROM: Cyanogenmod7 (Gingerbread) nightlies work very well for me.
I use Button Savior as my soft key application, it has worked well for me. The
on screen buttons are quiet reading in bed at night.
I bought Repligo for PDF reading, the text reflow seems to work 'ok' for me, but
NC is not an ideal PDF reader.
Peter
japzone said:
Well now that you no longer have any of the NC B&N Apps I suggest getting some eReader Apps.
-Nook App (If you want Nook Books, but Magazines and Kid Books won't work)
-Kindle App (If you have Kindle Books or Mobi books)
-Aldiko App (For Reading PDFs and EPUB, also supports Adobe DRM so you can get Library eBooks)
-Titanium Backup App & Buy the Pro Key (For Batch Backup/Restore of Apps and Settings in case an App update brakes an App or you Switched ROMs)
That's a Good Start.
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Thanks.....already have the nook app since the wife has purchased a few books from there. Will give the others a try just to see if there is a difference in reading material. I usually download pdf magazines does this aldiko app work well for this? Again thanks for you replies!!
pmilford said:
HI,
The NC is my first real eBook reader - and one of the most useful/interesting
apps is an opensource PC/MAC program Calibre - and eBook library management
utility. It will download covers, reviews and convert many formats. It will also
d/l to your device etc.
There is a (paid) app in the library that can link to Calibre as well: "Calibre Library",
but you can also use other tools with Calibre to get your eBooks onto device.
Not mentioned above is FBreader, another eBook reader app. which has a syncing
tool available on the market: FBSync, to keep bookmarks and books in sync - useful
when you are trying different ROMs.
ROM: Cyanogenmod7 (Gingerbread) nightlies work very well for me.
I use Button Savior as my soft key application, it has worked well for me. The
on screen buttons are quiet reading in bed at night.
I bought Repligo for PDF reading, the text reflow seems to work 'ok' for me, but
NC is not an ideal PDF reader.
Peter
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You know I am pretty interested in this Cyanogenmod7 but does it work well? are the devs still ironing out some wrinkles with this ROM? Gingerbread....so this is android 2.3? Is there a way to speed up the NC......maybe overclock?!?!?
HI,
Yes Cyanogenmod 7 works well, even though they haven't released the stable
final release yet. Weak areas are video playback and battery life. Both sound like
they will improve. The Phiremod version based on CM7 is a bit easier.
There are over-clock kernels for all versions of Nook Android, see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451
Peter
rican199 said:
Thanks.....already have the nook app since the wife has purchased a few books from there. Will give the others a try just to see if there is a difference in reading material. I usually download pdf magazines does this aldiko app work well for this? Again thanks for you replies!!
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Aldiko works fine. It supports Zooming too.
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the CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) ROM comes with an overclocked Kernel, once you start it up you can go into their options and up it to 925mhz, which makes this thing run GREAT! Also, battery life isn't bad. If you use it mainly as a reading device (meaning wifi off, bluetooth off, screen fairly bright), it will last you I'd say 8 hours MINIMUM, if you're doing other things, I'd still say it'll last you 6 hours (this, of course, is actual usage time. I only charge mine very other day or every 3 days)
I love Aldiko and it is my preferred reader. The problem is epub is not as popular as it once was. I've actually heard that many amazon books do NOT have DRM and, therefore, can be easily converted to ePub via Calibre. Check out my full post (and ever growing post) about the Nook as an eBook reader in the App's and Themes forum.
Also, B&N has said that they are working on making the Nook app better to include magazine support among other things.
OK, so today I am going to flash the internal memory and install CyanogenMod 7. Is it safe to just overwrite the nookie froyo 0.6.8 I have installed or must I first bring the nook back to system default, then root it again and then install CyanogenMod 7? So any ideas which mod to install, or should I say which one has the least quirks to fix....lol If there is an easy step by step guide anyone can recommend I will go ahead and review before making the jump
Thanks again everyone....truly a great site when your lost in the clouds!!
rican199 said:
OK, so today I am going to flash the internal memory and install CyanogenMod 7. Is it safe to just overwrite the nookie froyo 0.6.8 I have installed or must I first bring the nook back to system default, then root it again and then install CyanogenMod 7? So any ideas which mod to install, or should I say which one has the least quirks to fix....lol If there is an easy step by step guide anyone can recommend I will go ahead and review before making the jump
Thanks again everyone....truly a great site when your lost in the clouds!!
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Flash it right over it, no big deal. Just make sure to follow the directions and do a full system wipe from inside CWM. I also throw my vote in that CM7 is great. I never read mazagines or newspapers from BN so the standard nook app off the market works great. Also, make sure to get the gapps zip because you will need to flash that after the nightly if you want to have the google market.
cyanogen wiki: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barnes_&_Noble_Nook_Color:_Full_Update_Guide
A really easy way to get this process going is to use the following bootable CWM SD card, load the zips on there and flash away : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959240
Thanks For the links "very informative" a well written guide. But no instructions for windows install....I mean is it the same as installing nookie froyo 0.6.8? Just burn on the sd card, turn off the nook color, and insert to sd card?
rican199 said:
Thanks For the links "very informative" a well written guide. But no instructions for windows install....I mean is it the same as installing nookie froyo 0.6.8? Just burn on the sd card, turn off the nook color, and insert to sd card?
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If you go the route of using a live CWM sd card, you make it the same way you make the original SD to root the nook, I think it's winimage or something along those lines as the windows program to make it. Just make sure you download the correct CWM for that SD card size.
I'll try and condense the steps as best as possible, but please read all the guides linked to get more information
1. Download the newest Cyanogen nightly from the website I posted, download the newest google apps zip, and download the correct CWM live SD card for the size of the card you're using
2. On windows use Win32DiskImage to create a live CWM mod sd
3. Place the nightly.zip and gapps.zip on the sd card
4.turn off nc, place the sd in nc, when you turn it on it will boot into cwm
5. use CWM to wipe the data on the NC
5. Choose install zip from sd card
6. install nightly zip
7. install gapps zip
turn off nc, when you turn it back on you're on cm7
also this is a link to the gapps
http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=162...installed-cm7-now-i-dont-have-market-app.html
HI,
Another walk through of installing CM7:
Long CM7 install description: (slightly dated now)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=151
Peter
Man you guys keep amazing everyday with your help. I will do that today and post my results here.
Thanks again!!
Your help is truly appreciated!
UPDATE!!
Well installed CM7 nightly from 3/26, installed GAPPS, and also installed the updates OC Kernel w/fixed IO Pref. and it works awesome.....overclocked to 1100mhz and its way faster than when I first got it!!! Amazing.
On Nook os 1.1, a device rooted with Monster Root Pack was able to run the nook app for Android. Autonooted devices never could run it.
On the 1.2 release, the nook app won't work.
There are a lot of reasons to prefer the nook app over the library app. One route to getting it is to install CM7, I realize, but I do prefer the stock interface.
With the relase of the Nook Touch, which is excellent for what it is, I'd really like to be able to keep my reading positioned synched between an NC and an NST. Without using the library.
I spent a fair amount of time trying to get fbsync to work and am not able to yet (set up exactly identical paths on the NC and NST for books with the same title, yet they still each track reading position independently.. cleared web and on=-device caches, rebooted devices, waited, ultimately waited overnight then checked....)
So, is anyone working on hacking the Nook App to work on the Nook Color? I've asked BN multiple times for this and am not getting a response.
I would pay 50 bucks for a copy of the nook app that ran on the the NC running rooted OS 1.2.
I suppose the other option is to roll back to 1.1 and root with monster root pack. I think I lose relatively little by going that route.
Running Phiremod 6.2 on my Nook I use the nook app from the market.I prefer it over the stock reader. The page turn animation feature actually works and page turns is more responsive than stock reader
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Right, I realize I could also go to phiremod or cm7. I've just never liked them very much, though having bluetooth support is helpful, the battery penalty was pretty high last I used them -- has that been resolved?
I did finally get fbsync working this weekend, though, which is super cool. Involved deleting all epubs off both devices - I'd had fbreader installed on the NC for a bit, moved over to Aldiko, and had lots of odd, random paths to things in the fbreader database.
Now I'm figuring out if I can launch fbreader from a commandline and use a cron utility to launch it a couple of times a day, just to remind myself to sync.
roustabout said:
has that been resolved?
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Yes.
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OMG, absolutely!!!! I just installed CM7.1, RC1 (from Phiremod 6.3) and Dalingrin's 6/30/11 kernel this weekend and battery life is incredible. This is a whole new animal. This baby's definitely ready for primetime. Along with the new Nook App for Android that allows you to read magazines, and the Nook Color is 1000 times the machine it was running stock 1.1.0. I'm smitten all over again.
I have a nook color with stock 1.3 on it. Thinking about rooting it, if I do will I get better web browsing performance?
I tried a nook tablet today and the web browsing experience was night and day. The think was very fast.
If you just root the stock rom, you can at least overclock and/or install different browsers, which should help. If you install CM7 though, you should find a lot more options. I realized I was having some wifi-drop problems (not playing nice with a hidden SSID), but I'm pretty happy with the browsing experience on CM7 now.
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If you just root the stock rom, you can at least overclock and/or install different browsers, which should help. If you install CM7 though, you should find a lot more options. I realized I was having some wifi-drop problems (not playing nice with a hidden SSID), but I'm pretty happy with the browsing experience on CM7 now.
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If I boot CM7 off an SD card will it run slower than just flashing it over the nook software? I feel like it probably will but I don't really want to lose the BNN software.
If you will use a Sandisk class 2 or 4 sd card, I think you will be pleased at the performance.. then you can always decide to replace the stock BN rom if you are sold on CM7.
I run CM Stable 7.1 on a class 4 SANDISK.
It runs really well. I have no Wifi issues on the stable release. I use DOLPHIN HD for browsing.
I also run CM nightly 253 (just for playing around) on a class 4 SANDISK and I have wifi issues.
I was running CM7 n202 off of an 8Gb class 4 Sandisk, and recently switched to n253 from the internal memory. There was a reasonable improvement to speed, although more with navigating the OS than with web-browsing. I never much used the stock browser (only while in the store shopping) and I've also switched over from DolphinHD to Opera - they're both good browsers and pretty snappy, but I'm using Opera pretty exclusively now - it takes a tad bit longer to load on the first launch, but I like the reflow and zooming better, and it /is/ really fast.
The other option (which is what I did) is to copy the stock rom to an SD card and flash CM onto the Nand. It depends on which one you plan to use more.
I wanted the tablet portion more, but I still wanted the ability to view DRM restricted ePub/PDF files.
Any good guides out there to boot CM7 off a SD card? I remember seeing the thread before but now can't seem to find it.
Thanks guys!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
Is there any way to get flash on opera on CM7? I cant seem to figure it out.
And whats the best way to read books? I guess I cant use the stock BNN software without taking the SD card out like I could when I had it auto nootered so should I just dl the nook app on the market I guess?
darkhunter139 said:
Is there any way to get flash on opera on CM7? I cant seem to figure it out.
And whats the best way to read books? I guess I cant use the stock BNN software without taking the SD card out like I could when I had it auto nootered so should I just dl the nook app on the market I guess?
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Depends. If you have your own Epub files then Aldiko is good. If you bought B&N books then you can download the Nook app from Market. If you mischievously bought Kindle books then get the Kindle App.
As for Flash in Opera, I don't use Opera so I don't know, however what you can do is get this App(Choose Browser) and when you get to page with flash Choose "Share Page/URL" and then select "Choose Browser" to open the page with the Stock browser.
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darkhunter139 said:
Is there any way to get flash on opera on CM7? I cant seem to figure it out.
And whats the best way to read books? I guess I cant use the stock BNN software without taking the SD card out like I could when I had it auto nootered so should I just dl the nook app on the market I guess?
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If you're running CM7 off uSD you can hold the "n" button while it is booting... it will bring up the boot menu... select eMMC... "Normal" boot and "Boot Now" it will boot you into stock on eMMC... you can read your books with B&N stock firmware and reader
DizzyDen said:
If you're running CM7 off uSD you can hold the "n" button while it is booting... it will bring up the boot menu... select eMMC... "Normal" boot and "Boot Now" it will boot you into stock on eMMC... you can read your books with B&N stock firmware and reader
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Awesome thanks!
jalaram said:
The other option (which is what I did) is to copy the stock rom to an SD card and flash CM onto the Nand. It depends on which one you plan to use more.
I wanted the tablet portion more, but I still wanted the ability to view DRM restricted ePub/PDF files.
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Does the nook stock ROM open files the nook app wont?
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latest stable cm7 release on the old nook color..booted from an 8 gb class 2 sandisk..browsing with Dolphin Mini, which I use for every android thing I have...I hate slow browsing and I'm pleased with the speed.
darkhunter139 said:
Is there any way to get flash on opera on CM7? I cant seem to figure it out.
And whats the best way to read books? I guess I cant use the stock BNN software without taking the SD card out like I could when I had it auto nootered so should I just dl the nook app on the market I guess?
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If I remember correctly there is an option for flash in the standard options in Opera, You have to have Flash Player installed separately though.
dragon_76 said:
Does the nook stock ROM open files the nook app wont?
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I find the Nook App to be superior to Stock (with a slight gripe about categorizing sideloaded ePub format books). When you put CM7 on your Nook, you need to then download the Nook app from the marketplace (free). You enter your account info and then it will sync all of your purchased books from B&N. The Nook and Aldiko reader apps are better than the stock Nook reader app (nook page turn animations, both have more brightness settings which is great for night reading, Aldiko seems easier to load ePub books and offers more bookshelf customizations)