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Mostly Harmless

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Appreciate all the responses to my other thread regarding purchasing a Nook Color. Yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and picked one up. Rooted it as soon as I got home and now I am running it currently with 2.1 (going to look into getting 2.2 onto it). I actually really like the 2.1 because I can still keep the nook's book interface and still download from that app. Had a few issues but in the end they were resolved. It really is a great little device, the internet is fast, the screen is responsive, and plays all my games very well (including x-plane which is pretty intensive). It's really is a bargain for $250. My only complaint is the weight, it is pretty heavy but I am guess that's because it feels like its built like a tank.

Funny story about purchasing it, went the guy brought it up to the counter he asked me quietly if I ever heard of rooting, I told him yes, he told me that he wasn't was suppose to say anything but you could rook the nook into a nice tablet, I told him that was my plan.....he also told me about the extended protection plan that protects against "everything, you can submerge it in water, put it in the microwave, step on it...etc" so I brought it, but then he told me if I root it, it would void the warranty, so I asked him if I put it in the microwave for 30 seconds on high would anyone know if I rooted it....gave me a pretty funny look.

Once again, thanks guys, happy to now be part of this group.
 
Mostly Harmless said:
Appreciate all the responses to my other thread regarding purchasing a Nook Color. Yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and picked one up. Rooted it as soon as I got home and now I am running it currently with 2.1 (going to look into getting 2.2 onto it). I actually really like the 2.1 because I can still keep the nook's book interface and still download from that app. Had a few issues but in the end they were resolved. It really is a great little device, the internet is fast, the screen is responsive, and plays all my games very well (including x-plane which is pretty intensive). It's really is a bargain for $250. My only complaint is the weight, it is pretty heavy but I am guess that's because it feels like its built like a tank.

Funny story about purchasing it, went the guy brought it up to the counter he asked me quietly if I ever heard of rooting, I told him yes, he told me that he wasn't was suppose to say anything but you could rook the nook into a nice tablet, I told him that was my plan.....he also told me about the extended protection plan that protects against "everything, you can submerge it in water, put it in the microwave, step on it...etc" so I brought it, but then he told me if I root it, it would void the warranty, so I asked him if I put it in the microwave for 30 seconds on high would anyone know if I rooted it....gave me a pretty funny look.

Once again, thanks guys, happy to now be part of this group.
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haha. That's the same thing the B&N Nook guy told me when I bought my nook. He told me, if you're gonna root it and you end up breaking it...break it to the extent where they can't turn on the screen and they'll never find out you rooted it. haha.

Oh btw, there's a dual boot version of 2.2. Where you can boot into either 2.2 or the regular nook UI. It's not as seamless as Autonootering but at least it's possible. The only thing is...I don't know how reliable it is because I haven't done it myself.
 
Mostly Harmless said:
Appreciate all the responses to my other thread regarding purchasing a Nook Color. Yesterday I decided to bite the bullet and picked one up. Rooted it as soon as I got home and now I am running it currently with 2.1 (going to look into getting 2.2 onto it). I actually really like the 2.1 because I can still keep the nook's book interface and still download from that app. Had a few issues but in the end they were resolved. It really is a great little device, the internet is fast, the screen is responsive, and plays all my games very well (including x-plane which is pretty intensive). It's really is a bargain for $250. My only complaint is the weight, it is pretty heavy but I am guess that's because it feels like its built like a tank.

Funny story about purchasing it, went the guy brought it up to the counter he asked me quietly if I ever heard of rooting, I told him yes, he told me that he wasn't was suppose to say anything but you could rook the nook into a nice tablet, I told him that was my plan.....he also told me about the extended protection plan that protects against "everything, you can submerge it in water, put it in the microwave, step on it...etc" so I brought it, but then he told me if I root it, it would void the warranty, so I asked him if I put it in the microwave for 30 seconds on high would anyone know if I rooted it....gave me a pretty funny look.

Once again, thanks guys, happy to now be part of this group.
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Welcome to the club! Glad to hear it all worked out for you. ;)
 
xmr405o said:
Oh btw, there's a dual boot version of 2.2. Where you can boot into either 2.2 or the regular nook UI. It's not as seamless as Autonootering but at least it's possible. The only thing is...I don't know how reliable it is because I haven't done it myself.
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The dual boot version sounds good to me. Do you happen to know of a link where I can find out more about it? I have a NC that I am thinking about rooting, and this sounds like it would allow me to keep my "native" or stock B&N book reading app the way it is. Thank for the information.
 
For those newer to rooting, flashing etc, I would reccomend a SD bootable ROM and not go the dual boot ROM, just to keep it simple.

This way you flash a SD card with Bootable 2.2/3.0/etc and when you turn the nook on with SD card installed you get that ROM, when you take the SD card out, and turn it on, you get stock/rooted Nook ROM.

Edit: Forgot to note, that the SD bootable ROM's will be laggier than flashing internal memory, so if you end up liking it, and want less lag, then you can flash to internal or dual boot. Start reading! Enjoy.
 
gsutton said:
The dual boot version sounds good to me. Do you happen to know of a link where I can find out more about it? I have a NC that I am thinking about rooting, and this sounds like it would allow me to keep my "native" or stock B&N book reading app the way it is. Thank for the information.
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Here's the post that takes you to the dual boot thread in XDA.

http://androidforums.com/2363260-post18.html

stinky said:
For those newer to rooting, flashing etc, I would reccomend a SD bootable ROM and not go the dual boot ROM, just to keep it simple.

This way you flash a SD card with Bootable 2.2/3.0/etc and when you turn the nook on with SD card installed you get that ROM, when you take the SD card out, and turn it on, you get stock/rooted Nook ROM.

Edit: Forgot to note, that the SD bootable ROM's will be laggier than flashing internal memory, so if you end up liking it, and want less lag, then you can flash to internal or dual boot. Start reading! Enjoy.
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I agree, the dual boot ROMS from emmc have extra steps to do before you can get it to work. So, yes, it may confuse some.
 
Glad you are enjoying the NC ;)

But for the record...I would not recommend anyone EVER putting their NC in the microwave...just sayin :)
 
UBRocked said:
Glad you are enjoying the NC ;)

But for the record...I would not recommend anyone EVER putting their NC in the microwave...just sayin :)
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if it ever came down to that I have an old microwave at work and the results would be video taped. Hopefully it will never come to it :)
 
sookster54 said:
Funny part of the story.

Also can you still break it if you boot Android off a sdcard?
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Nice thing about the NC is that it DOES boot from the SD card. That makes it virtually impossible to brick. I use the word virtually...because I'm only 99% sure there is NOTHING you can do that you couldn't recover from.
 
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