Nook HD and HD+ now officially supported by CyanogenMod

[snoozer]

I am a senior and I was very unsure about doing this, but as others mentioned it is not that difficult. Here is a link to the simple instructions & plenty of help if you have any questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2317500

[graycyn]

Originally Posted by Asawi

There are easy to follow instructions availabel



If you are prepared to make your own card from what they are offering, make it with stuff from the original developers instead! Don't let them make money out of other people's work!



I know! But you don't have to learn a lot of it!


Having said all this, do you really NEED to do ANY of this now that you can use Google Play apps? I run my HD/HD+ as stock and am completely happy. I feel no need to use any other ROM for these devices. (I do root them, but "root" is not the same as running a different ROM. "Root" is gaining root access, taking control of what can be installed.)

I find it frustrating. I switch between apps a lot, the recent apps button on the Nook doesn't seem to show the apps I used recently when I am using a launcher. It may work on the Nook side of the fence, but I don't use or like the Nook home screen, so i am never there. Nor do I like the settings interface. I'd prefer plain vanilla Android.

Partly it is curiosity though.

[GreenMonkey]

Originally Posted by livramax

Such software is distributed for free by its original developers: see http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2300132 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2087988. There is no need to pay for middlemen's repackaging.

Yes! It's really not that difficult. And the image will need to be updated from time to time. Donate the $10 to the devs instead. Unless you are really bad with modern computers (like my dad who says the internet doesn't work when his homepage changes or his firefox shortcut gets deleted).

Plus running from SD card is never as good as running from the internal memory. Read/write times, random read/write times, etc are all slower which can produce lag, etc.

[Asawi]

Originally Posted by graycyn

Partly it is curiosity though.

Curiosity is perfectly valid reason! Perfectly!!!!

But please, consider giving the developers over at XDA your $$ instead on NFA! Out of curiosity I did the hybrid install in one of the links Livramax posted, and it's really very easy. Admittedly I have played around with this stuff before, so what I see as "easy to follow instructions" may seem intimidating to someone else, but in that case, just come here and ask and one of us that has done it can help you!

[livramax]

Originally Posted by Asawi

...
Having said all this, do you really NEED to do ANY of this now that you can use Google Play apps?
...

Once B&N stops updating the stock ROMs for their tablets, you won't get some nice new features that come with new releases of Android and get ported into CM -- e.g., restrictive user account (for parental control purpose) in Android 4.3 (-> CM10.2).

For me CM10.1's features such USB Host (which enables attaching USB devices such as flash-drive, keyboard, mouse, etc.) alone is well worth switching to CM.

[Asawi]

I understand why someone who likes to fiddle with these things want to do it. Hey, I'm one of them!
I just wonder what people that don't and are intimidated by this are after.
Either way, help is here for anyone that needs it!

[Alexander Turcic]

Update:

Official binaries of the nightly builds are now available:

Nook HD+
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=ovation

Nook HD
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=hummingbird

[jgaiser]

So... How much of a problem is it to upgrade? I've got cyangenmod installed on my HD+ and set up the way I like it. Don't really want to go through and set everything up again.

[Alexander Turcic]

Do you have root? I am not familiar with flashing the Nook, but with other Android devices what I usually do is use Titanium Backup to make backup of all my apps and settings, flash the upgrade (with a full wipe), and then restore everything again from the backup. This has worked for me very reliably over the years.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Do you have root?

Looks like I do, once CyanogenMod is installed. I'll look into Titanium Backup. Not it a big rush yet. Doesn't look like the change are earth shattering.

[livramax]

FWIW the CM official builds are for installing/running on internal emmc, not on SD.

[kevinp]

How are the ROMs working so far? I used to run CM10 on my Nook Tablet from the SD card and had problems with it freezing up, battery dying quickly, etc. Is CM10.1 for the HD+ stable enough to use everyday?

I just don't want to go through the process of installing everything over and setting up my Nook only to have problems plague me.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by kevinp

How are the ROMs working so far? I used to run CM10 on my Nook Tablet from the SD card and had problems with it freezing up, battery dying quickly, etc. Is CM10.1 for the HD+ stable enough to use everyday?

I just don't want to go through the process of installing everything over and setting up my Nook only to have problems plague me.

Works great for me, though I don't run from SD card. Overwrote stock and won't look back.

[kevinp]

No hang ups, no problems turning on, battery life good/better than stock, etc?

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by kevinp

No hang ups, no problems turning on, battery life good/better than stock, etc?

No hangs. No problems turning on. Can't comment on battery life, as I didn't use stock long enough but I don't have any complaints. Overall I prefer the interface over stock. Only complaint was that you can't load Nook for Android from the Google store -- Unsupported Device. Found a copy to sideload and it works fine. I've got an HD that I'll do the same with, when I can figure a way to get the stupid thing to boot from SD.