If you have an extra SD card, or a little extra time (and don't care about wiping out your B&N installation) - then I would recommend trying the CM7.1 with a fresh install on either a different SD Card or on your EMMC (this is the best).
Run it for a day. You SHOULD not be experiencing any FC's with 7.1. If you are, then my guess is that your attempt to maintain/restore your old apps is messing it up. I get less SOD's with 7.1, and no FC's.
I recommend running it on your EMMC. If you don't like it, it is quite painless to re-install B&N 1.3; and then B&N will download your books etc. quite easily. There really isn't a lot of setup that you will lose by reinstalling B&N on your EMMC if you didn't like CM7.1 on it.
If you had a bad experience with 7.1, I would be 99% sure that it was a bad installation - either from not wiping all the caches (including Dalvik), or problems arising from restoring.
Restoring system settings when making a big jump in releases on CM7 is a no-no.
Restoring apps/data is ok, but I prefer to let google just download my apps, and then setup my homescreens again manually.
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Originally Posted by scarab1
Just wanted to give everyone an update on this...
I ended up changing my plans slightly. I decided just to go to 7.1 on an mSD card and leave emmc alone. Yes, I wimped out...
Anyway, if you're interested, here's what I ended up doing:
Installed CM7 7.1 on second mSD for booting:
- generic-sdcard-v1.3.img.gz
- Cyanogen Mod update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip (latest stable release)
- gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
Followed these directions:
- http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/complet...he-nook-color/
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000957
- http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-keep...ll-up-to-date/
Quinxy's directions suggest using Titanium to backup system settings to preserve your home screen settings, among other things, and I can confirm that worked.
However, less three days later I went back to my 7.0.3 mSD card boot as I was fed up with the freezes, sleeps of death, and DSP Manager FCs I was getting with 7.1. Yes, 7.1 was faster (overclock to 1200 vs. 925 on 7.0.1), but that's like having a Ferrari that won't start sitting in your garage - what's the point?
7.0.3 is slower, but rock-solid. It's pretty quick if I turn off all the window and screen animations.
I've heard that the SODs might be fixed in a later nightly, but I haven't experimented yet. No word on the DSP Manager FCs being fixed. |