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weatherman · 11-18-2011, 11:58 AM

I'm really interested in getting a nook tablet, but only if I'm going to be able to get ICS on it. I figured it was an eventual certainty, but something I read yesterday gave me pause - that you can't actually flash the ROM on the nook, only dual boot or root, but the original OS stays in place. Is that right? Does that mean that the 16GB of the nook tablet is always going to be exclusively for the use of the nook OS and that if ICS is an option, it'll have to be on an SD card? Or did I misinterpret what I read?

I'm pretty new to Android and have never hacked a nook so maybe I don't know what the rooting involves or allows.

11-18-2011, 11:58 AM	#1
weatherman Addict Posts: 385 Karma: 1010052 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: (previous: Kindle 2, Kindle Fire) Kindle 4 WiFi, K3K, KPW	Noob question about rooting/flashing ROM I'm really interested in getting a nook tablet, but only if I'm going to be able to get ICS on it. I figured it was an eventual certainty, but something I read yesterday gave me pause - that you can't actually flash the ROM on the nook, only dual boot or root, but the original OS stays in place. Is that right? Does that mean that the 16GB of the nook tablet is always going to be exclusively for the use of the nook OS and that if ICS is an option, it'll have to be on an SD card? Or did I misinterpret what I read? I'm pretty new to Android and have never hacked a nook so maybe I don't know what the rooting involves or allows.