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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Good link. A bit sluggish (today?) but there are three nuggets of note:
Also, the HD+ apparently uses MTP to talk to PCs.
It appears sideloading *is* on the table.
Now, there are three ways to sideload. In order of increasing simplicity/ease of use:
1- ADB: you connect to a PC and copy the files through it. Non-trivial. Developer and hacker/power user approch.
2- Copy the file to storage, locate it with a File Manager, and activate the apk. Non-trivial but easy for 99% of the species. (Kindle Fire uses this method.)
3- Download file with a browser and activate it from the notification bar/downloads folder (might need File Manager). Trivial to merely easy.
I would settle for number 2 though 3 would be preferable.
It seems Nook Media is taking a nice middle ground approach; the device ships consumer-level locked but they added a developer option so hackers and power users (who are really very few but they *are* influencers and unpaid marketters) can use ADB to have their way with the hardware. 'Cause once you have ADB you can root, unroot, change defaults, etc.
(Presumably the TERMS OF SERVICE have a clause relieving Nook Media of liability if you activate the Developers option.)
I'm a tad suspicious about the system updating SD cards in the stores. There is a possibility they shipped the HD+ from the factory with a pre-release build and the stores are supposed to flash the release firmware. And that might *not* have Developer options.
This bears monitoring. With the HD+ out in the wild, full reviews will be forthcoming shortly. Looking usable, though.
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The "boot card" was just to put the devices into Demo mode. It locks some of the social sharing features on the demo units. It doesn't have anything to do with the software.
However, on launch day we got a notice that some units would need to have their software updated, so I don't know if that changes anything. In the past the Nooks were rootable initially but then changed. I don't see why these units would be any different. I'd wait and see for a while if the Nook HD remain rootable.