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PatNY · 06-25-2013, 07:33 AM

Success!

Yesterday I made the CWM sd card and flashed the modification. I then was able to sideload apps that the system previously refused to accept. I now have USA Today, Yelp, TV Guide Mobile and Amazon Local -- all apps I can't download directly from Google Play because of the lack of GPS. And all of them work just fine with the Nook HD. This requirement to have GPS in order to download some apps is ridiculous and unnecessary. I could see why the restriction would make sense for some maps apps, but not for those apps I wanted.

The process was really easy. The only glitch I had was applying the image to the sd card. It didn't work and in fact wrecked my micro sd card. I don't know what I did wrong at that step. Good thing it was just a 4gb card. So instead I used the alternative method to prepare another card -- setting the first partition as active and dropping the 5 boot files onto it. I think that method is easier anyway.

At any rate, I now have the original interface and navigation that my Nook came with and which I wanted to keep, but it is modded to allow easy sideloading of apks.

Thanks, Penny, for your links and information!

--Pat

06-25-2013, 07:33 AM	#21
PatNY Zennist Posts: 1,022 Karma: 47809468 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350, Nook HD+ & HD	Success! Yesterday I made the CWM sd card and flashed the modification. I then was able to sideload apps that the system previously refused to accept. I now have USA Today, Yelp, TV Guide Mobile and Amazon Local -- all apps I can't download directly from Google Play because of the lack of GPS. And all of them work just fine with the Nook HD. This requirement to have GPS in order to download some apps is ridiculous and unnecessary. I could see why the restriction would make sense for some maps apps, but not for those apps I wanted. The process was really easy. The only glitch I had was applying the image to the sd card. It didn't work and in fact wrecked my micro sd card. I don't know what I did wrong at that step. Good thing it was just a 4gb card. So instead I used the alternative method to prepare another card -- setting the first partition as active and dropping the 5 boot files onto it. I think that method is easier anyway. At any rate, I now have the original interface and navigation that my Nook came with and which I wanted to keep, but it is modded to allow easy sideloading of apks. Thanks, Penny, for your links and information! --Pat Last edited by PatNY; 06-25-2013 at 08:09 AM.