Got a new HD+ 32gb during the father's day sale. Was quite perturbed to discover that even after B&N put in the Google Play Store, system wouldn't let me install anything outside of that or their site.
Not enough research on my part I guess. So, I was tempted to return. But it IS a really nice tablet for the price. SO, that led me to search for an answer as I have several apps that I really wanted to install and use. Played with the android developer site and d/ls, but kept having issues with connecting.. So I broke down and got an mSD card and followed Mystika1's instructions below.
Easy Peasy....Worked seamlessly. found SD formatter, and used it. Found the disk imager, and after unzipping the first zip to get to the image, installed the image. Then dropped the extra's zip.
Powered down the Nook, installed the card and crossing my fingers, powered up. Oh, you use the volume controls to select install the zip file once the CM boot is up. and after confirmed the install, it took seconds. I then powered down, removed the card and rebooted my Nook. It came up with nothing missing, a new launcher it seemed to install and then went to Amazon. Installed their app and then a free selection. Both installs worked great.
THANK YOU Mysticka1!!!
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Originally Posted by mystika1
Instead of me typing I copied and pasted a reply I made to a different thread. You don't need to root to install apk's. You just need to enable unknown sources. I have the HD+ so you would have to use the appropriate download to create the sdcard.
I used this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2062613
I downloaded sdformatter from the web to format an old sdcard that I had in the closet.
I also downloaded Win32DiskImager from the web and installed it on my computer and used it to install the following image file onto the sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...6&d=1368660885
after that was created I just drag and dropped the following zip onto the sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...4&d=1367889100
My nook was powered down and I inserted the card and let the Nook boot up and installed the zip. It is not complicated at all. Most people think that they need "root" to enjoy their Nook. I had to root my old nook tablet to get it like I wanted it but the new Nook HD and HD+ are much better(IMHO)and don't need it.
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