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Tarana · 03-02-2018, 02:05 PM

With the concerns about B&N and the difficulties that UK customers had with accessing their Nooks should they need to factory reset their units, I did a search and found that at least another forum had a fix for the Nook Simple Touch (see below). Does anybody know of similar ways of being able to use their newer ereader should Nook go out of business? For instance, I have an early GlowLight (no side buttons) in addition to the current Glo3. Could be this was discussed, but I didn't see any solutions in the threads.

I copied and pasted directly. Credit given within article.

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How to use the Nook Simple Touch without registering

However, the Nook Simple Touch forces you to create a Barnes & Noble account and add a credit card on file before you can actually use the device you paid for.

Aside from being a bad out-of-box experience, it also makes things like selling the Nook down the line harder (assuming you like to reset your devices before selling them and the buyer wants to see them actually working before paying.)

Well, for anyone else in the same boat, here’s how to get your Nook Simple Touch up and running without registering. Please note that all credit for this solution goes to crazy_jake from the xda-developers forums.

Turn on the device, but do NOT start setting it up. B&N devilishly waits until the last step to ask you to create an account, at which point the following instructions don’t work. If you do start setting it up, just turn it off and back on again.

Hold down the top right button on the front of the device and slide your finger from left to right across the top of the E Ink screen. (It’s a little hard to see, but it’s the Nook’s default next page button if you were using your right hand. For past Kindle owners, it’s the one in the same spot as the previous page button on a Kindle.)

A ‘Factory’ button should appear in the top left corner of the screen. Press it.

Once in the Factory menu, hold down the top right button on the front of the device and tap the bottom right corner of the screen.

You should now see a ‘Skip Oobe’ button. Tap that and the Nook should finally load the home screen.
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This link shows how to do the above in a pictoral illustration.

03-02-2018, 02:05 PM	#1
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,042 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Accessing Nook Without Registering With the concerns about B&N and the difficulties that UK customers had with accessing their Nooks should they need to factory reset their units, I did a search and found that at least another forum had a fix for the Nook Simple Touch (see below). Does anybody know of similar ways of being able to use their newer ereader should Nook go out of business? For instance, I have an early GlowLight (no side buttons) in addition to the current Glo3. Could be this was discussed, but I didn't see any solutions in the threads. I copied and pasted directly. Credit given within article. -------------------------------------- How to use the Nook Simple Touch without registering However, the Nook Simple Touch forces you to create a Barnes & Noble account and add a credit card on file before you can actually use the device you paid for. Aside from being a bad out-of-box experience, it also makes things like selling the Nook down the line harder (assuming you like to reset your devices before selling them and the buyer wants to see them actually working before paying.) Well, for anyone else in the same boat, here’s how to get your Nook Simple Touch up and running without registering. Please note that all credit for this solution goes to crazy_jake from the xda-developers forums. Turn on the device, but do NOT start setting it up. B&N devilishly waits until the last step to ask you to create an account, at which point the following instructions don’t work. If you do start setting it up, just turn it off and back on again. Hold down the top right button on the front of the device and slide your finger from left to right across the top of the E Ink screen. (It’s a little hard to see, but it’s the Nook’s default next page button if you were using your right hand. For past Kindle owners, it’s the one in the same spot as the previous page button on a Kindle.) A ‘Factory’ button should appear in the top left corner of the screen. Press it. Once in the Factory menu, hold down the top right button on the front of the device and tap the bottom right corner of the screen. You should now see a ‘Skip Oobe’ button. Tap that and the Nook should finally load the home screen. ------------------- This link shows how to do the above in a pictoral illustration. Last edited by Tarana; 03-03-2018 at 05:42 PM.