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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
It's Android. You can root it and install an alternative launcher. I've done it with two generations of Nooks. I presume this one is similar. Somoneone above already mentioned running koreader, so I presume it's already worked out. It does not even coding. But yes, it is a bit heavier than Kobo patching. But even with Kobo you have to install a new menu system to run koreader. I'd say it's not much worse than jailbreaking a Kindle.
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Yes, we're talking about a lot of Android stuff. But honestly, if you just want to install a few apps, you don't even need to root the Nook. My Nook is not rooted yet. Installing apps is at least as easy as jailbreaking a Kindle. The only hard part in this for me was finding out if I could access developer settings (and thus USB debugging) on the Nook. Once I found where that was hiding, I could install a launcher and other apps by ADB. What's even better about this is that future Nook updates won't, or shouldn't, affect those apps. If my Nook gets rooted, future Nook updates would (most likely) require that the Nook be rooted again, after each update.
I could do a step by step guide for how to install apps on the Nook Glowlight 4 if anyone is interested.