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Old 02-07-2010, 12:21 PM   #323
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Originally Posted by JerseyBiker View Post
I've seen softroot mentioned before but I don't know what it is.

~eddie
First attempt to hack nook was hardware based by exchanging the internal SD-card.
Now it's purely software driven, that's why it's "soft"root.
It means, downgrading and then upgrading to a slightly modified firmware. They've even "hacked" the actual V1.2 already.
The "hack" opens the Android OS, so you can install 3rd party applications:
- nookBrowser = web browser. Doesn't make too much sense in my opinion on eInk. But it's good to know it's working.
- nookLibrary = managing your local books. They can show the covers then or can be sorted by "most recent" and things like that.
- Pandora. Didn't work for me. Maybe because of my German (non-US) IP.
- Trook. Download from Stanza and feeds.
- nookLauncher = Android optimised launcher. You can change icons of your launcher for example.

nookLibrary and Trook definitely have some promising features. I didn't like the cover view, lower quality then the B&N covers. But this probably could be changed via calibre.
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