Classic Screen Saver on the rooted nook

jhempel24 · 10-31-2010, 08:28 AM

One thing I always liked about the Kobo was that when you put it to sleep it displayed the book cover of what you were reading.

Is this possible on the nook? I have a feeling it would be pretty hard to do, but thought I'd throw the question out there!

thrawn_aj · 10-31-2010, 05:37 PM

Augh! I'd love that feature

. I remember a number of us requesting that feature for 1.5 (unrooted) on the B&N forum. No way it made the cut (at least for sideloaded docs) - it's far too logical

.

Shouldn't be impossible for the rooted firmware though, considering the near miracles the nookdevs team has already wrought with it

. I do hope some wizard takes this on. It would be the tipping point for me to finally break down and root already

.

Heck, a brute-force way (that I'd probably resort to in my own inimitable and unenviable

script-kiddie fashion

if I knew enough about the Android OS, which I don't

) would be to have a special, system-controlled screensaver folder with the cover file for the currently opened book overwriting the previous file every time a book is opened. The user would have to select this special screensaver (say, named "bookcover") for this to happen. If no cover is found for the current book, the s'saver defaults to the last used s'saver. Of course, there's probably a million more elegant ways to do it. A thousand virtual cookies to the dev who does this

jhempel24 · 11-01-2010, 08:27 AM

Or another way, which is very roundabout, and would take time....you could copy the jpg over manually to the nook, and make that the only file it would display LOL.

barrist · 11-01-2010, 12:45 PM

This would be a great feature

thrawn_aj · 11-01-2010, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhempel24

Or another way, which is very roundabout, and would take time....you could copy the jpg over manually to the nook, and make that the only file it would display LOL.

I thought of doing that (really!

) but I'm in the middle of several books at any given time (and flip between them given the prevailing mood). I guess a set of "currently being read" book covers as a screensaver would be a poor man's fix for now

jhempel24 · 11-01-2010, 04:47 PM

I may do a screen saver with all the current covers that are on the nook...I don't know how people can read more than one book at a time LOL.

10-31-2010, 08:28 AM	#1
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Screen Saver on the rooted nook One thing I always liked about the Kobo was that when you put it to sleep it displayed the book cover of what you were reading. Is this possible on the nook? I have a feeling it would be pretty hard to do, but thought I'd throw the question out there!

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10-31-2010, 05:37 PM	#2
thrawn_aj quantum mechanic Posts: 705 Karma: 483827 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NorCal Device: Nook1, Samsung Transform, Nook2	Augh! I'd love that feature . I remember a number of us requesting that feature for 1.5 (unrooted) on the B&N forum. No way it made the cut (at least for sideloaded docs) - it's far too logical . Shouldn't be impossible for the rooted firmware though, considering the near miracles the nookdevs team has already wrought with it . I do hope some wizard takes this on. It would be the tipping point for me to finally break down and root already . Heck, a brute-force way (that I'd probably resort to in my own inimitable and unenviable script-kiddie fashion if I knew enough about the Android OS, which I don't ) would be to have a special, system-controlled screensaver folder with the cover file for the currently opened book overwriting the previous file every time a book is opened. The user would have to select this special screensaver (say, named "bookcover") for this to happen. If no cover is found for the current book, the s'saver defaults to the last used s'saver. Of course, there's probably a million more elegant ways to do it. A thousand virtual cookies to the dev who does this

11-01-2010, 08:27 AM	#3
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Or another way, which is very roundabout, and would take time....you could copy the jpg over manually to the nook, and make that the only file it would display LOL.

11-01-2010, 12:45 PM	#4
barrist Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 30 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Glo HD	This would be a great feature

11-01-2010, 04:47 PM	#6
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	I may do a screen saver with all the current covers that are on the nook...I don't know how people can read more than one book at a time LOL.

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