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Old 12-22-2010, 10:13 PM   #1
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I blame Scion for this.
I rooted my Nook color and now I have no free time, I can't seem to put it down. Checking out apps like crazy, reading comics in the Comixology app. This is better than my Android phone hands down. Granted no 3G but I usually connected my phone with Wi-Fi anyway.

Word of advice to anyone thinking about rooting read everything twice before attempting to root your Nook. One nice thing is, it seems impossible to brick the Nook.

Even though I blame Scion for making me want to root my Nook and lose all my free time , I would like to thank her for all the info she provided on these forums.
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Old 12-22-2010, 10:49 PM   #2
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Hahahahaha. Scion is great!

There is a comic book app?! Darn, I want a NC more now.
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Old 12-22-2010, 11:03 PM   #3
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I'm pretty sure I'm NOT getting an NC for Christmas, which is killing me cause I've been selling them like mad. I love it. I'm probably going to have to get myself one ASAP and then I plan to root it about 3 seconds later.
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Old 12-22-2010, 11:10 PM   #4
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Exactly why I LIKE the fact that my e-reader isn't good for much beyond reading. :-)
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Old 12-22-2010, 11:20 PM   #5
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I'm pretty sure I'm NOT getting an NC for Christmas, which is killing me cause I've been selling them like mad. I love it. I'm probably going to have to get myself one ASAP and then I plan to root it about 3 seconds later.
Ahha, you must be one of those great sales reps that knows your product inside out! I was just saying we need more MR members to sell ereaders.

I am not getting one for Christmas either. That is ok though, I will spend more time reading then.
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I rooted it today, it was too easy lol. I was wondering about using a different pdf viewer. I tried installing Adobe Reader but when i open it up it doesn't see any of the pdfs that I have in the internal memory. Anyone had any luck using an alternative pdf viewer than the stock one? Not being able to bookmark pdfs drives me nuts
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I rooted it today, it was too easy lol. I was wondering about using a different pdf viewer. I tried installing Adobe Reader but when i open it up it doesn't see any of the pdfs that I have in the internal memory. Anyone had any luck using an alternative pdf viewer than the stock one? Not being able to bookmark pdfs drives me nuts
ezPDF Reader is popular:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/ezpdf-re...android.reader
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Even though I blame Scion for making me want to root my Nook and loose all my free time , I would like to thank her for all the info she provided on these forums.
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Old 12-23-2010, 12:36 AM   #9
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I'm already starting to feel left out.......and I've only had mine for 2 days.....

Maybe I'll start reviewing the rooting instructions.....but I don't want to make it unusable....

I'm not really a gamer......I've played a couple games of chess on my NC though...
Aren't most of the apps for games?
What will I actually gain?
I suppose it'd be nice if the web browser was able to have multiple windows open, would I gain that?
Where do you actually get the apps?
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The stock browser allows multiple windows. At the top right of the browser is a drop down window. Select "New window". When you want to return to an open window select "Windows".

If you root you'll have access to browsers that use tabs.
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Old 12-23-2010, 12:46 AM   #11
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what is rooting?... I am new here
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Oh...

I guess I could have been a bit more observant.....

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Old 12-23-2010, 04:49 AM   #13
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I'm already starting to feel left out.......and I've only had mine for 2 days.....

Maybe I'll start reviewing the rooting instructions.....but I don't want to make it unusable....
Mine was only 2 days old when I rooted it. I think I screwed up the first time I rooted it, it worked but just didn't seem right. So I reset it back to factory defaults, side loaded the 1.0.1 update and rooted it again. That's what's nice about the Nook Color, even if you screw up rooting it you can always reset it to stock.
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Old 12-23-2010, 04:57 AM   #14
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Rooting is basically unlocking the device to allow you access to more features. The Nook color is basically a touchscreen Android tablet that is restricted to being an ebook reader and has a few other apps that B&N installed on it. Rooting your device allows you to access the Android Marketplace to download other apps that are available to Android devices.
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Old 12-23-2010, 10:30 AM   #15
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Android is an open operating system, open meaning open source which allows anybody can do anything at anytime to any file and the source code within those files. All the way down to the root of the system, ie. the very base files that make everything work.

Even though Android is essentially open, every phone company, eReader company, tablet company, etc. locks it down to a certain extent. They rarely offer you access to the base system files as they want to keep a level of control. It's called rooting because you are essentially taking control of the root of the system thus allowing yourself to do so much more.

In the Nook Colors case, BN really locked it down. They only allowed very few things to be done. Read books, use the few apps that they installed. Also, you could only access a very simple file structure from the device. Nothing is wrong with this, per say, but it is just very closed down.

Rooting it allowed users to gain the permission and access to do so much more. Mainly this means running a wide range of apps like different home screens, games, you name it.

What rooting also does is allow for people with a Nook Color to use the hardware in anyway they can. People are working on reworking the standard open Android operating system so that it can work on the Nook Color and it's hardware. This will most likely eliminate all BN features and be a much more stock Android operating system, much closer to what the Galaxy Tab is.

The nice thing about this is that once you have root access you get to choose how much you want and how little. I like BN's programs and user interface for book reading and a few other things. I'm going to keep it and just use my root access to install the other apps that I like and just slightly enhance my machine. Others will wipe it clean and have a whole new system without BN software at all when it's all said and done.
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