Autonooter for v1.2 Nook Color Status?

[orb9220]

Been searching and have not found anything new on status of autonooter for v1.2 in weeks?

So been holding of rooting as I don't want to SD card everything. And prefer to leave SD slot free to add whatever custom SD card I may wish to insert for additional books,movies,music or mix of.

But all am seeing is manualnooter this and if want to add android then you have to do this or enable that you have to do this and this kind of hacking.

So anyone can point to where actual recent info on autonooter status?
Would be appreciated as only threads I've seen are like 3-4 weeks old.
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[tubemonkey]

I'm waiting for it also. I'm still running the first one.

If B&N offered the stock Nook Color with access to the Amazon Appstore, I'd be quite happy and wouldn't have any need to root it.

[jasoraso]

Although not a "autonooter", the Manual nooter process is really only 1 more step than the auto process. You install the programs to the SD card (just like the autonooter) and then you boot the nook from the sd card. Unlike the auto nooter, you have one addtional step of selecting "install zip" from the menu that you will see on the screen (it boots into Clockwork recovery, and then you need to "install zip" which is really just running the manual nooter program.)

It isn't really any more difficult than the old auto nooter process. I suspect the most difficult step is the same difficult step of creating the sd card with the files on it.

read this thread for more info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1054027

it worked great for me!

[wymore]

I completely agree. I put off doing this thinking it would be really difficult, and it turned out to be a completely hassle free process done in about 15 minutes. I'm really glad I did, although I fear I'm reading a lot less than I used to.

[sjkevin]

Do I have to un-root my rooted (auto-nootered) 1.1 nook color first?

[orb9220]

Originally Posted by sjkevin

Do I have to un-root my rooted (auto-nootered) 1.1 nook color first?

Yes you have to unroot and updated to 1.2 before manualnooting.
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[wymore]

So just out of curiousity, what are the benefits of going from auto-nootered 1.1 to manual-nootered 1.2?

[pmlawson]

Pulled my autonooter out in public yesterday and got a ticket!

[taosaur]

Originally Posted by wymore

So just out of curiousity, what are the benefits of going from auto-nootered 1.1 to manual-nootered 1.2?

*I used both 1.1 and 1.2 briefly, but not rooted* The only 'features' you gain are access to the B&N proprietary app market--which if you already have Android Market access, is not much of a feature--and Flash.

I really only tried out the stock OS, 1.1 for 3-4 days before upgrading, then 1.2 for a couple days longer before making a CM7 SD card, and since then I've totally replaced stock with CM7. Anyway, in the time I used them, I didn't notice any performance difference from 1.1 to 1.2. Unless Flash just seems like too much to pass up, I would say stick with what you've got, or upgrade to CM7.

If you do want 1.2 and are making a CWM card anyway, you don't need to unroot. Just get a CWM-compatible 1.2 ROM over at XDA. They might even come pre-rooted, but idk.

[harryzee]

To All,

This falls strictly under the "for what it may be worth" category...

After several weeks of trying this and then trying that I have settled on the following:

Internal/emmc: Phiremod 6.3 with Adobe Flash 10.3 and Netflix works just fine!!! Still "no go" with HBO Go, though as I cannot log on correctly.

Transcend Class 6/8Gig card: Unrooted NC 1.2 (while I applaud the efforts shown with MN 4.5.6 through .25, I am just not as "comfortable" with the outcome(s) as I was with autonootered 1.1)

This gives me the best of all that I currently want in that Phiremod essentailly gives me close to full tablet capabilities and I can still easily switch to 1.2 (dual boot) when I go to a BN store and want to do an hour of "in-store reading". I am determined to get through "A Discovery of Witches" as a faux free book!

I had used CM7 from RC4 through "stable" versions (no nightlies) .0, .2. and .3. My switch to Phiremod is simply a preference issue and finding it a bit more stable than the current CM 7.0.3 counterpart (on which the Phiremod is based) for some odd reason.

Finding out how to put 1.2 on an sd card (pretty easy) has been a real treat in that I now have my rooted section (which I use 90% of the time) internally mounted for best performance.

Will most likely leave this setup "as is" until I eventually see what autonootered 1.2 is like in the real world.

Have even entertained the thought of going back to auto 1.1 as there is currently little advantage for me with 1.2.!

For the more timid of you, doing the above simply takes a little focus...it is nothing that should frighten anyone off!

[MsCG1]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I'm waiting for it also. I'm still running the first one.

If B&N offered the stock Nook Color with access to the Amazon Appstore, I'd be quite happy and wouldn't have any need to root it.

Yeah, that sounds like a smart and sound business move, BN should totally consider it.

[jhitesma]

Originally Posted by taosaur

*I used both 1.1 and 1.2 briefly, but not rooted* The only 'features' you gain are access to the B&N proprietary app market--which if you already have Android Market access, is not much of a feature--and Flash.

Few things I can think of just off the top of my head:

1) The new Nook Friends stuff. I've been wanting to experiment with it but it's not in the nook app (that I can find) and not in 1.1

2) Kids books. Yes the nook app now supports magazines but still doesn't support kids books.

3) In store specials (both the read in-store features and the deals in the shop which aren't matched in the app.)

That being said I've been running CM7 on SD for a few weeks as my "primary" after finally finding a SD card that it ran stable on. (Go figure class 6 Lexar gives tons of FC's while a class 4 SD works like a dream.) and am seriously considering finally upgrading 1.1 to 1.2 and just not bothering with rooting the stock setup.

I really liked 1.1 rooted with ADW as a launcher - I still had quick easy access to all of the B&N stuff from the pop-up menu in the status bar but overall it just worked like a tablet. But being android 2.1 it's getting pretty limited on neat new apps that I want to play with so I spend most of my time in CM7 now.

I haven't done the 1.2 update since it sounds like there are enough new issues I wouldn't get the same experience I currently enjoy with 1.1. But I do want to experiment with the nook friends stuff since more and more people I know are getting nooks.

Honestly I use my NC mostly as a tablet since I really don't enjoy reading on it at all. I still use my e-ink nook classic for reading (and love it, though the new touch is looking tempting as an upgrade.) But I still don't want to give up the in store specials and the kids books since my daughter may not be able to read yet but still loves playing with the kids books. Though even on the kids books I have more that I've bought in the android market as apps because they're cheaper and most of them have more interactive features than the B&N kids books....but a few of the sample kids books I picked up she really likes so I need to keep a way for her to get to them.

[taosaur]

I was comparing my experiences with 1.1 vs. 1.2, not stock vs. CM7, but I didn't know about the Nook Friends stuff. Otherwise, they didn't make any changes to #2 or #3 in 1.2, did they?

I am half tempted to set up a stock SD card just to check out the in-store features.

[jhitesma]

I read something about the kids books getting some updates in 1.2 that allow more interactivity/features. But since the B&N kids books are so overpriced I haven't seen the changes in person yet.

I also don't know if any changes have been made to the in store stuff (though I doubt it) since as I mentioned I haven't made the change 1.2 yet and while my wife uses the in-store stuff a lot on her e-ink nook I have yet to take either of my nooks into a store.

[irisclara]

From what I can tell from the xda devs thread about the manualnooter there's no real intention to make an autonooter for 1.2. They pretty much consider the project of rooting 1.2 complete. I saw someone refer to the extra step involved as a deterrent to people selling root sd cards on ebay. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.