Color Rooting with SD card

[sadievan]

Has anyone used the dual boot SD card to root the Nook Color. How is it working out. Any problems.

When loading stuff do you load to the SD card to to the NC itself.

I keep debating getting a Nook Color (that or maybe the new kindle tablet) but would need the Kindle app.

Carol

[jhempel24]

A lot of people dual book with the SD Card with no problems.

I did that for a while, but enjoyed the interface of the manual nooter so I stopped.

You can still put books on the main memory as well as SD, so you can choose where you want them

I love the Nook Color, it's a great investment!

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

A lot of people dual book with the SD Card with no problems.

I did that for a while, but enjoyed the interface of the manual nooter so I stopped.

You can still put books on the main memory as well as SD, so you can choose where you want them

I love the Nook Color, it's a great investment!

Are you saying you rooted the NC permanently now.

Everytime I check one out I am impressed by the screen. It is really nice.

Carol

[jhempel24]

No, I'm not rooted permanently, I can re-install the original firmware anytime.

The screen is awesome, one of it's best qualities.

I would just go get one

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

No, I'm not rooted permanently, I can re-install the original firmware anytime.

The screen is awesome, one of it's best qualities.

I would just go get one

I've just started reading about rooting in the Nook forums. So if you root (not from the dual boot card) you CAN undo back to stock?

I also saw that you can buy ready made dual boot cards.

I want see what amazons tablet will be also.

If I decide to gofer the NC, I'm sure I'll have lots of questions. LOL

Carol

[murraypaul]

I'd certainly recommend the SD card route for unlocking the NC, especially if you are not familiar with Android/rooting.
Everything is done on the SD card, and the main memory is not affected by the unlocking process, so if something goes wrong, or you just decide you want to go back to the original firmware, you just pop the SD card out and reboot, and are right back to the original setup.

[Tireman9]

Got a NC two days ago. Followed instructions on creating an SD card that runs Android using the boot to SD first capability. Looks like I was mostly sucessful but am now trying to learn the Android OS features to see if the effort was worth it. So far not so sure.

So far I have not been able to load any apps as the latest build of CM7 seems to no longer support the Reboot-restore function which is needed to expand the .zip files such as Gapps.

I can't install individual app like Google maps as Google says i don't have a registered device

No instructions found on how to find any usefull apps that can be installed from Market Apps either.

Since I can't install any free apps I am not going to buy the app I really wanted because it may not install either.

So far about all I can see as a plus is I can read email from my Gmail account. Composing email is slow and there is no auto complete from my Gmail contacts list.

Glad I didn't "Root" my NC as so far running CM7 is no real plus.

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by Tireman9

So far I have not been able to load any apps as the latest build of CM7 seems to no longer support the Reboot-restore function which is needed to expand the .zip files such as Gapps.

It worked fine for me. It may take a few goes to work out how long you have to hold the n button down for to trigger it though.

[taosaur]

Just to give you a little firmer foundation, "rooting" refers to gaining root access, or super-user permissions, in an Android operating system. It's equivalent to being Administrator on a Windows machine. ManualNooter is a rooting process, which makes some additional adjustments so that the Android Market will see the device as compatible. If you root, you're looking to keep your current operating system, but have more control over it, so that you can, for instance, install third-party apps (like the Market). It's a series of changes you make to the existing software on the device.

The "dual boot SD card" ("dual boot" also confuses it with another process, but we'll leave that for now) is not rooting. You're running completely different, custom software (Android speak: custom ROM) from the SD card without doing anything to the software on the device. The custom ROM will have root access (to itself!), but you do not have to root the stock software to install or run it.

A third option is replacing the stock software with a custom ROM. SD installs work quite well, and are advisable as a first step, but custom ROMs are built to actually run on the device, and in general tend to be more stable and perform better that way (though a good SD setup can be quite comparable), as well as freeing your entire SD card for storage (or to run a second or third or fourth ROM ).

Originally Posted by jhempel24

No, I'm not rooted permanently, I can re-install the original firmware anytime.

That's somewhat misleading. Nothing you do to the NC is permanent in the sense of irreversible, but you are rooted as permanently as it is possible to root.

Originally Posted by Tireman9

So far I have not been able to load any apps as the latest build of CM7 seems to no longer support the Reboot-restore function which is needed to expand the .zip files such as Gapps.

Translation: you're having trouble installing gapps. Did you use verygreen's SASD (this method) to make your card?

If you're having trouble booting into recovery, there are multiple methods.

1. From CM7, hold Power to bring up the Power menu, then Reboot > Recovery.
2. From the initial "Loading" or "CyanogenMod" boot screen, hold 'n' to bring up a boot menu, and navigating with the volume buttons and changing/selecting with 'n' choose Boot Device: SD and Boot Mode: Recovery.
3. The rhythm method (if you can't get a boot menu):

   Originally Posted by verygreen

   hold nook N key and then press and hold power until the "Loading..." message appears and then disappears with screen going blank. Release power button, then press it again and hold for ~5 seconds, the bootloader "Loading..." message should be on the screen for three seconds or so before you release power button, keep holding N button until screen blanks again. If the screen went off while you were holding the power key, that means you were holding it for too long

Of course, you must have the gapps.zip package on the boot partition of your SD card for any of these methods to serve your purpose. Also, verygreen's update/recovery utility can flash by quite quickly--in CM7, check Settings > Accounts & Sync to see if you have the option to set up a google account before you assume the package didn't install.

ETA: Also, when you say "latest build of CM7," do you mean nightly build 177? The last stable build, 7.0.3, is quite out of date and may have issues with either verygreen's card, the latest gapps, or both.

[oppy]

Thanks, taosaur - yours is the first description of "rooting" I could actually understand.

[Tireman9]

Tasor
I ended up re partioning and formating the SD card then followed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000957
exactly.
I think previously I missed or skipped a step or two. This time I made sure to follow exactly. The first thing I noted was I could now Reboot to Recovery. Doing that seemed to be what I needed. Have dl and installed a couple of apps so feeling much better.

Now all I need to do is learn the Android OS and commands and icons. Know if a video or post "Android for Dummies" I can follow?

[khalleron]

Originally Posted by sadievan

Has anyone used the dual boot SD card to root the Nook Color. How is it working out. Any problems.

When loading stuff do you load to the SD card to to the NC itself.

I keep debating getting a Nook Color (that or maybe the new kindle tablet) but would need the Kindle app.

Carol

I have the 'release candidate' (not currently available as far as I can determine) installed on the SD card - works great, fixed the battery issues, very stable.

Yes, the screen is beautiful - I frequently rave about it.

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by khalleron

I have the 'release candidate' (not currently available as far as I can determine) installed on the SD card - works great, fixed the battery issues, very stable.

Yes, the screen is beautiful - I frequently rave about it.

I am so tempted to get the Nook Color. I would probably do the dual boot SD card too. What size card did you use and is it adequate. There is a site where you can buy them already made up.

Would like to see what Amazon's new tablet is first.

Carol

[Mycopsycho]

The N2A card is the thing that is pushing me towards the NC plus it's just a cool ereader/tablet at an affordable price. But I think I'll wait to see if an NC2 comes out this fall. Three ereaders in a year (Kindle, Nook Touch, and then an NC) might be pushing my luck with my wife, though. LOL

[sadievan]

Originally Posted by Mycopsycho

The N2A card is the thing that is pushing me towards the NC plus it's just a cool ereader/tablet at an affordable price. But I think I'll wait to see if an NC2 comes out this fall. Three ereaders in a year (Kindle, Nook Touch, and then an NC) might be pushing my luck with my wife, though. LOL

That is the site I was looking at for the card also. I have a Kindle and my husband just bought the Nook Touch so I can relate to the 3 ereaders in one year thing.

Carol