If you still use your nook HD+

[mystika1]

Hi,
I still have 2 nook HD+ tablets that I have installed android 5.1.1 on. They do not run well. Many apps won't open. The screen goes black and I end up having to hold down the power key until it reboots. I do know that it's old hardware, but I see others here saying that theirs is running great. What firmware are you using? I may return to stock firmware if performance will improve. I'm just trying to get a little more use out of them. They had better resolution than the new fire tablets, so I figure we could use them when we go camping instead of bringing our good stuff out there.

Sorry if this was the wrong place to post this.

Penny

[Hemmi]

My Nook HD+ has version 2.2.1 on it and when I check for updates it says none are available. I do still use it a lot and don't have issues with apps running although it is slow.

[livramax]

Originally Posted by mystika1

Hi,
I still have 2 nook HD+ tablets that I have installed android 5.1.1 on. They do not run well. Many apps won't open. The screen goes black and I end up having to hold down the power key until it reboots. I do know that it's old hardware, but I see others here saying that theirs is running great. What firmware are you using? I may return to stock firmware if performance will improve. I'm just trying to get a little more use out of them. They had better resolution than the new fire tablets, so I figure we could use them when we go camping instead of bringing our good stuff out there.

Sorry if this was the wrong place to post this.

Penny

I've using CM11 (cm-11-20151122-NIGHTLY-ovation) since it first came out and until the last few months I have been very happy with its performance. Now some of the commonly used apps start to get "laggy", probably because they have been updated to optimize for the newer Android 6.x and later. I had briefly tried CM12.1 -- the apps were very snappy at first but within a few weeks slowed down to a crawl, so I reverted back to CM11.

I am now tempted to try out CM14/LN14 but have not been able to figured out which particular release to pick.

[livramax]

Originally Posted by livramax

I've using CM11 (cm-11-20151122-NIGHTLY-ovation) since it first came out and until the last few months I have been very happy with its performance. Now some of the commonly used apps start to get "laggy", probably because they have been updated to optimize for the newer Android 6.x and later.
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I am now tempted to try out CM14/LN14 but have not been able to figured out which particular release to pick.

Over the weekend I updated the CM11 firmware on my HD+ to the latest & likely final CM11 version (cm-11-20160815-NIGHTLY-ovation), but still no improvement in the apps' poor responsiveness.

So I took the plunge and flashed the latest Lineage 14.1 firmware (available at https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4...w/1/3480156918). So far I am very pleased with the performance improvement (very comparable to the best performance I used to get with CM11).

[Kaysclie]

My trusty Nook HD+ is still on firmware 2.2.1. It still works just fine. Sure its not as zippy fast as my newest tablet, but it still works fast enough. I do basic things on it almost every day and especially like it for reading ebooks....love the larger screen.