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I got a Nook Color for Christmas, and my dd got a Kindle Fire. So we have been having fun comparing the two. They are very similar but there seems to be more free books and apps available for the Kindle than for the Nook. So I'm just wondering if it would be worth it to root it so I could download the Kindle app. I have never even owned a smartphone, so I'm not very technically savvy. ;)
My kids got Nook Colors for Christmas. We set them up to boot off of an SD Card (we did it ourselves). We had to troubleshoot a little bit, but got them to work. We didn't root them by overwriting the nook interface and if we take out the memory card they still boot up as a stock Nook Color.
My daughter can text her friends using Google voice and the kids have access to Android Market apps as well as the Amazon app store. They can check out library books over WiFi and use both the Nook and Kindle apps to read books. They also can watch Netflix, check email, update Goodreads and do math flashcards.
The OS that we used (CM7) can be a little unstable at times, but nothing that hasn't been fixed by restarting. I understand that rooting them is more stable and most of the issues are caused from booting from the sd card, but rooting voids the warranty and we wanted to see how it worked from the sd card first.
I rooted dw's Nook Color, so she could install the Kindle app and any other app from the Google Market. However, she missed the animation of the pages she had with the stock version, and made me switch it back. :glare:
we have 2 rooted nooks. i bought one SD card from rootmynook.com & the other one we purchase for about half the cost at amazon. both SD cards work great (the format is a little different, but they do the same thing). the benefit of rooting your nook is that it turns it into an android tablet. we can still read books on it, but we also can download apps from the amazon market or android market. we also have access to netflix and youtube. it's just fun. if i ever want to revert back to the nook color operating system, i simply can take out the SD card.
Our kids play Plants vs Zombies and Peggle on my rooted Nook. I check email on it. I also run the Kindle app on it :lol: DH tried it first with the android OS on the SD card but it ran too slow that way so he went all the way with it.
I rooted my new Nook tablet. Once you root and block the OTA's, you don't have access to the Nook store on your device anymore. I buy my books online and side load to my Nook. I have full access to Android Market, Kindle apps and reader, as well as the Kobo reader app, which I must say is WAY better than B&N content. I wanted it for the incredible fast processor and OS. I installed different launcher and debloated it as well.
The Kindle is a tablet. After comparing the two (NC and Fire) the main differences to *me* seem to be that there are more apps/books available on Amazon than on Barnes & Noble, and the NC has an SC card and the Fire doesn't. The Fire instead has extra "Cloud" storage which of course you must be online to access.
However that can easily be fixed by rooting the device and enabling the Android Market. With Andoid market you can install all kinds of applications, including Kindle, Kobo reader. You would also be able to play Angry Birds and watch Youtube videos. Installing the Kindle application for Android will let you read Amazon Kindle books on your Nook Color device.
It took me less than 5 minutes to execute all rooting instructions from NookDevs.com to root the device, enable Android Market, download Kindle for Android and have WhisperSync open the book I was reading on the same place I left it off on my Kindle device.
I wanted to do Kindle vs. NOOKcolor review first, but this post turned out more about how these two devices cooperate rather than compete. The comparison review will be posted sometime early next year. I promise.
I can access my Amazon Kindle stuff on the rooted nook but not my B&N books. Or, from the pre-root nook I can access my B&N books but not my Kindle stuff. What a choice! And what about my .pdf(s) and free .epub(s) that I had loaded?
This is a follow up to my Jan 24th entry. I am still very happy with the new android rooted Nook Color. I was able to get wallpaper/homepage by skipping the sign in (since it was already done anyway) and then go through the few options. Now, when I turn on the Nook Color, it goes right to the wallpaper I set instead of asking me to sign in every time. All in all, it is an awesome improvement to the device making it like a mini ipad. Thanks again for the android rooting instructions.
OK, I am buying a nook color today. How do I get on the net. I dont see above on the rooted illustration like an internet explorer. Can I get on internet? ALSO, Can I do AOL mail? How likely is it that I am going to wreck this thing trying to root it? I am not that great at stuff like this.
Kely, You can go on the internet in a wireless hotspot without rooting the Nook Color. Just go to settings and hit wireless and chose the signal you want to connect with (as long as you have the password or it does not need one). The rooting allows for downloading applications from the android market which is really cool since there are hundreds of free apps to chose from and hundreds of cheap (
On another web site, which offers the same rooting instructions, it recommended a Class 6 or better SD card. Looks like you are having no problems with a Class 4 card. I have a Class 10 4 GB that I was planning on using. Do you foresee any problems with the speed of this card?
I just tried rooting my NC and when it boots back up all I get is the nook symbol and it goes no further. I am quite sure I performed every step in order. Has anyone else run into this and, if so, what do I need to do to fix it? It is a NC 1.1.0
Just tried again and the same thing happened. The screen remains black and white and the nook simble appears. I would surmize that they have found a way to prevent the procedures on this web page from working. I hope I am wrong.
Everything seems to have worked fine except that I cannot find the Kindle app on Market on my Color Nook now. When I go to amazon.com and try to download the app is blocked by my Nook and I can find no way to unblock it.
Actually, this forum was really helpful in getting my nook rooted. I tried the instructions above and got bootlooped. So I found other instructions here: -developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027 thanks to whoever posted it before.
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This gives you the ability to purchase Android Market apps, use Gingerbread (Android 2.3), and lets you take advantage of the working bluetooth chip hidden from users and disabled on the hobbled flavour of Android installed by default on the Nook Color.
I read many sources of information and grateful for the information learned from members of these incredible communities: CyanogenMod Wiki, XDAdevelopers, and NookDevs. The install method I formulated is an amalgamation from information found on the Nookdevs and XDAdevelopers pages and forums.
Another hardware requirement is a way to write data to the micro SD card if your computer does not have a slot, the solution is a USB to micro SD adapter. Although I used an adapter that came bundled with another card I had purchased in the past, this and this were found on Amazon within minutes, these adapters are available at virtually all shops that carry micro SD cards, or usually bundled with a card as mine was. Cost is usually very cheap, especially if purchased online.
After the three files have been downloaded, place all of them in the same folder. If using Mac OS X, place the files in a new folder named cm7 in your home folder, and if using windows place the files in a folder with the path of C:\cm7.
Now you may eject the sdcard, ensuring that your Nook Color is powered completely off and insert the card in the corner slot of your Nook Color, turn on and begin to finalise installation of CyanogenMod 7.
You may think that the system is hung at the Flushing caches step, this delay is normal on the first boot, shortly afterword the CM7 install will be finished and the system will power down. Turn your Nook Color back on, it will now boot CM7 and so you can setup your Google Market account:
It appears that the Dalingren kernel supports overclocking: It is supported in three main flavours: 1.1 GHz, 1.2 ghz, & normal 800mhz. Then there is a experimental low-voltage version of the 1.1 GHz kernel.
Thanks for this, followed it step-by-step and booted my Nook Color with an SD card, leaving my Nook intact. Was really impressed with the speed of the card based OS. Thanks for this and thanks to all the folks who worked hard to make it available.
Stephen, thanks for your prompt responses, i was fiddling around in the CM7 menues and came across the CPU processor settings. So could I bump this thing up to 900 mhz right within cyanogen, and if so does the voltage have to change?
The install appeared to work correctly and completed. The Nook powered down automatically. Then, when I pressed and held the power button the Nook would not power on (no sign of power on at all). When I remove the SD card the Nook will power on to the BN OS as expected.
Did everything above ran sd card in nook, installed and shut down. When i turned it back on, it says loading and then goes to a black screen that says android in the bottom left with a flashing underscript after it. Tried turning off and on several times. Same thing. Help!
SharetheWeb,
Thank you for the kind sentiments, if you want to help the tablet community with a donation, I would suggest donating on the XDA Developers site. Often times, money is needed for tablet tear-downs when a new device arrives on the scene, these tear-downs give the CyanogenMod and other dev groups info on chipsets, hardware capabilities, and other technical info required to take full advantage of hardware and/or helps to figure out an approach to get Android on a hobbled device. The Nook Color is a perfect example of this situation.