Portal:NookColor

Basic Information

• NookColor description and home page.
• NookColor Hardware specs detailed hardware specs.

1.0.1 update from BN was released 17 Dec 2010

Note: Rooted NookColors will attempt to update to 1.0.1 over the air. They will fail. You will have to restore to factory and then update.

• What is the 1.0.1 update?
• Installing the 1.0.1 update on a rooted NC
• 1.0.1 file system diffs

Rooting

• NookColor Rooting: Howto for ADB, SSH and SCP access to the NookColor
• NookColor UnRooting: Howto for performing a factory reset and un-rooting the NookColor
• Install apps to the NookColor

Things to do after you've rooted your NookColor

App related things

• Uninstall apps from the Nook Color
• Replace the default launcher with one of your choice.
• Installing an alternative on-screen keyboard.
• Missing geolocate library prevents some apps from installing. I.E. Twitter Howto fix.
• NookColor Email Supports IMAP, POP3, Exchange2003, Exchange 2007, and Exchange2010
• NookColor Making contacts work

If you used AutoNooter to root your nook, the following are already done:

• Enable the Android Market (already done by the Auto-Nooter)
• NookColor Enable App install from on-device installers (already...)
• Enable live wallpapers (already...)
• Enable Multi-touch for android apps (already...)

Operating System related changes and programs

System things having to do with drivers and hardware

• Allow your Nook Color to access adhoc wifi networks.
• Format and partition your SD card back to a usable state
• Turn off USB automouting
• NookColor Remap volume buttons for back and menu
• NookColor Keep wifi alive by preventing sleep mode

User Experience things

• NookColor Boot Animation editing and replacement
• Set your Nook's timezone to any intl (non-US) value
• Skip the "Out of Box Experiance screens and see the info on the "factory mode" pages.
• NookColor Remove Secondary Google Account

System things having to do with software

• Install Optware for Android on your Nook Color.
• Install only Busybox for use in your ADB SHELL instead of Optware.
• Install su and the Superuser app
• Access the system shell using ADB or a Linux shell via SSH/SCP
• Set Read-Write access for the NOOKcolor system partition
• Access Development Settings

"Nookie Froyo"

This is an experimental plain-jane vanilla Froyo Android install that boots off your SD card and is built from open-sourced components and distributable binary drivers from TI.

• NookColor: Nookie Froyo - Main Wiki
  • To burn the sd card, please visit the Nookie FroYo: Burning a bootable SD card page.
  • Nookie Froyo: Updating the SD -- how to update the sd card you've already burned (not the root one.)
• NookColor: Nookie Froyo Technical Page - Sources, Build Instructions, & More (incomplete)
• NookColor: Nookie Froyo Tips - Just what it sounds like
• XDA Discussion - Forum topic on this project.

Fixing problems

• Flash back to clean stock ROM - How to completely restore the NookColor to its original state
• NookColor Fix Boot Loops - If your NC is looping on re-installing the factory roms over and over, this should be your fix.
• NookColor Wish List - Things that need to be worked on.

Known Issues and Workarounds

NookColor Issues is a reference for known issues and workarounds.

Known working Android apps

NookColor working apps will be a reference point for apps that people have verified as working on their NookColors.

IRC Logs

Much of the work on understanding the NC has been done in the #nookcolor channel on freenode.net irc network. There are publicly viewable logs for those at Public IRC logs for #nookcolor.

Lower-Level Stuff

• NookColor: Build the Original Kernel a HIGHLY work-in-progress discussion on the original stock kernel source
• NookColor: Non-Stock Kernel research Information and notes and howtos for improving/changing the original kernel.
• NookColor USB ADB detailed instructions for installing/modifying adb drivers for the NC
• NookColor:adb wireless use wifi instead of usb for adb which may be much easier.
• NookColor USB RNDIS instructions for SSH and SCP access to the NC
• Recalibrate the NookColor touch screen

Reference Information

• NookColor Android Reference is a temporary repository for random reference information on android in the NC
• How to dump NookColor partitions
• NookColorDevs Pastebin Cache a page to put links to interesting pastebins...
• NookColor Partial File List

Nookcolor Pastebin

• There is a separate pastebin for nookcolor troubleshooting which is used to post long pieces of text when requesting help in the IRC channel. Note that this stuff is accessible to anyone on the Internet and it never expires (unless you set otherwise when you upload).

Warning: Remove any personal info like serial numbers, usernames, passwords, incriminating photos BEFORE hitting the upload/submit button.