You don't have to root the NC to run pure android 2.2

[cabbie]

I didn't leave this in the All Things Root because well, I dunno, this is in reference to unrooted NookColors.

What you can do is burn Nookie to an sd card, found on this thread: [ADV][DEV][ROM] Nookie Froyo 0.5.9 (01/11) - xda-developers

You can then pop it into any NookColor, rooted or unrooted, and it will boot up pure android 2.2 (with some customization, the dev included Zeam, etc). Power down, pop it out and reboot right back into the stock NookColor home. Don't believe it? Burn it to the sd card, take it to B&N and do it to their demo units and watch their heads explode. No worries, as it does not touch the internal memory at all, its safe.

The reason this works is that NookColor is hardwired to boot off SD if there is a card there that knows how to take it over.

So what does this mean? You are running the operating system right off the sd card and it doesnt touch the internal memory at all, which is why having a high class speed sd card is important. It can be sluggish off a class 2. I did it to a class 6 and pulled a 1560 quadrant, it blazes.

So if you have a spouse that just likes their NookColor how it was out of the box or something, they can use it how they want. When you want to use it, power down, pop in the sd card, and boot up froyo. Obviously, this is portable since its all on the SD card you can add all your apps, customize how you like, and put it into any nook and it will look just like you left it. Very cool!

This can also save your ass in a big way if you temporarily disable your nook (this is why it can't be bricked). Lets say you royally eff up your eMMC or boot partition on the internal memory. Pop in this SD card, fix everything (which can be a hassle but can be done), power off and you can reboot a working NookColor.

Thought ya'll would like to know

 

[DenverCZBob]

Cool,
Thanks for the info!

-bob

 

[trankster]

Very cool. What about the standard Nook launcher, reader, library, etc. are those still available?

 

[mqureshi79]

i did it and its working.

question: get a message saying "SD card damaged"... since you're using the SD card to run froyo, where do you store downloads etc?

(i burned nookie on the sd card using an imager)

 

[xmr405o]

i did it and its working.

question: get a message saying "SD card damaged"... since you're using the SD card to run froyo, where do you store downloads etc?

(i burned nookie on the sd card using an imager)

+1 on this question,cabbie. Where does the apps u download go? is the sd card usuable for other than booting up froyo? I don't want to waste a 16 gb sd card so I can use froyo.
This is the main reason why I like autonooter because the stock nook ui and the android features are available without having to reboot.

Thanks cabbie.

 

[harmhimself]

i did it and its working.

question: get a message saying "SD card damaged"... since you're using the SD card to run froyo, where do you store downloads etc?

(i burned nookie on the sd card using an imager)

What download are you using? 0.5.9? If so there are reports regarding vold and/or permissions. Sounds like something you might have. I havn't found any info on the downloads question.

 

[cabbie]

Try this one: Customized Nookie Froyo 0.5.9 Image for sdcard - xda-developers

This one has a script built in that will fix the sd card thing and make all the extra space available for storage.

Apps you download will be on the sd card itself, this does not touch internal memory. It'll be in /data/apps which is typically the internal memory of the device, but not in this case.

Goto to App Drawer>DevTools>Terminal Emulator and type the following commands, if prompted press Allow to Superuser Request. You might have to leave Terminal Emulator and go back in if your keyboard disappears.

$su
#/data/data/makepart/makepart.sh
Hit <enter> to reboot

After it reboots (and you wait a minute or two), go back into Terminal Emulator and type the following commands.

$su
#/data/data/makepart/formatpart.sh
Hit <enter> to reboot

At this point, your last partition should take up any available space on your card. I intentionally left off the 4th partition in the image so it could be created with this script.

 

[Joe M]

Hello cabbie and others,
I am new to all this. I want to do what you talked about to my NC. You say that the class 6 card is fast. Looking on the internet I see class 6 and class 10. Is the class 10 to fast. I see the price is almost the same. What do you think?
Thank you.
Joe

 

[xmr405o]

Hello cabbie and others,
I am new to all this. I want to do what you talked about to my NC. You say that the class 6 card is fast. Looking on the internet I see class 6 and class 10. Is the class 10 to fast. I see the price is almost the same. What do you think?
Thank you.
Joe

If they are almost the same price, get the class 10 especially if you are going to use the SD card to boot froyo. It makes a difference. I tried both and there was a 300-350 point difference in quadrant scores between the two classes.

 

[Little Green Robot]

So this will run all apps, including Google apps like the market? What about flash?

 

[rogand]

Hi all,

thanks for the cool thread. So, I'm thinking about trying this but, it occurs to me that all my apps are backed up (via titanium backup) to (if I understand correctly) my SD-card. Any fairly straightforward way to get all my many current apps onto my SD-card based Froyo install?

thanks
roger

 

[hewitts]

So I did nookie froyo 0.6.7 image and have it running flawlessly (I Think) of the SD card, but it seems like the market, soft keys etc aren't part of the package. Did I screw something up, or do I need to manually force that in somehow?

 

[nj02vette]

So I did nookie froyo 0.6.7 image and have it running flawlessly (I Think) of the SD card, but it seems like the market, soft keys etc aren't part of the package. Did I screw something up, or do I need to manually force that in somehow?

Read the instructions:
The physical N key has been configured as: One tap = Softkeys, Two taps = Zeam, and Long tap = Recent Tasks.

 

[AMStarshine]

I've never, ever used Android before. Ever. Not even on a demo phone. Is there a tutorial some place that I'm missing?

 

[AMStarshine]

I've never, ever used Android before. Ever. Not even on a demo phone. Is there a tutorial some place that I'm missing?

You can disregard that post. I have clearly done something wrong on my Nookie Froyo trail run. Removed the SD card and can't figure out what I did wrong.

1) Installed card
2) Turned NC on
3) Got a funny menu with two choices, one I don't recall, the other was soft keys.
4) I think I selected soft keys even though I was trying to hit the first option
5) Set up my wireless connection. My router doesn't broadcast on purpose.
6) Fixed all the settings to what I wanted/didn't want.
7) Couldn't find the app store
8) Reboot the NC to see if that resolved the lack of app store issue
9) Soft keys no longer working, says something about not rooted.
10) Turn NC off and removed card

I'm pretty sure this is a user error and not Nookie Froyo. I didn't find much in the way of help since this is an Alpha release. Anyone know what I did wrong?

 

[bgrutter]

I saw something in the NC Root video posted here about "Never Booting your Root NC with an SD card in" as it will somehow unroot the phone. Anyway, you might want to check that out.

 

[bgrutter]

Oh yeah, and check this out. It helped me to understand exactly how the "Softkeys" function works. For me, I have to press the "n" button twice for it to pop-up. Anyway, I hope that help.


Question for those using this Non-Root method: How do I get the Market? That may seem very simple, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. I wanted to use this SDcard-Nonroot method for a while until I wanted to fully commit to the NC and do a true Root. Am I missing something? Or, is the Market not accessible using this method?

 

[UBRocked]

I saw something in the NC Root video posted here about "Never Booting your Root NC with an SD card in" as it will somehow unroot the phone. Anyway, you might want to check that out.

It's not about booting with "an" SD card...it's about not booting with the SD card still having the disk image loaded on it that you used to root the device. Once you complete the rooting process, you need to go into settings on the NC and reformat the SD card.

A normally formatted SD card will not harm you file system on boot (or at any time).

Make sense?

 

[UBRocked]

Oh yeah, and check this out. It helped me to understand exactly how the "Softkeys" function works. For me, I have to press the "n" button twice for it to pop-up. Anyway, I hope that help.


Question for those using this Non-Root method: How do I get the Market? That may seem very simple, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. I wanted to use this SDcard-Nonroot method for a while until I wanted to fully commit to the NC and do a true Root. Am I missing something? Or, is the Market not accessible using this method?

Does this help?

NookColor Rooting - nookDevs

 

[bgrutter]

It's not about booting with "an" SD card...it's about not booting with the SD card still having the disk image loaded on it that you used to root the device. Once you complete the rooting process, you need to go into settings on the NC and reformat the SD card.

A normally formatted SD card will not harm you file system on boot (or at any time).

Make sense?

Absolutely. I figured someone with some experience would be able to help be more specific.

You have any insight into my dilemma? You know why I can't get the Market? Is this Non-Root method just a sort-of Android-Preview? I don't seem to have flash either (which I would get from the market if I could )

 

[UBRocked]

Absolutely. I figured someone with some experience would be able to help be more specific.

You have any insight into my dilemma? You know why I can't get the Market? Is this Non-Root method just a sort-of Android-Preview? I don't seem to have flash either (which I would get from the market if I could )

Can you post the link you followed to get this "preview"?

I've never used the 2.2 version. I'm sticking with 2.1 (because stability is key for my kids NC). I did preview the Honeycomb version and got market working with that...but had to search around for the "how-to's".

 

[bgrutter]

Can you post the link you followed to get this "preview"?

I've never used the 2.2 version. I'm sticking with 2.1 (because stability is key for my kids NC). I did preview the Honeycomb version and got market working with that...but had to search around for the "how-to's".

I'm sorry if my post was confusing. I was saying that in reference to the OP. This is a method to run Android 2.2 on the NC without rooting. Since I don't have access to the Market or other GApps, I was wondering if this was more a method of trying out 2.2 without actually rooting, a sort of "Preview".

 

[UBRocked]

I'm sorry if my post was confusing. I was saying that in reference to the OP. This is a method to run Android 2.2 on the NC without rooting. Since I don't have access to the Market or other GApps, I was wondering if this was more a method of trying out 2.2 without actually rooting, a sort of "Preview".

NP

I just looked at the thread at XDA and didn't see any immediate questions about the market so I'm guessing that it would be loaded when you installed the Nookie Froyo image.

Honestly...I'd just root the device and be done with it. If you own one of these devices...you'll want to root it! Start here: http://androidforums.com/nookcolor-all-things-root/245436-go-wiki-page-rooting-nookcolor.html

Froyo is Android 2.2. I don't think that it is 100% functional yet so I'd avoid it (I am avoiding it ). If you still want to preview 2.2 or even 3.0 (Honeycomb) then do it at that time. But as of right now...my advice would be to root your device on the latest software (V1.1.0 which is a Android 2.1 implementation). You will get Android Market but Flash will not be available as 2.2 is required for flash.

This device is still pretty new but the development on it has been incredible thus far. I'm waiting for a stable Android 3.0 implementation and then will really start looking into updating the ones I have.

 

[cabbie]

Froyo is super stable and fully capable of being a daily driver.

The latest honeycomb by deeper-blue (version 4) is also very stable and works great.

My daily driver is still rooted 1.1 but i often boot honeycomb off an sd card just to play.

Question for those using this Non-Root method: How do I get the Market? That may seem very simple, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. I wanted to use this SDcard-Nonroot method for a while until I wanted to fully commit to the NC and do a true Root. Am I missing something? Or, is the Market not accessible using this method?

Can you link to the image you are burning to the SD? this is the one you should be using, it has gapps [ROM] Customized Nookie Froyo 0.6.7 Image for SDcard Updated (2/11) - xda-developers

 

[AMStarshine]

Cabbie - I think that solves my missing apps problem. I will try that and report back. I solved my other problem by redoing the SD card. When in doubt, start over.