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
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