[HOW-TO] Download/Install Honeycomb to Nook Color (SD card)

[zeroman2006]

So I just got a nook color, but Im not sure where I am adding the market in these steps...

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Installing the Android Market on the Nook Color running Honeycomb:

1. Download this version of the Market (2.2.11).

2. Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk.

3. Place the files in your adb tools folder (or platform-tools on the newer version - wherever adb.exe is)

4. Open a command prompt in that folder, and issue the following commands:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system

adb push Vending.apk system/app/Vending.apk

adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

adb shell

cd system/app

chmod 6755 Vending.apk

chmod 6755 GoogleServicesFramework.apk

exit

adb reboot

Then go to apps, open the market, sign in. If the Market won't open at first, reboot and try again.
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Is this with in the Nook Color, the sd card or somewhere in my pc?

How do I access the right folder?

You are downloading the Market at step 1 and you have to keep up with where you download it. When you type the "push" part in the command prompt, you are actually moving or pushing the file from where you downloaded it to your Nook. And I believe the chmod part is where you are "installing" it, but I am not positive. It is on your computer only until you push it to your Nook, and if you are using the instructions on this thread, it is on your SD card (can't say for the other processes). To access the right folder when you get into the command prompt, use the "cd" command. The easiest thing to do is to put your adroid sdk folder straight into your C drive. Then when you open your command prompt, navigate to the C drive (if not already there, use "cd C:\") and then use "cd android-sdk-windows". You can then run all of your adb commands from there. That worked for me.

 

[zeroman2006]

hi, just got me a NC, and was trying to read through the 140 pages...but sorta stopped after 8, then tried to search but didnt see anything, and was wondering why which one is better? To flash the internal or this way on the SD?

The SD card idea is better to just try it out. You can turn off the device and remove the memory card and you boot right back into the B&N Nook OS. No harm done if you don't like the Honeycomb Nook. My wife likes the ability to go back and forth.

 

[juice930]

hay kudos on the how to, but I'm having a nightmare trying to install the market, i can't install the adb drivers for the nook it says it didn't find compatible drivers... please help!!!! :'(

 

[zeroman2006]

hay kudos on the how to, but I'm having a nightmare trying to install the market, i can't install the adb drivers for the nook it says it didn't find compatible drivers... please help!!!! :'(

This step is the hardest part. It took me forever. The drivers have to be done manually. Check this thread out-http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/install-android-3-0-honeycomb-and-market-on-nook-color/ Use the links on step 1, follow those instructions, and you should be set.

 

[funfunfun]

Hey, does anyone know if the gallery is working on honeycomb? It would be very annoying for me to stay with that deep blue background:-\

 

[phlipside]

***NOTE: HONEYCOMB CAN NOW BE INSTALLED TO YOUR NOOK'S INTERNAL MEMORY TOO. SEE THIS THREAD FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS THREAD IS FOR SD CARD INSTALLATION.

* UPDATE 2/8 MORE FIXES:

(quoted from dev's thread)

"v04 - 02/07/2011
increased touchscreen sensitivity and made touchscreen more usable close to the borders (kernel change)
fixed heap size issue to get much more programs running (e.g. nook app, kindle app, etc.)"

Those updating from the previous version, see updating section at bottom

Here's how to get Honeycomb running on your Nook Color right now.

Credit to dev deeper-blue (Rafael Brune) whose thread can be found here: Android 3.0 Honeycomb Image - xda-developers

1. Download the image:

nookhoney04.img.zip

Torrent: nookhoney04.img.zip (might be faster than either of the above options - of course you'll need a torrent client like bittorrent)

Unzip the image onto your computer using WinRAR on PC, or or Stuffit Expander (on Mac).

2. Get an SD card, at least 4GB.

Some had problems with 4GB cards, others said the image stalled burning, but then it worked anyway. Worth a try, but larger than 4GB, you should be fine.

3A. PC Users:

- The usual program for this, Win32DiskImager, isn't working with this large file. So download WinImage, and under 'Disk' choose "Restore Virtual Image to Physical Drive." Change the files shown at the bottom to "all files" and select the file.

On Mac:

3B. Mac Users:

- Open a terminal window

-Find which drive the sd card is mapped to: type in the terminal this:
diskutil list

- Be very careful to identify the SD card and not your hard disk. Be VERY careful.

- Now unmount that drive typing this:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk#
(My computer is was disk2 replace # with your number. Do NOT use the disk#s)

The computer should say: Unmount of all volumes on disk was successful

Type:

dd if=nookhoney04.img of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m

Everything needed should copy right over to the card.

4. Power down your Nook, insert the microSD card, and it should boot into Honeycomb!!!!!!

Installing the Android Market on the Nook Color running Honeycomb:

1. Download this version of the Market (2.2.11).

2. Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk.

3. Place the files in your adb tools folder (or platform-tools on the newer version - wherever adb.exe is)

4. Open a command prompt in that folder, and issue the following commands:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system

adb push Vending.apk system/app/Vending.apk

adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

adb shell

cd system/app

chmod 6755 Vending.apk

chmod 6755 GoogleServicesFramework.apk

exit

adb reboot

Then go to apps, open the market, sign in. If the Market won't open at first, reboot and try again.

**Overclock instructions greyed out until new kernels are confirmed working with the new update**
Overclocking Honeycomb to 1.1GHz (might work, might not, might work then stop working):

Credit goes to dalingrin, his thread: [FYI]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451

1. Download uImage (extract the uImage file somewhere on your computer)

2. If you haven't yet booted Honeycomb, skip to 4. If you've already booted it, see 3.

3. With the Nook booted into Honeycomb, connect via adb, and issue the following:

adb shell

cd data/dalvik-cache

rm *

exit

. . . and then power off your Nook immediately, without opening any apps. It's probably best to power it off with a hard reset (hold power down 10-15 seconds).

4. Remove the SD card, and place it back in an SD reader.

5. Open the folder (it should say boot) and make a copy of that uImage file on your computer. If you discover later on that the overclocking kernel doesn't work, simply replace the new one with this original that you're backing up now.

6. Now replace it with the uImage folder you downloaded earlier. Reboot, and enjoy the overclock!

Updating

To preserve much of your data, first, you'll need to root. See our stickied root Honeycomb on the Nook thread. This has nothing to do with whether the Barnes & Noble ROM is rooted or not on your Nook.

Now, while still on version 2, do a complete backup with Titanium backup.

Then, open a command prompt in your adb folder and enter the following:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /

adb pull sdcard/[path to your adb folder, such as c:/sdk/tools/]/honeysd

Then update to v2 by the procedure above. Then root again by the procedure in that thread.

Now open another command prompt in the same place:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /

adb push [path to your adb folder]/honeysd/ sdcard/

Then restore apps in Titanium Backup (one at a time, starting with your most essential apps is recommended. This is still an early build and some apps can causes crashes).

You should have all your apps now!

Features currently not working:

- not much to mention - lets play with this new update and see . . .

***note that you may need to turn your screen off/on once after every reboot to avoid touchscreen lag (much like w/Nookie Froyo)

I've completed the first section with no difficulty at all. Moving on to the Market section however you've totally lost me. I can find no indication of an adb tools folder anywhere. Where should it be? On my computer? On the card? On the Nook itself? If it's on the NC itself what effect will this have on the regular operation of the NC? I like the micro SD card approach because it means NOT messing with the core functions.

Any enlightenment greatly appreciated

 

[zack13189@gmail.com]

hello, i just recently bought a nook color and i sarted using a class 10 32gb micro sd card but couldn't get past the password to decrypt storage so i took the class 10 back and got a patriot class4 32gb microsd card and now i can't get it to go past the small blinking android in the bottom left corner..any suggestions would be helpful... I have already reformatted and put honeycomb on the microsd card 4 times!!! please help!

 

[kcls]

I've completed the first section with no difficulty at all. Moving on to the Market section however you've totally lost me. I can find no indication of an adb tools folder anywhere. Where should it be? On my computer? On the card? On the Nook itself? If it's on the NC itself what effect will this have on the regular operation of the NC? I like the micro SD card approach because it means NOT messing with the core functions.

Any enlightenment greatly appreciated

ADB, or android debug bridge, is part of the android sdk. Download the sdk, and it will bebright there in the "platform-tools" folder.

 

[Mojoman]

ADB, or android debug bridge, is part of the android sdk. Download the sdk, and it will bebright there in the "platform-tools" folder.

Is using ADB the only method possible to install the market? I know on my previous CM7 running from an SDCard, I just put the MArket file on the SD card before the initial installation and it installed with the CM7 Gingerbread. Is this method possible with Honeycomb?

 

[Idelgado782]

I was having some issues initially. I'm using a mac, and when I typed in the final command to write the files to the sd card, it kept tell me no such file or directory. Then I watched a vid uploaded from CheersProduction YouTube - ‪How to install honeycomb on nook color‬‏ and it showed him dragging and dropping the img from the downloads folder into the terminal window. This made terminal input the appropriate path (plus I found out a new tip!), it then did not give me any error messages. I know it takes some time to that it was successful, however i waited over 30 min and did not get any updates. I decided to take out the sd card and put it in the nook and see what happened. I got the A N D R O I D screen for about 15 seconds and then it booted successfully into honeycomb! Woot!!!! I am not in the process of downloading ADB, but it's late i'm sleepy and have work tomorrow so I will have to complete the steps then unfortunately! BOOOOO. However I will update after the next steps. Being a mac user and a noob at this stuff, sometimes it's harder to come by walkthroughs tailored to the mac, so I wanted to make sure I posted the issues I had and how I over came them for the next noob! LOL! Anyways, great work guys!! You always keep me entertained!!

 

[rralamo]

I have installed using your instructions and have come to an issue when installing the market place. How do you open a command prompt in this build since I have looked around for the usual apps but i do not see a terminal app.
Please advise
rralamo

 

[reisb]

I have installed using your instructions and have come to an issue when installing the market place. How do you open a command prompt in this build since I have looked around for the usual apps but i do not see a terminal app.
Please advise
rralamo

command prompt is done via your PC

 

[lolvera]

16g sd card does not show up in winimage?

any ideas?

 

[dgsrossi]

***NOTE: HONEYCOMB CAN NOW BE INSTALLED TO YOUR NOOK'S INTERNAL MEMORY TOO. SEE THIS THREAD FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS THREAD IS FOR SD CARD INSTALLATION.

* UPDATE 2/8 MORE FIXES:

(quoted from dev's thread)

"v04 - 02/07/2011
increased touchscreen sensitivity and made touchscreen more usable close to the borders (kernel change)
fixed heap size issue to get much more programs running (e.g. nook app, kindle app, etc.)"

Those updating from the previous version, see updating section at bottom

Here's how to get Honeycomb running on your Nook Color right now.

Credit to dev deeper-blue (Rafael Brune) whose thread can be found here: Android 3.0 Honeycomb Image - xda-developers

1. Download the image:

nookhoney04.img.zip

Torrent: nookhoney04.img.zip (might be faster than either of the above options - of course you'll need a torrent client like bittorrent)

Unzip the image onto your computer using WinRAR on PC, or or Stuffit Expander (on Mac).

2. Get an SD card, at least 4GB.

Some had problems with 4GB cards, others said the image stalled burning, but then it worked anyway. Worth a try, but larger than 4GB, you should be fine.

3A. PC Users:

- The usual program for this, Win32DiskImager, isn't working with this large file. So download WinImage, and under 'Disk' choose "Restore Virtual Image to Physical Drive." Change the files shown at the bottom to "all files" and select the file.

On Mac:

3B. Mac Users:

- Open a terminal window

-Find which drive the sd card is mapped to: type in the terminal this:
diskutil list

- Be very careful to identify the SD card and not your hard disk. Be VERY careful.

- Now unmount that drive typing this:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk#
(My computer is was disk2 replace # with your number. Do NOT use the disk#s)

The computer should say: Unmount of all volumes on disk was successful

Type:

dd if=nookhoney04.img of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m

Everything needed should copy right over to the card.

4. Power down your Nook, insert the microSD card, and it should boot into Honeycomb!!!!!!

Installing the Android Market on the Nook Color running Honeycomb:

1. Download this version of the Market (2.2.11).

2. Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk.

3. Place the files in your adb tools folder (or platform-tools on the newer version - wherever adb.exe is)

4. Open a command prompt in that folder, and issue the following commands:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system

adb push Vending.apk system/app/Vending.apk

adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk

adb shell

cd system/app

chmod 6755 Vending.apk

chmod 6755 GoogleServicesFramework.apk

exit

adb reboot

Then go to apps, open the market, sign in. If the Market won't open at first, reboot and try again.

**Overclock instructions greyed out until new kernels are confirmed working with the new update**
Overclocking Honeycomb to 1.1GHz (might work, might not, might work then stop working):

Credit goes to dalingrin, his thread: [FYI]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451

1. Download uImage (extract the uImage file somewhere on your computer)

2. If you haven't yet booted Honeycomb, skip to 4. If you've already booted it, see 3.

3. With the Nook booted into Honeycomb, connect via adb, and issue the following:

adb shell

cd data/dalvik-cache

rm *

exit

. . . and then power off your Nook immediately, without opening any apps. It's probably best to power it off with a hard reset (hold power down 10-15 seconds).

4. Remove the SD card, and place it back in an SD reader.

5. Open the folder (it should say boot) and make a copy of that uImage file on your computer. If you discover later on that the overclocking kernel doesn't work, simply replace the new one with this original that you're backing up now.

6. Now replace it with the uImage folder you downloaded earlier. Reboot, and enjoy the overclock!

Updating

To preserve much of your data, first, you'll need to root. See our stickied root Honeycomb on the Nook thread. This has nothing to do with whether the Barnes & Noble ROM is rooted or not on your Nook.

Now, while still on version 2, do a complete backup with Titanium backup.

Then, open a command prompt in your adb folder and enter the following:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /

adb pull sdcard/[path to your adb folder, such as c:/sdk/tools/]/honeysd

Then update to v2 by the procedure above. Then root again by the procedure in that thread.

Now open another command prompt in the same place:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /

adb push [path to your adb folder]/honeysd/ sdcard/

Then restore apps in Titanium Backup (one at a time, starting with your most essential apps is recommended. This is still an early build and some apps can causes crashes).

You should have all your apps now!

Features currently not working:

- not much to mention - lets play with this new update and see . . .

***note that you may need to turn your screen off/on once after every reboot to avoid touchscreen lag (much like w/Nookie Froyo)

Help! I've installed honeycomb on my nook via sd card and am now trying to install the marketplace per Will's instructions. When I get to the line 'cd system/app' it says the path can not be found. I've also tried installing marketplace using the HoneyGAppInstall procedure; no luck. Any suggestions?

 

[tbc]

See Setting Up Android SDK on Sabayon if you get this error:

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
  Software being installed: Android Development Tools 12.0.0.v201106281929-138431 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 12.0.0.v201106281929-138431)
  Missing requirement: Android Development Tools 12.0.0.v201106281929-138431 (com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.feature.group 12.0.0.v201106281929-138431) requires 'org.eclipse.gef 0.0.0' but it could not be found

 

[SkinsFan1987]

Okay. I've been trying for two days to set this up for a co-worker, and it's giving me fits!

I've followed the instructions up to the point where I have to install the market, but it doesn't recognize that the device is plugged in. I've run the "adb devices" command, and it comes up blank.

Any assistance that can be provided would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[gdelo]

WiFi keeps turning off after a minute or two. I can restart it, but it keeps turning off.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
greg de

 

[sghazari]

Terminal keep saying "No such file or directory"
when i type "dd if=nookhoney04.img of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m"
Could someone help?

 

[ksmith48]

Open a command prompt in that folder, and issue the following commands i have been searching but have not found anyway to open a command prompt from honeycomb nor a way to move the downloaded files to where they need to be> Help???

 

[maluskeeter]

great instructions! im looking to buy a nook color and following this step-by-step. but first, do i need to buy a specific version of a nook color - or will any nook color take honeycomb and the android market??