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

[ShadowCatcher]

lol and sorry for the snippy response. I feel like I'm 17 all over again

No prob - not snippy at all - just good advice!

I've been looking at the emmc version, but I really like the versatility of running it off the SD for now – I get 3 for the price of one: Stock Nook, Nookie Froyo, & Honeycomb. When Google releases the code for Honeycomb, and we get a super solid build from it, I won’t hesitate to load an emmc version. In the meantime, it’s fun playing with the different versions and learning stuff along the way. Thanks again for all your help!

 

[gabik123]

you guys are AMAZING

 

[will02128]

sdcard password

Uh, I'm getting the same password issue too, and don't understand what the F was just said here. "Turn on write on the SD card reader?" Uh, guys, the Nook doesn't HAVE an SD-card reader. It's a micro-SD card unless you're using a much different setup than me. What read-write switch? Did I miss something here? Ha.

I had the same problem, then a got a new 8g sdcard from SanDisk and it wok fine. before I used my 8g sdcard from Samsung - did't work.

 

[perkyb19]

Android Marketplace Request

For those of us noobs incapable of anything too technical, is it possible to have version 5 (and any subsequent version) come pre-loaded with the Android Marketplace? That is the only thing missing to make this amazing.

 

[Will Shanklin]

For those of us noobs incapable of anything too technical, is it possible to have version 5 (and any subsequent version) come pre-loaded with the Android Marketplace? That is the only thing missing to make this amazing.

There are potential legal issues with packaging Google apps with ROMs. Some do it anyways, but I'm not. It's pretty easy to install market once you get adb going.

 

[monkeydeus]

Definitely seeing improvement in the newer version, but where it is snappier in some ways (homescreen transitions and edge sensitivity), it seems a little laggier in some respects too. The nook app at least runs some books now, but it is a little inconsistent - it still crashes on some of them. I'd be interested to hear if others are seeing the same thing?

 

[Foltz77]

Tried loading Rc4, came up fine until l adb'd the files over for market, once i logged into the device and reboot I get stuck at the Android_ blink of death. Figured trying it with Rc3 and I'm having the same issues. (Using a HP Class 4: 8Gb Card)

 

[markmysite]

Did B&N find a way to stop rooting?

Hello. I had a chance to install a play with Honeycomb on my new Nook Color (actually a present for my wife), however many times it happened that it does not actually boot up: it freezes just after printing the small "ANDROID_" at the edge and nothing else happens even after tens of minutes. Now, I could not manage to resume it any more.

Could it be a problem related to the fact that I am using a Class 4 (although quite fast) micro-SD card?

Thanks a lot and many congratulations for this incredible piece of work!

I had this same issue. It only shows "ANDROID..." at the edge of the screen in dark blue letters. I'm wondering if B&N did something to the NOOK Colors so that we can't Root them anymore. They took them out of circulation for 2 weeks recently and there were rumors this was why.

Does anyone know if this is true? Has anyone bought a NOOK Color since the 2 week hold and successfully rooted and/or installed Honeycomb?

Update: I just tried loading the Nookie Froyo ROM to see if Honey or the ROM itself was the issue. I get the same ANDROID blink screen. I am using a Kingston 8gb class 4 card.

Any clues? Did B&N screw up the game? If so, this things going back and I'm getting a full blown tablet.

 

[Ricandroid]

Dual Boot?

It would be nice if someone will make this ROM dual bootable, that is, it will give you a choice after reboot for SD Nookie or stock nook. This way you will have the best of both worlds.

 

[mikeyonline]

Having the issue when booting up asking for a password to decrypt the storage area. Using a Patriot LX Series Class 10 16GB Micro SDHC.

 

[scratchman]

Overclocking with Honeycomb on SD card

I just ordered my Nook Color, should be here in a day or two (caught the Valentines Day Free Express Shipping special - sweet). I'd like to run Honeycomb on a Class 10 SD card, and overclock it as suggested.

Questions:

1. Should the SD card be SDHC?
2. How do I overclock it? I found the info on overclocking Nookie Froyo, but not sure if those instructions extend to overclocking Honeycomb.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[teergrube]

Thanks! One question: Since this is supposed to work with a 4GB card, I expected to find lots of space left. But I have only 1.12 GB available storage, 530MB available space after adding two books and two basic apps. Is there a way to free more memory? Or to mount the built-in memory?

 

[ebarr727]

You have to run it as an admin...right click then Run as Administrator otherwise the drive wont show up.

Will give it a try when I get home...

 

[ShadowCatcher]

Having the issue when booting up asking for a password to decrypt the storage area. Using a Patriot LX Series Class 10 16GB Micro SDHC.

It appears this card has been involved in a number of reports of the 'password to decrypt' error message (including mine). However, there doesn?t seem to be enough data to determine whether the problem is in the OS or the card. Another question I have, is whether it has to do with the number of apps installed (memory issues?) or the number of times the NC is booted. I never got the error message on mine during the period after the initial install, but only after loading a bunch of apps and of course, turning it on and off while going through the setup process.

Since this doesn?t seem to be a huge problem, it doesn?t look like any of the devs are looking for a fix. Personally, I am going to try a different brand/size card (I am staying with a class 10 ? for better or worse: the documentation that came with my Nook says it only supports up to class 6 cards, but that was probably written before class 10 were as widely available?). Ultimately, after the ?official? Honeycomb is released and the devs have a chance to work with it, I will load Honeycomb to internal memory ? which should solve the problem.

 

[stang2k00]

There are potential legal issues with packaging Google apps with ROMs. Some do it anyways, but I'm not. It's pretty easy to install market once you get adb going.

Would it be possible for us to inject the apps into the img file on our own before flashing the memory cards so we can work around issues with adb? I managed to get adb working only one time on my Windows 7 - 64. Since then however, I've had nothing but driver issues.

After doing a little more research, maybe allowing adb over wifi by default would be a nice feature. Maybe that feature is already enabled?

 

[roberto]

I got it running on the SD Card (the installed apps work ), but am stuck at the point of installing Android Market (I am a Noobie).

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

All I get at that point is

bob$ ./adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
error: device not found

Is adb supposed to talk to the NC via wireless or do I need to reinstall the SD card on my Mac?

 

[Froalskiner#WN]

I got it running on the SD Card (the installed apps work ), but am stuck at the point of installing Android Market (I am a Noobie).



All I get at that point is

bob$ ./adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
error: device not found

Is adb supposed to talk to the NC via wireless or do I need to reinstall the SD card on my Mac?

Boot to Honeycomb, then plug your Nook into your computer before running the commands. Did you already install the drivers?

 

[Froalskiner#WN]

Would it be possible for us to inject the apps into the img file on our own before flashing the memory cards so we can work around issues with adb? I managed to get adb working only one time on my Windows 7 - 64. Since then however, I've had nothing but driver issues.

After doing a little more research, maybe allowing adb over wifi by default would be a nice feature. Maybe that feature is already enabled?

I've never tried it...but maybe this would work for you

NookDevs: ADB Wireless

 

[roberto]

Boot to Honeycomb, then plug your Nook into your computer before running the commands. Did you already install the drivers?

Thanks, I figured it was probably something which should have been obvious but I'm still way down the learning curve.

Edit:

I got that all done, but after I set up Market with my Google account, it has been "loading" for the past half-hour, which seems a bit odd.

 

[GlueFactoryBJJ]

The nook app at least runs some books now, but it is a little inconsistent - it still crashes on some of them. I'd be interested to hear if others are seeing the same thing?

I think the Android Market Nook app problem is a problem with the app, not HC on the NC.

I have the Nook app on my Droid X and it crashes on about 1/2 of the books I get. I haven't had as much of a problem with newly released books (initial publication within the last 5 years or so), but I regularly have problems with books that are older (20+ years). Examples are the "Destroyer Series" by Murphy and Sapir and some of Heinlein's books.

When I occasionally CAN get them to load (I don't know why they SOMETIMES load after restarting the phone), the page number position is always pagenum/0... meaning page number nn of ZERO pages total. If that is the case, then there is a rookie "divide by zero" problem in the programming for the Nook app's .apk.

It doesn't happen with every book, but it is consistent with the "problem" books. ALL of the "Destroyer Series" books have this problem, so it has something to do with how they are encoded AND how this app reads them as the Nook and Nook Color don't have a problem. I've been asking B&N to fix this for over 3 months, with no luck or even a response.

I REALLY wish someone could figure out how to take the NC's Nook reader .apk and make it work on smartphones! I'd LOVE to have it work on my DroidX!

Anyway, back to the official topic...

Scott