[How-to][NEW VERSION] Run Nookie Froyo off SD card

[gregh]

Will you are the man, thx for helping everyone out with this. can anyone post a video of putting in the SD card and boot up? just to kinda get the feel of how it runs off the card? maybe open a few apps? THX!!

 

[Notam]

My problem goes way back to the start - my machine doesn't know how to open the .0.5.9 image file. Any clues?

 

[soundsource]

I'd like to say thanks as well. i spent most of the last two days getting this running. i kept getting device error over and over. i was so frustrated. but i kept reading; here, xda and nook devs. so much information. but when questions were asked here, not too much time passed before they were answered. Thanks again will shanklin. now i'll wait til tomorrow to put on the finishing touches.

 

[soundsource]

@ notam:
If you mean the .gz file, right click and extract. pick a folder where you will keep the tools for this in a common place.
if you have already extracted, the image file is what you will write to your sd card using Win32discimager. Follow Will's first post. you can get more background information if you google nook devs and xda-developers or just "nookie froyo".
hope this helps

 

[gottria]

The setup wizard not going past the 'touch the android' screen is a problem with the image (think it was from changing the market fingerprint before installing market). Preparing a new one right now. In the meantime, clean 0.5.8 image is back in OP . . .

Damn, I thought I used 0.5.9, adb push went OK but still getting the "touch android" sounds like of perverted....

I'll try it from scratch again.

 

[Will Shanklin]

Damn, I thought I used 0.5.9, adb push went OK but still getting the "touch android" sounds like of perverted....

I'll try it from scratch again.

The "problem image" was also 0.5.9 - that might be where there confusion came in. I'd be very surprised if the current image in the OP gave you that problem.

 

[Loondog]

The market fingerprint (that determines what apps you see) has been updated for that image too. If they still aren't showing after burning the new image to your SD, just clear the cache for the market (menu>settings>applications>all>market>clear cache from your homescreen), reboot, and check again.

1. I am having the same Market problem, certain apps that I know are there are not showing up. i.e. Mini Info, Tweetdeck... I cleared the cache above and rebooted with no luck. They still do not show.

2. Also, Softkeys is acting a little weird. The first time I use it, it says that it has gained superuser access and operates just fine. The second time I use it the back arrow or menu no longer works. Home and 'X' still works though.

I am using an Lexar 8gig Class 4 card.

Edit:
I re-imaged my sd card and re-pushed all the apps via adb.
1. I am still having the Market problem. Some apps are not showing up. I was able to get appbrain to show up and install. I searched for "mini info" in appbrain and it found it but when I go to install, it pushes me back over to the market then a message pops up saying "Not Found, The requested item could not be found" I cleared the cache for the Market. Strange

2. Softkeys is working now with no problem. I will let you know if it starts acting up again.

Thanks!

 

[Will Shanklin]

For market apps not showing up, see #2 under nookie froyo tips thread. The message saying the fingerprint has already been changed was edited out a couple days ago.

 

[Loondog]

For market apps not showing up, see #2 under nookie froyo tips thread. The message saying the fingerprint has already been changed was edited out a couple days ago.

Followed the instructions from #2 here but still a no go. I still do not see apps like mini info or Tweetdeck.

I just backed up my needed apps from my Evo via Astro then moved the .apk's to dropbox and installed them on the nook (did see dropbox in the market).

 

[Will Shanklin]

Followed the instructions from #2 here but still a no go. I still do not see apps like mini info or Tweetdeck.

I just backed up my needed apps from my Evo via Astro then moved the .apk's to dropbox and installed them on the nook (did see dropbox in the market).

Yeah, they won't ALL be there, but changing the fingerprint will likely give you many more than you had before.

 

[Loondog]

Yeah, they won't ALL be there, but changing the fingerprint will likely give you many more than you had before.

No problem, fully understand that this is not a supported use of the nook and will not be perfect but still very nice!

 

[gottria]

Installing Nookie Froyo custom Android 2.2 ROM to boot off of an SD card:

For Mac Users (instructions credit nookdevs.com)

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.)

The computer should say:*Unmount of all volumes on disk was successful
dd if=NameOfNookieFroYoImage of=/dev/disk# bs=1m

[/B]

Sorry but I'm still learning Mac. Everytime I run dd I get Permission denied error. Do I have to run it with SU in front?

 

[mitnits]

> I have installed the google apps through adb, but I have the problem of getting stuck at the welcome screen with the android.
> When I press the android it glows white but I can never get it to work. I noticed some other people had this problem but there
> was never a clear answer on how to fix this. Has anyone figured out how to get past this screen?


This happens because the image had Phone, MMS & Co apks renamed. If you rename them back (from apk.bak to apk) the wizard will let you through. You can always rename them to .bak later on.

 

[dirtygreek]

I can't seem to get the accelerometer to work, but it works in stock. I'm not sure if it worked before I installed the Gingerbread keyboard or not - not sure if I even tried to tilt it in Froyo before installing the keyboard. I can't imagine the keyboard is the reason, but all of you don't seem to have any problems that I can see with this.

 

[Will Shanklin]

I can't seem to get the accelerometer to work, but it works in stock. I'm not sure if it worked before I installed the Gingerbread keyboard or not - not sure if I even tried to tilt it in Froyo before installing the keyboard. I can't imagine the keyboard is the reason, but all of you don't seem to have any problems that I can see with this.

You didn't install the froyo overclock kernel, did you? Because the first version of it wasn't auto-rotating. But he just released an update where it is working.

 

[soreal]

Where do I type in the commands:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
adb push [here, enter the path to your SDK tools folder]\system system/
adb reboot

I was typing it in cmd, but I keep getting 'adb' is not a recognized internal or external command, program or batch file

I know i'm making a mistake somewhere but I'm not sure where

 

[imtravis]

Where do I type in the commands:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
adb push [here, enter the path to your SDK tools folder]\system system/
adb reboot

I was typing it in cmd, but I keep getting 'adb' is not a recognized internal or external command, program or batch file

I know i'm making a mistake somewhere but I'm not sure where

You need to be in the directory where you installed adb.

 

[soreal]

You need to be in the directory where you installed adb.

Ok, I figured that part out, now I'm getting the message "error device not found"

I already installed the nook usb driver and I'm still getting the error

 

[Will Shanklin]

Ok, I figured that part out, now I'm getting the message "error device not found"

I already installed the nook usb driver and I'm still getting the error

Sometimes a simple reboot of both your nook and your computer will do the trick. If that doesn't work, read up on installing the drivers manually on this page at nookdevs.

 

[dirtygreek]

Ahhh, I did, thank you!