[TIPS] Nookie Froyo tips & Work-arounds

[rootkit123]

Any other methods besides the Browsix suggestion to get files (epubs, pdfs, mp3s, etc.) from my Windows box onto my Nookie Froyo SD card? Preferably something that uses a USB connection to either the Nook with the SD card or just the SD card itself.

 

[amstarshine]

I am running Nookie Froyo and can't even find the app store. So far, all the answers I'm seeing have done nothing more than confuse me. What do I need to do to resolve this issue? I downloaded and imaged to an SD card last night.

 

[MrG]

I use browsix and dropbox. With dropbox you can then download

 

[rootkit123]

I use browsix and dropbox. With dropbox you can then download

Right, that's essentially the same as using browsix. What if a person *doesn't* have WiFi access and wants to get files onto their NC booted with their Froyo SD card?

The OP suggests that there are other, more difficult ways to get files onto the card -- if any of them involve the USB cable, and not WiFi, what are they?

 

[iamdrworm]

The OP suggests that there are other, more difficult ways to get files onto the card -- if any of them involve the USB cable, and not WiFi, what are they?

I believe you can use adb in the same way you copied the Google apps over. I haven't gotten around figuring out the right way. I'm in need of a better way to transfer too, as Browsix doesn't work for me, and Dropbox isn't fast enough.

 

[rootkit123]

I believe you can use adb in the same way you copied the Google apps over. I haven't gotten around figuring out the right way. I'm in need of a better way to transfer too, as Browsix doesn't work for me, and Dropbox isn't fast enough.

I haven't verified if I did it right, but I think it's as simple as pushing a directory from the computer onto the /sdcard partition using ADB. I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned in the OP, as IMO it's about as sophisticated as installing apps in order to slowly transfer files over wifi.

So let's say you've got a directory of mp3s you'd like to move onto your froyo SD card. The mp3s currently reside at C:/Music/Stones and you'd like them to go to /sdcard/mp3s/stones. With your NC connected through USB, SDK running, and in your CMD window under the appropriate directory, you'd go..

adb push C:/Music/Stones \sdcard\mp3s\stones

Is that right? I've copied a bunch of stuff over, now I need to go on the NC and verify if it's there using Root Explorer, I guess.

EDIT: This worked for me, and Dr Worm got it right, I got my slashes backwards.

 

[iamdrworm]

adb push C:/Music/Stones \sdcard\mp3s\stones

You got your slashes mixed up. Windows uses \ while linux uses /

 

[roberto]

That works.

 

[Pudmunkie]

Adb push is how I have been doing it as well. It's becoming easier each time I do it... would be nice to just drag and drop, but oh well.

 

[rootkit123]

Adb push is how I have been doing it as well. It's becoming easier each time I do it... would be nice to just drag and drop, but oh well.

It's not drag and drop, but it's right-click and "Send To" if you're windows. Go here to learn more...
[REF] Making use of Windows "Send to" menu - xda-developers

And pudmunkie is a terrific handle. Well done.

 

[mikeyonline]

The following are frequently asked questions
20. How can I get wifi to stay on with the screen off?

Get a market app called Soft Locker.

All right so I downloaded the app called Soft Locker and set it to enable, my wifi still turns off on my nook color.

Here's the market link of the app that I used, maybe I got the wrong one....

https://market.android.com/details?id=otis8.softlocker&feature=search_result
Any other suggestions.

 

[jamdmyers]

Need SD space for CW recovery Flash from ROM mgr

In the initial Tips Will indicates to use EASEUS to recliam all the left data on the sdcard for use. I was using trying to flash CW recovery from ROM MGR and it was failing, I found I needed to free space on the SD card (500 meg which was prob overkill for CWrcvy) but then it flashed ok after...

 

[shaundiesel]

Can we get the links in the OP fixed?

New market is dead...so is android.policy.jar

Would like to apply these fixes. Thanks.

 

[mrlingo]

Nookie froyo is rooted by default. The root state of your stock ROM (if you're running nookie from SD) should have no effect on this.

When you open Root Explorer, it should give you the option to grant it SuperUser permissions or not. If you accidentally denied it, open the SuperUser app and change it.

If you posted in the wrong thread and are asking about the stock ROM, then yes, you'll have to be rooted.

what about if we're using Honeycomb? when i open root explorer it says i dont have root access and no superuser notice pops up. when i pull up the superuser app there isnt anything listed

 

[Clak]

I've tried updating the market a few times and I always getting an error about parsing the file.

 

[drwohl]

I used Easus as instructed, and after applying the change Easus tells me that the SD card (FAT32) has about 6500 MB. (It's an 8GB card). But when I insert it into my NC, it reports only 118 MB. Do I need to reformat the card?

 

[vluc]

Thanks for all your work on this, Will. I used browsix to move some files (pics) to the partition I made with emp. While I can see them in root explorer and can get gallery to open them there, I can't access them through gallery itself, shows no files.for example.

 

[MrG]

When you use adb to push video files to the SD card partition, do you :

1. first load shell: "adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system"
then
2. "adb push C:/Music/X-file \sdcard\mp3s\x-files"

I'm confused whether you should load the shell and specifically it should be mmcblkp4?

I've now found that dropbox and browsit are very slow and appear not to download large file sizes. tks for your help>G

 

[techienana]

When you use adb to push video files to the SD card partition, do you :

1. first load shell: "adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system"
then
2. "adb push C:/Music/X-file \sdcard\mp3s\x-files"

I'm confused whether you should load the shell and specifically it should be mmcblkp4?

I've now found that dropbox and browsit are very slow and appear not to download large file sizes. tks for your help>G

I'm no expert at this but you have your slashes backwards. \ is for Windows and / for adb. I was able to load my files to the NC by zipping them first, moving them to the platform-tools folder (I renamed mine to T!) and then using the push command. For example:

ad push music.zip /sdcard/

I don't know if I did something wrong or not, but if I tried to push directly to the folder on the sd card, I got a weird result. It was very simple, though, to move the zip file to the proper folder and then unzip the file right into the same folder.

One caution: don't try to zip too many files into the same zip file. I zipped a whole bunch of them together (yeah, now I know) and the zip file took almost an hour to tell me it was too big. A few zipped folders at a time works very well.

HTH but if a real expert wants to weigh in here, I will benefit too.

Edited to add: I figured out my problem with transferring files directly to the folder I want them in: the folder/file names. Apparently the names have to be formatted 'Foldername' (of FolderName) instead of Windows style 'Folder Name' in order to push them. I changed the names and now I can transfer directly to the folder I choose. It's the little things that get you!

 

[mgmuldoon]

I cannot find Root Explorer. Do I have to download it from somewhere?