[ROM] CM7 SD Bootable, w/ experimental BT working.

[Divine_Madcat]

Notes: First off, I take no credit for this, other than posting it here to make it more visible to those who might otherwise miss this. This was originally made and posted by "verygreen" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12023893&postcount=7

btw, those eager to try external keyboard already can give it a try with all the BT progress made by fattire (the real hero).

Since I want to stay on the safe side myself, I compiled this 2G SD image that you can boot into and have working bluetooth (keyboard and external audio confirmed working). Of course use at your own risk and such:

http://handhelds.ru/nook/2g_bt_card_image.img.gz

go to settings -> wireless & networks
make sure that bluetooth is enabled and then you can explore and pair devices in "bluetooth settings" there.

Range so far is in the area of 13", so usable for a keyboard at least.

Hopefully the author (verygreen) will be able to post here and support users, especially since this is the first public SD build of CM7. I plan on trying this myself tonight, but since i am at work, i cannot do so yet. Any feedback will be great for the author and community.

Have at it folks!

[rohit275]

You guys are absolutely amazing. I'm going to try this the first moment I get. I love this community!

[bassrebel]

U guys rock!

Thanks everyone for your hard work!

[computercarl]

Just threw it on a Lexar Calss 4 8gb, and it ran nice, and discovered my eris via BT, but that's as far as I got. I plan to play more this weekend, but I'm sure everyone else will be playing with it in the next 15 minutes ;)

[barrist]

awesome work! I think i may wait until it's incorporated into the CM7 nightlies as I like running from eMMC rather than SD, but good to see this getting going.!

good to see range up to 13'!

EDIT: whoops noticed it was 13 inches not feet. my bad!

[acomiskey]

Paired successfully to my Jawbone.

[thefamousmoe]

planning on trying this out as soon as I get home. one question. what happens with the rest of the space on an 8 gig SD card? is it accessible?

[bitnerd]

planning on trying this out as soon as I get home. one question. what happens with the rest of the space on an 8 gig SD card? is it accessible?

You can just resize the 4th partition to take advantage of the whole card - otherwise it's lost

Sadly I booted it up fine and it looks great but I couldn't get bluetooth to turn on on my Nook. I also couldn't get it to connect to my WPA2 wireless so I had to reboot back to my usual OS. Looks promising, though

[obsidianblackhawk]

Sadly I booted it up fine and it looks great but I couldn't get bluetooth to turn on on my Nook.

Same thing happened to me a when i tried this as well.

[Jiggity Janx]

good to see range up to 13'!

Just to dispel before rumors start or people say it doesn't work, based on what I read, it is 13" (inches). Think the original discussion said possibly 1-5 feet. Don't want people to walk 10 feet with their headset on and say there's issues...


GREAT WORK DEVS!

[wgarrido]

I have it on a SanDisk 4gb class 4 i think and running well. Does flash work well?

[Arbelzapf]

I wish I had a BT keyboard or gamepad to try this out right now. This is definetely one of the most important developments in Nook Clor history. The (affordable) ultra-portable hybrid netbook has finally become a reality. A huge hanks to everyone involved!!

[thefamousmoe]

how would I extend the partition? Through Disk Utility? I'm on a mac.

[lekofraggle]

When I made my HC image, I had to use fusion and grab the partition app everyone on here uses for windows. All the terminal or disk utility commands said card was unwriteable. I bet there is a Linux utility that terminal will support, but I did not find it.

Good luck. Will post the app name when I am at my computer.

~Leko

[riceknight]

Sorry for the noob question, but is there any way I can get market on this? Not sure how to do it running off SD.

[thefamousmoe]

for some reason it isn't booting into cm7. I guess I am going to format the card and try again. Would the best way to format it just be to do it directly on the nook?

also easeus worked with windows bootcamp. It was easy to increase the partition.

[mathrock]

I use parted and gparted on Linux to resize SD card image partitions.


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[thefamousmoe]

got it running. seems to be running fine.

I know this is a stupid question because I'm sure it is answered somewhere but I couldn't find it. Does CM7 come with the market or do I need to download it? If so, from where? Thanks!

edit : OK I actually did find the answer. You have to flash the GAPPS separately. Instructions/Download link here.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barnes_%26_Noble_Nook_Color:_Full_ Update_Guide

Haven't actually tried this yet, I am about to. But it should work. Crosses fingers.

[stilger]

Sorry for the noob question, but is there any way I can get market on this? Not sure how to do it running off SD.

I was able to get Market working on this SD image using the Honeycomb market fix:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

The only thing I did different was get the more recent gapps.

BTW - Thanks to verygreen for the first SD version of CM7 I was able to find.

I could not get Bluetooth to work (didn't spend alot of time.).


More Technical Information Proceed at your own risk


To extend the 4th partition I inserted the card into my Linux box and then deleted the 4th partition and then recreated it will all the space and then formated it with mkfs.vfat


# unmount all mounted partitions on the sdcard (A# is your sdcard letter like) sdd
umount /dev/sdA#
umount /dev/sdA#
# etc..
cfdisk /dev/sdA
# Delete 4th partition
# Recreate 4th partition as primary with all remaining space
# Set 4th partition type to 0C (same as 1st partiton)
# Write changes to disk
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdA4 #Should be the number of the new partition you set up.


It also mounted the first fat32 partition as my SDCard. I had to modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the mount partition from auto to 4 to get it to see the partition 4 fat32 partition.


adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
# modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the auto portion of line:
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
# to
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot


Hope this helps and does not confuse!

[luciferii]

Got it working with my foldable pda bluetooth keyboard. Im gonna see if i now cant get that bluetooth to work with froyo.

Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 (zoom2)/Tapatalk Pro

[thefamousmoe]

ok. I cannot boot into clockwork recovery for some reason. I flashed it from rom manager, but it just boots directly into cm7. Should I be holding down power + volume up or something like that?

I guess I'll try the honeycomb fix. Are there certain drivers that I need for adb? I have used adb with my droid x before, and I had to download certain motorola drivers for it to work.

edit : nvm

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB

[Nooter]

This is going to be a fun weekend!

[celticchrys]

Lovely to get to try CM7 via SD. I am unable to get Bluetooth to turn on. It tries, and then un-checks itself.

How would a person go about adding Google Apps to this image?

** EDIT **
Nevermind, I followed the posted instructions. The only other dilemna I have is that I installed this on an 8GB SD card, and altough I resized the 4th partition to use all leftover space, In "Settings" under "Storage", it says I have 116 MB total space on sdcard and 594 Total space in Internal storage. /mnt/emcc has 5.00GB. Can I install apps to /mnt/emcc ? Or what is the best way to make use of this space?

Please pardon the confusion.

** EDIT 2**
Now have the partition size sorted thanks to this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12031311&postcount=19

[thefamousmoe]

stilger

How did you adb into just the sd card? I haven't rooted my noot yet, just been running Froyo and now Cm7 from the sd card. The instructions say I need to have a rooted nook.

[riceknight]

I was able to get Market working on this SD image using the Honeycomb market fix:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

The only thing I did different was get the more recent gapps.



Thanks soo much! This worked like a charm.

[verygreen]

stilger

How did you adb into just the sd card? I haven't rooted my noot yet, just been running Froyo and now Cm7 from the sd card. The instructions say I need to have a rooted nook.

Once you boot from the SD card, you start to run rooted android image and you can adb into it. (see the instructions to update the device id so that adb knows nook is compatible with it).

[stilger]

stilger

How did you adb into just the sd card? I haven't rooted my noot yet, just been running Froyo and now Cm7 from the sd card. The instructions say I need to have a rooted nook.

Well if your booted off this SD card image your not running off your regular nook (eclair) image this SD card (CM7) image is already rooted. I assume CM7 is out of the box open and doesn't need to be rooted.

[thefamousmoe]

ok that makes sense. Thanks!

[ADude]

I also couldn't get it to connect to my WPA2 wireless so I had to reboot back to my usual OS.
Just so people do not take that as definitive, I wanted to report that WPA2 is working fine for me.

And a question in return:

- When Android Date & Time says "Automatic - use network provided values", does it mean Cellphone Network, or does it look for some sort of time server on my home LAN, or will it locate my ISP and use that as timezone ?

[stilger]

ok. I cannot boot into clockwork recovery for some reason. I flashed it from rom manager, but it just boots directly into cm7. Should I be holding down power + volume up or something like that?

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_USB_ADB

I couldn't get into Clockwork either. I did not spend alot of time trying though. I did tried holding N and also the reboot to recovery from Rom Manager. Neither worked.

BUT when i took the SD card out and booted my nook normal (rooted eclair) it went to recovery on first boot. So it must be telling it to go to the internal memory recovery which it never gets to because its booting off of SD first.

[stilger]

Just so people do not take that as definitive, I wanted to report that WPA2 is working fine for me.

And a question is return:

- When Android Date & Time says "Automatic - use network provided values", does it mean Cellphone Network, or does it look for some sort of time server on my home LAN, or will it locate my ISP and use that as timezone ?

WPA2 worked for me as well. You will need to set your time. It does not get it from your local network. The Automatic is only if your on a cell provider network.

[drivenapollo]

flashed on an 8gb patriot class 10. No problems loading. Loaded right up, and am now going to work on getting the market installed as the per the instruction above. Thanks again for the hard work. This is what i have been waiting for since the origional cm7 release for the nook. I like to keep the rooted stock 2.1 just incase.

[verygreen]

I couldn't get into Clockwork either. I did not spend alot of time trying though. I did tried holding N and also the reboot to recovery from Rom Manager. Neither worked.

BUT when i took the SD card out and booted my nook normal (rooted eclair) it went to recovery on first boot. So it must be telling it to go to the internal memory recovery which it never gets to because its booting off of SD first.

This sd image does not have CWR I think, at least they don't include it in CM7 builds.

[verygreen]

Also, for those reporting BT as non-working.
Make sure you power off before booting with the SD image, not just soft-boot from your normal nook image into the sd card.

[stilger]

This sd image does not have CWR I think, at least they don't include it in CM7 builds.

It looks like it tries to install. It puts something on the first fat32 partition for clockwork and Rom Manager says its installed. It just cant boot to it for some reason. I think it sets it to boot from recovery but somehow does not use the SD card recovery...

[stilger]

Also, for those reporting BT as non-working.
Make sure you power off before booting with the SD image, not just soft-boot from your normal nook image into the sd card.


I tried a Hard Power and bluetooth is still not working. I can not get it to enable. :(

[verygreen]

I tried a Hard Power and bluetooth is still not working. I can not get it to enable. :(

Hm.
So far people are reporting that hard poweroff helps them.

Anyway the other trick that used to work was this:

you might want to change /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini (when booted from the SD image)
(you need to remount /system read-write first of course)
look for BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2 line
change it to BThWlanCoexistEnable = 1
save the file
power off the nook again and then turn it back on and boot from SD.

[EpicFail236]

Nothing for me either, after a hard reboot. Logcat shows an error:

E/bluedroid( 999): bt_enable: Timeout waiting for HCI device to come up

if that helps. going to try the ini file edit and see if that helps.

[stilger]

Hm.
So far people are reporting that hard poweroff helps them.

Anyway the other trick that used to work was this:

you might want to change /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini (when booted from the SD image)
(you need to remount /system read-write first of course)
look for BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2 line
change it to BThWlanCoexistEnable = 1
save the file
power off the nook again and then turn it back on and boot from SD.

Ok this worked. :) Thanks.. I can see my Palm Pre and a Bluetooth Headset. Finding my bluetooth GPS now to test. :)

[Mikey]

Ok this worked. :) Thanks.. I can see my Palm Pre and a Bluetooth Headset. Finding my bluetooth GPS now to test. :)

Im curious about this as well, mine isn't playing nice with the Nook

[thefamousmoe]

does anyone know if flash player works with this build? If so, do we have to do anything special to install it or just download it from the market? Also is it overclockable?


edit: its like every time I ask a question, I figure it out. Flash player looks like it is working. I am able to run Playon pretty good. The movie is just starting but it might have been a bit jittery. Can't really tell until after the credits. Anyways, I just downloaded it from the market and then had to restart.

edit: I did it again! Ok, you can overclock CM7 to 925 MHz. It is under Cyanogen mod settings. Wonder why on the froyo build I could overclock to 1.1 ghz....

[stilger]

Ok this worked. :) Thanks.. I can see my Palm Pre and a Bluetooth Headset. Finding my bluetooth GPS now to test. :)

Bluetooth GPS is paired but not connected. Getting some GPS software to test.

[Mikey]

Bluetooth GPS is paired but not connected.

Same here .......

[drivenapollo]

Got market installed perfectly. I know it was posted prior on how to install market but i did not have adb installed. What i did was:

download the combo pack here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910008

Then I went to: http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market and followed the directions exactly.

It worked like a charm. I am using the older gapps, but happy that i have them. Thanks to stilger for his earlier directions to help me. :)

[stilger]

Bluetooth GPS is paired but not connected. Getting some GPS software to test.

WORKED! Had to Install Bluetooth GPS Provider from the market. Started the service and BAM.. Accurate to 1 meter on google maps!

[thefamousmoe]

i want to say for anyone messing with adb on a mac. You have to put ./adb instead of just adb per the instructions. that gave me a headache figuring that out.

[ADude]

Paired successfully to my Jawbone.

Which is appropriate because they were both designed by the same guy.

[thefamousmoe]

Also, for anyone who was confused about why the lockscreen looked weird....


To fix lockscreen: CyanogenMod Settings > Lockscreen > Style options > Lockscreen Style > Sliding Tab

[Hadelo]

WORKED! Had to Install Bluetooth GPS Provider from the market. Started the service and BAM.. Accurate to 1 meter on google maps!

I can confirm this.
Used Bluetooth GPS Provider and GPS Status.

For the people who are looking for an offline navigation i can recommend Navit.
http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Navit_on_Android

[Mikey]

WORKED! Had to Install Bluetooth GPS Provider from the market. Started the service and BAM.. Accurate to 1 meter on google maps!

Has my right in my bedroom :) on satellite look :)

Time to try it out driving too the bar.
Thanks again to the feature i have been dieing for :)

[thefamousmoe]

ok so I used easus to extend my partition, and it said it was extended. It even shows a full 6.5 gigs when I hook it up to my computer. However, the nook is still only seeing it as 115 mb. I even formatted the partition using disk utility, again it says 6.5 gigs free. Any suggestions?

[stilger]

ok so I used easus to extend my partition, and it said it was extended. It even shows a full 6.5 gigs when I hook it up to my computer. However, the nook is still only seeing it as 115 mb. I even formatted the partition using disk utility, again it says 6.5 gigs free. Any suggestions?

Read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12031311&postcount=19 that I posted earlier in this thread and do the second section. It mounts the first fat32 partition as sdcard. It needs to be changed to the 4th partition per my instructions.

[thefamousmoe]

ok I'll try that. I was trying to do the first section earlier and it wouldn't work because I didn't know the correct commands on a mac, so I kind of gave up trying that. But I see the second section is entirely different. Thanks a lot.

[stilger]

ok I'll try that. I was trying to do the first section earlier and it wouldn't work because I didn't know the correct commands on a mac, so I kind of gave up trying that. But I see the second section is entirely different. Thanks a lot.

Someone earlier said adb was not in the path when running for a mac so you need to cd to the directory it is installed in and run ./adb instead of plain adb when running those commands.

[thefamousmoe]

lol yea that was me that said that. getting adb to work on a mac was weird. I couldn't get the path to work correctly, so that is what I had to do.

alright! that seemed to do the trick. Thanks a lot! You've helped me a lot today. lol

[aludal]

Has my right in my bedroom :) on satellite look :)

Time to try it out driving too the bar.
Thanks again to the feature i have been dieing for :)
Drink there something very green to the verygreen's health

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[ADude]

The directions to install ADB drivers in Windows XP (Easy USB ADB installer) does not work when my unrooted Nook Color is running this CM7 uSD card - it cannot find the drivers.

Aha - in the Easy USB ADB thread, someone mentioned manually pointing to the folder, instead of "search automatically" and that worked.

[webvan]

Able to connect to my Bluetooth GPS too here but it times out after a couple of minutes and only reconnects if I reboot the NC :-(

YouTube videos are not playing for me, anyone have luck with that?

Looks like Google Maps Navigation is not getting installed at the same time as Google Maps ?

[diomark]

Looks like Google Maps Navigation is not getting installed at the same time as Google Maps ?

Run google maps and try to navigate somewhere. You'll then see a navigation shortcut appear in your app drawer.

-m

[webvan]

You have the Navigation icon? I'd thought of trying that, but no go, the Google Apps installation wizard crashed towards the end so maybe that has something to do with it...thinking of starting from scratch.

[riceknight]

Read this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12031311&postcount=19 that I posted earlier in this thread and do the second section. It mounts the first fat32 partition as sdcard. It needs to be changed to the 4th partition per my instructions.

Is there any way to easily do this in windows? I extended my 4th partition using a partition magic, but not sure about the second step.

[ADude]

I assume that 11223344556677 is the dummy serial number of this CM7 install ?

[verygreen]

I assume that 11223344556677 is the dummy serial number of this CM7 install ?

It's a dummy serial number hardcoded in the kernel source for now.

[stilger]

Is there any way to easily do this in windows? I extended my 4th partition using a partition magic, but not sure about the second step.

The second step is using windows and adb. The problem is windows cant see the other partitions so you have to either put the sdcard in a linux box and find the correct partition and modify the /etc/vold.fstab or follow my instructions to modify it using adb. There might be an editor for android that you can use but when i tried vi in a terminal i could not save and exit. (lack of esc on keyboard)

[thefamousmoe]

you might be able to use root explorer and save it from there?

[riceknight]

The second step is using windows and adb. The problem is windows cant see the other partitions so you have to either put the sdcard in a linux box and find the correct partition and modify the /etc/vold.fstab or follow my instructions to modify it using adb. There might be an editor for android that you can use but when i tried vi in a terminal i could not save and exit. (lack of esc on keyboard)

Yeah sorry I feel like an idiot, I misread something and thought I needed a linux box. I followed the steps in adb and it should be working fine. Thank you soooo much for the help. I really appreciate it.

*edit - ugh... now the nook can't find SD card... I'll look over the partition again to see if I didn't mess something up. I double checked the vold.fstab and it looks good.

[wmadan]

I can confirm that I could pair my Think Outside Stowaway bluetooth keyboard and it works! I also rebooted to the SD image and the settings retained the pairing. Cool.

Also the little built-in stand that is supposed to prop up your smartphone is also sturdy enough to prop up the Nook Color in landscape mode.

[stilger]

FYI - I tried Copilot live with my bluetooth GPS and it appears to work as well. Ill get a chance tomorrow to actually try it on the road. Great JOB everyone involved.

[webvan]

No GPS lost connections? Which Bluetooth GPS tool are you using?

Any luch getting Google Maps Navigation to appear in your App list?

[ADude]

Many thanks to very helpful people like stilger and verygreen amongst others.

The suggestions in the thread regarding Market and ADB worked beautifully and I just finished reading a mail in Gmail App.

CM7 seems cleaner and more straightforward than Froyo (although I do like Honeycomb, and look forward to builds here with Flash after 3/18). So far, surprisingly stable.

BTW, for the noobs, in the Honeycomb Google Apps and Market:
unzip gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip
adb remount

What you actually have to do is use your usual unzip program to unzip it in the same folder as adb.exe, then open a command window in that folder, and then issue the DOS command "adb remount" (and you can use cut and paste for all the succeeding lines).

And, I went to:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version

scrolled down to the bottom, and then up slightly to " CyanogenMod 7" line to download the latest version from only 4 days ago.

[RikF]

Paired to my laptop and running PPT Remote (the holy grail of my nook experience). Range is obviously too low to be practical, and it is a little flaky on connecting to the server initially. I'll try to get hold of a faster card to see if that is part of that problem (I'm running off a class 2 - don't laugh!) But once it is connected it seems to be rock solid. Hats off to the developers.

[thefamousmoe]

actually I am having a bit more trouble. The market will not show all of the apps I want to download. For example, Im trying to download tweetdeck and it is not showing. Any ideas?

[Nooter]

actually I am having a bit more trouble. The market will not show all of the apps I want to download. For example, Im trying to download tweetdeck and it is not showing. Any ideas?


Location Based Market Apps

If you find yourself unable to search for Apps in the Market that are location based, for example Weatherbug or Tweetdeck, try the following procedure.

Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All -> Market
Clear Cache then Force Stop -- DO NOT clear data

Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All -> Google Services Framework
Clear data then Force Stop

Reboot
After the device is back online, try searching for the apps again.


From here: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor:_Nookie_Froyo_Tips#3rd-Party_App_support

[Nooter]

I'm having issues using my Samsung WEP475 BT headset.
I'm able to pair and connect, but when I tap the talk button on my headset, the Voice Dialer pops up, and the Nook says "Spea- Goodbye."

Is this because the Dialer/Voice Dialer are looking for hardware hooks that don't exist?

I'm still waiting for Google Voice Search to download; looks like signing into my Google Account caused Market to try to simultaneously download the dozens of apps I had on my Phiremod install. Yikes!

Update:
No, this is still a problem, even with Google Voice Search: "Audio problem".
With Voice Dialer, I get "Speak now- Goodbye.", "Connection to headset lost".

Tried multiple reboots. Anyone have any suggestions?

[thefamousmoe]

That was the first thing I tried. To no avail. I'll try it again though. Maybe I did something wrong.

yea I just did it again. That didn't work. :(

[lafester]

That was the first thing I tried. To no avail. I'll try it again though. Maybe I did something wrong.

yea I just did it again. That didn't work. :(

keep trying. it will work.

[thefamousmoe]

keep trying. it will work.

I cant tell if you are joking or not. I've done it three times.

[shaxs]

This is awesome!

Is there anyway to move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen instead of the top?

[lschroeder]

I used Win32DiskImager to write extracted image to class 4 4gb sandisk. I just had it overwrite my HoneyComb sd ROM. Did not reformat.

I moved some music over with my mac to emmc My Files. It mounted 3 nook drives (partitions and drives). Disconnected using proper procedures.

Tried to do below. Was not able to do until I restarted the nook
go to settings -> wireless & networks
make sure that bluetooth is enabled and then you can explore and pair devices in "bluetooth settings" there.

Left Nook scan for bluetooth while holding power button on bluetooth headset. Lauched music program found my album and started playing songs.

Will try my friend's bluetooth keyboard tommorrow.

[Nooter]

That was the first thing I tried. To no avail. I'll try it again though. Maybe I did something wrong.

yea I just did it again. That didn't work. :(

Sorry about that. The only other thing is protected apps: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor:_Nookie_Froyo_Tips#Access_Protected_mark et_apps

[RikF]

Now paired to Logitech diNovo keyboard - works perfectly. I see a small bluetooth keyboard in my future...

[rawker]

Worked great for me got my wiimote working with it.

[webvan]

Ok I have the Navigation (blue triangle) icon now,the trick was to uninstall and then reinstall Google Maps WITH the Bluetooth GPS connected. Drove around with Google Maps Navigation (connected to my tethered iPad) and it ran fine.

I still find the NC's screen to be not very sensitive to touch commands but that ROM really takes it to another level, thanks again!

YouTube videos still don't play though, that's a bummer, anyone figured that out?

[lschroeder]

How do I load update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-sd-031111.zip OC Kernal built for this ROM?

Do I use adb? I have been searching here, dev thread, and HoneyComb sd card thread?

[DigitalMD]

Perhaps this will work well.
http://www.dragonext.com/49-keys-mini-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-for-smart-phones-ipad-iphone-ps3-computer.html

~$30

Cheers

[rchir]

that same keyboard on ebay for around $15

yes it will take a while to arrive

Perhaps this will work well.
http://www.dragonext.com/49-keys-mini-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-for-smart-phones-ipad-iphone-ps3-computer.html

~$30

Cheers

[danbutter]

I still find the NC's screen to be not very sensitive to touch commands but that ROM really takes it to another level, thanks again!


Really? I find that I can't even come close to the screen. Mine will register a press when I'm not even touching it...almost too sensitive.

Made zero changes.

[stilger]

FYI - I tried Copilot live with my bluetooth GPS and it appears to work as well. Ill get a chance tomorrow to actually try it on the road. Great JOB everyone involved.

OK, I tried Copilot live today and it worked great. Had it take me to multiple locations and it was spot on. Voices and everything worked. I guess the next thing to try is WiFi tether my nook with my pre and then try Google navigation with the Bluetooth GPS. I think someone said they tried this with their IPAD and tethering it to the nook so I am sure it works already.

[ADude]

Perhaps this will work well.
http://www.dragonext.com/49-keys-mini-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-for-smart-phones-ipad-iphone-ps3-computer.html

What ??

What is the point of that - it is the same tiny cramped keyboard of a phone !

:confused:

[celticchrys]

Hm.
So far people are reporting that hard poweroff helps them.

Anyway the other trick that used to work was this:

you might want to change /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini (when booted from the SD image)
(you need to remount /system read-write first of course)
look for BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2 line
change it to BThWlanCoexistEnable = 1
save the file
power off the nook again and then turn it back on and boot from SD.

This also worked for me! Bluetooth comes on, and sees and connects to my Motorola BT headset. Also able to see and pair with my CDMA HTC Desire BravoC).

CM7 from SD seems much more smooth than Nookie Froyo from SD.

**EDIT**
Everything seems great now except Youtube. I installed Flash player 10.1, rebooted, and still get these messages:
In the Youtube app, "There was a problem while playing. Touch to retry."
In Dolphin with desktop user agent, , I get "You need to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to watch this video." With Android user agernt, I get "Sorry, this video cannot be played."

[aloant]

Perhaps this will work well.
http://www.dragonext.com/49-keys-mini-wireless-bluetooth-keyboard-for-smart-phones-ipad-iphone-ps3-computer.html

~$30

Cheers

I have it, and while it does work on the Nook, the keyboard's rubber keys are hard to type on. I paid around ~$15 on eBay.

[celticchrys]

Has anyone thought of trying something like these with their Nook Color? I have not tried them and am not affiliated with these sellers, but I'm curious about them:
http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Carabiner-Samsung/dp/B004NR0PWY
http://www.amazon.com/Portfolio-Protector-Wireless-Bluetooth-Samsung/dp/B004NEKKH2

[TchnclFl]

Has anyone thought of trying something like these with their Nook Color? I have not tried them and am not affiliated with these sellers, but I'm curious about them:
http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Carabiner-Samsung/dp/B004NR0PWY
http://www.amazon.com/Portfolio-Protector-Wireless-Bluetooth-Samsung/dp/B004NEKKH2

I can't see why they wouldn't work, but no, I have not personally tried them.

[Tschumi]

This also worked for me! Bluetooth comes on, and sees and connects to my Motorola BT headset. Also able to see and pair with my CDMA HTC Desire BravoC).

CM7 from SD seems much more smooth than Nookie Froyo from SD.


I have that feeling too. It also loads faster [but that might be a Class 6 vs class 4 sdcard]
I managed to pair it and listen to music with a Muses 802 A2BD headset. Works perfect.

[webvan]

OK, I tried Copilot live today and it worked great. Had it take me to multiple locations and it was spot on. Voices and everything worked. I guess the next thing to try is WiFi tether my nook with my pre and then try Google navigation with the Bluetooth GPS. I think someone said they tried this with their IPAD and tethering it to the nook so I am sure it works already.
That was me and yes it works fine.

Also stuck with YouTube, odd.

Would also be interested in finding out how the build on the SD card can be updated.

[verygreen]

That was me and yes it works fine.

Also stuck with YouTube, odd.

Would also be interested in finding out how the build on the SD card can be updated.

It's the same CM7 thing as normal build
the only difference is rc.encore.init in ramdisk.
So feel free to just drop the changed files from your own CM7 build dir to the second partition on the SD card.
just don't touch xbin and you will be fine (some files there just require some special premissions. good thing is they don't change).

[webvan]

Thanks, would that be done via ADB ?

Is YouTube working for you?

[Humanio]

Great work with everything. I was waiting for sd bootable CM7 before trying emmc.

Just out of curiosity is anyone else having issues with WIFI? Wifi works but is painfully slow. Web pages often take minutes to load or refresh and installing apps from the market takes patience to say the least.

I'd like to know if anyone else is experience similar issues or if its something on my end. Thanks guys, and great work!

[celticchrys]

I have that feeling too. It also loads faster [but that might be a Class 6 vs class 4 sdcard]
I managed to pair it and listen to music with a Muses 802 A2BD headset. Works perfect.

Oh, that's excellent to know that the headset works! Thanks.
I was running nookie froyo on a class 6 card, and am running CM7 on a class 2 card, and CM7 is still smoother and more responsive.

[celticchrys]

It's the same CM7 thing as normal build
the only difference is rc.encore.init in ramdisk.
So feel free to just drop the changed files from your own CM7 build dir to the second partition on the SD card.
just don't touch xbin and you will be fine (some files there just require some special premissions. good thing is they don't change).

New dumb question: Would I add updates via adb, or should/can I in some fashion mount that partition in Windows to add files to it?

[verygreen]

New dumb question: Would I add updates via adb, or should/can I in some fashion mount that partition in Windows to add files to it?

You can do it in adb.
I am not familiar with windows, but if you can mount the ext4 filesystem there, you should be able to copy the files from windows as well

[verygreen]

Just out of curiosity is anyone else having issues with WIFI? Wifi works but is painfully slow. Web pages often take minutes to load or refresh and installing apps from the market takes patience to say the least.

I'd like to know if anyone else is experience similar issues or if its something on my end. Thanks guys, and great work!

Are you running with coexist setting at 1? There were some reports that wifi might have been affected in that case (though I did not notice it).
For me, wifi works at normal speeds while connected to an apple bt keyboard.

[chisleu]

I got 3/11 installed on eMMC and setup and all my apps configured and loving it! Then I see 3/12 has come out already! Now this?!?!?! Awesome. I received my class "10" Patriot 8gb today that I am going to load the 3/12 on. I have a couple questions.

I have been using WinImage to burn SD images to my SD card.

Does this bootable image include gapps and the overclocked kernel?
How does one expand this 2gb image to 8gb so I can get some of the storage space back?

I just ordered a BT keyboard to try: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823115003

Super excited!

[verygreen]

I have been using WinImage to burn SD images to my SD card.

Does this bootable image include gapps and the overclocked kernel?
How does one expand this 2gb image to 8gb so I can get some of the storage space back?

No, this image does not come with OC kernel, though you can grab dalingrin's latest one, unpack the zip file, grab the "kernel" file and write it instead of hte file named uImage on the first partition of the SD card.
It does not come with gapps either, though you can install them separately (instructions are in earlier messages).

Instructions on extending the image to have bigger fat partition at the end (and changing vold config so that it's actually used) were also posted earlier in this topic.

[pceasar]

Man my nook wont connect to Wifi, I am reburning the image because my wifi only connects to my Dell Streak and not my house wpa2 network.


Edit: Same crap, guess its back to froyo

[Nooter]

Great work with everything. I was waiting for sd bootable CM7 before trying emmc.

Just out of curiosity is anyone else having issues with WIFI? Wifi works but is painfully slow. Web pages often take minutes to load or refresh and installing apps from the market takes patience to say the least.

I'd like to know if anyone else is experience similar issues or if its something on my end. Thanks guys, and great work!


I'm having the exact same problem with WiFi. Pages work okay, but the second I try to download something, my connection stalls until I turn off and turn on WiFi on the Nook.

[CyborgDesire]

Thx, Works perfectly ! Great job !

Greetz,

Follow me @ Twitter : www.twitter.com/CyborgDesire for the latest news, updates and gadgets.

[ADude]

Instructions on extending the image to have bigger fat partition at the end (and changing vold config so that it's actually used) were also posted earlier in this topic.

The instructions on extending the image assumed that you have a linux box.

[chisleu]

The instructions on extending the image assumed that you have a linux box.

I do not, but if it is just a partition, I can extend it in windows. I just need to read the posts to see which one gets extended. Thanks! This thread isn't nearly as expansive as the others so I will seek the info out later tonight! :)

[chisleu]

Is this the 3/11 or 3/12 build?

[verygreen]

Is this the 3/11 or 3/12 build?

It's 3/11 with bt changes applied on top manually.

[shaxs]

Sorry to be repetitive, but is it possible to move the notification bar to the bottom of the screen instead of the top?

[lafester]

sure... just flash 2.1 stock rom.

[shaxs]

sure... just flash 2.1 stock rom.

No need to be smart about it. Obviously I am asking about CM7. If it cant be done just say so.

[lafester]

its been asked and answered many times.

[pceasar]

Anyone else having inability to connect via Wifi?

Edit: Fixed, was some issue with Dlink routers needing Adhoc wifi enabled

[shaxs]

its been asked and answered many times.

Not in the various threads I have read...but thanks for filling me in....

[thangnh]

Downloading speed is way too slow. Can someone post it somewhere? Thank you very much.

[frozn00]

I was able to get Market working on this SD image using the Honeycomb market fix:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

The only thing I did different was get the more recent gapps.

BTW - Thanks to verygreen for the first SD version of CM7 I was able to find.

I could not get Bluetooth to work (didn't spend alot of time.).


More Technical Information Proceed at your own risk


To extend the 4th partition I inserted the card into my Linux box and then deleted the 4th partition and then recreated it will all the space and then formated it with mkfs.vfat


# unmount all mounted partitions on the sdcard (A# is your sdcard letter like) sdd
umount /dev/sdA#
umount /dev/sdA#
# etc..
cfdisk /dev/sdA
# Delete 4th partition
# Recreate 4th partition as primary with all remaining space
# Set 4th partition type to 0C (same as 1st partiton)
# Write changes to disk
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdA4 #Should be the number of the new partition you set up.


It also mounted the first fat32 partition as my SDCard. I had to modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the mount partition from auto to 4 to get it to see the partition 4 fat32 partition.


adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
# modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the auto portion of line:
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
# to
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot


Hope this helps and does not confuse!

Trying to the gapps to install using the method above:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

I can do this with no errors, but by following these instructions it is installing the apps to /system/app. Shouldn't it be installing to some directory on the /sdcard/ since this ROM is booting from the sdcard? It is installing them to the actual NOOK memory not the sdcard? I can't get the apps to show up following this method but I am reading that most of you have. Trying to figure out what I am doing wrong? :/ I'm new to this as you can tell. Any help would be appreciated!

[ADude]

Trying to the gapps to install using the method above:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

I can do this with no errors, but by following these instructions it is installing the apps to /system/app. Shouldn't it be installing to some directory on the /sdcard/ since this ROM is booting from the sdcard? It is installing them to the actual NOOK memory not the sdcard? I can't get the apps to show up following this method but I am reading that most of you have. Trying to figure out what I am doing wrong? :/ I'm new to this as you can tell. Any help would be appreciated!

Your actual problem is "I can't get the apps to show up" so that should be first.

--

Since the method worked for me, I can assume that the notation means that /system is a relative location.

That means adb must point to the CM7 install, which probably occurred in my case, because I installed adb when the NC was running CM7.

If you previously installed adb before making the bootable uSD card, then you will have to research how to get adb to point to the CM7 install.

[lschroeder]

adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
# modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the auto portion of line:
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
# to
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb rebootHope this helps and does not confuse!

Before I did this in adb windows 7, I repartitioned my last partition to full size using EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Home Edition. My mac would recognize boot, Untitled, and MyNOOKcolor. The Untitled was the expanded 2.68 GB made with EASEUS software on windows. The android was still seeing only sdcard (boot) and MyNOOKcolor (emmc).

I have froyo 2.2 (phiremod nook Beta 2) installed in the emmc.

When I pushed the modified vold.fstab my mac now wanted to initialize after the boot image mounted, which I select ignore. I then went back to windows and edited the line back to original and repushed. Everything on the mac is back to normal.

Should switching auto to 4 be something else since I have phiremod 2.2 ROM installed in emmc? Should I initialize on the mac with the fix in? Any suggestions?

Edit: I just redid it again. Now the Android finds that expanded partition. Still have initialize, ignore, or eject option on the mac with MyNOOKColor showing. PC only sees MyNOOKColor. Guess I will have to use ADB to load files from windows 7. What do you think?

I pulled the card from the nook and put the card in a usb adapter. Now in the mac I see boot and untitled. The untitled being my expanded partition (yea). In window 7 usb adapter only sees boot. EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Home Edition see all the partitions.

I use Win32DiskImager.exe to backup the card. Type in c:\sdcardcm7backup.img in textbbox. Then use the read option. I switch to an sd adapter but the usb adapter should work.

[12paq]

Thanks for this. Bluetooth on the Nook is amazing.
Bluetooth would not turn on until I made the edits to "tiwlan.ini" that were posted earlier. Then it worked like a charm.

I have successful paired with My vibrant and moved files. In addition I have up and running my old foldable Stowaway keyboard from way back to my Dell Axim PDA days(yikes!). The little flip up stand on the keyboard works great in landscape mode. Very cool.

Now if only I had something to type...



Edit:
This change,

/system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini
BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2
changed it to BThWlanCoexistEnable = 1

broke my WiFi connection on wep, wifi stuck on optaining ip, then shuts off wifi.
Restoring the "tiwlan.ini" file to it previouse original state (BThWlanCoexistEnable = 2) restored my wifi and I still was again able to turn on and use Bluetooth. Odd. ?

[Humanio]

Are you running with coexist setting at 1? There were some reports that wifi might have been affected in that case (though I did not notice it).
For me, wifi works at normal speeds while connected to an apple bt keyboard.

Truthfully I'm not entirely sure. What is this setting and where do I change it?

I haven't tested BT yet as I currently have no need for it, but WIFI is really slow. Its taken me hours to download 2 apps from the market despite the face that wifi has full bars.

Any ideas? This wasn't an issue on stock or rooted Nook but I'd be very interested to learn more about the problem and a solution. Thanks again.

EDIT* Just remembered what the coexist was. I'll edit tiwlan.ini and report back with results. thanks.

[pceasar]

I was able to get Market working on this SD image using the Honeycomb market fix:

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

The only thing I did different was get the more recent gapps.

BTW - Thanks to verygreen for the first SD version of CM7 I was able to find.

I could not get Bluetooth to work (didn't spend alot of time.).


More Technical Information Proceed at your own risk


To extend the 4th partition I inserted the card into my Linux box and then deleted the 4th partition and then recreated it will all the space and then formated it with mkfs.vfat


# unmount all mounted partitions on the sdcard (A# is your sdcard letter like) sdd
umount /dev/sdA#
umount /dev/sdA#
# etc..
cfdisk /dev/sdA
# Delete 4th partition
# Recreate 4th partition as primary with all remaining space
# Set 4th partition type to 0C (same as 1st partiton)
# Write changes to disk
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdA4 #Should be the number of the new partition you set up.


It also mounted the first fat32 partition as my SDCard. I had to modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the mount partition from auto to 4 to get it to see the partition 4 fat32 partition.


adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
# modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the auto portion of line:
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
# to
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot


Hope this helps and does not confuse!

I am a little lost, for us windows guys are you saying its better to delete the 4th partition and recreate as fat than to just extend it in say Easus partition manager?

[stilger]

I am a little lost, for us windows guys are you saying its better to delete the 4th partition and recreate as fat than to just extend it in say Easus partition manager?

If you can extend it in windows great. I knew how to do what I wanted in Linux so thats how i did it.

[lschroeder]

If you can extend it in windows great. I knew how to do what I wanted in Linux so thats how i did it.

Just extend with the partition manager in windows (replaces whole first group). Then in windows adb pull it down, then open vold.fstab with notepad++ to change the "auto" to a "4". Save it. Then use windows adb to push it. You can cut and paste each line from your second group into the cmd window. Be sure to change the file,vold.fstab, with notepad++ (Linux format editor for windows) before you push it. Do not use notepad format it wrong.

You will have to download and install notepad++. Have to download and install EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Home Edition (new version is available).

STEPS
Extend with Partition Master

adb pull /etc/vold.fstab

modify and save in notepad++ change "auto" to "4"

adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot

[lschroeder]

I use Win32DiskImager.exe to backup the card. The same program I used to write the image.

Type in c:\sdcardcm7backup.img in textbbox. Then use the read option. You can use an sd adapter or usb adapter for your sd card. Just remove from your nook and insert it in one of these. The read option reads the card and writes the backup image to the name you gave it in the textbox. Be sure to use c:\name.img. The c:\ path is necessary otherwise you will get error 8.

You can backup you whole card with this. Install a larger or higher class card by using this backup image with Win32DiskImager.exe and EASEUS Partition Master. You will be able to start with everything just as you left it. Except now you have a faster or bigger sd card. I have used it with 4gb and 8gb cards plus class 4 and class 6 cards. I have not tried it with 16gb or 32gb cards. I think I might have read that these might cause problems. When moving to bigger you will need to use EASEUS Partition Master as the final step.

[webvan]

Ah so Easus works then? I tried with Acronis Disk Keeper but it was not seeing the partitions properly. You just extend the last partition and that's it?

Really? I find that I can't even come close to the screen. Mine will register a press when I'm not even touching it...almost too sensitive.
Made zero changes.
What about trying to a search in the market, that little search button is really hard to push!

So I'm not clear if anyone has gotten YouTube to work on this build?

[soonereng]

So I'm not clear if anyone has gotten YouTube to work on this build?

My understanding was it wouldn't work until DSP was fixed...

[bobo12]

My understanding was it wouldn't work until DSP was fixed...
This is an amazing build! Bluetooth worked and once I managed to manually push the relevant Google Apps files via ADB, I was able to connect to the market and download the app that lets me connect to my very old Freedom Universal Bluetooth Keyboard (the original one) and it worked!!! Excellent work! Once the Stock Reader applications are working http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976270, this will be my rom of choice!

[ADude]

If you can extend it in windows great. I knew how to do what I wanted in Linux so thats how i did it.

If I take the card I have been using, extend the partition, and then push the file with "4" instead of "auto"...

... will that mess up things that the Android OS previously did with what it thought was "sdcard" ?

[jtbnet]

Has anyone figured out how to boot to the sdcard cw recovery that seems to be present based on the files on /boot??? I actually did get it to boot into clockworks once but of course that time I didn't the GAPPS in the right directory to be able to flash them... I rebooted and ccopied the GAPPS zip to the right dir and then can't figure out how I got it to boot to clockworks recovery the first time... trying from rom manager ends up booting CM7, rebooting and choosing recovery also ends up in CM7 instead of recovery... If I hadn't gotten it to work once I'd believe it couldn't be done... but I did get to it that once....

[lschroeder]

If I take the card I have been using, extend the partition, and then push the file with "4" instead of "auto"...

... will that mess up things that the Android OS previously did with what it thought was "sdcard" ?

Yes, maybe. For example when I ran Titanium Backup the backups were on original sdcard. Then when I ran it again the backups are now on the extended partitions. Since it could not find the Backup folder it reported that there were no backups. When I ran the batch file again it rewrote out to my extended partition.

You definitely want it on the extended partition. For example when I used ES File Exploxer to stream from a window server it wrote a hugh temp file to limited auto partition. Now the stream temp file will be written to the extended partition.

[ADude]

More Technical Information Proceed at your own risk


To extend the 4th partition I inserted the card into my Linux box and then deleted the 4th partition and then recreated it will all the space and then formated it with mkfs.vfat


# unmount all mounted partitions on the sdcard (A# is your sdcard letter like) sdd
umount /dev/sdA#
umount /dev/sdA#
# etc..
cfdisk /dev/sdA
# Delete 4th partition
# Recreate 4th partition as primary with all remaining space
# Set 4th partition type to 0C (same as 1st partiton)
# Write changes to disk
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdA4 #Should be the number of the new partition you set up.


It also mounted the first fat32 partition as my SDCard. I had to modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the mount partition from auto to 4 to get it to see the partition 4 fat32 partition.


adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
# modify /etc/vold.fstab and change the auto portion of line:
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
# to
# dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 4 /devices/platform/mmci-omap-hs.0/mmc_host/mmc1
adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot


Hope this helps and does not confuse!

Okay, I did all this - thanks to all who provided suggestions like Easeus and Notepad++ - and the "sdcard" in the storage is listed as having 6gb now.

SO, how do I access this area ?

None of the usual methods that work when you have the ROM in the eMMC (putting the card in your PC, or connecting NC using USB) work here.

[lschroeder]

I had this experience. Which I copied from an earlier post of mine. "I just redid it again. Now the Android finds that expanded partition. Still have initialize, ignore, or eject option on the mac with MyNOOKColor showing. PC only sees MyNOOKColor. Guess I will have to use ADB to load files from windows 7. What do you think?

I pulled the card from the nook and put the card in a usb adapter. Now in the mac I see boot and untitled. The untitled being my expanded partition (yea). In window 7 usb adapter only sees boot. EASEUS Partition Master 7.0.1 Home Edition see all the partitions."

The redid it meant this was the second time I went through the procedure. When I reverse the auto to 4, that is 4 to auto, the mac could see expanded partition but the android file managers could not. Do it again caused the reverse, Android see, mac not. However when I pulled the card and put in a usb adapter the mac could find the extended partition. I guess the only way in windows is too push thing with adb. I am new at adb, so I am trying to figure that out now.

[lschroeder]

None of my methods from above are too good. Reversing the 4 to auto lets the mac see without pulling the card. I can then write to it. Then setting auto back to 4 lets the android find it but not the mac.

Pulling the card and putting in a usb adapter allows the mac to see the extended partition. I can then copied to it and then put in back in nook without the above trick.

On pc I will try to pursue adb techniques. If you know what I should do, let me know?

[PMDColeslaw]

Has anyone figured out how to boot to the sdcard cw recovery that seems to be present based on the files on /boot??? I actually did get it to boot into clockworks once but of course that time I didn't the GAPPS in the right directory to be able to flash them... I rebooted and ccopied the GAPPS zip to the right dir and then can't figure out how I got it to boot to clockworks recovery the first time... trying from rom manager ends up booting CM7, rebooting and choosing recovery also ends up in CM7 instead of recovery... If I hadn't gotten it to work once I'd believe it couldn't be done... but I did get to it that once....

Same issues here. I am unable to get into recovery at all with the SD in. When it reboots to go into recovery it sees the SD card and boots CM7 normally.

How are you supposed to flash gapps if you cant get into recovery?

[lschroeder]

How do I in windows 7 use adb to push a folder with mp3s to the expanded sd card partition?

Edit: This is what I figured out. Is there a different or better way? Getting it to mount directly in windows would be easier, but I can not figure out how.

Pushed a file (optional name or new name after /sdcard/ - in folder example I left optional name out)
adb push VulkanoPlayer.apk /sdcard/VulkanoPlayer.apk (note: could install directly but I wanted an example for moving a file)

Pushed a folder Neil Young Harvest to music directory with other albums in it
First zip it with the spaces in the folder name.

Rename the zip, Neil Young Harvest.zip, replacing spaces with _. Its name now is Neil_Young_Harvest.zip.

adb push Neil_Young_Harvest.zip /sdcard/music/

Used ES File Explorer to locate zip file. Long press and use extract to current path. The Neil Young Harvest folder with spaces is now in the music directory

[jtbnet]

Same issues here. I am unable to get into recovery at all with the SD in. When it reboots to go into recovery it sees the SD card and boots CM7 normally.

How are you supposed to flash gapps if you cant get into recovery?

I would have believed it would never work except for 2 reasons... folks have used bootable CWR cards for a while... and it booted to CWR the Once for me...

To get the GAPPS use the instructions we had to use for Honeycomb;

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

But wold be a lot easier if CWR would work...

[KDOG2020]

How do you get the image on the card? Winimage doesn't see it!

[Hextall]

How do you get the image on the card? Winimage doesn't see it!

Did you unzip it first with 7-zip?

[RoboRay]

How do you get the image on the card? Winimage doesn't see it!

What USB SD card reader are you using? If it's built in to the computer that may be your problem.

[lschroeder]

Okay, I did all this - thanks to all who provided suggestions like Easeus and Notepad++ - and the "sdcard" in the storage is listed as having 6gb now.

SO, how do I access this area ?

None of the usual methods that work when you have the ROM in the eMMC (putting the card in your PC, or connecting NC using USB) work here.

See my post 138

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12081230&postcount=138

[ADude]

How do I in windows 7 use adb to push a folder with mp3s to the expanded sd card partition?

Edit: This is what I figured out. Is there a different or better way? Getting it to mount directly in windows would be easier, but I can not figure out how.

Pushed a file (optional name or new name after /sdcard/ - in folder example I left optional name out)
adb push VulkanoPlayer.apk /sdcard/VulkanoPlayer.apk (note: could install directly but I wanted an example for moving a file)

Pushed a folder Neil Young Harvest to music directory with other albums in it
First zip it with the spaces in the folder name.

Rename the zip, Neil Young Harvest.zip, replacing spaces with _. Its name now is Neil_Young_Harvest.zip.

adb push Neil_Young_Harvest.zip /sdcard/music/

Used ES File Explorer to locate zip file. Long press and use extract to current path. The Neil Young Harvest folder with spaces is now in the music directory

I tried this with an individual file (rather than a zip) and it worked.

Thanks !

I had to reboot afterwards, otherwise there were problems on the NC.

[KDOG2020]

What USB SD card reader are you using? If it's built in to the computer that may be your problem.

Ok well what can I do about it? Do I need an external card reader?

[RoboRay]

Ok well what can I do about it? Do I need an external card reader?

A lot of internal card readers can't burn these images properly, which is why the instructions recommend using an external usb one.

[lschroeder]

@ ADude glad I was able to help.

Did you see my post on backing up #127, if you done a lot you might want to consider backing up the complete cm7 card as an img file. You can if anything goes wrong reburn it and be right where you are now. Make sure you use the read option with a complete path including drive in the text box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12071908&postcount=127

I did not have to reboot nook. There are so many variables who knows. In the notification I used the mount usb option. I do not think it is necessary when we use adb. I type adb devices to make sure that I am connected.

I then on the nook quit using usb (but still connected to my pc) and used ES File Explorer to look at what I had done. I then sent the zip over and unzip while still connected. It is true I have to shut down the windows machine to get adb to release. Then I unplug the usb from the pc. There might be a command in adb to release it.

[SCWells72]

Installed this today. I'm just glad to have a CM7 build that runs from SD rather than eMMC so I can run Gingerbread while preserving the stock ROM! Thanks so much for putting this together!

[webvan]

Yes, it's amazing that you can run a full OS from a memory card! It seems to boot up as fast as eMMC too?

One thing though, sometimes (generally on boot) I see a "synch" icon in the bar top right and while it's active the NC is very unresponsive. At first I thought it was Gmail synching but it takes way too long for that. Anyone else notice that and know what it's about?

[lschroeder]

Once you boot from the SD card, you start to run rooted android image and you can adb into it. (see the instructions to update the device id so that adb knows nook is compatible with it).

Thanks for the great ROM. I am little confused about uImage from kernel.zip you mentioned in another thread. I downloaded it and got uImage out.

I shut down my nc and removed the sd card. I installed it in a usb adapter and mounted on my mac. I copied from the boot drive the uImage to my mac and then replace the uImage from the fixed version.

I was having trouble connecting my friend's white apple blue tooth keyboard. It would recognize it but not pair it. He had named the white keyboard from his mac with his name.

Another friend had the silver keyboard. When we put in the pin number, it would reboot (I thought the fixed uImage was a possible fix for this problem)?

I am able to pair and connect my Sony DR-BT21G with the old and new uImage with no problems. Plays audio fine.

When I booted with ROM Manager option "Reboot into Recovery", manual recovery, this uImage restarted your ROM instead. Were the original uImage from B & N suppose to fix this?

[ADude]

I did not have to reboot nook.

Are you using any adb commands before and/or after "adb push" ?

PS Yes, I have been backing up using read in the image software. But it is good to state it again for others reading the thread.

The final information I will need - eventually - is "how to migrate my personal installation to a CM7 installation on the eMMC ?" (which is assuming that the B&N 2.2 update is still insufficient for my needs, even if rooted).

[verygreen]

Another friend had the silver keyboard. When we put in the pin number, it would reboot (I thought the fixed uImage was a possible fix for this problem)?

Yes, chances are the fixed uImage will fix this reboot.


When I booted with ROM Manager option "Reboot into Recovery", manual recovery, this uImage restarted your ROM instead. Were the original uImage from B & N suppose to fix this?

I am not very familiar with the recovery code so I cannot comment on this at all.
The kernel from kernel.zip should just match dalingrin's OC kernels, as I built it from his tree with his config, the only difference was bluetooth crash fix.

[PMDColeslaw]

How do I in windows 7 use adb to push a folder with mp3s to the expanded sd card partition?

Edit: This is what I figured out. Is there a different or better way? Getting it to mount directly in windows would be easier, but I can not figure out how.

Pushed a file (optional name or new name after /sdcard/ - in folder example I left optional name out)
adb push VulkanoPlayer.apk /sdcard/VulkanoPlayer.apk (note: could install directly but I wanted an example for moving a file)

Pushed a folder Neil Young Harvest to music directory with other albums in it
First zip it with the spaces in the folder name.

Rename the zip, Neil Young Harvest.zip, replacing spaces with _. Its name now is Neil_Young_Harvest.zip.

adb push Neil_Young_Harvest.zip /sdcard/music/

Used ES File Explorer to locate zip file. Long press and use extract to current path. The Neil Young Harvest folder with spaces is now in the music directory

There are 2 easier ways to do this. One is to use the NookColorUMS app that is installed on the nookie SD to mount the different partitions.

If you want to use adb then you can go this route:

In ADB enter these commands to mount the different partitions.

eMMC /boot partition:

echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file

SD Card /boot partition:

echo /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1/file

SD Card /sdcard Partition (storage):

echo /dev/block/mmcblk1p4 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1/file

You can mount any partition you like this way. "mmcblk0" is the eMMC and "mmcblk1" is the SDcard. The "p1" (partition 1) or "p4" (partition 4) specifies the partion of that disk you want to mount. once you enter the command and hit enter it should pop up a window just like when you plug in a thumb drive or whatever.

"lun0" and "lun1" are two virtual usb drives. So you can mount one partition to lun0 and another to lun1 at the same time.

I would NOT make changes to any /boot partition that is currently in use just to be safe. (boot from sd if you want to edit emmc /boot and boot emmc if you want to edit sd /boot)




I would have believed it would never work except for 2 reasons... folks have used bootable CWR cards for a while... and it booted to CWR the Once for me...

To get the GAPPS use the instructions we had to use for Honeycomb;

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

But wold be a lot easier if CWR would work...


I replaced the u-boot.bin file on the SD /boot with the one attached below and I am now able to boot into recover with the power + n button combo. However, when I flash stuff from cwr it flashes it to emmc instead of sd. :/

Not sure what to do from here...

[jtbnet]

...
I replaced the u-boot.bin file on the SD /boot with the one attached below and I am now able to boot into recover with the power + n button combo. However, when I flash stuff from cwr it flashes it to emmc instead of sd. :/

Not sure what to do from here...

THANX... that helps... I tried replacing the uRecRam and uRecImg but that didn't help... I would have expected the FS mounts would have been in the uRecRam (ramdisk) image... but if replacing the u-boot gets me one step further then at least it's progress...

[lschroeder]

There are 2 easier ways to do this. One is to use the NookColorUMS app that is installed on the nookie SD to mount the different partitions.

...

I would NOT make changes to any /boot partition that is currently in use just to be safe. (boot from sd if you want to edit emmc /boot and boot emmc if you want to edit sd /boot)

I replaced the u-boot.bin file on the SD /boot with the one attached below and I am now able to boot into recover with the power + n button combo. However, when I flash stuff from cwr it flashes it to emmc instead of sd. :/

Not sure what to do from here...

Thanks for your solutions.

I was just using the NookColorUMS app and getting ready to post it as an alternative. Your right it is much easier. Here is his thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11322639&postcount=1

"From NookColorUMS OP Compatibility mode will need to be disabled in Spare parts (reboot required)." I did this step first.

Do not use the usb notification to mount. Use NookColorUMS instead.

After the reboot I selected from his pull down 1st Mount point to be "Mount SD (4) Fourth Partition. Then I scroll to the bottom and pressed CONFIRM button. Next I selected from pull down 2nd Mount point and Selected "Mount Media".

I copied some more of my videos to the /emmc/My Files/Videos/ folder using the pop up window for Mount Media. I then copied more albums over to the music folder on the /sdcard/ (Fourth Partition 2nd pop up window) that I had expanded earlier.

In windows I went to each individual drive and unmounted them. Got safe to remove message for each. Next I change the Android app to Unmount and CONFIRM each of the drives. Back in Windows the safe to remove Nook Color would not allow since ADB had it. So I shut down windows before unplugging. Is there a way in ADB to release it, so I do not need to shut down windows before unplugging?

[lschroeder]

...
I would NOT make changes to any /boot partition that is currently in use just to be safe. (boot from sd if you want to edit emmc /boot and boot emmc if you want to edit sd /boot).

Shut down the nc, remove the sd card, power up, load sd card, mount sd card. Is there any easier way to cause it to boot from emmc? Maybe adb command?

[SCWells72]

I love, love, love this ROM on SD, but I'm having trouble with the Market. There are a few things missing that are there for every other ROM I've tried (Eclair, Froyo, and Honeycomb), notably Twitter and Homebrewtalk. I've tried all the tricks I know to get the Market working, basically changing the fingerprint in build.props, clearing the Market cache, and clearing the Google Services Framework data, then rebooting, and still those apps don't appear. I just tried using Appbrain and that didn't work either. When it tries to access the Market it also fails. Any ideas?

UPDATE: Still no luck. At this point I've tried all three fingerprints (passion 2.3.3, stingray 3.0, and sholes 2.2.1), resetting the Market cache and GSF data and rebooting each time. Then I try to find Twitter or Homebrewtalk in the Market and come up empty. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

[epakrat75]

When I flash from CWM it goes to emmc rather than SD so I don't think that's an option. Can this SD be upgraded using the nightlies? Could I simply mount /system on my computer and just copy over the files from the update zip? Push /system via ADB? Would the vold need to stay as it is on the SD now? If so, anything else?

[jtbnet]

When I flash from CWM it goes to emmc rather than SD so I don't think that's an option. Can this SD be upgraded using the nightlies? Could I simply mount /system on my computer and just copy over the files from the update zip? Push /system via ADB? Would the vold need to stay as it is on the SD now? If so, anything else?

I would have thought it would require a custom uRecRam (Recovery ramdisk) to allow it to have the correct FS mapping for use on a SDCard based versions... Not sure that anyone has done this though... but hoping...

[neoshi]

Anyone having trouble with the newest version of softkeys (dled from market) force closing?

[Lento10]

Anyone having trouble with the newest version of softkeys (dled from market) force closing?

No, it's working great on my nc. Try button Savior, looks good.


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[lschroeder]

... Can this SD be upgraded using the nightlies? ...

I would like to know also. What would be the procedure for doing it? I thought I saw an answer to upgrading using the nightlies in one of the other threads but I can not find it now. Did anyone else see this?

[thefamousmoe]

I haven't rooted my nook yet. I've just been running roms off of SD. How would I back up the cm7 sd so I dont have to go through all the shit with extending the partition and pushing stuff via adb and all this other stuff that took me all day to do? I want to back up the card, then format it and use it to root my nook so I can put honeycomb or stock on the emmc, then put cm7 back on the sd card.

Also, anyone else's flash videos stuttering or audio lagging behind?

[ADude]

I haven't rooted my nook yet. I've just been running roms off of SD. How would I back up the cm7 sd so I dont have to go through all the shit with extending the partition and pushing stuff via adb and all this other stuff that took me all day to do? I want to back up the card, then format it and use it to root my nook so I can put honeycomb or stock on the emmc, then put cm7 back on the sd card.

* Get Win 32 Disk Imager (Free from softpedia.org or elsewhere)

* Get a USB uSD card reader and connect the uSD card to PC with it

* Run Win32DiskImager

* Make sure that the Disk Letter is set to the uSD card

* Use the Browse button to browse to a folder with free space on your PC

* Make up a new name for the backup with .img at the end (like Backup03142011.img)

* Click READ to backup the uSD card to the new img file on your PC

(WRITE is to burn the image file onto the uSD card, which is the reverse.)

* Get SD Formatter Free from the web site of the SD card manufacturers association, install it on your PC and use it to format your card when needed.

[ADude]

Interesting - I read a thread in the non-device-specific Apps Forum on this site, about favorite apps. Much of the functionality of those apps is already present in either CM7 or ADW launcher (I can't tell which, since I have never used one separate from the other).

[thefamousmoe]

The calendar is not syncing with google. Any ideas? There isn't even an option to make it sync.

[RoboRay]

The calendar is not syncing with google. Any ideas? There isn't even an option to make it sync.

Settings > Accounts & Sync > account name > verify Sync Calendar is checked

[webvan]

Talking about synching has anyone else had that "sync icon" top right after booting? When it's on the NC is very unresponsive.

[thefamousmoe]

Settings > Accounts & Sync > account name > verify Sync Calendar is checked

Calendar isnt even there.

[RoboRay]

Calendar isnt even there.

It should be listed there automatically by default. Bad flash maybe, or some error occurred during account setup? :confused:

Are the other Google apps like Contacts and Gmail listed?

[fwdixon]

Ok I have the Navigation (blue triangle) icon now,the trick was to uninstall and then reinstall Google Maps WITH the Bluetooth GPS connected. Drove around with Google Maps Navigation (connected to my tethered iPad) and it ran fine.

This is the way to do it, worked perfectly for me. Needs to be included with the install instructions somewhere :D

[verygreen]

I would like to know also. What would be the procedure for doing it? I thought I saw an answer to upgrading using the nightlies in one of the other threads but I can not find it now. Did anyone else see this?

The way I use (which is probably not the easiest, but works for me). Requires Linux or some other OS that can mount ext4.

Just mount partition 2 on the SD card.
Get the update...zip file with a newer nightly, unpack it somewhere.
Copy changed files to sd card discard the /system component of the path).
Change the permissions of files that need changing (like ping and such - see the list in update scripe in META-INFO dir).
Copy kernel to first partition, name uImage.
Don't copy the ramdisk.img anywhere (though actually it could be done with unpacking, some changes and repacking).

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

[webvan]

This is the way to do it, worked perfectly for me. Needs to be included with the install instructions somewhere :D
Yep, except that upon reboot the GMN Blue Triangle Icon was gone, not sure why!

So no one else has that "small sync" icon top right after booting that leaves the NC very unresponsive as long as it shows?

[lschroeder]

The way I use (which is probably not the easiest, but works for me).

...

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

Sounds great. To make the transition to your new image we would use

Titanium Backup to backup all of apps without data.
Settings > ADWLauncher > Backup and restore to backup ADWLauncher settings.
Copy the TitaniumBackup folder and adw_settings.xml to our computer.
Install your upgradeable image to an sd card, insert into nook, reboot.
Copy TB folder and adw_seetings.xml back to our nook and restore.
Reset our data/prefences manually.

Note: this is where paid version of TB has advantage. Free version restore 1 at a time, paid batch restore.

Would this part be automatic also
[adb pull /etc/vold.fstab

modify and save change of "auto" to "4"

adb remount
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot]

The similiar Froyo sd card version has a default 2gb and 8gb image rather than automatic. I think they had lots of problems with 16gb sd cards and various brands and classes of 2gb and 8gb sd cards. I did not see anybody using a 32gb card. If the 8gb card would not work because of your built-in sd card reader did not see the full size, you could always install the 2gb card and expand it.

When using a 4gb card you would expand the 2gb image.

It looks like automatic would be easier but most of the thread is dedicated to burn images failing and manual method of providing 2 sizes let us fix lots of these problems. Automatic resizing might be harder to fix if things do not work because of low quality sd card and misrepresentation of their class with some generic brands and faulty built-in card readers size calculations.

[12paq]

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

If you do have time that would be great.
Thank you!

[bucketheadmn]

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

That would be great to see. It would be nice to have CM7 on a SD card with gapps already there, or a easy way to install them without going through adb. Thanks for all the work you have put into this already!

[thefamousmoe]

It should be listed there automatically by default. Bad flash maybe, or some error occurred during account setup? :confused:

Are the other Google apps like Contacts and Gmail listed?

contacts and Gmail are listed

[TheEditor]

verygreen, first of all I have to say awesome job. Secondly I am another one who does not necessarily want to run test code in eMMC and have it possibly blow up and have to rebuild stock. Having dev stuff on SD, IMHO, is the best way to go. Thanks for the SD version of CM7 and the instructions for upgrading it. I am sure there are tons more people running CM7 now then were before due to it being SD bootable.

[RoboRay]

contacts and Gmail are listed

Maybe try deleting the Google account completely from the device, wiping /cache and the Calender data (with Titanium Backup or something), and setting up the Google account again from scratch?

I'm running out of ideas, here. If nothing else works, do a full wipe and reflash. Calender sync does work... Something is just messed up on your device.

[ADude]

Reset our data/prefences manually.

Hmm - for me that is probably most of the time/effort.

Is most/all of that in /sdcard ?

PS The updated Nookie Froyo SD Card no longer provides any size other than 2gb, they have dispensed with the 8gb one...

[cybertimber2007]

Is anyone having problems flashing this to a 2GB card? I mean, technically speaking mine has 1.84GB free when formatted, but so do most "2 GB" cards.

Win32Imager tells me "not enough space"

[racks11479]

/system and /data is it ext2, ext3 or ext4 partition for this sdcard version?

[Tschumi]

/system and /data is it ext2, ext3 or ext4 partition for this sdcard version?

I 'm pretty sure they're ext4

[cybertimber2007]

Change the permissions of files that need changing (like ping and such - see the list in update scripe in META-INFO dir).
I was good to go except for this part.
How does one translate the "set_perm" numbers to chmod? I mean, I get the 3rd set (0, 0, 06755) is what you would typically see (eg, chmod 6755 file), but how do you handle something like set_perm(3002, 3002, 0444) ???

Not wanting to replace you, but just trying to learn.

Edit: Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524268 and got my answer.

[SCWells72]

Has anyone successfully updated this SD CM7 to a more recent CM7 build that supports DSP? I updated Dalingrin's kernel to the latest but evidently DSP support requires more of the environment than just the kernel. I'd really appreciate it if someone had instructions on how to update (preferably in-place and non-destructively) to the most recent CM7.

Thanks!

[Divine_Madcat]

Has anyone successfully updated this SD CM7 to a more recent CM7 build that supports DSP? I updated Dalingrin's kernel to the latest but evidently DSP support requires more of the environment than just the kernel. I'd really appreciate it if someone had instructions on how to update (preferably in-place and non-destructively) to the most recent CM7.

Thanks!

Verygreen (the author of this ROM) posted some steps, but admittedly, they can be a bit daunting if you aren't comfortable with Linux (and impossible if you are in windows):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12131336&postcount=172

[SCWells72]

Thanks! I'm completely comfortable under Linux. Maybe I'll copy my current install from my 8GB card to my 4GB card and upgrade there so I don't risk borking my primary image. If all goes well I can copy back to the larger/faster card. Of course, I don't strictly *need* DSP right now--it was more of a curiosity--so I may just enjoy my NC and wait and see what happens.

[Tschumi]

Is there a way to remove ADW launcher and install the Zeam-softkeys combo? I'm coming from froyo and I just can't get used to it.

[RoboRay]

Is there a way to remove ADW launcher and install the Zeam-softkeys combo? I'm coming from froyo and I just can't get used to it.

Just install them from the Market. You don't even have to remove ADW.

[fwdixon]

Is there a way to remove ADW launcher and install the Zeam-softkeys combo? I'm coming from froyo and I just can't get used to it.

Just install zeam and softkeys and it will ask you what you want your default launcher to be.

[verygreen]

I was good to go except for this part.
How does one translate the "set_perm" numbers to chmod? I mean, I get the 3rd set (0, 0, 06755) is what you would typically see (eg, chmod 6755 file), but how do you handle something like set_perm(3002, 3002, 0444) ???

Not wanting to replace you, but just trying to learn.

Edit: Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524268 and got my answer.
Basically in the setperm call first two arguments are userid and groupid and third is mode. so for your example you'd do two commands:
chown 3002:3002 file
chmod 06755 file

Ah, I see you figured that out, I need to learn to read better. Also use root instead of uid 0 or gid 0

[pceasar]

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

This would be totally awesome if you could do this, thanks again for the original

[epakrat75]

I think the nightlies now offer 'basic" video support. So, I'll be updating my SD card image this weekend as per the instructions on page #18 this weekend to see if works. :cool:

[ADude]

I think the nightlies now offer 'basic" video support. So, I'll be updating my SD card image this weekend as per the instructions on page #18 this weekend to see if works. :cool:

The accelerated video only works if your audio is via bluetooth only.

The problem with video turned out to be due to audio.

But the main dev is going away for a spring break, so don't expect a fix soon.

[cybertimber2007]

Basically in the setperm call first two arguments are userid and groupid and third is mode. so for your example you'd do two commands:
chown 3002:3002 file
chmod 06755 file

Ah, I see you figured that out, I need to learn to read better. Also use root instead of uid 0 or gid 0
So... I'm still screwing up somewhere. I made a bash script that sets up all of the permissions and symlinks (408 lines), yet I'm still having issues getting ANYTHING I try to boot successfully :( I figured if I made a script it make it easier to update the SD card daily and put out images.

When you said "update...zip", did you mean one of the ones from here? http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=encore

Basically, what I've been doing is copying everything from cm_encore_full-23/system* to the SD card's /system parition (/media/d9....ce for me); then copying the kernel to the boot partion, and made permissions changes as the updater-script suggests.

Verygreen, feel free to PM me if you want to collaborate or have any advice to offer.

[ADude]

Is there a way to remove ADW launcher and install the Zeam-softkeys combo? I'm coming from froyo and I just can't get used to it.

I'm not sure that you absolutely need softkeys, because the status bar in CM7 has back and menu.

However, thanks for the reminder.

I did some exploring and reading and I would say that ADW Launcher and Launder Pro are designed for little phones with little screens - not for tablets.

I think that many Nook Color users who have Android phones are simply used to them.

I tried Zeam and it is so much easier - not to mention cleaner.

It is better suited to tablets.

1024x600 means not needing more than one home screen.

PS After installing Zeam, I went into the CM7 settings and in Applications, I force closed ADW and cleared out all its data.

Since doing all this, my NC is more stable too.

[cybertimber2007]

I can't speak for ADW Launcher (Haven't used it), but Launcher Pro does work on tablets, and scales to it accordingly. It still uses the 4 row/4 column setup by default, but you can change it so icons fit more densly (like my 6x7 setup).

[japzone]

Anyway I really did not expect there would be such a demand for SD version of CM7 build. As such I am really thinking of rolling an upgradeable version in a small image that would self expand to fill the entire card whatever the amount
and perhaps with a semi-automatic way to download and install gapps.

I don't have much time right now, but hopefully this weekend I'd spend some time in this direction then.

I personally am not comfortable with Flashing on to EMMC because it makes it really hard to fix if something goes wrong and also makes it really Hard to erase all evidence of Hacking if it needs to go in for Repairs.

Instead I stick to running everything off of a MicroSD, I haven't even Rooted my Stock. Also using DD to image my MicroSD cards regularly/before any updates or Mods, makes screwing the Installs up near-impossible because I can just Quickly reflash the Backup with zero headache.

I have Two MicroSDs, One Loaded with Froyo (My Everyday use card), and Another Loaded with Honeycomb(The Card I experiment with).

When you get the new CW7 Image ready I'll Flash it to my Latter card(Imaging the Honeycomb first ofcourse).

Just wanted to say thanks because I've been wanting to try Gingerbread but all the CW7 Installs were for EMMC and not SD. Sucks that they still don't have Videos working right though(From what I've read you have to have Bluetooth Audio Out, which I don't have)

Looking forward to it. I'll personally update the Nookdevs Wiki to Include an SD card HowTo for CW7. GoodLuck :)

[thefamousmoe]

my nook refuses to go to sleep. running and wifi are at 100% in spare parts. any idea? its killing my battery.

[ADude]

Looking forward to it. I'll personally update the Nookdevs Wiki to Include an SD card HowTo for CW7. GoodLuck :)

How is it that someone who has never rooted their Nook, and joined XDA only 4 months ago, has permission to change the Nookdevs Wiki ??

( Just curious, I'm not bothered by it. )

[ADude]

I can't speak for ADW Launcher (Haven't used it), but Launcher Pro does work on tablets, and scales to it accordingly. It still uses the 4 row/4 column setup by default, but you can change it so icons fit more densly (like my 6x7 setup).

The ADW Launcher does all that - it "works" on tablets.

The problem is that the design - and all its huge number of features and settings - are all designed for a tiny screen, often something like 320x240.

That is why Android Launchers usually have 5 or more desktops. You never see a Windows PC with more than one desktop, because 1024x768 obviously fits all your icons and widgets. The Nook has 1024x600 and the 10" tablets have yet more.

In my case, with ADW Launcer, I constantly find that I press on an icon and instead of launching, I hit enough of the background to cause the whole desktop to move right or left - it is like trying to pick up an oily bean - highly annoying. The desktop scrolling cannot be turned off - even if you delete all desktops but one.

It also has a lot of bloat, and I have significantly less FCs after removing it, and many people have reported that Zeam works faster since it is simpler.

But, it is cool to use whatever one is familiar with (especially if your phone has the same setup).

[RoboRay]

I did some exploring and reading and I would say that ADW Launcher and Launder Pro are designed for little phones with little screens - not for tablets.

I tried Zeam and it is so much easier - not to mention cleaner.

It is better suited to tablets.


Having used both extensively, I disagree. I find LP's support of 10x10 grids make it a better choice on larger screens than Zeam's 8x8 grids. I do prefer Zeam's dock, but LP's scrolling dock works well enough.

You can easily turn off the desktop scrolling in LP if you only need one of them, too. I only use one.

[verygreen]

When you said "update...zip", did you mean one of the ones from here? http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=encore

Yes, this one looks like the right one.


Basically, what I've been doing is copying everything from cm_encore_full-23/system* to the SD card's /system parition (/media/d9....ce for me); then copying the kernel to the boot partion, and made permissions changes as the updater-script suggests.

Verygreen, feel free to PM me if you want to collaborate or have any advice to offer.
Make sure that you don't copy the ramdisk image (uRamdisk) along with the kernel. If you do, the rc.encore.init in the update is geared towards eMMC locations.

One commonly available debug technique you might employ is after the boot failed (I guess just sitting there at some stage appearing hung), remoe the sd card, stick the usb cable into a computer, press the power button on the nook for ~8 seconds (the screen backlight will go dark, as soon as it does, release the power button). It'll then reboot.
let it boot into the eMMC, connect with adb shell and see /proc/last_kmsg content for clues of what went wrong.

[ADude]

Someone has created a method for easily updating this SD card with the latest CM7 builds:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998861

[sec6]

FYI - I tried Copilot live with my bluetooth GPS and it appears to work as well. Ill get a chance tomorrow to actually try it on the road. Great JOB everyone involved.

Having trouble activating Copilot Live. Get error code trial has expired, 703. Bought and installed from market. Any ideas?

Edit: Got it working. Must have just taken a while after purchase to activate. It works so much better than my Garmin Map Software on my HP hx2795 Pocket PC. I have Froyo with all its working features and when I need navigation, I just pop in the SD card. Just in time for a 480 mile trip on Wednesday I have to take. Thank you for all the hard work.

[ficklecycler]

Hello all,

Sorry to be such a beginner but I am hoping to get a little help here. I'm trying to get the method shown at http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market to work and having a lot of trouble. I'm using wireless adb, I've downloaded the zips and I can't get past running the following command "unzip gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip". BTW after I have downloaded that zip of the google apps archive, where do I put it in order for the ADB commands to work?

I do have ADB working because I was able to run the reboot command and get the desired result. When I run the first unzip command though, it returns a message...

'unzip' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Since I can't get past that first line, can someone explain for me and the others who may be having trouble, what it is I might be doing wrong? Help is greatly appreciated.

[ADude]

The author is not writing from a Windows perspective, I believe, or else he has a zip program setup in DOS with a PATH command.

In any event, if you have ADB setup with the PATH modified to support it, it doesn't matter where you unzip it on your PC, as long as you start your command window in the same folder where you started the unzip (the top folder which is used by the folder hierarchy in the zip file).

Also, it you look at the very first link on that page, and scroll down to the bottom, where he indicates, the latest ones are now 20110307 .... 0120 will probably work, but I thought it made sense to get the latest version, since that is what the web page is entitled !

[thasan]

May I ask how to get around the problem of getting the Enable BT tick to stay on? What am I missing?

[verygreen]

Ok, I had some time to work on size-agnostic SDcard image.
The topic tracking the development is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

Also allows to install unmodified nightly builds.

[racks11479]

Ok, I had some time to work on size-agnostic SDcard image.
The topic tracking the development is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

Also allows to install unmodified nightly builds.

Great job again verygreen. I'll definitely give this a try and let you know how it goes.

[ADude]

Ok, I had some time to work on size-agnostic SDcard image.
The topic tracking the development is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

Also allows to install unmodified nightly builds.

How does that compare to:

Clockwork Recovery for Flashing CM7 to SDcard + More! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998861)

[verygreen]

How does that compare to:

Clockwork Recovery for Flashing CM7 to SDcard + More! (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998861)

That other development extends on the already existing SD card image.
So you still need the SD card image, be it from this original thread or the new size-agnostic one.
The size-agnostic one would also allow you to use unmodified CM7 zip files.
Updating is not super easy yet, but I hope to improve that.
Also we might combine forces and have recovery working on SD card images too which would be great.

[FroztIkon]

BT took a few tries to actually get it to start, but once it did it stayed. I've rebooted and powered off and BT is working. On a side note, I know most roms mention the lack of video due to codec and driver issuses, however again it works. Maybe a fluke, I don't know.
I've seen the froyo group of roms that have no problem with youtbe and no support yet in hc. But isn't hc 2.3?

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[cybertimber2007]

Also we might combine forces and have recovery working on SD card images too which would be great.Now this would be sweet ;) Anyone talked to Koush?

[play3r]

I'd like to know whether it would be possible to create a bootable SD card with a "stock" B&N system on it. I'd like to run a custom rom in the internal emmc to have the best possible performance.

However, occasionally, I wouldn't mind going into a B&N and taking advantage of in-store services.

If someone could point me in the right direction I don't mind experimenting. Perhaps, it would be a combination of the "installer for SD Cards"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

and the "1.0.0, 1.0.1 or 1.1.0 restore to stock files"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699

Thanks in advance!

[verygreen]

I'd like to know whether it would be possible to create a bootable SD card with a "stock" B&N system on it. I'd like to run a custom rom in the internal emmc to have the best possible performance.

However, occasionally, I wouldn't mind going into a B&N and taking advantage of in-store services.

If someone could point me in the right direction I don't mind experimenting. Perhaps, it would be a combination of the "installer for SD Cards"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

and the "1.0.0, 1.0.1 or 1.1.0 restore to stock files"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699

Thanks in advance!

Should be pretty easy I think.
The easiest way: if you have 8g uSD card, just do a binary copy of your mmc to the SD card. (from adb shell: dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024k).
Extract the uSD card, mount partition one, unpack uRamdisk (on your Linux box:

mkdir /tmp/image ; cd /tmp/image ; dd if=/somewhere/uRamdisk bs=64 skip=1 | gunzip -c | cpio -i)
in the /tmp/image in the rc.init file (or a similar name) replace all occurences of mmcblk0 to mmcblk1
pack the image back (cd /tmp/image ; find . -regex "./.*"| cpio -ov -H newc | gzip > /tmp/ramdisk.img)
add the u-boot header (mkimage -A ARM -T RAMDisk -n Image -d /tmp/ramdisk.img /tmp/uRamdisk) (get mkimage from u-boot build)
put the resulting /tmp/uRamdisk to the root of first partition your SD card instead of uRamdisk there

Now mount partition #5 on the SD card, in the etc/vold* find and replae all occurrences of mmcblk0 to mmcblk1

unmount everything.

You now have bootable SD card that would boot into the same image you have in your nook's mmc (at the time you did the initial dd)

[mckooter]

I'd like to know whether it would be possible to create a bootable SD card with a "stock" B&N system on it. I'd like to run a custom rom in the internal emmc to have the best possible performance.

However, occasionally, I wouldn't mind going into a B&N and taking advantage of in-store services.

If someone could point me in the right direction I don't mind experimenting. Perhaps, it would be a combination of the "installer for SD Cards"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12240928

and the "1.0.0, 1.0.1 or 1.1.0 restore to stock files"

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699

Thanks in advance!

this sounds like something I would love, I flash my emmc but would love a way to boot to stock b&n, (not even rooted) if you get this working please post a release of it. if not i can try to whip one up (once i free up one of my sd's)

[ADude]

I think that a version that was just an image from a stock NC updated to 1.1.0 would be highly popular !

[racks11479]

I think that a version that was just an image from a stock NC updated to 1.1.0 would be highly popular !

I believe that this hasn't been released as an independent rom yet is because it contains B&N proprietary software. A legal issue people tend to want to stay away from.

But if someone was to create an automated process where it will DD your partitions onto an sdcard. Then I dont see a problem with that since you wont be distributing the rom itself.

I could be wrong. Just my 2 cents.

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[play3r]

Should be pretty easy I think.
The easiest way: if you have 8g uSD card, just do a binary copy of your mmc to the SD card. ...

Unfortunately, I've already rooted and taken other steps to prevent automatice OTA. I was hoping to find a way to independently create a stock (unrooted, etc) B&N 1.1.0. If I knew what I knew now, I would have used CyanogenMod recovery from a bootable SD to backup before I did anything else.

I hadn't thought of the legal/proprietary issues. :(

Guess I will labor in the shadows on a process.

Thanks for the encouragement.

[mckooter]

Unfortunately, I've already rooted and taken other steps to prevent automatice OTA. I was hoping to find a way to independently create a stock (unrooted, etc) B&N 1.1.0. If I knew what I knew now, I would have used CyanogenMod recovery from a bootable SD to backup before I did anything else.

I hadn't thought of the legal/proprietary issues. :(

Guess I will labor in the shadows on a process.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I havent been using my nook much lately, i can try to go back to stock and make a bootable sd, i work a lot this week but i can try to get it up and running this weekend, ill keep you posted if i come up with one

[japzone]

How is it that someone who has never rooted their Nook, and joined XDA only 4 months ago, has permission to change the Nookdevs Wiki ??

( Just curious, I'm not bothered by it. )

I've been messing with Android in an Emulator for awhile but had no actual Android device (Couldn't afford one) Until now I didn't feel I had the right (or need) to make an acount. I got a Nook Color as a Gift and started hacking it from Day one, which was about when they started getting ROMs running on the NC (I just haven't Rooted my Stock, Which I remind is not necesarry). Needless to say I now had a reason and am now fairly expirienced hacking this thing.

Besides Nookdevs is an Open Wiki (Just like Wikipedia) so anyone can edit it as long as they follow the Rules and don't post anything stupid.

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[ADude]

Besides Nookdevs is an Open Wiki (Just like Wikipedia) so anyone can edit it

Well I can edit any Wikipedia page, but when I click on "edit" in Nookdevs:

You do not have permission to edit this page

[japzone]

Well I can edit any Wikipedia page, but when I click on "edit" in Nookdevs:

Did you make an account?

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[The Chris]

So, what does this image do on the stock ROM? Should I be able to take this card out and go back to booting my autonootered stock ROM? When I take it out and try booting, it just sits there at the "n" screen. WTF?

[wgarrido]

So, what does this image do on the stock ROM? Should I be able to take this card out and go back to booting my autonootered stock ROM? When I take it out and try booting, it just sits there at the "n" screen. WTF?

Yeah it should, mine does. Actually I replaced my u-boot.bin (on the uSD) so that I hold down the n and it boots to stock without taking the uSD out.

[ADude]

Did you make an account?
I've never made an account at Wikipedia.

[verygreen]

So, what does this image do on the stock ROM? Should I be able to take this card out and go back to booting my autonootered stock ROM? When I take it out and try booting, it just sits there at the "n" screen. WTF?

This image does not touch the emmc at all.

[The Chris]

This image does not touch the emmc at all.

That sounds good. Any idea how I can get past the "n" screen without the SD card in? It boots with the SD card in, though.

EDIT: n/m. I did the 8 boot failures and it "fixed" it.

[fbueller]

Am I the only person who can't get the software keyboard to show up when I tap in a text field?

[verygreen]

Am I the only person who can't get the software keyboard to show up when I tap in a text field?

It did not work for me the first time too.
I went to the home screen then returned back to the place that had the text input field and tried to press on it.
Then back to home screen.
Several such attempts eventually made the keyboard to appear.
Anyway in the newer nightlies I don't have this problem anymore, so you might want to upgrade.

[webvan]

Is it worth trying to update to the latest nightly (for YouTube ?) or this image still the best one for Bluetooth?

[anonim1]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the feasibility of adding dial-up networking support to the Nook Color? Some folks are able to tether their device to their phone using an ad hoc wifi network, and others have had success via a bluetooth personal area network (PAN) using the "pand" utility. Unfortunately, I have a Blackberry phone, and it does not support the PAN profile. It does, however, support dial-up networking (DUN) over Bluetooth. According to https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/opensource/projects/bluetooth-faq, "dund" is the utility that is needed to establish a dial-up connection on Android. When I run this command on the NC, it says "dund: not found". I'm not a developer and don't know how much effort would be involved in adding this functionality to the CM7 image (or any other image, for that matter). I'm all ears..

[sinanju]

I'm all ears..

DUN is part of the bluez stack, but it appears not to be a profile included in Android... though some time around Cupcake there were discussions about it, so it may have been in at some point.

It would seem that the effort would be to rebuild the bluez stack with that particular component in it. If you want it, it would probably be something you should look into doing yourself, since DUN is somewhat old-school.

[webvan]

Is everyone still running that original image? Must say I find my NC to be a bit sluggish running from the microSD. Wonder if the speed of the microSD makes a difference?

[jblues1969]

It does. Oh, yes, it does. Wow. The difference between class 4 and class 6 is staggering with CM7 on SD.

[webvan]

ok, I need to look into that then, not just booting but normal use too?

[play3r]

Should be pretty easy I think.
The easiest way: if you have 8g uSD card, just do a binary copy of your mmc to the SD card. (from adb shell: dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=1024k).
Extract the uSD card, mount partition one, unpack uRamdisk (on your Linux box:

mkdir /tmp/image ; cd /tmp/image ; dd if=/somewhere/uRamdisk bs=64 skip=1 | gunzip -c | cpio -i)
in the /tmp/image in the rc.init file (or a similar name) replace all occurences of mmcblk0 to mmcblk1
pack the image back (cd /tmp/image ; find . -regex "./.*"| cpio -ov -H newc | gzip > /tmp/ramdisk.img)
add the u-boot header (mkimage -A ARM -T RAMDisk -n Image -d /tmp/ramdisk.img /tmp/uRamdisk) (get mkimage from u-boot build)
put the resulting /tmp/uRamdisk to the root of first partition your SD card instead of uRamdisk there

Now mount partition #5 on the SD card, in the etc/vold* find and replae all occurrences of mmcblk0 to mmcblk1

unmount everything.

You now have bootable SD card that would boot into the same image you have in your nook's mmc (at the time you did the initial dd)

Worked great!! [ with one minor typo change ]:

I think you meant:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk1 bs=1024k

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

BTW, I had to find an SD card with good "small block random write" capability before this worked perfectly.l

[jcarley0830]

It does. Oh, yes, it does. Wow. The difference between class 4 and class 6 is staggering with CM7 on SD.
I have color nook with latest stock 1.2 running and just set up CM7 to dualboot from sd card. No problems with setup at all.

My question is sd card size/speed. I am using a 16gb sandisk card which I assume is class 2 as there is no number noted anywhere on it.

The market app was so slow that I couldn't download a thing. Updated market app with newer version from my rooted Incredible. That made a huge difference. However I notice that there is a lag between icon/button selection and running of apps at times. Also the Amazon store app is so slow I can't download on it at all either. What's odd is I use mvideoplayer app to watch movies and they play just fine with no speed issues. Once apps are running I don't notice any lag either.

I was wondering if a higher class sd card would possibly eliminate some of the problems I am experiencing? Given the massive improvements to CM7 on nook I am considering leaving stock unrooted and dualbooting from sd card permanently. Is 4 that much better than 2 or should I just get a 6? I've read some concerns with class 10 cards so not sure what my best options are.

Is there a brand that is preferred/should be avoided? Every Sandisk I find is only a class 2 so not sure what brand to consider. I was looking at THIS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820183245&cm_re=microsdhc_16gb-_-20-183-245-_-Product) RiDATA card on newegg but not knowing anything about company I wasn't sure if it was good or not. Online reviews are a dime a dozen so I didn't put a whole lot of weight into it only getting 3 eggs. Could be better, could be worse.

Any input would be greatly appriciated. Thanks!!

[RoboRay]

Sandisk Class 2 cards tend to outperform Class 6 and even Class 10 cards from other brands.

It's a fairly meaningless spec when it comes to random reads/writes, which is what matters when running an OS from it.

Nobody seems to advertise their small-block performance, unfortunately, which makes finding good SD cards a trial and error task. Don't even look at the Class number.

[jtbnet]

Sandisk Class 2 cards tend to outperform Class 6 and even Class 10 cards from other brands.

It's a fairly meaningless spec when it comes to random reads/writes, which is what matters when running an OS from it.

Nobody seems to advertise their small-block performance, unfortunately, which makes finding good SD cards a trial and error task. Don't even look at the Class number.

I did the testing with 6 brand names and multiple speeds from each and 2 things stuck out... all around Sandisk tends to perform at a least a Class faster than marked... All around KingMAX Class-10 were the consistent winners so I've given up any other brand at this point... last night after updating a KingMAX 8GB SDcard to CM7.0.2 with Dal's latest 1.3Ghz kernel I pulled my all time best Quadrant score of 3170 running from the card and consistently since switching to these my scores are always faster from SDcard than running from eMMC... They are Not the Cheapest (8GB ~$30 from buy.com) but with these you actually get what you pay for.

[wgarrido]

Sandisk Class 2 cards tend to outperform Class 6 and even Class 10 cards from other brands.

It's a fairly meaningless spec when it comes to random reads/writes, which is what matters when running an OS from it.

Nobody seems to advertise their small-block performance, unfortunately, which makes finding good SD cards a trial and error task. Don't even look at the Class number.

You are so right! I have a Sandisk Class 4 and Patriot class 10 and I did a image copy the Patriot and it sucked. Had to go back to the sandisk much faster. I think what it is, is the read speeds since the class is only for write speeds. The cheaper cards will have lower read speeds and still be a class 10. Sandisk being a better brand has better read speeds. I used SD Tools from the market to test the cards.

[jcarley0830]

You are so right! I have a Sandisk Class 4 and Patriot class 10 and I did a image copy the Patriot and it sucked. Had to go back to the sandisk much faster. I think what it is, is the read speeds since the class is only for write speeds. The cheaper cards will have lower read speeds and still be a class 10. Sandisk being a better brand has better read speeds. I used SD Tools from the market to test the cards.

So I looked at my card again and I don't think it is a Sandisk as is doesn't say "Sandisk" anywhere on it. It also doesn't list any manufacturer at all. Just says micro SDHC, class 2, 16GB and then C16G Japan. Not sure who manufacturer is.

I installed SD Tools from market and ran test. Not sure if since running CM7 off of SD card if that will skew the results. At any rate here is what I got. Write Speed = 7 MB/s and Read Speed = 22.1 MB/s.

I have no idea if these values are good or bad. Thoughts?

[khaytsus]

So I looked at my card again and I don't think it is a Sandisk as is doesn't say "Sandisk" anywhere on it. It also doesn't list any manufacturer at all. Just says micro SDHC, class 2, 16GB and then C16G Japan. Not sure who manufacturer is.

I installed SD Tools from market and ran test. Not sure if since running CM7 off of SD card if that will skew the results. At any rate here is what I got. Write Speed = 7 MB/s and Read Speed = 22.1 MB/s.

I have no idea if these values are good or bad. Thoughts?

You already said your card is junk, get a new one...

[jcarley0830]

You already said your card is junk, get a new one...

I never said my card was junk!

That's what I'm trying to figure out. I don't know what are acceptable read/write speeds for a card. Plus if it is a sandisk card, others say class 2 is better than no-name cards. I'm just trying to figure out what I have, how speeds compare, and if I should get a new one.

Thanks for that stellar informative response! I guess I thought a senior member wouldn't slam a new guy for being inquisitive and trying to get an understanding of things. Guess I was wrong!

[wgarrido]

So I looked at my card again and I don't think it is a Sandisk as is doesn't say "Sandisk" anywhere on it. It also doesn't list any manufacturer at all. Just says micro SDHC, class 2, 16GB and then C16G Japan. Not sure who manufacturer is.

I installed SD Tools from market and ran test. Not sure if since running CM7 off of SD card if that will skew the results. At any rate here is what I got. Write Speed = 7 MB/s and Read Speed = 22.1 MB/s.

I have no idea if these values are good or bad. Thoughts?

I am using the Sandisk Class 4 right now and I am getting:

Read: 35.7MB/s Write: 6.3MB/s

I know on the class 10 I was using the read speed was about 19MB/s. So read affects the system the most.

[jcarley0830]

I am using the Sandisk Class 4 right now and I am getting:

Read: 35.7MB/s Write: 6.3MB/s

I know on the class 10 I was using the read speed was about 19MB/s. So read affects the system the most.
Thanks!! Looks like my read speed may be slow which could be affecting my performance.

[webvan]

That sounds abnormally high, would make it a Class 35 card -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#.C3.97_rating - alsmost on par with a 5400rpm HD.

Having said that I've also found that my Class 4 Sandisk is an excellent performer, on par with the Class 6 Transcend I just got and in the Class 10 category.

[wgarrido]

That sounds abnormally high, would make it a Class 35 card -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#.C3.97_rating - alsmost on par with a 5400rpm HD.

Having said that I've also found that my Class 4 Sandisk is an excellent performer, on par with the Class 6 Transcend I just got and in the Class 10 category.

Not really, the class is just min write speed. The read speed can be a lot higher based on the quality of the card. I am running the release CM7, if that makes a difference.

My Captivate with a PNY Class 4 gets ~6 Write and 12.5 Read so Sandisk is definitely better.

I ran it again and got Write 7.4MB/s and Read 27.5MB/s

and then 7.6MB/s and 34.5MB/s

[webvan]

Nope "Read speeds" are also covered, see column 3. Again 35MB seems impossible, I suspect that app is not returning reliable results. Which Android app are you using?

I've found that HD Speed http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=20 (internal SD reader and USB2 reader) and SDTools on my Android tablets give comparable results