[Q] Things I miss from stock...

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I'm happily running CM7 from SD on my NC, but stock NC had a few things that I miss:

Power-level popups when plugging in or out.

WiFi login help: when connecting, it tests for redirection and offers to forget or pop up the service's login page. This really helps at hotels and on commuter rail.

Magazine subscriptions, but I know that's being worked on.

Anybody got pointers to any of these?

Thanks!

There are a whole bunch of battery widgets that will give you power level at a glance.

As far as magazines go, it's not as complete as the native BN capability, but Zinio can be made to work. Do a search here for "WORKING Zinio on CM7"


I've got a couple of functional subscriptions working.

It's a workaround, but if you go to Settings | Wireless & Networks | Wi-Fi settings you can select any network in range, forget previous or current networks, or manually add networks that don't advertise. Its not automated, but it's pretty straightforward.

Originally Posted by Chasmodai

There are a whole bunch of battery widgets that will give you power level at a glance.

I do have the battery level in the status bar, but I'll go look for popups, thanks!

Originally Posted by Chasmodai

As far as magazines go, it's not as complete as the native BN capability, but Zinio can be made to work. Do a search here for "WORKING Zinio on CM7"

I've got a couple of functional subscriptions working.

I'll have a look! I was hoping to use BN, to reward them for producing a cheap tablet, but they're not making it easy.

Originally Posted by Chasmodai

It's a workaround, but if you go to Settings | Wireless & Networks | Wi-Fi settings you can select any network in range, forget previous or current networks, or manually add networks that don't advertise. Its not automated, but it's pretty straightforward.

It's not that it doesn't see the access point or connect to it. When it connects, it checks and notices that you don't get full access until you log in (room number, good behavior button, whatever) and pops up the access point's login page. Pretty slick, actually.

Originally Posted by stolenmoment

It's not that it doesn't see the access point or connect to it. When it connects, it checks and notices that you don't get full access until you log in (room number, good behavior button, whatever) and pops up the access point's login page. Pretty slick, actually.

That is a pretty slick feature. I'll have to take a look through the market and see if there's anything like that.

Originally Posted by Chasmodai

That is a pretty slick feature. I'll have to take a look through the market and see if there's anything like that.

Found one! It's called "WiFiBrowserLogin" and I've used it now on the train and on a closed portal network here at work. Seems to work fine. It pops up a browser window with the clickthrough page and off we go.

Thanks for the update. And I'm sure you are aware magazines can now be read through the nook app.

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Originally Posted by michaelg1030

Thanks for the update. And I'm sure you are aware magazines can now be read through the nook app.

You betcha! I even renewed a lapsed subscription, and will do more Of course, I have to get the issues I missed from eReader.com, too bad they're not better integrated, given that they've been under common ownership for years now.