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mikeholloway
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Default Screen height too big for Nook Touch

Been struggling with Touchnooter 1.6.24 and 1.6.22 for several weeks with a fairly new Nook Touch. Some Android system and app buttons on the very bottom don't respond. These are key buttons such as the Android Market accept terms of use, the Add app Finish button, and the SlideMe accept button. I found a work around for the home page bottom buttons that at least lets me access the app drawer. If the status bar is set to hidden the bottom buttons come up a very small amount and then respond. I haven't found a way to hide the status bar in apps though. I'm currently trying to figure out how to get the Nook recognized as a device so I can load the driver thats supposed to let me use adb to install apps. I've found that putting apps on the SD card prior to installing Touchnooter and starting the adk in Root Explorer just gives an error that non Android Market apps are blocked.

The real solution is to get everything on the screen. Presumably all the bottom buttons will work if the height could be shrunk. How do I do this?

Could BN be trying to block rooting by introducing small changes into recent Nooks?
 
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Stumbled on a work around once I figured out how to use adb. All the google hits about using USB for adb had me confused. Once I realized that the SDK adb is made to work over wifi I was able to install Dolphin browser. I discovered that it has a setting for landscape, and that its add-ons are loaded through the Android Market. AM pops up in landscape mode and the accept button is no longer on the bottom. Now I can install software from the AM app and I can start making good use of my Nook.

I'm convinced that this isn't a peculiar fault of my Nook and that the Android window is not set right with Touchnooter for at least some Nooks, maybe the more recent ones. Unless I can find another app that sets landscape for all apps, or that allows the window size to be customized, there are still major problems with the Touchnooter package on my Nook. Can't uninstall, for example, since the prompt button is on the very bottom. Have to rm with adb.
 
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