Do's and Don'ts of rooting?

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I'll be rooting tomorrow. Any thing I sure make sure not to do? Any certain apps not to try or stuff that's really successful?

Don't Brick it.

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Check the firmware that you have .... if it is 1.4.0 or newer, you need to make sure the root method applies.

I don't have a NC, but want to get one over the Holidays. I was reading this information on NookDevs.com

Originally Posted by cal3thousand

Check the firmware that you have .... if it is 1.4.0 or newer, you need to make sure the root method applies.

I don't have a NC, but want to get one over the Holidays. I was reading this information on NookDevs.com

1.4.0?! I think that's for the Nook, not the NC. NC is only 1.0.0 with MAYBE 1.0.1, but that's not confirmed yet.

I followed the Windows 7 guide on the wiki, I think it's the best "complete" guide available and has more information as well as being updated than some of the other posts. Ultimately, you're going to be doing a lot of reading as I don't think there is a definitive guide on what to do post-root. Such as enable superuser, and how to install apps (adb install (appname.apk)

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

1.4.0?! I think that's for the Nook, not the NC. NC is only 1.0.0 with MAYBE 1.0.1, but that's not confirmed yet.

I followed the Windows 7 guide on the wiki, I think it's the best "complete" guide available and has more information as well as being updated than some of the other posts. Ultimately, you're going to be doing a lot of reading as I don't think there is a definitive guide on what to do post-root. Such as enable superuser, and how to install apps (adb install (appname.apk)

Thanks for clarifying that...


So the phantom supposed root ruining update is 1.0.1

Does that affect new device root opportunities? I'm trying to get all my gifts in B&N giftcards and want to make sure its not all in vain.

Originally Posted by cal3thousand

Thanks for clarifying that...


So the phantom supposed root ruining update is 1.0.1

Does that affect new device root opportunities? I'm trying to get all my gifts in B&N giftcards and want to make sure its not all in vain.

There's only been one report of it so far, so no one's sure about details. 1.0.1 was the reported updated version though.

Yeah we really have no idea, and even if 1.0.1 is real and does unroot, we don't know if it's possible to re-root using a different method.

Honestly, nobody can tell you one way or the other. Risk it, and hope the next release gets rooted (as most usually are) or get something more generic, like bestbuy certificates and buy it from there instead.

That way, if it is made un-rootable, you can still get something besides books.

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

That way, if it is made un-rootable, you can still get something besides books.

As far as I can tell, the worst that BN can do is make the stock firmware really unpleasant to root. We should always be able to boot into our own custom fw from SD.

Originally Posted by Sirchuk

Yeah we really have no idea, and even if 1.0.1 is real and does unroot, we don't know if it's possible to re-root using a different method.

It will be trivial to re-root an "upgraded" device. Trivial != legal though.

Trivial == taking a dd image from a rooted 1.0.0 device and applying it to a device that has 1.0.0+ (B&N's attempt to stop rooting).

In less that 10 mins, I can take the nooter image that folks are using to root 1.0.0 devices and turn it into a "flash back to 1.0.0 + rooted" image. It's going to go from 40M to ~5G though since I would need to have a dd image of an already rooted device included.

It's as simple as overwriting the partitions that hold the OS with an image that has root enabled.

The problem here is that there are portions of the image that are NOT GPL but are proprietary B&N software. That makes this very doable but also very illegal which is why the original rooters didn't just distribute an image that would turn your phone into a completely rooted device with all kinds of nifty apps installed, tuned and tweaked for you. Its all about not going to jail ya know!