[Q] One-Click Root/Custom ROM

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Just wondering if anyone is working on a one-click root or custom ROM (obviously, for a donation!!!) for the NC? I am going to take the time to root this weekend, but would obviously love to just DL something and flash it.

Well, one click isn't really one click. There are lots of other clicks involved, turn on computer clicks, go to download page clicks, download clicks, then load on SD card clicks or Start - Run - cmd clicks, then the closing windows clicks.

What I believe you should have been asking, without the sugarcoating of the "one-click" phrase, is: "If it isn't too much trouble, can I use your third Genie wish after you've rubbed the lamp? I'll donate, of course, not that it would matter because I can only assume one of those first two wishes was an insane amount of money"

Originally Posted by devis

Well, one click isn't really one click. There are lots of other clicks involved, turn on computer clicks, go to download page clicks, download clicks, then load on SD card clicks or Start - Run - cmd clicks, then the closing windows clicks.

What I believe you should have been asking, without the sugarcoating of the "one-click" phrase, is: "If it isn't too much trouble, can I use your third Genie wish after you've rubbed the lamp? I'll donate, of course, not that it would matter because I can only assume one of those first two wishes was an insane amount of money"

Precisely, what you said!!!! lol. Believe me, I try...

Originally Posted by coldbeverage

Precisely, what you said!!!! lol. Believe me, I try...

Glad you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it

Now... that out of the way, and in all seriousness, can I use that third wish from someone?

Originally Posted by devis

Glad you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it

Now... that out of the way, and in all seriousness, can I use that third wish from someone?

I'll have more time to mess with this after this week is over. On my todo list is trying the BN kernel's video console support so we can at least write a message to the screen when Nooter is done rooting, and copying over superuser.apk and su and maybe Astro for starting out.

With the above we could have an almost-1-click root if someone could make the card writing process easier. It would be nice if we had a Linux boot CD or boot USB image that can reformat the card (check that it's a USB device first and ask the user!) to make the boot partition the whole disk automatically. Or someone could verify the rumor that HP's USB bootdisk maker formats the drive correctly.

I'm not the guy to do a 1-click root; exploits aren't my thing, but my goal is to make Nooter easy enough that we don't need to go that route.

My apologies if this has been covered....but with my eken slate, we use an update.zip file....the device automatically does a restore with this file if its present on the sd card

Until someone actually does a custom rom roll, it's unlikely that you're going to see one-click root. Since B&N decided to hide the Android menus that would allow us to side-load Apps, we have to boot from the SD image as part of the process.

I will look into making things a little easier though by adding a few items to the list of things that nooter does:

+ Install ADW and/or Zeam.
+ Install android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml to enable multi-touch on Android applications that support it.
+ Enable the installation of Non-Market Apps.

I personally took a shortcut when it came to rooting my personal Nook Color. Others may want to use this method as well.

(1) Write the nooter image to SD:

# dd if=nooter_sdcard_40mb.img of=/dev/<sdcard>

(2) Make sure that the Nook Color is powered off.

(3) Install the SD card with nooter written to it in the Nook Color

(4) Connect the Nook Color via USB to your computer. (Linux in my case). The Nook Color will power on all by its lonesome when it is connected to the USB.

(5) Wait a few minutes for nooter to do its thing. Seriously folks. Trying to time this down to seconds until you power the Nook Color off at this step is way overkill. Look at your watch. Add 5 minutes to whatever time it is. When 5 minutes have passed, you can safely go to step 6.

(6) Hold down the power button on your Nook Color for what seems like forever. You can count this one in seconds but, make sure that it has powered down. Without something on the screen, that is difficult to tell that it has powered down. I just timed it and an 8-10second continuous hold of the power button powered the Nook Color off. To be safe, lets say you hold it for 15 seconds.

(7) Remove the SD card from your Nook Color.

(8) Power your Nook Color Back on. (Hold the power button until you see the screen turn on. Duh!)

At this point, your Nook Color is should be rooted.

I then followed the instructions at nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting to use ADB to enable multi-touch and Non-Market Apps.

Thanks. I am just an IT lawyer who's only been at this android stuff since August so much to learn (for instance, figuring out what you wrote below.....I do try to learn and not constantly ask on here though)!!!!

Originally Posted by johnopsec

Until someone actually does a custom rom roll, it's unlikely that you're going to see one-click root. Since B&N decided to hide the Android menus that would allow us to side-load Apps, we have to boot from the SD image as part of the process.

I will look into making things a little easier though by adding a few items to the list of things that nooter does:

+ Install ADW and/or Zeam.
+ Install android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml to enable multi-touch on Android applications that support it.
+ Enable the installation of Non-Market Apps.

I personally took a shortcut when it came to rooting my personal Nook Color. Others may want to use this method as well.

(1) Write the nooter image to SD:

# dd if=nooter_sdcard_40mb.img of=/dev/<sdcard>

(2) Make sure that the Nook Color is powered off.

(3) Install the SD card with nooter written to it in the Nook Color

(4) Connect the Nook Color via USB to your computer. (Linux in my case). The Nook Color will power on all by its lonesome when it is connected to the USB.

(5) Wait a few minutes for nooter to do its thing. Seriously folks. Trying to time this down to seconds until you power the Nook Color off at this step is way overkill. Look at your watch. Add 5 minutes to whatever time it is. When 5 minutes have passed, you can safely go to step 6.

(6) Hold down the power button on your Nook Color for what seems like forever. You can count this one in seconds but, make sure that it has powered down. Without something on the screen, that is difficult to tell that it has powered down. I just timed it and an 8-10second continuous hold of the power button powered the Nook Color off. To be safe, lets say you hold it for 15 seconds.

(7) Remove the SD card from your Nook Color.

(8) Power your Nook Color Back on. (Hold the power button until you see the screen turn on. Duh!)

At this point, your Nook Color is should be rooted.

I then followed the instructions at nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting to use ADB to enable multi-touch and Non-Market Apps.

Originally Posted by coldbeverage

Thanks. I am just an IT lawyer who's only been at this android stuff since August so much to learn (for instance, figuring out what you wrote below.....I do try to learn and not constantly ask on here though)!!!!

No problem. Just so nobody is confused about anything I posted above: I take absolutely no credit for anything (especially nooter) in my post. I simply wrote down the steps I took using OTHER PEOPLES ideas and code.

Your simple instructions are pefect! The only thing I would add is for the Windows users to use WinImage on step 1.

Rooting really is easy; it is getting the ADB drivers to work properly (for us Windows users) that is the difficult step. If you can modify nooter to add the extra steps of writing the file to allow .apk installation; installing Astro or other file explorer; installing a launcher (Zeam seems to be a good choice); and maybe SlideME as a Market until the Google Market is figured out - I think the rooting process couldn't be much easier given the nature of the device!

Originally Posted by johnopsec

Until someone actually does a custom rom roll, it's unlikely that you're going to see one-click root. Since B&N decided to hide the Android menus that would allow us to side-load Apps, we have to boot from the SD image as part of the process.

I will look into making things a little easier though by adding a few items to the list of things that nooter does:

+ Install ADW and/or Zeam.
+ Install android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml to enable multi-touch on Android applications that support it.
+ Enable the installation of Non-Market Apps.

I personally took a shortcut when it came to rooting my personal Nook Color. Others may want to use this method as well.

(1) Write the nooter image to SD:

# dd if=nooter_sdcard_40mb.img of=/dev/<sdcard>

(2) Make sure that the Nook Color is powered off.

(3) Install the SD card with nooter written to it in the Nook Color

(4) Connect the Nook Color via USB to your computer. (Linux in my case). The Nook Color will power on all by its lonesome when it is connected to the USB.

(5) Wait a few minutes for nooter to do its thing. Seriously folks. Trying to time this down to seconds until you power the Nook Color off at this step is way overkill. Look at your watch. Add 5 minutes to whatever time it is. When 5 minutes have passed, you can safely go to step 6.

(6) Hold down the power button on your Nook Color for what seems like forever. You can count this one in seconds but, make sure that it has powered down. Without something on the screen, that is difficult to tell that it has powered down. I just timed it and an 8-10second continuous hold of the power button powered the Nook Color off. To be safe, lets say you hold it for 15 seconds.

(7) Remove the SD card from your Nook Color.

(8) Power your Nook Color Back on. (Hold the power button until you see the screen turn on. Duh!)

At this point, your Nook Color is should be rooted.

I then followed the instructions at nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting to use ADB to enable multi-touch and Non-Market Apps.