Hacking the new Nook GlowLight

[bigtexan99]

Have you tried delete extended partition and recreate everything?

Thanks Kramar.

Kazikas, I have not done that....I did run the e2fsck command on all the other partitions (except the FAT) and they all checked out good.

I'm not sure of the commands to delete the extended partition and recreate them but am willing to try if someone can provide some guidance.

 

[bigtexan99]

Success! It was easier than I thought. I deleted the partition, then created a new one with the same name but smaller size and created all the way to the 'right". Did one partition at a time. Gave them the same ext3 and the same volume label name., ie userdata, cache, reserve

The nook reset itself to factory oobe for some reason and root disappeared but it worked! Partitions are re-sized the way I want them and now I will re-root.

 

[Richard'as]

Noob friendly tutorial

Hey guys. I see here is a great effort for rooting NG2. I see Renate NST and others has put a lot of work here. That's why I love the Android community so much, they are just great and put a lot of work to make Android the best.
So far I was trying to follow this thread, but English is my foreign language I'm not so good at it and this thread is loooong... Even though I was using Linux (Manjaro) and its terminal a bit I'm still new to this stuff. Nor have used ADB (except copy/paste code to it).
So what I'm asking is could you kind smart ladies and gents put here a step by step tutorial for rooting NG2 with all the requisites necessary?
I just got a NG2 and it suck. I can't zoom pdfs, can't delete books from my e-reader, have WiFi, but can't surf the net... It's just plain stupid. The thing I got NG2 is that I was told it has custom Android that can be hacked to work as normal Android.
I just need a couple of reader apps, a web browser, a calculator and re partition flash for more user space for non Nook content.
If its possible, please, make a tidy clear step by step tutorial how to achieve this. I could also donate few EUR to xda community or certain persons for that.
Waiting your reply.
BTW: I would prefer using Win7, but if tutorial is easy Linux would be just fine.
Edit (2015-05-04):
Well somehow I managed to get all the needed posts with all the files and info so now have a working ADB connection. I used a Renate NST method, great thanks for you!
Probably going to make a tutorial for noobs like me, but first need to try playing with drivers on other PC, cause the most troubles I got when installing drivers.
And also need to play with some apps and such, cause using ADB is also troublesome for me, because of my low knowledge base on it, so when I'm finished myself with installing basic setup of apps, gonna include it in the tutorial too.
Again, many thanks for Renate NST!

 

[bigtexan99]

Glad you had success! This thread is too long and there are to many critical pieces of information widely scattered around. I hope you to take the effort to write a concise summary and give credit to the original authors.

Update on my NookGlowlight: Although I was able to root the device and then use omaplink to view the myriad of partitions, I still have not been successful in resizing the B&N and Nook partitions. I finally did get them to align correctly using Gparted, but then whenever I connected to my Windows machine to transfer files I got the "drive is not formatted" issues as described on post 511 of this thread. Followed those steps but had no success.

So I restored to factory image, re-rooted, installed Relaunch.apk and am just living with my small amount of disk space available to me.

 

[thrackanomir]

I finally did get them to align correctly using Gparted, but then whenever I connected to my Windows machine to transfer files I got the "drive is not formatted" issues as described on page 52 of this thread. Followed those steps but had no success.

Try to refer to specific post number, not the page of the thread, as other users may have different thread display settings ("Number of Posts to Show Per Page"). For example for me this thread has only 12 pages at the moment, so it makes your reference a mystery for me.

And about your problem - I have only the NSTwG, but have you checked that using GParted you leave the correct format type on user partition? Remember that Windows probably won't recognize the ex3 and ex4 formats. It will only see NTFS and FAT formats.

 

[bigtexan99]

Try to refer to specific post number.

Good catch! Post #511.

The original format of the partition is Fat16, and after it is resized, Gparted advises it wants to format is at Fat32 due to the size of the partition.

It seems some have been successful and some have failed using the same instructions.

 

[Kramar111]

@bigtexan99
if you carefully read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57902601&postcount=526 (and i asked for it) you will see

1. Section /data (# 9) is reduced to the desired value (by dragging the left border or entering numbers in the Free space before). The more cut off - the less room there will be for the installation and operation of programs and / sdcard (if you used one of uRamdisk with sdcard). Do not be greedy, too much cut now - to face problems in the future. Cut piece then join the 508 MB and the sum will be the size of our "flash drive" (visible when connected to a computer removable disk). In Example 1 850 MB cut, i.e. size of the "flash drive" is 2.3 GB.

and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57903798&postcount=528

2. In principle it is possible to do without formatting /media, but will need to download an additional program - I got with Paragon Hard Disk Manager. The internet has sfx-assembly of up to 15 MB. There will not spread.

The operation - Change cluster size for the partition /media from 8 KB to 32 KB (if the final size /media does not exceed 2048 MB) or 64K (if greater than). At 64K, not all versions of Windows will see a disk (not tested). Gparted, MiniToolPartition Wizard and Acronis Disk Director does not have coped with it (or I did not succeed).

 

[bigtexan99]

Thanks for all your troubleshooting help Kramar! I gave it one more shot and finally got it done!
I deleted cache,reserve,userdata,nook partitions. Then re-created them in the same order, but sized the way I wanted. Don't know what I did different this time, but I worked.

I grew the Nook partition to 2.0 gb.

 

[plantucha]

overdrive

can you install and use overdrive app to read and borrow library books on rooted NGL?
or is it tricky?

 

[Kramar111]

overdrive app need android 2.2 or higher
NGL have 2.1

 

[NOOK!E]

overdrive app need android 2.2 or higher
NGL have 2.1

Only the newer versions of OverDrive need 2.2. The older ones need 1.6, and they work on the NST/NTG.

 

[dumalkin]

How to change MAC address ?

Hello,
I have working, rooted Nook Glowlight (root, custom readers, partitions resized, etc)
Now I just bought the second, exactly same Nook. I created backup image of the configured one, and restored it to the new device.
Everything works, but now both devices have same serial numbers and MAC addresses.
I don't mind identical serial numbers, but duplicate MACs prevent them to be simultaneously on my home network.
Is there way to change MAC address of the Nook ? Obviously it is stored somewhere in Ramdisk / boot partition, and not read from the hardware, else the problem won't appear.
Any help will be appreciated

 

[NOOK!E]

Hello,
I have working, rooted Nook Glowlight (root, custom readers, partitions resized, etc)
Now I just bought the second, exactly same Nook. I created backup image of the configured one, and restored it to the new device.
Everything works, but now both devices have same serial numbers and MAC addresses.
I don't mind identical serial numbers, but duplicate MACs prevent them to be simultaneously on my home network.
Is there way to change MAC address of the Nook ? Obviously it is stored somewhere in Ramdisk / boot partition, and not read from the hardware, else the problem won't appear.
Any help will be appreciated

It's in some file in /system/etc/wifi/, but I don't know which.

Let me look into this.

 

[dumalkin]

It's in some file in /system/etc/wifi/, but I don't know which.

Let me look into this.

Solved !

WiFiBackupCalibration stores MAC in the first 12 bytes (highest/leftmost byte of MAC is stored at offset 0B).
I connected ADB via WiFi, pulled the file, modified it using HexEditor, then pushed the file back.
Reboot, and it works.

adb pull /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration
//edit file
adb push WiFiBackupCalibration /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration

How I found it ?

in init.rc I see the following lines:
service wlan_loader /system/bin/tiwlan_loader \
-f /system/etc/wifi/firmware.bin \
-i /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini \
-e /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration

Somewhere I saw reference to WiFiBackupCalibration file as to location where mac is stored.
I don't know how can I access this file to check it.

Thanks, and I hope it will be useful for someone else as well.

 

[NOOK!E]

Solved !

WiFiBackupCalibration stores MAC in the first 12 bytes (highest/leftmost byte of MAC is stored at offset 0B).
I connected ADB via WiFi, pulled the file, modified it using HexEditor, then pushed the file back.
Reboot, and it works.

adb pull /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration
//edit file
adb push WiFiBackupCalibration /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration

How I found it ?

in init.rc I see the following lines:
service wlan_loader /system/bin/tiwlan_loader \
-f /system/etc/wifi/firmware.bin \
-i /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini \
-e /rom/devconf/WiFiBackupCalibration

Somewhere I saw reference to WiFiBackupCalibration file as to location where mac is stored.
I don't know how can I access this file to check it.

Thanks, and I hope it will be useful for someone else as well.

Great find, thanks! You've made it onto the Useful Links list!

 

[remmons]

Is there a post in this thread that summarizes the procedure for rooting the Nook Glowlight?

 

[NOOK!E]

Is there a post in this thread that summarizes the procedure for rooting the Nook Glowlight?

As of now, all the essential information has not yet been compiled into a single thread. It's somewhat spread around. Not the best, I agree.

 

[panickros]

Any hope for Android version 4.x?

Hey guys,

I am completely noob for any kind of hacking,
but I recently heard that there is a working CM11 test build for NST and NSTG.

Is there any hope for CM11 for New Nook Glowlight, too?
This is really important for me because I use some private reader apps only support android version 4.x or above.

Thank you.

 

[FerociousAndroid]

WHY?!

Hey guys,

I am completely noob for any kind of hacking,
but I recently heard that there is a working CM11 test build for NST and NSTG.

Is there any hope for CM11 for New Nook Glowlight, too?
This is really important for me because I use some private reader apps only support android version 4.x or above.

Thank you.

 

[Makkand]

Hello,
I have working, rooted Nook Glowlight (root, custom readers, partitions resized, etc)
Now I just bought the second, exactly same Nook. I created backup image of the configured one, and restored it to the new device.
Everything works, but now both devices have same serial numbers and MAC addresses.
I don't mind identical serial numbers, but duplicate MACs prevent them to be simultaneously on my home network.
Is there way to change MAC address of the Nook ? Obviously it is stored somewhere in Ramdisk / boot partition, and not read from the hardware, else the problem won't appear.
Any help will be appreciated

Pleeeease help me - I'm going goggle-eyed from all the posts I've been reading!
I've managed to install a 1337 ROM, but many apps fail to load e.g. YouTube.
I try to install APK but I get errors regarding unknown source.
I've tried to ADB, although the device is in developer mode and I can browse the storage (from Windows 10) I get the following: ADB Devices > (nothing listed under devices found).
Would it be cheeky to ask for the links to the instructions you followed? I've currently got 6 tabs open and finding conflicting information all over the shop