What to do with old Nook HD+

[swallman67]

I've got a Nook HD+ that has been sitting in my desk drawer for about a year...finally charged it back up again and wondering what I should do with it.

It's currently running CM 10.1.3-ovation. I'm thinking I primarily want to use it again as an e-book reader (although I occasionally might use it for Facebook and very light web browsing)...I know in the past it seemed very laggy so I'm wondering if I should just go back to B&N stock firmware or upgrade to a newer version of CM?

Thoughts, suggestions?

I'd be willing to give B&N stock firmware a try (it would also make it easier to sell if I wanted to), but can't seem to find easy instructions on how to do it.

Thanks.

 

[leapinlar]

I've got a Nook HD+ that has been sitting in my desk drawer for about a year...finally charged it back up again and wondering what I should do with it.

It's currently running CM 10.1.3-ovation. I'm thinking I primarily want to use it again as an e-book reader (although I occasionally might use it for Facebook and very light web browsing)...I know in the past it seemed very laggy so I'm wondering if I should just go back to B&N stock firmware or upgrade to a newer version of CM?

Thoughts, suggestions?

I'd be willing to give B&N stock firmware a try (it would also make it easier to sell if I wanted to), but can't seem to find easy instructions on how to do it.

Thanks.

The lag is probably due to lag on the chip and changing rom will probably not help. Cm10.1.3 is probably the fastest you will find. Try the free lag fix app on play store. It might brick your device due to a bug in certain chips, but if it is unusable due to lag you have not much to lose and it may fix it.

But if you want to try to go back to stock, go to my HD cwm thread linked in my signature and flash a plain stock zip from item 6.

Sent from my SM-T707V using XDA Premium HD app

 

[bibikalka]

I've got a Nook HD+ that has been sitting in my desk drawer for about a year...finally charged it back up again and wondering what I should do with it.

It's currently running CM 10.1.3-ovation. I'm thinking I primarily want to use it again as an e-book reader (although I occasionally might use it for Facebook and very light web browsing)...I know in the past it seemed very laggy so I'm wondering if I should just go back to B&N stock firmware or upgrade to a newer version of CM?

Thoughts, suggestions?

I'd be willing to give B&N stock firmware a try (it would also make it easier to sell if I wanted to), but can't seem to find easy instructions on how to do it.

Thanks.

I've had good success with Jon Lee's ROMs, see here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62682170&postcount=446

His 10.1.3 version with f2fs for /data is reasonably quick, gets about ~19500 in AnTuTu. But you can go with 10.2 as well. For reference, the 2015 Fire (lowest end) gets about 23000.

Nova Launcher makes the home screen a bit faster, compared to Trebuchet.

The tablet works really fine for watching Youtube or any other videos.

So while not that fast, there are some good uses. The screen still rocks. Battery lasts a while. For Internet, I do use a smaller 7" device, since it's easier to carry around.

 

[Diesen_Dev]

Also try latest CM11 nighty, pretty usable for me and bug-free with custom launcher.

 

[confusatron]

I used mine as a digital picture frame - CM11, QuickPic, and SAMBA so I can upload pictures to it over wifi. Works great!

 

[pumpjack]

Suggest you try CM11.x

There are instructions for getting your Nook up to speed with not the latest and greatest, but a ROM with a bit more moxy than the old 10.1.x.

In a nutshell:

First, prepare an SD card to be bootable (instructions are elsewhere - hate that cop out, but it's all I got!)
Second, install on it the latest TWRP (amaces), CM11.x nightly build, and a pico GAPPS package suitable for CM11
Third, boot from an SD and install TWRP (CWM is obsolete - stop using it)
Fourth, reboot into TWRP and install your new ROM and the GAPPS

Better instructions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600572 (thanks verygreen!)

Reboot into CM11 and enjoy the magic! I find this version of CM is faster, more stable and has great battery life. And yes, there are a few hiccups, but nothing crash worthy. Play games, read books, watch movies. What else is there?