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I haven't tried flashing any of the new ROMs because I like the BN Reader app that comes on the Nook. I've been looking at the various threads and haven't seen anything mentioned about it. Let's say I flash HC, will I be able to read my magazines?
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Yes... and no.
I used this process to root and add HC:
At the B&N forum on Android Central in the stickies section: 54069-guide-how-root-your-nook-color.html
When I completed this process, I had full use of the B&N app.
But I also used the CWM method (ClockworkMod/Rom Manager) and that eliminated the stock B&N apps for me, although you could, presumably, D/L some functionality via the market with the Nook App.
Now, I have the full functionality with the "Home" Launcher that was on the NC when I completed my root in the first method, but that goes away to some extent if you add, say, ADW Launcher IF YOU SELECT THAT LAUNCHER WHILE USING THE INVERTED U BUTTON; THE BUTTON THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PICK WHICH LAUNCHER YOU WANT TO USE.
So now, when I hit the "Home" function, I pick between the launchers from the pop up window that wants me to choose.
When I want all B&N functionality, I just pick the "Home" Launcher, which has full B&N functionality. When I want to do more non-B&N stuff, I use ADW Launcher. I picked ADW Launcher because their non-pay version allows you to change the icon size, while Launcher Pro makes you get the paid version to do that.
Hope this helps...
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I haven't tried flashing any of the new ROMs because I like the BN Reader app that comes on the Nook. I've been looking at the various threads and haven't seen anything mentioned about it. Let's say I flash HC, will I be able to read my magazines?
Sent from my Nootered NookColor using the XDA app.
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No, you cannot use the stock B&N app on any of the Froyo ROMs, HoneyComb ROMs or the upcoming CM7. These ROMs basically wipe the B&N software.
The stock B&N app is only available on rooted 1.01 or 1.1 (Eclair).
For the newer ROMS you would have to download the B&N app from the market.
I am on phiremod (froyo) and the nook app from the market works for the books I had previously bought. I just had to re-download them (but not repay of course)
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Looks like I'm sticking with Nootered 1.1 until/unless BN decides to switch to Froyo or HC then.
Sent from my Nootered NookColor using the XDA app.
That would be your best bet because i know the books work but the mag and kids read to me books don't.
natoe33 said:
Looks like I'm sticking with Nootered 1.1 until/unless BN decides to switch to Froyo or HC then.
Sent from my Nootered NookColor using the XDA app.
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if stock is that important to you just use the dual boot option to load another rom in a new partition. all of this is posted in the development forum
Agreed - the way to go is Nookie Froyo 0.6.7 on SD card - I used a 4GB SabDisk that I picked up for like $12.99 at Office Depot. When I want to run the NC as an Andoid tablet, I pop in the card and it works just fine.
When I pop out the SD card and re-boot, back to stock NC, no footprints at all of the Froyo - and I have my magazines and the wonderful reader on the stock Nook Color.
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Agreed - the way to go is Nookie Froyo 0.6.7 on SD card - I used a 4GB SabDisk that I picked up for like $12.99 at Office Depot. When I want to run the NC as an Andoid tablet, I pop in the card and it works just fine.
When I pop out the SD card and re-boot, back to stock NC, no footprints at all of the Froyo - and I have my magazines and the wonderful reader on the stock Nook Color.
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What steps did you take to get the other card like that? I just picked up the same card, for this very reason... but unsure how to go about doing this.
Thanks for the help
I'm in the same boat as I subscribe to some magazines on the Nook.. I've tried to pull the stock reader out and get it installed in the HC preview running from sdcard, but hit a bunch of snags with missing lib files. Since there are others wanting this too I'll take another snag at getting all the libraries needed.
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I'm in the same boat as I subscribe to some magazines on the Nook.. I've tried to pull the stock reader out and get it installed in the HC preview running from sdcard, but hit a bunch of snags with missing lib files. Since there are others wanting this too I'll take another snag at getting all the libraries needed.
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If you can manage this, I will Love you forever.
Seriously.
dependencies getting me..
So far I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on this but I've pulled the apk and have started going through the dependencies that are causing it to fail to run. I'm hoping to get some time this week to work more on it. I really want to have it working (if it's possible) before the Honeycomb V5 build makes it out as I'd like to ditch the dual booting and simply use HC for it all.
On a good note I found a thread here on XDA with an APK reverse engineering tool, so hopefully this will help speed it along.
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So far I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on this but I've pulled the apk and have started going through the dependencies that are causing it to fail to run. I'm hoping to get some time this week to work more on it. I really want to have it working (if it's possible) before the Honeycomb V5 build makes it out as I'd like to ditch the dual booting and simply use HC for it all.
On a good note I found a thread here on XDA with an APK reverse engineering tool, so hopefully this will help speed it along.
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I have made some progress fixing the dependencies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976270
Just an FYI, using ApkManager and decompiling/recompiling the Reader.apk won't work automatically. I had to fix some layout xml files.
After going through the APK I think I may need to start a thread in the dev section as it appears there are many more hooks than simply pulling the libs over with the apk.
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I have made some progress fixing the dependencies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976270
Just an FYI, using ApkManager and decompiling/recompiling the Reader.apk won't work automatically. I had to fix some layout xml files.
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Ahh good stuff! I used APKTool to decompile and going to go over what you've already done and see if I can help.. Since you have more of the technical details already there If I make any progress I'll post it there. Also, may want to move it to the Dev thread.
How to load book previouly bought on nook stock reader to the market version of nook for android. It does not seem to regonize them. Haven't been able to find process of how to do this yet. It says it supports it, but no directions on how to. I tried loading barnes and noble purchased ebook on another reader and it was asking for username password. Which for some reason can not remember.
So how do I load epubs that I purchased from barnes and noble on orignal stock nook color. I believe some are children eread books someone mention those can not be read by Nook for Android market app is that correct?
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How to load book previouly bought on nook stock reader to the market version of nook for android. It does not seem to regonize them. Haven't been able to find process of how to do this yet. It says it supports it, but no directions on how to. I tried loading barnes and noble purchased ebook on another reader and it was asking for username password. Which for some reason can not remember.
So how do I load epubs that I purchased from barnes and noble on orignal stock nook color. I believe some are children eread books someone mention those can not be read by Nook for Android market app is that correct?
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Simply put you have to log in to your B&N account on the nook app. If you don't remember your user name and password then...I guess you'd be out of luck? I mean there are ways to figure out your password and username (their website, or call them) so you could try that, but there is no way to just import them to the app without it, unless you made a backup on your computer of them prior to going away from the stock reader. Let me know if that is the case, I may be able to help you.
Also, I don't believe that the B&N format is simply ePub (I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure) and so if you were to want to use a different app (like Aldiko), you'd have to convert the file (assuming it's DRM free)
And you're correct, at this time childrens books can not be read on the android app, but they are working on it (along with magazines) from what rumors say.
If you need more help let me know.
I have found "alternate" sources for my magazines now (in PDF format) and canceled my magazine subs through B&N. I really liked the reader and some of the extra features, but I really want to move forward with CM7 (and not dual-booting).
Thanks,
what was the process for logging in and registering nook with stock app, meaning how does B&N site regonzie Nook Color Reader, when you first register to provide a email for userid. It as been a while since I had stock nook reader so I have forgotten what I used. The problem I am having is I made a back up off all my B&N epub docs but the market app does not evern regonize them and or not sure how to select or load them into the nook market app. I guess I will check to see if there is documentation on nook market app.
stwallman said:
I have found "alternate" sources for my magazines now (in PDF format) and canceled my magazine subs through B&N. I really liked the reader and some of the extra features, but I really want to move forward with CM7 (and not dual-booting).
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Care to share the alternate sources for mags ... either by posting here or by PM? Likewise I don't want to get into dual-booting or having to stop and pull-out my sdcard to switch functionality. And CM7 will be all the more appealing than it is now once they incorporate the tablet tweaks that mad-murdock (a Cyanogenmod dev and member of teamdouche) is working on.
I probably shouldn't start a separate thread for this, but I'm wondering if people have a similar question or answer for me...
I went ahead and installed the snowball mod on my NT (yes I realize it gets rid of all B&N functionality). I went and downloaded the nook app for android off the app market, and it doesn't even run on the NT with snowball (what a surprise!). Does anyone know how to get it to run or possibly an app that functions similar to it? I really enjoyed the feel of the reader, but I still want the modified tablet so I can mess around on it when I'm not reading...
You were better off trying Indirect's mod if you wanted access to BN books. Just reimage it with Indirect's mod and you can get both worlds.
Read around the forums before you root to make sure that that is what you want.
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I probably shouldn't start a separate thread for this, but I'm wondering if people have a similar question or answer for me...
I went ahead and installed the snowball mod on my NT (yes I realize it gets rid of all B&N functionality). I went and downloaded the nook app for android off the app market, and it doesn't even run on the NT with snowball (what a surprise!). Does anyone know how to get it to run or possibly an app that functions similar to it? I really enjoyed the feel of the reader, but I still want the modified tablet so I can mess around on it when I'm not reading...
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I've found that both FBReader and Aldiko are great ebook readers and are free. They work best on sideloaded ebooks and can be stored on your sd card. With Aldiko, they can be placed in any directory or folder and for FBReader, place in \sd\Books. You can also convert books on your computer using calibre (also free) prior to side loading. hope this helps....
Berryblue said:
You were better off trying Indirect's mod if you wanted access to BN books. Just reimage it with Indirect's mod and you can get both worlds.
Read around the forums before you root to make sure that that is what you want.
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I have been reading around. I originally had Indirect's mod installed. Snowball has the functionality I want, I just expected that maybe the nook app would still run, which it obviously isn't for me. Either that or someone might have an apk for the reader (unlikely I know but still). I don't specifically have anything purchased from B&N, so I'm not too worried about losing any books, most of the books I read are downloaded from the web. I might still go back to indirect, I'm just messing around with different things right now. I also realize that the NT is still in the early development stages for rooting/mods...
I'll look into those other ereaders and post back, thanks! on a side note, the kindle app runs fine as well. i'll have to mess around with functionality on all three but they all installed fine.
I like cool reader. You can really customize it. One feature I really like is programmable tap zones. There are nine zones with long and short tap options. It did not show menu on indirect mod. Tapping in the center calls up menu. I also loaded soft keys so I have menu when I need it. I also like Aldiko
Woody
montaro is a good reader and ol fashioned adobe reader
I like the Moon+ Reader. It has a free and a not free pro version. If you don't mind not having the latest version you can find it at APKTOP.com. You can also install a companion dictionary, e.g., colordict. Works very nice on the NT.
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I have 3 nook tablets amongst my family that I rooted from 1.4.0 using indirect's method that have been running flawlessly since Christmas. That said, my mother's tablet today decided that it wanted to basically semi-wipe the nook OS and deleted all of the home screen icons, app history, and ebooks from the tablet. After rebooting I was able to get the apps back, but none of the BN ebooks want to re-download and the BN store doesn't even mention that any of her purchased books even exist. I was finally able to get them back on by copying the epub files from the desktop client, but they have no cover art, just list the titles as a bunch of numbers, and all of the extra features such as lending and recommendations are disabled. Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to reset or regegister the BN portion of the tablet without wiping and rerooting the whole thing?
My mother mostly uses her tablet for reading ebooks and games and as such still uses the default nook OS (she insists its better, so unfortunately CM7 isn't an option). I mostly rooted to get her access to amazon content for the occasional app and the kindle book store, but I'm pretty sure it's not the root at fault for this glitch. I've seen several threads about similar problems on the official forums, but nobody there has a solution (or a clue it seems) so I figured I'd ask here.
There is one way, prepare an sdcard with CWM, download any of the stock roms with root and B&N content in development section and copy the file to your sdcard, boot into CWM , format system and only system from Mount&Storage then install the ROM you downloaded following the instructions of the respective thread.
~ Veronica
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Hmmm, that sounds like it might just work. I'll have to propose the idea to her and see what she thinks. I offered to back everything up and do a full wipe and reroot earlier but she refused and said she would live with it as she didn't want to risk losing her game saves... Wish she didn't prefer the BN home screen over the others as I've had nothing but problems with it. I've tried to get her to use a third party launcher, but she hated them all because she couldn't put books straight on the home screen.
Are there any apps or home screens out there that would allow this (books on home screen)? Also, does anyone know if the BN reader on the android store has an identical layout to the stock tablet version? Maybe I can convert her if I can come up with something similar to the BN launcher.
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Hmmm, that sounds like it might just work. I'll have to propose the idea to her and see what she thinks. I offered to back everything up and do a full wipe and reroot earlier but she refused and said she would live with it as she didn't want to risk losing her game saves... Wish she didn't prefer the BN home screen over the others as I've had nothing but problems with it. I've tried to get her to use a third party launcher, but she hated them all because she couldn't put books straight on the home screen.
Are there any apps or home screens out there that would allow this (books on home screen)? Also, does anyone know if the BN reader on the android store has an identical layout to the stock tablet version? Maybe I can convert her if I can come up with something similar to the BN launcher.
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B&N Market app is nothing compared to original, apart that if you change to CM7 or other it's totally different interface if she likes B&N as is then is because she likes the interface too and all the B&N apps can't be run from other OS because they are dependent of the stock framework. If you get CWM up and running you could easily backup her data and do what i told you. It will safe you time and headaches.
Take a look here - METHOD#1 and here
When you restore your system you could install the app to install CWM internal, which is always good to have.
~ Veronica
Hey everyone, I just purchased a 16G NT for my 8 year old daughter, she's LOVES to read plus enjoys all the ANDROID stuff. My question would be this...
What would be the easiest root method?
If I root and add the full Android experience will she lose all the B&N stuff?
I want her to be able to easily browse for new books to purchase BUT also get to use the Android Market for her games and whatnot.
Thanks in advance for the help!
EDIT: Oh yea and from what I've read on most ROMs. Go Launcher seems to be the "go to launcher" for the devs, I'm not a big fan of it... Any ROM or way of using a different launcher? Remove Go Launcher from a ROM?
Try indirects root method, I can post the link when I find it, as it only requires the use of a bootable sdcard. That method gives you root access, plus two new launchers, adw and go launcher. Im not a fan of go launcher, so I chose to use adw as my default. This method is called stock+root, you get to keep all the stock bn stuff plus get all the cool Android play store too.
If you decide to run a different rom, such as cm7 or cm9 (icecream sandwich) you can have a more open experience and still keep all your apps purchased from bn. Just back everything up using titanium backup, then reinstall on after flashing your new rom. I've used this to run the apps that I purchased from bn on both cm7 and now cm9 and they run just as well as on stock.
If you do go with one of the cyanogen roms, you'll have to download the nook app from the market, but it works fine for reading your nook books, you can even shop from the app.
Good luck and don't let the amount of info scare you, it'll start to make sense after reading and rereading.
Here's the link to indirects root method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
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As for launchers, I'm happy with the stock Trebuchet launcher in CM9, but I've used ADW ex in the past and liked it too, though sometimes the dev throws in some unusual stuff and makes it default. I tried Go Launcher once and didn't care for it, though I don't recall why.
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Thanks you guys. Definitely helpful info. Covered my questions so far. So is CM9 working well for the NT? I might go for CM7 but I do love the Trebuchet Launcher. Again, THANKS!!
The big feature not working in cm9 is hardware acceleration. This means no Netflix or HD video or higher end games.
They're making a lot of progress though.
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CM9 may not be the best for your daughter. Remember it will time out in another 20 days or so and you will have reflash the new version. Indirect's rooting gives you all B&N just like it is stock and you can also get the full tablet experience with the Google Play Store.
Bill
Looks like B&N will be sending out an OTA update to version 1.4.3 starting today.
A post here about a deal with DC Comics mentions the following:
To use 'Zoom View' you will need a small update to the software in your Nook Tablet or Nook Color: software version 1.4.3 and you can get it for the Nook Tablet at www.nook.com/tablet/update or for the Nook Color at www.nookcolor.com/update. A free automated over the air update will bring this to your device beginning June 27th (that's tomorrow!) if you don't manually get the update.
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Thought y'all might appreciate a heads-up.
We appreciate, thank you sir.
Okay, color me confused. Isn't "Zoom View" where you use two fingers and pinch them together to make things smaller, and un-pinch to make things bigger ? Ah, this is broken ?
old_fart said:
Okay, color me confused. Isn't "Zoom View" where you use two fingers and pinch them together to make things smaller, and un-pinch to make things bigger ? Ah, this is broken ?
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From B&N:
The NOOK Tablet Ver1.4.3 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
• Zoom view in comics and graphic novels
• 2-Page mode in landscape for viewing PagePerfect™ and PDF documents
• Other minor system enhancements
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Okay, color me confused. Isn't "Zoom View" where you use two fingers and pinch them together to make things smaller, and un-pinch to make things bigger ? Ah, this is broken ?
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I haven't seen this in action, but I'm guessing it's similar to how other 3rd party comic viewing apps can detect and automatically zoom and advance through panels on a page without you having to "drive." The Dark Horse Comic app and (to a lesser, tunable degree) ComicViewer both have this. You still have the freedom to pinch-zoom and double-click to do full page views, but you can mostly just sit back and tap on the right side of the screen, and the app will maximize the viewability of a portion of the page. Very handy for smaller (7" or less) screens.
Different systems do it different ways. I doubt it panel by panel guided view, since the Nook Comics do not seem to have the required panel dimension information, but actually, it doesn't require it.
All it needs is the ability to lock the zoom at the level you want through page turns, starting at the top left corner of the page (left to right) or top right corner (right to left) and the pan and scan would be fine with me. Keep It Simple.
Anyway, this is definitely a change that I'll let go through and then run the manual rooter again afterward.
Changes made by update
Well bn updated my NT to 1.4.3 last night.
Now any app that i had pinned to the home page that was not gotten from BN will not open from the icon. These were pinned to the homepage using app manager.
I have to search for the adw launcher and get into them that way
Any body else have any issues.
1.4.3 is a nook killer
krier32 said:
Well bn updated my NT to 1.4.3 last night.
Now any app that i had pinned to the home page that was not gotten from BN will not open from the icon. These were pinned to the homepage using app manager.
I have to search for the adw launcher and get into them that way
Any body else have any issues.
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Same issue here. Had root but lost it to OTA for 1.42. Never bothered to re-root because I got 95% of the apps I cared about installed. Now 1.4.3 basically broke all of my apps and is not really usable anymore until I root again. Hoping SD card root works on 1.43. B&N are really making the move to CM7 seem smarter than ever.
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So, my nook also updated to the 1.4.3 last night.
I can verify that my device is no longer rooted, however I can still install applications from Google Play, and Amazon's app store. All of my previous applications are still working however not from the Nook home screens.
I haven't tried re-rooting with the sdcard method again yet.
The problem is that the API's changed that App Manager used to give access to the apps. The developer is aware of the issue and is trying to find a different way to achieve the same results. I just changed my default launcher to Go Launcher so I have access to all my apps, at least until App Manger starts working again.
I actually hadnt used mine in a while, but noticed yesterday the keyboard was back to default and realized something was up. Most of my apps still work, but the Play store asks me to login with an account, and when I click ok it just closes. Any ideas?
I don't remember how the sdcard root method pushed the play store, but if it pushed it to /system/apps, then play store is going to be screwed until you clear it out and install it again (reroot).
Edit: Just looked at the root zip file and it pushes all the gapps to /system/apps. The OTA update would wipe these out (as well as superuser).
Any tried Rerooting using the SDcard?
Having the same problem with Google Play.
Has anyone tried using the SD Card to reroot their device?
I think I will try it an see what happens.
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So, I backed up my nook, and took the plunge and used the SDcard I made to root 1.4.2 to root 1.4.3 and it worked flawlessly.
I had to re-login to Google Play, but I expected that.
The apps installed to the home screen of course still don't work, but opening them with another launcher or the App manager works fine.
I thought the SD card root method was designed to block OTA updates? Checking under the NT hidden settings showed an OTA block, though it now shows that I'm missing superuser since the new update unrooted my NT. Did this update have something different to defeat the block? I guess I need to seach for a new method to block updates (I seem to recall looking at some other posts on that topic).
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Rooting in itself does not block OTA I believe. It simply gives you the ability to do so (either by changing the version to 9.9.9 or blocking B&N services entirely).
Understood, thanks. I'm a noob and just thought I remembered that being one of the "features" on the SD card along with a bunch of other apps (superuser, gapps, ADW, busy box, etc.). That was an issue at the time because 1.4.2 had just been published and was different than the prior versions for rooting. Thanks for the clarification!
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I manually installed the 1.4.3 update and the SD Card root worked perfectly. One problem I've had since rooting though is that after updating apps from the Android Market/Play Store, the download arrows in the status bar stay active after the last app is 100% updated. The arrows go away after a reboot, but it's a little weird. I don't know if it's a market problem or has to do with 1.4.3., but everything else I had installed and loaded before the update is working flawlessly.
Supposedly when you actually install CWM on the device itself, not just on SD Card, you will not get updates due to factory recovery not being there. I do know that with CWM being internally installed + using the OTA blocker (999 one or Brian's) works. That is the way mine is and I've not gotten any updates.
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I was using the sdcard root method here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23591839
And only using CM7. It worked great and I wanted to check out CM9 so I wiped the card and started over to create the dual boot card on the same post. While doing that, 1.4.3 updated on my NT and now the sdcard wont boot into cyanoboot. Does anyone know if this is a problem with 1.4.3 or am I just screwing something up?
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