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I just purchased a Nook Tablet. Moved over from the Kindle Fire because I didn't like how thick the screen was and thus how glossy / reflective it is. I actually don't mind the Nook interface. Literally all I want to do is run the Kindle App for Android along with Comixology. I have purchased significant content on both and I don't want to lose access to it. Otherwise I like the Nook and would be content to just use the stock OS. Is this possible? Or do I have to dual boot?
It appears that I can simply prevent OTA updates and stay on 1.4.0. Is this still true?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405418
DSGamer said:
It appears that I can simply prevent OTA updates and stay on 1.4.0. Is this still true?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405418
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Yes, after you root your device then apply the OTA prevention to keep B&N from updating.
pretty much follow the rooting method, block ota updates and you should be set
lenardo said:
pretty much follow the rooting method, block ota updates and you should be set
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Sweet. I was prepared to have to run CM9, etc., but hoping to stick with the main OS for now.
So I got this working for the most part. Is there any way to get these apps to appear under the Nook UI? Right now I'm booting into the AWS Home and that's where Kindle is located, etc.
Look for an application named "App Manager". It will make shortcuts for whatever app you like on the Nook home screen. It should be easy enough to track down in the Nook Tablet and/or the Nook Color forums.
EDIT: There's a link to the APK for App Manager in post number 5: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353040
I use homecatcher & go launcher my my homepage, i NEVER use the nook default launcher, i just add shortcuts to the nook apps on my main page, and i one "page" devoted to games...
btw rooted, also install the amazon app store,
better selection AND better prices than the stock b&n store plus they give a paid app away for free a day-i have installed atleast 50 apps this way.
and if you are a prime member, install the amazon video player, though you have to temporarily unroot the tablet (voodoo rootkeeper) to use.
Just bought an 8gb NT with 1.42 preloaded and I just want to add the kindle app to it. Do I do everything you do for a 16gb NT?
siix89 said:
Just bought an 8gb NT with 1.42 preloaded and I just want to add the kindle app to it. Do I do everything you do for a 16gb NT?
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Follow the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529553
Sent from my Nook Tablet using XDA
Hi all, I'm having a problem with browsing using ICS+ Browser and the TF201 Dock. Whenever I use certain keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+t/ctrl+w/etc.), the browser starts opening every link in a new tab. For example on reddit or xda, clicking next page will open that in the background. I have tried changing agent mode, toggling open in background, restarting browser app, clearing cache. These seem to fix the problem temporarily until I use the shortcuts again.
I am using Thumb keyboard, but changing that to ASUS or android doesn't seem to help either. If I only use shift+space or space, it doesn't seem to have the problem. Any help would be much appreciated.
So I've had the HDX 8.9" for a while and in general I love it. But there are some things about it that I don't like, and find myself wishing that I'd picked up an iPad Air instead of the HDX. I'm not sure what the current status of things is, but the fact that there's still a sticky post here saying there isn't a good way to recover bricked units doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence. OTOH, maybe the problems I face are resolvable without having to root the unit entirely.
1) Restricted to the Amazon App store. There's a bunch of apps that are just way out of date (Trillian, looking squarely at you...) or not present on the Amazon app store. I've worked around this to some extent by loading up the 1Mobile Market store. This allowed me to get the newer version of Trillian, Chrome, Bluejeans, and such installed. But even apps that work in general have some gaps; for example Chrome works fine as a browser but I can't sign in to sync up my bookmarks and such... it crashes the app when I try to do that. Perhaps there's a better market than 1Mobile that I should be trying instead, since getting Google Play up and running would require a full root to my understanding?
2) Notifications. The notification system on the Kindle sucks. On the iPad I had, which I was using before I got the Kindle, an incoming IM or such would flash a banner across the top of the screen before going to the standard system bar up top as an indicator. This doesn't happen on the Kindle. Worse yet, if I'm doing something like watching a TV episode, I often will not actually hear any sound come through for a Trillian notification, and will only realize that I got a message after the episode ends. I'm not sure if this is specifically a Trillian-related sound issue, and perhaps I should try another IM client on the Kindle, or if there's possibly an app that will work that will help me get an on-screen display for incoming notifications when I'm doing something that hides the notification bar, like reading a book/Marvel Unlimited or watching a video.
3) Growl support. On the iPad I ran an app called Prowl that would receive forwarded Growl events from my Mac. This allowed me to get notifications from IRC/Hipchat/etc that come from my laptop but ping my tablet. As I'm partially disabled due to arthritis, I take various breaks throughout the work day when my back or such starts acting up, and I try to stay connected to my coworkers and family using the tablet. I found a few assorted Growl-related apps around, but can't seem to find any that work on the Kindle.
4) Google Authenticator / Authenticator plus. I used to use GA on my phone (Droid 4) and then switched to Authenticator Plus, as it stores the info for the accounts in Dropbox so you can have multiple devices generate codes. However, I can't find that even on 1Mobile. (The plugins for it seem to be there but not the main app?) Thoughts around this would be helpful, though it may tie into #1.
5) Email. I really dislike the native email client. The Android and iOS Gmail apps are really solid and do what I want them to do. At one point I found out how to sideload enough APKs to get the Android Gmail app working, but that kept generating weird app crashes (some of them the Google libraries like Google Service Frameworks, some of them actual apps, like it was crashing Trillian when the library crashes popped up). Eventually I uninstalled those and went back to using the native client. I'm not sure if there's a better way to get Gmail sideloaded at this point that doesn't do that (as this was something I did right when I got the device, not long after they came out), or if there's another app that works well with Gmail. Specifically, I don't want it to take forever to download my mail. I'd rather have a list of sender/subjects with no message preview and have the message get pulled up when I touch it, than have to wait for it to download the message contents for everything up to the message I want before I can tap into it and have the message display. (If you tap into the message before the download completes it seems like the native client won't refresh the message when it is downloaded, which is just... crap.)
I'm no slouch with tech (I'm a Unix Systems Administrator by trade), and I have access to Win 7, Linux, and OSX Mavericks machines to do whatever is needed, but I'm definitely not an Android wizard. I did root my Nook Color back in the day, and the wife's, so I'm familiar with the kind of process to go about things, but I'm very wary of bricking a very expensive piece of hardware. (I've got the 64G model, ostensibly so that I could have video content downloaded locally if desired, to have lots and lots of books loaded on the device, and for games. However, several of the games that I was playing on iOS aren't available on the Amazon store but do have Google Play versions. When all is said and done, I really like the Kindle as a device, but I am getting rather annoyed by some of the software side of things that just are non-existent issues on the iPad.)
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4) Google Authenticator / Authenticator plus. I used to use GA on my phone (Droid 4) and then switched to Authenticator Plus, as it stores the info for the accounts in Dropbox so you can have multiple devices generate codes. However, I can't find that even on 1Mobile. (The plugins for it seem to be there but not the main app?) Thoughts around this would be helpful, though it may tie into #1.
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Actually I found that this was available as a native app (surprisingly so!), so this item is a non-issue.
stormerider said:
OTOH, maybe the problems I face are resolvable without having to root the unit entirely.
1) Restricted to the Amazon App store...
...I'm no slouch with tech (I'm a Unix Systems Administrator by trade), and I have access to Win 7, Linux, and OSX Mavericks machines to do whatever is needed, but I'm definitely not an Android wizard.
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Quit being afraid of root, there's no reason for it.
People are getting in trouble here because they haven't done much reading before they plunge in, and because they are messing with Safestrap and trying to install ROMs on a device with a locked bootloader. This is different than rooting, which is actually a pretty trivial and non-risky procedure, even for a nonslouch, nonwizard,
Follow instructions here and most of your problems will vanish:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787813
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Quit being afraid of root, there's no reason for it.
People are getting in trouble here because they haven't done much reading before they plunge in, and because they are messing with Safestrap and trying to install ROMs on a device with a locked bootloader. This is different than rooting, which is actually a pretty trivial and non-risky procedure, even for a nonslouch, nonwizard,
Follow instructions here and most of your problems will vanish:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787813
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Thanks. Went ahead and did that, and got the play store working. Any thoughts about the notification system post-rooting?
stormerider said:
Thanks. Went ahead and did that, and got the play store working. Any thoughts about the notification system post-rooting?
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Congrats. A firm step on the way to wizardom!
Native heads up notifications are a feature of a more advanced version of Android than the one we are chained to here. Otherwise, there are many apps that provide notification enhancements, but I don't have much experience to offer. Perhaps others may chime in to help with that.
I'm looking to use a Kindle Fire HDX for a small project that I've been working on. The project just requires a touch screen with a web browser (it's a web app with fairly low requirements), but it requires that users not be able to exit kiosk mode (short of rebooting the thing), exit the full screen browser, or display any kind of OS chrome whatsoever. I'm wondering if the Kindle will be able to meet my needs, without rooting it / doing anything crazy advanced beyond just installing an app (or using functionality it already has built in). Additionally, is it possible to force the screen to be on 24/7, so that nothing about the browser session will ever change?
I'd like to avoid rooting it because I live in Canada - while that has seemingly no relevance to this; if I'm unable to use the Kindle for whatever reason, the device is basically worthless up here (we have no Amazon streaming video service, etc), and I'd like to save myself the potential monetary loss if it isn't able to easily do this.
Are you the creator of the app? If so, there's a way to "Override" the back, home, menu, and search buttons.
It's just a website currently, but I could package it up into an Android app that just spawns a WebView if necessary (I might do so anyways, to give the app control of screen brightness if possible).
I would recommend that. If you need any help, feel free to PM me. I have some Android App Development knowledge.
Will overriding the functionality of those buttons just prevent you from leaving the app, or can I prevent the on screen buttons from showing up at all? I'd like to prevent anything from showing up no matter where you swipe on screen.
Kioware
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I'm looking to use a Kindle Fire HDX for a small project that I've been working on. The project just requires a touch screen with a web browser (it's a web app with fairly low requirements), but it requires that users not be able to exit kiosk mode (short of rebooting the thing), exit the full screen browser, or display any kind of OS chrome whatsoever. I'm wondering if the Kindle will be able to meet my needs, without rooting it / doing anything crazy advanced beyond just installing an app (or using functionality it already has built in). Additionally, is it possible to force the screen to be on 24/7, so that nothing about the browser session will ever change?
I'd like to avoid rooting it because I live in Canada - while that has seemingly no relevance to this; if I'm unable to use the Kindle for whatever reason, the device is basically worthless up here (we have no Amazon streaming video service, etc), and I'd like to save myself the potential monetary loss if it isn't able to easily do this.
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I have found Kioware to work on my new $50 kindle fire. It isn't perfect, as users can exit out of the app (and see the other apps and kindle home screen), but it will reopen automatically in a few seconds. If a user tries to select a different app, it will force the kiosk browser to re-open right away. There is a free trial.
This is a far superior device with Google Now launcher installed. Perhaps that is because I have a Nexus 5 and I like the commonality. But I digress.
The only problem is that every time I press HOME Fire O/S asks me "Just Once or Always?" It's a PITA. Does anyone know how to get "Always" to stick?
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Just in passing, using the GN Launcher provides multiple screens, an apps drawer and a app bar. It gets rid of that ridiculous carousel. However, all of the Kindle goodness is retained including Instant Video (if you are a Prime member). Root is not required so you can retain 4.52. "OK Google" works just like my Nexus. Search, alarms, weather and so on. Wallpapers doesn't work. I don't know about widgets.
I have the same issue for all the launchers I've tried, it's definitely a pita. Unfortunately they probably did that on purpose to discourage other launchers from being installed and used.
There is a youtube video how to make Google now or any launcher your default launcher. You have to use adb to send a command to disable kindles launcher. I did it and it works. I tried to add the link here for your guys but I dont have enough posts yet. Here is the title of the youtube video. "How to set a launcher as default on the Amazon Fire HD6 and HD7 " This also works on the hdx.