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These are the steps I used to set up my Nook Tablet and get it set up the way I wanted it. I have tweaked it even more but this is how I got to where I am now. I hope this collection of links to information may help others be as happy with their Nooks as I am with mine.
I am happy to have access to the Amazon ecosystem including buying apps from their app store and watching Amazon's instant streaming video as well as the Google Market and B&N Store. All this with the ability to access Netflix's HD content, an MicroSD slot, beautiful screen, sufficient processor & RAM leads me to feel that this is the best tablet for the money on the market today.
I would like to also thank Indirect, anlog, Loglud, gojimi, romified, t-r-i-c-k, robertely, Brad Linder and all of the other developers and XDA members that have worked on Nook tweaks and/or shared information for the benefit of others.
Just to be clear, I am nobody, I haven't created or worked on anything. I just mined all of this information for my own benefit and I thought I would post a copy of what I have found in a single post for those that follow. All of the credit should go to the people who created the posts that I am linking to.
My Nook Tablet Setup
Rooted and installed Gapps:
Video - http://youtu.be/1zbT1Fj38nE
Thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354487
Installed Go Launcher & Amazon App Store: http://liliputing.com/2011/11/how-to-sideload-apps-on-the-nook-tablet-amazon-appstore-go-launcher-ex.html
How to Check “Install from unknown sources” in settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19421107&postcount=18 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19423821&postcount=34
Remapped “n” button to Go Launcher or other with HomeCatcher2_1.apk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19551713#post19551713
Installed BN Home app to get back to stock launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19651917&postcount=40
Installed Any Cut to create shortcuts to settings:http://liliputing.com/2011/11/rooted-nook-tablet-tweaks-adding-buttons-shortcuts.html & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19633964&postcount=9
Installed Button Savior to always have access to Home & Back buttons: http://liliputing.com/2011/11/rooted-nook-tablet-tweaks-adding-buttons-shortcuts.html
Installed Amazon Video APK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352905
*********A video I made to demonstrate what these customizations look like applied to my Nook Tablet.*********
http://youtu.be/9qC7Kdqszgw
Some apps I think are must have apps:
Dolphin HD
Gmail
Amazon App store
Amazon Video
VooDoo OTA Rootkeeper
Kindle
Pulse
ES File Manager
Home Switcher
Button Savior
Root Explorer
Zedge
More to follow...
What a beautifully accurate description of how I am feeling about the nook tablet. Thanks for putting all of the time and effort into this post to direct everyone to the needed threads.
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
How did you get Dolphin HD on it? I cant access it in the Market.
thanks for button savior
mebizzle said:
How did you get Dolphin HD on it? I cant access it in the Market.
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You can get it from slideme market for free and without changing the displays dpi.
150pilot, I'm rooted as well, and have many of the same apps that you are running. But for the life of me I cannot get the Amazon Video APK installed. Would you be able to detail out exactly how you got this to install and run?
tonyp22 said:
150pilot, I'm rooted as well, and have many of the same apps that you are running. But for the life of me I cannot get the Amazon Video APK installed. Would you be able to detail out exactly how you got this to install and run?
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On an unrooted tablet (not sure if it makes a difference), I just downloaded the APK and ran it like the others. Installed and ran without issue.
Thanks for taking the time to put all this info in one place. Great help for a Nook noob like myself.
tonyp22 said:
150pilot, I'm rooted as well, and have many of the same apps that you are running. But for the life of me I cannot get the Amazon Video APK installed. Would you be able to detail out exactly how you got this to install and run?
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This is what I did & it worked for me.
1. Download & install the Amazon .apk from the link.
2. Download & install OTA Rootkeeper from the Market.
3. Run OTA Rootkeeper to temporarily unroot.
4. Run Amazon Video.
5. Click on a video to rent & a request to login will pop up.
6. Log in with your Amazon account info.
7. That is it, now just use the service as you'd expect.
Good Luck.
150pilot said:
This is what I did & it worked for me.
1. Download & install the Amazon .apk from the link.
2. Download & install OTA Rootkeeper from the Market.
3. Run OTA Rootkeeper to temporarily unroot.
4. Run Amazon Video.
5. Click on a video to rent & a request to login will pop up.
6. Log in with your Amazon account info.
7. That is it, now just use the service as you'd expect.
Good Luck.
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I'm pretty sure that's what I did too, but I'll try it again.
mebizzle said:
How did you get Dolphin HD on it? I cant access it in the Market.
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As yaggermr said, it is available in the SlideMe Market. Here is a link, install SAM v4.3 and then do a search for it.
http://slideme.org
Thanks a million for sharing your list.
A few others apps that I have working:
250+ Solitaire
2player
alarmKlock
Amazon Kindle
Android Assistant
Angry Birds
AnTuTu Benchmark and Tester
AnyCut
Amazon Appstore
Google Books
Busybox Installer
CF-Bench
ChromMarksLite
ClipBoardEverywhere
CPU Spy
DI Radio
Google Docs
Document to Go main and apps
Dolphin Browser HD
File Expert
GMail
Go Launcher
Goodreads
Google Reader
Google +
Hacker's Keyboard
Jorte
Google Latitude
Google Maps
Market
G+ Messenger
MX Video
NE GDocs and Note Everything
Office Suite Pro
PDF Viewer
Power Schedule
Pulse
QuickOffice Pro
ReadItLater
Root Explorer
SDCardTester
Softkeys
Speed Test
SuperUser
Titanium Backup
TuneInRadio
Viaway
Voodo OTA Root
Wifi Analyzer
WritePad
YouTube
New&Weather
Google Search
Flash Player Settings
I have been unable to install OS Monitor.
I still have a lot to install that I have on my Nook Color CM7 sd card.
I have been trying to get voice to text to work also.
Happy Nooking...
I've been saying this a lot, but swipepad turns this into a different device. I find it so much more useable now. Thanks for pulling this info together. Thanks button pressed.
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150pilot said:
This is what I did & it worked for me.
1. Download & install the Amazon .apk from the link.
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Done. I hit "DONE" instead of "OPEN" when the package installation was complete.
150pilot said:
2. Download & install OTA Rootkeeper from the Market.
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Good here since it was already installed.
150pilot said:
3. Run OTA Rootkeeper to temporarily unroot.
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Done.
150pilot said:
4. Run Amazon Video.
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And here's the problem. I have no icon in my GoLauncer Apps area that I could even identify as the Amazon Video app!
tonyp22 said:
And here's the problem. I have no icon in my GoLauncer Apps area that I could even identify as the Amazon Video app!
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Reboot or use the search.
xdahgary said:
Reboot or use the search.
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Tried both. I'm assuming I have to look for something that has the word Amazon in it. So I just looked for every app with a word that starts with "a". No luck. Then I tried "v" thinking maybe the word Video was in there somewhere. No luck.
tonyp22 said:
Tried both. I'm assuming I have to look for something that has the word Amazon in it. So I just looked for every app with a word that starts with "a". No luck. Then I tried "v" thinking maybe the word Video was in there somewhere. No luck.
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You installing this apk?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19409230&postcount=10
xdahgary said:
You installing this apk?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19409230&postcount=10
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That's the one.
tonyp22 said:
And here's the problem. I have no icon in my GoLauncer Apps area that I could even identify as the Amazon Video app!
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I think I had to reboot but I have a green & white icon called Amazon Video in my app drawer which I've pulled out onto a homepage. Do you see Amazon Video in Settings under "Manage Applications"?
Link to apk?
oldsmobuick said:
I've been saying this a lot, but swipepad turns this into a different device. I find it so much more useable now. Thanks for pulling this info together. Thanks button pressed.
Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium
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Does anybody have a link to the SWIPEPAD apk file by any chance? Unfortunately I am only side-loading, hence my problem getting it via the traditional market.
I really have tried to get this a number of ways, and in a number of locations, but have kind of hit a roadblock! What's ironic is that it would have been quicker for me to ROOT my device and load it via google, rather than waste the time I put into trying to side-load it LOL!!!
I'm frustrated with Google Market because a decent handful of apps that I want to download show incompatible with my device. But I can't seem to find anywhere to download the apks now either to side load them. I used to use an apk downloader extension with Chrome but that no longer works and I can't get sites like Appbrain, Getjar etc to download the file either. I'm looking for apps like ticketmaster, cvs, target etc which are all free apps.
Any way around the Market issue or a good site without warez to get these apps?
Amazon?
Apps outside of Google Market
rlefranc said:
I'm frustrated with Google Market because a decent handful of apps that I want to download show incompatible with my device. But I can't seem to find anywhere to download the apks now either to side load them. I used to use an apk downloader extension with Chrome but that no longer works and I can't get sites like Appbrain, Getjar etc to download the file either. I'm looking for apps like ticketmaster, cvs, target etc which are all free apps.
Any way around the Market issue or a good site without warez to get these apps?
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I have been playing with a Kindle Fire and have(had) the same issue. I have used 1Mobile Market for most of the apps I previously got from the Play Store (Market). To install the Mobile market app, use the browser and go to their site (1mobile.com/). From their you can download their app with needed installer. After that, a huge variety of apps are available.
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I have been playing with a Kindle Fire and have(had) the same issue. I have used 1Mobile Market for most of the apps I previously got from the Play Store (Market). To install the Mobile market app, use the browser and go to their site (1mobile.com/). From their you can download their app with needed installer. After that, a huge variety of apps are available.
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That site worked great, thanks!
rlefranc said:
That site worked great, thanks!
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I also found a lot of 'uncompatible' apps, but sideloading copies from my phone worked fine...
dbh369 said:
I also found a lot of 'uncompatible' apps, but sideloading copies from my phone worked fine...
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Indeed, but I tried one which checks for root access after I side loaded it. It wants unrooted devices only. Still hoping for a temp unroot option.
you dudes can use modified play store to access all the apps (not paid app for free indeed)
hamed334 said:
you dudes can use modified play store to access all the apps (not paid app for free indeed)
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Like where? Thanks
Don't forget that if you have the apps on another device, you can use a backup app like astro file manager to make an apk of any app.
Sent from my Barnes & Noble Nook HD using xda premium
Gapps, and flash
Flash player works when you install from a download. You can get the most current version by googling flash player versions. adobe has all Android versions on their website. Here's the website to download the most current Version of Adobe Flashplayer I also provided a download below.
K just unzip the app file and install the apk with es file manager that works I have confirmed that flash works on my daughters tablet. Adobe Flash Player works just fine when installed normally.
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Indeed, but I tried one which checks for root access after I side loaded it. It wants unrooted devices only. Still hoping for a temp unroot option.
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Voodoo OTA rootkeeper does not work for stock nook? I'm getting the 7'' HD soon but I would like to have Amazon Video installed on it. It checks for root but I used Voodoo for that on my phone
koreanschoolkid said:
Voodoo OTA rootkeeper does not work for stock nook? I'm getting the 7'' HD soon but I would like to have Amazon Video installed on it. It checks for root but I used Voodoo for that on my phone
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Voodoo programs are usually reliant on Voodoo compatible customized kernels, not stock non altered kernels.
For download apk's from PlayStore I use Real APK Leecher.
And how Real APK Leecher OP proposed i created new gmail account only for this necessity. Device ID i just got at my SGS II. All works like charm. Later i can install it to my phone or rooted Nook HD+ with Android Commander (very handy and great tool).
Amazon app store works ironically just fine.
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Voodoo programs are usually reliant on Voodoo compatible customized kernels, not stock non altered kernels.
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Not true at all. Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper works on almost every single device running Android.
I should be getting my Nook HD this Wednesday so expect some themes to come sometime next weekend.
spc_hicks09 said:
Not true at all. Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper works on almost every single device running Android.
I should be getting my Nook HD this Wednesday so expect some themes to come sometime next weekend.
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You don't want to be using this app on the HD/HD+ since it modifies /system and you will end up getting reset.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
six-guns
Will any version of six-guns run on nook hd
bot42 said:
Flash player works when you install from a download. You can get the most current version by googling flash player versions. adobe has all Android versions on their website. Here's the website to download the most current Version of Adobe Flashplayer I also provided a download below.
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Oh my man, thank you so much! I can't believe I have amazon video working on my Nook now with that little download. I couldn't even install flash before
Sent from my Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ using XDA Premium HD app
Hey guys,
So I developed my first android app which is in the play store and blah blah blah. Anyway, I don't have a physical android phone so I developed the app using emulators and stuff and when I do a play store search on the web, I can find my app. Anyway yesterday, I downloaded this new android emulator called Genymotion that comes with emulated phones that have access to the play store and when I did a search of my app in the play store on the emulator I couldn't find it. Then when i did a google search on the phone and clicked on the link to open it in the play store it said that the app was not compatitble with the phone which is weird because the emulator is running android 4.2.2 and the app is supposed to run on anything from Android 2.2 upwards. Anyway, since nobody around me has an android phone, I was hoping some of you guys could do a quick search on your play store app and search for my app called "Reflap" (No need to download it) . If you can't find it, do a google search on your phone and find the link to the play store, click it and open it in the play store and see if it gives you the incompatibility message. Whatever the status, it would be great if you could reply to the thread with your phone, android version and the status of the search. Thanks guys, that would help me out to see what is going on with that.
Found it in my play store . Nexus 4 running android 4.3.
Sent from my Nexus 4
Theonew said:
Found it in my play store . Nexus 4 running android 4.3.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Sweet. Weird that using the genymotion emulator I can search for all the mainstream apps but can't find mine. Anyway, as long as it's available on real devices, I'm good.
How do you download Torrents on Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 because the Stock Apps Amazon has doesn't download the Torrents & it only gives you these 2 Apps: Crystal Downloader and Download Everything Pro and they will not download the Torrents at all
Use the Alternative 1Mobile Market App Store
cooltwou said:
How do you download Torrents on Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 because the Stock Apps Amazon has doesn't download the Torrents & it only gives you these 2 Apps: Crystal Downloader and Download Everything Pro and they will not download the Torrents at all
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Search and download your preferred torrent client from the 1Mobile App Store.
My personal preference is uTorrent for Android.
FYI.
Sorry, new user here so I can't post external links... Google '1Mobile Market' and download its APK from CNET.
tl3 said:
Search and download your preferred torrent client from the 1Mobile App Store.
My personal preference is uTorrent for Android.
FYI.
Sorry, new user here so I can't post external links... Google '1Mobile Market' and download its APK from CNET.
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I got the 1Mobile App Store and have got the Utorrent but I have a question when you install Apps though 1Mobile App Store how do i get that Apps to my Home Screen on the Kindle Fire HDX i see no option to do this at all
1mobile files
cooltwou said:
I got the 1Mobile App Store and have got the Utorrent but I have a question when you install Apps though 1Mobile App Store how do i get that Apps to my Home Screen on the Kindle Fire HDX i see no option to do this at all
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Go get ESexplorer (available on amazon app store). With that, you can browse all the folders and files on your HDX. It should be either under DOWNLOAD or the 1mobile folder. There's a part about it on Android Cowboy's youtube tutorial (Sorry, can't post link )
Like Most Any Other Installed App...
cooltwou said:
I got the 1Mobile App Store and have got the Utorrent but I have a question when you install Apps though 1Mobile App Store how do i get that Apps to my Home Screen on the Kindle Fire HDX i see no option to do this at all
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<Apps> <On Device> [long-press on uTorrent icon] <Add to Home>
Hi there,
I am trying to install Pokemon GO on Memu 2.7.2 from the website apk mirror (can't link it cuz I don't have enough posts)
Every app is easily installed however Pokemon GO fails to install without giving me any reason why.
Has anyone encountered the same problem and has a possible fix?
Thanks!
Same problem here. Haven't found a fix for it yet. The apk worked fine on mobile so that's not the problem.
We'll probably have to wait till it's downloadable through the playstore.
Yes they are blocking devices that can't get the app from the PlayStore and banning people that are sideloading it
Pokemon Go required Android 4.4 And MEmu is 4.2
EdgarKmarita said:
Pokemon Go required Android 4.4 And MEmu is 4.2
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There's actually a Lollipop version now.
I was able to install it from the Play Store, but it still force closes after I launch it.
Edit: I actually got it working. I just had to set up Google Play Games. It's working great now!
trickinit said:
There's actually a Lollipop version now.
I was able to install it from the Play Store, but it still force closes after I launch it.
Edit: I actually got it working. I just had to set up Google Play Games. It's working great now!
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I installed the lollipop version and installed Play Games, and it still force closes the app upon startup. Was there anything else you had to do to get it to work?
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I installed the lollipop version and installed Play Games, and it still force closes the app upon startup. Was there anything else you had to do to get it to work?
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Did you open Play Games and make sure you're signed in? That's all I did. Which version of Pokemon Go are you using? I have 0.29.2 which was released today.
trickinit said:
Did you open Play Games and make sure you're signed in? That's all I did. Which version of Pokemon Go are you using? I have 0.29.2 which was released today.
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Yeah, I installed Play Games, signed into my account, and clicked around on a few things to be sure I was signed in correctly. Then I just I installed the game from the Play Store, which I would assume is the most up to date version.
Edit: Just verified - it's 0.29.2
Double edit: I opened Play Games, navigated to "My Games" or whatever, and opened the game from inside Play games, and it worked. Wont work if I try to open it from the home screen though.
having same problem but going though play games didnt fix it for me. Running the latest memu beta, game installs from play store, run game from play games and still crashing. Thoughts?
I got it installed but it's also crashing for me
me too
Grave diggging!!!!!