Nook Color General Discussion Thread

[gadgetrants]

Bill, you need to PM me before throwing wrenches in my plans.

Seriously...I've always assumed the tech shows are about announcing upcoming products, not just-about-to-be-released products. Do things come out right after CES?

-Matt

 

[Bootstrap Bill]

The CES usually shows products that are ready to be released. I think it might be worth waiting the two weeks or so to see what happens.

Is this for you or do you plan on giving it as a Christmas gift?

 

[gadgetrants]

Is this for you or do you plan on giving it as a Christmas gift?

OHMYGOSH, you're blessed to have missed the saga of MY NOOK COLOR! LOL

Short version: I own two at the moment. Giving one to my wife for XMAS (still wrapped) and playing with the other one right now. Will factory-reset and return the play unit next week. Based on owning/playing with numerous Android phones and more recently, some low-end Android tabs, I am really impressed with how the NC performs. Function-wise, not much more I'd want in a tablet...at least not until (as we already discussed) 3G is free.

-Matt

 

[graff_king]

Hi everyone, (all 2-3 of you in here), I have a NC and absolutely love it! Rooted and tweaking it now, while my evo loads a new ROM.

 

[rico2001]

Hi everyone, (all 2-3 of you in here), I have a NC and absolutely love it! Rooted and tweaking it now, while my evo loads a new ROM.

Welcome to at.net and the Nook section. It's good to see another user with the NC.

 

[breebauer]

Anyone else on ATnet buy a NC yet? or plan to?

I bought one too
Rooted w/ no problems

I'm happy!

 

[gadgetrants]

Hi everyone, (all 2-3 of you in here), I have a NC and absolutely love it! Rooted and tweaking it now, while my evo loads a new ROM.

Howdy! Have you tried to wifi tether from the Evo? That's one of the things on my list of stuff to try (with a Droid, in my case).

-Matt

 

[gadgetrants]

I bought one too
Rooted w/ no problems

I'm happy!

And howdy to you too! Which root method did you use? I'm also curious if your Market is working...able to update and download?

-Matt

 

[rico2001]

Howdy! Have you tried to wifi tether from the Evo? That's one of the things on my list of stuff to try (with a Droid, in my case).

-Matt

My NC tethers to the Evo fine; haven't had a problem yet.

 

[gadgetrants]

My NC tethers to the Evo fine; haven't had a problem yet.

I forget...does the Evo have built-in tethering (Verizon app...oops, I think I mean Sprint) or are you using a 3rd party app? I can't get it to work on the NC with "Wireless Tether for Android" but my Win7 machines find the SSD and connect no problem.

-Matt

 

[rico2001]

I forget...does the Evo have built-in tethering (Verizon app...oops, I think I mean Sprint) or are you using a 3rd party app? I can't get it to work on the NC with "Wireless Tether for Android" but my Win7 machines find the SSD and connect no problem.

-Matt

Yes unrooted, the Evo comes with an app called “Sprint Hotspot”, which you have to pay $30 per month to use. I’m using the app “Wireless Tether 2.0.5” to tether for free since I’m rooted. My NC sees my Evo's tether fine (SSID "AndroidTether").

 

[breebauer]

And howdy to you too! Which root method did you use? I'm also curious if your Market is working...able to update and download?

-Matt

First, I rooted with nooter 0.2- everything was fine except I had a hard time setting up the ADB on my laptop and couldn't figure out how to side load non market apps...

Then I did a wipe/reset, updated to B&N 1.0.1 software, and re-rooted with auto nooter.

No problems w/ downloading from the market- I just have to turn it sideways to see what's available after a search.

 

[gadgetrants]

First, I rooted with nooter 0.2- everything was fine except I had a hard time setting up the ADB on my laptop and couldn't figure out how to side load non market apps...

Then I did a wipe/reset, updated to B&N 1.0.1 software, and re-rooted with auto nooter.

No problems w/ downloading from the market- I just have to turn it sideways to see what's available after a search.

Wonderful. I'm sure that will reassure anyone who is a little uncertain about doing it. Did you find when you reset that it looked pretty much stock? I haven't tried yet, but that's my expectation.

-Matt

 

[breebauer]

Doing a wipe and reset together: made it exactly how it was when I took it out of the box...

I had to re-register it too

 

[Bootstrap Bill]

OHMYGOSH, you're blessed to have missed the saga of MY NOOK COLOR! LOL

I'm new here. Looks like I missed out on the fun....

Free 3G I'll have to search for that thread. I doubt we'll ever see that here in the US..