Sign into your nook account using the same login information you use on your nook device. How to turn your nook color into an android tablet. The nook color hardware makes a nice tablet with a really sharp screen at a reasonable price. Nov 26, 2012 this is the guide for creating the sdcard for the nook color. How to write a n2a cards image to your own microsd card nook2android youtube. It is nice to know that unlike some other devices, it is actually quite difficult to brick a nook color. Get your preconfigured microsd turn your nook color to an android tablet.
Turn off your nook color, insert the microsd card into the microsd slot back of your nook color, and turn it. The appstore installed on my nook tablet without a hitch but when i tried to download apps from the amazon appstore, the downloads wouldnt complete until i inserted a microsd card into the. There are 3 sections here, depending on your situation. Apr 27, 2014 unplug the card reader from your pc and insert the micro sd card inside your nook color. Nook color, download amazons new android appstore to get a paid app for. Dualboot your nook color with android using a microsd card. Nook colortablet archive and unarchive nook content nook tablet 7. The reason we are creating the example with the nook color is because we just happen to need on so might as well write as we do it. Must use sandisk class 4 2gb 4gb windows only 5gb 9gb windows only 5gb 25gb windows only. Bootable sd card image with clockworkmod rom manager with 6. Nookandroid micro sd cards are preloaded with android 2. Older nooks and nook tablets require security update to keep.
Download files here and full stepbystep directions. The instructions to install cyanogenmod 9 on an sd card is a very simple process, does not require root, and sows not effect the nook color stock rom. Once thats good to go, power the nook color down and uninstall the cm7 microsd card. Click on the file folder and select the disk image. The nook tablets instruction manual and some advertising are a bit imprecise in the description of the type of memory card it uses. Nov 27, 2012 turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android 4. Such apps will still be installed in the devices internal storage. You can choose to install cm7 on the nook colors main memory if you dont want. Create a bootable clockworkmod micro sd card android. Dec 20, 2012 a 4 gb card will do, but i prefer a 16 gb. Once mounted, open your sd card drive and a window with the apk files you would like to installcopy the apk files from you pc to the sd card folder of your choiceclose both windowsunplug your nook color from your pc your sd card will remount to the nook color once unplugged, wake up your nook color unlock the home screen. The nook color will boot from the microsd card into clockworkmod. Make sure that your nook color is completely switched off before inserting the sd card.
If you have used the usb storage mode on the nook color to mount the card on windows, just restart the device. Is there an option to see which of my installed apps are. The nook color will boot from the micro sd card into clockworkmod. Easily turn your nook color into a full android tablet. You cannot directly move files from the nook memory to the sd memory using your nook. Nook color tablet running android os on a microsd card. Now that cm10 jellybean is in alpha release and now beta and nightlies for the nook color see post here, i was requested to issue some uptodate installation instructions to put it on sd. The nookiedevs are pleased to announce cyanogenmod 11 nightly builds for the nook color. Once the card is formatted, apps you download from the play store will typically save there by default. Remove the microsd from the card reader if you have used one and insert it into the nook color. If you received a not enough memory error when downloading a title or app on. Install cm9 ics to sd card for nook color android advice. Dualboot your nook color with android using a microsd.
Step 2, download a copy of the ebook you want to copy onto your sd card to your computer. Can i transfer files from my nook to an sd card, samsung. Both models include a microsd slot for additional storage with a microsd card up to 16 gb for the regular nook and up to 32 gb for the nook. Settings screens for personalizing the configuration of your nook color. Win32diskimager for writing the disk image to the sd card.
Of course all mods and hacks are at your own risk and rooting does void your nook color warranty. Id suggest using the sd card method so you can easily change between the. Digital rights management and publishers guidelines will affect the. I can leave it connected for 6 hours and it does not reboot. Colortablet the memory card slot nook color available storage. These instructions are based on using verygreens original sizeagnostic sd image and installer which is explained here.
Once you are done with the packages, go back to main menu, eject your sd card and reboot your device. Jul 18, 2011 according to nook2android, your dualbooting nook color running cm7 will be able to. Howerever, when i connect the nook turned off and with sd card back to the computer, it comes on running the nook firmware. Just pop in a special microsd card or download the os to your own card and. You will need the clockworkmod bootable sd card to root the nook color using the manual nooter method so here it goes. Your nook color will go into usb mode and your internal memory and sd card will mount as drives on your pc. May 21, 2011 get your preconfigured microsd turn your nook color to an android tablet. Finally i have upgraded my nook color to cm11 with a 16gb sd card and this is how. The linux image on the microsd will boot up, you will see the familiar linux penguin image. Some ebooks can only be downloaded to sd card from your library once you. Id really like to root my nook color, however i am not able to get my hands on a micro sd card, and i wont be able to for a few weeks. According to nook2android, your dualbooting nook color running cm7 will be able to. If your nook is running an early version youll need to make sure its updated before june 30th.
A 2011 firmware update made it no longer possible to root the nook color or sideload apps. The microsd or microsdhc card used in your nook ereader can store as much reading material as you could possibly need up to approximately 32,000 averagesize books or millions of pages of documents from your personal computer. Then, when you want to switch back to the nook ui, you just turn off the nook color, remove the sd card, and then boot it up. These experimental builds contain the latest changes to cyanogenmod and to hardware support for the nook color. Since the nook color boots off the sd card first, the only way to not get it to boot is to fry the processor. A search tool for searching everywhere on your nook color.
Insert the microsd card into the microsd slot of the nook color. Nookandroid 16gb nook to android micro sd card for nook. Eligible nook content will be stored on the microsd. Apps, including my media gallery, music player, pandora internet radio, nook friends, crossword puzzles, and games like chess and sudoku your apps from the nook store are also stored here. Fix for sd compatibility issue with specific card brands additional support to store drm enabled nook books to a microsd card to enable this feature, after formatting the sd card. The sd card showed up until my computer crashed and i bought a new one. Next you need to download a little program called auto nooter by gabrialdestruir that creates a bootable sd card image for booting the nook color. There seems to be a catch about the version of the nook color that you get. Before doing this, run cm7 on your nook color at least once to setup wifi go to settings, wireless.
As the name suggests, new builds are made and posted roughly every day. Nookandroid 8gb nook to android micro sd card for nook. Guide how to install cm9 on your nook color android. Turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android. Install the nook software to your pc or mac computer. After inserting and configuring your microsd card, open app drawer nook settings. How to turn the external sd card into internal storage on nougat a. This method uses a virtual image for the honeycomb. Turn off your nook color, insert the microsd card into the microsd slot back of your nook color, and turn it back on. Remember to verify that you are running the latest software on your device, which also might help increase available space. Nov 16, 2011 the appstore installed on my nook tablet without a hitch but when i tried to download apps from the amazon appstore, the downloads wouldnt complete until i inserted a microsd card into the.
Learn how to install android honeycomb on a nook color to turn it into. Your sd card will now be formatted as internal storage. Sd card turns nook color into android tablet by kevin parrish 20 july 2011 heres a way to safely convert the nook color into an android tablet without having to root the device. Ensure the nook color is charged to last at least 30 minutes. You must use the computer as a proxy to transfer the files between the two storage partitions. If you dont reboot the tablet, many things may not work correctly, so make sure you do. Just pop in a special microsd card or download the os to your own card and you can transform your nook into a fullblown android tablet. Expand your nook ereader with a microsd or microsdhc card. Install and format the memory card in a nook tablet dummies. Turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android 4. Once mounted, open your sd card drive and a window with the apk files you would like to install copy the apk files from you pc to the sd card folder of your choice. Some apps are not able to download to an external card.
I have a nook hd android tablet with a 16g sd card when i go to play store to down load games it wont let me because suse it wont allow. Sd card turns nook color into android tablet toms guide. How to install cyanogenmod 10 to sd card on the nook color. Best of allyour nook warranty remains unharmed because you didnt root your os. Unzip the android disk image if necessary and write it to the sd card. The really, really cool thing about this is that you can load android onto your sd card and have a fully operational android tablet. With this guide, you will be able to convert your nook color from an ereader into a honeycomb tablet and enable android market on it to be able to install and use hundreds of thousands of apps. Create a bootable clockworkmod micro sd card android advice. Then, power it up, and you should see the android operating system.
You can get to the card slot without removing the back cover. How to install android apps on sd card by default without rooting. If your nook has a microsd card slot, you can use a microsd card to transfer and save books and apps to the card as opposed to your nooks internal memory. When you shop for a memory card, make sure you purchase a microsd secure digital or microsdhc. This is the guide for creating the sdcard for the nook color. Could anyone explain or put me in the right direction to root the color without a micro sd card. When i plug my nook into my mac computer running os 10. Step 1, download the nook reading app to your computer. However, some people have been working on directly rooting the 1.
Once mounted, open your sd card drive and a window with the apk files you would like to installcopy the apk files from you pc to the sd card folder of your choiceclose both windowsunplug your nook color from your pc your sd card will remount to the nook coloronce unplugged, wake up your nook colorunlock the home screen. There are tons of places online where you can score a good deal on a 64gb or 128gb sd card to store all of your ebooks, pdf files or android apps. Older nooks and nook tablets require security update to. Jul 20, 2011 sd card turns nook color into android tablet by kevin parrish 20 july 2011 heres a way to safely convert the nook color into an android tablet without having to root the device. Connect your nook color to your pc using a micro usb cable. When that completes, power down your nook color and put the sd card in your nook. If you have a nook color and dont want to install android 4. Download the gmail, facebook, pandora, radio, kindle and even the nook app. If youre purchasing a sd card, pick up a cheap 2 gb micro sd that you can use for an emergency boot disk, in case you cant boot your nc. Download a virtual image of your preferred version of android on.