On 11/1/2011 9:17 PM, Howard Roberts wrote:
v 1.3 was pushed out via wi-fi to the stock NC's. I didn't know it
until yesterday, but apparently when that update went out, the book
D/L and app store D/L functionality just stopped working correctly. I
had to restore to factory defaults and lost all the nifty Droid apps
that I had been running. I'm investigating now if I re-root if there
is some remedy to prevent this from happening in the future-- will
follow-up with everyone if I find out more.
Wow! The news for now is not encouraging. The one positive I've taken
away is that it does seem true that it is nearly impossible to brick the
Nook Color. Presently however, I have to say forget *everything* you've
ever heard about it being possible, much less easy, to root the Nook
Color. After spending the day yesterday with my NC stuck in various boot
loops, while scouring through assorted contradictory forums offering up
disparate images and updates, the bottom line is that since the Barnes &
Noble 1.3 update, you cannot root the NC to produce a basic Droid tablet
*and* still leave the built-in eReader functionality intact. The trouble
seems to be with an incompatible Flash/Adobe Air update that Google
Marketplace attempts to install when you root. I'm sure this will be
resolved in time, but, for now at least, any efforts to root the dang
thing are a complete waste of your time, which is disappointing.
For a while, I've been recommending to folks that they consider paying a
bit extra for the NC because it is a cool way to have an eReader with
tablet functionality. No more. With all the price cuts on other readers,
I'd say buy the cheapest deal you can find, then buy a separate tablet
if you want one.
Regards,
Howard
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