If you answered yes to any of these questions, then continue reading to find out how to root Nook color. As you know, rooting is a risky process and it will void the warranty of your device.
Make sure that you use a separate micro SD card or create a backup of its content as it will be formatted during the process. Transfer all your important files and data to your PC just in case anything goes wrong.
Auto Nooter is possibly the easiest and most used rooting method for the Nook Color. Coming from the XDA Forums, this method should work fine with firmware versions 1. Open the installer file and install the app on your PC like any other PC software.
Click on the Run button if you get any security popup message. Download the Auto Nooter zip file on your PC.
For software version 1. Put in your micro SD card into the card reader and connect it to your PC. Make sure you format the card by right clicking the drive from My Computer and selecting Format. Open the Win32 Disk Imager that you installed earlier, click on the Folder icon and select the Auto Nooter file that you extracted earlier.
The file will have a. Click on the dropdown menu below Device and select the disk name for your micro SD card. Click on the Write button, press the Yes button in the confirmatory popup and wait for the process to complete.
Once the Progress bar fully loads, you can close the app. If you cannot see any file, then follow the previous steps again. If the files are available, you can proceed to the next step. Make sure that your Nook Color is completely switched off before inserting the SD card. Wait for the installation process and once complete, your Nook Color will automatically reboot. Oh, you thought we were just all up in Amazon's Kindle on the tweed beat here at Gadget Lab?
Major advantage to rooting a Nook over jailbreaking a Kindle : because the Nook runs Android, you can use it to run Android apps. Popular Science's gadget blog isn't the first to describe how it's done, but this guide is one of the most readable I've seen -- just five steps.
It's all software-based, requiring you to first connect your Nook to your computer via USB, downgrade your firmware to version 1. However, as Nook-rooting experts NookDevs. Check if the PC now recognizes the tablet by going to the Device Manager on your computer. Download Usbdrivers. Create a new folder called c:ntroot. Extract the downloaded zip files into c:ntroot.
Open the folder containing the extracted files. Run the file called runmefirst. Browse for the updated driver, which is located in c:ntrootusbdriver. The computer will complain that it could not verify the publisher of the driver.
Choose to install the driver anyway. The next step will be to run NookAndZergy. At the end of the rooting process, you will be given the option to install Google apps, which would also install the Android Market.
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