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. Finally i have upgraded my nook color to cm11 with a 16gb sd card and this is how. Install the nook software to your pc or mac computer. Nookandroid micro sd cards are preloaded with android 2. 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. Settings screens for personalizing the configuration of your nook color. May 21, 2011 get your preconfigured microsd turn your nook color to an android tablet. The nook color will boot from the microsd card into clockworkmod. Eligible nook content will be stored on the microsd. Could anyone explain or put me in the right direction to root the color without a micro sd card. When that completes, power down your nook color and put the sd card in your nook.
The kind designers of the nook tablet made sure you dont need a postgraduate degree in engineering to install and format a microsd or microsdhc memory card. Best of allyour nook warranty remains unharmed because you didnt root your os. Some ebooks can only be downloaded to sd card from your library once you. 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. Turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android. Easily turn your nook color into a full android tablet.
When i plug my nook into my mac computer running os 10. Sign into your nook account using the same login information you use on your nook device. 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. Nook color, download amazons new android appstore to get a paid app for. 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. Click on the file folder and select the disk image. Nookandroid 16gb nook to android micro sd card for nook. Older nooks and nook tablets require security update to keep. 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. Once you are done with the packages, go back to main menu, eject your sd card and reboot your device.
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. The nookiedevs are pleased to announce cyanogenmod 11 nightly builds for the nook color. How to install cyanogenmod 10 to sd card on the nook color. How to write a n2a cards image to your own microsd card nook2android youtube.
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. 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. Remember to verify that you are running the latest software on your device, which also might help increase available space. If you received a not enough memory error when downloading a title or app on. I can leave it connected for 6 hours and it does not reboot. Nov 26, 2012 this is the guide for creating the sdcard for the nook color. Jul 18, 2011 according to nook2android, your dualbooting nook color running cm7 will be able to.
You must use the computer as a proxy to transfer the files between the two storage partitions. When you shop for a memory card, make sure you purchase a microsd secure digital or microsdhc. Older nooks and nook tablets require security update to. 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. If your nook is running an early version youll need to make sure its updated before june 30th. Download a virtual image of your preferred version of android on. Can i transfer files from my nook to an sd card, samsung.
Connect your nook color to your pc using a micro usb cable. Howerever, when i connect the nook turned off and with sd card back to the computer, it comes on running the nook firmware. This is the guide for creating the sdcard for the nook color. The nook tablets instruction manual and some advertising are a bit imprecise in the description of the type of memory card it uses. Dualboot your nook color with android using a microsd. Complete the prompts until internal storage format set up is finished. 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. Install cm9 ics to sd card for nook color android advice. Dualboot your nook color with android using a microsd card. Download files here and full stepbystep directions. There seems to be a catch about the version of the nook color that you get.
To check the firmware version go to settings device info about your nook. The nook color will boot from the micro sd card into clockworkmod. If you have a nook color and dont want to install android 4. 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. Make sure that your nook color is completely switched off before inserting the sd card. Turn off your nook color, insert the microsd card into the microsd slot back of your nook color, and turn it back on. Id suggest using the sd card method so you can easily change between the. According to nook2android, your dualbooting nook color running cm7 will be able to. Nov 27, 2012 turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android 4. Guide how to install cm9 on your nook color android. Step 2, download a copy of the ebook you want to copy onto your sd card to your computer.
The really, really cool thing about this is that you can load android onto your sd card and have a fully operational android tablet. There are 3 sections here, depending on your situation. Some apps are not able to download to an external card. You cannot directly move files from the nook memory to the sd memory using your nook. Apr 27, 2014 unplug the card reader from your pc and insert the micro sd card inside your nook color. 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. 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. However, some people have been working on directly rooting the 1. Your nook color will go into usb mode and your internal memory and sd card will mount as drives on your pc. You can choose to install cm7 on the nook colors main memory if you dont want. 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. You can get to the card slot without removing the back cover. After inserting and configuring your microsd card, open app drawer nook settings.
If you dont reboot the tablet, many things may not work correctly, so make sure you do. The nook color hardware makes a nice tablet with a really sharp screen at a reasonable price. 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. Win32diskimager for writing the disk image to the sd card. Before doing this, run cm7 on your nook color at least once to setup wifi go to settings, wireless. Create a bootable clockworkmod micro sd card android. Such apps will still be installed in the devices internal storage. 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.
This method uses a virtual image for the honeycomb. It is nice to know that unlike some other devices, it is actually quite difficult to brick a nook color. Unzip the android disk image if necessary and write it to the sd card. Bootable sd card image with clockworkmod rom manager with 6. How to manually install apps to the nook color android. Download the gmail, facebook, pandora, radio, kindle and even the nook app. Nookandroid 8gb nook to android micro sd card for nook. How to turn your nook color into an android tablet.
A 2011 firmware update made it no longer possible to root the nook color or sideload apps. Nook color tablet running android os on a microsd card. As the name suggests, new builds are made and posted roughly every day. Colortablet the memory card slot nook color available storage. Just pop in a special microsd card or download the os to your own card and. Once the card is formatted, apps you download from the play store will typically save there by default. 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.
Of course all mods and hacks are at your own risk and rooting does void your nook color warranty. The sd card showed up until my computer crashed and i bought a new one. Insert the microsd card into the microsd slot of the nook color. Dec 20, 2012 a 4 gb card will do, but i prefer a 16 gb. The linux image on the microsd will boot up, you will see the familiar linux penguin image. Step 1, download the nook reading app to your computer. Is there an option to see which of my installed apps are. Install and format the memory card in a nook tablet dummies. Your sd card will now be formatted as internal storage. A search tool for searching everywhere on your nook color.
Turn off your nook color, insert the microsd card into the microsd slot back of your nook color, and turn it. Ensure the nook color is charged to last at least 30 minutes. If you have used the usb storage mode on the nook color to mount the card on windows, just restart the device. You will need the clockworkmod bootable sd card to root the nook color using the manual nooter method so here it goes. Must use sandisk class 4 2gb 4gb windows only 5gb 9gb windows only 5gb 25gb windows only. Create a bootable clockworkmod micro sd card android advice. Nook colortablet archive and unarchive nook content nook tablet 7. Get your preconfigured microsd turn your nook color to an android tablet. Turn your nook color or nook tablet into an android 4. These instructions are based on using verygreens original sizeagnostic sd image and installer which is explained here. Digital rights management and publishers guidelines will affect the.
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. 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. Since the nook color boots off the sd card first, the only way to not get it to boot is to fry the processor. Remove the microsd from the card reader if you have used one and insert it into the nook color. Then, power it up, and you should see the android operating system. Expand your nook ereader with a microsd or microsdhc card. How to turn the external sd card into internal storage on nougat a. 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. Sd card turns nook color into android tablet toms guide. Learn how to install android honeycomb on a nook color to turn it into.
Once thats good to go, power the nook color down and uninstall the cm7 microsd card. 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. How to install android apps on sd card by default without rooting. These experimental builds contain the latest changes to cyanogenmod and to hardware support for the nook color.