Many of you may have received a Nook Color as a Christmas gift over the holidays. You may wonder if the Kindle is a better e-reader (in regards to e-book format and such). Thanks to BlogKindle, you can now enjoy the best of two worlds by rooting your Nook Color to support the Kindle app and books for your device. Since the Nook Color is 7inch Android tablet simplified as an e-reader, rooting it allows users maximization for use at its full potential. Keep reading past the break to get started with your Nook Color.
- NookColor device with USB cable
- microSD card that is larger than 128MB (if you are in a rush and have Amazon Prime, amazon will overnight it to you for additional $3.99)
- SD card reader if your computer doesn’t have one.
- On Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 32 or 64 bit – Win32DiskImager.exe
- On Mac or Linux you can get by with tools that ship with the operating system.
- Before rooting make sure that you’ve registered the device with B&N as it might not work after rooting.
- Download nooter that corresponds to you Nook version. You can check your Nook version by pressing Nook button, selecting “Settings” >> “Device Info” >> “About your NOOKcolor” >> Software version:
- for 1.0.0 – GabrialDestruir’s auto nooter 2.12.15 file 15 Dec 2010
- for 1.0.1 – GabrialDestruir’s auto nooter 2.12.25 file 25 Dec 2010
- Unpack the file
- On Windows use Win32DiskImager to write the image to microSD card (please note that all data on the card will be lost). For Linux or Mac, check out NookDevs.com for detailed microSD imaging instructions.
- Completely power off NOOKcolor by holding the power button until the screen blurs and “Power off NOOKColor” dialog appears. Select “Power Off” and wait for the device to shut down completely.
- Turn device face down and open the microSD card container in the lower right corner. Push the card in with metal contacts facing down.
- Connect the device to your computer via USB cable. The device will power up and book from the SD card but the screen will not turn on. This is normal.
- After about a minute your computer show detect the new device. This means that the rooting is complete. Your Windows computer will complain about missing drivers. This is normal.
- Disconnect the USB cable and remove the card from the reader.
- Power cycle it by holding the power button for 20 seconds and then releasing it. The press the power button briefly to power the reader on.
- As the reader boots you will see a red splash screen.
- Once the reader boots, you will be prompted for you Gmail account (as usually with Android) and some initial settings. This will only happen once.
- As you open the extras folder you will see that it now contains Android market icon and some extras (Youtube, Gmail, etc)
- You can now start the market app and download other apps that you like. You will need to reboot the device for apps to appear on the extras page. The apps themselves can be used right away just as with usual Android apps.
After that you can download the Kindle app and let the fun begin. This will void your warranty so this only for the brave and the bold but if you do root it and want it back to the old way hit the link below for all of the details.
