Nook Touch Working Apps List

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purcelljf, on July 29th, 2011 at 1:34 pm Said:

I got rid of my Nook Touch, choosing to keep my Kindle3 and PRS-350. The ability to send documents using the free.kindle account was one overriding reason for keeping the Kindle, along with my preference for the Amazon.com’s ebook store. As for keeping the Sony PRS-350, I find the foreign dictionaries superior to anything I could have done with the Nook Touch(hacked or otherwise). I also really like the fact I can create collections easily on the Sony using Calibre.

Now, if Sony’s new eReader has the free email account like the Kindle, I can easily get rid of my Kindle despite my preference for the Amazon.com store. The reason is, that I now know how to get rid of the DRM on .azw files. This means I can still purchase from the Amazon.com store, and then convert it to EPUB for reading on a Sony Reader with its superior dictionaries.

P.S.
I hope somebody is going to come out with a generic Android Ebook reader similar to the Nook Touch, but in a 10″ model for reading pdf and comic books. Preferably one that doesn’t require hacking to sideload apps on it.

P.P.S. Still want to add an Android tablet to go along with my two ebook Readers. Sort of think a 5″ model is ideal for me, although I might have to consider whatever Amazon comes out with the 7″ model.
purcelljf, on July 29th, 2011 at 1:41 pm Said:

One last thing, I asked the developer of the ePUB fixer utility to add a feature that would allow the user to add an inline TOC to EPUBs. His utility is all about fixing and creating metadata TOC, but I think having an inline TOC is mandatory given the lack of support for multi-level TOCs with devices. I think he is working on it.

http://code.google.com/p/epubfixer/issues/detail?id=3
Alberto Hernández, on August 2nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm Said:

Hi, after seeing that the game Four in a Row HD (featuring 200+ solo play riddles and online play) was listed in the XDA thread as compatible app for Nook Touch, and having received feedback, I’ve just released a new version with some features for black and white screens.

Recommended settings for the Nook Touch in options menu:
- Choose the new “Naughts and crosses” skin.
- Disable animations.
- Check “Solid black background”

Please find it for free in the Market at https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mocelet.fourinrow

Thanks, enjoy the game!
Nikotttin, on August 3rd, 2011 at 5:29 am Said:

You can add DocumentToGo that works really well, even with large files (15 Mo Doc to review).
André, on August 5th, 2011 at 1:02 am Said:

Hi, have you tested the Adobe PDF Reader App?
Nathan, on August 5th, 2011 at 6:21 am Said:

It doesn’t work. It will install okay and open a pdf but always crashes when you try to turn pages.
Nedim, on August 10th, 2011 at 3:27 am Said:

Has anyone tested vudroid for djvu?
TomF, on August 24th, 2011 at 5:11 pm Said:

I’d like to be able to copy text from a book I’m reading (say in ePub format), and then paste it into a text editor, where I could add my own comments as well. Any idea which eReading app on the Nook Touch would work best for this? Any recommendations for a text editor on the Nook Touch? Thanks!
Nathan, on August 24th, 2011 at 5:42 pm Said:

You can copy and select text with FBReader and then share it with a note app like ColorNote or Jota.
TomF, on August 25th, 2011 at 10:51 am Said:

Nathan – thank you!
Rich, on August 31st, 2011 at 8:27 pm Said:

Got a update available for the Nook app for my Nook Touch from the Android Market, but it wouldn’t install. Uninstalled the previous version and tried again. Still wouldn’t install. Error message: Installation error: Duplicate provider authority.
Rebooted, and tried again, but it still won’t install. Any thoughts?
Nathan, on September 1st, 2011 at 7:23 am Said:

Weird. I just tried to update and it wouldn’t work either. I guess you’ll have to get an older version from somewhere like Android Freeware.
Rich, on September 2nd, 2011 at 5:21 am Said:

It was there and it worked. Thank you.
esi435, on September 3rd, 2011 at 2:34 pm Said:

Do pdf readers software after root my nook str dive me allows annotation and bookmarking and zoom for any pdfs (with and without drm) ?
Nathan, on September 3rd, 2011 at 3:40 pm Said:

It depends on the apps. EZPDF has a lot of features. I don’t think it will work with DRM though, most PDFs don’t have DRM. There’s more info on the Nook PDF review.
TJay, on September 10th, 2011 at 11:23 am Said:

You’re definitely spot on about Aldiko being just about the best reading platform on the rooted Nook Touch. One thing perplexes me, though. I noted on your E-reading apps vid that you mentioned you could change fonts in Aldiko. That’s one thing I can’t do. I have downloaded the fonts when queried, and even checked the Aldiko ‘default.fonts’ folder. There are about 4 there, but I can still only select something called “default”.
Nathan, on September 10th, 2011 at 12:55 pm Said:

Maybe the download didn’t work or maybe it needs to be restarted after installing them. There should be like 13 fonts.
TJay, on September 10th, 2011 at 2:30 pm Said:

Nathan:

Thanks for the response. Indeed, maybe the download didn’t work, because I certainly don’t have 13. I only see maybe 3, and they’re all in the default font folder. I wonder why nothing gets downloaded (and how I also can’t select the “other” two fonts besides the default).

Thanks again for your site/blog/reviews. You’re timely vids and explanations were the primary reason I got a Nook Touch this week and immediately rooted it.
Nathan, on September 10th, 2011 at 4:58 pm Said:

Might be the version of Aldiko too. Got mine from the Amazon appstore.
TJay, on September 10th, 2011 at 6:04 pm Said:

Ummm….major Nathan-fan here.

Uninstalled the Android Appstore version (2.02) and installed the Amazon Appstore version (2.01).Guess how many fonts I have now? Obviously due to your excellent eye for details. Much obliged!
Nathan, on September 10th, 2011 at 6:42 pm Said:

Strange that the Android Market version doesn’t work. Guess we should avoid updating to 2.02 if Amazon gets it. Welcome to the world of Android, where there are 50 versions of each app .
Nicole, on October 11th, 2011 at 8:53 am Said:

An earlier version of the Kindle for Android App works much better. It just refreshes one time. I tried 2.0.5 and it works great.
Nathan, on October 11th, 2011 at 8:59 am Said:

Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to give that version a try. It looks like Android Freeware has 2.0.5.
Nicole, on October 11th, 2011 at 9:19 am Said:

P.S. I realized the word look up is not as good as the newer version, so I tried 3.0.1 and it doesn’t seem to have the double flash, but has the better dictionary.
Nicole, on October 11th, 2011 at 9:24 am Said:

Well, I guess I should have tried it out a little more before commenting – It’s double flashing again. Oh well, I tried.
TomF, on November 2nd, 2011 at 3:17 pm Said:

Thanks (Nathan) for all the help! I am now happily reading with Aldiko, and copying-and-pasting passages from there into Jota text editor, where I can add my own comments if I want. But a question: Every time I go from Aldiko to Jota (or vice versa), I have to go to the Desktop (home) first. Is there any way to “flip” directly back and forth between these 2 apps, without the Desktop intermediary? Thanks again!
Nathan, on November 3rd, 2011 at 8:41 am Said:

Yes there is a way to jump between apps. Android has a shortcut for that. Holding down the home button will bring up recently visited apps. Since the Nook doesn’t have a home button you have to long-press the home icon on button savior.
TomF, on November 5th, 2011 at 1:44 pm Said:

Nathan – thanks, actually I didn’t know I could do this! But this still requires 2 presses. I was hoping I could jump back & forth between the apps with just one press…
TomF, on November 18th, 2011 at 10:38 am Said:

Does anybody know a way to use the Nook Touch’s buttons to turn pages, with Aldiko Reader? I can only do it via the touchscreen. Thanks …
Sofrench, on November 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 pm Said:

Hi Nathan,

First of all, I am thanking you for your blog and your information.

I rooted my nook touch and bought the Aldiko premiun app. I wanted to use it to read some library books downloaded with overdrive app. I couldn’t load the files.
I can read the books using overdrive but it isn’t really a good reading apps. I have autorized my adobe ID on Aldiko premium. But my epub file couldn’t be loaded.
As it is a very specific problem, google didn’t help me. So I was thinking that maybe you could describe how you could read with Aldiko library books downloaded using overdrive app.

Thanks
Nathan, on November 23rd, 2011 at 5:31 pm Said:

I don’t know, I didn’t have any problems getting library ebooks to work with Aldiko, as described here. After downloading the ebook, I just opened it I think with a file manager and selected Aldiko when prompted to choose a program. I never chose OverDrive as the default so that may be your problem. You may need to go to settings, applications, and clear defaults for OverDrive.
Sofrench, on November 24th, 2011 at 10:49 am Said:

Thanks a lot for your quick answer.

I will try your suggestion.
Sofrench, on November 24th, 2011 at 12:14 pm Said:

Thanks for everything.
I just have to use an other file manager.

You’re great Nate
sabunde, on December 2nd, 2011 at 6:32 am Said:

Hi,
I have a working root of NST with firmware 1.1 ([NST]MinimalTouch 1.1beta3 (Automatic/Manual Rooting with Gapps + EXTRAS)). – I did install Aldiko over the Market app. First Aldiko runs properly. But later it isn’t starting anymore. I can deinstall and erase the Aldiko-fonts on the sdcard, then restart the NST and reinstall Aldiko and it works again, but later it isn’t starting anymore. – Is there a workaround for me to use Aldiko properly?
Thanks and regards,
Sabunde
Nathan, on December 2nd, 2011 at 7:29 am Said:

I would say nuts to the Market version and would try an older version of Aldiko if I were you. I use the version through Amazon without those problems.
sabunde, on December 2nd, 2011 at 3:56 pm Said:

Thanks for your answer, but I have the same problem with the version through Amazon. eded333 in the xda-thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346748
wrote:
“Its a known issue that alkido dosnt work correctly on the nst, theres little we can do for that.
Anyway thanks for trying my method.”
Nathan, have you any idea? – Are you working with 1.1 firmware.
Thanks and regards,
Sabunde
Nathan, on December 2nd, 2011 at 6:06 pm Said:

That’s strange because I’ve always had good luck with Aldiko on the Nook Touch. Sometimes changing a font will kick it back to the beginning of the book, but that’s the worst I’ve experienced, and I use Aldiko primarily. I haven’t had a lot of time to use the Nook Touch since rooting it with the 1.1 update, but the few times I’ve used Aldiko it has worked fine. I might be using this older version of Aldiko since it is the one in my Dropbox folder.
sabunde, on December 3rd, 2011 at 7:27 am Said:

Thanks a lot for your help, – but, no, it’s just the same with this Aldiko version. – What was your rooting method for firmware 1.1? – Perhaps there were differences.
Again, thanks a lot.
Regards.
Nathan, on December 3rd, 2011 at 8:25 am Said:

I’m currently running SalsichaNooter 04, as detailed here.
purcelljf, on December 3rd, 2011 at 8:46 am Said:

I had rooted using SalsichaNooter but Aldiko stopped working after a while. Then I tried another rooting approach from XDA and Aldiko stopped working after a while. The developer at XDA told me Aldiko has problems on the Nook Touch. So I stopped using Aldiko and instead use Mantano reader.
Ar, on December 6th, 2011 at 6:47 am Said:

Hi Nathan,
I been using 1GB SDCard on my rooted NT for some times, but now I want to replace it with a bigger capacity. Since i have installed some apps that using the card for data, can I just copy everything in it to the new card or I have to reinstall all the apps. Thanks.
Nathan, on December 6th, 2011 at 7:38 am Said:

Just copy all the contents of your memory card and paste it on the new card. I have to do that often because I have more gadgets than memory cards.
o4evro, on December 27th, 2011 at 4:36 am Said:

Anyone have a link to the apk for the CNN News Reading App suggested here?
I’ve been trying different news apps the past few days and I don’t really like any of them. Find myself downloading papers from Calibre instead…
There were a couple different CNN News Apps on the market place but none of them seemed to match the one described here…
steven gibson, on January 2nd, 2012 at 7:48 pm Said:

I am having a great time using Mindjet for Android. Also ServDroid.web is very usable to serve html static files at http:0.0.0.0:8080 or the lan net address.
VelvetFoot, on January 5th, 2012 at 1:09 pm Said:

Any tips on using the native Nook reader to read books downloaded via the Overdrive Media Console? I haven’t gotten it to work. Also OMC only downloads to an SD card-could that be part of it. No probs with the Adobe Digital Editions sideload method.
Susan, on January 8th, 2012 at 4:35 pm Said:

Not doing so good… did the whole rooting thing (tried 3 times before it worked), but Market won’t work on my 1.1 device, and the Amazon appstore doesn’t let me download the Kindle app. I don’t trust all the millions of .apk’s out there to download. I really just want to be able to read my Kindle books on my NOOK.
Susan, on January 8th, 2012 at 5:03 pm Said:

Well! I got partway there. Apparently Amazon has locked the NOOK out of running their Kindle app. So I found an older apk, and it works fine. I used the 3.2.0.35.

I’d love to get the Market working at some point, but this will do for now.
Leoq, on January 16th, 2012 at 8:59 am Said:

Does ISilo works on this rooted system?
Wayne Granger, on January 29th, 2012 at 7:54 am Said:

I found that there’s a new app called ‘nook pdf’ that is not provided by B&N but works really well; it has no ‘change orientation’ option though, so the procedure of viewing horizontal pdf can be tedious. But still i would recommend this app
JoMez, on February 7th, 2012 at 8:04 pm Said:

For change orientation, there is an option that works really fine, it is call “Orientation control” by coin soft.
TomF, on February 22nd, 2012 at 11:39 am Said:

Hi … I was trying to copy an .apk file to my rooted Nook Touch’s “system/app” folder (from a location on my SD card), using Astro File Manager. But it wouldn’t copy it there (the “Paste” was greyed out). Anybody know why?
Nathan, on February 22nd, 2012 at 5:18 pm Said:

You need to use the root explorer app and grant it superuser access to move files to the system/app folder. Or you might try ES File Explorer. I recently found it has an experimental root option in settings and it worked for doing this very thing with the Kobo Vox.
TomF, on February 22nd, 2012 at 7:09 pm Said:

Nathan — thanks! But, sorry, how do I grant superuser access to Root Explorer? Again, this is a rooted Nook Touch.
Nathan, on February 22nd, 2012 at 7:10 pm Said:

It should ask when opening it.
TomF, on February 22nd, 2012 at 7:20 pm Said:

OK, thanks again!
TomF, on March 1st, 2012 at 5:02 pm Said:

Has anyone got the “Graffiti” keyboard replacement to work on the rooted Nook Touch? I downloaded its .apk file, put it (as instructed) into the system/app folder, and installed it. But when I tried to use Nook Color Tools to choose Graffiti as a “keyboard”, it was not listed there. Thanks…
Silvia, on March 8th, 2012 at 1:31 am Said:

Hi,
I’m considering buying the Nook to root it. Has anyone tested Cool+ Reader? Any other app that allows you to highlights and make notes and then export them in a .txt file? I do that with Cool+ Reader on my Android Tablet and works fine. The Nook reading app has such feature?
Thanks!
TomF, on March 9th, 2012 at 11:33 am Said:

Silvia –

On my rooted Nook Touch, I use Aldiko as my e-reader. I highlight passages, then copy-and-paste them into Jota Text Editor. I also write my own notes within Jota. When done, I can copy the Jota text file to my PC (for further editing, printing or whatever), using a USB connection. I’ve done all this with several books now, and it works great!
Silvia, on April 3rd, 2012 at 1:06 pm Said:

TomF, thanks for your answer!
i got the nook and rooted and I’m very happy with it, even though Aldiko is not working at all. I use Cool Reader, which allows easy highlights and notes export (into a .txt file).
TomF, on April 13th, 2012 at 10:48 am Said:

Silvia –

glad to hear you have a setup that you like! I have to try Cool Reader sometime. Are you using Jota as your text editor?

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