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HomeCatcher App for Nook Tablet Sets n Button Redirect for Alt Launchers

November 28, 2011 by Nathan

HomeCatcher

HomeCatcher is a must-have app for the Nook Tablet if you are like me and want to install third-party apps, including alternative launchers, and need an easy way to access your installed apps and switch to a different homescreen.

With HomeCatcher you can set the Nook Tablet’s “n” button to redirect to a launcher homescreen by default instead of the B&N Nook homescreen, or you can leave it so that it prompts to go to either the launcher home or B&N Nook home each time the “n” button is double-pressed (single-press launches the quick menu as usual).

I personally have little use for the stock Barnes and Noble Nook homescreen so I set HomeCatcher to open Launcher Pro by default. But there are times when I want to go back to the Nook homescreen. Fortunately the developer for HomeCatcher has provided a solution for that as well with an app called NookHome that launches the B&N Nook homescreen when pressed.

There is another workaround too. There is an app called Home Switcher in the Android Market. With Home Switcher you can quickly choose whichever launcher homescreen you want to open and set it as the default action. But you’ll still need Homecatcher to override the “n” button.

Thanks to GoJimi at XDA for creating HomeCatcher and NookHome. It sure makes the Nook Tablet a lot more functional for those of us who don’t want to be locked into how Barnes and Noble wants everything.

This does not require the Nook Tablet to be rooted; you just need to have third-party app installs enabled and have an alternate launcher installed. If either of these links below stop working, hit the XDA thread referenced above for the updated downloads.

Download HomeCatcher APK

Download NookHome APK

Filed Under: How To, Nook Tagged With: nook tablet

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  1. Rich says

    November 28, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    Where can I find Launcher Pro without Appbrain or Market?

  2. Rich says

    November 29, 2011 at 1:06 am

    Sorry, re-read one of your earlier posts and found it. Up to late.

  3. ebook forum says

    November 29, 2011 at 2:49 am

    I have installed recently a HomeCatcher app to replace the default Home Screen with Go Launcher. It’s a great app in getting side-loaded apps onto the Home Screen too!

  4. Alfredo Peine says

    November 29, 2011 at 8:49 am

    There is a similar app @xda for Nook Touch, nooktouchtools, which add extra functions for the n button, allow reprogram hardware side buttons and the “open book thingy” on the top left of the screen. A must.
    And it comes with the new root for 1.1 (minimaltouch). I think it is worth a video for newcomers. I rooted my STR (1.0.0) with the instructions from your blog!

  5. Rox says

    December 23, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Noob question, where should I put the software in the nook itself or the memory card?

    • Nathan says

      December 23, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      It doesn’t matter. Apps can be stored in either.

  6. shooter71289 says

    March 1, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    My homecatcher button quit workin. Now i have to type in search to go to my new home launcher

  7. Sheila says

    February 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    Help please! I rooted my NC and it seemed to work fine, except that when I download something (for example, Netflix) then move it to the sd card it won’t work. Also many apps won’t even allow me to move to sd. Then if I try to move back to “phone” it says there’s not enough space. I really don’t want to restore it. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

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