Why would you want to root Nook Color ereader? Well, this rooting will let you install apps and games on this ereader. Once you are done with this whole procedure, you can start pimping your Nook Color ebook reader.
How To Root Nook Color – Install Apps And Games On Nook Color
STEP 1: To start with, download Pokey9000’s nooter 0.2 and unzip its contents.
STEP 2: Once you have extracted all the contents, you will find an image among the contents. Now, you need to write the same on your microSD card.
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Windows Users – use Winimage
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Mac Users – use dd
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Linux Users – Follow the below guide
Launch the terminal and make sure that you do not mount the microSD card. Run the terminal as root user.
Now navigate to the directory where you have actually extracted the contents in Step 1. Now run the below command:
# umount /dev/<sdcard>
Where <sdcard> is your microSD card. Once you are done with the below command:
# dd if=nooter_sdcard_40mb.img of=/dev/<sdcard>
STEP 3: Once you are done writing the image on your microSD card, eject it from your computer.
STEP 4: Now switch off your Nook Color reader and insert the microSD card that you were working on in the above steps.
STEP 5: Use the USB cable to connect your Nook color to your computer. And you will find that the Nook will boot on microSD. And once your computer recognizes the USB device, it will automatically start installing it.
NOTE: If your Windows PC gives some kind of error regarding the missing drivers, just ignore it.
STEP 6: Once you are done with the above installation, unplug the USB cable, remove the microSD card and reboot the Nook Color reader by holding the power button for about 15 seconds.
STEP 7: Now plug in your Nook reader via USB cable and you will find that its firmware gets updated because you need to enable ADB connections. Below are the steps for that:
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For Windows : NookColor USB ADB
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For Linux and Mac: Put the Nook Color vendor id in the adb_usb file with the following command:
sudo sh -c “mkdir -p ~/.android; echo 0×2080 > ~/.android/adb_usb.ini; adb kill-server; adb devices”
You may now go ahead and install apk apps on your Nook Color using ADB in SDK.
adb install package.apk
What does it mean to “root” the Nook? I am not familiar with this term when used in this way…
Is this basically as if you are “jail breaking” a ipod , but in this way for a nook?