Anybody Rooted the Nook Simple Touch?

[velvetfoot]

I've been reading about this.
I got one for Christmas and now I naturally want to root it so that I can fool around with some Android apps.
The eInk screen has problems, I'm sure, for some apps, but the battery life is phenomenal.
I don't have any other Android equipment.
Ability to maybe do email or web browsing on it in a pinch might be worthwhile.

 

[semipro]

We may root our Nook 1st Edition at some point. I've read that you can then run Pandora on it while you read or browse the net.

 

[jeff_t]

Might find something here

http://forums.androidcentral.com/barnes-noble-android-tablets/

 

[velvetfoot]

I might try later today.

 

[velvetfoot]

Well. I did successfully root the nook simple touch. It's serviceable, but I don't have a smart phone to compare it against. I'm using the Opera mobile app to write this post. The Yahoo mail app also works nice. It gives alerts for both my yahoo mail accounts whici is something the pc version doesn't seem to. The e-ink display has limitations, but the baattery life is great. So is the touch screen.

 

[velvetfoot]

I was able to install the Kindle android app. I downloaded a free kindle book and read it, so I know it works. Cool. Well, to me anyway.

 

[shmodaddy]

Check out xda developers website. They should have all the info you need.

 

[velvetfoot]

That was the ultimate source of all the stuff I did.

 

[shmodaddy]

Most of that website is WAY over m head. But I was successful at rooting my droid x2 but have yet figure out what to do with it now

 

[velvetfoot]

Over my head too. If I screw up, I'd have no idea how to get back. If nothing else, if that's all you had on a trip, you could communicate, do a little web browsing, as well as read books. It's small enough to put in a Dockers pocket.

 

[semipro]

Velvetfoot,
I'd like to know if you install the Pandora app and how it works.
Thanks.

 

[velvetfoot]

No sound on the Nook Simple Touch.

 

[semipro]

No sound on the Nook Simple Touch.

We have the Nook 1st Edition which has sound. I (wrongly) assumed the Simple Touch has sound also. Thanks.