How BN Nook Color Becomes BN Android Tablet

Barnes & Noble Nook Color

Rooting is my first project in turning the Barnes & Nobel Nook Color into an Android Tablet. Without any modification, Nook Color is just an ordinary color eBook reader offered by Barnes & Noble. However, with a little bit of work, you can easily turn this device into an Android tablet which would normally cost about $500. Given the vast amount of information available on the internet, it's only a matter of time before you know how to do it.


What you need for this project is a micro sdhc card and an Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 rom image for your Nook Color. The rom image varies depending on the firmware version of your Nook (i.e. 1.0.0, 1.0.1 or 1.1.0). You also need a Win32DiscImager software to burn the auto-nooter rom image onto the micro sdhc card using your computer


  

Nook Color Before Rooting

After this is done, next you put that micro sdhc card into your Nook Color and connect that to your computer. After several minutes, the NC would power on by itself. You then touch the Android icon in the middle of the screen to begin the initial setup.

Nook Color After Rooting

After pressing the "Skip The Introduction", you will come to Google sign-in screen. Put in your username and password and then press "Done". If you come back to the Google account sign-in screen again without any error messages, that means you have succesfully sign-in to your Google
accout. Now press "back" icon will return you to Google Account set up screen. Since you have already sign in, just press the "Skip" button and you will end up in "Use Google Location" screen. Press "Next" and then "Home" will take you to the normal Home screen

Lastly, power down the device and take out the micro sdhc card and you are done.






So, after all these steps, what have you really gained? The Android Market. With access to Android Market, you can download all the apps you need and install onto this devise to make it a truly tablet.