How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

[Posted February 23, 2011 by corbet]

Here's a detailed article on rooting the Nook Color reader device to expose its full Android capabilities. "There are two different approaches to turning the Nook Color into a tablet: you can root the Nook Color's default software environment and extend it with third-party applications, or you can run a conventional Android environment by booting a custom ROM image from a microSD card. The custom ROM images are an appealing option because they offer the ability to get relatively close to the stock upstream user experience. Unfortunately, the custom ROMs are still highly experimental and aren't quite yet ready for day-to-day use."

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

Posted Feb 23, 2011 18:27 UTC (Wed) by quintesse (guest, #14569) [Link] (4 responses)

Writing this from my hacked Nook Color right now. Friends who came over from the States brought it because I couldn't get it here in Spain. Have tried custom roms (honeycomb for example) and they do work but you tend to lose some stability. So for now I'm staying with the "upgraded" original software.
NB: it does play video, but don't expect it to be very smooth.

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

Posted Feb 23, 2011 18:48 UTC (Wed) by linuxjacques (subscriber, #45768) [Link] (3 responses)

If you use one of the hardware (DSP) accelerated formats and obey the resolution limit, it is very smooth indeed.

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

Posted Feb 23, 2011 19:23 UTC (Wed) by quintesse (guest, #14569) [Link] (2 responses)

Really? That's great. Looking around I found this "h.264 basic profile and a max of 800x480. 1100 kbps looks pretty good". Is that what you refer to?

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

Posted Feb 23, 2011 22:47 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

If you're encoding video for something like that, might I recommend the High profile and a lower bitrate? Blowing all those bits on a capacity-constrained mobile device and then using a profile optimized for fast *encoding* seems... strange.

How to root a Nook Color to transform it into an Android tablet (ars technica)

Posted Feb 24, 2011 6:48 UTC (Thu) by quintesse (guest, #14569) [Link]

I got this from http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-89416... but it seems that the NC doesn't support hardware accelerated high profile, only basic.