Rooted Nook Color Running Angry Birds & Other Android Apps

A friend of mine rooted his Nook Color. This allows him to, among other things, to run apps from the Android Market. You can see Angry Birds and Amazon's Kindle app running on the Color Nook in this video.

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Science & Technology

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• thinkmobile
• color nook
• rooted
• android
• tablet

[RunnerShow]

What's rooted?

[toddogas]

@RunnerShow Mobile operating systems tend to be locked down in terms of what they allow you to do. "rooting" is the process of providing low-level access beyond which the vendor wants you to have. The term comes from the UNIX/Linux "root" account that allows you to do anything you want on the system.

[RunnerShow]

When you buy a Nook Color, does it automatically come with Android Market?

[toddogas]

@RunnerShow The Nook Color does not come with access to Android Market. The system must be rooted first. Then, the user can install Android Market and other apps not normally available for the Nook Color.

[KutePink15]

Of course the Nook had sound! And yeah you got WiFi no 3G though. The rooting is a download. To do it you will need a SD card. for more info on ''ROOTING'' type 'rooting the nook color' on youtube and they will teach you some stuff. Rooting is NOT illeagal. When you buy the nook color it DOES NOT come with the android market. Simply because it doesent advertise for other devices. plus Barns & Nobel made it as their own so, they make their own software.

[TheTashig]

thats the olderone i got the newerone today!

[walterabyrd]

I did this and it freezes up, all the time, when playing angry birds. I sent it back, got a new one, and the new freezes up all the time as well.

[legend10147]

dear toddogas does the nook have a place where you can put your head phones in?

[dumbywithabat21]

if i were to root my nook, will i lose all the books i have on it, i only have two and a couple of apps that i had to pay for, but will i lose access to it

[bryan350z]

i got a question? can this run any android app? for example graphing calculator apps and metric, engineering conversions, etc. Not really interested in angry birds or that other shit. Just trying to see if i should buy a hacked version of this instead of an overpriced TI calculator.

[theverbalrelease]

I'm not a fan of reading books on a backlit screen. But, I think the Nook Color is a great way to get an inexpensive Android tablet.

[lauriannedes]

@MissBeauty741 Yes you can !

[MissBeauty741]

can you unroot your nook once its been rooted?

[MrWhagWha]

You can get angry birds withiut rooting the nook color. Go to the nook shop or barnes and nobles website and buying and dowloading it.

[ADUMBBUTTPRODUCTION]

i got the regular nook its better i got every golden egg in 1 day if u want to know how send me a note and i will tell u but u have to subscribe to my channel thanks:]