CM7 on NookColor: WiFi problems?

[Amy MacEvilly]

My husband and I put CyanogenMod 7 with gapps 7.0.3 on my NookColor: we were following along the Husker video instructions. Everything loaded OK; we got into Android, set up the WiFi, even had apps show up. But no Market.

I think we have an underlying WiFi problem: WiFi keeps cycling between connected and disconnected. And at first we had the app drawer (square with 4 squares within) showing up. Now we have just a grayed out star. We have a Westell VersaLink 327W DSL router.

Has anyone had any similar problems?

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[pustyak]

I don't know exactly what the Husker video instructions are, but it sounds to me like you have a bad installation or an unstable version of CM7. I installed CM7 (nightly build 87) on an SD card, and everything is fine with my wifi and market and launcher. Have you considered trying to install again either to SD or to internal? I assume that if you are having all of these problems, you won't lose much if you start again from scratch. Check out the threads here on installing CM7. You can't go wrong with them.

[J515OP]

My husband and I put CyanogenMod 7 with gapps 7.0.3 on my NookColor: we were following along the Husker video instructions. Everything loaded OK; we got into Android, set up the WiFi, even had apps show up. But no Market.

I think we have an underlying WiFi problem: WiFi keeps cycling between connected and disconnected. And at first we had the app drawer (square with 4 squares within) showing up. Now we have just a grayed out star. We have a Westell VersaLink 327W DSL router.

Has anyone had any similar problems?

Sounds two fold 1. is wifi issues which may be the result of a bad install or just general wifi problems perhaps with yuor network. CM7 7.0.3 is stable and should not have wifi issues so your problem is probably elsewhere. 2. When you say no market does that mean you didn't have the market or it wasn't working correctly? You need to have a google account and steady wifi for the market to work.

As far as losing the app drawer, that star means you have an open spot on your launcher bar. What you did is remove the app icon from the launcher bar. Long press the screen and you will bring up a box with options. One of the options is to choose ADW launcher icons. Choose the app drawer and either place it on your desktop or back inthe launcher bar on top of the star.

JP

[Amy MacEvilly]

Thanks for the directions re: the app drawer. I don't know how it got removed.

We got the Nook to connect to a Virgin Mobile WiFi hot spot, so I don't know if the problem lies in our router. We did have WiFi problems when I updated to the NookColor 1.2, and I had to do a hard re-set.

[J515OP]

Thanks for the directions re: the app drawer. I don't know how it got removed.

We got the Nook to connect to a Virgin Mobile WiFi hot spot, so I don't know if the problem lies in our router. We did have WiFi problems when I updated to the NookColor 1.2, and I had to do a hard re-set.

It is a good idea to periodically reset your router. Just unplug for 10 seconds or so then plug back in. Particularly if you are having devices connetion issues. Glad you got the app drawer sorted it can be annoying if you can't get to your apps.

JP

[nabour]

I don't know exactly what the Husker video instructions are, but it sounds to me like you have a bad installation or an unstable version of CM7. I installed CM7 (nightly build 87) on an SD card, and everything is fine with my wifi and market and launcher. Have you considered trying to install again either to SD or to internal? I assume that if you are having all of these problems, you won't lose much if you start again from scratch. Check out the threads here on installing CM7. You can't go wrong with them.

Newby question -- would you please give me some guidance on how to install nightly onto my sd card? I am unsure whether I need to wipe card clean and put nightly on it, or do I just load it onto the card "as is." And I also am not sure where to find CM7(nightly build 87) - labeling system on the site I found didn't have that particular build.

Any help gratefully appreciated.
Barbara

[Candlestick]

Newby question -- would you please give me some guidance on how to install nightly onto my sd card? I am unsure whether I need to wipe card clean and put nightly on it, or do I just load it onto the card "as is." And I also am not sure where to find CM7(nightly build 87) - labeling system on the site I found didn't have that particular build.

Any help gratefully appreciated.
Barbara

Here's Latest Nightlies
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If you have CM7 installed on a SD card already - to update - you just download the latest nightly file and change the file name to

i.e.
File Name = cm_encore_full-131.zip
Change to = update-cm_encore_full-131.zip

Then drag the file ( with update- name ) onto your SD card via your PC card reader = Eject from PC and use SD card to Boot into Recovery Mode holding down your N button and Power Button - and your device will install - same as when you add Google Market - or Dalingrin's OC kernal.

How to update to a new build:
put the new build you want to try on the first partition. (the name must be update-cm-*.zip or cm_encore_full*.zip or just update-*.zip)
Boot from the SDcard in the recovery mode (see above) and the new snapshot would be installed.
The partition layout would be preserved, filesystems are NOT reformatted, so your data should be safe.

[ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. - xda-developers

As always - recommended to back up your data before updating. But I have done this a few times - and haven't lost any data. But when I have the time to learn Titanium Backup - I'll be backing up before each update