How to hack the $250 Nook Color into a full Android tablet. The Nook Color is a $250 e-reader powered by Android. Learn how to hack it into a powerful and fully functional Android tablet. The Android Honeycomb 3.0 operating system and the first fleet of tablets that are going to run it are all looking mighty impressive. Feb 02, 2014 xda-developers Barnes & Noble Nook Color Nook Color General kitkat for nook color by hnewell6837 XDA Developers was founded by developers, for developers. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.
- Downloading Android Versions For Nook Colors
- Update Nook Color To Android
- Downloading Android Versions For Nook Coloring
- Downloading Android Versions For Nook Color Free
Downloading Android Versions For Nook Colors
I’ve seen a number of news stories this past week in regard to an email the folks at N2A sent out about them releasing an update to their N2A cards to bring Android KitKat v4.4 to the Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Nook HD, and Nook HD+.
That’s all fine and dandy for those of you that don’t mind shelling out some cash for something you can get for free. But for the rest of us who don’t shy away from a little technical work and a few extra minutes, Android 4.4 KitKat can be had for free on any of Barnes and Noble’s tablets just by visiting your good friends at the XDA forums.
There’s no disputing that N2A cards are great for non-tech savvy folks, which is more of B&N’s intended market for their tablets anyway. I’ve reviewed a few N2A cards in the past and they make setting up and installing as simple as it gets. But they aren’t free. The cards cost from $30-$50 depending on size from 8-32GB. The download option costs $20 if you already have a microSD card that you can write the image to.
If you purchased an N2A card in the past it costs $9.99 to upgrade to Android KitKat 4.4.
If you want to bypass the payment and support option and go the more technical, but more importantly the free route, then just head on over to the following threads at XDA:
Update Nook Color To Android
Nook Color – [ROM] CyanogenMod 11 Nightly Builds
Nook Tablet – [OFFICIAL] Cyanogenmod 11.0 (Android 4.4)
Downloading Android Versions For Nook Coloring
Nook HD/HD+ – [SD Install][4.4] CM11.0/SGT7 (KitKat)
Downloading Android Versions For Nook Color Free
Of course there are other ROMs and projects that you can find at XDA in addition to these ones, and they are always free of charge. It’s surprising that development on the Nook Color is still active. If you want to learn more on how to flash ROMs here’s some tutorials for the Nook Color and Nook Tablet. It’s pretty simple, really. Nothing to it once you try it a few times.