{"id":1996,"date":"2009-12-14T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ravaging-the-nook-a-teardown-a-spec-list-and-android-hacks-nook\/"},"modified":"2009-12-14T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T14:19:10","slug":"ravaging-the-nook-a-teardown-a-spec-list-and-android-hacks-nook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/ravaging-the-nook-a-teardown-a-spec-list-and-android-hacks-nook.php","title":{"rendered":"Ravaging the Nook: a Teardown, a Spec List and Android Hacks [Nook]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let's face it, nobody was too upset by the opaqueness of the Nook's spec sheet—screens software, not board-level componentry, are what make ereaders great. But with this teardown comes something glorious: the Nook's Android software has been hacked.<\/p>

And not hacked like \"oh, cool, now we can change the system font\" hacked, or \"sweet<\/em> bro, now we can watch the Linux boot sequence\" hacked. I'm talking about splayed-open, ready for custom apps, probably-gonna-get-Barnes & Noble-and-AT&T-kind-of-upset hacked. In other words, it's been rooted<\/em>, like so many Android phones, which means that core OS changes, hacks, and almost certainly apps<\/em> are all in the cards. Here's the software breakdown, according to Nookdevs<\/a>:<\/p>

[The Nook] appears to be running a generic Android image with B&N customization on top to hide the Android underpinnings:<\/p>

[With]:<\/p>

• Android 1.5 Cupcake
• Built Tue Dec 1 14:50:20 CST 2009
• turboboot bootloader
• asound
• pvplayer<\/p><\/blockquote>

So what we've essentially got here is a full-fledged Android device, with two screens, a few gigabytes of removable storage and a SIM card with a data connection. The rooting process<\/a> isn't exactly easy—it involves a screwdriver, a knife, and an Linux computer, if that tells you anything—but the hacking prospects here are massive. AT&T, whose free, unlimited, ebook-only<\/em> data connection is the Nook's gateway to the internet, can't be too happy about this. That, or they've got some kind of provision for blocking non-ebook data transfer, which the new class of Nook hackers will spend the rest of their devices' lifespans actively trying to circumvent. This should be fun.<\/p>

And for anyone dying to fill the gaps in the Nook's spec sheet, well, here you go:<\/p>

• Samsung S3C6410 Processor
• Synaptics TM1369 Touchscreen controller
• Internal 2GB Sandisk microSD card for internal storage
• 3 Partitions
• sdb1: system: ext3 250MB
• sdb2: update possibly?: ext3 150MB
• sdb3: internal memory: ext3 1309MB
• Sierra Wireless MC8777V wireless modem in data only mode<\/p><\/blockquote>

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