Is Barnes and Noble resetting rooted NOOKcolors?

By John Walton December 30, 2010 4:12 pm EST Comments

Some folks over at xda-developers have been discussing an issue with Barnes & Noble’s NOOKcolor where accessing the online shop results in a factory reset. The wipe is apparently preceded by an authentication error. So far, only owners of hacked NCs are reporting the issue but it isn’t happening to every rooted Nook. Those who have encountered the reset that re-rooted, gained Market access and reinstalled apps seem to be free of any persistent issues.

No problems with the rooted NOOKcolor sitting next to me at the moment. What about yours, DroidDog reader? Rooted or not, have you experienced a mandatory factory reset? Hopefully the resets are a result of some technical snafu and not part of a concerted effort by B&N to teach hackers a lesson. Who wants to read about another obligatory geek backlash regarding the lack of features that were never promised by those who consciously violated their warranties?

Via Android Community

DFSM

@PJE: You realize, of course, that the nook itself is a tablet eReader not an Android tablet. You accuse Barnes & Noble of being short sided for making you choose, but they aren't. You aren't technically suppose to be getting those apps to begin with. Barnes & Noble is a bookstore and thats what their products are geared towards. As it is, I think rooting the nookColor is a brilliant idea. It gives you a decent 7 inch tablet with decent structure for only $249 retail. And copying books is moot anyways. Books you buy on BN are saved to your account. After you own them you can download them to your computer and transfer them anywhere. So how would that matter? And as far as I am aware, BN doesn't actually care about rooting the device. Its your property. Once you void the warranty, what's it matter?

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PJE

My Nook Color did this a week or so ago. The next time rooted it I simply didn't register the device with B&N and used the SD image to root the device in the out the box configuration. Since then I've had no issues - although I haven't tried the B&N market... It would seem short sighted of B&N to force users to choose between shop access and applications (possibly due to being able to copy books off the device). I for one will pick applications over B&N books every day of the week and twice on Sunday!