Nook Touch Simple eReader - €40 [Via Littlewoods]

charlie_says

brightkane wrote: »

I reset my nook today and tried to register again and it let me through this time with no problems, for anyone else that had to use the workaround like I did.

hopefully wont have battery problems now

Yes this worked for me too, just did a reset through the settings > erase and deregister.

Will report back on battery issue, hopefully it will be fine now and lose 1-2% per day instead of 10-15% per day in sleep mode.

Yay!

fifib

if I were to get a Nook would I be able to open my books already downloaded from amazon?

palong88

I just ordered one from Sainsburys.

I'll let ye know how I get on with it.

mcgovern

fifib wrote: »

if I were to get a Nook would I be able to open my books already downloaded from amazon?

I guess the easiest way would be to get the kindle app on it? Haven't tried yet though so not sure.

chris85

fifib wrote: »

if I were to get a Nook would I be able to open my books already downloaded from amazon?

If you have ePub files you can put them on it using Adobe digital editions. Many people also use Calibre.

fifib

chris85 wrote: »

If you have ePub files you can put them on it using Adobe digital editions. Many people also use Calibre.

are books stored on amazon epub files?

Ste-

fifib wrote: »

are books stored on amazon epub files?

No.
There are ways to circumvent the DRM on amazon books but I'm presuming I can't go into that here. Google is most helpful on the subject.

EuskalHerria

Apparently now available at John Lewis.

http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/nook-simple-touch-ereader/p231759496?s_afcid=af_76941

cruhoortwunk

Any tips on ordering from John Lewis? They accept parcel motel address and Irish credit card? Seems to be £3 for delivery.

cruhoortwunk

They accepted my order with Parcel Motel address as billing and shipping address

Glenbhoy

fifib wrote: »

if I were to get a Nook would I be able to open my books already downloaded from amazon?

Some of the early posts on here talk about rooting the nook in order that you can download the kindle app. I haven't done it, but it appears relatively simple.

I'm still amazed at the interest there's been in this device, if only B&N allowed irish credit card holders to purchase from them, it might go some way to helping recover some of the losses the nook division has thusfar incurred. Gotta say again, I do love my nook glowlight, even bought my mother one at the weekend. The simple touch is fantastic value at £29, but for me, the glowlight is worth the extra £40 at £69.

palong88

Sainsbury's dispatched the order last night to parcel motel.

Seems to be going well so far!

Phibsboro

Just to add some general nook stuff, I picked up a handy little book light that works well with the nook at dealz, obviously only €1.49.

http://www.dealz.ie/product-range/a-z/clip-on-reading-lamp/

While you're there, pick up 8 spare batteries for the same price...

http://www.dealz.ie/product-range/a-z/primepower-3v-lithium-battery/

cripesonfriday

allprops wrote: »

For those who missed out, xtravision are carrying kobo touch and Sony ereaders for €50.
http://www.xtra-vision.ie/electronics/readers/kobo-touch-black-e-reader-n905b-no-layout-updates.html

Harvey Norman are selling the standard Kobo for €50 during their "BIG SALE".

padyjoe

Standard? I wouldn't call it that. It's the Mini with 5" screen. The standard has 6".

cripesonfriday

padyjoe wrote: »

Standard? I wouldn't call it that. It's the Mini with 5" screen. The standard has 6".

Yeah, "standard" was the wrong word to use, I meant it wasn't the touch screen one that was being sold by Xtravision.

123 LC

you can buy these new on ebay also, but for €50. shipping to ireland is €3.50

cruhoortwunk

Got mine yesterday from John Lewis via Parcel Motel. Ordered the 6th, arrived on the 11th

john_doe.

got mine from argos and parcel motel.

Plugged it in charge light was green left charge for 4 hours. Will not turn on displays message "charge before first use". Charged for 12 hours still would not turn on.

Contacted Barnes &Noble support they talked me through all the various reset methods pressing buttons- nothing worked - then they said you need to take it to your local B&N store- well thats not an option.

Seen on the internet that removing the battery and re-inserting it may reset it. Tried this and voided the warranty as there is a little tamper evident sticker over the screw- still does not turn on.

what colour is the led light on peoples when it is charging- mine is solid green all the time- does the light change colour

Thanks

stevenmu

john_doe. wrote: »

what colour is the led light on peoples when it is charging- mine is solid green all the time- does the light change colour

Mine is orange when it's charging, and turns green when it's complete.

It's worth having a look at the forums on XDA if you haven't already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1198. They might know some other reset options, I think there's a tool there somewhere to fix bricked nooks after a faulty firmware flash, and it might even be worth trying to flash some of the firmware that they have there.

MurdyWurdy

john_doe. wrote: »

got mine from argos and parcel motel.

Plugged it in charge light was green left charge for 4 hours. Will not turn on displays message "charge before first use". Charged for 12 hours still would not turn on.

Contacted Barnes &Noble support they talked me through all the various reset methods pressing buttons- nothing worked - then they said you need to take it to your local B&N store- well thats not an option.

Seen on the internet that removing the battery and re-inserting it may reset it. Tried this and voided the warranty as there is a little tamper evident sticker over the screw- still does not turn on.

what colour is the led light on peoples when it is charging- mine is solid green all the time- does the light change colour

Thanks

This happened to my husband's one, he had it plugged into his laptop to charge for ages (hours) and it just said the battery was too low to power on (or something like that). We plugged it into my laptop instead and it came on straight away, then he plugged it back in to his laptop and it worked fine after that.

iguana

Ordered mine from Asda last week, arrived via Parcel Motel today. Now I just need to read back through this thread to work out what to do with it.

Can I ask a quick question please? I rooted the Nook last night but it says I have just 79mb of space in the bottom left. Is there any way to increase this if I want to install more apps? Thanks!

NothingMan

Micro sd card. Pretty much all the 2gb is taken with Barnes and noble software.

Thanks mate....will the apps be automatically installed to the MicroSD or will I have to install another app to move them?

NothingMan

Deleted User wrote: »

Thanks mate....will the apps be automatically installed to the MicroSD or will I have to install another app to move them?

That I'm not sure of. I haven't gotten an SD card for mine yet.

I'm an idiot. That value in the bottom left is the available memory not the space left on the Nook!

A2LUE42

How long did the backup take to run?

twenty minutes (but it felt like an eternity)

Moon+ Reader Pro and Perfect Viewer are both showing as being incompatible with my Nook. This LifeHacker guide must be out of date? I suppose I should go looking for an older version?

:edit: I think you need MoonReader-165b-OP1