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E-book reader

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Recommendations

/g/uide to ebook readers

Keyboard

  • Kindle Keyboard
    • As well as 1st-3rd Kindle generations, when buying used
  • Kindle DX

Touch screens

  • Kindle Touch
  • Kobo Touch
  • Nook Simple Touch

Frontlit

  • Kindle Paperwhite
  • Kobo Glo
  • Nook Simple Touch GlowLight

Beyond Stock

Nook

  • GApps and SearchMarket?
  • Install multitouch Fast Mode kernel
  • Disable Android and B&N bloatware by using a SystemAppRemover (or oandbackup?)
    • AFfileDownloadService.apk
    • AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
    • AirRuntime.apk
    • ApplicationsProvider.apk
    • BnAuthenticationService.apk
    • BnCloudRequestSvc.apk
    • ContactsProvider.apk
    • CryptoServer.apk
    • DemoMode.apk
    • DeviceManager.apk
    • DeviceRegistrator.apk
    • GlobalSearch.apk
    • gtalkservice.apk
    • Music.apk
    • NookCommunity.apk
    • Phone.apk
    • QuickStartActivity.apk
    • Social.apk
    • SysChecksum.apk
    • Talk.apk
    • TalkProvider.apk
    • TelephoneProvider.apk
    • WaveformDownloader.apk
  • Downclock CPU
  • build.prop:
# Tweaks
persist.sys.use_dithering=1
persist.sys.purgeable_assets=1
debug.sf.hw=1
video.accelerate.hw=1
debug.performance.tuning=1
ro.compcache.default=18
ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
# Dalvik options
dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:fast
dalvik.vm.heapsize=128m
dalvik.vm.deoxopt-flags=m=v,o=y
# Battery
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
pm.sleep_mode=1
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180
  • Remap buttons with NookTouchTools
  • Useful apps:
    • Cool Reader
    • Perfect Viewer
    • APV PDF Viewer Pro
    • Mango
    • Root Browser/ES File Explorer
    • Calculator MobiCalc
    • aCalendar
    • Launcher8
    • GoKeyboard

External Links

http://nookdevs.com/Main_Page