Perfect Kid Tablet

Nook Color + Cyanogen 7.1 + Zoodles = Perfect Kid Tablet

You will need the following things:

• A 1, 2, 4 or 8GB MicroSD card.
• A PC capable of accepting and reading/writing to that microSD card.
• An installed copy of Win32DiskImager.
• A Barnes & Noble NOOK Color running 1.2.
• Cyanogen 7.1
• GAPPS (Google Apps)
• Clockwork-3.2.0.1

Turning the NC into tablet:

1. Extract the contents of Clockwork-3.2.0.1 to your hard drive.
2. Open Win32DiskImager and open your image file with it. Select your SD card from the dropdown, then hit write.
3. Once the write is finished, move Cyanogen 7.1 and GAPPS (Google Apps) to the MicroSD. Don’t extract the zip, just move it.
4. Insert the MicroSD into your Nook Color and power on the NC it should boot to ClockworkMod Recovery.
5. Hit the volume +/- to navigate menu entries, and press the silver “n” button to select Install zip form sdcard, choose zip from SD card, select the CM7FILE.zip and confirm..
6. When you’re done, press the power button a few times to go back to the main menu.
7. Go to “wipe data/factory reset.” Once done go to CACHE and ADVANCED -> DALVIK CACHE. Remove the MicroSD and reboot.
8. Once at the home screen, run ROM manger (you might get a super user request, give it) and flash ClockworkMod recovery. Select Nook Color.
9. Reboot into Recovery, the NC it should boot to ClockworkMod Recovery.
10. Insert the MicroSD into your Nook Color again.
11. Hit the volume +/- to navigate menu entries, and press the silver “n” button to select Install zip form sdcard, choose zip from SD card, select the GAPPSFILE.zip and confirm..
12. When you’re done, press the power button a few times to go back to the main menu remove the MicroSD and reboot.
13. At this point, you should have a rooted NOOK COLOR running CM7.1 with gapps.

Modifying the UI:

1. Go to market place and install Zoodles and Flash, you will need a gmail account.
2. Setup Child Lock under Parent Dashboard which locks down the “N” button.