So, you want to watch netflix on your Nook Color. No problemo.
There's a fast, free way to do this. The fast, free way is not the easy way. Specifically, the fast, free way to do this assumes that you know the editor vi, already have ssh, telnet or adb access to your NC, and are very comfortable with commands like "mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system"
If that's you, just change two build.prop values to these:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
The rest of the class, this method costs five bucks but will save you hair pulling. And you ought to be supporting the occasional android developer anyhow.
You will need: to be running 1.2
Start by
rooting your 1.2 Nook Color (I recommend: root w/4.5.18 + apk-enabler)
Go to the Android market and install netflix.
While you're there, buy root explorer.
I have not found a simpler, safer way to edit build.prop on-device. I've tried the mount /system app (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.beansoft.mount_system) in conjunction with non-root file managers (ES, Astro); I've tried File Expert and could not get it to link to an editor well.
Launch root explorer. It's a graphical display of all your files.
su will ask you if you want to give Root Explorer superuser permissions. The answer is yes.
Navigate up to /
Navigate into /system
Press the
"Mount R/W" button displayed at the top
Long-press on the "build.prop" file
Choose Open in Text Editor
Change two lines in build.prop:
Change:
ro.product.model=NOOKcolor
to:
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
Change:
ro.product.manufacturer=BarnesAndNoble
To:
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
Save the file. Root explorer backs it up automatically.
Check the file; if you did something wrong fix it now by copying build.prop.bak onto build.prop and trying again.
A blown build.prop can prevent your NC from booting normally, which might lead you to need to
reinstall all or part of the OS. (You should be able to restore a backup of /system, after formatting /system. But that assumes you made a clockwork recovery backup of /system.)
Restart your NC.
Sign into Netflix.
Watch movies.
