What's a good choice for a second hand nook🤔

[nmyshkin]

Originally Posted by Scoob

@nmyshkin and the others that helped you I now have a working Phase 3 ST I'm not that good on my own but with directions (very clear directions in your guides btw) I'm pretty handy with a keyboard.

Hooray! And you lived to tell about it

Out of curiosity, which version did you choose? (AlReader seems to be the most popular).

If you've got working ADB, it's definitely a help with that creaky CWM. I only thought of that workaround after I had done all the development and testing (a true face-palm moment...). But now we know.

I hope you find the reader serves you well, and I think you can see that it isn't that difficult to just change the whole thing to some other configuration now that you have the CWM card made.

[Scoob]

Originally Posted by nmyshkin

Out of curiosity, which version did you choose? (AlReader seems to be the most popular).

I went with Cool Reader. Only because I have used it before on an old tablet. I haven't played with the ST much other than getting everything set up as per the start up guide though.

[Jayrcee]

Denatured alcohol will remove the sticky layer if it ever comes back.

[Scoob]

2 month update: The NST with @nmyshkin's Phoenix Project rework has been working great! It's one of my work place e readers so it's constantly with me being used. I've only had one hiccup when it randomly froze when I came to read on it after a week of not using it. I was able to manually restart it and no problem since then.
The Phoenix Project rework didn't take long to set up how I wanted it to run but there's enough customization-if a little slow-that you can tinker with it for a while to get it just right. If you dont want to tweak it, it can be used as is after the rework and it would still be usable.
To me this is a solid daily day time use e reader for sideloaded books only no PDF. I do like the recessed screen and the clarity to me is great I don't see the fuzziness people talk about sometimes when it comes to these old e readers. Hell occasionally certain words look a little floaty on the screen.I got lucky that my buttons and faceplate weren't too tacky feeling and still arent. I have since discovered that vinyl skins like for cars are made for e readers and they are still made for the NST. If Armour All lets me down I'll vinyl the thing and keep using it.
One thing though is the plastic band around the faceplate is white. Does that mean anything? I know I don't have a Glowlight NST but most NST I've seen the band is black.

[Scoob]

Originally Posted by Jayrcee

Denatured alcohol will remove the sticky layer if it ever comes back.

If I can figure out how to take the device out of its flippy flap case without breaking something, I might be tempted to try that denatured alcohol on a few spots that feel extra tacky. The rest of the back that I can feel aren't that bad but a few spots around the edge of the back do feel more sticky.