Hacking isn't for everyone, so we'd suggest browsing the various xda guides to see if you're comfortable with that kind of thing. The bottom line is you can grab a microSD, install Cyanogenmod, and come out with a pretty solid stock Android 4.3 tablet. We won't dig too deeply into the nitty-gritty details of hacking the Nook HD+, but if you head over to xda-developers, they have all sorts of instructions and files to help you out. But if you root your device and install a ROM based on stock Android, your $150 investment will go even farther. You can root them, install custom software on them, and even run that custom software straight from the SD card.īarnes & Noble obviously wants you to leave the stock firmware on there, buy lots of Nook e-books, and help them to fight their way back from hard times. You can chalk that up to the fact that they let you boot from their microSD card slots.
Nook tablets have always been easily hackable. We enjoyed the tablet much more after installing a Cyanogenmod 10.2 nightly build (based on Android 4.3) Battery life, and the case of the missing camera Our experience-based perspective, though, is that the Nook HD+ delivers solid enough performance for most users, as long as you don't mind taking a couple steps back from the bleeding edge. If benchmarks help you to put things in perspective, more power to you. When we installed a CM10.2 nightly build (based on Android 4.3), those jumped to 444 (single core) and 815 (multi core). We don't sweat benchmarks too much these days, but for those keeping score at home, our Nook HD+ tallied a 437 (single core) and 765 (multi core) in Geekbench 3. It was enough of an annoyance that we rooted it, installed Cyanogenmod, and ran some root-level performance tweaks to level that playing field (more on that in a minute). The device isn't too sluggish, but be prepared for some minor lag here and there. If the Nook's combination of large, high-resolution screen and Google Play was sounding too good to be true, then performance is that compromise you were waiting for. It's speedy enough for most uses, but pick up the Nook HD+, then pick up the new Nexus 7 or iPad 4, and you (unsurprisingly) see a noticeable boost. On a technical level, the Nook HD+ is running a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor, clocked at 1.5 GHz. Performance isn't mind-blowing, at least by mid-2013 standards. Overall, the discounted Nook HD+ with Google Play is an excellent value
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