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So, you want to turn your Nook Color into an Android tablet? It's pretty easy, it just involves many specific steps.

First, If you brick (fry/kill/void) your Nook, no one but you is responsible. Really, it's all you chief. Got it? Good. Nothing you are doing should have any long term effect on your Nook, but hey its a crazy world, and stuff just happens sometimes.

Second, get a MicroSD card, an inexpensive 4-8 GB card should be just fine. Make sure you have a good MicroSD reader (you can pick up a USB reader pretty cheap) as that was what thwarted me for an entire weekend. I used the integrated reader on a laptop, along with a SD to MicroSD adapter. As you read, you will find that the cheapo (class 4) cards work better than the expensive (class 10) cards. Read this when you have a moment, it's worth your time.

Third, get an Android Market account. You will need this. Really, do it now.

Fourth, read all of the information (how to's and such) *before* you start the process. Yes I know, seat of the pants is fun, but this is about the long term gain. Start here;

http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/complete-guide-to-installing-configuring-cyanogenmod-7-rc4-android-2-3-gingerbread-on-the-nook-color/. There may be a test afterwards, so read it for real. Great, now read this (just the first post); http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/0.1/0.1/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.1-r15-win32.zip. OK, you should have the concept in your head now, lets recap.

Download a program (if you are using Windows) that will allow you to write an image file to your MicroSD card. It's an executable, so no installing is necessary. If your are using *nix just # dd it, and if you are using *nix, why the heck are you even reading this crappy guide, shouldn't you be compiling your own kernel right now?
Download the base Andorid 2.3 (Gingerbread) image, called CM7 (CyanogenMod 7) that you will be using the above program to write to your spanky new MicroSD.
Write said image to the MicroSD
Shut down your Nook (Hold the power button and shut her all the way off).
Pop the MicroSD card in, and hod down the power button 'till the screen flashes. It will boot up (to the MicroSD) and recover your image (again, to the MicroSD). you will see lots of text, that's ok. It will shutdown when it's done. that's ok too. Start it back up.
Magic! you have Android on your Nook now. OK, now you need to set up wireless access. (Press the Menu button on your Nook and press Settings. Then press Wireless & Networks, and then Wi-Fi Settings.) Turn on Bluetooth while you are in there. We can turn it back off in a bit, but trust me, just do it now. Now you have to shut off the fun. :( Really, shut it down.
The MicroSD goes back into the reader, and back into your PC. Now copy the "gapps" file onto the root of the drive. Back out it goes, and into the Nook.
Power up the Nook, then hold the power button. Select reboot, and be sure to tell it that you want to do "Recovery Mode". (Because you will *never* do that "hold nook N key and then press and hold power until the "Loading..." message appears and then disappears with screen going blank. Release power button, then press it again and hold for ~5 seconds, the bootloader "Loading..." message should be on the screen for three seconds or so before you release power button, keep holding N button until screen blanks again."
More text! Yay! Then it shuts off. (Once again, that's ok.)
You are almost all the way to Gingerbread goodness! Power that puppy up! Use your Android market account info (You did that, right?) and enjoy!
Now I know you just wanted to get Netflix, right? Well first you have to tell your Nook that non-market programs are a-ok. (Settings > Application > check the "Unknown Sources" option). Now go here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178312 or just look below. Just got to the market, no more restrictions.

Fifth, go watch a movie or something...

You can get the straight info here;

http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/complete-guide-to-installing-configuring-cyanogenmod-7-rc4-android-2-3-gingerbread-on-the-nook-color/

http://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/0.1/0.1/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.1-r15-win32.zip

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178312

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Terry Wood,

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