If you want to skip the Out of box experience, when powering up a NST for the first time.
After powering on the Nook, you should be presented with a welcome screen with a Next button in the lower right.
hold the lower right button and swipe acros the top of the screen.
A "Factory" button will appear in the top left of the screen.
Tap it to get to the Factory screen.
While on the Factory screen, hold down the top right button and tap in the bottom right of the screen.
A "Skip Oobe" button appears. Tap it to completely bypass the time zone, Wi-Fi and B&N registration process.
Read more: http://nookdevs.com/Nook_Simple_Touch/Factory_Mode/Skip_Out_of_Box_Experience#ixzz2IfqsWSTT
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