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So I bought a nook color, downloaded BN v1.2 software and went about installing CM7 on my 8GB Sandisk Class 4 microSD. I am using a Macbook to flash on the sd card.
First trial: used verygreen's instructions on this site (many thanks). Installed CM7 successfully (yay), downloaded gapps and tried to do 2 finger recovery boot (as per instructions). Didn't work, so started ROM manager, installed CWR, downloaded gapps thru ROM manager then tried to boot into recovery. This didn't work. I then read a thread which said I had to do a regular restart after installing CWR for the installation to be complete. So ...
Second trial: reinstalled CM7, started ROM manager, installed CWR, powered down, powered up, tried to install gapps thru ROM manager, and internet connection hung up. Didn't want to mess with it, so ...
Third trial: reinstalled CM7, started ROM manager, installed CWR, powered down, powered up, powered down, powered up (just in case), install gapps thru ROM manager, and still couldn't boot into recovery. Then there was a suggestion to place CM7 zip and gapps zip on my sd card at the same time prior to first run of CM& on nook, so ...
Forth trial: flash CM7 and gapps zip on sd card. Put sd card into nook, booted, installed CM7, got 3 more apps in folder, but no marketplace (which is the reason I am going through all this frustration in the first place). Started ROM manager, installed CWR, powered down, powered up, powered down, powered up, install gapps thru ROM manager (again?), and still couldn't boot into recovery.
Note: through all these iterations, I have tried booting into recovery mode
1. via ROM manager
2. via reboot options (as opposed to power off)
3. via holding the nook button and power button in different order/time lengths.
I have been messing with this for over 4 hours last night and a couple of hours today. I know that it should not be this hard, but ...
I had planned on overclocking the machine next, but I can't seem to get beyond this step.
I found the installation guide for installing overclocked CM7 with CWR on eMMC on this site, but with as much trouble as I'm having with sd card installation, I'll end up bricking the "unbrickable" nook.
Prior to all this, I tried the HC instructions, but had trouble with marketplace install then too. I figure this was more stable, most of the bugs were worked out and had more support. Any assistance with this is greatly appreciated.
So, after the last trial, and several power on's later, Marketplace showed up -> I don't need to figure out ROM manager/boot recovery right now. I don't know when it showed up though, as I was not looking for it and wasn't paying attention (O_O).
In case this might help someone else, here is my guess as to what happened. It likely showed up after one of my recovery boot attempts. I held the N button and the power button. I kept holding it after the first startup screen faded, returned, then went away again. It booted into the installation screen I got when I first installed CM7 with the penguin in the upper left hand side (in landscape mode; this is NOT the recovery screen based on the youtube vids and other images I've seen). It was very brief, and only had <20 lines of text, one of which stated something to the effect that CM was installed and it would not need to install it. My guess is that it found the gapps zip file I had put in the boot drive along with CM7 update zip file prior to installing it in the nook, and unpackaged it and installed it then.
Reference points: when I installed CM7 without the gapps, I had 25 apps on my nook. After I co-installed them, I had ~28 (not 100% sure; one of them was talk). When I found marketplace (ie after the funky recovery boot attempt mentioned above), I had 31 apps.
Shiny1 said:
So I bought a nook color, downloaded BN v1.2 software and went about installing CM7 on my 8GB Sandisk Class 4 microSD. I am using a Macbook to flash on the sd card.
First trial: used verygreen's instructions on this site (many thanks). Installed CM7 successfully (yay), downloaded gapps and tried to do 2 finger recovery boot (as per instructions). Didn't work, so started ROM manager, installed CWR, downloaded gapps thru ROM manager then ... /snip
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And there's where you started making it very complicated.
If you had read through verygreen's thread, you'd have realized that the "2 finger recovery boot" is timing sensitive. Hold N button down, hold power button, keep holding both buttons while it boots up, start counting to three only when you see "Touch the future..." come up on screen, release the N button on three but keep holding down the power button for another few seconds. And it will go into recovery.
And, you need to have wi-fi set up and enabled to install gapps/market, you can install both CM7/gapps at the same time but market won't show until wi-fi is running and a lot of people get confused. That's the reason why the instructions tell you to install CM7 first, set up your wi-fi, and then only add gapps/market after. You didn't mention setting up wi-fi, I guess somewhere along the line you did enable it and that's when market showed up.
For anyone reading this and contemplating installing CM7/gapps/market onto SD card, make sure you follow the directions in verygreen's post to the letter. It works.
I originally got CM7 and gapps working fine on my SD card in my nook. But today, I wanted to start over with another SD card. Using verygreen's step-by-step instructions again, CM7 loads fine, but for the life of me I can't get the nook to boot into recovery mode to install gapps. I swear I have tried every timing combination I can think of, but still can't get into recovery mode. I might just add gapps to the SD card when adding CM7. Then turn on wifi.
Trouble getting into Recovery Mode
Same problem here... I originally installed CM7 on an 8GB SD card back in late March, adding gapps at the same time. It's been working flawlessly, through many, many nightly updates, until yesterday when it refused to boot into Recovery mode. Now it hangs on the "Future of Reading" screen. I'm going to try wiping the SD card and starting over.
EDIT: OK...Used Easeus Partition Manager to wipe the SD card. Was then able to use verygreen's tools and steps to recreate CM7 bld 68. Then successfully updated to bld 69. Obviously lost all my data, but at least everything seems to be working.
Can't enter recovery mode either
I'm running CyanogenMod-7-05252011-NIGHTLY-encore in kernel version 2.6.32.9 [email protected] # 174, Android version 2.3.4 on a nook color I bought five days ago. I've gotten CM7 to boot.
Following the instructions to install Android Market and Google Apps on Nook Color CM7 at the-ebook-reader.com/nook-color-cm7.html hasn't worked. I can't get into recovery mode, never get the "Touch the Future of Reading" display (don't get this in B&N nook color mode either, just "Read Forever" since I installed software version 1.2.0).
I've put the gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip file 'as is' (NOT unzipped) into the microSD card's root directory.
What happens is this: I hold down the 'n' and the main power button. The screen flashes white very briefly, then the white lettering on green cyanogen appears for less than a second before disappearing. The nook color is powered off then.
Anybody know what's going on, and how I can get into recovery mode to load the google apps pack and android market?
Got gapps to load using ROMmanager to enter recovery mode - no problems now.
Me, too--I hate to say...
I've got CM 7.0.3 running from an SD card, and everything went well until I tried to reboot into recovery mode. I've followed the instructions in the beginning of Verygreen's thread, the ones listed above (which are slightly different), tried from Rom Manager, the power button>reboot>recovery method, as well as various other tutorials and even videos. I'm still unable to get my NC to reboot into recovery mode. I double checked, and the gapps .zip file is in the correct partition, as well. I'm at a loss at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I'm sorry for all the bother.
Thank you.
UPDATE: Reformatted my sd card (on a Mac), then tried again using 7.0.3 and the 93 nightly instead of 94, and everything is working fine now. Thanks very much anyway, though!!
I am having the same issues. Brand new nook. Installer VeryGreen's instructions. Booted using sdcard, setting up wireless. Rebooted. Attempted to go into recovery mode using the key press method, using ROMmanager and via the Reboot menu option. In all instances, it just boots up normally. I also re-imaged the card with the latest stable release of CM7 but that did not make any difference.
Thoughts?
And given that I can't install the Marketplace, is there anyway to install apps? Right now I have a vanilla install, while nice, does not give me what I need in terms of functionality.
thx.
Got mine working!
I had the same issue - generic uSD v1.3, CM7 7.0.3 Stable, and couldn't get into recovery no matter what.
With nothing to lose, I started from scratch and put gapps on the uSD boot partition along with CM7, and it worked. The device was sluggish while going through the setup wizard (just decline to connect/establish an account until you exit the wizard and have enabled WiFi), but after a reboot, market is there. There were 29 apps before, and now there are 31. I think market and talk are the new ones.
Now I'm happily busy installing my apps.
Thanks to all the smart guys who make this possible.
I am having a lot of trouble getting recovery mode to actually run
I have followed the instructions and have asked a coworker for help. My 1st attempt was using the 7.0.3 stable build.My nook seems to be running CM7 fine and I was able to install the Amazon app and then download additional apps from there, but was unable to get the nook to rebot in recovery mode. I have tried a number of ways.
1) the time sequence suggested on verygreens thread (not sure I did it right)
2) power up the nook. hold the power buttong until I get a menu. select reboot in recovery mode and the select ok.
3) open the ROM manger and select reboot in recovery mode.
I have tried various repeated attempts with these while holding power,or the n button... etc. nothing happens except it boots like normal. I went into the ROM manager and updated clockwork. I also ran set permissiones in the ROM manager. then tried the various ways of rebooting in recovery mode.
I then read on here that the nightly builds worked better than 7.0.3 for one person so I formatted the SD and reattepted every listed above with the 8-8-2011 (cm_encore_full-154) nightly build. It is still not able to reboot in recovery mode.
I had 1 minor success when I turned the nook off and removed the micro SD it DID go int recovery mode. I reinserted the micor SD and used the menu to install the zip file... but after rebooting nook I still don't see any new apps.
Please someone give me some suggestions.
To all:
The installer image 1.3 from verygreens thread does not work with 7.0.3 or below. Use the 7.1.0 RC or recent nightly. 150 is supposed to be pretty good.
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I will post the long version here, mainly because I have nothing better to do.
Here is the situation. I bought a NC about 6 months ago. I rooted it using Auto Nooter. I have no idea what ROM I installed to be honest. I'm very much a novice at this. And I'm quite stupid to boot, I might add. It has worked relatively ok since then. The ROM seemed a bit buggy and I had some initial troubles with constant reboots, in addition to some basic things not working and way bogging the thing down, but in general it was ok. I haven't used it much since unless I was traveling.
Today....I was traveling. Traveling to BFE. As such, I decided to bust out my trusty NC and download a new book while I was waiting for my flight. I did so, and something went a bit haywire. It seems that somehow, without prompting, the device has restored itself to the stock B&N ROM (1.1 maybe?). Yet - the Android OS is still there. For example I can click on my task manager app in the lower left corner of the homescreen and it shows that all of my apps are running and I can even switch to them. But my homescreen is defaulted to the B&N one showing my eBooks and I can't figure out how to get my Android launcher back. I have tried to reboot and it does the Droid boot up but reverts to the same B&N home screen.
I was thinking about trying to update to a new ROM since it had been awhile and I figured there must be something better/more stable out there now - Honeycomb or whatever. I guess this is the kick in the ass that I needed.
So now here I sit in a hotel room in BFE. There are no restaurants open past 9. There are no bars. There IS a Super Wal Mart but I think I'm gonna pass on that.
I figured I would look into this. Where to start? Should I re-set this thing to stock and then just pick a new ROM and re-root? Can I do any of this without having a SD card slot in my laptop - just using a USB cable? Will I lose any eBooks that I downloaded?
I await your sage advice.
rooting actually means gaining super user access to the current android rom. B&N, i believe is Froyo, so you did not install any rom so to speak. you were probably just rooted.
I think the issue is with the launcher and not that it is back to stock. What happens when you long press on the home screen?
If you plan to do anything, you will definitely need an sd card reader.
If you autonootered, then you were running stock, but rooted. With a custom launcher replacing the stock launcher, it sounds like.
At any rate, you were probably hit with the automatic update to B&N 1.2 (which is Android 2.2, iirc.) You almost certainly aren't rooted anymore, but it may allow you to run any apps that you already had downloaded, just from the stock app launcher.
When you get an SD card reader, you can check out Manual Nootering. It's basically the same as the old Auto Nooter, but for B&N 1.2. If you change the rom entirely (install CM7) or just run a different rom from an SD card, you'll avoid having B&N overwrite your root access in the future.
Thanks for the responses. I believe that you are correct. I actually was running 1.0.0. I used auto-nooter to root the thing and had it working with a custom launcher. I don't think it updated to 1.2. In fact I know that it didn't update to 1.2. I am trying to get it to do that right now.
I would like to install a new ROM or root or do something after it updates to 1.2 so that I have access to the Android market. What is my best way to do this? Should I just root again from 1.2? Should I install this CM7?
Can you help me understand the differences? Thanks again.
I could Super Wal Mart tonight for a SD card reader if I'm feeling frisky.
I've got all kinds of problems.
I went to update to 1.2 from 1.0. I removed my SD card and erased and deregistered device. I booted it back up and it thinks it's a phone. I put the 1.2 file in the root drive via USB, as I have read over and over that the thing should recognize the 1.2 file and reboot itself. It's not working. I erased and deregistered again. same deal.
Any advice?
I'd do a full factory reset, then try the update to 1.2 again.
A couple of things about the 1.2 update -- do not unzip the update file or rename it. Just drop it as-is into the nook. And make sure to eject the nook from your computer and unplug it.
Thank you aka. I got it to take. I am now at 1.2. Now back to square 1(.2). Any help on this?
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I would like to install a new ROM or root or do something after it updates to 1.2 so that I have access to the Android market. What is my best way to do this? Should I just root again from 1.2? Should I install this CM7?
Can you help me understand the differences? Thanks again.
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Baboontyme said:
I booted it back up and it thinks it's a phone. I put the 1.2 file in the root drive via USB, as I have read over and over that the thing should recognize the 1.2 file and reboot itself. It's not working. I erased and deregistered again. same deal.
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ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.
I'd agree with akaCat that you should do a factory reset, BUT you can only do that if you still have the stock recovery utility, and it seems possible that you do not. Try to get the NC to reset by interrupting the boot 8 times. If it doesn't work, you may have installed ClockworkMod Recovery on your Nook Color in place of the stock recovery utility. You may have done so while rooting, or later from the ROM Manager app, perhaps even by accident.
Have you attempted to boot to recovery by holding down "n" while you power on the device, and continuing to hold power + n for about six seconds (1-one-thousand, 2-one-thousand, etc), then releasing both? If so, do you get a factory reset dialog (series of yes/no options) or a longer menu including items like "mounting and storage" and "flash zip from sd card?" If you get the longer menu, then that's ClockworkMod Recovery, and neither the 8-failed-boots-reset nor the automatic update are going to work.
If you do have ClockworkMod Recovery, don't do anything yet. Hopefully somewhere on the screen it tells you the version number, in the format 3.0.x.x. Just let us know that version number and power off the NC.
If you still have the stock recovery utility, then do the factory reset, boot into the stock OS, connect USB, drop the update file straight on the Nook (not in any folders), safely remove the NC from your PC, and let it sit. Hopefully it will reboot itself.
If not, the next step is probably going to involve preparing a bootable ClockworkMod SD and manually installing a CWM-compatible version of the update, or of a different ROM. This article may help you wrap your head around the different options: http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-pick-your-nook-color-operating-system-and-install-options/
ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.
Thank you, Tao. I seem to be a bit stuck, though.
I'm at 1.2 stock. I was able to reformat and erase my sd card. I went to load the .gz image onto the card (for CM7, per instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) and I also loaded the nightly build. Then inserted card into NC and booted. Nothing.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Should I unzip either file?
One thing that might/might not matter....when I went to eject the SD card from my PC, I wasn't given that option so I just pulled it.
One more thing.....the instructions at the link above instruct you to "write the image to your SD card" but then go on to say "eject the SD card" and then further "insert the uSD card into your computer"
Huh?? Isn't it all on the same card? Why do I need two different cards? What am I missing?
This blog breaks down the same process a little more step-by-step, with videos: http://www.anamardoll.com/2011/04/ereader-running-cm7-firmware-on-nook.html
You can skip the long preamble down to "Ready? Let's get started."
You do need to unzip the disk image, and write it to the SD using a program like Win32DiskImager or WinImage. It's also definitely a good idea to safely eject the SD card from your PC.
Hi Tao and others. Thanks again for all of your help. I'm almost there!
I followed this Ana chick's directions and I have CM7 booting up. I am now at the stage where I am trying to boot up in recovery mode so I can get the google apps and wifi thing going. I can't get it to work! I am holding down the "n"/home button and then the power button and it keeps booting up with CM7. I've tried it probably 20 times. Any help? Thanks!
Can someone also tell me how to access the book I just purchased and was in the middle of reading? Do I have to go somewhere and re-download?
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Hi Tao and others. Thanks again for all of your help. I'm almost there!
I followed this Ana chick's directions and I have CM7 booting up. I am now at the stage where I am trying to boot up in recovery mode so I can get the google apps and wifi thing going. I can't get it to work! I am holding down the "n"/home button and then the power button and it keeps booting up with CM7. I've tried it probably 20 times. Any help? Thanks!
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I should add that though I can get CM7 to boot, I never get "The Power of Reading". It's just kind of a flash.
That's all normal--verygreen had to make a new uboot, which no longer shows "The Power of Reading" and also flies through a recovery boot so fast you could miss it. If gapps didn't install, just make sure the .zip is still in the boot partition and keep trying. I'm pretty sure holding power > reboot > recovery boot works now from within CM7, but I would go into Settings>Accounts and try to sign in to Google before assuming it didn't install.
If the book was a B&N purchase, once you have the market working, just install the Nook app and sign into your account, and you should be able to re-d/l the book, possibly even still synced to where you left off.
Thank you so much Tao and others. Up and running with CM7. Any additional mods I should be messing with?
btw, you can also boot into recovery through rom manager, its easier.
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Thank you so much Tao and others. Up and running with CM7. Any additional mods I should be messing with?
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You can overclock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451
Just make sure you grab the version for SD, and install it just like gapps, then set clock speed via CyanogenMod Settings>Performance>CPU
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btw, you can also boot into recovery through rom manager, its easier.
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Easier than holding power a sec, poking "Reboot," then "Reboot to Recovery?"
Really, it's about the same either way, depending how handy ROM manager is on your system.
Nook Color v1.2 (Blue Dot on box)
SanDisk 8GB Class 4 microSD card
Latest nightly N169
I used the following thread and a video on youtube:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
-The only place I swayed was using the size-specific SD CM7 installer.
So without further ado, the problem at hand:
"The application Market (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." - "Force Close"
The preceding message comes up constantly. At first startup and then everytime I try to download any app at all. I've been reading through tons of threads, but am completely unsure of which to go forward with for troubleshooting, as mentioned earlier, it's my first day
Please if you are able to help, I would truly appreciate a very basic and/or detailed explanation if possible.
Thank you in advance.
That was written a long time ago. Go here and follow the instructions and make sure you use the latest version of CWR (3.2.0.1): http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/
Thank you for the reply. Obviously as I stated I'm new, so it being written a long time ago wouldn't be of known knowledge to me.
The process on the page is essentially identical to the process I followed without the overclocking, because I haven't done that yet. Can you point out where in the site you listed I would need to read to remove the errors I am having?
I would suggest a clean install...and follow verygreen's steps. I don't believe you even have to partition the 4th partition with his steps, somehow it's there after you install CM7 and gapps. I recommend trying CM-7.1.0-RC1-encore. I too, used an 8GB card and had about 5GB left to use on the 4th partition.
If you are using a previously used mSD card (like...one you already put an image on for backup purposes), then you should wipe it clean with Panasonic SD Formatter v.2.0 and wipe the card.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/support/jp/sd/sdfv2003.exe
@OP, most of the time when you see "FC" error, it's most likely the uSD as a culprit.
In your case, the Sandisk, hmmm. Where did you get it? ebay?
For now, my suggestion is completely reformat the card (using MiniTools Partition Wizard) then reinstall CM7 nightly build follow verygreen's instructions.
@patruns, what you try to suggest him? He has FC running from uSD, m8. CwM has nothing to do in this case.
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@OP, most of the time when you see "FC" error, it's most likely the uSD as a culprit.
In your case, the Sandisk, hmmm. Where did you get it? ebay?
For now, my suggestion is completely reformat the card (using MiniTools Partition Wizard) then reinstall CM7 nightly build follow verygreen's instructions.
@patruns, what you try to suggest him? He has FC running from uSD, m8. CwM has nothing to do in this case.
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The uSD card was purchased from amazon.
Do I have to just format the uSD and then start over or do I have to do anything with CWM and/or the NC itself before moving forward??
I trust amazon.
If you are running CM7 off uSD using verygreen's, I suggest you do a complete reformat the uSD and start over again.
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I trust amazon.
If you are running CM7 off uSD using verygreen's, I suggest you do a complete reformat the uSD and start over again.
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I'll try it tonight and update the thread afterwards.
Thank you for the help thus far guys!!!!
Pretty sure I got it going now! Thanks again everyone.
For future reference, the video I had watched in conjunction with verygreen's instructions, had instructed me to do gapps and cm7 at once in a slightly different manner.
I did gapps after finishing with cm7 and it now works beautifully!!!
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Please help a noob and his wife-------A little history first: put cm7 on sd card 2 weeks ago and ran cm7 but wife did not like it so shut down pwr and took sd card out. Rebooted and she was back to stock 1.2, been this way for 2 weeks, so today we tried the below..no avail
Dloaded 1.3 zip from BN, hooked nk up to computer, dropped the zip file on nook root drive letter (e)(not on or in any folder), let it reboot--stuck at yellow ex point and green android guy for 20 min, pressed pwr button and CW mod menu came up(how can this come up without sd card in?), selected reboot device now, it rebooted to stock BN nook home, checked device info still 1.2 . Its just stuck at and android guy/yellow ex point, hit pwr button and I get CW mod menu and choose reboot device now. The 1.3 never takes...help please
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Please help a noob and his wife-------A little history first: put cm7 on sd card 2 weeks ago and ran cm7 but wife did not like it so shut down pwr and took sd card out. Rebooted and she was back to stock 1.2, been this way for 2 weeks, so today we tried the below..no avail
Dloaded 1.3 zip from BN, hooked nk up to computer, dropped the zip file on nook root drive letter (e)(not on or in any folder), let it reboot--stuck at yellow ex point and green android guy for 20 min, pressed pwr button and CW mod menu came up(how can this come up without sd card in?), selected reboot device now, it rebooted to stock BN nook home, checked device info still 1.2 . Its just stuck at and android guy/yellow ex point, hit pwr button and I get CW mod menu and choose reboot device now. The 1.3 never takes...help please
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Dude, you posted the same question in 3 separate threads. Please post once and wait for a response.
Ya, sry for mulitiple forum posts, lambrusco---lol
Thanks for responce, the wife does not want me to do all that to her beloved NK, she has it setup the way she wants and does not want me to try and fix it. She saw what a process it was for me at 1st to go thru with my TF101 so she has lil faith in me after 30 yrs---sheesh. Besides, for her use the 1.3 update would not impact her performance as she just reads and checks email...lol
Well, back to the Transformer and trying diff mods---luv learning this stuff and the constant improvements you guys do around here. 1.7 prime runnin like a dream--woohoo
Fairwayman said:
Ya, sry for mulitiple forum posts, lambrusco---lol
Thanks for responce, the wife does not want me to do all that to her beloved NK, she has it setup the way she wants and does not want me to try and fix it. She saw what a process it was for me at 1st to go thru with my TF101 so she has lil faith in me after 30 yrs---sheesh. Besides, for her use the 1.3 update would not impact her performance as she just reads and checks email...lol
Well, back to the Transformer and trying diff mods---luv learning this stuff and the constant improvements you guys do around here. 1.7 prime runnin like a dream--woohoo
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Mine doesn't want it on her's either so I test alone.....
Well, after a few weeks of reading posts, even opening up the hardware and taking the nook apart, here I am asking a question. I figure I would go to the source rather than those other place I was reading and tryign to get info from (mot os those places link here anyway). I know that everyone says that the nook is "unbrickable;" while I want to believe it, I may be in a place where it may be true.
I do want to add a thanks as well, since the NC "tablet" has been very handy, and my wife and I have really enjoyed it. Wouldn't have happened without you all. I wish I had more time to participate in developing, but working 80+ hours/week in a hospital limits my free time, as you can imagine.
I rooted the NC and installed Cyanogenmod 7 back in July 2011. It was a 1.1 model (if I recall correctly). I installed the mod to EMMC, along with CWM. Things ran fine for 6 months. Literally no issues. Then, one night the battery was dead, so I plugged it into the computer USB to charge while the machine was off. Didn't touch it at all. When I went to turn it on again, I was stuck in a bootloop. It would go to the cyanogenmod screen and say "Loading" then would start over again. So, I naturally made a bootable SD card, and tried going into CWR to fix things. However, the SD card had the bootloop as well. It would get to the two skulls and "Loading", flash blank, then start over again.
That went on for a while. I couldn't boot into anything, not into recovery, alternate images, literally nothing. So, I tried different images --- nothing. Finally, I did the power+n and got into the only screen that wouldn't keep resetting. It has blue text and says "Entering boot menu". The menu says "Encore U-boot Menu by j4mmr. 1.2 port+ extras by fattire." From this screen, I can navigate and change the boot options. However, once again, whatever I try does not actually boot, regardless of what I set it to. The only thing that I got from getting here was no more boot loops. After getting it to this point, I can try loading anything, and it will start, then the screen goes black/blank, and nothing happens. Left it on for hours to test.
Since that point, I have switched cards (SanDisk 2 GB class 4, Patriot 8 GB and a generic 8 GB microSD). I know that cards work correctly because I got a hold of a second nook, and they work fine on it. Below are a list of all the images I have tried to run off the SD. Again, nothing will boot, not even clockwork recovery/clockworkmod.
128 mb rootpack (IOMonster)
clockwork 3.0.2.8
clockwork 3.2.0.1 eyeballer
Nooter
Mirage_CM7_ICS_CM9_DualbootSD (this card works great on the working NC)
TWRP 2.0 RC0
Generic SD
Clockwork 0.7 -> starts boot loops again
I also tried ADB, connecting to the computer and using putty over SSH. Didn't work. 8 interrupted boots with 9th holding power+n. Nope. I even took the nook apart and disconnected the battery. Still no go.
If I recall, I think I had CWM 3.0.0.5 installed to the card and to the emmc.
If anyone has any other ideas, I could really use the help. I consider myself pretty computer literate (build my machines, coded in my spare time in the past, hacked a lot of my electronics). I have read many guides/sites and even tried the outdated stuff. Once again, I cannot get into clockwork recovery, so any guide that says to do that as the first step will not work. I also cannot boot off of the SD on cards that I know function.
Would using an older version of CWM (prior to 3.0.0.5) work? I think I remember reading a bunch of stuff about problems people were having with that version. The thing is, I wasn't installing or flashing anything new. I wish I was, because then I would know what was happening when everything got screwed up.
Thanks a bunch in advance for your guy's (gals?) time. This has been really painful.
Wow, that must be frustrating. First make sure you didn't change the boot settings to something other than the SD card when you were in the boot menu. As long as the Nook is powering on and doing something you can probably save it from being a brick.
I would start with a newer version of ClockWork Mod Recovery here: http://mrm3.net/blog/2011/03/11/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/
There is a contradiction in the file names but the actual version should be 3.2.0.8. If that doesn't work then you may want to go back to an older version. In that case I would still load a newer version's zip file onto that card, so that if you do get the older version to boot you can use it to flash the newer version.
Before going back to older CWM versions though give this a try if the new CWM above doesn't work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958748
JP
Yeah, it has been frustrating, especially not knowing what happened in the first place. I actually did try the version from that first link (where I put 3.0.2.8). Again, the big issue I am having is that I cannot even get into the CWM. If I could, I could fix it. I also saw and read through that xda thread you kinked to (open right now in my browser), but the problem remains that I cannot even get to the point where I can flash something.
Thanks at least for responding. I'll try a few more things and see if it works, but I am running out of ideas.
In theory creating a bootable CWM card will get you into recovery even though you can't access the Recovery on the internal. Once you reach Recovery from the SD card you can flash whatever you need. It is just a matter of making a bootable recovery card that boots far enough to get you there.
In theory, yes, but as I said in my first post, I tried all the bootable cards without any luck. When I try to set the SD card as primary boot from that one screen from fattire, it locks and never restarts.
J515OP said:
Wow, that must be frustrating. First make sure you didn't change the boot settings to something other than the SD card when you were in the boot menu. As long as the Nook is powering on and doing something you can probably save it from being a brick.
I would start with a newer version of ClockWork Mod Recovery here: http://mrm3.net/blog/2011/03/11/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/
There is a contradiction in the file names but the actual version should be 3.2.0.8. If that doesn't work then you may want to go back to an older version. In that case I would still load a newer version's zip file onto that card, so that if you do get the older version to boot you can use it to flash the newer version.
Before going back to older CWM versions though give this a try if the new CWM above doesn't work http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958748
JP
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This happened to me a couple of times on CM7. Don't know why, but I believe I used the last method listed to repair it. There was an older version of CWM that would cause this sometimes. When you get it going again, you must update CMW to the new one.
DigitalMD said:
This happened to me a couple of times on CM7. Don't know why, but I believe I used the last method listed to repair it. There was an older version of CWM that would cause this sometimes. When you get it going again, you must update CMW to the new one.
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How did you get it to boot into CWM in the first place in order to flash? That is my current problem. Any method of fixing relies on the ability to boot into CWM from the SD card, which (for whatever reason) isn't working at the moment.
Well, tried to use the native Nook u-boot. Get the "Touch the Future of Reading" screen, then black, just like with any of the other cards. On the good nook, it boots into a linux file and runs the recovery script, so it is not the card reader or the SD card.
Well, still doesn't work. I guess I officially bricked it without even knowing what happened. Bummer.
czarofthefrozentundra said:
Well, still doesn't work. I guess I officially bricked it without even knowing what happened. Bummer.
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You said you tried eyeballers 3.2.0.1 CWM. Did you mean the 1GB image file he posted on his thread? And how did you burn the image to the card? You should be using win32diskimager running in administrator mode on Windows. And it is best to use a cheap card reader rather than any card reader built into your PC. The nook can be really finicky about how the card is written.
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You said you tried eyeballers 3.2.0.1 CWM. Did you mean the 1GB image file he posted on his thread? And how did you burn the image to the card? You should be using win32diskimager running in administrator mode on Windows. And it is best to use a cheap card reader rather than any card reader built into your PC. The nook can be really finicky about how the card is written.
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Yes, I tried that image from his thread. I always use win32diskimager and use a card reader. I have working cards (I have a second NC that runs fine); there is just something wrong with the boot process, and I cannot get into CWR to fix it. It starts, but then never makes it in or reboots. Only time I can keep it from rebooting is by holding "n" and going into the boot option menu.
czarofthefrozentundra said:
Yes, I tried that image from his thread. I always use win32diskimager and use a card reader. I have working cards (I have a second NC that runs fine); there is just something wrong with the boot process, and I cannot get into CWR to fix it. It starts, but then never makes it in or reboots. Only time I can keep it from rebooting is by holding "n" and going into the boot option menu.
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It goes to the boot menu when you hold n with eyeballers image burned to SD? What happens when you select SD and normal? Just a hang? With 'loading' showing?
Edit: I just thought of another reason that could be causing this. There is a flag set in /rom that tells the system to try to boot into recovery. It tries no matter what you tell it to do in the boot menu. ROM Manager uses that flag to boot to recovery when you tell it to. Then after you successfully get into recovery and exit it by telling CWM to reboot, CWM clears that flag. If your recovery is borked up, you never get that flag cleared and it's an endless loop.
There are two solutions I can think of. First, use racks dual boot SD that you already have and go into the boot menu with that. Tell it to go to SD and recovery. Hopefully his recovery will load. Then immediately exit by the menu. That should clear the flag. If that fixes it and it boots to CM7, go to ROM Manager and flash a new CWM to emmc.
If that does not fix it search xda for 'fix recovery'. There is a nook thread telling how to fix the recovery on emmc.
Edit2: I just thought of a third way to try to get it to boot. Take eyeballers 3.2.0.1 CWM SD and put it in your PC. There should be two files there named uImage and uRamdisk. Make a copy of them on the SD and rename the copies to uRecImg and uRecRam. Then put back in nook and reboot to see what you get.
Hmm. Thanks. I'll definitely give it a shot (got nothing to lose at this point). I'll get back and let you know if it worked or not.
czarofthefrozentundra said:
Hmm. Thanks. I'll definitely give it a shot (got nothing to lose at this point). I'll get back and let you know if it worked or not.
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See my edit2 above for a third way to try to clear the flag.
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czarofthefrozentundra said:
Hmm. Thanks. I'll definitely give it a shot (got nothing to lose at this point). I'll get back and let you know if it worked or not.
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Hello? Feedback?
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Ha, I tried the quick reply function, and it didn't work. Here is what I wrote yesterday (verbatim, since I still had the window open):
"Well, so far no luck. Here is what I have tried, and the new information that I learned.
Used dual boot SD that I know works and booted into bootloader menu. Tried all different options on the SD card. What happens is that it thinks for a bit, then turns the screen black, but the boot screen never comes up (i.e. the Cyanogenmod logo that usually starts before things boot). So there must be some problem there.
If I hold down power, it will restart. Again, the screen turns black after the loading screen is on for a while (happens no matter which image I burned to the card).
I still need to try the other method (eyeballer one). I don't think the EMMC reset will work with my particular issue, as I had read that thread earlier."
czarofthefrozentundra said:
I still need to try the other method (eyeballer one).
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If the problem is the recovery flag, the mods to the eyeballer CWM SD should work. If it does not work, it may be something else. If it does work you can flash a new CWM to emmc using another eyeballer zip. Get it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21932561
You would want the first choice.
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Cool. Will give it a try tonight and report back. Just have to find my spare SD card.
So, tried with the eyeballer, and I couldn't get it to work. One thing I did notice, though (actually by chance) is that even though the screen is black, the nook is on. I saw this because it all of the sudden started flashing the low battery screen and then turned off.
Anyhow, still looks like I am in the same position. The EMMC fix doesn't work for me because I cannot even boot of an SD card.
EDIT: Actually, I just reread your post. I didn't do it right. I am going to try again and report back.
EIDT 2: Nope, didn't work. Do I need to hold all the buttons down while booting or do something else special?
czarofthefrozentundra said:
So, tried with the eyeballer, and I couldn't get it to work. One thing I did notice, though (actually by chance) is that even though the screen is black, the nook is on. I saw this because it all of the sudden started flashing the low battery screen and then turned off.
Anyhow, still looks like I am in the same position. The EMMC fix doesn't work for me because I cannot even boot of an SD card.
EDIT: Actually, I just reread your post. I didn't do it right. I am going to try again and report back.
EIDT 2: Nope, didn't work. Do I need to hold all the buttons down while booting or do something else special?
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I'm not sure what to tell you to do next. I guess I am going to send you to a post that tells pretty plainly how to do the 8 failed boots. I know you tried that, but timing is very critical with that procedure. Worth a try to me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25405429
How do you do the 8 failed boot deal with the cyanogenmod screen running. I am not sure about the timing of things. Also, which buttons? I have seen people do it with just the power button. Other places say with the power+n+vol up.
I purchased a Nook Color about a month and a half ago and have been running CM 7.2 from the SD card ever since. I love it and am ready to take the plunge and put it on the device itself without running it from the card. With that said, I settled on Kang's ROM because of what others have said about it.
However, I am running into a problem when trying to start the root process...
I've tried using uNooter, Auto-Nooter and the Size-Agnostic nooter all with the same outcome. I'm placing the image on the SD card properly, because I can put Kang's ROM on there and install it to the SD card just fine. My issue is that when I follow the instructions on the CyanogenMod Wiki, I get stuck between "Gaining Root Access - Step 5" and "Install a Custom Recovery Image."
I get the driver prompts on the desktop and cancel them as instructed, then the NC just sits there; no boots, no reboots. So I pull the card out as instructed and power it up. There is no "Extras" option in the NC, so I can't go to ROM Manager and install ClockworkMod Recovery and go from there. It seems as if the nooter isn't working as intended, or I missed a step somewhere.
Any help is appreciated, otherwise I'll just continue to run it off the SD card.
Give the method in my sig a shot. Let us know.
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Many thanks, MISRy. This was pretty much a summary of what I had seen across multiple threads. My issue was with steps 4 & 5. It would not boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery no matter what I did.
Then I found the answer, and it made me feel sorta dumb I was supposed to hold down the power button with n until it booted.
I'm installing Kang now as I type this...
derekr44 said:
... I'm installing Kang now as I type this...
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Woot!
derekr44 said:
Many thanks, MISRy. This was pretty much a summary of what I had seen across multiple threads. My issue was with steps 4 & 5. It would not boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery no matter what I did.
Then I found the answer, and it made me feel sorta dumb I was supposed to hold down the power button with n until it booted.
I'm installing Kang now as I type this...
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Not a big deal, but just for clarity "Kang" just means "unofficial cyanogenmod build." There's nobody named "kang" (that's what your first post suggests). But yeah, we've all been there. All the complex stuff we breeze through only to spend a half hour missing the super-simple instruction. Good luck!
Whaddaya mean there's nobody named Kang?