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[Q] Noob question: How to boot from SD?

I tried to create a CM7 bootable SD card per the thread entitled "Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater."
I used WinImage to create the supposedly bootable SD card with the installer, placed it into my Nook which was fully off, and the Nook booted as usual instead of from the SD card.
Am I missing something? How do you boot from an SD card?
Is there such a thing as a boot choice menu like on my PC or is the default always to boot from the SD card?
Does the Nook have to be rooted for this to work?
Thanks
ETA: My PC shows the uSD card as nearly full, but my Nook shows the SD card as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 GB available).

When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?

angomy said:
When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?
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No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).

JowBe said:
No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).
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When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?

angomy said:
When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?
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Yes, I ran WinImage as administrator. And yes, it shows up in Windows explorer as boot and yes those files are there.

Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?

You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.

JowBe said:
Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?
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I'm not sure, because I ran through initial registration on stock prior to running CM7 off SD --- I used the same image (verygreen's agnostic at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) as you did without a hitch.
If you decide to run CM7 off internal sometime you're going to need to register the nook anyway.
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.

An update: I decided to try to create a bootable SD from another bootable image (MonsterRootPack with CWR). This time the nook wouldn't even turn on. I'm going to try to create a third bootable SD as angomy has suggested to see what happens.
I need to add that when I removed the uSD card, it booted normally.
Also, when I create the bootable SD with winimage, I get a dialog box that tells me that the format of the SD card is not right and asks me if I want to resize the image. But this happened on both the images. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.

angomy said:
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.
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Ok, I tried the CWR image in the link you gave. Same problem - no-go. Just sits there dead. I remove the uSD and it boots normally.

FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.

ebubar said:
You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.
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Thanks for the link. I have given this some thought, and it doesn't seem reasonable that booting from an SD card should depend upon the state of registration of the device because the whole idea of booting from an SD card means that the content of the SD card is loaded in the place of the stock software.

robot8 said:
FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.
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Thanks. Yes, I just replied to another poster that I didn't think that the state of registration of the device should matter since the whole purpose of a bootable SD card is to load the contents of the SD in place of the stock.
I have followed the instructions in verygreen's thread to the letter - several times. Also, I have tried to make other bootable SDs without success. But that's a good idea about trying Win32diskimager. Also, I will try a Sandisk class 4 card SD as soon as I can get to a store.
I do have a question. When I format the SD card what "allocation unit size" should I be using? (formatting through Windows) The default is 32 kb.

PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.

Congrats!
Re: allocation unit size, do you mean cluster size? Depends on how big the FAT32 partition is --- larger clusters used means more actual space used but too large a size can reduce access speed. Generally Windows defaults to suggested 4k for up to 8GB, 8GB-16GB = 8k, 16-32GB = 16k, and 32+ = 32kb.
Also the first boot is the longest --- shouldn't take as long after that. Welcome to CM7 - I don't regret installing it over stock after waffling for weeks on whether or not I'd use stock at some point -- CM7 is just too much faster with too many more options and tweaks for my impatience to deal with stock Froyo.

THANK YOU OP!
I had the same issue, tried 20x various ways, 2 different computers, 2 different SD readers, and it was WinImage that wasnt working correctly. Win32DiskImager solved it.
Thanks.

JowBe said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.
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Thanks so much! This finally got it to work for me too. Loving my new Android tablet

FWIW, WinImage does not work. Maybe it used to work, but it does not now. I posted about this a few days ago here.

[Q] [CWM 3.2.0.1] can't boot from MicroSD card (Nook Color)

Problem: ClockworkMod not booting from MicroSD card
What I'm trying to do: Dual-boot CyanogenMod 7 with the stock Nook Color with Cyanogen 7 on a MicroSD card, but without rooting the Nook Color.
What I've done so far:
1. Downloaded ClockworkMod 3.2.0.1 from download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.1-encore.img
2. Downloaded Win32DiskImager from launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/trunk/0.3/+download/win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip
3. Using Win32DiskImager, flashed ClockworkMod onto the MicroSD card.
4. Ejected MicroSD card.
5. Inserted MicroSD card into Nook Color (which is turned off)
6. Connected Nook Color to PC via USB cable
7. Powered on Nook Color
8. Watched as standard Nook Color boots. Nothing at all displays related to ClockworkMod.
Other troubleshooting thus far
a. I've gone back to step 3, used Windows 7 to just format the SD card to ensure it was blank, and then started with Step 3 again.
b. I've ensured the MicroSD card is set properly into the Nook Color.
c. I've tried holding down the power key on the Nook Color (no effect).
d. Searched these forums via its Search function, and searched via Google (most references use ClockworkMod 3.0.2.8, which a few posts mention does not work on the "blue dot" version of Nook Color.
Misc:
MicroSD card: SanDisk Type-2 4GB
Nook Color (the "blue-dot" version that starts with a 1GB partition for side-loading)
PC: Windows 7 64-bit, built-in SD card reader/writer
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Ynglaur said:
Problem: ClockworkMod not booting from MicroSD card
What I'm trying to do: Dual-boot CyanogenMod 7 with the stock Nook Color with Cyanogen 7 on a MicroSD card, but without rooting the Nook Color.
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Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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If all you're trying to do is setup a bootable SD card with CM7 on it, and retain the ability to also boot to the stock Nook ROM, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957

Based on "What I'm trying to do" and "What I've done so far", you are heading to the completely wrong direction.
A good thing is you had not been able to get into CwM Recovery, otherwise, you made a mess of your NC.
Just stop "what you've done so far" and follow the link that shumash provided above.

shumash said:
If all you're trying to do is setup a bootable SD card with CM7 on it, and retain the ability to also boot to the stock Nook ROM, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
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Agreed, you don't need clockwork mod for an SD card install. Follow the directions in my signature (adds some details that verygreen leaves out).

Installing image for CM7
I have a nook color that was purchased just a week ago and had 1.4.0 firmware on it. I had updated it to 1.4.1 before noticing that this particular firmware blocked the nook from being hacked. I had read in one of the threads how to revert back to 1.4.0, adding acclaim.zip file to the sd card would do the trick. I tried this and when my nook went to sleep, nothing. I ended up using the nook-complete-restore-1.0.1.zip with a clockworkmod recovery file and followed steps provided in other threads. Then I was stuck at the "n" screen and could not get any further. With an additional 8 Factory resets and doing the complete restore a second time I was able to get back to what I believe is factory. The difference is, out of the box I had 1.4.0 and now I have 1.3.0. I believe this is fine.
I am wanting to put CM7 with google apps on my nook. I have read a thread that suggested putting an agnostic size image file and when used, my 16gb sd card went down to >200 mb. What is a good image file to use for my card or what am I doing wrong? I am using Win32DiskImager to write my images. I have tried generic-sdcard.img for both 1.1 and 1.3 and the above still happens. I loose over 14gb of space.
I have downloaded the following to use once I have figured out what image to use. update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip for my CM7 and gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip for my google apps.
Thanks for all the hard work that is put into making our nook experience the best!!!

dhed73 said:
[...] The difference is, out of the box I had 1.4.0 and now I have 1.3.0. I believe this is fine.
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If you're installing CM anyhow, the version of B&N running is not important, correct.
I am wanting to put CM7 with google apps on my nook. I have read a thread that suggested putting an agnostic size image file and when used, my 16gb sd card went down to >200 mb.
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Going by that name, you were doing a CM install to SD. If you'd completed that process, it would have made use of the rest of your SD card.
What is a good image file to use for my card or what am I doing wrong?
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Are you trying to:
1. Root stock (doesn't sound like it)
2. Install CM to SD for dual boot
3. Install CM to eMMC
I have downloaded the following to use once I have figured out what image to use. update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip for my CM7 and gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip for my google apps.
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You might want to check out CM 7.2 RC0 Mirage (search here). It incorporated all of the fixes and some optimizations up through CM n253.

I am wanting to install CM to SD for dual boot. I have completed the process for adding the image to my card. The problem is that, after adding the image I now have 115mb on my 16gb card. If, I go ahead and install to my SD card will the space on the card be opened up or do I have to do something else?

dhed73 said:
I am wanting to install CM to SD for dual boot. I have completed the process for adding the image to my card. The problem is that, after adding the image I now have 115mb on my 16gb card. If, I go ahead and install to my SD card will the space on the card be opened up or do I have to do something else?
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If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.

shumash said:
If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.
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I have a issue with downloading cm7 on a sd card ive followed all the steps and boot it and it downloads and restarts and seems to be working but the touch screen isnt working. My nook is version 1.3 any help would be appreciated.

lesdavid said:
I have a issue with downloading cm7 on a sd card ive followed all the steps and boot it and it downloads and restarts and seems to be working but the touch screen isnt working. My nook is version 1.3 any help would be appreciated.
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I had the same problem when I had to restore my nook color. I ran the program, in my case the nook system restore file, a second time. After I had done this, my touch screen was back working.
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shumash said:
If you're getting that 115mb number from your PC card reader on Windows, that's misleading because that's just the size of the boot partition. There are other partitions on the card that take up space and are formatted to be used by CM7. Boot into CM7 on the SD card and see how much space you've got on the /sdcard partition. It should be many gb.
To see how the card is partitioned and the sizes in Windows, get Easeus Partition Master. It's free. If the last partition (the 4th) isn't fully allocated, use Easeus to do it. Don't resize any of the other partitions until you really know what you're doing.
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shumash,
Thanks..... after downloading the easeus partition file I found that you were correct and I had 14gb left over. I had a hard time booting into recovery for the google app file but, it finally happened. I am up and running and want to thank everyone for the help.

gallahad2000 said:
Agreed, you don't need clockwork mod for an SD card install. Follow the directions in my signature (adds some details that verygreen leaves out).
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Many thanks. The instructions in your signature worked perfectly. Just curious: is there a freeware image-making software app that doesn't expire after 30 days?

[Q] Unable to root nook colour 1.4.2

Hi
I am new to android stuff, and I am trying to root my nook color 1.4.2 by following
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901
from above guide i am unable to find how to do a complete wipe for nook color 1.4.2 so I followed
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/05...ware-update-factory-reset-on-your-nook-color/
although its not for 1.4.2, may be to this reason I am unable to do complete wipe nook color 1.4.2.
Also I followed all steps to create a bootable SD card from the 1st source
but unfortunately I am unable to boot nook color from SD card, hence I am not able to root my nook color
Please Help.

usually when this happens there is an issue with the SD card. Reformat it and start again.

Additionally... if you are using an internal SD reader then try buying the cheapest USB reader you can... far too many times this is the issue writing the images to the cards.

ahsaniqbal said:
Hi
I am new to android stuff, and I am trying to root my nook color 1.4.2 by following
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901
from above guide i am unable to find how to do a complete wipe for nook color 1.4.2 so I followed
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That is GMPOWER's ManualNooter thread. If you are running stock 1.4.2, you do not need to do a wipe beforehand. At most, you'd need to do a factory reset via Settings->Device Info->Erase & Deregister Device. If you're running an older firmware version, you can reset using the same procedure.
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/05...ware-update-factory-reset-on-your-nook-color/
although its not for 1.4.2, may be to this reason I am unable to do complete wipe nook color 1.4.2.
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That describes the "8 failed boot" reset method, which is another way of doing the same thing. If you can get into Settings, you don't need to do this.
Follow the other suggestions for your problem creating a bootable uSD card.

I just bought my Nook Color a couple weeks ago. I had 1.4.2 and I'm using a cheap $6 sd card. Use ManualNooter to root it. All the links for this stuff have already been posted in this thread.
On your computer
- Download and open winimage
- disk > restore virtual hard disk image on physical drive
- flash the clockwork img file to the SD
Use the one for your sd size. I had a 4gb card so I used 4gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1 (there is a list of them)
- Once complete drag and drop Manual Nooter 5.02.19 and Apps2SD Stock Kernal onto the sd
Plug the sd car into your nook and turn it on. Once you get to this point you should be able to follow the directions on the regular manual nooter page. Which is something like.
- Wipe all data, cache, ect.
- Install zip from file - ManualNooter #___
- Install Apps2sd file
- Take out sd card, and reboot
- Done
Then from there you can install other roms the same way you installed the manualnooter zip, or use rom manager

just an FYI... you do not wipe data when using manual nooter... preferred method is wipe... download your content... root with manual nooter

Unable to root
I've read multiple threads on different forums and can't find a solution. I'm trying to root a nook color 1.4.2 and install CM7.
I've tried 2 different micro sd cards, made them bootable with windiskimager, using an external card reader, downloaded the files more than once in case earlier ones were corrupted, no go.
The nook has been reset to factory. It will not boot from the SD card. every time I try it just boots normally.
Any suggestions?
Mine and my wifes nooks were older versions and I had no problems rooting and installing CM7. This one belongs to a friend and I'm about ready to throw it out the window!

Check the device information to make certain it is in fact a Nook Color and not a Nook Tablet... we'll go from there.

DizzyDen said:
Check the device information to make certain it is in fact a Nook Color and not a Nook Tablet... we'll go from there.
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Like he said, verify this first.
mattx13 said:
I've tried 2 different micro sd cards, made them bootable with windiskimager, using an external card reader, downloaded the files more than once in case earlier ones were corrupted, no go.
The nook has been reset to factory. It will not boot from the SD card. every time I try it just boots normally.
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It sounds like your using win image wrong. Make sure you have the correct clockwork file. My card is 4gb so I'm using 4gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1 and you load that with winimage. Then you drag and drop the manualnooter and apss 2 sd file.

I'm almost positive that it's a nook color. I did a reset, so I'll have to get my friend to sign back into it to check. I was using a 2gb card with a 1gb image. Most threads state that doesn't matter, but I'll try the 2gb image. After burning the image I was then copying the other necessary files straight to the card.
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Dammit, it's a nook tablet. Gotta start over. Thanks.

run non nook apps
aj555 said:
Like he said, verify this first.
It sounds like your using win image wrong. Make sure you have the correct clockwork file. My card is 4gb so I'm using 4gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1 and you load that with winimage. Then you drag and drop the manualnooter and apss 2 sd file.
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Mine work(ed/s) find with the step-by-step here using a 2 gig sd. What I am needing to do is allow non-nook apps (market works fine) as our college has developed an campus app & I can't convince the Color Nook BNRV200 to allow its install & everything here that I have found or tried doesn't seem to work...
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[Q] Having trouble creating bootable sd card

Hi xda, my nook won't boot up at all after I tried to restore to stock from autonooter 1.01. I read as many threads as I could and tried to make a bootable sd from leapinLar's tips page. The stock recovery with cwr and without. I used winimage and win32. With winImage I get an error "reading from file". win32 seems to write the file but it doesn't boot up the nook. When I try and open the sd with windows to see if anything is on the sd it says "not formatted would you like to format it now". I downloaded file, unzipped, then wrote to sd. I must be doing something wrong creating the sd but I can't find any info as to what. Thanks for any help

Stjpa said:
Hi xda, my nook won't boot up at all after I tried to restore to stock from autonooter 1.01. I read as many threads as I could and tried to make a bootable sd from leapinLar's tips page. The stock recovery with cwr and without. I used winimage and win32. With winImage I get an error "reading from file". win32 seems to write the file but it doesn't boot up the nook. When I try and open the sd with windows to see if anything is on the sd it says "not formatted would you like to format it now". I downloaded file, unzipped, then wrote to sd. I must be doing something wrong creating the sd but I can't find any info as to what. Thanks for any help
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Are you unzipping the right file? You said something about with stock recovery and without. Those are not image files that can be burned. When you unzip my image zip file, you should end up with a 300MB .img file. That is what you burn with win32diskimager. And take the card out of the PC and put it back in before you try to look at it. And be sure to use an external card reader, not one built into your PC.
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Thanks Leapinlar. I downloaded your nook color emmc stock recovery zip with and without the cwr. I am using external sd reader. I downloaded and tried cwm-6.0.1.2 bootable sd zip and tried that in the nook and nothing happens. Also tried the 5.5.0.4 version too. I removed the card reader and reinserted it in the pc and when I click on the drive letter it ask me if I want to format it. I used win32diskimager and it said write successful, so I put it in the nook and then plugged nook into computer with the stock usb cable and nothing happens. If I hold the power button down the pc does ding as if when you plug in an external device. I'm either trying to burn the wrong file or I'm not making the bootable. Thank you for your help.

Stjpa said:
Thanks Leapinlar. I downloaded your nook color emmc stock recovery zip with and without the cwr. I am using external sd reader. I downloaded and tried cwm-6.0.1.2 bootable sd zip and tried that in the nook and nothing happens. Also tried the 5.5.0.4 version too. I removed the card reader and reinserted it in the pc and when I click on the drive letter it ask me if I want to format it. I used win32diskimager and it said write successful, so I put it in the nook and then plugged nook into computer with the stock usb cable and nothing happens. If I hold the power button down the pc does ding as if when you plug in an external device. I'm either trying to burn the wrong file or I'm not making the bootable. Thank you for your help.
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You don't say, but you are unzipping those image files before you burn them, right? Should be 300MB .img file. Other than that just look at my A10 tip in my tips thread and follow exactly.
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leapinlar said:
You don't say, but you are unzipping those image files before you burn them, right? Should be 300MB .img file. Other than that just look at my A10 tip in my tips thread and follow exactly.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using Tapatalk
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Yes I did unzip the image file before I burned it. I ended up finding a cwr zip that was for a 4 gig card, probably an older way of doing it, and that worked for some reason. I did use your stock 1.4.3 zip though and all seems well. Your tips page is great, thank you, you're very helpful now I can play around and brick it again with some other stuff.

Hey guys.
I am somewhat a noob. I bought a brand new 8gb nook color from wallmart on black friday. I heard about how you can put CM onto the sd card and boot from that without altering the device itself. I have tried for HOURS to do this. I have looked up COUNTLESS walk throughs and done everything they say, done alternations, and used different cards ranging from 2gb sandisk (class 1?) to 32 gb sandisk this is a class 4. I've used winimage and burned the image to the card, then dragged over cyanogenmod and done this task in countless different ways. Every time I shut down the nook, put in the card, then re-boot, the nook does NOT boot from the card. It boots normal, then I can actually browse the card after it boots up. I have done it EXACTLY how it says here and read tutorials so its not a question of whether or not I have followed standard proceedure. My firmware version is 1.4.3. Ive searched online to this and to no avail. My sister bought the exact same one at the exact same time and it does not boot the sd either. I have done about 8 straight hours of research on this guys, so I'm no pro but I have a basic understanding of how it works now. My questions are this:
1: Did Barns and Noble put restrictions on the newest nook color or on the newest software version? And if so is there a way around this?
and
2: If NOT, is there an alternate way/installation onto the card that I can do (such as an image pre loaded with CM etc.) that I might be able to try instead of the conventional way?
Thanks guys! Sorry for the uber long post : S

ronin8knight said:
Hey guys.
I am somewhat a noob. I bought a brand new 8gb nook color from wallmart on black friday. I heard about how you can put CM onto the sd card and boot from that without altering the device itself. I have tried for HOURS to do this. I have looked up COUNTLESS walk throughs and done everything they say, done alternations, and used different cards ranging from 2gb sandisk (class 1?) to 32 gb sandisk this is a class 4. I've used winimage and burned the image to the card, then dragged over cyanogenmod and done this task in countless different ways. Every time I shut down the nook, put in the card, then re-boot, the nook does NOT boot from the card. It boots normal, then I can actually browse the card after it boots up. I have done it EXACTLY how it says here and read tutorials so its not a question of whether or not I have followed standard proceedure. My firmware version is 1.4.3. Ive searched online to this and to no avail. My sister bought the exact same one at the exact same time and it does not boot the sd either. I have done about 8 straight hours of research on this guys, so I'm no pro but I have a basic understanding of how it works now. My questions are this:
1: Did Barns and Noble put restrictions on the newest nook color or on the newest software version? And if so is there a way around this?
and
2: If NOT, is there an alternate way/installation onto the card that I can do (such as an image pre loaded with CM etc.) that I might be able to try instead of the conventional way?
Thanks guys! Sorry for the uber long post : S
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No nothing was done by B&N. It is how you are burning the card. It will not boot in the nook unless burned perfectly. Look at my tips thread linked in my signature and read items A9 and A10.
There not any easy was not to use a bootable recovery card. Just keep trying, using different software, different cards, different PC s, different card readers.
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ronin8knight said:
Hey guys.
I am somewhat a noob. I bought a brand new 8gb nook color from wallmart on black friday. I heard about how you can put CM onto the sd card and boot from that without altering the device itself. I have tried for HOURS to do this. I have looked up COUNTLESS walk throughs and done everything they say, done alternations, and used different cards ranging from 2gb sandisk (class 1?) to 32 gb sandisk this is a class 4. I've used winimage and burned the image to the card, then dragged over cyanogenmod and done this task in countless different ways. Every time I shut down the nook, put in the card, then re-boot, the nook does NOT boot from the card. It boots normal, then I can actually browse the card after it boots up. I have done it EXACTLY how it says here and read tutorials so its not a question of whether or not I have followed standard proceedure. My firmware version is 1.4.3. Ive searched online to this and to no avail. My sister bought the exact same one at the exact same time and it does not boot the sd either. I have done about 8 straight hours of research on this guys, so I'm no pro but I have a basic understanding of how it works now. My questions are this:
1: Did Barns and Noble put restrictions on the newest nook color or on the newest software version? And if so is there a way around this?
and
2: If NOT, is there an alternate way/installation onto the card that I can do (such as an image pre loaded with CM etc.) that I might be able to try instead of the conventional way?
Thanks guys! Sorry for the uber long post : S
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Use win32diskimager instead and use an external card writer. The image is approximately 300mb with the Rev5 file. Then copy the CM10 and 2021011 GApps zips to SD card. Insert in Nook Color. Wait for setup to finish and shut down. Start Nook. Enjoy.

[Q] How to Root NST 1.2.0?

I read a number of latest threads about rooting NST 1.2.0 having trouble. I am so new to this process and would like to have a full set of proven steps to do it.
Some suggests tinynoot but I found the thread which is more for Glow. I am not sure if it is right way to go.
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?

npoon said:
I read a number of latest threads about rooting NST 1.2.0 having trouble. I am so new to this process and would like to have a full set of proven steps to do it.
Some suggests tinynoot but I found the thread which is more for Glow. I am not sure if it is right way to go.
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?
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this
[Root] NookManager - graphical rooter for 1.2.0 and beyond
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?
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It does not exist.

Tinynoot works for glow and non glow firmware 1.2
It includes minimal apps, so you will need to know how to use adb to install apps.

The latest version of NookManager will allow installation of apps from the Amazon Appstore without using ADB. This is your best bet for rooting FW 1.2.0 right now and it is a very easy, menu driven root method. (See post 2 in this thread for the link.)
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.

David0226 said:
The latest version of NookManager will allow installation of apps from the Amazon Appstore without using ADB. This is your best bet for rooting FW 1.2.0 right now and it is a very easy, menu driven root method. (See post 2 in this thread for the link.)
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.
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I used NookManager and made a backup before rooting, do you know where I can find the backup so I can transfer it to my PC ?.

mug2k said:
I used NookManager and made a backup before rooting, do you know where I can find the backup so I can transfer it to my PC ?.
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it's on the microSD card you used to make the backup.

David0226 said:
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.
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will a 2gb sd card do? OR a 4gb card is necessary?

2gb card should work. I rooted using nookmanager yesterday and made a backup with a 2gb sd card

Will 10gb work? Sorry if it sounds too silly. :crying:
Thanks guys, you are great.

npoon said:
Will 10gb work? Sorry if it sounds too silly. :crying:
Thanks guys, you are great.
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It will. I used a 16 GB one lol
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I used Win32DiskImager.exe trying to write NookManager.img to my 16gb but didn't know I had to run it as Administrator. After "Write", the SD card became unformated. I went ahead and now the SD card became 64mb.
I have Windows XP Prof and tried Disk Manager and Diskpart without success.
Anyone knows how to get my SD card fix?

XP doesn't have any tools to reformat SD cards.
Try: MiniTool Partition Wizard (Home Edition)

SD Card became 64 mb
npoon said:
I used Win32DiskImager.exe trying to write NookManager.img to my 16gb but didn't know I had to run it as Administrator. After "Write", the SD card became unformated. I went ahead and now the SD card became 64mb.
I have Windows XP Prof and tried Disk Manager and Diskpart without success.
Anyone knows how to get my SD card fix?
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The SD card becomes 64mb because there are now two partitions on it. It is meant to be like this after installing nook manager on it. Windows will only see one though if connected directly to the PC. You need to put it in your nook and connect the nook to the pc with the usb lead. You will then see two drives, one with nook manager on it and one with a back up of your original nook image, if you did one!
To format your sd card you can use SDFormatter. Just search for it. If you do this though it will wipe off anything you have on it, especially any back you have done.

Thanks. I finally found HP USB Manager to reform it back to 16gb.
I found one weird thing is Win Imager really doesn't like my 16gb SD Card as it always does is to make it unformat and then force it becomes 68mb. Anyhow, I used NookManager backed up but can't find a file for the backup. Does anyone know where it is sitting on SD card?

npoon said:
Thanks. I finally found HP USB Manager to reform it back to 16gb.
I found one weird thing is Win Imager really doesn't like my 16gb SD Card as it always does is to make it unformat and then force it becomes 68mb. Anyhow, I used NookManager backed up but can't find a file for the backup. Does anyone know where it is sitting on SD card?
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Win Imager is working properly. The unformat is probably just that Win Imager doesn't properly inform windows of the partition table change on the card. Once Windows manages to get the new partition table loaded (e.g. remove and reinsert the card) it then sees the 64MB partition that was written to the card. See my post on the NookManager development thread for a little more info and how to get your backup off the card.