Ok this is weird. So my nook color is stuck at the battery too low to power ON screen. I had it rooted to HC installed on my device memory. The nook died completely and now this happened. The weird part about it is this. When i have my sd card in, it boots up just fine to clockwork recovery mode. Without the sd card, it wont boot up. I have tried everything in clockwork. Data wipe, re install, everything. This is really pissing me off.
Btw one more thing. I am using the black plug that goes to the wall that came with the NC but the plug coming out of the black plug is the one for the original Nook.
I've read on the NC info sheets that come on the device and also on the B&N nook forums, you cannot use a charge/usb cable from an original nook on a NC. The two devices use different voltages, and they warn you can damage your battery. You'll need a NC cable.
Plug it in your pc and leave it on for overnight, it takes a few hours to start up with a non stock charger.
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This was what happened - my N2T went dead, and I charged it up to 100%. It has previously been rooted with TouchNooter, and since my market wouldn't open, I overrooted it with TouchSalsa. Or so I remember. It may be different. I just remember that I used 2 different roots over each other. Didn't think anything would happen...
Anyways, all was fine and dainty with the N2T till the day the battery's charge was depleted. Charged it to full - Battery Indicator went green - and then proceeded to unlock it.
It was still responding at the lock screen, but once I unlocked it, it went straight to my Android home screen, and it just hanged. It has been showing the Android homescreen for quite a while now (probably due to the static e-ink screen, I believe it has died for a long long time), and nothing I do will make it reboot. I thought about forcing the battery out, but it was not user removable.
n2T-recovery wouldn't work too, as I can't make it reboot.
Any answers as to how I could make it rebott and/or restore the firmware like how I could force an iDevice into DFU mode?
Any help would be appreciated, as I imported this device into my country and it is not possible for me to send it back .
If anyone has encountered this problem before, feel free to shout out here too. My Nook Simple Touch has died for around 2 weeks now. I was hoping that the battery would run out and I could charge it but.... the battery indicator STILL shows green when I plug it in.
Also, whenever I plug it into my computer, the connected sound that happens when you plug in a USB drive just sounds - followed immediately by the disconnect sound. This happens in a loop until I plug out the Nook.
Try disconnecting the battery (by opening the nook) ...
zholy said:
Try disconnecting the battery (by opening the nook) ...
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Same issue, i already open the cover and remove battery, the screen still display screensaver. Then I plugged NT into wall charger , then removed (to try make it reboot). Plugged battery into again but , plugged charger . But nothing happened, still the same.
Any other solution?
Just a hint: It appears that the Nook won't boot without the battery in.
I don't know if it's an interlock with the temperature sensor on the battery.
The chip that does the power management is capable of powering a CPU with a dead/shorted/missing battery.
Guess no one had a similar issue?
It is the same with my NST. It was bricked when I root it back to factory restore. The battery light is green, do everything you did to the battery, still no respond. I am not in the US so I can not take my NST to the local B&N store.
I get my NST only 1 week...
PS:Finally I get my NST back following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457971&page=14
Hi, I am currently having a problem with my brand new Nook Simple Touch Glow. After I got it I went ahead and tried rooting it, but something went wrong and I was stuck on the booting screen (first the Read forever and then Barnes and nobles with 5 dots beneath) since my Glowlight was still on it quickly ran out of power (which I thought wasnt a bad thing since it might boot afterwards right?) but unfortunately it keeps saying the power is too low (no matter if plugged in or plugged out) and I should let it charge for 15 minutes. Well even after 30 minutes it still shows the same screen, holding the power button while its plugged in will force it too restart (at least it looks like it does) but it instantly goes back to the too low power screen. Can anybody help me?
PS: I hope you can understand my english, I am not a native speaker
After keeping it plugged in for multiple hours it suddenly booted(but was still stuck in the process), so I restarted it 8 times to get it back to factory settings.
Now I can use it normally again, but it ignores my Noogie SD to create a backup while booting (it just boots normally) any ideas?
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but it ignores my Noogie SD to create a backup while booting (it just boots normally) any ideas?
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Check your sdcard -
Is the sdcard inserted all the way in to the slot?
Or try making the noogie.img again.
This morning I was playing angry birds and my nook just shut off. I assumed my battery died so I tried to plug it in. Immediately it started to turn on and then as soon as the nook color screen came on it cut off. It's been doing this all day. It also keeps saying that it is preforming a system update and that it is restoring to factory settings. It only does has any activity when it is plugged in but it will not do anything when it is not plugged in. I have tried every combination of the power and the "n" button possible to try to fix it. is there anything else i can do?
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This morning I was playing angry birds and my nook just shut off. I assumed my battery died so I tried to plug it in. Immediately it started to turn on and then as soon as the nook color screen came on it cut off. It's been doing this all day. It also keeps saying that it is preforming a system update and that it is restoring to factory settings. It only does has any activity when it is plugged in but it will not do anything when it is not plugged in. I have tried every combination of the power and the "n" button possible to try to fix it. is there anything else i can do?
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Is the nook color a refurbished unit? Did you root it? Is is on the stock ROM? If it is a new unit bought at B&N return and exchange for a new one.
jam28570 said:
This morning I was playing angry birds and my nook just shut off. I assumed my battery died so I tried to plug it in. Immediately it started to turn on and then as soon as the nook color screen came on it cut off. It's been doing this all day. It also keeps saying that it is preforming a system update and that it is restoring to factory settings. It only does has any activity when it is plugged in but it will not do anything when it is not plugged in. I have tried every combination of the power and the "n" button possible to try to fix it. is there anything else i can do?
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It could be your battery is not charged enough. It is trying to update, but will not update if your battery is below 15%, so that it assures there is enough to finish. Leave it plugged in for a while, even if it does cycle.
It is also possible that it is trying to repair itself with a built in repair zip,'romrestore' and failing. Try making my bootable CWM SD from my tips thread linked in my signature. Boot to that and see if it is stable. You may have to run some of my partition repair zips if you cannot revive it. Then you would have to reinstall stock.
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Hello
Well, i have problem.I erased all partitions on internal memory and accidentally ripped of wires from battery while opening case of my NST. Friend of mine successfully soldered wires back in correct order. Now, when i connect nook to charger, light is green, when connect without battery, light is also green.
Wierd is when i connect without battery to computer, first flashes orange light, then green constantly. Also, immediately Win7 looks for OMAP 3630 driver and disconnects.
When battery is inserted, immediately lights up green light, and after 10 seconds of pushing power button, Win searches for same driver and disconnect.
What happened to battery, is it dead, drained or something else. Before ripping wires, battery worked good.
I readed somewhere that nook cannot charge battery while off, so my question is what happened to battery and how to revive my nook to restore backup. Can Nook boot noogie without OS? Currently, Nook wont power on, screen is not flashing.
Sorry for my poor English , any help will be appreciated :fingers-crossed:
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Well, i have problem.I erased all partitions on internal memory and accidentally ripped of wires from battery while opening case of my NST. Friend of mine successfully soldered wires back in correct order. Now, when i connect nook to charger, light is green, when connect without battery, light is also green.
Wierd is when i connect without battery to computer, first flashes orange light, then green constantly. Also, immediately Win7 looks for OMAP 3630 driver and disconnects.
When battery is inserted, immediately lights up green light, and after 10 seconds of pushing power button, Win searches for same driver and disconnect.
What happened to battery, is it dead, drained or something else. Before ripping wires, battery worked good.
I readed somewhere that nook cannot charge battery while off, so my question is what happened to battery and how to revive my nook to restore backup. Can Nook boot noogie without OS? Currently, Nook wont power on, screen is not flashing.
Sorry for my poor English , any help will be appreciated :fingers-crossed:
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Sounds like the battery is dead indeed. I had a similar problem with my old Motorola Defy, flashing went bad, battery was dead and unfortunately battery wouldn't charge in that state. I did manage to get it working though using the McGyver trick!
Check this thread out for info on how to do this, it explains using the Motorola Defy but I imagine the process would be pretty similar here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892026
Not working, same thing, always green light. My friend soldered and jumpstarted again, and nothing. Maybe sometthing hapened with electronics on battery, with temperature sensor, i dont know...
Gevara
Let us make an assumption the the wiring is soldered correctly and there is no internal damage to the circuitry.
If you have symptoms like: (1) NST won't start and doesn't respond to any key (2) green light indicates full charge.
... then (usually) the controller in the charging circuit "thinks" the battery is full while it is really empty. You need the controller to "forget" that the battery is full.
Just disconnect the battery and let NST lie there for, say, an hour (although usually 10 minutes would suffice). Then connect the battery again and try to charge once again using a USB charger, the type you plug into the wall. Do not use a PC USB port for charging since it simply cannot provide sufficient charging current for a completely drained battery.
Hi,
last week I was in US and bought a NST. First start at home .... nothing . Screen leaves initial content.
After a lot of test from a lot of boards e.g hold buttons for a long time and so on - I gived up.
Today I found this forum. Some threads talking about serial interfaces on board with boot screen....
My hope is coming back to make the nook alive.
My location is Germany. I will not exchange my nook at B&N - I want to find the problem.
- Without battery the nook shows also the green led on bottom but no reaction on power button.
- While connecting to my Windows-PC I can see that the device manager sometimes see a OMAP3630
for a really short time.
- My Knowledge in Linux is not bad but Hardware is a 'red blanket' (we say in german - means: less than zero).
My current Idea is to prepare nook with an serial interface to see boot messages. After this it should easier to
find the problem.
No my question:
What I must du to connect a serial Adapter to my nook ? Is it enough to put cables on right pins on board ?
Also welcome any other idea .
Thank you
Serial interfaces are fun, but the Nook's capability of booting up on the SD card is the easiest way.
Put noogie on an SD card, boot up and see what the problem is.
Try to save your /rom partition.
Put ClockWorkModRecovery on an SD card.
Put an Nook update image on the Nook and update.
Good idea
Renate NST said:
Serial interfaces are fun, but the Nook's capability of booting up on the SD card is the easiest way.
Put noogie on an SD card, boot up and see what the problem is.
Try to save your /rom partition.
Put ClockWorkModRecovery on an SD card.
Put an Nook update image on the Nook and update.
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That sounds good.
Last ten minutes I tried to find noogie.img - but no link is up or is untrusted.
Can you send me a link to download ? Also possible a mail with img as attachment.
Thank you
link found
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That sounds good.
Last ten minutes I tried to find noogie.img - but no link is up or is untrusted.
Can you send me a link to download ? Also possible a mail with img as attachment.
Thank you
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Link found ...
google.com ... nst-recovery
Thank you
no live sign
Renate NST said:
Serial interfaces are fun, but the Nook's capability of booting up on the SD card is the easiest way.
Put noogie on an SD card, boot up and see what the problem is.
Try to save your /rom partition.
Put ClockWorkModRecovery on an SD card.
Put an Nook update image on the Nook and update.
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Hi 'Renate NST',
I tried to boot with noogie.img. But it is the same - my nook will not change the screen.
At bottom of nook is an 'green' LED is nook is connected to PC or power adapter. But if I remove USB cable this LED is off. If I then press
power button it leaves off. Is this normal ?
A new idea is welcome now .
Thank you
What is the screen showing exactly?
Does it say "Rooted Forever"?
Does it ever flash or show any change?
You've tried pushing the power button for 20 seconds?
The green (or orange) LED is only on with the charging cable connected.
It might be that you have gotten your Nook wedged.
Others have reported this, although I've never seen it.
You can take your Nook apart, disconnect the battery and reconnect it.
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What is the screen showing exactly?
Does it say "Rooted Forever"?
Does it ever flash or show any change?
You've tried pushing the power button for 20 seconds?
The green (or orange) LED is only on with the charging cable connected.
It might be that you have gotten your Nook wedged.
Others have reported this, although I've never seen it.
You can take your Nook apart, disconnect the battery and reconnect it.
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* It say nothing.
* I have no other screen seen as shown on picture. ( hxxp://vsys.de/upload/IMG_6553.JPG .. it is not allowed for me to send links )
* Since I have opened the original B&N case. It never started until now.
* yes , 20 seconds ... done - no changes ( also in combination with 'n' button )
* disconnect battery I have already tried - no changes
a live sign ?
Hi,
Today I tried something I have read in a old other thread.
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- disconnect battery
- connect usb power cable
- plug in battery while usb cable is connected
Now my nook show some live signs via led.
If I press the power button the led shows for a short time after ca. 2 seconds a red state.
Then it falls back and shows a green state.
If I hold the power key it goes red after ca. 20 seconds. Also only for a very short time.
What do you think - can it be a battery issue that my nook will not run ?
Oh, that's the factory screen.
Not good, it shows that your Nook never worked.
You're probably confusing u-boot.bin swapping batteries.
If the Nook gets some power (from somewhere) it starts booting.
It's u-boot.bin that checks for existence/status of the battery.
If it's unhappy it goes back to sleep.
It could be your battery.
If you have a friend with a Nook, try their battery.
If you were local, you could try my battery eliminator. :cyclops:
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487055
Can you measure the battery?
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Renate NST said:
Oh, that's the factory screen.
Not good, it shows that your Nook never worked.
You're probably confusing u-boot.bin swapping batteries.
If the Nook gets some power (from somewhere) it starts booting.
It's u-boot.bin that checks for existence/status of the battery.
If it's unhappy it goes back to sleep.
It could be your battery.
If you have a friend with a Nook, try their battery.
If you were local, you could try my battery eliminator. :cyclops:
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487055
Can you measure the battery?
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For your information ...
Today I received an new battery. Now the nook LED goes to orange? (red+green LED). I think this indicate that nook is charging.
I hope that my nook now will boot - I try this after LED goes back to green.
Thank you for help
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For your information ...
Today I received an new battery. Now the nook LED goes to orange? (red+green LED). I think this indicate that nook is charging.
I hope that my nook now will boot - I try this after LED goes back to green.
Thank you for help
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I wonder, is your problem that your nook is just simply completely discharged; if it is then it will do very little.
Leave it charging for a good 5 hours+ and then hold the power button down for 10seconds+ - now see if you get any life?
second battery is now empty
p42 said:
I wonder, is your problem that your nook is just simply completely discharged; if it is then it will do very little.
Leave it charging for a good 5 hours+ and then hold the power button down for 10seconds+ - now see if you get any life?
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After changing the battery I plugged the nook on power to charge it. After 8h I stopped charging and I was able to start nook. I have registered and played a little bit with nook.
The battery state was 78%. Next night I charged it again. Orange LED was on but nook started in the morning with 70%.
I used the nook the hole day and now I see a screen that my battery is empty and I have to charge.
If i connect a cable I see on nook screen a charging symbol - but nook does not charge. (LED is orange)
I think the charging eletronic is wrong. What do you think is a good next step ?
- Charge the battery external ?
- Try to repair the nook by myself (I hope anybody can assist) ? Has anybody done such problem before ?
- Use nook without battery (I think there is an article howto prepare a nook to run without battery)
thank you
We've got a few variables here:
Did the new battery make a difference?
Did it pretty much just come in charged, got used up, never charged back?
What is your charging device, are you sure that it is good?
Does the charge light never turn to green?
Take a look at my UsbMode.apk
Does it show that the regulator is enabled?
What does the current limit show?
Does pushing the "1.5A" button make a difference?
It would be nice to measure current into the USB connector.
It would be nice to measure the voltage on the two batteries.