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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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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.
Hi everyone! Please help me! I've spent most of the last 18 hours on this, rested, and have come back hoping to start today off positively.
I have a new "blue dot" nook with the new partitioning scheme. Not realizing that, I tried to install CM7 internally using a youtube video from huskermania (sorry, XDAforums will not let me link). All went fine, I assume, except for an error in Clockwork that read: Error: can't format /data" error. I believe, after researching, this is a result of the change in partitioning.
Frustrated that I had bricked my nook, and not really wanting to run an internal anyways so I can revert back to regular ROM if I want, I tried to unroot using directions from huskermania again. I really thought it had worked, but it is now stuck on the rainbow Nook Color screen, which will disappear and come back repeatedly.
Please help. My goal is to reinstall the original ROM, then try to install another using SD, but that's not my main priority right now.
HURRAY!!!!
Ok, success!!!! I cannot believe something finally worked. The 8 step reboot did not work, but using power, home, and +volume did.
I am saving the SD card I used to reboot this. Any thoughts on the best way to root a new "blue dot" nook using external so I don ever have this issue again? I know I need to change the partitioning, but I'm still not sure how, even after reading what Maurice Mongeon has to say in his post "how to repartition a blue dot nook color." Thoughts?
How exactly did you finally get it to work? I've done the exact same thing and I'm not sure what to do next. I have a refurbed NC that came with 1.2 installed and I rooted it with manualnooter and immediately flashed CM7.02 stable from CWM 3.0.2.8. It had all kinds of force close issues so I tried to restore to stock but keep getting stuck on the boot animation. I re-flashed CM7 and it still works but I still have all kinds of force close issues. When I try to format data in CWM it says can't format /data! I'm kind of at a loss right now...
UPDATE: Got it working. I had been using the wrong cwm...
Update 20111117: Updated .zip file to Adobe Flash 11.1 and AIR 3.1.
Update 20111020: Updated .zip file to reinstall Flash and AIR, previous version didn't properly fix AIR.
Steps I used to update Adobe Flash (to version 11.0) and AIR (version 3.0) so it doesn't update automatically and thus get me back into the boot loop cycle (again):
Go to Titanium Backup ( Pro )
You need to uninstall with this since these are system apps
Buy a Pro key and keep it on your SD card root, since this app will save your bacon
Uninstall Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player from Titanium Backup
It will warn you that you are uninstalling a system app, that's OK
I think that is why the update through Market isn't working
Open Market, Install Adobe Air (3.1.0.488 as of this post) and Adobe Flash Player (version 11.1 11.1.102.59 as of this post)
Nook seems to be working after several reboots. Also, note that Adobe updated their apps. After following the procedure above, I was able to update via Market without any problems with bootlooping.
Obviously, the above steps only work BEFORE Adobe gets auto-updated and you get in the boot loop cycle. If you are already in the boot loop cycle, download this file (Updated link, should work better this time):
FlashPlayer11.1_AIR3.1_Update_Fix_20111117
and install it using a ClockworkMod Recovery SD card.
Get a ClockworkMod Recovery SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11987469
Put the zip from the above post on the SD card
Reboot your Nook with the SD card inserted
Install from Zip, Select zip from SD card, select the flash update
This basically will uninstall flash and air as system apps and install as a user apps. This is based on the zip from GMPOWER which updated flash to 10.3, which worked for some but not others, perhaps because it didn't touch Air:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16526691&postcount=7
Also note, I have been through several cycles of restoring backups, restoring to factory, re-rooting, etc. this last week, so I was getting very annoyed and cautious. I think I was able narrow it down to just the Adobe updates causing my problems. I have been able to update ROM Manager, Superuser, and just about everything else with updates; and besides the Adobe updates, everthing worked, and I don't currently have a boot loop problem.
Note, I didn't update Superuser or ROM Manager until after I applied the above updates to Flash and AIR. After several reboots, my Nook is still working fine.
For those of you who are still having trouble getting your Nook back, and the attached zip doesn't work for you, you can do the following. Using the instructions on this site, I got my Nook back up and running to factory new condition:
http://mrm3.net/nook-color-recover-any-bricked-device/
(Quick method at top, not older methods below; instructions slimmed down from several posts here at XDA, updated for stock 1.2) also here on XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690 (original restore to stock post)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050520 (update for stock rom 1.2)
Then, I registered my Nook (again).
At this point, I could have tried to update to 1.3, but my patience was a bit low, so I didn't go for it. If you do, be sure to follow the appropriate ManualNooter instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
Since I was still on Stock 1.2, I rooted using ManualNooter 4.6.16
(while in CMR, after running ManualNooter, I also applied update-Froyo1.2-dalingrin-OC-emmc-090111.zip, and that seemed to work without a hitch)
Then I reinstalled all the other apps I wanted on my Nook,
=== BUT DID NOT YET UPDATE ADOBE FLASH OR AIR ===
Flashed ClockworkMod Recovery, updated a lot of my apps using Market and Amazon Appstore, restored data and other apps from Titanium Backup,
Then I made a full backup of my Nook using CMR. (still booting normal, running fast and clean)
After confirming my Nook was as I wanted it, and that I had a good backup, I did the steps at the top of this post to update Adobe Flash and AIR.
After confirming that was working, and getting another backup on my SD. I then did the updates to ROM Manager and Superuser. It seemed like those updates happened at the same time as the boot loop, so I was cautious. My Nook is still working well without boot loops as of yet.
Results:
Kernel: Stock 1.2
Rooted with: ManualNooter 4.6.16
Additional Mods:
update-Froyo1.2-dalingrin-OC-emmc-090111.zip,
ClockworkMod Recovery 3.2.0.1,
ROM Manager 4.5.0.1, Titanium Backup 4.5.2,
Adobe Flash 11.1, Adobe AIR 3.1 (uninstalled system app, reinstalled via Market, updated via Market)
[Update Zip] CMR zip to update Flash Player and Air
I updated the original post with a link to the zip to fix the FlashPlayer and Air apps. I had intended to post it here, but since I'm new, I can't link externally in a reply.
Please let me know if there are any problems with the zip and I will get it updated. It worked on my Nook.
I updated the zip file 20111020 to fix a problem with the AIR reinstall.
Wow, thank you so much for this! I wish I had known this on the weekend when I was gong crazy trying to figure out why I was getting bootloops over and over. I can't seem to give you thanks though (probably because I never post, just lurk).
So far I haven't done the uninstall/re-install with TB. I am just making sure my Adobe air and Flash don't update, and when Air did I went into Nook Color Tools and uninstalled the update to set it back to what it was originally. That worked but it is a pain if it keeps happening. I will try the TB to uninsall the programs.
I too did a update on ROM Manager and Superuser (and a binary update), and all is still well. No bootloops. I hold my breath though every time my NC gets to the "color" part until the N appears and it all disolves.
thanks for this!!! this was really getting very frustrating.
Well while I would like to report that the flash fix worked, it didn't. It was already on the boot loop so I installed the update with a flashed SD card and nothing. Still stuck in a boot loop. At this point I am just about ready to give up on this device being a fully functional tablet.
Thanks for this information. My nc is currently in a bootloop and won't load CWR. It shuts off before getting to that point (my bootloop is adobe air related). None of the restore to stock via SD card have worked for me. I'm now looking at ADB options, the post you referenced with the fix has some instructions for that. Did you use the ADB or the SD card instructions? I was actually rooted with CM7 before the bootloop.
Thanks,
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Well while I would like to report that the flash fix worked, it didn't. It was already on the boot loop so I installed the update with a flashed SD card and nothing. Still stuck in a boot loop. At this point I am just about ready to give up on this device being a fully functional tablet.
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I realized that my zip was not working to uninstall and reinstall Air properly. Try the updated zip file in the post.
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Did you use the ADB or the SD card instructions?
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I used the SD card instructions. Unless you have done something strange to your nook (not sure what), it should always boot from the SD card first, so you should never have problems booting into CMR from an SD card.
If the link in the original post doesn't work for you to get a CMR SD card, try the instructions here:
http://mrm3.net/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/
If you have a newer Nook, you may need to repartition your Nook's internal memory and use CMR version 3.2.0.1. See details here (this guy just condenses the instructions you can find on various posts on XDA, and tries to keep it up-to-date)
http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-blue-dot-nook-color/
Also note that I updated the zip file in the post to correctly uninstall and reinstall Flash. I re=bootlooped my nook, and after applying the new zip, my nook was working.
Just an update....
I wanted to let U guys know that I had updated Adobe Flash, Air and Super Users and this has worked for me. I also went to double check the versions of both Flash an Air and they are the newest versions!? I still went to uncheck the "Update Automatically" setting in the market for them both just in case for future updates for the time being. Back up and Running! Thanks Again to ALL involved who put contributions to this
This may have worked for me
I tried the updated fix posted here, and the Nook booted properly. Thank you for this fix; I hope it continues to work for me.
I will have to locate the automated back up mentioned here (Titanium), and I will see how this works. I had been leaving my Nook on at all times to avoid the reboot until I turned it off yesterday, forgetting that I did not want to do that.
Awesome post.
So...after all this is said and done and I manage to get a restore image to load and actually boot, now the library doesn't sync and the shop won't load and I get error messages such as " internal error exception executing the command ". It is like the B&N servers are confused. Any ideas about that?
I'm having the boot loop issue and neither the zip nor the 1.2 restore work to get past it. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!!!! You are my new best friend. XD I ended up reflashing several times before I found this post. Followed the instructions and my Nook is happily running Android again without reinstalling (again!). I thank you. My Nook thanks you. And the Angry Birds who would have had to start from scratch thank you.
Thank you! It appears to work now. I've restarted a few times with success!
Took me about an hour to find this thead. I knew there would be an easier fix than starting from scratch. The zip worked on my rooted 1.2
Thanks! Keep up the good work
Thanks! That worked for me.
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I'm having the boot loop issue and neither the zip nor the 1.2 restore work to get past it. Does anyone have any ideas?
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From my previous searches, it seems the boot loop is usually caused by either an incompatible installation of Adobe flash, or an incompatible kernel (central part of the ROM). Hopefully the OP zip will fix the first, but I'm not sure of another way to fix the second, other than reflashing and rerooting. How far in the reflash/reroot process do you get before it boot loops again?
mastigia said:
So...after all this is said and done and I manage to get a restore image to load and actually boot, now the library doesn't sync and the shop won't load and I get error messages such as " internal error exception executing the command ". It is like the B&N servers are confused. Any ideas about that?
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Hmm, haven't seen that error. I'm not sure whether its related to the same problem. It sounds like you might need to re-register your nook with B&N. I'm not sure if you can do this without restoring to stock. Not much help, sorry.
I can't post a reply to this ([NC][1.2][1.3] ManualNooter 4.6.16) thread yet - Still new to these forums... I was one of the many in that thread who had installed ManualNooter 4.6.16 on Nook Stock 1.3 only to end up with a boot loop.
Wish I had found this thread last week - would have saved me a lot of headaches!
It's okay though - every boot loop is another opportunity to learn something new.
Thanks much for the easy walkthrough and I hope others find their way here too.
Just saw another new update for Flash & Air .. released yesterday I believe. Has anyone try them yet ? Just don't want to was my time getting into a boot loop again by updating it.
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Hi, folks! I'll post this question here just in case I can get more help, as I've run out of ideas, and I've read all the threads on the specified subject, but none have helped. If it's against the rules, then Mods, please delete the thread. If not, Thank you.
The Problem:
I recently upgraded to CM7.2 Mirage-KANG- from Phiremod 6.2. The Nook was running great until I tried to upgrade to the ICS/CM9 nightly from here. The Nook would refuse to boot. The only way I could get it to boot was with an old CWM sd card I'd used to root it in the first place. I figured I could fix the boot by wiping the /data, /system, and /cache files from the Nook. Bad move. That just made things worse, as now, the Nook doesn't even load from the SD Card anymore unless I hold the "n" key and hold the power button.
I tried restoring it to to stock 1.01 to possibly start from scratch, and all was well, until it was time to register it. It wouldn't let me, even while on wi-fi. It would give me an "error has occurred, Nook will now Power Off" message without weven loading or anything. Upon further inspection, I checked the properties tab by accessing the wi-fi menu and saw that the model number and unit I.D.(I think) were "unknown" and in red letters.
Presently:
Since then, I tried everything from the Autonooter to the Monster Recovery Pack and nothing works. The Nook, without the Micro SD loaded, shows the Cyanogenmod7 logo loading, then goes black, though the backlight remains on. With the card, it goes straight into CWM. It sometimes doesn't boot into anything at all.
Extra Info:
I'm using a Sandisk (4) 8 GB card for the rooting and such. I normally use the 16 GB (4) model.
So my question is:
What can I do from here? Can/should I go back to the beginning as a Stock Nook 1.0, or is there a better, wiser alternative that I can use to get the Nook booting into CM7 or higher normally?
Any help'd be greatly appreciated.
Did you try following the directions on this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
Yeah, as a matter of fact, I tried the exact same directions on both those pages, and used that exact CWM 3.0.2 img file to install the Nook 1.01 file.
From there, my Nook boots up fine, gets past the "n" logo, but once in the setup, won't register because it's serial #, Model #, and Mac Address are "missing", and won't let me past the Setup Menu.
Update: I managed to flash Stock 1.0.2. to the Nook. Upon booting it up, it prevented me from registering the Nook, until I figured out the factory mode method to bypass it, and used Autonooter to root.
Now I have a dilemma: I want to ditch Stock and jump to some sort of CM7, but Stock won't allow me to reboot into CWM at all, even after having flashed it through Rom Manager or flashing it to EMMC.
I know there's a way out, I just don't see it.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Sent from my Nook Color using xda premium
I would assume you already have CWM on a SD card. Drop your chosen CM 7 zip onto the card, boot into CWM recovery, choose the zip and install. Same should work with ICS zip but you shpuld prolly avoid it until its in more stable shape.
I see that there are other posts on this same subject and I have looked through them to try and fix my problem but I haven't found a proper solution yet. I rooted my NC (1.4.3) cm7 and it worked alright after that but apps weren't available for the version so I attempted an update then reboot. I powered down and pulled the micro sd then powered up and it gets to "Read Forever" then goes black. I have tried cm10 with manual nooter in order to try and re-do the partition on the device but it won't do anything once I put the card in and try to boot. I have had to dis-assemble it so that I can pull the battery and get it to power down completely. I have tried a factory reset boot, sd card boot with auto nooter, manual nooter, cm7, cm10, and other options on the sd card, I have also tried to boot directly from internal memory. I have tried the process of plugging it into the computer through the usb cable. I have charged the battery completely so that isn't a problem.
I have read that it is virtually impossible to brick this thing but I think I might have succeeded....any input on what I can try next would be helpful...
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I see that there are other posts on this same subject and I have looked through them to try and fix my problem but I haven't found a proper solution yet. I rooted my NC (1.4.3) cm7 and it worked alright after that but apps weren't available for the version so I attempted an update then reboot. I powered down and pulled the micro sd then powered up and it gets to "Read Forever" then goes black. I have tried cm10 with manual nooter in order to try and re-do the partition on the device but it won't do anything once I put the card in and try to boot. I have had to dis-assemble it so that I can pull the battery and get it to power down completely. I have tried a factory reset boot, sd card boot with auto nooter, manual nooter, cm7, cm10, and other options on the sd card, I have also tried to boot directly from internal memory. I have tried the process of plugging it into the computer through the usb cable. I have charged the battery completely so that isn't a problem.
I have read that it is virtually impossible to brick this thing but I think I might have succeeded....any input on what I can try next would be helpful...
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A good place to start with boot problems is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
You should also probably read at least the first two post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621301
You need to do a better job of describing your situation if you want help: how your NC was set up; exactly what you did that created the problem; what you want to end up with. At a guess, I will assume the you were running rooted stock on EMMC and CM7 on SD, decided to update CM7 to CM10, but used directions for updating CM that was installed to EMMC. I am not an expert on this, but sort of remember Leapinlar posting advice for someone (or maybe a few (?dozen?) someones) with this problem, you might want to search for those threads. If not, you have probably corrupted your boot records, recovery and/or possibly some partitions. Check out this thread by Leapinlar for help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759558
If you decide to install CM on EMMC, see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
To install stock BN firmware to EMMC, see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
To install CM on SD, see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941858
Good luck and don't forget to hit the thanks button in the posts you use
webyrd said:
A good place to start with boot problems is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
You should also probably read at least the first two post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621301
You need to do a better job of describing your situation if you want help: how your NC was set up; exactly what you did that created the problem; what you want to end up with
Good luck and don't forget to hit the thanks button in the posts you use
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Here are the exact steps that I took to get to where I am:
I rooted the stock EMMC with the manual nooter to be able to get the Google Play Market, that worked well and I had access but the Android version was so old that I couldn't install the apps that I was after.
I then attempted to flash the EMMC to CM7, all status came up as pass and I rebooted. when it came up after the reboot all I got was the "Read Forever" screen.
since then I have read many different posts and tried to boot from the SD...that doesn't work, the screen just stays black
I have tried to boot to CWM to repair or rebuild the EMMC...same outcome
once I remove the SD all I get to is the "Read Forever" screen...
I have read and tried all the steps listed in every post you listed but they all have the same outcome
I have attached a pic of what the screen looks like when it tries to boot.
Fatguy86 said:
Here are the exact steps that I took to get to where I am:
I rooted the stock EMMC with the manual nooter to be able to get the Google Play Market, that worked well and I had access but the Android version was so old that I couldn't install the apps that I was after.
I then attempted to flash the EMMC to CM7, all status came up as pass and I rebooted. when it came up after the reboot all I got was the "Read Forever" screen.
since then I have read many different posts and tried to boot from the SD...that doesn't work, the screen just stays black
I have tried to boot to CWM to repair or rebuild the EMMC...same outcome
once I remove the SD all I get to is the "Read Forever" screen...
I have read and tried all the steps listed in every post you listed but they all have the same outcome
I have attached a pic of what the screen looks like when it tries to boot.
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Hopefully someone more knowlegeable will look in, this is above my level. The fact that the Read Forever still displays shows that CM did not install correctly, if it's a newer version. You might want to try posting your problem in the same thread that you got the install instructions from.