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Can anyone help me out with updating the dual boot Phiremod/HC install?
My pc is a Windows 7 64-bit and I'm having absolutely no luck expanding the sd card to use the full 8GB.
Windows 7 and Easeus don't see the partitions, and Gparted does, but won't let me expand to include the free space (listed as unallocated).
I finally managed to mount the sd card via ADB, and have copied the phiremod update zip there, but when I try to install it, I get an error (bad) and after a restart, the file has vanished from the partition.
I'm very new at this, but can usually follow detailed instructions.
Here's what I did to update to 6.3:
Insert SD Card into my computer's card reader
Download EASUS Partition Manager (also using W7 64-bit)
Take the SD Card partition (#6 I believe) and extend it using the unallocated space left (mine was about 6Gb left on my 8Gb card)
Run the job in the partition manager
Throw SD Card and boot into Phiremod 6.2
connect to computer via USB and copy the 6.3 update to the SD Card
reboot in recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache (under advanced)
flash the 6.3 update zip
Mine hung at the android... screen for about 10min then I did a hard reboot and it fired up and has been working fine.
I was getting gmail force closes until I wiped cache and dalvik cache so I added that step in before flashing.
Let me know how it goes!
Ummm.... yeah, what he said above.
Thanks "toosurreal01"
It's great when a community like this helps each other out.
-Racks
toosurreal01 said:
Here's what I did to update to 6.3:
Insert SD Card into my computer's card reader
Download EASUS Partition Manager (also using W7 64-bit)
Take the SD Card partition (#6 I believe) and extend it using the unallocated space left (mine was about 6Gb left on my 8Gb card)
Let me know how it goes!
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Thanks for the step by step instructions, but for me the buck stops at trying to extend the partition. Easus only sees the boot partition. Gparted shows all the partitions, but won't extend the sd partition. It looks like it should work (lets me drag the extender thingy), but when I apply the action, it reverts back to the original, with no error message. Just doesn't do it.
Should I start over and reformat the card?
It wouldn't hurt. Only thing you would lose are apps you've installed.
You could always use Titanium Backup for that though.
If you do reformat make sure you do a full format and not a "quick" one so no data is still lingering on the card.
Let us know how it goes!
siskiou said:
Thanks for the step by step instructions, but for me the buck stops at trying to extend the partition. Easus only sees the boot partition. Gparted shows all the partitions, but won't extend the sd partition. It looks like it should work (lets me drag the extender thingy), but when I apply the action, it reverts back to the original, with no error message. Just doesn't do it.
Should I start over and reformat the card?
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Just a shot in the dark. But did you unmount the partitions first before applyin your changes in EAsus?
racks11479 said:
Just a shot in the dark. But did you unmount the partitions first before applyin your changes in EAsus?
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Hm, no, I don't think so.
How would I do that? Card in Nook, or in PC?
Again, Easus only shows the boot partition, and nothing else.
siskiou said:
Hm, no, I don't think so.
How would I do that? Card in Nook, or in PC?
Again, Easus only shows the boot partition, and nothing else.
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I meant gparted. Sorry. Did u unmount the partition before attempting to extend it?
And when doing so. Please don't do it while card is in nook. Only when its in PC directly with a nmicrosd card reader
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racks11479 said:
I meant gparted. Sorry. Did u unmount the partition before attempting to extend it?
And when doing so. Please don't do it while card is in nook. Only when its in PC directly with a nmicrosd card reader
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Ah, do I need a usb micro sd card reader?
I only have a regular size sd card adapter for it.
And no, I didn't unmount the partition. I checked earlier, but there is no such option in the gparted menu, and I don't have much advanced partitioning knowledge.
A google search didn't help much.
Would appreciate if you could tell me how to do this!
siskiou said:
Ah, do I need a usb micro sd card reader?
I only have a regular size sd card adapter for it.
And no, I didn't unmount the partition. I checked earlier, but there is no such option in the gparted menu, and I don't have much advanced partitioning knowledge.
A google search didn't help much.
Would appreciate if you could tell me how to do this!
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It is preferred to use a micro sdcard reader. I assume you are using a Linux box or live CD with gparted. But there should definitely be a n option for you to unmount the partition. You will not be able to make any changes to mounted partitions.
Right click over the partition that you want to work with. It should give you a menu. And unmount should be one of the options.
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racks11479 said:
Right click over the partition that you want to work with. It should give you a menu. And unmount should be one of the options.
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Thanks for all your help!
I'm using a live cd on a Win 7 pc, and there is definitely no unmount option in the right click menu when I boot into gparted. Not even a greyed out one.
I'll try and burn another cd and see if that changes things.
siskiou said:
Thanks for all your help!
I'm using a live cd on a Win 7 pc, and there is definitely no unmount option in the right click menu when I boot into gparted. Not even a greyed out one.
I'll try and burn another cd and see if that changes things.
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That is very strange. There should always be an umoint option for partitions if gparyed recoginizes the drive. Hmmmm.... which version of Ubuntu are you using?
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I downloaded the Gparted live version 0.8.1-3.iso.
siskiou said:
I downloaded the Gparted live version 0.8.1-3.iso.
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Yeah. Then there shouldn't be an issue. :/
It might just be an issue with your card reader.
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Thanks again. I'll report back in once I get a usb card reader!
racks11479 said:
It might just be an issue with your card reader.
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Got a card reader and Easeus and Win 7 Disk Management can now see all the partitions.
No luck expanding the sd partition, though. The action seems to happen, but then everything reverts back to what it was originally.
No mount/unmount option anywhere to be found, not with Easeus, nor with Gparted or Win 7.
I'm out of ideas at this point and will reformat the card and start over.
Edited to add: Aaand I'm now having trouble doing *that*, too.
Tried it on the pc: no go.
Tried it on the Nook: it claimed the card was sucessfully formatted in about 1 sec, and then got stuck on that notice.
Waited 5 minutes, still stuck. Turned it off and back on, and Nook booted into Phiremod.
Any ideas how I can reformat this demon card?
Edited to add: Am now using a low level formatting tool and get "format error occurred at offset ...". The program is still running and seems to be formatting the rest of the card.
Does this sound like the sd card is damaged?
A couple other options for you to try:
SD Formatter 3.0 - Made specifically to format SD cards - http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
Partition Wizard - This is the software I used to extend the SD Card partition. Really simple to use - http://download.cnet.com/Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html?tag=mncol;7
I would try formatting the SD card, reinstalling the dualboot image, the using Partition Wizard to extend the SD card partition.
As far as updating, I haven't tried the newest update the when I updated from 6.1 to 6.2 I plugged my Nook into my computer, dropped the update file onto the Nook's internal memory, then moved it to the SD card with the Root Explorer app.
Hope any of that helps. Good luck!
kwyrt said:
A couple other options for you to try:
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Thanks! I will give those a try, since everything was still on the card after the low level format.
Who knew that reformatting would be such a problem!
Did you have to unmount the sd partition, before extending it?
I extended the partition with Partition Wizard immediately after burning the dual boot image. Never messed with mounting or unmounting anything. I'm a little new to this myself really. Why would you need to mount the SD card partition?
I didn't think I had to, but racks11479 mentioned it as a possible solution in this thread, so I thought I'd ask.
None of the programs had any success in reformatting my card, so I returned it to the store and got a replacement.
Now I'm very ambivalent about trying again and possibly messing up another card.
Can anyone here think of anything that I might have done (or should have done) to cause the card to act this way?
And if anyone feels like posting a baby step guide for someone like me, I'd very much appreciate it!
Edited to add: I just found the following
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It also will produce a multi partition removable disk for which windows will not allow you to re-partition. If you want to get back to "normal" disk you can reformat it with Hewlett-Packard Company's HPUSBFW.exe
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Also, I used an old 2GB card to reformat my NC (went fabulously easy) and then reformatted that and tried a CM7 rom, which worked, but was way too slow. This reformatted again, without any problems, so I'm not sure if the above statement (regarding bootable sd cards) is correct or not.
And if anyone feels like posting a baby step guide for someone like me, I'd very much appreciate it!
Ok I wrote the generic image file to sd card through winimage or whatever its called. Then I went here: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore. I downloaded the first one dated 7/8/12 and put it on the sd card also. I installed sd card in nook and turned on. It went through a bunch of installing but the last few sentences say:
"Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip"
What does this mean and what am I doing wrong? Right now looking at the SD card file on my computer i see files: MLO, u-boot, uImage, URamdsk, and a zip folder that says: cm-7-20120701-NIGHTLY-encore. I did not unzip the file, all I did was download it right to the computer and dragged to SD card and I even tried downloading straight to to SD Card and no luck.
You can download CM7 RC 3 from the same source and try to add itfirst. If it loads,then rename your other zip with an update_ prefix, put it on your boot partition, boot into recovery and you should be where you want to be. (You'll prolly need to install GAPPS zip after first load of RC3 to get google apps, too).
Follow advice on lepanlar's tip site and you won't go wrong.
TheKid1 said:
Ok I wrote the generic image file to sd card through winimage or whatever its called. Then I went here: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore. I downloaded the first one dated 7/8/12 and put it on the sd card also. I installed sd card in nook and turned on. It went through a bunch of installing but the last few sentences say:
"Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip"
What does this mean and what am I doing wrong? Right now looking at the SD card file on my computer i see files: MLO, u-boot, uImage, URamdsk, and a zip folder that says: cm-7-20120701-NIGHTLY-encore. I did not unzip the file, all I did was download it right to the computer and dragged to SD card and I even tried downloading straight to to SD Card and no luck.
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Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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Thank you so much, that worked. Yay!!!
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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I couldn't believe this was such an easy solution to such a frustrating problem. All I had to do was change a file name from "cm" to "updat". Thank you!
Hi, i am an absolute noob! I tried updating to CM10 from CM7 on my Nook Color. I got the same error message and did also try update instead of cm. But I keep getting the same message. Additionally the message also says "Please put on first partition of this SD card." I tried this with an 8 GB class 4 Strontium card. After I first burnt the image onto the SD card, after that the SD card reads as "boot" with 297 mb of 297 mb remaining. By the time I burn the image again and then load the update/cm.zip and gapps-jb.zip there is only 50.1 mb remaining. What could be the problem?
Also, I note that after an unsuccessful attempt only the image remains when I view the SD card on the computer. I have to then again copy the update/cm.zip and gapps.zip file. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Cheers,,
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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akn2102 said:
Hi, i am an absolute noob! I tried updating to CM10 from CM7 on my Nook Color. I got the same error message and did also try update instead of cm. But I keep getting the same message. Additionally the message also says "Please put on first partition of this SD card." I tried this with an 8 GB class 4 Strontium card. After I first burnt the image onto the SD card, after that the SD card reads as "boot" with 297 mb of 297 mb remaining. By the time I burn the image again and then load the update/cm.zip and gapps-jb.zip there is only 50.1 mb remaining. What could be the problem?
Also, I note that after an unsuccessful attempt only the image remains when I view the SD card on the computer. I have to then again copy the update/cm.zip and gapps.zip file. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Cheers,,
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It needs to be update-, with the dash.
Also, if going to CM10 from CM7, you need to reburn your SD with the new image from my updated instruction thread linked in my signature. The old image will not work properly with CM10.
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Thanks for the quick response. I did use update- . Also, the thread you mentioned was the one I used to attempt the upgrade. Somehow it isn't working. This is the full message
"it appears that the sd card is already properly formatted initial install files not found"
leapinlar said:
It needs to be update-, with the dash.
Also, if going to CM10 from CM7, you need to reburn your SD with the new image from my updated instruction thread linked in my signature. The old image will not work properly with CM10.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab running Tapatalk
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akn2102 said:
Thanks for the quick response. I did use update- . Also, the thread you mentioned was the one I used to attempt the upgrade. Somehow it isn't working. This is the full message
"it appears that the sd card is already properly formatted initial install files not found"
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And when you put the SD in the PC, you can see the cm- zip? It needs to be named just right, beginning with cm- or update- and ending in .zip
You have gotten past the hard part, getting it to boot in the first place. You just are not getting the files right. If it is on the card and named right it would try to install. And since you put both the cm zip and the gapps zip there, one or both should try to install. They must not be on the card right.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
leapinlar said:
And when you put the SD in the PC, you can see the cm- zip? It needs to be named just right, beginning with cm- or update- and ending in .zip
You have gotten past the hard part, getting it to boot in the first place. You just are not getting the files right. If it is on the card and named right it would try to install. And since you put both the cm zip and the gapps zip there, one or both should try to install. They must not be on the card right.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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"lost page write due to i/o error on mmcblkp1" this also shows up before the program does the "inflating" and finally boots
also during this process, an error something along "unzip: write no space left on drive" also appears
akn2102 said:
The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
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akn2102 said:
The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
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"lost page write due to i/o error on mmcblkp1" this also shows up before the program does the "inflating" and finally boots
also during this process, an error something along "unzip: write no space left on drive" also appears
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Alright, I know what is wrong. It is that strontium card. You need to use a SanDisk class 4 card. You are getting read/write errors on that card. I had that happen to me when I used a cheap card. Find a quality SanDisk.
And those file sizes are correct. That is what it is supposed to say.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using XDA Premium
Thanks. Will try that and update.
leapinlar said:
Alright, I know what is wrong. It is that strontium card. You need to use a SanDisk class 4 card. You are getting read/write errors on that card. I had that happen to me when I used a cheap card. Find a quality SanDisk.
And those file sizes are correct. That is what it is supposed to say.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using XDA Premium
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Similar problems here. I'll explain step by step what I did and maybe someone can tell me where I went wrong.
I'm using a MacBook Air running 10.8.3 (not that it makes a difference, but I am using Terminal and DiskUtility for some of these operations).
I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on a Nook Color 1.4.3 following the directions given here.
1. Downloaded generic-sdcard-v1.3.img and cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
2. Installed the .img on a SanDisk 4GB microSD card. Ejected it, remounted it, it mounts as a single partition named "boot" that's 121 MB in size with 112 MB available. The files on "boot" are MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamdisk.
3. Tried to copy cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip to "boot" but there is not enough space.
In a previous attempt, I forgot to copy the cm-10 file to "boot" and was able to get the linux sdcard image to temporarily mount on my Nook, but then received the error mentioned earlier by someone else:
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip
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Then, when I ejected "boot" and mounted it on the Airbook, I saw two partitions: "boot" and "CM7 SDCARD." The latter partition had plenty of room for the cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip file, so I put it on there. But it didn't matter if I leave the filename as "cm-" or change it to either "updatei-cm-" or "update-cm" or whatever; the same error occurs.
What am I doing wrong? I assume there is a way to force the sdcard image to create a "boot" with plenty of room for the cm-10 zip file. But how? And do I rename the cm-10 to updatei-cm-10 or what?
Thanks in advance.
jjjmills said:
Similar problems here. I'll explain step by step what I did and maybe someone can tell me where I went wrong.
I'm using a MacBook Air running 10.8.3 (not that it makes a difference, but I am using Terminal and DiskUtility for some of these operations).
I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on a Nook Color 1.4.3 following the directions given here.
1. Downloaded generic-sdcard-v1.3.img and cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
2. Installed the .img on a SanDisk 4GB microSD card. Ejected it, remounted it, it mounts as a single partition named "boot" that's 121 MB in size with 112 MB available. The files on "boot" are MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamdisk.
3. Tried to copy cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip to "boot" but there is not enough space.
In a previous attempt, I forgot to copy the cm-10 file to "boot" and was able to get the linux sdcard image to temporarily mount on my Nook, but then received the error mentioned earlier by someone else:
Then, when I ejected "boot" and mounted it on the Airbook, I saw two partitions: "boot" and "CM7 SDCARD." The latter partition had plenty of room for the cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip file, so I put it on there. But it didn't matter if I leave the filename as "cm-" or change it to either "updatei-cm-" or "update-cm" or whatever; the same error occurs.
What am I doing wrong? I assume there is a way to force the sdcard image to create a "boot" with plenty of room for the cm-10 zip file. But how? And do I rename the cm-10 to updatei-cm-10 or what?
Thanks in advance.
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The problem is you are using an old image zip that was made for CM7. You need to get my image updated for CM10 from my NC updated SD install instruction thread linked in my signature. Follow the directions there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
The problem is you are using an old image zip that was made for CM7. You need to get my image updated for CM10 from my NC updated SD install instruction thread linked in my signature. Follow the directions there.
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Thank you, this was very helpful. I'm not sure how I overlooked the CM7/CM10 issue -- another pair of eyes is always useful.
Hi all,
Recently got my Nook Simple Touch, upgrade to firmware version 1.2.1
I tried rooting following the described steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2040351
but after inserting the SD my device doesn't power on anymore
I tried anything, and even tried nook manager ver.0.4.0 tested under win (win32diskimager, DiskImage, Roadkil's Disk Image) and under linux ( dd ),
the image is copied without problems, I tried several different cards, but has no effect
If I put the card while the device is running, I can see the files but when I reboot I can not boot
After this failure I decided to try this:
http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25913
but again the same problem, I reboot I can not boot
Please, help
Regards,
necrocannibalistic said:
Hi all,
Recently got my Nook Simple Touch, upgrade to firmware version 1.2.1
I tried rooting following the described steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2040351
but after inserting the SD my device doesn't power on anymore
I tried anything, and even tried nook manager ver.0.4.0 tested under win (win32diskimager, DiskImage, Roadkil's Disk Image) and under linux ( dd ),
the image is copied without problems, I tried several different cards, but has no effect
If I put the card while the device is running, I can see the files but when I reboot I can not boot
After this failure I decided to try this:
http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25913
but again the same problem, I reboot I can not boot
Please, help
Regards,
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First of all, do a factory reset using this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
Then use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351 method to root your Nook. It's pretty simple and works very well.
reset factory steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28763125&postcount=5
and before do anything .... take backup ..... so to avoid brick and damage ur nook
let us know what happen with u
best regards
Hi,
Thank you for all the help, appreciated!
So far I did the following:
reset factory,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28763125&postcount=5
reset them successfully.
after that again, I tried to boot from the SD card, but still no success
Then try the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
But again, with the image of the sd card, can boot, therefore I can not do factory reset with this tool (
I made the following conclusion:
any image to put on the SD card, the device will not start
Any other suggestions (((((
necrocannibalistic said:
Hi,
Thank you for all the help, appreciated!
So far I did the following:
reset factory,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28763125&postcount=5
reset them successfully.
after that again, I tried to boot from the SD card, but still no success
Then try the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
But again, with the image of the sd card, can boot, therefore I can not do factory reset with this tool (
I made the following conclusion:
any image to put on the SD card, the device will not start
Any other suggestions (((((
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Can you boot ClockWorkMode?
necrocannibalistic said:
Hi,
But again, with the image of the sd card, can boot, therefore I can not do factory reset with this tool (
I made the following conclusion:
any image to put on the SD card, the device will not start
Any other suggestions (((((
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How are you putting the image on the SD card?
murz_07 said:
Can you boot ClockWorkMode?
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Not, fail with any image,
David0226 said:
How are you putting the image on the SD card?
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For example with WinImage
With your MicroSD card now clean, open up WinImage and select ‘Disk’ -> ‘Restore Virtual Disk Image on Physical Drive…’ and select the drive letter associated with the MicroSD card and hit ‘OK’. Now locate the the folder were you extracted .img file and select the file. If you do not see it, make sure file type is set to ‘All files’. Confirm and the .img file will be written to the card.
And I try the same with win32diskimager, DiskImage, Roadkil's Disk Image) and under linux ( dd )
I use Win32 Disk Imager and have never had any issues. You are selecting a .img file to write, correct?
Are you sure your SD card is ..
1) big enough for the image you are trying to write to it?
2) not corrupted in some way?
Perhaps attempt a full format of the card (uncheck "Quick Format") before attempting to write the image again.
David0226 said:
I use Win32 Disk Imager and have never had any issues. You are selecting a .img file to write, correct?
- I tried a few image I'm sure I do whatever it takes
Are you sure your SD card is ..
1) big enough for the image you are trying to write to it?
- my card is 4 GB, and ai try with 2 and 8 GB
2) not corrupted in some way?
- I tried several cards
Perhaps attempt a full format of the card (uncheck "Quick Format") before attempting to write the image again.
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- I did a full format of all cards before uploading image
I just can not figure out what's wrong
It seems from the thread that you have tried several different images, is this correct? If not, perhaps the problem is that the .img file you have is corrupt. Perhaps attempt to re-download one or all of the image files.
David0226 said:
It seems from the thread that you have tried several different images, is this correct? If not, perhaps the problem is that the .img file you have is corrupt. Perhaps attempt to re-download one or all of the image files.
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yes, I tried a few different image, but none of them worked:
http://download.doozan.com/nook/NookManager-0.5.0.zip
http://download.doozan.com/nook/NookManager-0.4.0.zip
http://narod.ru/disk/64735727001.864de3db42269dff54fe636c9d46df07/zln-uni-ZeroLab.NeT.zip.html
and images from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
Can u sent me NookManager-0.5.0.zip, or give me the other link ?
necrocannibalistic said:
yes, I tried a few different image, but none of them worked:
http://download.doozan.com/nook/NookManager-0.5.0.zip
http://download.doozan.com/nook/NookManager-0.4.0.zip
http://narod.ru/disk/64735727001.864de3db42269dff54fe636c9d46df07/zln-uni-ZeroLab.NeT.zip.html
and images from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475613
Can u sent me NookManager-0.5.0.zip, or give me the other link ?
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Theese are good images, I don't think image is the problem.
Ultra weird problem...
Last night I put some books back to the sd card, rebooted several times and everything is fine as soon as I upload an image, boooooooooom, will not start.
Perhaps I will fail and have to give up ((((
necrocannibalistic said:
Ultra weird problem...
Last night I put some books back to the sd card, rebooted several times and everything is fine as soon as I upload an image, boooooooooom, will not start.
Perhaps I will fail and have to give up ((((
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Did you use external SD-card reader to write images?
murz_07 said:
Did you use external SD-card reader to write images?
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Yes and micro sd adapter.
necrocannibalistic said:
Yes and micro sd adapter.
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That's really wierd, I have no idea.
Try to post this to developers forum.
murz_07 said:
That's really wierd, I have no idea.
Try to post this to developers forum.
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Thanks for the help
murz_07 said:
That's really wierd, I have no idea.
Try to post this to developers forum.
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In which category to write ?
necrocannibalistic said:
In which category to write ?
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Here I think.
You can also try this method.
The first thing I did after rooting, because it is what the tutorials and this forum always stress, is to make a Nandroid backup, which I did through TWRP Recovery. Nowhere did I see an option regarding where to save it. Low and behold, I find out that it saved the backup files, which are nearly 3gb in size, to the phone, instead of my larger SD card. Obviously I want to move it to the latter. But by what means should I do that, particularly so that the backup can be easily flashed onto the device later if need be? I don't want to move it only to make the files undiscoverable in Recovery.
(I apologize if this is a stupid question, but this is my first time rooting, and nothing useful was yielded from a forum search.)
beerindex said:
The first thing I did after rooting, because it is what the tutorials and this forum always stress, is to make a Nandroid backup, which I did through TWRP Recovery. Nowhere did I see an option regarding where to save it. Low and behold, I find out that it saved the backup files, which are nearly 3gb in size, to the phone, instead of my larger SD card. Obviously I want to move it to the latter. But by what means should I do that, particularly so that the backup can be easily flashed onto the device later if need be? I don't want to move it only to make the files undiscoverable in Recovery.
(I apologize if this is a stupid question, but this is my first time rooting, and nothing useful was yielded from a forum search.)
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In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
DarkMenace said:
In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
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My SD card is an old 32gb one. I don't have a USB reader, so how would I confirm on my phone that it is formatted as FAT32? And, assuming it is, what steps must I then take?
beerindex said:
My SD card is an old 32gb one. I don't have a USB reader, so how would I confirm on my phone that it is formatted as FAT32? And, assuming it is, what steps must I then take?
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Download Partition Table then open it and click the the A for advanced. scroll to the bottom and find mmcblk1p1 and click it. It should show the memory card and what Filesystem it is.
DarkMenace said:
Download Partition Table then open it and click the the A for advanced. scroll to the bottom and find mmcblk1p1 and click it. It should show the memory card and what Filesystem it is.
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The listed filesystem is vfat.
beerindex said:
The listed filesystem is vfat.
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It shows the 32GB for space with the usage of your memory card right? If so you will need to remove the MicroSD card and place it in your PC and format it to Fat32. You can also try the Format tool built in to the phone in you options.
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It shows the 32GB for space with the usage of your memory card right? If so you will need to remove the MicroSD card and place it in your PC and format it to Fat32. You can also try the Format tool built in to the phone in you options.
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Formatted through the phone and it is still listed as vfat through Partition Table. So does that mean I need to find another way of reformatting it to Fat32?
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Formatted through the phone and it is still listed as vfat through Partition Table. So does that mean I need to find another way of reformatting it to Fat32?
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Yes, it needs to be FAT32 for recoveries to recognize it.
DarkMenace said:
Yes, it needs to be FAT32 for recoveries to recognize it.
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I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I formatted again, this time using my computer (my S4 connected via data cable, with the microsd card inside), and once again, the result is vfat.
beerindex said:
I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I formatted again, this time using my computer (my S4 connected via data cable, with the microsd card inside), and once again, the result is vfat.
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Did the card read FAT32 on your computer? IF it did it shouldn't change when you put it in the phone unless your running some type of custom software and it's messing with the file system.
DarkMenace said:
Did the card read FAT32 on your computer? IF it did it shouldn't change when you put it in the phone unless your running some type of custom software and it's messing with the file system.
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It never specified. There is no media format listed like for the computer's internal HD, and when I click to format, it tells me nothing, nor gives me no options. It just tells me that it is done.
So I have solved the problem. Below is a reference for other users who might have the same issue:
1) Used GoodManager for Reboot Recovery
2) Made a new Nandroid backup, this time discovering that I could assign the backup to my sd card. And so I did exactly that.
3) Rebooted after backup made.
4) Connect phone to computer via USB, and use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the backup that was sitting on the phone in the same area where the new backup is.
Basically, knowing that I could back up to the SD card, and that TWRP created a file path for exactly that, I knew that I could move the old backup there too.
That said, I very much appreciate the help given to me.
DarkMenace said:
In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
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I was able to use TWRP to perform nandroid backup directly to my 64GB microUSB - it supported it without any problems (didn't have to even take the microSD out of the phone)
jj14 said:
I was able to use TWRP to perform nandroid backup directly to my 64GB microUSB - it supported it without any problems (didn't have to even take the microSD out of the phone)
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So TWRP reads extFAT?
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So TWRP reads extFAT?
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apparently it can read and write!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42318153&postcount=46
(device specific)
jj14 said:
apparently it can read and write!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42318153&postcount=46
(device specific)
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I can't find TWRP in the market and when I goto their website it shows every carrier but Verizon.
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I can't find TWRP in the market and when I goto their website it shows every carrier but Verizon.
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Just noticed you are on Verizon - I installed on my Sprint device, but it looks like it is available for Verizon S4 as well (I went to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2, and clicked "Get TWRP for your device", entered S4 as search criteria and found "TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) [jfltevzw]" as the last entry in the list.
Personally, I'd recommend downloading goomanager from the play store, and using that to install.
From http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181
"Android App Install Method (Preferred):
You must be rooted to use the GooManager install. Download the GooManager app from either location:
Market Link
Direct Download
Install the app and open it. Tap menu then hit Install OpenRecoveryScript. Tap Yes. Verify that the filename displays your device's code name and hit Yes. The file will download and your device will install the recovery automatically."
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Just noticed you are on Verizon - I installed on my Sprint device, but it looks like it is available for Verizon S4 as well (I went to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2, and clicked "Get TWRP for your device", entered S4 as search criteria and found "TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) [jfltevzw]" as the last entry in the list.
Personally, I'd recommend downloading goomanager from the play store, and using that to install.
From http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181
"Android App Install Method (Preferred):
You must be rooted to use the GooManager install. Download the GooManager app from either location:
Market Link
Direct Download
Install the app and open it. Tap menu then hit Install OpenRecoveryScript. Tap Yes. Verify that the filename displays your device's code name and hit Yes. The file will download and your device will install the recovery automatically."
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What's goomanager? I've never heard of it. What's it do?
Sent from my Rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 using xda premium
DarkMenace said:
What's goomanager? I've never heard of it. What's it do?
Sent from my Rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 using xda premium
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It is basically a front end for goo.im (which is a very popular Android file hosting site) - provides downloads of ROMs, kernels, apps, GApps, recoveries etc
Read more at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25943528
I want to root my NST but I'm afraid of bricking it.
I did a search and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188595 but there's conflicting evidence as to whether resotration on bricking is possible.
How common is bricking the NST and how easy is it to restore it if rooting fails?
Use nook manager and first backup your nook as an image file to your PC or using your SD card (note you will need a big enough sd card for the backup most people have at least 1gig )
rootings pretty straightforward with nook manager just follow the ON screen instructions
your nook like most androids have a recovery built in an can be activated to restore your nook to its factory state
Just make sure you have a good backup before you get started and its a safe process. Backup with NookManager first and check that the backup is complete. Read through the NookManager thread on how the get the backup off your SD card and how to check if its a good, complete backup. Then you will always be able to restore back to before you rooted so root away.
kmaximax said:
Use nook manager and first backup your nook as an image file to your PC or using your SD card (note you will need a big enough sd card for the backup most people have at least 1gig )
rootings pretty straightforward with nook manager just follow the ON screen instructions
your nook like most androids have a recovery built in an can be activated to restore your nook to its factory state
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Alright I feel reassured.
I found the NookManager thread, it's this one right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
I guess if I follow all the intructions I'll have nothing to worry about.
cairnarvon said:
Alright I feel reassured.
I found the NookManager thread, it's this one right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
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Yes, that's it. You'll also want the NTGAppsAttack thread from the same forum as well.
I guess if I follow all the intructions I'll have nothing to worry about.
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It's pretty hard to mess up if you follow the instructions. A few notes from my experience -
Timing is critical after enabling WiFi on a rooted Nook; install something quickly through Google Market, or you'll need to uninstall the automatic update to it before it'll work.
When I restored my Nook back to (registered) stock via Nook Manager in order to update from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1, the B&N registration process complained (presumably because the same device had been re-registered whilst rooted, because I was fiddling). It rebooted and worked the next time.
A backup will be theoretically upto 2GB, if the Nook is full (e.g. of purchased B&N ebooks), but mine were about 200-odd MB (NookManager zero's unused space and compresses the backup with gzip).
cowbutt said:
A backup will be theoretically upto 2GB, if the Nook is full (e.g. of purchased B&N ebooks), but mine were about 200-odd MB (NookManager zero's unused space and compresses the backup with gzip).
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You can validate the backup is complete by opening it with a zip / archiver program like 7-Zip and verifying the uncompressed size is 2 GB+/- (mine shows 1,962,934,272). That gives you two confirmations - the backup is a valid gz file and all the partitions got backed up.
Hmm this is weird.
Having wrote the image of NookManager to my micro SD card, the nook doesn't want to boot with it in it....
If I remove the SD card it boots just fine. If I put in the SD card when it's on it recognises it too.
Have you ever heard of something like this happening?
I'm on 1.2.1.
How did you write the image to the card?
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Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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Did you turn your Nook off completely (i.e. by pushing and holding the power button on the back for about 30s) before inserting the SD card, then turn it on with the SD card inserted?
What class is the SD card? Do you have a Class 6 (or slower) card you can use?
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Did you turn your Nook off completely (i.e. by pushing and holding the power button on the back for about 30s) before inserting the SD card, then turn it on with the SD card inserted?
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Yes.
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What class is the SD card? Do you have a Class 6 (or slower) card you can use?
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I can't post a link to it I'm afraid and the packaging doesn't say anything about class.
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Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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OK, you say if you boot the device and put the SD card it recognizes it. Try plugging it into you PC card reader or plug your NST into your PC and verify that the NookManager files appear on the SD card. You should see the folders custom, files, hooks, menu and scripts on the card and files like boot.scr, uImage and uRamdisk and some others.
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I can't post a link to it I'm afraid and the packaging doesn't say anything about class.
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The packaging and the card itself almost always have the class symbol on them. See the SD association speed class page for examples of the symbols.
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You should see the folders custom, files, hooks, menu and scripts on the card and files like boot.scr, uImage and uRamdisk and some others.
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Yup those are all there.
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The packaging and the card itself almost always have the class symbol on them. See the SD association speed class page for examples of the symbols.
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Ok I checked the micro SD and it looks like it's a class 10...Is this the reason it didn't work?
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Ok I checked the micro SD and it looks like it's a class 10...Is this the reason it didn't work?
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Most likely. There have been quite a few reports of problems using class 10 cards.
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Most likely. There have been quite a few reports of problems using class 10 cards.
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From a PM from cairnarvon, I suspect that his SD card is a counterfeit 64GB device. Unlucky!
I managed to make a backup through nook manager.
it is a ~350 MB .gz file.
The uncompressed version is roughly 2GB. So far so good.
I tried to extract the archive and this happens:
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$ gunzip -d backup.full.gz
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
I tried to search the forum and I found these threads
Not sure if they're relavant though...
cairnarvon said:
I managed to make a backup through nook manager.
it is a ~350 MB .gz file.
The uncompressed version is roughly 2GB. So far so good.
I tried to extract the archive and this happens:
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$ gunzip -d backup.full.gz
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
I tried to search the forum and I found these threads
Not sure if they're relavant though...
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Is this that same wonky SD card?
Where are you reading backup.full.gz from with gunzip? The SD card via USB Mass Storage mode of the Nook, the SD card via a card reader, or a local copy after previously copying it?
How does the md5 checksum compare with the .md5 file NookManager created?
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Is this that same wonky SD card?
Where are you reading backup.full.gz from with gunzip? The SD card via USB Mass Storage mode of the Nook, the SD card via a card reader, or a local copy after previously copying it?
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No I bought an authentic one, it has a logo and everything
I copied the file to my local machine and tried to extract it.
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How does the md5 checksum compare with the .md5 file NookManager created?
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I'm not too sure what this means...I know there's a md5 file with the backup but that's about it.
I formatted the partition and tried the backup again but got the same error...
Is backup entirely necessary? Are there any stock backup images on the forum that I could download and use?
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No I bought an authentic one, it has a logo and everything
I copied the file to my local machine and tried to extract it.
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OK, what OS? How did you copy the files?
I'm not too sure what this means...I know there's a md5 file with the backup but that's about it.
I formatted the partition and tried the backup again but got the same error...
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just run md5sum on the backup.full.gz. Its output should match the contents of backup.full.gz.md5 (which NookManager generated after completing its backup).
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Is backup entirely necessary?
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I'm of the opinion that it is. With a backup you can always restore it to factory-fresh. The backup also includes some unique details, like the serial number and, I believe, some decryption keys.