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[Q] Can't get CM7 into Recovery mode to install gapps

I'd like to ask this on verygreens siz agnostic CM7 thread, but I can't because I am a noob and it's an "expert" thread.
Anyway, I have a rooted Nook (using autonooter 3.0" and I want to run CM7 from an 8GB SD card. All went well, and I am able to run CM& and I set up wifi.
I then copied the latest gapps onto the card and tried to go into recovery mode. It just boots into CM7. I have tried all the suggestions on verygreen's thread, but none of them worked for me.
Can someone please help?
Thanks

OK, never mind. I got it to work.
In case some other idiot has the same problem, here is what worked:
1. Press "N" and power buttons simultaneously. Release the power button about 5 seconds after the "Touch the future of read" screen comes on.

woneil said:
1. Press "N" and power buttons simultaneously. Release the power button about 5 seconds after the "Touch the future of read" screen comes on.
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When did you release the N button?
I've experimented with all sorts of timings but still can't get into the Recovery Mode. Could someone please help?
I'm installed CM7 on a 8GB SD card for my Nook Color using the Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater.
In addition to the instructions on a number of threads on XDA, I tried all sorts of variations on the button sequence, for example, pressing N before/after/simultaneously with the power button, releasing the power button before/1s after/5s after the "future of reading" message shows up, releasing N 1s/5s after releasing the power button, not releasing N at all, and so on... none worked for me. I've been trying for over an hour...
Can someone post a very verbose step-by-step on the button sequence? What am I suppose to see when I enter the recovery mode?

I'm having the same problem. I would very much like to get this stuff to work I have been trying for 2 hours with no luck. Please Help

I've had success (with Market access) snagging ROM Manager. It can flash CWR to your emmc and reboot you to Recovery on its own. Have your ROM loaded on a uSD and navigate to it (after formating cache/data)) then selecting the zip you wish to install. This bypasses the possibility of a bad uSD, bad format on uSD or even corrupt uSD.
Have done several times and yet to fail (knock wood!). Lemme know how it goes.

Eyeballer has a great thread that might also help y'all. Sticky this for future reference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227

No joy installing gapps on nookcolor
I had similar issues installing gapps...
- installed CM7 (7.0.3 encore stable) on NC uSD using verygreen's method with no issues. I used the latest generic SD card image (v1.3).
However, when I went to install gapps via the recommended methods, I got the following errors:
- key recovery method doesn't ever show the penguin (is that the indicator you're in recovery?)
- software reboot with recovery option also no joy
- tried flashing CW via the ROM manager app to do what skeeterpro recommends, and get an installation error flashing CW...
... so my solution was to start from scratch and put both CM7 and gapps on the uSD the first time.
I just delayed any online portion of the setup wizard (picked the top option at the beginning - not the pretty-looking Setup Wizard name; you'll know what I mean when you get there) until I got through it and was able to setup WiFi.
All is working well now.
Cheers!

I just did a new instal with GAPPS on the SD card with CM7 and it works like a charm now.

VWAffe said:
... so my solution was to start from scratch and put both CM7 and gapps on the uSD the first time.
I just delayed any online portion of the setup wizard (picked the top option at the beginning - not the pretty-looking Setup Wizard name; you'll know what I mean when you get there) until I got through it and was able to setup WiFi.
All is working well now.
Cheers!
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I've been trying all day to get the Gapps to install with no luck. Your method worked perfectly first try. Thanks.

hokudog said:
I just did a new instal with GAPPS on the SD card with CM7 and it works like a charm now.
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It'll also install the Dalingrin's O/C kernel at the same time. Tried this 3X and worked perfectly.
Verygreen does caution, though, that the all-at-once method has caused problems for many, and, therefore, does not recommend this.
Also, with his latest SD image, you can bring up a boot menu by pressing the "N" key when you see the CyanogenMod banner. This allows you to boot to SD, EMMC, or recovery mode -a great and handy feature!

I use Cm7-01302012-nightly and by mistake deleted the boot menu, the phone not start, any suggestions?

[Q] Can you help a brother out?

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?
Baboontyme said:
I would like to install a new ROM or root or do something after it updates to 1.2 so that I have access to the Android market. What is my best way to do this? Should I just root again from 1.2? Should I install this CM7?
Can you help me understand the differences? Thanks again.
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Baboontyme said:
I booted it back up and it thinks it's a phone. I put the 1.2 file in the root drive via USB, as I have read over and over that the thing should recognize the 1.2 file and reboot itself. It's not working. I erased and deregistered again. same deal.
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ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.
I'd agree with akaCat that you should do a factory reset, BUT you can only do that if you still have the stock recovery utility, and it seems possible that you do not. Try to get the NC to reset by interrupting the boot 8 times. If it doesn't work, you may have installed ClockworkMod Recovery on your Nook Color in place of the stock recovery utility. You may have done so while rooting, or later from the ROM Manager app, perhaps even by accident.
Have you attempted to boot to recovery by holding down "n" while you power on the device, and continuing to hold power + n for about six seconds (1-one-thousand, 2-one-thousand, etc), then releasing both? If so, do you get a factory reset dialog (series of yes/no options) or a longer menu including items like "mounting and storage" and "flash zip from sd card?" If you get the longer menu, then that's ClockworkMod Recovery, and neither the 8-failed-boots-reset nor the automatic update are going to work.
If you do have ClockworkMod Recovery, don't do anything yet. Hopefully somewhere on the screen it tells you the version number, in the format 3.0.x.x. Just let us know that version number and power off the NC.
If you still have the stock recovery utility, then do the factory reset, boot into the stock OS, connect USB, drop the update file straight on the Nook (not in any folders), safely remove the NC from your PC, and let it sit. Hopefully it will reboot itself.
If not, the next step is probably going to involve preparing a bootable ClockworkMod SD and manually installing a CWM-compatible version of the update, or of a different ROM. This article may help you wrap your head around the different options: http://quinxy.com/guides/how-to-pick-your-nook-color-operating-system-and-install-options/
ETA: lol, congratulations! I guess just skip to that link at the end.

Thank you, Tao. I seem to be a bit stuck, though.
I'm at 1.2 stock. I was able to reformat and erase my sd card. I went to load the .gz image onto the card (for CM7, per instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) and I also loaded the nightly build. Then inserted card into NC and booted. Nothing.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Should I unzip either file?
One thing that might/might not matter....when I went to eject the SD card from my PC, I wasn't given that option so I just pulled it.
One more thing.....the instructions at the link above instruct you to "write the image to your SD card" but then go on to say "eject the SD card" and then further "insert the uSD card into your computer"
Huh?? Isn't it all on the same card? Why do I need two different cards? What am I missing?

This blog breaks down the same process a little more step-by-step, with videos: http://www.anamardoll.com/2011/04/ereader-running-cm7-firmware-on-nook.html
You can skip the long preamble down to "Ready? Let's get started."
You do need to unzip the disk image, and write it to the SD using a program like Win32DiskImager or WinImage. It's also definitely a good idea to safely eject the SD card from your PC.

Hi Tao and others. Thanks again for all of your help. I'm almost there!
I followed this Ana chick's directions and I have CM7 booting up. I am now at the stage where I am trying to boot up in recovery mode so I can get the google apps and wifi thing going. I can't get it to work! I am holding down the "n"/home button and then the power button and it keeps booting up with CM7. I've tried it probably 20 times. Any help? Thanks!

Can someone also tell me how to access the book I just purchased and was in the middle of reading? Do I have to go somewhere and re-download?

Baboontyme said:
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.

Baboontyme said:
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.

[Q] So I got myself in a bit of a jam trying to update to the newest nightly...

A few days ago, I received my Nook and used a youtube tutorial to install CM7 to SD. All went well (i'm in love with the thing), however I decided I wanted update past the last stablae release that I initially installed in order to use the Nook Tweaks app. Here's where the problem came in...in my Noobishness, I didn't yet know there were differences between updating on the image that I was told to use on youtube (Generic Nook-2GB-SDCard-CW3010-VGCM7InstallerAsALTinMultiBoot-v6.zip) and the other ones i've seen around. This led to mass confusion and a really silly error...and this is where I need help.
I ended up taking the update, and putting it on the same partition that my media is on and installing it from Clockwork Recovery. Don't ask me where I got the idea, because I don't know. I've since read enough to understand that that was NOT the correct thing to do. It updated and messed up my emmc. I can boot up CM7 just fine from SD card, however when I boot into stock Nook, it doesn't happen and boots into Clockwork Recovery. What's the best way to get the emmc back to stock, and still keep my SD Card in tact and then upgrade to the latest nightly? From what I understand, installing updates is actually really simple with this image...drop it on /boot, then boot up in SD/Alternate? Also, is there any reason I shouldn't update to newest one?

I know what you are going through.
A lot of the information out there regarding the installation of CM7 is outdated, unintentionally cryptic, or in rare cases just plain wrong. It is because of this that I have been very reluctant to move from a stable SD based CM7 to EMMC.

@OP, your case, 2 separate issues
1. Getting your NC back to stock
2. Getting CM7 update on your uSD.
Item 2 is fairly easy and a lot less hassle than item 1.
Item 2: assuming yr bootable uSD is still good, copy the CM7 nightly build into the root folder ("boot" partition), remove the uSD off the PC, insert it into the NC, booting up.
It will go straight in CM7, wait until it finishes loading, then reboot and select "recovery" option. Now, sit tight and let the NC does it own thing (you do not have to do anything else) until it shut down. You then power it back on. That's it.
Item 1: search for the "Stock 1.2" thread in this forum, download the file, read the instructions how to restore.

votinh said:
@OP, your case, 2 separate issues
1. Getting your NC back to stock
2. Getting CM7 update on your uSD.
Item 2 is fairly easy and a lot less hassle than item 1.
Item 2: assuming yr bootable uSD is still good, copy the CM7 nightly build into the root folder ("boot" partition), remove the uSD off the PC, insert it into the NC, booting up.
It will go straight in CM7, wait until it finishes loading, then reboot and select "recovery" option. Now, sit tight and let the NC does it own thing (you do not have to do anything else) until it shut down. You then power it back on. That's it.
Item 1: search for the "Stock 1.2" thread in this forum, download the file, read the instructions how to restore.
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Thanks so much, man. This all seems pretty simple, i'll fix it all tonight. One question though, i've got the part where I drop it in boot...but when I power it back up, I select to boot it in SD/Recovery? Or do I boot it in SD/Alternate like what I used to put the stable version in?

Highly doubting anything can help me unbrick my Nook Color[SERIOUS]

I've spent about 20 hours total trying to unbrick my nook color.
It started when I was (happily) running CM7, but I wanted to have HC preview 4 to use at times, so I decided to dual boot it. I went in to dual boot it, and it had an error. So I flashed the remove dual boot zip to reset it, then I went looking for an answer. I find that it looks like my media partition somehow got corrupt, so I go into ADB to see if I can get that working. From within adb I run "adb reboot recovery", and then it never turned on. Freaking out, I searched for an answer. I got it booting into CWM on SD, and Nookie Froyo SD. I've tried all the unbricking methods, even the advanced one that requires DDing boot.img and system.img. I got into adb from recovery and found that my partition table - I had none. So I find out how to fix that, and I do. Fixed it properly infact, looked exactly like it should. So then I go and DD boot.img and system.img, remove the SD, unplug from power, and try to boot into recovery, no luck. Tried a normal boot, no luck. I've done this multiple times. I think it has something to do with the boot partition, I verified it had contained the proper files(u-boot.bin, uImage, etc.), it was marked as bootable, but it wasn't booting.
I held down the power button for 25 minutes just to confirm without a doubt it wasn't(I watched a show while waiting, unfortunately it was my figure holding it down, not tape).
Nothing I tried fixed it.
I think I may have been one of the first to "actually" brick my nook.
Any tips on what I can do to try to unbrick it? Ask me questions, have me acquire data, I don't care.
I have access to adb in recovery, and adb connected wirelessly via nookie froyo sd bootable(for some reason it won't let me use adb via usb).
I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
Also, before you go saying that this is pretty much a repost of other threads, I looked at multiple threads with people trying to fix their nook, threads with 60 pages, read all of them. No one had a problem like mine.

If you are willing to put CM7 on the internal memory, follow the instructions here: http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/
Make your you use the latest version of CWR (v3.2.0.1) Once you have everything working properly, reformat the card to use as storage. Better, keep it as is in case you ever have to preform a new installation and buy a new card for storage. You will need one to properly use CM7 to full advantage.

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If you are willing to put CM7 on the internal memory, follow the instructions here: http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/
Make your you use the latest version of CWR (v3.2.0.1) Once you have everything working properly, reformat the card to use as storage. Better, keep it as is in case you ever have to preform a new installation and buy a new card for storage. You will need one to properly use CM7 to full advantage.
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I was hoping doing what you said would work - but it didn't.
I follow this guide(http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-blue-dot-nook-color/) to get the partitions reformatted properly then installed it.

Glad the site still was able to help you with your issue....

It didn't help. I already followed that guide. Their is one like it here.
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tannerzion said:
I was hoping doing what you said would work - but it didn't.
I follow this guide(http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-blue-dot-nook-color/) to get the partitions reformatted properly then installed it.
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That is the same site I sent you to, only a different page.....

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That is the same site I sent you to, only a different page.....
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No, I just didn't have to found the one on xda because there was one on that site. No need to fight.
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Since you said "trying to unbrick" then why not try to reverse back to the original state before installing/running any other ROMs

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Since you said "trying to unbrick" then why not try to reverse back to the original state before installing/running any other ROMs
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Tried that.
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tannerzion said:
Tried that.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOypmSCEHbc
Go to my youtube page.
Download my ROM by clicking more on my description.
Extract and burn to a SD card with WinImage or something.
Seems like you need to fix your boot partition. Hold the power button down for 15 seconds with no USB plug in the nook. Put your recovery SD in the nook and hold power for 5 seconds you should boot to the SD card. Flash the “repartition-boot_emmc-800mhz-stock.zip” if you want the 800 MHz stock kernel and reboot the nook. If you want the 1.1 GHz Kernel flashed then use “repartition-boot_emmc-1.1ghz-froyo_setboot.zip”.
Once you flash that go ahead and flash my rom just for ****s and giggles to see if you can boot into it. Enjoy. Let me know if I helped.
If this doesnt work you can always DD your way to a new partition. Example below but lets do what I put up top first.
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/xe.nook.color-froyo-v2.2-boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/xe.nook.color-froyo-v2.2-data.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/xe.nook.color-froyo-v2.2-system.img

Well, I'm already processing a return... But if I run across this problem on my new nook, I'll try that.
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tannerzion said:
Well, I'm already processing a return... But if I run across this problem on my new nook, I'll try that.
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Return it and try CM7 normally installed to EMMC. Dont **** around with dual boots and all this other crap

When you get your new one in, and if you decide to put CM7 on EMMC, just leave it as CM7 alone.
Shame you sent it back before we could work it out, I was looking forward to trying to fix this - but I can imagine just how frustrated you have been with it and I don't blame you. Probably at the end of your rope and in your place, if I could have gotten B&N to exchange it, I would have too.
Because the Nook Color boots from the SD first, you can always just install whatever else you want to play with to a MicroSD card and run it that way.
Verygreens sd card prep thread is a fantastic first step in this regard. (click "SD Install" in my sig to get to it)
I personally still have my Nook Color stock on EMMC (with B&N official updates) and run my CM7 and other installs from the sdcard. Just make sure it is a SanDisk card and you'll be good to go. (also links in my sig to find out why SanDisk if you're curious)
The benefit to running from the sd-install, especially on possibly unstable ROMS, is that if it doesn't work you simply remove the card to get your device back - instead of having to run recovery on your device.
The latest stable release of CM7 is absolutely fantastic on the Nook Color, and i'd highly recommend it as your daily driver.

Blue6IX said:
When you get your new one in, and if you decide to put CM7 on EMMC, just leave it as CM7 alone.
Shame you sent it back before we could work it out, I was looking forward to trying to fix this - but I can imagine just how frustrated you have been with it and I don't blame you. Probably at the end of your rope and in your place, if I could have gotten B&N to exchange it, I would have too.
Because the Nook Color boots from the SD first, you can always just install whatever else you want to play with to a MicroSD card and run it that way.
Verygreens sd card prep thread is a fantastic first step in this regard. (click "SD Install" in my sig to get to it)
I personally still have my Nook Color stock on EMMC (with B&N official updates) and run my CM7 and other installs from the sdcard. Just make sure it is a SanDisk card and you'll be good to go. (also links in my sig to find out why SanDisk if you're curious)
The benefit to running from the sd-install, especially on possibly unstable ROMS, is that if it doesn't work you simply remove the card to get your device back - instead of having to run recovery on your device.
The latest stable release of CM7 is absolutely fantastic on the Nook Color, and i'd highly recommend it as your daily driver.
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I wanted something on the emmc, and my microsd card is to slow to consider booting from it. I'll probably get a better one or just use my current one, and install honeycomb on that.
xboxexpert said:
Return it and try CM7 normally installed to EMMC. Dont **** around with dual boots and all this other crap
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I had CM7 as my normal install, I just wanted to try honeycomb and my sd card was to slow to consider booting from it.

There's an image around these forums somewhere that lets you dual-boot Phiremod and HC preview on the SD (you just flash it to the SD and go).
It's always safer to play with SD new boots, since you won't hurt your EMMC installs.
With that really said -- the HC previews on the NC are ... not really worth playing. There's no hardware acceleration - so that are abysmally slow. Really bad. You'll try swiping the home screen and go "ugh, back to CM7".
Quite honestly, there's nothing better for us than CM7 on SD or EMMC. Phiremod is just candycoating on CM7 anyhow - and nobody's ever come up with a ROM for us that isn't just fiddling around with a base CM7 or a themed layer on top of it.
What we get from our CM7-Encore installs is pretty much what we want. Theme it all you like - but in reality, nothing else beats it.

youre in luck...my Bricked nook is not getting returned...
i have a bricked nook ...had cm7 on it for 1 1/2 years ..thought i would put cm10.1 on ...to emmc... everything went well installed cm10.1 then gapps ...forgot to install cwm or twrp...oops ...been bricked ever since ..tried pulling battery ..left it disconnected 8 hours ..plugged battery back ...still unresponsive ...tried tips section from leapinlar to no avail ..tried 8 boot method nada!!...never even see a backlight flash ..battery shows 5volts so its not dead...any help ?? anyone??...thanks
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omap3630 only sign of life .. for less than a second when power button is held down for say....10 seconds...on the USB to the pc..of course no booting happens needless to say..

bodecove said:
i have a bricked nook ...had cm7 on it for 1 1/2 years ..thought i would put cm10.1 on ...to emmc... everything went well installed cm10.1 then gapps ...forgot to install cwm or twrp...oops ...been bricked ever since ..tried pulling battery ..left it disconnected 8 hours ..plugged battery back ...still unresponsive ...tried tips section from leapinlar to no avail ..tried 8 boot method nada!!...never even see a backlight flash ..battery shows 5volts so its not dead...any help ?? anyone??...thanks
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omap3630 only sign of life .. for less than a second when power button is held down for say....10 seconds...on the USB to the pc..of course no booting happens needless to say..
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And bootable SDs do not work? It will not even turn the screen on unless there are valid boot files in the boot partition or on a bootable SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
And bootable SDs do not work? It will not even turn the screen on unless there are valid boot files in the boot partition or on a bootable SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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tried both from ,,A 10 post .... New Bootable CWM Recovery SD (v5.5.0.4 and now v6.0.1.2)
....tried both versions also 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer version ...win32diskimage ...hp format utility also formatted with sdformatter

bodecove said:
tried both from ,,A 10 post .... New Bootable CWM Recovery SD (v5.5.0.4 and now v6.0.1.2)
....tried both versions also 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer version ...win32diskimage ...hp format utility also formatted with sdformatter
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Well, unless you can get a bootable SD to boot, you are toast.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Well, unless you can get a bootable SD to boot, you are toast.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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any chance I am missing some simple step...
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bodecove said:
any chance I am missing some simple step...
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...what are your thoughts on making the sd cards with my linux(mint 14) laptop ...am I grasping for straws??

[Q] First NC Full Root

I purchased a Nook Color about a month and a half ago and have been running CM 7.2 from the SD card ever since. I love it and am ready to take the plunge and put it on the device itself without running it from the card. With that said, I settled on Kang's ROM because of what others have said about it.
However, I am running into a problem when trying to start the root process...
I've tried using uNooter, Auto-Nooter and the Size-Agnostic nooter all with the same outcome. I'm placing the image on the SD card properly, because I can put Kang's ROM on there and install it to the SD card just fine. My issue is that when I follow the instructions on the CyanogenMod Wiki, I get stuck between "Gaining Root Access - Step 5" and "Install a Custom Recovery Image."
I get the driver prompts on the desktop and cancel them as instructed, then the NC just sits there; no boots, no reboots. So I pull the card out as instructed and power it up. There is no "Extras" option in the NC, so I can't go to ROM Manager and install ClockworkMod Recovery and go from there. It seems as if the nooter isn't working as intended, or I missed a step somewhere.
Any help is appreciated, otherwise I'll just continue to run it off the SD card.

Give the method in my sig a shot. Let us know.
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Many thanks, MISRy. This was pretty much a summary of what I had seen across multiple threads. My issue was with steps 4 & 5. It would not boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery no matter what I did.
Then I found the answer, and it made me feel sorta dumb I was supposed to hold down the power button with n until it booted.
I'm installing Kang now as I type this...

derekr44 said:
... I'm installing Kang now as I type this...
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Woot!

derekr44 said:
Many thanks, MISRy. This was pretty much a summary of what I had seen across multiple threads. My issue was with steps 4 & 5. It would not boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery no matter what I did.
Then I found the answer, and it made me feel sorta dumb I was supposed to hold down the power button with n until it booted.
I'm installing Kang now as I type this...
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Not a big deal, but just for clarity "Kang" just means "unofficial cyanogenmod build." There's nobody named "kang" (that's what your first post suggests). But yeah, we've all been there. All the complex stuff we breeze through only to spend a half hour missing the super-simple instruction. Good luck!

Whaddaya mean there's nobody named Kang?