[Q] Installing CWR on nook - Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm trying to find out if there is a way to install clockwork recovery on to the nook itself. I can boot it up with an sd card, but since I want to put muiu on the nook, it seems like a good idea to have recovery on the nook.
There don't seem to be any link to the latest version of cwr in the development thread, and it has been a couple of weeks since someone posted there asking for a link, but never got a reply.
I guess what I'm really looking for is a .zip of the latest clockwork recovery that I can install on the nook through the clockwork recovery I have on my sd card.
Any help, as always, is greatly appreciated!

Go to ROM manager in applications and select Flash CWM Recovery. It'll install to the emmc.

416inversed said:
Go to ROM manager in applications and select Flash CWM Recovery. It'll install to the emmc.
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He's running off an SD card. ROM Manager only works with internal installations.
To the original poster: Once you flash CWR to the eMMC you no longer have a stock Nook for the purposes of warranty. Why not just go all the way and put CM7 on the eMMC? You can follow the directions here: http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/
Make sure you choose the newest version of CWR (v3.2.0.1) when you do this!

patruns said:
He's running off an SD card. ROM Manager only works with internal installations.
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Yeah, but CM7 on SD still has ROM Manager installed. OP wants to put CWM on the emmc. Hitting the "Flash CWM Recovery" selection in ROM Manager will put the latest CWM on their emmc. (I know it does, because I was noob enough to accidentally do it to my own Nook).
But that's what Crwly was asking about, right?

I am dual-booting CWR and CM7, both off the microSD. I used verygreen's installer to put CM7 on the microSD first, then installed racks11479's modified CWR. This does not satisfy ROM Manager, but it does let you backup, restore, and install zip packages off your 4th partition.
EDIT: Oh, and you do need another microSD to boot CWR, before you could use it to "flash" CWM SD Dualboot 0.1 to your current microSD.

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[Q] Recovery installed to EMMC instead of SD

I did a search for 'boot recovery' and read a few thread going back to May, but none of them seem to quite fit what happened to me. If I have missed the instructions, please link to them and I'll check it out.
First the setup:
My NC is stock 1.2 on the EMMC. I then followed the instructions in the Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. The only step I cheated on was copying both update-cm-7.0.3-encore-signed.zip and gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip to the SD card after the card was imaged. The rom and gapps installed and work as intended.
Next it was my intent to install update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-sd-063011.zip for a little speed boost. But I couldn't get it to boot into recovery with the various hold this button timings and choosing reboot from the power button options. I then went into ROM Manager and Flash ClockworkMod recovery, which flashed 3.2.01 to the EMMC. I have confirmed that by removing my CM7 SD card and successfully booting to recovery.
So now what? I would have thought the Rom Manager should have flashed the CWM recovery to the SD card, as that is what I had booted from. How can I uninstall the CWM from EMMC and force it to installed to the SD card?
Thanks,
Zhin
Did you just say up there "which flashed 3.2.01 to the EMMC"? why did you expect it "should have flashed the CWM recovery to the SD card"?
Anyway, if you want to run from uSD, then anything related to eMMC or files that have "emmc" on file name, then ignore, discard it.
In your case, after you booted into recovery (using power button, and its options), you should be all set.
I don't now what makes you went into ROM Manager and flashed it
votinh said:
Did you just say up there "which flashed 3.2.01 to the EMMC"? why did you expect it "should have flashed the CWM recovery to the SD card"?
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Because I thought that when you flashed a rom to the SD card and booted off the SD card it was treated the SD card as the 'local disk'. With the EMMC just being seen as additional storage when you where running off the SD. So when I booted from the SD card and opened Rom Manager while running from the SD card, I should think it would have flashed the CWM to the SD card.
votinh said:
Anyway, if you want to run from uSD, then anything related to eMMC or files that have "emmc" on file name, then ignore, discard it.
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I didn't say anything about using files that said emmc in the OP.
votinh said:
In your case, after you booted into recovery (using power button, and its options), you should be all set.
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The only way I can get to recovery is to remove the SD. How can I make sure to install update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-sd-063011.zip to the SD card? Can the SD card be put back in after booting to recovery?
votinh said:
I don't now what makes you went into ROM Manager and flashed it
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When it wouldn't boot into recovery after the clean install from my OP, I started to look for other options. When I launched Rom Manager it said there was no recovery option installed.
-Zhin
Zhindel said:
I then went into ROM Manager and Flash ClockworkMod recovery, which flashed 3.2.01 to the EMMC. I have confirmed that by removing my CM7 SD card and successfully booting to recovery.
So now what? I would have thought the Rom Manager should have flashed the CWM recovery to the SD card, as that is what I had booted from. How can I uninstall the CWM from EMMC and force it to installed to the SD card?
Thanks,
Zhin
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Rom Manager is useless for SD installs; just don't run it. It's not like most Android apps that only look at filesystem names (/sdcard, /emmc, etc), it uses the hardware device names (/dev/block/...) for its manipulations and pretty much assumes an emmc install.
Having CWM on emmc isn't a problem, it won't interfere with running the stock NC software from an emmc boot. I haven't run stock in forever, I don't know what they had for a recovery boot, but there are "restore to stock" threads that will show you how to find the parts if you want to put it back.
What were you intending to do by installing CWM? The recovery that comes with the SD install is what flashes new builds for you, so you don't want to mess with it. You can install CWM on the SD as an alternate boot instead of a recovery (uAltImg and uAltRam instead of uRecImg and uRecRam) and use the u-boot that comes with recent CM7 builds to boot it if you want to play with it.
stolenmoment said:
Rom Manager is useless for SD installs; just don't run it. It's not like most Android apps that only look at filesystem names (/sdcard, /emmc, etc), it uses the hardware device names (/dev/block/...) for its manipulations and pretty much assumes an emmc install.
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Ahhh ha! That makes sense. I never knew that.
stolenmoment said:
Having CWM on emmc isn't a problem, it won't interfere with running the stock NC software from an emmc boot. I haven't run stock in forever, I don't know what they had for a recovery boot, but there are "restore to stock" threads that will show you how to find the parts if you want to put it back.
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I can restore to stock easily enough. I have an image of the stock install for easy recover for just these circumstances.
stolenmoment said:
What were you intending to do by installing CWM? The recovery that comes with the SD install is what flashes new builds for you, so you don't want to mess with it. You can install CWM on the SD as an alternate boot instead of a recovery (uAltImg and uAltRam instead of uRecImg and uRecRam) and use the u-boot that comes with recent CM7 builds to boot it if you want to play with it.
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The install instructions for the dalingrin kernels said they were CWM flashable. I wasn't going to get too fancy, but maybe I should look at some of the alternate boot options.
Thanks!
Zhin
I accidentally did the same exact thing before I realized VG included his own recovery on the SD. From what I've read, to uninstall CMW from the emmc, you need to create a separate CMW SD and do a full restore to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
As for putting CMW on the SD, IDK. VeryGreen's method of just appending "update-" to rom file names and placing them on the root of the SD has worked for me.
I didn't say anything about using files that said emmc in the OP.
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Because you were confusing as indicated in your thread, I was just suggesting eliminating anything about "emmc" if you intended to run off uSD. I did not say you did it, I just recommend it. For instance, Dalingrin OC kernel, there are several versions out there and anything with "emmc", then you should ignore them. That's all
I can restore to stock easily enough. I have an image of the stock install for easy recover for just these circumstances.
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I assume you are all set.
Am I right? or still need help
I did the same thing and am too wondering how to remove it for warranty purposes. My Nook came w/ 1.2...does that mean 'd have to restore to stock 1.0.1 and then upgrade to 1.2?
dna59 said:
I did the same thing and am too wondering how to remove it for warranty purposes. My Nook came w/ 1.2...does that mean 'd have to restore to stock 1.0.1 and then upgrade to 1.2?
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Get one of those 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050520

Removing ClockWorkRecovery from EMMC for Rooted 1.2

I would like to remove CWR so that I may sideload the Nook 1.3 software. Right now, CWR is blocking the installation of 1.3 with an error each time I sideload the file and the Nook restarts. I found a CWR Removal zip file but it only works with Nook 1.1 .
joej said:
I would like to remove CWR so that I may sideload the Nook 1.3 software. Right now, CWR is blocking the installation of 1.3 with an error each time I sideload the file and the Nook restarts. I found a CWR Removal zip file but it only works with Nook 1.1 .
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I'm pretty sure this has been asked before and the answer is you have to do a complete reinstall of the stock ROM.
Let me guess, you used verygreen's guide to installing CM7 to the card?
joej said:
I would like to remove CWR so that I may sideload the Nook 1.3 software. Right now, CWR is blocking the installation of 1.3 with an error each time I sideload the file and the Nook restarts. I found a CWR Removal zip file but it only works with Nook 1.1 .
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That's one of the reason, I never and not suggest others to flash CwM into eMMC.
I guess, you have to completely reformat to remove CwM.
I never install CwM into eMMC so I have no experience how it goes
Managed to do it. It's a tedious process.
1. Make Backup of rooted 1.2 with CWR SD
2. Restore the signed 1.2 ZIP to make it a fresh install and generate a new /boot
3. Backup fresh 1.2 with CWR SD
4. Restore backup of Step 1
5. Do an advanced restore and restore /boot from backup of Step 3
6. Install OC Kernel
7. It will boot up the Rooted 1.2 but without CWR in EMMC
Hope this will help anyone else who might have installed CWR into EMMC
joej said:
Managed to do it. It's a tedious process.
1. Make Backup of rooted 1.2 with CWR SD
2. Restore the signed 1.2 ZIP to make it a fresh install and generate a new /boot
3. Backup fresh 1.2 with CWR SD
4. Restore backup of Step 1
5. Do an advanced restore and restore /boot from backup of Step 3
6. Install OC Kernel
7. It will boot up the Rooted 1.2 but without CWR in EMMC
Hope this will help anyone else who might have installed CWR into EMMC
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Excellent advice! Thanks for sharing. I am sure others will appreciate it.
It's a good sign for those who intentional or unintentionally flashed CwM into eMMC and want to restore back to stock.
Good work, m8
Glad you guys like it. Quite a few steps but at least it lets us wipe off CWR

[Q] Backup in SD CM9 Rom Manager

I have been running CM9 on NC SD card for a ,couple of days now. I have CM7.1 in emmc. I find CM9 to be more phone-ey but I haven't had time to truly get used to it. I attempted to backup via Rom Manager today, it dumped me into recovery, tried to install gapps, failed & shut down. Anyone have issues like this. Not stopping production, but I love my backups. Just can't get enough.
beaujack said:
I have been running CM9 on NC SD card for a ,couple of days now. I have CM7.1 in emmc. I find CM9 to be more phone-ey but I haven't had time to truly get used to it. I attempted to backup via Rom Manager today, it dumped me into recovery, tried to install gapps, failed & shut down. Anyone have issues like this. Not stopping production, but I love my backups. Just can't get enough.
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ROM Manager does not work with SD installs. If you try to use it, it tries to boot to CWM recovery to accomplish its tasks. You have no CWM recovery on an SD install. It is a special recovery script written by verygreen. That is what you see scrolling by after ROM Manager tells it to reboot.
But there is a way to put a custom CWM recovery as an alternate recovery on the SD. It has been specially modified to work with the SD installed partitions. It can back up your SD system for you. See my post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22719241
Thanks, I appreciate the information. You are a pal.

[Q] Can someone explain to me "Recovery" ?

Hi all,
Previously i had "Dual boot cm7/cm9" on sdcard and when booting into recovery i was able to find my way around about flashing zips and everything.
Now i wiped SD card and installed, first generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img , then CM9 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526115.
Now i have 1) eMMC recovery 3.2.0.1 which has "normal" menu, and if i choose Apply zip from SD card, i cannot find CM9.zip which i downloaded from Goo Manager.
And i also have 2) SD recovery, which is just bunch lines of code with penguin in left corner and after lines of code it just shuts down.
How can i have "normal" recovery menu on SD recovery too?
Thank anyone for help!
Nikola_r said:
Hi all,
Previously i had "Dual boot cm7/cm9" on sdcard and when booting into recovery i was able to find my way around about flashing zips and everything.
Now i wiped SD card and installed, first generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img , then CM9 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526115.
Now i have 1) eMMC recovery 3.2.0.1 which has "normal" menu, and if i choose Apply zip from SD card, i cannot find CM9.zip which i downloaded from Goo Manager.
And i also have 2) SD recovery, which is just bunch lines of code with penguin in left corner and after lines of code it just shuts down.
How can i have "normal" recovery menu on SD recovery too?
Thank anyone for help!
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This is all explained in my tips thread in my signature.
leapinlar said:
This is all explained in my tips thread in my signature.
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If i understood correctly from your tips , there is NO CWM Recovery for SD installs,
so how do we do a backup or restore ROM then?
Nikola_r said:
If i understood correctly from your tips , there is NO CWM Recovery for SD installs,
so how do we do a backup or restore ROM then?
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You read my tips correctly. But keep reading my tips further. There is a section there about installing an alternate CWM recovery for verygreen SD installs that can do backups and restores.
You should read all of Section B.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
leapinlar said:
You read my tips correctly. But keep reading my tips further. There is a section there about installing an alternate CWM recovery for verygreen SD installs that can do backups and restores.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
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Thanks, will do.

Reboot into Recovery fail?

Ok so I rooted and installed CMW on like the 23rd of June and it installed CMW onto my phones internal SD (I guess it didn't recognize the external SD). Apparently now there is a fix to flash CMW onto the SD card but I can't find any instructions on how to uninstall CMW from the internal SD... Do I just delete the folder and then flash CMW onto the external?
The second problem is that now that I have updated my rom manager and CMW to the latest version I can't get into recovery. It just boot loops and I have to boot into download mode and reboot from there.
Help is greatly appreciated! I want to be able to try CM10 so bad lol.
Jake101 said:
Ok so I rooted and installed CMW on like the 23rd of June and it installed CMW onto my phones internal SD (I guess it didn't recognize the external SD). Apparently now there is a fix to flash CMW onto the SD card but I can't find any instructions on how to uninstall CMW from the internal SD... Do I just delete the folder and then flash CMW onto the external?
The second problem is that now that I have updated my rom manager and CMW to the latest version I can't get into recovery. It just boot loops and I have to boot into download mode and reboot from there.
Help is greatly appreciated! I want to be able to try CM10 so bad lol.
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You seem a bit confused on the CWM works -- Your first problem, really isn't a problem at all.When you flash a different version of CWM, there isn't any need to delete any folder. With that said, some back-ups from one version(s) of CWM may not work with others.
If you are on T-Mo as your info says, download Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, and follow the instructions from this thread very carefully - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766552
This should fix both your problems and also install the version of CWM that is compatible with both internal and external storage.

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