edit: SOLVED - details below
Every version of Cyanogenmod I install on the nook color has no status bar. I've wiped caches when installing, and still no dice.
The device seems to be saving things somewhere, though, because when I start the new ROM, all the old apps are still loaded, and their positions on the home screen... so I assume the problem is some sort of app data that's been corrupted somehow or something, but I'm at a loss about how to proceed.
Is there some simple solution (a setting somewhere to toggle?) that will fix this, or do I need to do something more drastic?
Should I be doing a full "factory reset" and starting from scratch that way? If I do that, do I need to re-"nooter" the device before flashing Cyanogenmod again, or will the "root" status be kept if I "factory reset"?
Or is there some way just to delete all app data, reflash, and start from scratch that way?
Sorry if this has already been asked. I tried searching fairly extensively and couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance for any advice.
edit: Turns out all I needed to do was delete the /data partition in recovery and everything reset properly.
Thank you for posting your solution for anyone else with this problem in the future to see, far too often people will edit their whole post to say *solved*, and give no explanation.
liam.lah said:
Thank you for posting your solution for anyone else with this problem in the future to see, far too often people will edit their whole post to say *solved*, and give no explanation.
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Yeah, people who do that are jerks. It's just courtesy to post your solution to help future Googlers.
Blindsight51 said:
Yeah, people who do that are jerks. It's just courtesy to post your solution to help future Googlers.
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I wouldn't say jerks. They just don't know any better. The jerks are the ones who answer a question with something like "Google is your FRIEND". This is fantastic I just searched Google and that's how I ended up here!
I've usually got a few projects going on at one time that requires alot of searching and I see that alot. If that's the best answer you got then don't post. In good communities someone is usually around the corner with some copy and pasted info.
I'm having the exact same problem. Where is there an option to delete the /data partition in recovery? Under "mounts and storage" I found "format /data" but I keep getting a error when I try to do so.
Thanks!
SOLUTION FOUND: I figured out that due to fact that it was a newer Nook Color, it had the different size for the data partition. I flashed the partition resize pack and reformatted, now everything works great.
Adding to the solutions!
Okay, so I don't have a clue how to delete a partition in recovery (no option for that, or silly me I couldn't find it) and even though ed209 correctly offered that the partition had to be re-sized, I was like, "great, and I have no clue how to do that either!". So in the interest of sharing how I did get to a fully operational modified Nook Color please google, "How to make a bootable CWM (ClockWorkMod) version 3.2.0.1 recovery sd card" (androidforums link). I followed the directions and was able to get the partition size matched up so that the menu/navigation bar now shows up! Hope this helps someone else runs into the same problem.
Same issue except i have a galaxy s2
I bought the phone rooted & tried to unroot it by myself & accidentally deleted the systemUI.apk . Will this work for me as well ? if not whats the easiest way to get my notification bar back ?
Frodriguez93 said:
I bought the phone rooted & tried to unroot it by myself & accidentally deleted the systemUI.apk . Will this work for me as well ? if not whats the easiest way to get my notification bar back ?
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No that won't work for you. You need to tell use what system you are running. Rooted stock, CM7, CM9, CM10? And do you have the ROM on internal memory or SD. Then we can tell you how to fix it.
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leapinlar said:
No that won't work for you. You need to tell use what system you are running. Rooted stock, CM7, CM9, CM10? And do you have the ROM on internal memory or SD. Then we can tell you how to fix it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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Where would i find that on a galaxy s2 ? in settings all it says is Model Number, android version, baseband version, kernel version, build number, and hardware version ?
Fixed the rooting issue
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No that won't work for you. You need to tell use what system you are running. Rooted stock, CM7, CM9, CM10? And do you have the ROM on internal memory or SD. Then we can tell you how to fix it.
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So i got to unroot my phone , now i just need to find out how to get my notification bar back
Frodriguez93 said:
Where would i find that on a galaxy s2 ? in settings all it says is Model Number, android version, baseband version, kernel version, build number, and hardware version ?
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Phone? This a nook color forum. I doubt you will get much help here on a galaxy s2.
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i downloaded it. installed it with astro. hit reboot. and now the phone wont go past
TMOBILE G1
please help me!!!
oh and im using the newest cyan
trexxcrap2 said:
i downloaded it. installed it with astro. hit reboot. and now the phone wont go past
TMOBILE G1
please help me!!!
oh and im using the newest cyan
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You're not supposed to use any other apps2sd with cyanogenmod, it says that plainly in the instructions.
I think the easiest thing is to wipe and reflash.
AdamPI said:
You're not supposed to use any other apps2sd with cyanogenmod, it says that plainly in the instructions.
I think the easiest thing is to wipe and reflash.
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i went to the menu that says restore to factory / wipe and its still not booting. what exactly do i need to do / download. thanks. (sorry for bein dumb)
You need to wipe your ext partition now. Search this forum for the instructions. Then you need to go back to the CyanogenMod thread and memorize all the warnings he has posted.
You better start reading carefully before you brick your phone. There are multiple warnings saying DO NOT USE ANY OTHER APPS2SD METHOD. Just about all roms now are auto when it comes to apps2sd.
i wiped the phone and took out the sd and it still doesnt boot. do i need to root agian? ughhhh
trexxcrap2 said:
i wiped the phone and took out the sd and it still doesnt boot. do i need to root agian? ughhhh
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Just reflash your rom.
supremeteam256 said:
Just reflash your rom.
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i searched for "wipe ext partition" and cant find anything. can you point me in the right direction?
and thank you guys so much
go into parted from the recovery console.
use "print" to show your partitions, write down the start and stop locations
use "rm 2" replacing my 2 with your ext partition number but most likely it's 2 anyways
then remake the partition using the start and stop locations from the "print" results.
type "quit" or "exit" (i forget which one.
now type "upgrade_fs"
now type reboot recovery and reflash the rom
mmmmmmmmm yummy, a big ol' bowel of booty loops, the prize in the box is an android
thanks guys! with your help she is up and running
but one more question. since i have the new cyan build and you guys say apps2sd is built in how do i activate it? i have an icon at the top saying memory is low.
last question i promise thank you!!!!
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thanks guys! with your help she is up and running
but one more question. since i have the new cyan build and you guys say apps2sd is built in how do i activate it? i have an icon at the top saying memory is low.
last question i promise thank you!!!!
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All you need in order to get the apps to automatically be moved to the SD card, is to have an existing ext3 partition.
As someone said earlier, use Cyan's recovery (which hopefully you flashed to, right?) and use the Parted application to create an ext2 partition. You will then go back to the normal recovery console and run the script "upgrade_fs", which will upgrade the filesystem from ext2 to ext3.
Newbie here - used search feature, searched across forums. Did not find my problem addressed.
Putting CM7 on wife's NC 1.2.0. Followed huskermania's steps exactly. Everything installed fine until I got to the part where I selected format data. Then I received message, "error formatting data!" Everything stops right there and I have to power the unit down.
Re-downloaded the file twice - went through the complete process two times across several different times so as to avoid frustration causing more trouble! Using a Sandisk 8g class 4 card.
Using 7zip, cm7.0.3, and win32diskimager, and google add-ons, downloaded as directed by the husker dude.
In one section of his video, Huskermania moves files to the mSD - his files are shown as yellow folders. Mine show up as a small stack of books. When I look at the properties of my files, they are winrar zip archive files.
Please help! I'm so close!!
Thank you,
Jim
I believe your issue has been addressed more than one, maybe not exactly the same but pretty close.
Anyway, your NC is v1.2.0, often called "blue dot" which B&N decided to change the partition mapping, used to be 1GB /data & 5GB /media in v1.1, now be 5GB /data & 1GB /media in v1.2.0.
If you don't have a bootable uSD card with CwM Recovery 3.2.x.x or above, it will give you that error "cannot format /data". However, in my specific case, I did have the issue but my NC actually continued to next step, not hung and no need to force reboot.
I suggest you get the newer CwM (v 3.2.0.1) and give it a try again.
Votinh,
Thank you for your reply. As I learn, I am finding that sometimes I don't understand what to ask to find the solution!
I will try this today and report back.
Thank you again,
Jim
Wait!
I checked the version of the file I had used to install cwr and it is 3.2.0.1 - the same file that I was encouraged to try. To be more precise, it is "recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.1-bravo.
So, I'm still stuck.
HELP!
Thank you,
Jim
Can't offer anymore help, m8 but I don't think you should be panic.
If I were you, I would try to re-partition/re-format to 1GB /data 5GB /media, then using CwMR v3.0.2.8 and try again.
Great! Now, can you tell me how to do that?
Thank you,
Jim
I would suggest reading This first. Important info if you are going to muck around in the internal memory partitions.
Then I would go Here and see if this will help.
If not, This, This, or This might be your next best steps as far as reading and/or trying.
Also, This Sticky could shortcut you to the solution you need.
All these links go to XDA threads here in the Nook Color forums. They aren't all the recovery threads, but most of the more recent ones that could help you.
I haven't had to deal with what you're trying to handle, but this should be a great start/solution to solving your problem.
It's gonna take some reading and absorbing to comprehend what you're trying to accomplish, given the level familiarity you seem to have with your device and it's internal file structure.
(I mean no slight by this, the fact that you are here trying to learn and figure out your issue says much - welcome to the community btw )
Tcandroid,
Thank you for your input. I solved the problem by following votinh directions about partitioning. I'm finally up and running cm7!
Two concerns remain:
1. Do I need to worry about OTH updates from barnes and noble messing up my efforts? My hunch is no, just want to make sure. If so, how do I turn that off?
2. Can I over clock to 950 with what has already been installed, or do I need to download and install something else?
Thank you all so much!
Jim
Jim1970 said:
I'm finally up and running cm7!
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This put a smile on my face, i'm glad to hear you got your issue resolved.
Nothing worse then having a wonderful piece of technology right in your hands that you can't use.
I have no doubt you are going to have a blast with it.
Cruise through the 'themes and apps' subforum here in Nook Color Forums, and you'll find some gems that are out there in the market.
I am not sure about the answers to either of your questions, but I do know that:
Some people have had to do some funky things to block B&N updates, and there have been conflicting answers on this. Again, only have seen in passing - so not sure what the whole story is here.
B&N doesn't push updates that often, so it's likely you have some time to figure this out.
I see people mentioning overclocking to 1200 a lot, so 950 shouldn't put too much stress on your machine. Depending on what version of CM7 you are running, you shouldn't use an external app to overclock. I've been using mine at the standard 800 and can play games like Samurai 2 (with chainfire installed) and it's no problem for the machine.
If your CM7 version provides you overclock settings, use those and not an outside app like SetCPU.
Some random info gleaned from browsing through this forum. Not too specific in addressing your query, yet maybe helpful in your continuing Android education.
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Tcandroid,
Thank you for your input. I solved the problem by following votinh directions about partitioning. I'm finally up and running cm7!
Two concerns remain:
1. Do I need to worry about OTH updates from barnes and noble messing up my efforts? My hunch is no, just want to make sure. If so, how do I turn that off?
2. Can I over clock to 950 with what has already been installed, or do I need to download and install something else?
Thank you all so much!
Jim
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I help many people in many threads and tend not to remember the OP's original issue, so I have to re-read again
Firstly, congrats to you, do enjoy the NC running CM7. I bet by now, you are not a noob or newbie anymore, experience learnt.
Secondly,
1. since the NC is running CM7 ROM now, you don't have to worry about anything from B&N, even their new release probably won't be as good as the CM7.
2. by default, CM7 comes with kernel that can be overclocked to 925MHz (at least true on the v123 nightly build, not sure the latest) and again, it runs at 800MHz by default. You can set it under ??? (not on top of my head now and I don't have the NC in front of me, will update later).
If you want to run faster than 925MHz, you must install Dalingrin latest work - build on 06302011. Be sure download the "emmc" version since you run the CM7 off the internal memory.
I have gone through this forum (and google search) for a few days now, and I run into a wall I haven't been able to solve.
I bought mine December 2011, came with OS 1.4.2.
1) It seems my nook requires different boot files than the regular ClockWork 3.x files have. I found 1 image with clockwork 5.5 that seems to have the right boot files! Question: Is there a 'new' generic image?
2) With that one, the assert .... = 'encore' fails, in other words the 'newer' nook is not an ENCORE device. - some folks suggested zip file is bad, but has nothing to do with it at all - I'm not afraid, so took out the assert after which CM7 installs, as does Gapps...zip (Unfortunately it doesn't boot android, but rather tries to factory reset itself, guess BN doesn't like us making these into ANDROID devices)
3) So I wiped factory reset which fails at some point. Keep getting the ADOBE loader on boot-up. There must be a file somewhere I cannot reach that prevents me from deleting the files that bootstrap itself into factory reset. (But since I wiped everything else, it won't factory reset anymore LOL)
4) Came across the option of making a bootable SD Drive with CM7 on it. However, cannot find a bootable image that I can use, plus am very afraid the CM7 mod won't work on mine.... Not sure, will try anyway.
However, would like to try this, I can sacrifice 500MB and keep the 15GB that is left.
5) I started this.... not because I have no android tablet ( we have two) but after 6 months of my daughter complaining that her favorite games are not available on her nook.... I tried to 'side-load' Google-Market on the machine, which didn't work... (probably because of the same 'newer version OS') after which I decided to go all the way...
Anyway, I will muddle on, but need a bootable image for my newer nook, and probably a hint as to what my assert value (and with that my CM7 version) should be. Only reference I found so far was assert ..... = 'blaze' but that didn't work either.
I would have posted this in a thread for an SD bootable CM7 but it wouldn't allow me for being too new... Hey I'm a noob and proud of it
Thanks for anyone who can help.
James
Are you sure you don't have a nook tablet? They have an assert value of acclaim. It looks just like a nook color, but silver. It also runs 1.4.2.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
may need to change mt user name
No I'm not certain at all, but this will give me a new angle.
Thanks for your reply I have read many of your posts with much interest and learned much.
I'll find a way to give you a thank you point...
Have a great rest of the wweekend.
James
OK Definitely need a name change
leapinlar said:
Are you sure you don't have a nook tablet? They have an assert value of acclaim. It looks just like a nook color, but silver. It also runs 1.4.2.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
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OK Pressed thank you yesterday.
You were absolutely right, got the tablet completely transformed into Gingerbread 2.3.7 CM7 Mod! Woohoo.
Everything went smooth. I will (try to) post my procedure and all files I used, so anyone can do this easily.
Thanks again,
James
jjc_NookColor said:
OK Pressed thank you yesterday.
You were absolutely right, got the tablet completely transformed into Gingerbread 2.3.7 CM7 Mod! Woohoo.
Everything went smooth. I will (try to) post my procedure and all files I used, so anyone can do this easily.
Thanks again,
James
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If you do post your procedure, do it on the Nook Tablet forum. It will be more useful there.
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Title. I've searched numerous threads and haven't found anything related. Bluetooth 'seems' to work it at least turns on, haven't tried tethering to any devices.
CM10 is installed on eMMC. Not sure of all the information you need to help me resolve this issue.
Wifi worked fine on beta 1. I've tried at b2,b3,b4, and one the currently installed b5 and no luck.
Wifi works flawlessly in CM7(SD).
See images below.
Any help greatly appreciated. I apologize for the bad quality images, taken with phone camera.
Since new users can't post links here's an imgur album.
imgur.com/a/IHQO5
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Title. I've searched numerous threads and haven't found anything related. Bluetooth 'seems' to work it at least turns on, haven't tried tethering to any devices.
CM10 is installed on eMMC. Not sure of all the information you need to help me resolve this issue.
Wifi worked fine on beta 1. I've tried at b2,b3,b4, and one the currently installed b5 and no luck.
Wifi works flawlessly in CM7(SD).
See images below.
Any help greatly appreciated. I apologize for the bad quality images, taken with phone camera.
Since new users can't post links here's an imgur album.
imgur.com/a/IHQO5
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Beta 5 is way out of date. Upgrade to the latest CM10 encore nightly at cyanogenmod site.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
Thanks for the quick reply.
I just updated to cm-10-20130114-NIGHTLY and I am experiencing the same issue.
Wifi switch is greyed out / inactive bluetooth switch still working.
Could my device be defective or is this a software issue?
If there is any more information needed to help resolve please ask and I'll provide to the best of my ability. I am no dev. lol
Thanks again.
Warranty_ said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I just updated to cm-10-20130114-NIGHTLY and I am experiencing the same issue.
Wifi switch is greyed out / inactive bluetooth switch still working.
Could my device be defective or is this a software issue?
If there is any more information needed to help resolve please ask and I'll provide to the best of my ability. I am no dev. lol
Thanks again.
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You might want to go the CWM and do a factory reset to clear out any carryover issues from your earlier installation. That means you must reinstall all your apps and settings though. You might want to backup your installed apps with Titanium Backup first. Then after resetting reinstall the apps with TB without their data.
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leapinlar said:
You might want to go the CWM and do a factory reset to clear out any carryover issues from your earlier installation. That means you must reinstall all your apps and settings though. You might want to backup your installed apps with Titanium Backup first. Then after resetting reinstall the apps with TB without their data.
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Yep. I have done this and still having the same issue. :\
Tried a few different nightlies now and nothing.
Warranty_ said:
Yep. I have done this and still having the same issue. :\
Tried a few different nightlies now and nothing.
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Go to settings and look at about tablet, status and see if it gives you a W-Fi MAC address.
EDIT: I just looked at your pictures and it says unavailable. Look in /rom with your root file manager and go to /devconf and look for MACAddress and see if there is a file there and if so, what does it say?
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Go to settings and look at about tablet, status and see if it gives you a W-Fi MAC address.
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It says 'unavailable' just like in the images provided above.
Warranty_ said:
It says 'unavailable' just like in the images provided above.
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see my edit above
leapinlar said:
Go to settings and look at about tablet, status and see if it gives you a W-Fi MAC address.
EDIT: I just looked at your pictures and it says unavailable. Look in /rom with your root file manager and go to /devconf and look for MACAddress and see if there is a file there and if so, what does it say?
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I don't seem to have that. The directory rom directory is.
/rom/BCB
/rom/max17042.bin
and that's it..
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I don't seem to have that. The directory rom directory is.
/rom/BCB
/rom/max17042.bin
and that's it..
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You need to do a repair. I will be right back with instructions.
Edit: You need to have available a CWM either on your device or via a bootable SD. Go to my NC tips thread linked in my signature and get a zip attached there named romrestore-CWMflashable.zip. Then boot to your CWM and flash that. If you do not have CWM, you can get it also on my tips thread in item A10. That zip should repair your /rom directory from a backup on your device. If it does not, you have bigger problems. Let me know.
booted into cwm via bootable sd card installed romrestore-CWMflashable.zip and the directory /rom is the same as above. I don't like where this seems to be headed. What are these 'bigger problems?' :\
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booted into cwm via bootable sd card installed romrestore-CWMflashable.zip and the directory /rom is the same as above. I don't like where this seems to be headed. What are these 'bigger problems?' :\
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There is a partition on the device (p3), that keeps a backup of that /rom (p2) which stores your MAC address and other vital info. Without that info in /rom it can never connect to wifi or do some other things.
When you flashed that zip, did it give you any error messages? And what file manager are you looking at /rom with? If you truly had no /rom/devconf folder with files in it, it should never boot to CM10 (or anything else for that matter).
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
I've used two different file browsers, Root Explorer and Root Browser. Yes when I installed that zip and rebooted the device I got this screen. See image.
i49.tinypic.com/2jab1c2.jpg
/rom still only has those two items? That's weird.. So I shouldn't be able to boot anything... Is there any way of fixing this?
EDIT: I decided to see if I could navigate to /rom/devconf with the terminal and it does list it with ls however when trying to cd to it, it gives me an I/O error.
"sh: cd: /rom/devconf: I/O error"
Warranty_ said:
I've used two different file browsers, Root Explorer and Root Browser. Yes when I installed that zip and rebooted the device I got this screen. See image.
i49.tinypic.com/2jab1c2.jpg
/rom still only has those two items? That's weird.. So I shouldn't be able to boot anything... Is there any way of fixing this?
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I meant error while still in CWM. That error is from the stock recovery. Try now to go to my partition repair thread in my signature and get the repair partition 2 zip and flash that. By the way, what recovery are you using to flash these? CWM on bootable SD? What version?
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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By the way, what recovery are you using to flash these? CWM on bootable SD? What version?
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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I am using 3.2.0.1 on bootable SD also see my above edit. I am not sure if it's exactly relevant but could help in figuring out what's wrong?
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I've used two different file browsers, Root Explorer and Root Browser. Yes when I installed that zip and rebooted the device I got this screen. See image.
i49.tinypic.com/2jab1c2.jpg
/rom still only has those two items? That's weird.. So I shouldn't be able to boot anything... Is there any way of fixing this?
EDIT: I decided to see if I could navigate to /rom/devconf with the terminal and it does list it with ls however when trying to cd to it, it gives me an I/O error.
"sh: cd: /rom/devconf: I/O error"
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It sounds like you have a permissions problem on that folder. That is why it boots ok, but CM10 cannot get access to it to read the Mac address. Flashing that p2 repair may fix it.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
leapinlar said:
It sounds like you have a permissions problem on that folder. That is why it boots ok, but CM10 cannot get access to it to read the Mac address. Flashing that p2 repair may fix it.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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Flashing that partition2 fix worked!! Thanks so much! Is there anything that I did wrong that caused this to happen? So I can avoid doing that in the future?
Warranty_ said:
Flashing that partition2 fix worked!! Thanks so much! Is there anything that I did wrong that caused this to happen? So I can avoid doing that in the future?
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I don't think you did anything wrong. It is just a glitch.
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Same problem but different
leapinlar said:
I don't think you did anything wrong. It is just a glitch.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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I have the same problem except when I did the rom repair flash nothing changed. Also, after I reboot, I get an error message on the screen saying "System UI has stopped"
Any thoughts?
Thx
Bmjennar said:
I have the same problem except when I did the rom repair flash nothing changed. Also, after I reboot, I get an error message on the screen saying "System UI has stopped"
Any thoughts?
Thx
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Same problem as what? Wifi being greyed out, no MAC Address shown? A lot was discussed here.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Hi lovely people,
Ive managed to mess up my glowlight - Ive managed to have a look at the partition table using noogie and the rom partition is showing as unallocated. I've tried data recovery to no avail. I dont suppose anyone has a complete image of a uk nook simple touch glowlight by any chance, or even just a copy of the rom partition that I can copy back into place using minitool partition wizard?
Thanks for reading folks
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Hi lovely people,
Ive managed to mess up my glowlight - Ive managed to have a look at the partition table using noogie and the rom partition is showing as unallocated. I've tried data recovery to no avail. I dont suppose anyone has a complete image of a uk nook simple touch glowlight by any chance, or even just a copy of the rom partition that I can copy back into place using minitool partition wizard?
Thanks for reading folks
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I don't have a full image, but I do have a copy of the /rom partition for you!
Here you go! :good:
thenookieforlife3 said:
I don't have a full image, but I do have a copy of the /rom partition for you!
Here you go! :good:
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Thanks :0)
Umm how do I use the qr code on my pc? I dont have a webcam or decent mobile phone
cortexbomber said:
Thanks :0)
Umm how do I use the qr code on my pc? I dont have a webcam or decent mobile phone
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You don't need the QR code to download the .zip. Just click the name of the file up there ^, it's to the left of the "Click for QR Code" text.
thenookieforlife3 said:
You don't need the QR code to download the .zip. Just click the name of the file up there ^, it's to the left of the "Click for QR Code" text.
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Doh! i thought it was just the one link.
Ive been using computers since the early 80's - embarrasing!
cortexbomber said:
Doh! i thought it was just the one link.
Ive been using computers since the early 80's - embarrasing!
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The eighties? Wow, you're an old pro, then! :good:
I, on the other hand, wasn't even alive in the eighties!
Let me know how that /rom partition treats you.
thenookieforlife3 said:
The eighties? Wow, you're an old pro, then! :good:
I, on the other hand, wasn't even alive in the eighties!
Let me know how that /rom partition treats you.
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Ha! Old Pro indeed Old yes. Pro? Definitely questionable. :good:
Will do. Just having trouble now creating a fat32 partition. The various programs ive tried only let me make a 16mb fat16 partition and after putting the rom data on it, the nook still doesnt want to boot. There may be other problems with the rest of the software. Ah well. I'll either get there or buy another e-reader )) But the challenge is more entertaining.
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Ha! Old Pro indeed Old yes. Pro? Definitely questionable. :good:
Will do. Just having trouble now creating a fat32 partition. The various programs ive tried only let me make a 16mb fat16 partition and after putting the rom data on it, the nook still doesnt want to boot. There may be other problems with the rest of the software. Ah well. I'll either get there or buy another e-reader )) But the challenge is more entertaining.
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lol :laugh:
Have you tried booting NookManager from your sdcard and using the "Restore factory.zip" function? That seems to work very consistently.
thenookieforlife3 said:
lol :laugh:
Have you tried booting NookManager from your sdcard and using the "Restore factory.zip" function? That seems to work very consistently.
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Just trying that now
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Just trying that now
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No joy sadly. More scouring the internet later i think - House chores to do now. SIgh.
Mayn thanks for the rom and the rest of your advice tho
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No joy sadly. More scouring the internet later i think - House chores to do now. *sigh*
Many thanks for the rom and the rest of your advice tho
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If it was logical, I'd totally give you a full image, but the problem is that each device has its own serial number - if I give you an image of my device, then your device will have mine's serial number, which won't work out so well!
I'd love to keep trying to help you, though - Nook Touch related things are really my forte.
Let's start at the beginning - in your first post, you said that "you managed to mess up your GlowLight". What did you do to mess it up?
Is/was your Nook rooted?
Will your device boot and be used properly, but the GlowLight itself just doesn't work?
thenookieforlife3 said:
If it was logical, I'd totally give you a full image, but the problem is that each device has its own serial number - if I give you an image of my device, then your device will have mine's serial number, which won't work out so well!
I'd love to keep trying to help you, though - Nook Touch related things are really my forte.
Let's start at the beginning - in your first post, you said that "you managed to mess up your GlowLight". What did you do to mess it up?
Is/was your Nook rooted?
Will your device boot and be used properly, but the GlowLight itself just doesn't work?
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Hi again, sorry for not getting back sooner - that damned thing called life always gets in the way
Yeah, it was rooted. I had used cwm and had adw running as a front end and had installed the screen lock bypass, but the bypass didnt work out so well - quite a bit of battery drain - even when left on a table(so no accidental waking up) - i tried to return it to stock - cant remember what i did tho - and now it just starts with the read forever screen and gets no further - it also seems that it doesnt power off and stays on till the battery is flattened. Trying to boot from the sd card using either nook manager or noogie works just fine tho.
I can see the partitions though minitool partition wizard and the Rom partition is "unallocated" there is also an unallocated space of 56mb at the end of the partitions.
I have tried recreating a fat32 rom partition and then copying the rom backup info from the factory partition, but no joy. For some reason, no partition software I have could create a fat32 partition directly on the nook, so I had to create one on the pc and then copy it over :-/
Thanks for the continued help btw
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Hi again, sorry for not getting back sooner - that damned thing called life always gets in the way
Yeah, it was rooted. I had used cwm and had adw running as a front end and had installed the screen lock bypass, but the bypass didnt work out so well - quite a bit of battery drain - even when left on a table(so no accidental waking up) - i tried to return it to stock - cant remember what i did tho - and now it just starts with the read forever screen and gets no further - it also seems that it doesnt power off and stays on till the battery is flattened. Trying to boot from the sd card using either nook manager or noogie works just fine tho.
I can see the partitions though minitool partition wizard and the Rom partition is "unallocated" there is also an unallocated space of 56mb at the end of the partitions.
I have tried recreating a fat32 rom partition and then copying the rom backup info from the factory partition, but no joy. For some reason, no partition software I have could create a fat32 partition directly on the nook, so I had to create one on the pc and then copy it over :-/
Thanks for the continued help btw
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Are you interested in getting back the B&N functions? Because if not, then what I can do is back up my rooted GlowLight, factory wipe it back to 1.1.5, bypass Oobe (B&N registration), update to 1.2.1, and then make an image of that for you.
Beware, though, you won't be able to use any of the B&N functions if you want me to do that, because your device will have mine's serial number. But don't worry, it won't share anything except for that, so your device will be plenty usable.
thenookieforlife3 said:
Have you already tried booting into NookManager and restoring factory.zip?
Are you interested in getting back the B&N functions? Because if not, then what I can do is back up my rooted GlowLight, factory wipe it back to 1.1.5, bypass Oobe (B&N registration), update to 1.2.1, and then make an image of that for you.
Beware, though, you won't be able to use any of the B&N functions if you want me to do that, because your device will have mine's serial number. But don't worry, it won't share anything except for that, so your device will be plenty usable.
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Yeah, i tried factory reset with nookmanager, but when I pressed the button to choose factory reset, it came up with the screen that showed the start of progress, but nothing else happened - even after several hours.
by b&n function i assume you mean the shop etc - cant say I'm worried about that bit, but if It will be back to stock, with just the stock software on, that would be cool. )
How would I transfer the complete image? I presume fire up noogie and partition wizard, wipe(err backup) all the partitions on my nook and then copy your partitions over?
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Yeah, i tried factory reset with nookmanager, but when I pressed the button to choose factory reset, it came up with the screen that showed the start of progress, but nothing else happened - even after several hours.
by b&n function i assume you mean the shop etc - cant say I'm worried about that bit, but if It will be back to stock, with just the stock software on, that would be cool. )
How would I transfer the complete image? I presume fire up noogie and partition wizard, wipe(err backup) all the partitions on my nook and then copy your partitions over?
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It will be back to stock, but you won't be able to register with B&N and/or buy any books from them. The Social features also will not work.
If you're interested, I'll make that image for you. See the "back up you Nook" link in my signature for a guide on making and restoring Noogie images.
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It will be back to stock, but you won't be able to register with B&N and/or buy any books from them. The Social features also will not work.
If you're interested, I'll make that image for you. See the "back up you Nook" link in my signature for a guide on making and restoring Noogie images.
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Yep! Interested doesnt quite describe it tho More like biting your hand off
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Yep! Interested doesnt quite describe it tho More like biting your hand off
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EDIT - See OverByter's post below, it has shown me that this wouldn't work out.
Try his method. I'll only give you an image of my device as a last resort.
Your image will also have your mac address besides the serial number, don't think that this is the way to go, basically he'll have an unworkable clone of your device. Why doesn't he use cwm to wipe the partition and then either adb push the rom or use a flashable image?
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Ah. :laugh:
I'm kind of busy with school work right now, but I'll try to get it to you today.
Check for PMs from me in a few hours or so. :good:
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Hehe. Absolutely no rush. I just appreciate the help.
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Hehe. Absolutely no rush. I just appreciate the help.
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Okay, I may actually have solved your problem! Try the following steps - it's called the "eight interrupted boot" method.
1. I am expecting your Nook is still stuck at the "Read Forever" screen. If it's not, go ahead and turn your Nook all the way off.
2. Now, press the power button to take it to the "Read Forever" screen.
3. After it's there, press and hold the power button again to make the screen flash black and go back to the "Read Forever" screen.
4. Perform step 3 seven more times.
5. After the 8th interrupted boot, your Nook will restore itself to the factory image that it came with right out of the box.
6. Done!
Hope this works! :good: