[Q] 1.3 update? - Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is there an update zip that I can apply to get 1.3 yet? I've tried looking and the only way I can find is to go stock, download the update from b&n, then re-root with mn. I was just looking for an update zip I can flash from cwm.
Rooted Stock 1.2
MN 2.5.18
OC 1200

bullfrog527 said:
Is there an update zip that I can apply to get 1.3 yet? I've tried looking and the only way I can find is to go stock, download the update from b&n, then re-root with mn. I was just looking for an update zip I can flash from cwm.
Rooted Stock 1.2
MN 2.5.18
OC 1200
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You can sideload the update from B&N without restoring to stock first. You'll lose root until you re-root, but there are instructions here and here that have worked for the vast majority of people.

so the sideload update will work, I just need to re apply mn 4.5.18 and then 4.6.16? But
i have to wait for the nook to update itself once the 1.3 folder is on the nooks internal memory?
thanks.
edit: cant believe i missed your thread! oops

bullfrog527 said:
so the sideload update will work, I just need to re apply mn 4.5.18 and then 4.6.16? But
i have to wait for the nook to update itself once the 1.3 folder is on the nooks internal memory?
thanks.
edit: cant believe i missed your thread! oops
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Yeah, I just followed the procedure like B&N tells people to do if they don't want to wait. In other words, just drop the 1.3 update from the B&N site to your nook over usb. After you eject and unplug the usb cable, the nook screen will shut off and it will process the update and reboot. Once it reboots, you go through all the stuff (MN5.18, etc). Work of caution - TAKE A BACKUP NOW!!! I use a bootable sd and do the whole nook that way. Bit of a life saver....

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[Q] Lost CWM & Root Access in HC 3.2 ROM. Need Help

Hi,
I updated my A500 from 3.1 stock to Taboonay 2.0 HC 3.2. For some reason I decided to revert back to HC 3.1 Stock but in trying to do so I messed up and lost both CWM and Root Access. Now I can still boot into Taboonay 2.0 HC3.2 but I cannot access CWM and I cannot flash any other ROM as I do not have Root Access. Also due to lack of Root Access I cannot install CWM.
Can someone please help me regain control of my device??? Please!!!
Try iconiaroot.
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jm77 said:
Try iconiaroot.
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Already tried it and the previous version for it. It seems that they only work HC3.0 & 3.1.
Thanks for the advice though.
farazjk said:
Already tried it and the previous version for it. It seems that they only work HC3.0 & 3.1.
Thanks for the advice though.
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Iconiaroot is for 3.1,Quick answer:Acer Recovery Installer: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller&feature=search_result
Acer recovery installer also requires a rooted device to perform all of its functions including installing recovery.
D/load and flash a full rom some of them will work thru reg Acer recovery for your SD card.
erica_renee said:
D/load and flash a full rom some of them will work thru reg Acer recovery for your SD card.
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Ok will give it a try. Do I have to rename the ROM as update.zip?
farazjk said:
Ok will give it a try. Do I have to rename the ROM as update.zip?
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No,just leave it as it is.
After the update, I hane access more to the USB flash memory as wll as to any Fat 32 USB hard drive. Do you have the same problem.
farazjk said:
Hi,
I updated my A500 from 3.1 stock to Taboonay 2.0 HC 3.2. For some reason I decided to revert back to HC 3.1 Stock but in trying to do so I messed up and lost both CWM and Root Access. Now I can still boot into Taboonay 2.0 HC3.2 but I cannot access CWM and I cannot flash any other ROM as I do not have Root Access. Also due to lack of Root Access I cannot install CWM.
Can someone please help me regain control of my device??? Please!!!
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Same problem at my end...
erica_renee said:
D/load and flash a full rom some of them will work thru reg Acer recovery for your SD card.
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Acer recovery needs "root" access....superuser can be seen in the list of apps but it is denying permission to all apps despite setting "allow" to all apps on default!
What to do?
Tried iconia root....."denied root access"
Tried Acer recovery....."needs root access"
CMW can't be booted into as somehow it is not there!
Tried factory data reset......no change in problem!
??
Help/suggestions needed!
Erica's Cure Worked for me!!!
Ok after taking advice from Erica, I downloaded the official full ROM package from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443 and extracted the update.zip from it and placed it in the root of my external sd card. Switched off the A500 and rebooted it pressing Vol (down) & Power button till white text appeared in top left corner of the screen. A500 then started updating and successfully completed the full ROM install. On completing A500 automatically rebooted and all is good now. I am now on Stock A500 ROM HC3.1. I have not rooted or installed Acer Recovery app yet. I am going to wait for the official HC 3.2 from Acer Malaysia which I think is due on 10th September.
Thank you everyone on this amazing forum for helping fix this issue for me. Hope this solution also works for others having similar issues.
Additional steps to the last procedure
Ok... Last procedure though restored my A500 to Stock HC3.1 but was not allowing the OTA updates. So I copied update.zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878. (you must ensure that you download the ROM that is specifically for your device region... mine is Thailand).
I repeated the same procedure as I did before (see last post). After installation completed, and device rebooted. I checked for new updates (from settings menu / About Tablet / Updates). Voila!!! new updates were detected and are downloading now. These are not HC3.2 updates but HC3.1 update patches.
Cheers!
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farazjk said:
Ok after taking advice from Erica, I downloaded the official full ROM package from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443 and extracted the update.zip from it and placed it in the root of my external sd card. Switched off the A500 and rebooted it pressing Vol (down) & Power button till white text appeared in top left corner of the screen. A500 then started updating and successfully completed the full ROM install. On completing A500 automatically rebooted and all is good now. I am now on Stock A500 ROM HC3.1. I have not rooted or installed Acer Recovery app yet. I am going to wait for the official HC 3.2 from Acer Malaysia which I think is due on 10th September.
Thank you everyone on this amazing forum for helping fix this issue for me. Hope this solution also works for others having similar issues.
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Not working...after extracting "update.zip" placed "update.zip" into root of sd card....inserted sd card..rebooted....pressed power+vol down....it booted normally into the taboony which was already there instead of updating....???
What to do?
Help needed!
Neet said:
Not working...after extracting "update.zip" placed "update.zip" into root of sd card....inserted sd card..rebooted....pressed power+vol down....it booted normally into the taboony which was already there instead of updating....???
What to do?
Help needed!
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Worked now...had to use "Power+ Vol Up" button in portrait mode.
Thanks
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[Q] Manual nooter for Nook Color 1.3?

I am a noob and recently rooted my NC, which was on B&N firmware version 1.2, with Manual nooter 4.6.16. It was working fine. I was able to access Market and download and install apps. However, today I discovered that the B&N firmware had been updated to 1.3 overnight while I had my NC plugged in for charging. Some of my previously installed android apps are still working, but now I no longer have access to market. Can I re-install Manual nooter 4.6.16 on my 1.3 NC and regain access to Market?
Manual nooter works for NC 1.3
Based on some other threads, I went and re-installed Manual nooter 4.6.16 on my 1.3 updated NC via CWM, and it appears to be working just fine. Market and google apps are back. Apps that I had moved to my SD card, which I was unable to see when the NC was updated to 1.3, were once again visible and able to be used. I was even able to overclock the cpu to 1.2GHz by downloading update-Froyo1.2-dalingrin-OC-063011.zip, and then running SetCPU, which I downloaded from Market. At the moment, all is well with the world.
gbmungan said:
Based on some other threads, I went and re-installed Manual nooter 4.6.16 on my 1.3 updated NC via CWM, and it appears to be working just fine. Market and google apps are back. Apps that I had moved to my SD card, which I was unable to see when the NC was updated to 1.3, were once again visible and able to be used. I was even able to overclock the cpu to 1.2GHz by downloading update-Froyo1.2-dalingrin-OC-063011.zip, and then running SetCPU, which I downloaded from Market. At the moment, all is well with the world.
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There's an updated OC kernel for 1.3 if you want to update to it.
To the OP - there doesn't seem to be a standard answer. For some, it's simply a matter of reapplying MN. For others (like me), I had to apply MN 4-5-18 first and then MN 4-6-16, for some strange reason.
Another question: how does one enable installation of non-market apps in 1.3 (rooted as per above)? I can't seem to find a chechbox menu in settings.
Did you check under Development in Settings?
Root nook working after 1.3 push with 4-5-18 and 4-6-16
Thanks for the tip about 4-5-18, then 4-6-16. I still had 4-6-16 on my SD card and ran that after 1.3 was installed and the market still didn't work.
I also discovered, which I'm sure the experience folks here already know, that I couldn't apply, 4-5-18, then apply 4-6-16. I had to apply 4-5-18, reboot, log in with my gmail ID. Then shutdown and apply 4-6-16. All is well now.
Interesting part of all this for me, was that 1.0.1 was the only install that's been pushed to my NC. Ever since then I've expected them to push and break it, but despite being on wifi all the time at home, 1.1, and 1.2 were never pushed automatically. I was beginning to think BN wasn't pushing to rooted nooks. Oh well, learned the truth with this push, but thanks to the posts here, not a big deal.
morgman said:
I also discovered, which I'm sure the experience folks here already know, that I couldn't apply, 4-5-18, then apply 4-6-16. I had to apply 4-5-18, reboot, log in with my gmail ID. Then shutdown and apply 4-6-16. All is well now.
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Yep. I know that's in the instructions I posted on the general board. Not sure exactly if it's in the MN thread or not... But thanks for reinforcing the point for others!
skeeterpro said:
Did you check under Development in Settings?
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I did, and still don't see a chechbox toggling the install of non market apps. Is it "allow mock locations"?
Non Market Apps
You should be able to check for non market apps by running the Nook Color Tools. On my manual nooted 1.3, I discovered that the check box was there, but the label was not. (It was there under 1.2). The manual nooter is supposed to set the check box, but I had problems initially. I fixed the problem by unchecking the box, rebooting and rechecking the box (probably overkill, but it worked).
Hope this helps.
Guess I spoke too soon. My NC worked after 4-5-18 then 4-6-16, but after downloading a couple flash card apps, its back to the old behavior. Market closes immediately on open - is broke again. I'll rerun the installs, but wonder if other folks have seen this.
NormLondon said:
You should be able to check for non market apps by running the Nook Color Tools. On my manual nooted 1.3, I discovered that the check box was there, but the label was not. (It was there under 1.2). The manual nooter is supposed to set the check box, but I had problems initially. I fixed the problem by unchecking the box, rebooting and rechecking the box (probably overkill, but it worked).
Hope this helps.
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Thanks - if only I could boot back into 1.3 - as after rebooting I am stuck at the rainbow Nook dev splash screen It seems my boot became corrupted, so I used CWM 3.0.2.8 SD to factory wipe and restore a nandroid backup made before everything crapped out - to no avail, still am stuck at the same splash screen after restoring. Followed all the instructions: installed 1.3, manual nootered x 2, fixed permissions... rooted stock just doesn't seem to agree with my Nook. Will go back to running CM7 off SD.
dohturdima said:
Thanks - if only I could boot back into 1.3 - as after rebooting I am stuck at the rainbow Nook dev splash screen It seems my boot became corrupted, so I used CWM 3.0.2.8 SD to factory wipe and restore a nandroid backup made before everything crapped out - to no avail, still am stuck at the same splash screen after restoring. Followed all the instructions: installed 1.3, manual nootered x 2, fixed permissions... rooted stock just doesn't seem to agree with my Nook. Will go back to running CM7 off SD.
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You rebooted after each step right? 1.3 -reboot - MN 4.5.18 - reboot - MN 4.6.16 - reboot - fix permissions.
doncaruana said:
Yep. I know that's in the instructions I posted on the general board. Not sure exactly if it's in the MN thread or not... But thanks for reinforcing the point for others!
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I ran the 4-5-18 and when it said complete I ran 4-6-16. I rebooted and it works as advertised. Am I going to have some issues pop up later? I am able to install apps from the market and do everything I normally do. I could not find the setting regarding allowing non market apps. I was going to go through all the settings, but I couldn't figure out how to make the tool return to the main page once I viewed a particular setting. There was no return function that I could figure out.
brlarue said:
I ran the 4-5-18 and when it said complete I ran 4-6-16. I rebooted and it works as advertised. Am I going to have some issues pop up later? I am able to install apps from the market and do everything I normally do. I could not find the setting regarding allowing non market apps. I was going to go through all the settings, but I couldn't figure out how to make the tool return to the main page once I viewed a particular setting. There was no return function that I could figure out.
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The non-market setting is the check box with no label at the top of the page when you open nook color tools. If it's checked, uncheck it, then check it again. And no there isn't really a return.
As far as whether you'll have issues - no telling. I had just posted what had worked for me. If it's working, you're in good shape for now.
doncaruana said:
There's an updated OC kernel for 1.3 if you want to update to it.
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Where do I get this update?
Thanks!
Crissynak
manual nooter rocks
Installed with 1.3 and it does everything...except restart without hanging.
Anyone know a fix?
bassbrass said:
Installed with 1.3 and it does everything...except restart without hanging.
Anyone know a fix?
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Have you found / read this thread? Might help you with boot loops...
How to avoid the nook boot loop problem before or after Adobe auto-updates
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308304

Now I'm REALLY confused

Ok, the more reading I do the more confused I get.
I have a nook 1.3 that I bought for my son. The reason I chose the nook was because I could put the market on it and give him the games he's always playing on my phone. I'd LIKE to keep the stock reader as well because he's only 7 and I like the read to me feature on it as well. My first attempt to root was an abject failure, and now with 1.4 coming out I'm totally lost.
From my poking around here is some of what I gather:
Some of that I gather is:
The market doesn't work when you use the current root files on 1.4. Or does it? There doesn't seem to be a consensus
Some nooks with 1.3 get the boot loop when using the two "current" nooter files (that's what I experienced), but you can use the older file and just have an older market
At this point, I'd really like to know what my options are. Right now I'm sitting at 1.3, and may (or may not...I think I might have goofed the first root process up) have one of those nooks that hangs. My #1 priority is the market, and #2 (or maybe 1A) is keeping the reader. What are my options for this? Or do I just create a bootable SD card and give him a plain Android tablet until this all washes out?
Girevik said:
Ok, the more reading I do the more confused I get.
I have a nook 1.3 that I bought for my son. The reason I chose the nook was because I could put the market on it and give him the games he's always playing on my phone. I'd LIKE to keep the stock reader as well because he's only 7 and I like the read to me feature on it as well. My first attempt to root was an abject failure, and now with 1.4 coming out I'm totally lost.
From my poking around here is some of what I gather:
Some of that I gather is:
The market doesn't work when you use the current root files on 1.4. Or does it? There doesn't seem to be a consensus
Some nooks with 1.3 get the boot loop when using the two "current" nooter files (that's what I experienced), but you can use the older file and just have an older market
At this point, I'd really like to know what my options are. Right now I'm sitting at 1.3, and may (or may not...I think I might have goofed the first root process up) have one of those nooks that hangs. My #1 priority is the market, and #2 (or maybe 1A) is keeping the reader. What are my options for this? Or do I just create a bootable SD card and give him a plain Android tablet until this all washes out?
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May I suggest you start from the beginning. Samualhalff here has a great utility to take you to pristine stock. Apply the 1.3 update and use your bootable uSD, install Gapps (latest) and go a step at a time.
I've had success with the above ending up in CM7 7.0.0.3. You'll always have the "reader" using Aldiko, B&N or whatever you choice is.
skeeterpro said:
May I suggest you start from the beginning. Samualhalff here has a great utility to take you to pristine stock. Apply the 1.3 update and use your bootable uSD, install Gapps (latest) and go a step at a time.
I've had success with the above ending up in CM7 7.0.0.3. You'll always have the "reader" using Aldiko, B&N or whatever you choice is.
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Ok, I guess it's time to display my ignorance.
First of all I think I AM at pristine stock, but what do I know? The nook came with 1.3 on it (just got it last week), and after my isues trying to root it the only way I was able to get it back working after beein stuck in the boot loop was with the "8 failed boots" method. My understanding that was akin to a factory reset so it was back to just like it was out of the box.
So that brings me to:
- I don't need to apply any updates to get it to 1.3, right?
- When you talk about my bootable uSD card, exactly what do you mean? The only thing I've created is the CockWorksRecoveryMod SD card to apply the ManualNooter files.
- I'm not sure what Gapps is (and I feel like I should)
- If I flash a rom, I understand I can download the B&N (or whatever) Android software, but I though the color stock reader (and only the out of the box reader) had the feature where it could actually read some books to you (a feature I think might be nice for a 7 year old)
Girevik said:
Ok, I guess it's time to display my ignorance.
First of all I think I AM at pristine stock, but what do I know? The nook came with 1.3 on it (just got it last week), and after my isues trying to root it the only way I was able to get it back working after beein stuck in the boot loop was with the "8 failed boots" method. My understanding that was akin to a factory reset so it was back to just like it was out of the box.
So that brings me to:
- I don't need to apply any updates to get it to 1.3, right?
- When you talk about my bootable uSD card, exactly what do you mean? The only thing I've created is the CockWorksRecoveryMod SD card to apply the ManualNooter files.
- I'm not sure what Gapps is (and I feel like I should)
- If I flash a rom, I understand I can download the B&N (or whatever) Android software, but I though the color stock reader (and only the out of the box reader) had the feature where it could actually read some books to you (a feature I think might be nice for a 7 year old)
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OK. Guess maybe I mis-read your post! My fault!
Personally I have never gotten the "hang" of 8 Failed Boots. I have just wiped /data and /system then loaded stock.
If you are at stock 1.3 (and unrooted and no CWM) you can verify in Settings if you wish but it sounds as if you are.
Format your uSD using this. Then follow these directions. This will give you a good format on your card and help you create a working bootable uSD.
I post this as I have seen many uSD card not formatted correctly (never use windows format or your device to format..often corrupts)
You can also load whatever ROM you wish to instalkl on the card but flash it only after you have rooted and installed CWM.
Gapps is Google Apps. Installs Market.
HTH!
skeeterpro said:
OK. Guess maybe I mis-read your post! My fault!
Personally I have never gotten the "hang" of 8 Failed Boots. I have just wiped /data and /system then loaded stock.
If you are at stock 1.3 (and unrooted and no CWM) you can verify in Settings if you wish but it sounds as if you are.
Format your uSD using this. Then follow these directions. This will give you a good format on your card and help you create a working bootable uSD.
I post this as I have seen many uSD card not formatted correctly (never use windows format or your device to format..often corrupts)
You can also load whatever ROM you wish to instalkl on the card but flash it only after you have rooted and installed CWM.
Gapps is Google Apps. Installs Market.
HTH!
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I tried to load stock back, but it seems that ANYTHING I tried to do (including the root) resulted in a boot loop on the "nook color" screen. It seemed that nothing I tried to do did anything but make it loop until I found the faild boot trick. I was even getting an error just trying to wipe the data, which had me worried.
When you talk about loading a ROM on the card and "flashing" it, is that to replace the nook OS with the ROM? I don't think I want to do that now since I'd like to keep the stock reader.
Ideally I'd like to just root and get the Market, but after my first failed attempt, learning that 1.4 is on the horizon, and that some 1.3 nooks seem to get the nook boot loop when using ManualNooter, I'm a little gun shy. At this point I'm thinking I may want to wait until someone has a stable root process for 1.4.
Does the nook have to be rooted if I want to boot an OS from the SD card? I'm thnking that may be my best compromise at this point.
Girevik said:
I tried to load stock back, but it seems that ANYTHING I tried to do (including the root) resulted in a boot loop on the "nook color" screen. It seemed that nothing I tried to do did anything but make it loop until I found the faild boot trick. I was even getting an error just trying to wipe the data, which had me worried.
When you talk about loading a ROM on the card and "flashing" it, is that to replace the nook OS with the ROM? I don't think I want to do that now since I'd like to keep the stock reader.
Ideally I'd like to just root and get the Market, but after my first failed attempt, learning that 1.4 is on the horizon, and that some 1.3 nooks seem to get the nook boot loop when using ManualNooter, I'm a little gun shy. At this point I'm thinking I may want to wait until someone has a stable root process for 1.4.
Does the nook have to be rooted if I want to boot an OS from the SD card? I'm thnking that may be my best compromise at this point.
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Understand. Actually 1.4 is available right now for download from the Support section on BN site. If you wish, go ahead and get it, load it to the root of your NC, let it go to sleep and it will update automatically for you. (Directions on the BN site) If you wish to load CM7 for instance, you may wish to reload 1.3 for now as I don't see a 1.4 version yet.
Once that is done you will be at stock 1.4 (if you go that way). And yes, you can load your choice of ROM from the uSD. One of the really neat things about the NC is that it boots first to the uSD then to the internal. There are several choices in the Development section to choose from. Try out several and pick the one you like (I prefer CM myself) Keep in mind that booting from the uSD will not be as fast as if it was loaded to your internal but doing this will also keep your stock safe. And no, you need not be rooted to boot from uSD.
For example..... verygreen.
Let me know how it goes!
Ok, cool. So it sounds like my plan for now is to get 1.4 then boot off of an SD card. When and if we can root it successfully, I'll make that jump.
I asked this in another thread, but I'll do so hear as well. What happens to apps I download while booted from the card? Are they installed on the card or the nook internal memory? And if it's the nook memory, what happens when I boot to the nook?
Girevik said:
Ok, cool. So it sounds like my plan for now is to get 1.4 then boot off of an SD card. When and if we can root it successfully, I'll make that jump.
I asked this in another thread, but I'll do so hear as well. What happens to apps I download while booted from the card? Are they installed on the card or the nook internal memory? And if it's the nook memory, what happens when I boot to the nook?
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Golly. It's been so doggeone long since I ran anything off the uSD....if I remember right.....Ya know....I believe everything runs from the uSD. I would sideload the apks. Lemme think about that one. That was like Months before last Christmas lol
For what you want, I would just do a MN Root of the stock Nook software. Then you wouldn't have to deal with switching back and forth between CM and stock.
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koopakid08 said:
For what you want, I would just do a MN Root of the stock Nook software. Then you wouldn't have to deal with switching back and forth between CM and stock.
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That's my long term goal. but is the root on 1.4 working yet? I tried to do the MN root (but may have missed a step) on 1.3 and got into a boot cycle. I was thinking I'd just let it upgrade then once all the 1.4 stuff was figured out do a root then
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That's my long term goal. but is the root on 1.4 working yet? I tried to do the MN root (but may have missed a step) on 1.3 and got into a boot cycle. I was thinking I'd just let it upgrade then once all the 1.4 stuff was figured out do a root then
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From what I've read the 1.4 doesn't have reliable root yet. So you have two choices really. Leave as is and wait (I'm betting root will come to 1.4 eventually) or wipe (system/data) back to 1.3, load and MN/AN.
Girevik said:
That's my long term goal. but is the root on 1.4 working yet? I tried to do the MN root (but may have missed a step) on 1.3 and got into a boot cycle. I was thinking I'd just let it upgrade then once all the 1.4 stuff was figured out do a root then
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I'm not sure about the progress of a 1.4 root but I do know that 1.2 is very easy to root as you only have to flash one file.
So unless you really want the small added features of 1.4 I would just revert to 1.2 and stay there until a 1.4 root is finalized.
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koopakid08 said:
I'm not sure about the progress of a 1.4 root but I do know that 1.2 is very easy to root as you only have to flash one file.
So unless you really want the small added features of 1.4 I would just revert to 1.2 and stay there until a 1.4 root is finalized.
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Can I revert to 1.2 if my nook came with 1.3 on it OOTB?
koopakid08 said:
I'm not sure about the progress of a 1.4 root but I do know that 1.2 is very easy to root as you only have to flash one file.
So unless you really want the small added features of 1.4 I would just revert to 1.2 and stay there until a 1.4 root is finalized.
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In doing this nooter on a 1.2 are you still able to have flash and the netflix app work? or do you have to have 1.3 or 1.4? I see 1.4 is bnn making netflix available, but im guessing if you root on a 1.3 you can gain access to the app? is it the same for 1.2? I have the netflix.apk file to sideload in either case. Just curious before I go wiping my nook and starting fresh (was gonna go with cm7 on a disk dual boot with 1.4) or go to 1.3 and manual nooter
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In doing this nooter on a 1.2 are you still able to have flash and the netflix app work? or do you have to have 1.3 or 1.4? I see 1.4 is bnn making netflix available, but im guessing if you root on a 1.3 you can gain access to the app? is it the same for 1.2? I have the netflix.apk file to sideload in either case. Just curious before I go wiping my nook and starting fresh (was gonna go with cm7 on a disk dual boot with 1.4) or go to 1.3 and manual nooter
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Sure can. I ran Netflix on 1.3 (and I'm thinking 1.2 also) but I believe due to a small glitch one needed to modify the build.prop file. Very easy to do really And it works! The posts should still be in the forum. Search Netflix. That should get you what you need.
Girevik said:
That's my long term goal. but is the root on 1.4 working yet? I tried to do the MN root (but may have missed a step) on 1.3 and got into a boot cycle. I was thinking I'd just let it upgrade then once all the 1.4 stuff was figured out do a root then
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Girevik, we exchanged messages on this topic in another thread. I wanted to let you know I've had some success with rooting 1.4.1 to the point that it might be suitable for what you want. See message 92 in this thread.
In short: You can sideload apps and run them in the B&N Walled Garden. You can't download or refresh apps, but you can work with sideloaded books and apps. It's not 100% stable yet, but I think with careful selection of sideloaded apps, it may be.
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Can I revert to 1.2 if my nook came with 1.3 on it OOTB?
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Yes, you just need to flash the 1.2 zip
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miss_october said:
In doing this nooter on a 1.2 are you still able to have flash and the netflix app work? or do you have to have 1.3 or 1.4? I see 1.4 is bnn making netflix available, but im guessing if you root on a 1.3 you can gain access to the app? is it the same for 1.2? I have the netflix.apk file to sideload in either case. Just curious before I go wiping my nook and starting fresh (was gonna go with cm7 on a disk dual boot with 1.4) or go to 1.3 and manual nooter
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Yes both will work on 1.2 and 1.3
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bobstro said:
Girevik, we exchanged messages on this topic in another thread. I wanted to let you know I've had some success with rooting 1.4.1 to the point that it might be suitable for what you want. See message 92 in this thread.
In short: You can sideload apps and run them in the B&N Walled Garden. You can't download or refresh apps, but you can work with sideloaded books and apps. It's not 100% stable yet, but I think with careful selection of sideloaded apps, it may be.
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I think I saw that. I'll take a closer look, but to be honest right now I think my son will be be more likely to use the the straight Android boot to have access to the games he's always playing on my phone. I'm hoping that will change, but as this point I'm thinking I'm better off waiting until I can get the Market and Amazon Appstore on 1.4 and just getting the stuff he's used to playing with. I'd really like him to use the BN reader, but realistically I don't know how much he'd use that right now.
Frankly, it comes down to me not really wanting to go through the effort of sideloading the games he plays. I'd really just like to get it connected to the Market and Appstore and downaod the stuff he uses.
If I were you, I'd create a CWR bootable and flash CM7 or one of the other many available ROMs (possibly MIUI, I heard it's pretty top notch, somewhat akin to the layout of iOS). I find the NC's OS somewhat distasteful. I believe Dalingrin once said that he knew the NC better than its creators. Anyways, personal bias coming into account, I flashed CM7.1 and never looked back. It's completely up to you. If you do choose to take my advice, there are alot of good devs who can help you out with the process. Dalingrin and Fattire are 2 of my favorite devs.
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[Q] Reverted NC won't update to latest

I rooted my NC ages ago, first on 1.1 then on 1.2. When I updated to 1.3 (from reverted stock) I used the manual nooter to root it and that's where I've been for awhile.
I finally decided to update to 1.4.1, so I used the erase & deregister function, rebooted it, reregistered, and it's working fine, looking like a stock 1.3 device.
However, I can't get it to update to 1.4.1. First I tried using the manually downloaded update file from B&N's website. It didn't do its thing automagically when I followed the instructions on their site, so I searched various forums and found all sorts of suggestions on what to do.
None of them worked, including redownloading it from the NC itself and moving it to root, and renaming it to the old format "Sideload_update.zip".
Then I tried to just leave it on wifi for a couple hours and see if it would update that way. So far no luck.
Any suggestions on why it's not updating?
Do you have clockwork installed? It will block the update.
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koopakid08 said:
Do you have clockwork installed? It will block the update.
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I did at one time, but I thought I got rid of it with one of the erase/deregisters. If that's not the case, how do I get rid of it?
Philomorph said:
I did at one time, but I thought I got rid of it with one of the erase/deregisters. If that's not the case, how do I get rid of it?
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Do you see CWR on your screen when you boot into recovery? If you do, you still have it on there and stock updates will not work whether you side load or wait for the OTA update (which has maybe just started now depending on how low your serial number is).
For a full recovery you could create a bootable card with CWR on it and after wiping everything install the stock 1.3 ROM found here: http://www.multiupload.com/3Y5MWE773D

[Q] Nook stock firmware 1.4.3?

Just read there is a new update for stock Nooks... basically gives more comic-reading options.
I currently have a rooted Nook color and don't really see any real reason to want the latest Nook update, but did want to ask: What would happen if i did update? Would I need to root again afterwards?
I know there's guides on previous versions of Nook, but was wondering if anyone had experience yet w/ the latest update.
I just downloaded it to look at it. It is a complete reflash of your ROM. So my guess is it will undo root. And this from B&N:
The NOOK Color Ver1.4.3 update contains new features and enhancements, including:
• Zoom view in comics and graphic novels
• 2-Page mode in landscape for viewing PagePerfect™ and PDF documents
• Other minor system enhancements
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Thanks for the reply, very helpful!
Mine just automatically updated to 1.4.3. When I boot up it asks if I want to go to the normal home or the rooted home. I can go to the rooted home and my apps are there but I can't launch Google Play. Also, if I select the N button and then Home it just goes back to the default Nook home and I can't switch back to the rooted home. I have to restart the Nook to get back.
I'm going to try nooting it again to see if that corrects the issue.
thegraak said:
Mine just automatically updated to 1.4.3. When I boot up it asks if I want to go to the normal home or the rooted home. I can go to the rooted home and my apps are there but I can't launch Google Play. Also, if I select the N button and then Home it just goes back to the default Nook home and I can't switch back to the rooted home. I have to restart the Nook to get back.
I'm going to try nooting it again to see if that corrects the issue.
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I'm in the same state. One of my two Nook Colors auto-updated to 1.4.3 and I'm having the exact same symptoms. The other hasn't yet updated and still works fine. Please share your results
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I used clockworkmod 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter 5.02.19. I reinstalled manualnooter without wiping the Nook and I am back in business on both of them
"back in business on both of them"
Including the google app marketplace? Super cool - the market (and gapps in general) require some things to be in /system to hook into to handshake with the Google servers.
I threw together a super minimal "install su and busybox" rooting tool that lets all of my apps run as I prefer but doesn't include the Market. Nice to know I'll be able to get the Market back as soon as I like.
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Mine just automatically updated to 1.4.3. When I boot up it asks if I want to go to the normal home or the rooted home. I can go to the rooted home and my apps are there but I can't launch Google Play. Also, if I select the N button and then Home it just goes back to the default Nook home and I can't switch back to the rooted home. I have to restart the Nook to get back.
I'm going to try nooting it again to see if that corrects the issue.
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This is why you're supposed to disable OTA updates when you Root a Device. Otherwise your device will update without your permission or foreknowledge. Usually it'll reset everything in System so you'll loose things like Root and Gapps.
Personally I just run CM9 off my 16gb class 10 SDcard. No OTAs to worry about and I get pure Android, all without modifying any of the Nook's Internal Memory.
roustabout said:
"back in business on both of them"
Including the google app marketplace? Super cool - the market (and gapps in general) require some things to be in /system to hook into to handshake with the Google servers.
I threw together a super minimal "install su and busybox" rooting tool that lets all of my apps run as I prefer but doesn't include the Market. Nice to know I'll be able to get the Market back as soon as I like.
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Yup, everything works fine. I was able to install a new app after the update from the Play store
I've been out of the loop for awhile but need to restore my NC to stock to sell it. What's the easiest way to do it? I'm currently running an older version of ICS from cyanogen. Help?
eyecrispy said:
I've been out of the loop for awhile but need to restore my NC to stock to sell it. What's the easiest way to do it? I'm currently running an older version of ICS from cyanogen. Help?
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Download the latest update from B&N, download the CWM 3.2.0.1 SD Card Image from here, create a CWM uSD Bootable using Win32 Image Writer, link here, load the downloaded Update file from B&N into the uSD, turn on/reboot NC, clear System, Data, Cache, install the update.
thewaywardgeek013 said:
Download the latest update from B&N, download the CWM 3.2.0.1 SD Card Image from here, create a CWM uSD Bootable using Win32 Image Writer, link here, load the downloaded Update file from B&N into the uSD, turn on/reboot NC, clear System, Data, Cache, install the update.
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You forgot a very important part... follow the first portion of the Customize ROMs thread in my signature... B&N stock is not CWM flashable until the first edit in that thread is made.
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You forgot a very important part... follow the first portion of the Customize ROMs thread in my signature... B&N stock is not CWM flashable until the first edit in that thread is made.
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Thanks for correcting me there, thought that it was possible already to install it thru CWM…
bigdweeb said:
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I used clockworkmod 3.2.0.1 and manualnooter 5.02.19. I reinstalled manualnooter without wiping the Nook and I am back in business on both of them
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I tried this and I cannot access the market. I had a stock unrooted 1.4.2 and then rooted using mn 5.02.19 on CWM 3.2.0.1
My device is rooted but the Market will not download apps. I have followed the guides to clearing the Vending.apk cache and Google Framework Services here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901 but Market is not updating and I cannot install apps.
Even after flashing the two files here: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...tock/m-p/1356004/message-uid/1356004#U1356004 and then re-flashing MN 5.02.19 I just have root.
Currently I have the standard/stock build.prop. I can push files to /system/app and /data/app but that is getting old. And so far no combination of checking or unchecking the NookTools toolbox is letting me install apps via Market.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I tried this and I cannot access the market. I had a stock unrooted 1.4.2 and then rooted using mn 5.02.19 on CWM 3.2.0.1
My device is rooted but the Market will not download apps. I have followed the guides to clearing the Vending.apk cache and Google Framework Services here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494901 but Market is not updating and I cannot install apps.
Even after flashing the two files here: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...tock/m-p/1356004/message-uid/1356004#U1356004 and then re-flashing MN 5.02.19 I just have root.
Currently I have the standard/stock build.prop. I can push files to /system/app and /data/app but that is getting old. And so far no combination of checking or unchecking the NookTools toolbox is letting me install apps via Market.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Under the "Let's get started:' section in the MN 5.2.19 OP thread, perform step #14, let Market update by waiting patiently for some time.
Check comment #216 in that thread from reebz which he resolved a problem like yours.
8GB 1.4.3 Nook Tablet Root?
So I am really new to this whole idea of rooting but I was wondering if anyone has found a reliable way to root the new (1.4.3) nook tablet? PLEASE!
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DizzyDen said:
You forgot a very important part... follow the first portion of the Customize ROMs thread in my signature... B&N stock is not CWM flashable until the first edit in that thread is made.
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I have downloaded the update twice from B&N and copied it to the sd card root. Keep getting a message when I try to install the update, using your instructions, that it can't open the archive (bad).
I am trying your method because I can't get the Nook to update normally. I even followed the default NookColor reset instructions then tried to install the update. The update would never even start. Currently sitting at 1.3.0. So I decided to try this CW mod route. More problems...
This update process is getting so frustrating...... I must assume at this point that the archive is bad again. Tried using both IE and Firefox (heard FF causes problems). The CW boot process worked fine so that's not it.
Not sure what more I can do.
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I have downloaded the update twice from B&N and copied it to the sd card root. Keep getting a message when I try to install the update, using your instructions, that it can't open the archive (bad).
I am trying your method because I can't get the Nook to update normally. I even followed the default NookColor reset instructions then tried to install the update. The update would never even start. Currently sitting at 1.3.0. So I decided to try this CW mod route. More problems...
This update process is getting so frustrating...... I must assume at this point that the archive is bad again. Tried using both IE and Firefox (heard FF causes problems). The CW boot process worked fine so that's not it.
Not sure what more I can do.
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You can't edit the zip with archive software. You must entirely extract it, then edit the files, then rezip and re-sign the zip.
To save you the effort, I made a version of 1.4.3 that is CWM flashable and posted it. See my tips thread linked in my signature. See item A12.
I'm using CM10 internally. Do I need to update to firmware v1.43 or not needed anymore?
carlo.edmon said:
I'm using CM10 internally. Do I need to update to firmware v1.43 or not needed anymore?
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Not needed.

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