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Start Fresh, Help!

I would like to clear everything in clockwork and start over, under advanced settings which sections do I format to do this? If anyone can list the exact steps to start clean it would be greatly appreciated!

/System, /Data, /Cache. BEWARE: Doing this will cause the Nook to boot to A N D R O I D _ if you dont flash anything after doing it.

refreblast said:
BEWARE: Doing this will cause the Nook to boot to A N D R O I D.
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What do you mean by that?

votinh said:
What do you mean by that?
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Good question! I'm guessing he means it will continuously boot into CWR, but I thought that was a given.....

I am a noob and I want to do the same thing that is restore the nook back to original, so I can start over. I have cleared the system and file, but not yet the cache. Do I have to have an SD card mounted to restore? If so, what files should be on the card (including zipped or unzipped)?
Background. I successfully rooted my nook color. But in trying to download a purchased app from B&N, they pushed an update to a higher version (I think I was using 1.0.1) which bricked the nook. I've been trying to restore ever since. As of now, when I boot, I can get to the ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5 and navigate through the menus, but when trying to reboot, I can only get to the main ClockworkMod Recovery menu. So far I have tried to reformat the SD card and redownload files to restart, but no luck so far.
Thanks for any help.

If I format those sections will the SD card be wiped? I want to download the latest version from rom manager and start fresh, so I'm wondering will I need to connect to a computer after wiping.
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meber said:
If I format those sections will the SD card be wiped? I want to download the latest version from rom manager and start fresh, so I'm wondering will I need to connect to a computer after wiping.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium
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ROM Manager only works when CM7 is installed on the eMMC. If you are running CM7 off an SD card you cannot use it to update ROMS.

being a noob, I'm not sure of the proper etiquitte for the forum. I don't want to appear to hijack the thread. I do need help. What is the right way to request getting back to working?

[Q] HTC HD2 from android 2.3.6 to 2.3.7 upgrade

Hi there,
I have the NexusHD2-Gingerbread_V3.1a_NAND_(Android-2.3.6) on my HTC HD2 and I downloaded the TyphooN_CM7_v3.6.8-MAGLDR ROM so I installed it following a video tutorial but there was a slight problem, everything went well up until the moment when the phone boot up which it stayed on the android figure for ever, i have waited maybe 20+ minutes for it to load/boot but there was nothing. I re-flash twice but still nothing was happening, it kept locking at the boot up android figure screen. Also took out the battery twice but still nothing, Do you have any ideas why or any other suggestions? Please if you could help that would be most appreciated.
By the way: this was a clean wipe/flash installation thru Clockworks mod
Thanks
Chris

What cwm partition did you use ?
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I am using cwm ver. 3.2 and i installed it on the phones main partition, did not do any ext3 or did not bother with sd, just installed zip from sd on to phone.
Thanks
I hope i find help,

crosis001 said:
I am using cwm ver. 3.2 and i installed it on the phones main partition, did not do any ext3 or did not bother with sd, just installed zip from sd on to phone.
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I hope i find help,
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nono
tell me the partition size of system and cache

yz.hd said:
nono
tell me the partition size of system and cache
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How can i find the parition size and cache?
thanks

[Q] Installing Stock Update with Acer Recovery Installer?

So, I'm new to the world of tablets - the only interaction with them being some light use on my mom's tablet (including rooting it via Iconia Root and installing Acer Recovery Installer v2.54) I was curious about updating via ARI (since she's rooted and being plagued by OTA popups). Back when she first got the tablet, she tried to update and it would stop mid-download, giving no error, and just sit there until she cancelled it (this was before the root). So, basically, my question is: Is it possible to run a stock update (Ie "Stock 3.1 4.010.42_EMEA_GEN3") without having to wipe during install? I have a backup via ARI and also Titanium backup installed but I'd really like to not have to re-install all the apps/set up the homescreen (she's on stock) and stuff. I know on my OG droid that when I installed CM7 I had to do a wipe for it to even get past the boot screen but I figure with this being a stock update maybe it's different...
If not is there some way that I can install an update while keeping the root/system data?

AliceInUnderland said:
So, I'm new to the world of tablets - the only interaction with them being some light use on my mom's tablet (including rooting it via Iconia Root and installing Acer Recovery Installer v2.54) I was curious about updating via ARI (since she's rooted and being plagued by OTA popups). Back when she first got the tablet, she tried to update and it would stop mid-download, giving no error, and just sit there until she cancelled it (this was before the root). So, basically, my question is: Is it possible to run a stock update (Ie "Stock 3.1 4.010.42_EMEA_GEN3") without having to wipe during install? I have a backup via ARI and also Titanium backup installed but I'd really like to not have to re-install all the apps/set up the homescreen (she's on stock) and stuff. I know on my OG droid that when I installed CM7 I had to do a wipe for it to even get past the boot screen but I figure with this being a stock update maybe it's different...
If not is there some way that I can install an update while keeping the root/system data?
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No. If you run the OTA, you WILL lose root. Not to mention I don't have a lot of faith in any device OTA updates. Prior experience, and hanging around various forums, well, you can read the horror stories.
I would advise, if you want to upgrade her OS and get rid of the "pesky" update notifications, is to flash one of the Stock rooted roms available. Or maybe a stripped down version of a Stock rom.

Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.

get and flash one of the honeylicious rom from the dev area .. good rom very basic apps.. but has a update to get the acer apps back.. and bunch of other cool mods.. the dev is also . kinda trustworthy..
Giggles.. ok he is kewl for a guy yukeeee guys smell..
good luck .. read read read read before you flash anything and of course back up and back up your backups .. then back them up again

cruise350 said:
Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.
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Well... if the person was going to do an update to the exact same rom (different version) I would say ok.
But... if you are going to go to a totally different Rom, you NEED to wipe User Data.
Or, does anybody want to tell me you never have to?
3 Wipes. Mandatory when switching between roms, unless you are a dev and know exactly what you are doing.
Or.... you can forget about the safe side of things, and just flash away, and hope luck is with you.
The Market, SHOULD, allow you to re-download apps based on the market version you previously used. If not, it's a good time to clean house of the useless apps.

Moscow Desire said:
No. If you run the OTA, you WILL lose root. Not to mention I don't have a lot of faith in any device OTA updates. Prior experience, and hanging around various forums, well, you can read the horror stories.
I would advise, if you want to upgrade her OS and get rid of the "pesky" update notifications, is to flash one of the Stock rooted roms available. Or maybe a stripped down version of a Stock rom.
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I wasn't talking about an OTA, I was talking about the stock 'rom' updates via recovery. I've had experiences with phones that have been rooted and accidentally updated via OTA, it's not fun. My phone was actually put into something I like to refer to as the Root limbo lol, bricked it for a small period of time - that was fun fixing it. I didn't have a nandroid at the time so I had to start from scratch...

cruise350 said:
Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.
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So if I find a rooted version of stock OTA I can install it and only wipe Dalvik? I won't get stuck in a bootloop if I don't wipe data?

AliceInUnderland said:
So if I find a rooted version of stock OTA I can install it and only wipe Dalvik? I won't get stuck in a bootloop if I don't wipe data?
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If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
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erica_renee said:
get and flash one of the honeylicious rom from the dev area .. good rom very basic apps.. but has a update to get the acer apps back.. and bunch of other cool mods.. the dev is also . kinda trustworthy..
Giggles.. ok he is kewl for a guy yukeeee guys smell..
good luck .. read read read read before you flash anything and of course back up and back up your backups .. then back them up again
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Hey I resemble....or is it resent that remark! lol

kjy2010 said:
If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
I can't seem to find any pre-rooted stock Roms on the Developers forum. Links? I know I'm probably being a pain in the ass but I really don't want to get something by mistake and start with scratch on my mom's tablet - if it were mine I wouldn't care. lol
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The link in the post above yours in this thread. Is a link to the rom scroll up one post
Giggles

AliceInUnderland said:
kjy2010 said:
If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
I can't seem to find any pre-rooted stock Roms on the Developers forum. Links? I know I'm probably being a pain in the ass but I really don't want to get something by mistake and start with scratch on my mom's tablet - if it were mine I wouldn't care. lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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kjy2010 said:
AliceInUnderland said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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Oh my god you rock, thanks so much!
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AliceInUnderland said:
kjy2010 said:
Oh my god you rock, thanks so much!
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Yw
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kjy2010 said:
AliceInUnderland said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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Okay, this sent her into a bootloop so I had to nandroid. I wiped dalvik cache before installing this. Put it in the root of my SD card and installed via CWM in recovery. what am I doing wrong?
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AliceInUnderland said:
kjy2010 said:
Okay, this sent her into a bootloop so I had to nandroid. I wiped dalvik cache before installing this. Put it in the root of my SD card and installed via CWM in recovery. what am I doing wrong?
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I've never heard of the A500 going into a bootloop simply from flashing one rooted stock ROM to another, but then again most people do all the necessary wipes when they do. Did you wipe dalvik and battery stats? That's about as minimal as you're going to get. If that doesn't work, you'll just have to flash the proper way. Instructions here complete with a video tutorial on how to flash by yours truly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
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kjy2010 said:
AliceInUnderland said:
I've never heard of the A500 going into a bootloop simply from flashing one rooted stock ROM to another, but then again most people do all the necessary wipes when they do. Did you wipe dalvik and battery stats? That's about as minimal as you're going to get. If that doesn't work, you'll just have to flash the proper way. Instructions here complete with a video tutorial on how to flash by yours truly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
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Nevermind, I fixed it XD I wiped dalvik and battery/partition and it worked fine lol.
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AliceInUnderland said:
kjy2010 said:
Nevermind, I fixed it XD I wiped dalvik and battery/partition and it worked fine lol.
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Uh huh....you're welcome!
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CM7 Nightly to CM7.2-RC1 MiRaGe - KANG

This is my first post and sort of new to this. I have two simple questions.
1) I am running latest CM7 nightly in mSD for Nook Color. Can I simply place CM7.2-RC1 MiRaGe - KANG build onto mSD to run it? Will the system recognize the file and overwrite my nightly?
2) Can I also downgrade from latest CM7 nightly to a stable release by placing stable release into my mSD?
thanks ahead of time for help.

atr73 said:
This is my first post and sort of new to this. I have two simple questions.
1) I am running latest CM7 nightly in mSD for Nook Color. Can I simply place CM7.2-RC1 MiRaGe - KANG build onto mSD to run it? Will the system recognize the file and overwrite my nightly?
2) Can I also downgrade from latest CM7 nightly to a stable release by placing stable release into my mSD?
thanks ahead of time for help.
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Yes to both.

thanks for the quick reply.
I have one more question if anyone can answer. Sorry for being noob.
I just start using android/Nook from iOS. I can do just about anything inside iOS.
Here is my question when I update to stable/mirage build does my data and settings retain? This just update (overwrite) nightly and install. Correct?

atr73 said:
thanks for the quick reply. I have one more question if anyone can answer. Sorry for being noob. I just start using android from iOS. I can do just about anything inside iOS.
My question is when I update to stable/mirage build does not data and settings retain? This just update (overwrite) nightly and install. Correct?
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Unless you factory reset, all settings and installed apps will still be there after flashing a new ROM.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

Something I've been wondering,,,after performing an update build while running off of mSD should we be wiping cache and dalvik cache? And if so, how?
Or is that only a emmc thing?
I would think that even running on mSD both cache would still be needed by the ROM, and therefore could be wiped.
Thanks.

If you're running off verygreen's SASD... it wipes cache when you perform an update.

Arggh!! <smacks hand to forehead>
I've sat and watched the output numerous times during a install/update and noted the "flushing cache" message. duh.
thanks for the reply.

DizzyDen said:
If you're running off verygreen's SASD... it wipes cache when you perform an update.
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It does not wipe cache. That message means something else. It is just cleaning up after itself.

PipeHitter said:
Something I've been wondering,,,after performing an update build while running off of mSD should we be wiping cache and dalvik cache? And if so, how?
Or is that only a emmc thing?
I would think that even running on mSD both cache would still be needed by the ROM, and therefore could be wiped.
Thanks.
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The only way to wipe cache with a verygreen SD install is to use third party programs like Titanium Backup. It is not really necessary as the system will rebuild the dalvik cache if it needs it. (Actually you can use a specially modified CWM recovery to do it, but not many people have that installed.)

Thanks clearing that up leapinlar.
I gave it a shot using TIB, and it reported 2 files as not needed for a total of 5.1mb removed.
I do remember viewing a thread somewhere in reference to that modified CWM. After review, I felt that taking simple SD image backups would suffice rather than using modified CWM in this instance. Only other benefit to CWM I felt I was lacking is cache cleanup. So looks like I have that covered now.
Thanks again.

[Q] messed up rom

i updated to official gingerbread to be able to use aurora, but couldn't root it because i had done a re-partition.
then i went back to 2.2 and installed the default partition zip but the phone messed up, always got stuck at the huawei logo.
now, when i try to install a stock rom, it says update failed at the end of the installing process.
what can i do about this?

no help?

Experiences said:
no help?
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971266. It helped me when I messed partitions on my phone. But don't forget that you'll have someone's else IMEI so you will need to change it using some of this forum's methods.

Experiences said:
i updated to official gingerbread to be able to use aurora, but couldn't root it because i had done a re-partition.
then i went back to 2.2 and installed the default partition zip but the phone messed up, always got stuck at the huawei logo.
now, when i try to install a stock rom, it says update failed at the end of the installing process.
what can i do about this?
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Did you try to restore the stock partition and install the official rom again ?

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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1971266. It helped me when I messed partitions on my phone. But don't forget that you'll have someone's else IMEI so you will need to change it using some of this forum's methods.
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thank you. i guess i need to download ubuntu now.
hung.ngomanh said:
Did you try to restore the stock partition and install the official rom again ?
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i installed default partition first. i guess that's what you mean.