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I am currently running the latest auto-nootered version, 1.1 I think. I would like to upgrade to the stock version 1.2, but I don't want to lose any purchased content I have on the device. I have never attempted a restore to stock after auto-nooter. I am fine with not being rooted and not having access to the full market at this point, but just want to keep all my content safe from being wiped in the whole process. Any ideas? Thanks in advance
If you're referring to content purchased from B&N, it's a non-issue as you can always redownload for free.
If you're referring to Android Market purchases - if you lose Market access with the update you'll lose the ability to redownload and/or update those apps.
Back up your data, etc to an external SD card and optionally a computer too. Later, restore what needs to be. I stopped running from the internal long ago because CM7 runs so well (now since that wasn't always the case) from my external Sandisk SD 16GB class 4. This way, I never need to root the internal and I get updates as they come while benefiting from it's dual booting nature. Much less hassle this way. Not sure what the advantage is the other way around anymore. The Nookdevs site outlines step by step how to easily go back to stock. That info has probably even been reposted here.
I went the same route as the above guy. I've never Rooted my Stock and have been running Froyo and now CM7 from a 4gb Class 6 SD(It's what I had lying around) and it's worked really well.
Strangly even though I've never rooted I couldn't get it to update and had to Reset my Nook anyway, but since my CM7 is on my SD I didn't have to reinstall anything. All my B&N stuff just synced back after I updated. Although I had to manually tap Download on alot of them.
I also Recommend Nookdevs. Here are some links:
http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
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Back up your data, etc to an external SD card and optionally a computer too. Later, restore what needs to be. I stopped running from the internal long ago because CM7 runs so well (now since that wasn't always the case) from my external Sandisk SD 16GB class 4. This way, I never need to root the internal and I get updates as they come while benefiting from it's dual booting nature. Much less hassle this way. Not sure what the advantage is the other way around anymore. The Nookdevs site outlines step by step how to easily go back to stock. That info has probably even been reposted here.
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I am currently running dualboot on emmc. Thinking of going back to stock and moving a backup of cm7 onto SD and running it form there.
Any tutorial to point me on how to take a backup made in clockwork to rnning that on sd?
Canadoc said:
I am currently running dualboot on emmc. Thinking of going back to stock and moving a backup of cm7 onto SD and running it form there.
Any tutorial to point me on how to take a backup made in clockwork to rnning that on sd?
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This is just me thinking on the Fly but if you just make a CWR Backup and then use the "CM7 Size Agnostic SD Image" from the Dev forums, it should flash it to the SD instead but I'm not positive. Won't hurt to try though.
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This is just me thinking on the Fly but if you just make a CWR Backup and then use the "CM7 Size Agnostic SD Image" from the Dev forums, it should flash it to the SD instead but I'm not positive. Won't hurt to try though.
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would it matter that my clcokwork backup has th the boot partition backed up which includes the various boot files for both sets of partitions?
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would it matter that my clcokwork backup has th the boot partition backed up which includes the various boot files for both sets of partitions?
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I think you really just need your system and data partitions. Flash it using the previously mentioned dev thread. Then move your EMMC files to the sdcard partition.
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I have been looking around for some help since my NC had auto updated to the 1.3 version and had a couple questions.
First, I went to another thread and it had all the instruction for the 1.2-1.3 but for 1.3 it said to use ManualNooter-4-5-18 before the last updated one 4.6.16 does that mean that I need to do all the instructions twice? Unfortunately I think the sd card I used to first root my NC before got reformatted so will I lose everything if I do all the steps again?
2, How do I get the latest update to the Official CWM 3.2.0.1 Update. Because the one I had on the card was for certain size sd cards but this one doesn't specify so does that matter? So when I flash whatever onto the card I just Insert your bootable sdcard in your computer
Download the attached zip file
On your sdcard, right-click and create a folder called oldboot and move the following files into it:
mlo
u-boot.bin
uImage
uRamdisk
Then do all the other steps like I would normally?
Sorry I was searching alot and only got bits and pieces.
Thank for any any help!
Yes, you kinda need to do them twice. If it helps, here's my "version" of the sequence you need to follow.
For the SD card, it doesn't matter what you had. All you are doing is replacing the "executable" files of the same name as mentioned for the "old boot" folder. So, you save the executables by moving them to that folder and put new ones on the root of the card and you should be at 3.2.0.1.
I was going through your "version" of the sequence to update and reroot and on there you mentioned that you can update the OC kernel do I do that after I install and reboot or put it on the sd card now before I place it back into my NC for the reroot. Sorry getting all my ducks in a row before I complete everything so I am not having to do things 20 times before I am finished.
Thank you so much for your help, its much appreciated.
Crissy
Run down and Market issue
SO I did everything in each step and waited to do the kernel update till I knew it was all working. Here is what happened...
I re-rooted with the CWM 3.2.0.1 and MN 4.5.18 and after I rebooted after that I tried the Market and did not work just closed immediately after opening.
So then went back in and did the MN 4.6.16a rebooted then ran fix permissions and everything worked perfect for 1 day.
The next day I went get an app that I wanted to add to my NC and low and behold closed on me again. So to make sure I checked my gmail and google stuff and they all seemed to work.
So then I rerooted again with just the MN 4.5.18 and this time the market opens fine with the Market Visibility issue.
So I decided to add the updated 1.2 froyo even though I didn't have the 4.6.16 nooter. And works fine.
So I was reading that there may be a fix for the visibility problem so I tried one that was on one of the forums for NC and it said that before reboot the market should say there was an error and to reboot so I rebooted and tried the market again and it just says error now when I try to go into the market.
Do I need to go in and reroot again to get the market back correctly?
Is there another Fix that I can try for the market issue?
Thanks!
Crissy
I have searched diligently and have yet to find specific instruction for creating a bootable SD card for my NC with MIUI Nook Color 1.9.16 (or any version of MIUI for that matter).
I am currently running a fully rooted version of 1.3 on the emmc and "all is well" and I need it left that way so as to continue having access to "in store reading" which I use quite a bit.
Have previously had CM7 and Phiremod running both internally and on an SD card at various times and tried to do a previous version of MIUI on the card using the same process without any luck.
Thanks in advance.
You can use verygreens method here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
Important part is to rename the miui zip like this -
'How to update to a new build:
put the new build you want to try on the first partition. (the name must be update-cm-*.zip or cm_encore_full*.zip or just update-*.zip)'
..and it should work fine
cheers,
Many thanks as that did the trick!
Loaded and running from SD card.
It installed/is using the new Market interface (3.1.3?).
Where are/is "My Apps" as I do not seem to be able to find it.
D/L Netflix and it runs just as it should but the soundlevel at max is quite a bit lower than on rooted 1.3.
Free Koi living wallpaper looks beautiful.
My Apps - strangely there isn't one, but this works nicely -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299
Sound level - Download nook tweaks from market and change settings in that
Cheers,
What did you rename the MIUI file? I've tried it a couple different ways and checked the MD5's, but keep getting errors. Unless my SD card has been corrupted somehow (I used it for other SD boots before this, so not too likely), I can't think of anything else causing the problem.
Hi. I tried putting the MIUI zip in the root of the sd card and booted into recovery as stated. It was renamed as one of the cm7 updates and installation went as per normal. However, when I did boot up the nook was stuck looping the MIUI animation and did not finish. What did I do wrong?
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Hi. I tried putting the MIUI zip in the root of the sd card and booted into recovery as stated. It was renamed as one of the cm7 updates and installation went as per normal. However, when I did boot up the nook was stuck looping the MIUI animation and did not finish. What did I do wrong?
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Maybe just didn't wait long enough... the first boot takes a long time since the update script clears cache and dalvik cache.
Of course... this is just a wild guess since you didn't provide a whole lot of information... more information may yeild different feedback.
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Maybe just didn't wait long enough... the first boot takes a long time since the update script clears cache and dalvik cache.
Of course... this is just a wild guess since you didn't provide a whole lot of information... more information may yeild different feedback.
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What kind of information? My nook color originally had the latest CM7 nightly on the sd card. I followed verygreen's method when I installed that. I used the NC normally. Then, I followed this thread and applied verygreen's method. I downloaded the MIUI rom from the miui thread, renamed it like the cm7 nightly zip ("cm_encore_full-253.zip") and put it in the root of the sd card. I put the sd card back in and booted via recovery. It installed and shut down. I turned it on again, and reached the MIUI globe thing. It was looping and stuck there for 30 minutes.
I've been thinking of trying miui.
If anybody has got.it running from SD please give the step-by-step procedure for the rest of us.
Thanks
A search would show you....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271982&highlight=Miui+sd
I hate to revive a dead thread, but I have been trying everything I could read or download.
I am using the Size-agnostic installer from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I am trying to flash MIUI 1.9.16 (MIUI.us_encore_1.9.16_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_andmer) (http://goo-inside.me/miui/encore/)
I successfully installed CM7 to this Sandisk Class4 16gig microSD. Every time I try to flash MIUI, I re-burn the size agnostic card image, copy over the cm7-renamed MIUI ROM, and boot.
The installer seems to work, just like my CM7 installs. Then, when I try to reboot, it goes back to the installer (linux penguin at the top, goes through the motions of trying to flash another rom, when not finding anything, it shuts down).
I know I am missing something simple.
Am I to install CM7, then MIUI on top of it (without reburning the card)? Am I just using an SD-incompatible ROM? For those who were successful, where did you download the ROM from?
I know I have lots of questions, I hope you guys see my effort (that I don't just want someone to give me a quick fix), and I thank you in advance for your help.
Kind regards!
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Many thanks as that did the trick!
Loaded and running from SD card.
It installed/is using the new Market interface (3.1.3?).
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I'm certainly no expert, but I have flashed two different versions of MiUi to micro SD cards adn then worked fine. You do not need to do i over CM7. Like you, I prepared a clean SD and used the size agnostic procedure. I renamed the MiUi file to some that started with update-cm-
I got my MiUi file here:
http://roms.miui.us/
I used a program called SD Formatter to format the card.. then I used the 1.3 version installer. I sometimes had problems using winimage to create this sd card . You have to select the drive letter for the sd card and then use the "restore" choice on the menu.
David, thanks for your response. I had already wiped it and installed CM7, but when I saw your post, I gave MIUI one last try. I downloaded from that site, and BAM, it installed perfectly! Thanks heaps!
Hello, Just got a refurbished NC with version 1.2 (read forever). Works great from stock system, but I'm trying to install CM7 on SanDisk 8gb card via post directions on:
[ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards
I've tried the 2 latest stable updates 7.1.0 and 7.0.3 and everything seems to install fine with the last lines saying "all steps complete...flushing caches...shutting down"
When I restart, it goes to the last 20 or so lines of the install and shuts down again (same messages at the end...all steps etc) I've redownloaded both the green 1.3 installer image and the stable roms. When I tried a "nightly" the install stopped on a line saying "looking for file starting with update..." or something like that and it sat there until I held the power button for a looong time.
I did try searching for a solution but couldn't find one like this problem. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or not doing? Thanks
One thought...the 8gb card doesn't show what class... it only says Sandisk Micro HC
Are you certain you are dropping the CM7 files on the root of the boot partition on the SD?
You seem to describe doing it right but we need step-by-step how you get it done in order to maybe figure out where the culprit is.
I would suggest RECREATE the bootable uSD first.
Note: redownload the image file if needed.
Thanks for replying. Here's what I've done:
formatted 8gb micro via windows 7
downloaded image installer 1.3 via xda
downloaded winimage
restored sd card from image (generic...)
I saw boot disk w/4 files
downloaded latest stable cm7 and copied directly (zipped)to boot partition on sd
inserted sd in NC
it loaded and started updating for about 60 secs like mentioned above
it automatically shut down
When I restart NC, there is a quick white screen it goes to loading and redoes the last 20-30 lines of update and shuts down again. The lines go by so quick I can't read it (or more accurately remember them)
I've redownloaded both install image and stable updates with same results. When I tried downloading a niightly, the installer stopped midway with last line saying something like...looking for file starting with update...
Any help is appreciated
I have the same device as you (refurb NC 1.2 from the recent dailysteals sale) and did the exact things that you did except use win32diskimager instead of winimage, and it installed the cm7 nightly 240 without any issues. It's only afterward that I ran into trouble, trying to install gapps (read about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332441)
same device, same procedure, different results.
You might want to re-download cm7 zip file... you can use 7-zip or winrar to "Test archive" to see if it is corrupt before copying it to the boot partition of the uSD.
Like jh mentioned, I would give win32diskimager a try, there were many reported of winimage didn't work well.
Search for the win32diskimager, older version is better for some reason, 0.15 or something. If you can't find, let me know, I'll host the file.
Again, redownload all files, make sure no hiccup in the middle of downloading process.
What you did was correct, just to let you know.
Work-around works---next question
update!
I took out the micro 2gb sandisk from my phone and tried it again doing the normal install. It works! So, next question. Can I make an image of the 2gb sd and restore it on the 8gb sd and via some procedure maximize the rest of the sd?
Any ideas why 8gb didn't work in first place? I had done a full format via windows explorer before trying the first time. Even tried formatting via NC and still no luck. The 8gb was being used in my rooted Eris phone with no problems.
By any chance you got the counterfeit one? the 8GB
not counterfeit...I think...because when fully formatted it was 7.4+ gb
Found another 8gb sandisk micro and used it. Worked perfectly. I should have tried that first and saved a whole lot of time and energy! Thanks to all that chimed in with suggestions.
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Found another 8gb sandisk micro and used it. Worked perfectly. I should have tried that first and saved a whole lot of time and energy! Thanks to all that chimed in with suggestions.
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You have to use at least a class 4 card and that still works pretty pokey. I have my nook overclocked and running on internal and it is almost as fast as a stock Atrix
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OK... I've tried to re-work my install so that I can run Jelly Bean on my NC.
It fails.
I get:
1) System preparing to shutdown (even though is should say "preparing to shut down"); or:
2) system hangs;
or:
1) "Please put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with update-, cm, or diff_ and end with .zip"
I see CM7 installs, I see CM9 installs, and I see CM7-10 install instructions, but nothing that specifically delineates the exact steps I must follow to boot my NC into Jelly Bean via SD Card. "Well, you can replace this with that in the instructions" doesn't seem to cut it. I keep getting errors. It all seems to meld from one set on instructions to another, and it becomes unclear what direction you must go to get the results you want.
Can someone *please* update the install instructions for CM10/JellyBean for Windows, Mac, and Linux? Working with old CM7 instructions that may or may not work doesn't cut it. You're losing your audience.
Thanks!
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OK... I've tried to re-work my install so that I can run Jelly Bean on my NC.
It fails.
I get:
1) System preparing to shutdown (even though is should say "preparing to shut down"); or:
2) system hangs;
or:
1) "Please put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with update-, cm, or diff_ and end with .zip"
I see CM7 installs, I see CM9 installs, and I see CM7-10 install instructions, but nothing that specifically delineates the exact steps I must follow to boot my NC into Jelly Bean via SD Card. "Well, you can replace this with that in the instructions" doesn't seem to cut it. I keep getting errors. It all seems to meld from one set on instructions to another, and it becomes unclear what direction you must go to get the results you want.
Can someone *please* update the install instructions for CM10/JellyBean for Windows, Mac, and Linux? Working with old CM7 instructions that may or may not work doesn't cut it. You're losing your audience.
Thanks!
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I have a new instruction thread for installing CM10 on SD linked in my signature. If you have questions about it, ask there.
Thanks for the cm10 info!
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I have a new instruction thread for installing CM10 on SD linked in my signature. If you have questions about it, ask there.
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Ahhh, yes. Found it. They helped. Thank you!
I now have Jelly Bean running on CM10 on my Nook Color. It was a bit choppy until I found the processor speed setting and ramped it up to 1000Mhz. Now it is quite sweet, even running off the SD card.
One issue: Google Play won't download the apps to the Nook - or at least I can't tell, because I can't see what's on the emmc: File Manager won't let me see off the SD card ,even in SuperUser mode. So getting apps on this thing might be a bit of a challenge. Any ideas?
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Ahhh, yes. Found it. They helped. Thank you!
I now have Jelly Bean running on CM10 on my Nook Color. It was a bit choppy until I found the processor speed setting and ramped it up to 1000Mhz. Now it is quite sweet, even running off the SD card.
One issue: Google Play won't download the apps to the Nook - or at least I can't tell, because I can't see what's on the emmc: File Manager won't let me see off the SD card ,even in SuperUser mode. So getting apps on this thing might be a bit of a challenge. Any ideas?
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Google Play Store downloads apps to /cache which is on emmc for the SD install. But they are only temporarily stored there until they are automatically installed on the SD. I'm not sure what your issue is. Are you saying they aren't installing? And on file manager, you went in the app to settings, general, and selected root?
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leapinlar said:
Google Play Store downloads apps to /cache which is on emmc for the SD install. But they are only temporarily stored there until they are automatically installed on the SD. I'm not sure what your issue is. Are you saying they aren't installing? And on file manager, you went in the app to settings, general, and selected root?
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They are not installing. Just walked into /root/, and there's virtually nothing in cache - or anywhere else, for that matter - nothing in terms of (non-cm) software or apps, at least. And Google Play didn't download them - but says they're installed. Very weird.
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They are not installing. Just walked into /root/, and there's virtually nothing in cache - or anywhere else, for that matter - nothing in terms of (non-cm) software or apps, at least. And Google Play didn't download them - but says they're installed. Very weird.
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They are not showing in your launcher? When play store has finished installing, it deletes the temporary download. Did it say 'downloading' within play store?
Can you go to /data with your file manager and create and delete a temporary file? I just want to know if your SD has become temporarily read only.
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They are not showing in your launcher? When play store has finished installing, it deletes the temporary download. Did it say 'downloading' within play store?
Can you go to /data with your file manager and create and delete a temporary file? I just want to know if your SD has become temporarily read only.
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They are not showing in launcher. Play store does nothing after purchasing/re-installing an app. It never says "downloading." Nothing happens. Nada.
As a test, reading your post, I tried to create a new file in /data with the name of "testing/txt" - it was completed successfully.
I'm thinking the store has issues with my setup...
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They are not showing in launcher. Play store does nothing after purchasing/re-installing an app. It never says "downloading." Nothing happens. Nada.
As a test, reading your post, I tried to create a new file in /data with the name of "testing/txt" - it was completed successfully.
I'm thinking the store has issues with my setup...
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Something is definitely messed up. It should be working. I would recommend starting over. If you have media files already on the SD, back them up and reburn the SD and reinstall everything.
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leapinlar said:
Something is definitely messed up. It should be working. I would recommend starting over. If you have media files already on the SD, back them up and reburn the SD and reinstall everything.
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Reformatted everything. Pulled latest nightly and latest gapps package. Followed step by step, exactly as written. Still won't download new/purchased apps from Google Play. I give. Lake Erie is only 124 yards away...
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Reformatted everything. Pulled latest nightly and latest gapps package. Followed step by step, exactly as written. Still won't download new/purchased apps from Google Play. I give. Lake Erie is only 124 yards away...
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In CWM select "partition SD card" to allow apps to install. Seems your SD card size is stuck at 300mb. Happened to my 16gb Sandisk. Would not recognize over 300mb until I use CWM to partition SD card. I have full use of SD card now.