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So here is my situation
I got my NC in February and rooted it before updating to B&N 1.1
I would like to get it running CM7 but also be Dual Boot.
How should i go about this, do i need to Erase deregister and reroot? im sure this has been asked before somewhere in the back pages of this forum, any help or even a link to help would be great. i also don't want to lose my data.
Thanks
If you just want to try something new, use Rom Manager from the Market to backup your system to your sdcard. Then you can install CM7 using Rom Manager and restore what you have now when done. Dual booting is a little harder, what I used to do was make a bootable sdcard. Dualboot Phiremod / Honeycomb Image for SDcard is a good way to go, here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045018
I just received a new to me NC. Its already running 1.2 do I still need to do a full wipe before Nooting it per these instructions or can I skip straight to flashing it?
http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/04...stall-market-google-apps-and-nookcolor-tools/
I assume that if I were to wipe it I wil be updated to 1.3 which from what I understand does not have a root method yet.
Another question.
Do I need to root my NC (using manual Nooter) or is just installing CWM and CM7 sufficient? From the video I watched on how to install CM7 it looked as though Market works without Nooting. What are the benefits of rooting the device as opposed to simply installing a rom or are they the same?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmmm8cBpe0&annotation_id=annotation_252158&feature=iv
I want to help you but I don't think I understand much what you try to say.
"full wipe before Nooting it"??? If "full wipe" = nothing left then "nooting" what? What left to be nooted?
" I were to wipe it I wil be updated to 1.3"
again, if "wipe it" = nothing left = then what the point to update from zero? In fact, it's nothing to update but start from scratch.
Pls rephrase your question(s) in order to get help.
That's actually a good question. I used manual nooter before flashing CM7 not because I thought I needed to but because I was just going through the process of trying various rooting approaches.
Thinking about it you can probably just stick CM7 on the CWM SD and flash away, no need to manual noot or to remove anything from the nook before hand. Installing CM7 will wipe any of your personal stuff anyhow so backup anything you want to keep after the install.
If you can, try flashing CM7 without manual noot and let us know if it works
I just flashed CM7 to the EMMC with CWR and it was painless. Everything works great also! If you want to do that I followed eyeballer's post. There was no need to root. Basically you set up your SD card and boot from it them flash everything on it to the internal, clean SD so you can use it for storage and you are good to go.
votinh said:
I want to help you but I don't think I understand much what you try to say.
"full wipe before Nooting it"??? If "full wipe" = nothing left then "nooting" what? What left to be nooted?
" I were to wipe it I wil be updated to 1.3"
again, if "wipe it" = nothing left = then what the point to update from zero? In fact, it's nothing to update but start from scratch.
Pls rephrase your question(s) in order to get help.
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It's in the instructions of the first link I posted.
bertacus said:
That's actually a good question. I used manual nooter before flashing CM7 not because I thought I needed to but because I was just going through the process of trying various rooting approaches.
Thinking about it you can probably just stick CM7 on the CWM SD and flash away, no need to manual noot or to remove anything from the nook before hand. Installing CM7 will wipe any of your personal stuff anyhow so backup anything you want to keep after the install.
If you can, try flashing CM7 without manual noot and let us know if it works
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Using the method in the linked youtube app above I installed cm7 to the emmc and everything that booting does has been included. Doesn't seem like booting or rooting is necessary. Market, and multitouch, and superhero and everything else is installed. All I did was burn cwm to a usb and dropped the cm7 and gapps file onto it afterwards. From there is stuck the card in, powered it up normally, that flashed the two files and have been in business ever since.
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I just flashed CM7 to the EMMC with CWR and it was painless. Everything works great also! If you want to do that I followed eyeballer's post. There was no need to root. Basically you set up your SD card and boot from it them flash everything on it to the internal, clean SD so you can use it for storage and you are good to go.
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Yep all is good over here too. The only thing I really needed to do afterwards was to modify the lcd density to get the market links to show. For anyone that wants a rooted, cm7'd book this is all that is needed. I'm loving it so far.
I guess I have similar question My nook color i coming tomorrow and now i'm not sure what to do. I'll definitely boot CM7 on SD card but i'm not sure what to do with nook Since 1.3 is out, should i first run the update and then run manual nooter to add rest of stuff or should i run manaul nooter and then block auto update of 1.3?
Thx
More than likely it will come with 1.2. Just register it, install CM7 and have fun.
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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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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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
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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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
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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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.
Girevik said:
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.
I used to have a forum signature... then I took an arrow to the knee.
ok so after 3 days of trying, i keep getting stuck on a boot-loop I am asking for some help.
before I begin, I have successfully rooted and installed cm7 on 2 nooks that came factory 1.2,I have searched google and these forums but can't find anything with my specific needs.
I have followed the directions on this thread to a tee:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
i am using a bootable cwm card (2GB) (cwm version 3.0.2.8)
after installing ManualNooter-4-5-18.zip then ManualNooter-4-6-16.zip I remove the sd card and reboot and I get a boot-loop with the "n color" screen animation. It has not booted successfully yet.
I have already used the 8 failed boots method to restore to factory and re-registered the nook.
Then I redid everything again and im back at the boot-loop.
any ideas
i do not have an answer but this answers my question of whether I want to run manual nooter on my 1.3 or try cm7. the cm7 steps seems more intimidating
Well i tried several more times last night with no luck. Then i got brave and just wiped everything (data,system,cache,dalvick) then flashed cm7 and gapps straight from my cwm boot card. I somehow
Ended up with a fully functional nook. App market works. Rebooted several times to be sure. I even tried usb host with my homemade adapter. Mouse, keyboard, and sandisk cruzer all work splendidly thru a powered hub.
My only mistake was i cant find my backup of stock 1.3 rom. Is there one floating around?
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If I'm understanding correctly, you're trying to go from CM to 1.3, correct?
From what you've described, I suspect Clockworkmod 3.0.2.8 is your problem. If you look carefully as you format /data in preparation for reloading the BN 1.3 firmware, I think you'll see that the format is actually failing. That version of CWM doesn't handle the partitions correctly.
You want 3.2.0.1. See the edits at the top of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987735
If you're already on CM7.1, you probably have the correct version of CWM installed. You can save yourself a step by formatting the /data and /system partitions using that, then continuing on with the rest of the procedure for restoring BN 1.3. I went through all this myself a few days ago while preparing to go to BN 1.4.1.
I forgot to mention in my last post that i realized i was using the wrong cwm image and i burned another card with cwm 3.2.01.
I was still getting a boot-loop so i wiped everything and went straight to cm7.
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@bobstro
I didn't read your post correctly.
I had a stock nook that i want to install cm7 on. Not the other way around. I asked about a stock 1.3 file just in case i need to do a restore. The nook is done. Its running cm7 just fine and i have given it back to my friend.
I really need to get myself one :-(
I usually mess around with my sons but he's at his mothers for the weekend with it. After christmas im getting one. Dont know if it'll be a color or a nook tablet but im getting one for sure!
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If you intended to install CM7 from beginning, then why you wasted time messing around with ManualNooter?
Im still rather new to working on nooks. I thought that it was required to use manual nooter first. Im still not sure.
Can someone clarify for mr. If i just bought a nook and i want cm7 on it, whats the best procedure?
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pdrift said:
ok so after 3 days of trying, i keep getting stuck on a boot-loop I am asking for some help.
before I begin, I have successfully rooted and installed cm7 on 2 nooks that came factory 1.2,I have searched google and these forums but can't find anything with my specific needs.
I have followed the directions on this thread to a tee:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
i am using a bootable cwm card (2GB) (cwm version 3.0.2.8)
after installing ManualNooter-4-5-18.zip then ManualNooter-4-6-16.zip I remove the sd card and reboot and I get a boot-loop with the "n color" screen animation. It has not booted successfully yet.
I have already used the 8 failed boots method to restore to factory and re-registered the nook.
Then I redid everything again and im back at the boot-loop.
any ideas
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The only boot loop issue I'm aware of is related to Adobe AIR and Flash. The fix is to uninstall them and then reinstall from Market.
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pdrift said:
Im still rather new to working on nooks. I thought that it was required to use manual nooter first. Im still not sure.
Can someone clarify for mr. If i just bought a nook and i want cm7 on it, whats the best procedure?
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I hope you do use Windows at some points.
Let's put it this way.
You bought a PC with Windows XP pre-installed, get home, you don't want XP, so you install Windows 7 on the PC. You just whack the XP.
Same theory applied here, B&N shipped their NC out with the original stock ROM, which is Froyo-based OS. You want to install CM7, which is Gingerbread-OS ROM. You just whack the stock and install CM7.
oh I get it know. so its pretty easy if you want to go straight to cm7 just wipe and flash.
After reading some posts from the nook tablet section, i guess i'm getting a nook color.
what a shame about the locked bootloader :-(
i didnt technically solve the boot loop issue, i just erased everything, but should I mark this as solved and if so how?
The current Nook Color bootloader is not locked. The Nook Tablet's is. I wouldn't necessarily rule anything out, though. The bootloader on the Motorola Droid 2 is also locked, and there's quite an active Cyanogenmod community around it. The only problem is that we're stuck with whatever kernels B&N release, so ICS may be a long way off. I suspect the NC will remain the tuner's machine of choice, but the performance on the NT is very nice. If you can live with a rooted B&N ROM, it's a nice device for now.
billingdl said:
The only boot loop issue I'm aware of is related to Adobe AIR and Flash. The fix is to uninstall them and then reinstall from Market.
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No, it seems that some 1.3 based NC units will bootloop if 4.6.16 is used to root them. I'm not sure why. Even after repartitioning to original nook partition sizes, or using CWM 3.2.01 (which supports the new partitioning), it'll still bootloop if 4.6.16 is used. Might be because of the different kernal included, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know for sure. They root fine with 4.5.18. Haven't tried one with the new 1.4.1 compatible nooters.
To the original poster;
I'm having the same problem here, installed 4.15 successfully, installed 4.16 and am getting stuck in boot loop at the rainbow nook color screen.
I'm not understanding the 8 boot fail procedure though. Is this when you let the boot loop run through 8 times or when you get to the point of when the boot loop starts, shut the NC off and power it back on?
Also, to install cm7, all you did was put it on your sd card, and installed it through cwm?
The 8 boot method if i recall correctly is when you boot the nook and wait until the splash screen shows up immediately hold the power button and shut it down. Repeat 7 more times. If you did it correctly it should take over and do a restore on its own.
If you want to go straight to CM7 I dont think you need to go thru with this procedure because if you create a bootable cm7 card and insert it in your nook while its off then power up, it should boot you into cwm recovery. Once in the recovery you can flash cm7.
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pdrift said:
The 8 boot method if i recall correctly is when you boot the nook and wait until the splash screen shows up immediately hold the power button and shut it down. Repeat 7 more times. If you did it correctly it should take over and do a restore on its own.
If you want to go straight to CM7 I dont think you need to go thru with this procedure because if you create a bootable cm7 card and insert it in your nook while its off then power up, it should boot you into cwm recovery. Once in the recovery you can flash cm7.
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Thank you good sir! I was stuck in boot loop forever and couldn't find a clean explanation of the 8 boot fail process. I always tried to turn it off when the rainbow nook color screen came up.
I got it reset, made a flashable CWM SD card with 3.2 and then flashed CM7 on there and it works great!!
That was very frustrating, thank you!
Dont mention it, Glad to here I was able to help you out. I felt the same way when I was in that situation. Lots of googling to get a clearer idea on what that 8 boot method entailed. CM7 really makes it feel like a totally different device.
To all the devs that work on these projects, thank you
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ive recently purchased a nook color version 1.3 and did all the steps to build cm7 on sd ard inserted it into my nook it downloaded then rebot and seem to come up im cm7 but my touch screen isnt working any suggestions?
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.
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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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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.
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"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?
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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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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?
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I'm using CM10 internally. Do I need to update to firmware v1.43 or not needed anymore?
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Not needed.