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So I just got a refurbished Nook Color with stock v1.2 already on it.
The ManualNooter 4.6.16 says that I need CWM 3 already installed to use it, probably assuming I already had it installed and that I updated my Nook to 1.2.
I looked at a guide to installing clockwork and it said to use the ClockworkMod app to install it.
I couldn't install that app that without root/market access, right?
So I'm a little lost as to what I need to do to get CWM 3 on the EMMC of my NC.
I suppose one way would be reverting the software to 1.1. How do I do that?
The Barnes & Noble website just says to go to the settings and get the OVA update of 1.2. No help there. All the threads I looked at link to the B&N website when they are providing "how to update" help.
Thanks in advance for the help...
CyanCrayon said:
So I just got a refurbished Nook Color with stock v1.2 already on it.
The ManualNooter 4.6.16 says that I need CWM 3 already installed to use it, probably assuming I already had it installed and that I updated my Nook to 1.2.
I looked at a guide to installing clockwork and it said to use the ClockworkMod app to install it.
I couldn't install that app that without root/market access, right?
So I'm a little lost as to what I need to do to get CWM 3 on the EMMC of my NC.
I suppose one way would be reverting the software to 1.1. How do I do that?
The Barnes & Noble website just says to go to the settings and get the OVA update of 1.2. No help there. All the threads I looked at link to the B&N website when they are providing "how to update" help.
Thanks in advance for the help...
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You need to make a bootable ClockWorkMod card, just follow the directions below.
1. Download image file found HERE
2. If you are running any version of windows on your computer, then you will need Win32 Imager
3. If you are running windows, use the win32 image writer to write the image downloaded in step 1 to a blank micro SD card.
4. If you are using Linux, then you would use this script to write the image
Code:
dd if=<image name>.img of=/dev/<sdcard> bs=1M
5. Once the card has been created, just copy the MN 4.6.16 zip file to the root of the SD card that you just created.
6. Turn off your NC, and then insert the bootable CWM SD card into the NC
7. Turn on your NC, it will boot into CWM
8. Select the option “install zip from sdcard”
9. Then select “choose zip from sdcard”
10. Find and select the MN zip file and flash it.
11. Once it has flashed, just remove the SD card, and select “reboot system now”
12. You now have a rooted NC, just follow directions 9-13 from the MN thread and you are done.
If you run into any problems along the way, or need me to clarify anything, just ask.
if you are running Phiremod 6.3 option from the sd card which already has Clockwork on it because i had to enter into CWR to update it from 6.1-6.3 can i run the MN from it or would i need to start fresh? also is it really better to run from the sd card or from the emmc( internal memory )? i have heard mixed opinions on it but have been thinking if it is anything like modding the HTC HD2 phone i use it was better to run off internal memory over running from the sd card for battery life and overall performance.. any answers would be greatly appreciated..
Hi,
Having a with a Nook where it will not complete boot of CM7 which is installed on an SD card. Instead it boots into the Nook Color software.
I hold down the power button till I see the green Cyanogenmod logo with the Loading text, which I think means it is booting from the SD card (I can get it to boot into CM recover), then the screen goes blank and something goes wrong and the boot process continous with the 'n' screen and eventually loads the Nook boot animation and ends with the Nook software loaded. The nook software seems to be running fine except I can't get the SD card to boot all the way.
I've tried 2 known good SD cards, which boot without problems on my second nook, so I know it is not the SD card. I suspect something got corrupted with the boot process files, so I have been trying to find a way to overwrite the existing files with a virgin copy.
1) Can't get ADB running, I suspect the ADB route is only possible if I have the nook booting in a rooted CM7 in the first place (if some one could confirm that would help)
2) I have tried the x8 boot fail reset as well as the erase and deregister option in the nook software with no change in the above behaviour.
3) My last hope is to do an update back to stock using the recovery mode of the SD card. I can copy an updater file to the small partition of the SD card that is visible on Windows. I found a 1.2 stock updater, but it is ~200MB which is too big to fit on the SD card. If someone could point me to a smaller updater or a sd image with CWM and >200MB space that would be very helpful. TY!
What exactly are you trying to do? If you are just trying to set up dual-boot of CM off of your SD card, you don't need to do anything to the stock B&N internal install. I've had good luck using the procedure in the [ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards thread.
Are you sure the initial CM install on your SD card went well? It's known to be very particular (see top of that thread) about what SD cards work. The first few times I tried, I didn't realize there were error when CM was initially extracted which led to similar failures. From what you've described, the SD setup is failing. Normally, you don't need to worry too much about what's on the internal emmc setup of the Nook Color.
bobstro said:
What exactly are you trying to do? If you are just trying to set up dual-boot of CM off of your SD card, you don't need to do anything to the stock B&N internal install. I've had good luck using the procedure in the [ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards thread.
Are you sure the initial CM install on your SD card went well? It's known to be very particular (see top of that thread) about what SD cards work. The first few times I tried, I didn't realize there were error when CM was initially extracted which led to similar failures. From what you've described, the SD setup is failing. Normally, you don't need to worry too much about what's on the internal emmc setup of the Nook Color.
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Hi bobsto, some background. I've been using CM7 on a microSD for several weeks now. I dual boot between Nook SW and CM7 that way. I've been using the link you posted above to create the SD cards and so far I have not had to touch the eMMC files at all.
Then a friend messed around with the Nook I gave them with CM7 on an SD card. I don't what the friend did, but when I got the Nook back it would not boot into CM7. I pulled my SD card from my working Nook and it wouldn't work either. So I'm guessing someone screwed with the Nook internal files. So I am trying the factory restore of the Nook SW to see if that will fix the problem and allow me to load CM7 from the SD card again. Interestingly Nookie will boot from SD and CM7 won't. Still trying stuff to see what will fix the problem. Suggestions are welcome.
sfsilicon said:
Hi bobsto, some background. I've been using CM7 on a microSD for several weeks now. I dual boot between Nook SW and CM7 that way. I've been using the link you posted above to create the SD cards and so far I have not had to touch the eMMC files at all.
Then a friend messed around with the Nook I gave them with CM7 on an SD card. I don't what the friend did, but when I got the Nook back it would not boot into CM7. I pulled my SD card from my working Nook and it wouldn't work either. So I'm guessing someone screwed with the Nook internal files. So I am trying the factory restore of the Nook SW to see if that will fix the problem and allow me to load CM7 from the SD card again. Interestingly Nookie will boot from SD and CM7 won't. Still trying stuff to see what will fix the problem. Suggestions are welcome.
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Gosh, I wish someone could figure this out.
I restored original stock after a full CM7 root and it went fine but I can NOT get a dual boot sd card to work.
It seems to install but when I reboot it shows CM7 screen briefly then always boots to Nook OS.
Tried many many different cards and image writers and CM7's and even a card from my other Nook which I know works.
It will not boot into the CM7 from the SDcard.
Any help?
grohval said:
Gosh, I wish someone could figure this out.
I restored original stock after a full CM7 root and it went fine but I can NOT get a dual boot sd card to work.
It seems to install but when I reboot it shows CM7 screen briefly then always boots to Nook OS.
Tried many many different cards and image writers and CM7's and even a card from my other Nook which I know works.
It will not boot into the CM7 from the SDcard.
Any help?
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Try this for CM7 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
Nookie also works - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922324
Not sure what is going on, but it worked for me.
sfsilicon said:
Try this for CM7 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
Nookie also works - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922324
Not sure what is going on, but it worked for me.
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Thanks, the first worked like a charm!
I made a 32gb CM7 sdcard.
Still wish I could have got the size-agnostic card to work, it bugs me when I can't figure stuff out.
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Still wish I could have got the size-agnostic card to work, it bugs me when I can't figure stuff out.
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I'm in the same boat, but after 1 day of research and trial and error I'm happy it works. Maybe someone smarter will see this and know the answer and solve my problem curiousity.
I have a Nook Color. Somehow (and I really can't recall how), I can no longer get to the B&N side of my Nook. Even with the micro-SD out, I still go directly into CYANOGEN. To make matters worse, every single app I try to get from the market will not download. Once I 'Accept & download', the app starts to download then I get an Error overlay screen: "name-of-software" could not be downloaded due to an error.
So I have a V--E--R--Y generic tablet that can't do much. Please help.
Thanx in advance...................................
How did you go about installing CM7? Did you install it to the internal storage?
Please help!!! Noobie messed up NC (big time)
That's part of the problem. I did not consciously install to internal memory, I wanted it to boot from the SD card.
That's what I did...
That's what I did once. I unwittingly installed it onto the internal memory. It also happened to be really buggy. I restored it to stock using Clockworkmod Recovery. Did you use the installer for the SD card?
On a 16GB microSD, I used Win32DiskImager to write 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer to a newly-formatted SD card.
I put the ZIP file for: gapps-gb-20110828-signedgapps-gb-20110828-signed, and gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.
I tried the home-power key combo. It asks me if I'm sure that I want to restore to the factory. I say "Yes" but when the Nook starts up, I'm still in cyanogen mod.
Should I (re-)format the MicroSD, write 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer (or another version) then move recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.1-encore?
Aside from not being able to get back to B&N-supplied software, I can't do anything with the NC as an Android tablet.
OP, do you intend to install CM7 into the internal memory?
All I'm trying to accomplish is to get back to the factory NC settings. Once I can get there, I'll decide.
How to hard reset and Factory Default Nook Color - http://goo.gl/pSFui
Power down your NC. Wait approximately 10 seconds or so-- just give it a bit of a break between shut down and factory reset.
Press and hold power button and your "N" home button almost simultaneously-- press Power first and then the N.
Hold these until your screen flashes the "Touch the future of reading" message; hold for a second or two afterward, then release. You will then get a prompt asking if you want to reset your nook to factory. Press the home button to continue. It will ask you to confirm. Press the home key again. Your nook will deregister, reset, and when it reboots, you will see "Kate" in her tutorial video, as if you'd never registered it in the first place.
(Obviously your account info will still be valid-- simply register with your email/pw combo instead of creating a new account.)
Hope this helps- if so please click thanks
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I did this (more than once - grrrrrrrrrrrrr!). I never see the "touch the future....." message. Instead, I get a cyanogen mod 7 screen with the message "Booting into Recovery". Then I get a sickly yellow-greenish screen that asks (twice) if I want to teset. I confirm both times then it "wipes" the data. It then boots into a cyanogen mod 7 screen (and the skateboarding 'droid) and I go through the registration process.
Now, when I select a Google app, the downloading (Google Maps) seems to be taking forever, but at least I'm not getting the error I got before.
Also, I do not see the progress of the download that I'm used to seeing on my phone. All I see is "movement" under the "Downloading..." message. How long do I leave it before I abort the download?
Your micro sd card is removed right?
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mike11050 said:
On a 16GB microSD, I used Win32DiskImager to write 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer to a newly-formatted SD card.
I put the ZIP file for: gapps-gb-20110828-signedgapps-gb-20110828-signed, and gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.
I tried the home-power key combo. It asks me if I'm sure that I want to restore to the factory. I say "Yes" but when the Nook starts up, I'm still in cyanogen mod.
Should I (re-)format the MicroSD, write 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer (or another version) then move recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.1-encore?
Aside from not being able to get back to B&N-supplied software, I can't do anything with the NC as an Android tablet.
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Eyeballer is a clockwork recovery bootable SD image which is used to install stuff (e.g. CM7) to internal memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
VeryGreen (size agnostic thread) is the SD image which creates a full OS on the SD card itself leaving the internal memory alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
You have used the Eyeballer method and have therefore done an internal install. You must also have installed a CM7 zip not just the gapps zip as they are just google apps and not an actual ROM.
You have 2 ways forward.
The simplest is if you want to end up with internal CM7 and are not interested in running the B & N ROM. Start again by creating the Eyeballer SD card using win32diskImager. Make sure you use a real USB SD adapter and not a card slot on a laptop. Put onto the card the CM7 ROM zip. I recommend the one from the KANG MiRaGe thread in the development forum. It is the most up to date and stable version available at the moment. Also put on one gapps zip (20110828). Now put the card in Nook, Power up and when in recovery then use the menus to format system, data and cache. Do NOT format boot. Then flash the CM7 ROM zip, then the gapps zip. Power down and prepare a clean SD card either by reformatting the eyeballer card with something like the HP USB card utility or a partition manager in the PC like miniTools. You could also use a different SD card if you want to keep the eyeballer one for future use. Put the card back in, power up and you should now be in a stable CM7 environment where you can set up wifi, register with the Google market and download apps.
The second way if you really want to return to stock on the internal and run CM7 of the SD card then use the eyeballer method but instead of flashing CM7 and gapps you now use a return to stock zip. Make sure you still format the partitions as before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
Once you have it back to stock and upgraded to whatever stock you want then follow the VeryGreen method from the link above. Once the SD card has put CM7 on itself, do not worry that there is only a 114MB space if you ever put the card back in the PC. That is normal; it is just the boot partition that the PC sees. The rest of the card can be seen if you USB connect the Nook to the PC.
Yes it is. Also, even though I'm not getting an error, no apps are loading.
You absolutely rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm back at the NC "baseline". I tried to go back to a 1.2 (which is what it came with) using "update-nc-stock-1.2-signed". Once I re-booted, it kept returning to the NOOK COLOR screen. Then I used a 1.0.1 from your last post. It came back fine with 2 exceptions. 1) I now have a message that I need to install a SD card. When I do, my (Windows Explorer) "Computer" screen only recognizes the SD card and not the Nook. These are piddly little issues, but if I can get them fixed, great! (Right now, I cannot upgrade the NC or move any books or load any apps.
Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mike11050 said:
That's part of the problem. I did not consciously install to internal memory, I wanted it to boot from the SD card.
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I had this same problem. Since I am a new member, and can't post links, I'm going to try to help.
Install Clockwork Recovery to an SD card. Yes, the same way you did when installing clockwork to the SD the first time.
There are some threads on other fourms (google is your friend) that have links to Update files that allow you to update while keeping clockwork recovery, and some that will remove clockwork recovery. If you can remove the SD card and boot into the Stock Nook OS, then don't worry about installing 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 like some of the forms say. Just place the .ZIP file of the hacked update (usually 1.3 or 1.4 I think) into the root folder of the SD card, then Install it on your NC just like installing CM7 onto the internal memory. Your nook should start working again. It restored mine to full functionality. I can now pay 3 Dollars for angry birds, but at least its not as terribly slow and laggy as it was with CM7.
mike11050 said:
You absolutely rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I do, my (Windows Explorer) "Computer" screen only recognizes the SD card and not the Nook. These are piddly little issues, but if I can get them fixed, great! (Right now, I cannot upgrade the NC or move any books or load any apps.
Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I had the same issue last weekend, somehow my internal memory had become unrecognizable to anything, and the local Barnes and Noble store had a SD card that repartitioned the internal memory, and I was back in business. And as an added bonus I now have the 4 GB app/BN partition and the 1 GB mostly useless partition.
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On a 16GB microSD, I used Win32DiskImager to write 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer to a newly-formatted SD card. ...
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The instructions I see when googling around where I see that image mentioned are instructions for installing onto the Nook Color internal memory.
In the simplest case, making an n2a card is much less complicated than that ~ all you need is on the PC, write the size agnostic image, then drop in the CM7 build you want to use, then put the card in the Nook and it creates itself. There are upsides and downsides to different n2a methods, but that one seems to be the easiest ~ I've done it successfully several times, and I'm certainly nothing like an expert when it comes to these Android systems.
A recovery card image will make a bootable recovery card ... and while that might not have been what you needed to get what you want, its what you need to get the nook back to stock.
You might want to go to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22809801&postcount=148
... to get a version of the 1.4.1 upgrade that your recovery card can install. You'll probably have to wipe all sorts of partitions, which means you'll have to sign in with the B&N store again and you'll get to download you B&N apps again, but that's pretty straightforward.
This OP in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10623716&postcount=1
... says that it will be necessary to format ("wipe") the /data and /system partitions, but it doesn't seem like you'll lose anything you want to keep. After all, you've either overwritten or completely tangled up your stock B&N info.
That post above has 1.4.1. There should be a signed 1.4.2 lying around somewhere, but if not, once its back to stock, you can update to 1.4.2 the normal way, download the B&N update file, drop it in the root of the Nook, make sure its at least 30% charged, and let it go to sleep, which will run the update file.
so i have cm 7.3.0-encore installed and
1) i cant get the android apps to install
2)cm mod( rom manager 4.2.0.2 clockwork mod 3.2.0.1) will not let me updgrade to premium
when i try to download rom it tells me i must upgrade rom manager to latest version and when i press ok i get another box that says "the application ROM Manager process com.koushikdutta.rommanager) has stopped unexpectedly please try again" and when i press ok i get sent bact to the home screen.
3)when i try to reboot into recovery,1) with the sd card in,i get booted to the main cyanogen mod home screen
4) and when i try to install gapps i go into the recovery,/install zip from sd card/choose zip from sd card/confirm install/when it says install complete,i exit out(reboot system now)it goes back to the main nook color screen so i have to power the nook off and back on so it can boot into cm. once back in cm,i dont have any market.
Oh and my software version is 1.2.0
PLEASE HELP!!
As much as I or we want to help you, we are completely lack of info.
Please provide some basic info about your system and what you are trying to do.
1. Where did you get cm7.3.0?
2. On your very last sentence, 1.2.0. What is that?
3. How have you run "which ROM"? from eMMC or uSD?
Those info is a good start to get more help.
votinh said:
As much as I or we want to help you, we are completely lack of info.
Please provide some basic info about your system and what you are trying to do.
1. Where did you get cm7.3.0?
2. On your very last sentence, 1.2.0. What is that?
3. How have you run "which ROM"? from eMMC or uSD?
Those info is a good start to get more help.
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i hvae to pull up the site i got the mod from (i believe it was the cyanogen forum,ill get back to you on that)
2 1.2.0 is the stock nook firmware.(i believe they are up to 1.4 now)
3 i have no idea what your talking about.(im hoping your asking wether im running from internal or sd card. if that is the case,im running from the sd card
OK... to help you there are several things we must know... since answers to each can influence the method we need to get things working as they should:
1. Which method did you use to setup your SD? i.e. verygreen's SASD, racks11479 or another method.
2. Which ROM are you having issues with? i.e. CM7 on SD, Stock 1.2 on eMMC
3. What "android apps" are you having issues with? i.e. google apps (gApps) or another specific "android" app... since they are ALL android apps.
If you used verygreen's SASD then you CANNOT use the stanard ROM manager and CWM to install gApps... you have probably screwed up your stock system and installed gApps there... not that it will work... but you are now no longer "stock"
If you can answer these questions and elaborate as to exactly what you have done, and are trying to accomplish, we can provide informed suggestions to you... otherwise we can flood this thread with a TON of solutions that will EVENTUALLY work... but waste lot of time and cause you much frustration along the way.
DizzyDen said:
OK... to help you there are several things we must know... since answers to each can influence the method we need to get things working as they should:
1. Which method did you use to setup your SD? i.e. verygreen's SASD, racks11479 or another method.
2. Which ROM are you having issues with? i.e. CM7 on SD, Stock 1.2 on eMMC
3. What "android apps" are you having issues with? i.e. google apps (gApps) or another specific "android" app... since they are ALL android apps.
If you used verygreen's SASD then you CANNOT use the stanard ROM manager and CWM to install gApps... you have probably screwed up your stock system and installed gApps there... not that it will work... but you are now no longer "stock"
If you can answer these questions and elaborate as to exactly what you have done, and are trying to accomplish, we can provide informed suggestions to you... otherwise we can flood this thread with a TON of solutions that will EVENTUALLY work... but waste lot of time and cause you much frustration along the way.
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heres what i did step by step
1) got a sandisk 16gb micro sd card and fomatted it to fat 32.
2) used win image to burn generic sd card image to the sd card
3) once burned, i put cm7.3.0 encore zip file in the root of the sd card
4) put sd card in nook
5) let the install run
thats pretty much it it will not let me update the rom manger or install gapps
im trying to include pics of my rom manager and settings screens
so i have the cm mod running i just want to be able to install gapps and upgrade my rom manager
bigicedog said:
heres what i did step by step
1) got a sandisk 16gb micro sd card and fomatted it to fat 32.
2) used win image to burn generic sd card image to the sd card
3) once burned, i put cm7.3.0 encore zip file in the root of the sd card
4) put sd card in nook
5) let the install run
thats pretty much it it will not let me update the rom manger or install gapps
im trying to include pics of my rom manager and settings screens
so i have the cm mod running i just want to be able to install gapps and upgrade my rom manager
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First off, you are running CM7.0.3, NOT 7.3 since it is not exist.
Secondly, I start following this post of yours. Pls note, whatever you did or have done described in your very first post were totally screw. Don't know who show you that.
Anyway,
Let's put it this way.
1. Your device is NC (NOOKColor)
2. Your NC is running stock ROM version 1.2.0 on eMMC.
3. You want to run CM7.0.3 on external uSD card.
4. You have problem getting Android apps.
Right? OK
1) got a sandisk 16gb micro sd card and fomatted it to fat 32. => good
2) used win image to burn generic sd card image to the sd card.
Ans: I strongly suggest you getting the Win32DiskImager since a lot of members reported having issue with WinImage.
3) once burned, i put cm7.3.0 encore zip file in the root of the sd card.
Again. It is CM7.0.3.
Assume after successfully done creating a bootable uSD using Win32Diskimager, put your cm7.0.3 (or suggesting using CM7.2-RC KANG) into the root folder, where you see those mlo, ramdisk, ... file. It should only 4 files there at this time.
4) put sd card in nook => correct
5) let the install run => it should
6 - after successfully install, it will automatically delete the cm7.0.3 zip file then shutdown.
7 - remove the uSD, put back into PC, download and copy GApps and put it the root folder, same place where you just put the ROM before.
Link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
Note: rolling all the way down and select one for CM7, not CM9
8 - remove the uSD off PC, put it back into the NC, power it up
9 - let it boot into CM7 first, do connect to your wifi at this point is a good choice, then reboot and choose reboot into recovery using the menu.
10 - after it boots back into recovery, it will install the GApps now and shutdown again.
11 - reboot and start using.
NOTE: the way I show you above is the easiest way. There are several ways that are so good and too convinience but it's far more advance for newbie. When you get used to the NC, you will find out more.
This link is very helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
votinh said:
First off, you are running CM7.0.3, NOT 7.3 since it is not exist.
Secondly, I start following this post of yours. Pls note, whatever you did or have done described in your very first post were totally screw. Don't know who show you that.
Anyway,
Let's put it this way.
1. Your device is NC (NOOKColor)
2. Your NC is running stock ROM version 1.2.0 on eMMC.
3. You want to run CM7.0.3 on external uSD card.
4. You have problem getting Android apps.
Right? OK
1) got a sandisk 16gb micro sd card and fomatted it to fat 32. => good
2) used win image to burn generic sd card image to the sd card.
Ans: I strongly suggest you getting the Win32DiskImager since a lot of members reported having issue with WinImage.
3) once burned, i put cm7.3.0 encore zip file in the root of the sd card.
Again. It is CM7.0.3.
Assume after successfully done creating a bootable uSD using Win32Diskimager, put your cm7.0.3 (or suggesting using CM7.2-RC KANG) into the root folder, where you see those mlo, ramdisk, ... file. It should only 4 files there at this time.
4) put sd card in nook => correct
5) let the install run => it should
6 - after successfully install, it will automatically delete the cm7.0.3 zip file then shutdown.
7 - remove the uSD, put back into PC, download and copy GApps and put it the root folder, same place where you just put the ROM before.
Link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
Note: rolling all the way down and select one for CM7, not CM9
8 - remove the uSD off PC, put it back into the NC, power it up
9 - let it boot into CM7 first, do connect to your wifi at this point is a good choice, then reboot and choose reboot into recovery using the menu.
10 - after it boots back into recovery, it will install the GApps now and shutdown again.
11 - reboot and start using.
NOTE: the way I show you above is the easiest way. There are several ways that are so good and too convinience but it's far more advance for newbie. When you get used to the NC, you will find out more.
This link is very helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
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so i did everything and most of i went as planned until.....
10) i pressed the power button to power off and pressed reboot( i got 3 choices 1-reboot,2-recovery 3-bootloader) i pressed recovery and it rebooted back into cm7. so i powered down the nc,took the sd card out and powered on it went to the stock nc menu. so i re-inserted the sd card and rebooted through the clockwork mod menu,once again it booted into the cm7 without installing gapps, so i once again powered down took out the sd card,powered up.it finnaly booted into recovery so i inserted the sd card(again) went down to "install zip from sd card,choose zip from sd card chose gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip.installed it said install from sd card complete chose reboot system now. it booted into stock nook.so i powered off and back on into cm7 just to find out GAPPS DID NOT INSTALL. so im at the point where im just gonna get a n2a premade card or something. but i do want to say to say THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HELP
bigicedog said:
so i did everything and most of i went as planned until.....
10) i pressed the power button to power off and pressed reboot( i got 3 choices 1-reboot,2-recovery 3-bootloader) i pressed recovery and it rebooted back into cm7. so i powered down the nc,took the sd card out and powered on it went to the stock nc menu. so i re-inserted the sd card and rebooted through the clockwork mod menu,once again it booted into the cm7 without installing gapps, so i once again powered down took out the sd card,powered up.it finnaly booted into recovery so i inserted the sd card(again) went down to "install zip from sd card,choose zip from sd card chose gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip.installed it said install from sd card complete chose reboot system now. it booted into stock nook.so i powered off and back on into cm7 just to find out GAPPS DID NOT INSTALL. so im at the point where im just gonna get a n2a premade card or something. but i do want to say to say THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HELP
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Did I just said whatever you did or have done, described on your very first post were screw up?
Why would you do that?
You follow to step 10, you are very close to get it up and running then you continue to do the wrong way. That's why you can't get your NC work.
On which instruction you got that shows you doing the "went down to "install zip from sd card,choose zip from sd card" when you are running CM7 from uSD?
My suggestion, start over again, go slow.
Since using the uSD, why not using the stable CM7.1 or CM7.2 KANG? Get rid of the 7.0.3
Hi there
I am new to the tablet world and recently got a nook color. I decided I would like to make it more like a tablet and have been trying to root it but to no avail. I've tried everything, even the guides posted in the forums right here. Most recently I extracted the clockwork mod 3.2.1 to my 4g microsd plus moved a cyanogenmod zip to it as well. Every time I boot up my nook however, it goes straight into the normal OS welcome screen. My version is 1.4.3 and would like to find a guide that deals specifically with this version. I have been successful in the past getting into the microsd boot menu but the zip files that I install never show up. Thanks in advance for any pointers anyone can give me on this and I hope I am posting in the correct forum.
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Hi there
I am new to the tablet world and recently got a nook color. I decided I would like to make it more like a tablet and have been trying to root it but to no avail. I've tried everything, even the guides posted in the forums right here. Most recently I extracted the clockwork mod 3.2.1 to my 4g microsd plus moved a cyanogenmod zip to it as well. Every time I boot up my nook however, it goes straight into the normal OS welcome screen. My version is 1.4.3 and would like to find a guide that deals specifically with this version. I have been successful in the past getting into the microsd boot menu but the zip files that I install never show up. Thanks in advance for any pointers anyone can give me on this and I hope I am posting in the correct forum.
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Looks like you are having two issues.
One is getting the CWM card to boot to CWM instead of stock. There can be several factors that determine whether the card will boot. Look at my Nook Color Tips thread linked in my signature and read item A9, bootable SDs. It talks about the issue. Rereading what you said, you say you "extracted to the SD", you mean you burned the .img file to the SD with burning software? Followed by copying the zips to the card?
The second issue is why your zip files don't show up. I am not sure what is causing that. When it boots to stock, can you see the files with the stock file manager? In the CWM menu when you do get it to boot to CWM, are you choosing the option that says "install zip from SD, followed by "choose zip from SD "?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
While I'm not the OP, I am having the same problem. NookColor 1.4.3
I burned the SD agnostic image to a SD card. Then copied a CM7.zip build to the card. Placed that into the nook, powered on. It just boots stock.
The card shows up in stock OS, has the 5 files(MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamdisk, cm-7.2.0-encore.zip) that it had when in the PC and 3 added directories from the nook upon boot(B&N Downloads, LOST.DIR, My Files)
Have tried lots of other files on the SD card. It always boots stock. Tried different SD cards(SanDisk 8GB Class 4, Generic 1GB)
Have EVO rooting skills so I understand what I'm doing. This is my first Nook.
This thing is crap with locked app store. Need to root to either install my apps on stock or run full blown android. Dual boot would be ok too, but I don't care about warranty. I just want something to work.
Are you sure you have a Nook Color? You could have a Nook Tablet, they look just like a Color but have a silver bezel instead of black. The model number on the Tablet is BNTV-250. These cards will not boot on a Tablet.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD