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Hi, I have never done a ROM install o used a Nook so I am educating myself on all the options while my new Nook arrives. While I read through XDA some questions have popped up:
1. If I want to keep my stock Nook GUI and I root it and install the Market and ADW or LP etc, will I loose my Nook's original interface or can I call it up? I might want to keep it to read magazines and for the children's books features.
2. Can I OC a stock noot (rooted)?
3. Can I have 1 and 2 and then create a bootable SD with Honeycomb? Would I be able to use the market there without confusing it with the installed apps in the stock . I mean , can I have apps installed on the internal SD and some of the same apps in the external SD for when I use HC.
Thanks!
Garoto1973 said:
Hi, I have never done a ROM install o used a Nook so I am educating myself on all the options while my new Nook arrives. While I read through XDA some questions have popped up:
1. If I want to keep my stock Nook GUI and I root it and install the Market and ADW or LP etc, will I loose my Nook's original interface or can I call it up? I might want to keep it to read magazines and for the children's books features.
2. Can I OC a stock noot (rooted)?
3. Can I have 1 and 2 and then create a bootable SD with Honeycomb? Would I be able to use the market there without confusing it with the installed apps in the stock . I mean , can I have apps installed on the internal SD and some of the same apps in the external SD for when I use HC.
Thanks!
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1.- Yes, at least on OS version 1.1. This is how I have mine. Devs are still working on the OS 1.2 roots, but I see no reason why it won't work like that also when all is said and done.
2.- Not sure about this. I believe you need to install a new kernel, but I don't know if you can run the Nook's stock OS on top of an overclockable kernel. Also, I'm pretty new to the android scene, so I'm not sure what I've just said even makes sense.
3.- You can run a different OS off an SD card and keep the Nook Color itself stock. Honeycomb is not really ready for prime time, though, from what I've read.
Hi. Thanks for your reply. Then for starters I think I will root it and keep it stock . I see that there is a manual nooter for 1.2 available now but they are still working on making it 100% reliable.
For the kicks I will make an sd dual boot with Phiremod with OC kernel and Honeycomb for which there is a thread around.
Can someone please identify/resolve my problem?
PROBLEM:
CANNOT BOOT TO STOCK NC 1.2 ROM
Whenever I try to boot, with microSD card inserted, I boot to ClockworkModRecovery. Inside CWM Recovery Console, version states it's 3.0.2.8. In ROM Manager, it says it's 3.2.0.1. (Because at some point in time, I tried to update it through the Rom Manager. It did say that it was updated successfully, but whenever I boot to CWM, it still says 3.0.2.8.
Whenever I try to boot, without microSD card inserted, I boot to CM7 Nightly Build 97. What appears is a green cyanogenmod logo followed by a cyan-colored "loading..." below, then a flash, then straight to the CM7 boot screen (the blue android on skateboard).
FACTS:
[*]I'm currently running CM7 Nighty Build 97 along with Dalingrin's OC Kernel set at 1200MHz (Which made it a lot responsive and faster, thanks to Dalingrin! ) at my NC.
[*]I have to remove the microSD in order to boot to CM7. If I don't remove the microSD, it goes to CWM.
[*]I don't know, I don't have, and I'm not planning to install --- ADB.
[*]My microSD is a SAMSUNG 16GB Class 2 microSD card--at least, that's what it says on the card--which came from a Red Sandisk packaging. Weird, I know. Just putting all the info here, maybe it'll help solve the problem.
[*]My NC came with a green dot on it's packaging. I was told it has something to do with the partitioning of it's internal memory, but from what I can see, my NC has 5GB of internal memory capacity.
THE STORY:
Before, I was running CM7 7.0.3 (Stable) on my nook.
With microSD inserted, I boot to CM7. What happens is there would be a flashing, cyan 'a n d r o i d . . .' text at the left side of the screen. Afterwards, the CM7 logo appears and boots to CM7.
With microSD removed, I boot to STOCK NC 1.2 ROM. What happens is a "Read Forever" logo would appear, then a colored 'n' logo, then 'nook color' logo, then home screen.
Then I found out that there's a way to overclock the NC but it requires installing nightly builds. At first, I was a bit skeptical of installing a non-stable build, but when I tried it out, man was I amazed. My NC got a lot faster. I installed the CM7 Nightly Build 97. But then, I found out that I couldn't boot to the STOCK NC 1.2 ROM anymore.
HOW I DID IT:
I followed this instruction to install CWM:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/*
NOTE: I picked the 16GB link under "Clockwork Recovery v3.0.2.8-Old Nook Colors(not blue dot)" category since I have a 16GB microSD card and the other category "Clockwork Recovery v3.2.0.1-For new blue dot Nook Colors and Old Nooks" does not have a link for 16GB, only 1GB.
Then I followed this guide to install CM7 Nightly Build 97:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-install-cyanogenmod-nightlies/*
NOTE: I ignored the instruction "Only install if when you boot your nook it DOES NOT SAY READ FOREVER" and proceeded to installing the updated U-Boot 1.2 simply because I overlooked it at that time (could this be causing the problem?)
And this to overclock my NC:
hxxp://mrm3.net/nook-color-overclock-guide/*
NOTE: I ignored the fact that it says "Install 'update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-emmc-060911.zip'. " even though I was a bit skeptical. I did got skeptical a bit because I thought I should install instead the sd update instead of the emmc. But I proceeded anyway. (Could this be it?)
Can someone please identify what I've done wrong? Or can someone please give me a tutorial to fix it? Or at least point me to a tutorial that will fix the problem. I've been trying to find a way to fix it by myself by reading forums and blogs and stuff but I can't seem to find anything. I'm a noob, but I do know how to follow simple instructions. I'd really appreciate it if you can help me. :'(
*replace 'xx' to 'tt' to view the link.
You haven't done anything wrong, but you did get rid of your previous setup. You turned your SD card into a CWR bootable card, then installed CM7 to your internal memory. By doing this, you erased your stock 1.2 and replaced it with CM7. To get your SD card to stop booting to CWR, you can simply format the card. This will remove the boot files and it becomes a standard memory card once again. If you want your stock 1.2 back, there are threads here that explain how to revert back to stock. You might need that bootable SD card, however, so wait until you decide what you want to do before formatting the card.
Unless you have some reason to want your stock 1.2 back, I would suggest you just stick with what you have. It is what most of us are running.
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You haven't done anything wrong, but you did get rid of your previous setup. You turned your SD card into a CWR bootable card, then installed CM7 to your internal memory. By doing this, you erased your stock 1.2 and replaced it with CM7. To get your SD card to stop booting to CWR, you can simply format the card. This will remove the boot files and it becomes a standard memory card once again. If you want your stock 1.2 back, there are threads here that explain how to revert back to stock. You might need that bootable SD card, however, so wait until you decide what you want to do before formatting the card.
Unless you have some reason to want your stock 1.2 back, I would suggest you just stick with what you have. It is what most of us are running.
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Thanks for that. I was sure I didn't do anything wrong.
My reason for wanting to get access to my stock ROM is for me to 'Archive' my epubs. I have like a million of them, and I do read a lot. I cant find a good app to view epubs just like the stock B&N NC 1.2 reader... so if I archive those epubs, I'd be able to view them through the nook for android app. And yup, I've tried putting the epubs in the nook directory, it's still not reading it. That's basically it. If you guys can find a better way to view epubs like the stock B&N, I'm happy. Any ideas?
I'm hoping to try Phiremod as well in the near future, just so I can get a feel of which ROMs are the best. I've seen people running a ROM that still has the original 'Nook Color' status bar at the bottom and a dock bar on the side.
See it here: hxxp://w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=8d7ncguNjrE*
I think it's cool. If that build can run all apps in my CM7 nightly (I recently updated to Build 100), and also if that can be overclocked to at least 1.2GHz, I'll be so happy.
Please comment on all your ideas!!!
up up up up up up.
Persistent, aren't you.
There are lots of free apps that can read epub files. I downloaded the free epub of 'Phantom of the Opera' from some random web site, then looked in the Market for an 'epub reader'. One called 'FB Reader' was one of the first results. Opened the book fine, had lots of user-changable options and settings. Lots of other such apps available. Did this all in about 3 minutes using only my Nook with CM7 installed to internal memory. Took me longer to type out this post.
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
Ok so I did some research and got the question answered about the difference between the two.
My next question is:
To update to the 7.1 encore file on my nook color do I place it in the same place I had put the update for the froyo and delete the froyo update file? then when I boot into recovery then choose the update file 7.1? As far as the nightlies I have no clue how to do those. Are those just through the ROM manager app? or added to the sd card nightly?
I notice the file for the 7.1 says update so do I need something before that to ensure that everything runs smooth? Here is what is on my sd card as of current:
Old boot file
manual nooter 4.6.16
mlo
u-boot.bin
uImage
uRamdisk
update froyo1.2 file
Thank you for any help!
It isn't clear from your post if you are wanting to run CM 7.1 from a card or install it on the Nook's internal memory. All my advice assumes that you want to keep internal (emmc) running rooted BN and run CM 7.1 from a card.
The word "update" in the filename will cue verygreen's installer that the file is supposed to be installed. One thing though, are all those files visible on the card when you remove it from the Nook and read it on your computer? Normally the boot file, nooter, and update should disappear after they are applied. You can try removing them and adding the CM 7.1 file and booting into recovery. If that doesn't work you need to follow the instructions in this thread. Installing nightlies just involves dumping the new file onto the card and rebooting into recovery.
Again, this all assumes that you have the rooted BN OS internally and intend to install CM 7.1 on a flash card. If you're trying to dual boot, either from internal memory or from your card, I can't help you. You'll have to try the dual boot threads. Good luck!
Files on sd card
Yes these files are visible on my sd card after they are booted onto my nook. All the times that I have updated they have always been visible once I remove the card. Does that mean something? I also do want the files to run internally on my nook not from my card. So since I want to do that then do I take out the nooters or just not worry about them? And just load the update cm 7.1? Also the nooter I am running is the 4.5.18 because at the time the (a month and a half ago) the 4.6.16 since the market and google kept force closing so went back to the 4.5.18 or is there an update to the latest one that fixes this?
I soooo appreciate the help!
Crissy
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.)
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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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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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.
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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.