Nook Color 1.2.0 Brand spanking new. I have no intentions of purchasing anything from Barnes & Noble. I basically want to transform this little reader into a mini tablet, for games, reading, web browsing via wifi hotspot, email & movies. And maybe a few other do dads. I'm not a techie and not very familiar with much of the technical language. I don't know it this really matters, but I do not have wifi at home. It would only be used some place where is was offered for free. I have read pages and pages from all sorts of forums, but I am just not getting it. I think I would like to change the ROM so that it runs without the aid of anything on a secure digital card. I'd like to hang on to the card for future storage. I think, what I want can be done, but dont understand the full procedure of doing it.
And if I see something that says the file comes with a built in root, into the rom, does that mean the Nook Color doesn't need to be rooted ? Or, is the beginning of any and all procedures here begin with a rooted Nook Color ?
I hope someone can help, because all this information is beginning to run together and confusing me to no end. I'm looking for some sort of "beginning to end" step text. Starting with the NC right out of the box.
Read through the steps in the link in my sig. It's my attempt at making the process of getting full Andriod on the Nook Color as straightforward as possible. I gotta tell ya though, with no wifi you're gonna miss out on half the fun. For instance, when people have the "Sent from..." line they are using an app to post directly from their device.
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Just follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12797652
Get the ROM here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore
Select the 7.2 RC3 version. And after you have it installed and running, you can change a setting so it does not need an SD. (Go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/application settings and select 'use internal storage'.)
I'm not sure whether you will want the google applications (gapps) or not. If you have no wifi, you may not need it. But without wifi and the Market that comes with the gapps, you will not have many apps to play with. If you want gapps, get them at goo.im/gapps. Select the newest gb version.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
Rustifier,
The gentlemen on this forum can pretty much give you any info you need. They have given me a substantial amount of help. I too have been looking to find a book or two on Android, but as I found out this afternoon, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of information available on Android at the library, at least in Springfield, MO. anyway.Going to have a look at Barnes and Noble store later this evening).
So, if I am reading this right, I do not hove to root the nook first, before applying these mods. Correct ?
Rustifer said:
So, if I am reading this right, I do not hove to root the nook first, before applying these mods. Correct ?
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Right.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
no previous rooting is needed for a new nook, however don't forget to boot stock and register the device before flashing to CM7/9.
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What is boot stock ?
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What is boot stock ?
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He means to start up the original nook into the stock software that came with it. Then register with B&N before doing any flashing of other ROMs.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
OK. Can I get a how to for boot stock ?
Just turn it on.. unless you have modified it. Then register at the start-up/welcome screens.
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Rustifier,
The gentlemen on this forum can pretty much give you any info you need. They have given me a substantial amount of help. I too have been looking to find a book or two on Android, but as I found out this afternoon, there doesn't appear to be a whole lot of information available on Android at the library, at least in Springfield, MO. anyway.Going to have a look at Barnes and Noble store later this evening).
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At the risk of hijacking this thread, the links will give you a lot of information on how to use Android as an ereader, whether on a Nook or any other device:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2010/12/24/how-to-install-apps-on-android-ereaders-and-tablets/
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188708
Reading and checking out books from your local library requires specialized software. Check out the help page from the Springfield-Greene Library:
http://overdrive.thelibrary.org/87AA465B-5832-4776-B4F6-E5020C92509E/10/490/en/Help.htm
On with the guide:
Download 1gb CWM 3.2.0.1 sdcard image from here. MD5 of .zip: 1319739d33642ed860e8044c3d55aa56. (I made this based on work in this thread. credit: to cmstlist and DizzyDen, and kevank for hosting). You really only need the 1gb image for this guide, no matter what the size of your card is. A smaller image will burn faster, and when you're done with the guide you can reformat the card anyway.
Extract the clockworkmod .img (if you can't open the file use 7zip)and burn to sdcard using win32diskimager (free). These apps will need to be "run as administrator." If you're not sure how to do this see step 3 here. ***Some internal laptop/desktop readers will not work to do this, you may need an external USB reader if you run into problems.***
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These apps will need to be "run as administrator." If you're not sure how to do this see step 3 here. ((went there))
View the contents of the SD card on your computer. You should see contents similar to those in the imge to the right. ((yep, it's all there))
If you don't, you did something wrong... please review the prerequisites and the steps and try again.
Remove the microSD card from your computer. ((OK))
Run the AutoNooter on your Nook Color using the uSD card you just burned.
((Huh ?)) I just burned 1gb CWM 3.2.0.1 - I didn't read anything about AutoNooter in this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=12797652
Shut the device down completely. Make sure the USB cable is unplugged hold the power button down until prompted and choose power off.
Insert the microSD card into the NOOKcolor. ((did that))
Plug the USB cable from your NOOKcolor into your computer. ((did that))
The NOOKcolor will boot the microSD although the screen will remain off.
((it came on immediately, but it's not doing anything))))
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If you're using the Nook cable, the charge LED may blink. That would be ok, it is not important.
Within a minute, your computer will see a new USB device. ((Nope...Still waiting))
So, am I suppose to have autonooter installed before installing -
1gb CWM 3.2.0.1 ?
Read more: http://nookdevs.com/NookColor/Rooting/Eclair#ixzz1x9Wzbhdw
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So, am I suppose to have autonooter installed before installing -
1gb CWM 3.2.0.1 ?
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No. The problem you are having is that the Nook is very particular about how the card is formatted before it will boot from it. Your PC can see the card and read the files, but unless it is just right, the Nook will not boot from it. So you need to experiment with burning software (win32diskimager or winimage) and with different card readers (external usb or internal pc readers). If you use winimage, write to the disk with the menu choice 'Restore Virtual Disk Image to physical drive' instead of 'write disk'. I know it is a pain, but this is what you must do if it is not booting. Experiment.
You can also try the one I have attached to my tips thread in my signature. I have an updated CWM (5.5.0.4) on my version. (Under item A9).
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
Okay, I did it. I think. Made a bootable sd card and copied cm7 and gapps to the sd card. A lot of activity on the screen. The linux pinguin resting above a lot of blue data. It finally stopped and powered down. Now, it will not power up. Not with the SD card. Without the sd card, it does. Have I performed the procedure correctly ?
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Okay, I did it. I think. Made a bootable sd card and copied cm7 and gapps to the sd card. A lot of activity on the screen. The linux pinguin resting above a lot of blue data. It finally stopped and powered down. Now, it will not power up. Not with the SD card. Without the sd card, it does. Have I performed the procedure correctly ?
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Sounds like you did it right for an installation to SD. But I thought you were trying to install to internal memory. That's what your last post was all about.
When you say it does not power up with the SD in, do you mean it starts to power up, but stops at a blank screen, or it just does not do anything?
Also take the card out and put it in your PC and look to see if the CM7 and gapps zips are gone. If they are gone that means they installed. If they are still there, it means the install failed.
MLO uRecImg uRecRam u-boot uImage uRamdisk are what is left on the sd card.
Sounds like you did it right for an installation to SD. But I thought you were trying to install to internal memory. That's what your last post was all about.
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That's correct.
But keep in mind here. When I say I don't know anything about this technical stuff, I mean, not even a little bit. It's all a different language to me.
When you say it does not power up with the SD in, do you mean it starts to power up, but stops at a blank screen, or it just does not do anything?
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No, once it powered down, it never came back on. And I couldn't power it on. Not with the sd card in. Only after I took the card out, would the NC power up.
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No, once it powered down, it never came back on. And I couldn't power it on. Not with the sd card in. Only after I took the card out, would the NC power up.
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How are you trying to power it up? You should just hold the power button for a few seconds until a tiny flash happens and let go. If you hold it too long, it turns itself off.
I tried pressing the power button until i saw anything on the screen. .
Press and release. Press and hold a few seconds and release. Press and hold a long while. Still nothing. Just a black screen.
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I tried pressing the power button until i saw anything on the screen. .
Press and release. Press and hold a few seconds and release. Press and hold a long while. Still nothing. Just a black screen.
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Press and hold power for no more than 3 to 5 seconds and release. If you hold it 10 seconds it powers back off
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New here, yes I did look around. Found lots of other good info, but not this. If I missed it, feel free to remove my man card. I just got a nook color for x-mas yay me. I have followed two guides:
Well I tried to post two links but that wont work. I understand. Anyway, one guide is called How to Install CyanogenMod 7 on the Nook Color (PC Version), found it on Youtube. Other is called How to: Root a Nook Color, install CyanogenMod 7, and overclock it off of icrontic.com Hope that helps.
I am using at 8gb version to write to SD card. I copy both files over without un-ziping them. Follow all directions. However nook will not boot into Cyanogen. I just get the normal nook boot up. I have tried several times. I am new to the whole rooting thing and have seen people post different versions of the same file. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
Lastly,
Nook firmware: 1.3
Not using a Scan Disk SD card.
I assume you want to enjoy the beauty of CM7.
Before guiding you, a very first basic question needs to be asked: do you want/intend to run CM7 on eMMC or off the uSD?
I assume you want to enjoy the beauty of CM7.
Before guiding you, a very first basic question needs to be asked: do you want/intend to run CM7 on eMMC or off the uSD?
Well I didn't know there were other options other than CM7. I have also been told that is one is the best all around one out there. You will have to excuse my ignorance but what is eMMC and uSD?
Don't worry, we all learn something day to day.
CM7 is a custom ROM (or OS if you want to call it), which replaced the stock OS by many of us. It is one of the most used ROM out there for NC (short cut for NOOKcolor)
In order to run/use CM7 on the NC, there are 2 choices:
1. Installing and running it (CM7) from the internal memory (a.k.a. eMMC) or
2. Booting and running it (CM7) from the external uSD card
You can spend the whole day searching for the difference in details, here, I just give you some quick thinking of the 2.
Running from eMMC = more complicate installation process, smooth performance, a lot less FC's (Force Close = applications hung), easy to backup, more storage. But you will void the B&N warranty since you delete their original stock OS.
Booting off uSD is a quick way to explore the beauty of CM7 or any custom ROM WITHOUT effecting the stock OS, meaning still under warranty. Down side is you need to have a 8GB or 16GB Sandisk class 4, which probably costs about $20 (onsale for 16GB).
Ok does it have to be a Scandisk sd card? I thought loading CM7 via SD card removed the warranty also. A side question I have. I saw on youtube someone was able to "dual boot" the nook OS with the CM7 OS. They could swap back and forth, any idea what this is about? Sorry I don't have much more information on it than that.
If loading through SD card does not void warranty I would prefer that for the time being until I get the hang of this stuff more. Then again a fully rooted nook is basically a android tablet+nook. The only reason I would want the warranty is if something inside were to break.
Would the reason why my attempt didn't work be related to the fact that I didn't have a Scandisk SD card?
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Ok does it have to be a Scandisk sd card?
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No, it does not have to be a Sandisk but Sandisk (class 4) is the best (have been tested) on the market. You can use any other brands, it might work and might not. Therefore, if you intend to run CM7 off uSD, Sandisk is strongly RECOMMENDED. If you use the uSD as an additional storage, any brand is OK.
I thought loading CM7 via SD card removed the warranty also.
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No, it does not. Running off uSD has zero effect on stock OS.
A side question I have. I saw on youtube someone was able to "dual boot" the nook OS with the CM7 OS. They could swap back and forth, any idea what this is about? Sorry I don't have much more information on it than that.
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A lot of people mistype or mis-use the term "dual-boot"
AFAIK, there is 2 kinds of "dual-boot" (one of them is incorrectedly used)
a. Leaving stock OS on eMMC and booting CM7 off uSD.
b. Installing 2 different ROMs on eMMC.
I personally choose to say b. should be called "dual-boot", not a. but a lot of people calling a. as "dual-boot". I don't mind.
What your question is for item a.
All you have to do is during powering up, press and hold the "N" button then select booting Normal, it will boot into whatever on the eMMC (i.e. stock OS) even having CM7 uSD plugged in.
If loading through SD card does not void warranty I would prefer that for the time being until I get the hang of this stuff more. Then again a fully rooted nook is basically a android tablet+nook. The only reason I would want the warranty is if something inside were to break.
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A very good choice. Go for it.
Note: recommend getting the Sandisk class 4.
Would the reason why my attempt didn't work be related to the fact that I didn't have a Scandisk SD card?
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I don't know what you're doing so can't say.
What have you done?
Ok sorry it took me a little bit to get back to you guys. I work the night shift so it can be a pain and make you seem like a ghost.
So I downloaded a file called 8gb_clockwork-0.7. Used a program called Win32 Diskmanager to write that file to the SD card. I have an 8gb SD card. Not Scandisk.
I then copied over two file that are .zip files. I did not un-zip them. Files are gapps-gb-20110307-signed and update-cm-7.0.3-encore-signed.
I am using my phone as a micro SD card reader. Could that be causing issues?
Everything I read said to do what I just said/did. I then pop in the SD card into the nook. My nook then boots up normally, I.E. standard nook OS.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Again, it goes back to my question in post #2.
Before getting an answer from you, I cannot provide any more help.
In fact, I don't want to guide you through the wrong direction.
I would like to run it off of the USB drive until I get familiar with it. Just in case I do not like it. As this is my first time rooting something I would like to keep my options open.
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I would like to run it off of the USB drive until I get familiar with it. Just in case I do not like it. As this is my first time rooting something I would like to keep my options open.
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I assume you meant to run CM7 off uSD (you said USB drive???)
Anyway, if that's the case, what you have done was incorrect.
Forget about it, start over again.
With your not Sandisk uSD card, I wouldn't recommend but if you have to use it, then go with it for now.
1. download "win32diskimager" (I hope you already it)
2. download the "Size-agnostic SD" v1.3 imager from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
3. try this ROM (build 12122011) as many others like it from this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344873
4. download this GApp (20110828) for CM7 from this link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version
5. try to follow verygreen's instructions from the link that I posted in step 2.
If you not able to or hitting issue, get back here for more help
Will do. Thanks again for all the help. Also yes I did mean uSD :/ I will try this Wednesday during the day and get back to you as I am about to start another shift.
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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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.
Hello XDA fourms, i have just today bought a nook color. I have been researching rooting it so i can read my manga and comics on it. I have decided to root it through a micro sd 4gb card so that if i want to use my nook regularly i can. now the problem is i can not understand half the things people say to do to achieve rooting my Nook color. can any one help me or redirect me to an easy place to teach me how to do this?
That's exactly how I started out. You can find instructions on the "[ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards." thread in the "Nook Color Android Development" forum. I'm no Android expert, being more a console Linux & C/Forth kind of guy, but it worked for me.
Since I spent most of my time in stock and only had a few apps I actually used on the card, I ended up rooting the stock nook with a manual nooter to install those apps in the Nook Color stock home page ... but using the SD card install for a month was quite useful in working out whether I wanted to root the stock B&N firmware or install a CM7 firmware instead.
ok so i tried to make an sd card out of my 4 gb but it didnt work so i decided to reformate it and now it only has 117 mb! wth? im so confused...
Tom32090 said:
ok so i tried to make an sd card out of my 4 gb but it didnt work so i decided to reformate it and now it only has 117 mb! wth? im so confused...
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when you write the image to the SD card the partition is 117mbs. windows can only see that partition (there is actually 4 on the card after the image is written) that's why when you hit reformat it reformatted it to 117mbs. boot your nook up into stock form with the SD card in it, then go into your settings and hit "unmount SD card" then hit "reformat". That'll get you back to 4gbs.
ok great! ill try that thank you very much! but now how do i get it rooted?
If you "want to root it through a micro sd 4gb card so that if i want to use my nook regularly i can" ... you aren't really rooting the device, you are just making an SD card that will boot up its own system and leave the stock system in the built-in flash alone. Then if the card is pulled out (or replaced with a non-bootable SD card), the bootloader skips the SD card and boots from the internal flash.
If you are using a Windows box, as nook711 explained, the regular Windows format will not change existing SD partitions, so it will just format one relatively small partition on the SD card. To reformat back to a single clean SD partition on the Windows side, google for Panasonic SDFormatter.
As far as how to get that card to work as an SD-boot card ~ its hard to say, since you didn't say what went wrong the first time you tried it: which imager program did you use? did you power the Nook down all the way before rebooting it? Did it hang, or did it fail to boot and start up as a stock Nook Color?
Unless of course I misread you: if you want to root it using a SD card in a way that allows it to also be used as a regular Nook ~ that is, the third party apps show up in what looks like a regular B&N Home page ~ that is a manual noot you want to do. The instructions for doing a manual noot are in the "[NC][1.2][1.3] ManualNooter 4.6.16" thread. However, those are instructions for a 1.2 or 1.3 version. Instead of using the manualnooter file described in the opening post, skip ahead to page 175, and look for GMPOWER's post #1745. The "LINK" downloads a manualnooter file that seems to work for a stock Nook Color 1.4.1 ~ at least, that's the one I've used and now I have what looks like a stock Nook Color, except with Crackle, Crunchyroll, YouTube, OpenIntents and DolphinMini apps showing up on the B&N home pages.
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If you "want to root it through a micro sd 4gb card so that if i want to use my nook regularly i can" ... you aren't really rooting the device, you are just making an SD card that will boot up its own system and leave the stock system in the built-in flash alone. Then if the card is pulled out (or replaced with a non-bootable SD card), the bootloader skips the SD card and boots from the internal flash
If you are using a Windows box, as nook711 explained, the regular Windows format will not change existing SD partitions, so it will just format one relatively small partition on the SD card. To reformat back to a single clean SD partition on the Windows side, google for Panasonic SDFormatter.
As far as how to get that card to work as an SD-boot card ~ its hard to say, since you didn't say what went wrong the first time you tried it.
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so what happen on my first try was i used winimage to write the genertic sd card file on to it. i than put update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip on the card. my nook was off and i turned it on. it did not boot from the sd card. i have not tried holding the n button to see if that worked yet. i do have the sd card formatted and i have already formatted the card back to 4 gb. Next i was going to do the same steps but try and hold the n button
update:so i tried the N button but it didnt boot the sd card... i just dont know what im doing wrong!?
if it did not boot from the sdcard then I would suspect that the image did not write to the sdcard correctly. the nook will automatically look at the sdcard boot first.
did you unzip the image file before writing it to the card?
did you write the image as admin in the winimage?
After writing the image to the sdcard remove it from your computer and then plug it back in the computer, if it wrote correctly it should now say "boot"
"my nook was off and i turned it on. it did not boot from the sd card"
It only boots if it is turned on from a powerdown. If it just went to sleep to save the battery, and a quick tap of the power button can wake it up, its not powered down, its only sleeping.
When its awake, hold the power button, wait for the "do you want to turn it off completely" dialog, keep holding the power button, and it will turn off. That is a complete power down. Then put in the bootable SD-card, and hold the power button until it turns on ~ it ought to boot off the card instead of off the Nook internal flash.
Like any Android device, it will take a while to go from the boot screen to the home screen on the first power-up, but you'll see the skaterboy droid in a couple of minutes and know that its grinding through the process of setting up the CM7 system.
And regarding the CM7 update file ~ looking in my PC file system, that's the same CM7 update file I used.
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After writing the image to the sdcard remove it from your computer and then plug it back in the computer, if it wrote correctly it should now say "boot"
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it does say "boot" but it still does not work
BruceMcF said:
"my nook was off and i turned it on. it did not boot from the sd card"
It only boots if it is turned on from a powerdown. If it just went to sleep to save the battery, and a quick tap of the power button can wake it up, its not powered down, its only sleeping.
When its awake, hold the power button, wait for the "do you want to turn it off completely" dialog, keep holding the power button, and it will turn off. That is a complete power down. Then put in the bootable SD-card, and hold the power button until it turns on ~ it ought to boot off the card instead of off the Nook internal flash.
Like any Android device, it will take a while to go from the boot screen to the home screen on the first power-up, but you'll see the skaterboy droid in a couple of minutes and know that its grinding through the process of setting up the CM7 system.
And regarding the CM7 update file ~ looking in my PC file system, that's the same CM7 update file I used.
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Yes i did shut it off and than turned it on but is still does not work?
i have also been looking at video on youtube. but every single one tells me something different. so far the one i found that seems to be the closest to what im trying to do is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nenR-mNo0 but even so i feel like the more i watch the more confused i get
There are only three things that come to my mind:
(1) What is the make and class of the microSD card? That's not from personal experience, but it shows up in multiple HowTo guides, both here and on other sites. I used a Kingston Class 4 8gb microSD card, but the preference seems to be for SanDisk Class 4.
(2) A generic image is likely to work best if its written onto a "like new" fully formatted SD card ~ I have seen a few YouTube clips of various rooting efforts where formatting it with the Panasonic SDFormatter Windows executable succeeded after the prior effort had failed.
Edit: the YouTube clip you posted is the first one where I saw advice to use the Panasonic SDFormatter. However, other than that, I mostly followed the xda How-To.
I'd note that even though the the CrashTechDummies YouTube clip is from April, 2011, they are using a HowTo guide for a image that is older than the "size-agnostic" image in the "Size-agnostic" How To guide, so they have to do several things by hand that are handled automatically by the "Size-agnostic" image.
(3) What is your hardware for writing SD images? USB-port card writers sometimes need to be safe-unmounted with the USB unmount tool before popped out. I've run into that before in a different context.
If its not one of those, then I got nothing, sorry. The part between copying the CM7 file onto the generic image and seeing the CM7 droid skaterboy "just worked" for me.
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There are only three things that come to my mind:
(1) What is the make and class of the microSD card? That's not from personal experience, but it shows up in multiple HowTo guides, both here and on other sites. I used a Kingston Class 4 8gb microSD card, but the preference seems to be for SanDisk Class 4.
(2) A generic image is likely to work best if its written onto a "like new" fully formatted SD card ~ I have seen a few YouTube clips of various rooting efforts where formatting it with the Panasonic SDFormatter Windows executable succeeded after the prior effort had failed.
(3) What is your hardware for writing SD images? USB-port card writers sometimes need to be safe-unmounted with the USB unmount tool before popped out. I've run into that before in a different context.
If its not one of those, then I got nothing, sorry. The part between copying the CM7 file onto the generic image and seeing the CM7 droid skaterboy "just worked" for me.
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ok i reformatted it with Panasonic reformat and i am using a 4 gbsandisk micro sd and it has a 2 with a circle around it
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i have also been looking at video on youtube. but every single one tells me something different. so far the one i found that seems to be the closest to what im trying to do is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nenR-mNo0 but even so i feel like the more i watch the more confused i get
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there's lots of ways to get to the end result, don't get confused we will help you through the process.
Now that being said:
This was my process
* reformat your SD card again using the stock nook
* download "windisk32 image writer" (easier I think then winimage)
* download "verygreens, genenric 1.3image.zip"
* unzip the image.zip to your desktop (using 7zip)
* open windisk32, click the blue folder and find the image file on your desktop for generic 1.3
* select your corresponding drive to your sdcard hit write
*when finished remove sdcard and reinsert it into computer
* download (cm7.1 or cm7.2)
* open up " my computer" on windows
* drag "cm7.1 or 7.2" to the corresponding drive for sdcard (should say boot)
* when finished right click hit eject when safe to do so remove sdcard
* insert sdcard into fully powered down nook
* turn nook on (after a few it should go to a little Linux penguin) and install scripts should be running
* when it's done it'll power off
* wait a few minutes and turn the nook on, should boot into cm7 but first you should see the android riding a skateboard.
*while that's working download the gapps file
after you set up cm7 for the first time, shut it down.
* remove sdcard and reinsert it into your computer
* open up "my computer" and drag the gapps file to the sdcard drive
* when finished hit eject and reinsert the card into the nook and while holding the "n" power up the nook (should see the little Linux penguin again)
* when its finished it should power down againbthen just turn it on and set up Google
hope this helps
** again this is just what works for me and I have successfully done several different nook for friends, family and myself.
uh is there any way you could supply some links ? i mean i think i have alot of these things but iv been gathering it from doing reaserch so i justwant to make sure i have the right files
Tom32090 said:
uh is there any way you could supply some links ? i mean i think i have alot of these things but iv been gathering it from doing reaserch so i justwant to make sure i have the right files
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verygreens image:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12240928&postcount=1
windisk32:
www.askvg.com/win32-disk-imager-write-any-bootable-image-to-usb-drive-in-windows/
7zip:
download.cnet.com/7-Zip/3000-2250_4-10045185.html
nook711 said:
there's lots of ways to get to the end result, don't get confused we will help you through the process.
Now that being said:
This was my process
x reformat your SD card again using the stock nook
x download "windisk32 image writer" (easier I think then winimage)
xdownload "verygreens, genenric 1.3image.zip"
xunzip the image.zip to your desktop (using 7zip)
xopen windisk32, click the blue folder and find the image file on your desktop for generic 1.3
xselect your corresponding drive to your sdcard hit write
xwhen finished remove sdcard and reinsert it into computer
x download (cm7.1 or cm7.2)
x open up " my computer" on windows
xdrag "cm7.1 or 7.2" to the corresponding drive for sdcard (should say boot)
xwhen finished right click hit eject when safe to do so remove sdcard
xinsert sdcard into fully powered down nook
xturn nook on (after a few it should go to a little Linux penguin) and install scripts should be running
x when it's done it'll power off
* wait a few minutes and turn the nook on, should boot into cm7 but first you should see the android riding a skateboard.
*while that's working download the gapps file
after you set up cm7 for the first time, shut it down.
* remove sdcard and reinsert it into your computer
* open up "my computer" and drag the gapps file to the sdcard drive
* when finished hit eject and reinsert the card into the nook and while holding the "n" power up the nook (should see the little Linux penguin again)
* when its finished it should power down againbthen just turn it on and set up Google
hope this helps
** again this is just what works for me and I have successfully done several different nook for friends, family and myself.
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Ok so i have gotten up to the part where it shutdown and i have no restarted it yet. I downloaded the gapps and now i have another question. if i want to open up the memory on the sd card that isnt being used willl it mess anything up? the video talks about using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2 and i just dont want to mess up anything iv already down
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Ok so i have gotten up to the part where it shutdown and i have no restarted it yet. I downloaded the gapps and now i have another question. if i want to open up the memory on the sd card that isnt being used willl it mess anything up? the video talks about using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 5.2 and i just dont want to mess up anything iv already down
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the unseen portion of the sdcard in windows will be seen in your nook
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the unseen portion of the sdcard in windows will be seen in your nook
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ok so if i want to put thing on the card how would i do it? would my computer pick up the unused memory?
Tom32090 said:
ok so if i want to put thing on the card how would i do it? would my computer pick up the unused memory?
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you can use the nook as a mass USB storage device. while on the nook plug the cord into your nook and then the USB side into your computer. the computer should pick it up as USB mass storage and show 2 drives, 1 for nook color and the other for sdcard. once connected you can put whatever you want on it.
I haven't had this nook color for more than 24 hours and it is already frustrating me to the point where i am tempted to take it back, pay 70 bucks more for an android tablet and call it a day.....
I am trying to do everything in this video and i follow all the directions and everytime i try to boot into recovery my nook doesn't boot in recovery....it just goes right into the nook interface.
I have been at this for about 3-4 hours so far and it's a bit crazy because all I am trying to do is get it to where I can use android apps....but i can't do that...
Any help would be welcomed...
I'm trying to root and get into recovery FIRST but i am not having any success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cP27ABgGjE
Micah Luca said:
I haven't had this nook color for more than 24 hours and it is already frustrating me to the point where i am tempted to take it back, pay 70 bucks more for an android tablet and call it a day.....
I am trying to do everything in this video and i follow all the directions and everytime i try to boot into recovery my nook doesn't boot in recovery....it just goes right into the nook interface.
I have been at this for about 3-4 hours so far and it's a bit crazy because all I am trying to do is get it to where I can use android apps....but i can't do that...
Any help would be welcomed...
I'm trying to root and get into recovery FIRST but i am not having any success
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I don't know why people follow old guides just because it is on video. Go to Manual Nooter 5.08.20 in the development forum. His directions are very straight forward and easy to follow. I guided you there on your other question.
I did not watch all the video, but did it have you put a new recovery on internal memory? If it did not, that's why you can't boot to it.
Edit: I just watched the video. It's not bad. The problem you are having is the card did not burn properly. So it won't boot. Just because you can read it on the PC does not mean it will boot on the Nook. Be sure to use an external card reader on your PC, not the one built into the PC. And start the program in administraror mode on the PC. If the card is burned properly it will boot. But the Nook is finicky and needs the card just right. Keep reburning until it boots. If there was anything wrong with the video, it was how it glossed over the difficulty of burning the card. I did not even see where he told you to put the card in the PC. Of course I was skimming.
Micah Luca said:
I haven't had this nook color for more than 24 hours and it is already frustrating me to the point where i am tempted to take it back, pay 70 bucks more for an android tablet and call it a day.....
I am trying to do everything in this video and i follow all the directions and everytime i try to boot into recovery my nook doesn't boot in recovery....it just goes right into the nook interface.
I have been at this for about 3-4 hours so far and it's a bit crazy because all I am trying to do is get it to where I can use android apps....but i can't do that...
Any help would be welcomed...
I'm trying to root and get into recovery FIRST but i am not having any success
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cP27ABgGjE
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I watched the video. It is straightforward and easy to follow. Are you using Win32diskimager correctly and did you safely eject SD card? I use the SD card reader on my Vista 64 bit laptop to burn the image without issues. I always safely eject before removing from laptop.
You just bought the NC? It's an old device and not worth investing in today. If you've had it since the beginning then it is fun to hang onto and hack away. IlBut if you're spending the money anyways just get a Nexus 7. Don't deal with the outdated hardware to save a few bucks. Just get a Nexus 7. Us NC users are just delaying the inevitable upgrade. But if I was in the market it would be a Nexus 7 and not another nook color.
Sent from my NookColor using xda app-developers app
Micah Luca said:
I haven't had this nook color for more than 24 hours and it is already frustrating me to the point where i am tempted to take it back, pay 70 bucks more for an android tablet and call it a day.....
I am trying to do everything in this video and i follow all the directions and everytime i try to boot into recovery my nook doesn't boot in recovery....it just goes right into the nook interface.
I have been at this for about 3-4 hours so far and it's a bit crazy because all I am trying to do is get it to where I can use android apps....but i can't do that...
Any help would be welcomed...
I'm trying to root and get into recovery FIRST but i am not having any success
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Perhaps there's something here in my "Cliff Notes" that will help.
0. Use bootice.exe to repartition microSDcard:
Select the correct Destination Disk!!!!!
Click "Parts Manage"
Click "ReFormat USB Disk"
Select "USB-FDD Mode"
Click "Next"
Select "FAT32"
Click "OK"
Accept warning
1. Use Win32DiskImager to burn generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-larger-Rev5.img to a
FAT32-formatted microSDcard. Note: Sandisk class 4 preferred.
2. Eject then reinsert microSDcard.
3. Copy cm and gapps zip files to the microSDcard.
4. Eject and remove microSDcard.
5. Put microSDcard into powered-off Nook. Turn Nook on.
Wait for penguin to install software and turn Nook off. ("... shutdown")
6. Turn Nook on.
7. Wait for quick screen flash, then hold down Nook key.
8. On boot menu, use volume-down and Nook key to select "SD Card Normal"
9. Enjoy.
Cheers.
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Perhaps there's something here in my "Cliff Notes" that will help.
0. Use bootice.exe to repartition microSDcard:
Select the correct Destination Disk!!!!!
Click "Parts Manage"
Click "ReFormat USB Disk"
Select "USB-FDD Mode"
Click "Next"
Select "FAT32"
Click "OK"
Accept warning
1. Use Win32DiskImager to burn generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large-Rev3.img to a
FAT32-formatted microSDcard. Note: Sandisk class 4 preferred.
2. Eject then reinsert microSDcard.
3. Copy cm and gapps zip files to the microSDcard.
4. Eject and remove microSDcard.
5. Put microSDcard into powered-off Nook. Turn Nook on.
Wait for penguin to install software and turn Nook off. ("... shutdown")
6. Turn Nook on.
7. Wait for quick screen flash, then hold down Nook key.
8. On boot menu, use volume-down and Nook key to select "SD Card Normal"
9. Enjoy.
Cheers.
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Two points, first, he was trying to root stock, not install a new ROM to SD. Second if you are thinking of installing a CM ROM higher than 7.2 to SD, you need to use Rev 5 of my image file, not Rev 3.
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leapinlar said:
Two points, first, he was trying to root stock, not install a new ROM to SD. Second if you are thinking of installing a CM ROM higher than 7.2 to SD, you need to use Rev 5 of my image file, not Rev 3.
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Agreed. I corrected .img file name.
I also I have the same problem, I tried many tutorials and I can not boot from the sd. I have the Nook Color version 1.4.3. help
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jrjim00 said:
I also I have the same problem, I tried many tutorials and I can not boot from the sd. I have the Nook Color version 1.4.3. help
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If you cannot boot from SD, that means the SD was not burned properly. Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A9.
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I think one problem that users are having is simple. (This happened to me once) On Mac OSX when you burn the card using the dd command in terminal, make sure that the target disk is (for example) </dev/disk1> not </dev/disk1s1> , because that is the disk ID you get in disk utility.
In short:
(Substitute your number for the #symbol)
-Get disk ID from disk utility using "verify disk" in the "first aid" section
(ie: /dev/disk#s#)
-MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS YOU SD CARD'S DISK ID AND NOT YOUR HARD DRIVE. IF YOU IMAGE YOUR HARD DRIVE THEN YOU ARE SCREWED AND YOUR COMPUTER WILL NOT WORK.
-Remove "s#" from the ending when you type <did if=image.img of=/dev/diskID>
(Ie: /dev/disk#)
-image the card using the new /dev/disk# you have found
-Enjoy your Nook.
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*
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The s# at the end is the partition ID.
Hellooo! *Explosion FX*
I've tried to do a search for this but can't find it. I'm such a complete novice I may have run across it and not even known I did. I tried to make a bootable SD to be able to use the google app store. I've seen so many instructions now I don't even know where the first one I used is. I think I used CM7 (my Nook Color is version 1.4.1...don't know if that matters). So far, nothing I've done has added the shopping cart but first things first.
Evidently I must have really screwed things up because the cyanogenmod is now on my nook instead of the SD card (which explains why I had so many problems when I tried to redo it). The first thread I found doing a google search was this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720&highlight=restore+to+stock.
After reading through it on the last page someone posted that it was a very old thread and to go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25354258#post25354258 and go down to 15A. But, having the technical skills of a pencil eraser, I can't even figure out which software to download, let alone how to accomplish the restoration. I actually managed to jailbreak my iphone but that was just a matter of downloading software and running it. This doesn't appear to be as simple.
I did manage to find all the files required by the first thread to do the restore, but then I got to this: Select "Restore virtual hard disk image" from the "Disk" menu. My winimage doesn't say that. I am using a new SD card so perhaps that's why. It's at that point that I read all the way through the thread to discover that method? or the firmware? was obsolete.
All I really want is to know which file(s) to download and, if possible, a link to instructions a 5 year old could follow. If I knew a 6th grader I'd just ask them because I'm pretty sure this is hard wired into their DNA. I'm 53 so that's probably half my problem. I can usually figure these things out but this has me completely stumped.
Thanks so much for your time.
You probably used ROM Manager and told it to install CWM and update to a new ROM. The problem is, ROM Manager only works on internal memory installations, not SD installations, so it installed CM to internal memory.
Don't use that old thread to flash stock back on to internal memory, even if you did find the files.
And age is not an excuse for not learning, I'm 68.
Go to my thread referenced above and download the stock 1.4.3 zip file from A15. It is linked in the text of A15.
Make a bootable CWM SD. Use that to flash the stock ROM. Download the file CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD.zip and extract it somewhere on your PC. You should end up with approximately a 300MB .img file. Burn that image to your SD using Win32diskimager per the directions quoted here:
To use Win32DiskImager, find it on the web (here, it's free) and install it on your Windows PC. Open it (be sure to run it as administrator) and select the drive (device) that has your card reader with your SD inserted. Then in the image file box put the location where you have the extracted img file. Then when everything is set right, click on the write button. A warning will pop up asking if you want to proceed. When you have verified that you are going to write to the correct device, click on Yes. (One user overwrote their external USB hard drive by not verifying first). If you get an error message about access denied, it means you are looking at the drive with Windows Explorer. Close Windows Explorer and try again. In fact, it is a good idea to close all unnecessary windows when burning, even your browser.
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Once the SD is burned, temporarily remove the SD from the PC and then reinsert in your PC. Then copy the Stock zip you downloaded earlier to the SD. Insert the SD into your Nook and boot. Once CWM appears, use the volume up/down keys to move the cursor and highlight "Install zip from SD". Then use the n key to activate it. Select the zip you copied to the SD. Go ahead and flash it.
When it is complete, take the SD out and boot. It should boot to stock.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
You probably used ROM Manager and told it to install CWM and update to a new ROM. The problem is, ROM Manager only works on internal memory installations, not SD installations.
Don't use that old thread to flash stock back on to internal memory, even if you did find the files.
And age is not an excuse for not learning, I'm 68.
Go to my thread referenced above and download the zip file from A15. It is linked in the text of A15.
Make a bootable CWM SD. Use that to flash the stock ROM. Download the file CWM-5.5.0.4-bootable_SD.zip and extract it somewhere on your PC. You should end up with approximately a 200MB .img file. Burn that image to your SD using Win32diskimager per the directions quoted here:
Once the SD is burned, temporarily remove the SD from the PC and then reinsert in your PC. Then copy the Stock zip you downloaded earlier to the SD. Insert the SD into your Nook and boot. Once CWM appears, use the volume up/down keys to move the cursor and highlight "Install zip from SD". Then use the n key to activate it. Select the zip you copied to the SD. Go ahead and flash it.
When it is complete, take the SD out and boot. It should boot to stock.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thank you, I'll try again! It's not that I don't want to learn. I'm asking because I trying to learn. I think I've probably confused myself by reading too much on too many websites and it takes me a little while to figure out technical things. I do appreciate the help. I probably just need to take some deep breaths and clear my brain so I can start over. I just want to make sure I don't really mess it up to the point it's completely unrepairable.
DelilahM said:
Thank you, I'll try again! It's not that I don't want to learn. I'm asking because I trying to learn. I think I've probably confused myself by reading too much on too many websites and it takes me a little while to figure out technical things. I do appreciate the help. I probably just need to take some deep breaths and clear my brain so I can start over. I just want to make sure I don't really mess it up to the point it's completely unrepairable.
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Notice I changed which CWM you should download. Use 6.0.1.2, it works better for stock.
leapinlar said:
Notice I changed which CWM you should download. Use 6.0.1.2, it works better for stock.
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Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It works perfectly!
Sorry to be a bother, I don't know whether this is related. Everything loaded perfectly and it looks just as it did when I first turned it on but now every time I try to use the keyboard, it pops up for probably less than a second and then goes back down. I've tried to "catch" it to see if I could get a letter/digit each time to try and put in but it just goes up and down, up and down. I tried doing the set up with the boot disk in because I know nook reads the sd card first but that didn't help.
However, the version I originally had on the nook color was 1.4.1. Would it make a difference if I used the 1.4.3 instead?
Thanks
DelilahM said:
Sorry to be a bother, I don't know whether this is related. Everything loaded perfectly and it looks just as it did when I first turned it on but now every time I try to use the keyboard, it pops up for probably less than a second and then goes back down. I've tried to "catch" it to see if I could get a letter/digit each time to try and put in but it just goes up and down, up and down. I tried doing the set up with the boot disk in because I know nook reads the sd card first but that didn't help.
However, the version I originally had on the nook color was 1.4.1. Would it make a difference if I used the 1.4.3 instead?
Thanks
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Did you follow the instructions in the thread where you were supposed to flash a format zip? I forgot to add that in the above instructions. It is not to late to do it. Boot to CWM and flash the format zip and boot back to stock and re-register again. That may be the cause of the keyboard problem.
And being 1.4.3 should make no difference.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
Did you follow the instructions in the thread where you were supposed to flash a format zip? I forgot to add that in the above instructions. It is not to late to do it. Boot to CWM and flash the format zip and boot back to stock and re-register again. That may be the cause of the keyboard problem.
And being 1.4.3 should make no difference.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Yes. Installed that as well. However, I did notice when I put the sd card in my computer a few times windows said "disk might be corrupt do you want to continue?" So that might be the problem. I'll go into town tomorrow and get a new one to see if that makes a difference.
Well, I got a new SD card and it's still doing the same thing, the keyboard just goes up and down, up and down so I don't know what to do now.
Cindie
fix it?
Did you ever get it fixed? I did (probably) the exact same thing as you did (installed flashable ROM in eMMC), and it took me hours to get it straightened out
Although I can't say for sure... since I wasn't really taking notes with what I was trying... I think what eventually got me going was using a different bootable (step 1), b/c my microsd card was an off brand (lexar 8gb).
What I did was...
1) made bootable SD card with [generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-larger-Rev5.zip] rather than "so&so size gb card CWR.img"
2) added [nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip]
Before I got it to work properly, I had various types of failures-
stuck at "n" screen,
wifi wouldnt work (so I didnt get past nook first start-up process),
appeared to work ok but screen would flash all the time (your keyboard problem)
Eventually I got it sorted, and through all this trial and error, was able to properly put CM10 on sd card whilst leaving nook "original". Lol.
*I'm a newbie at this stuff so please make corrections if I jacked my post up! This was a few days ago and I'm at work... so I can't reference my home 'puter