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I'm running B&N 1.2 rooted with ManualNooter 4.4.28 and I saw a couple posts where people said they dropped some apks into their system/app folders to install apps that wouldn't install from the market. When I plugged my Nook into the computer, I don't have access to the system folder in order to copy the apk over. I tried just putting it on the sd card and using the Astro file manager and the ES file explorer to copy and paste into that folder, but it won't let me. What do I need to do in order to do that?
You need to remount the /system as read/write, it's read-only by default.
You'll probably need a terminal emulator, or preferably get adb setup. A little googling of the "mount" command and/or adb should get you there.
ylixir said:
You need to remount the /system as read/write, it's read-only by default.
You'll probably need a terminal emulator, or preferably get adb setup. A little googling of the "mount" command and/or adb should get you there.
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Thanx for the info. I installed adb and got it working with my Nook now. Remounting the /system was easy after i searched for the command to use.
FWIW Root Explorer works great. Best four bucks I've spent so far for Market progs.
skeeterpro said:
FWIW Root Explorer works great. Best four bucks I've spent so far for Market progs.
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I agree, best $4 I spent too. I got the Amazon App Store installed using it, also Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.
Hey i'm having trouble with something similar. A real challenge though, as I have 1) no non-adhoc wireless network 2) no genuine nook cable so ADB is not an option. I need to get access to the file system so I can apply the Ad-hoc fix, but I can't find any way to do so without a file manager, and I can't find a way to install an apk without ADB or market. (i'm running 1.2 rooted) Any genius ideas would be much appreciated!
Warder52 said:
I'm running B&N 1.2 rooted with ManualNooter 4.4.28 and I saw a couple posts where people said they dropped some apks into their system/app folders to install apps that wouldn't install from the market. When I plugged my Nook into the computer, I don't have access to the system folder in order to copy the apk over. I tried just putting it on the sd card and using the Astro file manager and the ES file explorer to copy and paste into that folder, but it won't let me. What do I need to do in order to do that?
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Search "SU File Manager & Terminal" on Android Market. It's the best app working till now. It has "Mount System/Data RW" option, makes it easier to mount the partitions as RW without executing any commands and copy the APKs from SD card to any System or Data partitions.
It has quick option to mount the partitions as RO.
skgtheblij said:
Hey i'm having trouble with something similar. A real challenge though, as I have 1) no non-adhoc wireless network 2) no genuine nook cable so ADB is not an option. I need to get access to the file system so I can apply the Ad-hoc fix, but I can't find any way to do so without a file manager, and I can't find a way to install an apk without ADB or market. (i'm running 1.2 rooted) Any genius ideas would be much appreciated!
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Do you have any microUSB cable that you can connect to a computer with? You don't need the genuine cable... if you don't have market, and can't install any apks via terminal/connectbot or ADB, then i'm not sure what you can do...
edit: maybe you could dual boot CWM and go through that to install files?
Thanks for the reply. I've tried a micro USB cable but it didn't seem to recognize the NC, and in 1.2 there was no notification that USB was connected. Perhaps I have something wrong with my USB port? Also, I don't really know how I would install files through CWM; I have it on SD, which is how I've been making changes. Could you point me in the right direction on that?
Thanks!
Those using Root Explorer, I'm running CM7 from an SD card using verygreen's method, but don't have any SD reader other than the NC, so I can't install gapps/market. I have sideloaded Root Explorer, but can't find anywhere to drop the gapps...zip where it will install on a recovery boot. I don't even have a way to format my one-and-only SD card to attempt a root of the stock OS and get more functionality out of CWM.
I don't mean to thread-hijack, but it seems quite related, and I can't post in the dev forum yet.
Taosaur said:
Those using Root Explorer, I'm running CM7 from an SD card using verygreen's method, but don't have any SD reader other than the NC, so I can't install gapps/market. I have sideloaded Root Explorer, but can't find anywhere to drop the gapps...zip where it will install on a recovery boot. I don't even have a way to format my one-and-only SD card to attempt a root of the stock OS and get more functionality out of CWM.
I don't mean to thread-hijack, but it seems quite related, and I can't post in the dev forum yet.
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The gapps.zip is what U need?
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The gapps.zip is what U need?
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The specific package is gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip, for CM7 7.0.2. I have the file, and normally you would use a PC to drop it in the SD card's boot partition, but like I said, the only means I have of getting at the SD is over USB to the Nook, and I can't access the boot partition that way. I'm wondering if I can reach the boot partition via Root Explorer, or is it totally off limits while CM7 is running off the SD?
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The specific package is gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip, for CM7 7.0.2. I have the file, and normally you would use a PC to drop it in the SD card's boot partition, but like I said, the only means I have of getting at the SD is over USB to the Nook, and I can't access the boot partition that way. I'm wondering if I can reach the boot partition via Root Explorer, or is it totally off limits while CM7 is running off the SD?
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I think with changing read/write U can do this with Root Explorer.
skgtheblij said:
Thanks for the reply. I've tried a micro USB cable but it didn't seem to recognize the NC, and in 1.2 there was no notification that USB was connected. Perhaps I have something wrong with my USB port? Also, I don't really know how I would install files through CWM; I have it on SD, which is how I've been making changes. Could you point me in the right direction on that?
Thanks!
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yeah, i haven't played any with CWM / sdcard boots, so i'm no help. sorry...
as for the micro USB cable and such - i'm using a generic one, which is working. is it not even reading as a storage device? have you tried removing and reinstalling the drivers? do you have nook color tools installed so that you can toggle 'debugging'?
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I think with changing read/write U can do this with Root Explorer.
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I'll try to clarify:
1) Running CM7.0.2 from SD, will the SD card's boot partition be visible in Root Explorer?
2) If so, in what specific directory do I need to place the zip file for the system to recognize and install it on a recovery boot?
Perhaps I'll start a more specific thread on the matter. If I end up having to get a card reader, so be it, but I've overspent my gadget allowance for at least a week or two, so I'm trying to get as far as possible with what I have. I do have the Amazon app store set up, and even minus the Google market, CM7 is preferable to stock.
In case anyone is interested, I found a simple solution: CMW. Verygreen's SD-install allows you to flash CMW to the Nook's eMMC without affecting the stock OS, and from CMW you can mount the SD card with USB plugged in and Windows will see the boot partition. I initially wanted to get CMW on the NC without rooting, anyway, so things worked out perfectly
Taosaur said:
In case anyone is interested, I found a simple solution: CMW. Verygreen's SD-install allows you to flash CMW to the Nook's eMMC without affecting the stock OS, and from CMW you can mount the SD card with USB plugged in and Windows will see the boot partition. I initially wanted to get CMW on the NC without rooting, anyway, so things worked out perfectly
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That's a terrible idea. Installing CMW to the NC internal memory wipes the nooks built-in recovery. Getting CMW on an sd card is very simple, more functional, and can even be installed alongside verygreen's setup.
Better yet every person who doesn't do this is one less person showing up on the forums going "omg, i messed up and now my nook won't boot, it just keeps going to CMW."
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That's a terrible idea. Installing CMW to the NC internal memory wipes the nooks built-in recovery. Getting CMW on an sd card is very simple, more functional, and can even be installed alongside verygreen's setup.
Better yet every person who doesn't do this is one less person showing up on the forums going "omg, i messed up and now my nook won't boot, it just keeps going to CMW."
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Any elaboration on why it's a terrible idea to replace the NC's built-in recovery with something more full-featured? It's advised or assumed in pretty much any dev thread for writing any ROM to eMMC, except most of them say "root first," which appears unnecessary. I did think I'd wiped the stock OS at first, but basically decided to deal with it later and finished installing gapps, after which the stock OS suddenly reappeared. It was perplexing, but after some more fiddling, I puzzled out the boot behavior and it is consistent:
1) power on with SD card inserted, and I get CM7.0.2.
2) hold home key and power on with SD card inserted, and ROM Manager will check for new ROMs/zips.
3) power on with SD card ejected (not necessarily removed) and I get stock 1.2.
4) hold home key and power on with SD card ejected, and I get CWM
I'm new to all of this, so I welcome feedback, but "It's bad, mmkay?" doesn't go far. Will having CWM in place of "factory mode" cause instability? Would a CWM install on the SD allow me to mount the SD boot part to USB? Why do we all keep wanting to write it "CMW?"
@taosaur
It's actually kind of a pet peeve of mine, along with the root first mentality you mentioned.
It won't cause instability, but it locks you out of doing a factory reset, and can lock you into recovery mode.
If things go wrong, you can't reset your device, can't get out of a bootcount induced bootloop, can't (in theory) take it in for warranty, etc.
Honestly it's the easiest thing in the world to switch between the two, or just fix the problems from cwm--if you know what you are doing. BUT!
I really can't count how many threads I've seen with people who've installed clockworkmod and have run into issues and have absolutely no idea what to do. They are just screwed and pissed off (rightly so) because they read somewhere that they needed CWM. Which they didn't. And now none of the howtos for fixing it work because they just have CWM, not the stock recovery mode...
And really there is no reason whatsoever to do this to begin with. I mean in order to get CWM on your nook, you have to have a spare sd card, and you have to know how to burn an image. So why not just make an sd with CWM and save the headache, keep the builtin functionality, not worry about getting locked into recovery mode, and still have all the benefits of CWM?
Maybe i should do a writeup howto on how to add CWM to the size-agnostic cards....
Would CWM's "factory reset" option only wipe the data in the stock OS, then, and not restore the old recovery? I see where you're coming from--obviously there's value in keeping idiotproof recovery on the table, and why risk your warranty if you're running from external media anyway? But again, the original problem that CWM solved for me was getting the gapps package into the SD card's boot partition. I had 1 card and 0 card readers at my disposal. Would CWM have been able to mount the SD card's boot partition if it were installed to the card itself?
I would definitely be interested to learn how to integrate CWM into one of verygreen's "size-agnostic" cards, especially if it would still be able to mount the CM7 boot partition over USB. As is, Flash CWM installs on eMMC by default, and the Boot to Recovery commands within CM7 don't work from SD--they just reboot.
I have been delaying opening a new thread - I thought I could get it fixed on my own, but I haven't been able to find anything that works ... I've found lots of things that look like they should have worked, but then after days and days of experimenting I'm still left with my expensive brick.
It's been over a month now since it was originally out of commission and BN has refused any help or replacement ... big surprise. Since it's been a while, I can't remember exactly what happened, but this should be pretty close:
Took it out of the box --> registered it with BN --> read up and decided to put the CM7 stable release on it. Had CM7 120 I think, plus Google apps, plus overclocking froyo 022311. Was working great but kept prompting me to update to the next stable release (the RC1). I decided to make a backup and apply the update. Pretty much went dark during the upgrade and I haven't been able to do anything with it.
The screen won't even flicker, let alone backlight, or CWM menu regardless of which combinations of buttons, sequence, etc.
From what I can tell from the forums, I have a corrupt boot partition.
Here are some of what I have tried: (I've tried these on both Windows and Mac)
1) made a new CWM SD image and tried to boot to that - still the same thing ... nothing. I've tried making several different versions, the latest being 3.0.2.8.
2) tried to use ADB to talk to it and dd new boot.img and system.img files that I found in a forum thread.
- Although I can get ADB to talk to the nook (see it, and execute reboot commands, etc.) I can't get into the adb shell. It complains about a missing file when that command is run.
Some other threads I tried: (that I can remember)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17208775
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17208775&postcount=264
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
It seems like I'm stuck because the recommendations I see for fixing the boot partition, or the ADB shell problem are to create a new bootable SD card and flash from various zip files once the CWM menu is there. This isn't working because I cannot get the nook to boot to CWM from the SD...If I could get it to boot to the SD, I would be home free!
I can tell the thing is alive and trying to boot because when I've got it plugged into my PC, I can see it get added to Device Manager (as an Android + the two BN disk drives), and I can hear the plug-n-play picking up the changes when the power button is held down. If I plug it in after inserting the bootable SD card, I can see it trying, but it fails to load the driver.
Do you guys have any recommendations? I feel like I'm close, but can't get there. There's no way I'm the .01 % of people who can brick a nook ... is there?
Thanks!
I had a similiar problem with booting off an sdcard. It just wouldn't no matter what I tried. Then I burned a new bootable cwm card but used the mounted sdcard from my nook instead of the sdcard adapter plugged into my PC. This worked finally. What this tells me is some sdcard adapters don't work well with burning bootable sdcards. Give this technique a shot and then restore the nook to factory stock using a cwm restore-to-stock file. Then update to BN v1.3 and start over with your CM7 tinkering. ( check the Dev section for the restore to 1.2 stock update.)
Edit - what I meant to say but didn't clairify is try different adapters if the nook won't mount the sdcard when plugged into the PC. Also...try uninstalling the adb drivers and try getting the nook to show the sdcard mounted in your PC.
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I received my new nook and updated it to the new software. Then i tried doing a backup via noogie. I got until the rooted forever screen and then got stuck. I couldn't get my mac to make a backup for me. I panic and gave up after awhile and just removed my SD card and reformatted it.
I am going to try to root it via the touchnooter method without doing a backup as I got too scared after my first experience with the noogie.
What I noticed is that when I wrote my SD card with noogie, I only got some space left to put in my books. My SD card is 8gb.
Is it okay to root my Nook and put books using the same SD? or should i partition my SD card into 2 via disk utility, then use 1gb for rooting and then 7gb for my books?
Or can they co-exist together?
JayneT said:
I am going to try to root it via the touchnooter method without doing a backup as I got too scared after my first experience with the noogie.
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You got it backwards, Noogie doesn't do anything to your NST
What you need to know is when your NST tries to boot it will first try to boot from the SD card, then the internal MMC.
Noogie does nothing but interrupt the boot and expose the internal MMC for you so you can replace files in it
For root with Noogie you need to have downloaded a uRamdisk that you'll use to replace the uRamdisk in the /boot partition.
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Or can they co-exist together?
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No, not at all, when you're done using Noogie you should reformat your sdcard so you can use it as NST storage.
-Roger
Do a backup, don't know on mac, but on windows its easy and very usefull if you screw, just read carefully and follow instructions.
If you root with touchnooter there is no need to use the Noogie image, and as Ros stated, you got it wrong.
Just follow instructions on the touchnooter thread, once you finished with the process format the card with sdformatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/eula_mac/)
Good luck.
okay, im officially confused. I am going to root with the touchnooter. But i want to do a backup too.
So i should backup with the noogie image, stop at here: "Mac/Linux:
dd if=/dev/<nook> of=nook_touch_backup.img bs=1M
This will take several minutes, and will create a 2GB file
After it is finished, double check and make sure the file is exactly 1958739968 bytes"
then what should i do from here? take my sd out and reformat it? then go onto the touchnooter?
PS. this was the part i was stuck at. i copied the backup command into my terminal. but my terminal/mac could not read it. Then i panic cos my screen was stuck at rooted forever. How?
Sorry. This is my first time rooting anything.
and i tried
Yes - you have the approach correct now. It is easier if you have extra SD's
Write the Noogie image to the SD
Backup (your nook is not yet rooted)
Take out the SD card - reboot the Nook (power cycle)
Write touchNooter image to the SD card
Follow its instructions and take out the SD card
Reboot the nook (power cycle)
Rooted!
If everything works then
Write the Noogie image to the SD
Boot with it in the Nook
Backup a second time so you have a rooted image.
Take it out and reboot again.
If you want to use the SD in the nook for content then reformat it and all the space will be available.
CV
JayneT said:
PS. this was the part i was stuck at. i copied the backup command into my terminal. but my terminal/mac could not read it. Then i panic cos my screen was stuck at rooted forever. How?
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You should never just copy commands into your shell unless you know what they do
You need to substitute "if=/dev/<nook>" with the correct device path for your Nook. (I.E. if=/dev/sdb)
Boot with Noogie image (rooted forever), plug in usb and do a dmesg in the terminal to see what device name it got, it should be there amongst the last few lines.
And yes, the dd command will take a few minutes.
When it's done you remove the SD card and reboot your Nook.
As said earlier, the Noogie image doesn't do anything to your NST.
If you want to root your NST you need to know what software version you have and choose the appropriate rooting method for it, there are several, but in regards to Google Apps things are still somewhat unreliable when it comes to getting it to work on 1.1.0
Thanks for the help!! Much clearer now about the process. Will try it after my exams next week hopefully nothing goes wrong and the touchnooter will enable google apps to work by then
Hi! im finally rooting my nook now! actually in the process of backing up. but it looks like i'm still unable to do so!
my command is
dd if=/dev/disk3 of=nook_touch_backup.img bs=1M
but it says illegal numeric value. any help/input?
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my command is
dd if=/dev/disk3 of=nook_touch_backup.img bs=1M
but it says illegal numeric value. any help/input?
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Are you using MacOS? check dd --help, maybe the blocksize parameter cannot use M for megabytes. You can try bs=1048576 instead.
for macos you have to use bs=1m not bs=1M that only for linux use
I have been hoping to root my new NST. I read the instructions numerous times, put my SD card in the holder, and, because I'm using a Mac, typed the various commands into the terminal. A couple of things then did not happen: 1. though I unmounted the disk, I was unable to get the touchnooter image to burn to the disk, even though I was following the directions. One time I got a "permission denied message," and other times I got a "busy" signal. I am not sure what I did wrong, but it resulted in nothing getting written to the sd card. Any suggestions? (It was touchnooter 2.1.31 and the firmware is 1.1.)
Thanks so much!
Make a backup first!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142983
I recently rooted a Nook Simple Touch with the 1.1.0 firmware on a Mac, and I did not have any problems writing the SDcard.
However, TouchNooter 2.1.31 did not work for me.
I wish I had a backup.
Finally I rooted with MinimalTouch,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346748
so if you find out how to write the SDcard, and get into troubles with TouchNooter, you migth want to try MinimalTouch.
Btw, I never had any problems writing the SDcard on a Mac, so I have no idea why it does not work for you. If you save the terminal session log and post it, someone may be able to see what went wrong. Use the script command (see "man script") in the terminal.
here's what i wrote in terminal--what did i do wrong
This is the command I wrote in terminal to get touchnooter onto my SD card, but I got the message that the "resource" was "busy." Not sure what that means, or why I can't seem to write to the card. A previous message said that permission was denied. Here's the script I used:
dd if=/Users/myname/Desktop/touchnooter-2-1-31.img of=/dev/rdisk2
but nothing happened. Is it possible that I have to format the SD card to work with my Mac?
As you can tell, this is all new to me. But I'm trying! Any thoughts on a better way to write this?
The only "resource" I can imagine is "busy" is the disk, /dev/rdisk2
And the only reason I can imagine that it is "busy", is if it still are mounted. (or if it is the wrong device).
Check with
diskutil listthat your SDcard is on /dev/disk2, and unmount it with
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
I do not believe there are any difference between /dev/diskn and /dev/rdiskn anymore. Once upon the time it was.
thanks
I think you're right. Will try again... thank you!
Update: I did try again, using touchnooter, and it worked! I've got a rooted NST! many thanks
I've worked ever so hard trying to configure and get the aesthetics of my cm7 rom up and running and apps in my testing might have triangulated and caused this error, I don't know.
Whenever I try to install a rom, boot into recovery, do a backup-- basically my clockwork is broken. Not broken, it still tries. It just pops this up on the screen:
Populating /dev using udev: done
Initializing random number generator....done
modprobe: chdir (2.6.32.9): No such file or directory
Starting network...
Detected Standard B&N nook layout, emmc first
It appears the SD card is already properly formatted
Skipping format
Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as /boot
Looking for the install images....
Initial Install files not found
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip
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I'm using a recently nightly build of CM7.
I really love how I have it set-up, but if I don't have anyway to ever back it up my results are effortless.
How can I fix this situation without removal of the system. anyone, please?
First of all, have you done a nandroid backup in CWM? If so you can definitely recover.
Second it looks like your boot file is corrupted, always sending you to recover rather than a normal boot. What boot setup are you using?
echoedge said:
I've worked ever so hard trying to configure and get the aesthetics of my cm7 rom up and running and apps in my testing might have triangulated and caused this error, I don't know.
Whenever I try to install a rom, boot into recovery, do a backup-- basically my clockwork is broken. Not broken, it still tries. It just pops this up on the screen:
I'm using a recently nightly build of CM7.
I really love how I have it set-up, but if I don't have anyway to ever back it up my results are effortless.
How can I fix this situation without removal of the system. anyone, please?
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You have installed your ROM to SD. There is no CWM recovery on SD installs. You cannot do a nandroid backup with the SD recovery.
See my post here for an explanation of the difference between emmc installs and SD installs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25354258
However, there is a way to back it up. Keep reading further down in my post.
thank you.
but how do i get access to uAltRam and uAltImg.
Multi SD Mount APP isn't working.
R/W permission difficulties in root explorer..
Using the 4202012 nightly build..
please help,
this shouldn't be too hard, don't let it drive me crazy
echoedge said:
thank you.
but how do i get access to uAltRam and uAltImg.
Multi SD Mount APP isn't working.
R/W permission difficulties in root explorer..
Using the 4202012 nightly build..
please help,
this shouldn't be too hard, don't let it drive me crazy
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Take the card out and put in your PC. It will see the boot partition and you can copy the files there.
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Take the card out and put in your PC. It will see the boot partition and you can copy the files there.
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Hmm.. somehow I got it doing that. I of course tried that before and only the two partitions were loading. This time I was messing with it and clicking the multi sd mount widget and somehow the boot drive came up and I transferred the files on there.
So now I can do a nandroid backup as usual? Or sense it's an (Alt) instead of a recovery thing must it be different?
I'll try some things in the mean time..
Okay, so I have to boot into recovery and choose alternative and do it manually.
Can't do it with Rom Manager/Rom Tool Kit. Tried and it did the same error as in the OP.
Off to try now.
This is really strange though.
I've been messing with Nooks for a while and always used rom manager and the recovery console just fine.. but i've always ever done dual sd boots.This is my first time really doing a single one.
I'm in the boot menu (encore u-boot menu by j4mm3r), 1.2 port + extras.
It's been at
'Booting. One Moment'..." for at least a minute. Assuming it's frozen itself..
edit: Yeah, the Alt files didn't work.. I reset and pressed the N button, went to alternate and SD card. Nothing.
Reset it and it works as usual, but still no ability to backup..
echoedge said:
Okay, so I have to boot into recovery and choose alternative and do it manually.
Can't do it with Rom Manager/Rom Tool Kit. Tried and it did the same error as in the OP.
Off to try now.
This is really strange though.
I've been messing with Nooks for a while and always used rom manager and the recovery console just fine.. but i've always ever done dual sd boots.This is my first time really doing a single one.
I'm in the boot menu (encore u-boot menu by j4mm3r), 1.2 port + extras.
It's been at
'Booting. One Moment'..." for at least a minute. Assuming it's frozen itself..
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Do not use ROM Manager with the verygreen SD installation. It does not work. Use the boot menu to boot into the alternate. Hold the n key while booting. Choose sd, alt.
Edit: you said two partitions showed up. Did you physically take the card out and insert into a card reader in your PC? It should see just one drive. Make sure those two files are there or it will hang when you choose it in the boot menu. I suspect you put the files on emmc boot since you used that strange program to do it.
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No,
it's something with the multi mount sd app widget.
I hook mini usb to usb.
then hit the widget.
and JUST the boot partition comes up.
It says something about disk F: is not formatted correctly as well.
Just plugging it in without the multi mount app the outward sd card partition and the nook color come up, just those two.
And can't believe I didn't think to take the mini SD out and use an adapter. I'll try it again with that.
You're right I did mess something up with my EMMC.
Before I had it on a stock nook.
Now it goes to the cyanomod thing.
I took the miniSD card out, plugged it in for power and it turned on.
Went to that, had a bunch of force closed issues nothing worked, dry and empty, etc.
Any suggestions?
I'm gonna check out the miniSD card partitions now and try to get something going with that.
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You're right I did mess something up with my EMMC.
Before I had it on a stock nook.
Now it goes to the cyanomod thing.
I took the miniSD card out, plugged it in for power and it turned on.
Went to that, had a bunch of force closed issues nothing worked, dry and empty, etc.
Any suggestions?
I'm gonna check out the miniSD card partitions now and try to get something going with that.
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There are many threads here that will tell you how to restore stock to emmc. Search for them.
But to get the SD working, do what I said. And I would suggest getting rid of that mount program so you don't mess it up again.
Edit: The problem with those mount programs is, if you mount the wrong partition, windows can only read fat partitions and will ask you to format. System and data are ext4 which windows cannot read.
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Thanks a bunch.
In ubuntu once the sd card is inserted all 4 partititions automatically came up so I was able to copy and paste the Alt images.
Am backing up right now
And yeah getting the emmc back to stop np.
One thing i'm confused about.. you're saying one cannot update rom's if booting from an SD card?
also, i assume all in eed to do to make a back-up on my hard drive or usb (so its not just inclusive to the minisd), i can just root browser into mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup and and create a zip of the 2012.5.5.etc.etc.etc. made folder and trnasfer it onto external device? If needed all I would need to do is a transfer back?
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One thing i'm confused about.. you're saying one cannot update rom's if booting from an SD card?
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Yes you can update the ROM. Just not with CWM. You place the update-...zip in the boot partition of the SD and then using the boot menu (hold n during boot) select SD and recovery. The script in the boot partition will install the ROM for you. You need to read the first post in the agnostic image thread. It tells you all this.
On the second question, you can do it that way, but the files are already compressed there so just copy the folder to your PC to archive them.
is it okay to just boot into alternative (power + vol up/down) instead of going through the manual booting with the 'N' on start-up?
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is it okay to just boot into alternative (power + vol up/down) instead of going through the manual booting with the 'N' on start-up?
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Yes. I didn't know you could do it that way. See, you taught me something. LOL. As long as you are getting into the 3.0.2.8 CWM recovery it's OK.
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