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CM7 Install on SD Card, with Rooted 1.1.0 stock, Help Please!

I wanted to try to run CM7 off SD card, while not changing anything with my regular boot, which is rooted stock 1.1.0.
I have followed verygreen's thread on using the size agnostic installer, and 2 different SD cards. The behavior is different on each.
on the 8 g class 6, it just boots directly to emmc, not even going to the sd card.
on the 4 g class 2, it won't boot with the sd card in. I can hold the power button till i'm blue in the face, and it won't boot.
Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

I suspect you never got the image written properly to the card in the first place.
Someone from mobileread.com made a decent tutorial with vids, which will come up if you google "anamardoll nook cm7" (new users cannot post outside links :S ) I skipped down to "what you will need" and also skipped the first vid.
Her steps are based on verygreen and quinxy (who based his steps on vergreen).

Helped in 2 minutes. Rather than "restore virtual hard disk image" i just used the regular write image. I ended up with the same files on the sd card, but I suspect the two methods are subtly different. Thanks for pointing me to the vids.
On another note, maybe you can help me with a question. The data "apps downloaded, etc, all gets written to the SD card, right, not the internal memory? So I can have two separate enviroments, (mine on the sd card running CM7) and my wifes running rooted Nookie? With all of our data stored separately, mine on the sd, hers on the internal memory. Sound right?
Thanks!

Now I can't install Gapps! Stuck again.
Ok, not sure why I'm having so much trouble. I got the CM7 to boot, runs fine, now I'm trying to install Gapps. I downloaded the latest Gapps for Cm7, installed the zip to the SD card, booted to recovery.
It goes through all the text, then at the end looks for the gapps installer, says "installer not found" and deletes the file.
any suggestions?

Tdogg0406 said:
On another note, maybe you can help me with a question. The data "apps downloaded, etc, all gets written to the SD card, right, not the internal memory? So I can have two separate enviroments, (mine on the sd card running CM7) and my wifes running rooted Nookie? With all of our data stored separately, mine on the sd, hers on the internal memory. Sound right?
Thanks!
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Yep, two completely separate "environments" as you call it, pull out your SD card and she has a regular Nook. All your pr0n is safe
Tdogg0406 said:
Ok, not sure why I'm having so much trouble. I got the CM7 to boot, runs fine, now I'm trying to install Gapps. I downloaded the latest Gapps for Cm7, installed the zip to the SD card, booted to recovery.
It goes through all the text, then at the end looks for the gapps installer, says "installer not found" and deletes the file.
any suggestions?
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OK, as you have already CM7 installed fine, make sure you set up your wi-fi before installing gapps.
Now make sure you got the right gapps for the CM7/Nook from here:
http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
Make sure you verify hash so that you don't have a corrupted download:
29efd1cc5457849b10d4f0dc31f7f04c
When you say "booted to recovery", how did you do it? For verygreen's installer, you need to do the two fingered salute by holding N button and power button together for approx 6 seconds.

Yes, Safe indeed!
I realized my "stupid" mistake! Evergreen's guide sends a link to the "Gapps" zip to install. When I clicked on the link, I blindly saved it, and kept trying to install it. After starting over from scratch, I realized Evergreen's link to Gapps is just another link to CM7 (hence the reason I was getting the "Gapps installer not found" message....foread slap now!)
I googled it about a half hour and got evrything working just fine!
Thanks for the link! and the help!

Questions about CM7...

I have tried looking for these, but it's been a long night of not understanding some of this stuff and I've gotten to that dreaded, "I give up, this isn't worth it" point. Because of this I may simply not be seeing the answers right in front of me. These are the things I don't understand right now.
1. I've followed the steps to the letter about installing CM7 on an SD card. Then I try to follow the steps to get gapps on there and can't boot into recovery. I don't think I actually can boot into recovery from sd but it doesn't say no anywhere. Confused.
2. I don't get why there is a dialer on the ROM. It's so strange that it makes me question whether I did something wrong. Am I the only one that thinks this is wierd or is there some backstory to why it's been left built into the ROM? There's gotta be some reason.
3. Still can't find anything that tells me how I would go about installing apps that I have apk files for on my computer, where I copy them to on my sd card, and where I put other files (pdfs, docs, videos, music) that I want to be able to run.
4. Is an sd card ROM install REALLY the same as booting from the nook itself? Or dual-booting? I feel like it couldn't possibly be the same speed or fluidity. i need to have the ROM but I also need easy access to the actual Nook.
Again, I'm probably wrong in my thinking with some of these things, but very often, even in noob guides, these questions aren't really addressed directly. Anyway, if someone can help me understand these things, I'd really appreciate it. I'm almost at my wit's end fishing for these answers.
Thanks, guys.

1) Just let cm7 load up. Then hold power. A menu comes up. Select reboot. Then select recovery. Then it will do its thing.
2) Cyanogenmod's builds it rom for multiple devices, most of which are phones, so there are items in the rom that pertain to phones ie. dialer.
3) Apks can be placed on any storage area of sd card, or even emmc for that matter, all you need is a file explore like Astro or I believe cm7 rom comes with a file explore. Then just go to the location where you saved the apk and you will be given the option to install the apk.
4)This depends on your sd card. Sandisk cards are the pick of the litter and provide a good user experience. If you use a less worthy sd card then yes there will be lag and it will be less fluid. I myself am on emmc but my friend is on a sandisk card and both perform pretty much the same.

tinpanalley said:
I have tried looking for these, but it's been a long night of not understanding some of this stuff and I've gotten to that dreaded, "I give up, this isn't worth it" point. Because of this I may simply not be seeing the answers right in front of me. These are the things I don't understand right now.
1. I've followed the steps to the letter about installing CM7 on an SD card. Then I try to follow the steps to get gapps on there and can't boot into recovery. I don't think I actually can boot into recovery from sd but it doesn't say no anywhere. Confused.
2. I don't get why there is a dialer on the ROM. It's so strange that it makes me question whether I did something wrong. Am I the only one that thinks this is weird or is there some backstory to why it's been left built into the ROM? There's gotta be some reason.
3. Still can't find anything that tells me how I would go about installing apps that I have apk files for on my computer, where I copy them to on my sd card, and where I put other files (pdfs, docs, videos, music) that I want to be able to run.
4. Is an sd card ROM install REALLY the same as booting from the nook itself? Or dual-booting? I feel like it couldn't possibly be the same speed or fluidity. i need to have the ROM but I also need easy access to the actual Nook.
Again, I'm probably wrong in my thinking with some of these things, but very often, even in noob guides, these questions aren't really addressed directly. Anyway, if someone can help me understand these things, I'd really appreciate it. I'm almost at my wit's end fishing for these answers.
Thanks, guys.
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1. To boot into recovery easily boot into CM7 then on the homescreen hold down the power button until the power off menu appears choose "reboot", in the next menu choose "recovery" and press "OK". The nook would reboot straight into recovery.
2. Those apps are included to allow more apps to show up in the market. You didn't do anything wrong.
3.To install APK applications on your Android phone do the following:
Copy the APK file you want to install to your phone's memory card and insert the card into your Android phone.
Go to Android Market and search for the Apps Installer, App Installer, z-App Installer or Fast Installer application.
Open it and click on the Install button.
After it is installed, just open it. It will show you all the APK files stored directly in the root directory of your memory card.
Just click on the application you want to install and it will be installed.
You could also just install a file manager app like Astro File Manager and then browse to the APK and install it.
4. Depends on the SD card if you using a sandisk card there isn't really any difference but eMMC is always going to be at least a little bit faster and SD cards are more likely to fail quicker but if your using a sandisk you really shouldn't have a problem.
Hope that helps.
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dabiddabird said:
1) Just let cm7 load up. Then hold power. A menu comes up. Select reboot. Then select recovery. Then it will do its thing.
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I've done it half a dozen times. It doesn't root into recovery. I've rooted and flashed my phone several times, so I'm comfortable with the process.
dabiddabird said:
3) Apks can be placed on any storage area of sd card, or even emmc for that matter, all you need is a file explore like Astro or I believe cm7 rom comes with a file explore. Then just go to the location where you saved the apk and you will be given the option to install the apk.
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I only see a really tiny partition to save apks and videos and not enough to save stuff on the card.
dabiddabird said:
4)If you use a less worthy sd card then yes there will be lag and it will be less fluid.
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I'm on a class 4 sandisk 8gb so I should be good.
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Try putting your sd card back into your computer and put the google apps zip in the boot partition again. Then try the steps mentioned above.
That tiny partition is your boot partition there should be others that were created for storage purposes. I think verygreens process creates 4 partitions. You might need partitioning software to see the other partitions if your computer does not recognize them.
Edit: This thread has some info on the partition software http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187625

I dont know, Im thinking I might not have recovery. Is that even possible?
I had first used the microsd card to try a Honeycomb ROM and then used win32diskimager to place the cm7 rom on there thinking it would completely write over what was there. Should I have formatted instead?
Maybe this is an opportunity to try the rc 7.1?
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Yes I would suggest that you format and start from the beginning using verygreens process http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957 and CM 7.1 rc.
As far as recovery no you do not have recovery such as clockwork mod per-say. This part of the process doesn't take you to a recovery menu. What it does is initiate the install process of the google apps zip.

I don't see a 7.1. I only see these: ??
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore
Is that basically what you mean by 7.1? The newest one of these?

tinpanalley said:
I don't see a 7.1. I only see these: ??
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=encore
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Here you go
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=rc&device=encore
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the help last night. Really appreciate it.
I still don't get how I'm supposed to copy media to the microsd when I can only access a small part of it. This is all I can see on Windows Explorer.
How do I put a 600MB video file on the card or anything else (music, documents, etc) if I only have room for this much??

tinpanalley said:
Hey guys,
Thanks for all the help last night. Really appreciate it.
I still don't get how I'm supposed to copy media to the microsd when I can only access a small part of it. This is all I can see on Windows Explorer.
How do I put a 600MB video file on the card or anything else (music, documents, etc) if I only have room for this much??
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What you are seeing is the boot partition. Your storage is on the 4th partition. To access your storage space you should transfer it over through the nook via USB.
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Ok, cool. Thanks.

Actually, that is because when you created the image to on the card the software only formatted as much as it needed for the image and left the rest unformatted. Download EaseUS to your PC and you can then stretch the unformatted partition out or create an additional one and get your space back. The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

patruns said:
Actually, that is because when you created the image to on the card the software only formatted as much as it needed for the image and left the rest unformatted. Download EaseUS to your PC and you can then stretch the unformatted partition out or create an additional one and get your space back. The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
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Even so, you can only access it through usb via the NOOK, at least on Windows since it only sees the very first FAT32 partition, which appears to be the boot partition.

You guys are awesome. I've totally come to understand better this whole process. I was at that deep-end point last night where nothing was making sense, everything was coming out wrong, and ai was ready to give up. Now I have a pretty smooth running and sweet cm7 nook color. I wish it could run Honeycomb but alas... maybe in time.
For now, the only thing missing for me is to know what the best video player is for CM7 and whether Flash runs on this ROM or not in browsers.
Thanks, guys.
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Rock Player (Lite version is enough) seems to play everything.
Flash is OK, at least on Dophin HD and Opera Mobile

Good to hear your up and running
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Hmmm... Weird. All of a sudden, I can't move any apps or access the pop-up menu when I tap and hold the home screen. It's almost like the screen is locked.
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tinpanalley said:
Hmmm... Weird. All of a sudden, I can't move any apps or access the pop-up menu when I tap and hold the home screen. It's almost like the screen is locked.
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You may have locked it. Check the menu.

patruns said:
The app is here and it is free: http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
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Thanks, just noticed this.

[Q] Suddenly getting "stopped unexpectedly" errors

I have a Nook Color running CM7 from a Sandisk microSD card (not rooted). Everything was working fine but now I'm getting a ton of "xxx stopped unexpectedly" errors. I'm not aware of anything changing except a lot of updates were downloaded the other day. I have deleted all updates, run App Cache Cleaner, and rebooted using holding the "N" and power button down and choosing "recover" (or "restore" or whatever the other choice is besides reboot) . No change. I addition, avast! is reporting errors. Any ideas? I have a lot of apps installed and would rather not reformat the microSD card and start over.

WhiteWombat said:
I have a Nook Color running CM7 from a Sandisk microSD card (not rooted). Everything was working fine but now I'm getting a ton of "xxx stopped unexpectedly" errors. I'm not aware of anything changing except a lot of updates were downloaded the other day. I have deleted all updates, run App Cache Cleaner, and rebooted using holding the "N" and power button down and choosing "recover" (or "restore" or whatever the other choice is besides reboot) . No change. I addition, avast! is reporting errors. Any ideas? I have a lot of apps installed and would rather not reformat the microSD card and start over.
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On an sd install there is no recovery that can let clear anything on the sd. There is just the verygreen script that runs a bunch of text on the screen. If you choose the recovery on emmc, it is making changes to emmc, not the sd. Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item B5, Alternate CWM recovery. Install that and you can wipe things like dalvik-cache (which it sounds like you need to do). Your apps will not be harmed by doing that. It may make things better.
PS, CM7 comes rooted without you having to do anything.
Sent from my Nook Color running stock on SD

More info and unclear what that means
leapinlar said:
PS, CM7 comes rooted without you having to do anything.
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I'm not sure what that means. I never intended to root my NC, I wanted to keep CM on my SD card only. Are you saying I inadvertently rooted my Nook? If I take the microSD card out Nook boots up normally.
PS when I download updates, I get a lot of "package file is invalid" and "Package file was not signed correctly" errors.
PPS avast! reports "Invalid context during scan" for ADW.launcher, Android System, Google Play Store, etc.

No, your stock is still unrooted... unmodified... But when you are running CM7 you are running a rooted AOSP ROM.
If you run stock often, with that SD in, you may be causing the issues since stock is using your SD boot partition as the SD for itself... it will place all of its stuff on that partition... I am not saying this IS the issue, only that it may be.

WhiteWombat said:
I'm not sure what that means. I never intended to root my NC, I wanted to keep CM on my SD card only. Are you saying I inadvertently rooted my Nook? If I take the microSD card out Nook boots up normally.
PS when I download updates, I get a lot of "package file is invalid" and "Package file was not signed correctly" errors.
PPS avast! reports "Invalid context during scan" for ADW.launcher, Android System, Google Play Store, etc.
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Dizzy is right. I meant CM7 is rooted not your stock.
If you don't want to do the alternate CWM thing I mentioned in my last post, get root explorer or another root file manager and delete some files. Go to /data/dalvik-cache and delete all the files there. Then reboot. It will take a while to start up while it rebuilds those files. But it should be better.

Help copying
leapinlar said:
Dizzy is right. I meant CM7 is rooted not your stock.
If you don't want to do the alternate CWM thing I mentioned in my last post, get root explorer or another root file manager and delete some files. Go to /data/dalvik-cache and delete all the files there. Then reboot. It will take a while to start up while it rebuilds those files. But it should be better.
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Ok, stupid question , I DLed the files and un RARed them, how do I copy them to the microSD card root? I put it in a writer and put it in my USB slot, ("dir f:\" shows what I would expect) but when I try to copy the files via Windows explorer (or even at a DOS prompt) it seems to hang. "copy ualt* f:\ "

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WhiteWombat said:
Ok, stupid question , I DLed the files and un RARed them, how do I copy them to the microSD card root? I put it in a writer and put it in my USB slot, ("dir f:\" shows what I would expect) but when I try to copy the files via Windows explorer (or even at a DOS prompt) it seems to hang. "copy ualt* f:\ "
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Take the card out of the Nook and insert it into your card reader in your PC. Once your PC recognizes the card, it will show up with a new drive letter. Then copy the files there with Windows Explorer. Eject the card (right click on the drive). Put the card back in the Nook. Boot, holding down the volume up/down keys together. It should boot to the Alternate CWM. Then select advanced and wipe dalvik-cache. Reboot. Should be better.
edit: What kind of card reader are you using? Are you using a micro SD adapter? Sometimes those have write protect slide switches on them.
Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.

Fixed! Maybe, kinda
I was able to delete the dalvik cache using the Terminal Emulator. Details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500618
Now we'll see if it worked.
Update: Also uninstalled and reinstalled Avast!, My version didn't play well with CM7 apparently.
Update: still getting some weirdness but Avast! isn't reporting dozens of "invalid context during scan" errors anymore.
Drive and Play Store still screwing up.

WhiteWombat said:
I was able to delete the dalvik cache using the Terminal Emulator. Details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500618
Now we'll see if it worked.
Update: Also uninstalled and reinstalled Avast!, My version didn't play well with CM7 apparently.
Update: still getting some weirdness but Avast! isn't reporting dozens of "invalid context during scan" errors anymore.
Drive and Play Store still screwing up.
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That post using terminal emulator should have worked for you. But that only clears the dalvik-cache for installed apps. Play Store is a system app. So you need to clear one more cache. Use the same terminal commands but change it to cd /cache/dalvik-cache and do the same rm* command.
Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.

leapinlar said:
That post using terminal emulator should have worked for you. But that only clears the dalvik-cache for installed apps. Play Store is a system app. So you need to clear one more cache. Use the same terminal commands but change it to cd /cache/dalvik-cache and do the same rm* command.
Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.
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Done, Thank you again. The final touch was my file permissions were borked. Rom Manager "fix permissions" wouldn't run. I went into SuperUser and set "permit" on instead of "prompt". Then Rom Manager and ran "fix permissions" Run successful. Then SuperUser again and set permissions back to "prompt". Everything seems to be stable now.

leapinlar said:
On an sd install there is no recovery that can let clear anything on the sd. There is just the verygreen script that runs a bunch of text on the screen. If you choose the recovery on emmc, it is making changes to emmc, not the sd. Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item B5, Alternate CWM recovery. Install that and you can wipe things like dalvik-cache (which it sounds like you need to do). Your apps will not be harmed by doing that. It may make things better.
PS, CM7 comes rooted without you having to do anything.
Sent from my Nook Color running stock on SD
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[Q] SD Somehow transferred cyanogenmod to Nook Color

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

[HOW-TO] Installing CM11 Internally on Nook HD+

[Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].
FWIW, here the process I used to install CM11 internally (on emmc*) on my HD+:
Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows.
Use an archive file manager such as 7-zip and extract the .img file from verygreen’s emmc-cwm-early3.1.img.gz (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49192422&postcount=1)
Use the archive file manager to extract the files from the .img file and copy them to the SD card: first MLO, then next u-boot.bin, uImage, kernel, ramdisk.cwm.
Copy to the SD card:
verygreen’s flashable CWM recovery zip file cwm-recovery-ovation-6.zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49192422&postcount=1)
the zip file of CM11 ROM build of your choice – e.g., from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ovation (see http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cm-11-m4-post-release-items for considerations in choosing nightlies vs. snapshot/stable builds)
the zip file of the Gapps package corresponding to CM11 – e.g., http://opengapps.org/?api=4.4&variant=nano
Put the SD card into the HD+, and boot from its power-off state.
[Optional step but highly recommended] Select Backup to backup your HD+ current ROM config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data).
Select Wipe data & factory reset.
Select install zip from SD card and install flashable CWM recovery zip file.
Select install zip from SD card and install CM11 zip file.
Select install zip from SD card and install Gapps zip file.
Remove SD card and select reboot.
Once the HD+ boots up, set up the wifi connectivity and your google account info.
If the Nook fails to boot off SD -- the two most common symptoms of failed SD boot and their likely causes are:
The HD+ boots straight to stock -- most likely the boot partition's type and/or flag are not correctly set, or the HD+ cannot find the MLO in the boot partition (make sure that MLO is the very first file to be copied to the freshly made /boot partition).
If the HD+ consistently boots straight to stock in spite of a valid /boot partition and boot files, it's possible that the tablet is one of those HD+ units that have difficulty booting of SD cards, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288688 for more info and potential remedies.
The HD+ screen stays dark for seemingly a long time then eventually boots to stock -- most likely the MLO or u-boot.bin are corrupted. When in doubt, compare the size of the two copies of the files in bytes.
HOW-TO Guides for Installing CyanogenMod on Nook HD+
Installing CM11 Internally on Nook HD+ (this guide)
Building a CM11 SD card with Customized Partition Sizing for HD+
Updating HD+ Internal EMMC to CM11 from CM10.x

What to download?
Hey Guys,
First off I really appreciate the time you take to answer my questions.
I still need some guidance however.
Again I have "Android 2.2" The last stock upgrade they updated.
So with that being said. What files should I download, and what order.
Everyone is giving me different links and i am not sure what to do.
This is my first time every doing something like this on a nook or tablet.
So please be patient with me. I would greatly appreciate it.
Should I download the cyanogenmod software first to my nook folder on my computer desktop, and then what other files do I need?
Once I download them I plan to transfer them over to a card for my usb slot that is on the bottom of my nook I am assuming, correct?
Once I have the software I need, Then I need to know what order should I install what first.
When I am doing this software installs. Do I need to worry about what is on there now.
This is nothing I need to save so I am not afraid of loosing what ever is on the nook at the moment.
All of this stuff can be let go or deleted or refresh install. Don't care.
I just want to get my table to work like a computer basically. So, I can watch the videos that i want to watch on my tablet, and still
be able to surf the net and read internet websites, you tube .com and other websites I like of course.
By doing this process this will still allow me to do this I am assuming. Again, I have never mode so I am not sure what this
cyanogenmod is or what it can do to help. I am game for trying to do it if it gets me what I want it to do.
I did see the other links posted above. I just diidn't know where to start or what to download first do to the fact I have only 2.2 android software on my nook color hd+
Again, I appreciate the advice peeps!
Please elaborate if you can with what links and what to do. Thanks again. Karl

kjames1973 said:
Hey Guys,
First off I really appreciate the time you take to answer my questions.
I still need some guidance however.
Please elaborate if you can with what links and what to do. Thanks again. Karl
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First of all, you need to realize that installing any kind of aftermarket ROM on your android device will void your warranty with no manufacturer support.
Second, installing ROMs is inherently risky, since there is always the possibility of bricking your device.
Thirdly, any kind of ROMs that you see in the Android Development section are not completely stable; they are usable but there will be bugs & glitches. So all ROMs come with a caveat: use at your own risk!
That being said, here's how it works:
You will need three files; (a) SD Card Image (b) Recovery Image (c) ROM that you want to install.
For this purpose I am using CM11 as the example, the thread is here.
[1] Every Android device has a manufacturer installed recovery program; to install a custom ROM you need to have a custom recovery. This custom recovery is what allows you to make changes to your Android device.
[2] The Nook HD+ has the advantage of being able to boot from its SD card slot (kinda like a computer booting from a CD/DVD drive).
[3] Download the image files and create a bootable SD card. Copy the Recovery Image and the ROM to this SD card. You will need WinImage to create this card in a Windows computer.
[4] Insert this card into the HD+ and reboot your device. Here's the kicker, the HD+ may not boot from the SD card and may simply go to normal boot. If that happens you will have to keep repeating it. Check older threads about this issue.
[5] Once it boots from the SD Card, follow the instructions listed in the first post of that thread.
Brief summary (this is true for most devices): Create a bootable SD card, use this card to boot the device, install Custom recovery into the device, then install the ROM. Once you have a custom recovery installed, you won't ever have to use the bootable card again unless you run into some issues.
Good Luck!

For Hirent.
Hirent,
First off, I want to say thank you so much for the very detailed reply you sent my way.
I will use this with digression of course. I am aware of the warranty issues that it will cause.
The one major question I have before I dive into this project.
I am aware of the possible bugs and how it is not perfected.
Will this enable me to download and install flash player on a updated android that was suggested in this article you posted?
Or will it just work automatically after I do the project of these software installs. Another words I will be able to open chrome or factory
browser and go to NHL.com, MLB.com, NBA.com and other s and play the videos on the Nook HD+ Color after installs or no?
Thanks for the advice, help, and replies.
Karl

kjames1973 said:
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The one major question I have before I dive into this project.
I am aware of the possible bugs and how it is not perfected.
Will this enable me to download and install flash player on a updated android that was suggested in this article you posted?
Or will it just work automatically after I do the project of these software installs. Another words I will be able to open chrome or factory
browser and go to NHL.com, MLB.com, NBA.com and other s and play the videos on the Nook HD+ Color after installs or no?
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FWIW, I am running CM11 (M11 snapshot build: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ovation&type=snapshot) on my HD+, and Flash works reasonably well on the Chrome browser.

New Issue with SD Card 8gb, Centon
Hello,
I tried to follow the instructions on deleting partition on SD card. I also did get it wipe. But, the new issue is I am not able to go any further in the process.
I tried to read the card in my computer and now the card is not being recognized by windows on "my computer" It is H Drive.
IT was now its not. I deleted partition then was going to try to create the new partition. That was not highlighted on the partition magic software.
The article I was following was this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLbr1Uyr0sk
Now my SD card is not being recognize by windows 7 ultimate.
I also tried to do the right click trick on my computer then computer management. Then did click storage and then drive then so on.
However when I did that, only that screen recognizes my sd card before and after. But no other screens like my computer screen.
What do I do next with this card to continue. I was trying to follow that tutorial above then go to the windows disc 32 part.
Then drag the software over to start installing it on my nook. But, obviously I never got that far. Can you help me get the SD card to work again and tell me what I did wrong and what to do next so I can move forward to add CW & whatever android software will work well with flash. So I can use the other sites I mentioned in my other post.
If anyone can help I would appreciate it. I am stuck and not sure what to do next.
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Weird.
I just put the sd card in a usb card dongle that inserts the sd card into usb thumb drive and all of the sudden I see the drive on this computer now.
What should I do now?
Do I still have to go and do the windows disc 32 imager part.
Then drag and drop the software I need and drop in the card to my nook then install.
Or just drag software that I need like CM and Android and move forward with that.
Which should I do first. If it is the later part, which CM and Android should I use for the Nook color HD +?????
Thanks again for help and sorry about that first post, I swear it was it seeing it before. Weird.
Thanks, Karl

Google Play
I've followed all of the instructions and downloaded recovery, CM12 (cm-12.1-20160220-NIGHTLY-m7.zip), and gapps for 6.1. The system boots and I an navigate; however, Google play is not loading, when using the browser the content area becomes untouchable (touch screen in areas of the body of the page doesn't work), and there is not choice to set up a google account.
Any advice would be appreciated!

ummhasan said:
I've followed all of the instructions and downloaded recovery, CM12 (cm-12.1-20160220-NIGHTLY-m7.zip), and gapps for 6.1. The system boots and I an navigate; however, Google play is not loading, when using the browser the content area becomes untouchable (touch screen in areas of the body of the page doesn't work), and there is not choice to set up a google account.
Any advice would be appreciated!
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What tablet are you having this issue with?
AFAIK currently there is no CM12 nightly build yet for the Nook HD+ ("ovation") or HD ("hummingbird"). Make sure you pick the CM build specific for your device (e.g., cm-11-20160208-NIGHTLY-ovation.zip for the Nook HD+); using a ROM build for a different device can brick your tablet.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

Nook HD+ and Google Play
Thanks for your quick reply. This must be the problem. I originally installed the CM11 and Google Play did not work so I went out and found another 'walk through' via the link given to me last time and thought CM12 was the right choice.
I'll go back and reformat after getting the right gapps for CM11.
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What tablet are you having this issue with?
AFAIK currently there is no CM12 nightly build yet for the Nook HD+ ("ovation") or HD ("hummingbird"). Make sure you pick the CM build specific for your device (e.g., cm-11-20160208-NIGHTLY-ovation.zip for the Nook HD+); using a ROM build for a different device can brick your tablet.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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ummhasan said:
Thanks for your quick reply. This must be the problem. I originally installed the CM11 and Google Play did not work so I went out and found another 'walk through' via the link given to me last time and thought CM12 was the right choice.
I'll go back and reformat after getting the right gapps for CM11.
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For CM11 I'd suggest you use the GApps package http://opengapps.org/?api=4.4&variant=nano.

digixmax said:
For CM11 I'd suggest you use the GApps package http://opengapps.org/?api=4.4&variant=nano.
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Thanks, so what I did go back and reformat the sd card and start over with the early, cm recovery ovation, cm11, gapps 4.4; however, apparently I didn't unzip and copy the early correctly because after I rebooted the hd+ after going through the wipe/install process, I got an error that the setup wizard could not start. I powered off, wiped the sd card and began again following directions very carefully making sure the MLO was copied first.
Now, it seems I have somehow bricked the device because it will not power on and has only a green light when plugged in, instead of the normal amber. Any ideas of how to get it to turn on and boot to the SD again?
EDIT:
Okay, as I stated in my edit, I got it to boot, but I'm still getting the popup "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has sopped. Any ideas?
Thanks for your time!!!

ummhasan said:
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EDIT:
Okay, as I stated in my edit, I got it to boot, but I'm still getting the popup "Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has sopped. Any ideas?
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Did you do a "wipe /data & factory reset" before you flash/install the zip files of CM11 ROM and GApps?
Did the installation of the 2 zip files succeed without error messages?

I got it working after I got it to bypass the error by dragging down the menu and connecting to wifi. Once I did that I was able to set up the Google account and everything was fine thereafter. There is a bit of flickering now and then, but everything seems to be working fine now. Thanks so much for your time and help!!!

Recover Data?
Hi,
I've jut reinstalled cm11 onto my nook HD+ & realise I failed to copy a text file over before I formatted the HDD. Is it possible to recover a deleted file off the nook HDD via a PC? I've tried changing the developer option settings - Android debugging on, ADB Over Network on & connecting via USB both MTP & UMS (I think that's what they were) but when I run any of my Data Recovery programs in win7, the drive isn't recognised as an option to recover from.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks