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[Q] eLocity just flashes after Dexter 1.1 mod

I installed the Dexter 1.1 eLocity 7 mod and after it told me to reboot for it to fini my screen just flashes with the eLocity logo. I've tried the reboot hole and tried to turn it off nothing works. Did I brick it or is there a fix?

That happened to me, i think i held.down the home key during reboot? Someone smarter will help ya shortly i am sure

I hope so I've only had it for a few hours. This is my first Android device so I'm kinda lost!

I'm going to attempt to download and install the factory update and see if works until someone can tell me what went wrong with the dexter mod 1.1

Ok finally found a post about doing another another factory reset after the Dexter install. Seemed to do the trick.

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Hi Bama_Android
I'm new to the forums here and I'm also a brand spanking new owner of a Elocity A7. I was reading your post. Can you go into detail as to what steps you took to correctly install the Dexter 1.1 mod? I have not even opened my Elocity box yet and want to update it as soon as I open it
Thanks
NVM I did what I should have done in the first place. SEARCH the forums before posting a question! I'm sorry all I was just too excited about getting my new toy.
Thanks again
I Will report back with results when I unbox my new baby
OK well I finally unboxed my Elocity a7 and applied Dexter 1.1. I like what I see so far. One thing I notice is how sensitive the screen is to touch. Is there a setting to tweak that?

Its ok that was my problem too. Now I cant get the calendar app to open!!!!

Reset the unit. Using a paper clip or similar on the back of the unit. Mine did the same thing.

The preferred to fix this is from the recovery screen. To get to the recovery screen:
Power down the unit. Completely off, not standby!
Hold the power button for a second (to start power up) and release
Press and hold the button until you see "Booting Recovery Kernal Image"
You'll see an android setup screen.
Press the "Home" key
Using the Search (up) and Back (down) keys select "wipe data/factory reset"
Use the "Settings" key to select
Go down to "Yes -- delete all user data"
Use the "Settings" key to select
Reboot

Always clear Data/Cach when updating...

Wiping The Atrix CLEAN

I've flashed back to 1.2.6 as well as hard reset via the default boot menu on the phone (pressing power and volume). My problem is...it unrooted and took me back through the initial setup...but all my files/folders are still on the device...photos, program folders, etc. I'm having to turn it in this week and I need to find a way to clean all this back to its original state.
So my question is this...
Is there a program that can clean this up?
OR...what files/folders are on the phone by default so I can just manually go in and delete off the other files?
Any suggestions?

Settings, storage and sdcard, unmount internal and format
Something like that. I will have to fire up my atrix to find out exactly
Sent from my HTC Vision

The android recovery (hold vol down and power while turning on) should do it. If you keep hitting Vol down after the white text pops up on the main loading screen (M with dual-core under it) you will get a ! with the triangle and an little droid dude. Wait a few seconds then tap the lower right hand corner of the screen to get the UI to show (you might have to try it a few times) then scroll down to the recovery and then press the blue ok button on the bottom left, then do the same thing again when it asks you to confirm it.
I had to do the same thing (turn it in) and that wiped it completely.

[Q] Home button has stopped working after rooting

I rooted my NST this morning but decided it was not for me. I restored it back to factory and then upgraded the to the latest firmware. Now, my home button no longer brings up the menu.
The home button appears to still be alive. When the nook is asleep, it says Press the n button below to wake up your NOOK - pressing the button does wake up the nook. When the Nook is awake I can hit the home button 4 times and it puts it to sleep.
Here's what I've done today:
I rooted with noogie.img.gz originally, then I tried touchnooter
To restore I used n2T-Recovery_0.1 to restore to factory
I then upgraded the firmware to 1.1.0 by transferring the .zip from B&N via USB
Please help!
Edit: The home button was not functioning correctly before I updated the firmware. I upgraded to 1.1.0 with the hope that it'd fix it.

esbe said:
I rooted my NST this morning but decided it was not for me. I restored it back to factory and then upgraded the to the latest firmware. Now, my home button no longer brings up the menu.
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Not sure why it would not be for you - rooting does nothing but add extra functionality the original functionality remains,
esbe said:
The home button appears to still be alive. When the nook is asleep, it says Press the n button below to wake up your NOOK - pressing the button does wake up the nook. When the Nook is awake I can hit the home button 4 times and it puts it to sleep.
Here's what I've done today:
I rooted with noogie.img.gz originally, then I tried touchnooter
To restore I used n2T-Recovery_0.1 to restore to factory
I then upgraded the firmware to 1.1.0 by transferring the .zip from B&N via USB
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First, noogie does not root your Nook - it is a bootable SD image that allows you to back it up - make sure to back up the whole physical drive not just a partition (learned that one the hard way).
Before trying to restore anything back it up now - then in case you really mess things up you will at least have an image with your serial and other device specific info.
Then since it is rooted you may try this application which allows you to map the N button to your choice :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289894
That may let you reset it and you may find you like it rooted and keep it that way.
If that doesn't work try to restore the second n2T recovery image
failing that ask the owner of that thread for help.

Thanks for that response.
What I meant to say was that I used noogie to mount the Nook and then I replaced uRamdisk (and I first made sure to make an image of the Nook so that I could always restore it).
Since my original post, I reset the Nook using the L+R buttons and it has restored all functionality of the home button. Once again I have a fully functional Nook, albeit an unrooted one. I'll try rooting again soon because I'd still love the use of the Kindle app.

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Alright everyone, I have an NC that I rooted quite awhile ago to great success. However, in my quest for updating to ics, I completely deleted everything. Buttons don't work, and for some reason I can't have it access my computer's hard drive because it won't turn on.
So, if anyone has any ideas for fixing it, it would be much appreciated. All I think I need is the original NC software (everything) and a way to put it on the hdd that I can't access. Thanks in advance.

I think you should be able to make (or re-use) a CWM card and use it to install a fresh rom. Unless it's totally borked, the NC should still boot first from the SD card.

I would, but the only problem is that I cannot even get the device to power on, the buttons don't work.
Edit: Here's the deal, I just need the damned thing to power up for me so I can mount the sdcard and restore it. But whatever utility makes the buttons work, is gone - they aren't just merely broken. So I can press the buttons and the kernel or whatever it is that interacts with the buttons will not understand what is going on because the utility is not there.
If anyone has a solution for either powering it on via usb (with the device off) or getting the buttons to work again, great.

Can anybody access their NC cwm for me and try to find whatever it is that I deleted? It has something to do with buttons or what not.

Are you holding the power button on for several seconds.. Until the screen flashes?

davidr415 said:
Are you holding the power button on for several seconds.. Until the screen flashes?
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^ What he said. Sometimes I have to hold the power down for quite a while, or try it several times. This is usually after an SOD (it may help to have it charging too).

Yes and yes. I hold it for quite awhile. Still does nothing.

Have you tried holding down the n button along with the power button?
Hold both for 10 seconds. Release. Hold power button alone for 10 seconds. Sometimes it takes 2 or three cycles of holding down both buttons, then the power.button to get the nook reset.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium

Zoolu.Taylor said:
Alright everyone, I have an NC that I rooted quite awhile ago to great success. However, in my quest for updating to ics, I completely deleted everything. Buttons don't work, and for some reason I can't have it access my computer's hard drive because it won't turn on.
So, if anyone has any ideas for fixing it, it would be much appreciated. All I think I need is the original NC software (everything) and a way to put it on the hdd that I can't access. Thanks in advance.
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Just because the screen does not flicker, and you can’t access the file system from your computer using a USB cable, does not mean that the device has not powered on. I can format the whole file system, and the power button will turn it on every time. For turning on the device, the power button is independent of the file system.
It sounds like you have just screwed up the files in the boot partition. I screwed up my device to this point more than a couple times. I had the same none flickering screen, and no file system access from a USB cable. The NC is programmed to boot from a SD card before internal storage, there is really no way that you could have screwed it up to the point that it won’t continue to do that. Below are the steps that I have always taken to get back to a working device,
*fully charge the device, this is very important, because the device might have been on this whole time, and you just could not see it
*Download the stock 1.2 update.zip found HERE, get the “update-nc-stock-1.2-signed.zip” file
*Now download the file to make a bootable CWM card found HERE
*Follow the directions in that post to make your bootable CWM card, then place the “update-nc-stock-1.2-signed.zip” file onto that card
*Put the bootable CWM card into your NC
*Hold the power button, and count to 3, then let go
*If after a count to 10, nothing has appeared on the screen, repeat the last step, you most likely just turn the device off.
*This time CWM should load up, select “wipe cache partition,” followed by “wipe cache partition”
*Now scroll down to and select “mounts and storage”
*Now scroll down to and select “format /boot”
*When that has completed, you will then select “install zip from sdcard”
*Then select “choose zip from sdcard,” and select the “update-nc-stock-1.2-signed.zip” file
*If you receive an error at the very start of the install process, you need to select “toggle script asserts,” to disable script asserts
*When that has completed, remove the card, select reboot the device, and boot the device no SD card in it
Your device should now boot just like stock. At this point you should be back to a completely stock NC.
Report back with any results, good or bad.

Is it necessary to format /system and /data as well if changing between firmware?

Can't try it just yet, but after I'm done traveling it will be top-priority.

[Q] No sdcard can I still restore to stock???

I have a old honeycomb version and was good until I found the microsd card slot was bent so I can't boot any sd... then I wiped data/cache and it will only show the setup wizard and I can't click the android guy. I then followed the directions in various posts trying to use the 8 failed boot attempts and format system but to no avail. NOw it won't boot at all... Can I use adb to flash a stock system boot and data img?

I read somewhere something like this,you can try it
1. turn the Nook completely off
2. turn it on and immediately on seeing the first message "the future of reading" press and hold the power button until it turns off again
3. repeat this 7 more times for a total of 8
4. on the 9th time, let the Nook completely reboot without holding the power button - you will see a message saying "installing a software update..." and after this everything will be back to factory new (the system will be totally restored)

If you're missing the timing, I believe there is a way to use a script with adb to cause 8 fail boots and force the restore. I can't find it off hand, but I'm sure if you do some searching it'll come up.

Nikola_r said:
I read somewhere something like this,you can try it
1. turn the Nook completely off
2. turn it on and immediately on seeing the first message "the future of reading" press and hold the power button until it turns off again
3. repeat this 7 more times for a total of 8
4. on the 9th time, let the Nook completely reboot without holding the power button - you will see a message saying "installing a software update..." and after this everything will be back to factory new (the system will be totally restored)
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You don't even have to count....Just keep doing the interrupted boots until the nook tells you that it is resetting.