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I'm sorry to be bothering ya'll again but, I have a question in regards to usable SD card sizes to install CM7 on. Here is the issue I'm trying to work with. I'm going to be taking rather long bus ride fairly soon (southern Missouri to Copeland, Idaho) and I'm wanting to install a couple of compressed movies on my Nook to watch while traveling. I know I can just remove the CM7 SD card and install a card with movies on it and use the original Nook software, but I have problems ( big fat fingers ) removing and installing the cards in the Nook and I'm always nervous about breaking the Nook or a card. Are there any SD cards 16GB or larger that work reliably with CM7 and can the partition sections be made larger to hold a couple of movies? I would set this card up with CM7, make the partition for the movies larger and then install the movies I want to view. Is this even possible? I've been scanning the forum and don't seem to be seeing anything like I want to do.
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I'm sorry to be bothering ya'll again but, I have a question in regards to usable SD card sizes to install CM7 on. Here is the issue I'm trying to work with. I'm going to be taking rather long bus ride fairly soon (southern Missouri to Copeland, Idaho) and I'm wanting to install a couple of compressed movies on my Nook to watch while traveling. I know I can just remove the CM7 SD card and install a card with movies on it and use the original Nook software, but I have problems ( big fat fingers ) removing and installing the cards in the Nook and I'm always nervous about breaking the Nook or a card. Are there any SD cards 16GB or larger that work reliably with CM7 and can the partition sections be made larger to hold a couple of movies? I would set this card up with CM7, make the partition for the movies larger and then install the movies I want to view. Is this even possible? I've been scanning the forum and don't seem to be seeing anything like I want to do.
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If you already have your CM7 set up on the 8GB card and you just want to run it on a bigger card so you can watch movies, I have an item on my tips thread linked in my signature on how to do just that. Look at item B9 in the second post of that thread. You can also use partitioning software to "clone" the 8GB card to a bigger card.
The cloning would be nice, that way could keep my calendar, e-mail, programs, and chess game as they are. The one thing is that are the 16 GB class 4 Sandisk SD cards reliable for the CM7 as the smaller recommended 4 and 8 GB cards? I tried with a install on a 16 GB Kingston class 4 SD card and had an issue with freezing and forced close, though it is a card my granddaughter had used in her phone and gave to me when she got a larger one. It could have issues I guess, though it was working OK in her phone.
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The cloning would be nice, that way could keep my calendar, e-mail, programs, and chess game as they are. The one thing is that are the 16 GB class 4 Sandisk SD cards reliable for the CM7 as the smaller recommended 4 and 8 GB cards? I tried with a install on a 16 GB Kingston class 4 SD card and had an issue with freezing and forced close, though it is a card my granddaughter had used in her phone and gave to me when she got a larger one. It could have issues I guess, though it was working OK in her phone.
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The Kingston class 4 should have been ok, but the Sandisk 16 class 4 are great. No issues at all.
I have 2 class 4 Sandisk 32GB cards. I use these with no issues. I had no end of issues with non-Sandisk cards.
Back to pester again.
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If you already have your CM7 set up on the 8GB card and you just want to run it on a bigger card so you can watch movies, I have an item on my tips thread linked in my signature on how to do just that. Look at item B9 in the second post of that thread. You can also use partitioning software to "clone" the 8GB card to a bigger card.
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I tried to copy the image from my working SD card to put it on a larger card before my trip but wasn't successful. I have been trying to finish the project since I returned with no success. I am using the Win32diskimager program but I am having a bit of a hitch. When I start up the program it will open up but all of the options ( cancel - read - write ) are grayed out and I cannot seem to make an image. I have redownloaded copies fresh and installed them into different folders, but I get the same result. Can anyone give me an idea of what I am doing wrong? I am doing all of this on a new desktop computer (well, new to me anyway) computer with Windows 7 and I'm using a USB card reader/writer as suggested. I thought maybe it was a problem with the card reader but I've tried 4 different brands, all with the same result. I've looked for more information but seem to be finding more porn sites than information. Sorry to be a pain in the backside
I am using a Sandisk 32 Gb Class 4 SD Card - I wrote Leapinlar's modification of the Verygreen Installer ("larger Version 4) using win32 disk imager, installed the Kanged CM7 build, and finally also installed the modded CWM recovery (the special one for SD Cards). I also made a nandroid backup to the card and CM7 on the SD card works flawlessly.
BTW, Amazon has a very good price on this 32 Gb card - got mine for $17.
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I tried to copy the image from my working SD card to put it on a larger card before my trip but wasn't successful. I have been trying to finish the project since I returned with no success. I am using the Win32diskimager program but I am having a bit of a hitch. When I start up the program it will open up but all of the options ( cancel - read - write ) are grayed out and I cannot seem to make an image. I have redownloaded copies fresh and installed them into different folders, but I get the same result. Can anyone give me an idea of what I am doing wrong? I am doing all of this on a new desktop computer (well, new to me anyway) computer with Windows 7 and I'm using a USB card reader/writer as suggested. I thought maybe it was a problem with the card reader but I've tried 4 different brands, all with the same result. I've looked for more information but seem to be finding more porn sites than information. Sorry to be a pain in the backside
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GB. I think the problem with win32diskimager for you is you have not selected the card reader drive with the upper right hand box. Those lower boxes will stay greyed out until you have a drive selected in that box.
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GB. I think the problem with win32diskimager for you is you have not selected the card reader drive with the upper right hand box. Those lower boxes will stay greyed out until you have a drive selected in that box.
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You also have to give it a file name prior to reading or writing... you'd think you could read the SD then give it a file name... but it doesn't work that way with Win32DiskImager
It appears that the USB on my "new" desktop was bad and causing the problem. Found this out after a smart young fella I let hunt squirrel on my property took a look at what I was trying to do.Took it back to the store where I purchased it and they replaced the motherboard under warranty. They weren't very happy about it as the only board they had for the processor was a bit on the expensive side and I had to persuade them that it would be better to make me happy, then themselves. I picked it up yesterday afternoon and worked with it last night. After a couple of tries I made an image and after a couple more had the image on my new 16 GB SD card. This morning after chores I installed a free partition manger and expanded the SD partition to take up the rest of the space, put it in the Nook and it booted right up. I'm so happy, I fired up the wood burning oven in the yard and I'm going to have me some roast chicken and roasted fresh vegetables for dinner tonight with a big bottle of cold, home brewed mead. Thanks to everyone for your help. Gonna try to put a movie on the card later and see if it will work later, unless I have more than one bottle of mead that is. This Nook stuff aint always easy but its getting to be a bit fun.
Ya gotta give it up, the man knows how to party.
I recently bought a "bricked" nook color off of ebay hoping that it would be an easy fix so I could pick up a nook color for cheap. I am not really a noob seeing as I've installed a custom rom on a nook tablet before, and almost every device I own is soft-modded in one way or another. However, I cannot get the nc to boot at all. I've tried multiple versions of CWM including the one provided by leapinlar, but I've had no luck. What should I do?
dgiffs said:
I recently bought a "bricked" nook color off of ebay hoping that it would be an easy fix so I could pick up a nook color for cheap. I am not really a noob seeing as I've installed a custom rom on a nook tablet before, and almost every device I own is soft-modded in one way or another. However, I cannot get the nc to boot at all. I've tried multiple versions of CWM including the one provided by leapinlar, but I've had no luck. What should I do?
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Are you sure it is a Nook Color? The not turning on is a symptom of having corrupt boot files. But it should boot with my CWM card (if charged, that is) if that is the case. If it were a Nook Tablet (silver bezel) my CWM card would not revive it. You would need a card for the Tablet.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD
Yeah I'm sure its a Color. I put the sd card with the image you made into my nook and plug the nook into my computer and nothing happens at all.
Why are you plugging the nook into the computer? You should insert the sd card, turn on the nook and wait for it to boot. Is the nook charged? What kind of charger are you using? If its not one from Barnes and Noble, you have to charge overnight, with the nook off, to get a decent charge.
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I recently bought a "bricked" nook color off of ebay hoping that it would be an easy fix so I could pick up a nook color for cheap. I am not really a noob seeing as I've installed a custom rom on a nook tablet before, and almost every device I own is soft-modded in one way or another. However, I cannot get the nc to boot at all. I've tried multiple versions of CWM including the one provided by leapinlar, but I've had no luck. What should I do?
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How are you power the unit? When I got mine I had to hook it up to a decent power adapter and let it sit for 2 days. The battery was so low it would not do anything even when I hooked it up to a computer. When it did start turning on it keep looping and draining the battery, so I had to provide more power than it was drawing. Just a thought.
(BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH)
OK, I have a dead Nook on my hands - non-responsive completely. A coworker of mine bought one of those CM7 cards off of Ebay and it worked fine, but had some connection issues, so I suggested he make a move to PA. Of course, I was the one that was going to do this, so I installed CWR to the EMMC, rebooted, hit N, and booted to EMMC recovery no problem.
Here's where things got stupid:
In recovery, I attempted to install PA without removing the sd card and used the internal SD Card to grab the image. Yeah, I know... Browbeating not necessary... It was taking too long and appeared stuck, and then suddenly the unit just appeared to power down. That was it. No more recovery, the card no longer worked, NOTHING!
Hooked it up to my PC and for a second or two when you hook it up, you can see in the device manager, the Motorola device pops up (I own a Motorola phone, so I assume the drivers are kicking in), and then it goes away. Long press power, do it again, same results. Still no screen, no nothing.
So I figure the 16GB CM7 card (Sandisk SDHC) still has to be useful for creating a recovery card, right? After all, whoever created it originally was able to stuff a bootloader on there, right?
So here's what I tried in terms of tools:
win32diskimager .1 r15
win32diskimager .7
WinImage 8.5
with these, I have tried the following images:
16gb_clockwork-3.0.2.8.img
generic-sdcard-v1.3.img
TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD.img
And I used MiniTool Partition Wizard to remove the partitions after each attempt and reformat back to its full 16GB.
The only time a burn was unsuccessful was on the 16GB clockwork with Win32DiskImager - it gave an error stating it couldn't find sectors at 99%. I tried an 8GB image too, but while it burned successfully, no dice.
Alright, so here we are, me at the end of my wits, you reading this tale of woe, and a coworker without a functioning device. The device has charged all night. I owned an NC for years and was mod-happy during that time, and although I had BSOD, I was able to fix it easily. This is a 1 year old BNRV200 (pretty sure they didn't switch up the models).
Help? Advice? WT%#$%^?
EDIT: ADB does not recognize the device when connected.
Go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the procedures there.
Use SDFormatter free on the web for formatting your card before burning one of my bootable CWM images. Don't use partitioning software. The NC is real finicky about how cards are burned. Look at my NC Tips thread and read item A9.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
Go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the procedures there.
Use SDFormatter free on the web for formatting your card before burning one of my bootable CWM images. Don't use partitioning software. The NC is real finicky about how cards are burned. Look at my NC Tips thread and read item A9.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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OK, so I used SD Formatter v3.1, size adjustment ON, Full Format (Erase)
Then I used win32diskimager v.7 with CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD - still no boot.
Went back to SD Formatter, rinse, repeat.
Then I used win32diskimager v.1 r15 with same image - still DOA.
Anything I'm missing? I'm going to try 5.5.0.4 in the meantime, but I have my doubts that it will make a difference.
majorpay said:
OK, so I used SD Formatter v3.1, size adjustment ON, Full Format (Erase)
Then I used win32diskimager v.7 with CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD - still no boot.
Went back to SD Formatter, rinse, repeat.
Then I used win32diskimager v.1 r15 with same image - still DOA.
Anything I'm missing? I'm going to try 5.5.0.4 in the meantime, but I have my doubts that it will make a difference.
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sometimes difficult, keep trying.
Edit, are you following advice in A9, like using external USB card reader?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
sometimes difficult, keep trying.
Edit, are you following advice in A9, like using external USB card reader?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I'm running W8 on all my PCs (doubt that matters?)
Tried 5.5 - no luck.
Switched to a 512mb SD Card, no luck.
Switched to an external card reader (crap one), no luck.
Switched to using external reader without sd-microsd adapter, no luck.
Running out of options here. I gave my old Nook to my dad, so maybe I can go pick it up for sanity checking... I may try these cards in that one just to verify this isn't a full on hardware issue. That would seem strange and highly suspect given this just so happened to occur when I was attempting to install PA. If I can nail it down to that, I suspect it's somehow my fault, and I will need to replace it. If I can't, then I will need to buy a new CM 7 card from Ebay for the guy.
How do you own a Nook for years with never a single problem you couldn't fix, and the one time you touch someone else's, it goes all to hell?
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majorpay said:
I'm running W8 on all my PCs (doubt that matters?)
Tried 5.5 - no luck.
Switched to a 512mb SD Card, no luck.
Switched to an external card reader (crap one), no luck.
Switched to using external reader without sd-microsd adapter, no luck.
Running out of options here. I gave my old Nook to my dad, so maybe I can go pick it up for sanity checking... I may try these cards in that one just to verify this isn't a full on hardware issue. That would seem strange and highly suspect given this just so happened to occur when I was attempting to install PA. If I can nail it down to that, I suspect it's somehow my fault, and I will need to replace it. If I can't, then I will need to buy a new CM 7 card from Ebay for the guy.
How do you own a Nook for years with never a single problem you couldn't fix, and the one time you touch someone else's, it goes all to hell?
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brother what to tell you my nook color is also dead similarly since last 3 weeks.i also tried everything under the roof like bootable sd card.i also opened a topic in help section but did not get a single reply.i wrote to lepinllair also but even he does not know what to do . i miss my nook everyday. i appeal to nook community to please help us get out of this mess. i also get similar trying to search divers issue when attached to a laptop.also mine is getting charged fully .so i guess both of us have a similar issue. brother please let me know if you find solution .thankyou
majorpay said:
I'm running W8 on all my PCs (doubt that matters?)
Tried 5.5 - no luck.
Switched to a 512mb SD Card, no luck.
Switched to an external card reader (crap one), no luck.
Switched to using external reader without sd-microsd adapter, no luck.
Running out of options here. I gave my old Nook to my dad, so maybe I can go pick it up for sanity checking... I may try these cards in that one just to verify this isn't a full on hardware issue. That would seem strange and highly suspect given this just so happened to occur when I was attempting to install PA. If I can nail it down to that, I suspect it's somehow my fault, and I will need to replace it. If I can't, then I will need to buy a new CM 7 card from Ebay for the guy.
How do you own a Nook for years with never a single problem you couldn't fix, and the one time you touch someone else's, it goes all to hell?
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dajmaa said:
brother what to tell you my nook color is also dead similarly since last 3 weeks.i also tried everything under the roof like bootable sd card.i also opened a topic in help section but did not get a single reply.i wrote to lepinllair also but even he does not know what to do . i miss my nook everyday. i appeal to nook community to please help us get out of this mess. i also get similar trying to search divers issue when attached to a laptop.also mine is getting charged fully .so i guess both of us have a similar issue. brother please let me know if you find solution .thankyou
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Well looks like their is Three of Us. I have been trying to fix my daughters Nook Color for about 2 weeks now. I have tried 6 different sd cards, my internal card reader and 2 external ones. I have used every version of cw recovery and twrp i can find. I have tried alot of guides. At least the ones that the downloads are still there for.
Heres to pulling your hair out.
SHOOTEMUP2.0 said:
Well looks like their is Three of Us. I have been trying to fix my daughters Nook Color for about 2 weeks now. I have tried 6 different sd cards, my internal card reader and 2 external ones. I have used every version of cw recovery and twrp i can find. I have tried alot of guides. At least the ones that the downloads are still there for.
Heres to pulling your hair out.
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Well, here's what I can say (which may be saying nothing):
Back in the day when I had a BSOD on my old device, I was able to fix it by using TheCube's methods. I don't think he hangs around these parts anymore, but I know it was a specific sized SD card you had to have, and a pretty old version of CWR you were flashing onto the card. I remember there was only ONE version of win32diskimager that would work and it was one of the V 0.1 variants (r?). Technology has changed, people have come and gone, and this may mean absolutely squat now. I just know I had this problem on my old one and I was able to fix it that way.
All the links to those items are gone, all the files have been long since lost, and the server I used to use to house those files has long since become a thing of the past.
Maybe B&N has set trip-wires for the modding community in their "newer" revisions? I cut the red wire, and the whole thing blew up.
majorpay said:
Well, here's what I can say (which may be saying nothing):
Back in the day when I had a BSOD on my old device, I was able to fix it by using TheCube's methods. I don't think he hangs around these parts anymore, but I know it was a specific sized SD card you had to have, and a pretty old version of CWR you were flashing onto the card. I remember there was only ONE version of win32diskimager that would work and it was one of the V 0.1 variants (r?). Technology has changed, people have come and gone, and this may mean absolutely squat now. I just know I had this problem on my old one and I was able to fix it that way.
All the links to those items are gone, all the files have been long since lost, and the server I used to use to house those files has long since become a thing of the past.
Maybe B&N has set trip-wires for the modding community in their "newer" revisions? I cut the red wire, and the whole thing blew up.
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Story of my life. always a Dollar Short and a Day Late. Well in this case a couple years late.
leapinlar said:
sometimes difficult, keep trying.
Edit, are you following advice in A9, like using external USB card reader?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Leap... Have you tested these methods? If so, can you give me a lead as to which SD reader you used? I'm not above believing that the problem is the multiple readers I have (one is internal, the other is a Chinese plastic knock-off).
I was not able to get over to my parents house to test on their Nook yet.
majorpay said:
Leap... Have you tested these methods? If so, can you give me a lead as to which SD reader you used? I'm not above believing that the problem is the multiple readers I have (one is internal, the other is a Chinese plastic knock-off).
I was not able to get over to my parents house to test on their Nook yet.
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I use an external USB card reader made for micro SDs so I need no micro to SD adapter. A little red or grey one. I got it on eBay for $2. In fact, I bought several since they sometimes quit working. Then I use win32diskimager with no other windows open. Someone said they even had to update to the latest version (0.7, I think) from sourceforge. Any number of things could make it not boot. NCs can sometimes be very temperamental. But I have never had one I could not eventually get to boot to SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I use an external USB card reader made for micro SDs so I need no micro to SD adapter. A little red or grey one. I got it on eBay for $2. In fact, I bought several since they sometimes quit working. Then I use win32diskimager with no other windows open. Someone said they even had to update to the latest version (0.7, I think) from sourceforge. Any number of things could make it not boot. NCs can sometimes be very temperamental. But I have never had one I could not eventually get to boot to SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Alright... Well here's where we are at this point:
Bought a Dynex 7 in 1 with specific port for MicroSD - burned v6 cwr bootable to 16GB SanDisc C4 SD using Laptop - Didn't work
Switched to main PC and burned 5.5 to 512mb Nokia C4 SD - didn't work.
Both were attempted with latest Win32DiskImager (.7) from SourceForge.
At this point, I'd lean towards a hardware failure, BUT... it's too coincidental that this occurred during a standard CWR install of a ROM. My understanding is that the Nook is supposed to ALWAYS check the SD slot prior to booting internally. Now whether there is a partition block that tells it to do this or not, I've never dug that far, but I'd have to say that this sure makes it look that way.
If that's the case, then the "unbrickable Nook" (which I once believed to be true) is a fairy tale. The fact that several others around here have met with the same fate, I'm almost inclined to believe it. I'm going to go on a hunt for the original files that fixed my first nook. If only I could remember what the heck I did with them.
Scratch that...
I found the files, but now I have an entirely different issue.
My copy of Win32DiskImager back then was very size specific, and although I have a copy of the 16gb_clockwork file I used back then, I can't burn it because Win32DI says the card isn't the right size..
Ugh... I'll keep you all posted.
majorpay said:
Alright... Well here's where we are at this point:
Bought a Dynex 7 in 1 with specific port for MicroSD - burned v6 cwr bootable to 16GB SanDisc C4 SD using Laptop - Didn't work
Switched to main PC and burned 5.5 to 512mb Nokia C4 SD - didn't work.
Both were attempted with latest Win32DiskImager (.7) from SourceForge.
At this point, I'd lean towards a hardware failure, BUT... it's too coincidental that this occurred during a standard CWR install of a ROM. My understanding is that the Nook is supposed to ALWAYS check the SD slot prior to booting internally. Now whether there is a partition block that tells it to do this or not, I've never dug that far, but I'd have to say that this sure makes it look that way.
If that's the case, then the "unbrickable Nook" (which I once believed to be true) is a fairy tale. The fact that several others around here have met with the same fate, I'm almost inclined to believe it. I'm going to go on a hunt for the original files that fixed my first nook. If only I could remember what the heck I did with them.
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It is possible that it is a hardware failure of the SD slot. Have you tried cleaning it? The booting to SD is built into the OMAP chip and is not effected by what you have in emmc. It automatically looks at the SD slot first to see if a bootable SD is there. But it looks for specific features of the SD found there to be sure it is bootable. If it is not bootable, it tries the emmc boot partition and if valid boot files are not there, it won't turn on.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Alright, I ended up flashing the old image I used on my last Nook with the same version of win32diskimager I used back then, and still no signs of life.
Unlike the previous issues I had on my first Nook, this one shows no signs of life. No backlit deep black that you can see in the dark, nothing. So I plugged it into my tower PC and held the power for 10 seconds. The install for the OMAP 36xx processor drivers went through the process, but when done, you could not find it in the device manager. So I held the power again for 10 seconds, it showed up for a second, then went away. I repeated this process several times, and same thing each time.
Just to make sure I wasn't leaping to assumptions, I unplugged it and plugged it back into the PC, and no response. Not until I held the power down for 10 seconds again.
So what can we conclude from this? Well, either it is normal for the Nook to show up for a split second on Windows, or the Nook is powering on, then down almost instantaneously. I'm inclined to believe the latter as ordinarily holding the power down for a few seconds wouldn't *reboot* the device, but instead, it would power it down, or power it up (if it was off). Also, unplugging and replugging it in to the PC should have activated the device driver if it was staying on (assuming that isn't a momentary thing on initial startup).
What's the missing piece of the puzzle? I don't know if it's the same for all the other users that have commented, but I don't have the original cable for this device, so I cannot fast charge. A dead Nook will power on, even if drained, when the fast charge cable is used (I believe?). This is something else I will have to try when I get my hands on my dad's Nook. Is it possible that a trickle charge doesn't work below a certain point?
This was kind of my thoughts back when this first occurred - that perhaps the Nook simply lost juice during the install.
Grasping at straws? Perhaps, but straws are all I'm seeing at this point.
majorpay said:
Alright, I ended up flashing the old image I used on my last Nook with the same version of win32diskimager I used back then, and still no signs of life.
Unlike the previous issues I had on my first Nook, this one shows no signs of life. No backlit deep black that you can see in the dark, nothing. So I plugged it into my tower PC and held the power for 10 seconds. The install for the OMAP 36xx processor drivers went through the process, but when done, you could not find it in the device manager. So I held the power again for 10 seconds, it showed up for a second, then went away. I repeated this process several times, and same thing each time.
Just to make sure I wasn't leaping to assumptions, I unplugged it and plugged it back into the PC, and no response. Not until I held the power down for 10 seconds again.
So what can we conclude from this? Well, either it is normal for the Nook to show up for a split second on Windows, or the Nook is powering on, then down almost instantaneously. I'm inclined to believe the latter as ordinarily holding the power down for a few seconds wouldn't *reboot* the device, but instead, it would power it down, or power it up (if it was off). Also, unplugging and replugging it in to the PC should have activated the device driver if it was staying on (assuming that isn't a momentary thing on initial startup).
What's the missing piece of the puzzle? I don't know if it's the same for all the other users that have commented, but I don't have the original cable for this device, so I cannot fast charge. A dead Nook will power on, even if drained, when the fast charge cable is used (I believe?). This is something else I will have to try when I get my hands on my dad's Nook. Is it possible that a trickle charge doesn't work below a certain point?
This was kind of my thoughts back when this first occurred - that perhaps the Nook simply lost juice during the install.
Grasping at straws? Perhaps, but straws are all I'm seeing at this point.
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I think what you are seeing is the device powering on with the screen off (like it normally does), looking for boot files in SD and emmc and when seeing none, immediately powering off. That is why the brief driver showing in windows. Ordinarily if it finds those boot files, it turns the screen on and continues the boot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
leapinlar said:
I think what you are seeing is the device powering on with the screen off (like it normally does), looking for boot files in SD and emmc and when seeing none, immediately powering off. That is why the brief driver showing in windows. Ordinarily if it finds those boot files, it turns the screen on and continues the boot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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Bit the bullet and grabbed my dads. It's confirmed, the SD card I recently burned works - CWR booted right up. Now for the stock cable test.
Stock cable confirms that the Nook will not power up at all - cable is green indicating full charge. This Nook is toast - so just coincidence that it was during flashing PA? Hard to believe, but haven't I ruled every other possibility out?
EDIT - moved the cable and it turned orange. Coworker confirmed that his Nook charger he was using wouldn't even charge a phone I loaned him. May be on to something here. I'll wait until the cable turns green.
I'm done...
I'm beat. Cable turned green again, and no dice. This Nook is headed for the scrap pile (unless I get a wild hair and tear it apart to re-solder some joints).
majorpay said:
Stock cable confirms that the Nook will not power up at all - cable is green indicating full charge. This Nook is toast - so just coincidence that it was during flashing PA? Hard to believe, but haven't I ruled every other possibility out?
EDIT - moved the cable and it turned orange. Coworker confirmed that his Nook charger he was using wouldn't even charge a phone I loaned him. May be on to something here. I'll wait until the cable turns green.
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I went back to your OP and re-read. It is very common for an installation to screw up and lock up, leaving the boot partition borked. But usually the user can boot to a bootable CWM and re-flash and it repairs it. Ordinarily I would say that the slot could have been messed up for a long time too, since a lot of users have CWM on emmc and would not know it until they needed a bootable card. But in your case the slot was working right up till after you put CWM on emmc. And your using internal memory to flash the zip from and leaving the SD in the slot is usually of no consequence. But it is remotely possible since you left the SD in and the software was running amouk, that it did something to the SD and the slot, like overcurrents or some such nonsense. I still think the not booting from SD is a slot hardware issue since your card boots on other devices and the booting code is in chip firmware.
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I have created an SD card for a Nook Color, Cyanogen Mod 7. Its a SanDisk, 32 GB.
When I put the card in my own Nook Color, it boots up just fine, and I was able to put my friend's information on it, and make it HER SD card, for HER Nook Color.
However, when I put it in her device, it goes right past the boot process on the card, and boots right up into the normal Nook Color area.
I put my own SD card in, which I've been using for over a year now, and her device still goes right to the Nook Color, completely bypassing the SD card. Her Nook Color seems to be able to 'see' the card, but says it can't use it/read it.
So.... both cards work in my Nook Color, but neither work in her Nook Color.
Is there something special I have to do on her device to make it boot on the card?
Bobbie2836
Yes, paint the bezel black since it is probably silver. A silver bezel interferes with the SD.
LOL.
Seriously, it is probably a Nook Tablet, not a Nook Color. The Nook Color bezel should be black. A Nook Tablet is silver and is a different device and your SD will not boot in it.
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Hi Everyone,
My nook color is dead - black screen, no matter what I do. I've had it for a couple of years and I rooted it when I first got it. It worked ok, although it seemed like the battery was going dead way faster than it should have. I've tried every solution I could find that looked like it would address my problem, but my device hasn't responded at all. I have wondered if maybe it's the battery, but it doesn't turn on even if I have it plugged in. The little light on the cord will go green when I plug it in.
Any suggestions on what else I can try? I'm pretty close to giving up now. But I really like this device.
Thanks,
Maureen
Dead Nook Color
maurbrown said:
Hi Everyone,
My nook color is dead - black screen, no matter what I do. I've had it for a couple of years and I rooted it when I first got it. It worked ok, although it seemed like the battery was going dead way faster than it should have. I've tried every solution I could find that looked like it would address my problem, but my device hasn't responded at all. I have wondered if maybe it's the battery, but it doesn't turn on even if I have it plugged in. The little light on the cord will go green when I plug it in.
Any suggestions on what else I can try? I'm pretty close to giving up now. But I really like this device.
Thanks,
Maureen
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Maureen,
I had the same problem and resolved it easily.
1. View the video on how to replace the battery at NewPower99. The video is excellent and describes how to take the Nook apart and replace the battery.
2. Remove the back of the Nook after removing the two screws under the microSD cover. You will need a Torx 5 screwdriver to do this. The screwdriver isn't a very common one, but can be purchased from Sears. And it is not expensive.
3. After removing the back cover, do not remove the ten screws or complete the remainder of the disassembly.
4. The battery connector is the biggest connector on the left side of the Nook (Nook is face down andmicroSD card slot on the right hand side.) It has several red and black wire in the wire harness.
5. The main battery connector is a push on connector, so using a small, flat plastic anything, carefully pry the connector up. The connector has a "rubber bumper" glued to the top of it. Leave the bumper on the connector.
6. After the connector is lifted, leave the battery disconnected for around a half-hour or so.
7. Reattach the power connector by gently placing it over the connector and pushing down.
8. Before reattaching the back, power on the Nook to ensure it will reboot. If it does reboot, push the power button again for a half second or so to get the Nook into the sleep mode. DO NOT POWER OFF. I've done this twice now and learned to only put the Nook to sleep.
9. Replace the Nook rear cover. Don't forget to reinstall the two screws under the microSD cover.
10. Keep the Nook charged if possible. It doesn't have to remain on the charger all the time, but keep enough charge on it so it doesn't turn off.
You will find it is actually VERY easy to accomplish this.
I hope this works for you; it did for me.
maurbrown said:
Hi Everyone,
My nook color is dead - black screen, no matter what I do. I've had it for a couple of years and I rooted it when I first got it. It worked ok, although it seemed like the battery was going dead way faster than it should have. I've tried every solution I could find that looked like it would address my problem, but my device hasn't responded at all. I have wondered if maybe it's the battery, but it doesn't turn on even if I have it plugged in. The little light on the cord will go green when I plug it in.
Any suggestions on what else I can try? I'm pretty close to giving up now. But I really like this device.
Thanks,
Maureen
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Before you change the battery, see if a bootable SD will boot. You said you tried every solution, but did not mention that. The NC will not turn on unless it finds valid boot files either in internal boot or the SD boot.
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ohunter said:
Maureen,
I had the same problem and resolved it easily.
1. View the video on how to replace the battery at NewPower99. The video is excellent and describes how to take the Nook apart and replace the battery.
2. Remove the back of the Nook after removing the two screws under the microSD cover. You will need a Torx 5 screwdriver to do this. The screwdriver isn't a very common one, but can be purchased from Sears. And it is not expensive.
3. After removing the back cover, do not remove the ten screws or complete the remainder of the disassembly.
4. The battery connector is the biggest connector on the left side of the Nook (Nook is face down andmicroSD card slot on the right hand side.) It has several red and black wire in the wire harness.
5. The main battery connector is a push on connector, so using a small, flat plastic anything, carefully pry the connector up. The connector has a "rubber bumper" glued to the top of it. Leave the bumper on the connector.
6. After the connector is lifted, leave the battery disconnected for around a half-hour or so.
7. Reattach the power connector by gently placing it over the connector and pushing down.
8. Before reattaching the back, power on the Nook to ensure it will reboot. If it does reboot, push the power button again for a half second or so to get the Nook into the sleep mode. DO NOT POWER OFF. I've done this twice now and learned to only put the Nook to sleep.
9. Replace the Nook rear cover. Don't forget to reinstall the two screws under the microSD cover.
10. Keep the Nook charged if possible. It doesn't have to remain on the charger all the time, but keep enough charge on it so it doesn't turn off.
You will find it is actually VERY easy to accomplish this.
I hope this works for you; it did for me.
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Thank you!! I will try to boot from sd once more and then will try this and let you know how it goes.
leapinlar said:
Before you change the battery, see if a bootable SD will boot. You said you tried every solution, but did not mention that. The NC will not turn on unless it finds valid boot files either in internal boot or the SD boot.
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Hi! I actually followed some of your links and tried them. I want to try one last time - which of your links should I use? Maybe I did the wrong thing the other times. Thanks a lot.
maurbrown said:
Hi! I actually followed some of your links and tried them. I want to try one last time - which of your links should I use? Maybe I did the wrong thing the other times. Thanks a lot.
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For making the bootable SD go to my NC Tips thread and see item A9.
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leapinlar said:
For making the bootable SD go to my NC Tips thread and see item A9.
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Ok! I'm excited to give it a shot. Another question: if it doesn't work, should I try it with a different micro sd just in case it's not formatted properly or the image somehow didn't get on there exactly right? Thanks again.
maurbrown said:
Ok! I'm excited to give it a shot. Another question: if it doesn't work, should I try it with a different micro sd just in case it's not formatted properly or the image somehow didn't get on there exactly right? Thanks again.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Well, I tried the bootable SD and still no response, so then I changed the battery. Nothing. So I think I'm pretty much out of luck at this point. If you can think of anything else to try, please let me know.
Thanks for all the help,
Maureen
maurbrown said:
Hi Everyone,
My nook color is dead - black screen, no matter what I do. I've had it for a couple of years and I rooted it when I first got it. It worked ok, although it seemed like the battery was going dead way faster than it should have. I've tried every solution I could find that looked like it would address my problem, but my device hasn't responded at all. I have wondered if maybe it's the battery, but it doesn't turn on even if I have it plugged in. The little light on the cord will go green when I plug it in.
Any suggestions on what else I can try? I'm pretty close to giving up now. But I really like this device.
Thanks,
Maureen
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Quite upset, I had just set mine to run CM 10.1 and it was running great. And now I can't get it to start. I think maybe I caused it by tampering with the SD card on the PC and then putting it back in the NC. But even after putting it back as it was (partition inactive so it should boot from emmc as it had done just previous) I get no flash of light when holding in the power button.
Here's the gritty details of what happened with the SD card. I'd made eyeballer's 1gb boot card and enlarged the partition in mini tools to the full 8 gb, and backed up, flashed and updated a few times to emmc. The installation treats the SD card as "/sdcard", so in order to be able to cold boot emmc, I needed the SD card partition to be inactive. Minitools seems to apply the change (no error), but it was failing (partition was still active when retested). Diskpart also failed to reset it. So I backed up the SD card on the PC, reformatted it with SDformatter, and restored the content. As it happened, my PC restore process made it active again. But this time the partition was aligned at 1024, and Diskpart was able to mark it inactive. Used it in the Nookcolor for hours, it was working great. I was able to boot from emmc for both system and recovery. The SD card was serving as "/sdcard". Then I thought I'd like to set up another Nookcolor we have in the family. So I shut mine down, pulled the SD card, and went back to Diskpart and marked it Active. Put it back in my Nook and it failed to light up or start. Made it Inactive again and it still won't light up or start.
It had a nearly full charge before I messed with it. When I plug it in, the charger light is amber.
Sent from my HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc
Did you check the cord? Those nookie cords fail all the time u know, not very well made. You should get a new one online.
You use those stock nookie cables, not the custom ones or your nookie will not charge good. =)
Sherip said:
Quite upset, I had just set mine to run CM 10.1 and it was running great. And now I can't get it to start. I think maybe I caused it by tampering with the SD card on the PC and then putting it back in the NC. But even after putting it back as it was (partition inactive so it should boot from emmc as it had done just previous) I get no flash of light when holding in the power button.
Here's the gritty details of what happened with the SD card. I'd made eyeballer's 1gb boot card and enlarged the partition in mini tools to the full 8 gb, and backed up, flashed and updated a few times to emmc. The installation treats the SD card as "/sdcard", so in order to be able to cold boot emmc, I needed the SD card partition to be inactive. Minitools seems to apply the change (no error), but it was failing (partition was still active when retested). Diskpart also failed to reset it. So I backed up the SD card on the PC, reformatted it with SDformatter, and restored the content. As it happened, my PC restore process made it active again. But this time the partition was aligned at 1024, and Diskpart was able to mark it inactive. Used it in the Nookcolor for hours, it was working great. I was able to boot from emmc for both system and recovery. The SD card was serving as "/sdcard". Then I thought I'd like to set up another Nookcolor we have in the family. So I shut mine down, pulled the SD card, and went back to Diskpart and marked it Active. Put it back in my Nook and it failed to light up or start. Made it Inactive again and it still won't light up or start.
It had a nearly full charge before I messed with it. When I plug it in, the charger light is amber.
Sent from my HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc
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The Nook Color is different that the Nook HD/HD+. It is much more temperamental about how the SD is formatted. It must be physically set up just right where the HD/HD+ is more liberal. See my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A9. You should not be messing with the partition with partition management software, particularly the active/inactive and alignment.
Can you still boot without the SD installed?
I have more information for you but need to know that answer first.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
I sent a long reply earlier and it looks like it didn't post
With no card I got low battery symbol. Plugged it in. Screen stayed black, not used to that, on CM7 it would light up on its own when booted. Pressed the n button, and got the CM 10 lock screen. It was up to 25% then, now its at 53%. Not supposed to run the eyeballer setup without an SD card, so I haven't tried interacting with it.
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Sherip said:
Not supposed to run the eyeballer setup without an SD card, so I haven't tried interacting with it.
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Why not? Some apps expect an SD to run properly, but there is nothing wrong with running CM10.1 without one.
If your emmc installation runs fine, your problems are because you were messing with that SD. With the NC it is best to make a small SD for your CWM card and put it away and save it for future use. Then use a different SD for use with CM10.1.
With the NC, if you have a bootable SD inserted without valid boot files on it, it turns on, but does not turn the screen on so to you it looks like it is off.
Your solution to your problem is do what I said above, have two SDs. And don't mess with them. You can get away with messing with the SD on a HD/HD+, but not the NC.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
Why not? Some apps expect an SD to run properly, but there is nothing wrong with running CM10.1 without one.
If your emmc installation runs fine, your problems are because you were messing with that SD. With the NC it is best to make a small SD for your CWM card and put it away and save it for future use. Then use a different SD for use with CM10.1.
With the NC, if you have a bootable SD inserted without valid boot files on it, it turns on, but does not turn the screen on so to you it looks like it is off.
Your solution to your problem is do what I said above, have two SDs. And don't mess with them. You can get away with messing with the SD on a HD/HD+, but not the NC.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Yes I think working with the HD series nooks made me overly confident yesterday lol
In my missing post I mentioned that it wouldn't boot from my CM7 SD card or a newly burned eyeballer 1gb image yesterday. Before the trouble I had seen my CM7 card boot after CM10.1 was on emmc. Now that the NC is working I'm nervous to shut it down at all or try booting from any SD.
Went out and when I came back the charger was green but the charge percentage said 90%. I switched to a different NC charger. Light stayed green and suddenly it switched from 90% to "charged". On my PC using a card reader, I sdformatted my SD card and did a straight copy paste of the previous folders, leaving off the root files associated with booting, ram disk and such and inserted it in the NC. Disconnected from power. Claimed to be at 100%.
Current readout is 93% and battery time is 28 min 30 sec.
I suppose its possible my battery is going bad. It was chronically plagued with "sleep of death" on CM 7.
I believe I'm running the CM 10.1 nightly of 7/25.
Edit: there are posts that claim you MUST have an SD card inserted to run the eyeballer system. If that's not true I might still need one because I had restored some apps with Titanium and some content had been written there. I think I used apptosd on some of them on sd-based-CM7 in an effort to use my space more efficiently.
Sent from my Nook Color Running CM 10.1 from emmc
Sherip said:
In my missing post I mentioned that it wouldn't boot from my CM7 SD card or a newly burned eyeballer 1gb image yesterday. Before the trouble I had seen my CM7 card boot after CM10.1 was on emmc. Now that the NC is working I'm nervous to shut it down at all or try booting from any SD.
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My NC is completely back to normal, I've successfully booted using cards that didn't work while I was having trouble. Not sure if it was fixed because I pulled the card to boot emmc as suggested or because the battery got depleted and it went into another state. Either way I'm happy. For now I don't need a torx screwdriver or new battery.
Leapinlar, my eyeballer emmc setup uses an old version of cmw. Its 3.2.0.1. AFAICT it works fine but in other threads I've seen you recommend updated versions. Do you know what changed or improved, and whether my existing backups for stock and CM would be compatible?
Sent from my Nook Color Running CM 10.1 from emmc
Sherip said:
Leapinlar, my eyeballer emmc setup uses an old version of cmw. Its 3.2.0.1. AFAICT it works fine but in other threads I've seen you recommend updated versions. Do you know what changed or improved, and whether my existing backups for stock and CM would be compatible?
Sent from my Nook Color Running CM 10.1 from emmc
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The 3.2.0.1 is fine. The only real advantage the newer versions have is they allow backup and restore to internal memory. v5.5.0.4 makes and reads compatible backups with 3.2.0.1 if you choose to (3.2.0.1 is img only, 5.5.0.4 is img or tar). v6.0.1.2 makes a new backup format that is not compatible with 3.2.0.1 (tar or blobs). Therefore, I usually recommend 5.5.0.4 so you get internal backups and can read 3.2.0.1 backups.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.