Database Users

[Q] {Q} trouble with a stock 1.3.0 nook color

ok so after 3 days of trying, i keep getting stuck on a boot-loop I am asking for some help.
before I begin, I have successfully rooted and installed cm7 on 2 nooks that came factory 1.2,I have searched google and these forums but can't find anything with my specific needs.
I have followed the directions on this thread to a tee:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
i am using a bootable cwm card (2GB) (cwm version 3.0.2.8)
after installing ManualNooter-4-5-18.zip then ManualNooter-4-6-16.zip I remove the sd card and reboot and I get a boot-loop with the "n color" screen animation. It has not booted successfully yet.
I have already used the 8 failed boots method to restore to factory and re-registered the nook.
Then I redid everything again and im back at the boot-loop.
any ideas

i do not have an answer but this answers my question of whether I want to run manual nooter on my 1.3 or try cm7. the cm7 steps seems more intimidating

Well i tried several more times last night with no luck. Then i got brave and just wiped everything (data,system,cache,dalvick) then flashed cm7 and gapps straight from my cwm boot card. I somehow
Ended up with a fully functional nook. App market works. Rebooted several times to be sure. I even tried usb host with my homemade adapter. Mouse, keyboard, and sandisk cruzer all work splendidly thru a powered hub.
My only mistake was i cant find my backup of stock 1.3 rom. Is there one floating around?
Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk

If I'm understanding correctly, you're trying to go from CM to 1.3, correct?
From what you've described, I suspect Clockworkmod 3.0.2.8 is your problem. If you look carefully as you format /data in preparation for reloading the BN 1.3 firmware, I think you'll see that the format is actually failing. That version of CWM doesn't handle the partitions correctly.
You want 3.2.0.1. See the edits at the top of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987735
If you're already on CM7.1, you probably have the correct version of CWM installed. You can save yourself a step by formatting the /data and /system partitions using that, then continuing on with the rest of the procedure for restoring BN 1.3. I went through all this myself a few days ago while preparing to go to BN 1.4.1.

I forgot to mention in my last post that i realized i was using the wrong cwm image and i burned another card with cwm 3.2.01.
I was still getting a boot-loop so i wiped everything and went straight to cm7.
Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk

@bobstro
I didn't read your post correctly.
I had a stock nook that i want to install cm7 on. Not the other way around. I asked about a stock 1.3 file just in case i need to do a restore. The nook is done. Its running cm7 just fine and i have given it back to my friend.
I really need to get myself one :-(
I usually mess around with my sons but he's at his mothers for the weekend with it. After christmas im getting one. Dont know if it'll be a color or a nook tablet but im getting one for sure!
Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk

If you intended to install CM7 from beginning, then why you wasted time messing around with ManualNooter?

Im still rather new to working on nooks. I thought that it was required to use manual nooter first. Im still not sure.
Can someone clarify for mr. If i just bought a nook and i want cm7 on it, whats the best procedure?
Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk

pdrift said:
ok so after 3 days of trying, i keep getting stuck on a boot-loop I am asking for some help.
before I begin, I have successfully rooted and installed cm7 on 2 nooks that came factory 1.2,I have searched google and these forums but can't find anything with my specific needs.
I have followed the directions on this thread to a tee:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
i am using a bootable cwm card (2GB) (cwm version 3.0.2.8)
after installing ManualNooter-4-5-18.zip then ManualNooter-4-6-16.zip I remove the sd card and reboot and I get a boot-loop with the "n color" screen animation. It has not booted successfully yet.
I have already used the 8 failed boots method to restore to factory and re-registered the nook.
Then I redid everything again and im back at the boot-loop.
any ideas
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The only boot loop issue I'm aware of is related to Adobe AIR and Flash. The fix is to uninstall them and then reinstall from Market.
Sent from my NOOKcolor using XDA Premium

pdrift said:
Im still rather new to working on nooks. I thought that it was required to use manual nooter first. Im still not sure.
Can someone clarify for mr. If i just bought a nook and i want cm7 on it, whats the best procedure?
Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I hope you do use Windows at some points.
Let's put it this way.
You bought a PC with Windows XP pre-installed, get home, you don't want XP, so you install Windows 7 on the PC. You just whack the XP.
Same theory applied here, B&N shipped their NC out with the original stock ROM, which is Froyo-based OS. You want to install CM7, which is Gingerbread-OS ROM. You just whack the stock and install CM7.

oh I get it know. so its pretty easy if you want to go straight to cm7 just wipe and flash.
After reading some posts from the nook tablet section, i guess i'm getting a nook color.
what a shame about the locked bootloader :-(
i didnt technically solve the boot loop issue, i just erased everything, but should I mark this as solved and if so how?

The current Nook Color bootloader is not locked. The Nook Tablet's is. I wouldn't necessarily rule anything out, though. The bootloader on the Motorola Droid 2 is also locked, and there's quite an active Cyanogenmod community around it. The only problem is that we're stuck with whatever kernels B&N release, so ICS may be a long way off. I suspect the NC will remain the tuner's machine of choice, but the performance on the NT is very nice. If you can live with a rooted B&N ROM, it's a nice device for now.

billingdl said:
The only boot loop issue I'm aware of is related to Adobe AIR and Flash. The fix is to uninstall them and then reinstall from Market.
Sent from my NOOKcolor using XDA Premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, it seems that some 1.3 based NC units will bootloop if 4.6.16 is used to root them. I'm not sure why. Even after repartitioning to original nook partition sizes, or using CWM 3.2.01 (which supports the new partitioning), it'll still bootloop if 4.6.16 is used. Might be because of the different kernal included, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know for sure. They root fine with 4.5.18. Haven't tried one with the new 1.4.1 compatible nooters.

To the original poster;
I'm having the same problem here, installed 4.15 successfully, installed 4.16 and am getting stuck in boot loop at the rainbow nook color screen.
I'm not understanding the 8 boot fail procedure though. Is this when you let the boot loop run through 8 times or when you get to the point of when the boot loop starts, shut the NC off and power it back on?
Also, to install cm7, all you did was put it on your sd card, and installed it through cwm?

The 8 boot method if i recall correctly is when you boot the nook and wait until the splash screen shows up immediately hold the power button and shut it down. Repeat 7 more times. If you did it correctly it should take over and do a restore on its own.
If you want to go straight to CM7 I dont think you need to go thru with this procedure because if you create a bootable cm7 card and insert it in your nook while its off then power up, it should boot you into cwm recovery. Once in the recovery you can flash cm7.
sent from my OV CM7 IHO using tapatalk

pdrift said:
The 8 boot method if i recall correctly is when you boot the nook and wait until the splash screen shows up immediately hold the power button and shut it down. Repeat 7 more times. If you did it correctly it should take over and do a restore on its own.
If you want to go straight to CM7 I dont think you need to go thru with this procedure because if you create a bootable cm7 card and insert it in your nook while its off then power up, it should boot you into cwm recovery. Once in the recovery you can flash cm7.
sent from my OV CM7 IHO using tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you good sir! I was stuck in boot loop forever and couldn't find a clean explanation of the 8 boot fail process. I always tried to turn it off when the rainbow nook color screen came up.
I got it reset, made a flashable CWM SD card with 3.2 and then flashed CM7 on there and it works great!!
That was very frustrating, thank you!

Dont mention it, Glad to here I was able to help you out. I felt the same way when I was in that situation. Lots of googling to get a clearer idea on what that 8 boot method entailed. CM7 really makes it feel like a totally different device.
To all the devs that work on these projects, thank you
sent from my OV CM7 IHO using tapatalk

ive recently purchased a nook color version 1.3 and did all the steps to build cm7 on sd ard inserted it into my nook it downloaded then rebot and seem to come up im cm7 but my touch screen isnt working any suggestions?

[Q] Nook Color CM10 SD Card not booting

I'm not a developer by any means, basically I'm just a newbie that can follow instructions.
Some time last year, I purchased a Nook Color and used various sites on the Internet to create a bootable SD Card for CM 10 nightlies.
Every few days or so, I would look to see if there was a new nightly available. If so I would download it, insert my sd card into the adaptor and then into my laptop, place the new download into my sd card folder, eject the sd card, insert it into my Nook Color, boot it into the SD Recovery mode, then after installation, boot it normally.
I've been doing that since last year, so much so that now I don't even remember how to do anything else.
Well, a few days ago, I followed my normal routine except this time I made a mistake. I accidentally downloaded the nightly for one of the LG phones instead of the Nook. So after I followed my normal routine, the Nook wouldn't boot. It just stayed on a black screen that made it look like it was off but it was actually still on.
It took a few days for me to catch my mistake, but once I did I downloaded what I thought was the correct nightly.
But this time, I didn't know we had switched to 10.1. So when I booted into the Nook Color, it didn't look right...the time showed up differently, some of my shortcuts were missing, and the wireless didn't work.
At first I thought it was because I had downloaded the LG phone nightly. But then I read about 10.1 and wasn't sure how to get the Nook working properly.
So I decided "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and went back to the last cm10 download that I still had on my laptop, which was the one from March 30.
I followed my normal routine again, and instead of the Nook booting, it's just on the CyanoMod screen with the circle going around and it's not booting. Now what?
Any suggestions are urgently appreciated. :fingers-crossed:

You destroyed your installation when you installed that LG version. If you had been installing to emmc, the installer would have caught the error and not let you. But the SD installer does not check first.
So you either need to start over with a new SD installation or install my Alternate CWM for SD and wipe /system and then install the correct CM.
To install fresh follow my instructions in my NC SD install guide linked on my signature.
To install my Alternative CWM for SD, go to my NC Tips thread also linked in my signature and read item B5.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

How can I save my content?
Most of it is just apps that are linked to my Google account, and over 1,000 Kindle ebooks,
But I do have a few things that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to keep.
Thanks in advance
P.S. Also, what is the difference in the two options that you gave?
leapinlar said:
You destroyed your installation when you installed that LG version. If you had been installing to emmc, the installer would have caught the error and not let you. But the SD installer does not check first.
So you either need to start over with a new SD installation or install my Alternate CWM for SD and wipe /system and then install the correct CM.
To install fresh follow my instructions in my NC SD install guide linked on my signature.
To install my Alternative CWM for SD, go to my NC Tips thread also linked in my signature and read item B5.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

affirmwealth said:
How can I save my content?
Most of it is just apps that are linked to my Google account, and over 1,000 Kindle ebooks,
But I do have a few things that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to keep.
Thanks in advance
P.S. Also, what is the difference in the two options that you gave?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The difference is using the alternate CWM may save your content. I say may because just wiping /system may not be enough and you may need to wipe /data too, which means you lose installed apps, but downloaded material and kindle books stay.
Starting fresh you lose everything.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

I downloaded the alternate CWM, extracted it, and put the files on my SD Card, but I wasn't sure what you meant by "wiping/system".
So what I did was I cleared the cache, and then I put the latest cm 10.1 file and the gapps to go with it on my card, and booted into recovery as usual.
Then I booted up the Nook and it looks just like it did the first time...where the digital clock looks different, and there is no wifi. I press the wifi button to "on" but it doesn't do anything.
leapinlar said:
The difference is using the alternate CWM may save your content. I say may because just wiping /system may not be enough and you may need to wipe /data too, which means you lose installed apps, but downloaded material and kindle books stay.
Starting fresh you lose everything.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

affirmwealth said:
I downloaded the alternate CWM, extracted it, and put the files on my SD Card, but I wasn't sure what you meant by "wiping/system".
So what I did was I cleared the cache, and then I put the latest cm 10.1 file and the gapps to go with it on my card, and booted into recovery as usual.
Then I booted up the Nook and it looks just like it did the first time...where the digital clock looks different, and there is no wifi. I press the wifi button to "on" but it doesn't do anything.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wiping system means going to mounts and storage and picking format system. Wiping cache will not fix the problem.
After wiping /system, put the new CM and matching gapps zips on the boot partition like you always have and boot to SD recovery. It will install as usual. Then it may boot normally. If it does not, go to the Alternate CWM again and "wipe data/factory reset". Then reboot and you will need to setup and reinstall your apps, but your downloads will be there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that worked.
I'm fully up-to-date now and am running the CM 10.1. And I didn't lose any of my data.
I almost want to say that it even seems to be running faster than the March 30 cm10 version that I was running before.
I mainly use my Nook Color to read Kindle books, and it's so funny because if I had known that Amazon offered such a better selection of ebooks I wouldn't have purchased the Nook in the first place.
Now I was able to update my Kindle app to the latest version that mimics the Kindle (the real one) so I'm really excited.
Thanks for all your help.
leapinlar said:
Wiping system means going to mounts and storage and picking format system. Wiping cache will not fix the problem.
After wiping /system, put the new CM and matching gapps zips on the boot partition like you always have and boot to SD recovery. It will install as usual. Then it may boot normally. If it does not, go to the Alternate CWM again and "wipe data/factory reset". Then reboot and you will need to setup and reinstall your apps, but your downloads will be there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Hard Bricked...... in a wierd way.

So guys i have bricked my nook. Doesn't turn on or anything no screen flashing or anything. if anyone could help me on this i would appreciate it.
Well i was on cm 10 and 10.1 for a while and i finally decided to try other roms. i installed every rom on my internal so not my sd card. (my sd is 32 gig sandisk class 10 ultra). so i updated my recovery to flash more roms and when i did cwm didnt read all my backups. cwm only read my cm7 backup and cm10 backup. (using clockwork recovery). So first i installed SCHIZOID p.a.c. rom. But on that rom everytime i wanted to boot up i would have to full wipe + reflash rom without it getting into a bootloop. Then i tried Mirage's cm7.2 rom. When i flashed that rom, the loading bar in cwm would get too about 3 quarters and BAM! My nook would turn off and only load the bootloader. so from the bootloader i opened up cwm recovery and went straight to my backup, and apparently, dumbass cwm says theres no boot.img or system.img and data.img....etc in my cm7 backup. so i went to my cm10 backup and that said md5 mismatch. WTF??? So i tried to reflash Mirage's cm7.2 rom and BAM! same thing happen, but about 7/8ths of the bar was filled before it force shut down by itself. But this time i cant access the bootloader and i have it ultimateley hard bricked.
so please if anyone has any un-hard brick or jtag repair threads or anything i would appreciate it. And would a bootable sd fix this? the screen wont turn on/flash or anything so im not sure if it will load the sd card
Edit: I've found out that plugging the nook to my computer and holding the power button for 20+ seconds makes my computer make a sound that my windows machine recognizes the nook but then it quickly makes another sound and my computer doesn't recognize/thinks the nooks disconnected

Leapinlar has an excellent guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621301

gravitysandwich said:
So guys i have bricked my nook. Doesn't turn on or anything no screen flashing or anything. if anyone could help me on this i would appreciate it.
Edit: I've found out that plugging the nook to my computer and holding the power button for 20+ seconds makes my computer make a sound that my windows machine recognizes the nook but then it quickly makes another sound and my computer doesn't recognize/thinks the nooks disconnected
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The reason it appears to not turn on is your boot files in the boot partition are corrupt.
The way the NC boots is it turns on without the screen on and looks for valid boot files first in the SD and then in the internal boot partition. If it finds some, it turns the screen on and continues the boot. If it finds none, it immediately turn off without ever turning the screen on. That Windows beep is the short turn on/turn off sequence.
So the solution is to make a bootable CWM SD per the thread the last user referenced and boot to that. Then you can flash a valid ROM and it should repair itself. If it does not successfully flash a ROM then go to my partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow instructions there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Can't get to a computer now. But when I do I'll try. If anything I'll pm you.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

gravitysandwich said:
Can't get to a computer now. But when I do I'll try. If anything I'll pm you.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do it on the forum. I don't respond to PMs.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
Do it on the forum. I don't respond to PMs.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

leapinlar said:
The reason it appears to not turn on is your boot files in the boot partition are corrupt.
The way the NC boots is it turns on without the screen on and looks for valid boot files first in the SD and then in the internal boot partition. If it finds some, it turns the screen on and continues the boot. If it finds none, it immediately turn off without ever turning the screen on. That Windows beep is the short turn on/turn off sequence.
So the solution is to make a bootable CWM SD per the thread the last user referenced and boot to that. Then you can flash a valid ROM and it should repair itself. If it does not successfully flash a ROM then go to my partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow instructions there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
how do i boot into cwm? I get a explanation mark in a triangle in a nook saying that it needs to connect to power, I did let it charge and tried holding the power button + nook key + volume up to boot into and when it does i get the sign that says i need to connect to power. Once charged, would it boot me into cyanoboot, and then from there go to cm? (I'm using slow charge since I lost the nook charging kit so I use the nexus 4 or samsung galaxy s2 t989 charger). and I put my cm10.1 may 31st rom on the sd card + gapps, so when I do boot in cwm, can I access it and flash it?
edit:nvm got cwm working. But u cant flash a rom.
I wipe everything (data, cache, system,dalvik) and then when i hit chose zip from sdcard it says:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/cm-10.1-20130531-nightly-encore.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.

Nevermind i got it working. i have to unmount every partion + turn on 'toggle signature verification' Thank You leapinlar.

cant even boot to bootable sd
leapinlar said:
The reason it appears to not turn on is your boot files in the boot partition are corrupt.
The way the NC boots is it turns on without the screen on and looks for valid boot files first in the SD and then in the internal boot partition. If it finds some, it turns the screen on and continues the boot. If it finds none, it immediately turn off without ever turning the screen on. That Windows beep is the short turn on/turn off sequence.
So the solution is to make a bootable CWM SD per the thread the last user referenced and boot to that. Then you can flash a valid ROM and it should repair itself. If it does not successfully flash a ROM then go to my partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow instructions there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im hoping that you might be able to help me out here. I can not even get the NC to start up with the bootable sd. Am I completely bricked? Ive also tried the partition repair youve referenced to no avail.
edit: Tried eyeballer image and was able to get into recovery but not able to mount any /cache or the sd card to try and install new rom. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

tomudei said:
Im hoping that you might be able to help me out here. I can not even get the NC to start up with the bootable sd. Am I completely bricked? Ive also tried the partition repair youve referenced to no avail.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How did you try the partition repair if you can't get the bootable SD to boot?
It is very difficult to make a bootable CWM SD that will actually boot in the Nook Color. Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature at item A9.
It is likely not bricked, just in need of repair. Make sure you have it charged and follow the steps in A9.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD

thanks
leapinlar said:
How did you try the partition repair if you can't get the bootable SD to boot?
It is very difficult to make a bootable CWM SD that will actually boot in the Nook Color. Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature at item A9.
It is likely not bricked, just in need of repair. Make sure you have it charged and follow the steps in A9.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, going to try now! Now that you've said it, I obviously hadn't tried the partition repair but thought that I had. Do you have a suggestion for which partition to fix? Fingers Crossed!

Sad
Sent from my GT-S7562 using xda premium

heartthrob.harsh said:
Sad
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know, but Ive been reading and trying soo many things that its starting to addle my brains!
---------- Post added at 10:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------
leapinlar said:
How did you try the partition repair if you can't get the bootable SD to boot?
It is very difficult to make a bootable CWM SD that will actually boot in the Nook Color. Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature at item A9.
It is likely not bricked, just in need of repair. Make sure you have it charged and follow the steps in A9.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried both of your cwm bootable sd's and I am unable to get either booted. Also, when plugging into pc, get the malfunction error you talked about in one of your tips. I really appreciate your help, any other advice that I might be able to try?

tomudei said:
I know, but Ive been reading and trying soo many things that its starting to addle my brains!
---------- Post added at 10:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:51 PM ----------
Tried both of your cwm bootable sd's and I am unable to get either booted. Also, when plugging into pc, get the malfunction error you talked about in one of your tips. I really appreciate your help, any other advice that I might be able to try?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only what I have in that A9 item about different things to try to make it bootable, like using an external USB card order, etc.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD

leapinlar said:
Only what I have in that A9 item about different things to try to make it bootable, like using an external USB card order, etc.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! Ive been using win32diskimager, perhaps i'll try winimage. I'm not really understanding why eyeballer cwm would work but not yours. Weird. Thanks again!

tomudei said:
Thanks! Ive been using win32diskimager, perhaps i'll try winimage. I'm not really understanding why eyeballer cwm would work but not yours. Weird. Thanks again!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Eyeballer CWM is working? Use that.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD

leapinlar said:
Eyeballer CWM is working? Use that.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I can get into cwm with eyeballer but it gives me an error stating that it can not mount /cache and it will not mount the sd so that I can't flash any .zip files

tomudei said:
Well I can get into cwm with eyeballer but it gives me an error stating that it can not mount /cache and it will not mount the sd so that I can't flash any .zip files
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Aren't you the one I was helping in another thread sometime back? Did you try the trick of using your PC to copy the uImage and uRamdisk files from my SD to eyeballer's and try booting that?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD

leapinlar said:
Aren't you the one I was helping in another thread sometime back? Did you try the trick of using your PC to copy the uImage and uRamdisk files from my SD to eyeballer's and try booting that?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on New SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nope, not me. New to the NC (have rooted my htc and samsung phones though so not a total noob..lol). I will try what you've suggested. Perhaps some background is needed. I had my NC running smoothly with cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly. Tried updating to RC3 and during flash the screen went black and Im here now trying anything I can.
---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------
tomudei said:
Nope, not me. New to the NC (have rooted my htc and samsung phones though so not a total noob..lol). I will try what you've suggested. Perhaps some background is needed. I had my NC running smoothly with cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly. Tried updating to RC3 and during flash the screen went black and Im here now trying anything I can.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have tried your suggestion of replacing the uimage and uram into eyeballers. its stuck on the startup screen saying "loading" with his two skulls.

tomudei said:
Nope, not me. New to the NC (have rooted my htc and samsung phones though so not a total noob..lol). I will try what you've suggested. Perhaps some background is needed. I had my NC running smoothly with cyanogenmod 10.1 nightly. Tried updating to RC3 and during flash the screen went black and Im here now trying anything I can.
---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------
I have tried your suggestion of replacing the uimage and uram into eyeballers. its stuck on the startup screen saying "loading" with his two skulls.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try copying all my files to his SD, replacing his.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

Put files into internal memory and now it won't boot

Hi, I'm a moron. I accidentally dragged some files that I meant to put in a different window onto my Nook's internal storage, and now I can't boot past "Read Forever"—it doesn't even continue to the N, shuts back down to black. It does this whether or not the SD card is in. Since I put CWM on it, now I can't restore from the 8 boot attempts, but I also can't seem to restore from anything else on the SD card.
I just erased everything on the card and put stock NC 1.2 on it, but I still have no luck booting up the NC to it.
How do I fix this? I can't even mount the NC on a computer to delete the files. (They were .just 2 zip files of CM10 and Google Apps.)

Hey, just to clarify, by "internal storage" I mean the same space where you can sideload files.

mooserampage said:
Hey, just to clarify, by "internal storage" I mean the same space where you can sideload files.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That still does not help me. You mean the drives that show up in windows explorer? That should not have caused any problem. Give use a bit more info. There must have been something else that happened.
If you go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature, I have both bootable CWM SDs and a zip you can flash to put stock recovery back on internal memory so you can do the 8 failed boot. There are even instructions on how to do the 8 failed boot. See item A12.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
That still does not help me. You mean the drives that show up in windows explorer? That should not have caused any problem. Give use a bit more info. There must have been something else that happened.
If you go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature, I have both bootable CWM SDs and a zip you can flash to put stock recovery back on internal memory so you can do the 8 failed boot. There are even instructions on how to do the 8 failed boot. See item A12.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, it was put into that space called "MyNook" (or such) where you can add other files. I also don't know what is going wrong, and I'm confused. I had just used uNooter and then CWM, and was going to load CM10 and GApps but I have not been able to boot beyond "Read Forever" since they were dragged to that internal drive.
I just put on the bootable CWM and a stock zip to the SD card but apparently now my Nook needs to charge before I can see if it works.

mooserampage said:
Yeah, it was put into that space called "MyNook" (or such) where you can add other files. I also don't know what is going wrong, and I'm confused. I had just used uNooter and then CWM, and was going to load CM10 and GApps but I have not been able to boot beyond "Read Forever" since they were dragged to that internal drive.
I just put on the bootable CWM and a stock zip to the SD card but apparently now my Nook needs to charge before I can see if it works.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is uNooter and where did you get it? I think that is your problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
What is uNooter and where did you get it? I think that is your problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found uNooter through the CyanogenMod wiki page for the NC. (I am not allowed to post URLs, apparently.) I followed that page and got as far as replacing the stock recovery, with everything working fine. Then I ran into issues with getting ADB to work with Terminal, so I never got CM10 or GApps onto the SD card. I dragged them to the internal storage and when I tried to reboot into the stock Nook, it didn't work. (I was able to reboot after rooting and replacing stock recovery before this, both with and without the SD card, there was only a problem after the files went onto the internal storage.)

mooserampage said:
I found uNooter through the CyanogenMod wiki page for the NC. (I am not allowed to post URLs, apparently.) I followed that page and got as far as replacing the stock recovery, with everything working fine. Then I ran into issues with getting ADB to work with Terminal, so I never got CM10 or GApps onto the SD card. I dragged them to the internal storage and when I tried to reboot into the stock Nook, it didn't work. (I was able to reboot after rooting and replacing stock recovery before this, both with and without the SD card, there was only a problem after the files went onto the internal storage.)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was not putting those files on internal memory that caused the issue. Something else happened with the uNooter after you installed it.
If my stock recovery zip and 8 failed boot does not fix it, I recommend you go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the steps there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
It was not putting those files on internal memory that caused the issue. Something else happened with the uNooter after you installed it.
If my stock recovery zip and 8 failed boot does not fix it, I recommend you go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the steps there.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, I will be trying the NC partition repair next. It seems to be ignoring the bootable CWM & stock zip entirely (or at least it will not boot at all) despite being fully charged.
EDIT: It looks like I spoke too soon! I'm now able to boot into CWM after leaving the NC sitting around for a few hours! I restored the ROM, put on stock 1.4.1, then did 8 failed boots and went back down to 1.2.0.
So, now I am now to 100% stock and debating my next steps.

mooserampage said:
Thanks, I will be trying the NC partition repair next. It seems to be ignoring the bootable CWM & stock zip entirely (or at least it will not boot at all) despite being fully charged.
EDIT: It looks like I spoke too soon! I'm now able to boot into CWM after leaving the NC sitting around for a few hours! I restored the ROM, put on stock 1.4.1, then did 8 failed boots and went back down to 1.2.0.
So, now I am now to 100% stock and debating my next steps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you want rooted stock, go to my NC Tips thread, follow A15 and put 1.4.3 on it, then go to Manual Nooter 5.08.20 in the dev forum.
If you want CM10.1 on SD follow my updated NC SD guide.
If you want CM10.1 on internal memory, follow eyeballer's emmc guide.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Nook Color Bricked - Help Please

Hey guys,
So here is a short summary of what has happened to my Nook Color since I purchased it:
1. Rooted it with CWM.
2. One day, CWM reset and it reverted to stock. I kept using it despite this.
3. The next week, it suddenly went into factory reset mode when I was using it. During which, a bar was loading and it suddenly shut off.
I have not been able to get it up and running ever since (none of the 1gb clockwork recovery images I'm flashing seem to work). I believe it is a partition issue, assuming the factory reset was doing some funny business with the partitions.
What's my next approach with this thing? There's not a single .img file on this forum that I've found so far that can help bring it back to life.
Is there a place where I can send it in for an unbricking? Thank you for your help.

vitax1 said:
Hey guys,
So here is a short summary of what has happened to my Nook Color since I purchased it:
1. Rooted it with CWM.
2. One day, CWM reset and it reverted to stock. I kept using it despite this.
3. The next week, it suddenly went into factory reset mode when I was using it. During which, a bar was loading and it suddenly shut off.
I have not been able to get it up and running ever since (none of the 1gb clockwork recovery images I'm flashing seem to work). I believe it is a partition issue, assuming the factory reset was doing some funny business with the partitions.
What's my next approach with this thing? There's not a single .img file on this forum that I've found so far that can help bring it back to life.
Is there a place where I can send it in for an unbricking? Thank you for your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per my item A10 there. Then use that to flash either the stock ROM from item A15 or a CM rom.
If that does not work, go to my NC emmc partition repair thread also linked in my signature and run those zips.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per my item A10 there. Then use that to flash either the stock ROM from item A15 or a CM rom.
If that does not work, go to my NC emmc partition repair thread also linked in my signature and run those zips.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey leapinlar,
Thanks for your help. Should I run all the .zip's? And are the scripts in the .zip files run on my machine (which is Linux)?

vitax1 said:
Hey leapinlar,
Thanks for your help. Should I run all the .zip's? And are the scripts in the .zip files run on my machine (which is Linux)?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
which zips are you talking about? The ROM zips or the partition repair zips? In any case, none of the scripts get run on you PC. They all are meant to be installed by the CWM SD.
And if you meant the repair zips, follow the thread.(145678 and format, and if necessary p2)
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app