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updating from 1.2 to 1.4.2 with EMMC CWM

OK, i have been out of the nook color game for far too long and it seems most of the threads are talking about going from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2. as you can tell, we haven't touched the nook color in a while (OS wise)
basically from what i can remember, while ago, when the NC first came out i rooted and Rom'd it all on the internal memory. it currently has CWM on it (old orange version) and stock 1.2 OS that i installed through CWM.
i tried installing the nookcolor_1_4_2_keepcwm.zip file or whatever it is, and it aborted the install....assuming because it is an older version of CWM?
the only way i could get into CWM was through trying to install the factory 1.4.2 file, once install failed, i could hit the power button and it would bring up CWM.
where can i go from here. i would be completely fine getting rid of CWM all together and just having B&N handle the updates from now since i have a couple of my own toys
ask questions, and i will try to answer them...but like i said, been out of the nook color game for a long time. i am comfortable with flashing stuff through CWM, not cumfortable with ADB nor making a bootable SD card...although i can follow directions so anything is possible.
thanks for you help, and my wife thanks you too.

The way I would go is to install newer CWM then use one of the 1.4.1 updates I posted in this post.
Then let B&N update it to 1.4.2 for you.

Ok, so how would I go about installing a newer CWM? As sad as this sounds I have never installed CWM any other way other than rom manager. And once I get the new CWM and 1.4.1 on there, do I just update by throwing the official release on the root of the internal memory like B&N tells me to or do I have to have the Keep CWM.zip?
Thanks again for all your help..appreciate it
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Anyone? The wife is hounding me. Even if I can restore to completely stock she would be happy. How do I do this?
Thanks guys

Well, if you can still boot into a rooted 1.2 and have ROM Manager on there you can use that to flash the latest CWM. If not find the CWM 3.2.0.8 zip and the b & n 1.4.1 zip mentioned above and put them on a sd cad. I then boot into your current CWM and flash the new CWM (unless you did that via Manager) then flash 1.4.1 and call it macaroni.

One thing to remember followoing J5's response is... if you leave CWM setup as recovery... updates will fail.... That's why I have the 1.4.1 with CWM as alternate boot file with the others.

J515OP said:
Well, if you can still boot into a rooted 1.2 and have ROM Manager on there you can use that to flash the latest CWM. If not find the CWM 3.2.0.8 zip and the b & n 1.4.1 zip mentioned above and put them on a sd cad. I then boot into your current CWM and flash the new CWM (unless you did that via Manager) then flash 1.4.1 and call it macaroni.
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OK, I don't have From manager installed anymore....can I side load that? Also I found the 3.2.0.1 CWM .img file on the clockwork web site. How exactly do I install that. Just flash the .img file?
I really appreciate the help guys

turdbogls said:
OK, I don't have From manager installed anymore....can I side load that? Also I found the 3.2.0.1 CWM .img file on the clockwork web site. How exactly do I install that. Just flash the .img file?
I really appreciate the help guys
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Use winimage32 to write the img file to the uSD card... that creates the bootable CWM uSD.... then put the 1.4.1 files on it and use that to flash to your nook.

1.2 to 1.4.3?
trying to revive old thread prior to launching a new one. I am in similar situation as OP (running 1.2.0 with CWM on emmc). Have no problem going through steps to get this done (been there done that on this old NC which is my sons now, and have an Asus Eeepad I have rooted and played with for about a year as well) including flashable/bootable sd card.
Question is to just confirm the steps to go from 1.2 to latest 1.4.3 and root it again (assuming I'll be using MN5 for that):
- Would I have to unroot and start installing BN updates until 1.4.3??
- Do I have to unroot first or can I just install a BN update to get to 1.4.3 and then run the manualnooter 5.x?
As OP mentioned all I see are steps for moving from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 or 1.4.3 so wanting to check prior to moving forward.
Thanks.

surfmly said:
trying to revive old thread prior to launching a new one. I am in similar situation as OP (running 1.2.0 with CWM on emmc). Have no problem going through steps to get this done (been there done that on this old NC which is my sons now, and have an Asus Eeepad I have rooted and played with for about a year as well) including flashable/bootable sd card.
Question is to just confirm the steps to go from 1.2 to latest 1.4.3 and root it again (assuming I'll be using MN5 for that):
- Would I have to unroot and start installing BN updates until 1.4.3??
- Do I have to unroot first or can I just install a BN update to get to 1.4.3 and then run the manualnooter 5.x?
As OP mentioned all I see are steps for moving from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 or 1.4.3 so wanting to check prior to moving forward.
Thanks.
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You can flash the 1.4.3 directly over the old ROM. Just look at my tips thread linked in my signature at item A15. There is a link for a CWM flashable 1.4.3 there. And yes, you use MN 5 to root again.

leapinlar said:
You can flash the 1.4.3 directly over the old ROM. Just look at my tips thread linked in my signature at item A15. There is a link for a CWM flashable 1.4.3 there. And yes, you use MN 5 to root again.
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Thanks Leapinlar, will give it a go per your tips.

recovery verified failed-ICS

hello
i want to change my OTA rom to some other rom and when i reboot into recovery i get the red "recovery verified failed"
how to fix it?
i'm with ics ..
thanks

Fix Ya!
I7210I said:
hello
i want to change my OTA rom to some other rom and when i reboot into recovery i get the red "recovery verified failed"
how to fix it?
i'm with ics ..
thanks
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Download Acer Recovery Instaler From Tha Play Store And Flash Stock Recovery
Cheers

ok...now how i'm changing the rom to Lightspeed_4.8(for example)...
i just that my hdd will work with that(something that worked in 3.2.1 and now doesn't work)

I7210I said:
ok...now how i'm changing the rom to Lightspeed_4.8(for example)...
i just that my hdd will work with that(something that worked in 3.2.1 and now doesn't work)
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Look [root] Ntfs Mounter In The Play Store
If I Helped Please Press Thanks Button.

these thing doesn't work by the way at 4.XX hdd's suppose to work without any app
but both the app and the ics doesn't read the hdd and the hdd is formatted.
so i thought it will be better to install costum rom but i need an recovery for that right now,there i'm stuck

I7210I said:
hello
i want to change my OTA rom to some other rom and when i reboot into recovery i get the red "recovery verified failed"
how to fix it?
i'm with ics ..
thanks
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THIS IS FROM EAZYTERRYS
The real answer is if you have ICS, to install a custom recover or custom kernel you must have an unlocked bootloader.
The following resources are related to the new bootloader, a quick read of the OPs of the first two are highly recommended, even if you install with the third link. (This is to have a highlevel idea of what you are changing on your device, as it will help you find what you need to look closer at in future if something goes wrong, or possibly prevent a problem in the first case) bootloader thread civato's guide Afterota tool (windows users bootloader install tool)
If you already have the unlocked bootloader installed, but can't boot into recovery:
This is likely because you have a stock ICS rom overwritting recovery with the stock recovery in every boot; either use fastboot or (if you have root) a program such as acer recovery installer to force the install of a recovery and immediately reboot into it. (Most bootloader installers will also install a recovery that you can immediately boot into)
Once in recovery you can backup/restore/or install a rom modified to prevent the overwrite of recovery. (More advanced users can stop this from adb by removing some files)
Personally I use a lightly modified version of the stock rom you are using now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1661492
it ought to be safe to do a no wipe update to that and receive a more expected environment with a custom recovery, optional custom OC kernel, and busybox support.
However if you explore the dev section, many other (both more and less modified) versions of ICS roms exist. Themed and otherwise. So feel free to explore.

jancarlos1597 said:
Download Acer Recovery Instaler From Tha Play Store And Flash Stock Recovery
Cheers
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I had the same problem. After I have done this I still can't boot into recovery. I only see a dead Android guy. What should I do now? I really need help.
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I just used my brain and figured out by myself.
A brain is such a useful thing.

ok
i try to mount these hdd
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=430
the 750GB
and with these rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661492
also with these rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520299
and it doesn't go ,with 3.2.1 it goes what can be the problem?

[Q] Nearly Bricked Deffy

Hello,
i am new here, so sory for my stupid questions
I was trying upgrade my dad's defy to ICS (AOKP version), phone stuck at boot animation, so i went back to recovery and restored backup of MIUI (gingerbread). After that phone stuck at M logo and i can get only to stock recovery (Android system recovery <3e> )
i found someting about BFS and RSD lite, buti have no idea how use it and i can't totaly bricked dad's phone
so can anybody help?

Is this a Defy or a Defy+ and what have you flashed?
P.S. Q's go to Q&A section

Auris 1.6 vvt-i said:
Is this a Defy or a Defy+ and what have you flashed?
P.S. Q's go to Q&A section
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it's deffy and i have flashed http://rootzwiki.com/topic/22320-romunofficialiml74k-403-aokp-build28-for-motorola-defy/

Red lense...? Green lense...? How did you flash it? What kernel...? Do you have access to the bootmenu... If not, do you have access to stock recovery...? Come on, dude... Be more specific, don't make us guess.

Auris 1.6 vvt-i said:
Red lense...? Green lense...? How did you flash it? What kernel...? Do you have access to the bootmenu... If not, do you have access to stock recovery...? Come on, dude... Be more specific, don't make us guess.
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sorry
it's green lense, i flash it over custom recovery. I really don't know which kernel there is, i didn´t flash any new kernel, so i guess there is stock kernel. I can't get to the bootmenu, but i have acces to stock recovery.
EDIT: I realized, that there was flashed MIUI rom downloaded from official site (before trying update to ICS). I don't know which kernel this rom uses, so maybe there was gingerbread kernel. Before root and everithing, official Motorola's rom was froyo.
EDIT2:
I think that problem is here:
Nandroid Backup
This is just a .zip file flasheable with a Custom Recovery, this will Delete/Copy all the files in the /System and other partitions (depending on the Nandroid) without formatting or remaking the partition thus not modifying the system layout, eFuse or stuff; this is almost harmless, meaning you CANT brick your phone doing it, though you can make Android not boot and a new SBF or Nandroid would need to be installed.
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(quoted from this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982)
question is how and which SBF should i install

As far as I saw, this is a Froyo based build, so you should be fine with the Froyo kernel you have from your stock ROM...
Go to custom recovery and wipe data/cache. If you are still unable to boot afterwards, you might need to flash a fixed or a full sbf.

Hahaha never flash someone else's phone, especially parents!! Because when this happens you are SCREWED
Above info is indeed correct, I have bricked mine to a similar state by using a badly coded app, I just flashed a full froyo 2.2.2 sbf as my custom recovery was broken, reinstalled recovery with the 2ndinit app and restored my backup, never had a problem since
Sent from the real world by hacking into the matrix

could you recomend me wich fixed SBF should i flash? and am i right, that i should use RSD lite to do it?
i know, these are really stupid question, but i am not 100% sure what to do and i can make things right ...
the best will be, if you write step by step what exactly is needed
thank you very much

Akopop said:
could you recomend me wich fixed SBF should i flash? and am i right, that i should use RSD lite to do it?
i know, these are really stupid question, but i am not 100% sure what to do and i can make things right ...
the best will be, if you write step by step what exactly is needed
thank you very much
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down in my signature is a link to a thread(my thread) where you find many sbf's
recomend you to use FROYOCEE.CM7.2sbf or FROYO. MIUI.2.4.20sbf
have instruction for instal too
Sent from my ME525+ using XDA

Questions go in the Q&A section

Two multiboot questions.

Hello XDA community, this is my first post here, I hope you can help me .
I've spend time reading the forums looking for the method to flash a custom rom in the Defy+, but before that I want to try the different ROMs alongside the stock rom using mutiboot since I'm new in the custom roms world, and don't want to do anything reckless.
I have already installed the latest version of 2ndInit (2.3) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032212, now I should install multiboot from CWM but I have a doubt here, if I understand properly, multiboot need the existence of the boot entries 'Stable Recovery’ and ‘Latest Recovery’ but in the last version of 2ndinit, bootmenu has only "Custom Recovery" and "Stock Recovery", is it really important? I mean I can go to "Custom Recovery" which load CWM and install multiboot from there but for what I have read both entries are needed to manage the "real" system and the "virtual" system, so in my case it could only manage the virtual one? maybe I should update bootmenu? (according to the 2ndinit changelog it has the latest version from the CM sources but that was in April)
And my other question is, when I'm ready to install the custom ROM as my primary one, should I uninstall multiboot first? if so, how? maybe resintalling 2ndinit?
Thank you for your help

You dont have to deinstall it. Just erase the folder in /sdcard/multiboot of your virtual. And if you installed multiboot and flash a new rom on nandroid you have to install multiboot new, just telling cause the first time you will be scared about that.

You have installed 2ndinit... great, now install latest bootmenu to get three recovery options, I.e. latest/custom, stable and stock recovery.
Remember to install virtual rom via latest recovery.

rishi2100 said:
You have installed 2ndinit... great, now install latest bootmenu to get three recovery options, I.e. latest/custom, stable and stock recovery.
Remember to install virtual rom via latest recovery.
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OK, I thought that the latest version of 2ndinit had the latest version of bootmenu..
EDIT: what's the latest version of bootmenu? 2dinit has bootmenu 1.1.8 according with its changelog.
merhans said:
You dont have to deinstall it. Just erase the folder in /sdcard/multiboot of your virtual. And if you installed multiboot and flash a new rom on nandroid you have to install multiboot new, just telling cause the first time you will be scared about that.
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I asked because perhpas I would need "plain" CWM to install CM9 (or other ROM) but I guess CM would overwrite everything when I install it (since bootmenu is in the nand memory and not in the recovery partition) thank you.

Peri. said:
EDIT: what's the latest version of bootmenu? 2dinit has bootmenu 1.1.8 according with its changelog.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.

rishi2100 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.
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You can use Multiboot manager to install new virtual partitions.

rishi2100 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=787176&d=1321653982
Use above link to download bootmenu... its not latest but it will solve your purpose. Install via custom recovery.
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Ok then but I want to be completely sure: is it totally safe to do a downgrade of bootmenuin in this case (with 2ndinit 2.3 installed)?
Sorry for keep bothering you, thank you!
ashish386 said:
You can use Multiboot manager to install new virtual partitions.
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yeah, I'll try it once I have this setup done

Peri. said:
Ok then but I want to be completely sure: is it totally safe to do a downgrade of bootmenuin in this case (with 2ndinit 2.3 installed)?
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Yes its totally safe.

Ok, I managed to install the latest quarx build in doble boot . Now I'll try the epsylon build since the quarx's has two annoying, one with the battery measurement (it shows less charge percentage than it actually is, for example when it is up to 4000 mV (actual 100%) it shows it is only 75% charged); and I can't send sms, but I'll look at this problems later.
By the way, the bootmenu downgrade was not necessary since it doesn't use "Latest Recovery" anymore (I was following an old tutorial) now you choose to enter in the virtual system recovery in "2nd-system" (inside the "boot" menu).
Thank you for your help, rishi2100

[Q] Recovery, CM11, Kernel installation?

Hi. I have been recenty using CM10 on my Defy and I wanted to change it. As I installed my CM with 2ndinit recovery it automatically changed to TeamWinRecoveryProject. So lately I was trying to flash this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2515036
But as you can see, there is this line:
For CM10,10.1,10.2 < 07.11.13 users:
To install KitKat, need update recovery. Do not forget reboot, after install recovery.
http://defy.bytekiste.de/cm11-nightl...e-recovery.zip
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I don't actually know, how to install new recovery I tried to flash it with TWRP, but after reboot I wasn't able to open it at all I tried to use ROM manager and other apps like this, but nothing worked. And I don't know why, but after a couple of reboots, my system crashed somehow: as the CM logo showed up while booting it just didn't move farther and kept like that. So I used RSD Lite and flashed SBF file just as it was described in this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828639
OK, so now I want to install new recovery and ROM. Can anyone tell me, how to install recovery which is needed for QUARX's CM11?
And also: I don't know much about this, because I'm a newbie, but I heard that it's recommandable to change Kernel too. I heard that it would speed up my phone etc. Is it true? How can I do it? Which Kernel should I use? I didn't change anything while rooting my phone and/or installing CM10.

Just because you're a newbie, it doesn't mean you can't read through before asking questions. Read this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568325. No kernel change required.