Hello all,
I got this nook.color of my best friend .
He had cyan delta installed and one fine night,it stopped while updating and since then it has not turned on even once.
Last known config was cynogen mod nightly and touch based recovery.
When i plug in the charger,it does noy start up and just.charger pin remains lit.
What can we do to unbrick?
Thanks.
Can Barnes and Nobel repair it for small.fee?
Leapinlar has an excellent guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621301
drpratik said:
Hello all,
I got this nook.color of my best friend .
He had cyan delta installed and one fine night,it stopped while updating and since then it has not turned on even once.
Last known config was cynogen mod nightly and touch based recovery.
When i plug in the charger,it does noy start up and just.charger pin remains lit.
What can we do to unbrick?
Thanks.
Can Barnes and Nobel repair it for small.fee?
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Look here for answer to similar question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41931505
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
I thank you for your efforts and documented guide. I followed it and reflashed modded recovery at 300 mb size.i redid the recovery on my known memory card as well. Despite two cards with modded recovery,it still fails to show up any sign of life. What you suggest,thanks again.
drpratik said:
I thank you for your efforts and documented guide. I followed it and reflashed modded recovery at 300 mb size.i redid the recovery on my known memory card as well. Despite two cards with modded recovery,it still fails to show up any sign of life. What you suggest,thanks again.
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Not really sure what you did by your description. But if you burned a card with one of my CWM images and that card failed to cause the NC to turn on or boot, that may mean the card was not burned properly. There are many things that can go wrong when burning that make the card unbootable. Look at my item A9 in my NC Tips thread linked in my signature.
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leapinlar said:
Not really sure what you did by your description. But if you burned a card with one of my CWM images and that card failed to cause the NC to turn on or boot, that may mean the card was not burned properly. There are many things that can go wrong when burning that make the card unbootable. Look at my item A9 in my NC Tips thread linked in my signature.
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I tried using brand new card reader and card as well but no joy.
What can we do ?
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drpratik said:
I tried using brand new card reader and card as well but no joy.
What can we do ?
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You are sure it is a Nook Color rather than a Nook Tablet? A Tablet has a silver bezel.
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Its nook color.
Its with black bezel.
Thanks.
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Any ideas how to restore it?
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drpratik said:
Any ideas how to restore it?
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The only way that I know is to get a CWM SD to boot. And you can't seem to get that to happen.
Did you try plugging the USB into your PC while the CWM SD is inserted?
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bricked nook
I see many queries about a bricked Nook Color.
I posted a reply ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341926) to one user that has worked for me.
The thread also contains some very useful advice from other users who have experienced the same problem.
I hope the info in the link will help you.
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Excited as all outdoors because it was already rooted. Got home, sat down and went to put in my information, hmmmmmm, I got it from a black guy but there's a asian gmail account. :sirens: Maybe he purchased it from the guy just as I've done. I enter my account info and try to remove his, the apps need his so I cant delete him. Nothing a wipe won't fix right? Wrong. So after reading here a very small amount I realize I may need the original owner's B&N account info to resolve this.
Anyone care to chime in on this before I bother this guy for my money back?
Try to do a full wipe and return to original firmware. Then register an account for BN. Flash to cm7 afterwards. Hopefully it will work.
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If you use another rom like cm7 you won't have to worry about it. They don't register anything with Barnes and noble.
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deezndc said:
Excited as all outdoors because it was already rooted. Got home, sat down and went to put in my information, hmmmmmm, I got it from a black guy but there's a asian gmail account. :sirens: Maybe he purchased it from the guy just as I've done. I enter my account info and try to remove his, the apps need his so I cant delete him. Nothing a wipe won't fix right? Wrong. So after reading here a very small amount I realize I may need the original owner's B&N account info to resolve this.
Anyone care to chime in on this before I bother this guy for my money back?
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If you are already at CM7 on the NC, then you will have to delete the old gmail and youtube accounts and sign-in to your own gmail and youtube accounts.
I just did a complete wipe of everything (SD card included) and his information disappeared. Thanks for the replies! Now to really dig into this.
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How can I determine which method was used to root the Nook?
deezndc said:
How can I determine which method was used to root the Nook?
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Try to do the 8 failed boots and you shouldn't have to worry about it...
8 failed = system recovery (will take it back to stock)
update to 1.2 if necessary
register with B&N if not going to CM7 (I do it anyway even using CM7)
Root or CM7
Now its how YOU want it... not some asian girl/guy/whatever.
DizzyDen said:
Try to do the 8 failed boots and you shouldn't have to worry about it...
8 failed = system recovery (will take it back to stock)
update to 1.2 if necessary
register with B&N if not going to CM7 (I do it anyway even using CM7)
Root or CM7
Now its how YOU want it... not some asian girl/guy/whatever.
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What if once I do the system recovery, its already B&N registered? Am I at a lost then?
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deezndc said:
What if once I do the system recovery, its already B&N registered? Am I at a lost then?
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If you are using CM7, the "CyanogenMod 7" logo appears when booted. There is no registration of the NC with CM7. CM7 is not rooting. It is firmware that replaces the B&N firmware.
A rooted NC will initially splash the "Read Forever tm" logo when booted. The older B&N firmware splashed "Touch the Future of Reading" logo, if I remember correctly. A rooted NC is the stock B&N firmware that has been altered to allow (root) access to the Android Market apps and still retain all the original B&N functions/features. A rooted NC does require registering the NC.
If the rooted NC is not registered to your B&N account, then:
1. Touch the "U" with the up-arrow icon, select Settings.
2. In Settings, select Device Info.
3. In Device Info, select Erase & Deregister Device.
4. Touch the Erase & Deregister Device button to start the process.
5. Follow any other instructions to complete the erase and deregister the NC process which may follow.
6. Reboot NC, it should return to stock setup, as when it was new.
7. Follow the instructions and register the device using your own B&N account.
8. Update NC to 1.2.
9. Root NC using ManualNooter 4.6.16. Instructions are here.
10. Enjoy!
I hope this helps.
Thanks for the info Bluepen.....I now have a new issue. Somehow, someway I've managed to be in a boot loop, the funny part is it's flashing between the CM7 splash and ClockworkMod Recovery. I've been searching since last evening to no avail, not one single instance matches this one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've tried the 8x boot thing, I can't tell if it's even shutting down. Also tried the three finger deal, may need to do more research on that one. I've also formatted my sdcard so basically I'm in route to stock which I don't mind if I can just get there.
Slowly but surely this thing will run like my Shift...!!!!! I got it, basically I'm registered with B&N and on the stock ROM, WHEWWWW!
I went to nookdevs.com ( http://mrm3.net/nook-color-recover-any-bricked-device/ ) along with the help perusing around here I was able to fix.
Cyanogen is up and running again.....
deezndc said:
Slowly but surely this thing will run like my Shift...!!!!! I got it, basically I'm registered with B&N and on the stock ROM, WHEWWWW!
I went to nookdevs.com ( http://mrm3.net/nook-color-recover-any-bricked-device/ ) along with the help perusing around here I was able to fix.
Cyanogen is up and running again.....
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It is good that your NC is back running CM7!
Are you dual booting from/on emmc or booting from the micro sdHC memory card or have you applied CM7 to emmc overwriting theB&N firmware?
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I've overwritten the B&N firmware, so I guess out of those three options it would be the latter.
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Congrats. Now overclock the **** out of it =D and install the tegra 2 games.
Sooo....I try to to reboot and I get hung up in Recovery. The only way to reboot is to remove the SD card.
Anyone else experience this?
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So amongst all my stupor I realize (after reading so much more) that I need to remove the SD card to boot back into cm7 or stock once I'm done in CWM. What a difference that makes. Smh.
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deezndc said:
So amongst all my stupor I realize (after reading so much more) that I need to remove the SD card to boot back into cm7 or stock once I'm done in CWM. What a difference that makes. Smh.
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Or format the uSD to remove CWM and make it usable to yourCM7 install.
YCGIYWG
Will that allow me to not have to remove it everytime and what are the chances of getting Nook Stock to boot once its formatted?
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The reason I ask that is because I've been stuck on the "N" screen several times to no avail.
I get stuck trying to find any network. The pic I draw below might show you. It just keeping show 'Error' every time I tapped on the on/off button, nothing appears... I have made some efforts to find a solution, but none can help.
chetlaxong said:
I get stuck trying to find any network. The pic I draw below might show you. It just keeping show 'Error' every time I tapped on the on/off button, nothing appears... I have made some efforts to find a solution, but none can help.
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When you go to settings and device information, does it show a MAC Address?
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MacWIFI is unavailable, even when I use Power + Home(N) + Volume Up buttons or sd card to get Factory Reset the Wifi still doesn't come back:cyclops:
chetlaxong said:
MacWIFI is unavailable, even when I use Power + Home(N) + Volume Up buttons or sd card to get Factory Reset the Wifi still doesn't come back:cyclops:
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Go to my partition repair thread linked in my signature and flash the repair partition 2 zip. Something may be wrong with partition 2 so it cannot read your MAC Address.
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leapinlar said:
Go to my partition repair thread linked in my signature and flash the repair partition 2 zip. Something may be wrong with partition 2 so it cannot read your MAC Address.
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After using your "NookColor-emmc-repair-partition-2.zip", no effect... so I tried "NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip" too. And now I get Cyanoboot everytime I power on... The Factory Reset dosen't work anymore, I can't even know how to turn my Nook Color off. I guess I just made another mess... Could you please help me get back to normal state.
PS: Sorry if I just keep disturbing you.
chetlaxong said:
After using your "NookColor-emmc-repair-partition-2.zip", no effect... so I tried "NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip" too. And now I get Cyanoboot everytime I power on... The Factory Reset dosen't work anymore, I can't even know how to turn my Nook Color off. I guess I just made another mess... Could you please help me get back to normal state.
PS: Sorry if I just keep disturbing you.
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I don't know what you mean by factory reset. Do you mean the the 8 failed boot reset? That would be gone because you just wiped your device of everything completely. You were only supposed to do the partition 2 repair. Now you need to finish the process and reinstall stock.
Flash the format zip and go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A15. It tells you how to put stock back on the nook.
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I did it Thank you, true savior! :fingers-crossed:
Hey guys ,
Just wondering 1st thing does the Nook Color only boot through the sdcard?
and i don't think it will hold a charge, not too sure hasn't been turning on for about 6 months now and i think it's bricked not too sure.
I have it charging right now and the light is orange on the charger so it might be charging. I will let it charge and see what happens.
The nook color is rooted with CWM recovery and wit cyanogenmod ROM just don't know what versions of both if you ask and it's needed.
Any help will be appreciated if you need more information please reply and i will tell you.
Another thing is my nook won't show up on my computer so i can't try and fix it from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
UPDATE: I guess it's fully charged by the green light on the cord, just still won't boot or connect to my computer so i can get it to boot up, so please help me fix this issue. :crying:
TreasureMan said:
UPDATE: I guess it's fully charged by the green light on the cord, just still won't boot or connect to my computer so i can get it to boot up, so please help me fix this issue. :crying:
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You need to go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per item A10. Then you can flash a new ROM to fix it.
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leapinlar said:
You need to go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per item A10. Then you can flash a new ROM to fix it.
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Yeah i tried that last night and i tried again 20 minutes ago, would help if my computer would recognize the nook color.
Had to use an old phone to burn the .img file and put it back into my nook and still won't boot up
EDIT: It booted up so now i am downloading CM 10.2 is that a good ROM to flash?
TreasureMan said:
Yeah i tried that last night and i tried again 20 minutes ago, would help if my computer would recognize the nook color.
Had to use an old phone to burn the .img file and put it back into my nook and still won't boot up
EDIT: It booted up so now i am downloading CM 10.2 is that a good ROM to flash?
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You say you got it booting, but you do not burn by hooking the device to a computer, you take the SD out and insert into the PC. And any ROM should fix it. Try the same one you currently have installed.
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leapinlar said:
You say you got it booting, but you do not burn by hooking the device to a computer, you take the SD out and insert into the PC. And any ROM should fix it. Try the same one you currently have installed.
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It's working 100% now and i don't remember what ROM i had on, when i bought it it was rooted and had a ROM installed already.
I have a nook color with CM7 (7.2). I want to upgrade to the new 10.2. How ever I seem to be having issues doing so. I tried going into the boot menu and doing the recovery mode but it never works. Sometimes the Barnes and Noble error comes up and asks if I want to restore to factory and even that brings back the old CM7. So can someone please help me either get this thing back to stock B&N so I can root it again fresh, or is there a way to upgrade this I am not getting? I installed the rom on the eMMC.
Thanks for the help. If this doent make sense or you need more info please dont hesitate to ask. My terminology isnt to sharp on this stuff.
canonaac said:
I have a nook color with CM7 (7.2). I want to upgrade to the new 10.2. How ever I seem to be having issues doing so. I tried going into the boot menu and doing the recovery mode but it never works. Sometimes the Barnes and Noble error comes up and asks if I want to restore to factory and even that brings back the old CM7. So can someone please help me either get this thing back to stock B&N so I can root it again fresh, or is there a way to upgrade this I am not getting? I installed the rom on the eMMC.
Thanks for the help. If this doent make sense or you need more info please dont hesitate to ask. My terminology isnt to sharp on this stuff.
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You probably don't have CWM installed to internal memory. That B&N error is the stock recovery. You must make a bootable CWM SD to get CWM. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make one per item A10.
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leapinlar said:
You probably don't have CWM installed to internal memory. That B&N error is the stock recovery. You must make a bootable CWM SD to get CWM. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make one per item A10.
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Thanks for replying.
I followed the instructions but Im not sure what to do exactly. I used 6.0.1.2 and put the image on the SD card. What do I do from there? Or was I supposed to add more files to the SD?
canonaac said:
Thanks for replying.
I followed the instructions but Im not sure what to do exactly. I used 6.0.1.2 and put the image on the SD card. What do I do from there? Or was I supposed to add more files to the SD?
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After you make the SD, put the CM zip and gapps zip on the SD and boot to it. Then use the CWM to install zip from SD.
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leapinlar said:
After you make the SD, put the CM zip and gapps zip on the SD and boot to it. Then use the CWM to install zip from SD.
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Hey it worked!
Thank you so much for your time and patience. Your guide was very helpful
:good::good::good::good::good:
I have a nook color, and I've rooted and reinstalled stock so many times , that
I thought I knew all the tricks. Apparently I didn't! I tried to revert from manual booted back to stock and it would not take.! Long story short I noticed when I went to mounts and storage there was no emmc showing . Have I destroyed my nook color? Is there any way to get it back?
Thanks!!!
Rhonda
Rhonda61 said:
I have a nook color, and I've rooted and reinstalled stock so many times , that
I thought I knew all the tricks. Apparently I didn't! I tried to revert from manual booted back to stock and it would not take.! Long story short I noticed when I went to mounts and storage there was no emmc showing . Have I destroyed my nook color? Is there any way to get it back?
Thanks!!!
Rhonda
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Go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and try that.
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Thank you !!!! I'll give it a try!
I tried repairing it using your 3 codes. It still boots up to " Read Forever"
And won't go any further. It acts like it's installing the update or installing
Back to the stock, but then it sticks.
I went back and re-read your answer. Am I wrong ? Is this just for if you are
Using an SD card to run your ROM with? You see I accidentally , some how removed
The emmc off of my internal drive... I think? When I put my SD card in to Change ROMs, it has a system , data, cache, sd card, sd-ext, but no emmc?
It acts like its installing the ROMs but you take the so card out and power on, and it
Sticks at Read Forever? I think I've really goofed this time!
Rhonda61 said:
I went back and re-read your answer. Am I wrong ? Is this just for if you are
Using an SD card to run your ROM with? You see I accidentally , some how removed
The emmc off of my internal drive... I think? When I put my SD card in to Change ROMs, it has a system , data, cache, sd card, sd-ext, but no emmc?
It acts like its installing the ROMs but you take the so card out and power on, and it
Sticks at Read Forever? I think I've really goofed this time!
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"emmc" section on a NC is just where you store media files. It has nothing to do with storing a rom. Did you try to reinstall your stock rom? Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature for how to do that. Look at item A15.
And I'm not sure what you mean by installing my 3 codes.
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leapinlar said:
"emtomc" section on a NC is just where you store mediafiles. It has nothing to do with storing a rom. Did you try to reinstall your stock rom? Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature for how to do that. Look at item A15.
And I'm not sure what you mean by installing my 3 codes.
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Yes, I did try to reinstall the stock and it does nothing. It brings up the words " Read Forever" and and stays there. It won't do anything . As for the 3 codes/files. You told me to t o go to your singnature and download the 3 files in your signature which I did .
I'm still stuck.
Rhonda61 said:
Yes, I did try to reinstall the stock and it does nothing. It brings up the words " Read Forever" and and stays there. It won't do anything . As for the 3 codes/files. You told me to t o go to your singnature and download the 3 files in your signature which I did .
I'm still stuck.
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I tried once ,ore doing what you told me and now my Nook won't even turn on... C
It is possible that your NC internal memory has become read only. I have seen this happen rarely before. It acts like you are writing to it but nothing sticks. Successfully flashing the repair 14567 zip should have caused it to boot to cwm when you remove the SD. I am afraid your unit is toast.
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It is possible that your NC internal memory has become read only. I have seen this happen rarely before. It acts like you are writing to it but nothing sticks. Successfully flashing the repair 14567 zip should have caused it to boot to cwm when you remove the SD. I am afraid your unit is toast.
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I finally got my NC to come back on by plugging into a computer. SO I can at least get it back on.
Is it still toast?
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Rhonda61 said:
leapinlar said:
It is possible that your NC internal memory has become read only. I have seen this happen rarely before. It acts like you are writing to it but nothing sticks. Successfully flashing the repair 14567 zip should have caused it to boot to cwm when you remove the SD. I am afraid your unit is toast.
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I finally got my NC to come back on by plugging into a computer. SO I can at least get it back on.
Is it still toast?
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Just because it fires up does not mean it will stop being read only, if it is. Unless you can get it to accept my repair zips or a rom, it is toast.
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Rhonda61, I just reread your posts again and I am not sure that you flashed my repair zips correctly. Did you go to my repair thread linked in my signature and install (flash) the zips there? If you did, what were the results? When you took the SD out after flashing them, how did the device act?
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leapinlar said:
Rhonda61, I just reread your posts again and I am not sure that you flashed my repair zips correctly. Did you go to my repair thread linked in my signature and install (flash) the zips there? If you did, what were the results? When you took the SD out after flashing them, how did the device act?
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I finally got everything to work. I was going to throw the NC away, and decided I would try one more time, and it worked. The results were after I flashed the partition 1,etc... and it would not do anything, until I flashed the partition 2, and still nothing, until I flashed the NC stock update.
BUT.... I just posted a new question, about it will only go to Stock 1.2. It will not let me
put 1.4 NC update on it, nor any of the custom Rom's ? Is there anything more I can do?