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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?
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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.
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@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!
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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?
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
I downloaded CM 7.1 stable for my Nook color, and when I go to install I get an assert error with a "status 7".
I've done a lot of flashing of ROMs on my DX, but I'm wondering if there's a step I'm missing. I've pretty much just done the usual routine for flashing a new ROM:
- nandroid backup
- wipe cache,system,data,dalvik cache
- flash ROM zip file
No luck for any ROM I've tried. Anyone know what I need to do to get this to work?
Go over the steps in my sig. If that's no help check out the links in it particularly eyeballer's and mrg666's.
Thanks, I'll try it out. Why don't the official CM7 and MIUI builds work?
Are there other Mirage Kangs I can try out? Any good ICS ones?
Thanks again,
Mike
Also, I'm assuming if I have CWMR already installed I don't need the boot SD, correct?
Same problem. I get
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "encore" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "encore" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "encore"
E: Error in /sdcard/download/encore_CM72_MiRaGe-06082012.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Does this mean I have to do the SDcard boot?
In theory you could put any ROM in place of M-K you wanted but if you are wanting ICS I would install using one of those instruction threads. All I was suggesting was that you go over the basic steps I outline to make sure you weren't missing anything.
And yes, it sounds like something got corrupted and you need to start from scratch. I would at this point. I always look at it as time to flush the old and try out some new.
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So, I tried unrooting and doing a stock recovery, then using a boot-sdcard to flash any number of ROMs. I still get the same error.
At this point it seems something is fundamentally wrong. I tried several options on the flashing, nothing seems to get around this error.
Is there anything else I can do here?
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mikecico said:
So, I tried unrooting and doing a stock recovery, then using a boot-sdcard to flash any number of ROMs. I still get the same error.
At this point it seems something is fundamentally wrong. I tried several options on the flashing, nothing seems to get around this error.
Is there anything else I can do here?
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When you say you were able to do a stock recovery, what did you mean by that? Were you able to flash a stock ROM to emmc with recovery? Or did you do an 8 failed boot reset?
Also, what version of CWM are you using?
The problem you are having is the install zip cannot verify that it is flashing to the correct device. If it can't find that 'encore' in your properties it will abort. I'm not sure where that property is stored on your emmc, but the zip is not finding it.
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leapinlar said:
When you say you were able to do a stock recovery, what did you mean by that? Were you able to flash a stock ROM to emmc with recovery? Or did you do an 8 failed boot reset?
Also, what version of CWM are you using?
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I did a factory reset from the nook settings. Is that not sufficient?
I'm using CWM 5.x (don't have it handy to check, I can get the exact version if needed).
leapinlar said:
The problem you are having is the install zip cannot verify that it is flashing to the correct device. If it can't find that 'encore' in your properties it will abort. I'm not sure where that property is stored on your emmc, but the zip is not finding it.
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What do you mean by emmc? I'm having to dig a little deeper on this one than I usually do, so I'm not familiar with all the terms.
It sounds like my root-revert wasn't as complete as I thought.
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mikecico said:
I did a factory reset from the nook settings. Is that not sufficient?
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No, you'll need to either flash the original version of your firmware or do an 8+1 reset.
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What do you mean by emmc?
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Embedded Multimedia Card. The flash memory internal to the Nook Color.
Keep listening to leapinlar. Nothings broke beyond repair and he's teaching more than you in this thread.
mikecico said:
I did a factory reset from the nook settings. Is that not sufficient?
I'm using CWM 5.x (don't have it handy to check, I can get the exact version if needed).
What do you mean by emmc? I'm having to dig a little deeper on this one than I usually do, so I'm not familiar with all the terms.
It sounds like my root-revert wasn't as complete as I thought.
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Emmc means embedded multimedia card. It is basically an SD card built into the Nook. It is where all of your internal information is stored. It is partitioned into 8 partitions to hold various kinds of information, like the system files for your ROM, and data that is specific to your installation (application settings, your login info, etc.).
When you did the factory reset it cleared the data info, but not the system info. That is good if you want your stuff off, but it does nothing to the system files (including the root files). So someone else could put their info in and yours will be gone.
Somewhere on one of those 8 partitions is info stored that tells the zip you are an encore. (It's 1, 2 or 3, I just don't know which). The zip is not finding it. That could be because one of those partitions is corrupt. Or the data could just be missing.
If you truly did a factory restore, like flashing a factory zip to emmc, then the info might come back.
OK, thanks! Looks like I've got some homework to do.
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I also think I had modified some of the system info when I originally rooted this thing. It's not my device, and now the owner (much father in law) wants more than just a rooted device, he wants the full tablet experience. And I like hacking someone else's device.
Long story short, I'm learning quite a bit here, so thanks...
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mikecico said:
I also think I had modified some of the system info when I originally rooted this thing. It's not my device, and now the owner (much father in law) wants more than just a rooted device, he wants the full tablet experience. And I like hacking someone else's device.
Long story short, I'm learning quite a bit here, so thanks...
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Try looking here (post 148). It is a Stock Rom zip for 1.4.1. Try flashing that with your CWM. Use the first one. It still has an assert statement in it so it may also fail, but it is worth a try.
status 7 error
I'm on and a nook tablet and I'm trying to flash 7.2 stable, I already have CM7 Alpha on the nook which the install had gone smoothly. I tried to use rom manager which gets me to clockworkmod but I get the same error - status 7 when trying to install the cm-7.2.0-encore.zip that I downloaded from cyanogenmod.com.
I've tried downloading it a couple of times, I've tried a bootable sd card but I still get status 7 when trying to install. I've followed the install guide cyanogenmod's wiki to the letter but I cannot get past that error. Anyone have any idea what might be causing it? Right now I'm back to CM7 Alpha.
Heretic09 said:
I'm on and a nook tablet and I'm trying to flash 7.2 stable, I already have CM7 Alpha on the nook which the install had gone smoothly. I tried to use rom manager which gets me to clockworkmod but I get the same error - status 7 when trying to install the cm-7.2.0-encore.zip that I downloaded from cyanogenmod.com.
I've tried downloading it a couple of times, I've tried a bootable sd card but I still get status 7 when trying to install. I've followed the install guide cyanogenmod's wiki to the letter but I cannot get past that error. Anyone have any idea what might be causing it? Right now I'm back to CM7 Alpha.
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It's because you are on a Nook TABLET. CM 7.2 is for a Nook COLOR. They are completely different devices. If you want to brick your Tablet, keep trying to install this!
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mikecico said:
I also think I had modified some of the system info when I originally rooted this thing. It's not my device, and now the owner (much father in law) wants more than just a rooted device, he wants the full tablet experience. And I like hacking someone else's device.
Long story short, I'm learning quite a bit here, so thanks...
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mikecico, are you sure you are on a nook color? They look almost identical, but the nook color has a black bezel and the nook tablet is silver. Like I said in my post above, they are different devices and that may be why the zip is rejecting the install. It's doing its job.
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I just did a check on the model number, BNTV250. It's a tablet.
Sorry for the noise guys. I think he had told me it's a NC, and I used a NC root method successfully, so I had assumed that was correct.
Mike
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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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gravitysandwich said:
Can't get to a computer now. But when I do I'll try. If anything I'll pm you.
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Do it on the forum. I don't respond to PMs.
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leapinlar said:
Do it on the forum. I don't respond to PMs.
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Ok
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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I know, but Ive been reading and trying soo many things that its starting to addle my brains!
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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.
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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?
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I know, but Ive been reading and trying soo many things that its starting to addle my brains!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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Eyeballer CWM is working? Use that.
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Eyeballer CWM is working? Use that.
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Try copying all my files to his SD, replacing his.
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I've spent hours at this now, and Im kind of wondering if my Nook Color is damaged in a way that it allows CWM to think it's written an image to the EMMC but it is actually failing to write anything.
I still have cyanoboot on the device, it still goes into Cyanogenmod boot screen and sits there indefinitely OR it reboots a couple times and gets stuck loading infinitely.
This is AFTER I have tried imaging it back to stock, CM 11, formatting it's partitions with the images on this site and various other things.
So either there is something common in all these tasks Im just blindly missing each time I try this and read/watch another tutorial that doesn't work out for me.....or something is wrong with my the Nook Color.
Can't even do the 8 failed reboots thing Im ASSUMING because the cyanoboot thing is there catching all the failed attempts.
Hadn't used the Nook Color in awhile because my wireless router died and it was kinda pointless to try to use it...now got a nice new router and the damn Nook is making me want to strangle it. So it was in some state other than stock, and I really don't remember if I was trying something new or if it worked fine when the router died at this point. I am just trying to get it to some point where it boots into some kinda of OS so I got some kind of baseline to start from at this point.
So ideas? I can get more specific if need be on what exactly I tried if it seems relevant, but I pretty much pulled the images and guides off the various posts referenced all over the net back to this forum. Hoping I missed something, going to be rather upset if this device is essentially dead since I haven't used it a whole lot since purchase..
First off, make sure you really have a Nook Color and not a Nook Tablet. The Color has a black bezel and the Tablet is silver. If it is a Tablet, the files on this forum will not work.
If you really have a Color, you need to explain more the steps you have taken to try to revive it before we can help.
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It's a Nook Color, I've actually rooted and put it back to stock over a year ago. But even the methods I used then will not remove the Cyanoboot or whatever version of CM it's trying to boot into that never goes anywhere.
I've tried
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759558
To see if it's a partition problem AFTER I tried to rewrite the boot/etc to stock and CM 11 with no luck.
Even went to Youtube to make sure I Was getting the proper screens and responses from the device.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEoFPApfeQ To try to restore it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_DGZaKwBw To try to put a different version of CWM on it.
Used this link for GApps http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps, I tried the "small" version along side CM 11
Tried using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22809801&postcount=148 to try to restore it to a Nook Color rom.
Tried following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653483 Which is a collection of help postings on the Nook Color....havent had any luck with anything on there.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=encore&type=snapshot is where I got my images for the Nook Color Cyanogenmod. I used M12, with no results.
And while Im posting all the stuff I used.... I had http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50438799&postcount=4 opened if I ever got it to boot into CM to use for further issues....maybe it'll help someone else.
And I can't tell you what order I did them all in at this point because I tried and retried different things. And I still have cyanobootloader coming up, if I select EMMC recovery it goes to what looks like a barnes and noble original screen to me and says "Install failed". If I let it do the standard EMMC bootup it just loads forever.
I HAVE NOT tried to load a bootable SD with the OS, etc on it because I was trying to get the device to work properly on the EMMC first. But if that is something that needs to be done to fix it, I can do that if you point me in the right direction. I'll even try to use ADB on it if I can get some kind of guide to it...most of the ones I found were no longer valid /missing links and other things with just a few random command lines but no images or anything to use and I didn't want to risk screwing the device up even more.
Thanks.
The reason you see "install failed" when trying to go to internal recovery is because you still have stock recovery installed on internal memory.
And after you did the partition repair and you want to install CM11, you must upgrade your recovery to v6045 or newer before flashing the CM11 zip.
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leapinlar said:
The reason you see "install failed" when trying to go to internal recovery is because you still have stock recovery installed on internal memory.
And after you did the partition repair and you want to install CM11, you must upgrade your recovery to v6045 or newer before flashing the CM11 zip.
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Is this referring to the CWM version on the SD card, EMMC or both? I used some of the premade images for booting and they were all older versions of CWM.
I believe I attempted to use "cwm-6.0.5.0-encore-emmc+sd.zip" when I attempted to install CM11. If it wasn't that one it was "cwm-6.0.4.7-encore-signed.zip". It was CM11 Snapshot M12 with gapps-kk-20140105 since it's smaller than 20140606. It did the blue text scrolling install of both, autodetecting gapps and installing it. Then removed both from the SD card when I did it. I didn't catch any errors.
I have not been able to get the Nook Color to enter the CWM version on the EMMC to verify it's version number....but this may be because Cyanoboot is catching it or Im doing something wrong.
If I were going to describe this problem on a PC, I'd say it was pointed at a corrupted boot device and ignoring the one you're trying to use in it's place.
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Is this referring to the CWM version on the SD card, EMMC or both? I used some of the premade images for booting and they were all older versions of CWM.
I believe I attempted to use "cwm-6.0.5.0-encore-emmc+sd.zip" when I attempted to install CM11. If it wasn't that one it was "cwm-6.0.4.7-encore-signed.zip". It was CM11 Snapshot M12 with gapps-kk-20140105 since it's smaller than 20140606. It did the blue text scrolling install of both, autodetecting gapps and installing it. Then removed both from the SD card when I did it. I didn't catch any errors.
I have not been able to get the Nook Color to enter the CWM version on the EMMC to verify it's version number....but this may be because Cyanoboot is catching it or Im doing something wrong.
If I were going to describe this problem on a PC, I'd say it was pointed at a corrupted boot device and ignoring the one you're trying to use in it's place.
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Blue text scrolling means you are trying to install to SD, not emmc.
What are you trying to install, emmc or SD? If trying for SD, you are using files made for emmc.
If you want to go back to stock, go to my NC tips thread linked in my signature and use an older version of CWM to flash the stock zip from item A15 there.
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Really Im just trying to get what's on it, replaced with something that is functional so I can tell when Im doing something right or wrong.
I will attempt to do this again and try to document it a little better. I would like the EMMC to be functional at the very least no matter what version it ends up being... I will attempt stock again from your guide which I thought I did right the other night but Ill try it again.
OK.
Using:
NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip
TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD-encore.zip
nookcolor_1_4_3.signed.zip
I imaged the TWRP img onto an SD, copied both zips onto it.
Put it in the Nook Color, powered on and I saw the cyanoboot, then it loaded into TWRP.
From the install menu I installed the format partitions zip. It ran without errors. I wiped the cache/dalvik.
Then went back into the install menu and ran the nookcolor_1_4_3signed.zip. I see this:
-- Install /sdcard/nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip ...
Finding update package. . .
Opening update package. . .
Installing update . . .
E: Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 0)
*Verifying filesystems ...
* Verifying partition sizes...
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip'
I will try it with another microSD card just incase it's defective.......and then see if trying another signed nookcolor might work from the guide.
Tried a different micro sd and used signed version 1.4.1 stock.
Did same steps. It errors, but as soon as it errors, it's like the TWRP resets real fast and gets the blue boot screen, flickers a couple times then rolls back and away to show the buttons again...takes 30 seconds or so.
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Tried a different micro sd and used signed version 1.4.1 stock.
Did same steps. It errors, but as soon as it errors, it's like the TWRP resets real fast and gets the blue boot screen, flickers a couple times then rolls back and away to show the buttons again...takes 30 seconds or so.
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Try it using the CWM instead of TWRP.
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Try it using the CWM instead of TWRP.
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Ok... I'm using CWM 6.0.1.2 from your guide. Format partitions zip and 1.4.3 stock signed that I used prior.
I just got done flashing the format and then stock to the nook color and no errors are reported untill...
I just finished writing Nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip...
Finding update packing
opening update package
installing update
boot files...
Install from sdcard complete.
And here's the first errors:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I don't know if they mean anything, but something similar popped up in other attempts. I am rebooting device now to see what happens.
Going to EMMC 01 in top left of Cyanoboot screen....blank screen...waiting.
Cyanomod rotating load screen comes up. And if it holds true, it'll do this until the battery dies.
I don't think the stuff is being written to the EMMC. Which...maybe it's damaged or maybe there's some kind of lock out in place preventing it that needs turned off?
If I can get it running off an SD I'll be happy at this point...perhaps it'll be easier to tell if the EMMC is screwed up then.. If you are out of ideas or think it's damaged. Only reasons I can think of since it's been sitting for a couple months is was kind of near a speaker and I know magnets can damage HDs but really strong magnets can fry phones and stuff....so might have gotten the EMMC in some weird way.
Or some sort of power surge got it when I had it plugged in before I stopped using it.
Did you try my partition repair zips from my partition repair thread linked in my signature?
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Did you try my partition repair zips from my partition repair thread linked in my signature?
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Yes I tried 1-4-5-6-7-8 and the separate 2 one. But if you want me to try again I can.....any specific version of CWM you want me to use?
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Yes I tried 1-4-5-6-7-8 and the separate 2 one. But if you want me to try again I can.....any specific version of CWM you want me to use?
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I've always liked the v5504. If the repairs do not work, something is wrong with the NC.
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I've always liked the v5504. If the repairs do not work, something is wrong with the NC.
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I figured.......I'll try it a little later and see if any luck with the repair partition zips..but I doubt it.
Meanwhile, I should probably get you to point me to some SD images to see if I can get it to boot up into CM something and work successfully off the SD card.
I'm hoping I can find a way to fix the EMMC once Im able to successfully boot the device....or even with ADB. I dunno. Pisses me off since I never used the Nook excessively and took pains to keep it safe.
Oh and I saw people asking for specific partition repair files (like unique to their device), does that sound like a possibility here?
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I figured.......I'll try it a little later and see if any luck with the repair partition zips..but I doubt it.
Meanwhile, I should probably get you to point me to some SD images to see if I can get it to boot up into CM something and work successfully off the SD card.
I'm hoping I can find a way to fix the EMMC once Im able to successfully boot the device....or even with ADB. I dunno. Pisses me off since I never used the Nook excessively and took pains to keep it safe.
Oh and I saw people asking for specific partition repair files (like unique to their device), does that sound like a possibility here?
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Go to my NC SD installation instruction thread linked in my signature to install CM to SD. I recommend CM10.1.3 from the CM site.
You can also put stock on SD. See my NC Tips thread, item B11 in the second post there.
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So using 5504 of CWM with your partition repairs did nothing...still has cyanoboot and infinite load screen.
Working on SD installation now base on your recommendations.
Is there something you can think of that could be done from the SD boot to diagnose the EMMC more? It doesn't seem like there's really anything coming up on google even remotely similar to my issue.
And I've done this once with a much larger SD card but it had kind of **** transfer speeds so it might be defective... So Im repeating it as I type this.
Generic-sdcard-v1.3......rev8c.zip is what I used to image the card.
Then I used CM-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-encore.zip
and gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip
The device ran through all the blue text and turned itself off. Loaded up with Cyanoboot going to SD01 and then it would blank screen for awhile and reboot...and repeat itself.
Now this one just error with not enough space on google apps, but Im going to see if the thing will even attempt to boot up.
Then Ill try your recommended version of CM...I already had all these images and was just hoping to see some results after all this.
OK. Some kind of success....
I actually got it to boot up using your rev8c, CM 10.1.3 and gapps-jb-20130301
BUT it gives TONS of popup errors....I was able to get through the setups somewhat. But once it's at the desktop...
I see
Unfortunately, Email has stopped. ----- Press OK then I get
Unfortunately, Trebuchet has stopped. --- Press OK, back to email.
I can kind of get into the settings and stuff, but with the continuous errors popping up it's hard to do anything productive.
So I'm going to let it sit and see if you have any input on that. I find it weird that it loaded with this version...but not the other.
As soon as I got it connected to the wireless network, a couple errors popped up, screen flashed and it went back to the cyanogenmod loading screen WITHOUT rebooting.
I don't even know what information would be useful at this point, lol.