I want to root my NST but I'm afraid of bricking it.
I did a search and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188595 but there's conflicting evidence as to whether resotration on bricking is possible.
How common is bricking the NST and how easy is it to restore it if rooting fails?
Use nook manager and first backup your nook as an image file to your PC or using your SD card (note you will need a big enough sd card for the backup most people have at least 1gig )
rootings pretty straightforward with nook manager just follow the ON screen instructions
your nook like most androids have a recovery built in an can be activated to restore your nook to its factory state
Just make sure you have a good backup before you get started and its a safe process. Backup with NookManager first and check that the backup is complete. Read through the NookManager thread on how the get the backup off your SD card and how to check if its a good, complete backup. Then you will always be able to restore back to before you rooted so root away.
kmaximax said:
Use nook manager and first backup your nook as an image file to your PC or using your SD card (note you will need a big enough sd card for the backup most people have at least 1gig )
rootings pretty straightforward with nook manager just follow the ON screen instructions
your nook like most androids have a recovery built in an can be activated to restore your nook to its factory state
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Alright I feel reassured.
I found the NookManager thread, it's this one right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
I guess if I follow all the intructions I'll have nothing to worry about.
cairnarvon said:
Alright I feel reassured.
I found the NookManager thread, it's this one right? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
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Yes, that's it. You'll also want the NTGAppsAttack thread from the same forum as well.
I guess if I follow all the intructions I'll have nothing to worry about.
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It's pretty hard to mess up if you follow the instructions. A few notes from my experience -
Timing is critical after enabling WiFi on a rooted Nook; install something quickly through Google Market, or you'll need to uninstall the automatic update to it before it'll work.
When I restored my Nook back to (registered) stock via Nook Manager in order to update from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1, the B&N registration process complained (presumably because the same device had been re-registered whilst rooted, because I was fiddling). It rebooted and worked the next time.
A backup will be theoretically upto 2GB, if the Nook is full (e.g. of purchased B&N ebooks), but mine were about 200-odd MB (NookManager zero's unused space and compresses the backup with gzip).
cowbutt said:
A backup will be theoretically upto 2GB, if the Nook is full (e.g. of purchased B&N ebooks), but mine were about 200-odd MB (NookManager zero's unused space and compresses the backup with gzip).
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You can validate the backup is complete by opening it with a zip / archiver program like 7-Zip and verifying the uncompressed size is 2 GB+/- (mine shows 1,962,934,272). That gives you two confirmations - the backup is a valid gz file and all the partitions got backed up.
Hmm this is weird.
Having wrote the image of NookManager to my micro SD card, the nook doesn't want to boot with it in it....
If I remove the SD card it boots just fine. If I put in the SD card when it's on it recognises it too.
Have you ever heard of something like this happening?
I'm on 1.2.1.
How did you write the image to the card?
abern isdsdsdsd
Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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Did you turn your Nook off completely (i.e. by pushing and holding the power button on the back for about 30s) before inserting the SD card, then turn it on with the SD card inserted?
What class is the SD card? Do you have a Class 6 (or slower) card you can use?
cowbutt said:
Did you turn your Nook off completely (i.e. by pushing and holding the power button on the back for about 30s) before inserting the SD card, then turn it on with the SD card inserted?
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Yes.
cowbutt said:
What class is the SD card? Do you have a Class 6 (or slower) card you can use?
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I can't post a link to it I'm afraid and the packaging doesn't say anything about class.
cairnarvon said:
Straygecko, I used Win32DiskImager.
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OK, you say if you boot the device and put the SD card it recognizes it. Try plugging it into you PC card reader or plug your NST into your PC and verify that the NookManager files appear on the SD card. You should see the folders custom, files, hooks, menu and scripts on the card and files like boot.scr, uImage and uRamdisk and some others.
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I can't post a link to it I'm afraid and the packaging doesn't say anything about class.
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The packaging and the card itself almost always have the class symbol on them. See the SD association speed class page for examples of the symbols.
straygecko said:
You should see the folders custom, files, hooks, menu and scripts on the card and files like boot.scr, uImage and uRamdisk and some others.
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Yup those are all there.
straygecko said:
The packaging and the card itself almost always have the class symbol on them. See the SD association speed class page for examples of the symbols.
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Ok I checked the micro SD and it looks like it's a class 10...Is this the reason it didn't work?
cairnarvon said:
Ok I checked the micro SD and it looks like it's a class 10...Is this the reason it didn't work?
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Most likely. There have been quite a few reports of problems using class 10 cards.
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Most likely. There have been quite a few reports of problems using class 10 cards.
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From a PM from cairnarvon, I suspect that his SD card is a counterfeit 64GB device. Unlucky!
I managed to make a backup through nook manager.
it is a ~350 MB .gz file.
The uncompressed version is roughly 2GB. So far so good.
I tried to extract the archive and this happens:
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$ gunzip -d backup.full.gz
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
I tried to search the forum and I found these threads
Not sure if they're relavant though...
cairnarvon said:
I managed to make a backup through nook manager.
it is a ~350 MB .gz file.
The uncompressed version is roughly 2GB. So far so good.
I tried to extract the archive and this happens:
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$ gunzip -d backup.full.gz
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
gzip: backup.full.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
I tried to search the forum and I found these threads
Not sure if they're relavant though...
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Is this that same wonky SD card?
Where are you reading backup.full.gz from with gunzip? The SD card via USB Mass Storage mode of the Nook, the SD card via a card reader, or a local copy after previously copying it?
How does the md5 checksum compare with the .md5 file NookManager created?
cowbutt said:
Is this that same wonky SD card?
Where are you reading backup.full.gz from with gunzip? The SD card via USB Mass Storage mode of the Nook, the SD card via a card reader, or a local copy after previously copying it?
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No I bought an authentic one, it has a logo and everything
I copied the file to my local machine and tried to extract it.
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How does the md5 checksum compare with the .md5 file NookManager created?
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I'm not too sure what this means...I know there's a md5 file with the backup but that's about it.
I formatted the partition and tried the backup again but got the same error...
Is backup entirely necessary? Are there any stock backup images on the forum that I could download and use?
cairnarvon said:
No I bought an authentic one, it has a logo and everything
I copied the file to my local machine and tried to extract it.
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OK, what OS? How did you copy the files?
I'm not too sure what this means...I know there's a md5 file with the backup but that's about it.
I formatted the partition and tried the backup again but got the same error...
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just run md5sum on the backup.full.gz. Its output should match the contents of backup.full.gz.md5 (which NookManager generated after completing its backup).
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Is backup entirely necessary?
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I'm of the opinion that it is. With a backup you can always restore it to factory-fresh. The backup also includes some unique details, like the serial number and, I believe, some decryption keys.
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I need a little assistace please.
I have 16Gb card from day one with Leo, and installed over 80 apps on it, and many my docs settings and so on.
What would be the safest way to trasfer everything as it is to new 32gB card.
use somenthing like norton ghost? i thing just copy and paste wont work, and i would like to avoid that.
Thanx for any helpful advice.
Personally, I would use copy & paste. Either connect your device as a USB drive, or use a card reader. Copy everything from the root of the card to a folder on your PC, then swap the cards and copy everything back. It should just work - nice and simple.
johncmolyneux said:
Personally, I would use copy & paste. Either connect your device as a USB drive, or use a card reader. Copy everything from the root of the card to a folder on your PC, then swap the cards and copy everything back. It should just work - nice and simple.
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i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
I connected my HD2 as a drive, copied the entire 16GB card to a folder on my PC, formatted the new card, copied everything back, absolutely perfect.
Yep, disk drive mode, or just put the card in a USB card reader. I just did that for 8-> 16GB swap. There's no "better" solution.
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i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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I do hope you bought that 32 GB card from a reputable source.
Many fake 32 GB cards are sold on sites like ebay.
bRkiX said:
i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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No, the errors are probably due to the fact that your HD2 was running apps that are located on the SD and are 'locked' that way. So they will not be copied...
Just take the SD-card out, put it in a card reader of some sort and just copy & paste everything to a hard disk, and copy it to your new SD card. Should work 100%.
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No, the errors are probably due to the fact that your HD2 was running apps that are located on the SD and are 'locked' that way. So they will not be copied...
Just take the SD-card out, put it in a card reader of some sort and just copy & paste everything to a hard disk, and copy it to your new SD card. Should work 100%.
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I have copied the entire card over to my new 32gb But when i restart my device I get blank white icons???? and they are all the programs that i installed on my previous 16gb??? why why why, !!!! do i have to reinstall every app i had on my 16gb ????
can anyone help?
Did you enable "show hidden files" in your file manager on your PC? Sounds as if you havent copied all the hidden files.
mrn2012 said:
Did you enable "show hidden files" in your file manager on your PC? Sounds as if you havent copied all the hidden files.
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yep ! I did indeed
reijkelhof said:
I do hope you bought that 32 GB card from a reputable source.
Many fake 32 GB cards are sold on sites like ebay.
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i bough it from sandisk dealer here in Zagreb. and guy is allso my friend from way back, so i got it at allmost factory price...about 70 euros.
SD card only works 2/16 gigs
Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
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Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
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u got a fake micro sd card.
Totallynewhere said:
Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
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hanissyazwan said:
u got a fake micro sd card.
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Yep. I had the exact same thing with a "8GB" memory stick, that turned out to actually be 1GB.
according to my knowledge, u can't copy like that, u need to hardreset your device and then using new microsd.
may be I am wrong, but it happen last time when I am using omnia i900. and it might be every sdcard has the different id.
or check with flash memory toolkit, it will show the information of ur micro sd
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according to my knowledge, u can't copy like that, u need to hardreset your device and then using new microsd.
may be I am wrong, but it happen last time when I am using omnia i900. and it might be every sdcard has the different id.
or check with flash memory toolkit, it will show the information of ur micro sd
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Definitely not mate - you must have had a problem with something if you needed to hard reset to swap SD cards. One of the selling points of most up-to-date devices is "hot-swapping". Did you maybe have encryption switched on?
bRkiX said:
i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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You need TeraCopy, its free and great, replaces stupid windows crap copy function.
I tried to create a CM7 bootable SD card per the thread entitled "Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater."
I used WinImage to create the supposedly bootable SD card with the installer, placed it into my Nook which was fully off, and the Nook booted as usual instead of from the SD card.
Am I missing something? How do you boot from an SD card?
Is there such a thing as a boot choice menu like on my PC or is the default always to boot from the SD card?
Does the Nook have to be rooted for this to work?
Thanks
ETA: My PC shows the uSD card as nearly full, but my Nook shows the SD card as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 GB available).
When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?
angomy said:
When you bought your Nook, did it have a blue sticker on the box? And does internal storage show 1GB or 5GB for you?
Also, you did drop an update CM7 zip file onto the imaged uSD before you tried booting off it right?
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No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).
JowBe said:
No blue sticker was on the box. The internal storage shows 5GB.
Yes, I had a CM7 zip file on the imaged card. (The latest encore nightly)
Interestingly, my PC shows the uSD (2 GB) as nearly full. The Nook shows it as nearly empty (1.74 out of 1.84 available).
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When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?
angomy said:
When you burned the installer img, did you run WinImage as administrator? Also, when you put it in your reader it comes up as boot (drive letter in Windows, with files like uImage, uRamdisk, mlo, u-boot.bin, right?
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Yes, I ran WinImage as administrator. And yes, it shows up in Windows explorer as boot and yes those files are there.
Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?
You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.
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Could it be because my Nook operates in "factory mode," in order to skip initial registration?
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I'm not sure, because I ran through initial registration on stock prior to running CM7 off SD --- I used the same image (verygreen's agnostic at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957) as you did without a hitch.
If you decide to run CM7 off internal sometime you're going to need to register the nook anyway.
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.
An update: I decided to try to create a bootable SD from another bootable image (MonsterRootPack with CWR). This time the nook wouldn't even turn on. I'm going to try to create a third bootable SD as angomy has suggested to see what happens.
I need to add that when I removed the uSD card, it booted normally.
Also, when I create the bootable SD with winimage, I get a dialog box that tells me that the format of the SD card is not right and asks me if I want to resize the image. But this happened on both the images. I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
angomy said:
You could try an alternate bootable SD (e.g., using an image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34) to eliminate one of the two: a) your nook having issues booting from SD or b) your SD install is not set up correctly.
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Ok, I tried the CWR image in the link you gave. Same problem - no-go. Just sits there dead. I remove the uSD and it boots normally.
FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.
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You should run it and register it and setup wifi and everything first. Get the stock software working fine and dandy (its not half bad actually). Then, checkout this guide for installing CM7 onto an SD card:
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
It has worked for some rooting rookies so far and includes both windows and mac guides specific to SD cards.
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Thanks for the link. I have given this some thought, and it doesn't seem reasonable that booting from an SD card should depend upon the state of registration of the device because the whole idea of booting from an SD card means that the content of the SD card is loaded in the place of the stock software.
robot8 said:
FWIW you do not have to boot into stock B&N at all before you setup and install to CM7 SD card. One of my NCs has never ever booted into stock ROM at all, I installed CM7 onto SD card and running off that from the moment it was unboxed.
The NC will always boot off the SD card first, so if it's booting off eMMC instead then there must be something wrong with the img that you wrote to your SD card.
Make sure that you have a freshly formatted SD card, preferably one with good small random block r/w speeds (eg Sandisk class 4 8G). Follow the instructions in verygreen's "Size Agnostic..." OP to the letter. Re-download all the files as you may have a corrupted one. Make sure to check MD5 this time. Try using Win32diskimager instead, the 0.1 version works better.
It should work. Good luck.
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Thanks. Yes, I just replied to another poster that I didn't think that the state of registration of the device should matter since the whole purpose of a bootable SD card is to load the contents of the SD in place of the stock.
I have followed the instructions in verygreen's thread to the letter - several times. Also, I have tried to make other bootable SDs without success. But that's a good idea about trying Win32diskimager. Also, I will try a Sandisk class 4 card SD as soon as I can get to a store.
I do have a question. When I format the SD card what "allocation unit size" should I be using? (formatting through Windows) The default is 32 kb.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.
Congrats!
Re: allocation unit size, do you mean cluster size? Depends on how big the FAT32 partition is --- larger clusters used means more actual space used but too large a size can reduce access speed. Generally Windows defaults to suggested 4k for up to 8GB, 8GB-16GB = 8k, 16-32GB = 16k, and 32+ = 32kb.
Also the first boot is the longest --- shouldn't take as long after that. Welcome to CM7 - I don't regret installing it over stock after waffling for weeks on whether or not I'd use stock at some point -- CM7 is just too much faster with too many more options and tweaks for my impatience to deal with stock Froyo.
THANK YOU OP!
I had the same issue, tried 20x various ways, 2 different computers, 2 different SD readers, and it was WinImage that wasnt working correctly. Win32DiskImager solved it.
Thanks.
JowBe said:
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Thanks to everyone for trying to help me figure this out. The winning idea belongs to robot8.
When I switched from using WinImage to using Win32diskimager, it worked immediately. I am now running CM7 on my Nook Color! Took forever and a day to boot though.
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Thanks so much! This finally got it to work for me too. Loving my new Android tablet
FWIW, WinImage does not work. Maybe it used to work, but it does not now. I posted about this a few days ago here.
Ok I wrote the generic image file to sd card through winimage or whatever its called. Then I went here: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore. I downloaded the first one dated 7/8/12 and put it on the sd card also. I installed sd card in nook and turned on. It went through a bunch of installing but the last few sentences say:
"Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip"
What does this mean and what am I doing wrong? Right now looking at the SD card file on my computer i see files: MLO, u-boot, uImage, URamdsk, and a zip folder that says: cm-7-20120701-NIGHTLY-encore. I did not unzip the file, all I did was download it right to the computer and dragged to SD card and I even tried downloading straight to to SD Card and no luck.
You can download CM7 RC 3 from the same source and try to add itfirst. If it loads,then rename your other zip with an update_ prefix, put it on your boot partition, boot into recovery and you should be where you want to be. (You'll prolly need to install GAPPS zip after first load of RC3 to get google apps, too).
Follow advice on lepanlar's tip site and you won't go wrong.
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Ok I wrote the generic image file to sd card through winimage or whatever its called. Then I went here: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore. I downloaded the first one dated 7/8/12 and put it on the sd card also. I installed sd card in nook and turned on. It went through a bunch of installing but the last few sentences say:
"Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip"
What does this mean and what am I doing wrong? Right now looking at the SD card file on my computer i see files: MLO, u-boot, uImage, URamdsk, and a zip folder that says: cm-7-20120701-NIGHTLY-encore. I did not unzip the file, all I did was download it right to the computer and dragged to SD card and I even tried downloading straight to to SD Card and no luck.
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Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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Thank you so much, that worked. Yay!!!
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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I couldn't believe this was such an easy solution to such a frustrating problem. All I had to do was change a file name from "cm" to "updat". Thank you!
Hi, i am an absolute noob! I tried updating to CM10 from CM7 on my Nook Color. I got the same error message and did also try update instead of cm. But I keep getting the same message. Additionally the message also says "Please put on first partition of this SD card." I tried this with an 8 GB class 4 Strontium card. After I first burnt the image onto the SD card, after that the SD card reads as "boot" with 297 mb of 297 mb remaining. By the time I burn the image again and then load the update/cm.zip and gapps-jb.zip there is only 50.1 mb remaining. What could be the problem?
Also, I note that after an unsuccessful attempt only the image remains when I view the SD card on the computer. I have to then again copy the update/cm.zip and gapps.zip file. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Cheers,,
leapinlar said:
Just make sure the file name starts with update- instead of cm- and all will be well.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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akn2102 said:
Hi, i am an absolute noob! I tried updating to CM10 from CM7 on my Nook Color. I got the same error message and did also try update instead of cm. But I keep getting the same message. Additionally the message also says "Please put on first partition of this SD card." I tried this with an 8 GB class 4 Strontium card. After I first burnt the image onto the SD card, after that the SD card reads as "boot" with 297 mb of 297 mb remaining. By the time I burn the image again and then load the update/cm.zip and gapps-jb.zip there is only 50.1 mb remaining. What could be the problem?
Also, I note that after an unsuccessful attempt only the image remains when I view the SD card on the computer. I have to then again copy the update/cm.zip and gapps.zip file. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Cheers,,
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It needs to be update-, with the dash.
Also, if going to CM10 from CM7, you need to reburn your SD with the new image from my updated instruction thread linked in my signature. The old image will not work properly with CM10.
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Thanks for the quick response. I did use update- . Also, the thread you mentioned was the one I used to attempt the upgrade. Somehow it isn't working. This is the full message
"it appears that the sd card is already properly formatted initial install files not found"
leapinlar said:
It needs to be update-, with the dash.
Also, if going to CM10 from CM7, you need to reburn your SD with the new image from my updated instruction thread linked in my signature. The old image will not work properly with CM10.
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akn2102 said:
Thanks for the quick response. I did use update- . Also, the thread you mentioned was the one I used to attempt the upgrade. Somehow it isn't working. This is the full message
"it appears that the sd card is already properly formatted initial install files not found"
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And when you put the SD in the PC, you can see the cm- zip? It needs to be named just right, beginning with cm- or update- and ending in .zip
You have gotten past the hard part, getting it to boot in the first place. You just are not getting the files right. If it is on the card and named right it would try to install. And since you put both the cm zip and the gapps zip there, one or both should try to install. They must not be on the card right.
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The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
leapinlar said:
And when you put the SD in the PC, you can see the cm- zip? It needs to be named just right, beginning with cm- or update- and ending in .zip
You have gotten past the hard part, getting it to boot in the first place. You just are not getting the files right. If it is on the card and named right it would try to install. And since you put both the cm zip and the gapps zip there, one or both should try to install. They must not be on the card right.
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"lost page write due to i/o error on mmcblkp1" this also shows up before the program does the "inflating" and finally boots
also during this process, an error something along "unzip: write no space left on drive" also appears
akn2102 said:
The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
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akn2102 said:
The strange thing is that after I put back the SD after an unsuccessful install, I can no longer seem the cm-.zip and gapps-,zip files. I can see that they are successfully copied onto the SD card after first burning the image and taking out the SD card and then copying those two files like you mention in your post.
After I first burned the image onto the SD card and then deleted it after the first unsuccessful attempt, the SD card shows up as a boot drive and only shows 297 MB space available and after the image and the two files are copied as above then only 50.1 MB space is left available.
Can't figure out where it's going wrong.
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"lost page write due to i/o error on mmcblkp1" this also shows up before the program does the "inflating" and finally boots
also during this process, an error something along "unzip: write no space left on drive" also appears
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Alright, I know what is wrong. It is that strontium card. You need to use a SanDisk class 4 card. You are getting read/write errors on that card. I had that happen to me when I used a cheap card. Find a quality SanDisk.
And those file sizes are correct. That is what it is supposed to say.
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Thanks. Will try that and update.
leapinlar said:
Alright, I know what is wrong. It is that strontium card. You need to use a SanDisk class 4 card. You are getting read/write errors on that card. I had that happen to me when I used a cheap card. Find a quality SanDisk.
And those file sizes are correct. That is what it is supposed to say.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using XDA Premium
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Similar problems here. I'll explain step by step what I did and maybe someone can tell me where I went wrong.
I'm using a MacBook Air running 10.8.3 (not that it makes a difference, but I am using Terminal and DiskUtility for some of these operations).
I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on a Nook Color 1.4.3 following the directions given here.
1. Downloaded generic-sdcard-v1.3.img and cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
2. Installed the .img on a SanDisk 4GB microSD card. Ejected it, remounted it, it mounts as a single partition named "boot" that's 121 MB in size with 112 MB available. The files on "boot" are MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamdisk.
3. Tried to copy cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip to "boot" but there is not enough space.
In a previous attempt, I forgot to copy the cm-10 file to "boot" and was able to get the linux sdcard image to temporarily mount on my Nook, but then received the error mentioned earlier by someone else:
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip
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Then, when I ejected "boot" and mounted it on the Airbook, I saw two partitions: "boot" and "CM7 SDCARD." The latter partition had plenty of room for the cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip file, so I put it on there. But it didn't matter if I leave the filename as "cm-" or change it to either "updatei-cm-" or "update-cm" or whatever; the same error occurs.
What am I doing wrong? I assume there is a way to force the sdcard image to create a "boot" with plenty of room for the cm-10 zip file. But how? And do I rename the cm-10 to updatei-cm-10 or what?
Thanks in advance.
jjjmills said:
Similar problems here. I'll explain step by step what I did and maybe someone can tell me where I went wrong.
I'm using a MacBook Air running 10.8.3 (not that it makes a difference, but I am using Terminal and DiskUtility for some of these operations).
I'm trying to install Cyanogenmod on a Nook Color 1.4.3 following the directions given here.
1. Downloaded generic-sdcard-v1.3.img and cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
2. Installed the .img on a SanDisk 4GB microSD card. Ejected it, remounted it, it mounts as a single partition named "boot" that's 121 MB in size with 112 MB available. The files on "boot" are MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage, uRamdisk.
3. Tried to copy cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip to "boot" but there is not enough space.
In a previous attempt, I forgot to copy the cm-10 file to "boot" and was able to get the linux sdcard image to temporarily mount on my Nook, but then received the error mentioned earlier by someone else:
Then, when I ejected "boot" and mounted it on the Airbook, I saw two partitions: "boot" and "CM7 SDCARD." The latter partition had plenty of room for the cm-10.1-20130521-NIGHTLY-encore.zip file, so I put it on there. But it didn't matter if I leave the filename as "cm-" or change it to either "updatei-cm-" or "update-cm" or whatever; the same error occurs.
What am I doing wrong? I assume there is a way to force the sdcard image to create a "boot" with plenty of room for the cm-10 zip file. But how? And do I rename the cm-10 to updatei-cm-10 or what?
Thanks in advance.
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The problem is you are using an old image zip that was made for CM7. You need to get my image updated for CM10 from my NC updated SD install instruction thread linked in my signature. Follow the directions there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
The problem is you are using an old image zip that was made for CM7. You need to get my image updated for CM10 from my NC updated SD install instruction thread linked in my signature. Follow the directions there.
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Thank you, this was very helpful. I'm not sure how I overlooked the CM7/CM10 issue -- another pair of eyes is always useful.
I read a number of latest threads about rooting NST 1.2.0 having trouble. I am so new to this process and would like to have a full set of proven steps to do it.
Some suggests tinynoot but I found the thread which is more for Glow. I am not sure if it is right way to go.
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?
npoon said:
I read a number of latest threads about rooting NST 1.2.0 having trouble. I am so new to this process and would like to have a full set of proven steps to do it.
Some suggests tinynoot but I found the thread which is more for Glow. I am not sure if it is right way to go.
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?
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this
[Root] NookManager - graphical rooter for 1.2.0 and beyond
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351
Does anyone know if TouchNooter 1.2.0 version is available?
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It does not exist.
Tinynoot works for glow and non glow firmware 1.2
It includes minimal apps, so you will need to know how to use adb to install apps.
The latest version of NookManager will allow installation of apps from the Amazon Appstore without using ADB. This is your best bet for rooting FW 1.2.0 right now and it is a very easy, menu driven root method. (See post 2 in this thread for the link.)
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.
David0226 said:
The latest version of NookManager will allow installation of apps from the Amazon Appstore without using ADB. This is your best bet for rooting FW 1.2.0 right now and it is a very easy, menu driven root method. (See post 2 in this thread for the link.)
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.
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I used NookManager and made a backup before rooting, do you know where I can find the backup so I can transfer it to my PC ?.
mug2k said:
I used NookManager and made a backup before rooting, do you know where I can find the backup so I can transfer it to my PC ?.
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it's on the microSD card you used to make the backup.
David0226 said:
Make sure you get a good backup of your Nook first. The easiest way to do this is to write the NookManager image to a 4GB SD card, boot from the card and use the backup option of the tool.
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will a 2gb sd card do? OR a 4gb card is necessary?
2gb card should work. I rooted using nookmanager yesterday and made a backup with a 2gb sd card
Will 10gb work? Sorry if it sounds too silly. :crying:
Thanks guys, you are great.
npoon said:
Will 10gb work? Sorry if it sounds too silly. :crying:
Thanks guys, you are great.
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It will. I used a 16 GB one lol
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I used Win32DiskImager.exe trying to write NookManager.img to my 16gb but didn't know I had to run it as Administrator. After "Write", the SD card became unformated. I went ahead and now the SD card became 64mb.
I have Windows XP Prof and tried Disk Manager and Diskpart without success.
Anyone knows how to get my SD card fix?
XP doesn't have any tools to reformat SD cards.
Try: MiniTool Partition Wizard (Home Edition)
SD Card became 64 mb
npoon said:
I used Win32DiskImager.exe trying to write NookManager.img to my 16gb but didn't know I had to run it as Administrator. After "Write", the SD card became unformated. I went ahead and now the SD card became 64mb.
I have Windows XP Prof and tried Disk Manager and Diskpart without success.
Anyone knows how to get my SD card fix?
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The SD card becomes 64mb because there are now two partitions on it. It is meant to be like this after installing nook manager on it. Windows will only see one though if connected directly to the PC. You need to put it in your nook and connect the nook to the pc with the usb lead. You will then see two drives, one with nook manager on it and one with a back up of your original nook image, if you did one!
To format your sd card you can use SDFormatter. Just search for it. If you do this though it will wipe off anything you have on it, especially any back you have done.
Thanks. I finally found HP USB Manager to reform it back to 16gb.
I found one weird thing is Win Imager really doesn't like my 16gb SD Card as it always does is to make it unformat and then force it becomes 68mb. Anyhow, I used NookManager backed up but can't find a file for the backup. Does anyone know where it is sitting on SD card?
npoon said:
Thanks. I finally found HP USB Manager to reform it back to 16gb.
I found one weird thing is Win Imager really doesn't like my 16gb SD Card as it always does is to make it unformat and then force it becomes 68mb. Anyhow, I used NookManager backed up but can't find a file for the backup. Does anyone know where it is sitting on SD card?
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Win Imager is working properly. The unformat is probably just that Win Imager doesn't properly inform windows of the partition table change on the card. Once Windows manages to get the new partition table loaded (e.g. remove and reinsert the card) it then sees the 64MB partition that was written to the card. See my post on the NookManager development thread for a little more info and how to get your backup off the card.
The first thing I did after rooting, because it is what the tutorials and this forum always stress, is to make a Nandroid backup, which I did through TWRP Recovery. Nowhere did I see an option regarding where to save it. Low and behold, I find out that it saved the backup files, which are nearly 3gb in size, to the phone, instead of my larger SD card. Obviously I want to move it to the latter. But by what means should I do that, particularly so that the backup can be easily flashed onto the device later if need be? I don't want to move it only to make the files undiscoverable in Recovery.
(I apologize if this is a stupid question, but this is my first time rooting, and nothing useful was yielded from a forum search.)
beerindex said:
The first thing I did after rooting, because it is what the tutorials and this forum always stress, is to make a Nandroid backup, which I did through TWRP Recovery. Nowhere did I see an option regarding where to save it. Low and behold, I find out that it saved the backup files, which are nearly 3gb in size, to the phone, instead of my larger SD card. Obviously I want to move it to the latter. But by what means should I do that, particularly so that the backup can be easily flashed onto the device later if need be? I don't want to move it only to make the files undiscoverable in Recovery.
(I apologize if this is a stupid question, but this is my first time rooting, and nothing useful was yielded from a forum search.)
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In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
DarkMenace said:
In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
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My SD card is an old 32gb one. I don't have a USB reader, so how would I confirm on my phone that it is formatted as FAT32? And, assuming it is, what steps must I then take?
beerindex said:
My SD card is an old 32gb one. I don't have a USB reader, so how would I confirm on my phone that it is formatted as FAT32? And, assuming it is, what steps must I then take?
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Download Partition Table then open it and click the the A for advanced. scroll to the bottom and find mmcblk1p1 and click it. It should show the memory card and what Filesystem it is.
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Download Partition Table then open it and click the the A for advanced. scroll to the bottom and find mmcblk1p1 and click it. It should show the memory card and what Filesystem it is.
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The listed filesystem is vfat.
beerindex said:
The listed filesystem is vfat.
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It shows the 32GB for space with the usage of your memory card right? If so you will need to remove the MicroSD card and place it in your PC and format it to Fat32. You can also try the Format tool built in to the phone in you options.
DarkMenace said:
It shows the 32GB for space with the usage of your memory card right? If so you will need to remove the MicroSD card and place it in your PC and format it to Fat32. You can also try the Format tool built in to the phone in you options.
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Formatted through the phone and it is still listed as vfat through Partition Table. So does that mean I need to find another way of reformatting it to Fat32?
beerindex said:
Formatted through the phone and it is still listed as vfat through Partition Table. So does that mean I need to find another way of reformatting it to Fat32?
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Yes, it needs to be FAT32 for recoveries to recognize it.
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Yes, it needs to be FAT32 for recoveries to recognize it.
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I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I formatted again, this time using my computer (my S4 connected via data cable, with the microsd card inside), and once again, the result is vfat.
beerindex said:
I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I formatted again, this time using my computer (my S4 connected via data cable, with the microsd card inside), and once again, the result is vfat.
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Did the card read FAT32 on your computer? IF it did it shouldn't change when you put it in the phone unless your running some type of custom software and it's messing with the file system.
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Did the card read FAT32 on your computer? IF it did it shouldn't change when you put it in the phone unless your running some type of custom software and it's messing with the file system.
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It never specified. There is no media format listed like for the computer's internal HD, and when I click to format, it tells me nothing, nor gives me no options. It just tells me that it is done.
So I have solved the problem. Below is a reference for other users who might have the same issue:
1) Used GoodManager for Reboot Recovery
2) Made a new Nandroid backup, this time discovering that I could assign the backup to my sd card. And so I did exactly that.
3) Rebooted after backup made.
4) Connect phone to computer via USB, and use Windows Explorer to drag and drop the backup that was sitting on the phone in the same area where the new backup is.
Basically, knowing that I could back up to the SD card, and that TWRP created a file path for exactly that, I knew that I could move the old backup there too.
That said, I very much appreciate the help given to me.
DarkMenace said:
In order for CWM or TWRP to see the files on your memory card it has to be 32GB (those are usually formatted in FAT32). If you have a 64GB memory card that would be formatted in extFAT. The programs cant read extFAT so you would need to take the card out place it in your PC and use a FAT32 program to make it FAT32.
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I was able to use TWRP to perform nandroid backup directly to my 64GB microUSB - it supported it without any problems (didn't have to even take the microSD out of the phone)
jj14 said:
I was able to use TWRP to perform nandroid backup directly to my 64GB microUSB - it supported it without any problems (didn't have to even take the microSD out of the phone)
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So TWRP reads extFAT?
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So TWRP reads extFAT?
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apparently it can read and write!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42318153&postcount=46
(device specific)
jj14 said:
apparently it can read and write!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42318153&postcount=46
(device specific)
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I can't find TWRP in the market and when I goto their website it shows every carrier but Verizon.
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I can't find TWRP in the market and when I goto their website it shows every carrier but Verizon.
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Just noticed you are on Verizon - I installed on my Sprint device, but it looks like it is available for Verizon S4 as well (I went to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2, and clicked "Get TWRP for your device", entered S4 as search criteria and found "TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) [jfltevzw]" as the last entry in the list.
Personally, I'd recommend downloading goomanager from the play store, and using that to install.
From http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181
"Android App Install Method (Preferred):
You must be rooted to use the GooManager install. Download the GooManager app from either location:
Market Link
Direct Download
Install the app and open it. Tap menu then hit Install OpenRecoveryScript. Tap Yes. Verify that the filename displays your device's code name and hit Yes. The file will download and your device will install the recovery automatically."
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Just noticed you are on Verizon - I installed on my Sprint device, but it looks like it is available for Verizon S4 as well (I went to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2, and clicked "Get TWRP for your device", entered S4 as search criteria and found "TWRP for Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon) [jfltevzw]" as the last entry in the list.
Personally, I'd recommend downloading goomanager from the play store, and using that to install.
From http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181
"Android App Install Method (Preferred):
You must be rooted to use the GooManager install. Download the GooManager app from either location:
Market Link
Direct Download
Install the app and open it. Tap menu then hit Install OpenRecoveryScript. Tap Yes. Verify that the filename displays your device's code name and hit Yes. The file will download and your device will install the recovery automatically."
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What's goomanager? I've never heard of it. What's it do?
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DarkMenace said:
What's goomanager? I've never heard of it. What's it do?
Sent from my Rooted Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 using xda premium
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It is basically a front end for goo.im (which is a very popular Android file hosting site) - provides downloads of ROMs, kernels, apps, GApps, recoveries etc
Read more at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25943528