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Did I just brick?

I installed CM7 as per the instructions, but now I can't get into the OS. I can't even get back into CWM.
I installed everything just fine, and when I booted up, I got the CM7 splash screen, and then a total black screen. No matter what I've done to the SD card, it just stays at the black screen.
I installed Dalingrins (sp?) OC kernel too, so I don't know if that could of messed it up in any way
My NC is a blue sticker, by the way.

Can you boot to CWM from your SD card?
You may need to repartition your nook to the old setup and then attempt to load CM7

Rastven said:
Can you boot to CWM from your SD card?
You may need to repartition your nook to the old setup and then attempt to load CM7
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Nope. not at all. I've tried putting the CWM image on the SD card from several different PC's in case mine was just messing with me. But no go.

Try a new CWM image and/or a new SD card.
I actually found an old sandisk class 2 4Gb SD card worked great to make my bootable CWM SD Card.

Sinful Animosity said:
I installed CM7 as per the instructions, but now I can't get into the OS. I can't even get back into CWM.
I installed everything just fine, and when I booted up, I got the CM7 splash screen, and then a total black screen. No matter what I've done to the SD card, it just stays at the black screen.
I installed Dalingrins (sp?) OC kernel too, so I don't know if that could of messed it up in any way
My NC is a blue sticker, by the way.
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1: Please don't say brick when referring to the NC. Until you have to JTAG a G1, you don't know what brick is.
2: Are you trying to boot CM off of an SD card or the internal memory? MAKE SURE you downloaded the eMMC kernel (not SD) if you are installing to the internal memory.
3: How about some more details of what kernel/rom version you downloaded, file name, how you went about it, etc. Then instead of this needless back and forth, we can solve it in one go, eh?

"I installed CM7 as per the instructions" = which instructions?

ace7196 said:
1: Please don't say brick when referring to the NC. Until you have to JTAG a G1, you don't know what brick is.
2: Are you trying to boot CM off of an SD card or the internal memory? MAKE SURE you downloaded the eMMC kernel (not SD) if you are installing to the internal memory.
3: How about some more details of what kernel/rom version you downloaded, file name, how you went about it, etc. Then instead of this needless back and forth, we can solve it in one go, eh?
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Okay, first, no need to be rude.
Second, I have JTAGed a device. My Captivate had to be JTAGed after a bad ODIN flash. So thanks so much for telling me what to not call my device that won't boot up no matter what I do. Also, thanks for telling me what I do and don't know.
I downloaded the eMMC kernel, Dalingrin's OC kernel. I followed this guide in General: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 I followed every single step.
I didn't cut any corners, and I did exactly as it told me. Only thing I didn't do was re-partition it.

Looks like you tried to install CM7 into your internal memory (per instructions).
I assume that you have not flash CwM internally.
If that's the case, re-prepare the bootable CwM uSD again, boot the NC back into CwM recovery, do format /system, format /data, format /cache first then install the zip file (CM7, gapps) then go back and wipe data/factory reset. Remove uSD then reboot.
Give it some times to load.

Completely Dead Nook Color CM10

Hello everyone,
Im new to this forum but have lurked for a few years. I consider myself reasonably familiar with android and have installed custom roms on various devices in the past.
Yesterday I installed the latest CM10 Color Nook Rom to an micro SD and on to my wife's Nook Color. Install went great, Wifi up and working and I went to install Gapps via recovery. When it came back on the keyboard kept dying and I realized I had installed too new of Gapps. My bad. I shut off the nook and removed the micro SD with the intentions of wiping it out and starting fresh.
I put the nook off to the side and about 15 mins later went to install my fresh install of JB when I found the nook completely dead and unresponsive. The battery was at about 90% when i turned it off.
This was only supposed to be a install to the sd, I dont know why it's affecting the nook when theres no sd card in it.
So far I have tried:
pulling out the sd card
hard reset
creating a nook color restore micro sd and booting from that
charging
The nook remains completely dead and 100% unresponsive and I have no idea where to go from here! I keep reading its hard to brick these but im starting to think thats what happened!
I was thinking of taking off the cover and doing a battery pull. Any ideas?

If you truly have nothing happening, it certainly sounds like a hardware problem. Pulling battery to reset is worth a try. It's worked for me on several Android devices (never tried it with a Nook, though). Somewhere recently in the forum I read how to do a safe battery pull on a Noo, but don't recollect where. Search for it. If that fails, I'd say your Nook is kaput.

scthomps said:
Hello everyone,
Im new to this forum but have lurked for a few years. I consider myself reasonably familiar with android and have installed custom roms on various devices in the past.
Yesterday I installed the latest CM10 Color Nook Rom to an micro SD and on to my wife's Nook Color. Install went great, Wifi up and working and I went to install Gapps via recovery. When it came back on the keyboard kept dying and I realized I had installed too new of Gapps. My bad. I shut off the nook and removed the micro SD with the intentions of wiping it out and starting fresh.
I put the nook off to the side and about 15 mins later went to install my fresh install of JB when I found the nook completely dead and unresponsive. The battery was at about 90% when i turned it off.
This was only supposed to be a install to the sd, I dont know why it's affecting the nook when theres no sd card in it.
So far I have tried:
pulling out the sd card
hard reset
creating a nook color restore micro sd and booting from that
charging
The nook remains completely dead and 100% unresponsive and I have no idea where to go from here! I keep reading its hard to brick these but im starting to think thats what happened!
I was thinking of taking off the cover and doing a battery pull. Any ideas?
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No, don't pull the cover. What happened is your boot files got corrupted on internal memory. It will not power on unless those files are there or a valid bootable SD is in the slot.
You need to get my bootable CWM SD from my tips thread linked in my signature. That should boot. Then you need to reinstall whatever ROM you had on internal memory. If it was stock you can get the CWM flashable version also from my tips thread.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium

Thanks!
leapinlar said:
No, don't pull the cover. What happened is your boot files got corrupted on internal memory. It will not power on unless those files are there or a valid bootable SD is in the slot.
You need to get my bootable CWM SD from my tips thread linked in my signature. That should boot. Then you need to reinstall whatever ROM you had on internal memory. If it was stock you can get the CWM flashable version also from my tips thread.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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Im going to try your linked CWM and create the SD from your tips first. The last I saw the battery it said roughly 80% and assuming it wasn't stuck in some loop it should be still good.
If the battery IS actually dead will the nook charge with no OS installed? My charger cord came apart months ago and I have been charging (slowyly; lol) off a generic cord plugged into the computer. Will this make a difference or should I wait to try this when I have a proper charger cord?
Thanks for everyone's help! You guys are lifesavers!

scthomps said:
Im going to try your linked CWM and create the SD from your tips first. The last I saw the battery it said roughly 80% and assuming it wasn't stuck in some loop it should be still good.
If the battery IS actually dead will the nook charge with no OS installed? My charger cord came apart months ago and I have been charging (slowyly; lol) off a generic cord plugged into the computer. Will this make a difference or should I wait to try this when I have a proper charger cord?
Thanks for everyone's help! You guys are lifesavers!
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It should charge slowly with that cable. Even if not booted to anything.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
It should charge slowly with that cable. Even if not booted to anything.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD
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I followed your instructions and the "battery too low to power on" message came up, which is the first sign of life I have seen out of the nook in a few days. Thanks!

leapinlar said:
No, don't pull the cover. What happened is your boot files got corrupted on internal memory. It will not power on unless those files are there or a valid bootable SD is in the slot.
You need to get my bootable CWM SD from my tips thread linked in my signature. That should boot. Then you need to reinstall whatever ROM you had on internal memory. If it was stock you can get the CWM flashable version also from my tips thread.
Sent from my HD+ running CM10 on SD with XDA Premium
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My CM10 went completely dead last week. I put lepinlar's v6.0.1.2 Bootable CWM Recovery on and SD card and now have some sign of life.
I get to the cyanoboot universal bootloader screen, but it just sits with a Loading.... note. I've let it sit for about 10 minutes and nothing else happens. I also tried the N key and it does load the boot menu...but no option gets me past that initial screen...
should it just boot directly into CMW? any other suggestions would be appreciated!

ginhead said:
My CM10 went completely dead last week. I put lepinlar's v6.0.1.2 Bootable CWM Recovery on and SD card and now have some sign of life.
I get to the cyanoboot universal bootloader screen, but it just sits with a Loading.... note. I've let it sit for about 10 minutes and nothing else happens. I also tried the N key and it does load the boot menu...but no option gets me past that initial screen...
should it just boot directly into CMW? any other suggestions would be appreciated!
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Not really sure what you mean. You say you put my bootable CWM on SD. You mean you burned the image to an SD? And it boots to the cyanoboot screen but gets stuck on loading...?
Does the cyanoboot screen have a small s0 in the upper left corner? If does that means it is trying to boot from the SD. It should boot directly into CWM by itself.
Try reburning it or use my 5.5.0.4 version. Once it gets to CWM, install a new ROM with it. The original reason it went dead was corrupted files on your internal boot partition. Reflashing the ROM should fix it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
Not really sure what you mean. You say you put my bootable CWM on SD. You mean you burned the image to an SD? And it boots to the cyanoboot screen but gets stuck on loading...?
Does the cyanoboot screen have a small s0 in the upper left corner? If does that means it is trying to boot from the SD. It should boot directly into CWM by itself.
Try reburning it or use my 5.5.0.4 version. Once it gets to CWM, install a new ROM with it. The original reason it went dead was corrupted files on your internal boot partition. Reflashing the ROM should fix it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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thanks for the reply.
I've used Win32diskimager to burn both v6.0.1.2 and 5.5.04 to an SD card. I do see the S0 in the upper left corner, but the screen never moves past the initial Loading...screen.
I can get it to load clockworkmod using a '1gb_clockwork-3.0.1.0' recovery image (also tried 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer w/the same result). However, I get a message that states:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/loginterrrupt
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I then attempted to flash your Nook Color EMMC Partition Repair zips....The NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip will complete the 'repartitioning /boot /system /data /cache and media' step.
it sticks on the Repartitioning internal memory - be patient this may take a while'...i've let it sit for about 30+ minutes...how long should this take? My nook is currently sitting in this phase now...I guess I'll let it sit for a while and see if anything else happens.
thanks for the help with this...from what I've read, I'm hopeful there is a solution...

ginhead said:
thanks for the reply.
I've used Win32diskimager to burn both v6.0.1.2 and 5.5.04 to an SD card. I do see the S0 in the upper left corner, but the screen never moves past the initial Loading...screen.
I can get it to load clockworkmod using a '1gb_clockwork-3.0.1.0' recovery image (also tried 1gb_clockwork-3.2.0.1-eyeballer w/the same result). However, I get a message that states:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/loginterrrupt
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I then attempted to flash your Nook Color EMMC Partition Repair zips....The NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip will complete the 'repartitioning /boot /system /data /cache and media' step.
it sticks on the Repartitioning internal memory - be patient this may take a while'...i've let it sit for about 30+ minutes...how long should this take? My nook is currently sitting in this phase now...I guess I'll let it sit for a while and see if anything else happens.
thanks for the help with this...from what I've read, I'm hopeful there is a solution...
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Which recovery are you using to flash the repair zips? It needs to be at least 3.2.0.1. Don't use that 3.0.1.0. Don't worry about those E: messages, it just means cache is not formatted.
It is sounding like the first step of the repartitioning is not taking. That is fixing partition one. I'll be right back with another zip to see if you can flash that.
Try the attached and see what happens. You can also try the bootable TWRP to flash rather than CWM. I have that linked in that partition fix thread.
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Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
Which recovery are you using to flash the repair zips? It needs to be at least 3.2.0.1. Don't use that 3.0.1.0. Don't worry about those E: messages, it just means cache is not formatted.
It is sounding like the first step of the repartitioning is not taking. That is fixing partition one. I'll be right back with another zip to see if you can flash that.
Try the attached and see what happens. You can also try the bootable TWRP to flash rather than CWM. I have that linked in that partition fix thread.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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thanks a lot!
I did try with the 3.2.0.1 recovery and the flash you posted above. It is still sticking at the 'repartitioning internal memory' step...I also tried your TWRP bootable, but that still sticks at the loading screen.
I can't find my external sd writer, so I've been writing/burning using in internal writer in two different laptops and a camera in mass storage mode. I ordered a SD writer from amazon...should get it on Wednesday. I wonder if my issues are just with writing/burning the SD card..
I'll report back when I get the new writer and guess I might as well try another card too.

ginhead said:
thanks a lot!
I did try with the 3.2.0.1 recovery and the flash you posted above. It is still sticking at the 'repartitioning internal memory' step...I also tried your TWRP bootable, but that still sticks at the loading screen.
I can't find my external sd writer, so I've been writing/burning using in internal writer in two different laptops and a camera in mass storage mode. I ordered a SD writer from amazon...should get it on Wednesday. I wonder if my issues are just with writing/burning the SD card..
I'll report back when I get the new writer and guess I might as well try another card too.
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It is possible it is the card. It might be good enough to start the boot, but not good enough to read and write the files that are needed. Definitely try a different card.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I am almost positive that is what is wrong. Try a SanDisk class 4.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

scthomps, you could get a NC replacement charging cable from ebay, just do a search, it works good for me.

I'm actually running into this problem right now with two different nook color tablets.
One I've had CM10 installed to the EMMC for well over a month without any problems. The other Nook Color I followed the same procedure to install to the EMMC off a bootable SD card.
Regardless of how little or much power the Nook has, it will not even power on unless I have a bootable SD card installed.
Once I get to the menu, I can boot from the internal EMMC without any problems. Not sure what I did to correct the /boot partition on two different Nooks. Least of all one that's been working.
Going to try boot into recovery to see if I can fix whatever corruption got introduced.

phoenix1972 said:
I'm actually running into this problem right now with two different nook color tablets.
One I've had CM10 installed to the EMMC for well over a month without any problems. The other Nook Color I followed the same procedure to install to the EMMC off a bootable SD card.
Regardless of how little or much power the Nook has, it will not even power on unless I have a bootable SD card installed.
Once I get to the menu, I can boot from the internal EMMC without any problems. Not sure what I did to correct the /boot partition on two different Nooks. Least of all one that's been working.
Going to try boot into recovery to see if I can fix whatever corruption got introduced.
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You need a complete set of boot files on the internal boot partition or it won't even try to turn on by itself without a bootable SD. You don't. It needs MLO, u-boot.bin, uImage and uRamdisk there. You obviously have the MLO or u-boot.bin missing or corrupted because uImage and uRamdisk must be there to boot from the SD menu.
This is all fixable by just flashing your ROM again. Those files all get put back on fresh.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD

leapinlar said:
Which recovery are you using to flash the repair zips? It needs to be at least 3.2.0.1. Don't use that 3.0.1.0. Don't worry about those E: messages, it just means cache is not formatted.
It is sounding like the first step of the repartitioning is not taking. That is fixing partition one. I'll be right back with another zip to see if you can flash that.
Try the attached and see what happens. You can also try the bootable TWRP to flash rather than CWM. I have that linked in that partition fix thread.
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Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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Hi leapinlar I think I have the same problem as this guy except its on a Nook HD +, becuase I get that same error message when I boot into a bootable cwm. Can you help me out please?

[Q] Nook Color CM10 SD Card not booting

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

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

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

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

Hey so I was trying to flash a dev build of Ubuntu Touch to my NC, and in the midst of excitement, I accidently formatted /boot.
Now my NC will come on, but hangs at Cyanoboot "Loading..." I've even tried flashing the 1gb CWM image to an sd and trying that. However, my nook will boot, I'll hold "n" to enter the boot menu, and I'll click "SD Card Normal". After that, it hangs at "Loading (SD)..."
Any ideas on how to fix my nook? I'd hate to have a $75 paperweight.

BrysonR said:
Hey so I was trying to flash a dev build of Ubuntu Touch to my NC, and in the midst of excitement, I accidently formatted /boot.
Now my NC will come on, but hangs at Cyanoboot "Loading..." I've even tried flashing the 1gb CWM image to an sd and trying that. However, my nook will boot, I'll hold "n" to enter the boot menu, and I'll click "SD Card Normal". After that, it hangs at "Loading (SD)..."
Any ideas on how to fix my nook? I'd hate to have a $75 paperweight.
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Go to my NC tips thread and make my 5.5.0.4 CWM bootable SD. It will boot. Then just flash a new CM rom and you will get your boot files back.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Go to my NC tips thread and make my 5.5.0.4 CWM bootable SD. It will boot. Then just flash a new CM rom and you will get your boot files back.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I dd'd the img file to the SD and it booted into Cyanoboot from the SD ONCE. After that, I had to format because choosing either option didnt work(?, I don't quite remember.) I figured I got a malformed download, so I redownloaded the file, extracted it, formatted my SD, dd'd the img file over to the SD, and now my Nook doesn't recognize it anymore. Turning it on boots me back into Cyanoboot on the EMMC.
Am I missing something? I've been flashing ROMs for over a year on 5+ devices and this is the first 'major' problem I've had.

BrysonR said:
I dd'd the img file to the SD and it booted into Cyanoboot from the SD ONCE. After that, I had to format because choosing either option didnt work(?, I don't quite remember.) I figured I got a malformed download, so I redownloaded the file, extracted it, formatted my SD, dd'd the img file over to the SD, and now my Nook doesn't recognize it anymore. Turning it on boots me back into Cyanoboot on the EMMC.
Am I missing something? I've been flashing ROMs for over a year on 5+ devices and this is the first 'major' problem I've had.
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I don't understand, choosing what options? It should have booted directly to CWM with no intervention from you.
The Nook family of devices are hard to get a bootable SD to boot. They have to be burned just right, especially if using DD on a Mac or Linux. Be sure to choose the whole device, not just a single partition.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
I don't understand, choosing what options? It should have booted directly to CWM with no intervention from you.
The Nook family of devices are hard to get a bootable SD to boot. They have to be burned just right, especially if using DD on a Mac or Linux. Be sure to choose the whole device, not just a single partition.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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The time it did work, I turned my NC on and it booted into Cyanoboot showing that it was ran off of the SD (by the SD0 label in the top left, currently, without the SD, it shows EMMC 01). I held down "n" to access the boot menu and two options were available, "SD Card Normal" and "SD Card Recovery". Neither option worked, so I ejected it and redid the whole process.
As for dd'ing, I'll look up how to write to the whole SD, as of now, whenever I dd the img file, it creates a seperate fat32 partition the house the files and leaves 15gb unallocated.

BrysonR said:
The time it did work, I turned my NC on and it booted into Cyanoboot showing that it was ran off of the SD (by the SD0 label in the top left, currently, without the SD, it shows EMMC 01). I held down "n" to access the boot menu and two options were available, "SD Card Normal" and "SD Card Recovery". Neither option worked, so I ejected it and redid the whole process.
As for dd'ing, I'll look up how to write to the whole SD, as of now, whenever I dd the img file, it creates a seperate fat32 partition the house the files and leaves 15gb unallocated.
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Don't hold n, just let it go.
And I did not say it should fill the SD, just be sure to pick the right device.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

This morning I switched over to a Windows box and used Win32DiskImager to write the CWM 5.5.04 img to the SD. Still a no go. Nook STILL isn't recognizing the SD. I don't get why it would work once, and not again.
Am I missing something? I feel like I've tried everything, but that I'm missing a very simple solution.

BrysonR said:
This morning I switched over to a Windows box and used Win32DiskImager to write the CWM 5.5.04 img to the SD. Still a no go. Nook STILL isn't recognizing the SD. I don't get why it would work once, and not again.
Am I missing something? I feel like I've tried everything, but that I'm missing a very simple solution.
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I don't know why, but sometimes it makes a difference if the card is full wipe formatted with SDFormatter before reburning. Get it free on the web.
Sent from my rooted stock Nook HD

leapinlar said:
I don't know why, but sometimes it makes a difference if the card is full wipe formatted with SDFormatter before reburning. Get it free on the web.
Sent from my rooted stock Nook HD
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Did a full wipe with SDformatter, flashed the .img, Cyanoboot still isn't showing a SD is inserted.
I can flash an 8gb CWM image to the SD, and Cyanoboot will recognize it, but won't let me boot into it. It stills sticks on "Loading (SD)..."

BrysonR said:
Did a full wipe with SDformatter, flashed the .img, Cyanoboot still isn't showing a SD is inserted.
I can flash an 8gb CWM image to the SD, and Cyanoboot will recognize it, but won't let me boot into it. It stills sticks on "Loading (SD)..."
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Where did you get an 8GB image? Or did you mean my image to an 8 GB card?
Edit: I was just rereading your first post, and you said you formatted /boot. If that is true there is no way you are booting to emmc cyanoboot (showing EMMC01). You must either not have formatted it or flashed something else there after you formatted it. In any case, emmc boot partition may have bad files so you should never be trying to use the emmc cyanoboot. That may be why it gets stuck on loading. You must get an SD to boot on its own so you don't have to use emmc cyanoboot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Where did you get an 8GB image? Or did you mean my image to an 8 GB card?
Edit: I was just rereading your first post, and you said you formatted /boot. If that is true there is no way you are booting to emmc cyanoboot (showing EMMC01). You must either not have formatted it or flashed something else there after you formatted it. In any case, emmc boot partition may have bad files so you should never be trying to use the emmc cyanoboot. That may be why it gets stuck on loading. You must get an SD to boot on its own so you don't have to use emmc cyanoboot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I figured it out. I had flashed a modified Cyanoboot, and it had no ROM to boot into. I think it was my adapter that wasn't allowing me to boot into the CWM image. I got a new adapter, deleted all partitions off my sd and then dd'd your CWM image. Popped it onto my NC and it worked!

HELP BRICKED nook hd+

I used cwm and attempted to install cm 10.1 on nook hd. everything seemed fine, loaded OS, loaded gapps, loaded twrp, loaded backup cwm program. then rebooted to try and use and screen stalls on the cyanogen mod screen and stays there forever. tried even reformatting sd to a boot disc meant to factory restore to 1.4.2 but it just goes the same screen. it wont even load from sd card boot file, goes to cyanogen bootloader screen and stays there.
please help i can only get to twrp recovery program but can't figure out how to do ANYTHING to restore from there. please help, tried to do my daughters nook and now i bombed it.
i have read many other threads on this but none work. can only get to twrp.

soorockdude said:
I used cwm and attempted to install cm 10.1 on nook hd. everything seemed fine, loaded OS, loaded gapps, loaded twrp, loaded backup cwm program. then rebooted to try and use and screen stalls on the cyanogen mod screen and stays there forever. tried even reformatting sd to a boot disc meant to factory restore to 1.4.2 but it just goes the same screen. it wont even load from sd card boot file, goes to cyanogen bootloader screen and stays there.
please help i can only get to twrp recovery program but can't figure out how to do ANYTHING to restore from there. please help, tried to do my daughters nook and now i bombed it.
i have read many other threads on this but none work. can only get to twrp.
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Restore to 1.4.2? That is Nook Color or Tablet, not HD/HD+. And HD or HD+? Title says HD+ and text says HD.
What files did you use?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Restore to 1.4.2? That is Nook Color or Tablet, not HD/HD+. And HD or HD+? Title says HD+ and text says HD.
What files did you use?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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sorry i meant factory install
bn_142_factory_recovery.zip
and made a bootable sd card but no luck with that either. it jumps to the same bootloader screen before the sd boot loads.
i REALLY appreciate your help here!
or is there a way to load anything from the pc via the cable?
are you familiar with twrp ? It seems to be the only interface i can even get into. otherwise just nook boot screen then the bootloader arghh

soorockdude said:
sorry i meant factory install
bn_142_factory_recovery.zip
and made a bootable sd card but no luck with that either. it jumps to the same bootloader screen before the sd boot loads.
i REALLY appreciate your help here!
or is there a way to load anything from the pc via the cable?
are you familiar with twrp ? It seems to be the only interface i can even get into. otherwise just nook boot screen then the bootloader arghh
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for the record it is a 16 gb hd + nook, here is the list of programs i installed on the cwm before i rebooted and it started getting stuck on that screen:
cm-10.1-20130904-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-sdcard
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13)
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13)
i watched many videos and checked threads and these seemed good from multiple sources.
then i have tried this and a couple other things to get back running but really can only get TWRP recovery to fire up. : (
8gb-16gb_cwm_internal (1)

soorockdude said:
for the record it is a 16 gb hd + nook, here is the list of programs i installed on the cwm before i rebooted and it started getting stuck on that screen:
cm-10.1-20130904-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-sdcard
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13)
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13)
i watched many videos and checked threads and these seemed good from multiple sources.
then i have tried this and a couple other things to get back running but really can only get TWRP recovery to fire up. : (
8gb-16gb_cwm_internal (1)
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You are mixing up Nook Tablet and Nook HD+ and emmc install and SD install. And stock. No wonder it won't boot. I'm sure that video you watched was for the Nook Tablet.
Edit: you should not have flashed that ...ovation-sdcard. That was for an SD install.
You should not have flashed the noohdplus...zips, those are for stock.
The 1.4.2 factory was for Nook Tablet
8gb-16g_cwm... was for Nook Tablet.
See what a mess you created?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You are mixing up Nook Tablet and Nook HD+ and emmc install and SD install. And stock. No wonder it won't boot. I'm sure that video you watched was for the Nook Tablet.
Edit: you should not have flashed that ...ovation-sdcard. That was for an SD install.
You should not have flashed the noohdplus...zips, those are for stock.
The 1.4.2 factory was for Nook Tablet
8gb-16g_cwm... was for Nook Tablet.
See what a mess you created?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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alright i see that was wrong, i wish there was a common set of things that had worked on there.
can you clarify this:
You should not have flashed the noohdplus...zips, those are for stock.
as for these I wasnt able to boot anything with them anyhow so i doubt they had a negative effect.
The 1.4.2 factory was for Nook Tablet
8gb-16g_cwm... was for Nook Tablet.
either way clearly got something off here. can you suggest anything to boot from twrp or an sd card. anything that works on this particular tablet? sounds like we have the same one.
do you have any ideas?

soorockdude said:
alright i see that was wrong, i wish there was a common set of things that had worked on there.
can you clarify this:
You should not have flashed the noohdplus...zips, those are for stock.
as for these I wasnt able to boot anything with them anyhow so i doubt they had a negative effect.
The 1.4.2 factory was for Nook Tablet
8gb-16g_cwm... was for Nook Tablet.
either way clearly got something off here. can you suggest anything to boot from twrp or an sd card. anything that works on this particular tablet? sounds like we have the same one.
do you have any ideas?
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To fix the mess you created, go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash a plain stock ROM from item 6 using a bootable SD. If you don't have a working one, that thread has one too. Then do a factory reset via recovery too. Then take the SD out and boot back to stock. Once you have that working, boot back to SD recovery and flash the rc2 and gapps zips you listed above. Then factory reset again before you boot and and remove the SD and you should be ok.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
To fix the mess you created, go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash a plain stock ROM from item 6 using a bootable SD. If you don't have a working one, that thread has one too. Then do a factory reset via recovery too. Then take the SD out and boot back to stock. Once you have that working, boot back to SD recovery and flash the rc2 and gapps zips you listed above. Then factory reset again before you boot and and remove the SD and you should be ok.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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ok awesome, I trust this is the bootable sd you referred to:
NookHDplus-bootable-SD-TWRP-2.6-for-emmc-BOOTFILES-rev0-(09.15.13).rar - [Click for QR Code] (6.67 MB, 9 views\
so i followed your instructions. reformatted my sd card via sd formatter, set partition 1 as active and applied on minitool partition wizard.
extracted the 5 files from the above .rar file to the sd.
booted the nook with new sd card in it. still got stuck on the bootloader screen,
rebooted and got into TWRP but can't find any way to open or execute any files on that sd card. (NOT REALLY SURE HOW to USE iT)
anyhow this would be great if i had any way to get into the cwm flashing program. I can't get anything BUT twrp open or the stalled boot screen for "cyanoboot universal bootloader", then it goes into twrp.
what would be my options? Thanks again I really am at my end, really nice to have a pro help. . : )

soorockdude said:
ok awesome, I trust this is the bootable sd you referred to:
NookHDplus-bootable-SD-TWRP-2.6-for-emmc-BOOTFILES-rev0-(09.15.13).rar - [Click for QR Code] (6.67 MB, 9 views\
so i followed your instructions. reformatted my sd card via sd formatter, set partition 1 as active and applied on minitool partition wizard.
extracted the 5 files from the above .rar file to the sd.
booted the nook with new sd card in it. still got stuck on the bootloader screen,
rebooted and got into TWRP but can't find any way to open or execute any files on that sd card. (NOT REALLY SURE HOW to USE iT)
anyhow this would be great if i had any way to get into the cwm flashing program. I can't get anything BUT twrp open or the stalled boot screen for "cyanoboot universal bootloader", then it goes into twrp.
what would be my options? Thanks again I really am at my end, really nice to have a pro help. . : )
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If you read my instructions, you know I don't like TWRP and I'm not going to tell you how to use it. You need to use the 6028 CWM version.
Do you read instructions?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

soorockdude said:
ok awesome, I trust this is the bootable sd you referred to:
NookHDplus-bootable-SD-TWRP-2.6-for-emmc-BOOTFILES-rev0-(09.15.13).rar - [Click for QR Code] (6.67 MB, 9 views\
so i followed your instructions. reformatted my sd card via sd formatter, set partition 1 as active and applied on minitool partition wizard.
extracted the 5 files from the above .rar file to the sd.
booted the nook with new sd card in it. still got stuck on the bootloader screen,
rebooted and got into TWRP but can't find any way to open or execute any files on that sd card. (NOT REALLY SURE HOW to USE iT)
anyhow this would be great if i had any way to get into the cwm flashing program. I can't get anything BUT twrp open or the stalled boot screen for "cyanoboot universal bootloader", then it goes into twrp.
what would be my options? Thanks again I really am at my end, really nice to have a pro help. . : )
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Ok so I managed to figure out how to flash zip "NookHDplus - factory - 2.1.1 - plain - stock.zip" through twrp, it said "successful"
So i tried to reboot, same result. But then removed sd card and tried to reboot. Now it just keeps resetting on the nook black screen, but DOESNT get to the bootloader screen so that is different. Nice to have a change anyhow.
So now that I can flash zip's, how might i find the nook recovery tool you mentioned ? seems to be the only step i haven't gotten through.
: )

soorockdude said:
Ok so I managed to figure out how to flash zip "NookHDplus - factory - 2.1.1 - plain - stock.zip" through twrp, it said "successful"
So i tried to reboot, same result. But then removed sd card and tried to reboot. Now it just keeps resetting on the nook black screen, but DOESNT get to the bootloader screen so that is different. Nice to have a change anyhow.
So now that I can flash zip's, how might i find the nook recovery tool you mentioned ? seems to be the only step i haven't gotten through.
: )
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Did you factory reset before you booted as I said in the post above? And I did tell you to take the SD out before booting.
What nook recovery tool? I never said that. Maybe what you misunderstood was 'recovery' means either TWRP or CWM. They are both recovery.
Your problem is you don't read, you just skim. Read carefully and if you don't understand something, ask before moving on.
Do exactly what I said in my earlier post. If you don't follow my instructions, how can I help you?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

soorockdude said:
Ok so I managed to figure out how to flash zip "NookHDplus - factory - 2.1.1 - plain - stock.zip" through twrp, it said "successful"
So i tried to reboot, same result. But then removed sd card and tried to reboot. Now it just keeps resetting on the nook black screen, but DOESNT get to the bootloader screen so that is different. Nice to have a change anyhow.
So now that I can flash zip's, how might i find the nook recovery tool you mentioned ? seems to be the only step i haven't gotten through.
: )
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OK so first off! THANK YOU SO MUCH! back to factory settings and it seems to be working. truly couldnt have done it without you.
now so I dont **** it up again, would this be the proper order to flash these files in using the current boot card and cwm.
(FLASH IN THIS ORDER)
cyanogen mod (CAN YOU SUGGEST A STABLE VERSION FOR NOOK HD+? I have heard 1.2 is buggy but I trust your opinion so if it is stable i will use that)
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (9.86 MB, 401 views)
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (727.9 KB, 415 views)
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
Then when that is done just remove card and reboot no? Sorry to bug but haven't seen a clear layout that worked yet. : )

soorockdude said:
OK so first off! THANK YOU SO MUCH! back to factory settings and it seems to be working. truly couldnt have done it without you.
now so I dont **** it up again, would this be the proper order to flash these files in using the current boot card and cwm.
(FLASH IN THIS ORDER)
cyanogen mod (CAN YOU SUGGEST A STABLE VERSION FOR NOOK HD+? I have heard 1.2 is buggy but I trust your opinion so if it is stable i will use that)
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (9.86 MB, 401 views)
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (727.9 KB, 415 views)
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
Then when that is done just remove card and reboot no? Sorry to bug but haven't seen a clear layout that worked yet. : )
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If you are going to use Cyanogenmod, you don't need to flash those 2 files.
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (9.86 MB, 401 views)
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (727.9 KB, 415 views)
I'm using cm10.2 and it's running perfectly.
Before flash another ROM (Cyanogenmod) you'll need to wipe your actual system. So in wipe menu, wipe everything (except SD card if you did a backup from your stock rom).
Then flash 1) cm10....-ovation.zip 2) gapps...zip.
Do you still have a recovery on your Nook? I mean, if you remove SD card, can you boot to recovery pressing power+n button?

My earlier post told you exactly what to do. Flash rc2 and gapps and wipe/factory reset. Nothing else.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc
soorockdude said:
OK so first off! THANK YOU SO MUCH! back to factory settings and it seems to be working. truly couldnt have done it without you.
now so I dont **** it up again, would this be the proper order to flash these files in using the current boot card and cwm.
(FLASH IN THIS ORDER)
cyanogen mod (CAN YOU SUGGEST A STABLE VERSION FOR NOOK HD+? I have heard 1.2 is buggy but I trust your opinion so if it is stable i will use that)
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (9.86 MB, 401 views)
NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).zip - [Click for QR Code] (727.9 KB, 415 views)
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
Then when that is done just remove card and reboot no? Sorry to bug but haven't seen a clear layout that worked yet. :
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leapinlar said:
My earlier post told you exactly what to do. Flash rc2 and gapps and wipe/factory reset. Nothing else.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc
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thanks again,
so i want to make sure i got this right before proceeding. dont want to screw it up again.
so i tried to do the cmw recovery tool by holding nook and power button but it just rebooted. then tried pressing both but letting go of power button. no result. So I guess I should flash this file first to reinstall the recovery on the nook no?
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
Then when that is done flash this 10.2 mod -
cm-10.2-20130913-NIGHTLY-ovation
then gaps:
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
and wipe factory reset after.
So for these 2 files you don't have to do anything? HOw do they work if you don't mind me asking?
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13)
and NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13)
thanks again for your patience. : )

soorockdude said:
thanks again,
so i want to make sure i got this right before proceeding. dont want to screw it up again.
so i tried to do the cmw recovery tool by holding nook and power button but it just rebooted. then tried pressing both but letting go of power button. no result. So I guess I should flash this file first to reinstall the recovery on the nook no?
cm-10.1.3-RC2-ovation
Then when that is done flash this 10.2 mod -
cm-10.2-20130913-NIGHTLY-ovation
then gaps:
gapps-jb-20130812-signed
and wipe factory reset after.
So for these 2 files you don't have to do anything? HOw do they work if you don't mind me asking?
NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13)
and NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13)
thanks again for your patience. : )
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What is so hard about my instructions? Flash rc2 and gapps and wipe/factory reset. Nothing else.
That RC2 is not a recovery. It is a CM10.1 ROM, which is what I recommend you run instead of CM10.2.
Do not flash CM10.2 nightly zip. RC2 is what you want.
The gapps is right.
And yes, wipe/factory reset after flashing those two. Then remove the SD and reboot.
Do not flash the NookHD-HDplus zips. They are for stock. CM does not need them. CM is already rooted and the other is a setting in CM already.
Since you have recovery on SD, you do not need it on internal memory. You will just get yourself into trouble with it. So don't do the power/n key thing. It won't work.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.