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I'm not a developer by any means, basically I'm just a newbie that can follow instructions.
Some time last year, I purchased a Nook Color and used various sites on the Internet to create a bootable SD Card for CM 10 nightlies.
Every few days or so, I would look to see if there was a new nightly available. If so I would download it, insert my sd card into the adaptor and then into my laptop, place the new download into my sd card folder, eject the sd card, insert it into my Nook Color, boot it into the SD Recovery mode, then after installation, boot it normally.
I've been doing that since last year, so much so that now I don't even remember how to do anything else.
Well, a few days ago, I followed my normal routine except this time I made a mistake. I accidentally downloaded the nightly for one of the LG phones instead of the Nook. So after I followed my normal routine, the Nook wouldn't boot. It just stayed on a black screen that made it look like it was off but it was actually still on.
It took a few days for me to catch my mistake, but once I did I downloaded what I thought was the correct nightly.
But this time, I didn't know we had switched to 10.1. So when I booted into the Nook Color, it didn't look right...the time showed up differently, some of my shortcuts were missing, and the wireless didn't work.
At first I thought it was because I had downloaded the LG phone nightly. But then I read about 10.1 and wasn't sure how to get the Nook working properly.
So I decided "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and went back to the last cm10 download that I still had on my laptop, which was the one from March 30.
I followed my normal routine again, and instead of the Nook booting, it's just on the CyanoMod screen with the circle going around and it's not booting. Now what?
Any suggestions are urgently appreciated. :fingers-crossed:
You destroyed your installation when you installed that LG version. If you had been installing to emmc, the installer would have caught the error and not let you. But the SD installer does not check first.
So you either need to start over with a new SD installation or install my Alternate CWM for SD and wipe /system and then install the correct CM.
To install fresh follow my instructions in my NC SD install guide linked on my signature.
To install my Alternative CWM for SD, go to my NC Tips thread also linked in my signature and read item B5.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
How can I save my content?
Most of it is just apps that are linked to my Google account, and over 1,000 Kindle ebooks,
But I do have a few things that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to keep.
Thanks in advance
P.S. Also, what is the difference in the two options that you gave?
leapinlar said:
You destroyed your installation when you installed that LG version. If you had been installing to emmc, the installer would have caught the error and not let you. But the SD installer does not check first.
So you either need to start over with a new SD installation or install my Alternate CWM for SD and wipe /system and then install the correct CM.
To install fresh follow my instructions in my NC SD install guide linked on my signature.
To install my Alternative CWM for SD, go to my NC Tips thread also linked in my signature and read item B5.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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affirmwealth said:
How can I save my content?
Most of it is just apps that are linked to my Google account, and over 1,000 Kindle ebooks,
But I do have a few things that I downloaded from the Internet that I would like to keep.
Thanks in advance
P.S. Also, what is the difference in the two options that you gave?
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The difference is using the alternate CWM may save your content. I say may because just wiping /system may not be enough and you may need to wipe /data too, which means you lose installed apps, but downloaded material and kindle books stay.
Starting fresh you lose everything.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
I downloaded the alternate CWM, extracted it, and put the files on my SD Card, but I wasn't sure what you meant by "wiping/system".
So what I did was I cleared the cache, and then I put the latest cm 10.1 file and the gapps to go with it on my card, and booted into recovery as usual.
Then I booted up the Nook and it looks just like it did the first time...where the digital clock looks different, and there is no wifi. I press the wifi button to "on" but it doesn't do anything.
leapinlar said:
The difference is using the alternate CWM may save your content. I say may because just wiping /system may not be enough and you may need to wipe /data too, which means you lose installed apps, but downloaded material and kindle books stay.
Starting fresh you lose everything.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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affirmwealth said:
I downloaded the alternate CWM, extracted it, and put the files on my SD Card, but I wasn't sure what you meant by "wiping/system".
So what I did was I cleared the cache, and then I put the latest cm 10.1 file and the gapps to go with it on my card, and booted into recovery as usual.
Then I booted up the Nook and it looks just like it did the first time...where the digital clock looks different, and there is no wifi. I press the wifi button to "on" but it doesn't do anything.
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Wiping system means going to mounts and storage and picking format system. Wiping cache will not fix the problem.
After wiping /system, put the new CM and matching gapps zips on the boot partition like you always have and boot to SD recovery. It will install as usual. Then it may boot normally. If it does not, go to the Alternate CWM again and "wipe data/factory reset". Then reboot and you will need to setup and reinstall your apps, but your downloads will be there.
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Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that worked.
I'm fully up-to-date now and am running the CM 10.1. And I didn't lose any of my data.
I almost want to say that it even seems to be running faster than the March 30 cm10 version that I was running before.
I mainly use my Nook Color to read Kindle books, and it's so funny because if I had known that Amazon offered such a better selection of ebooks I wouldn't have purchased the Nook in the first place.
Now I was able to update my Kindle app to the latest version that mimics the Kindle (the real one) so I'm really excited.
Thanks for all your help.
leapinlar said:
Wiping system means going to mounts and storage and picking format system. Wiping cache will not fix the problem.
After wiping /system, put the new CM and matching gapps zips on the boot partition like you always have and boot to SD recovery. It will install as usual. Then it may boot normally. If it does not, go to the Alternate CWM again and "wipe data/factory reset". Then reboot and you will need to setup and reinstall your apps, but your downloads will be there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
Hi, I'm a moron. I accidentally dragged some files that I meant to put in a different window onto my Nook's internal storage, and now I can't boot past "Read Forever"—it doesn't even continue to the N, shuts back down to black. It does this whether or not the SD card is in. Since I put CWM on it, now I can't restore from the 8 boot attempts, but I also can't seem to restore from anything else on the SD card.
I just erased everything on the card and put stock NC 1.2 on it, but I still have no luck booting up the NC to it.
How do I fix this? I can't even mount the NC on a computer to delete the files. (They were .just 2 zip files of CM10 and Google Apps.)
Hey, just to clarify, by "internal storage" I mean the same space where you can sideload files.
mooserampage said:
Hey, just to clarify, by "internal storage" I mean the same space where you can sideload files.
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That still does not help me. You mean the drives that show up in windows explorer? That should not have caused any problem. Give use a bit more info. There must have been something else that happened.
If you go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature, I have both bootable CWM SDs and a zip you can flash to put stock recovery back on internal memory so you can do the 8 failed boot. There are even instructions on how to do the 8 failed boot. See item A12.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
That still does not help me. You mean the drives that show up in windows explorer? That should not have caused any problem. Give use a bit more info. There must have been something else that happened.
If you go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature, I have both bootable CWM SDs and a zip you can flash to put stock recovery back on internal memory so you can do the 8 failed boot. There are even instructions on how to do the 8 failed boot. See item A12.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Yeah, it was put into that space called "MyNook" (or such) where you can add other files. I also don't know what is going wrong, and I'm confused. I had just used uNooter and then CWM, and was going to load CM10 and GApps but I have not been able to boot beyond "Read Forever" since they were dragged to that internal drive.
I just put on the bootable CWM and a stock zip to the SD card but apparently now my Nook needs to charge before I can see if it works.
mooserampage said:
Yeah, it was put into that space called "MyNook" (or such) where you can add other files. I also don't know what is going wrong, and I'm confused. I had just used uNooter and then CWM, and was going to load CM10 and GApps but I have not been able to boot beyond "Read Forever" since they were dragged to that internal drive.
I just put on the bootable CWM and a stock zip to the SD card but apparently now my Nook needs to charge before I can see if it works.
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What is uNooter and where did you get it? I think that is your problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
What is uNooter and where did you get it? I think that is your problem.
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I found uNooter through the CyanogenMod wiki page for the NC. (I am not allowed to post URLs, apparently.) I followed that page and got as far as replacing the stock recovery, with everything working fine. Then I ran into issues with getting ADB to work with Terminal, so I never got CM10 or GApps onto the SD card. I dragged them to the internal storage and when I tried to reboot into the stock Nook, it didn't work. (I was able to reboot after rooting and replacing stock recovery before this, both with and without the SD card, there was only a problem after the files went onto the internal storage.)
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I found uNooter through the CyanogenMod wiki page for the NC. (I am not allowed to post URLs, apparently.) I followed that page and got as far as replacing the stock recovery, with everything working fine. Then I ran into issues with getting ADB to work with Terminal, so I never got CM10 or GApps onto the SD card. I dragged them to the internal storage and when I tried to reboot into the stock Nook, it didn't work. (I was able to reboot after rooting and replacing stock recovery before this, both with and without the SD card, there was only a problem after the files went onto the internal storage.)
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It was not putting those files on internal memory that caused the issue. Something else happened with the uNooter after you installed it.
If my stock recovery zip and 8 failed boot does not fix it, I recommend you go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the steps there.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
It was not putting those files on internal memory that caused the issue. Something else happened with the uNooter after you installed it.
If my stock recovery zip and 8 failed boot does not fix it, I recommend you go to my NC partition repair thread linked in my signature and follow the steps there.
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Thanks, I will be trying the NC partition repair next. It seems to be ignoring the bootable CWM & stock zip entirely (or at least it will not boot at all) despite being fully charged.
EDIT: It looks like I spoke too soon! I'm now able to boot into CWM after leaving the NC sitting around for a few hours! I restored the ROM, put on stock 1.4.1, then did 8 failed boots and went back down to 1.2.0.
So, now I am now to 100% stock and debating my next steps.
mooserampage said:
Thanks, I will be trying the NC partition repair next. It seems to be ignoring the bootable CWM & stock zip entirely (or at least it will not boot at all) despite being fully charged.
EDIT: It looks like I spoke too soon! I'm now able to boot into CWM after leaving the NC sitting around for a few hours! I restored the ROM, put on stock 1.4.1, then did 8 failed boots and went back down to 1.2.0.
So, now I am now to 100% stock and debating my next steps.
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If you want rooted stock, go to my NC Tips thread, follow A15 and put 1.4.3 on it, then go to Manual Nooter 5.08.20 in the dev forum.
If you want CM10.1 on SD follow my updated NC SD guide.
If you want CM10.1 on internal memory, follow eyeballer's emmc guide.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Hey guys,
So here is a short summary of what has happened to my Nook Color since I purchased it:
1. Rooted it with CWM.
2. One day, CWM reset and it reverted to stock. I kept using it despite this.
3. The next week, it suddenly went into factory reset mode when I was using it. During which, a bar was loading and it suddenly shut off.
I have not been able to get it up and running ever since (none of the 1gb clockwork recovery images I'm flashing seem to work). I believe it is a partition issue, assuming the factory reset was doing some funny business with the partitions.
What's my next approach with this thing? There's not a single .img file on this forum that I've found so far that can help bring it back to life.
Is there a place where I can send it in for an unbricking? Thank you for your help.
vitax1 said:
Hey guys,
So here is a short summary of what has happened to my Nook Color since I purchased it:
1. Rooted it with CWM.
2. One day, CWM reset and it reverted to stock. I kept using it despite this.
3. The next week, it suddenly went into factory reset mode when I was using it. During which, a bar was loading and it suddenly shut off.
I have not been able to get it up and running ever since (none of the 1gb clockwork recovery images I'm flashing seem to work). I believe it is a partition issue, assuming the factory reset was doing some funny business with the partitions.
What's my next approach with this thing? There's not a single .img file on this forum that I've found so far that can help bring it back to life.
Is there a place where I can send it in for an unbricking? Thank you for your help.
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Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per my item A10 there. Then use that to flash either the stock ROM from item A15 or a CM rom.
If that does not work, go to my NC emmc partition repair thread also linked in my signature and run those zips.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
leapinlar said:
Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per my item A10 there. Then use that to flash either the stock ROM from item A15 or a CM rom.
If that does not work, go to my NC emmc partition repair thread also linked in my signature and run those zips.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Hey leapinlar,
Thanks for your help. Should I run all the .zip's? And are the scripts in the .zip files run on my machine (which is Linux)?
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Hey leapinlar,
Thanks for your help. Should I run all the .zip's? And are the scripts in the .zip files run on my machine (which is Linux)?
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which zips are you talking about? The ROM zips or the partition repair zips? In any case, none of the scripts get run on you PC. They all are meant to be installed by the CWM SD.
And if you meant the repair zips, follow the thread.(145678 and format, and if necessary p2)
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
I've spent hours at this now, and Im kind of wondering if my Nook Color is damaged in a way that it allows CWM to think it's written an image to the EMMC but it is actually failing to write anything.
I still have cyanoboot on the device, it still goes into Cyanogenmod boot screen and sits there indefinitely OR it reboots a couple times and gets stuck loading infinitely.
This is AFTER I have tried imaging it back to stock, CM 11, formatting it's partitions with the images on this site and various other things.
So either there is something common in all these tasks Im just blindly missing each time I try this and read/watch another tutorial that doesn't work out for me.....or something is wrong with my the Nook Color.
Can't even do the 8 failed reboots thing Im ASSUMING because the cyanoboot thing is there catching all the failed attempts.
Hadn't used the Nook Color in awhile because my wireless router died and it was kinda pointless to try to use it...now got a nice new router and the damn Nook is making me want to strangle it. So it was in some state other than stock, and I really don't remember if I was trying something new or if it worked fine when the router died at this point. I am just trying to get it to some point where it boots into some kinda of OS so I got some kind of baseline to start from at this point.
So ideas? I can get more specific if need be on what exactly I tried if it seems relevant, but I pretty much pulled the images and guides off the various posts referenced all over the net back to this forum. Hoping I missed something, going to be rather upset if this device is essentially dead since I haven't used it a whole lot since purchase..
First off, make sure you really have a Nook Color and not a Nook Tablet. The Color has a black bezel and the Tablet is silver. If it is a Tablet, the files on this forum will not work.
If you really have a Color, you need to explain more the steps you have taken to try to revive it before we can help.
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It's a Nook Color, I've actually rooted and put it back to stock over a year ago. But even the methods I used then will not remove the Cyanoboot or whatever version of CM it's trying to boot into that never goes anywhere.
I've tried
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1759558
To see if it's a partition problem AFTER I tried to rewrite the boot/etc to stock and CM 11 with no luck.
Even went to Youtube to make sure I Was getting the proper screens and responses from the device.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEoFPApfeQ To try to restore it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj_DGZaKwBw To try to put a different version of CWM on it.
Used this link for GApps http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Gapps, I tried the "small" version along side CM 11
Tried using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22809801&postcount=148 to try to restore it to a Nook Color rom.
Tried following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2653483 Which is a collection of help postings on the Nook Color....havent had any luck with anything on there.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=encore&type=snapshot is where I got my images for the Nook Color Cyanogenmod. I used M12, with no results.
And while Im posting all the stuff I used.... I had http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50438799&postcount=4 opened if I ever got it to boot into CM to use for further issues....maybe it'll help someone else.
And I can't tell you what order I did them all in at this point because I tried and retried different things. And I still have cyanobootloader coming up, if I select EMMC recovery it goes to what looks like a barnes and noble original screen to me and says "Install failed". If I let it do the standard EMMC bootup it just loads forever.
I HAVE NOT tried to load a bootable SD with the OS, etc on it because I was trying to get the device to work properly on the EMMC first. But if that is something that needs to be done to fix it, I can do that if you point me in the right direction. I'll even try to use ADB on it if I can get some kind of guide to it...most of the ones I found were no longer valid /missing links and other things with just a few random command lines but no images or anything to use and I didn't want to risk screwing the device up even more.
Thanks.
The reason you see "install failed" when trying to go to internal recovery is because you still have stock recovery installed on internal memory.
And after you did the partition repair and you want to install CM11, you must upgrade your recovery to v6045 or newer before flashing the CM11 zip.
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leapinlar said:
The reason you see "install failed" when trying to go to internal recovery is because you still have stock recovery installed on internal memory.
And after you did the partition repair and you want to install CM11, you must upgrade your recovery to v6045 or newer before flashing the CM11 zip.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Is this referring to the CWM version on the SD card, EMMC or both? I used some of the premade images for booting and they were all older versions of CWM.
I believe I attempted to use "cwm-6.0.5.0-encore-emmc+sd.zip" when I attempted to install CM11. If it wasn't that one it was "cwm-6.0.4.7-encore-signed.zip". It was CM11 Snapshot M12 with gapps-kk-20140105 since it's smaller than 20140606. It did the blue text scrolling install of both, autodetecting gapps and installing it. Then removed both from the SD card when I did it. I didn't catch any errors.
I have not been able to get the Nook Color to enter the CWM version on the EMMC to verify it's version number....but this may be because Cyanoboot is catching it or Im doing something wrong.
If I were going to describe this problem on a PC, I'd say it was pointed at a corrupted boot device and ignoring the one you're trying to use in it's place.
Xaxl said:
Is this referring to the CWM version on the SD card, EMMC or both? I used some of the premade images for booting and they were all older versions of CWM.
I believe I attempted to use "cwm-6.0.5.0-encore-emmc+sd.zip" when I attempted to install CM11. If it wasn't that one it was "cwm-6.0.4.7-encore-signed.zip". It was CM11 Snapshot M12 with gapps-kk-20140105 since it's smaller than 20140606. It did the blue text scrolling install of both, autodetecting gapps and installing it. Then removed both from the SD card when I did it. I didn't catch any errors.
I have not been able to get the Nook Color to enter the CWM version on the EMMC to verify it's version number....but this may be because Cyanoboot is catching it or Im doing something wrong.
If I were going to describe this problem on a PC, I'd say it was pointed at a corrupted boot device and ignoring the one you're trying to use in it's place.
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Blue text scrolling means you are trying to install to SD, not emmc.
What are you trying to install, emmc or SD? If trying for SD, you are using files made for emmc.
If you want to go back to stock, go to my NC tips thread linked in my signature and use an older version of CWM to flash the stock zip from item A15 there.
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Really Im just trying to get what's on it, replaced with something that is functional so I can tell when Im doing something right or wrong.
I will attempt to do this again and try to document it a little better. I would like the EMMC to be functional at the very least no matter what version it ends up being... I will attempt stock again from your guide which I thought I did right the other night but Ill try it again.
OK.
Using:
NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip
TWRP-2.1.8-bootable-SD-encore.zip
nookcolor_1_4_3.signed.zip
I imaged the TWRP img onto an SD, copied both zips onto it.
Put it in the Nook Color, powered on and I saw the cyanoboot, then it loaded into TWRP.
From the install menu I installed the format partitions zip. It ran without errors. I wiped the cache/dalvik.
Then went back into the install menu and ran the nookcolor_1_4_3signed.zip. I see this:
-- Install /sdcard/nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip ...
Finding update package. . .
Opening update package. . .
Installing update . . .
E: Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 0)
*Verifying filesystems ...
* Verifying partition sizes...
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip'
I will try it with another microSD card just incase it's defective.......and then see if trying another signed nookcolor might work from the guide.
Tried a different micro sd and used signed version 1.4.1 stock.
Did same steps. It errors, but as soon as it errors, it's like the TWRP resets real fast and gets the blue boot screen, flickers a couple times then rolls back and away to show the buttons again...takes 30 seconds or so.
Xaxl said:
Tried a different micro sd and used signed version 1.4.1 stock.
Did same steps. It errors, but as soon as it errors, it's like the TWRP resets real fast and gets the blue boot screen, flickers a couple times then rolls back and away to show the buttons again...takes 30 seconds or so.
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Try it using the CWM instead of TWRP.
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leapinlar said:
Try it using the CWM instead of TWRP.
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Ok... I'm using CWM 6.0.1.2 from your guide. Format partitions zip and 1.4.3 stock signed that I used prior.
I just got done flashing the format and then stock to the nook color and no errors are reported untill...
I just finished writing Nookcolor_1_4_3_signed.zip...
Finding update packing
opening update package
installing update
boot files...
Install from sdcard complete.
And here's the first errors:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I don't know if they mean anything, but something similar popped up in other attempts. I am rebooting device now to see what happens.
Going to EMMC 01 in top left of Cyanoboot screen....blank screen...waiting.
Cyanomod rotating load screen comes up. And if it holds true, it'll do this until the battery dies.
I don't think the stuff is being written to the EMMC. Which...maybe it's damaged or maybe there's some kind of lock out in place preventing it that needs turned off?
If I can get it running off an SD I'll be happy at this point...perhaps it'll be easier to tell if the EMMC is screwed up then.. If you are out of ideas or think it's damaged. Only reasons I can think of since it's been sitting for a couple months is was kind of near a speaker and I know magnets can damage HDs but really strong magnets can fry phones and stuff....so might have gotten the EMMC in some weird way.
Or some sort of power surge got it when I had it plugged in before I stopped using it.
Did you try my partition repair zips from my partition repair thread linked in my signature?
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leapinlar said:
Did you try my partition repair zips from my partition repair thread linked in my signature?
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Yes I tried 1-4-5-6-7-8 and the separate 2 one. But if you want me to try again I can.....any specific version of CWM you want me to use?
Xaxl said:
Yes I tried 1-4-5-6-7-8 and the separate 2 one. But if you want me to try again I can.....any specific version of CWM you want me to use?
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I've always liked the v5504. If the repairs do not work, something is wrong with the NC.
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leapinlar said:
I've always liked the v5504. If the repairs do not work, something is wrong with the NC.
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I figured.......I'll try it a little later and see if any luck with the repair partition zips..but I doubt it.
Meanwhile, I should probably get you to point me to some SD images to see if I can get it to boot up into CM something and work successfully off the SD card.
I'm hoping I can find a way to fix the EMMC once Im able to successfully boot the device....or even with ADB. I dunno. Pisses me off since I never used the Nook excessively and took pains to keep it safe.
Oh and I saw people asking for specific partition repair files (like unique to their device), does that sound like a possibility here?
Xaxl said:
I figured.......I'll try it a little later and see if any luck with the repair partition zips..but I doubt it.
Meanwhile, I should probably get you to point me to some SD images to see if I can get it to boot up into CM something and work successfully off the SD card.
I'm hoping I can find a way to fix the EMMC once Im able to successfully boot the device....or even with ADB. I dunno. Pisses me off since I never used the Nook excessively and took pains to keep it safe.
Oh and I saw people asking for specific partition repair files (like unique to their device), does that sound like a possibility here?
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Go to my NC SD installation instruction thread linked in my signature to install CM to SD. I recommend CM10.1.3 from the CM site.
You can also put stock on SD. See my NC Tips thread, item B11 in the second post there.
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So using 5504 of CWM with your partition repairs did nothing...still has cyanoboot and infinite load screen.
Working on SD installation now base on your recommendations.
Is there something you can think of that could be done from the SD boot to diagnose the EMMC more? It doesn't seem like there's really anything coming up on google even remotely similar to my issue.
And I've done this once with a much larger SD card but it had kind of **** transfer speeds so it might be defective... So Im repeating it as I type this.
Generic-sdcard-v1.3......rev8c.zip is what I used to image the card.
Then I used CM-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-encore.zip
and gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip
The device ran through all the blue text and turned itself off. Loaded up with Cyanoboot going to SD01 and then it would blank screen for awhile and reboot...and repeat itself.
Now this one just error with not enough space on google apps, but Im going to see if the thing will even attempt to boot up.
Then Ill try your recommended version of CM...I already had all these images and was just hoping to see some results after all this.
OK. Some kind of success....
I actually got it to boot up using your rev8c, CM 10.1.3 and gapps-jb-20130301
BUT it gives TONS of popup errors....I was able to get through the setups somewhat. But once it's at the desktop...
I see
Unfortunately, Email has stopped. ----- Press OK then I get
Unfortunately, Trebuchet has stopped. --- Press OK, back to email.
I can kind of get into the settings and stuff, but with the continuous errors popping up it's hard to do anything productive.
So I'm going to let it sit and see if you have any input on that. I find it weird that it loaded with this version...but not the other.
As soon as I got it connected to the wireless network, a couple errors popped up, screen flashed and it went back to the cyanogenmod loading screen WITHOUT rebooting.
I don't even know what information would be useful at this point, lol.