I know there are many rooting problem things, but this is different. I am stuck in limbo, it is booting up with no way to turn off. I have no idea what to do.
I used TouchNooter, and it failed.
Please, someone help me fix my never used nook.
So pressing the power button for 20+ seconds does nothing?
Update!
I got it! I tried to restore it, and once it was restored it was also rooted. Amazing, huh?
Anyway, now when I change screens it has odd outlines of everything on the last page.
I ran into the same problem rooting with TouchNooter: rooting failed to complete as prescribed in the rooting instruction, then reverting to stock using n2T-Recovery left my NST in a state much like yours including noticeable ghosting image from prior screen displays.
Finally, I used TouchFormatter to revert to stock and then was able to re-root with successfully MinimalTouch. MinimalTouch's rooting process seems more complicated but in practice is straightforward and works just as prescribed in the instruction.
digixmax said:
Finally, I used TouchFormatter to revert to stock and then was able to re-root with successfully MinimalTouch. MinimalTouch's rooting process seems more complicated but in practice is straightforward and works just as prescribed in the instruction.
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I did pretty much the same, but I tried the Touchnooter twice. Ended up using MinimalTouch.
Rooting with Touchnooter 2.1.31 FAIL
I have a new NST. Upgraded firmware to 1.1.2 and am registered with B&N. Also have several books loaded on my NST.
FIRST I backed up my Nook using the winimage tool and saved that file in case I have to restore.
SECOND I followed the directions exactly to get the proper touchnooter image on my 2gig microSD card using winimage. All went well. I checked the card and all files appear to be there.
NEXT I attempted to root my NST. Here's what I did, step by step:
1. I powered off the Nook
2. I inserted the SDcard with TouchNooter 2.1.31
3. I then powered on the Nook
4. Got the TouchNooter screen which says to wait for the black screen flash, remove SDcard, then reboot.
5. About 20 seconds later saw a quick black flash
6. Immediately the next screen (the Nook startup screen) with the 5 dots appeared.
7. The Nook hung at this screen, with the first dot black. I waited about 10 min. just to be safe.
8. Nothing else happened
THEN I:
9. Removed the microSD card
10. Powered off the Nook
11. Powered the Nook back on
AND....
The Nook was NOT rooted, I saw the READ FOREVER startup screen and the Nook started up as normal with no root.
I never saw the "Rooted Forever" screen.
I tried rooting my NST 2 more times.
Same outcome.
Can someone PLEASE explain how to get Touchnooter 2.1.31 to actually work?
My nook still says "Read forever" when I boot up, but I believe it is rooted. Touchnooter, same process as yours.
What happens after it boots up now?
Do you see the button saviour arrow on the right edge close to the middle?
"rooted forever" shows up if you're booting using noogie. I don't think you'll see that screen from TouchNooter. It should boot up looking normal but once you "unlock" the screen after first boot you would see the little android robot that takes you through setup.
First I see the Read Forever screen.
Then after it boots up it flashes then goes to the author screensaver and I have to slide to unlock. I do not see any android symbol or button saviour on the right edge. The screensaver takes up all the real estate.
Once I slide to unlock the screen goes to wherever I was before in my Nook. Usually the home screen.
If there's an android symbol appearing...I'm not seeing it.
cbay said:
My nook still says "Read forever" when I boot up, but I believe it is rooted. Touchnooter, same process as yours.
What happens after it boots up now?
Do you see the button saviour arrow on the right edge close to the middle?
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When I used TouchNooter it would reset my firmware version back to showing 1.1, so I ended up using MinimalTouch to root. It stayed on the black screen when it "flashed to black" for me, though. You could try restoring back to 1.1 and then using TouchNooter, or give MinimalTouch a try?
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First I see the Read Forever screen.
Then after it boots up it flashes then goes to the author screensaver and I have to slide to unlock. I do not see any android symbol or button saviour on the right edge. The screensaver takes up all the real estate.
Once I slide to unlock the screen goes to wherever I was before in my Nook. Usually the home screen.
If there's an android symbol appearing...I'm not seeing it.
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I believe your nook is not rooted then. You should try again with touchnooter.
I tried 3 more times.
Same result.
Then I tried using MinimalTouch.
Also the same result with the screen ending up at the Nook login screen with the 5 dots and stopping there, hanging.
I don't know what to do to get this NST rooted.
lottanookie said:
I tried 3 more times.
Same result.
Then I tried using MinimalTouch.
Also the same result with the screen ending up at the Nook login screen with the 5 dots and stopping there, hanging.
I don't know what to do to get this NST rooted.
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Between my 1st and 2nd attempt with TouchNooter, I did do a factory reset using the settings menu,and re register the device to B&N.
I updated my NST with the multitouch.zip found in the multitouch thread. It was working properly until the backlight logo disaperd at the top, I tried to restart, still gone. I deregistered my device and did factory reset, still gone. Updated with stock_kernel, still gone.
And worst part is, I'm stuck att the registration window where I'm supposed to get the glowlight going by holding the n button for 2 seconds. But it never turns on.
What am I supposed to do? :S
Sorry, used this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289233
Someone help! I rooted the nook color using cm7, and then I tried to do a reset back to the factory image (8 power on/off's), and then it got stuck in a loop saying it was downloading software, and now it will not power up at all unless I use a bootable sd card. I have tried using restore files, files direct from the Barnes & Noble website, and nothing I can do seems to make a difference. It is driving me crazy. The screen just stays black, and the only indication of life that I get is if I have it plugged into my computer, and I hold the power long enough, a box pops up asking me to choose where to connect the new device, but nothing shows up on the screen at all. I am going nuts with this thing, and the threads that I have found on here about it have had all of the files taken down. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.
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Someone help! I rooted the nook color using cm7, and then I tried to do a reset back to the factory image (8 power on/off's), and then it got stuck in a loop saying it was downloading software, and now it will not power up at all unless I use a bootable sd card. I have tried using restore files, files direct from the Barnes & Noble website, and nothing I can do seems to make a difference. It is driving me crazy. The screen just stays black, and the only indication of life that I get is if I have it plugged into my computer, and I hold the power long enough, a box pops up asking me to choose where to connect the new device, but nothing shows up on the screen at all. I am going nuts with this thing, and the threads that I have found on here about it have had all of the files taken down. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance.
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Look in my tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item A15 and it tells you how to download and flash with CWM the latest stock rom.
Tried Getting Cyanogen Mod 7 I think on my nook color and it started up then there was a error and it reset and now stuck on Cyanoboot universal bootloader loading screen. Help please I've been trying to figure this out for almost a year. I tried the SD card recovery thing and nothing it won't even recognize it and not even be forced into recovery or anything. What should I do to restore or unbrick my nook color?
First you need to verify you really have a Nook Color. You could have a Nook Tablet. The Color has a black bezel and the Tablet has a silver bezel. Which do you have?
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My Nook Glowlight 3 (rooted) was running quite slowly, and it seemed there were some problems with the disk, as some books were damaged and can't be opened. So I entered the TWRP recovery, wiped the partitions and then a factory reset followed. However, after that, Nook restarted and stuck at the following step. Tried POWER+HOME, POWER+RIGHT UP, POWER+RIGHT DOWN, Nook just restarted to the same screen and can not enter recovery any more. No ADB device as well.
Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
fixed
So how did you fix it? Seriously, this is so annoying for people who come later with the same problem to just see "fixed" with no details.