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[Q] Factory restore

I need a .img of the original rom, where can i find? Thanks

Aran83 said:
I need a .img of the original rom, where can i find? Thanks
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You cant, every NST is unique and using an image from another NST will cause trouble for both you and the NST it came from.

Thanks, nook is bricked but I can read the main partition, which .img I install?
Sorry for my english.

Aran83 said:
Thanks, nook is bricked but I can read the main partition, which .img I install?
Sorry for my english.
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There's no img you can install.
You can try booting n2T-Recovery (v0.2) from a SD card and see if that helps. (Do not write that image to your NST!)
If not, send me a PM and I'll try to help you out

Something else you can try:
1) Flash noogie.img to an sd card.
2) Hook up your nook to a pc via usb once it has booted, and you should see all the partitions exported there.
3) In one of those partitions (recovery maybe? I'm struggling to remember), there's a factory.zip, which you can then install using the "Install from zip" feature of clockwork mod.
If you go this route, you'll have to reflash your sd card with clockwork mod after you've extracted the factory.zip using noogie.
Seems like kind of a pain, but I just recovered my device using this.

Remains in the screen ROOTED FOREVER and i can't do anything

I think, for michaelwill's method, you need to have linux running. I suggest you to try ros87's suggestion.

if I use backup from nook of my friend?

Aran83 said:
if I use backup from nook of my friend?
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That is not a good idea, since each NookTouch has a unique information to register. If you are thinking of full restore from your friend's image (1.8GB image), it will overwrite your unique information. In that case, you and your friend's devices cannot register to BnN (or just one device). People says the info is stored in /rom. If you want to know more, you need to dig more. Otherwise try factory reset suggested by ros.

herofmm said:
That is not a good idea, since each NookTouch has a unique information to register. If you are thinking of full restore from your friend's image (1.8GB image), it will overwrite your unique information. In that case, you and your friend's devices cannot register to BnN (or just one device). People says the info is stored in /rom. If you want to know more, you need to dig more. Otherwise try factory reset suggested by ros.
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Correct!
Using a image from another NST is a very very bad idea!
There are a lot of stuff that's unique to your NST stored in /rom and in rombackup.zip on the Factory partition.
This includes:
Serial Number
Main Board Serial
Product ID
Manufacturing date
SHA hash of Private Key
Public Key in modulus form
WiFi Calibration file
Some unique binary file for your eInk screen
MAC Address
Battery Type
Duplicating the serial will make you or your friend unable to register with B&N
Duplicating / Faking the private/public key pair, will most likely make you unable to register with B&N (I'm currently testing this)
Duplicating a WiFi calibration can cause degraded WiFi performance
Duplicating that EPD vcom file (eInk screen).. well who knows
Duplicating the MAC will cause network troubles if used on the same network.
The wrong Battery Type (I've seen three different so far) can cause charging troubles, and will cause incorrect charge indication.
Don't go there!

NookRestore.img
Try writing NookRestore.img to an mSD card. (You can get a copy at my website: NootRoot)

Hard reset
I had issues rooting my NST and got stuck in a boot loop. After digging and digging through forums I finally discovered the secret to a hard reset. The instructions said to hold the power and the two bottom side buttons down together for over 20 seconds. That worked! My NST was back to when I pulled it out of the box. I then proceeded to re rooting. (my mistake was I did not upgrade the OS before rooting). My bad. Hope this helps someone recover from a stuck boot loop.
Good luck.

chucktate said:
My NST was back to when I pulled it out of the box.
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No it wasn't, Factory Reset doesn't remove root files or system apps installed by root tools, it only clears custom apps and settings.
While you might think it's back to stock, there are still leftover files and changes in /boot and /system

ros87 said:
Correct!
Using a image from another NST is a very very bad idea!
There are a lot of stuff that's unique to your NST stored in /rom and in rombackup.zip on the Factory partition.
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Hi, I've just found a way around this - it is possible to restore somebody else's .img file, provided you've backup up your rombackup.zip. Then after, using Noogie, you can overwrite rombackup.zip and the contents of it which are on a different partition. The only danger is that you would potentially overwrite battery type config file, as Nook has couple of them. I gave it a try on mine and it seems fine.

sokoow said:
Hi, I've just found a way around this - it is possible to restore somebody else's .img file, provided you've backup up your rombackup.zip. Then after, using Noogie, you can overwrite rombackup.zip and the contents of it which are on a different partition. The only danger is that you would potentially overwrite battery type config file, as Nook has couple of them. I gave it a try on mine and it seems fine.
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That is correct.
Problem is that most people who end up in a state where Factory Restore doesn't work has usually managed to overwrite their partition tables and part of the /rom partition.
And at this point it is too late to backup rombackup.zip as it's usually fragmented and cannot be recovered by ext2 file recovery tools.
So.. do a full backup before you do anything to your NST

I found if you restore with holding the two lower buttons it will remove all rooted files.

Googie2149 said:
I found if you restore with holding the two lower buttons it will remove all rooted files.
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Read post 13 by ros87!
ros87 said:
No it wasn't, Factory Reset doesn't remove root files or system apps installed by root tools, it only clears custom apps and settings.
While you might think it's back to stock, there are still leftover files and changes in /boot and /system
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Go to my website, download nookRestore.img and write it to an mSD card, Erase and De register, Power Off, then insert mSD then power up, then follow on screen instructions!

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Torimu.Joji said:
I'll update the website and post links to XDA.
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Thank you sir!
By posting proper links you help ensure that people get the most recent software and information

[Q] HELP! Just Rooted acer iconia a500 3.2 and lost all files!

I'm a little new to the acer iconia a500 and just rooted it using the 3.2.1 rooting method on xda. Well the first thing i did was make a backup on mybackup to /mnt/sdcard. And i forgot that was still a system partition.... So when I followede the rooting pdf and rooted it, everything, and i mean EVERYTHING was gone, as if it was factory reset. My question is if i can get any data back?

lol. nope.

joshumax said:
I'm a little new to the acer iconia a500 and just rooted it using the 3.2.1 rooting method on xda. Well the first thing i did was make a backup on mybackup to /mnt/sdcard. And i forgot that was still a system partition.... So when I followede the rooting pdf and rooted it, everything, and i mean EVERYTHING was gone, as if it was factory reset. My question is if i can get any data back?
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Double Nope. It's been formatted.

I find if its that important to you to transfer to PC.... The chances of having the info I need on the wrong partition and my main PC dying are pretty thin, I think....

joshumax said:
I'm a little new to the acer iconia a500 and just rooted it using the 3.2.1 rooting method on xda. Well the first thing i did was make a backup on mybackup to /mnt/sdcard. And i forgot that was still a system partition.... So when I followede the rooting pdf and rooted it, everything, and i mean EVERYTHING was gone, as if it was factory reset. My question is if i can get any data back?
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this happened to me when i used the downgrade to get the 4.0.3 leak off my tablet. i made a big stink about there being ZERO warning that its a format and not a re-flash like the 3.0 downgrade method, judging by your experience you can see how little the guy who came up with that method cares about what he does to someone else's tablet without warning.

First rule of flashing, backup to a known SAFE location. Don't go blaming other people for your own stupidity.

Thats what i thought....
Would have been nice to have put that in bold red letters on the post.... roots at least still worth it.

Formatting storage will always wipe stored data. It's been that way since, like, forever.

I intentionally formatted my Iconia using the rotation lock toggle, then just for kicks, I tried out a few data recovery programs on it. I was able to recover almost everything from the tablet that I wanted using Recuva, even apks from my download folders.
Here's a link, http://www.piriform.com/recuva.
While this won't help to restore your tablet, you can at least salvage your pics and stuff.
Hope that helps.

JdgM3NT4L said:
I intentionally formatted my Iconia using the rotation lock toggle, then just for kicks, I tried out a few data recovery programs on it. I was able to recover almost everything from the tablet that I wanted using Recuva, even apks from my download folders.
Here's a link, http://www.piriform.com/recuva.
While this won't help to restore your tablet, you can at least salvage your pics and stuff.
Hope that helps.
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How do you map the iconia as a drive letter? Recuva seems to need it mapped as a letter to work.

not sure if its what your looking for. as i do not know that recovery program
but to map a network drive .. From a windows computer go to Network then at the top click tools then map network drive. Follow the instructions. You may need to go into my computer . providing you have full path shown in folder options. You can highlight the iconia partitions . then copy the location an the bar at top of page. Past it into the correct location back in the map network drive tool.
hope this is not to complicated or steps missing . typed in a hurry and from memory . its easy to do something then miss a step explaining it.
by the way NEVER EVER EVER FLASH NOTHING Without DATA BACKED up someplace off the device. i backup to ftp site and to my notebook as well as on my sd card.
If this is helpful smile .

Sadly that's the first thing I tried. It didn't work....
Either way having plasma active port on my iconia is worth it.
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Bricking stuff since 2007!

joshumax said:
Thats what i thought....
Would have been nice to have put that in bold red letters on the post.... roots at least still worth it.
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Yeah, we got nixxed on using a remote Sat Taser to give warnings when you're about to mess with installing Roms and such.
There's no substitute for redundancy

yep external backups if you need to keep all the info , thumb drives , I dont personally care myself if I lose it all on the acer , I can always find a way back to where I was , just will take longer, i back up in Ra before switching roms ,but thats about it!

how to install a custom rom on acer a500!!
Hey I rooted my acer a500 two days ago useing xda v4 root (for acer iconia a500) it was very user friendly
now I want to install a custom romm so I can overclock or underclock it how do I do that need help!!! Thank u

[Q] Restore Nook Color to Stock

I recently purchased a Nook Color (used) at a flea market. I could not check it out prior to purchase because the battery was dead. (Shame on me) The seller did not bother to tell me (Shame on him) that he had "rooted" (I think that is what it is called) the Nook and installed Google apps on it.
When I first power up the Nook, I get a screen that says "Cyanogenmod". The next screen simply says "Android" in small letters in the upper left hand corner. The next screen says "Google" and has two spinning, interlocking gears. Finally, a screen appears with the Android "person" in the middle, with a number of apps that the owner previously downloaded.
I have tried doing the 8 interrupted boots, but that does not seem to be working. All of this talk about ADB and Android sdk is wayyyy above my expertise level. Can someone provide me with an easy to follow/understand step by step guide to restore my Nook Color to stock? I've also tried following the video on theunlockr.com and the forums on xda.developers.com, but some of the hyperlinks to the necessary software appear to no longer be functioning.

Hi Tim you can restore. The easiest way is going to be to create a bootable ClockWork Mod Recovery (CWR) SD card and then flash whatever ROM it is you want the Nook to be (stock, CM7, CM9).
Here are a couple of threads to look at with links to files you may want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599646
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576833
Basically you need a uSD card, a CWR image and the zip file for the ROM you want to restore to. Burn the CWR image to the uSD card using win32diskimager and then place the zip file for the ROM you want to use on the card (not in any folder and don't unzip it).
Power down, place the card in the Nook and power up. Then choose wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache. This will ensure everything is cleared out to flash the new ROM. Next choose install zip from sd card and choose the zip file of the ROM you want to flash.
Once it is done flashing unmount the sd card and choose reboot or hold the power button until it powers off and remove the card and then power back on.
JP

It is also worth checking first, if you haven't already done so, whether there is a uSD card left in the Nook (under the little hinged cover).
The Nook will load of this first if it is in there and bypass the software on the main machine.
If there is a card in there, then take it out and try powering off and on again to see what it then loads. Also you could retry the 8 failed boots method.

No, there is no sd card in the nook. And I have tried the 8 failed boot method to no avail.
JP, I am downloading one of the programs that was missing. It'll be about an hour before it is done. I'll go from there.
I'll probably be asking more questions, as I am about as computer illiterate as they come. Hope you have a lot of patience and will hang with me.
Tim

It is a pretty simple process as long as you can follow directions. There are only really three main parts 1. Downloading files, 2. Burning an image to make a bootable micro SD card and 3. Flash the downloaded zip files from that card.
I'm sure we'll be able to get you through it

I downloaded the source file but I cannot get it to run. I do not understand the installation instructions in the read me file that comes with the source zip. For example, what does "QT" stand for? Is it quick time or some other program?

tim844 said:
I downloaded the source file but I cannot get it to run. I do not understand the installation instructions in the read me file that comes with the source zip. For example, what does "QT" stand for? Is it quick time or some other program?
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What guide are you following? I would suggest using my guide that is linked in my sig. Go to the restoring to stock section.
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OK. I followed your link, registered to become an androiad central member. Working on it now. But I think I am in way over my head. How about I just box it up and UPS/FEDEX it to you? I'm in Ohio. I wanted to have it fixed for mother's day but that is obviously not going to happen.

My son says that the previous owner installed the clockwork recovery mode file directly unto the nook color. According to every video we have watched, that is a big no no! Everytime we try to hard reboot the nook, we get the cwm screen with no sd card in the nook.
We finally have the correct winimager file and are going to attempt to return the nook the stock using the cwm recovery image and the nook zip file.

tim844 said:
My son says that the previous owner installed the clockwork recovery mode file directly unto the nook color. According to every video we have watched, that is a big no no! Everytime we try to hard reboot the nook, we get the cwm screen with no sd card in the nook.
We finally have the correct winimager file and are going to attempt to return the nook the stock using the cwm recovery image and the nook zip file.
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If you use the files from my guide it will get rid of clockworkmod and you will have a completely stock NC.
If you have problems with WinImage try Win32. And always remember to run these programs as Admin.
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Where are you in ohio? I could help ya out if you still need it.

Follow info in post 2... its really simple.

Success! Almost. We followed your instructions to the letter. Everything seems to be working. Except, I cannot register the device. I watch the introductory video and then go to the register device screen. I enter my wife's B&N e-mail address and password, but it will not accept it. It refers me to their 800 number.
On your other website I noticed people talking about wiping two different caches. I am not sure my son caught that or skipped that step. Could that be the problem? Or is there something else he/we may have overlooked?
I can't say thanks enough. Hopefully we can get over this last hurdle and I can give it to her tomorrow for mother's day.
Anxiously looking forward to your thoughts.

I'm in Akron, Ohio

tim844 said:
Success! Almost. We followed your instructions to the letter. Everything seems to be working. Except, I cannot register the device. I watch the introductory video and then go to the register device screen. I enter my wife's B&N e-mail address and password, but it will not accept it. It refers me to their 800 number.
On your other website I noticed people talking about wiping two different caches. I am not sure my son caught that or skipped that step. Could that be the problem? Or is there something else he/we may have overlooked?
I can't say thanks enough. Hopefully we can get over this last hurdle and I can give it to her tomorrow for mother's day.
Anxiously looking forward to your thoughts.
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Hmm. Does making a new account work? If not try going through the steps again and reflash it, it could have been a bad flash.
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tim844 said:
I recently purchased a Nook Color (used) at a flea market. I could not check it out prior to purchase because the battery was dead. (Shame on me) The seller did not bother to tell me (Shame on him) that he had "rooted" (I think that is what it is called) the Nook and installed Google apps on it.
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Hmm. Does making a new account work? If not try going through the steps again and reflash it, it could have been a bad flash.
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More likely it is still registered at B&N to the previous owner.

DizzyDen said:
More likely it is still registered at B&N to the previous owner.
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Oh I didn't even think of that. Yeah, that is most likely the problem. Hopefully you can contact the previous owner and get him/her to deactivate it or you are basically SOL.
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Somewhere on the XDA site, I don't recall where, I saw a thread with another 2nd owner who had the same 'previously registered' problem you probably have; he got directions on a workable fix. Do a search; maybe you'll find it...

Thanks to everyone for all their help! I contacted B&N yesterday and it is registered to the former owner. They refused to help. All I could get out of them was I would have to contact the owner myself and ask him to unregister the device. I am working on that, but I don't hold out much help.
As a last resort, I might take it back to an Android device. However, I want it done correctly. I don't need the cell phone Android sysem he installed on it.
Again, thanks! It is nice to meet such helpful people.

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[TUTORIAL] Recovering your Nook Simple Touch Glow

Disclaimer
Before even consider reading this, know that I cannot be held responsible if following these steps will: brick your device, make your girl friend break up with you, start third world war or do any other kind of damage.
Motivation
This tutorial is intended to help people who did not make a full backup of their device and applied the Alpha-FormatTouch-2.zip to their device and as a result lost the GlowLight feature. It took me a couple of days to figure out how to revert to factory settings, and thus, I hope that I can save others time.
Preliminary
You need
Nook Simple Touch Glowlight, semibricked
SD Card
SD card reader
Downloads
Download the following files:
factory.zip - downloads[dot]nanophysics[dot]dk/nstg/factory[dot]zip (if you have a copy of your own factory.zip -- found on the partition /factory/ -- use that instead)
[ClockworkMod - downloads[dot]nanophysics[dot]dk/nstg/sd_128mb_clockwork-rc2[dot]zip
Install Clockworkmod on SD card
On Mac OS X, plug in the SD card and find the device using
Code:
$ diskutil list
I will assume that your device is /dev/disk1. Unmount the disk
Code:
sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
and write the ClockworkMod to it
Code:
sudo dd if=128mb_clockwork-rc2.img of=/dev/disk1
Copy the factory.zip to the disk and eject it.
On Windows you can use Win32Imager.
Install factory image
Power off your Nook and insert the SD card. Then power it up. After a while the CWM menu will appear (if you get a white screen press right-down). Select "install zip from sdcard" using the right side navigation to go up and down and u to enter. If you enter the wrong menu you can go back on right up. Now select "choose zip from sdcard" and choose factory.zip. Finally, click the option saying "yes - install factory.zip"
After a few minutes the installation is complete and if everything went ok, you should now be back to the original factory software.
Reset user settings (optional)
If you want your Nook to be completely reset, you can optionally do a reset of your settings. Power off you Nook. Power it up again and hold left and right down simultaneously for around 30 s. Answer yes twice. After a while your Nook has been reset.
Backup
Finally, it is time to do what you should have done in the first place (and probably also the reason why you are following this tutorial): Make a full backup of your Nooks internal SD card. See blog[dot]the-ebook-reader[dot]com/2012/05/02/how-to-backup-and-restore-nook-glow-and-nook-simple-touch for more information.

Thanks for the tutorial. However i just had a few queries.
1. My NSTG is rooted and functioning normally. Only glowlight does not work. Does your tutorial apply to such a device too.
2. How can i take backups of my current /rom and /factory partitions so that i can restore them in case of any eventuality.
Thanks a bunch in advance.

i just erase every thing . now my nook is completely messed up.
I can't find your factory.zip would you mind resend it please ?

shank21101985 said:
Thanks for the tutorial. However i just had a few queries.
1. My NSTG is rooted and functioning normally. Only glowlight does not work. Does your tutorial apply to such a device too.
2. How can i take backups of my current /rom and /factory partitions so that i can restore them in case of any eventuality.
Thanks a bunch in advance.
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If your NSTG is rooted, this may remove rooting - at least I think, I did not try. However, you can always reroot.
Regarding backup, I would make a full image backup before starting. If you have a Windows box, follow the instruction on blog[dot]the-ebook-reader[dot]com/2012/05/02/how-to-backup-and-restore-nook-glow-and-nook-simple-touch and make a full backup of your system.
I have only done backup of individual partitions on Linux: Boot the device with noogie.img and plug it in. On Ubuntu,t 6-8 partitions should immediately appear.

jjinkou2 said:
i just erase every thing . now my nook is completely messed up.
I can't find your factory.zip would you mind resend it please ?
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There was missing a slash in the URL. It has been fixed.

Are you able to register a device reimaged using this factory.zip to your BN account?
If not, it's a bit of a pain for folks.
I have a disk image made via
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/part1.img bs=1M
This contains teh whole of a US NSTG's first partition; restoring it using
dd if=part1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 bs=1M
allows me to boot my device, and the glow still works.
This seems to be more likely to restore the glow function yet preserve the ability to register with BN - the factory.zip method is not generic, as far as I know, it will restore some other person's NST serial number, mac address and other identifiers to your device, won't it?
If someone will PM me, I'll send a zipped copy of my .img file to them and let them try using it to recover glow function and their own registration in a nook glow. If that works, it can be posted more widely.

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This seems to be more likely to restore the glow function yet preserve the ability to register with BN - the factory.zip method is not generic, as far as I know, it will restore some other person's NST serial number, mac address and other identifiers to your device, won't it?
If someone will PM me, I'll send a zipped copy of my .img file to them and let them try using it to recover glow function and their own registration in a nook glow. If that works, it can be posted more widely.
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Remark that I recommend that people use their own factory.zip image. Nevertheless, all these data you mention are stored on the rom partition. To my awareness this partition is only overwritten if one applies rombackup.zip, but not by factory.zip. Thus, your B&N shop should be fully functional afterwards. I did apply someone elses factory.zip first, and I had no problems registering my device. However, if anyone would experience such an issue, please drop a line in this thread.
In any case, you should always do a full system image before following tutorials like this one, or for that matter, before apply someone elses partition images to your own device.

roustabout said:
Are you able to register a device reimaged using this factory.zip to your BN account?
If not, it's a bit of a pain for folks.
I have a disk image made via
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/part1.img bs=1M
This contains teh whole of a US NSTG's first partition; restoring it using
dd if=part1.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 bs=1M
allows me to boot my device, and the glow still works.
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Judging from your other post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1836188&page=4), the partition you have made a copy of, is the boot partition? If glow was already working, it will still work after overwriting the boot image.
However, if it was not working already, it is very unlikely that installing a new boot image will resolve the issue described here, since it is a consequence having downgraded the OS.

I had not understood that the device you're targeting with this thread is an NSTG running 100% noo simple touch software - the thread refers to a problem with the alpha touch formatter, but I had not realized that was the outcome of the tool.
I've seen a few people describe their NSTGs as "fine, but not glowing any more" and had not seen those folks explain that they were running NST software on the NSTG.
For those folks, I had thought copying in the boot environment and kernel would be helpful. My understanding was that the kernel in the NSTG at software 1.1.5 was different than the NST kernel; I was thinking that getting the kernel and other boot hooks ready was what was really missing.
Fortunately, there's now a 1.2.0 updater out, and I suspect that soon there will be a CWM installable 1.2.0 update which will be super helpful. (Though folks will still need a partition table - I think that would be another use of writing in a viable first partition followed by a restart, to get the partition table straightened out before proceeding.)

roustabout said:
I had not understood that the device you're targeting with this thread is an NSTG running 100% noo simple touch software - the thread refers to a problem with the alpha touch formatter, but I had not realized that was the outcome of the tool.
I've seen a few people describe their NSTGs as "fine, but not glowing any more" and had not seen those folks explain that they were running NST software on the NSTG.
For those folks, I had thought copying in the boot environment and kernel would be helpful. My understanding was that the kernel in the NSTG at software 1.1.5 was different than the NST kernel; I was thinking that getting the kernel and other boot hooks ready was what was really missing.
Fortunately, there's now a 1.2.0 updater out, and I suspect that soon there will be a CWM installable 1.2.0 update which will be super helpful. (Though folks will still need a partition table - I think that would be another use of writing in a viable first partition followed by a restart, to get the partition table straightened out before proceeding.)
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Ok. No this thread is not intended for people who have destroyed partition tables etc., but only for people who have downgraded their software by using NST recovering guides on their NSTG device. I found it relevant to explain how this is done, since many people complain that their NSTG works, except that glow light no longer works. If they look into the software version they find something below 1.1.5, like 1.1 which was my case. I could not find a guide which explained me what to do after screwing up the software, hence this guide.
Partition tables and "accidently formatting" is a completely other issue. In the end, here the main problem is that people do not make a backup as they assume that everything is going to be fine. I assumed that myself. However, at some point I will have a look at the rom partition, because I think it is quite limited amount of information you find their. It should be possible to restore your Nooks serial number -- it is written on the package of the Nook -- after applying another Nooks image. I just received my second Nook so I am going to try this at some point.

Thank you so much for sharing the solution.. finally my glowlight works now !!

shank21101985 said:
Thank you so much for sharing the solution.. finally my glowlight works now !!
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Hic, I cannot download the image file, my backup file was deleted, anyone can upload that image for me?
Thanks so much:crying:

factory.zip
I know it's a long shot, but if anyone has a copy of the factory.zip from a glowlight I'd really appreciate it. I've installed a non-glowlight one for now, but would really love my backlight back!
Cheers!

john2k10 said:
I know it's a long shot, but if anyone has a copy of the factory.zip from a glowlight I'd really appreciate it. I've installed a non-glowlight one for now, but would really love my backlight back!
Cheers!
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So did you actually replace the factory.zip with one for the NST or did you just run a restore from, say, NookManager? I'm not too sure about this, but I think it's kind of difficult to wipe the factory.zip. Anyway, since I'm not familiar with the NTG, and you seem to have done something that others have also done before, have a look at this old thread and see if it gets you anywhere:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1936458

john2k10 said:
I know it's a long shot, but if anyone has a copy of the factory.zip from a glowlight I'd really appreciate it. I've installed a non-glowlight one for now, but would really love my backlight back!
Cheers!
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Mmm......have a look at this:
http://waveswirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/xda-developers-tutorial-how-to.html

nmyshkin said:
Mmm......have a look at this:
http://waveswirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/xda-developers-tutorial-how-to.html
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Its dead I need a glowlight factory image

can someone please re-upload the glowlight factory image please.... Thank you in advance

[Q] MN5 (More noob English, please)

Just trying to work my way through GMPOWER's tutorial on rooting the Nook Color.
I have some REALLY basic questions that are probably covered in the instructions, but if it's NEW, which it is for anyone reading here...it's confusing:
For example,
1. What is meant by the bold, red warning........"You must do a complete wipe before installing this package." Does "wipe" mean FORMAT? If yes......format what? The NOOK? The SD card? Both?
2. In the video included in the tutorial, there's reference to an unZIPing program being required to 'uncork' the downloaded files. The narrator says to right click and unzip the files. (When I right click on my zipped files, the only command I see that MIGHT an unzip function is "Extract all". Is that an unzip program?)
3. The most 'complicated' process of all, (to me, anyway) the selecting of the files and unzipping them and "flashing" them (is that just another word for copying or installing?) is passed over so quickly and with the camera so far away from the screen in the video....it's very difficult to see and understand exactly what is happening. For example, at exactly 4:06 into the video, the narrator says to right click on the CWM file.....at which point, it looks like he actually LEFT clicks it and it opens to show TWO files.....and he then RIGHT clicks on one of them, but doesn't say what it's name is or what it should do.
Sorry to sound like a whiney noob......but, remember, only noobs are watching this; otherwise we wouldn't be watching it!
Can someone please elaborate on the click here.....now do this......then do that.......then you will see this......and now you have to do these? I'm sure I speak for more people than just myself when I ask this.
Thanks very much for any help.
Michael

Bultaco69 said:
Just trying to work my way through GMPOWER's tutorial on rooting the Nook Color.
I have some REALLY basic questions that are probably covered in the instructions, but if it's NEW, which it is for anyone reading here...it's confusing:
For example,
1. What is meant by the bold, red warning........"You must do a complete wipe before installing this package." Does "wipe" mean FORMAT? If yes......format what? The NOOK? The SD card? Both?
2. In the video included in the tutorial, there's reference to an unZIPing program being required to 'uncork' the downloaded files. The narrator says to right click and unzip the files. (When I right click on my zipped files, the only command I see that MIGHT an unzip function is "Extract all". Is that an unzip program?)
3. The most 'complicated' process of all, (to me, anyway) the selecting of the files and unzipping them and "flashing" them (is that just another word for copying or installing?) is passed over so quickly and with the camera so far away from the screen in the video....it's very difficult to see and understand exactly what is happening. For example, at exactly 4:06 into the video, the narrator says to right click on the CWM file.....at which point, it looks like he actually LEFT clicks it and it opens to show TWO files.....and he then RIGHT clicks on one of them, but doesn't say what it's name is or what it should do.
Sorry to sound like a whiney noob......but, remember, only noobs are watching this; otherwise we wouldn't be watching it!
Can someone please elaborate on the click here.....now do this......then do that.......then you will see this......and now you have to do these? I'm sure I speak for more people than just myself when I ask this.
Thanks very much for any help.
Michael
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I'm running CM10 and have not seen the video you speak of... But I think I can help with some of what you're looking for.
1. Wipe and format are often used synonymously. For example wiping your system or data partition on your device is the same as formatting. If the video is talking about the SD card, the same philosophy applies. A formatted card is ideal before starting.
2. Again, unzip and extract are somewhat synonymous. What program they are likely referring to is 7zip. It's a powerful compression and decompression utility.
3. Flashing describes the process of installing a package(ROM, zip, etc...) from one media(SD in this case) and installing it to a normally read only media (the Nook's internal drive. Including the system and data partitions of the disk) This is usually done through a recovery program that starts up instead of the normal OS. In most cases it is Clockwork Mod recovery (CWM) or something very much like it.
Like I said, I haven't seem the video and never went the manual nooter route. I totally wiped stock nook and went the CyanogenMod route. So I can't comment on the video's vagueness in this case. Maybe another member has some insight on this.
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Error while using Win32DiskImager
propjockey said:
I'm running CM10 and have not seen the video you speak of... But I think I can help with some of what you're looking for.
1. Wipe and format are often used synonymously. For example wiping your system or data partition on your device is the same as formatting. If the video is talking about the SD card, the same philosophy applies. A formatted card is ideal before starting.
2. Again, unzip and extract are somewhat synonymous. What program they are likely referring to is 7zip. It's a powerful compression and decompression utility.
3. Flashing describes the process of installing a package(ROM, zip, etc...) from one media(SD in this case) and installing it to a normally read only media (the Nook's internal drive. Including the system and data partitions of the disk) This is usually done through a recovery program that starts up instead of the normal OS. In most cases it is Clockwork Mod recovery (CWM) or something very much like it.
Like I said, I haven't seem the video and never went the manual nooter route. I totally wiped stock nook and went the CyanogenMod route. So I can't comment on the video's vagueness in this case. Maybe another member has some insight on this.
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Hey, propjockey.....thanks for the 'patient' explanations.
I've made a little headway in terms of preparing to root my Nook Color.....but when I tried to use DiskImager....I got an error:....."An error occurred when attempting to lock the volume.
Error 5: Access is denied."
Anybody know what might have generated this? Or, what I should try next?
Thanks for any help, ladies and gentlemen!
Later,
Michael

Bultaco69 said:
Hey, propjockey.....thanks for the 'patient' explanations.
I've made a little headway in terms of preparing to root my Nook Color.....but when I tried to use DiskImager....I got an error:....."An error occurred when attempting to lock the volume.
Error 5: Access is denied."
Anybody know what might have generated this? Or, what I should try next?
Thanks for any help, ladies and gentlemen!
Later,
Michael
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Yes, that means you have windows explorer looking at the drive. That locks it so it cannot be written to. Close windows explorer and try again.
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Still getting lock error
leapinlar said:
Yes, that means you have windows explorer looking at the drive. That locks it so it cannot be written to. Close windows explorer and try again.
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Thanks very much for the suggestion, leapinlar,.....but I'm still getting the Lock error even after making sure ALL windows of Explorer are closed (especially any for the SD drive).
Dumb question: I don't think either the text from GMPOWER or the video ever state WHERE the win32 diskimager and/or the clockwork-3.2.0.1 should be residing when these operations are taking place. I would ASSUME they're all supposed to be on the SD card....but I've been wrong before when assuming!!
Also, when I first tried this, I noticed I had downloaded (and possibly extracted) the win32diskimager-source.zip (SOURCE) version as opposed to the BINARY version. Should I start over? With a cleanly formatted SD? (my formatting took a long, long time when I initially did it.......not using the Quick method, as I think I saw advised somewhere.)
Thoughts? Thanks!
EDIT: Actually, I think I just answered PART of my question: when I tried it again (after formatting the SD and putting ALL three zipped files on the card) I got a new/different error:
"Image file cannot be located on the requested device." So, I guess that means that at least the "eyeballer" image file CANNOT be sitting on the SD card while you attempt to "write" it there. Yes? No?
Therefore....by the same token....is it safe/possible to run the Win32DiskImager from the SD card.....or should it ALSO be located somewhere else during this process??
ANOTHER EDIT: Tried removing the image file from the SD card, then running DiskImage and selecting the image file that I'd downloaded and unzipped to my hard drive. STILL got the "lock error". Getting frustrated. Most grateful for any suggestions/help. Please and Thanks

You definitely need the img file on your PC before you try to burn. Having it on SD and putting that location in the image box will definitely lock the card. Try again with nothing on the card and no other program running.
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OK, leapinlar...you're my new GURU!!
leapinlar said:
You definitely need the img file on your PC before you try to burn. Having it on SD and putting that location in the image box will definitely lock the card. Try again with nothing on the card and no other program running.
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Thanks, buddy!
That was apparently my problem
I formatted the card back to being a virgin.....put NOTHING on it. Went to Win32 on my hard drive, launched it, found the eyeballer image on my HARD DRIVE and selected it to flash onto my card in the G-drive.
And away it went!!! Lovely! Just friggin lovely!!
Now, since instructions everywhere often seem to be devoid of these fine "details".......could you be so kind as to give me EXPLICIT directions on what to do next? (I'd hate to turn my Nook Color into a paperweight at this stage!)
The sequence of events (i.e. when the nook gets turned on/turned off/hooked up/ etc seem to be different in different places........I notice even the video from Acsyndicate TV, they insert a little apology in the corner saying they forgot to turn it on; DOH!! Also, I see elsewhere that the Nook should be connected by USB at some point during this process....and yet the guy in the video doesn't have a cable showing anywhere any time. WTF??)
Thanks tons for your help leapinlar.......I'm almost at the point of not buggin you any more!

Bultaco69 said:
Thanks, buddy!
That was apparently my problem
I formatted the card back to being a virgin.....put NOTHING on it. Went to Win32 on my hard drive, launched it, found the eyeballer image on my HARD DRIVE and selected it to flash onto my card in the G-drive.
And away it went!!! Lovely! Just friggin lovely!!
Now, since instructions everywhere often seem to be devoid of these fine "details".......could you be so kind as to give me EXPLICIT directions on what to do next? (I'd hate to turn my Nook Color into a paperweight at this stage!)
The sequence of events (i.e. when the nook gets turned on/turned off/hooked up/ etc seem to be different in different places........I notice even the video from Acsyndicate TV, they insert a little apology in the corner saying they forgot to turn it on; DOH!! Also, I see elsewhere that the Nook should be connected by USB at some point during this process....and yet the guy in the video doesn't have a cable showing anywhere any time. WTF??)
Thanks tons for your help leapinlar.......I'm almost at the point of not buggin you any more!
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Just go back to Manual Nooter and follow his directions.
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"Sorry, there's not enough space to install this item."
leapinlar said:
Just go back to Manual Nooter and follow his directions.
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Installation/rooting successfully completed, but now unable to download any apps because of "Sorry there's not enough space......." error appearing for every attempted download.
Is there a secret.......let me rephrase that.......what IS the secret to deleting all the crap that must be in there taking up all the space?
I rooted a virtually STOCK Nook Color (1.4.3) using manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip - and it appeared to be fine, but I'm assuming there's a routine that must be followed to either "turn on" the ability to download......or free up some space to download......new apps.....which, after all, is the only reason we root these things.......right?
Thanks for any/all info.
Michael

Bultaco69 said:
Installation/rooting successfully completed, but now unable to download any apps because of "Sorry there's not enough space......." error appearing for every attempted download.
Is there a secret.......let me rephrase that.......what IS the secret to deleting all the crap that must be in there taking up all the space?
I rooted a virtually STOCK Nook Color (1.4.3) using manualnooter-5.08.20.basic.block_updates.zip - and it appeared to be fine, but I'm assuming there's a routine that must be followed to either "turn on" the ability to download......or free up some space to download......new apps.....which, after all, is the only reason we root these things.......right?
Thanks for any/all info.
Michael
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Go to settings/storage and see what it says about internal storage space. Tell us how much is left.
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Go to settings/storage and see what it says about internal storage space. Tell us how much is left.
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B&N Content Storage Available 66%
3.35GB free of 5.09GB
Other Storage Available 20%
197MB free of 1.00GB

Bultaco69 said:
B&N Content Storage Available 66%
3.35GB free of 5.09GB
Other Storage Available 20%
197MB free of 1.00GB
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You apparently have a lot of B&N stuff (apps, games, etc) installed (1.7 GB worth), but 3.35 GB should be plenty for installing more apps through Play Store. I don't know what your issue is.
Edit: You do not say, but I am assuming you meant downloading apps with Play Store. If you meant downloading some other way, like a browser, you need an sdcard to do that and you have not said how much room your SD card has.
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leapinlar said:
You apparently have a lot of B&N stuff (apps, games, etc) installed (1.7 GB worth), but 3.35 GB should be plenty for installing more apps through Play Store. I don't know what your issue is.
Edit: You do not say, but I am assuming you meant downloading apps with Play Store. If you meant downloading some other way, like a browser, you need an sdcard to do that and you have not said how much room your SD card has.
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OK....good feedback....THANKS!
1. Yes, I mean to download using Play Store (which currently is labeled MARKET. Presumably it'll update itself and change its name to GOOGLE PLAY when we get the storage problem solved.......will it?
2. I have next to no previous apps or media (maybe 4 apps and 4 books and 3 magazines) downloaded to the NC......but, perhaps it doesn't take much to fill this puppy?
3. I don't even have an SD card in it at this point. I removed the one I used to do the rooting because it booted to it when I started up the Nook this AM........and I assumed that was a bad thing.....or, at least unnecessary.
Should I erase the "rooting SD card"........or "keep it in a safe place" and use a new one for downloading/storing apps and media?
Thanks,
Mike

Bultaco69 said:
OK....good feedback....THANKS!
1. Yes, I mean to download using Play Store (which currently is labeled MARKET. Presumably it'll update itself and change its name to GOOGLE PLAY when we get the storage problem solved.......will it?
2. I have next to no previous apps or media (maybe 4 apps and 4 books and 3 magazines) downloaded to the NC......but, perhaps it doesn't take much to fill this puppy?
3. I don't even have an SD card in it at this point. I removed the one I used to do the rooting because it booted to it when I started up the Nook this AM........and I assumed that was a bad thing.....or, at least unnecessary.
Should I erase the "rooting SD card"........or "keep it in a safe place" and use a new one for downloading/storing apps and media?
Thanks,
Mike
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1. It should have changed itself immediately. That may be indicative of the problem.
2. Are any of the books kids interactive books? They take a lot of space.
3. If you did not make a backup with the CWM card, and you don't plan to restore the backup in the future, then reformat the card to use as a normal SD. But I recommend you do the backup and keep the card as CWM. Then get a new one.
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leapinlar said:
1. It should have changed itself immediately. That may be indicative of the problem.
2. Are any of the books kids interactive books? They take a lot of space.
3. If you did not make a backup with the CWM card, and you don't plan to restore the backup in the future, then reformat the card to use as a normal SD. But I recommend you do the backup and keep the card as CWM. Then get a new one.
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1. Hmmmm. Hope THAT'S not a disaster. "Market" opens Ok and I can see hundreds (maybe thousands) of apps. But, I've used the search utility and searched for "Google Play".........."Google"..........and even "Market"........and no Google Play comes up in the search results. Shouldn't it?
2. No kids in the familly; no 'interactive' stuff of any kind that I know of....a couple of novels, couple of magazines.....sodoku, Evernote, YouTube, calculator, a little drum machine, flashlight.......mirror......holy crap, looks like wifey's been active after all!!
3. I DIDN'T make a backup with (of ?) the CWM card. Back up of what, exactly......the old disk image (operating system? Pardon my noobiness). Is it too late to make any required copies/backup? I just now copied the contents of the "rooting SD card" into a folder on my laptop's hard drive.......but I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about.
m

Bultaco69 said:
1. Hmmmm. Hope THAT'S not a disaster. "Market" opens Ok and I can see hundreds (maybe thousands) of apps. But, I've used the search utility and searched for "Google Play".........."Google"..........and even "Market"........and no Google Play comes up in the search results. Shouldn't it?
2. No kids in the familly; no 'interactive' stuff of any kind that I know of....a couple of novels, couple of magazines.....sodoku, Evernote, YouTube, calculator, a little drum machine, flashlight.......mirror......holy crap, looks like wifey's been active after all!!
3. I DIDN'T make a backup with (of ?) the CWM card. Back up of what, exactly......the old disk image (operating system? Pardon my noobiness). Is it too late to make any required copies/backup? I just now copied the contents of the "rooting SD card" into a folder on my laptop's hard drive.......but I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about.
m
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1. That may be the problem. It should update itself, but is not critical. The older versions of market temporarily stored their downloads on a separate partition named cache. That may be full from earlier downloads. Boot to CWM and there is an option to wipe cache. Do that. Then try to use market again.
3. The CWM card is capable of making what is called a nandroid backup. It backs up your entire operating system to SD so that if in making future mods, you make a mistake, you can restore your operating system to the way it was before you started making mods. It is too late to do that for you, but you can still backup what you have now.
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leapinlar said:
1. That may be the problem. It should update itself, but is not critical. The older versions of market temporarily stored their downloads on a separate partition named cache. That may be full from earlier downloads. Boot to CWM and there is an option to wipe cache. Do that. Then try to use market again.
3. The CWM card is capable of making what is called a nandroid backup. It backs up your entire operating system to SD so that if in making future mods, you make a mistake, you can restore your operating system to the way it was before you started making mods. It is too late to do that for you, but you can still backup what you have now.
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I'll give that a try......booting with CWM and wiping the cache. (Out of town on family 'duties' and left the nook at home but will report back on Monday sometime.)
Thanks for "babysitting" me, buddy! Appreciate it. Have a great weekend. Later, Mike.