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[Q] Recover Nook Simple Touch Glowlight

Hi, i hope the answer to this is not anywhere else. I cannot recover my nook simple touch (glowlight). Here is what i did
1) I tried to root the device with this guide (not knowing that this is not for glowlight version)
http://nookdevs.com/Nook_Simple_Touch/Rooting
-> the process stopped at the instructions page and i rebooted
-> after that the device did this endless loop where i think it reboots during the moving dots
2) When i found out that i should have used this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675706
I followed that procedure as well but the device did not boot as it should after the installation of glownooter-1-5-26.zip
3) Then i found the guide to do the 8x reboot recover which did not work (or I did something wrong)
4) as everything failed I tried the reboot recover from CVM framework which resulted in a page saying: install failed
So my question is: is there a way to still recover my device? what can i do? if i missed some inportant info, plz ask.
Thx for any help
greets cloud

[NSTG] recovery worked
I found a solution myself:
the recovery Version 0.1 form here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289233
worked.
althoug the download link does not work. google found it here tho:
http://n2t.bitloom.com/downloads/n2T-Recovery_0.1.rar

raincloudone said:
I found a solution myself:
the recovery Version 0.1 form here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289233
worked.
althoug the download link does not work. google found it here tho:
http://n2t.bitloom.com/downloads/n2T-Recovery_0.1.rar
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I'm in a similar situation with a bricked nook glow that won't get past "install failed" screen. Tried both methods described in the page you linked, but neither worked.
Is there anything else that can be done to revive the device? I tried almost every method I could find in the forums....
TIA

no glowlight
raincloudone said:
I found a solution myself:
the recovery Version 0.1 form here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289233
worked.
althoug the download link does not work. google found it here tho:
http://n2t.bitloom.com/downloads/n2T-Recovery_0.1.rar
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I had absolutely the same case. had to do unrooting with the software 1.1 that I guess was from nook without glowlight. Unrooting went fine, but the glowlight function is not working anymore. does your glowlight function work properly?

hiii, I blame u all that u didn't take backup from ur nook partition to avoid ur nook's get dead so I suggest that u see theads refere for bricked nst gw and try follow steps and. I hope also take a recovery now before continue edit ur nook file or partitions
now boot with noohie img and do fdisk on ur nook partitions and let's see if ur partitions can be mounted or not. ..... anyway wish to u all best wishes and I will try keep active in thread to try do something although there's many pple best and can try help u and for ur infp I was face the same problem that my recovery image was uncompelete but its helps me to recover my nook and works fine thx to miss renate. .... good luck
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Did you get the glowlight function to work??
dukenookem said:
I had absolutely the same case. had to do unrooting with the software 1.1 that I guess was from nook without glowlight. Unrooting went fine, but the glowlight function is not working anymore. does your glowlight function work properly?
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Did you get the glowlight function to work?? Did the same steps as OP but the glowlight doesnot work... Please help...

[Q] Need help with Nook Touch Glowlight

I messed up something while rooting, unrooting and restoring. Somehow found an online zip of Nook simple touch and applied using clockwork mod. Worked fine. Now trying to find latest copy for glowlight. Please let me know if it is out there or upload.
Thanks,
Jayant

I'm not exactly sure what your question is.
If you wish to do a factory reset - power off your nook, power on, and just as it starts up, press the left bottom button and the right bottom button at the same time - do not let go - keep holding. Eventually a message will come up asking if you wish to reset,(now you can release the two buttons), click the 'n' , it then asks again if you really want to reset, click the 'n' to confirm.
Use these instructions to do a backup before you root :
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...-and-restore-nook-glow-and-nook-simple-touch/
If you wish to root your Nook with Glowlight, then use the instructions found here :
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/20...using-glownooter-includes-googles-app-market/
Hope this answers your questions,

I think what I need to do is unroot first before trying again.
Thanks,
Jay

Factory reset should work, then be sure to take a backup before you try to root.

I did factory reset already couple of times. Tried again. But glowlight does not work. I think this is because I updated software from regular touch instead of glowlight. I think I need to update software again for glowlight.

Try to manually "update" from B&N.
Can you go to B&N's support web site and manually download the latest software update to the Glowlight? (I assume there has been at least one.) Then apply it according to B&N's manual update instructions. I did this when I needed to take my Nook STR back to stock after messing up some things. It worked of me, of course if you take this action, you will have to re-root.

David0226 said:
Can you go to B&N's support web site and manually download the latest software update to the Glowlight? (I assume there has been at least one.) Then apply it according to B&N's manual update instructions. I did this when I needed to take my Nook STR back to stock after messing up some things. It worked of me, of course if you take this action, you will have to re-root.
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Sadly, there has not (to my knowledge) been an update for the Glowlight. I spent a while hunting for one last night.
John

johnjtaylor said:
Sadly, there has not (to my knowledge) been an update for the Glowlight. I spent a while hunting for one last night.
John
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That is true. I can't find software for 1.1.5 version anywhere.

[Q] Many Problems

So I have a Nook Simple Touch tablet. My dad tried to root it but either bricked it or something else. It is flashing at where it says "Nook by Barnes & Noble" and it keeps flashing between the first two dots of the five and does that non stop. If somebody could tell me what that means and how I can fix it in Lame Mans terms because this is my first experience with a Nook. Thank You

Jacobsen Chief said:
So I have a Nook Simple Touch tablet. My dad tried to root it but either bricked it or something else. It is flashing at where it says "Nook by Barnes & Noble" and it keeps flashing between the first two dots of the five and does that non stop. If somebody could tell me what that means and how I can fix it in Lame Mans terms because this is my first experience with a Nook. Thank You
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The easiest way?
Use method 2.
http://nookdevs.com/Nook_Simple_Touch_restore_to_stock
This will format your nook and restore it to stock image. All data will be lost but your nook should get better.
After the procedure check what firmware version you have installed and if it's not 1.2.1 upgrade it using instructions on B&N site.

Thanks I will try this when I get home.

[Q] NST not booting

Hi,
First of all, sorry about my english. It's not my primary language.
I recently bought a used Nook Simple Touch on eBay. The previous owner had tried to root it, but failed somewhere along the way. I got it dirt cheap and figured I could fix it..
I've read "all" the unbricking guides here on the forum, but I'm yet to make it start. I can boot CWM, but for some reason noogie is not starting at all.
At first, the device said "Rooted forever" all the time, but after some messing around in CWM it's instead displaying "Your NOOK is starting up..." in five different languages, and stops there.
The thing is, I'm not even interested in the reading features (B&N apps, e-books, etc.), I just want to use the device to display a status webpage that I've made (weather updates, bus/subway/tram departures, etc. etc.), so as long as it can run Chrome or similar I would be perfectly happy! Is there a vanilla android ROM available so I don't need to care about the "device specific" data that I've been reading about (the one you're supposed to take a backup of)? Or can I just flash it with any NST firmware if I'm not interested in the reading functionality?
Thanks!

Have you tried Nook Manager? I've had really good luck with it and it includes a factory image reset. It may be a way to get back to something you can work with.

nmyshkin said:
Have you tried Nook Manager? I've had really good luck with it and it includes a factory image reset. It may be a way to get back to something you can work with.
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I agree. I just received my nook from ebay a couple of days ago. I've tried a number of different root methods and google apps installers. Nook Manager + NTGApps was by far the simplest for me.
Also, have you tried the stock factory reset?? I'm new to this, so I'm not sure if it will work -- but I thought I bricked mine 3-4 times and the factory reset saved me every time.
0) Take out any SD cards (just making sure you don't have anything bootable on the card)
1) Press and hold the power button until it resets
2) As soon as it begins to reboot press and hold the bottom left and bottom right physical buttons until you see a prompt.
3) Wait for the prompt and press the "n" button once to confirm the factory reset
4) Press the "n" button again to begin the factory reset again.
After you factory reset, upgrade to 1.2.1 and then root using Nook Manager. Then, you'll have the browser available to you.
* Use Nook Manager to make a backup *

Thanks for the suggestions you guys! I finally got it to work!
Noogie finally booted up. I just left the nook, with the noogie sd card in, connected to my computer when I went to work. When I got home, it had started. Since then it started every reboot. No idea why it didn't work in the beginning?
Alright, this is how I did. This information is scattered around the forum already, but hopefully it can help someone in my position.
1) I realized that the partitions table was probably messed up, so after "aligning" it using fdisk and the table found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29585690&postcount=6
I could restore my /rom partition. After I've made a backup of the /rom files...
2) ... I flashed this file using noogie:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49389880&postcount=2
3) I mounted partition2 on my computer (still using noogie) and copied my /rom files back to it.
4) It started! So I applied the official 1.2.1 update from B&N. After update I realized that I actually have a glowlight! It was listed as a regular Simple Touch, so that was a pleasant surprise.
5) Rooted using NookManager. Worked flawlessy. Installed Opera Mobile 12.1 (which have websocket support that I needed). I now have an awesome status "frame".
Thank you for all you help, including the guys & girls posting in the threads linked in this post.

Updating from rooted/registered 1.1.0 to a newer minimal rom?

Hey all,
I rooted my NST waaaay back and haven't touched it again until now. I want to use it for another project now but want to update it first.
I'd like a rom with adb, button savior, usb host mode, su, busybox, and that's it (unless i'm missing something that i should really have).
I'll sideload anything else I need, and I don't want gapps or amazon appstore or anything.
Though I wouldn't mind an 'e-ink friendly' theme or whatever.
Is the best process to erase and deregister, or can I just use CWM and whatever rom I want on an SDCard and update it directly?
Thanks

There only seems to be three ROMs still being developed. Two of them are somewhat full of bloats. But the CM11 port being worked on right now is operable off a micro SD card and it is barebone. Doubt that it have the requested features (button savior?) but out of the three, that one seems to be the best match. And it will only gets better once the porting stabilize some more.

Deafcyclist said:
There only seems to be three ROMs still being developed. Two of them are somewhat full of bloats. But the CM11 port being worked on right now is operable off a micro SD card and it is barebone. Doubt that it have the requested features (button savior?) but out of the three, that one seems to be the best match. And it will only gets better once the porting stabilize some more.
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That is partly true, but the current CM11 build is nowhere near stable enough to run as a daily driver.
Our friend here should probably go the NookManager route to start off; what do you think?

I'm far from using it as a daily driver, and I might even be able to drop the host mode requirement. It just needs to run an android app I'll develop, but wifi will need to work too. I'll check out CM11.
If I can start with a rooted version of the latest firmware, that'd be fine, but NookManager says: "For best results, however, you should be on 1.2.1 before using this tool." So, what's the best path to update to 1.2.1 or the latest firmware, given that I'm already on a rooted (and registered ) 1.1.0?

Modulus said:
I'm far from using it as a daily driver, and I might even be able to drop the host mode requirement. It just needs to run an android app I'll develop, but wifi will need to work too. I'll check out CM11.
If I can start with a rooted version of the latest firmware, that'd be fine, but NookManager says: "For best results, however, you should be on 1.2.1 before using this tool." So, what's the best path to update to 1.2.1 or the latest firmware, given that I'm already on a rooted (and registered ) 1.1.0?
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A factory wipe will be the first thing to do. Restore your Nook to the state in which it came out of the box.
Then, either register or bypass Oobe to get into your "new" Nook. Once that's done, you can follow the instructions here to update to 1.2.1.
After that, you can use NookManager.

I found some instructions that you had previously given to someone in another thread here
It took me forever to get the 8-interrupt restore to work, and afterwards, it still had ADW launcher and some other stuff that I had installed.
I did not do the 'Erase and deregister this device' at any point.
After the 8-interrupt restore, I transferred the 1.2.1 update to the root of the Nook, rebooted and let that install.
Then after it booted, it pleasantly informed me it was at 1.2.1 but it still had the ADW launcher, so I rebooted onto NookManager and rooted it.
Now it's rooted, but still has ADW launcher and also has ReLaunch obviously.
Should I have done the 'Erase and deregister' to fully wipe it back to how it was when it came out of the box?
If I use the NookManager option to factory restore it, will that get me a clean slate?
Thanks for the help man, I know this thing is ancient

Modulus said:
I found some instructions that you had previously given to someone in another thread here
It took me forever to get the 8-interrupt restore to work, and afterwards, it still had ADW launcher and some other stuff that I had installed.
I did not do the 'Erase and deregister this device' at any point.
After the 8-interrupt restore, I transferred the 1.2.1 update to the root of the Nook, rebooted and let that install.
Then after it booted, it pleasantly informed me it was at 1.2.1 but it still had the ADW launcher, so I rebooted onto NookManager and rooted it.
Now it's rooted, but still has ADW launcher and also has ReLaunch obviously.
Should I have done the 'Erase and deregister' to fully wipe it back to how it was when it came out of the box?
If I use the NookManager option to factory restore it, will that get me a clean slate?
Thanks for the help man, I know this thing is ancient
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To avoid potential issues in the future, you definitely should use the Restore factory.zip function of NookManager. That will assuredly get you back to the factory state.
Then, update to 1.2.1, root with NookManager, and you're on your way.
And you'd be surprised at how much development is still underway for the Nook Touch - it may be old, but it sure isn't obsolete. In fact, the Nook Touch is my personal specialty, as you might have guessed from my username.
Anyways, if you ever need help with your Nook in any way, shape or form, don't hesitate to PM me or post on the forums. Either way, I'll see it and reply.

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
To avoid potential issues in the future, you definitely should use the Restore factory.zip function of NookManager. That will assuredly get you back to the factory state.
Then, update to 1.2.1, root with NookManager, and you're on your way.
And you'd be surprised at how much development is still underway for the Nook Touch - it may be old, but it sure isn't obsolete. In fact, the Nook Touch is my personal specialty, as you might have guessed from my username.
Anyways, if you ever need help with your Nook in any way, shaoe or form, don't hesitate to PM me or post on the forums. Either way, I'll see it and reply.
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Just posting to say that this is sound advice. I was in a similar situation, wanted to give my Nook ST the latest and greatest developments,. What worked for me was to use NookManager to restore factory.zip, this actually upgraded the Nook to 1.2.0, so I assume that comes with NookManager somehow. Then I used the Nook 'Settings' to go to unregister/reset the device, then finally, bypass the OOBE setup using crazy_jake's method ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162693
... and now I'm off to re-root it and add all the apps again!
Big thanks all!

Grab what you need from here: https://drive.google.com/folderview...EwRndzUklrN1dRVTRuZVJXRlp1N0hWRTQ&usp=sharing
All zips install via CWM.
But for What you want grab & Flash these in this order:
nook_1_2_update.zip - This is just an optimized version of the default UK ROM with init.d+Busybox.
ReLaunch-ONLY.zip - This will replace the Home with ReLaunch.
USB-Audio+FastMode+Host.zip - Also enables ROOT/SU - Install this after logging into your B&N account. If you install it before you won't be able to register with B&N.