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Hello,
I'm new to the Nook Simple Touch and received it today. It's awesome so far!
1. Could someone tell me how I install CWM with it, is there a guide? I can't find any guide on the development section on xda, sorry.
2. Also, what is the best method to root my NST? Touch Nooter or Minimal Touch or another one?
3. Is there a stock ROM somewhere? I would want it, if I want to set my Nook back to the default settings and wipe everything if I'll mess it up somehow.
4. Can I update to the latest version 1.1.2 if I want to
+ root it
+ install CWM
+ install the multitouch function from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563645
Is everything of this working with 1.1.2 or do I need 1.1.0?
5. And my last question is, what's the difference betwen N2E and NST in the development thread? (I know, NST = Nook Simple Touch, but what is N2E? I thought it's also the Nook Simple Touch)
I'm really, really sorry for those questions, but I'd be very happy if someone could answer them. I don't want to make something wrong with my beloved NST.
Thanks in advance!
Greetings,
Draygon
Welcome to the community!
Before you do anything, you're going to want to backup your Nook. Each Nook contains information specific to that Nook, such as the MAC address, serial number, etc., so this backup will be what will restore you to a stock out-of-the-box Nook. Just make sure you have an external card reader to write noogie.img to the SD card.
CWM is here, but there's no real reason to install it to the device itself. It's easier to install it to an SD card and just put that in when you need it. There's no custom ROMS yet, and it's better to use the backup you made earlier (hopefully).
Also, for rooting and installing multi-touch, I made a mini quick-start guide here.
For the most part, we haven't noticed much difference between rooting 1.1.0 vs. 1.1.2. And N2E stands for Nook Second Edition (this Nook came first).
Enjoy your Nook!
Hello Googie, Thanks a lot for your answer, they helped me a lot!
For sure I'll do the backup at frst.
Am I able to use N2E from the development forum on the NST? (like touchnooter?)
So, it's safe to update to 1.1.2 and root it? Because I have seen a few people on this forum complaning about bugs with a rooted 1.1.2, which aren't there with a rooted 1.1.0, such as that the search function is not working in the play stote with a rooted 1.1.2.
Would you recommend touch nooter or minimal touch?
Draygon said:
Am I able to use N2E from the development forum on the NST? (like touchnooter?)
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The N2E is simply another name for NST, so it's safe to use anything with that name.
Draygon said:
So, it's safe to update to 1.1.2 and root it? Because I have seen a few people on this forum complaning about bugs with a rooted 1.1.2, which aren't there with a rooted 1.1.0, such as that the search function is not working in the play stote with a rooted 1.1.2.
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There's not much difference between 1.1.2 and 1.1.0. B&N just addressed some WiFi issues with this update, not much has changed otherwise. And Google caused the searching issues by replacing Market with Google Play, it's just coincidence that the update came out when Google changed it.
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Would you recommend touch nooter or minimal touch?
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I myself use Minimal Touch, but I haven't tried TouchNooter before. TouchNooter has some extra things with it (like a tool that under-clocks the CPU when it's not in use to save battery), but some times it fails to install correctly. And there's also the possibility that Market just won't work for 24 hours... but it's broken anyway.
Thanks again for the answers.
There's just one problem I have, which won't let me backup my NST:
From this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142983
I want to use the guide to backup the NST for windows 7 (post #2),
There's a big problem: the link to the noogie.img (which should be here: http://nookdevs.com/NookTouch_Rooting) was deleted.
1. Where can I get this noogie.img now? Could someone please upload it?
2. And the next problem is, how do I boot the noogie.img, if I have it? jocala just wrote, that you have to boot it. Not, how to boot it.
Thanks in advance!
http://www.thoughtsofthemasses.com/noogie.img.gz
burn the image it to sdcard, switch off your nook, plug in sdcard and turn nook on.
And small puzzle at the end: what does following message say about the nookdev page?
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Are there any requirements that a microSD card must fill when used for this purpose? I have two fail notches on my lipstick case.
The first time I pulled a 256mb microSD card from an old phone; fail. Later I read it is recommended to use a Class 6 or greater. I bought a Class 10. Again, fail.
The adapter is electrically passive so that should not be a factor, right?
I never pay attention to that class stuff.
I always buy the Micro Center brand 4GB at $5.50 because they are only $1.50 more than 2GB.
Apparently they are Class 4.
Thank you, Renate NST. Then my problem lies elsewhere.
Between WinImage and Win32DiskImager has either shown a higher success rate for this project? Is one generally preferred by the community?
I use Win32DiskImager.
I've got about 10 different backups on my hard drive right now.
I've bricked my Nook multiple times trying to hack internals and restored from backup.
My backups end up by being 1,957,616,640 in size.
I don't use Clockwork or anything.
Thank you for providing the file size, that was helpful.
Is it odd that that the second backup (using noogie.img and DiskImage_1_6_WinAll.exe) was almost twenty-five times larger than the first? 79,675,392 verses 1,958,739,968.
If your backups are about 1.9xx Gigs then you are correctly backing up the entire physical internal memory of the Nook.
If your backups are 70 Megs or so you are either backing up only one of the 7 partitions on the Nook or
else you are backing up your SD card with Noogie on it.
Note:
After writing a Noogie image to an SD card you will find that the total size of the SD card has been reduced to 70 Megs or so.
To reclaim the entire size of the SD card for other uses you will need some tool like Partition Magic.
Windows Disk Management can not by itself repartition SD cards.
There's also something out there called SD formatter.
Or once you have your Nook running, you can just format it from that.
You have all been so very helpful. After watching the noob video I figured you people ate noobs for lunch.
Renate, you were right: I backed up the SD card. I hate to think of all the others who have done the same and won’t know the backup is useless until they need it. It’s an easy mistake to make but knowing an approximate file size was an excellent deterrent against disaster. Thanks for the heads up.
The rest was pure voodoo but I’m rooted. Still, there were some surprises and I have two final questions.
• Between failed rooting attempts, while in original mode, I updated the NS2 to 1.1.2. After rooting the device is using 1.1.0. Should I look for a way to root into 1.1.2 or just be content?
• Also while in original mode I wanted to change the registered gmail account for the device. I created a second B&N account using my preferred gmail, then did an “Erase and Deregister” to reregistered the device with the preferred gmail account. However, after rooting I couldn’t log into YouTube with my reregistered, preferred gmail, only the first gmail was accepted. Yet, when looking in Settings\Device Info\About Your Nook\Owner, my preferred gmail (not the first gmail) is listed. How do I get the rooted Nook to recognize my preferred gmail address in the market?
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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koopakid08 said:
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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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.
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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.)
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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
Hello fellow nook owners. My Nook is running 1.1 with TouchNooter. I just noticed there is and update for 1.2 and a alternate root method. My question is how would I go about updating to 1.2. In the NookManager thread it says, "If you've tried rooting your nook unsuccessfully with another utility, it's best to do a factory restore (from NookManager, choose the "Restore" menu and then "Restore factory.zip") and, if your nook came with older firmware, upgrade to the latest 1.2.1 firmware." Does that mean I can install NookManager with what I have now and then do the factory restore?
I apologize if this has been answered before. I am reading through all these separate threads trying to make sense of it, but want to be on the safe side. Thanks for reading.
Odp: [Q] Revert back to stock from touchnooter
NookManager is not something you install, it is an interactive utility which let's you root, backup or restore your nook to default. Restore will extract what is in your factory.zip, after wiping whole data. So I suggest that you push expected system's version, so you will no longer need to perform upgrades, just root after that.
I am on my phone so I won't post steps to do that, they are somewhere here.
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domi.nos said:
So I suggest that you push expected system's version, so you will no longer need to perform upgrades, just root after that.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I am a little unclear where you say, "push expected system version". Are you saying to install the 1.2 update like they recommend on the Barnes and Noble site?
Manual Download Instructions
1. From your computer, click here for the software update file. Select Save and select Desktop as the location. Do NOT modify or change the downloaded file's name in any way. Do NOT open the *.ZIP file.
2. Tap Settings on your NOOK's Quick Nav Bar, then tap Device Info and make sure your NOOK battery charge is at 20% or more.
3. Connect your NOOK to your computer using the USB cable that came with your NOOK. A new, removable drive should show up in My Computer (Mac users will see the NOOK drive appear on the desktop or in devices). You should also see a "USB Mode" message on your NOOK screen.
4. From your computer, drag and drop the downloaded *.ZIP file onto the main directory of the NOOK drive. Do NOT open or unzip the file. You should not create a new folder on the NOOK drive or add the file to any other existing folder.
5. Eject or Safely Remove the NOOK drive after the file transfer is complete.
6. Your NOOK will automatically recognize the file after a few minutes when it goes to sleep mode, and proceed to install the updates.
7. Please do not turn off your NOOK during the installation process.
8. Once the installation is completed, your NOOK will automatically restart.
9. The software has been successfully updated; tap on the small "n" that appears in the status bar for additional information.
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Thanks again for reading and offering any help. It is much appreciated, Its what keeps me coming back to XDA.
toebee76 said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I am a little unclear where you say, "push expected system version". Are you saying to install the 1.2 update like they recommend on the Barnes and Noble site?
Thanks again for reading and offering any help. It is much appreciated, Its what keeps me coming back to XDA.
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If you want to upgrade FW version after using any "Nooter" you should perform 'factory reset' (this will remove all your apk's and settings obviously so back them up using for example. 'Titanium Backup'.)
As far as I remember, after rooting Nook no longer sees the update.zip in 'NOOK drive'.
- Revert back to unrooted state (factory reset, manually or using NookManager).
- reboot
- register nook once again
- put update.zip in "NOOK drive" (internal memory)
- put nook to sleep and let it upgrade itself
- let it boot into newly installed 1.2.x
- register nook once again
- turn nook off
- run NookManager again to get root access on new FW
- use 'NTGAppsAttack' to get 'Google Play' on FW 1.2.x
I guess what 'domi.nos' is trying to say is that you could replace your factory.zip (stored in Nook's internal partition) containing FW 1.x with the one containing FW 1.2.x.
After this procedure every time you perform 'factory reset' your nook should revert to FW 1.2.x instead of FW 1.1.x.
Am I right, domi.nos ?
Odp: [Q] Revert back to stock from touchnooter
Yes, i find it better because in my case it was harsh to update using BN instructions.
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osowiecki said:
If you want to upgrade FW version after using any "Nooter" you should perform 'factory reset' (this will remove all your apk's and settings obviously so back them up using for example. 'Titanium Backup'.)
As far as I remember, after rooting Nook no longer sees the update.zip in 'NOOK drive'.
- Revert back to unrooted state (factory reset, manually or using NookManager).
- reboot
- register nook once again
- put update.zip in "NOOK drive" (internal memory)
- put nook to sleep and let it upgrade itself
- let it boot into newly installed 1.2.x
- register nook once again
- turn nook off
- run NookManager again to get root access on new FW
- use 'NTGAppsAttack' to get 'Google Play' on FW 1.2.x
I guess what 'domi.nos' is trying to say is that you could replace your factory.zip (stored in Nook's internal partition) containing FW 1.x with the one containing FW 1.2.x.
After this procedure every time you perform 'factory reset' your nook should revert to FW 1.2.x instead of FW 1.1.x.
Am I right, domi.nos ?
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I guess I don't understand why the B&N firmware update process itself doesn't upgrade the internal copy used
for a factory reset. Why leave this up to the user to figure out? As a back-out stopgap if the 1.2.x firmware is found
defective?
Presumably 1.2.x has been tested a lot before being issued to the user community. Stop laughing.
After all, by definition, 1.x has been found to be defective, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered issuing 1.2.x.
So how can the possibility of a defect in 1.2.x justify keeping around the known defective 1.x in the factory
reset zip? Plus the Nooks are awesome in that it's impossible to brick them(short of taking a screwdriver blade to
the SD slot).
Does somebody know what their reasoning is for this?
Thanks guys. Updating now!
Just because a new version was released doesn't mean the old one was corrupt. If a new feature was added, that justifies the new release, but the old one was in no way broken.
Also, you have a known working firmware archive, any updates could have corruption, bricking the system if used. From a dev standpoint, best to keep a known good version as backup in case something goes wrong, even if there is a vital update.
Backup
I used a backup from another NST to restore my NST, now I noticed my NST has the same MAC address and ID as the other machine. What can I do to get it's identity back?
Unless you have some backup of your nook, you don't have a lot of options. I have to see if the serial and MAC address are on a label anywhere.
If you can some how find the info, you can mount your image, and edit the files that keep it by hand to show your info instead. This is why dd style images aren't always recommended.
In the future make a back before installing or hacking, and make a backup before attempting to restore. The process isn't always fool proof so it helps to roll back.
steveharr said:
I used a backup from another NST to restore my NST, now I noticed my NST has the same MAC address and ID as the other machine. What can I do to get it's identity back?
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Sorry, took a while to respond, because I forgot which forum this was on.
Anyway, if you still have the box, the serial number should still be on that.
If you no longer have the box, but you did register it with your account, you can pull it up on B&N's website. Log in, goto "My Nook", and then "Manage My Nook". Mouse over the picture of the nook, and it will show you your serial number.
Hi,
I have a problem with my Nook Simple Touch. It's updated to 1.2 and rooted with NookManager-0.5.0.zip since July.
I turned it off this afternoon, took out the SD card, put it in a card reader and synced it with a directory in my computer. I then ejected the card and put it back in the Nook, waited about half an hour, then I turned it on. The Home screen was displayed and my apps ran normally. But when I tried to go to the library, it kept switching between the library and another screen (black, with just the Menu bar).
I thought maybe there is another update that installed silently, and I found 1.2.1 on the web (in the Nook, the software version is unavailable). I was surprised to see that it has the same name as the July 1.2 update : nook_1_2_update.zip . I downloaded it anyway (http://www.nook.com/gb/support/nook-simple-touch-software-updates#version), and I noticed that it's not the same size as the July update (July: 121,323,347 bytes, the new one: 122,621,182 bytes).
So here is my question: Is it possible to repair the Nook without updating it or rooting it again ? If not, what should I do ?
Thanks
sinlog said:
Hi,
I have a problem with my Nook Simple Touch. It's updated to 1.2 and rooted with NookManager-0.5.0.zip since July.
I turned it off this afternoon, took out the SD card, put it in a card reader and synced it with a directory in my computer. I then ejected the card and put it back in the Nook, waited about half an hour, then I turned it on. The Home screen was displayed and my apps ran normally. But when I tried to go to the library, it kept switching between the library and another screen (black, with just the Menu bar).
I thought maybe there is another update that installed silently, and I found 1.2.1 on the web (in the Nook, the software version is unavailable). I was surprised to see that it has the same name as the July 1.2 update : nook_1_2_update.zip . I downloaded it anyway (http://www.nook.com/gb/support/nook-simple-touch-software-updates#version), and I noticed that it's not the same size as the July update (July: 121,323,347 bytes, the new one: 122,621,182 bytes).
So here is my question: Is it possible to repair the Nook without updating it or rooting it again ? If not, what should I do ?
Thanks
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For your Nook to work correctly with NookManager, it does need to be updated to 1.2.1, the most recent B&N software version. However, it will require an unroot and factory reset for you to be able to update to 1.2.1 without issues popping up.
My recommended procedure:
1. Boot into NookManager.
2. Do this: [No, continue without wireless > Rescue > Restore factory.zip]
3. Let it finish, take out the sdcard and sign in (or bypass) to Barnes and Noble.
4. Update your Nook to 1.2.1 using the update from this page.
5. Boot back into NookManager, and re-root.
6. Good to go!
Sorry about the hassle of having to unroot and wipe.
Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I followed your instructions and almost everything is finally back in order. But I had to improvise: I worked on it during the whole afternoon, although I had a NookManager backup. The one thing that is still wrong is that there is a bad disk in the Nook (NOT the sdcard), 1.87 GB in size, and MiniTool Partition Wizard can't do anything about it (all options are greyed out). It doesn't seem to have any consequences. I hope it stays that way.
Thanks again.
sinlog said:
Hi,
Thank you for your reply. I followed your instructions and almost everything is finally back in order. But I had to improvise: I worked on it during the whole afternoon, although I had a NookManager backup. The one thing that is still wrong is that there is a bad disk in the Nook (NOT the sdcard), 1.87 GB in size, and MiniTool Partition Wizard can't do anything about it (all options are greyed out). It doesn't seem to have any consequences. I hope it stays that way.
Thanks again.
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You should be fine, I believe. Unless those options that you say are grayed out were available before, I think it's supposed to be that way.
Oh, and about using the Thanks Meter - to give someone a "thank" which goes onto their meter, you click the button that says "Thanks!" in the bottom-right corner of the respective post, like I just did to you.