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[Q] After unrooting I can not get though the initial setup section

Hi.
I have a serious problem using my Nook Touch.
I imported my Nook the last November.
As soon as it arrived at my house I rooted it and then after using it for a week I decided to make it back to the default factory state using the backup I had made before rooting.
I think the unrooting itself was successfully done but when I try to boot my Nook up, I can not get though the initial setup section (the sign part), it says,
Sign in
Error
Sorry we're having trouble setting up your Nook. Please shutdown the device and try again.
If the problem persists, contact Customer Support at 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665).
DAD1202
Then I have no choice but to power it off which doesn't do anything to solve the problem.
Now I have a Nook which is completely unusable in my hands.
I have not read a single book yet after I paid an extra money to import it and waited for it to arrive for 3 weeks...
I am at a loss as to what to do now, so if you can help me in any way I would be really grateful for it.

Force reset it by shutting it down, then starting it up, and when the screen flickers press right and left bottom buttons, hold for 5+ seconds.
This will resolve the problem, if not:
Use nookRestore to restore /system (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1289233)
and then:
Update to 1.1 (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Soft...uch/379003175/)

eded333
Thank you for the reply.
I am sorry, I forgot to mention that I used both the forcefully reset option and the nook restore software, both of them did not change anything.
And it seems that you can not update your firmware unless you completed the initial setup.
So virtually I can not do anything right now.

Just do a data reset (the forced one) without the restore and try it.
I think you can update to the 1.1 not registering, getting into the factory mode:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20121721&postcount=17
and copying the 1.1 update the Nooks flash (not sdcard)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Simple-Touch/379003175/

Thank you for the advise!
Now I can go to the Home screen and at least can read something which I put into my Nook.
I am pretty relieved that my Nook is not complete useless.
But I still have that problem of not being able to sign in.
The same message appears every time I try to sign in or create a new account.
It would be great if I could get rid of this problem...

Threekei said:
Sign in
Error
Sorry we're having trouble setting up your Nook. Please shutdown the device and try again.
If the problem persists, contact Customer Support at 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665).
DAD1202
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Try this:
Log onto the B&N website with your account (same as you try to sign in on)
Go to My Nook hover the picture and select "Erase and Deregister Device".
Now try to register from the NST again.

[Q] Unaible to update or restore nook

Hi,
maybe you can help me.
I have a working nook, but I'm stuck with the 1.0.0 firmware. I can't update it or restore it, each time the flashing procedure fails.
Here's a summary of the situation and what I already tried :
- When I got my nook, I made a backup that seemed to be OK (the size was good) before rooting it.
- Problem, it didn't update automatically, so I downloaded the update form B&N site to update it manually. But it didn't work, it reached the flash screen, but the update failed (I found a log file somewhere on the nook, it seems to be a signature problem)
- I restored from my backup, but same thing, the update fails.
- I deregistered, and tried again, no change.
- I tried to trigger the factory restore (via 8 failed boots and via ros87 image) but idem, the restoration fails.
- I even tried to use clockworkmod to flash either the update (not possible) or the restoration zip found somewhere on the nook (I got stuck on a boot loop after that, had to restore my backup).
I'm starting to think that my initial backup was not as OK as I thought (in fact, I can't remember if I correctly unmounted the nook before the backup...).
If I knew someone with another nook, I could try to make a backup from theirs to try (replacing the unique files by mine) but unfortunately it's not the case.
Do you have any new idea I haven't tried yet ?
Thanks.

Tbh, unless you feel you did something bad to your NST that prevents it from updating, you should contact B&N customer support about this.

Well, except for the root, I haven't done anything bad.
Not being in the US, I hoped for another solution, but if you think it's the best thing to do, I'll do it.
Thanks

If it's saying something about a signature, it might be possible the download became corrupted partially?

That would be too simple, that's the first thing I thought about it and tried re-downoading it several times, be it 1.0.1 or 1.1.

Well, if the Factory Restore fails as well, then this is not about signatures as there are no such thing involved in the Restore process, and beside a signature check on the update file itself I highly doubt there are any signature checks involved for the update process as well.
Like I said, I'd start with B&N Customer Support and eventually come back here if they're unable to help.

(Bricked) Formatted Drive Nook Glowlight

I had this recycler virus, it made its home on all my storage devices, that's why I formatted all of my usb drives, sd cards and my Nook internal storage to be safe.
It works, I even managed to install Glownooter but the problem is that this screen always prompts me to restart the system.
"YOUR NOOK HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO RESTART"
I have used images to restore to factory firmware, and tried Glownooter and I said and they work on the background but that message won't allow me to do anything, except restarting it or powering it off. If I restart it keeps appearing. Also tried to restore the deleted files but it wasn't
possible, perhaps the software wasn't good I don't know.
Thanks in advance.

When I've seen this message, and reset, occur it's been because my device registration and what BN has stored don't agree, so BN deletes the token on their side and resets my device. Took me a frustrating few nandroid restores of an NC to understand
I don't know that this is what is happening to you, but if you let the device reset, reregister with BN, and then root it and use it (without reimaging it) - does the message recur? It may not, or you may have tried it and it does recur in which case I apologize for asking a silly question.

roustabout said:
When I've seen this message, and reset, occur it's been because my device registration and what BN has stored don't agree, so BN deletes the token on their side and resets my device. Took me a frustrating few nandroid restores of an NC to understand
I don't know that this is what is happening to you, but if you let the device reset, reregister with BN, and then root it and use it (without reimaging it) - does the message recur? It may not, or you may have tried it and it does recur in which case I apologize for asking a silly question.
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Whenever I reset it the message keeps appearing, it won't let me go to another screen either to reregister or to do a factory reset.
I followed the advice of a guy in a similar situation, here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24537458&postcount=6
I did what he did and eventually ended up stuck on "YOUR NOOK IS STARTING UP". Then I tried the N2T recovery by ros87, and no avail. It still stuck on the "READ FOREVER" screen. I think it's at least a progress but I wish I could manage to fix it.
Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it and I have faith that I this situation will be resolved. More input is more than welcomed.

vdguzman said:
Whenever I reset it the message keeps appearing, it won't let me go to another screen either to reregister or to do a factory reset.
I followed the advice of a guy in a similar situation, here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24537458&postcount=6
I did what he did and eventually ended up stuck on "YOUR NOOK IS STARTING UP". Then I tried the N2T recovery by ros87, and no avail. It still stuck on the "READ FOREVER" screen. I think it's at least a progress but I wish I could manage to fix it.
Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it and I have faith that I this situation will be resolved. More input is more than welcomed.
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I'm in a similar situation: did a backup (which I tought to be complete) and rooted succesfully.
Then I tried to go back to stock with my backup to learn it was partially good and I bricked the Nook.
Now I can't get past the "installation failed" screen and I don't know how to revive it. I've tried almost every solution posted to xda and still stuck.
Let me know if you find a solution, pls.

Nook Simple Touch: screen sensors not working after restoring

Hi, i bought a NST and i rooted it a month ago.
Yesterday i decided to factory restore, because it began to get stucked on any screen.
I took the micro sd card with te nook manager and i restored to factory zip.
The first time it get stucked on loop when it finished the restoring process and then it restart to enter to the restoring process again for almost an hour.
Next i tried to restore the backup and it worked almost well but it remained stuck at the end of restoring.
After almos 30 minutes i decided to restart the nook and voila! it works and begin the screen saying that i need to register and everything, but the touchscreen doesn't work.
I restarted it, almost 10 times but i can´t even unlock the screen. i think that maybe on the restoring and reset it doesnt install the drivers of the IR sensors, but I can´t make it work.
In this moment I´m making again the restore but it's taking almos 30 minutes in the last part of the restoring screen.
Anyone could help to me?
Sorry for my english, I still working on it.
Felipe

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Generally speaking, if the NookManager factory restore doesn't fix the problem, you're in trouble.
However, since you at least are booting up okay, there might be hope. Perhaps not, though.
Let me know what happens after that reset you mentioned was in processing, and we'll go from there.

Finally, the restoring screen never ends, so, I made a manual reset and magic! The touch worked!
Thanks!!!!

My rooted samsung galaxy s4 is soft bricked, Can I save the data?

Yes this post is correctly dated. I've had this device a LOOOONNNGGG time.
The device has been rooted since shortly after I bought it new years ago. I've had very few problems since... which is why it's never been replaced.
I believe I have the stock ROM, sorry it's been a while.
When I start the device it gets stuck at the splash screen with the sprint logo.
I can get the device to "download mode" but I don't know what to do once there and I'm not sure I can do anything from here.
I can get the device to "android system recovery."
I know I installed TWRP when I rooted and installed the rooted ROM but when I boot to recovery it doesn't go there.
I've wiped the "cache partition" but the problem remained. I'm not sure what else to do from here and still be able to salvage data.
I'm trying to salvage the data on the internal storage. I'm pretty sure I could successfully "wipe data/ factory reset" and get it to "function" again but that's not the priority. I'm going to replace it regardless of success or failure. Data recovery is the priority here. (pictures and videos of my young children as well as less important stuff like contacts.)
I have an old laptop with an old version of ubuntu I can use or a newer one with windows 7 to work with. I mention this in case it makes this easier to help?
Thank you very much if you try to take a stab at this or refer someone that might!

Update:
So I managed to install TWRP via Odin.
I booted to this recovery and my data partition appears to be empty?
When I try to back up I get the error message "unable to mount '/data'"
I tried doing a wipe, not one of the fancy extra options ones just the regular wipe and it failed.
Any guidance will be extremely appreciated.
Edit:
So I've come to the conclusion that the data isn't accessible because of encryption and my pass code. Is there any way to enter it via recovery and access this info?
Is anybody out there?
Edit 2:
I hope this helps someone someday. I haven't solved the problem but I think I'm making progress.
First I had an old version of TWRP. I installed the latest for my device and tried backing up again. I'm not sure but I think it's working. TWRP dosen't seem to need my password for the backup. I imagine I'll just need it to access the data later.
Edit 3:
No sooner did I save the last edit and my backup failed.
Process ended with error : 255