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Hello,
This is regarding the folder SDCARD on SGT10.1.
Is it safe to delete all data that reside under folder /sdcard? Reason is its too messy in there.
I am going to flash rom/kernel very soon so this is perfect time to clean up and start from scratch.
I dont want to take any backup, just want to rebuild the tablet with clean ROM installation.
Any advice/tips appreciated.
-Z-
hmmm i guess i will have to do it to find out!!!
If it's external you could do it as it is of your own (if you haven't got important stuff in there). The internal one you must not delete, because I guess it could delete some important files and might cause some problems
i achieved this by going back to stock rom - flashed it with odin and used pit file for recreating the partition so now all wiped and it is now like brand new tablet.
flashing OC2.2 tonight
I have a Droid X that I've flashed from FroYo to GB and back several times.
I just returned a Chinese, Inc. tablet that I flashed from GB to ICS and back several times.
I want a vanilla Nook Tablet (ultimately with ICS on it) or a Samsung Galaxy 2 (7.0). But since I can get a "Certified Pre-Owned" Nook 16GB for $200, I'm leaning in that direction.
So-o-o-o...
By "vanilla", I mean I want an Android tablet with an Android UI. And I have no reservations about flashing the ROM. I'm here because I want confirm my understanding of the terminologies folks are using when they're talking about the Nook Tablet.
There are two methods for turning it into a vanilla Android tablet:
1) Internal
---a) Uses CWM installed from SDCARD to ahceive root, and
---b) Uses CWM to unzip an image and flashes the ROM
2) External
---a) Uses CWM run from SDCARD to achieve root, and
---b) Uses CWM to boot the tablet from SDCARD
Am I correct so far?
I need to ask these questions because I'm finding countless web pages describing very different methods for accomplishing the same goal. Life was easier with the Droid and the Chinese tablet;
1) Run this installer on the PC
2) Point to the ROM image
3) Connect the USB cable
4) Press ENTER
I may or may not even care about flashing it back to stock. But it looks like the option is there. True? It will probably come with 1.4.2, but if I restore it to 1.4.1, it will update itself back to 1.4.2?
My head hurts.
If the NT was manufactured early as 1.4.0 you can revert back to 1.4.1 or 1.4.0. You can block the update from automatically upgrading to 1.4.2. If it is a later NT and was shipped with 1.4.2 it can NOT be rolled back. The 16 GB NT's can be rooted and flashed to an Alpha Final CM7, gingerbread that is fairly stable with some bugs that can be worked around or an Alpha 0.03 CM9, ICS that in my opinion is a little rougher that is based on a gingerbread kernal. It acts and feels like ICS. Work is still in process on both roms.
I think you should read both the development threads for the roms and the support thread for CM7 to get the whole picture. Try the search for specific questions. You will find methods and videos for most of the options.
Bill
miniblue said:
If the NT was manufactured early as 1.4.0 you can revert back to 1.4.1 or 1.4.0. You can block the update from automatically upgrading to 1.4.2. If it is a later NT and was shipped with 1.4.2 it can NOT be rolled back. The 16 GB NT's can be rooted and flashed to an Alpha Final CM7, gingerbread that is fairly stable with some bugs that can be worked around or an Alpha 0.03 CM9, ICS that in my opinion is a little rougher that is based on a gingerbread kernal. It acts and feels like ICS. Work is still in process on both roms.
I think you should read both the development threads for the roms and the support thread for CM7 to get the whole picture. Try the search for specific questions. You will find methods and videos for most of the options.
Bill
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It's definitely the wild west here. I've never had an Android device where the experience was so diverse re: root, ROM, backup and what works and what does not.
For example, I got a later-model 16GB NT and had no trouble rolling it back to 1.4.0 w/ one of the stock root methods. I know the 8GB *can't* be rolled back because the ROM image for 1.4.0 assumes 1GB RAM (the 8GB nook has 0.5 GB). But I totally believe lots of people have not been able to do a 16 GB roll-back, because my NT's [I have both a 16 & an 8 for my wife] have their share of many of the quirks mentioned in the forum - - will/won't boot w. USB, work w/ some SD cards but not others, etc.
My advice is go ahead and get the NT - they are great devices, and the 16GB especially has way better hardware than a Kindle - and just get ready for a lot of patient trial and error. You have lots of experience w/ Android & rooting, so it's just being careful and keeping backups. There are a couple of full-restore methods for the 16GB if you really get in trouble.
But, yeah - - it's more of a challenge with an NT. I also have an HTC Inspire, and that was like "here is the best root method - do it! Here's the way to install ROMs - do it! Here's the way to back up..." With the NT it's been more like trying the 2 or 3 methods for each step of the process and finding which one works best on which tablet.
But, boy, do you feel like you've accomplished something when it's finally configured and running sweet - and I know I know this device better than anything I've owned before, after all that experimenting.
Good luck! ;-)
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There are two methods for turning it into a vanilla Android tablet:
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1) Internal
---a) Uses CWM installed from SDCARD to ahceive root, and
---b) Uses CWM to unzip an image and flashes the ROM
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Actually to go internal, you don't even need to "achieve root." Boot into the normal B&N OS, mount to computer and transfer the internal rom zip file to the internal storage of the Nook. Next create the CWM bootable sd card, plug it into the nook and boot into CWM. Make a backup first thing.
Proceed to install from zip and navigate to the zip file you transferred to the Nook. Wipe data/cache and reboot. Ta da, vanilla android with whichever rom you choose.
2) External
---a) Uses CWM run from SDCARD to achieve root, and
---b) Uses CWM to boot the tablet from SDCARD
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As of now, the only rom running from sdcard external is CM7. And you don't need to fuss with CWM or anything internal to make this happen. All you need to do is burn the CM7 image to an sdcard, plug in and boot up and voila, external booting vanilla android. I should note though that some sdcards are fussy about this and some devices require you to be plugged into USB to boot from sdcard.
For simplicity sake, just go internal. You can always return to stock quite easily should you want/need to.
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As of now, the only rom running from sdcard external is CM7. And you don't need to fuss with CWM or anything internal to make this happen. All you need to do is burn the CM7 image to an sdcard, plug in and boot up and voila, external booting vanilla android. I should note though that some sdcards are fussy about this and some devices require you to be plugged into USB to boot from sdcard.
For simplicity sake, just go internal. You can always return to stock quite easily should you want/need to.
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I agree - and strong second on having a couple of SD cards ready. I had a couple of good cards that just would *not* boot with CM7 on them, felt like giving up, then finally got a cheap PNY 16GB Class 4 and it booted right away.
[If you search far enough back in the forum there's a pretty long debate about which SD cards work best, and which don't seem to work at all. Of course, nobody ever actually solved that! ;-) ]
Just don't give up if the first card you use doesn't work. It's just another place where the NT's are quirky . . .
Just a quick update to say thanks for the help.
For a short time, I actually had both a Nook and a Tab 2 (7.0). I just sent the Tab back to Amazon. It had the laggy touch-screen that some people experience.
In contrast, the Nook is built like it was made for the military! What a difference. The Tab is nice, but kind of creaky, and a little too thin for my likes. And I kept hitting the power button, I had to hold it upside-down else the WiFi was weak, ...
I sort of suspect that all the glowing reviews about the Tab's build quality are shills (I'm going catch flack for that). There's just no comparison.
Do we know who actually builds the Nook?
Happily rooting, flashing and generally trying to brick my new (Certified Pre-Owned) Nook.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005633
Link to the SD card test thread FYI.
Anyways, Nook is great.
I'd just root it 1st, then install CM7 to a MicroSD card (for portability and to keep the internals stock), then from CM7, block OTA updates from the CM settings.
The link in the Nook Tablet General forum with the 8/16GB MicroSD card image with Market is the one you want =D
I hope I am in the right forum for this thread. I have plenty of questions and hope to get answers to a few..... Here goes -
A few weeks ago I bought a nook 16Gb Tablet essentially for my wife and created a CM7 SD card to allow using it in stock BN system as well as experiment with Android use from that card. The end result is I decided I needed one for myself so I wouldn't conflict with her use. I had months ago rooted my nook eink but regardless of its expanded capability it was still only a great ebook reader and hopeless as a web browser, etc. So bought a Certified Preowned 16Gb nook Tablet for myself and duplicated the CM7 SD card process and was able to switch between stock nook use and Andorid use from the SD card using the dual boot process. I found myself mostly in the Andorid side and began to wonder why I was keeping the unused nook side around. After a ton of forum reading I decided to root my tablet and leave my wife's in its dual boot format - undoubtedly a safe move....
I used this process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583&page=24
it is titled:
How to root 1.4.1 (or any other version) using just an sdcard {easy}
and I followed the detailed steps and links from "liquidzoo" post #240. Creating the SD card for the rooting process was easy. It went well up to the point of the step of powering up after inserting the SD card in the powered down nook. It kept booting into the stock BN nook side by use of the power on button. It began booting to the SD card only after I allowed it to power up by plugging it into my pc with the usb cord. Then the following steps went fine after I discoverd I had to use the volume controls to step through the menu selections. Thereafter it did go smoothly through the process. When the process indicated it had completed powered off, removed the SD card, and powered up into Android.
It seems to be somewhat faster than using Android from a dual boot (CM7 on SD card). I guess I missed somewhere that it would have dual a home selection menu allowing the stock nook home menu choice along with Android - so the best of both worlds. I am still familiarizing my self with the new configuration but so the fiirst of a few questions are:
Aside from experimentation, is there any way of finding out what all the icons in the status bar are for on the vbarious screens? Some are obvious but at one point I had a flashing-inverted-chevron icon that seemed to be maybe a downloading indicator but I couldn't find what.
Is there a simple toggle to switch from nook to android screens? Seems to be several taps to achieve that.
How do I install the Amazon Android App? I can' seem to find it.
I'll probably reply to this with other questions after I do more experimenting but answers to these woiuld be helpful.
Thanks in advance. I'm still a noob so I can't post to the link above but I think somewhere I saw the ability to 'Thank' as well as 'Donate' - both of which I need to do now. I think I'm really going to like the newly configured nook Tablet.
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I hope I am in the right forum for this thread. I have plenty of questions and hope to get answers to a few..... Here goes -
A few weeks ago I bought a nook 16Gb Tablet essentially for my wife and created a CM7 SD card to allow using it in stock BN system as well as experiment with Android use from that card. The end result is I decided I needed one for myself so I wouldn't conflict with her use. I had months ago rooted my nook eink but regardless of its expanded capability it was still only a great ebook reader and hopeless as a web browser, etc. So bought a Certified Preowned 16Gb nook Tablet for myself and duplicated the CM7 SD card process and was able to switch between stock nook use and Andorid use from the SD card using the dual boot process. I found myself mostly in the Andorid side and began to wonder why I was keeping the unused nook side around. After a ton of forum reading I decided to root my tablet and leave my wife's in its dual boot format - undoubtedly a safe move....
I used this process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583&page=24
it is titled:
How to root 1.4.1 (or any other version) using just an sdcard {easy}
and I followed the detailed steps and links from "liquidzoo" post #240. Creating the SD card for the rooting process was easy. It went well up to the point of the step of powering up after inserting the SD card in the powered down nook. It kept booting into the stock BN nook side by use of the power on button. It began booting to the SD card only after I allowed it to power up by plugging it into my pc with the usb cord. Then the following steps went fine after I discoverd I had to use the volume controls to step through the menu selections. Thereafter it did go smoothly through the process. When the process indicated it had completed powered off, removed the SD card, and powered up into Android.
It seems to be somewhat faster than using Android from a dual boot (CM7 on SD card). I guess I missed somewhere that it would have dual a home selection menu allowing the stock nook home menu choice along with Android - so the best of both worlds. I am still familiarizing my self with the new configuration but so the fiirst of a few questions are:
Aside from experimentation, is there any way of finding out what all the icons in the status bar are for on the vbarious screens? Some are obvious but at one point I had a flashing-inverted-chevron icon that seemed to be maybe a downloading indicator but I couldn't find what.
Is there a simple toggle to switch from nook to android screens? Seems to be several taps to achieve that.
How do I install the Amazon Android App? I can' seem to find it.
I'll probably reply to this with other questions after I do more experimenting but answers to these woiuld be helpful.
Thanks in advance. I'm still a noob so I can't post to the link above but I think somewhere I saw the ability to 'Thank' as well as 'Donate' - both of which I need to do now. I think I'm really going to like the newly configured nook Tablet.
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First, read this.
Now, just so we're on the same page.
You created an sd card that allowed you to boot into a custom recovery and then using the volume up/down buttons, navigated to install and installed a zip file that allowed you to root the device correct?
If that is the case, you are still on the stock OS (as it sounds from your description). This is why you have both the stock B&N user interface (launcher) and a custom one (the one that looks more like cm7 did when booting from an sdcard).
Still have that custom recovery card? Here's my suggestion. Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store). Store these files on your internal storage. Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. DO NOT FORMAT SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT (people do this for some reason, I don't understand why and it breaks things - don't do it.) Upon rebooting, you will no longer have the stock OS installed You will have a custom rom, cm7 installed.
The difference from your current setup is that right now, the core of the device is still based on B&N version of Android. The alternate user interface is nothing more than a tease of what Android is truly capable of. A custom rom opens up many more doors and should be a much smoother experience.
Any questions post them. And please read the first post of the thread I linked.
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Also, I'm morally obligated to advise you to return the Nook and buy a Nexus 7, if you truly prefer the Google experience.
A bit to more to chew on....
Cubanluke88 said:
First, read this.
Now, just so we're on the same page.
You created an sd card that allowed you to boot into a custom recovery and then using the volume up/down buttons, navigated to install and installed a zip file that allowed you to root the device correct?
If that is the case, you are still on the stock OS (as it sounds from your description). This is why you have both the stock B&N user interface (launcher) and a custom one (the one that looks more like cm7 did when booting from an sdcard).
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Any questions post them. And please read the first post of the thread I linked.
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Also, I'm morally obligated to advise you to return the Nook and buy a Nexus 7, if you truly prefer the Google experience.
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Thank you, Cubanluke88, for you thoughts and suggestions.
First, I did grab your first linked post and realized some misconceptions. I still need to digest it more thoroughly, though.
On the part of your response that I have edited out in the qoute, I also want to read more troroughly and pose some questions in a later response.
As for the final suggestion, I have been eyeing the Nexus 7 for some time ane even though it is a bit more expensive than the nook Tablet I currently own I think I might get it (or a similar device) when fortune and convenience presents itself. For now, I am still in a learning mode with the Android-like device I currentlhy have and need to read and educate myself further. As stated in my opening post - I am a noob - there is a lot of experimenting I need to do.
I will be replying with some questions after more reading and thought on your offered suggestions in the section I edited out for the time being.....
questions....again
Cubanluke88 said:
First, read this.
Still have that custom recovery card? Here's my suggestion. Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store). Store these files on your internal storage. Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. DO NOT FORMAT SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT (people do this for some reason, I don't understand why and it breaks things - don't do it.) Upon rebooting, you will no longer have the stock OS installed You will have a custom rom, cm7 installed.
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Cubanluke88,
Thanks again for giving me something to think about.
I have read/reread both of your linked posts and your complete response to my post. Further, it is useful to comment that with my nook Tablet hardware it is not at all important for me to have the BN OS. I have a classic nook eink that is totally satisfactory for anything I may need for BN usage alone - mostly, ebook purchase and reading. I purchased the tablet as a means to get access to Android applications not possible from the nook classic which was also hopeless as a general web access device. As a rooted Android device, I anticipate it's nook app to be satisfactory as an ebook reader as well.
Referring to the quoted segment of you initial response:
Still have that custom recovery card?
Yes.
Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store) Store these files on your internal storage..
Can you suggest a pointer? I get swamped and cofused on what to choose when I google. The verison I have filed on my PC is embedded in an SD image file and I suspect that is not what you were referring to ( I have: -->> "Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img".
By "internal storage" do you mean in the recovery card or within the Tablet through USB connection?
Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.
The backup would be my current loaded system - in case I need to get back?
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When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.
Is this a single menu item on the recovery card or separate commands?
I appreciate the help and apologise for the need for spoon feeeding but I hope it helps avoid making further mistakes......
One last thought, on the recovery card I downloaded and included "flash_B&N_Stock_v1.4.3_8-16gb_emmc" which I assume would restore to stock 1.4.3 BN version. Is that prossible? and would that be easier to do and start fresh?
Thanks in advance....
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Can you suggest a pointer? I get swamped and cofused on what to choose when I google. The verison I have filed on my PC is embedded in an SD image file and I suspect that is not what you were referring to ( I have: -->> "Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img".
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That .img file is what you used to create the sdcard your wife and you used. Just as with the recovery sd card, you take said .img file and burn it to it to create a "bootable" sdcard. Thats not what we want to do now (if you're ready to replace the stock OS). Go to this thread for cm7. See where it says "Internal version 8GB & 16GB Compatiable?" Grab that. That is the rom zip file itself. To get gapps, youll need cm7 compatible gapps, found here.
By "internal storage" do you mean in the recovery card or within the Tablet through USB connection?
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By internal storage, I'm referring to the internal storage on the Nook itself. (like what you see when you mount it via USB on your computer). It should come up as "My Nook" or something to that effect. If you store the rom zip file here, you will be able to boot into recovery via the sdcard you created, navigate to the internal storage and find the zip file and install it. Now personally, I would recommend, that if you plan on using internal roms, that you should also change the internal recovery to a custom one. With an internal custom recovery, you could swap between various roms without ever needing to use that recovery sd card. You would simply boot into recovery, grab the zip file for whatever custom rom you want to use and install it.
The easiest way to get a custom recovery is via this app here. Simply install the app and flash the custom recovery within it. Its also a great tool to return to stock recovery should you ever need to.
The backup would be my current loaded system - in case I need to get back?
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Yep.
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Is this a single menu item on the recovery card or separate commands?
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Its in the recovery menu there right at the front. You should see something like reboot system, apply sdcard, wipedata/factory reset, wipe cache, install zip, backup and restore. Backup/restore to backup your current installation, install zip to install the rom + gapps, and wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache after installation.
One last thought, on the recovery card I downloaded and included "flash_B&N_Stock_v1.4.3_8-16gb_emmc" which I assume would restore to stock 1.4.3 BN version. Is that prossible? and would that be easier to do and start fresh?
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I'm not sure what this is. I'll take a look at it.
Cubanluke88 said:
Now personally, I would recommend, that if you plan on using internal roms, that you should also change the internal recovery to a custom one. With an internal custom recovery, you could swap between various roms without ever needing to use that recovery sd card. You would simply boot into recovery, grab the zip file for whatever custom rom you want to use and install it.
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Read much of the following thread and while I think it will be simpler in the future I assume I can do that at any time. Right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458630
Albert Wertz's youtube video throws a lot of stuff into the process which looks very interesting but I think I'll "crawl" around a bit and use recovery card for little longer while I become more familiar with a rooted tablet.
I grabbed the CM7 and gapp zips you pointed to and I'm going to give that a whirl with my current recovery card and post back with results - hopefully good......
Note that if you install cm7 to the device, you are not simply on a "rooted" tablet anymore. You will be on a custom rom that also happens to have root access (most custom roms do). Its also worth noting that cm7 is a custom rom based on Android 2.3.4, so the roms capabilities and limitations will be subsequently limited to what cm7 is capable of. The latest version of Android is 4.1 and we are lucky enough to have a custom rom (cm10) in development based on it.
sawbuck00;33537204.
I grabbed the CM7 and gapp zips you pointed to and I'm going to give that a whirl with my current recovery card and post back with results - hopefully good......[/QUOTE said:
Well it seemed to go smoothly. Currently geting updates downloaded. Back to exploring and experimenting....
Thank you, Cubanluke88, for help and advice. I expect I'll be back in awhile when I'm ready to install the internal recovery app and probably will screw things up at some point but it is my aim to get a better understanding the capabilities......
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undeeded apps
Been doing some exploring and contemplating addition of a few apps. However, some of the apps loaded with CM7 and Gapps (like car home, phone, camera to name a few) don't make sense on a nook tablet - unless I'm missing a reason they should be there. What is the best way of uninstalling/deleting these or any I may install but discover no need for?
TIA....
sawbuck00 said:
Been doing some exploring and contemplating addition of a few apps. However, some of the apps loaded with CM7 and Gapps (like car home, phone, camera to name a few) don't make sense on a nook tablet - unless I'm missing a reason they should be there. What is the best way of uninstalling/deleting these or any I may install but discover no need for?
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They're there because cm7 is a port of a phone based OS (Android 2.3 was designed for phones). You can disable them but I believe camera is tied to gallery so that could screw up picture viewing and phone might be tied to contacts so that could screw up your contacts database if you use gmail. If you have a file explorer that has root access (I use root explorer, paid app in play store), you can navigate to /system/apps and all the apks for those apps (system apps) are found there. You can add a ".bak" extension to each one, then reboot and see if anything breaks. If for some reason things break really badly, you can always reboot to recovery and just flash the rom on top of it again.
I am a little familiar with rooting and flagging cm add I did it flawlessly on my nexus I just bought a nook tablet 8gb (wad told it was new hd and didn't know a thing about nooks and fell for it) but it is the older regular nook tablet. It was already rooted and had cm7 installed. I don't know what method was used bit it does power directly into cm7. I am used to jelly bean and I don't like going back to GB. I've researched fora few days on differences with this tablet but I've not found much. Does anyone have s link to a stable version of the acclaim cm10? What doi need to do too flash the new rom without raising my chances of brick. Do I just go to recovery and delete all data then install rom from sd? Do I have to flash a new kernel? Or can I flash a faster one(that's another reason for wantingcm10 mine freezes alot) if I can flash one does anyone have links to the rom and a comparable kernel? That you so much in advanced!
Wrong subforum methinks...
Try cm10.2, usual full wipe and install via CWM.
It's now supported via cmupdater for automatic updates
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Try the cm10.2 in the thread, full wipe and install via CWM.
It's now supported via cmupdater for automatic updates
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ok now i have a bigger problem... I didnt reformat the SD card but I removed it and deleted unneeded things there was a clockworkmod file but i didnt touch it and there was no .zip file but after I did that nothing would word EVERYTHING force closed so I held power botton and hit "reboot" well when I did that it rebooted into the nook operating system... How did this happen? is it unrooted? can I get back to CM7 or did i delete it on accident? ANYBODY PLEASE HELP i just bought this and its actually my daughters birthday gift and I dont have the money to buy anything else so I have to find a way to get this working before her bday
Sounds like you had cm7 on SD not internal...
Do a clean install to internal
Model number: LG Optimus G (LS970)
CyanogenMod version: 11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-ls970
Android version: 4.4.4
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-CM+
Hello all,
First time poster, long-time lurker. I've been using Android for years now, trying out different ROMs. Consider myself pretty much an amateur still though. I usually find all the answers and guides by searching either this forum or finding other sources on Google. I can't really find anything that's helping me with what I'm dealing with here, so post I will.
I decided that I was tired of Jelly Bean on my Optimus G, so I found CM11 M10. I flashed it through CWM Recovery. I followed all the steps I found on True Android (I can't post external links). It flashed, boots and runs just fine. Soon after installing some of my apps, and putting some of my music back on, my phone very soon alerted me that it's internal storage was full. I should have 25GB total space, and I only put less than 1GB of stuff on it. As I analyze my storage usage, though, it says 24GB used. But when it breaks it down into storage usage by category, it only adds up to a couple of gigabytes. I tried to see what Clean Master would do for me, but it only said that around 2GB worth of data could be cleaned or removed. As I use the file manager to see what's on my phone, there's really nothing there that should fill up my internal SD card. When I boot into recovery and select the option to install from zip, it looks like all of my old folders and files are there from before flashing CM11. When I reboot the phone though, I can't find those old files anywhere int he file manager. It's almost as if CM11 was installed on a different partition or something (hopefully I'm suing the right terminology there). It boils down to this: Why is all my data still there, but not accessible at all? Why wasn't everything wiped when I went through the steps? I followed them to a T.
Am I missing something fairly simple?
UPDATE: I've found the data from before flashing in Root Browser. It is stored in data/media, while the new ROM seems to be stored in storage/emulated/0. Any tips on where to go from here, and how to prevent this in the future?
Hopefully this screenshot helps to illustrate my problem.
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