This may well have been covered elsewhere, but I tried a quick search and couldn't find it, so figured I'd post anyway. Reseting the Nook Tablet by holding N while you power on forces it in to a reset mode. But, if you actually want to get back to a proper factory fresh unrooted state you easily can take advantage of the "X failed boots" which forces the Factory Restore mode. Start by powering down the Nook, then, this is how I did it:
1) Hold both volume buttons down
2) Press power
After a second or so the intial black screen with copyright info comes on. Keep holding all the buttons until the black copyright info goes off and it looks like it's powered down again.
Repeat at least 8 times.
If anybody knows an easier way please chime in.
the second one is the first time i saw
Quicker factory restore.
If you have root shell access:
At the device shell command line: echo -n '0000' >/bootdata/BootCnt
Unregister device (which will reboot and then do a full factory restore).
Actually, any 4-byte string value of ASCII characters will work, as the resultant value only has to be above a BINARY 8.
DeanGibson said:
If you have root shell access:
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Hi Dean. Is there a good app for providing shell access?
Fast Nook Tablet Restore
The fastest and easiest way to do a factory restore is under Settings, Device Info, Erase and Deregister Device. This will remove ALL files one has added and you will able to reregister your tablet.
Correction: Oops! Sorry, this is not correct. See following post.
bsavoy, We are talking about resetting the /system folder to factory (removing gApps, restoring bloatware, removing root, etc) All of those are in the system folder but don't go away when you do erase and deregister. That only wipes /data/
t-r-i-c-k said:
This may well have been covered elsewhere, but I tried a quick search and couldn't find it, so figured I'd post anyway. Reseting the Nook Tablet by holding N while you power on forces it in to a reset mode. But, if you actually want to get back to a proper factory fresh unrooted state you easily can take advantage of the "X failed boots" which forces the Factory Restore mode. Start by powering down the Nook, then, this is how I did it:
1) Hold both volume buttons down
2) Press power
After a second or so the intial black screen with copyright info comes on. Keep holding all the buttons until the black copyright info goes off and it looks like it's powered down again.
Repeat at least 8 times.
If anybody knows an easier way please chime in.
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I followed these instructions which differ slightly. Unfortunately not any easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19546639&postcount=13
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tonyp22 said:
Hi Dean. Is there a good app for providing shell access?
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I use ConnectBot from Google developers, in the Android Market.
Thanks man...sending mine back tomorrow and needed this.
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This work for me,
Turn off your NT.
Hold power button + volume up button + n button until your NT turn on and then off. It takes like a couple seconds.
Repeat 7 more times.
When you turn your NT on the 9th time (without holding other button), your NT will restored with factory software and removing root.
succulent said:
This work for me,
Turn off your NT.
Hold power button + volume up button + n button until your NT turn on and then off. It takes like a couple seconds.
Repeat 7 more times.
When you turn your NT on the 9th time (without holding other button), your NT will restored with factory software and removing root.
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I turned off the nook, and turned it back one while holding down the 'N' button and power at the same time. Only have to do it once.
HMG10 said:
I turned off the nook, and turned it back one while holding down the 'N' button and power at the same time. Only have to do it once.
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That method only clear the /data folder. You still have root.
The hard reset method clear both /data and /system folders, removing root. This method is for when you messed up your NT badly.
Bump because so many people still don't know how to do full factory restore.
When full factory restore is done properly, your NT will restore automatically. No pressing n button or asking you steps. Not to be confused with factory reset. Factory reset will prompt you to follow steps on screen.
Instruction from BN tech support
This is what I got when I chatted with a BN tech support. Copy-pasted verbatim.
Please follow the steps below to hard reset your NOOK Tablet. Please note that a hard reset de-registers your device as well as erases all local content such as contacts, sideloaded documents, personal information, 4 digit passcodes, etc. It is recommended that you backup any sideloaded material before continuing.
1. Hold the power button down for 10 seconds until the NOOK Tablet is powered off, ignoring the "Power off" prompt.
2. After Your NOOK Tablet is powered off, kindly press the home key and the power button until the "Read Forever" logo disappears. Once disappeared release the buttons immediately.
3. If successful, a grey NOOK Logo will appear and the screen will refresh momentarily and flash yellow. A prompt will appear asking if you would like to perform a “Factory Reset,” Tap the "NOOK Home key" to confirm. Tap the"Home key" again to begin the process.
4. After a few minutes your device will reset and re-install all necessary software. Once completed, you will have to register the device again.
Your eBooks, magazines, newspapers and applications are saved on your online library. You can download them again after registering the device. By the way, you need to have a Wi-Fi connection to register it again.
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This method worked for me:
Turn off your NT.
Hold power button + volume up button + n button until your NT turn on and then off. It takes like a couple seconds.
Repeat 7 more times.
When you turn your NT on the 9th time (without holding other button), your NT will restored with factory software and removing root.
magic SD card doesn't work
I've tried the acclaim_update with 4GB, 8GB and 32FGB Sandisk microSD cards after unmounting and erasing them on the nook. Nothing happens. I've done factory restores with the Volume+Power button technique and the nook does reset but the system remains at 1.4.1. I've done it a bunch of times to no avail and now my nook is unrooted but I can't reroot it and block the upgrades from B&N. Anyone else having the same problem. And is there a fix for me?
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Also tried the reset method above - power key for 10 sec, the power plus home buttons. Again a factory reset but when I've gone through the setup process, I still have 1.4.1.
I have the same problem as lessilb. I do a factory restore and I'm still at 1.4.1. I try the Acclaim method on a 16GB SANDISK microSD and it ignores the microSD. I had root before Christmas but now I'm stuck on 1.4.1 until I find a microSD that will work. My original understanding was that I should always be able to factory restore back to 1.4.0 but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I posted the [How-to] Quick Access to Nook Tablet's FACTORY RESET Screen for this type of issue. Following that guide will get you back to stock and the home key issue is explained as well.
Good luck.
I tried the 8 time reboot and when power on the 9 time it takes me CWM recovery mode. When I reboot NT now it takes me to n screen with read forever witha white background. I am stuck there forever. Can anyone help.
greenwood625 said:
I tried the 8 time reboot and when power on the 9 time it takes me CWM recovery mode. When I reboot NT now it takes me to n screen with read forever witha white background. I am stuck there forever. Can anyone help.
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you should flash back the stock recovery using indierct's tool. and then you can do the 8 times break.
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YUP. I "soft bricked" my t-mobile galaxy s (vibrant here in the us) or so I hope. The phone was rooted via z4 on the latest android t959uvji6 from t-mobile.
How did i do it? Brick my phone that is...
The 3d gallery was pissing me off by picking up everything on the phone. I tried clearing the default setting via the manage app but nothing changed so I decided to delete it. First backing up the apk and odex file from the system folder with titanium backup then deleted them from the system folder via root explorer. Rebooted the phone, pulled out the battery, waited for 30 seconds or so, popped in the battery and booted up the phone w/o any issues.
I tried installing the backup 3d gallery apk file and got the "app not installed" error on numerous attempts. Then tried simply copying it over again with ti backup and nothing happens. Gave up and said the heck with and went the factory restore route, got all the relevant apps installed and tried reinstalling the 3d gallery apk but resulting in the same "app not installed" error prompt. So I again copied over the apk and odex file into the system folder. Rebooted and nothing... phone does not boot into the home screen.
At this point here is what the phone is able to do.
It will boot up and display the default galaxy s animation, goes through it's array of colors then comes to a stop at all white letters then the screen goes blank and nothing happens - zip. nadda. i left it on for 12hrs like that - blank screen w/all the hard keys lit up.
What i did notice was win7x64 recognizes the phone after it gets into the blank screen of death as mass storage units.
So far i've tried booting into the recovery screen via the three button method and none of them works.
Did the karma-volume up-home-power twist - nothing
Did the karma-volume down-home-power roll - nothing
Did the karma-volume up and down-power jiggy - nothing
I tried the key combos for about 2hrs without any success then jumped into adb. After reading for a bit I realized that the phone was still rooted and the debug mode was enabled the last time i shutdown the phone (good'ol ti-backup)
For a while there adb did not recognize the phone at all but with an odd power cycling while spamming "adb reboot recovery" it was able to finally nab hold of the phone and jump into the recovery console. At first I thought it was pure luck so unplugged everything and tried it again - works every time if i did the odd out of sequence power cycle while spamming the adb console with "adb reboot recovery".
In the reboot recovery - deleted the user data and did the restore.
Here's where I think I really screwed up - now the phone is no longer in debug mode.
Long story short - is there a way to get into the recovery screen w/o debug mode on?
**quickly pulls on flack jacket**
but seriously any suggestions would be great
Wrong section bro. You probably won't get an answer here.
To answer your question. Yes, Remove Battery, Plug your phone to USB, Press and hold the volume down and the power button Put the batter back on. This should get you into download mode. Use ODIN to restore.
the usb jig trick did the work - now i have two phones!!!! (bought the nexus s yesterday) lol
Time to ODIN.
To access Download mode.
Unplug. press volume up and down togheter, and connect USB. VOILA!
If ODIN does not recognize it, plug and unplug again
chichu_9 said:
To answer your question. Yes, Remove Battery, Plug your phone to USB, Press and hold the volume down and the power button Put the batter back on. This should get you into download mode. Use ODIN to restore.
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no!
Why the hell are people giving others ideas on how to get into download when their doing it wrong.
its JUST THE VOLUME BUTTONS, NOT THE POWER BUTTON ALONG WITH IT.
volume + power = Recovery, which in this case you probably cant get into
Volume - Power = Download mode, which everyone can get into unless if they somehow hard bricked, if its possible.
I had installed TNT Lite v 4.3.0 a couple of weeks ago and it was working pretty good. But today my tablet has gone into a bad state. Every app that I run results in FC. Even the ADW launcher EX that I had selected default is crashing. It then gives me the options: ADW Laucher, ADW Launcher EX, and the regular Launcher. The plain ADW Launcher also fails, but fortunately the regular Launcher still works so I can access the apps.
But unfortunately almost every app that I am trying fails. The only one that doesn't fail is the Web browser. The Settings starts and I can access Applications menu but once I choose say System Applications, after that if I try to choose some other option such as Installed Application, it crashes as well.
Last night however when I started the tablet the battery was probably down and while it was powering it up, it turned off and then restarted by itself and then turned off, without reaching the lock screen. I don't know if it has something to do with all this.
What do I do now? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
A well known issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896395
This is why I'm an advocate of people doing the partitioning right before they flash their first custom rom. This way, they won't have to wipe everything later on.
I could only wonder why people aren't mentioning this in every custom rom thread.
Thank you so much. Will try it out tonight.
Unfortunately it seems I have run into a worse issue (without even doing anything yet). Now when I power it on, it starts and shuts off within a few seconds, just shows the birds for like 5 secs and bang, black screen.
The tablet is fully charged (if I put it on charge the light turns green in no time). Looks like the battery is dead.
You might be dropping into APX mode. Do you know how to use nvflash?
Thanks for the reply. You are absolutely right. After multiple tries it did boot up and I was able to install clockworkmod and it all worked great. It wiped off everything but I could live with that. And I turned it off and back on and it was working fine.
But then it went back into the same mode - shutting off immediately after turning on. I decided to return this tablet thinking that it is bad. But before I would do that I thought to restore it or else Viewsonic won't honor the warranty. So I started reading the thread about restoring the tablet to stock using nvram flash. In that procedure it requires me to put the tablet in APX mode and that's when I thought that maybe it is going into APX without pressing the volume - button.
Anyway I was successfully able to flash nvram. Or so it said. I still have the output from the batch file. But now my tablet is totally bricked. It does not boot at all. No pretty birds for me.
I hope there is some way out of it. Please help.
Edit: After re-flashing and using a different file, it seems to have made it a little better. At least I am seeing the birds again. But the original problem of shutting off, or going into the APX mode without pressing Volume button, has returned. All I am getting is the birds for a few seconds and then black screen. I will continue to retry, and if I see it booting up successfully to the stock, this thing is going back to the factory.
1) What image did you use to nvflash?
2) What happened when the flash was finished? Did it boot normally at least once?
3) Does the screen just stay dark all the time now?
1) First time nvflash_gtablet_46_2010112600.zip and after that it did not boot at all. Only black screen. I flashed it couple of times, no avail. Later I flashed nvflash_gtablet_2010110500.zip. This at least recovered it enough that it shows the birds, but soon after the screen turns black. I have confirmed that it is going in APX mode. If I have USB cable connected to my PC, the PC reports discovering the NVIDEA APX device.
2) It hasn't booted normally since I flashed nvram.
3) No I get the birds, but after that it turns dark.
Ok. Using Bekit's 1105 image...
1) Replace part9.img with the recovery.img out of the clockworkmod installation zip.
2) Put the tablet into APX mode.
3) Type in the command to start nvflash but before you hit the enter key hold down the Volume Up key and continue to hold it down until the flash finishes.
4) The tablet should boot into clockworkmod recovery.
5) Repartition 2048 and 0
6) Clear everything (cache, data and dalvik)
7) You might need to re-nvflash at this point.
Thanks for your response. I tried it. Did not work. When you say Replace part9.img with the recovery.img, does it mean copy recovery.img into the NVFlash directory and rename it to part9.img or leave it as recevery.img. I renamed it to part9.img and backed up the original part9.img to part9.img.tmp. The size of recovery.img and the original part9.img are very different. I am confused. Please help.
K J Rad said:
Ok. Using Bekit's 1105 image...
1) Replace part9.img with the recovery.img out of the clockworkmod installation zip.
2) Put the tablet into APX mode.
3) Type in the command to start nvflash but before you hit the enter key hold down the Volume Up key and continue to hold it down until the flash finishes.
4) The tablet should boot into clockworkmod recovery.
5) Repartition 2048 and 0
6) Clear everything (cache, data and dalvik)
7) You might need to re-nvflash at this point.
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Yes, that is exactly what I meant.
Are you sure you're holding the volume UP key? Birds and then black screen is APX mode which is normally entered by holding volume DOWN.
Well it goes into APX mode even if I don't press any Volume button at all. That is the problem I am trying to fix. When I press power button (without touching the volume button) the birds come and then black screen. And this is APX mode because if I am connected to the PC it brings up an NVIDIA APX device on the PC.
Now if I press the Volume UP button along with the power button, nothing happens, not even the birds come up.
So the fact that the recovery.img (3.7k) is much smaller than part9.img (16k) is ok? Or I am doing something wrong.
Any ideas?
I was thinking about formatting the gtablet. Please let me know if this is the right move, or there is something else I could try first.
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Well it goes into APX mode even if I don't press any Volume button at all. That is the problem I am trying to fix. When I press power button (without touching the volume button) the birds come and then black screen. And this is APX mode because if I am connected to the PC it brings up an NVIDIA APX device on the PC.
Now if I press the Volume UP button along with the power button, nothing happens, not even the birds come up.
So the fact that the recovery.img (3.7k) is much smaller than part9.img (16k) is ok? Or I am doing something wrong.
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A little more than "It did not work" would be helpful.
What step failed? Please tell me what happened after each step.
Did you get into CWM and repartition?
Did you get everything cleared?
What happened when it rebooted?
What was the original filename of the image you tried to flash?
What version of clockworkmod do you have installed?
Have you ever used ROM Manager?
All of this is important and no one can help you if you don't provide enough information.
Oh, I am sorry. Here are the answers to the questions you asked:
What step failed? Please tell me what happened after each step.
Ans: Out of the 7 steps you provided, the steps 1, 2 and 3 worked fine. It is the step 4 that failed (and of course I can't proceed with the steps anymore). In other words I cannot go into clockworkmod recovery.
Did you get into CWM and repartition?
Ans: No I was not able to do so. If I press power and Volume Up key at the same time, nothing happens, screen remains black, not even birds come up.
Did you get everything cleared?
Ans: I believe you are referring to step 6. No, I could not get to that step.
What happened when it rebooted?
Ans: Nothing showed up. Because when Volume Up is pressed while it is powered on, nothing shows up on the screen.
What was the original filename of the image you tried to flash?
Ans: Actually first time nvflash_gtablet_46_2010112600.zip (and this is before you provided the 7-step recipe - see post #6, 7, 8 of this thread) and after that it did not boot at all. Only black screen. I flashed it couple of times, no avail. Maybe that was my mistake. I chose a wrong file. Later I flashed nvflash_gtablet_2010110500.zip. This recovered it enough that it shows the birds now, but soon after the screen turns black (goes into APX mode).
What version of clockworkmod do you have installed?
Ans: v08
Have you ever used ROM Manager?
Ans: No. What is it?
I really appreciate your help.
What happened at the end of step 3?
Did you start holding the volume UP before you pressed the return key for the nvflash? If not... go back and do it again.
Did you continue to hold it until the flash was happening? You must continue to hold it down for at least 5 - 10 seconds after the flash starts.
When the flash was done did it say "Recovery Key detected" on the screen? If it didn't say this that is an indication that you didn't hold the volume UP key long enough.
If all of the above was done correctly and did happen but you didn't get to clockworkmod then what did you get? Did it look like stock recovery?
It sounds to me like you did the nvflash then tried to reboot into recovery.
Its unbelievable. Tonight when I powered it on it started booting up normal instead of going into the APX mode. I was glad. The stock UI came up, but some of my apps like Quadrant, File Expert etc were still there. It also notified me of the Update 3588. So I downloaded it and started installing it. Pretty soon it rebooted itself (sooner than I thought - I don't know if the remaining installation was supposed to happen after the reboot).
But instead of booting up into 3588 it is unfortunately gone back to the same old issue - the birds followed by black screen - aka APX mode. It never booted up after that. No matter how many times I tried to reboot, it goes into APX mode just like before. I don't know what caused it to complete bootup. One thing I noticed was that the battery was totally drained when I started tonight. I don't know if the drained battery somehow took it out of the APX mode. But now it has a little bit of charge because of hooking up to power supply. I have disconnected the power supply and will leave it in APX mode over night and try it again tomorrow when the battery would be totally drained and see if it boots up fully.
To answer your questions though:
What happened at the end of step 3?
The screen went black and after that it stayed black. No CWM.
Did you start holding the volume UP before you pressed the return key for the nvflash? If not... go back and do it again.
Yes, I did.
Did you continue to hold it until the flash was happening? You must continue to hold it down for at least 5 - 10 secondsafter the flash starts.
Yes, I continued to hold it all the way until the flash completed and the screen went black and quite some time after that.
When the flash was done did it say "Recovery Key detected" on the screen?
I don't think it did.
If it didn't say this that is an indication that you didn't hold the volume UP key long enough.
So I guess I need to give it another try. Tomorrow I will try to reboot the tablet again and if it continued to go into APX I will do the nvflash one more time.
If all of the above was done correctly and did happen but you didn't get to clockworkmod then what did you get? Did it look like stock recovery?
A black dark screen. No CWM or stock recovery.
It sounds to me like you did the nvflash then tried to reboot into recovery.
No at the time of nvflash I held the Volume UP button and nothing happened. Since then I have been trying to bootup or put it in CWM Recovery but only thing the tablet wants to do is go into APX mode.
So I guess my theory of "drained battery takes it out of the APX mode" is correct. I tried to reboot the tablet several times but it just kept on going into the APX mode until the battery was completely drained. And then it started booting up normally but it went into some installation (probably the stock 3588 that I had downloaded in the previous successful bootup). And then the green android with the exclamation sign came and the exclamation sign was rotating for a second or two and then stopped. And it looked like it was hung. I waited for a minute or two but nothing happened, so I pressed one of the buttons, I don't know if it was Menu or Back button, and all of a sudden clockworkmod recovery screen came up.
I have attached the picture of the screen. It still shows the green android with the exclamation sign in the middle of the screen, along with the CWM Recovery.
One other thing I noticed and I am not sure if it is normal is that if I choose say Reboot System Now from CWM menu and it shows like 10 entries with many No's and only one Yes. I can only use the volume Up + button to go down, if I try to go up using volume Down - button it does not go up. Is that normal? Is the only way to go is go down using Voume Up button in CWM menus? I have a feeling that my Volume Down button has gone crazy and it is not functioning properly and that is what is causing it to go into APX mode at the startup as well.
Anyway I first attempted "Apply SDCARD:update.zip" hoping that it might continue with the stock 3588 installation, but that failed. You can see the messages in the picture. Then I tried the Factory Reset and it was successful. I then rebooted the tablet. But now again it keeps on going up into APX mode. I will have to wait until tomorrow for it to completely drain battery again and then try to reboot again.
Any ideas? I know it is overwhelming and the behavior is very weird. At this point I am trying to bring it back to the stock firmware so that I can get this tablet replaced under warranty.
There are quite a few things that are not acting normal from what I see here.
Did you try to repartition 2048 and 0? If not, I would start with that then I would format everything and re-nvflash a stock ROM onto it. That might clear things up. If not you could be looking at a hardware reset.
So I think I officially bricked my nook tablet.
Rooted the nt, installed swype keyboard. Forgot to switch to regular android keyboard before I performed a soft reset. After soft reset no keyboard pops up in the tutorial setup screen. Performed a factory reset by holding the power button + volume up button + home button. Got the screen prompting if you want to hit home or power to format/not format. Clicked the home button.
No keyboard pops up still.
Thus you can't bypass the setup screen.
Any suggestions?
I'm thinking a visit to a barnes and noble store where you can login to the store wifi may bypass the wifi screen but you won't be able to type in your email for your account.
I get the sorry, swype has stopped unexpectedly error message even after I performed a factory reset.
if you are going to the store, you might as well ask them to reformat/re-install. They should have a microSD card with a signed image for the NT. While you are at it, maybe you can get them to expand the USERS partition and give you more than 1GB?
Force 8 bad boots *start it, wait for white splash screen with N on it then hold n button + power* for 8 times then it will automatically wipe itself.
Is that different than a factory reset?
Indirect said:
Force 8 bad boots *start it, wait for white splash screen with N on it then hold n button + power* for 8 times then it will automatically wipe itself.
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I actually did the 8 or 10 (can't remember ) bad boots method without holding n and it still factory reset (cleared android market and root).
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Also, I got no format/don't format screen prompt. It just automatically started to wipe itself.
It's very different. It wipes the system (where you removed the keyboard from) and then it reinstalls the operating system.
Would it also reformat a memory card if you have one installed?
got my nook working again, thanks!
B&N developers do not work at the stores
discothan said:
While you are at it, maybe you can get them to expand the USERS partition and give you more than 1GB?
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B&N stores don't have that capability.
Indirect said:
Force 8 bad boots *start it, wait for white splash screen with N on it then hold n button + power* for 8 times then it will automatically wipe itself.
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Thanks, ever since I started from scratch "completely" I can sideload all kind of apks.
I have follow the guide of indirect and my nook tablet is rooted, but when i reboot after that i choose "adw launcher", the keyboard is disappeared and central action button of device does not work.
How can i restore keyboard? and central nook button?
Most people have to do a factory restore to get the N button working again. I had to and it fixed the problem
Ok, i have follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20614314&postcount=14, but the problem remains no keyboard and N button..
I can't register my product... Now I'm stuck to setup device....HELP!!!
I had the N button problem after using snowball mod root method.
N button is part of system_ui.apk. There's a version floating around which makes it act like a home button instead of redirecting to another launcher. This may already be in your rooting package...not sure since I haven't had to root in a few weeks.
It's possible you can get it installed with adb, but I ended up doing a restore. Then I replaced the one in my rooting package (I used snowball mod), and re-rooted.
As for your keyboard issue, I have no idea.
But now i'm stuck in register product and i can't go to the home for debugging mode... how can i re-root device??
ild0tt0re said:
But now i'm stuck in register product and i can't go to the home for debugging mode... how can i re-root device??
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Get the acclaim_update.zip and/or attempt 8 failed boots and it will restore to factory. To do a failed boot:
1) Completely power off the nook.
2) hold down both volume buttons and the power button. Hold these until the copyright notice comes up then the device powers off again.
3) Repeat 7 times.
4) Power on the nook. It will restore completely.
There's also the acclaim_update.zip file method. Power down the nook, get the file and put it on the root of an SD card. WHen you power up it will restore to stock.
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Get the acclaim_update.zip and/or attempt 8 failed boots and it will restore to factory. To do a failed boot:
1) Completely power off the nook.
2) hold down both volume buttons and the power button. Hold these until the copyright notice comes up then the device powers off again.
3) Repeat 7 times.
4) Power on the nook. It will restore completely.
There's also the acclaim_update.zip file method. Power down the nook, get the file and put it on the root of an SD card. WHen you power up it will restore to stock.
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I have try this again but keyboard not start ...
acclaim_update method is the same or restore keyboard and n button?
Ok XD acclaim_update method it worked. Thanks howcansheslap i have follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
There is a method for rooted nook from sd card in automatic?
I had to do both methods to get fully back to stock. When I only did the 8 failed boot method, it seemed that it didn't fully restore. It resulted in the stock B&N ui and apps, but the version was still 1.4.1. So it makes me think the 1.4.1 patch gets applied to the restore image.
I'm pretty sure the SD card method (acclaim_update) will be required for you to completely restore to stock.
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ild0tt0re said:
Ok XD acclaim_update method it worked. Thanks howcansheslap i have follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
There is a method for rooted nook from sd card in automatic?
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Nope, not yet. They're really close though.
Perfect!! Thanks
Another Option!!!!
i have customized my nook tablet quite a bit and didn't want to do a factory restore to get the n key functioning. so i followed this tutorial (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464). i downloaded the file "ButtonRemapper v0_2.4.1.apk" directly on the tablet and configured the 102 button with the following:
Action : Back
State: Wake
rebooted the tablet and voila! although this doesn't get you immediately to the homescreen, it definitely with get you there eventually without the use of button savior.
[please spend some time to read this long post and please help me]
i wanted to do a factory reset so i followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408
and what i exactly did is:
1. i didn't turn the nook tablet off. i went back to the home default launcher.
2. i hold down the power button first, after that i simultaneously hold down the home (N) button.
3. i saw the nook tablet turned off (i saw a black screen, so i thought it was turned off), and then at this time i released the home button and the power button.
4. as i said before, i saw it turned off, so i turned it on and it start flashing the screen, stuck at "read forever".
and then i chatted with nook support, they said i need to do a factory reset (which is what i tried to do before) and they told me to follow this:
I see. It seems that we may need to do a factory reset on your NOOK. Before we proceed with this, please be advised that doing the factory reset will delete all of your personal files permanently, so I advise you to back them up. For your BN contents, they will be recovered immediately after we do re-register your device. Lastly, please take out any SD cards installed on your NOOK.
Now, please do the following steps after fully charging your NOOK:
1.Hold the power button down until NOOK Tablet is powered off, ignoring the "Power off" prompt.
2.After Your NOOK is powered off hold the "NOOK Home Key" down then simultaneously hold down the "Power" button, release the buttons immediately after the “Read Forever” logo disappears.
3.If successful, a grey NOOK Logo will appear and the screen will refresh momentarily and flash yellow. A prompt will appear asking if you would like to perform a “Factory Reset,” Tap the "NOOK Home key" to confirm. Tap the "Home key" again to begin the process. If not, re-do step 2 process again.
4.After a few minutes your device will reset and re-install all necessary software. Once completed, you will have to register the device again.
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i know it's similar to the guide at the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408). so i tried it. and the confirm screen showed up, i confirmed, on the screen it was "Clearing data".
i thought i was successful. but NO, after it cleared data, it reset the nook tablet, and again, stuck at "read forever".
so i turned it off, and come to this forum to post this thread, PLEASE HELP ME
additional information:
- i took out the SD card before i do the factory reset (because they said that), but when i tried the first time (after reading the thread at XDA), i didn't take out the SD card (16 GB)
- they said i need to do after fully charged, but i did it when my battery was like 30%.
- last time i did a factory reset, i saw after it cleared data, it also restore factory setting, ("please do not turn off your device..."). but this time it didn't do that.
is it because the battery is not good enough so it didn't do the factory reset?
p/s: i'm charging it when i post this thread, and waiting for your help. i think i will try factory reset again after it fully charged.
nooktablet said:
[please spend some time to read this long post and please help me]
i wanted to do a factory reset so i followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408
and what i exactly did is:
1. i didn't turn the nook tablet off. i went back to the home default launcher.
2. i hold down the power button first, after that i simultaneously hold down the home (N) button.
3. i saw the nook tablet turned off (i saw a black screen, so i thought it was turned off), and then at this time i released the home button and the power button.
4. as i said before, i saw it turned off, so i turned it on and it start flashing the screen, stuck at "read forever".
and then i chatted with nook support, they said i need to do a factory reset (which is what i tried to do before) and they told me to follow this:
i know it's similar to the guide at the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408). so i tried it. and the confirm screen showed up, i confirmed, on the screen it was "Clearing data".
i thought i was successful. but NO, after it cleared data, it reset the nook tablet, and again, stuck at "read forever".
so i turned it off, and come to this forum to post this thread, PLEASE HELP ME
additional information:
- i took out the SD card before i do the factory reset (because they said that), but when i tried the first time (after reading the thread at XDA), i didn't take out the SD card (16 GB)
- they said i need to do after fully charged, but i did it when my battery was like 30%.
- last time i did a factory reset, i saw after it cleared data, it also restore factory setting, ("please do not turn off your device..."). but this time it didn't do that.
is it because the battery is not good enough so it didn't do the factory reset?
p/s: i'm charging it when i post this thread, and waiting for your help. i think i will try factory reset again after it fully charged.
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Charge the NT up and then just let it sit for about 15 minutes. I had a similar problem just a few minutes ago that I fixed by doing that, clicking on all the "force close" buttons I was getting, rebooted into recovery via the Quick Boot app, and fixed permissions.
blackknightavalon said:
Charge the NT up and then just let it sit for about 15 minutes. I had a similar problem just a few minutes ago that I fixed by doing that, clicking on all the "force close" buttons I was getting, rebooted into recovery via the Quick Boot app, and fixed permissions.
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i'm not sure what you mean, it stuck at "read forever", nothing else shows up, there are no "force close" buttons and what is quick boot app, how can i do this when i can't even see the home screen.
what i want is just do a factory reset successfully, i don't why it was clearing data but it didn't recover.
Do you have CWM installed internally possibly?
If not you could make a bootable sdcard with CWM and make a wipe data (factory reset) once there.
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
lavero.burgos said:
Do you have CWM installed internally possibly?
If not you could make a bootable sdcard with CWM and make a wipe data (factory reset) once there.
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i don't even know what CWM is,
but can i put the file acclaim_update.zip into my sd card and use it to restore? (i never tried this)
last time i tried this method to root the nook :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488035
but when i boot it, it just boot normally, there was no "Apply update.zip from sdcard" screen
so i'm not sure if the sd works or not
nooktablet said:
i don't even know what CWM is,
but can i put the file acclaim_update.zip into my sd card and use it to restore? (i never tried this)
last time i tried this method to root the nook :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488035
but when i boot it, it just boot normally, there was no "Apply update.zip from sdcard" screen
so i'm not sure if the sd works or not
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If you're nook tablet is the 16GB model then you can try that .zip but if is the 8GB model then dont try it or you will brick your device.
Your should first read my FAQ - link in my signature (see below).
omg! it's so bad now
i charged the nook tablet while it's turned off, (because i don't want to see the flashing screen - i think it's not good), but i just went to nook support and they said DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE WHILE CHARGING.
so what can i do? if the battery is not good, it will not restore (nook support said that when i contacted them),
so the only thing i can do is leave the flashing screen, so it can charge, that will make the screen "dies", probably?
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EDIT: don't know why and how but i tried again and finally it restored. i feel better now.
and i see the battery is 84%, which means it did charge, it is charging.
so why do they say don't turn off when charge?
p/s: i think as a newbie, i should not be curious about the stuff i don't know,...
nooktablet said:
omg! it's so bad now
i charged the nook tablet while it's turned off, (because i don't want to see the flashing screen - i think it's not good), but i just went to nook support and they said DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE WHILE CHARGING.
so what can i do? if the battery is not good, it will not restore (nook support said that when i contacted them),
so the only thing i can do is leave the flashing screen, so it can charge, that will make the screen "dies", probably?
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EDIT: don't know why and how but i tried again and finally it restored. i feel better now
and i see the battery is 84%, which means it did charge, it is charging.
so why do they say don't turn off when charge?
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your screen won't die just leave it on it's ok, walk away and come back after 1 hour or so (if your battery was very low).
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
your screen won't die just leave it on it's ok, walk away and come back after 1 hour or so (if your battery was very low).
~ Veronica
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thank you for your help while i'm having problem with my NT.
finally i success (edited in the post above)
Well I read your other thread, and if I read it correctly, didn't you remove the entire /system/app folder by mistake? If possible, why not make a recovery sd card which can be found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 ?