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(I cannot post links at this time, a quick Google Search or a look at the Topic titled "Full Root")
The goal of this guide:
I rooted my family members Nook last night but got hung up for a few hours trying to get the ADB Drivers enabled. This is how I made it work. This guide will be expanded and improved once I have my own Nook Tablet (Jan 12th).
Things you need:
• Nook Tablet (Duh)
• USB cord to go between NT and Windows PC
• PC with Windows installed (Tested on XP and x64 Windows 7)
• TGPS_Launcher.apk Installed to your Nook
• ADB USB Drivers for Nook Tablet Extracted to C:\Ntroot on your PC
• USBDeView open on the Windows PC
Step 1:
Ensure that your Nook is version 1.4.0 and not 1.4.1. (I will expand this step later when I have a nook in my hand, I suggest a Google search if you do not know how to do this)
Step 2:
Find this thread on your Nook and download the TGPS_Launcher.apk to your device, then install it. This is well covered in many other threads. (Will expand this step when I have a nook in my hand)
You should now be able to allow USB Debugging, and disable Auto Mount. These settings can sometimes change without your permission, so always uncheck and recheck them to ensure they are properly set.
Step 3:
Plug in your Nook to your PC. Your nook should still respond to your commands, if it tell you in USB Mass Storage mode, then retry Step 2.
Go into your Device Manager. If your Nook shows up with a yellow explanation mark indicating an Error, then you’re in business and really don’t need this guide. All you need to do is update drivers from the file C:\Ntroot. However, assuming that your Nook shows up under Disk Drives and USB Mass storage, then ADB wont be able to see your Nook, please keep reading.
Step 4:
Time to start the USBDeview utility. This utility will open to a list of almost all the drivers your computer has for USB Devices. We are going to uninstall a few of them, namely anything that says “Android” “Nook” or in my case, “Motorola”. You do not need to remove any that specify ADB.
Near the top right hand side, you can sort drivers by when the device was last connected. Do this, then remove any utilities used when you plugged your nook in. Done? Ok, time to see if your work was for nothing.
Step 5:
Make sure once again that USB Debugging is turned on for your Nook. Unplug the Nook, then Unchecked USB Debugging and Check it again. Now plug your device back in and check in Device Manager. You will hopefully see one of two things:
A: You will see your nook with a yellow error icon next to it, which means you just need tell it to update from C:\Ntroot.
B: At the top of the device manager you will see Android Devices, and your nook will show up as Android Composite ADB Interface
If your Nook is still showing under disk drives and mass storage, then try steps 3 and 4 again. Still having trouble? Do a factory reset and try again from step 1.
You should now be able to run your rooting program!
(I feel this should be in the Dev forum, but this is my first post and I was not allowed. Perhaps a mod would like to move this topic?)
I plan on purchasing my own Nook on the 12th on Jan, at which point I will add pictures and expand on my guide. This guide is written from memory and will be edited and improved.
Please consider this guide an Alpha Version
Good write up!
The procedure worked fine on my laptop. When I did it on on my home PC I forgot to disable auto-mount and the Nook installed itself as mass storage. I was able to right click -> un-install all the USB Mass Storage entries (with the Nook unplugged), disable auto-mount, plug the Nook back in, and have it show up correctly.
In short, I did not need to use "USBDeView" as I was able to remove the diveres manually. I suppose if you have more than a handful for USB devices (I just have a Mouse, Keyboard, and printer) "USBDeView" might be helpful to determine which drivers to un-install...
The device manager is enough for most people, but there is a somewhat large number of us that are having trouble still. Possibly because of other devices we have installed before. (I dont understand how all the drivers work and I wont pretend to)
Some people have go so far as putting a fresh install on Windows on a partition of a PC.
I had this problem with both my laptop and my desktop, which surprised me. This worked on both the laptop and PC, so hopefully it can help other people.
I cant wait to get my own tablet on the 12, I will take lot of pictures and make this process more user friendly.
I did all of the steps several times and I still get WPD Driver for the portable device and mass storage for my Nook Tablet. I am guessing I am up a river without a paddle right now.
I will try it in Linux and/or try it on someone's Windows machine.
I am trying to install the drivers from Google's SDK package. So I browse to the correct folder, but device manager says "windows could not find driver software for your device".
Any suggestions? Is there any other set of drivers specifically for NT?
mtelesha said:
I did all of the steps several times and I still get WPD Driver for the portable device and mass storage for my Nook Tablet. I am guessing I am up a river without a paddle right now.
I will try it in Linux and/or try it on someone's Windows machine.
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Did you sort by last time plugged in and delete all of those too? Have you re-checked and then re-un-checked automount/usb debugging and such?
This is interesting, you'll have to come back and let me know if you ever get it working on your PC. Maybe its a good excuse for a nice healthy re-format and reinstall of windows?
l3ft3r1s said:
I am trying to install the drivers from Google's SDK package. So I browse to the correct folder, but device manager says "windows could not find driver software for your device".
Any suggestions? Is there any other set of drivers specifically for NT?
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I don't know if they are different, but I used the drivers specificly from the thread about rooting the NT. [I would post a link, but I'm typing from my phone]
You have the yellow error mark next to your device? If so you've almost got it!
The_Joe said:
I don't know if they are different, but I used the drivers specificly from the thread about rooting the NT. [I would post a link, but I'm typing from my phone]
You have the yellow error mark next to your device? If so you've almost got it!
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Yeap, that did the trick, thanks. Drives installed successfully this time, but adb devices still returns nothing.
Thats very odd. It shows up in device manager as an ADB device?
If so, please try the NookandZergy file, then copy the results so we can try to farther assist
What devices have you rooted before?
I cannot help but feel I will be 100x more useful in a week when I have my device in hand...
adb error: device offline
This drove me nuts for at least a day. Turns out it is what happens when you are plugged into a USB 3.0 port on your PC side. Find out which USB is 2.0 (Front Panel for ZT Systems), use it and life suddenly gets really good.
The_Joe said:
Thats very odd. It shows up in device manager as an ADB device?
If so, please try the NookandZergy file, then copy the results so we can try to farther assist
What devices have you rooted before?
I cannot help but feel I will be 100x more useful in a week when I have my device in hand...
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At last, after many different things I tried, I am getting a response to adb devices!
I tried disabling and uninstalling usb devices, uninstalling java 7 and installing java 6, re-installing android sdk, at last it worked. Sorry, I can't guess what the problem was :/
l3ft3r1s said:
At last, after many different things I tried, I am getting a response to adb devices!
I tried disabling and uninstalling usb devices, uninstalling java 7 and installing java 6, re-installing android sdk, at last it worked. Sorry, I can't guess what the problem was :/
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The problem is sdk uninstall and use ccleaner to clean your PC and registries. Use the drivers provided in this forum
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Edited post to: Sorry to bother anyone, I found the problem. Thank you all for helping!
Well I have done everything and still get permission denials for copying and chmod on my Nook Tablet.
Took the Nook to work and tried it on a fresh machine. Everything went great. Drivers installed and everything ready for usb debug and non-automount and then I run into the same permission errors and being denied access to the folder for Zerk and no chmod.
Same issue no matter what machine. What is wrong with my tablet? I am re-rooting it from being automatically upgrade to 1.4.1. I get it to 1.4.0 with the SD card restore.
LadyPenley said:
Edited post to: Sorry to bother anyone, I found the problem. Thank you all for helping!
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In the future don't delete your original, just post an edit with the fix. That way when someone else has a similar problem your post can help.
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mtelesha said:
Well I have done everything and still get permission denials for copying and chmod on my Nook Tablet.
Took the Nook to work and tried it on a fresh machine. Everything went great. Drivers installed and everything ready for usb debug and non-automount and then I run into the same permission errors and being denied access to the folder for Zerk and no chmod.
Same issue no matter what machine. What is wrong with my tablet? I am re-rooting it from being automatically upgrade to 1.4.1. I get it to 1.4.0 with the SD card restore.
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Did you find a solution? Thats a problem I sadly dont know how to help with. I would start with:
-Check USBDeview and delete anything android/Nook/usb related. Delete just about everything.
-Restart the device
-Uncheck and recheck the USB Debugging boxes
-Recheck and uncheck the auto-mount box
-Test
-Try a different USB Port
-Try another PC
Thanks but didn't work.
thanks, Joe. I did exactly as you mentioined below and had the Android/Nook appear at the top of the Devices listing. However, the adb command still can't find the device. Any suggestions?
Stan White
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The_Joe said:
(I cannot post links at this time, a quick Google Search or a look at the Topic titled "Full Root")
The goal of this guide:
I rooted my family members Nook last night but got hung up for a few hours trying to get the ADB Drivers enabled. This is how I made it work. This guide will be expanded and improved once I have my own Nook Tablet (Jan 12th).
Things you need:
• Nook Tablet (Duh)
• USB cord to go between NT and Windows PC
• PC with Windows installed (Tested on XP and x64 Windows 7)
• TGPS_Launcher.apk Installed to your Nook
• ADB USB Drivers for Nook Tablet Extracted to C:\Ntroot on your PC
• USBDeView open on the Windows PC
Step 1:
Ensure that your Nook is version 1.4.0 and not 1.4.1. (I will expand this step later when I have a nook in my hand, I suggest a Google search if you do not know how to do this)
Step 2:
Find this thread on your Nook and download the TGPS_Launcher.apk to your device, then install it. This is well covered in many other threads. (Will expand this step when I have a nook in my hand)
You should now be able to allow USB Debugging, and disable Auto Mount. These settings can sometimes change without your permission, so always uncheck and recheck them to ensure they are properly set.
Step 3:
Plug in your Nook to your PC. Your nook should still respond to your commands, if it tell you in USB Mass Storage mode, then retry Step 2.
Go into your Device Manager. If your Nook shows up with a yellow explanation mark indicating an Error, then you’re in business and really don’t need this guide. All you need to do is update drivers from the file C:\Ntroot. However, assuming that your Nook shows up under Disk Drives and USB Mass storage, then ADB wont be able to see your Nook, please keep reading.
Step 4:
Time to start the USBDeview utility. This utility will open to a list of almost all the drivers your computer has for USB Devices. We are going to uninstall a few of them, namely anything that says “Android” “Nook” or in my case, “Motorola”. You do not need to remove any that specify ADB.
Near the top right hand side, you can sort drivers by when the device was last connected. Do this, then remove any utilities used when you plugged your nook in. Done? Ok, time to see if your work was for nothing.
Step 5:
Make sure once again that USB Debugging is turned on for your Nook. Unplug the Nook, then Unchecked USB Debugging and Check it again. Now plug your device back in and check in Device Manager. You will hopefully see one of two things:
A: You will see your nook with a yellow error icon next to it, which means you just need tell it to update from C:\Ntroot.
B: At the top of the device manager you will see Android Devices, and your nook will show up as Android Composite ADB Interface
If your Nook is still showing under disk drives and mass storage, then try steps 3 and 4 again. Still having trouble? Do a factory reset and try again from step 1.
You should now be able to run your rooting program!
(I feel this should be in the Dev forum, but this is my first post and I was not allowed. Perhaps a mod would like to move this topic?)
I plan on purchasing my own Nook on the 12th on Jan, at which point I will add pictures and expand on my guide. This guide is written from memory and will be edited and improved.
Please consider this guide an Alpha Version
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whitets said:
thanks, Joe. I did exactly as you mentioined below and had the Android/Nook appear at the top of the Devices listing. However, the adb command still can't find the device. Any suggestions?
Stan White
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I had literally this exact same problem the 6th time I restored and flashed. IF im right, you just need to uncheck then recheck usb debugging.
Let me know if it works!
Indirect please create a script that does this for us.
-XE
Is this for the Nook Tablet? That's what this forum is for.
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ckevinwelch said:
Is this for the Nook Tablet? That's what this forum is for.
Sent from my BNTV250 using Tapatalk
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Yup, changed the typo. I've been messing with the Touch for a few hours as well.
Not quite sure about "Recovery" Is this installing CWM or is it to recover BN software or what? My assumption is this is an automated CMW install, but it is not clear what it is.
hmm doesn't work for me. I always get the error cannot stat ' ./mods/ntrecoveryv2.img' Not such file or directory
Unable to chmod
Fail
Didnt work for me too! Changed the script to properly point at the .img file, still doesnt reboot into recovery! :-/
rjmohit said:
Didnt work for me too! Changed the script to properly point at the .img file, still doesnt reboot into recovery! :-/
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Just tested it and fixed the directory error.
imo, change the title to include [CWM] and [Windows] since this script is for the former and only runs on the latter.
Just my 0b10 cents to keep it clear
Nuckin said:
imo, change the title to include [CWM] and [Windows] since this script is for the former and only runs on the latter.
Just my 0b10 cents to keep it clear
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Thanks, I knew somebody would see the error and address it.
Nuckin said:
imo, change the title to include [CWM] and [Windows] since this script is for the former and only runs on the latter.
Just my 0b10 cents to keep it clear
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Ok, all better..
working,
did not reboot in recovery but i did it manually
just need to test to make a backup
I might also suggest adding to your read me, to boot into recovery, turn off NT, hold nook button and power button simultaneously until the NT boots into CWM recovery.
Might clarify for the newbies that don't know.
Win7 64, Rooted via Zerg. Drivers setup correctly(or so i assume since i zerg'd and the script recognizes it), i run the .bat, says
Your Nook Tablet is successfully connected!
* daemon not running. starting it now*
* daemon started successfully *
protocol failure
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
Unable to chmod /data/local/ntrecoveryv2.img: No such file or directory
/data/local/ntrecoverv2.img: cannot open for read: no such file or directory
...then the rebooting into recover msg..
it reboots to the exclamation symbol, says "please restart you device and try again. if yyou encounter the same issue, please contact customer service or visit...blah blah...then it shuts down
EDIT: Auto mount is disabled, when i connect the nook, in the device manager it shows "USB Mass Storage Device" in the driver list which I had to uninstall when I zerg'd,( it reinstalls when ever i reconnect the nook). When I uninstall mass storage, and run the script say device not found and can't find the build prop. So it will only see the nook when mass storage is running, and won't when its uninstalled.
When the .bat said it was rebooting into recovery, it just rebooted to desktop. I used quick boot and did the reboot to recovery. All is good. Thanks for the easy install.
You might try disabling automount USB. I know it is not mentioned, but I am pretty sure it is a requirement. That is at the bottom of the list where you checked usb debugging ect..
yes, you need to uncheck automount for the script to work. thats how i installed mine. I also use quickboot to go into recovery, much easier than holding buttons
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tep065 said:
Win7 64, Rooted via Zerg. Drivers setup correctly(or so i assume since i zerg'd and the script recognizes it), i run the .bat, says
Your Nook Tablet is successfully connected!
* daemon not running. starting it now*
* daemon started successfully *
protocol failure
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
Unable to chmod /data/local/ntrecoveryv2.img: No such file or directory
/data/local/ntrecoverv2.img: cannot open for read: no such file or directory
...then the rebooting into recover msg..
it reboots to the exclamation symbol, says "please restart you device and try again. if yyou encounter the same issue, please contact customer service or visit...blah blah...then it shuts down
EDIT: Auto mount is disabled, when i connect the nook, in the device manager it shows "USB Mass Storage Device" in the driver list which I had to uninstall when I zerg'd,( it reinstalls when ever i reconnect the nook). When I uninstall mass storage, and run the script say device not found and can't find the build prop. So it will only see the nook when mass storage is running, and won't when its uninstalled.
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Re download the file it was just updated
make sure you have both usb debugging checked (uncheck it and recheck it again) also make sure automount is unchecked as well.
plus make sure your adb drivers are set up correctly.
Both are checked, automount disabled (all done before i started this) drivers SHOULD be good, they are the ones i used to zerg and the script msg says it sees the nook (when USB Mass Storage is running). The nook drives do not mount.
Edit: Using the updated script, i even downloaded it a second time...still get the Protocol failure message and the reboot error, etc from my first post.
Factory resetting, gonna do this with a fresh install. See if I can narrow down the issue.
redownload again previous posts had similar issues. he updated the script
Know-Fear said:
I used quick boot and did the reboot to recovery.
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I have never used quick boot, but gave it a try, works great. Thanks for the heads up.
tep065 said:
Both are checked, automount disabled (all done before i started this) drivers SHOULD be good, they are the ones i used to zerg and the script msg says it sees the nook (when USB Mass Storage is running). The nook drives do not mount.
Edit: Using the updated script, i even downloaded it a second time...still get the Protocol failure message and the reboot error, etc from my first post.
Factory resetting, gonna do this with a fresh install. See if I can narrow down the issue.
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Was your ADB working before you tried the CWM flash? (I understand it worked when you rooted it, mine did too, but never worked again after that) If it was working fine, you will need to run the USBdeview or similar to remove any and all USB mass storage device, anything android related and probably anything related to a particular phone. I did this last night and ADB is now running perfectly. Also, make sure you install ADB hijack as well after rooting.
Post back after you restore and get re-rooted as to whether or not ADB is working correctly.
Nook Tablet 1.4.0 was rooted per indirect instructions
B&N pushed os to 1.4.1
I performed the acclaim_update and 8 power and n button resets.
Now, adb no longer works.
Note: I have a second NT and adb works fine on that one.
Note: On both NT's tgps_launcher settings shows double for
USB Debugging
Stay Awake
Allow mock locations
Although there are 2 checks for debugging mode, only the top one prompts you for confirmation
When I check the top one, the notification in the bottom left of screen states that debugging is enabled... but in never actually works. No device found.
When I don't enable deubbing, the working nook shows up in windows explorer with "My Nook" and an additional drive if I have an SD Card in the Nook.
Windows does recognize both devices. When I plug them in, the proper entries show up in device manager
If I take the nook that doesn't work with adb to a different computer, it works.
Does adb not support the same device multiple times on windows?
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Try Uncheck automount and uncheck - re check both debugging.
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I had the same problem on My windows 7 PC that had previously rooted the Tablet 3 times. Now it does just what you have described.
Same Tablet works fine on a windows Vista PC that had SDK installed. Just had to reinstall the correct drivers for it. So my solution was to use the PC that it worked on.
Thought I would add this so you know your not the only one who has experienced this.
Turns out that 1 NT works on 1 PC
And the other NT works on the other PC
I can not get adb to work with both NT's from the same PC.
Does anyone know if this is "normal"
Thanks
I used indirects root method and everything went well. Also downloaded the 3 files and froze Devicemanagerservice 2.3.4. Installed the files with Titanium Backup, unfroze 2.3.4. Device info shows software version 9.9.9. I can also download from B&N. Here is where I have the questions. I am using Go Launcher. Using tgps the 2 usb debugging boxes are checked as well as auto mount. Is this correct for normal operation? If I check using the nook&zergy.bat file it tells me NT is rooted and it does reconize my NT. It also says I did not install ADB Hijack. Is this normal, do I need this? When I connect the NT to my laptop (windows xp sp2) using USBDeview it shows up as : B&N nook tablet USB device, Android composite ADB interface, and USB mass storage device. Is this correct? When I use safely remove hardware, I show Android composite ADB interface and USB mass storage device. I can stop the USB mass storage device but when I try to stop the Android composite ADB interface it says it cannot be stopped because a program is still accessing it. Is this normal? Everything works as it should and I am pleased with the root process, just want to make sure I have it properly rooted to prevent the OTA update.
Thanks
David
Hello and welcome to the forum. Yes everything is normal, don't be messing around with the drivers.
~Veronica
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So I have been following the walkthrough from TheeBookReader on youtube.
Followed him word for word, made the magic SD Card, that worked fine
Downloaded the hidden settings App, that worked fine.
While trying to access the Nook via Device Manager, it shows up as a portable device, and a USB Mass Storage Device.
I downloaded the USBDeview program in his walkthrough, and everytime I uninstall the driver(already got rid of every other android and B&N driver), it automatically starts reinstalling it.
I disabled automount, I disabled auto updating, both USB Debug boxes are checked, I've disabled every feature I can think of that allows devices to do anything without my express permission but it just keeps doing it.
(Running Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit via Bootcamp on a Late 2008 MacBook 5,1.)
Also, my Nook doesn't allow me to do anything while its hooked up to the computer via USB cable. I get this little screen which I have added as a photo attachment. That lovely: USB Mode You may now safely move files from your PC to NOOK.
According to the walkthrough, I should be golden. Can someone please point out where I went wrong or missed something. I've been doing this for 3 hours now and I'm starting to foam at the mouth a bit.
WMartPD said:
So I have been following the walkthrough from TheeBookReader on youtube.
Followed him word for word, made the magic SD Card, that worked fine
Downloaded the hidden settings App, that worked fine.
While trying to access the Nook via Device Manager, it shows up as a portable device, and a USB Mass Storage Device.
I downloaded the USBDeview program in his walkthrough, and everytime I uninstall the driver(already got rid of every other android and B&N driver), it automatically starts reinstalling it.
I disabled automount, I disabled auto updating, both USB Debug boxes are checked, I've disabled every feature I can think of that allows devices to do anything without my express permission but it just keeps doing it.
(Running Windows 7 Professional 32 Bit via Bootcamp on a Late 2008 MacBook 5,1.)
Also, my Nook doesn't allow me to do anything while its hooked up to the computer via USB cable. I get this little screen which I have added as a photo attachment. That lovely: USB Mode You may now safely move files from your PC to NOOK.
According to the walkthrough, I should be golden. Can someone please point out where I went wrong or missed something. I've been doing this for 3 hours now and I'm starting to foam at the mouth a bit.
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if you installed your nook tablet drivers correctly, the nook should come up under Android Phone -> Android ADB Composite Device. Can you confirm that?
the only reason i can think of for usb mode going active is because of automount, but since you said you disabled automount then i am not sure...