I just book the 8G nook tablet. I comes with 1.4.2 so from reading different threads I thought the it would be easier to root with 1.4.0 so I tried the 1.4.0 SDcard.
Ever since my tablet won't turn on. I even tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 But no luck.
Any ideas or suggestions of what to try?
hold n and power button till it turns on. make sure sd card is ejected
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nba1341 said:
hold n and power button till it turns on. make sure sd card is ejected
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I held them for over a min, no response.
ajprog said:
I held them for over a min, no response.
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Will the unit still boot from the 1.4.0 sd card? If so, you could try to reflash that again. Otherwise, I would keep trying to hold down both of those buttons (without the sd card in) for even longer. I had some instances where I thought mine was bricked (I have the 16 gb model), but eventually it came around. No real rhyme or reason to it.
Bob
Well assuming by this thread that Adam's 1.4.0 Booted and trashed your system.... you'll either have to try taking it back in and playing real real stupid, like too stupid to program the vcr stupid, or you'll just have to wait until someone makes recovery for the 8GB nooks.
Let me explain, the Boot Loader files for 1.4.0 are designed to run for the 16GB devices only, it wasn't until 1.4.2 (which is available for both devices) that B&N modified the Boot Loader files to run on both 16GB and 8GB. Therefore when MLO tries to initiate memory it's trying to initiate for the 16GBs 1GB memory as opposed to the 512MB of the 8GB device, this will cause the device not to boot.
the boot sd methods for 16gb dont
even work for 8gb so how could you even mess anything up? you sure you removed sd card?
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
If thats the case all you need do is remove sd card, remove USB cable and hold power for 15 seconds. Then wait a couple of secs and power it back on with the power button again. If like mine it will boot back up fine and isn't bricked.
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
If thats the case all you need do is remove sd card, remove USB cable and hold power for 15 seconds. Then wait a couple of secs and power it back on with the power button again. If like mine it will boot back up fine and isn't bricked.
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Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
PS. The reson that he cannot get it to work is that the update.zip's uboot and MLO are form 1.4.0 which did not support the correct addressing.
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Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
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I was about to do that but was also going to compile a new kernel. You reckon it will work without the new kernel do you? I best have a go
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
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No nothing is in there, when you use the 1.4.0 SDcard it loads the update image and replaces the current image. I thought there would be check so it wouldn't put a bad image that wouldn't work in place but I guess there isn't any safety checks on the built in update firmware routine.
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Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
PS. The reson that he cannot get it to work is that the update.zip's uboot and MLO are form 1.4.0 which did not support the correct addressing.
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Are the new files posted yet with the correct addressing for the 8G? Or is there instructions on how to get them from clean 8G?
This is what I did to brick my NT. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
Yes my NT is bricked, I have tried numerous times to shut it down (incase the screen was blacked instead of off) and turning it back on.
I have tried both the factory reset (power and home) and just the power button.
I as much as I can guess, when I did the firmware update above I messed up the internal booting. So I need to have the files for 8G so I can boot off of an SDcard.
I checked the B&N website if they had the 1.4.2 files (MLO and u-boot.bin) but they only have one updates file which I figure is for 16G.
Yup you're screwed take it into B&N and hope they'll replace it.
We have a working 8G SD boot!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517513
Thanks to bauwks and AdamOutler I now have some life (not fully restore yet) but it is progress.
probably many others would like to know what you did
Just looking at a few other threads, I think several people have made the same mistake and are looking for solutions on this. If you can give some additional details as to what you had to do to get going again, it would be helpful.
It still isn't working, but we have the first step done which is getting the 8GB to boot off the SDcard, they are now working on the Ubuntu recovery SDcard.
I will post back here when there is any more progress.
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Just looking at a few other threads, I think several people have made the same mistake and are looking for solutions on this. If you can give some additional details as to what you had to do to get going again, it would be helpful.
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ajprog said:
We have a working 8G SD boot!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517513
Thanks to bauwks and AdamOutler I now have some life (not fully restore yet) but it is progress.
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I jast passed a copy of all the internal partitions onto Adam so you should now be able to completely restore you're 8GB NT back to stock. Or if you now have adb access via SD card I posted the files on the forum so you could quite easily restore the system completely yourself.
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I jast passed a copy of all the internal partitions onto Adam so you should now be able to completely restore you're 8GB NT back to stock. Or if you now have adb access via SD card I posted the files on the forum so you could quite easily restore the system completely yourself.
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Unfortunately I don't know of any full images for SDcards that have be released yet for 8GB. I only know of the 2uboot which "crashes" when it reads the internal image to create the menu.
If anyone can help me get something else to work like maybe CWM that would be appreciated.
I'm out all day today (uk and I'm on way to work) but I'll happily help you later when I'm home.
HELP!!!
i was attempting to downgrade the software back to 1.4.0 with the acclaim download and my nook tablet went to black screen. now the only thing it does is occasionaly bing when i plug it to the computer. i cant tell if the thing is on or off. What do i do?
send it back to b&n and tell them it won't boot. that what I did and they gave me a new one. if you search thru the forum, you'll see that I missed the warning too and bricked. posted a warning after that and you missed it too.
Damn google search and my lazy ass, went straight for the fix.
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Hey Guys,
I just got my 16gb NT during ebay's $199 sale. I'm having a serious problem getting the thing to boot off of an SD card. It came stock with 1.4.1, but I think something's different because I've tried:
Restoring back to 1.4.0 with the acclaim_update.zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
And the NT root SD card
Nook Tablet Root SD Cards
No mater what I do, I can't get it to boot off of the SD card via the zip or into CWM, all I get are factory reset screens instead of CWM. I've tried 3 different SD cards.
I'm going to give this a shot next:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
I don't know if it's going to work, so any help would be greatly appreciated. What's stopping my NT from booting off of the SD?!
why go back to 1.4.0 you don't need to. use indirect method using his image writer tool supplied if your on windows it sounds like you are not formatting the sd card
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why go back to 1.4.0 you don't need to. use indirect method using his image writer tool supplied if your on windows it sounds like you are not formatting the sd card
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I've tried formatting the cards both using windows and the NT internal tool. I've also tried writing the image file both directly to the SD and to the SD mounted in the nook.
I'll try indirect's method first.
I wanted to go to 1.4.0 to snowball.
It is my understanding that BN made a change in the new 8 gig NT that somehow prevents booting from the sdcard. Check other threads. No one so far has been able to boot from sdcard. Making some changes in Indirect's setup may solve it so I read on one of the threads. good luck.
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It is my understanding that BN made a change in the new 8 gig NT that somehow prevents booting from the sdcard. Check other threads. No one so far has been able to boot from sdcard. Making some changes in Indirect's setup may solve it so I read on one of the threads. good luck.
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Not an 8gig - full 16 gig.
nba1341 said:
use indirect method using his image writer tool supplied if your on windows it sounds like you are not formatting the sd card
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Doesn't work. Formatted through the nook, connected through the nook, wrote the image through the nook, etc. Went to go boot up (power+n, screen on/off, eject/reinsert card, power on) - all I got was a factory reset option instead of CWM.
Something is amiss.
Singingdrum said:
It is my understanding that BN made a change in the new 8 gig NT that somehow prevents booting from the sdcard. Check other threads. No one so far has been able to boot from sdcard. Making some changes in Indirect's setup may solve it so I read on one of the threads. good luck.
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That change is the bootloader locking up because it's the wrong bootloader.
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That change is the bootloader locking up because it's the wrong bootloader.
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Again, this is a 16gb nook tablet, not an 8gb. It looks like, very very briefly, I may be getting something other than the factory reset screen - I see what looks like the start of the nook bootup animation, then a green arrow that flashes quickly, before I get the factory reset screen.
I bought the NT from the Ebay sale last week as well. Have you heard of anyone else having issues booting off the SD card?
I was planning to book the NT tomorrow. Sounds like I might be returning mine if that doesn't work...
Nikkie
Try turning it off completely, inserting the SD card, and plugging it into your computer.
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so to clarify things. you put the acclaim update zip on the sd card. and did you let it reset your nook to 1.4.0 or not? Also you don't have the acclaim update zip on your memory card when you are trying to boot off the sd card do you?
It did not try to reset it. It didn't do anything other than boot normally.
I know it sees SD cards because i can look at files, but it did not boot from it.
ok. wipe your sd card. put on ONLY the acclaim update zip. nothing else. stick that in your nook then turn it off. (in that order) then when it powers back on, let it update your nook
once it's updated, turn your wifi off and check what version you are on. then delete the acclaim update zip from your sd card and report back. KEEP IN MIND. it's NOT "booting off the sd" for this. it's just resetting the software to 1.4.0. if you think it's supposed to boot off a sd for this, think again. expect to see something along the lines of a factory update. that's what it's supposed to do whenever the acclaim update zip is on your sd card.
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Again, this is a 16gb nook tablet, not an 8gb. It looks like, very very briefly, I may be getting something other than the factory reset screen - I see what looks like the start of the nook bootup animation, then a green arrow that flashes quickly, before I get the factory reset screen.
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Yeah, you're not affected by it. Your problem is operator error. They can't change hard-coded IROM with a firmware update.
I don't know what I did but I finally got acclaim to wipe me back to 1.4.0.
I had 3 different SD's formatted in various ways through the pc, through the tablet, etc. Each time it was ONLY acclaim on there. 158th time's the charm, I guess.
Now to tackle the apk parse errors while trying to sideload stuff.
Parse errors are caused by selecting the first button option just once when installing an app and then the second option button which is the only one you should ever select will give you parse error as well. If you do a search on parse errors you will see it.
All the Best
I was having issues with my SD card not booting last night during my CM7 install. After checking my work in Gparted I knew it was OK. Finally I unzipped the files into the upper root and it booted. I know I had it boot with the zip before but this time I could not get it to work?
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I was having issues with my SD card not booting last night during my CM7 install. After checking my work in Gparted I knew it was OK. Finally I unzipped the files into the upper root and it booted. I know I had it boot with the zip before but this time I could not get it to work?
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What exactly do you mean by "upper root?" I'm trying to get CWM and CM7 installed now that I know this thing will boot something off of the SD but I'm back to square 1
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What exactly do you mean by "upper root?" I'm trying to get CWM and CM7 installed now that I know this thing will boot something off of the SD but I'm back to square 1
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If you are on 1.4.0, go to http://nook1.adamoutler.com then nook2 and 3
Choose package installer. Then use some adb root
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If you are on 1.4.0, go to http://nook1.adamoutler.com then nook2 and 3
Choose package installer. Then use some adb root
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Nice.
Finally got CWM using the APK. This is a f!cking nightmare. I swear this thing is messing with me.
I have an 8GB Nook Tablet and made the foolish mistake of attempting to try and root it with acclaim-update.zip. Now my Nook will no longer boot and I've tried every unbricking method available. No progress was made.
I was a bit too eager to eager and rushed headfirst into it without researching it more thoroughly. If there's no fix for it, then that's fine. I just wanted to run through ever resource possible before giving up on it. I have spent the past few hours scouring the internet and coming up with little to nothing.
Have you tried booting CM7 from sdcard?
What things have you tried to make it boot?
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Shouldn't you just be able to put the unmodified acclaim_update.zip on your sdcard? It should work and fix your nook. When you put the sdcard in, make sure the device is off, and then connect it to the power adapter to get it to turn on
IF its completly dead/ erased boot erea then your only option will be jtag.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip
put that image on a sd card and boot by plugging in the usb cable into the charger
soshite said:
Shouldn't you just be able to put the unmodified acclaim_update.zip on your sdcard? It should work and fix your nook. When you put the sdcard in, make sure the device is off, and then connect it to the power adapter to get it to turn on
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Wrong he has 8GB model if you do that you will brick your device AS OP DID!!!
READ THE FAQ - link in my signature
~ Veronica
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lavero.burgos said:
Have you tried booting CM7 from sdcard?
What things have you tried to make it boot?
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
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So far I've tried the Ubuntu method of unbricking it, factory reset, and booting with the 1.4.2 zip file to return it to factory settings. None of them have worked.
But I'll try CM7 and see if it works.
Am in the the same shoes... got a bricked NT 8GB... looking forward to restoring 1.4.2...
attempts to restore the firmware to factory:
Cyanoboot + altboot + B&N 1.4.2
Followed guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130 , using (a) the img from dropbox and (b) nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip from B&N. No luck. The process stops on the initial screen on cyanoboot, where it shows 'Loading (sd)...'. I don't even get to enter the menu that shows the boot options.
flashing_boot + B&N 1.4.2 update in ext3 partition
Next I downloaded the img link above, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24912163&postcount=5 , no luck also, the tick appeared on the flash 'Installing new software' screen after 4 minutes. After I removed the mSD card, the NT did a data cleanse, and got an error message about 40% into the factory restore prompting me to contact B&N. It then goes into the reboot loop (this is where I am now).
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No luck. NT don't even boot up to mSD with the mSD card slotted in.
I've tried the above multiple times, downloading the files few times as well. Am still stuck in the reboot loop.
Would like to seek help from gurus here for pointers... Am stuck at this point.
Thanks alot!
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No luck. NT don't even boot up to mSD with the mSD card slotted in.
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just a note : when i made it the first time with my xp pro pc, it did not work ( boot ) and then i made it in mint - ubuntu os - and the little sd card then worked.
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something about windoze...
I have a tablet that appers to be bricked I put Cm7 on internal flashed it worked then I needed to flash the gaps and when I went to recovery and tried to flash and since then it boots up to the N screen then I see the white busy box screen then blank. Nothing nada. So now I have a $250.00 paper weight:banghead::banghead:
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Can you get to CWM using Indirect's NT-CWM-SD package from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
Get a micro SD card, fire up gParted (or whatever partition manager), put a new MSDOS partition table on it. Then make a new FAT32 partition at the beginning of the disk. Set the boot and lba flags. Copy the contents of Indirect's zip onto the disk. Stick it in the NT. Hold power + n for 10 seconds and wait for the grey "n" to show up on the screen for a second. Then turn it on.
If that takes you to CWM, then you've got options.
using a properly formatted SD card should solve most issues.. its the great thing about the nook.
1.make sure your using a good SD card. sandisk 8gb class and up would be best
2. make sure you grab the 8gb nook cm7 image.
3. preferably use a component based card reader. by that i mean one other then a laptops.. the laptop ones tend to be picky and lots of people in the nook color days had issues and most were resolved by using a computer one over a laptop one
4. with the nook OFF plug the usb cable into the nook then into the usb port on a computer
check out stickies too
Bricked NT8
grrmisfit said:
using a properly formatted SD card should solve most issues.. its the great thing about the nook.
1.make sure your using a good SD card. sandisk 8gb class and up would be best
2. make sure you grab the 8gb nook cm7 image.
3. preferably use a component based card reader. by that i mean one other then a laptops.. the laptop ones tend to be picky and lots of people in the nook color days had issues and most were resolved by using a computer one over a laptop one
4. with the nook OFF plug the usb cable into the nook then into the usb port on a computer
check out stickies too
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Negative. I wish you were correct but - in this case - you are not.
Your advice is probably appropriate for those who cannot get an SDCard to boot properly. However, the O.P. has a bricked device and his original post is most descriptive. His NT8 will not boot to the INTERNAL EMMC. (I have the same problem.)
There are several of us here on XDA who are not novices with this issue. The O.P. has listed the various steps that he has followed and they are much more involved than a simple SDCard format issue.
BTW, most formatting issues are when users are attempting to format with Windows. I use Linux exclusively and I can ALWAYS build a boot SDCard without issues.
Also in the same boot as the O.P.
I also am having this problem. Been going through it for mths now. I've tried every possible fix people could come up with. I have been talking to a youtuber albertwertz. he would like me to send in my nook tablet to him to fix and try out different things. I would like to but cant afford it at the moment. Dang I hope someone finds a fix for this or make a cm9 sd bootale img or something dont get me wrong i like booting cm7 from sd but is this all im subject too. HELP SOMEONE. what are these developers working on. lets get this fix my people. PS thanks for all you all hard work on all roms.
Lost Nook 1.4.0 partition
Hi, Lavero.
I think I may have accidentally deleted the default nook partition. I can still boot up via SDCard and goes into CM7. How can I recover those default partition? Do you have those commands within Terminal Emulator or any other options?
If I do not put in my SDCard, with power cable connected, the nook tablet 16GB keep rebooting. I still want to recover my Nook default OS so that I can repartition it the next time I go to BN.
Hope to hear from you. Thanks.
So we are all confused with the tablets that boot straight to SD from power button and others that boot from usb cable put in. Everyone wants to see the tablets boot straight to sd when they hit the power button.
As seen in the below video, I was able to turn a usb only boot tablet into an always boot to sd from power tablet by forcing my tablet to brick and then recovering it. this got me thinking... maybe Barnes and Noble isnt as inconsistent as I thought... maybe they made all tablets to boot from usb and something some of us have done caused them to now always boot without usb.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HC9XL_9aXk
So, I need some tester. I am not responsible for the loss of your tablet, you do this at your own risk.
Requirements: You need to have an 8gb or 16gb nook tablet that can currently only boot to SD from usb. This means that with bootable sd in, you can not boot to sd by hitting the power button from an off state and you require the usb cable to be connected from an off state to boot to SD.
File you must download: We are going to test this with the CWM bootable SD cards I have made: File here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439630
FIRST Make the SD card and then make sure you cant boot to it from the power button, and then make sure that you can boot to it from the usb
Second Make sure you make a backup of your tablet, I am not going to tell you to do anything that will brick you, but I am not going to be responsible for lost data... or atleast not bricks that I dont know how to get out of
Stop testing at any point that you become successful
Third TEST 1 Perform an 8 failed boots
With the SD card in and the tablet off, I want you to hold the power button down until you see the black N appear and maybe a white screen and the tablet turn off. This is one failed boot. Do this 7 more times and then let it boot the 9th time and allow it to factory restore. Now test to see if you can boot to sd with power button, if not, test with usb.
Fourth TEST 2 Unrooter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380235
Root your tablet, then install the unrooter app, and then run the unroot script from the app
Test power and usb boot again
Fifth Test 3 Brick (8gb only)
Install cm7 rom, should brick on bootup, then flash back your recovered rom that you should have made before you started all this crap. Then test boot again for power or usb.
Fifth Test 3 brick (16gb only- Warning, I have not tried this)
Install my recovery rom for the 8gb NT, I think it might brick, then restore back with the recovery you should have made before starting all this.
Sixth Test 4: CWM, after installing CM7, clear cache, factory restore and clear devlic. Then restore back to your recovery and test.
Make sure you post as soon as something becomes successful. Do not proceed if something started working.
Please report back in this thread your findings.
Sorry Albert, I just noticed this thread. I will get a hold of an 8gb nt this weekend that I'm fairly sure only boots with usb.
albertwertz said:
So we are all confused with the tablets that boot straight to usb from power button and others that boot from usb cable put in. Everyone wants to see the tablets boot straight to sd when they hit the power button.
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Albert - thank you for looking into this. Bless you if this can be resolved. Just a quick note about your post, however: I think there are several places you talk about "boot to usb" when you meant "boot to sd". I've made the same typo lots of times myself.
I am one of the people who can only boot with USB attached. I will be HAPPY to try this out as soon as I can.
So interesting thing here, my nook tablet behaves differently depending exactly how long I hold down the power button and the home button.
If I hold it down for ~1 second after the "boot flash" (screen flashes)
it will boot to the sd card
if I hold it down much longer and it either turns off, or reboots (or tries recovery)
an odd thing is if I turn off the power, let it power off completely, wait an hour and turn it back on, it almost always boots SD and then any further reboot boots to stock.
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So interesting thing here, my nook tablet behaves differently depending exactly how long I hold down the power button and the home button.
If I hold it down for ~1 second after the "boot flash" (screen flashes)
it will boot to the sd card
if I hold it down much longer and it either turns off, or reboots (or tries recovery)
an odd thing is if I turn off the power, let it power off completely, wait an hour and turn it back on, it almost always boots SD and then any further reboot boots to stock.
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Is this after any of Albert's experiments or just as you have it now? What root method did you use? 8GB or 16GB?
Ok, so I managed to pick up the 8gb NT today. It has been previously rooted. Here are the results of TEST 1:
First try, I must have miscounted because on what I thought was the 9th time, it loaded normally, and did not try to factory restore.
On the second attempt, @ power-on no.5, CWM loaded.
Third attempt, CWM loaded @ power-on no.2
Forth attempt, CWM loaded @ power-on no.4
At no point was the usb lead attached. Also I was only using the power button, never touching 'n'.
Will I remove the card, do a factory restore and proceed to TEST 2?
pretence ryiutte
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Is this after any of Albert's experiments or just as you have it now? What root method did you use? 8GB or 16GB?
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16 GB root through the SD card, I've since done a complete factory restore from the 8 boot recovery partition and the behavior persists this way.
I haven't had a chance to mess with it, since my wife sold her nook which I used for reading books while I messed with mine...
I got a new 16GB class 4 card on which I've backed up my apps with TB. I hope I will have some time to do some tests in the next few days. I have a bootable 32GB card (SanDisk class 4) with CM7 alpha final on it that I'll use as my test card for booting.
My Tablet is a 16GB model, so I'll likely have to try the "brick" with the 8GB image of CM7.
los101, so I am confused, did it work with just powering it on to start? or just doing 8 failed boots got it to boot to sd with just power and not usb?
FWIW... Just got my wife a n 8GB Nook Tablet for our anniversary. I used my MacBook to image your root card from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439630
I imaged it to a 2GB Kingston card. No idea what class it is because I haven't tested it. Stuck it into the 8GB NT, booted it *without* the power cable and it boots to SD just fine.
I then stuck in the 32GB Sandisk class-4 card onto which I installed CM7 alpha final... and it booted to stock.
It would seem we still might have a card issue, not just an internal issue. Tried turning off the 8GB NT, ejected the 32GB card, re-inserted it, still booted to stock. Turned the tablet off, removed the 32GB card, replaced the 2GB card and it immediately booted into the CWM recovery tool.
I then rooted by applying the zip using CWM from the 2GB card. Rooted successfully and asked CWM to reboot. Tablet rebooted to the (rooted) stock. I turned off the Tablet, turned it back on with the 2GB card still inserted and it, again, booted immediately to the CWM menu.
ALL BOOTS (except from CWM menu) WERE DONE WITH JUST THE POWER BUTTON. No finagling with the "N" button required.
I don't know if this helps, Albert. I'll still plan on eventually testing on my 16GB model. Also, when I have a free moment, I'll see if the 2GB card boots on my 16GB NT. If it does, what I would find interesting is if there is a way to get cards in general to boot more reliably across the board.
Edit: BTW - the 32GB Sandisk does boot to CM7 using the power cable.
Edit 2: Yes, indeed, the 2GB CWM root utility card boots great on my 32GB tablet without using the power cable (just pressing power).
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los101, so I am confused, did it work with just powering it on to start? or just doing 8 failed boots got it to boot to sd with just power and not usb?
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Booted off SD just by powering on. '8 failed boots' was not required.
You know, just had a thought. I can try writing the CWM root image to the 32GB Sandisk SD card to see if it truly is the card at fault or how the partitions are set up. I'll also expand the last partition to fill the entire card as a test.
Is there anything fundamentally different in how the boot partition is set up for your root image over the CM7 (external SD) image, Albert? I want to make sure my tests actually are valid for comparison's sake and that I'm not just making the proverbial comparison between two dissimilar fruits...
I have CM 7 and have tested booting on two NTs that I have. I also have 32GB, 16GB and 8GB SD cards (each created from the same image and then increasing the 4th partition to full capacity for the card), and each behaves the same as the other depending on which NT I use. One NT always boots directly to CM7 using any of the cards, the other does not. However, if I first tether the one that doesn't normally boot to CM7, and immediately remove the tether when the first screen comes on, the unit will boot to CM7 (as expected) but will the always boot to CM7 again without tethering (even after a reboot to NT mode, a shutdown and then a new power on) until the unit is charged. After a charge I then have to re-tether the NT once, removing the tether quickly at power on, and from then on tethering is not required (again, until the next charge) just like before.
This behavior is fully repeatable for me and has been checked over the course of several weeks. It's magic I'm sure.
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... It's magic I'm sure.
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My vote is Leprechauns.
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However, if I first tether the one that doesn't normally boot to CM7, and immediately remove the tether when the first screen comes on, the unit will boot to CM7 (as expected) but will the always boot to CM7 again without tethering (even after a reboot to NT mode, a shutdown and then a new power on) until the unit is charged. After a charge I then have to re-tether the NT once, removing the tether quickly at power on, and from then on tethering is not required (again, until the next charge) just like before.
This behavior is fully repeatable for me and has been checked over the course of several weeks. It's magic I'm sure.
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This has been working for me when using the CelticWebSolutions' CM7 SD, but I found that it does not work for the Succulent "CM9 SD" (created using the method posted here).
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This has been working for me when using the CelticWebSolutions' CM7 SD, but I found that it does not work for the Succulent "CM9 SD" (created using the method posted here).
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I had trouble getting succulents dual boot setup to boot at all. Neither from power button nor usb cable. I finally got it to work by burning celticwebsolutions cm7 image to sd (which booted perfectly from the power button), and modifying it with MiniTool Partition Manager per succulents instructions. It worked perfectly. Now I have stock rooted 1.4.2 on emmc and cm7/cm9 on sd. See my description here.
Perhaps this is not the place for this oddity/question, but I am attempting to root my 16GB NT and it will not boot to SD by *any* method. Neither Power, nor Power+N work, and when I try USB method, it will boot to stock after about 2-3 minutes, whether I've left the cable plugged in or not. Ideas?
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Perhaps this is not the place for this oddity/question, but I am attempting to root my 16GB NT and it will not boot to SD by *any* method. Neither Power, nor Power+N work, and when I try USB method, it will boot to stock after about 2-3 minutes, whether I've left the cable plugged in or not. Ideas?
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In my experience, if the NT cannot boot off an SD card with powered USB then the problem lies with that SD card's format and/or content. You would be better off researching & asking your question in the forum thread that covers the SD-card rooting method you're using.
I am using Albert's R3 SD card (4.6 I think) method, one I created from his video instructions not one received from Albert. But I did locate Albert's troubleshooting thread and will try reposting the issue there, thanks. Otherwise, I'd be happy to help with the experiment!
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I am using Albert's R3 SD card (4.6 I think) method, one I created from his video instructions not one received from Albert. But I did locate Albert's troubleshooting thread and will try reposting the issue there, thanks. Otherwise, I'd be happy to help with the experiment!
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I too was not able to create a bootable R3 card, until I abandoned using PowerISO to assemble files for the R3 disk image -- see my post here re: the alternative method suggested by Albert.
hi new to the forums so please be nice. i have a nook tablet 1.4.0 which was rooted before with the first cm7 release im guessing. well yeah i recently gone back to college and wanted to update my nook so i wanted to delete everything to restore it to stock, idk what program i used or what i did but it didnt work. i think by that time i was stuck on a boot loop where the n logo just goes on and off after that i saw a thread about a total wipe by using ubuntu i tried that and it worked perfectly i was back in stock. my stupidy lead me to want cm7 back since the apps in nook tablet stock wont let me read the books i have online. as soon as i tried to get cm7 i was stuck in a boot loop again i wanted to see if the ubuntu thing was gonna be the solution for my stupidity but this time it didnt work. it was stuck in "writing all zeros". i tried another boot loop solution by ray waldo it didnt work. i can still run cwm but it has some errors in the background saying "can't mount recovery/command/log/log/last_log/last_log. i want my tablet back just to get it to stock is the best solution i would want and i would just keep it that way. ty for your time.
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hi new to the forums so please be nice. i have a nook tablet 1.4.0 which was rooted before with the first cm7 release im guessing. well yeah i recently gone back to college and wanted to update my nook so i wanted to delete everything to restore it to stock, idk what program i used or what i did but it didnt work. i think by that time i was stuck on a boot loop where the n logo just goes on and off after that i saw a thread about a total wipe by using ubuntu i tried that and it worked perfectly i was back in stock. my stupidy lead me to want cm7 back since the apps in nook tablet stock wont let me read the books i have online. as soon as i tried to get cm7 i was stuck in a boot loop again i wanted to see if the ubuntu thing was gonna be the solution for my stupidity but this time it didnt work. it was stuck in "writing all zeros". i tried another boot loop solution by ray waldo it didnt work. i can still run cwm but it has some errors in the background saying "can't mount recovery/command/log/log/last_log/last_log. i want my tablet back just to get it to stock is the best solution i would want and i would just keep it that way. ty for your time.
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First thing I'd try would be to make a bootable CM7 SD ROM. If you can boot into that SD ROM, you'll at least have an operating system for the time being, and you can still try to figure out/fix the problem that was created in the internal system.
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Solar.Plexus said:
First thing I'd try would be to make a bootable CM7 SD ROM. If you can boot into that SD ROM, you'll at least have an operating system for the time being, and you can still try to figure out/fix the problem that was created in the internal system.
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i have a cm7 booted in a sd card (32 gb) im guessing you cant take the sd card off and you cant use the sd card for storage purposes because it has cm7 files in it. or is there a way to get it back that idk about? ty for your reply btw.
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i have a cm7 booted in a sd card (32 gb) im guessing you cant take the sd card off and you cant use the sd card for storage purposes because it has cm7 files in it. or is there a way to get it back that idk about? ty for your reply btw.
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You can still put files on your SD card. The let me try to explain:
The CM7 image that you wrote to your SD card created 4 partitions. By using a free software called MiniTool Partition Wizard on a PC, you can extend the 4th partition (the one for user data) of your SD card to consume the rest of your storage space. The software is really easy to use, you shouldn't have any trouble with it.
Again, I know this all isn't fixing your main issue yet, but at least you'll have a tablet again until it hopefully gets fixed up.
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You can still put files on your SD card. The let me try to explain:
The CM7 image that you wrote to your SD card created 4 partitions. By using a free software called MiniTool Partition Wizard on a PC, you can extend the 4th partition (the one for user data) of your SD card to consume the rest of your storage space. The software is really easy to use, you shouldn't have any trouble with it.
Again, I know this all isn't fixing your main issue yet, but at least you'll have a tablet again until it hopefully gets fixed up.
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tysm for helping me solar. imma do it fresh from the start right now i have a clean 32 gb micro sd card. i downloaded the cm7 for the sd. i have minitool partition wizard installed. whats my next move. im sorry for the trouble im giving you.
No trouble for me, my friend. We're all here to help.
Okay, so I assume you're running Windows here:
1.) Write the CM7 SD .img to your microSD card using the Win32DiskImager tool found in the opening post of the CM7 ROM thread.
2.) After that's finished, open up the Partition Wizard software and find your SD card disk (make sure it's the right one!)
3.) Choose the option to resize the 4th partition of your SD card. Resize it so that all off the unallocated space becomes part of that last partition.
4.) After you're satisfied with that, click the option to apply those changes and wait for it to perform those actions.
5.) You should now be good to put the SD card into your NT and boot up into your new CM7 ROM!
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No trouble for me, my friend. We're all here to help.
Okay, so I assume you're running Windows here:
1.) Write the CM7 SD .img to your microSD card using the Win32DiskImager tool found in the opening post of the CM7 ROM thread.
2.) After that's finished, open up the Partition Wizard software and find your SD card disk (make sure it's the right one!)
3.) Choose the option to resize the 4th partition of your SD card. Resize it so that all off the unallocated space becomes part of that last partition.
4.) After you're satisfied with that, click the option to apply those changes and wait for it to perform those actions.
5.) You should now be good to put the SD card into your NT and boot up into your new CM7 ROM!
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im at step 3 im kind of confused on what to do at that part. this is what im looking at right now. tysm
norkiz23 said:
im at step 3 im kind of confused on what to do at that part. this is what im looking at right now. tysm
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Okay, you're good there. Go to Disk 2, and the 4th partition down. Click on it then click the Move/Resize button on the toolbar of the program. Then just drag the bar all the way across and you will see that you're changing the storage of the 4th partition.
Report back if you get stuck.
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Okay, you're good there. Go to Disk 2, and the 4th partition down. Click on it then click the Move/Resize button on the toolbar of the program. Then just drag the bar all the way across and you will see that you're changing the storage of the 4th partition.
Report back if you get stuck.
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ok sorry is the 4th partition the 26.09 gb unallocated?
No, that 26.09GB is unused right now (unallocated space).
The fourth partition is simply the fourth one down, it has a capacity of 1.30GB. You want to resize that one.
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No, that 26.09GB is unused right now (unallocated space).
The fourth partition is simply the fourth one down, it has a capacity of 1.30GB. You want to resize that one.
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god dude your the best. thanks a bunch even though its a temporary fix its still a big help!
No problem. At least now you still have a tablet to work with!
nook wont turn on
my nook tablet wont turn on i downloaded that 1.4.0 and my nook went dead did the power button for 20 sec and kept it charge over nite and still nothing did all the button and held them still nothing wont turn on
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my nook tablet wont turn on i downloaded that 1.4.0 and my nook went dead did the power button for 20 sec and kept it charge over nite and still nothing did all the button and held them still nothing wont turn on
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Are you using the official Barnes and Noble USB cable and wall charger?
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Back in December I attempted to update my Nook Tablet to a new build from CM. Something in the process went wrong, and left me without a bootable device. Soon after I packed to move cross country and the unit has been in a box since. I recently got it out to try and fix it but am having a difficult time understanding what happened to it. My assumption is that the internal memory is jacked in some way.
Currently, the unit WILL NOT boot with an SD Card in the slot. The screen stays black. If I remove the SD Card, it will boot.
The unit WILL boot into recovery, but will not write a new rom, always leaves me with a failed write message. (I have to insert & mount the SD Card AFTER I get it booted)
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I am looking for suggestions on which direction to head to next. I have seen one members' video tutorials regarding formatting with ADB. The last time I used it was soon after the Droid X was released but I feel ok in performing the steps.
Is that the route I should take? Am I missing some other step in troubleshooting?
TIA.
--JD
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
--JD
jdfgura said:
I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
--JD
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Use this...
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013...-2-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet-0416/
Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
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Use this...
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Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
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I have already done something similar with another build. Doesn't matter what type of SD card I put in the tablet, empty, formatted, bootable, etc... as long as an SD card is in the slot, the tablet will not go anywhere past a blank, black screen. I can however boot the tablet into recovery without an SD card, then mount it within in recovery, and attempt to write a new rom but it always errors out.
Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
--JD
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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When I get it booted into recovery, I am able to insert a card and mount it. If I attempt to install a rom at then end of the installation it fails with a write error. So I believe the card slot is good.
Now Booting
After some trial and error, the nearest I can figure is that there is something wrong with the SD->MicroSD adapter I was using. I discovered that both MicroSD cards I had been using were not properly mounting on my phone. I happened to have a new 16gb card in my desk and used that. I was finally able to boot it from the SD card in 4.2.2 - from there, since something was obviously wrong with the partitions on the EMMC, I wrote it back to 1.4.2 stock.
Am now working on get it re-rooted, with 4.2.2.RC5 written to the EMMC.
The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
I appreciate all the suggestions and the fresh links given to me for the boot images and such. Thank you very much.
--JD
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The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
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I'd suggest you try using a combination of MiniTool and SDformatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/) with the option Full (Overwrite) to delete the existing partition and reformat the entire card.