The 16GB Nook Tablet was released in the United States on Nov 17, 2011 (about 6 months ago). It is reasonably well-documented and a great deal of progress has been made on getting it to do cool stuff that its developers did not intend.
On February 21, 2012 (about 2 months ago) Barnes and Noble released an 8GB version of the Nook Tablet. It is much newer and most of the developers on XDA who were going to work with the Nook Tablet had already purchased 16GB devices by the time the 8GB was released; therefore, it is not documented nearly as well and many of its quirks are not as well known.
The purpose of this thread is to begin the process of documenting the differences between the two tablets. I spent a lot of time messing around with unsuccessful processes and asking questions to people who didn't know answers, and would like to contribute by saving that time for others.
By following this guide, you will be able to take an 8GB Nook Tablet out of the box and get it running an alpha version of CM9.
As of 04/25, CM9 for the Nook Tablet is an alpha state and many, many things do not work. I urge you not to try this yet unless you want to contribute to the development process, because you might irreversibly mess up your $200 toy. I am not responsible if you do this. Please, please do not try this unless you know what you are doing!
You will need:
8GB Nook Tablet (duh)
1 MicroSD card that you don't mind wiping
Linux (I only know how to flash images to an SD card using Linux, if someone else wants to add Windows instructions it's appreciated, but honestly if you can't find your way around Linux you shouldn't do this)
ADB properly set up (there are other guides on how to do this, I will add it in later if necessary)
Some way of writing to a MicroSD (an SD reader preferably, you could use an android device but I would feel much safer with just an SD reader)
The recovery image from the bottom of this post (ignore the instructions, just get the image. Meghdoot please let me know if I can just include the direct link in this post.)
CM9 Alpha 0.03 zipped package from this post (filename: update-cm9-acclaim-alpha0.03-fullofbugs.zip)
Google Apps ICS flashable zip (optional, find it somewhere if you want it)
Actually flashing CM9 is not that hard. The problem is that we want to make sure we have a way out of any problems we might cause (maybe you get sick of CM9 for example.) There are slight differences between the 8 and 16GB versions of the NT. These differences make a lot of the recovery methods for the 16GB not work on the 8GB. Do NOT flash anything to your tablet unless you are sure it works for the 8GB model!
Overview: What We Are Going To Do To Your Tablet
Create ClockWork Mod Recovery SD card
Back up your existing stock system
Save rombackup.zip, which contains files that are critical to the Stock OS
Flash CM9
Step 1: Create CWM Recovery SD Card
This step is the most important because it lets us do just about everything else. It is very important that you follow this step precisely and not cut corners; for example, it is tempting to use xIndirect's Nook Tab Recovery Flasher app because it downloads CWM and flashes it to your tablet so you don't have to mess with an SD; the CWM version it flashes will not work on the 8GB tablet, and once you realize this and use the app to "revert to stock recovery", you will find that you have reverted to a 16GB stock recovery. I made this mistake, and so far don't know how to undo it (hopefully I won't have to).
1) Get your SD card readable in your computer
Alternate, perhaps easier method: Copy the contents of this file onto the sd card. Either do this or steps 2-4 below, whichever you prefer.
2) Unmount your SD card, but do not remove it
3) Unzip the CWM image you downloaded above, which should contain myrecovery.img
4)In Linux, do the following:
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sudo dd if=myrecovery.img of=WhateverTheMountPointofSDCardIs bs=1M
Don't know how to find what your SD card's mount point is? TURN BACK.
In Windows, do the following:
lavero.burgos said:
- Format your sdcard with SDFormatter (recommended) or any other but not windows native.
- Download latest Win32DiskImage-binary.zip from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
- Unzip the file
- Run Win32DiskImage.exe - Right click "run as administrator"
- Click the folder button and navigate to select the .img file you just unzipped.
- Click on the disk drive letter label on the right, and choose the letter that corresponds to your SD card.
- Press Write. When it finishes, press Exit.
- Safely eject/remove your sdcard and put it back to your NT
- Plug your device to the a/c power or PC using the USB cable, let it power on by itself do not press any button.
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Once this is done you should be able to place the SD card into your Nook Tablet, power it down, plug the USB cable while it is off, and it will turn on, show the Nook logo, a white screen with a cardboard box, and then load up CWM recovery.
Step 2: Nandroid Backup
This should be the simplest way to have a plan B - if you want to go back to stock ever, this should do it.
1) In ClockworkMod Recovery, press volume down until Backup and Restore is highlighted; press the home key to select it.
2) Choose "Backup to Internal Sdcard"
3) After a few minutes, verify that the backup was successfully completed.
You should have about 3.5GB free on your eMMC before the backup, and the backup will likely take about 800MB. (Please chime in if your backup is bigger / smaller.)
Step 3: Get Rombackup.zip
This file is very important. In the event that your tablet is completely borked, we could try flashing an image of a stock OS to it; however, there is a file in the stock OS called rombackup.zip which identifies your Nook when it tries to connect to BN's services. If you flash someone else's image you will have someone else's rombackup.zip and BN will not let you in.
1) On Ubuntu, with your tablet in CWM Recovery, do
Code:
$ adb shell
This will open up a terminal to your tablet, where you must type these commands VERY PRECISELY (!!!!):
Code:
mkdir /mnt
mkdir /mnt/factory
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /mnt/factory
exit
2)After "exit", you will be returned to your Ubuntu terminal; from there do
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adb pull /mnt/factory/rombackup.zip
3) Put that file somewhere safe! Dropbox is a good idea.
Step 4: Flash CM9
1) Reboot your tablet into stock OS one last time.
2) Mount your nook's storage to your PC
3) Place the cm9 update zip file you downloaded above onto the nook's storage
4) Reboot into CWM Recovery
5) Choose "Install zip from sdcard"
6) Choose "Choose zip from internal sdcard"
7) Find the CM9 zip, flash it
8) Find gapps (if you got it), flash it
9) NOT OPTIONALChoose "wipe data/factory reset" (if not visible, press power button to go back)
10) Reboot, pray
Your tablet should boot into a shiny new operating system. If you get tired of it, just restore stock using nandroid (takes seconds and works without a problem.) The experience within CM9 is not so different from the 16GB; however you will find since it only has 512MB of ram instead of 1GB, apps have to restart a lot more frequently than you would hope, because they are killed by Android's memory management if you hop to too many other apps. That's the tradeoff for the $50 you saved, cheapskate.
MANY THANKS TO:
The entire CM9 Nook Tablet team (too many to list)
Meghdoot for producing a working 8GB recovery + answering some ?s
fattire, bauwks, etc - for cracking the **** out of the security on these things
Anybody else I left out - this dev community just amazes me
Lastly - this is my first attempt at being useful on XDA, so please let me know if I made any mistakes, or if there is something you think I should add.
Worked perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Windows Instructions
- Power off your NT and remove sdcard
- Put your sdcard into a card reader (preferably)
- Format your sdcard with SDFormatter (recommended) or any other but not windows native.
- Download latest Win32DiskImage-binary.zip from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
- Unzip the file
- Run Win32DiskImage.exe - Right click "run as administrator"
- Click the folder button and navigate to select the .img file you just unzipped.
- Click on the disk drive letter label on the right, and choose the letter that corresponds to your SD card.
- Press Write. When it finishes, press Exit.
- Safely eject/remove your sdcard and put it back to your NT
- Plug your device to the a/c power or PC using the USB cable, let it power on by itself do not press any button.
~ Veronica
lost101 said:
Worked perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
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what have you noticed working vs not working?
jshields1986 said:
what have you noticed working vs not working?
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It's very impressive. Anything said here about the rom running on 16gb NT applies.
lost101 in a PM said:
Download "8gb-16gb_cwm_sdcard.zip" from here.
Follow instructions and put SD card in Nook Tablet.
In CyanoBoot Menu > Boot from SD Card Normal.
Perhaps some people might find it of value if you added this to your tutorial as the current method of accessing CWM on a 8gb Nook Tablet.
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I suppose; however, I'm still able to easily get to CWM from the same SD card I used to flash CM9, either by booting while holding the N key (I guess this doesn't work for everyone?) or shutting off the device and plugging it in. Either way seems to get CWM going from the SD card, though I suppose you could also do cyanoboot; my understanding is that that should work without any additional files as well.
Download "8gb-16gb_cwm_sdcard.zip" from here.
1 - Follow instructions and put SD card in Nook Tablet.
2 - In CyanoBoot Menu > Boot from SD Card Normal.
Perhaps some people might find it of value if you added this to your tutorial as the current method of accessing CWM on a 8gb Nook Tablet.
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That's with working a link.
You can also skip step one and put these files onto an SD card.
So I've followed the directions precisely, but can't seem to boot into recovery. Plugging in while powered off just boots normal, and holding "n" and power just gives the factory reset options. I want to check one step in the OP's instructions:
Code:
sudo dd if=myrecovery.img of=WhateverTheMountPointofSDCardIs bs=1M
By mount point do you mean the /media/XXXXXX folder it mounts to, or the /dev/sdx? I tried both, but neither seemed to work.
Also, by SDcard, you do mean an external microsd card, yes? Or are you talking internal storage?
And finally, what's the output supposed to look like from the above line of code?
AbbaSou said:
So I've followed the directions precisely, but can't seem to boot into recovery. Plugging in while powered off just boots normal, and holding "n" and power just gives the factory reset options. I want to check one step in the OP's instructions:
Code:
sudo dd if=myrecovery.img of=WhateverTheMountPointofSDCardIs bs=1M
By mount point do you mean the /media/XXXXXX folder it mounts to, or the /dev/sdx? I tried both, but neither seemed to work.
Also, by SDcard, you do mean an external microsd card, yes? Or are you talking internal storage?
And finally, what's the output supposed to look like from the above line of code?
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I personally used the win32 method, but I suspect there would be no output unless an error occurred.
FYI, I updated to the latest build of CM9 by wiping in CWM and flashing it. No need for a *special* 512mb build.
AbbaSou said:
So I've followed the directions precisely, but can't seem to boot into recovery. Plugging in while powered off just boots normal, and holding "n" and power just gives the factory reset options. I want to check one step in the OP's instructions:
Code:
sudo dd if=myrecovery.img of=WhateverTheMountPointofSDCardIs bs=1M
By mount point do you mean the /media/XXXXXX folder it mounts to, or the /dev/sdx? I tried both, but neither seemed to work.
Also, by SDcard, you do mean an external microsd card, yes? Or are you talking internal storage?
And finally, what's the output supposed to look like from the above line of code?
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On my desktop computer, the argument I used read "of=/dev/sdc". This will likely not work on your computer, as the mount point won't be /dev/sdc on yours, but that's the format you should follow.
Make sure all three arguments are there and it should work, after about 3-4 seconds you should see a message saying how long it took and how many bytes were copied.
And yes, what this step does is to copy on to an external microSD card; if you instead use the mount point of the user-accessible storage partition of your Nook's eMMC, it won't work.
If it doesn't work, double check that you are flashing the correct file, and perhaps redownload it (not sure if meghdoot made md5sums available or not but that may be worth a check.)
lost101 said:
That's with working a link.
You can also skip step one and put these files onto an SD card.
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I guess I may be misunderstanding what you are looking to accomplish; are you trying to make it so you can get into recovery without plugging the tablet in? If so that can be accomplished without any extra steps, once CM9 is succesfully installed:
Power the tablet on while holding the home key (doesn't work on every NT apparently)
At Cyanoboot prompt, which should come up whenever you power the tablet on without holding the home key, you can THERE hold the home key and select "SD Card Normal" (not "SD Card Recovery")
RomBackup.Zip
In the O.P., your step 3 says...
"Save rombackup.zip, which contains files that are critical to the Stock OS"
Could you make a copy of that file available for download?
I was one of the early testers who tried to flash CWM & CM7a onto the internal EMMC memory. Of course, it bricked my NT8 and now I can ONLY boot from a (bootable) SDCard.
I am running CM7a from an SDCard now and it works fine. But, I would like to get my NT8 back to working (something) on the EMMC.
Perhaps, if I could push (or flash, or backup) the rombackup file to my device, it would restore the missing "critical" files? I can do ADB & CWM works from SDCard. I figure that it is worth a shot since I am pretty sure that I have tried every other "solution" on XDA - all failed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
raywaldo said:
In the O.P., your step 3 says...
"Save rombackup.zip, which contains files that are critical to the Stock OS"
Could you make a copy of that file available for download?
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This is the contents, however the values in some of the files are unique to each device. Maybe changing some of the values in the files would work for you.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
RomBackup.Zip
lost101 said:
This is the contents, however the values in some of the files are unique to each device. Maybe changing some of the values in the files would work for you.
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Thanks. I see what you mean about the unique values. I don't know how I could do much with this data however.
Interestingly, my s/n is still intact. When I do ADB, it displays properly. But SOMETHING is still missing and it will not boot internally.
Thanks again for the response.
Your article is well-written and would have been a great help to me BEFORE I bricked it.
raywaldo said:
Thanks. I see what you mean about the unique values. I don't know how I could do much with this data however.
Interestingly, my s/n is still intact. When I do ADB, it displays properly. But SOMETHING is still missing and it will not boot internally.
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Have you tried creating a Rombackup.zip as described? It sounds like you may still have all the files.
raywaldo said:
In the O.P., your step 3 says...
"Save rombackup.zip, which contains files that are critical to the Stock OS"
Could you make a copy of that file available for download?
I was one of the early testers who tried to flash CWM & CM7a onto the internal EMMC memory. Of course, it bricked my NT8 and now I can ONLY boot from a (bootable) SDCard.
I am running CM7a from an SDCard now and it works fine. But, I would like to get my NT8 back to working (something) on the EMMC.
Perhaps, if I could push (or flash, or backup) the rombackup file to my device, it would restore the missing "critical" files? I can do ADB & CWM works from SDCard. I figure that it is worth a shot since I am pretty sure that I have tried every other "solution" on XDA - all failed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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After 3 weeks just been able to boot CM7 from sd I succesfully installed CM9 in EMMC on my NT8. I wasn't able to restore anything else into the EMMC after I bricked it trying to install CM7.
I'm very satisfied with CM9. Fo me is more responsive than running CM7 from sd.
RomBackup.Zip
lost101 said:
Have you tried creating a Rombackup.zip as described? It sounds like you may still have all the files.
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I was able to create the backup file... Rombackup.zip
Attached is a screen shot of the contents. Notice that it is down a few layers of directories: /rom/devconf/ Is that correct?
However, I have not had any success in getting CM9 (or any other ROM) to run on the EMMC.
raywaldo said:
I was able to create the backup file... Rombackup.zip
Attached is a screen shot of the contents. Notice that it is down a few layers of directories: /rom/devconf/ Is that correct?
However, I have not had any success in getting CM9 (or any other ROM) to run on the EMMC.
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Yes, everything is correct. What method are you using to install CM9? Have you tried installing 0.03 using CWM?
lost101 said:
Yes, everything is correct. What method are you using to install CM9? Have you tried installing 0.03 using CWM?
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Be aware that after you install CM9 and reboot into Cyanoboot it will try to boot from the alternate partition by default so you'll get an error message. You need to force Cyanoboot menu by pressing the n while booting and then select boot from eMMC normal (where CM9 is located).
Later you can change default boot in /bootdata by following instructions from fattire about
Cyanoboot .
Sent from my NT8 with CM9.
lumav said:
Be aware that after you install CM9 and reboot into Cyanoboot it will try to boot from the alternate partition by default so you'll get an error message. You need to force Cyanoboot menu by pressing the n while booting and then select boot from eMMC normal (where CM9 is located).
Later you can change default boot in /bootdata by following instructions from fattire about
Cyanoboot .
Sent from my NT8 with CM9.
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I have no such problem with NT8, Cyanoboot boots from eMMC automatically. But then I still have the nook partition and never tried to flash CWM internally.
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Due to popular demand I have created a size-agnostic SDCard CM7 installer.
Also allows to install unmodified CM7 builds on SD card.
Current version: 1.3
Grab the installer image here:
http://crimea.edu/~green/nook/generic-sdcard-v1.3.img.gz
it's a ~9M image that would unpack into ~130M disk image.
Also note - not all SD cards are created equal. Here is a thread of interest is you have not bought one yet: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12964262
Short version: buy Sandisk-branded class 4 microSD cards.
Write the image on your SD card. I tested with 2G, 4G and 8G cards and all worked.
Any uSD card of 1G or bigger in size should work if it is recognized by your nook.
Write on Windows by using WinImage and on Linux/MacOS X by using dd (to the entire device, not one of the partitions. The device name should not have any numbers at the end. The command is something like dd if=/somewhere/generic-sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1024k)
After done with writing, eject and then re-insert the uSD card into your computer.
Download a CM nightly build from here http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore (It is recommended to choose -87 nightly or later. If you plan to use prior version for initial install, stick with installer 1.2.1 for a different u-boot version)
Or just use your own update-cm-*-KANG-signed.zip file that is produced if you do your own builds.
The image would correctly detect unmodified CM7 builds and would make necessary adjustments to make them work on SD card.
Put the file to the SD card (there is only one partition). Don't change the name of the file.
unmount the uSD card and insert it into the nook.
Boot from this SD card. It'll boot and will update you on progress.
When it's done, it'll power off.
That's it, you now have CM7 on your SD card.
How to install market and gapps:
After you have booted into the CM7 on SD card for the first time and set up wifi access (important!)
Go to http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version and at the end there is a table with various google apps versions. Get the one suitable for your cyanogen version (CM7 is the latest for now). The file is named gapps-....zip
shutdown your nook and take the SD card out, insert it into your computer.
Copy the gapps-... file to the SD card on the first partition (titled boot) without changing the file name.
Insert the uSD card back into the NOOK and boot into "Recovery mode" (hold nook N key and then press and hold power until the "Loading..." message appears and then disappears with screen going blank. Release power button, then press it again and hold for ~5 seconds, the bootloader "Loading..." message should be on the screen for three seconds or so before you release power button, keep holding N button until screen blanks again. If the screen went off while you were holding the power key, that means you were holding it for too long).
Alternatively if you do not want to fight the timing, boot normally into Android, then from desktop hold power key until a poweroff menu appears, In the poweroff menu choose "reboot", in the next menu choose "recovery" and press "OK". The nook would reboot straight into recovery.
How to update to a new build:
put the new build you want to try on the first partition. (the name must be update-cm-*.zip or cm_encore_full*.zip or just update-*.zip)
Boot from the SDcard in the recovery mode (see above) and the new snapshot would be installed.
The partition layout would be preserved, filesystems are NOT reformatted, so your data should be safe.
Installing other stuff:
Booting in recovery mode would install all files that are named "update-..." and end with .zip The files would then be deleted! Most of the packages should work, but I only tested a subset and not entire syntax of updater script is implemented. Certainly format and delete are not implemented.
OC Kernel installation instructions:
Starting with v1.2.1 there are no special instructions, install normally as described above.
Partition layout for the SD cards depends on size:
Less than 600M - unsupported.
up to 1G cards gets: system of ~300M and data of the rest of space. No FAT partition
2G cards (more than 1G up to 1800M) gets: 300M system, 612M data, rest is FAT sdcard
more than 2G cards gets: 460M system, 975M data, rest is FAT for sdcard.
How to update if you already installed using older version of the installer and don't want to reinstall (understandably):
Get update zip from http://crimea.edu/~green/nook/update-genimage-1.3.zip
Put the zip file as is onto the first partition of your sdcard..
reboot into recovery (triggered by the keys, the reboot into recovery does not work yet).
The new version would be installed and you are done.
You can combine this installation together with updating to .32 kernel in one step. Just put the update-cm file and the update-genimage-1.3.zip to the first partition. Make sure there is still at least 1M of space left!
Changes in 1.3
Install u-boot.bin and MLO loaders if provided.
Fixed a problem that led to overwrite of recovery kernel if a nightly was installed more than once)
(only in full image) updated u-boot to ignore BCB as that was a common source of problems. (that's why this version is not recommended for initial install with older nightlies, those don't provide a more correct u-boot for later operations. It's fine to do the update from older installer release, though)
Changes in 1.2.1
Really fixed dalingrin kernel packages installation
A bit more robust handling of install scripts
Changes in 1.2
Updated to new u-boot from B&N 1.2 update
Ability to obey BCB in eMMC (allows reboot into recovery from CM7)
Hopefully simplified the timing to trigger recovery boots from keyboard
Added support for Dalingrin's kernel update packages
The v1.1 version that is known good to work with 2.6.29 kernel releases is located at http://crimea.edu/~green/nook/generic-sdcard-v1.1.img.gz
This is very cool, thanks! My father bought a nook color after seeing mine, and after hearing what I have been able to get mine to do (thanks to the efforts of all the devs here) he has wanted to play a little more with his. Thanks to you, I have an easy way to set up the SD card and then ship it up to him. I can give him a taste without having to force him to even root his yet. Thanks again!
Very nice! Thanks.
Care to share the dates and differences between your build and say CM's? or perhaps a link to your builds progress?
I know you have done great work with BT, didn't want to get off topic, but I'm curious.
Thanks again.
12paq said:
Very nice! Thanks.
Care to share the dates and differences between your build and say CM's? or perhaps a link to your builds progress?
I know you have done great work with BT, didn't want to get off topic, but I'm curious.
Thanks again.
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I did not work on BT (other than helping with testing), so I don't claim any credits there.
The difference between standard build and my build so far is only that my build has patched init files to boot from SD right in the zip file. (CM7 checkout as of today ~12pm), it was only created for testing, before I rolled the code that could update vanilla builds to work on SD cards.
You can use unmodified CM7 nightlies with this sdcard image now. The image itself does not contain any CM7 code, you need to copy zip file with it after writing the image to the SD card, but before attempting to boot.
Verygreen, I believe you have won the game. Congratulations!
Ah yes, I stand corrected, you created the first CM7 sd bootable for testing of BT.
Thanks again for your time on this latest project!
First off, this works very well! Thanks!
Now, after getting CM7 running on the sdcard, I plug the device into the usb port on my computer and instruct it to mount the sdcard. But, instead of the sdcard partition being mounted, the emmc partition is mounted.
Was that intentional or is it a bug?
Thanks
Thanks very easy to setup!
atomclock said:
First off, this works very well! Thanks!
Now, after getting CM7 running on the sdcard, I plug the device into the usb port on my computer and instruct it to mount the sdcard. But, instead of the sdcard partition being mounted, the emmc partition is mounted.
Was that intentional or is it a bug?
Thanks
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New code in CM7 actually should cause both internal MMC AND sdcard to be mounted.
That is unless you used 1G sdcard, 1G sdcard does not have any mountable free space and then you'd only see emmc content as mountable.
verygreen said:
New code in CM7 actually should cause both internal MMC AND sdcard to be mounted.
That is unless you used 1G sdcard, 1G sdcard does not have any mountable free space and then you'd only see emmc content as mountable.
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I'm using an 8Gb sdcard and I can access both the emmc and sdcard partitions through ADB but only the emmc partition is mounted.
So, I just need to try this with a different nightly build until I find one where the issue is corrected?
Well, I tried it with both cm_encore_full-25 and cm_encore_full-26 and still only the emmc partition is mounted.
atomclock said:
I'm using an 8Gb sdcard and I can access both the emmc and sdcard partitions through ADB but only the emmc partition is mounted.
So, I just need to try this with a different nightly build until I find one where the issue is corrected?
Well, I tried it with both cm_encore_full-25 and cm_encore_full-26 and still only the emmc partition is mounted.
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As long as everything is mounted internally I don't think my changes broke anything else, so if there is a bug it's in the CM7 build itself.
I don't actually mount my nook on the computer, so I don't even know how to enable it by default come think of it.
I just know there was an ongoing work in this area to allow simultaneous mounting of multiple volumes and I heard it was already included, though I am not 100% sure about that.
To verygreen:
Well, I'm certainly doing something wrong here:
1. Using Win32DiskImager release 0.2 r23, i burnt my 2 GB with your generic.... .img image.
2. Copied your update.... .zip (on a second attempt an original cm_encore... .zip, plus gapps-GB-20110307-...zip, as installer was asking for it, at least to inflate), now I suspect your "put" is not equal to my "copy".
3. Tried to boot, enjoyed the penguin and boot scroll, but after everything was finished and prepared to "really" boot the boot was executed from my eMMC instead.
aludal said:
To verygreen:
Well, I'm certainly doing something wrong here:
1. Using Win32DiskImager release 0.2 r23, i burnt my 2 GB with your generic.... .img image.
2. Copied your update.... .zip (on a second attempt an original cm_encore... .zip, plus gapps-GB-20110307-...zip, as installer was asking for it, at least to inflate), now I suspect your "put" is not equal to my "copy".
3. Tried to boot, enjoyed the penguin and boot scroll, but after everything was finished and prepared to "really" boot the boot was executed from my eMMC instead.
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Yes, the automatic reboot boots into eMMC for now, I am looking into it.
So just reboot again with the card in.
also, don't put gapps on the card at the first try. This combination does not boot for me into the desktop for some reason that I did not get to the root of. Possibly because it want internet connection setup that still is not if you try it on your first boot.
Thanks verygreen! This is a fantastic build! I was able to quickly and easily install this on my sd card.
Thanks again!
verygreen said:
Yes, the automatic reboot boots into eMMC for now, I am looking into it.
So just reboot again with the card in.
also, don't put gapps on the card at the first try. This combination does not boot for me into the desktop for some reason that I did not get to the root of. Possibly because it want internet connection setup that still is not if you try it on your first boot.
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Somehow I went into non-booting phase, lol. My guess is after booting into my rooted Eclair with bookmarks-and-other-stuff-to SD I've got me an SD card not really good for "second" boot. Just have no idea what Eclair might do to that EXT4.
Anyways, repeated the experiment, now with pressing Power for >5 sec. Has booted into CyanogenMod 7 without a problem.
Can't do whatever testing: missing GAPPS very mucho! Please, Mr. verygreen, compile it into your image. In any case, I'm not really interested in swapping nightlies on this card -- by the last commits they didn't change much/significantly since n18. Just a static SD image of CM7 n26 + latest (03072011) Gapps will be a very desirable "mod" of yours. In any case you did exactly that (minus Gapps) for n17. Sure, there's a complete procedure of building SD image, but it's obviously much better followed when with a Linux box, and I don't have it.
aludal said:
Somehow I went into non-booting phase, lol. My guess is after booting into my rooted Eclair with bookmarks-and-other-stuff-to SD I've got me an SD card not really good for "second" boot. Just have no idea what Eclair might do to that EXT4.
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Supposedly nothing. I routinely boot into eclair and then insert CM7 sdcard and it's fine.
aludal said:
Can't do whatever testing: missing GAPPS very mucho! Please, Mr. verygreen, compile it into your image. In any case, I'm not really interested in swapping nightlies on this card -- by the last commits they didn't change much/significantly since n18. Just a static SD image of CM7 n26 + latest (03072011) Gapps will be a very desirable "mod" of yours. In any case you did exactly that (minus Gapps) for n17. Sure, there's a complete procedure of building SD image, but it's obviously much better followed when with a Linux box, and I don't have it.
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I can't distribute gapps, like I said
Well, until I figure out why recovery boot does not work what you can try to do is this:
after initial install was successful (and you setup your wireless), power off the nook, get the sd card.
Download gapps-gb-...zip and put it on the first partition.
move the uImage file to uImage.bak and uRamdisk to uRamdisk.bak.
Copy uRecImage to uImage and uRecRam to uRamdisk.
boot with the resulting image. It should say that it found the gapps archive and unpack it.
After it flushes caches and reboots, power off, put the sd card back into the computer
move uImage.bak to uImage and uRamdisk.bak to uRamdisk
boot off the card again, hopefully the gapps are working after that.
Please let me know if any problems arise.
verygreen said:
Supposedly nothing. I routinely boot into eclair and then insert CM7 sdcard and it's fine.
I can't distribute gapps, like I said
Well, until I figure out why recovery boot does not work what you can try to do is this:
after initial install was successful (and you setup your wireless), power off the nook, get the sd card.
Download gapps-gb-...zip and put it on the first partition.
move the uImage file to uImage.bak and uRamdisk to uRamdisk.bak.
Copy uRecImage to uImage and uRecRam to uRamdisk.
boot with the resulting image. It should say that it found the gapps archive and unpack it.
After it flushes caches and reboots, power off, put the sd card back into the computer
move uImage.bak to uImage and uRamdisk.bak to uRamdisk
boot off the card again, hopefully the gapps are working after that.
Please let me know if any problems arise.
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I just tried following your directions for installing the gapps zip file. After renaming the uImage and the uRamdisk files the nook boots to your recovery with the penguin shows up with the follow:
Populating /dev using udev: done
Initializing random number generator....done
modprobe: chdir (2.6.32.9): No such file or directory
Starting network...
Detected Standard B&N nook layout, emmc first
It appears the SD card is already properly formatted
Skipping format
Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as /boot
Looking for the install images....
Initial Install files not found
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip
Then the cursor just sits. No installation of the .zip file. Do I have to have the original cm zip file on the sd card with the gapp zip file? I thought it was posted that doesn't work.
Also thanks for the great work on this so far.
Absolutely Fantastic and pain free. You have done a great service.
Thanks
verygreen -
Would this work with an Android 3.0 Honeycomb Preview build, instead of a CM7 build ?
Modra76 said:
I just tried following your directions for installing the gapps zip file. After renaming the uImage and the uRamdisk files the nook boots to your recovery with the penguin shows up with the follow:
Populating /dev using udev: done
Initializing random number generator....done
modprobe: chdir (2.6.32.9): No such file or directory
Starting network...
Detected Standard B&N nook layout, emmc first
It appears the SD card is already properly formatted
Skipping format
Mounting /dev/mmcblk1p1 as /boot
Looking for the install images....
Initial Install files not found
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with .zip
Then the cursor just sits. No installation of the .zip file. Do I have to have the original cm zip file on the sd card with the gapp zip file? I thought it was posted that doesn't work.
Also thanks for the great work on this so far.
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Seeing the same. Also tried naming the gapps file "update.zip", to no avail.
This method uses the files and method to install CWM from Goncezilla I just threw together the method to flash superuser and I'll work on getting rid of
Features of this root: It installs su, superuser apk, gapps
Future Features: Suggest something.
Note: Windows instructions are in this post
Changelog:
2.2: Removed all additions, sticking with basics for now.
2.1: Removed unknown source fix, removed adw and homecatcher due to problems with Gapps.
2.0: Sets unknown sources to be allowed since B&N wanted to play "hard to get" with that. Enjoy guys.
1.5: Included adw and homecatcher apk's, NTHidden settings as well.
1.0 Initial zip / method release.
Linux only instructions (unless you substitute the instructions with a known windows equivalent)
1. Setup SDCard
Using a new SDCard (not one you have info stored on) make a new MSDOS partition table and add a 50 MB FAT32 partition as the first primary partition. Then make sure you enable to boot and lda flags.
Any SDCARD larger than 50 MB should work but I used an extra 2GB laying around. You can add other partitions to the card if you want, but it is not necessary to allocate the entire card. Any added partitions would need to be manually mounted on your Nook anyway.
I used GParted on my Ubuntu machine to do this but any formating tool should work.
2. Copy Files onto SDCard
You can grab the files I used here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dr6bqau194389te
Just UnZip the files directly to the root of the boot partition you created above (make sure flashing_boot.img, u-boot.bin, and boot.img are on the root not the folder SDCARD)
3. Insert SDCARD into NT
Now, with your NT powered off, eject the SDCARD you just created from your computer and insert it into the tablet. Then just turn it on and VOLA! You should now be in CWM!
Now you just need to download this zip file:
http://goo-inside.me/apps/Indirect/Nook_tablet/Flashable_Zips/Gapps_and_root.zip
just put onto the /mnt/media/ directory or you can push to /emmc/ while in CWM.
Credits:
loglud for taking the time to write instructions for windows.
ChainsDD for superuser and SU
Bauwkz for the exploit to be able to make a bootable sdcard
Nemith for the recovery
Goncezilla for the sdcard method (I didn't feel like typing it all out.)
Myself for the flashable zip.
Note: If anyone has 1.4.1 installed and uses this, I need a tester to see if the old package manager will work or not (it should.)
Don't mirror my files because I only use goo-inside to track download stats.
Proof it works (Screenshots)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I've been looking for something like this for a long time, haha. Thank you soooo much. Question: how do you partition, and what exactly is the root part of said partition?
...it tells you to use something like gparted...
Indirect said:
...it tells you to use something like gparted...
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And my next question is if i have stuff on my card, can i just delete all of it to make it work?
Just format it.
will film this first chance I get and post here.
Update: As promised
Indirect said:
Just format it.
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Alrighty! Thanks so much!
If you don't have Linux installed, you can burn gparted to a live CD and then just use that to set flags and partition. No, I will not offer support. This is as simple as I can make it, be happy. Just burn gparted to a live CD, and add files to a USB so then you can still access the 2nd partition. This method isn't figured out in windows and that is a hell of a lot of work especially for an OS I don't use. Sorry guys. If someone knows a windows freeware solution, I can add it to the open.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
I haven't had any luck rooting from CWM. I have CWM loaded on SD card. I tried with Gapps_and_root.zip both on internal and external SD card. After message "Installing update" I get "E:Error in /emmc/Gapps_and_root.zip (Status 0) Installation aborted.
Any thoughts on the problem? Thanks.
Note: Tablet is running version 1.4.0
hmm...I'll take a look at that zip.
edit: OOPS! Lol, I was using an outdated update-binary. Fixed zip is being uploaded right now. ^)^
edit2: Uploaded the fix. Same link as before.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium
Also if it matters (not sure how many version of CWM may be out there) I have v5.5.0.4 of CWM on the sdcard.
It didn't matter. It was a bad update-binary in the file. I fixed it, just redownload.
New file worked fine. Thanks.
Description:This is a image, and flasher for windows designed to make it so that anyone can flash make a magic SD card to load up CWM, and root their device. THIS IS A UNIVERSAL ROOT, AND CAN BE DONE ON ANY FIRMWARE.
Why:
There are way to many rooting methods out there for this device, and with so many rooting methods, it is very hard to help trouble shoot a device, and make it so that rooting is available to everyone. Also with the 1.4.1 breaking normal root, it is very hard to teach people how to flash back to the previous 1.4.0, without stepping them through it, and then they have to beat the gun, and root and block OTA's. Also there is a lot of "geometry" involved in making a bootable SD.
What is it?:
There are two things in this package, the first is a flasher, and an image. These can be used to flash an SD card from windows with CWM, as a bootable SD. The second package is a CWM flashable zip that will add su, superuser, gapps, and the side loading package to your Nook.
What do I need?:
You will need:
SD Card >2GB (all information will be lost, so back it up)
Windows
Nook Tablet (any Firmware)
Credits:
Loglud
Indirect
Nemith
Bauwks
Instructions:
Download the packages listed in the download folder, and extract them to your desktop.
extract ALL the files from the single zip.
NOTE: Do not extract the .zip with superuser and su.
Open the image flasher .exe, and browse for the .img that you extracted from the same zip
Put your SD Card into your nook or reader, and select the drive letter from the drop down on the right.
Press write, and wait
Once it has completed open the SD Card from the Windows browser and place the .zip in the root of the SD card.
Turn your Nook off.
Turn your Nook on while holding both the N+Power button. Your device will turn on, and then turn off after holding it.
NOTE: Do not let go of either button until your device has powered on and off again.
Put the SD Card into your nook.
NOTE: If it is already in there eject it and then put it back in.
Power your Nook on normally.
You will see a picture of N on the screen followed by a box with a white background followed by CWM booting up.
Select flash update.zip.
Select Select from SD card.
Select your .zip
Reboot device
NOTE: Remove the SD card after your device reboots as if you don't it will continue to boot from the SD card.
Downloads:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dwwhzaixwwh2015
Doesn't work here, but ...
Indirect said:
...
1. Setup SDCard
Using a new SDCard (not one you have info stored on) make a new MSDOS partition table and add a 50 MB FAT32 partition as the first primary partition. Then make sure you enable to boot and lda flags.
Any SDCARD larger than 50 MB should work but I used an extra 2GB laying around. You can add other partitions to the card if you want, but it is not necessary to allocate the entire card. Any added partitions would need to be manually mounted on your Nook anyway.
I used GParted on my Ubuntu machine to do this but any formating tool should work.
2. Copy Files onto SDCard
You can grab the files I used here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dr6bqau194389te
Just UnZip the files directly to the root of the boot partition you created above (make sure flashing_boot.img, u-boot.bin, and boot.img are on the root not the folder SDCARD)
3. Insert SDCARD into NT
Now, with your NT powered off, eject the SDCARD you just created from your computer and insert it into the tablet. Then just turn it on and VOLA! You should now be in CWM!
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Ever since I created the "v1.4.1 minimal root" procedure, I have been looking for a technique to "side-boot" the NT. A few days ago I saw "bauwks" method, but try as I might, I could not get that to work (using 1.4.1 u-boot.bin). So, when I saw yours this morning and saw that it uses the 1.4.0 u-boot.bin, I thought I'd give it a try. Didn't work. I even used "dd" to clear 5MB of the SDcard, reestablished the desired disk geometry (255 heads, 63 sectors/track), and created a LBA/bootable partition at the beginning of the SDcard, all with "fdisk" (via busybox). Still no SDcard boot.
Symptoms:
With the SDcard (from above) inserted and the NT powered on, the NT shows a black screen for about 3 minutes, and then boots the internal memory.
Removing MLO from the SDcard causes normal NT internal memory booting, so clearly the NT boot process is looking at the correct place on the SDcard (note that the MLO for 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 are identical).
I tried this with both 1.4.1 and 1.4.0 (reverted) installed on the internal memory.
Note that this is my 2nd NT (bought Dec 9th). The 1st one (bought Nov 15th) was able to side-boot using an SDcard created per pokey9000's instructions, but when I tried to recreate that card for the 2nd NT, it didn't work. Both NTs came with 1.4.0 installed, but only the 2nd NT was ever updated to 1.4.1.
So, unless I am doing something really stupid, there's something different between the two NTs I've owned. Note that "bauwks" had a problem booting from the SDcard, unless he had the USB cable connected, but others have not seen that symptom.
Note to Indirect: I don't expect you to fix this; I'm just posting it here as information.
disregard this post.
DeanGibson said:
Ever since I created the "v1.4.1 minimal root" procedure, I have been looking for a technique to "side-boot" the NT. A few days ago I saw "bauwks" method, but try as I might, I could not get that to work (using 1.4.1 u-boot.bin). So, when I saw yours this morning and saw that it uses the 1.4.0 u-boot.bin, I thought I'd give it a try. Didn't work. I even used "dd" to clear 5MB of the SDcard, reestablished the desired disk geometry (255 heads, 63 sectors/track), and created a LBA/bootable partition at the beginning of the SDcard, all with "fdisk" (via busybox). Still no SDcard boot.
Symptoms:
With the SDcard (from above) inserted and the NT powered on, the NT shows a black screen for about 3 minutes, and then boots the internal memory.
Removing MLO from the SDcard causes normal NT internal memory booting, so clearly the NT boot process is looking at the correct place on the SDcard (note that the MLO for 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 are identical).
I tried this with both 1.4.1 and 1.4.0 (reverted) installed on the internal memory.
Note that this is my 2nd NT (bought Dec 9th). The 1st one (bought Nov 15th) was able to side-boot using an SDcard created per pokey9000's instructions, but when I tried to recreate that card for the 2nd NT, it didn't work. Both NTs came with 1.4.0 installed, but only the 2nd NT was ever updated to 1.4.1.
So, unless I am doing something really stupid, there's something different between the two NTs I've owned. Note that "bauwks" had a problem booting from the SDcard, unless he had the USB cable connected, but others have not seen that symptom.
Note to Indirect: I don't expect you to fix this; I'm just posting it here as information.
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Dean;
Try the post right above this, and dont change anything, just format using the flasher(will automatically write all of the partitions as they should be), and see if it works. (Though im about 90% sure it should)
uploading a new version of the Gapps and Root zip that include several things, such as homecatcher and adw (for the next important part):
including NT Hidden settings app which will actually allow you to sideload apps.
Indirect said:
Description:This is a image, and flasher for windows designed to make it so that anyone can flash make a magic SD card to load up CWM, and root their device. THIS IS A UNIVERSAL ROOT, AND CAN BE DONE ON ANY FIRMWARE.
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Indirect does it again, thank you a million times!
MAC INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Insert the SD card into your Mac
2. Open "Disk Utility" and click on the SD card on the right
3. Click "Info" and note the disk identifier (in my case disk3)
4. Unmount partitions of sd card by clicking unmount
5. open Terminal.app
6. Navigate to folder containing cwm_sd_flashing_boot.img (requires knowledge of basic unix commands)
7. Type "sudo dd if=cwm_sd_flashing_boot.img of=/dev/[disk indentifier] bs=1m" which in my case read "sudo dd if=cwm_sd_flashing_boot.img of=/dev/disk3 bs=1m"
8. Wait as this process takes a while to complete (sometimes 10 minutes to write 2GB). You can type ctrl-t to get a status update, the number before records out represents MBs transfered (should end at 2048)
9. Eject the SD card and follow the instructions in other posts
OK, I had used the flashing_boot.img posted here to repartition my nook. However someone in that thread found it difficult to create a ext3 partition to add the necessary files
So here is a linux shell script to create that image with B&N Stock 1.4.2 that you can use to re partition and restore your nook tablet it will work on both 8 and 16GB versions. It will format all partitions and force you to unrooted stock 1.4.2
files are at devhost now
http://d-h.st/users/meghd00t/
It is better for you to make your own image, the script has been amended to download the files if they are missing in the current directory.
Instructions to use.
download the attached mkrepartimg.sh.gz
gunzip mkrepartimg.sh.gz
chmod 755 mkrepartimg.sh
if you already have 1.4.2 update put it in the same folder
ubuntu users check if you have kpartx installed
apt-get update && apt-get install kpartx
sudo ./mkrepartimg.sh
this will download the necessary files and create the repart.img
write the repart.img to a sdcard with dd
power off the nook completely (hold power button for 30 sec)
insert the SD card you made into the nook
force boot from USB -
either boot with n and power, wait until it turns on and off then boot normally
or
power off completely and power on by connecting usb cable to PC or charger
screen will show 3 red x and after some time it will show a green check
now remove the sd card, reboot and allow it to do the factory restore.
and you are done.
Windows users go here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
I have had a few questions about the size of media partition.
You can change it very easily with sgdisk which was in my myrecovery.img and also in succulents CM 7.2 cwm images I have attached a script to download and make a suitable cwm image which you can run and then dd onto a sdcard boot into that cwm and issue these commands in a adb shell
for further details read this
Code:
sgdisk -e /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0
This will write the secondary gpt label and remove the parted prompt found error fix?
Code:
sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -d 11 -d 10
first delete partition 10 & 11 media and userdata
Code:
sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -n 0:0:+12G -n 0:0:0
sgdisk /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/mmcblk0 -c 10:media -c 11:userdata
now create both with the size you need for media (change +12G to whatever) and userdata will use the rest. and set the name of the partition
After that trigger a factory reset and that will format the partitions again or if you are already running something else first take a nandroid backup in cwm before you change the partitions and format these two in adb like this
Code:
mkdosfs -F32 -n MyNook /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
make_ext4fs -L userdata /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
again you will need my myrecovery cwm or succulents cwm these are the only ones with make_ext4fs
after formatting you can restore your nandroid backup
PS
No questions in PM please. I will not respond.
MLO - b&n 1.4.2
u-boot.bin - b&n 1.4.2
cyanoboot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1522226
boot - clockworkmod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
altboot - b&n flashing_boot.img modified http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554039
credits
fattire for cyanoboot
loglud for the page on hacking the kernel & boot.img
Indirect for the clockworkmod
AdamOutler for the ubuntu restore and the idea
jmeyerhead for the b&n flashing_boot.img
tselling for the partition hacks
succulent for sharing the device tree and answering all my questions on building a recovery and finally accepting all the patches.
and all the others on xda who have shrared all their knowledge and ideas that made this possible
PROs
simple no adb required
follows B&N partition table properly
keeps the Nook serial and other Information
works with all 8GB & 16GB tablets
CONs
inflexible about the 1.4.2 upgrade (otherwise no 8GB support)
You will get whatever B&N standard partition table is allowed for you device. Adam Outler suggested that I don't deviate from the B&N standard to keep the unbrick safe
This is a great idea but I can't get it to go after multiple tries (different SD cards, different boot methods, etc). I suspect it may have to do with how the SD card is being formatted; is there a trick to this?
Edit: Do I need stock recovery & not CWM?
meghd00t said:
so to simplify matters for all those who have bricked their nook here is my solution
.....STUFF SNIPPED.....
Format SDCARD < 2GB, Fat32 LBA Boot
copy the contents of this sdcard/ directory on to the root of the card
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How do we do this step ?? I mean I know you want us to format our SDCARD 2GB or bigger as Fat32 LBA Boot. BUT How do you go about doing that ?? What do you use ??? ADB ? DOS/Win ?
Thanks !
Thibor69 said:
How do we do this step ?? I mean I know you want us to format our SDCARD 2GB or bigger as Fat32 LBA Boot. BUT How do you go about doing that ?? What do you use ??? ADB ? DOS/Win ?
Thanks !
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Unfortunately, I can only tell you how to set it for boot and LBA in Linux or with a GParted Live disc. You may be able to do it with "Parted" via ADB. I'll try it and post back shortly.
my linux doesn't want to recorgnize adb when I'm in clockworkmod
If you're in Linux just use GParted to format the card and set the flags once the volume is created.
For those running Windows you can do this via ADB (I have to boot CWM and then go into ADB for Parted to work). This comes up often but I couldn't find a how-to on it to link to... kind of surprising that it wasn't already out there.
Format your sd card first... just personal preference so I can be sure the empty disk I'm looking when in parted is the one I want to adjust.
Open CMD as Administrator
(Type and execute what's written in blue below. Read comments in parenthesis but don't type them.)
parted /dev/block/mmcblk1
print
(verify that the disk listed is the correct one, there should only be 1 partition #1 it should be FAT32)
set 1 boot on
set 1 LBA on
print (look at the right under "flags" to be sure that "boot" and "LBA" are now set.)
quit
exit ADB as usual or continue as needed.
EDIT: Oh and SDCARD < 2GB means 2GB or smaller. You may have issues trying to use a card larger (this includes larger cards which are partitioned smaller).
Ok here is a sdcard image that you should be able to use with dd or win32diskimager to make the sdcard. This will work on any card 512MB or larger. I have made a 500MB partition and added the necessary files, you will still have to add the factory.zip (b&n 1.4.2 update)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/meghd00t-r4.zip
and
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/meghd00tr4-sdimg.zip
Awww.... I thought the disc was easy enough to set up.
I've been playing around with this and it works fine. I found it responds the same way it did for me when I did the reformatting the past couple times: The "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE" warning doesn't go away. There's just a red X in the upper right corner which indicates it is working and not safe to turn off the device and after a minute or two it is replaced with a green check mark at which point you press and hold the power button for about 10 seconds to turn off the device. Remove the card and power back up.
The first time I ran this I was greeted with the notice that there was a problem and to restart the device and if the error occurs again to contact B&N support. Upon restarting it went through the first boot process normally.
I've been asked about the results from the former thread. I'll host a copy of the image file I've used to repartition as they're doing at B&N (5.50GB/7.45GB) with 1.4.0. I'll host it for a week or so, but it's 270MB so if someone wants to put it on a torrent of whatever, feel free.
Do a CWM backup first. Verify the MD5 checksum of the img file inside of the zip file after you download the image, before you burn it to make sure it's not corrupt... that would suck. MD5 = ae1d489a3b33f3e69360cc8e9c0bc096 You can check the checksum in Windows using a free app called WinMD5Free and you can burn the image with Win32DiskImager. This image does NOT load a boot manager. It boots straight in and repartitions and restores 1.4.0 with no prompts. Don't boot with this image if you are ready.
ONLY FOR 16GB NTs!!! --> http://www.fadingworld.com/NT/repart.img.zip
All credit for getting this img figured out (particularly the whole getting the NT to boot after the repartitioning) goes to meghd00t and probably the folks he thanks too.
EDIT: Finally compressed the img file and uploaded it so it's down to 270MB. This is a COMPLETE image, you don't need to change anything as long as you're fine with 1.4.0 and B&N's new partitioning scheme.
hmm the image doesn't work on CM7 do you need to have the stock rom installed ?
Pete1612 said:
hmm the image doesn't work on CM7 do you need to have the stock rom installed ?
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I don't even need to look at the script to be quite confident that there is a check to ensure that the device "qualifies" before continuing... This is all based on B&N's own reflash system. These cards flash your NT with one version or another of the stock OS... you should revert to 1.4.0 - 1.4.2 first... They will not leave CM7 intact.
EDIT: Now megdh00t's image should still boot into cyanoboot and be able to load CWM. The image I've supplied just boots and runs the partitioning script immediately. If you're trying meghd00t's and it's not booting at all then verify the download and try booting from the card by turning off the Nook, insert the card, plug in the factory charge cable and that will turn it on and it should boot from the SD.... if that still fails try a different card. I keep a few 1GB and smaller SDs on hand just because larger SDs are problematic sometimes.
Thank you for the image. Quick ?s. Will this image work for a NT, with CM7 running on SD card only, stock B&N 1.40? And can I use this without hooking up the NT to a computer? If so, do I just pop the SD card with the image on it and viola I am repartitioned and still have 1.40? Any help will greatly be appreciated by this newby chick. . .
I've used the image I posted on two NTs now and I've tried both methods numerous times on my NT. I haven't had a single problem (except for when I do it on purpose). Both of the NTs were stock, rooted NTs. I don't have CM7 and have little interest in setting it up so I can only certify that this does work on a factory NT. If you have an alternate boot manager or CWM or CM7 flashed internally then you may very well have problems. If you're booting straight from SD and nothing has been changed in the NTs internal memory then it should run with any problem.
I've used the image you kindly provided CRE. It is stuck on the "Please Do NOT Turn Off Your Device. Installing New Software..."
There is a picture of a Nook in the center and a green check mark in the top right corner. How long should this take (I'm assuming it reboots itself after finishing)?
Edit:
I found your post from the previous thread:
"When I was ready to go it took several times of pressing the power button (I probably pressed every combination possible out of desperation) before it came to life. It booted up and came to the "DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE" (or similar text) screen and a red X was in the upper right corner. Where I'm used to seeing this message go away and the Nook prompting me to eject my card before turning the device off all that happened was it remained on the warning screen but the red X was replaced with a green check mark after a couple minutes. Being paranoid, I probably left it on that screen for 30+ minutes before I finally forced it off, took out the card, booted into CWM, restored my backup image and now I'm all set! (My serial number was uneffected despite all my clumsy efforts to kill this NT). I had 1.4.0 installed and this image was made using files from the 1.4.0 acclaim_update.zip."
Thanks to you, meghd00t, and all others involved!
CRE said:
...If you have an alternate boot manager or CWM or CM7 flashed internally then you may very well have problems.
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Yes, it does seem to be a problem, as it does not execute the scripts from the boot card.
Hey, I have an 8gb NT sitting on my desk which is bricked. I'll check this out tonight. If it works, then for sure I'll request that my Ubuntu Recovery be removed and yours take its place in the stickies. I just ask that you consider making one for the stock partition tables.. that way it can be official stock and not just an unbrick.
Cre- re repartion image
CRE, GOT YOUR P MESSAGE, NOT SURE HOW TO ANSWER PLY, BUT I WANTED TO THANK U. YES I AM BOOTING FROM SD WITH STOCK 1.4O. BUT I TAKE IT THAT I MUST CONNECT THE NOOK TO A COMPUTER, WHICH MUST BE DONE COVERTLY.:cool
AdamOutler said:
Hey, I have an 8gb NT sitting on my desk which is bricked. I'll check this out tonight. If it works, then for sure I'll request that my Ubuntu Recovery be removed and yours take its place in the stickies. I just ask that you consider making one for the stock partition tables.. that way it can be official stock and not just an unbrick.
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Thank you for the feedback.
I have remade the images as per your instructions. Now you will get exactly what B&N gives you Only changes are in using the vfat portion of the sdcard to hold the factory.zip.
If you have some hosting then perhaps the original image with the ext3 partition for the factory.zip as per the details here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23946133&postcount=21 would also work. (now image attached here as bn_142_factory_recovery.zip )
Please review and let me have your comments
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/READMEv2.txt
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/meghd00tr4-v2.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/meghd00tr4-v2-sdimg.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip
Error 404
I try to download file: bn_142_factory_recovery.zip from the link above, but get Error 404. Please, put this file back. I am still try to unbrick Nook Tablet 8Gb. Thanks a lot!
hang on for a bit its uploading to dropbox very slowly, OK have at it it has uploaded now.
Thanks! I got it!
THIS GUIDE IS ONLY FOR ICS USERS WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE ENCRYPTION UNSUCCESSFUL SCREEN ON THEIR PHONE. If you have no idea what the ENCRYPTION UNSUCCESSFUL screen is disregard this guide.
First and foremost I would like to thank and give credit to 'cgugino' for his guide over at the Captivate forums. Thanks to tabthelab and Woodrube for their helpful advice and guidence.
cgugino's guide (captivate)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
This is a similar guide if not identical to his guide for "fixing" the Encryption Unsuccessful bug that occurs in certain ICS roms (DocMasters V5 confirmed). Not sure about other ICS roms.Here is a screenshot of the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen that will eventually appear on your ICS rom.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you have already selected reset phone well don't panic just proceed. It will not make a difference regardless.
Note: If you still have access to CWM not stock recovery proceed to step 6 and create your new partition. But REMEMBER TO BACK UP YOUR SD CARD AS IT WILL BE WIPED COMPLETELY. Do this by going under 'mounts and storage' > 'mount /emmc' or 'mount usb storage' in CWM
DO THIS GUIDE ONLY IF YOU HAVE ALREADY FLASHED BACK TO STOCK JFD THROUGH ODIN OR IF YOU NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO CWM. OTHERWISE READ THE NOTE ABOVE
WITH THAT BEING SAID THIS GUIDE DOES NOT FIX THE BUG. IT IS A WORKAROUND TO CREATE A PARTITION ON YOUR SD CARD TO BE ABLE TO USE YOUR "BRICKED" PHONE AGAIN
So lets begin:
Tools/Files Needed
-ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) and Android SDK must be set up on your PC.
Here is a guide that shows how to setup ADB and SDK with the necessary drivers:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/
-You need the latest ODIN 1.7 or whatever the latest version is along with the .pit file found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
-Download this froyo .tar and extract it to the same directory where you have odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833024&page=49
-Download CWM from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/stockodinjfd/files/update.zip/download
-Download any ICS rom Yes an ICS rom. You will use later to flash in CWM.
-You need a microSD card 8gb or larger which you will use to create the partition.
Thats it I think.
Here are the steps:
1. Enter download mode. Remove your battery/Then insert your battery/ hold both Volume Up and Down rocker and plug in your usb cable. You should now see the yellow android dude and it should say "Downloading".
2. Open odin and select the .pit file along with the froyo .tar file you've downloaded from above. Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked under options in odin. Click start and patiently wait for the process to be completed. DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR PHONE YET
Once odin finishes wait till the phone boots up with the new froyo rom youve just flashed.
3. Once your phone boots up and is setup copy CWM update.zip to the root of your external SD card. Do this by selecting the "mount usb storage" option in the notification bar.
Or
You can also copy the update.zip using a sd card adapter (only if your pc has an sd card reader).
You can use another phone or device which has a micro sd card slot. Just insert the sd card and plug in that phone via usb and copy update.zip.
You can also use adb to copy the update.zip.
adb remount
adb push update.zip /mnt/emmc
You must have the update.zip in the "platform-tools" folder in the android-sdk before executing the commands above.
4. BACKUP YOUR EXTERNAL SD CARD WHILE YOU CAN. IT WILL BE ERASED WHEN CREATING THE NEW PARTITION
5. Unplug your phone. Enter recovery mode using the 3 button combo or through adb using the following command: adb reboot recovery
Hit reinstall packages in recovery if CWM is not set yet. It will eventually install just keep clicking reinstall packages.
6. Once your are in CWM create the partition by going to 'advanced' > 'Partition SD Card' > Choose your data partition size 2gb is fine > Swap size 0M > You will get an error but just ignore it.
WAIT WAIT and WAIT it will take more than 5mins to create the partition. Just be patient it will eventually finish.
7. Connect your phone and while still in CWM mount your "USB Storage" under 'mounts and storage' > 'Mount USB Storage'. Then copy your ICS rom along with the update.zip (just incase) to flash. Don't flash update.zip though just keep it on your sd for future use.
8. Now while still in CWM umount your USB Storage. Go Back and select Wipe data factory rest / clear cache. Then install the ICS rom you've downloaded and flash it. (I used ICS Passion v13) Again be patient and wait till it finishes flashing and ignore any errors.
9. Once it has finished flashing it will eventually reboot. Or select 'reboot system now' in CWM if it already hasn't. Now this part you will have to be extremely patient. It may take up to 10mins or more to boot up. Once finished just set up your system using the setup wizard on your phone if there is one.
10. Check to see if your new partition has been successfully created by going to: Settings/Storage. You may see that your new partition is still 'unavailable' or it may say something like 00 for available storage. Don't worry just proceed to the next step.
11. Now to see if your partition is mounted properly. (Most likely not)Open the camera app and check to see if you get a message saying "Insert an SD card before using the camera." or something along those lines. If you get this message proceed to the following step. If not well you are lucky And you are now finished.
12. Now get ready to use adb so make sure adb debugging is enabled in Settings/Developer Options/ Android debugging [checked]
Open a command prompt on your pc in directory in which you installed your android sdk package. It should be something like this
C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
While in the platform-tools folder click on a blank space and Hold the SHIFT key + RIGHT CLICK > and select 'Open Command Window Here'. Now a command window should show up. If it doesnt show up well you didnt set up the SDK package properly go back to the guide which i suggested and make sure you have it set up properly or else you will not be able to issue commands.
13. With the command window open and your phone plugged in. Enter these commands to swap your external sdcard with your internal storage. This is the part where you will now use your new partition as your primary storage or internal storage.
Type in the following code into the command window or copy and paste it (easier) Remember to press the enter key after every command:
1) adb devices "This is to check if your device is properly attached"
2) adb remount "This is to check if your device is properly mounted"
3) adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab "This will copy the vold.fstab file to the platform-tools folder on your PC."
3a) Now open the vold.fstab file you've just copied to your PC located in platform-tools. Right click vold.fstab and open it with notepad for editing.
Or you can also use a root explorer type of app on your phone
to edit the vold.fstab file. This might be the easier option. Just
remember to reboot your phone after editing the file.
3b) With the vold.fstab file open in notepad edit the following lines:
(They should be at the very end of the file and look something like this)
Line 1:
internal sdcarddev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 1 /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0#
Replace both instances of sdcard with emmc
Line 2:
external sdcarddev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2
Replace both instances of emmc with sdcard
Now that you have finished editing vold.fstab save the file close it and proceed to the next step.
3c) Now copy the edited vold.fstab file to your new partition by using the following commands:
adb remount "Followed by"
adb push vold.fstab /system/etc/vold.fstab "The file should now be overwritten."
REBOOT YOUR PHONE IF YOU DON'T GET ANY ERRORS WHEN EXECUTING THE COMMAND ABOVE.
(READ BELOW "IN RED" BEFORE REBOOTING IF YOU GET AN ERROR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW)
YOU ARE NOW FINISHED. AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE AGAIN WITH THE NEW PARTITION MOUNTED PROPERLY
IF YOU GET AN ERROR IN THE COMMAND WINDOW saying permission denied or something enter the following commands.
adb push vold.fstab /emmc/vold.fstab
adb shell
su
mount -o remount rw /system
cp /emmc/vold.fstab /system/etc/vold.fstab
chmod 644 /system/etc/vold.fstab
mount -o remount ro /system
exit
exit
adb reboot "This command will reboot your device so don't panic."
Once you have entered the commands above. Your phone will reboot. And the new vold.fstab file will be programmed to mount your new partition as your primary storage. And you should be finished by now. Now to test it open the camera app once again and see if you get any error messages. If so repeat step(s) 13. Otherwise You should now see that you have 1.88gb internal storage for apps etc and about 13 gb for the user (Assuming you have a 16gb) It should look something like this:
(Continued)
YOUR ARE NOW FINISHED AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE ONCE AGAIN. DOWNLOAD AN APP FROM THE MARKET TO SEE IF EVERYTHING WENT WELL. ALSO MOUNT YOUR PHONE TO YOUR PC TO SEE IF THE NEW PARTITION IS BEING RECOGNIZED.
Notes:
-Those of you who are new to ADB remember to hit enter after every command. dont just copy and paste all of them and expect them to work.
-You must perform step(s) 13 everytime after flashing a new rom. Reason for this is because the new vold.fstab file in the new rom will overwrite the old one you have edited in step 13. So keep that in mind.
-I have only tried this with the latest build of ICS Passion v13. It may work for other ICS roms aswell but i cannot confirm. I have tried it with a froyo rom but was unable to successfully mount the new partition. As for GB roms well you are going to have to try that your self. All you have to do is edit the vold.fstab file (Step 13) they should be identical if not similar.
-You can also edit the vold.fstab file using "Root explorer" app on your phone if you have it.
-Remember you no longer have access to your old internal memory since it is gone and I don't know what happened to it. SO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR OLD INTERNAL STORAGE.
-Do not remove your SD CARD while your phone is on. It contains all of your system files and will probably make your phone blow up if you do so.
-If you haven't already flashed back to stock 2.1 and still have access to CWM you can skip to step 6 and create the partition from there. But remember to BACKUP YOUR SD CARD because it will be wiped.
I haven't tried this method but i assume it will work the same. Give it a try and let me know what happens
Good Luck and feel free to ask me any questions. I will be more than happy to assist you if you need any help.
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I just read comment about the bug and your thread pops up. Great work!
Just for clarification, does this mean you must rely on the SD indefinitely to utilize the phone?
ast32 said:
I just read comment about the bug and your thread pops up. Great work!
Just for clarification, does this mean you must rely on the SD indefinitely to utilize the phone?
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Yes... Once you've completed this guide your EXTERNAL SD CARD will then act as the INTERNAL SD CARD that was previously there prior to the bug. So in other words your sdcard will be your primary storage for the OS and other things such as music photos apps etc.
Merio90 said:
-Do not remove your SD CARD while your phone is on. It contains all of your system files and will probably make your phone blow up if you do so.
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This also means that if you ever want to swap out any SD card, you will have to repartition your new one to fit exactly the same "smaller" partition and also find some program that will be able to pull your data from your 2g partition, save it to your desktop and then copy it over to your new partition on your new card. Or you may have to reflash whatever ROM you are wanting/restoring from scratch. You are new essentially SDcard branded to your phone.
My old phone had 2.1 with no upgrade EVER from the manufacturer. So me and a few others began building/kanging 2.2 and with 2.2's ability of app2sd we had to figure out a way to do that for it to work. Long story short, with a few init hijacks at boot and some ADB we were able to get apps to install directly to a partition that we created on our SD cards. Went from 170mb internal to "you pick the size" partition on the external. I still have that phone and do some dev-ing on it and have brought a 2.1 all the way to CM9.
If anyone needs help with the partitioning, just ask. Also, 2gb is the standard but 2gb is a ton of space. Figure that your biggest app is going to be around 20-30mb executable. 1gb is 1024mb, you can do the math but it is also your call.
Problemo
So, this guide is great, but one of the initial problems was connecting to my SD card, when I plug in via usb my computer doesn't even recognize I plugged in. How am I to get the "update.zip" and the CFW on to it? also, when I use Clockwork, I can't seem to make my partition work... I've done it many many times, but nothing. it's almost like it doesn't even work... I just have the standard 2gb micro SD, so I make a partition of 1024mb. But it doesn't seem to work.
tabthelab said:
So, this guide is great, but one of the initial problems was connecting to my SD card, when I plug in via usb my computer doesn't even recognize I plugged in. How am I to get the "update.zip" and the CFW on to it? also, when I use Clockwork, I can't seem to make my partition work... I've done it many many times, but nothing. it's almost like it doesn't even work... I just have the standard 2gb micro SD, so I make a partition of 1024mb. But it doesn't seem to work.
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Try using the sd card adapter that came with your phone to copy the update.zip. That's if your computer has an sd card slot. Or simply use another phone to copy it by inserting the sd into that phone and plugging in the usb cable.
Right when you finish flashing the 2.2 .tar it should mount properly to your pc. Just select usb storage from the notification bar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
Merio90 said:
Try using the sd card adapter that came with your phone to copy the update.zip. That's if your computer has an sd card slot. Or simply use another phone to copy it by inserting the sd into that phone and plugging in the usb cable.
Right when you finish flashing the 2.2 .tar it should mount properly to your pc. Just select usb storage from the notification bar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
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I'm getting the same problem as him. and when i flash the 2.2 tar, it goes straight to stock recovery. it doesn't boot up android. even in cwm, my phone instantly "partitions" the sd card. and it only has a 1024mb option. no 2gb. And when you press mount usb, it does nothing at all. my computer shows two devices that haven't been mounted. Any ideas? i've been trying to fix this phone for almost a week straight and nothing works....
EDIT:I have no idea what just happened but i rebooted a few times and its starting to boot up.
Yep.
Exactly the same thing. I do have another phone that I can do all of that on, but it matters not it I can't even recognize the SD card to partition. I think it could (which doesn't really makes sense to me) be the fact we're using the standard 2gb one, I should go get a bit of a bigger one.
Either way, if it works or not, I can just give it to my fiance to use on her phone :\
I will keep tinkering though, and I'll of course post my results, if I have any.
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I just used my ladys phone to partition my sd card. ICS Passion makes me so angry, so instead of partitioning the SD CARD, it partitioned her internal memory, yay. phone is all clean. ffs.
Okay, so I figured out how to fix the problem with the partitioning. If you are able to install a zip file from recovery, install the ICS Passion kernel with CWM 5.x.x.x http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33572867/ICS_Passion_v13_cleanup.zip
You might have to rename it to update.zip but I think it should work for everyone. From there reboot recovery into the new kernel CWM. Now when you try to partition the sd card, it should take a long time and it should work.
tabthelab said:
Exactly the same thing. I do have another phone that I can do all of that on, but it matters not it I can't even recognize the SD card to partition. I think it could (which doesn't really makes sense to me) be the fact we're using the standard 2gb one, I should go get a bit of a bigger one.
Either way, if it works or not, I can just give it to my fiance to use on her phone :\
I will keep tinkering though, and I'll of course post my results, if I have any.
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I just used my ladys phone to partition my sd card. ICS Passion makes me so angry, so instead of partitioning the SD CARD, it partitioned her internal memory, yay. phone is all clean. ffs.
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Your mistake sorry. The only reason why I suggested using another phone was to simply copy CWM while having the already partitioned sd card in your lady's phone. Now i don't why you decided to create the partition on your lady's phone a second time...this was obviously going to wipe the internal memory since it is still intact.
Try this
For those of you having trouble copying CWM to the sd card try the following commands. You can execute these commands through stock recovery or with the phone already set up and going. Just remember you must have usb debugging enabled on your phone.
check to see if the phone is mounted: adb devices
now copy CWM to your sdcard: adb push update.zip /emmc/update.zip Just make sure that CWM is named
update.zip
To be honest the easiest way to copy CWM to your sd card is to use another phone or device which has a microsd card slot. Or if your computer happens to have sdcard slot simply use an sdcard adapter and copy CWM.
maybe it's not meant to be
So, I've done nearly everything I can even think of. I got the ICS installed but I keep getting the "power reset" or "unknown upload mode" now. I swear.... haha.
did you get the sd card partitioned? if so, odin back to froyo eugenes rom, install cwm, factory reset, wipe cache, and reinstall the passion 13 rom. I had the same problem and i think thats what i did to fix it.
alright. I see. Let me try that.
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did you have "re-partition" checked though??
yes i did.
Nirmalspeed said:
did you get the sd card partitioned? if so, odin back to froyo eugenes rom, install cwm, factory reset, wipe cache, and reinstall the passion 13 rom. I had the same problem and i think thats what i did to fix it.
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@Nirmalspeed...Did you successfully partition the sdcard? I'm just wondering if your were able to successfully complete the guide. How did you manage to copy CWM to your sdcard? By any chance did you try anything different?
trying something now, I might have fudged up for a very obvious reason...
Merio90 said:
@Nirmalspeed...Did you successfully partition the sdcard? I'm just wondering if your were able to successfully complete the guide. How did you manage to copy CWM to your sdcard? By any chance did you try anything different?
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what i did was that i flashed the ICS Kiss kernel that i linked on page one of this thread. And from there i was able to partition the sd card no problem. After i partitioned it, i had to redo everything from step 1 except i skip the partitioning. If i don't redo those steps, the rom gives me an error for some reason.
I'm getting a boot load!?!?! XX XX X fingers and toes crossed.
My nook tablet is bricked
Turn on the tablet will see the screen will a big n
and nothing happen
I tried to boot from sdcard but it seem don't recognize the sdcard during boot
putting zip files on sdcard is not working
CWM sdcard and ubuntu sdcard also not working
cannot get into CWM and how can I fix it?
I spend over 5 hours but nothing work......
Sometimes the SD Card boot "only" works by plugging in the nook power cable.
I tried more than 50 times by plugging the power cable and still the same....
BTW thank you for answering, if you have any other method, once I can do it, I will try it....
Is the Nook store near by ?
Sad to say no...
I am from Hong Kong....
What SD card are you using, i.e. Class and brand.
The higher class cards do not work all that well for booting from. The Sandisk Class 4 card, any size I imagine, works well for booting off card.
Not sure if this is your problem, but trying a different card my be a good direction to go for a fix, if you can get into CWM it will help.
Also, what specifically did you do/try to get yourself to this point? Always helps to know how you broke it to be able to fix it.
I am using sandisk class sd card
This happen will I try to change back from CM9 with new kernel and TWRP to CWM and CM7.2
After flashing CM7.2 and CWM, it successfully boot for once and then get into this situation on next reboot
I tried ubuntu recovery, sdcard version CM7.2 and this, but nothing work....
It looks like you have a similar problem to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27381972. I think, form skimming over the thread they were able to get into CWM from sdcard - after many attempts. If you can get to that point you should be able to get an adb connection where as you can work your way out of this. Just read the linked thread, it should point you in the right direction.
Good Luck
I tried more than 100 times still noting happen
But when plugging in the power cable and boot the tablet, the indicator keep orange light and not green as it is in that post...
more options
what sdcard version of CWM are you using? you should try with another sdcard just in case, the procedures for a succesful CWM sdcard are the following:
For Windows users:
- Power off your NT and remove sdcard
- Put your sdcard into a card reader (preferably)
- Format your sdcard with SDFormatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/eula_windows/ (recommended) or any other but not windows native.
- Download latest Win32DiskImage-binary.zip from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download (v5.0 recommended)
- Unzip the file
- Run Win32DiskImage.exe - Right click "run as administrator"
- Click the folder button and navigate to select the .img file you just unzipped.
- Click on the disk drive letter label on the right, and choose the letter that corresponds to your SD card.
- Press Write. When it finishes, press Exit.
- Safely eject/remove your sdcard and put it back to your NT
- Plug your device to the a/c power or PC using the USB cable, let it power on by itself do not press any button.
WARNING: This will completely erase your microSD card. Be sure to back it up!
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You may also want to try the unbrick methods posted by @succulent here in his repo - Original Thread (PLease READ)
flash-restore-stock.zip could be useful for you
~ V
I can now go into the recovery by using a new transcend class 10 card
But I after I flash flash_stock_recovery.zip and CM7, it still behave the same
Still showing the big n and nothing loaded....
slxar said:
I can now go into the recovery by using a new transcend class 10 card
But I after I flash flash_stock_recovery.zip and CM7, it still behave the same
Still showing the big n and nothing loaded....
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OK let me get in puter I have other options. Obviously something in the boot process is corrupted
Edit: back!
Please try the following:
1. Verify the md5sum the ROM(s) you want to install just to make sure is not corrupted
2. Follow the instructions i posted in here to flash another CWM to discard CWM being part of the problem. Now as you already have the CWM sdcard you just need to add 8gb-16gb_cwm_internal.zip to the sdcard then boot again into CWM sdcard and flash that package
3. After that remove your sdcard and select reboot system now from the CWM menu, if your device boots fine then Congrats, if not then read the options below:
4. Read and try this. If no go, goto #5:
5. Read and try this
LAST RESOURCE:
6. [unbrick] - Fixing partition table, or completely dead nook. Use this ONLY if you have the 16GB model as you did not mention that detail in your posts i'm giving you a warning!
~ V
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method 4 and 5 not working and I can't download a file told in method 6 here, the second file show 404...
slxar said:
method 4 and 5 not working and I can't download a file told in method 6 here, the second file show 404...
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Right i forgot to add that @meghd00t's cwm sdcard already contain the 2 files (tools) that @soshite was talking about , so basically you just need the cwm sdcard, my partition images and adb working.
BTW what happened with option 2-3?
~ V
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after trying option 6, the tablet now can boot into internal CWM
But after I flash CM7, it still keep booting into CWM rather than CM7....
Thanks for all, I can now get into the stock 1.4.0
I flash the flash-restore-stock.zip from here in CWM
and then using acclaim_update.zip to restore the tablet back to 1.4.0
I guest I may change the boot data and get mess up with it
Finally, thanks again for all help:laugh:
Yeah, for everyone else out there:
You must have stock recovery in order for the acclaim_update.zip to work.