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I just book the 8G nook tablet. I comes with 1.4.2 so from reading different threads I thought the it would be easier to root with 1.4.0 so I tried the 1.4.0 SDcard.
Ever since my tablet won't turn on. I even tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 But no luck.
Any ideas or suggestions of what to try?
hold n and power button till it turns on. make sure sd card is ejected
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nba1341 said:
hold n and power button till it turns on. make sure sd card is ejected
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I held them for over a min, no response.
ajprog said:
I held them for over a min, no response.
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Will the unit still boot from the 1.4.0 sd card? If so, you could try to reflash that again. Otherwise, I would keep trying to hold down both of those buttons (without the sd card in) for even longer. I had some instances where I thought mine was bricked (I have the 16 gb model), but eventually it came around. No real rhyme or reason to it.
Bob
Well assuming by this thread that Adam's 1.4.0 Booted and trashed your system.... you'll either have to try taking it back in and playing real real stupid, like too stupid to program the vcr stupid, or you'll just have to wait until someone makes recovery for the 8GB nooks.
Let me explain, the Boot Loader files for 1.4.0 are designed to run for the 16GB devices only, it wasn't until 1.4.2 (which is available for both devices) that B&N modified the Boot Loader files to run on both 16GB and 8GB. Therefore when MLO tries to initiate memory it's trying to initiate for the 16GBs 1GB memory as opposed to the 512MB of the 8GB device, this will cause the device not to boot.
the boot sd methods for 16gb dont
even work for 8gb so how could you even mess anything up? you sure you removed sd card?
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
If thats the case all you need do is remove sd card, remove USB cable and hold power for 15 seconds. Then wait a couple of secs and power it back on with the power button again. If like mine it will boot back up fine and isn't bricked.
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
If thats the case all you need do is remove sd card, remove USB cable and hold power for 15 seconds. Then wait a couple of secs and power it back on with the power button again. If like mine it will boot back up fine and isn't bricked.
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Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
PS. The reson that he cannot get it to work is that the update.zip's uboot and MLO are form 1.4.0 which did not support the correct addressing.
Loglud said:
Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
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I was about to do that but was also going to compile a new kernel. You reckon it will work without the new kernel do you? I best have a go
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I'm guessing you had SD in there and connected usb cable, it attempted to boot form sd and locked up with nothing happening on screen. Just tried it on the 8gb that I have here (just opened box this minute)
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No nothing is in there, when you use the 1.4.0 SDcard it loads the update image and replaces the current image. I thought there would be check so it wouldn't put a bad image that wouldn't work in place but I guess there isn't any safety checks on the built in update firmware routine.
Loglud said:
Ok so there is a simple solution to this with the SD Root that is provided by Indirect. After you have a CWM SD Card by using winimaging (or what ever its called)take the MLO and the u-boot.bin from the 1.4.2 update package and place them inplace of the MLO and u-boot.bin on the SD Card. Once you have done that get the update.zip from B&N and flash that. That should fix most of your problems.
PS. The reson that he cannot get it to work is that the update.zip's uboot and MLO are form 1.4.0 which did not support the correct addressing.
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Are the new files posted yet with the correct addressing for the 8G? Or is there instructions on how to get them from clean 8G?
This is what I did to brick my NT. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
Yes my NT is bricked, I have tried numerous times to shut it down (incase the screen was blacked instead of off) and turning it back on.
I have tried both the factory reset (power and home) and just the power button.
I as much as I can guess, when I did the firmware update above I messed up the internal booting. So I need to have the files for 8G so I can boot off of an SDcard.
I checked the B&N website if they had the 1.4.2 files (MLO and u-boot.bin) but they only have one updates file which I figure is for 16G.
Yup you're screwed take it into B&N and hope they'll replace it.
We have a working 8G SD boot!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517513
Thanks to bauwks and AdamOutler I now have some life (not fully restore yet) but it is progress.
probably many others would like to know what you did
Just looking at a few other threads, I think several people have made the same mistake and are looking for solutions on this. If you can give some additional details as to what you had to do to get going again, it would be helpful.
It still isn't working, but we have the first step done which is getting the 8GB to boot off the SDcard, they are now working on the Ubuntu recovery SDcard.
I will post back here when there is any more progress.
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Just looking at a few other threads, I think several people have made the same mistake and are looking for solutions on this. If you can give some additional details as to what you had to do to get going again, it would be helpful.
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ajprog said:
We have a working 8G SD boot!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517513
Thanks to bauwks and AdamOutler I now have some life (not fully restore yet) but it is progress.
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I jast passed a copy of all the internal partitions onto Adam so you should now be able to completely restore you're 8GB NT back to stock. Or if you now have adb access via SD card I posted the files on the forum so you could quite easily restore the system completely yourself.
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I jast passed a copy of all the internal partitions onto Adam so you should now be able to completely restore you're 8GB NT back to stock. Or if you now have adb access via SD card I posted the files on the forum so you could quite easily restore the system completely yourself.
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Unfortunately I don't know of any full images for SDcards that have be released yet for 8GB. I only know of the 2uboot which "crashes" when it reads the internal image to create the menu.
If anyone can help me get something else to work like maybe CWM that would be appreciated.
I'm out all day today (uk and I'm on way to work) but I'll happily help you later when I'm home.
HELP!!!
i was attempting to downgrade the software back to 1.4.0 with the acclaim download and my nook tablet went to black screen. now the only thing it does is occasionaly bing when i plug it to the computer. i cant tell if the thing is on or off. What do i do?
send it back to b&n and tell them it won't boot. that what I did and they gave me a new one. if you search thru the forum, you'll see that I missed the warning too and bricked. posted a warning after that and you missed it too.
Damn google search and my lazy ass, went straight for the fix.
Please help a noob out here. I know the answers are out there, but I am not sure which method is best to use. I am familiar with rooting on my android cellphone, but I am not so sure about the methods used to root the nook tablet. They seem a bit more complicated and I want to make sure I have the correct info well explained.
I would like to know the following:
Where can I find the thread concerning installation of CWM/Rooting and how to back up my tablet before I I do anything else? (I have learned this the hard way, once. Never again will I proceed before backing up so I can restore it when I screw it up)
What is the most stable ROM that has been developed for the tablet so far?
Where can I find the instructions on how to install this ROM so that even an idiot (aka, me) can install this?
Maybe I am just skittish, but I hope you understand.
Thanks in advance!!!
Are you looking to root and run your ROM from SD card? Or would you rather install things to internal?
Thanks for replying. If I rooted and ran ROM from SD card, would that leave the Nook with the ability to run as originally designed if I opted to do that? (by basically removing the SD card and letting the Nook boot normally?) I have never used that option on any of my rooted phones. If so, that is probably the way to go. What do you recommend? I know it is a risk either way, but it sounds like running the ROM from the SD card seems safer.
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Thanks for replying. If I rooted and ran ROM from SD card, would that leave the Nook with the ability to run as originally designed if I opted to do that? (by basically removing the SD card and letting the Nook boot normally?) I have never used that option on any of my rooted phones. If so, that is probably the way to go. What do you recommend? I know it is a risk either way, but it sounds like running the ROM from the SD card seems safer.
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I just bought a 32GB class 4 SD card tonight, so I am ready.....
This thread might be a good place to get you started. Or at least start thinking about how you want to get set up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528625
Using this method by albertwertz allows you to put regular root, CWM, and CM7 (most stable CyanogenMod ROM so far) all on an SD card. He even includes step-by-step videos and does a good job explaining. His YouTube channel contains more videos of various ways to root, too.
If you want everything on your SD card and not have to worry about messing with internal, a method like this is probably your best bet.
Thanks. I tried following Alberts method step by step twice now, and everything seems to go right as far as making the SD card, but when I insert it into my 16GB Nook Tablet, running 1.4.2, and partitioned at BN, it will not reboot. The only way it will reboot is if I take the SD card that I made to root the tablet. It will reboot into normal operation mode. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I am really getting frustrated.
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Thanks. I tried following Alberts method step by step twice now, and everything seems to go right as far as making the SD card, but when I insert it into my 16GB Nook Tablet, running 1.4.2, and partitioned at BN, it will not reboot. The only way it will reboot is if I take the SD card that I made to root the tablet. It will reboot into normal operation mode. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I am really getting frustrated.
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Try turning your nook off, insert sd card, then plug it in to charger or usb cord. Some model nooks have to plugged in to boot from sd card.
I finally got it to work. Everything went well. CM7 installed, looked great. When I installed Google Apps. It comes up to the registration screen, but when it tells me to touch the android, the tablet does not register my touch and I can't move past the screen
Finally got everything working. I don't know why I got all worried. Had to reinstall a couple of times and fix permissions. Just like always. I must say I really like CM7 compared to the Nook interface. Nice job Devs! Thanks for everyone's help pointing me in the right direction.
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I have an 8GB Nook Tablet and made the foolish mistake of attempting to try and root it with acclaim-update.zip. Now my Nook will no longer boot and I've tried every unbricking method available. No progress was made.
I was a bit too eager to eager and rushed headfirst into it without researching it more thoroughly. If there's no fix for it, then that's fine. I just wanted to run through ever resource possible before giving up on it. I have spent the past few hours scouring the internet and coming up with little to nothing.
Have you tried booting CM7 from sdcard?
What things have you tried to make it boot?
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Shouldn't you just be able to put the unmodified acclaim_update.zip on your sdcard? It should work and fix your nook. When you put the sdcard in, make sure the device is off, and then connect it to the power adapter to get it to turn on
IF its completly dead/ erased boot erea then your only option will be jtag.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64885133/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip
put that image on a sd card and boot by plugging in the usb cable into the charger
soshite said:
Shouldn't you just be able to put the unmodified acclaim_update.zip on your sdcard? It should work and fix your nook. When you put the sdcard in, make sure the device is off, and then connect it to the power adapter to get it to turn on
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Wrong he has 8GB model if you do that you will brick your device AS OP DID!!!
READ THE FAQ - link in my signature
~ Veronica
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lavero.burgos said:
Have you tried booting CM7 from sdcard?
What things have you tried to make it boot?
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So far I've tried the Ubuntu method of unbricking it, factory reset, and booting with the 1.4.2 zip file to return it to factory settings. None of them have worked.
But I'll try CM7 and see if it works.
Am in the the same shoes... got a bricked NT 8GB... looking forward to restoring 1.4.2...
attempts to restore the firmware to factory:
Cyanoboot + altboot + B&N 1.4.2
Followed guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130 , using (a) the img from dropbox and (b) nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip from B&N. No luck. The process stops on the initial screen on cyanoboot, where it shows 'Loading (sd)...'. I don't even get to enter the menu that shows the boot options.
flashing_boot + B&N 1.4.2 update in ext3 partition
Next I downloaded the img link above, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24912163&postcount=5 , no luck also, the tick appeared on the flash 'Installing new software' screen after 4 minutes. After I removed the mSD card, the NT did a data cleanse, and got an error message about 40% into the factory restore prompting me to contact B&N. It then goes into the reboot loop (this is where I am now).
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No luck. NT don't even boot up to mSD with the mSD card slotted in.
I've tried the above multiple times, downloading the files few times as well. Am still stuck in the reboot loop.
Would like to seek help from gurus here for pointers... Am stuck at this point.
Thanks alot!
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No luck. NT don't even boot up to mSD with the mSD card slotted in.
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just a note : when i made it the first time with my xp pro pc, it did not work ( boot ) and then i made it in mint - ubuntu os - and the little sd card then worked.
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something about windoze...
I have a tablet that appers to be bricked I put Cm7 on internal flashed it worked then I needed to flash the gaps and when I went to recovery and tried to flash and since then it boots up to the N screen then I see the white busy box screen then blank. Nothing nada. So now I have a $250.00 paper weight:banghead::banghead:
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Can you get to CWM using Indirect's NT-CWM-SD package from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
Get a micro SD card, fire up gParted (or whatever partition manager), put a new MSDOS partition table on it. Then make a new FAT32 partition at the beginning of the disk. Set the boot and lba flags. Copy the contents of Indirect's zip onto the disk. Stick it in the NT. Hold power + n for 10 seconds and wait for the grey "n" to show up on the screen for a second. Then turn it on.
If that takes you to CWM, then you've got options.
using a properly formatted SD card should solve most issues.. its the great thing about the nook.
1.make sure your using a good SD card. sandisk 8gb class and up would be best
2. make sure you grab the 8gb nook cm7 image.
3. preferably use a component based card reader. by that i mean one other then a laptops.. the laptop ones tend to be picky and lots of people in the nook color days had issues and most were resolved by using a computer one over a laptop one
4. with the nook OFF plug the usb cable into the nook then into the usb port on a computer
check out stickies too
Bricked NT8
grrmisfit said:
using a properly formatted SD card should solve most issues.. its the great thing about the nook.
1.make sure your using a good SD card. sandisk 8gb class and up would be best
2. make sure you grab the 8gb nook cm7 image.
3. preferably use a component based card reader. by that i mean one other then a laptops.. the laptop ones tend to be picky and lots of people in the nook color days had issues and most were resolved by using a computer one over a laptop one
4. with the nook OFF plug the usb cable into the nook then into the usb port on a computer
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Negative. I wish you were correct but - in this case - you are not.
Your advice is probably appropriate for those who cannot get an SDCard to boot properly. However, the O.P. has a bricked device and his original post is most descriptive. His NT8 will not boot to the INTERNAL EMMC. (I have the same problem.)
There are several of us here on XDA who are not novices with this issue. The O.P. has listed the various steps that he has followed and they are much more involved than a simple SDCard format issue.
BTW, most formatting issues are when users are attempting to format with Windows. I use Linux exclusively and I can ALWAYS build a boot SDCard without issues.
Also in the same boot as the O.P.
I also am having this problem. Been going through it for mths now. I've tried every possible fix people could come up with. I have been talking to a youtuber albertwertz. he would like me to send in my nook tablet to him to fix and try out different things. I would like to but cant afford it at the moment. Dang I hope someone finds a fix for this or make a cm9 sd bootale img or something dont get me wrong i like booting cm7 from sd but is this all im subject too. HELP SOMEONE. what are these developers working on. lets get this fix my people. PS thanks for all you all hard work on all roms.
Lost Nook 1.4.0 partition
Hi, Lavero.
I think I may have accidentally deleted the default nook partition. I can still boot up via SDCard and goes into CM7. How can I recover those default partition? Do you have those commands within Terminal Emulator or any other options?
If I do not put in my SDCard, with power cable connected, the nook tablet 16GB keep rebooting. I still want to recover my Nook default OS so that I can repartition it the next time I go to BN.
Hope to hear from you. Thanks.
I apologize if there is an answer to this somewhere but I have spent the last 3 days looking and could not find a clear answer. I have tried many different methods, SD cards and many many MANY attempts but I can not get my nook tablet to boot from the SD card. The closest I get is after I hold power and N to power up then down, insert the SD card and then power up (USB and Button get the same result). After the N screen I get a flash of the root screen but then the factory reset question. ANY help would be appreciated. My wife is going to kill me if I spend too much time on this! Thanks in advance!
What type and class of micro SD card are you using? I always have used emmc to boot, but it seems that a Sandisk Class 4 seems to be the recommended choice when attempting to boot from it. I also remember a issue along time ago when people would have to have their nook plugged into their wall charger to boot. Btw what ROM are you attempting to boot to? Also, whose guide are you following? Good Luck....
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I used 2 tyes of SD cards so far, a Samsung class 6 and a PNY class 10. I have used multiple guides.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1354487
Those are 2 of the many I have used. I tried plugging the nook into the wall charger...no dice. I will try to pick up a sandisk class 4 today. Thanks for the help. I will let you know how the class 4 goes! *crossing fingers*
So I could not find a sandisk class 4 but i did use a wintech class 4 and still nothing. Just boots to the B&N os. I was thinking about buying a pre-made card but if the NT wont boot from the SD card I don't know if it will be worth it. Any other ideas?
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So I could not find a sandisk class 4 but i did use a wintech class 4 and still nothing. Just boots to the B&N os. I was thinking about buying a pre-made card but if the NT wont boot from the SD card I don't know if it will be worth it. Any other ideas?
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If you are trying to make a CM SD card, you can find instructions/tools here.
It is tough for me to follow those instructions. Sorry guess I am just a noob I was able to make the SD card but the instructions on what to put where on the card confused me. Can you help me out?
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It is tough for me to follow those instructions. Sorry guess I am just a noob I was able to make the SD card but the instructions on what to put where on the card confused me. Can you help me out?
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I will start this reply off stating that I am rather noobish.
I've seen evidence that the boot sequence has been modified by B&N to kill this procedure. I am in the process of doing the same with my Nook Color BNTV250a. I think we may have to over-write the emmc rather than use the microSD if possible. I really don't know why they care so much. We buy their product, and we want to make it more dynamic...
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hockey25stud said:
It is tough for me to follow those instructions. Sorry guess I am just a noob I was able to make the SD card but the instructions on what to put where on the card confused me. Can you help me out?
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I posted an overview of the process I used to build a CM10 v0.06 SD card using Succulent's tools here.
However, you can simply just download a CM10 SDcard ready-made image built by Succulent and posted here, and write it to your SDcard.
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kramgrub said:
I will start this reply off stating that I am rather noobish.
I've seen evidence that the boot sequence has been modified by B&N to kill this procedure. I am in the process of doing the same with my Nook Color BNTV250a. I think we may have to over-write the emmc rather than use the microSD if possible. I really don't know why they care so much. We buy their product, and we want to make it more dynamic...
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Have the same issue. I am unable to boot NC 1.4.3 from the SD card? Did anyone has any further instructions on how to achieve this or any alternate solution.
Booting with sd on 1.4.3
I am having the same problem. I have tried a few different ways with no results. Anyone have any sucess yet?
this works for me
I'm new and I just installed CM10 on my tablet this weekend.
I had the same SD card issue.
Short answer for me is -- make the partition size of the SD card small in additional to the boot and lba flags settings and it worked.
I use 100-150 MB. Tried 300 MB and it failed.
I used an old 2G (class 1?) SD and a 16GB class 2 Sandisk, both behaved the same.
Nook Tablet had 1.4.3 installed and is about 9 months old.
To get my 1.4.3 Tablet to boot from sd I hold down the "n" when powering on. I let go of it before things really start going on on the screen. (5 seconds? I haven't timed it)
I have done all sorts of things from sd (rooting, repartioning, unrooting...). Some went well , some didn't at first, but thankfully there are guides here to get you back to where you started...
I am right now running CM10 from an sd card and it's performing amazingly well. You could always try that for a while! An almost fool proof guide here http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/ You don't have to mess with setting up partitions or anything. It's all done for you! Download, burn (and if you want to, espand one of teh partitions to fill up the card), pop it in and go!
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Have the same issue. I am unable to boot NC 1.4.3 from the SD card? Did anyone has any further instructions on how to achieve this or any alternate solution.
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If your NT is like mine, it will:
only boot from SD from a power-off state and upon insertion of a powered-USB cable
always boot into stock ROM if it's powered up via the power button
always reboot into stock ROM (even when tethered with a powered-USB cable)
If it does not boot from SD from a power-off state and upon insertion of a powered-USB cable, e.g.,
it gets stuck on a black screen then eventually boots into stock ROM, or
it boots straight into stock ROM without "hesitation"
then there is something wrong with the content and/or format of SDcard 1st partition, in which case check to make sure that 1st (FAT32) partition has LBA flag set and is set to active, and that the MLO and u-boot.bin are not corrupted (at least have the correct size in bytes) in the file copying to SD. I also found it helps to first copy the MLO and u-boot files then the rest of the files, since MLO and u-boot are to be loaded first, and it appears that OMAP only scans the first few entries of the partition-table to look for these two files.
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I thought this was going to be rather straight forward, but I'm starting to curse technology. I tried making the bootable microSD card on a new 32gig class 4 Sandisk to no avail. I formatted it after to start from scratch, and now it cannot be detected. I haven't done anything really like this before, so I'm wondering if I should even bother risking the 8 gig card I use for music. I have the Nook Color BNTV250A as well.
hope this helps you out...
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I thought this was going to be rather straight forward, but I'm starting to curse technology. I tried making the bootable microSD card on a new 32gig class 4 Sandisk to no avail. I formatted it after to start from scratch, and now it cannot be detected. I haven't done anything really like this before, so I'm wondering if I should even bother risking the 8 gig card I use for music. I have the Nook Color BNTV250A as well.
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go to youtube a look up Ray Waldo's channel he has some informative videos on the nook tablet...dont give up!!!!
kramgrub said:
I thought this was going to be rather straight forward, but I'm starting to curse technology. I tried making the bootable microSD card on a new 32gig class 4 Sandisk to no avail. I formatted it after to start from scratch, and now it cannot be detected. I haven't done anything really like this before, so I'm wondering if I should even bother risking the 8 gig card I use for music. I have the Nook Color BNTV250A as well.
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What process did you use to make the bootable SDcard?
Can your PC/Laptop detect the card?
Have you tried using a disk partition tool like "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" to see what's on the card?
I've seen multiple references to Nook Color and BNTV250A in the same sentence, but I believe that model number belongs exclusively to the Nook Tablet. I have an 8GB Nook Tablet with 1.4.3(pre-installed). I went through a lot of hassle with the SD card as well and what worked for me was getting the smallest size SD card I could find. I used a 2GB class 4 card. That worked well for me. On the boot process(from a powered down state with the SD card inserted) I started out by pressing and holding the "n" button and then pressing and holding the power button. I didn't release either until I saw the brown box on the screen so you might be releasing one of the buttons too early. Additionally I did not have a USB cable attached to my Nook during the whole process and it didn't affect the install in anyway. What I've seen with the USB cable attached is that a delayed power-on process is initiated once the cable is inserted. Maybe this defeats the "button press" sequence.
Good luck!
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I apologize if there is an answer to this somewhere but I have spent the last 3 days looking and could not find a clear answer. I have tried many different methods, SD cards and many many MANY attempts but I can not get my nook tablet to boot from the SD card. The closest I get is after I hold power and N to power up then down, insert the SD card and then power up (USB and Button get the same result). After the N screen I get a flash of the root screen but then the factory reset question. ANY help would be appreciated. My wife is going to kill me if I spend too much time on this! Thanks in advance!
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So did you fix it? Because I am trying to do the same exact thing.
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So did you fix it? Because I am trying to do the same exact thing.
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Not yet. I just received the SD card I bought from albertwertz. Hopefully I can get it to boot. I will let you know.
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kramgrub said:
I thought this was going to be rather straight forward, but I'm starting to curse technology. I tried making the bootable microSD card on a new 32gig class 4 Sandisk to no avail. I formatted it after to start from scratch, and now it cannot be detected. I haven't done anything really like this before, so I'm wondering if I should even bother risking the 8 gig card I use for music. I have the Nook Color BNTV250A as well.
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Use this SD formatter bro. It should fix your card and get it back to normal! : )
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Hey guys.
I am somewhat a noob. I bought a brand new 8gb nook color from wallmart on black friday. I heard about how you can put CM onto the sd card and boot from that without altering the device itself. I have tried for HOURS to do this. I have looked up COUNTLESS walk throughs and done everything they say, done alternations, and used different cards ranging from 2gb sandisk (class 1?) to 32 gb sandisk this is a class 4. I've used winimage and burned the image to the card, then dragged over cyanogenmod and done this task in countless different ways. Every time I shut down the nook, put in the card, then re-boot, the nook does NOT boot from the card. It boots normal, then I can actually browse the card after it boots up. I have done it EXACTLY how it says here and read tutorials so its not a question of whether or not I have followed standard proceedure. My firmware version is 1.4.3. Ive searched online to this and to no avail. My sister bought the exact same one at the exact same time and it does not boot the sd either. I have done about 8 straight hours of research on this guys, so I'm no pro but I have a basic understanding of how it works now. My questions are this:
1: Did Barns and Noble put restrictions on the newest nook color or on the newest software version? And if so is there a way around this?
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2: If NOT, is there an alternate way/installation onto the card that I can do (such as an image pre loaded with CM etc.) that I might be able to try instead of the conventional way?
Thanks guys! Sorry for the uber long post : S
yonu said:
any one having a problem with a boot loop to a black screen no box or anything it reboots shows the n then flashes white real fast the goes to black screen? I have tried the recovery sd but it doesn't seem to do anygood
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yea im having a heck of a time trying to get my NT 8GB to root no matter what thread i go to or what i put on any of my sds it just boots like normal. i have tried holding the n button down with the power button and using every usb port on my comp. i have been searching forums here, on tabletroms, and youtube. i have 1.4.3. im about to go nuts here. any advice would help and be greatly appreciated.
o0oXDAo0o said:
yea im having a heck of a time trying to get my NT 8GB to root no matter what thread i go to or what i put on any of my sds it just boots like normal. i have tried holding the n button down with the power button and using every usb port on my comp. i have been searching forums here, on tabletroms, and youtube. i have 1.4.3. im about to go nuts here. any advice would help and be greatly appreciated.
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For info/pointers on how to root your NT see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31271965&postcount=240 and also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31.
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For info/pointers on how to root your NT see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31271965&postcount=240 and also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31.
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thanks digimax, i have read that several times over and have tried everything i can think of. i have used different sd cards, different usb cables, usb ports on my machine. i even went out and bought a brand new 8 and 16GB class4 sds and still nothing. i have used win 32 disk imager, acronis dd, ubuntu live, and fedora core that i have dual boot on my machine. i have downloaded the image from 4 different sources( using alberts method) and tried each of them numerous times. is it possible that my NT is unrootable? would it help if i downgraded from 1.4.3? if anyone has a verified working link on an image ill try that. if i can get CWM going then i can take it from there as far as kernels and roms, its just getting to that point that is so frustrating
o0oXDAo0o said:
thanks digimax, i have read that several times over and have tried everything i can think of. i have used different sd cards, different usb cables, usb ports on my machine. i even went out and bought a brand new 8 and 16GB class4 sds and still nothing. i have used win 32 disk imager, acronis dd, ubuntu live, and fedora core that i have dual boot on my machine. i have downloaded the image from 4 different sources( using alberts method) and tried each of them numerous times. is it possible that my NT is unrootable? would it help if i downgraded from 1.4.3? if anyone has a verified working link on an image ill try that. if i can get CWM going then i can take it from there as far as kernels and roms, its just getting to that point that is so frustrating
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Just to confirm: what you burn to the SD card (using win32diskimager) is the .img file extracted from inside the downloaded zip file, and not the zip file itself?
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Just to confirm: what you burn to the SD card (using win32diskimager) is the .img file extracted from inside the downloaded zip file, and not the zip file itself?
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I extracted the zip which contained win32diskwhatever and the image file i used win32 in admin mode to write the image and create the partition on the sd card. im currently abandoning that route though and am just going to try breaking down and flashing CM10.1 on it. i saw a post where you had stated that that was an old way so im going to try something newer. i have all the files downloaded and have built the partitions using mini tool partition manager im copying them over now but i think it will be tomorrow before i try to flash ill let you know if it works, and just to be clear when i flash the CM10 on the sd card i can remove it and the NT will still boot CM10?
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and just to be clear when i flash the CM10 on the sd card i can remove it and the NT will still boot CM10?
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If you flash onto and run CM off an SD card (e.g., as described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1), that CM10 SD card has to stay in the SD card slot in order for your NT to run CM10.
If you want to be able to run CM10 without an SD card you'd have to flash CM10 internally on EMMC (e.g., see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123) to replace whatever ROM (stock or otherwise) you currently have.
Note thatSD-based installation and EMMC-based installation use different versions of ROM zip files which are not interchangeable, so make sure you pick the right version.
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If you flash onto and run CM off an SD card (e.g., as described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1), that CM10 SD card has to stay in the SD card slot in order for your NT to run CM10.
If you want to be able to run CM10 without an SD card you'd have to flash CM10 internally on EMMC (e.g., see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123) to replace whatever ROM (stock or otherwise) you currently have.
Note thatSD-based installation and EMMC-based installation use different versions of ROM zip files which are not interchangeable, so make sure you pick the right version.
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ok i tried using the premade image and putting it on the sd card to boot from. i made sure card was flagged as primary active 0x0C LBA and it was set to boot( if that makes any sense, been up too long lol ) that didnt work. so i tried to build the card my self reading through several times and double checking as i went. still nothing when i try to boot up with the usb cable. i have been using the stock cable could that be a problem? this is what i came up with when the NT booted normal (attachment below) can you tell did i do something wrong? would it be easier to throw CM onto the eMMC? if so can you link me to a version of CM that would work on the NT 8GB? thanks in advance!
Personally, I had trouble booting & running SD cards. I'm convinced it wasn't hardware but my noobness! Since then I've always loaded only to emmc. I also had trouble going directly & straight to CM10 roms from the B&N 1.4whatever OS.
So, looking for a recovery + rom that matched, I used Indirect's app to get cwm 5, then had no trouble loading a CM9 rom (all to emmc). Once CM9 was up & running good, I used Goo Manager to load an updated TWRP recovery suitable for CM10, then Cm10.1, etc. That's what worked for me & to this day I see no need to boot from SD's. Just me tho.
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o0oXDAo0o said:
ok i tried using the premade image and putting it on the sd card to boot from. i made sure card was flagged as primary active 0x0C LBA and it was set to boot( if that makes any sense, been up too long lol ) that didnt work. so i tried to build the card my self reading through several times and double checking as i went. still nothing when i try to boot up with the usb cable. i have been using the stock cable could that be a problem? this is what i came up with when the NT booted normal (attachment below) can you tell did i do something wrong? would it be easier to throw CM onto the eMMC? if so can you link me to a version of CM that would work on the NT 8GB? thanks in advance!
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If booting of a pre-made image does not work, there might be a flaw with your NT that precludes it from booting off SD card, and if this is true I am not aware of any way to root or flash stock ROM onto emmc if your NT is currently running stock.
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If booting of a pre-made image does not work, there might be a flaw with your NT that precludes it from booting off SD card, and if this is true I am not aware of any way to root or flash stock ROM onto emmc if your NT is currently running stock.
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ok that doesnt really make sense, i havent seen anyone else complaining about having trouble and not being able to get it to go at all. im not saying impossible more improbable i guess, anything is possible. i have been working with my wifes NT today and im not having any luck getting hers to boot android or root. ray waldo said that team b has a version of cm7 that will boot without root but i cant even get that to come up. her NT is 8GB as well. if there is some kind of work around that anyone knows of please share. id be willing to donate if you guys think of a fix. thanks
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ok that doesnt really make sense, i havent seen anyone else complaining about having trouble and not being able to get it to go at all.
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It's indeed true that there really doesn't seem to be anyone not being able to get their NT to boot from sd, provided they follow suggestions. So I repeat the questions I asked in your own topic (and please, try to stay within one thread to maximize the chance of getting this sorted!):
1. Are you 100% you are dealing with a Tablet and not a Color? (Model no fr Tablet 8GB is 250A)
2. Are you using a SanDisk class 4 sd card? (And burn it according to instructions)
3. Have you tried turning the device off, inserting the card and then insert USB cable connected to power (not computer!)
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It's indeed true that there really doesn't seem to be anyone not being able to get their NT to boot from sd, provided they follow suggestions. So I repeat the questions I asked in your own topic (and please, try to stay within one thread to maximize the chance of getting this sorted!):
1. Are you 100% you are dealing with a Tablet and not a Color? (Model no fr Tablet 8GB is 250A)
2. Are you using a SanDisk class 4 sd card? (And burn it according to instructions)
3. Have you tried turning the device off, inserting the card and then insert USB cable connected to power (not computer!)
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Another thing to try is using a different SD card reader/writer.
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It's indeed true that there really doesn't seem to be anyone not being able to get their NT to boot from sd, provided they follow suggestions. So I repeat the questions I asked in your own topic (and please, try to stay within one thread to maximize the chance of getting this sorted!):
1. Are you 100% you are dealing with a Tablet and not a Color? (Model no fr Tablet 8GB is 250A)
2. Are you using a SanDisk class 4 sd card? (And burn it according to instructions)
3. Have you tried turning the device off, inserting the card and then insert USB cable connected to power (not computer!)
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I've been having problems with my 8gb tablet as well. I have tried all three of your suggestions above. Is there any way to set the 8gb tablet back to a later version like 1.4.0? I've only seen resets for the 16gb.
JayKenobiZX said:
I've been having problems with my 8gb tablet as well. I have tried all three of your suggestions above. Is there any way to set the 8gb tablet back to a later version like 1.4.0? I've only seen resets for the 16gb.
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The repart .img works on 8GB as well.
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The repart .img works on 8GB as well.
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And where can I find that?
Use the search function.
ok through a series of unfortunate events and through no fault of my own i now no longer have a NT but i do have a nook color now. for those of you wondering i DID have a tab but the screen ended up mysteriously shattering. wife was trying to be nice and ordered me what she believed to be a tablet but a color shipped instead. still trying to decide if i want to do anything with that but thats for a different thread. so i still dont know what happened the tab wouldnt boot CM10 before it broke ( or after either lol ) but i pulled the sd out and tried it again in my wifes tab using the wall charger to jumpstart it and it booted CM right up. so i guess i just got the crap draw out of the nooks we bought at the exact same time. still trying to figure out how i can pin this on best buy for selling me a faulty device lol, but i just wanted to say thanks for everyones help and feedback. when i threw the sd into my wifes tab it loaded CWM and CM10 just fine. ordered her a class 6 san disk sd to put in it to see if that helps with some of the lag issues.:good:
Ok, so I'd like to piggyback off this before starting my own thread. I have a bunch of Nook Colors that I have no problem booting off of SD cards for my kids. Now the 8gb Tablet is proving much harder for me. I've redone the SD card method 4x by two different methods and I keep getting the same result: It boots up fine, allows me to create the google account and even dowload apps. However, out of nowhere it will reboot and then I am stuck on the CM10 boot screen that just loops forever. I am repartioning a 16 GB card, making it active, windisk img the zip file to the card fine.... Does my symptom sound specific of something? Let me know. Thanks!
o0oXDAo0o said:
ok through a series of unfortunate events and through no fault of my own i now no longer have a NT but i do have a nook color now. for those of you wondering i DID have a tab but the screen ended up mysteriously shattering. wife was trying to be nice and ordered me what she believed to be a tablet but a color shipped instead. still trying to decide if i want to do anything with that but thats for a different thread. so i still dont know what happened the tab wouldnt boot CM10 before it broke ( or after either lol ) but i pulled the sd out and tried it again in my wifes tab using the wall charger to jumpstart it and it booted CM right up. so i guess i just got the crap draw out of the nooks we bought at the exact same time. still trying to figure out how i can pin this on best buy for selling me a faulty device lol, but i just wanted to say thanks for everyones help and feedback. when i threw the sd into my wifes tab it loaded CWM and CM10 just fine. ordered her a class 6 san disk sd to put in it to see if that helps with some of the lag issues.:good:
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Now the 8gb Tablet is proving much harder for me. I've redone the SD card method 4x by two different methods and I keep getting the same result: It boots up fine, allows me to create the google account and even dowload apps. However, out of nowhere it will reboot and then I am stuck on the CM10 boot screen that just loops forever. I am repartioning a 16 GB card, making it active, windisk img the zip file to the card fine.... Does my symptom sound specific of something? Let me know. Thanks!
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I encountered this same problem for the first time yesterday when I tried out a CM10.2 SD build.
If you are using 10.2 you might want to go back to using 10.1 for a while longer.
Yeah, but what if I'm on CM 10.1? I used one build from June (2x) then one from Aug (2x) and now have the same symptoms. This does not sound indicative of something specific? Like aren't some 8gb tablets troublesome from SD? Or is this a user error still of some sort?
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I encountered this same problem for the first time yesterday when I tried out a CM10.2 SD build.
If you are using 10.2 you might want to go back to using 10.1 for a while longer.
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