I have a 16GB NT, which is rooted, repartitioned and was running CM7. I also used the internal_over_external mod by lavero.burgos. Yesterday I restarted the Nook and after the reboot, the internal part of emmc was not accessible. I decided to reflash the mod, booted to CWM and flashed. Since then the Nook just boots into CWM. I tried to reflash the ROM, clear the cache, but nothing helps.
When CWM is booted, the screen reads:
Code:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I was wondering if the /cache directory exists, so I connected the nook to adb and after the "parted" command I got the following:
Code:
# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? yes
Is this warning message normal?
After entering "yes" the system said:
Code:
Model: MMC 016G4A (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 11.6GB 9989MB fat32 media msftres
11 11.6GB 15.9GB 4338MB ext4 userdata
The question is, can I use the unbrick method to go back to stock IF I have repartitioned the Nook? Is there any other solution?
Please help. Thanks a lot in advance.
EDIT: I just tried these instructions to go to stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836), but the Nook just boots to CWM - it seems it can't boot from a SD card.
gauco said:
I have a 16GB NT, which is rooted, repartitioned and was running CM7. I also used the internal_over_external mod by lavero.burgos. Yesterday I restarted the Nook and after the reboot, the internal part of emmc was not accessible. I decided to reflash the mod, booted to CWM and flashed. Since then the Nook just boots into CWM. I tried to reflash the ROM, clear the cache, but nothing helps.
When CWM is booted, the screen reads:
Code:
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
I was wondering if the /cache directory exists, so I connected the nook to adb and after the "parted" command I got the following:
Code:
# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? yes
Is this warning message normal?
After entering "yes" the system said:
Code:
Model: MMC 016G4A (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 11.6GB 9989MB fat32 media msftres
11 11.6GB 15.9GB 4338MB ext4 userdata
The question is, can I use the unbrick method to go back to stock IF I have repartitioned the Nook? Is there any other solution?
Please help. Thanks a lot in advance.
EDIT: I just tried these instructions to go to stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836), but the Nook just boots to CWM - it seems it can't boot from a SD card.
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last resort use adamoutlers ubuntu flash back to 1.4.0 stock
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
ShinnAsuka said:
last resort use adamoutlers ubuntu flash back to 1.4.0 stock
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
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I have just tried, but the Nook refuses to boot from an SD card. I'm wondering if there is something I'm doing wrong - create the card, insert it to the Nook and plug-in the USB cable. But Nook boots to CWM with the error message saying it can't mount /cache/...
The Nook was hugely used by my children who are becoming desperate, and am I. Is there any way to make the Nook boot from an SD card? Or, should I try the dd method and restore the partitons?
Please help.
gauco said:
I have just tried, but the Nook refuses to boot from an SD card. I'm wondering if there is something I'm doing wrong - create the card, insert it to the Nook and plug-in the USB cable. But Nook boots to CWM with the error message saying it can't mount /cache/...
The Nook was hugely used by my children who are becoming desperate, and am I. Is there any way to make the Nook boot from an SD card? Or, should I try the dd method and restore the partitons?
Please help.
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do you have cyanoboot as a bootloader? what do you see before the nook goes into recovery mode?
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
ShinnAsuka said:
do you have cyanoboot as a bootloader? what do you see before the nook goes into recovery mode?
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
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To be honest, I don't think I have cyanoboot installed. Once, I tried out CM9 and then cyanoboot got installed, but when I returned to CM7, it disappeared.
I can do adb reboot but fastboot reboot or fastboot reboot-bootloader does nothing. Also running fastboot devices has zero result. I have shot a short video of several reboots issued by adb reboot command. All I can see is just the N screen followed by CWM screen.
I really appreciate your help, thnak you.
gauco said:
To be honest, I don't think I have cyanoboot installed. Once, I tried out CM9 and then cyanoboot got installed, but when I returned to CM7, it disappeared.
I can do adb reboot but fastboot reboot or fastboot reboot-bootloader does nothing. Also running fastboot devices has zero result. I have shot a short video of several reboots issued by adb reboot command. All I can see is just the N screen followed by CWM screen.
I really appreciate your help, thnak you.
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just wanting to make sure...
you had the nook turned off and then you plugged in the usb cable right?
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
ShinnAsuka said:
just wanting to make sure...
you had the nook turned off and then you plugged in the usb cable right?
Sent from my Nook Tablet CM7 BETA using xda premium app
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Yes, from the CWM I kept the power button pressed until the Nook went off, then inserted the card and plugged in the USB cable.
What is strange, I can:
mount the card in CWm and then access it from the PC
install a ROM - the installation finishes, but then the system doesn't boot
fully access the Nook through ADB
Can you flash through ADB? If so you maybe could do a factory data wipe, cache partition wipe, rebuild the partition using Valerie's flash here:
four-nineteen.com/veronica/Nook%20Tablet/UN-BRICK/flash_restore_16gb_partitions_1-4&6.zip
then flash and load which ROM you want.
walpurgisbirn said:
Can you flash through ADB? If so you maybe could do a factory data wipe, cache partition wipe, rebuild the partition using Valerie's flash here:
four-nineteen.com/veronica/Nook%20Tablet/UN-BRICK/flash_restore_16gb_partitions_1-4&6.zip
then flash and load which ROM you want.
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I am off my computer right now, can't try it out, but issuing the command fastboot device did nothing. I was thinking of flashing the file you suggest from internal CWM, do you think this could work?
hmmmmm....
My understanding is that the data and partition wipe would clear anything currently internal. I think you could add the file back to internal afterwards through adb, but I really am not sure and I'd wait until someone with a little more credibility can confirm that it's a good plot.
edit. Actually the more I think it's more likely it's a very bad idea.
I'm on cloud seven that I can say I managed to fix my Nook. I used the solution suggested by spikeygg in this thread
He noticed lavero.burgos issuing command toggle while in parted and setting the parameter for partition 10 do lvm as shown in this video. It worked for me as well. My Nook is back up and running. Thanks a lot both to lavero.burgos as well as to spikeygg.
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Hello, sorry if this is repost but...
Few days ago I rooted my nook tablet with CM7 Alpha, I used Indirects App to Flash to Recovery. it was running perfectly fine until 7 hours ago when I turned it off, then it went into cwm with this error;
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
I followed instructions posted by CelticWebSolutions here but the problem is when I try to run the adb shell command I get this error attached photo below
{
"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"
}
Then I tried Indirect's after running the script it boots and the white screen with brown box comes on and doesn't go away, when I restart it it goes back to cw and showing that error I posted above. I don't know what to do from here.
Thank you for your help in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22049356
[HOW-TO] Use ADB tool | Android Debug Bridge
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
I bricked, and was able to load cwm but I could not get adb to work. I used Adam's Method, the instructions to flash in windows are after item 6, which is what I used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
[UnBrick]TOTAL WIPE and reflash back to 1.4.0 via Ubuntu Recovery --Now Easier!!!!
I burned a gpardted live cd to partition the sd card. I used a 16g. Someone I think posted they used a 4, but it wasnt big enough for me.
It took a few times rebooting, (at least i didnt think it was working?) but i finally let it sit a bit and it started working.
Good luck.
Thank you for all your responses, I never got to try the solution posted above because my NT gets stuck on the white background with a brown box and I don't know what to do or get out of there. It powers on perfectly fine then doesn't move beyond the screen.
I'm going to scour the internet and see if I can find the solution.
Again thank you everybody for your answers.
You don't have your ADB drivers set up correctly for the NT. You need to have ADB and the adb_usb.ini (both included with Indirect's nook&zergy root zip) Use the USB deviewer to remove any mass storage ports, anything google, or android related. Then restart the PC, plug in the NT and select the driver (located in Indirect's post with the nook&zergy zip).
icebergtz said:
Thank you for all your responses, I never got to try the solution posted above because my NT gets stuck on the white background with a brown box and I don't know what to do or get out of there. It powers on perfectly fine then doesn't move beyond the screen.
I'm going to scour the internet and see if I can find the solution.
Again thank you everybody for your answers.
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I sent you a PM
Same here. I followed the directions per this post, and while it did fix the mount errrors, the only way I can boot into CWM is by using an SD card. Without the card, it just sits at the white screen with the box.
Finally!
I got it fixed on my end by reinstalling CWM to the internal drive. Here are my directions:
1) Make yourself a bootable SD Card, with root priviledges. I used this one here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21275927#post21275927
2)With the NT off, put the freshly made card in, and boot with it into CM7
3)Download Indirect's Nook Recovery Flasher into the nook and install it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458630
4) Use that Recovery Flasher to reinstall your INTERNAL CWM.
5) Using your computer, or your nook, download into the nook whatever rom you want to reinstall. Here is a link for CM7 Alpha:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481826
6) Turn off NT, remove sd card, and boot into CWM by holding Power + N
That solved it for me, and I had tried just about everything else in these forums for recovery. Turns out somehow the internal CWM was messed up.
Flumoxed by E:Can't mount . . .
After several days and hours of reading through this and many other threads I'm still stuck I'm still stuck in a CWM Recovery Loop and am getting:
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
CURRENT STATUS:
My NT is booting into internal CWM and I have ADB access to the NT.
Yet when I mount /sdcard and and run Indirect's "Brick_Fix" script (fix.bat) I get this:
---------- MD5.TXT
xloader.img 414334166dc3d1d3687cf5b466bcae7a
Ensure your sdcard is mounted or else this wont work!
is it mounted?
Press y for yes and N for no.
Please make your decision:y
The system cannot execute the specified program.
The system cannot execute the specified program.
Pinging 1.1.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 1.1.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
The system cannot execute the specified program.
now it's fixed!
Pinging 1.1.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 1.1.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
And when using these commands in ABD (from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23104727&postcount=26 ) yields the following results:
C:\Windows\system32>adb shell mount -t /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /data
mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/userdata on /data fai
led: No such file or directory
C:\Windows\system32>adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=data/BCB bs=1 count=1088
1088+0 records in
1088+0 records out
1088 bytes (1.1KB) copied, 0.006714 seconds, 158.3KB/s
C:\Windows\system32>adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=data/BootCnt bs=1 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
1 bytes (1B) copied, 0.000091 seconds, 10.7KB/s
Any suggestions at this point would be very welcome - I'm flumoxed by what I keep reading should be a pretty easy problem to fix because it's so common.
For that error...
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
run parted while in CWM and pick fix:
~ $ adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port xxxx *
* daemon started succesfully *
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
* Bold parts are the commands
~ Veronica
Veronica, if you were here I would kiss you!
(But that would only get me in trouble with the wife so you'll have to settle for a donation instead)
I am back up and running NT CM7 Alpha now.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
GPT corrupted?
hi, it seems that I have a trouble now, week ago I buy my NT, try to root but unsuccessful. I think my nook had damaged GPT table.
I try use parted via ADB? and that what I get:
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p
p
p
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
(parted) rm
rm
rm
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Partition number? 11
11
11
(parted) p
p
p
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
(parted)
so, my partition table still unchanged, and I cant resize 10`s partition
(parted) resize
resize
resize
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Partition number? 10
10
10
Start? [1611MB]?
End? [2684MB]? 12.6GB
12.6GB
12.6GB
Error: Can't have overlapping partitions.
(parted)
I try this method for back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
it work fine, but my problem still exist, every time that I reboot my nook it start registration process every time,
and when I try install CWM internally I get error screen on reload
"that error occurred ? try go to BN if this still" - some like this....
is any solution for me exist? Please, HELP!!!!!
P.S. Sorry, for my bad english
lavero.burgos said:
For that error...
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
run parted while in CWM and pick fix:
~ $ adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port xxxx *
* daemon started succesfully *
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
* Bold parts are the commands
~ Veronica
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Hello, I have this exact problem, but when I run parted, I only get asked if this is a gpt table, no other errors to fix ?? "print" lists the partitions but no errors to fix. So the Ubuntu wipe still gets stuck writing zeros and the magic sd card method (raywaldo) does not finish. Any ideas ? Thanks
E:Can't mount errors, can usb driver right
Know-Fear said:
You don't have your ADB drivers set up correctly for the NT. You need to have ADB and the adb_usb.ini (both included with Indirect's nook&zergy root zip) Use the USB deviewer to remove any mass storage ports, anything google, or android related. Then restart the PC, plug in the NT and select the driver (located in Indirect's post with the nook&zergy zip).
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I am having the same problem:
I get the following errors on the nook:
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
I have downloaded ADB, and USB deviewer but I can't get the nook to show in windows device manager correctly
To tj3ven:
You need to delete the drivers windows installed for your NOOK and reinstall the drivers that are here on XDA. Search for ADB+FASTBOOT+DRIVERS and that will fix you.
Also, I am using windows to try to fix my partitions. I have a similar problem as sailerph, when I go to print I get no option to fix, it just lists my partitions and some basic information about them, I have no option to fix them. Anyone have any ideas?
scuzzo500 said:
To tj3ven:
Also, I am using windows to try to fix my partitions. I have a similar problem as sailerph, when I go to print I get no option to fix, it just lists my partitions and some basic information about them, I have no option to fix them. Anyone have any ideas?
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I am having same issue. E: /cache errors in CWM & when I run parted print command it only lists the partition table and gives no option to fix. The table appears to be correct when comparing to the numbers in other threads. I am on 8GB NT so I can't use Adam's total wipe. Any help?
Now my SON bricked it and the old fix ain't workin'!
Sigh . . . like father like son. I gave my son my old Nook Tablet for his birthday (I have a Nexus 7 now) and guess what he did! Yep, he ignored my repeated warnings to ignore the alert and he bricked it.
HOWEVER, the fix that Veronica gave me last time won't work because I'm getting the following when I issue the "print" command in parted:
C:\Windows\system32>adb shell
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? y
y
y
Model: MMC 016G4A (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
(parted)
I don't know where to go from here! A little help.
And BTW, I gave Veronica a donation for solving my problem last time - just though y'all would like to know!
You can try restoring to stock ROM by flashing flash_stock_1.4.2.zip posted at Succulent's recovery-tools repository https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard, or by using this method http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/.
Hopefully someone here can help! I have never bricked any of my devices. But this one has me totally wiped out. Apparently I have corrupted the partitions somehow. I have tried every method on here and nothing seems to work. I did this once before but was able to adb into parted and fix. Now I can occasionally get the command prompt to start but very seldom. If I could access the command prompts then possibly someone could get me through this problem. I thought Adam's method was going to work after letting it run all night. It got by the mlo writing and hung at the system. Oh well! Says no fat 32 is one error when trying to run the parted fix.
Here is the other error.
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/cache
I generally can read from what everone posts and get things working but this time is a no go. Oh yeah forgot to mention I can boot the latest CM7 off sd card. I just need my EMMC working. Yeppers that's what I need. Otherwise I'm just going to use it as a frisbie or oversized hockey puck.
Thanks!
I had a customer brick his trying to partition it as well. (I'm the sales manager at Barnes and Noble) I flashed the 1.4.0 acclaim update on an sd card and it restored it. Not sure if he was using the same method as you but it's worth a shot.
If this happened while you were trying to repartition, I would suggest using AdamOutlers ubuntu recovery oprion from the development page. This will reset all of your partitions to original settings.
@jmeyerhead - I tried the acclaim_update. Didn't work. Was hoping I could make it work from SD Card. Apparently that's not possible. Unless someone can tell me how with cm7 running from card. Thanks J....
@know_fear - I wasn't trying to partition. I think what happened was when I went to storage I went down the list and hit unmount from the list in all the locations. Why? Don't know! Just seeing what would happen. Well I found out what happened. Boat anchor. I did try adamOutlers ubuntu recovery several times. It made it through mlo wiping finally but hung at system. Let it run for about 12 hours. Made the card using windows. Would making the card in Ubuntu possibly make a difference? You can tell I'm not a pro at this but I manage to read and get around a little. I did try the parted script. But says no fat 32 if I remember right. Now I can't even get daemon to start running so I can throw in some commands. Oh well! Still open to more suggestions. Thanks again guys!
Thanks know-fear
In all honesty it seems like the parted script should work. If you have a spare sdcard, I would try to put the parted script on that. Boot into the recovery from your original sdcard. Once there, remove that card and insert the one with the parted script on it and try to rerun it. Not sure what else to try. Perhaps you can PM CelticWebs and he may have more insight. Otherwise drop by the IRC channel on freenode (nook-tablet). Indirect and Frustro (servergod) might be able to help more than I.
Yes parted will work and will fix your problem no need to do use a factory restore method. That error means that your cache partition does not have name I don't know how for the life of you got to remove it's name but by just giving it's name "cache" back should fix it.
Post a print of parted here to check the partitions and I'll tell you what to do.
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
@Veronica and @know-fear--I can't even connect to use commands. Not sure why it won't work. Sometimes it does and then it doesn't. I'm not very proficient in terminal with adb commands so I would need a bit of help there My evo connects just fine when plugged in so it's reading phone drivers. When I plug in the NT under Disk drives it shows B&N NOOK Tablet USB Device twice also shows up as Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device. Nothing shows up in Computer like when I plug in my evo it says Android USB Devices and under that My HTC. I used your post Veronica to set it up to see all my devices a long time ago and worked great. But ever since I had this problem nothing is going right. I can't even remember what commands I used to get it to read parted and as for installing or pushing not real sure about that. Everything NT related for adb I put in a folder called NTRoot. So much for the book report haha! Thanks for helping and hopefully helping more.
Nice Day!
Have you tried booting CWM from sdcard and run adb?
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
Yes it boots from sd card but adb won't start. I have got it showing my device now but won't kick the whole daemon into gear. I get to the c: drive then type cd adb_shell and then type adb shell but nothing happens. It gets to the # but nothing after that. Hit and miss. Sometimes it works and most of the time it doesn't. Would adb work from my phone possibly more so than windows 7 command prompt as administrator?
Well this is what I have showing. Not sure this will help. Thanks
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? yes
yes
yes
fixModel: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB userdata
signinfailed said:
Well this is what I have showing. Not sure this will help. Thanks
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? yes
yes
yes
fixModel: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB userdata
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ok the cache name is there but you have somehow messed up with the partitions format. The output should look like this:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
* bold parts are what your output is missing
You need Adams total wipe method that should recover your partitions and get you back to stock or if someone has the partition images for 16gb NT even better as is faster.
~ Veronica
Veronica,
I have used Adams total wipe method 3 or 4 times. Sure seems like it's a great program and probably works for lots of people. But just hasn't worked for this messed up tablet. I have let it run for hours. Maybe it just needs to run for several days since this thing is in such bad shape. It does get past writing zero's to mlo but seems to hang at system. So in your opinion should I just let it run and run? I thought it only was supposed to take about 15 minutes. Any ideas on where to locate the partition images for 16gb NT?
Forgot to mention the adb commands would not work in usb 3.0 port. So I plugged in a usb 2.0 hub and worked perfectly. Crazy goings on around here. Must be the solar flares.
Give me sometime to pull the partition images and upload them. You be my tester as adb is working for you so you're good to go. Images will contain stock ROM, oh and you will need Linux. Ubuntu is recommended... burn it into a CD/DVD, or create a virtual machine with it; you will need adb working there too >> for that you need to download sdk from official Web page and set it up. Questions are welcomed.
Edit: I just made a guide that will help you setting up ADB on ubuntu: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550414
Edit2: i got the images but from mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p9 as i don't have a higher sdcard to backup images 10 & 11 but with 1-9 you good to go. Size of the zip containing them is 686 MB, pfff that will take a while will leave it uploading over night...
If you dont know what am i talking about lol i explain:
16GB Nook Tablet has 11 partitions each one located under /dev/block folder, named mmcblk0p* (where * is 1-11]). So had to use dd to copy the images of each one to /sdcard.
This table is useful to know the order and name of the partitions (Got it using Parted) and added the >> mmcblk0p* file name that belong to each of them:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader >> mmcblk0p1
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader >> mmcblk0p2
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery >> mmcblk0p3
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot >> mmcblk0p4
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom >> mmcblk0p5
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata >> mmcblk0p6
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory >> mmcblk0p7
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system >> mmcblk0p8
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache >> mmcblk0p9
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media >> mmcblk0p10
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata >> mmcblk0p11
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
Hi Veronica,
Just got in and noticed your post. Totally cool! Not that familiar with Ubunto. Have used it a tad. Straight on!! The thing I have a problem with in Ubunto is that I can't access my folders in windows. So constantly have to reboot back into windows 7. Or maybe there is a way to access, but just haven't figured it out yet from the times I have used the program. I'm probably going to just go out tomorrow and get a laptop . Just don't know what I want. Really wanting a transformer prime. I'll have to toss the coin. That way I can jump back and forth without rebooting. Anyway's thanks for taking interest in my dilemma and trying to point me in the right direction.
Nice night/day
Chris
signinfailed said:
Hi Veronica,
Just got in and noticed your post. Totally cool! Not that familiar with Ubunto. Have used it a tad. Straight on!! The thing I have a problem with in Ubunto is that I can't access my folders in windows. So constantly have to reboot back into windows 7. Or maybe there is a way to access, but just haven't figured it out yet from the times I have used the program. I'm probably going to just go out tomorrow and get a laptop . Just don't know what I want. Really wanting a transformer prime. I'll have to toss the coin. That way I can jump back and forth without rebooting. Anyway's thanks for taking interest in my dilemma and trying to point me in the right direction.
Nice night/day
Chris
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No need to install it directly just download virtual box or VMware player and create a virtual machine with latest Ubuntu 11.10 image . Its always good to have ubuntu.
Once installed ubuntu follow my guide to setup adb.
Edit: Upload complete... you've got a PM
~ Veronica
Good day Nook Tablet users! I've decided to make these Video-Tutorials as i see many of you have bricked your device and also because i know there will be many of you that don't even know where to start following written instructions, reason why you will see below a video to install Ubuntu, SDK and ADB.
This Thread is NOOB-FRIENDLY and is meant to give support so please take the information given in here, process it and use it to help others!
~ NT UNBRICK VIDEO-TUTORIAL ~
My Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL216837379418927A
Restore the Internal Partitions of your NOOK TABLET
Completely bricked 16GB NT? wiped all the partition table? dead nook :'( ?
... you've got to try this
[HOW-TO] Install Ubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox + Install Guest Additions
[HOW-TO] Install SDK/ADB tools in Ubuntu + Workaround for when ADB doesn't work
[HOW-TO] Use "dd" command to flash the partition images that might help you Unbrick your Nook Tablet
[HOW-TO] Recreate/Repartition media & userdata back to stock in the Nook Tablet
INTERNAL PARTITIONS:
File System Name => Part. Block
xloader => mmcblk0p1
bootloader => mmcblk0p2
recovery => mmcblk0p3
boot => mmcblk0p4
rom => mmcblk0p5
bootdata => mmcblk0p6
factory => mmcblk0p7
system => mmcblk0p8
cache => mmcblk0p9
media => mmcblk0p10
userdata => mmcblk0p11
OPTION #1: Flashing partitions 1-4 and 6 from CWM sdcard
1. Follow my instructions posted here to create a bootable CWM sdcard
2. Download flash_restore_8gb_partitions_1-4&6.zip | flash_restore_16gb_partitions_1-4&6.zip and copy the file to your sdcard aswell.
3. Boot into CWM sdcard and flash the .zip file you copied previously
4. Long press power button to power off your Noook tablet and remove your sdcard
5. Download nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip
6. Put your sdcard back in your PC, format it with fat32 file system and set the primary partition to "Active" on windows (LBA: boot on Linux)
7. Copy nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip to your empty sdcard, once done safely eject your sdcard and put it back into your Nook Tablet
8. Power on your device. The nooktablet_1_4_2_update.zip should flash now and you will be back to purely out-of-the-box stock. That if your brick is not that bad!
OPTION #2: Flashing internal partitions manually
* Use only the partition(s) needed, there is not need to use them all if you just formatted 1 partition "mistakenly"
1. Follow my instructions posted here to create a bootable CWM sdcard
2. Boot into CWM sdcard
3. Install ADB if you haven't and make sure your device is recognized!
4. Open a Terminal and issue the following commands:
Code:
$ adb devices
make sure your device's serial ID shows up
Code:
[B]$[/B] adb shell
[B]~#[/B] mount sdcard
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p1 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p2 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p6 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p7 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 bs=4096
* mmcblk0p5 partition keeps your original serial ID's and MAC address so is better for you to backup your rom partition so you get your info intact once you unbrick your device
Code:
[B]~$[/B] adb shell
[B]~#[/B] mount sdcard
[B]~#[/B] dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p5
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Link 1 | Link 2 - 16 GB NT Internal Partitions
Link 1 - 8 GB NT Internal Partitions | Thanks to @CelticWebSolutions
* Find more stuff in my FTP Nook Tablet folder
~ Veronica
currently downloading the files.... I 'll report back tomorrow if it helped me
Pete1612 said:
currently downloading the files.... I 'll report back tomorrow if it helped me
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Great, let me know how it goes.
~ Veronica
okey soo I tried to dd the partitions cache and bootdata (these are probably the ones who are corrupt) and they always got me an error, saying that there is no space left on the device....
EDIT: I also can't format the partition
Pete1612 said:
okey soo I tried to dd the partitions cache and bootdata (these are probably the ones who are corrupt) and they always got me an error, saying that there is no space left on the device....
EDIT: I also can't format the partition
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Can you run parted and post your partition table?
~ Veronica
I'm Back!
Veronica,
You rock! Everything is cool! Great tutorials. I missed some of the steps a couple of weeks ago. Anyway's, needed to say thanks for all your patience. Just think if you had lived next door you could have fixed my NT in 30 minutes instead of me taking 30 days) The solid thing is though I learned some linux and other stuff along the way.
You people in xda land need to pay attention to this lady.
Nice day/night!
Peace!
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 13.6GB 12.0GB fat32 media msftres
11 13.6GB 15.9GB 2338MB ext4 userdata
Pete1612 said:
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 13.6GB 12.0GB fat32 media msftres
11 13.6GB 15.9GB 2338MB ext4 userdata
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ok seems fine, what is the problem you have.
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
ok seems fine, what is the problem you have.
~ Veronica
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my problem is that I can't push your mmcblk0px images to my internal storage because it always gives me the "no space left on device" error. IS there maybe some way to format a partition through adb ?
Pete1612 said:
my problem is that I can't push your mmcblk0px images to my internal storage because it always gives me the "no space left on device" error. IS there maybe some way to format a partition through adb ?
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With adb not really but you can do things with parted (though the version provided is old).
Do you get an error when you want to format? also do you still get a notification in parted that your partitions are damaged?
Edit: I'll get back to you tomorrow. Good night/day
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
With adb not really but you can do things with parted (though the version provided is old).
Do you get an error when you want to format? also do you still get a notification in parted that your partitions are damaged?
Edit: I'll get back to you tomorrow. Good night/day
~ Veronica
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Hmm okey. I get an error in CWM when I want to either flash a ROM/Backup or format a partition. Yep I still get that notification but no option to fixi it.
Thanks for helping me out
Pete1612 said:
Hmm okey. I get an error in CWM when I want to either flash a ROM/Backup or format a partition. Yep I still get that notification but no option to fixi it.
Thanks for helping me out
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Got it, could you please post the errors you get. Details are important so if we manage to fix it another user with the same problem will be able to fix it aswell.
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
it just says "no space left on device"
o packages sent and then it goes back to shell...
Pete1612 said:
it just says "no space left on device"
o packages sent and then it goes back to shell...
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no i meant in CWM when you want to backup/restore, format, etc
~ Veronica
oh okey, first it gives the
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
error and then when I want to format a parition it says:
Formatting system...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/system
And with the other paritions it says:
Formatting /bootdata...
Error mounting /bootdata
Skipping format...
Done.
EDIT: haven't tried adam outlers full wipe ubuntu method yet, because I don't have a 8 gb card...
Pete1612 said:
oh okey, first it gives the
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
error and then when I want to format a parition it says:
Formatting system...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/system
And with the other paritions it says:
Formatting /bootdata...
Error mounting /bootdata
Skipping format...
Done.
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Got it ,can you post the parted error or notification you get too. Do the errors you getting started after you repartitioned or you had them before that?, partitions look ok to the point that parted shows the partition table as it should with the file system, names of the partitions and flag so what im thinking is eather a failure with recovery or other damaged parts wich is very very weird as this error: E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/system i've never seen before and also recovery unable to format other partitions is weird, so my recommendation would be to flash/restore recovery again and if that does not help then we take it from the errors.
i just checked in the repartition thread i created and a guy had a similar problem:
schtuka said:
Thank you Veronica. I will try it at work right now. 6LV26081EP701653Y
So I did everything according to OP. Within CWM went to Advanced/Reboot to recovery/restore
Trying to restore my backup and I am getting:
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Restoring system...
Restoring data...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/userdata
Error while formatting /data
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
....... help?....
I still have your ROM on sdcard. Should I try to install it instead of backup?
Tried to install your ROM from sdcard. Rebooted and now just sitting on white NOOK screen.
Am I FUBARed? I can't get to CWM.
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... but he missed a step, that caused that error:
schtuka said:
Looks same as the end of OP script. Could it be the cable? I am not using NT original usb cable.
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Nop its not the same. The name "username" its missing for the partition #11 >> you forgot to give it name
11 11.6GB 15.9GB 4326MB ext4 userdata
~ Veronica
I got the errors as I tried to format the internal SD card storage in CM7 after I repartitioned the Userdata/media
okey the parted error is easy:
It just says "no more space left on device"
and that's it. I'll try to reflash the recovery and report back
Pete1612 said:
I got the errors as I tried to format the internal SD card storage in CM7 after I repartitioned the Userdata/media
okey the parted error is easy:
It just says "no more space left on device"
and that's it. I'll try to reflash the recovery and report back
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Oh i see and what steps did you do to attempt formatting internal SD?
I edited my last post check again.
PS: i don't include internal SD (/media) partition in here because i don't have a larger sdcard but i will try to go back to standard 1gb to get the image. I know you're not the only one out there that have tried formatting internal SD partition .
~ Veronica
I just wanted to format it through CM7 (the internal storage settings).
I attempted to repush the CWM to my recovery partition and it failed.
~ # dd if=/mnt/sdcard/irrecovery2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 dd: can't open '/mnt/sdcard/irrecovery2.img': No such file or directory
Sorry I have to go so I won't be able to answer you the next 6-7 hours.
Pete1612 said:
I just wanted to format it through CM7 (the internal storage settings).
I attempted to repush the CWM to my recovery partition and it failed.
~ # dd if=/mnt/sdcard/irrecovery2.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 dd: can't open '/mnt/sdcard/irrecovery2.img': No such file or directory
Sorry I have to go so I won't be able to answer you the next 6-7 hours.
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try with /sdcard/irrecovery2.img instead of /mnt/sdcard/irrecovery2.img
~ Veronica
I want to make sure I understand this. I know cwm will backup the OS, but what if I wanted to backup my entire nook? More specifically, what if I wanted to take a picture of my nook as when it was a fresh install. Here is my theory:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img
Will this work? Obviously I'd need an sdcard with a lot of storage, but will it backup everything so that, say, in the case all my tablet partitions get destroyed, I can just use dd to dump the img of the whole disk back onto the nook, and give me a squeaky clean nook? And how big would my sdcard have to be? at least 8gb? or at least 16gb? But yeah, my whole hypothesis behind this is to create a bootable sdcard that will do just that, backup everything from a complete stock, so that in the future if I messup my partitions, (like I did before), I can just dump images onto it, that will make it flawless.
At least I hope. Give me your thoughts. Thanks!
That would work, technically, but the CWM backup option does do a full backup AFAIK, at least, I have never had any issues with the backup missing something. Using dd is a way to ensure you get a bit for bit copy, I worry about size though. It has been a long time since I used that, if memory serves you get every bit even if that bit is free space. When I did this for backup on my Ubuntu box ages ago I had to run it through gzip or bzip2 to get the size reasonable. I'm not sure if that is possible on the Nook Tablet.
No is better if you backup partition one by one not the whole partition table. Anyways i don't recommend you to use dd as a "backup" method if there are other ways.
If you are looking for fresh install there are other ways to do it. like a normal standar user will do to "start-from-scratch" and root then boot into CWM from sdcard and backup your ROM. If you're advance user you will know how to pack it as a CWM flashable zip
I have a thread and use dd commands but for UNBRICK purposes not for "backup".
Be careful with what you do, just an advice.
~ Veronica
I would have to agree, I have personally also had issues restoring a partition table to a flash based device. You could end up with a useless backup.
Well, the reason I ask, is because for some weird reason, my partition table got corrupted. It was useless. i wish I would have backed up /rom. I got the serial number on the rom partition back, just not the mac address. but anyway, I had to clear the entire partition table and start anew. But I can't seem to get the partition table looking exactly like this:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
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It never gets aligned correctly. And that's why xloader won't ever load. I can get into clockworkmod backup. But that's the reason why I want that backup of the table. Whatever type of table it is, you can't recreate it in gnuparted.
soshite said:
Well, the reason I ask, is because for some weird reason, my partition table got corrupted. It was useless. i wish I would have backed up /rom. I got the serial number on the rom partition back, just not the mac address. but anyway, I had to clear the entire partition table and start anew. But I can't seem to get the partition table looking exactly like this:
It never gets aligned correctly. And that's why xloader won't ever load. I can get into clockworkmod backup. But that's the reason why I want that backup of the table. Whatever type of table it is, you can't recreate it in gnuparted.
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Actually you can recreate the partition table but that is very advanced.
About the command would be better:
Code:
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0pX of=/sdcard/mmcblk0pX
* where X is a number 1 to 11 (partition #) but partitions 10 and 11 are media and userdata too big don't worry about those yet they can be recreated so backup from partition 1 to 9 better.
For big partitions like system, cache, factory, etc is better if you add bs=4096 at the end of the code:
Example: backing up SYSTEM partition
Code:
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p8 bs=4096
INTERNAL PARTITIONS
xloader = mmcblk0p1
bootloader = mmcblk0p2
recovery = mmcblk0p3
boot = mmcblk0p4
rom = mmcblk0p5
bootdata = mmcblk0p6
factory = mmcblk0p7
system = mmcblk0p8
cache = mmcblk0p9
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~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
Actually you can recreate the partition table but that is very advanced.
About the command would be better:
Code:
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0pX of=/sdcard/mmcblk0pX
* where X is a number 1 to 11 (partition #) but partitions 10 and 11 are media and userdata too big don't worry about those yet they can be recreated so backup from partition 1 to 9 better.
For big partitions like system, cache, factory, etc is better if you add bs=4096 at the end of the code:
Example: backing up SYSTEM partition
Code:
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p8 bs=4096
~ Veronica
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How do you recreate the repartition table?
Code:
(parted) mklabel gpt
Because apparently Adam said it was different. But I dunno. I tried a gpt table. It didn't seem to work
soshite said:
How do you recreate the repartition table?
Code:
mklabel gpt
Because apparently Adam said it was different. But I dunno. I tried a gpt table. It didn't seem to work
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130
... @meghd00t is the man for that, check last 2 pages of that thread.
If you really have f&%# up your device then that is your thread for support
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130
... @meghd00t is the man for that
~ Veronica
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Eh... I tried that one. It didn't seem to fix anything.. I know it said it fixed the partitions but it actually didn't do anything. I was pretty surprised.
But the strangest part is this:
Code:
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
/recovery ends at 16.3mb and /boot starts at 16.8mb. And I can't recreate this at all. parted automatically places the boot partition at 16.3mb. Have any clue on that?
how did you "clear the entire partition table" ?
... so you're device is bricked right? and if you really wiped all the partitions you will need high level support.
A story of what exactly you have done so far will be helpful and i would suggest not to try anything else until you explain.
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
how did you "clear the entire partition table" ?
... so you're device is bricked right? and if you really wiped all the partitions you will need high level support.
A story of what exactly you have done so far will be helpful and i would suggest not to try anything else until you explain.
~ Veronica
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Part of it is on my dead nook topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597155
But then, my partition table was corrupt. It wouldn't work at all. So I made a new partition table in parted:
Code:
(parted) mklabel gpt
Which pretty much deleted everything. Which is what I wanted. But. It's hard to recreate the exact same partitions in parted. for example, MLO starts at 131kb and ends at 262kb. But when I make the partition:
Code:
(parted) mkpart primary () 131kb 262kb
** where () denotes unformatted filesystem
It says the file size is 132kb, whereas the xloader partition should actually be 131kb. How the heck does that happen? Because the xloader partition is meant to be super secure, then that partition doesn't pass consistency check. And if I make it end at 261kb, it still won't pass the consistency check.
I don't know what B&N did with their partition table. It really is a strange table.
Hi, Experts.
I am new to rooting and I think I screwed up my NB 16GB. I used ubuntu to connect into my NB and there is only /rom but no devconf folder. My serial number is now 0000000000000000. I am going through the steps of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1570022 but I can't download mmcblk0p8 and there is no mmcblk0p5. How can I get these 2 files? How do I know which mmc I need to restore? I can't even boot into CMW.
I can only boot to CM7 via sdcard. Is there any thread to guide me on how to recover via CM7 instead of ubuntu? Thanks.
Change to linear or full view and then you can download, i just checked and that works. I don't know why in grid view it wouldn't download but i guess is a bug in minus.com.
About mmcblk0p5 i moved it to another private folder and i will be giving the link only if needed that way i have more control of it. If you still need it the pm me and i'll give you the link.
Edit: I modified the folder's view to linear so now you can download.
~ Veronica
Now it says file does not exist
Hi, Veron.
Thanks for your reply. I tried but now it says file does not exist. I have problem previously with other files and I tried on IE, FF and Chrome. Only IE allows me to download but mmcblk0p8 is the only 1 I can't download with all browser.
ayoyo1001 said:
Hi, Veron.
Thanks for your reply. I tried but now it says file does not exist. I have problem previously with other files and I tried on IE, FF and Chrome. Only IE allows me to download but mmcblk0p8 is the only 1 I can't download with all browser.
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Hmm thats weird because i changed the folder's view and clicked on download link of mmcblk0p8 and it started to download. Im using Ubuntu now with chromium but you should be able to. Clean your cache (Ccleaner recommended) and try again
~ Veronica
I still can't download mmcblk0p8. Is there a way for me to test which partition is corrupted and if I need mmcblk0p8? Maybe I just need to do some and not all.
ayoyo1001 said:
I still can't download mmcblk0p8. Is there a way for me to test which partition is corrupted and if I need mmcblk0p8? Maybe I just need to do some and not all.
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Describe better your problem, what exactly you did that it got corrupted or bricked. Did you format some partitions in cwm? Or what?
~ Veronica
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
I am a novice in Android. I went into storage card, erase some of the partition. Now I can only boot into CM7. I can't boot into CWM. If I took out the CM7 sdcard, it will not start nor will not show the N logo. Taking out the card also no effect. It is just showing black screen. Even with usb plug/unplug also will not boot to CWM. Is there anyway to restore the partition from CM7 terminal emulator? Any commands? Using CM7 to restore seems like my last resort
I am from Singapore and I can't possibly do a return in USA.
Please post the parted outcome of print command to see what you have done to your mmcblk0.
ayoyo1001 said:
I am a novice in Android. I went into storage card, erase some of the partition. Now I can only boot into CM7. I can't boot into CWM. If I took out the CM7 sdcard, it will not start nor will not show the N logo. Taking out the card also no effect. It is just showing black screen. Even with usb plug/unplug also will not boot to CWM. Is there anyway to restore the partition from CM7 terminal emulator? Any commands? Using CM7 to restore seems like my last resort
I am from Singapore and I can't possibly do a return in USA.
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I will help you out tomorrow/later may 7. if you can run CM7 from sdcard then you will be able to run cwm from sdcard as well.
~ Veronica
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
Thanks. Will wait for your great posting.
ayoyo1001 said:
Thanks. Will wait for your great posting.
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I went into storage card, erase some of the partition
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Can you explain better that, what OS were you running when you erased the partitions?
For now you have to start burning a cwm image from here to your scard. Why that version? because it was compiles with some useful tools in it that will help you unbrick your device.
Note: would be better if you have 2 sdcards.
Once you have cwm running from sdcard please go to this post, run parted, post the output of print and ignore the rest.
To be explicit i just need this output:
~ $ cd path-to-adb-drivers
~ $ adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port xxxx *
* daemon started succesfully *
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? f
f
f
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? f
f
f
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
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... We take it from there.
~ Veronica
you mean the command below?
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
I don't have the NT with me now. I will try out tonight when I reach home.
ayoyo1001 said:
you mean the command below?
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
I don't have the NT with me now. I will try out tonight when I reach home.
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read carefully and follow instructions , post what I have requested. the commands are the ones in bold
~ Veronica
Sent from my NookTablet using xda premium
Noted. I will do it tonight. Thanks.
Hi, here's the screenshots.
[email protected]:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ sudo ./adb devices
[sudo] password for xda:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
0000000000000000 recovery
[email protected]:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb shell
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? y
y
Model: MMC 016G4A (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB userdata
(parted)
Hope you find it useful. Thanks.
ayoyo1001 said:
Hi, here's the screenshots.
[email protected]:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ sudo ./adb devices
[sudo] password for xda:
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
0000000000000000 recovery
[email protected]:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb shell
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? y
y
Model: MMC 016G4A (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB userdata
(parted)
Hope you find it useful. Thanks.
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Hmmm oh well i don't know how you did this but your partitions does not have file system e.g fat32, ext4 format.
I assume you get 00000000000000 because rom partition got wiped as well and so your device has no serial ID to show up.
You'll have to use this method and after you fix it (hopefully that works right away) use this to have a serial ID again, i'll have to give you the link of my rom partition (mmcblk0p5) by pm as i keep it private and im giving the link only to the ones that need it by pm request. Let me know if you have any problem, post it and i'll see what i can do.
~ Veronica
I'm also new to rooting and I'm experiencing a similar issue with my NT. I derped up when using the instructions here to fix my nook's partition tables. Long story short, I thought I had backed up my mmcblk0p5 and well apparently it didn't save. When I reconnected my nook via adb my serial was all 0'ed out.
Any help? I think the only way to fix this massive derp is a copy of someone else's mmcblk0p5. If there are any other suggestions, I'm up for trying it...
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