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!
hockey25stud said:
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! : )
sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/[/url]
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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?
and
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
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OK so I barely got a nook and I been going through the forums. So just to get this right. When you do root you basically root the tablet and are able to installed google apps. Then when you put cm10 files and partition the SD card you are basically booting from the SD card and if you were to take it out you boot back to BN right? And from what I have read there has been no flashing so far to internal memory am I right? Any answers would be appreciate thanks
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You have a lot more reading to do. Installation of CM 10 is mostly done to internal or EMMC. There is one SD card version available from succulent. If you use the SD card version then yes you keep the stock nook os. From an off state power on takes you to cm10 if you then choose a reboot it will go to nook os. Power off then power on takes you back to cm 10.
Sent from my CM 10 SD nook tablet. Thanks devs.
There are a large number of NTs that will only boot from the SD card when the NT is powered off and then plugged in to the charger or USB to power on. Just turning it on by using the power button doesn't boot from the SD card.
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That seems to mostly be, in my opinion based on the reading i have done, an issue with the type of SD card being used. I have 2 16gb NT's that have NEVER needed to be plugged in to boot. It is a known fact that the tablet is extremely temperamental about the card it likes.
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Yeah that make sense. I used to have att tilt 2 with mobile windows. And when android came along we will first boot to mobile windows and then boot into android with the SD card. I thought it would be a similiar process.
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SlowCobra96 said:
That seems to mostly be, in my opinion based on the reading i have done, an issue with the type of SD card being used. I have 2 16gb NT's that have NEVER needed to be plugged in to boot. It is a known fact that the tablet is extremely temperamental about the card it likes.
Sent from my CM 10 SD nook tablet. Thanks devs.
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So in your opinion what kind of cards it likes?
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I use Sandisc or Kingston, class 4 seems to be the best choice but personally use Kingston 8gb class 10 cards in both of my NT's. I have tried 1, 2, 4, and 8 GB cards of various classes. I have run different cwm versions and CM 7 and 10 from them without ever inserting my charge cable. I have noticed the bigger the card the more you need to pay attention to boot, system, and data partition sizing.
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SlowCobra96 said:
That seems to mostly be, in my opinion based on the reading i have done, an issue with the type of SD card being used. I have 2 16gb NT's that have NEVER needed to be plugged in to boot. It is a known fact that the tablet is extremely temperamental about the card it likes.
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You're just very lucky with your two NTs, the problem has nothing do with the SD card type.
Yes, card brand/class doesn't effect if it boots with or without charger. Its just that some do, but it seems a larger number don't. Mine would only boot with the charger, it got annoying so I started installing ROMs internally.
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Mine would only boot with the charger, it got annoying so I started installing ROMs internally.
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I went native CM10 for much of the same reason.
digixmax said:
You're just very lucky with your two NTs, the problem has nothing do with the SD card type.
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Perhaps. However I have a hard time believing that a production environment varies so widely that, from one NT to the next, things are vastly different. Or have they developed some sort of AI that prevents them from working? Both situations are highly doubtful.
The only non-constant is the SD card. From all the posts on xda asking how to make one it's no wonder there are so many fingers pointing at the NT being at fault. Then that's followed by 10 questions that they still can't get it to work, what files do i need to add, please someone hold my hand I can't/won't follow the clearly written instructions, can I buy it, etc most people blame that on the NT.
Now I'm not saying all that fail to work are user error. I am saying that SD cards are notorious for being less than reliable.
Sent from my CM 10 SD nook tablet. Thanks devs.
Assuming that the "boot" SD card has a properly formatted boot partition (FAT32 + LBA and Active flags set) containing the proper set of boot files (MLO, u-boot.bin, flashing_boot.img and/or boot.img and/or recovery.img), every NT (including those perfect NTs which can boot off SD using a power-on button) will boot off SD with a powered-USB insertion. On the other hand, there are many "imperfect" NTs out there which can only boot off SD when tethered with a powered USB, but your post will mislead their owners into thinking the problem is with their SD card and wasting their money trying different SD cards to no avail.
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Assuming that the "boot" SD card has a properly formatted boot partition (FAT32 + LBA and Active flags set) containing the proper set of boot files (MLO, u-boot.bin, flashing_boot.img and/or boot.img and/or recovery.img), every NT (including those perfect NTs which can boot off SD using a power-on button) will boot off SD with a powered-USB insertion. On the other hand, there are many "imperfect" NTs out there which can only boot off SD when tethered with a powered USB, but your post will mislead their owners into thinking the problem is with their SD card and wasting their money trying different SD cards to no avail.
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I gotta agree with SlowCobra. I have a hand full of SD cards and my NT will refuse to boot from a couple of them. It may be possible for there to be variation from NT to NT, but too much evidence points to the SD card.
To OP, Sandisk class 4 is probably the most recommended card between the NT and NC forums.
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i have read several threads. Installe Ubuntu on a laptop and have come to the conclusion.........I have no business rooting, or anything i hav tried several metods to try and restore my 16gb nt and have been unsuccesful. is there any body out there willing to try and restore it for me. i will pay all shipping and will send it with my 8gb class 10 card. I just want it restored to cm7 or something functional HELL even stock would be great at this point. I do not have the skills to do it myself. It has been bricked for over a month now. This was a device used by all of my family members and now they are all upset with me for ruining it. Will B&N take it back and do a restore? anything ANYTHING PLEASE HELP!
Can't you just start by telling us what you have tried?
Have you for example tried the repart.img card already? If so, what happened?
Edit: I checked you previous posts and see that you tried to get Adam's method going.
Before going through the trouble of sending the Tablet around, try the repart.img
http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
In short
1. Download, extract zip and save the repart.img in the same folder as you keep your Winimage
2. Open Winimage from within that folder. (Do not "install" and run, just open from the folder!)
3. Choose the "repart.img"
4. Burn it to the card
5. Boot to the card (inserted in Tablet)and wait for green checkmark
6. Turn off, remove card and Tablet will reboot automatically.
If green checkmark doesn't appear after a few minutes and a red cross appears instead, then you're in trouble and nee to try soimething else. But let's hope it deosn't come to that!
o.k.
Thank You! i have followed these instructions. i even started out with a new 8GB SanDisk microSD and a new usb card reader. i was able to successfully create the card. My 16GB NT does boot to the restore screen but I do have the red x in the corner the whole time. When it finishes, i get a the device will shut down in 5 sec. I have tried the re-boot without the card as well as booting with the power button and the cable. i am waiting for a fresh download of adam's file to try that agin. If that does not work I will move onto celtic's instructions.
FINALLY!
Alright! I have returned to stock. courtesy of the AdamOutlerUbuntuTotalReFlash. The problem is the touch screen doesn't work. I will be attempting to restore to a previous cm back up from here. I owe more than thanks to so many people here. asawi, AdamOutler, Albert Wertz, Celtic, indirect. and all who helped. them. I have learned a bit in a minute and have a long way to go. My 16 GB NT isn't fully restored but, it's closer today than 4 -5 weeks ago!
Woohoo!! And I see you already know how to fix the touch. I'm sure you'll do fine, and I hope you come back and let us know about your success!!
not quite
i am pretty happy with my success so far. and it is all due to this forum. I haven't figured out how to fix the touch yet. I have tried to flash a few different things but no success yet.
Have you tried just running CM10 from sd card? I don't know if you can do that and restore original touch firmware, but it's worth a try!
The Touchscreen app is included, so it "should" work...
Here's a link to and easy-peasy versio:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Download (first download under "Download", ending with SDC-IMG.RAR), extract and put img-file in your Winimage folder, burn to card, pop into Tablet and boot into sd card.
Open the Touch firmware app and go back to original.
Remove card and rebbot into stock and hopefully all is well now!
Since you don't actually plan to run the Tablet that way you don't have to expand the user partition on the card, just run it as it is!
Edit: FWIW, I went and tried to flash touch formware while running CM10 from sd-card, and it seems to work fine. I then took the card out a and rebooted to my "regular" (internal) CM10 and reflashed the touch firmware back to what it was.
(I have no need for 10 touch right now, so I keep it in original until I do),
So you really should be good to go with Succulent's (Iamafanof) ready-made CM10 (or CM10.1) card images!
asawi said:
Have you tried just running CM10 from sd card? I don't know if you can do that and restore original touch firmware, but it's worth a try!
The Touchscreen app is included, so it "should" work...
Here's a link to and easy-peasy versio:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Download (first download under "Download", ending with SDC-IMG.RAR), extract and put img-file in your Winimage folder, burn to card, pop into Tablet and boot into sd card.
Open the Touch firmware app and go back to original.
Remove card and rebbot into stock and hopefully all is well now!
Since you don't actually plan to run the Tablet that way you don't have to expand the user partition on the card, just run it as it is!
Edit: FWIW, I went and tried to flash touch formware while running CM10 from sd-card, and it seems to work fine. I then took the card out a and rebooted to my "regular" (internal) CM10 and reflashed the touch firmware back to what it was.
(I have no need for 10 touch right now, so I keep it in original until I do),
So you really should be good to go with Succulent's (Iamafanof) ready-made CM10 (or CM10.1) card images!
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I am getting an error message telling me that the nook has encountered a problem that requires a system restart. If this problem persists, please contact Customer Service
Just reset the tablet and it should load. If not put the repart SD card back in the device again.
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I am getting an error message telling me that the nook has encountered a problem that requires a system restart. If this problem persists, please contact Customer Service
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I think what I am going to try is re-create and boot from the the AdamOutlerCard and see if that clears up the problem. The nook doesn't seem to recognize the sd card or the format? and will not boot to or from the sd card (CWM) . and then I will move on to Succulent's http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/...r-nook-tablet/ . I really appreciate the advice and all the help.
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I am getting an error message telling me that the nook has encountered a problem that requires a system restart. If this problem persists, please contact Customer Service
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At what stage of the recovery did you get this error message, e.g., during the process of initial sign-in to B&N?
o.k. I have achieved boot to SD card using sucullent's iamafanof cm10 image as instructed by asawi. my next goal will be researching and flashing the internals again. i suspect my initial problem resulted from having both cwm and cyanoboot resulting in the two arguing for permissions and rights. Additionally flashing the 10 touch which led to an unresponsive screen, which led me too trying to clear the "wrong" boot or mount and leaving me with only the cwm boot. patience!, clear thinking and help from all of you here got this device back in working order. Again I am extremely grateful for all the help!
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So do you now have your touch working! If so, WOOHOO!!
To get CM10 installed internally I followed the steps under C in my post here. I'm pretty much a noon myself, so I though that if I could do it that way, anyone can. So I wrote the steps down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2081981
YES!
asawi said:
So do you now have your touch working! If so, WOOHOO!!
To get CM10 installed internally I followed the steps under C in my post here. I'm pretty much a noon myself, so I though that if I could do it that way, anyone can. So I wrote the steps down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2081981
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Yes! Touch is working. I have not completed the registration for B&N yet. It seems that the updates that they push make it more challenging to root and / or flash to internal. I am just running CM off of an 8GB Class 10 micro SD. I don't want to do the B&N registration yet because I haven't 100% decided to flash to internal. Can the updates still be pushed even thogh I haven't registered? I am considering to keep running of an SD and get a 32GB class 6 card to do that. I would like to have the internal flashed because well let's face it the NT really isn't much to talk about until you. Unlock it's true potential. Question this process which I have followed here the repart and return to stock but running CM off the SD is that considered root?
I'm currently running CM 10.1 from an SD card and it does the same thing as internal boot. All information stored on the SD card with root privileges.
Sv: [Q] PLEASE HELP I GIVE UP and throw myself at the mercy of this community
I can't see any reason not to register your device if possible. You can block updates even if you're running stock as long as you're rooted.
It's more convenient running from internal than from SD, but I can't say I noticed much improvement in performance. Stick to class 4 unless you already have the class 6 lying around.
Be prepared that there might be problems registering after running the Ubuntu restore due to serial number possibly having been wiped.
O.K.
asawi said:
I can't see any reason not to register your device if possible. You can block updates even if you're running stock as long as you're rooted.
It's more convenient running from internal than from SD, but I can't say I noticed much improvement in performance. Stick to class 4 unless you already have the class 6 lying around.
Be prepared that there might be problems registering after running the Ubuntu restore due to serial number possibly having been wiped.
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Alrighty then. I guess I will stick with just running off the SD card then. If I can't register then I will probably flash to internal. just curious why stick with class 4? Does the class 4 just run better or more compatible with the NT? How can I can confirm root?
SanDisk class 4 is the SD card most often recomended för NT. Runs fast and well and even devices that are fussy boot easily from it. The way data needs to be read for this kind of use isn't any faster on a higher class.
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asawi said:
SanDisk class 4 is the SD card most often recomended för NT. Runs fast and well and even devices that are fussy boot easily from it. The way data needs to be read for this kind of use isn't any faster on a higher class.
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Is it possible or realistic that I can run a different SD card for different people using the tablet? i.e. using an 8 gig card with games and such for my kids to use. another card for my wife and then a card for myself. My fear is that the kids will eject the card or just not really know what they're doing and do something accidentally? (They are kids after all). My wife doesn't like the fact that I keep changing the configurations. Just overall giving everybody the ability to have the apps and configuration they want without encroaching on somebody else's preferences and hogging up all the space available on the card.
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Is it possible or realistic that I can run a different SD card for different people using the tablet? i.e. using an 8 gig card with games and such for my kids to use. another card for my wife and then a card for myself. My fear is that the kids will eject the card or just not really know what they're doing and do something accidentally? (They are kids after all). My wife doesn't like the fact that I keep changing the configurations. Just overall giving everybody the ability to have the apps and configuration they want without encroaching on somebody else's preferences and hogging up all the space available on the card.
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Yes that is possible. Just write the SDC version from iamafanof's page onto separate SD card. Recommended to use at least an 8GB Speed 4 microSD.
The other option is to use the profiles/users feature. It might be only CM10.1 builds that have the User capability. You can set up different accounts for yourself, your kids and your wife.
Back in December I attempted to update my Nook Tablet to a new build from CM. Something in the process went wrong, and left me without a bootable device. Soon after I packed to move cross country and the unit has been in a box since. I recently got it out to try and fix it but am having a difficult time understanding what happened to it. My assumption is that the internal memory is jacked in some way.
Currently, the unit WILL NOT boot with an SD Card in the slot. The screen stays black. If I remove the SD Card, it will boot.
The unit WILL boot into recovery, but will not write a new rom, always leaves me with a failed write message. (I have to insert & mount the SD Card AFTER I get it booted)
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I am looking for suggestions on which direction to head to next. I have seen one members' video tutorials regarding formatting with ADB. The last time I used it was soon after the Droid X was released but I feel ok in performing the steps.
Is that the route I should take? Am I missing some other step in troubleshooting?
TIA.
--JD
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for pointers on making a bootable SD card, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056626 for pointers on how to flash CM10 onto your NT emmc.
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I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
--JD
jdfgura said:
I appreciate the time you took to reply. However, I have tried creating a bootable SD card already. The tablet simply will not boot with a card in the physical slot, either with a bootable card, or without. If a card is in the slot, the tablet will present a black screen tricking you into thinking it is dead, or otherwise fubar'd. Hence my dilemma on how to proceed.
--JD
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Use this...
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013...-2-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet-0416/
Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
datallboy said:
Use this...
iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/cm10-1-android-4-2-2-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet-0416
Just write the image file to your SD card and put it in your nook.
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I have already done something similar with another build. Doesn't matter what type of SD card I put in the tablet, empty, formatted, bootable, etc... as long as an SD card is in the slot, the tablet will not go anywhere past a blank, black screen. I can however boot the tablet into recovery without an SD card, then mount it within in recovery, and attempt to write a new rom but it always errors out.
Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Once your NT goes blank/black, if you just leave it alone for say 3-5 min, does it eventually boot to internal recovery?
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
--JD
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Unfortunately no. Originally, when I got it back it out to fix it, I went for a week thinking the thing was dead. After a few aha moments, thats when I figured out having a card in the slot would keep the screen black.
--JD
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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My NT would typically try to boot off SD if it finds first partition to be bootable and containing the requisite boot files MLO and u-boot.bin, and if these files are corrupted its screen would stay blank/dark for ~3-5 min then it would boot off emmc. Otherwise, if the first partition is not bootable or does not contain MLO & u-boot.bin, the NT would boot straight off emmc.
I assume that you already tried different SD cards with same results?
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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Yes that's correct. I am going to go through various steps tomorrow, try it all again in case I missed something. I still feel as if I have corrupted the emmc somehow.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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FWIW, this link http://omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project provides an overview of the NT OMAP processor boot process.
Sounds like there might be a problem with your NT SD card reader, as a blind shot maybe you can try blowing compressed air into the empty card slot.
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When I get it booted into recovery, I am able to insert a card and mount it. If I attempt to install a rom at then end of the installation it fails with a write error. So I believe the card slot is good.
Now Booting
After some trial and error, the nearest I can figure is that there is something wrong with the SD->MicroSD adapter I was using. I discovered that both MicroSD cards I had been using were not properly mounting on my phone. I happened to have a new 16gb card in my desk and used that. I was finally able to boot it from the SD card in 4.2.2 - from there, since something was obviously wrong with the partitions on the EMMC, I wrote it back to 1.4.2 stock.
Am now working on get it re-rooted, with 4.2.2.RC5 written to the EMMC.
The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
I appreciate all the suggestions and the fresh links given to me for the boot images and such. Thank you very much.
--JD
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The two Micro cards I had been using had only ever been used with one adapter. I tried reformatting the cards, to no avail. The 16gb card was reporting a single partition of 9.22gb and the 8gb was reporting 3.54gb on a single partition. Never seen anything like it.
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I'd suggest you try using a combination of MiniTool and SDformatter (https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/) with the option Full (Overwrite) to delete the existing partition and reformat the entire card.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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!
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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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Hi
I have been trying to run CM10 or any mod on my nook.
The problem is that I have tried every possible way to boot it off the sd card, but all in vain. it always boots normally to stock nook.
I tried everything listed in : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997459 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515761
Nothing worked.. can anyone pls help me? This tablet is useless without CM :crying:
some update
also I tried different sd card.. now I can boot off of the sd card but ONLY while tethering.. I searched on google and seems its a common problem with many models.. is there any fix? I couldnt find.. been searching for last two days..
Guys pls reply.. :/
If you've got one of those that needs to be connected to power to boot from SD it is what it is. Either you install CM10.x internally and never have to boot from SD again or live with it.
And FWIW, that way of booting is clearly outlined in the posts you said you had tried "everything" from and using SanDisk class 4 is also what's almost always suggested, especially if people have trouble booting to SD.
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hi, thanks for the reply. In that case I think i'll go with internal installation.
But just to be honest, I did try sandisk class 4, that didn't work. I tried 2-3 other cards too, none did, not even by tethering. That's why I said I tried everything. Then I put in one of my other nook tablets sd card I was using to boot on that tablet (and that one is samsung class 4 8g). That worked but that too only with tethering. And as soon as that worked I put it here as update.
I really appreciate ppl taking out time on this community to help us amateurs. Thanks again
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 under heading "Making a Bootable Recovery SDcard" for pointers on making a SD card bootable.
thanks for directing me to that page.
I did see a comment on correcting making the sd card to avoid loading into stock. I'll try those steps today. But, as the writer said there as well that there are some NTs which will load into SD card ONLY if powered on using a USB. Seems there have been no solution yet for such NTs.
Thanks a lot for replying, I'll try to follow the steps hoping mine isn't one of those stubborn NT. :good:
Many NTs can only boot off SD when tethered, the guide I referenced is meant to help creating bootable SD cards and not to solve the tethering requirement for these NTs.
Found a way out !!!! Might help ppl here
Hi all,
As I reported earlier mine NT was one of those which wont boot off of the sd unless tethered. I did many things but I THINK (can't be certain) that I did what is mentioned my the guy PHIL here in the below link and it solved it (for until now, for my last 3-4 boots)
Basically, just remove the cord once you see the N sign, timing might be important I don't know.
For reference: http://www.androidfornook.com/forum/thread-98.html