Hi, in the Nook Development forums, I found this post from Albert Wentz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439630
But unless I'm confused, I believe there are many other posts with other roll-your-own instructions? Such as: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
All I want to do is build the SD card for my kid's nooks (versus paying $20 to N2A) so I can boot to it to run Android just like the N2A card. Does anyone know which post N2A may have followed to build their version? Or is Al's post the most modern build? Or the 2nd URL I list?
I'm quite technical so know I can do this, I just need to know which is the latest and greatest, or if there are many diff build customizations, which, let's say, is the most popular ? I mainly care that it has Google Play and Amazon App stores, and that I can sideload ebooks, mp3's,videos. If it comes with other apps, fine, but I'm fine with downloading,installing any I wish afterwards.
And.....some posts mention you don't have to modify your nook at all, just boot to the SD card, but others say it modifies the Nook (roots it), so that if you ever had to return it you'd have to restore it (hence best to back it up beforehand). Which is correct???
Al's method works fine. Anything you mentioned that you wish to try will work. I ran boot to SD android rom for several months before I took the plunge and rooted my 8gb Nook to a full android tablet.
It in no way modifies the internal workings of your Nook. The Nook allows booting to the card by design. Just use a Sandisk card of 8gb or more for best results and all you need is a class 4 speed rating. Believe it or not, a class 10 doesn't work as well.
YMMV
Good luck and have fun with it!
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Al's method works fine. Anything you mentioned that you wish to try will work. I ran boot to SD android rom for several months before I took the plunge and rooted my 8gb Nook to a full android tablet.
It in no way modifies the internal workings of your Nook. The Nook allows booting to the card by design. Just use a Sandisk card of 8gb or more for best results and all you need is a class 4 speed rating. Believe it or not, a class 10 doesn't work as well.
YMMV
Good luck and have fun with it!
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OK thanks, so if I understand you, rooting is a separate method, as in my 2nd URL referenced. (and in reading that, the SD card is only used to flash (or pull) the image from, to put onto your Nook.) I don't know about backup, but I don't think I want to mess with the stock OS for now. Maybe if B&N abandons it. I guess I don't see it as a big deal that my kids will need to reboot each time to toggle between nook OS and Android.
I read that about the Class4 vs 10. I think I even read posts about class 10's not only running slow, but acting really buggy? Is that right?... One of our SD cards is a 16GB class 4 and a 8GB class 6. Anyone heard if class 6's have any issues?
Extremely easy process to build a card similar to N2A to run a very stable CM10 from:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
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Extremely easy process to build a card similar to N2A to run a very stable CM10 from:
iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Ooops!
I just realized both URLs I posted (even 1st one from Albert) mention rooting.(altering tablet) My mistake. Ok, so where's the mainstream single post on XDA forums that describes the most popular non-root (boot to SD) process? I'd rather follow a post off XDA website. And if I have issues, maybe fallback to that URL you gave me, although his English is not so great, so afraid I might get lost in his partitioning instructions. I also don't have a Linux box at home (re: his mention of EXT4) although I have been trained on/worked with Linux some. Although running Jellybean since it's the latest & greatest sounds nice....although I've read enough articles from mainstream tech sites that state it's a bit too buggy? I'm sure ICS is plenty good enough and all apps support it.
Whats the difference between CWM (clockwork mod) and CM (cyanogen)? Wikipedia just says "The CyanogenMod source code repository also contains the ClockworkMod Recovery"
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The step by step you'll find somewhere here on XDA actually is the work of the guy I posted to. So my link is the source. That "Iamafanof" blogger is the person "Succulent" you'll see referred to here at XDA. Entirely up to you of course, but I don't see why you wouldn't at least check it out.
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You do not need a Linux system and I don't know what gave you the idea you would. The process is extremely simple: Download a rather large file, burn it to an sd-card, expand one partition (optional but recommended).
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The step by step you'll find somewhere here on XDA actually is the work of the guy I posted to. So my link is the source. That "Iamafanof" blogger is the person "Succulent" you'll see referred to here at XDA. Entirely up to you of course, but I don't see why you wouldn't at least check it out.
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You do not need a Linux system and I don't know what gave you the idea you would. The process is extremely simple: Download a rather large file, burn it to an sd-card, expand one partition (optional but recommended).
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I thought that because as far as I'm aware, the EXT4 that he mentions (for P3 Data1) is a linux type partition. (unless some Windows partitioning tool can create it I'm not aware of) I'm willing to try his steps. So I guess you'd recreate the "P3 FAT32 SDCARD" partition the same size as it was before then? And the P4 (EXT4) you'd resize, as you mention, to take advantage of all the rest of the space on your 8 or 16GB card. But what free tool under Windows can create EXT4 ?
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And the P4 (EXT4) you'd resize, as you mention, to take advantage of all the rest of the space on your 8 or 16GB card. But what free tool under Windows can create EXT4 ?
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You do not have to create any EXT4 partition. Nor any other other kind of partition. All you have to do is expand the FAT32 partition. MiniTool is free and will do that for you.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
Edit: And, FWIW, I went and checked. Mini Tool can also create EXT4 partitions, should you want to.
I got that image onto the SDcard, it now has 4 partitions:
BOOT 249MB (FAT32)
350MB (EXT3) 91% used
600MB (EXT3) 3% used
SDCARD 713MB (FAT32)
13GB Unallocated
So I would right click partition "SDCARD", extend it to the 13GB.
But, in his post he mentions one partition (P3,DATA1, which MiniTool doesn't show any partition labeled as such, but I assume he's just talking about the 3rd partition (the 600MB Ext3 partition) being used to store just apps & app data. (I assume since it's EXT3 which is compat w/linux i.e. Android) If so, what do you think..is 600MB enough for downloading/installing lots of apps? Or is it wiser to extend it to maybe 2 or 4 or even GB? For example I have the Humble Bundle games for Android Tablet. The installs (APK) are huge...anywhere from 30-200MB themselves..... I assume their post-install size takes up a different amount of space (more) than the APK itself, just as with Windows EXE installers? And if I recall correctly I believe once installed, you can del the APK... Anyhow, I'm emailing the company to see what install reqs for disk space are, since all they list the APK size.
Only you know how large data partition you need but it sure looks like you need it larger than 600.
So, to add some sort of instructions:
Delete partitions 3 and 4 (the 600 and 713 MB ones)
Apply changes (top left)
Create a new partition 3. Make it EXT4, Primary and the size you want
Apply changes
Create a new partition 4, FAT32, primary to pick up whatever is left unallocated
Apply changes
Don't forget to "apply changes"
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But, in his post he mentions one partition (P3,DATA1, which MiniTool doesn't show any partition labeled as such, but I assume he's just talking about the 3rd partition (the 600MB Ext3 partition) being used to store just apps & app data. (I assume since it's EXT3 which is compat w/linux i.e. Android) If so, what do you think..is 600MB enough for downloading/installing lots of apps? Or is it wiser to extend it to maybe 2 or 4 or even GB? For example I have the Humble Bundle games for Android Tablet. The installs (APK) are huge...anywhere from 30-200MB themselves..... I assume their post-install size takes up a different amount of space (more) than the APK itself, just as with Windows EXE installers? And if I recall correctly I believe once installed, you can del the APK... Anyhow, I'm emailing the company to see what install reqs for disk space are, since all they list the APK size.
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Although all apps downloaded from Google Play will reside on /data partition, many apps keep their data separately in the internal user-media partition or on the external SDcard (the 4th /sdcard partition in your case). For example, I have a video game app which takes ~30MB for itself in /data but ~350MB for data storage on the SDcard. The Titanium Backup app works the same way. So you'll have to anticipate not just the app's storage size requirement but also its targeted partition for data storage.
Does this also work for CM 12?
Can these instructions be used with CM12 Lolipop?
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Can these instructions be used with CM12 Lolipop?
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Yes, if you can find a CM12 ROM image that was specifically compiled to run on SD.
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Yes, if you can find a CM12 ROM image that was specifically compiled to run on SD.
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Where can I find that ROM image? I haven't had much luck finding such a ROM, I haven't seen that specified.
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Where can I find that ROM image? I haven't had much luck finding such a ROM, I haven't seen that specified.
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I am not aware of any CM12 SD-based ROM build for the Nook Tablet, but you can find CM11 SD-based builds for the NT at https://iamafanof.wordpress.com/category/nook-tablet-2/.
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Hi Guys,
I would have tacked this onto the back of an existing thread, but the only relevant ones I could find were in development (I’m still under 10 posts) – and this is more of a general usage question anyway.
I’m running CM7.0.2 and been I’ve been using Apps2SD (darktremor) for a month or so. The onboard memory for apps on the Legend is abysmal, so freeing space up and being able to have more than half a dozen apps is great. I was looking to take up Data2ext too. I’m still S-ON (I haven’t found a serious need for S-OFF yet, and I figure the less access I have to the bowels of my phone, the less likely I’m gonna brick it), so still using CWM2.x and obviously not running EXT4 yet.
Just wanted to ask a couple of stupid n00b questions before I try anything (I’d rather ask this now, then be posting “help I ****ed up my phone” later on).
- Am I right in believing that that data2ext only moves app data, not the apps themselves to the SD car so I need to continue using apps2sd as a companion script?
- Does data2ext need its own additional partition setting up prior – or does it create its own partition/utilize an existing partition? If there needs to be a preconfigured partition, any recommendations on how much space to allocate?
- Is there anything in particular that I need to know before I run through TGF’s guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902395)?
Thanks for the help guys!
data2ext will use the partition that darktremor currently uses, and you don't want to have dark tremor and data2ext on at the same time, funny things happen.
Data2ext remounts the entire data partition to a partition on the SD card. So anything that gets written to /data (apps, app data etc) goes to the SD card instead.
You need to know that this could go wrong, but I think the first post covers most of it.
That makes sense. I previously wasn’t sure if data2ext only moved app data only, and apps2sd still needed to be used to move the actual apps themselves. As that’s not the case, it’ll make things much easier not having to **** around with 2 different scripts to hopefully get them to play nicely.
I did actually end up stepping up to Blayo’s fake-flash CWM 3.0.1.3 yesterday; though I’m still trying to work out partitions/file systems with it – creating partitions in CWM recovery defaults to EXT3 with no option to set EXT4, and after manually creating an EXT4 partition in GParted CWM wouldn’t let me mount /sd-ext. As your initial post already details formatting /sd-ext to EXT4 anyway, it’ll be interesting to see how nicely this plays with 3.0.1.3.
Thanks for the disclaimer on the risks involved. Without intending to sound patronising; I’m well aware there is the ever present potential to really **** things up, and that I do only have limited knowledge compared to a lot of people posting on xda – which is why I try and get any/all information available before hand, and follow instructions given closely.
Coo'. Just shout if you need help, I'm subscribed to this thread so I should see it
Seems to have worked like a charm.
One question though – I know you can confirm data2ext is successfully running by launching "data2ext --enable" a second time after the final reboot, but is there any means to monitor the used/available space on /sd-ext?
Both Titanium Backup and a2sdGUI allowed me to keep tabs on this, but Ti is unable to see the /sd-ext partition now (I haven’t bothered installing a2sdGUI, not really any point).
It might be a small thing, but if possible I would like to be able to see it fill up, just to give me piece of mind all is OK.
*edit* scratch that last part, just noticed Android and Ti now sees the Internal Memory as a total combined capacity the internal memory + /sd-ext. Eitherway, I'm up and running
i no my question is noob but still.....i m using CM7 nd CWM 2.5.0.7....if i use d optioned partition ur sd card....is dat data to ext ? ndnd wat is swap size ? also how to check what claSS SDCARD I HAVE... I HAVE 16GB KINGSTON SDCARD!
I've a noob question too, if the sd card is partitioned to allow some internal apps to run on this special partition what is currently the safest procedure to do this?
tushar_beriwal said:
i no my question is noob but still.....i m using CM7 nd CWM 2.5.0.7....if i use d optioned partition ur sd card....is dat data to ext ? ndnd wat is swap size ? also how to check what claSS SDCARD I HAVE... I HAVE 16GB KINGSTON SDCARD!
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The Class should be written on the Card.. in a circle..
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I got mine up and running last night... created a 1 gig partition for data... data2ext is active, but my phone is now SLOW as molasses. SD card is Class 10 and tests on a computer reveal it to be fast.
I'm at a loss.
Konowl said:
I got mine up and running last night... created a 1 gig partition for data... data2ext is active, but my phone is now SLOW as molasses. SD card is Class 10 and tests on a computer reveal it to be fast.
I'm at a loss.
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The card probably doesn't handle small files very well. Class 4 seems to be the best bet for data2ext
You're kidding. Ugh! Maybe it was the method I used to format?
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The card probably doesn't handle small files very well. Class 4 seems to be the best bet for data2ext
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Seriously?
So are you using a class 4 with your own cm data2ext script and in ext2 or ext4?
Serious.. It is mentioned several times before by Blay0. Even a fast card will work very slow with data2ext. Why do you even need data2ext? Are you a developed? If not app2ad should beer enough for you... NInge really needs data to be on as i they are not often changing system files..
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Serious.. It is mentioned several times before by Blay0. Even a fast card will work very slow with data2ext. Why do you even need data2ext? Are you a developed? If not app2ad should beer enough for you... NInge really needs data to be on as i they are not often changing system files..
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easy man, i was just asking out of curiosity
i'm already using apps2ext and dont need data2ext, but it thought data2ext was slow on all card classes thats why i asked his setup just so i know
Hi,
Since this is a noob thread I'm feeling free to ask for help.
Somehow without any knowledge I've managed to Root my Legend, Flash roms numerous times, make my Legend S-Off, twig and play with different options like splash screen and all sorts of stuff that you need a bit or more of development knowledge. I'm a psychologist - I have no knowledge whatsoever.
Now that I've flashed ogo2's rom found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=987251, I have cut down internal space to about 20MB+-.
I need help with this whole data2ext, ext2/ext4 and all the commands I've never met in earlier development stuff I've done to my Legend.
Where do I start? Is there anywhere I can read a noob guide for these issues?
Please help!
reupugi
edit: Oh I forgot - I have 8 GB class 4 card.
What help do you need? Understanding what it is and how it works? Or just setting it up.
Are you planning on using the data2ext found in my thread, or somewhere else?
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Hi TGF,
I need help mainly with setting it up. I have no intention learning developing through trying here and there to implement different things others created.
My intention was to use the data2ext you created.
At the moment I've changed back to the nightly builds of CM7 (currently #153), since I had sync problems with ogo2's ROM. So I'm not so pressured space wise, but I'll still be glad to go through with the Data2ext.
Thanx,
reupugi
Ok, well the guide in the first post covers most of it, is there a specific bit you're stuck on?
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It assumes I understand how to create ext2 or ext4, or to choose between the two. DO I have to backup my SD card when I create an ext2/4 partition?
Where do I use the commands in your post of data2ext?
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It assumes I understand how to create ext2 or ext4, or to choose between the two. DO I have to backup my SD card when I create an ext2/4 partition?
Where do I use the commands in your post of data2ext?
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You do need to backup your sd card, our you lose all your data. Rom manager has an option for creating ext partitions on your sd card, and I'd go for ext4, as it's safer. There's a section in that thread on upgrading from the ext2 version. Create your position with rom manager, then follow that section through. The commands can be executed on the phone using a terminal emulator, or from the pc using adb.
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Hola, as you can see from my post total I'm totally new to this forum. I recently received a 8gb Nook Tablet (NT) from my kids for my birthday.
I really enjoy the book reading experience but find the app experience less than perfect. I've been an iOS user for a while and have come to expect cheap, free apps to testdrive before purchasing. I understand the way to do this on my NT is to hack the device to allow unfettered access to Android Marketplace / Google Play.
I understand there are a couple of ways to do this.
1) Hack (root?) the internal memory of the NT and load a new ... (ROM? Image? OS?) I think this is what Albertwertz and his root SD card is doing.
2) Use an SD card and boot from the SD card. This does not touch the Nook OS and does not void warranty.
Since I am not really sure what I'm doing, not voiding the warranty seems like a pretty good idea.
One of the Nook dudes at B&N told me about NtoA cards and that sounded like just what I was looking for. However, after doing some research on (mostly) this site, I've learned that the N2A guys are just reselling the work that's being done on this site. I don't think the price is unreasonable, but I'd rather get things working on my own and then donate to the team that did the work.
So, I've been reading all afternoon and think I have an understanding of what needs to be done.
Can it really be this simple?
1- Buy SD card (micro SDHC 4gb)
will class 10 provide any upside? Or is class 4 ok
2- Download Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha-final.img.zip from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481826
3- Download win32diskimager-binary.zip from the same post. (hoping there's an installer in the zip)
4- Image the SD card with win32diskimager. (from Vista 32)
5- Power off my NT, insert SD and I should be good to go.
Is it really that simple? I'm not sure what it will look like when I boot into CM7 but I'm assuming I will see something that will allow me to log into my google account and get my app on.
If I'm missing a step, please let me know. Thanks for all the help!
j
Your steps look good to me. There is an installer in the. zip.
You should be okay with a class 4 SD card, that's always what I use. There was a thread somewhere on XDA giving benchmarks for different SD cards and it showed that in some cases, class 4 cards actually performed better.
Don't be worried if you see black screen for an extended time the first time you boot, this is normal.
Yep, it's that easy. Be warned though, if you power on after making the sd card and it boots into stock, power it off and plug it into the wall/PC and see if it boots into cm7, some work without the power, some don't.
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I figured I'd take that on after becoming more familiar with the platform and Android OS.
Glad I found this forum to help me through it when I'm ready!
Some reading material
You seem like you're willing to put in the effort to really learn this stuff, so definitely take a look at that link and just read, read, read and read some more when doing this stuff. That guide is a nice place to get familiar with what some of the terms are/what you'd be doing.
As for getting more space on the sdcard, I know others have managed it (I boot internally, so have no experience here). There might be a guide for it, I'll have a look. Hopefully someone can help you out if not.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
Then once you have ubuntu you can download gparted and fix the partitions on your sd card with that.
Or there might be a windows program. But having a ubuntu usb stick can come in handy. I have my computer dual booted and i seem to be using ubuntu more and more.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I recommend either MiniTool Partition Wizard or EASEUS Partition Master for Windows, both are freeware. Both are able to extend the 4th partition (user data partition) to consume the remaining unallocated space of your card.
Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
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Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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Well, then I definitely need to get a bigger SD card. I guess the internal storage will still be used for books bought through B&N. At least until I try and install a ROM internally.
thanks!
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Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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@LoboJim take a look at LiLi for portable Linux installations (http://www.linuxliveusb.com). It's a very easy tool for creating bootable linux thumb drives -- pretty much as simple as plugging in a thumb drive and selecting a distro.
Regarding the internal partition, have you gone in to BN to have it repartitoned? I decided to "let" BN do since I'm still under warrenty. That opened up 8gb for personal use.
I found that EASUS worked for me to re-partition the sdcard.
Nikkie
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NOTE: to build CM10.1 SD card, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36685310&postcount=1.
[Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].
FWIW, below is a digest of the process to create a SD card running CM10.0 builds by XDA Developer Succulent which is posted at his blog http://iamafanof.wordpress.com and which I have used to build a CM10.0 SD card for my 16GB Nook Tablet:
Download the pair of files cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip and cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip from http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/cm10-0-jelly-bean-for-nook-tablet-uploading/, and SD_Boot.zip from http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/how-to-guide-bootable-cm7cm9cm10-sdcard-for-nook-tablet/.
Download gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip from http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip.
Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create 4 partitions: boot (Primary, FAT32), system (Primary, Ext4), data (Primary, Ext4), and sdcard (Primary, FAT32). Set the partition ID type for the boot partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag (otherwise the SDcard will not be bootable). Once this is done, the boot partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows. (Note that you can adjust the suggested sizes of the partitions upward to fill up the entire SDcard; FWIW the sizes I use on my 8GB card for the 4 partitions are, respectively: 0.5GB/0.5GB/2GB/[remainder of SDcard]).
Copy to the boot partition of the SD card the following files from cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip: boot.img (in folder p2), flashing_boot.img, MLO, recovery.img, u-boot.bin.
Modify the zip files using drag and drop with winrar/winzip (do not extract and repack the zip files):
Replace updater-script in folder META-INF\com\google\android of cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip with the updater-script from in folder p2 of cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip.
Replace vold.fstab in folder system/etc of cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip with the vold.fstab from folder CM10_Jelly_Bean\1_os of SD_Boot.zip.
Replace updater-script in folder META-INF\com\google\android of gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip with the updater-script in folder CM10_Jelly_Bean\p2\gapps of SD_Boot.zip.
Copy to the boot partition of the SD card cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip and gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip (that get modified with the replacement updater-scripts and vold.fstab files in the above steps).
Put the SD card into the NT, and boot from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable. Press and hold the N button as soon as CyanoBoot comes up to get the boot menu to display.
Select SDC Recovery.
[Optional but recommended step, in case you accidentally forget to replace the updater-script file(s)] Select Backup to backup your current NT config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data).
Select "Install zip from SD card" and install the modified cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip file.
Select "Install zip from SD card" and install the modified gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip file.
Select "Power off" to turn off the NT.
Boot the NT from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable; after about a minute you should see boot animation lasting for a few minutes followed by initial wifi network and google account setup process, after which your CM10 on SD is ready for use.
A few additional points worth noting:
If you plan to backup your NT current ROM config then add to the boot partition size at least 600MB for each backup (to save space you can copy/archive backup data folders to your PC and remove their copy from the boot partition).
Generally the lower rating (and also cheaper) class 4 SD cards are more suitable for running a ROM than the higher classes 6 and 10 cards (since the latter are optimized for large & sequential block read/write at the expense of random read/write). So if you happen to use a class 10 or 6 card and your apps frequently crash or freeze, consider switching to a lower class SD card.
Did you ask succulent if it was OK to post his work here? Someone already did it in the dev section and he was a little upset that he wasn't even consulted about it.
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Thanks for the tutorial. I've used XDA for a long time and loaded lots of custom ROM's, but I'm finding this Nook Tablet situation ridiculously complicated. I'm having trouble understand your step number 8.
"Copy to the boot partition of the SD card and gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip..." doesn't make grammatical sense. Is there a typo here?
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Thanks for the tutorial. I've used XDA for a long time and loaded lots of custom ROM's, but I'm finding this Nook Tablet situation ridiculously complicated. I'm having trouble understand your step number 8.
"Copy to the boot partition of the SD card and gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip..." doesn't make grammatical sense. Is there a typo here?
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I just looked at it and it appears you are failing to read it. There are clear and concise instructions as provided by Succulent and cut and pasted by digimax.
It clearly says to copy the ROM and the gapps.
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I just looked at it and it appears you are failing to read it. There are clear and concise instructions as provided by Succulent and cut and pasted by digimax.
It clearly says to copy the ROM and the gapps.
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There were indeed typos in the cited paragraph (thanks to sanjosanjo for spotting them), and I already fixed them.
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There were indeed typos in the cited paragraph (thanks to sanjosanjo for spotting them), and I already fixed them.
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Did you reword them from succulents site because those are what I used when I did my SD card and I had zero issues following them.
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On Step 8, did you mean to copy the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip to the boot partition instead of the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip because in step 12 you say to install cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip? I've followed your steps for replacing the files, but did not put the sd_hd.zip on the SD card, only the normal acclaim.zip.
I'm going to try it now and see what happens.
Edit: says installation aborted. This was when trying to install the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip that has had the files replaced from the sd_hd.zip
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On Step 8, did you mean to copy the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip to the boot partition instead of the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip because in step 12 you say to install cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip?
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Yes (I corrected it).
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Edit: says installation aborted. This was when trying to install the cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip that has had the files replaced from the sd_hd.zip
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I had neglected to indicate in step #3 that the partition type of /system and /data is (Primary, Ext4).
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FWIW, below is a digest of the process to create a SD card running CM10 builds by XDA Developer Succulent which is posted at his blog http://iamafanof.wordpress.com and which I have used to build a CM10 SD card for my 16GB Nook Tablet (caveat emptor: adopt/follow it at your own risk):
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thanks for this great thread digixmax. what is the difference between your method and just directly writing succulent's IMG file to a card?
his post looks like it was updated 12/25, although perhaps the image file is from 12/08. is yours updated since then?
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
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thanks for this great thread digixmax. what is the difference between your method and just directly writing succulent's IMG file to a card?
his post looks like it was updated 12/25, although perhaps the image file is from 12/08. is yours updated since then?
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
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First off, just to be clear: I did not invent this process, rather my post is intended to be a streamlined digest of Succulent's blogs on how-to build CM SDcard -- including in particular the blog http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/how-to-guide-bootable-cm7cm9cm10-sdcard-for-nook-tablet/. This process gives you the maximum flexibility at the outset in sizing the partitions, creating extra partitions, etc. This process has also worked for some of the other CM10 builds that are available on XDA such as ChrisHoffman's and Hashcode's builds, as well as the Paranoid Android build posted on Succulent's blog.
Succulent's pre-made SD card image is the simplest/quickest way to create a bootable SDcard of his CM10 builds: you just download and write the image to SDcard and it's ready to go. It's possible to adjust the partition sizes after the image is written to the card but with some risks of messing up the partition table which could make the SDcard not bootable. There have also been reports that NTs running these images appear to have same identical MAC address, thus any two of these NTs will not be able to get on the same LAN (e.g., in the same household WiFi LAN) at the same time.
Re: Succulent's v12/25: I just flashed it (internally on emmc) today and it works great, but he has not posted cm-10-xxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip for it so you'll have to wait a bit if you want to build the image from scratch.
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First off, just to be clear: I did not invent this process, rather my post is intended to be a streamlined digest of Succulent's blogs on how-to build CM SDcard -- including in particular the blog http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/how-to-guide-bootable-cm7cm9cm10-sdcard-for-nook-tablet/. This process gives you the maximum flexibility at the outset in sizing the partitions, creating extra partitions, etc. This process has also worked for some of the other CM10 builds that are available on XDA such as ChrisHoffman's and Hashcode's builds, as well as the Paranoid Android build posted on Succulent's blog.
Succulent's pre-made SD card image is the simplest/quickest way to create a bootable SDcard of his CM10 builds: you just download and write the image to SDcard and it's ready to go. It's possible to adjust the partition sizes after the image is written to the card but with some risks of messing up the partition table which could make the SDcard not bootable. There have also been reports that NTs running these images appear to have same identical MAC address, thus any two of these NTs will not be able to get on the same LAN (e.g., in the same household WiFi LAN) at the same time.
Re: Succulent's v12/25: I just flashed it (internally on emmc) today and it works great, but he has not posted cm-10-xxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim_sd_hd.zip for it so you'll have to wait a bit if you want to build the image from scratch.
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thanks!
also, dumb question but if you "remove SD card" in step 14, how is "CM10 on SD ready for use" in step 15? do you reinsert it?
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also, dumb question but if you "remove SD card" in step 14, how is "CM10 on SD ready for use" in step 15?
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Mistake on my part, leave the card in the NT.
ok, worked great (the second time). the first time i used 7zip to change the zip files, but then i read a readme.txt from succulent that said to only use drag and drop with winzip/winrar to change the zip files, so i downloaded winrar and it worked. the first time i got the "installation aborted" error.
thanks again, i'm super excited to try CM10. been wanting to update this NT for some time now.
Just an FYI it isn't the pre-made image file that causes the repeating MAC Address it is something in the CM 10 build. I have 2 NT 16's running different build dates of CM 10 SD and both have identical MAC Addresses. Somewhere in the build of CM 10 it appears that it is taking the MAC Address from a developer unit and applying it to everyones NT. Or so it would appear.
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Just an FYI it isn't the pre-made image file that causes the repeating MAC Address it is something in the CM 10 build. I have 2 NT 16's running different build dates of CM 10 SD and both have identical MAC Addresses. Somewhere in the build of CM 10 it appears that it is taking the MAC Address from a developer unit and applying it to everyones NT. Or so it would appear.
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My NT has the same MAC address regardless of whether it's running stock, running CM10 internally or off SD card.
I think there is something wrong with your build images or possibly with your NTs (you can look up the NTs' MAC addresses in /rom/devconf/MACAddress on their emmc).
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My NT has the same MAC address regardless of whether it's running stock, running CM10 internally or off SD card.
I think there is something wrong with your build images or possibly with your NTs (you can look up the NTs' MAC addresses in /rom/devconf/MACAddress on their emmc).
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So I have 2 broken NT's that despite the stock os showing the correct MAC Addresses and even the Mac config files showing the correct to the individual NT Mac address, when I load CM 10 despite not doing anything to change the configuration files other than updater-script, I broke it? Really?
And on top of that the pre-made images are known to have the same Mac address. Though the exact same files, sans imager program, couldn't possibly be problematic?
Somehow I doubt your stock os, if your using the succulent build for cm10, has the same Mac address.
Does your MAC end in 9f:fd ?
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So I have 2 broken NT's that despite the stock os showing the correct MAC Addresses and even the Mac config files showing the correct to the individual NT Mac address, when I load CM 10 despite not doing anything to change the configuration files other than updater-script, I broke it? Really?
And on top of that the pre-made images are known to have the same Mac address. Though the exact same files, sans imager program, couldn't possibly be problematic?
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If your two NTs running stock OS still show two distinct MAC addresses then I don't think you have broken the NT per-se. Most likely you simply didn't properly build one or both of CM10 SDcard images. Your problem is the type Succulent often refers to as "residue" problems.
Somehow I doubt your stock os, if your using the succulent build for cm10, has the same Mac address.
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It is the same MAC address, but believe whatever you want.
Does your MAC end in 9f:fd ?
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Nope.
Then im a ****ing idiot and you are a god. Shrug. I am an not adverse to admitting when I am wrong, however in this situation I don't believe I am. Apparently my 2 NT's are completely special. Oh wait, anyone running the Image files have the same issues. There is nothing shared between the two NT's. SD cards arent shared. Not a single file is shared. Not even the build date of the CM 10 files is shared. So again I say, there is a problem with the SD version of CM 10 not reading the correct MAC. How you got lucky with your mac reading correctly from SD and EMMC I don't know, especially considering anyone else that has multiple NT's in the same house suffers the same issue.
i have two followup questions to help me better understand this setup.
1. what are the different partitions on the card? and why wouldn't we make the boot partition as large as can be? i went to back up my NT apps (about 100) to bring them to my CM10 card, and they are 800MB, and the only partition i can copy them to from my PC is boot. so i'm out of luck with 500MB (250 MB free). also, since boot is the only partition i can access from my PC, it means that's where all my videos and music will have to be copied. so it seems like i should make boot 4+ GB. i don't own any large apps (like those 2 GB racing games) so i would guess my other partitions don't need to be huge. am i missing anything? with the tablet up and running but few apps, the 0.5GB boot partition is about 50% full, the 0.5 GB system partition (no longer labeled such) is 64% full, while 2GB data and 4.5GB sdcard are 5% and 0% used (per minitool)
2. if this doesn't change the stock NT, then what are steps 10 and 11 doing? where are they installing something? from the SD card to the SD card, maybe in another partition? do i need to keep those zip files on the boot partition once they are installed?
thanks for any assistance to help my understanding.
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I am trying to load Angry Birds Go on to my sons Nook HD.
I started following instruction on Barnes and Noble site re sideloading apps. Was going fine until I tried recognising device from command prompt
android update adb
adb kill-server
adb start-server
adb devices
seemed to run fine but just didn't show any devices at the end. It is visible however in device manager on my pc therefore I wondered whether I could just carry on regardless? I know there are drivers on barnes and noble developer website, but I need to register to get these - and to register I need a US bank account and tax code - I'm in the UK....
My second problem is the instructions I was following were for .apk files and I've realised Angry Birds Go is an .obb file.
So, can anyone help me with installing the way I have started, or is there another way to get it on his tablet (and save a lot of tears!!)
My pc runs windows 8 (64bit)
Thanks
jenaid said:
My pc runs windows 8 (64bit)
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You can get the USB driver for adb from the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994129
You also need the INI file with the one line in it (documented in the thread above as well as the B&N site). To install the driver in Win 8, you have to jump thru some hoops to be able to install an unsigned driver (documented on the B&N site).
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Why not just use astro file manager or something similar and just drop the apk onto the internal storage? You can pull the apk from another device that's rooted. You're making the process harder than it is.
Thank you both for your answers, but now I am confused how best to achieve what I want. As you will no doubt be able to tell I am a novice with an interest in learning more. I have stayed away from rooting as everything I read says this isn't for novices! I am happy to do this though if I can back-up first which your thread points me to sherip. If I am pulling the .apk from another device it would be my galaxy s3 - though this is not rooted.
For the moment all I want to do is get the game onto my sons nook hd - I won't be messing about with any other changes or programs I don't need to make. (Once this is achieved I plan to buy a second hand tablet and start experimenting with it).
If anyone can tell me the simplest and least risky way to do this I would be most grateful.
Apologies if this seems so simple to everyone else
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For the moment all I want to do is get the game onto my sons nook hd - I won't be messing about with any other changes or programs I don't need to make. (Once this is achieved I plan to buy a second hand tablet and start experimenting with it).
If anyone can tell me the simplest and least risky way to do this I would be most grateful.
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Am not familiar with the app but I see Angry Birds Go for free in the Google Play Store, have you tried it?
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Sherip said:
Am not familiar with the app but I see Angry Birds Go for free in the Google Play Store, have you tried it?
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Yes - its says that it is not compatible with my device.
Had same message for my friends Nexus 7 but just downloaded from Amazon appstore after allowing downloads from unknown sources. There isn't a checkbox for doing this on the nook.
jenaid said:
Yes - its says that it is not compatible with my device.
Had same message for my friends Nexus 7 but just downloaded from Amazon appstore after allowing downloads from unknown sources. There isn't a checkbox for doing this on the nook.
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OK, getting the Amazon app store installed and installing apps from it is not hard at all, even for an unrooted stock Nook. See the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and look for the parts about making a CWM disk and enabling unknown sources. You will need a micro SD card that can be used to boot the Nook. The ones that work best are Sandisk class 4. Once you have unknown sources enabled you can remove the card and reboot the Nook. After that just download the apk for the Amazon app store and install it. Might want to install ES File Explorer from Google Play, you could use it to browse to the Amazon apk and easily click to install it.
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back up problems
Sherip said:
OK, getting the Amazon app store installed and installing apps from it is not hard at all, even for an unrooted stock Nook. See the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and look for the parts about making a CWM disk and enabling unknown sources. You will need a micro SD card that can be used to boot the Nook. The ones that work best are Sandisk class 4. Once you have unknown sources enabled you can remove the card and reboot the Nook. After that just download the apk for the Amazon app store and install it. Might want to install ES File Explorer from Google Play, you could use it to browse to the Amazon apk and easily click to install it.
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Have created the CWM disk and have my nook booting to it - however I tried backing up before doing anything else but just get the message 'Can't mount backup path'. I have tried to find a solution hence not been back on here for a couple of days - but have failed miserably. Please could you help again.
Thanks
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Have created the CWM disk and have my nook booting to it - however I tried backing up before doing anything else but just get the message 'Can't mount backup path'. I have tried to find a solution hence not been back on here for a couple of days - but have failed miserably. Please could you help again.
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Not sure about the message, but I can say that backups are stored on the SD card so there must be enough room for it. The card itself probably needs to be 4gb or larger and depending on how you made the CWM card you might need to adjust the size of the 1st partition of the card with partition managing software on the PC. That would only apply if you burned an image to make the card. Would need a lot more info on exactly what you've done if that doesn't help.
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Sherip said:
Not sure about the message, but I can say that backups are stored on the SD card so there must be enough room for it. The card itself probably needs to be 4gb or larger and depending on how you made the CWM card you might need to adjust the size of the 1st partition of the card with partition managing software on the PC. That would only apply if you burned an image to make the card. Would need a lot more info on exactly what you've done if that doesn't help.
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It's a 16gb card so should be enough space. (in fact have tried two different 16gb cards and get same message for both).
I followed 'new procedure' instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 to make CWM card without burning image - it also specifically says not to create partition on disk.
I guess I need to go back and try the old way...
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It's a 16gb card so should be enough space. (in fact have tried two different 16gb cards and get same message for both).
I followed 'new procedure' instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 to make CWM card without burning image - it also specifically says not to create partition on disk.
I guess I need to go back and try the old way...
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Did you use the files from NookHD-bootable-CWM-6027-for-emmc-stock-BOOTFILES-r3-(02.13.13).rar?
16gb is pretty big if you will keep the card for this purpose. If you do the old way of burning an image, you will as I said before need to resize the partition to have access to all the space.
I did locate one message in the other thread with your error message in CWM and he was also using a large card (32gb). It worked for him when he used the 4gb image file. Obviously a lot space lost. I've previously burned the 4gb image to an 8gb card and resized the partition. I never saw your error.
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It's a 16gb card so should be enough space. (in fact have tried two different 16gb cards and get same message for both).
I followed 'new procedure' instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 to make CWM card without burning image - it also specifically says not to create partition on disk.
I guess I need to go back and try the old way...
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If you are just wanting to flash the Enable Unknown Sources zip, you do not need to back up first. The zip just modifies a hidden setting and does not really modify stock.
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Sherip said:
Did you use the files from NookHD-bootable-CWM-6027-for-emmc-stock-BOOTFILES-r3-(02.13.13).rar?
16gb is pretty big if you will keep the card for this purpose. If you do the old way of burning an image, you will as I said before need to resize the partition to have access to all the space.
I did locate one message in the other thread with your error message in CWM and he was also using a large card (32gb). It worked for him when he used the 4gb image file. Obviously a lot space lost. I've previously burned the 4gb image to an 8gb card and resized the partition. I never saw your error.
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Seems the card size was the problem. I created a partition, and as an 8gb card everything worked as it should.
Got Amazon app downloaded, however Angry Birds Go still wouldn't download! Going to go back to the sideloading option and try that.
Thank you for you help though - all part of my learning curve
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Seems the card size was the problem. I created a partition, and as an 8gb card everything worked as it should.
Got Amazon app downloaded, however Angry Birds Go still wouldn't download! Going to go back to the sideloading option and try that.
Thank you for you help though - all part of my learning curve
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FYI I was able to install Angry Birds Go via Amazon on my HD+ in my CM 11 environment. The app is exceptionally large (over 100 MB) and no doubt needs lots of memory. After a few initial crashes it seems to be running OK, tho my skill in the game is very poor. I use verygreen's unofficial CM 11 release booting from a 16gb SD card. Unfortunately I don't see a similar setup available for the HD. There is however a setup to replace the Nook OS with CM 11 on the internal storage EMMC area of the HD. See the first post in verygreen CM 11 thread in the Android Development section if interested.
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Sherip said:
FYI I was able to install Angry Birds Go via Amazon on my HD+ in my CM 11 environment. The app is exceptionally large (over 100 MB) and no doubt needs lots of memory. After a few initial crashes it seems to be running OK, tho my skill in the game is very poor. I use verygreen's unofficial CM 11 release booting from a 16gb SD card. Unfortunately I don't see a similar setup available for the HD. There is however a setup to replace the Nook OS with CM 11 on the internal storage EMMC area of the HD. See the first post in verygreen CM 11 thread in the Android Development section if interested.
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Finally managed to get it sideloaded after deleting some of the other apps to make space. One very happy 5yr old Thank you
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Finally managed to get it sideloaded after deleting some of the other apps to make space. One very happy 5yr old Thank you
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Great, glad you got it. I noticed the app's data was soon up past 400 mb in addition to the 100+ mb program space. So I've uninstalled it.
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Rooting in itself is fairly novice-friendly, there are many wonderful guides in the development forum. Using root access to make changes is where you can run into trouble if you aren't careful. You CAN brick a device, but pulling/installing .apk files isn't likely to do so.
The simplest way to do what you want would be to Google search for the .apk you want, download it, and use a root-capable file manager. (Lots of them available in the PlayStore) to move it to the internal storage as per c0ldburn3r's post above.
Good luck and happy learning!
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Please tell me the way to move this game to SD card everybody !
I WANT TO EXPAND THE INTERNAL MEMORY OF MY SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET ((ANDROID VERSION 4.4.2) FROM THE EXTERNAL SD CARD MEMORY , BY USING THE MINI TOOL PARTITION WIZARD AND THE LINK2SD APPLICATION.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE AT HTTPS://WWW.PARTITIONWIZARD.COM/PARTITIONMANAGER/INCREASE-INTERNAL-STORAGE-SPACE-OF-ANDROID.HTML
I HAVE NOW PARTITIONED THE MICRO SD CARD AND ROOTED THE DEVICE, BUT THE LINK2 SD APP DOESN’T SEEM TO BE WORKING ON THE TABLET. ITS LAYOUT AND FEATURES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GIVEN IN THE INSTRUCTIONS. I simply cannot proceed .
IS IT BECAUSE THE L2SD APP IS MADE FOR PHONES ONLY, NOT TABLETS ?.
IF SO, IS THERE ANY SIMILAR APP THAT WORKS ON TABLETS? IF IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ON TABLETS AS WELL, THEN I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY I CANNOT USE IT.
can anybody help?
Thanks
Itiandro
ittiandro said:
I WANT TO EXPAND THE INTERNAL MEMORY OF MY SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET ((ANDROID VERSION 4.4.2) FROM THE EXTERNAL SD CARD MEMORY , BY USING THE MINI TOOL PARTITION WIZARD AND THE LINK2SD APPLICATION.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE AT HTTPS://WWW.PARTITIONWIZARD.COM/PARTITIONMANAGER/INCREASE-INTERNAL-STORAGE-SPACE-OF-ANDROID.HTML
I HAVE NOW PARTITIONED THE MICRO SD CARD AND ROOTED THE DEVICE, BUT THE LINK2 SD APP DOESN’T SEEM TO BE WORKING ON THE TABLET. ITS LAYOUT AND FEATURES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GIVEN IN THE INSTRUCTIONS. I simply cannot proceed .
IS IT BECAUSE THE L2SD APP IS MADE FOR PHONES ONLY, NOT TABLETS ?.
IF SO, IS THERE ANY SIMILAR APP THAT WORKS ON TABLETS? IF IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK ON TABLETS AS WELL, THEN I CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY I CANNOT USE IT.
can anybody help?
Thanks
Itiandro
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Use Partition Magic on your pc and for the first partition, use fat32. Then, for the 2nd partition partition, use either the ext2, ext3 or ext4 (ext4 is usually the one to use). And when it's done, place the MicroSD back into your device and turn it on.
Then enter the Link2SD app. Now on the top left menu, select the option for linking the partition (i can't remember the exact name of the option) and it will ask with a popup to select the ext4 (if that was the one you partitioned the 2nd one with) and your good to go. It has an option or two after that and may want to reboot the device but, you should be good from there.
Now you have the 2nd partition linked and merged with your internal memory. You'll also notice that your internal memory is larger too.
Good Luck!
~ Sent from my D2VZW on the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC 1701).
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The guide mentioned in the Partitionwizard site do show the different file systems and linkage options, but unfortunately the Link2SD I downloaded to my tablet doesn't show them. I am positive. It is an entirely different layout. So my question still holds: is the Link2SD software supposed to work on a tablet? Do you know?
By the way, I gather you are in the military. I congratulate you and also envy you for being out at sea. and not mired in 2 ft of snow ..
Ittiandro
Montreal,Canada