[Q] Is my tablet bricked beyond repair? - Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet

Hello,
I received a bricked nook tablet from a friend who bought it from the U.S, i live in the Middle East (Palestine), so i can't take it back to support, andI've searched the forums and other similar forums for a week now, spent almost 50 hours (i kid you not) trying to solve my issue, , anyways, my friend tried to install CM10 on the nook and some how it seems like he "damaged" the emmc, i got the recovery loop issue + the "can't mount /cache" when i boot CWM recovery from the external SD, and when i tried to boot CM10 from the SD card it was stuck spinning during boot (though i think this might been an issue of a corrupt image), anyways, I've tried to flash the internal card with CM7/9/10 .. nothing worked, i tried to reset to stock of course and it didn't work ... it seems like booting from the SD card is my only option, which i won't mind for reading online stories if i didn't need to plug the USB cable in the tablet each time i restart the device ... hence this is another problem, anyways, i am a total noob and i truly appreciate your help if you can help me, i will be around to answer any questions, please don't hesitate to throw any suggestion you think might help.
thank you very much.
Rami

If you'd like to take another shot at flashing CM10, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35669871&postcount=1.
If you'd like to restore to stock, some info/tools can be found at https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard.
Before you consider using some of the so-called "unbrick" tools/methods, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31.

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[Q] Please Help

Hello, I just bought my G-tablet and I have severely screwed it over. First, I rooted it and installed CWM, (It went fine). Then I flashed Cyanogen 7, following their wiki full update instructions. It was running fine till I found out that for some reason, my computer nor the tablet even knew it had an SD (Computer found nothing, File explorer on tablet had nothing) coupled with the fact Gapps refused to install, I figured this would be solved in a wipe then another flash. Nothing was different. So I wiped again (seemed to have froze during) but the flash of Vegan 5.1 seemed to have went well... for now. However, trying to install Adobe Flash via the preinstalled android market, it wouldn't install. It kept saying download unsuccessful, for every single app I tried. (no it's not an network problem). Being the noob I am I started following random googled XDA threads on how to fix this. I partioned 4gig from my sd to see if that would fix the market problem. I got stuck in a bootloop so I was forced to reflash vegan. When I did, I found out that when I tried to install anything it said something along the lines of "Not enough space" knowing I had 13 gigs of memory leftover, I figured I'd try rebooting. Got stuck in bootloop. Then followed yet ANOTHER googled guide (droidpirate brick fix) and now I can't even access CWM. It just loads as IF it were going to CWM but then shows me a /!\ caution sign then instantly turns off. When I normally start it, it goes into bootloop. when I try to get to CWM (holding volume up, power) it goes to a useless flash that I presume just fails, then brings me back into the bootloop. As far as I see, I have no way of fixing this...
I know this is so much to read, so in a brief explanation.. I'm in a bootloop, cannot get into CWM (brings me to a failed flash then back into boot loop) and am in dire need of assistance Please help me
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
IndyLateNite said:
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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NvFlash is currently not working for me, I don't know exactly where I messed up but my computer already has the drivers to read the tablet. when I run the .bat, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Scratch that, got it to work. I didn't extract one of the folders entirely. But my tablet is still stuck in bootloop even after this? what now?
IndyLateNite said:
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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Take this with a grain of salt, as I learned it is not 'always' your friend
Now it's just on the stock Viewsonic birds and Gtablet logo bootloop...
Even after I NvFlashed it... Still can't access CMW.
Any suggestions?
Nvm, I got it to what appears to be working. (and I just about jizzed all over my tab.) Thanks so much. Saved me a beating from my parents.

[Q] Help with boot loop issue

ok, here comes the story.
i know you guys hate when we open new forums, but this here is a topic that i have been dealing with since about 2 weeks ago.
also, i wanted to thank you all for your help,ever since than...
the problem started as i said, few weeks ago. i have an s2, i tried to install a rom, and an error occued. the problem was know that i needed to factory reset and wipe the data from the phone in order to boot the phone. this was not possible due to an internal error (i got sucked), later on, i also discover that the problem i faced was due to the partions inside my phone.so, i tried to fix the partions, but i was unable,until i found a thread here dealing with the same problem on Note 2. so after a lot of work, i was able to repartion my internal memory (lost 6 GB) to fix partions 9, and 10. once that was done i was able to wipe data and factory reset.the problem was now that i was unable to install any rom using odin except CM10 which stucked also at the end of the process. but luckily for me i was able to get into the recovery of CM10 and i installed from the restriction remix rom. after wiping and factory reset, i was finally able to boot successively into the home-screen.
now, my phone seams to have swamped the internal and external memories. in the build in device manager of rr-rom, i only see my memory card labeled as internal. but this is not the big deal. the real problem is that this phone constantly keeps on restarting itself from time to time. so, it shut down from alone, tries to boot up, gets stucked at the logo, reboots itself several time in the same way, until in finally boots successively,
any help??
ah, i just wanted to add a funny fact, which is that on the day i fixed my phone,i accidently dropped it in the toilet (it fall from my pocket, no bad ideas please, it was fully at random from alone). i manged to save it also at that day. so, i some got a feeling that this phone just don't want to get repaired
Reinstall stock rom and start from scratch.
Sent from my GT-I9100
Well I have seen some ridiculous generic topic titles in my time (like "Help" and "Help please" etc) but this topic with its complete lack of a title just takes the crown as the most idiotic.

Totally jacked my nook up

Hello, first post here.
I am in some hot water. I got a nook tablet BNTV250A. Put CM7, etc on it. I don't know exactly what I did but now it ONLY boots into CWM.
It will not load an image off the sd card. I have tried Ray Waldo's fix, the Ubuntu fix, repart, and about half dozen others. All to no avail.
The only thing this POS does is boot into CWM (5.0.2.8). It can't mount any of the cache/recovery folders. When I tried mounting any other (/rom, /bootdata, /factory, etc) it just errors. I tried reflashing CWM, error. Tried relfashing CM7 (since that is the only version it will take), says complete then boots back into CWM. tried booting with and without it plugged into the computer, goes into CWM. In other words I cannot do ANYTHING.
I have been at this for 4 days. I am at the end of my rope. Any help would most greatly be apreciated.
Thanx in advance.
Veaceonee said:
Hello, first post here.
I am in some hot water. I got a nook tablet BNTV250A. Put CM7, etc on it. I don't know exactly what I did but now it ONLY boots into CWM.
It will not load an image off the sd card. I have tried Ray Waldo's fix, the Ubuntu fix, repart, and about half dozen others. All to no avail.
The only thing this POS does is boot into CWM (5.0.2.8). It can't mount any of the cache/recovery folders. When I tried mounting any other (/rom, /bootdata, /factory, etc) it just errors. I tried reflashing CWM, error. Tried relfashing CM7 (since that is the only version it will take), says complete then boots back into CWM. tried booting with and without it plugged into the computer, goes into CWM. In other words I cannot do ANYTHING.
I have been at this for 4 days. I am at the end of my rope. Any help would most greatly be apreciated.
Thanx in advance.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I have seen instances (really only one in hundreds of NOOKS reworked)
where the flash memory gets corrupted to the point where its read only.
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663470
if the RayWaldo fix and the Ubuntu dont seem to have any effect, you may be at that point.
The Ray Waldo thing has worked for me hundreds of times.
I finally just gave up on mine and used the good screen on one with a broken screen.
sorry...
dam..that sux..was hoping.:crying:

[Q] GT-S5839I Boot loop

Hello members hoping I can get some guidance.
Damaged my old phone in a accident the other week so I used my wife's old spare (unlocked) Galaxy Ace GT-S5839I.
As you all know it's a bit dated and slow so I decided to read (a lot) of this forum and decided a rom update was in order.
Looked at the CynagenMod roms. Read the tutorials and downloaded necessary files for the update from SD Card.
Started with CM9_cooperve_Beta_05, excellent rom, used it for 24 hrs but it's unsupported and has a few bugs.
So I decided to go for cm-11.0.0-GT-S5830i-cooperve, again excellent rom but it wouldn't boot with my sim card installed which defeats the objective of having a phone for communication.
I read about installing the modem file to overcome this sim problem and so installed MODEM_S5360_XXMK1.
This did not solve my sim boot issue, so the decision was made to revert back to CM9_cooperve_Beta_05 till I found something withy less issues.
This is when I started having an issue with the rom, though I can't remember the exact phrasing but it was something like Encryption Error when the rom booted, my only option was to reboot and wipe cache etc, which I did, however this did not solve the the issue. It just booted again, every time, with the same encryption issue.
So I came back to these forums and read many threads, some advice was that the intenral sd card was now unreadable, which I guess is real bad.
Other suggestions were to flash a stock rom to the phone, using odin, this could solve the issue, so I have, except now the phone is in a kind of boot loop. Showing a brand logo (used vodaphone and orange roms amongst others) then the Samsung logo then brand logo and so on, stuck in a boot loop I guess.
I have also read that to overcome this boot loop, if the internal sd is damaged, is to use my sd card as an external sd replacement for the internal sd.
This is as far as I got as its 6.15am and I haven't been to sleep yet.
Now most advice on the internet is a little flaky at best so im hoping any members here may be able to give me some good solid advice as to how to best rescue this phone as I really don't want to give up yet.
I can still enter download and recovery modes with the phone.
So please, someone throw me a bone here.
General section is not a proper place for technical assistance, Use Help section instead to get some real help .

Please help ! My only phone is bricked ! Please help :'(

Please help me ! :'( .....My LG L90 D415 got bricked because of me wanting to make my external sd card to internal storage, so i've searched that i can do that in my CM 13 rom, so formatted my sd card as internal just like they said, (luckily, i backup all my data) so when it's trying to format may sd, my screen just went black...so i searched what went wrong, and they said i have to use partition manager , and wipe the partitions and create a new one....so i did that, with eusus partition manager, and i created one, but the screen black, so i thought i need to restart it, so i did....but when i press the power button long enough, it's still not booting, so i thought the battery is dead...then i charged it, but no charging display is showing, it cant be that dead...so i waited and look, still no charging display...that's when i realized i screwed up and bricked my only phone so i tried the method: brbsupportlg .....my phone is recognised by my laptop there's a relink.....and bulk drivers installed when i plugged my lg....then i followed the intructions clearly..click start : the following error showed up: device not found in dload trying flash programmer....bad luck just keeps coming dont they :'( so please can someone help me, this is my only phone....and i can't survive without it.
p.s im not gonna buy another phone, i know you guys can help me :'(
I don't know who told you that you can do that but that option was only added in android 6.0 and doesn't really work well at all. You will have to release stock from download mode and start all over again.

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