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*ALL THE USUAL DISCLAIMERS AND WARNINGS*
*THIS IS FOR VERSION 1.1 ONLY, DON’T TRY ON 1.0.0 OR 1.0.1*
Credit goes to: GabrialDestruir for the original auto-nooter, GLa’DOS for the boot animation, pokey9000 for nooter, Mistar Muffin for Market and GTalk Fix, clockworx for the “non-ugly” patch that is used to get androidID, mastapsi for testing and coding of the original auto-nooter, lewellyn for coding, [mbm] for ABI Fix, Hotaru for the Gingerbread keyboard, rpollard00 for DroidX keyboard with bigger font, bpk for Soft Keys, Ben74 for NookColor Tools which enables Non Market Installs and re-enable of ADB , Freenode's #nookcolor chat for code checking. A special thanks to all developers out there, without all of you this community would not be as great as it is.
Please Note: If you are the developer of an app that is included in this work, and would like me to remove it, feel free to contact me.
*I am copying the following step from the original auto-nooter, because they are tried and true, and people are already familiar with seeing them*
What it does:
Installs su and Superuser.apk
Installs Busybox with whoami
Installs Softkeys 3.0.6
Installs NookColor Tools (To Enable Non-Market Installs, and re-enable ADB)
Installs Calendar and Calculator.
Installs Android Market, Gmail, Youtube
Installs Gingerbread Keyboard
Enable ADB
Enable Multi-touch for Android Apps
Enables Live Wallpapers
Enables Android Market and Gmail.
App Auto Install (Open up NooterFiles from sdcard drop in /data/app)
Known Problems:
With the version 1.1 update, ADB will not stay active after a reboot or unplug of the cable. To enable each time you want to use it, you will have to go into NookColor Tools /All Settings/Development/USB debugging, you will have to uncheck the box and then recheck it.
How to Use:
Before you begin:
* To update to 1.1 you must do a complete wipe.
* You must update to 1.1 to use Auto-Nooter 3.0.0 Instructions HERE.
1 You must already have a registered NOOKcolor
2 You must have a Gmail/Youtube linked Account. IF you used a Gmail account for B&N Registration you should use that one for this process.
3 You must either have dd (Linux) or WinImage (Windows) software.
4 You must have an external microSDCard reader or this will not work. Do NOT use the NC.
5 You must have enough intelligence to follow instructions.
Let's get started:
1 Download Auto-Nooter from here: MultiUpload or MediaFire
*MD5 FB74865663B8D797A486A85022FAD9B2*
2 Linux: Unzip and use dd if=auto-nooter-3.0.0.img of=/dev/sdcard
2 Windows: Unzip and use WinImage to "Restore Virtual Hard Disk Image" to your SDcard.
2 Windows Alternative: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
3 Unplug your NOOKcolor from computer. (If Plugged in.)
4 Insert AutoNooter SDcard into your NOOKcolor.
5 Plug the USB cable into your computer and your NOOKcolor. (This will boot up the NOOKcolor.)
6 Your NookColor will reboot when it's done.
That was the hard part, now to the simple stuff.
7 Upon boot unlock your screen.
8 At the Android Welcome Screen skip Sign In.
9 Enable Location Services when given the option.
10 Connect to Wifi and launch Youtube from "Extras".
11 Click the Menu button (The one RIGHT of the Up Arrow).
12 Select "My Channel" and Login using your Gmail Account.
13 Exit Youtube and Launch Gmail from "Extras".
14 Sync your Gmail Account and Exit. (If it fails to sync that is fine.)
15 Open up Market and Accept Terms and Service.
If you made it this far your nook should be successfully Rooted. Go Download an App to make sure.
16 Enable Non-Market Installs by running the NookColor Tools App.
17 If your Youtube fails to launch, download the attached EVO HQ, and follow this code in adb
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb uninstall com.google.android.youtube
adb push YouTube.apk /system/app
adb reboot
18 Go to Settings > Device Info > SdCard > UnMount > Format
Complete Wipe:
1 8 Failed Boots > Wipes /system
2 Factory ResetFactory Reset > Wipes /data
*You must do both of these to completely wipe clean your NOOKcolor.*
*Before anyone starts to say that I took this project away from GabrialDestruir, I posted this file in the original post, and sent the OP a PM asking to update the current project. I have yet to hear back, and the post was not updated. My post can be found HERE, dated February 2, 2011. I felt that this would be of a benefit to the community, so I am posting it now. If I am asked at some point to take it down I will do so at that time.*
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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I have never really seen an explanation as to why you don't format on the NC. I have formated via the NC and the card works fine both in the NC and my PC. When I want to burn an image, I have been able too. Been able to flash other images on it too.
Excellent!
Can you please add an MD5 to the first post?
Homer
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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Formatting the SDcard doesn't touch the onboard storage. It is one of the easier ways to remove bonus partitions to recover the full card. UPDATE: I should clarify this: when running Eclair internally.
Homer
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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You're thinking of Nookie Froyo. The stock B&N system is fine for formatting the card.
I think formatting the SD card is an issue when you use one of the Froyo images and boot from eMMC. When you format the SD card it actually formats the internal boot partition or some such. I remember reading it in one of the threads which led me to only boot the Froyo images from an external card.
I am at 1.1.0. When did 1.1.1 appear & how do I get it?
BTW Is this exactly the same as the interim A-N 2.12.25 modified for 1.1?
k
I'd say it's a typo and should be v1.1?
Canadoc said:
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
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also interested to know that!
And if there is benefits, can we use the auto nooter?
Just for clarification, in steps 3 & 4 should the NC be turned off? I have never been sure if it matters, but the following statement makes me think that it should be off,
"5 Plug the USB cable into your computer and your NOOKcolor. (This will boot up the NOOKcolor.)"
Thanks,
kev
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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Only with the froyo image.
Canadoc said:
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
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The main difference I see is that Clockwork recovery is not involved.
johnny054 said:
also interested to know that!
And if there is benefits, can we use the auto nooter?
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I guess it should be the same, but I had a couple of games break after up'ing with 1.1_r2. So I wanted to try stock/clean 1.1 and then root...hoping this would bring them back.
help please
I'm having a problem rooting my nook color. 2 weeks ago I was fully rooted and for some reason I forget why? but I went back to stock. recently I updated to the newest Barnes & noble firmware. seeing the recent developments of honeycomb I wanted to root my nook again. so I tried downgrading to firmware before the most recent update and using that version of auto nooter. I followed the instructions exactly to a tee. the problem is my nook wont load the disk image from the sd card. I made sure to fully format the sd card before writing the img with Win32DiskImager. I made sure the nook was completely off then plugging in the usb to into the pc to wake up the nook. but nothing? the nook boots up like normal then says sd card damaged. I've formatted the sd card again and have used the newest nooter for my current 1.1. but nothing. the only difference is the first time I rooted I was at my mothers and used her pc. it was a windows vista 64 bit. my computer is windows seven 64 bit. anyone have any idea's as to why the nook wont load the sd card with the nooter image? I'm using the same sd card I was able to root from before. so I seriously doubt its the sd card. I am properly formatting it before writing the img. I am having no problem writing the img. any help would be appreciated
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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brianf21 said:
Only with the froyo image.
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Ok thanks for that clarification. I was pretty sure I read it somewhere!!
trentmaynard said:
I'm having a problem rooting my nook color. 2 weeks ago I was fully rooted and for some reason I forget why? but I went back to stock. recently I updated to the newest Barnes & noble firmware. seeing the recent developments of honeycomb I wanted to root my nook again. so I tried downgrading to firmware before the most recent update and using that version of auto nooter. I followed the instructions exactly to a tee. the problem is my nook wont load the disk image from the sd card. I made sure to fully format the sd card before writing the img with Win32DiskImager. I made sure the nook was completely off then plugging in the usb to into the pc to wake up the nook. but nothing? the nook boots up like normal then says sd card damaged. I've formatted the sd card again and have used the newest nooter for my current 1.1. but nothing. the only difference is the first time I rooted I was at my mothers and used her pc. it was a windows vista 64 bit. my computer is windows seven 64 bit. anyone have any idea's as to why the nook wont load the sd card with the nooter image? I'm using the same sd card I was able to root from before. so I seriously doubt its the sd card. I am properly formatting it before writing the img. I am having no problem writing the img. any help would be appreciated
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You probably have a bad burn on the sdcard. Are you writing to the sdcard from the sd card reader or from the nook? Also, if you return to stock, (8 failed boots, then Power+N) You should be on firmware 1.0.0 or 1.0.1. Then root using one of the two original auto nooters, download rom manager from the market and flash the 1.1 pre-rooted firmware.
Thanks buddy, I try doing that. and I don't have an sd card reader so I just put the sd card that I'm going to write into my cell phone. then mount the sd card and write the img to the same storage device that represents the sd card. I'm sure this is the wrong way of doing it but I have gotten root doing the same thing before
Giving this a go now, coming from auto-nootered 1.0.1.
I am now making post that there really shouldn't be any need for, because all that's in here is already covered elsewhere. 100% Apparently not easy enough to find for newcomers, so I'm making an attempt to help info collection.
NOTHING here is my work! All I’ve done is trying to make easy to follow instructions to other people’s hard work. Those people deserve your thanks, not me!
I’m a newbie myself and that’s why I can say that this really is very easy! If I can do it without problems, so can you! I try not to chat away too much in the instructions. Make regular searches, here or Google for more info. I found it, so surely you can too! Any questions? Well, being a noob myself I probably can't answer. Google is a very good friend of mine though...
Please do not ask questions through pm. It's better if people that know more than I do get a chance to answer them in the thread instead!
You need to know how to burn an sd image. Separate instructions to that after the other instructions if you don’t.
Step 1: Establish what it is you want to do! Choose A, B or C
A: You do not want to touch the internals of your NT but want to try CM10 anyway
B: You want to stay in the BN environment but would like to be able to install apps from elsewhere (for example Google Play Store)
C: You want to get rid of BN and install CM10 instead.
A: Run CM10 from sd card – no root required
This should work on 8GB Tablet as well as 16GB
When you boot into the card you’re running Android ICS. Remove the card and you’ll boot to internal BN operating system. (Or keep the card in, boot to Cyanoboot Menu and choose “internal boot”)
Ready-made card image download links to be found here: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
It’s a large download (around 500 MB), but it is a ready-made sd card image. As it says in the instructions there, you’ll more than likely want to expand the user partition to take full advantage of the card, but that’s covered in his instructions.
There are other, more manual ways to make these cards as well. Also covered both in that blog and here at XDA! Go search!
B: Root the Tablet
This works on both 8GB and 16 GB Tablet.
“Rooting” is like unlocking your device, giving you access and control over it. You’re still running BN operating system though. Several excellent root guides here on XDA.
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488035
Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21275927#post21275927
The first one (Brian’s) require a 2 GB card the other one (Albert’s) just needs a very small card. (I think 128 MB would do, but I don’t have any that small to try)
Both give good instructions in their topics.
Both install gApps.
If you want to block OTA updates from BN, go to Play Store and find NT Hidden Settings. Even if it got installed with the root it’s probably not latest version and doesn’t have the Block OTA function.
C: Installing CM10 internally
***8GB owners must make sure to use ROM that works with their device!***
Since I’m a noob I look for easy way, and this is very easy and needs very little know-how!
***Warning! CWM is a very powerful tool. Do not "wander around" and "experiment" with stuff without doing proper research! Seriously! DON'T!***
1. You need a bootable CWM card. Instead of making my own I use Albert's root image from B (above) because this image includes CWM 5.x.x. I use this to flash a higher version CWM internally. I erase the zip files from the card to make room for a flashable CWM 6.x.x
2. Find a flashable CWM 6.x.x I found mine through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958
I use the one named "flash_cm9-10_cwm v6...." Download and copy to your sd card.
3. Boot into the sd-card and it should take you to CWM 5.x.x. environment.
I guess a backup of you current system would be a good thing (even though I admit to skipping that myself). To backup you'll probably need another card if you're using "The Albert Card" now, because I doubt it's enough room on that.
You navigate with the volume rocker, go back to previous menu with “power” and confirm choices with “n”
Choose “install zip from card” – “choose zip from card” – your CWM zip
See warning above!
4. Power off and prepare your sd card for ROM flashing. (If you’re working with just one card you will need to format it with SD Format or similar to get it back to full capacity.) Put your CM10 ROM zip and the appropriate gApps zip on the card.( It doesn’t matter if there’s other stuff on the card, so you don’t have to format it because of that!). I will not link to a specific ROM. Make your own choice but be sure it works for your model and also make sure you use the right gApps!
5. Reboot into Cyanoboot. This took me a couple of attempts to get right.
From powered down device, press power and right after that press and hold "n", You should boot into Cyanoboot and get the boot menu. Choose "Internal recovery" and you should get into new CWM
6. I don’t know how much clearing is needed, but I prefer to clear pretty much everything to make sure of a clean install. Cache and Dalvik I always clear.
***DO NOT format anything unless you knwo what you're doing! *** (See Satan's posts below)
7. Flash ROM and gApps same way as you flashed the CWM 6.x.x (install zip from card – choose zip from card) reboot and go!
How to burn an sd-image:
I use Win32Diskimager. Download link in Albert’s root topic (and numerous other places!!)
Unzip into a folder.
(I also copy my various img files to that folder to have them easily available)
No need to install, just run by doubleclicking the EXE in the folder.
Make sure the device letter really is your sd card.
Click on the blue folder and navigate to your img file, choose it and “write”.
It will take some time if it’s a large img, but that’s what the progress bar is there for, isn’t it?!
Nice work ,
But you should add 'do not format any partition ' warning. Android users coming from other devices might do this by default during flashing rom.
Almost every one with bricked tablets has tried formatting partitions.
Sent from my ST21a
Thanks Satan! I did not know that! Will do!
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
satan89 said:
but looks like some people missed it.
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It looks like a lot of people miss a lot of things...
satan89 said:
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
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Do not format especially the rom partition and, most critically, the factory partition which respectively contain a set of small files with device-specific unique data (not only Serial No. but also MAC address, public/private key certificates, etc.) and the backup archive copy of the same data files (/factory/romdata.zip).
Unfortunately, I've seen some "unbricking" tools (including some that are very frequently cited/recommended on these NT forums) reformat/zero-out and flash over these 2 partitions. The end result being, even in the event the "bricked" NT gets "restored to stock", depending on the specific tool used it could be carrying device-specific data of someone else's (e.g., tool developer's) NT.
EXACTLY!
satan89 said:
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
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I think this is exactly what happened to my NT. Took me weeks of researching (I don't have a lot of free time) to figure out how to restore my 16GB NT.
Help
Im trying to single boot CM10 from sd card without touching nook os. I am using guide (CM10.0 Jellybean SDCard IMG for Nook Tablet (12/31) FINAL)
I have tried for hours using different methods also and cant even get it to boot to CM, no CM logo at all. I have a BNTV250 NT on 1.4.3. I have tried multiple sd cards, I am using a Sandisk 8gb class 6.
In a nutshell all I should have to do is
-Format the card with SD formatter,
-Extract the (Extract cm10_xxxxxx_sd_hd.img from cm10_xxxxxx_sd_hd.7z/rar)
-Use Winimage to write the image to the SD card, correct??
The Nook still refuses to boot into Cyanogen, just boots up normal every time!
same with every procedure i have tried,
Any pointers????
Have you tried putting the sd-catd in the powered down Tablet and then insert the charger cable, connected to the charger?
Many Tablets have difficulties booting into sd other ways,
asawi said:
Have you tried putting the sd-catd in the powered down Tablet and then insert the charger cable, connected to the charger?
Many Tablets have difficulties booting into sd other ways,
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No, I have not, will try now.........ty
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HOLY ****!!!! I LOVE YYOU!!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::highfive::victory:
That worked, I cant believe it. Why is this not written anywhere??
LOL! :laugh: Glad you got it working!! :good:
Any clue of how to get rid of booting that way? I'm not always with a USB cable witj me.
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I've never had to do it that way myself so I really don't know. You could try pressing the "n" buttons right after the power button and holding it for a few seconds.
Actually not being able to boot into SD card easily is the reason some install internally instead.
Sent from my NookTablet using Tapatalk 2
asawi said:
I've never had to do it that way myself so I really don't know. You could try pressing the "n" buttons right after the power button and holding it for a few seconds.
Actually not being able to boot into SD card easily is the reason some install internally instead.
Sent from my NookTablet using Tapatalk 2
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Tried doping that with no luck. After 8 or 10 attempts magically boots todo cm. Thanks.
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Alright, just got cwm 6.x installed and now ready to install rom, just wanting to verify that I should still "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"? That is different from "formatting" correct? I don't wanna brick this thing without confirmation. Thanks for the awesome guide!
edit: Ignore the wipe question, found it, thank again for the guide, I will let you know how the install goes!
ThePhantom97 said:
Alright, just got cwm 6.x installed and now ready to install rom, just wanting to verify that I should still "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"? That is different from "formatting" correct? I don't wanna brick this thing without confirmation. Thanks for the awesome guide!
edit: Ignore the wipe question, found it, thank again for the guide, I will let you know how the install goes!
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Thank you very much for putting this together, it was very helpful!
Need some help with the "AdamOutlerUbuntuTotalReFlash" method. I am missing or overlooking something but, can't figure out what. I have installed the Ubuntu 12.0.4 on an older laptop in an effort to 1) learn but 2) mostly to restore my 16GB NT. Currently the Nook will only boot to CWM. I have tried a few different methods and images but, can't seem to get anything to load. Do I need to repartition and can anyony help with that, I am at apoint wher maybe I have tried to learn or do to many new things at once and am frustrated and confused. I don"t believ all is lost but could sure use a little more help/direction. I have followed all of Adam Outler's steps but, seem to run into trouble with having success writing the image to the SD card.
Is this what you are trying?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
If so, you do not need to have Ubuntu on your computer, nor know anything about it!
Scroll down to "WIndows" instructions and go!
1. Download - extract - rename Adams file
2. Open your disk imager and load the img you "created" in step 1.
3. Burn the image to your sd card
4. Boot into the card created in step 3 and follow the instructions below the picture. starting with "Theory of..."
thanks
asawi said:
Is this what you are trying?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
If so, you do not need to have Ubuntu on your computer, nor know anything about it!
Scroll down to "WIndows" instructions and go!
1. Download - extract - rename Adams file
2. Open your disk imager and load the img you "created" in step 1.
3. Burn the image to your sd card
4. Boot into the card created in step 3 and follow the instructions below the picture. starting with "Theory of..."
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I would like to say thank you for the help and appreciate the support. I will give this a shot. this evening. a few Questions 1) when renaming the AdamOutlerUbuntuTotalReFlash.tar.gz file do i delete the .tar.gz extensions and replace them with the .img extension? or do i do i leave them so that the extension is now .tar.gz.img ? 2) when powering on the device do I power on with the power button on the NT or use the USB cable and let the device power itself on and does it matter if the device is plugged into the charger or the PC? Any specific instructions or specific utilities for formatting the SD Card?
Thanks Again!
I haven't done this recovery myself, so I really don't know anything about it. I would suggest you to read through that topic and see if the answers are there.
The instructions do say "extract" and THEN "rename"
Some general things I can say though:
When burning an image to sd card the card doesn't need to be formatted before doing it.
To get the NT to boot from sd crad is individual from device to device. Many say they only get theirs to do it by inserting charging cable to power adapter.
The three that have passed through my hands have booted to sd either by themselves when turning on power. If they haven't done so right away I hold down the "n" and that's it.
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Need some help with the "AdamOutlerUbuntuTotalReFlash" method. I am missing or overlooking something but, can't figure out what. I have installed the Ubuntu 12.0.4 on an older laptop in an effort to 1) learn but 2) mostly to restore my 16GB NT. Currently the Nook will only boot to CWM. I have tried a few different methods and images but, can't seem to get anything to load. Do I need to repartition and can anyony help with that, I am at apoint wher maybe I have tried to learn or do to many new things at once and am frustrated and confused. I don"t believ all is lost but could sure use a little more help/direction. I have followed all of Adam Outler's steps but, seem to run into trouble with having success writing the image to the SD card.
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You should read this post before trying out any "unbricking" method and end up permanently bricking your NT.
asawi said:
I haven't done this recovery myself, so I really don't know anything about it. I would suggest you to read through that topic and see if the answers are there.
The instructions do say "extract" and THEN "rename"
Some general things I can say though:
When burning an image to sd card the card doesn't need to be formatted before doing it.
To get the NT to boot from sd crad is individual from device to device. Many say they only get theirs to do it by inserting charging cable to power adapter.
The three that have passed through my hands have booted to sd either by themselves when turning on power. If they haven't done so right away I hold down the "n" and that's it.
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o.k. so i have downloaded the image, extracted it using winrar but, when i use the win32diskimager to write the image i can find the file but, the win 32 diskimager does not recognize the sd card or doesn't even let me open the little file foled at all for that matter as far as where to chose to write it to?
Hi all,
I tried Adams' method along with a few days worth of other methods. I've been unable to get past the writing MLO portion in Adams' method. Has anyone been able to get past this?
p.s. I'm a semi-n00b, this is my first tablet If it was a phone I'd be fine lol
Nvmd, I think I was using an old file, got it working now. Large thanks and respect to Adam!
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Here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179403
I hope someone can help me. I have a 16gb nook tablet that I rooted using the method described here http://liliputing.com/2012/03/how-to-dual-boot-cyanogenmod-7-nook-tablet-os-with-a-microsd-card.html over a year ago and I've never had an issue until last weekend. My daughter was playing a game and the nook started acting up. The touch screen became unresponsive and the screen started to flash. I let the Nook charge overnight and when I turned it on the next day the screen became stuck at the white Nook welcome screen. After 20 minutes I tried the holding down power and N button to see if I could get it to restart, but unfortunately that may have made it worse. Now my Nook won't start at all. I've read many many threads here on how to fix it, but I am not tech savvy in the slightest. The first thing I tried was Rays method http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/ but instead of getting the green checkmark I got the red X and the "nook is shutting down" message. I tried so many things that I cannot remember them all but I do know that one of the methods I tried I got this message.
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can’t open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can’t mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can’t open / cache/recovery/last_log
After that I tried to use the method described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 and I did make the booktable cwm-sd and I went to lavero.burgos' thread to download the mmcblk files, but they weren't there.
Also I don't understand what adb is but I'm desperate, when I found the thread that explained it and tried to download the ADB + Fastboot + Drivers.zip that was in said thread (I'm sorry I can't remember which thread it was) the zip file didn't work.
I'm really sorry for posting yet another, "please help my nook is borked" thread but after all the reading I've done this past week the only thing I've become is very confused and frustrated. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.
Notice on the link you posted
Ray Waldo; said:
If this procedure fails, try one of these:
Celtic has a possible solution on XDA here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513583
Succulent has more info on his Github page: https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard.
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I can see how you got lost. There aren’t really any detailed instructions there.
I got the following zip from 2nd link
Flash the zip with CWM then try the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip SD card again and you should get a green checkmark this time.
udownwitopp said:
Notice on the link you posted
I can see how you got lost. There aren’t really any detailed instructions there.
I got the following zip from 2nd link
Flash the zip with CWM then try the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip SD card again and you should get a green checkmark this time.
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Thank you for your reply. I will try this tonight and hopefully it will work.
Well I tried, and I hate asking but how exactly does someone add a zip file to an sd card after an image has been flashed to it? I've tried numerous times with sd cards of various sizes and I'm pretty sure I should have been able to do this with a 16gb card, but every time I try to drag and drop the flashstock zip over onto the card it says that there is no room available. Now I have been doing a lot of reading on here and I'm pretty sure I did not set the card up right, I did format it correctly with the sdformatter program, but I'm guessing I have to do something with the partitions on the card. I am not familiar with the programs because I've never had cause to use them before so I am not entirely sure how to do that. I tried following the directions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 but I couldn't figure out how to enable boot, and lba flags. I realize that this has probably all been answered already, but again, there programs are so foreign to me that I'm not even sure what to look up first. Thank you again for any help that any one can give me.
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Well I tried, and I hate asking but how exactly does someone add a zip file to an sd card after an image has been flashed to it? I've tried numerous times with sd cards of various sizes and I'm pretty sure I should have been able to do this with a 16gb card, but every time I try to drag and drop the flashstock zip over onto the card it says that there is no room available. Now I have been doing a lot of reading on here and I'm pretty sure I did not set the card up right, I did format it correctly with the sdformatter program, but I'm guessing I have to do something with the partitions on the card. I am not familiar with the programs because I've never had cause to use them before so I am not entirely sure how to do that. I tried following the directions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24995518&postcount=1 but I couldn't figure out how to enable boot, and lba flags. I realize that this has probably all been answered already, but again, there programs are so foreign to me that I'm not even sure what to look up first. Thank you again for any help that any one can give me.
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I'll try to explain the process for you. "The Red X" is a very common issue that people have with their devices. It's usually caused by digging into something that you don't fully understand. It's VERY important to understand the process of flashing custom ROMs because it could screw up your tablet, delete ROM partitions and such.
The first issue you need to attend to is "The Red X." First download the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip from the ray waldo site found here:
http://raywaldo.com/2012/06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
Unzip the zip file and you should have a repart.img. Use win32diskimager to write this to an SD card. Once it's done writing, put the SD card in your device and it should boot from SD card and flash stock B&N 1.4.2 to your nook (if you have problems booting from SD card plug in the USB to your computer).
If you still get "The Red X" during this process please use the following method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513583
If you have further problems please post or PM me. Once you have the issue fixed I HIGHLY recommend using the SDC version. It's a lot easier than the Internal Version and will prevent mistakes from happening.
Thank you for responding. I retried the method described on Ray's site, but sadly it's still a no go. I have downloaded the parted binary and I know how to get it onto the sd card, but what I don't know is how to ADB into my device. I'm not even sure I understand what ADB is.
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Thank you for responding. I retried the method described on Ray's site, but sadly it's still a no go. I have downloaded the parted binary and I know how to get it onto the sd card, but what I don't know is how to ADB into my device. I'm not even sure I understand what ADB is.
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I'm not extremely knowledgeable with the ADB tool, but it's setting up your computer so you can write commands into your command prompt that will execute actions on your device. The link for setting it up is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
Once you get it set up just follow the rest of the directions in the parted binary post.
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I'm not extremely knowledgeable with the ADB tool, but it's setting up your computer so you can write commands into your command prompt that will execute actions on your device. The link for setting it up is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
Once you get it set up just follow the rest of the directions in the parted binary post.
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Thank you for a link to the post with a working zip file for adb, I've downloaded and I've tried to follow the video, but unfortunately my laptop will not read my nook at all. Every time I connect it with a usb my device manager tries to find it, but it blinks, makes an error sound and I see
OMAP4330 under other devices. I' did a search for that error and came across this thread, but again the instructions call for installing an apk on the nook and since I can't get mine to turn on, it's a no go
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Thank you for a link to the post with a working zip file for adb, I've downloaded and I've tried to follow the video, but unfortunately my laptop will not read my nook at all. Every time I connect it with a usb my device manager tries to find it, but it blinks, makes an error sound and I see
OMAP4330 under other devices. I' did a search for that error and came across this thread, but again the instructions call for installing an apk on the nook and since I can't get mine to turn on, it's a no go
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There is a possibility you could have deleted some partitions important to the nook then. Have you tried making an sdc version of cm10 to see if it could boot at all? You could see if you still have the device information to backup, recreate the partitions and flash back to stock.
Use this to make a bootable cm10 card:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Just write the image file to an SD card and put it in your nook. It will boot into cm10. Once there go into your file manager and turn on root access. Go to your root drive/ROM/devconf to access all your device information. Make a backup of all them. There is a picture of my devices root drive. If you do not have the various partitions you will have to recreate them. There is a method on the Nook General Thread for doing this named "Unbrick Internal Partitions On NT" or something similar. You can use that recreate the internal partitions essential for your nook.
If you deleted the ROM partition with the Nook's product information you may be out of luck. The serial number and Mac address are the most essential, and can be found on your device hardware. The SN is under the SD slot (if readable) and Mac address is located inside your device. Not sure where I've never opened my nook to look, but probably on the WiFi chip.
Slight chance you may be able to fix it with this information and the rest of the device information you can use from a different nook since it doesn't have to do with internet and registration. There may be a way to fix that, but I don't know of any.
Best of luck. If you have problems just post a reply or send me an email.
I can get the Nook to turn on with the bootable cm10 card in it. I get the cyanoboot screen and see the boot menu, but honestly I don't know where to go from there. I think it's time for me to try and find someone who understands all of the programs involved in trying to fix this because I know I'm going to end up making things worse, if that's even possible. Thank you for trying to help me though. I do appreciate it
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I can get the Nook to turn on with the bootable cm10 card in it. I get the cyanoboot screen and see the boot menu, but honestly I don't know where to go from there. I think it's time for me to try and find someone who understands all of the programs involved in trying to fix this because I know I'm going to end up making things worse, if that's even possible. Thank you for trying to help me though. I do appreciate it
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Hello! Did you ever figure out how to resurrect your Nook? I had trouble signing in Gmail and wanted to just unbrick and have the plain Nook again. I've been struggling getting the device to boot from the sd card with the repart imaged. I'm trying to get back to the ClockworkMod recovery screen but I can't at that moment. Someone suggested that I "flash" the B&N zip to the card but I'm trying to figure out how to do that.
Would love help!
Hello,
I've searched many topics but still didn't work
My NT 16GB worked good till today. Today I want to flash a new ROM (CM10.1 rc5).
I though I made a mistake from here: from ROM Manager, I flashed the CWM to 6.0, but I might flash with Nook Color version :crying: and from this time, my NT is ALWAYS boot into recovery mode.
- I tried press Power and N button or 8 times fail reboots but it still boot into recovery
- I tried flash new ROM from sd card, and the status is shown Installing Update.... and then it shown Install from sd card completed!!! There was no any notification more (as usual). And after "completed" by this way, reboot and still went into recovery mode again
- I also tried flash new cwm version 6.0.x, wipe data, format system, data,.... and flash ROM again from sdcard but still didnt work.
- I also tried reset to factory default http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836 but it still boot into CWM again and again.
- and follow many topics on google search but still no luck
please anyone can give me a hint, let me see the way to escape the recovery screen :crying::crying: thank you so much!
I want to flash a new ROM, a fresh tablet to make a gift for my dad on father's day, but it is brick :crying::crying::crying:
I think using ROM manager to flash recovery may not work with our device (I may be wrong) but we don't have an official build of CWM.
Regardless.... Do you have adb set up? If so, does it recognize your nt?
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DavDoc said:
I think using ROM manager to flash recovery may not work with our device (I may be wrong) but we don't have an official build of CWM.
Regardless.... Do you have adb set up? If so, does it recognize your nt?
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I have adb set up, but it doesn't recognize my NT , it always boot to recovery mode
Ok, no big deal yet. Lets try the following.
First you are going to need an extra SD card, one greater than 2G. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21895025&postcount=14 and follow the instructions. This will give you the files and show you how to make a CWM bootable SD card (ignore all the steps about rooting your device in this thread for now). Note that this will repartition your SD card, so you will not be able to use is for much else unless you re-repartition it yourself.
To tell if this is successful or not, note the version of CWM you are now booting into, I am guessing it will be 6.0.3.1 (newest version) since you tried getting this from Rom Manager. If it is booting from SD card it should show up as version 5.0.x.x (I don't remember the exact version but it is older).
If you got it to boot from SD card then lets pull an updated version of CWM from this site http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery The older version of CWM may not work well with CM10.1. try CWM 6.0.2.9, make sure you download the flashable CWM zip and not the image file.
OK now you will need to put this zip file onto your SD card - there should be just enough room left for it, or you could put it onto a 2nd SD card (easier) Note: while in recovery you can take the bootable SD card out of your NT. Go ahead and flash the CWM zip. You should now have a working recovery. At this point try flashing a ROM of your choice.
Good Luck
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Ok, no big deal yet. Lets try the following.
First you are going to need an extra SD card, one greater than 2G. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21895025&postcount=14 and follow the instructions. This will give you the files and show you how to make a CWM bootable SD card (ignore all the steps about rooting your device in this thread for now). Note that this will repartition your SD card, so you will not be able to use is for much else unless you re-repartition it yourself.
To tell if this is successful or not, note the version of CWM you are now booting into, I am guessing it will be 6.0.3.1 (newest version) since you tried getting this from Rom Manager. If it is booting from SD card it should show up as version 5.0.x.x (I don't remember the exact version but it is older).
If you got it to boot from SD card then lets pull an updated version of CWM from this site http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery The older version of CWM may not work well with CM10.1. try CWM 6.0.2.9, make sure you download the flashable CWM zip and not the image file.
OK now you will need to put this zip file onto your SD card - there should be just enough room left for it, or you could put it onto a 2nd SD card (easier) Note: while in recovery you can take the bootable SD card out of your NT. Go ahead and flash the CWM zip. You should now have a working recovery. At this point try flashing a ROM of your choice.
Good Luck
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Hello DavDic,
Thank you for your help,
I follow your link and I success to boot from SD card, and CWM version is 5.0.5, then I success install the update.zip too, unfortunately after removing the sd card and reboot, it still boot to CWM version 6.0.2.9 - this is the version that I flash from ROM Manager before my NT is bricked (I flashed wrong device when I choose Nook Color in Rom Manager)
So I try to reboot again from sdcard, cwm version 5.0.5, then flash new CM10.1 ROM, and reboot and still go to CWM 6.0.2.9
and again, I boot from sdcard, cwm version 5.0.5, flash to new cwm version 6.0.2.9, flash new ROM and still boot to CWM screen
So, I can create and boot from a Sdcard, But can not boot to OS, always go to cwm 6.0.2.9 screen (that I think the wrong file since I flash from Nook Color file ). Thank you!
h a l t said:
Hello,
I've searched many topics but still didn't work
My NT 16GB worked good till today. Today I want to flash a new ROM (CM10.1 rc5).
I though I made a mistake from here: from ROM Manager, I flashed the CWM to 6.0, but I might flash with Nook Color version :crying: and from this time, my NT is ALWAYS boot into recovery mode.
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please anyone can give me a hint, let me see the way to escape the recovery screen :crying::crying: thank you so much!
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I think your problem most likely has to do with BCB/BootCnt not getting reset properly, as described at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21381141&postcount=1.
If so, the easiest way of resetting these files is to flash Succulent's flashable_fix_bootloop.zip at his repo http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery.
digixmax said:
I think your problem most likely has to do with BCB/BootCnt not getting reset properly, as described at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21381141&postcount=1.
If so, the easiest way of resetting these files is to flash Succulent's flashable_fix_bootloop.zip at his repo http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery.
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Thank you, I did but no luck still boot to recovery mode
You need to try and get an adb connection. I assume you are running Windows, if not............
But, what happens when you plug your NT into your computer. Do either of your drives (Internal/external SD) show up in my computer?
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You need to try and get an adb connection. I assume you are running Windows, if not............
But, what happens when you plug your NT into your computer. Do either of your drives (Internal/external SD) show up in my computer?
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Both drives show up in my windows computer, but I can't read, "please insert a disk" error when I double click on drive,
I am trying this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 and hope...
h a l t said:
Both drives show up in my windows computer, but I can't read, "please insert a disk" error when I double click on drive,
I am trying this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 and hope...
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You should have an adb connection then. Before you jump into the total wipe attempt, try getting an adb connection. Use this first and see if it works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36650082&postcount=171
You will need the driver files for this though, let me know if you don't have them.
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You should have an adb connection then. Before you jump into the total wipe attempt, try getting an adb connection. Use this first and see if it works http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36650082&postcount=171
You will need the driver files for this though, let me know if you don't have them.
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Yes I have the driver files, on device manager it shown Android Phone ADB interface, something like this, and what is the next step please...
h a l t said:
Yes I have the driver files, on device manager it shown Android Phone ADB interface, something like this, and what is the next step please...
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You should have adb access given what you just said.
Are you familiar with command prompts and adb commands?
DavDoc said:
You should have adb access given what you just said.
Are you familiar with command prompts and adb commands?
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yes I have adb access from Dos, but don't know which command to fix my problem. Thanks so much for your patience, still googling
h a l t said:
yes I have adb access from Dos, but don't know which command to fix my problem. Thanks so much for your patience, still googling
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Well this is a start at least.
I think Digixmax may be on to something though.
@digixmax, I am at work and don't have an NT in front of me, do you remember which partition the recovery is in. I wanted OP to see if those two files were even there. He may have gotten rid of them completely inadvertently.
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Well this is a start at least.
I think Digixmax may be on to something though.
@digixmax, I am at work and don't have an NT in front of me, do you remember which partition the recovery is in. I wanted OP to see if those two files were even there. He may have gotten rid of them completely inadvertently.
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F5, F5, ..... I see the light at the end of the tunnel,... God, what is the adb, shell command to help me escape this trouble :angel::angel:
DavDoc said:
Well this is a start at least.
I think Digixmax may be on to something though.
@digixmax, I am at work and don't have an NT in front of me, do you remember which partition the recovery is in. I wanted OP to see if those two files were even there. He may have gotten rid of them completely inadvertently.
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These two files are in the /bootdata partition (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 for a list of the NT partitions and their content).
But if OP's flashing Succulent's flashable_fix_bootloop.zip (which basically re-install a fresh copy of these two files) didn't fix the problem then he might have wiped out some other critical components of the system.
I follow Adam's guide, unbrick my NT, and then flash new CM10.1 ROM perfectly.
Thank you again DavDoc and digixmax for helping me so much! :good:
Glad you got it working again
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