So I attempted to root my NT using Ray Waldo's Jelly Bean & Root for Nook Tablet 1.4.3
(here's the link so you know what the process was: http://raywaldo.com/2012/09/root-for-nook-tablet-1-4-3/ )
and I got as far as booting the NT from the SD card that contained CWM recovery on it, and it began the process. It then decided to just shut completely off after it seemed to be either almost finished or finished with the boot process. Either way, the problem now is I cannot turn it on. I have used every button press combo, as well as several attempts to boot off of recovery SD cards. I have tried connecting the NT to the computer via usb while holding down the power and home buttons, and all that jazz. No matter what I do, my NT will NOT turn on for ANYTHING. Although the battery seems to be fine, since after plugging in the power cord (after attempting to press buttons or whatever else) it turns orange for a few seconds to a few minutes (depending on how much I mess with it) and turns green. I am starting to think that any method that uses the SD card to boot into recovery or flash to stock or anything is simply not going to work, as my most recent attempt was to boot it into Ubuntu Recovery using Adam Outler's [UnBrick]TOTAL WIPE and reflash back to 1.4.0 via Ubuntu Recovery --Now Easier!!!! (here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910 )
and after following the instructions for both Ubuntu AND windows, the card will not make the NT boot into recovery. Considering Adam Outler's method is supposed to completely set everything to 0, I am pretty sure that anything regarding booting from an SD card is NOT going to work.
Is there any way that I could connect the NT to the computer and fix it through that? If anyone has any MEANINGFUL and USEFUL tips regarding this dilemma, PLEASE help me out. I am aware of the possibility that my NT could be fried beyond repair, but at the same time I can't help but think that there's GOT to be a way I can fix it. I don't care about saving anything on there, or what ROM I flash it to, or anything like that. I just don't want to be a paperweight anymore. I would like to at least figure out why it won't turn on, if nothing else.
Like I said, I have already tried several methods regarding booting to recovery through the SD card, and none have worked. Again, NOTHING is making it turn on at all. Please help me!
I would try the repart.imgdecribed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836 before attempting anything else. I think your trouble stems from TWRP, but either way, try the repart.img before you start messing with anything else.
I know you say it's impossible to boot from sd card, but I still think it's worth a try. Insert the card. then insert powered charging cable. If it still seems dead, hold power button for 10 seconds. Remove and reinsert powered cable.
The fact that the charging cable is green does not automatically means it's charged. It just means it's not taking any power, and that could be because of whatever makes it not turn on. I think it may not actually have been dead when you thought it was at first, and then it could have drained completely. It needs to get some juice, so try keeping the chargging cable inserted when experimenting with buttons.
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I know, I know, I know.
"Oh this noob is dumb! blahblahblah" yeah, I get it.
BUT... I just want to know that I'm fully bricked and I want to try and understand why it is the way it is.
Here it goes:
BEFORE it was bricked, I reverted the phone back to Stock (Eclair via Odin, because I wanted the Bionix ROM) and I was trying to figure out how to upgrade it to 2.2 and to get CWM. I looked throughout the bible and stuff but I totally just got lost.
I, instead, being the dumb person I am, I download Stock+Voodoo for 2.2 and I flash it via Odin. I now realize that I have totally screwed stuff up.
I boot up the phone and you know what pops up? Red CWM.
It can't mount the system or even look at the recovery logs and I now know I totally effed up the phone, bad.
I try to get into download mode.. it goes to CWM.
I try to reboot into download mode via CWM and since I was able to have access to ADB via CWM, I tried ADB... that didn't work, it booted into CWM.
I even plug in the charger when the phone's off and it boots into CWM.
It shows the battery for a little (loading bar has no animation and the battery is just there... it stays still for say... 5 secs then boots into CWM).
What did I corrupt/mess up, etc?
Is it the bootloader? ... or what? and is it non-recoverable?
I didn't even know what was included in the Stock+Voodoo file. (I got the link/forum topic via Bible).
Your help and input would be much appreciated, and I'd understand if you call me stupid/dumb etc. for over 100 times.
Thanks!
If you're able to reach recovery, there's hope!
Just wrote up a post about getting into DL mode and ODINing to Stock here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319802
Copy/Paste from that thread about getting into DL mode.
1) If not already powered down, power down your phone.
2) Remove the back cover.
3) Remove the battery.
4) Plug your micro USB cable into your computer (Your computer should be on at this time.)
5) (This will take a little dexterity. Enlist help if it proves too difficult on your own.) Hold down both volume keys at the same time.
6) While still holding down the two volume keys, insert your micro usb cable into your phone.
7) While still holding down the two volume keys, insert the battery into your phone.
8) Your screen should now light up with a yellow digging Android that reads "Download Mode"
9) If you did not reach download mode, repeat steps 1 - 7 several times to rule out any user error.
10) If you still cannot enter download mode, remove your SD card and SIM card as well as your battery. Do not re-insert the SD or SIM card when you re-insert your battery in step 7.
11) If you still cannot enter download mode, remove your battery, SD, and SIM card. Wait 24hrs and try again.
12) If you still cannot enter download mode, your phone may require special care, such as a JIG or JTAG. Information on this can be found elsewhere on the XDA forums.
Let us know if you're still unable to reach DL mode!
no your not totally bricked, your process of getting into download may be different depending on the bootloaders you have. Keep trying to get download, odin back to stock, you might pull the battery for 10 minutes to settle.
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wow you did just post one, verrrry nice reference material.
I have been trying to put CyanogenMod 7 on my Verizon Fascinate.
It was fresh out of the box, unrooted, no fancy widgets or programs installed,
when it suddenly decided to erase my Contacts.
No matter how much I backup through Verizon, the contacts will erase,
NOT backup with Verizon, and even better, not save any contacts.
I had it factory reset couple of times, but the problem kept coming up.
(Maybe there's something wrong with the SD Card??)
Well, so I decided to install CyanogenMod 7.
I first installed SuperOneClick, and rooted my phone that way.
I also installed ROM Manager.
I was in the ClockworkMod Recovery
when I went into "install from SD Card" trying to install CM7.zip,
my phone starts going on a "waiting for SD card to mount" loop.
It will keep going forever and ever,
phone will not turn off unless I take the battery out,
no matter which way I try to turn it back on,
it starts giving me that loop again.
One of my family members have a Verizon fascinate as well,
but without CyanogenMod (is rooted though).
I put the same two files (CM7.zip and gapps.zip) at the root folder,
plug it into my SD Card slot, with no luck..
same "waiting for.." loop.
As I have been searching on this forum for two hours,
everyone seemed to suggest that the SD card was the problem.
But I'm kind of ignorant on this type of subject,
1. I have searched that a smaller GB SD Card is better? True or False..?
1a. Let's say I bought a 2 GB SD Card. What do I do with it?
Put the two files into the SD card and plug it in?
1b. Will I be able to use a bigger sized SD Card later on
after the installation is finished?
2. Is the SD Card the problem or is there a way I can work it out?
P.S. By the way, I followed the steps from the Wiki,
and had a hard time at "Boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery" step.
I didn't know how to boot into it all, and I searched that
pressing the volume down button and the power button does the trick.
My phone didn't.
So I ended up going to ROM Manager
and pressing the "reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery" button.
Pressing that button froze up the phone.
I had to reboot the phone several times because
the phone will freeze every time I pressed that button.
And then on a random reboot,
the phone decided to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery mode.
So if I had to do that again, I have no idea how to do it.
Was there a bug in the program or am I doing it wrong?
saeromida said:
I have been trying to put CyanogenMod 7 on my Verizon Fascinate.
It was fresh out of the box, unrooted, no fancy widgets or programs installed,
when it suddenly decided to erase my Contacts.
No matter how much I backup through Verizon, the contacts will erase,
NOT backup with Verizon, and even better, not save any contacts.
I had it factory reset couple of times, but the problem kept coming up.
(Maybe there's something wrong with the SD Card??)
Well, so I decided to install CyanogenMod 7.
I first installed SuperOneClick, and rooted my phone that way.
I also installed ROM Manager.
I was in the ClockworkMod Recovery
when I went into "install from SD Card" trying to install CM7.zip,
my phone starts going on a "waiting for SD card to mount" loop.
It will keep going forever and ever,
phone will not turn off unless I take the battery out,
no matter which way I try to turn it back on,
it starts giving me that loop again.
One of my family members have a Verizon fascinate as well,
but without CyanogenMod (is rooted though).
I put the same two files (CM7.zip and gapps.zip) at the root folder,
plug it into my SD Card slot, with no luck..
same "waiting for.." loop.
As I have been searching on this forum for two hours,
everyone seemed to suggest that the SD card was the problem.
But I'm kind of ignorant on this type of subject,
1. I have searched that a smaller GB SD Card is better? True or False..?
1a. Let's say I bought a 2 GB SD Card. What do I do with it?
Put the two files into the SD card and plug it in?
1b. Will I be able to use a bigger sized SD Card later on
after the installation is finished?
2. Is the SD Card the problem or is there a way I can work it out?
P.S. By the way, I followed the steps from the Wiki,
and had a hard time at "Boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery" step.
I didn't know how to boot into it all, and I searched that
pressing the volume down button and the power button does the trick.
My phone didn't.
So I ended up going to ROM Manager
and pressing the "reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery" button.
Pressing that button froze up the phone.
I had to reboot the phone several times because
the phone will freeze every time I pressed that button.
And then on a random reboot,
the phone decided to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery mode.
So if I had to do that again, I have no idea how to do it.
Was there a bug in the program or am I doing it wrong?
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Ok first, 99% of your custom roms will already be pre-rooted. 2nd, to boot into recovery, you have to hold volume up,down and power button (also known as 3 button recovery) 3rd, I've never had a problem getting into CM7 HOWEVER, you do need to Odin a special recovery to install it. I'm on the xda app and can't post links but I do know towards the bottom of the cm7 post it does say you need to have the new recovery installed
Sent from my SCH-I500
thanks
After hours and hours of frustration,
I decided to call it a day and start fresh the next morning..
and I saw your reply-
Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button did the trick.
It sent me straight to the recovery mode..
I took another SD card with the two files I want to install at the root folder.
Plugged it in, and it worked!!
So it's safe to assume that the problem was in the SD card,
and not the hardware, or the software, or any mistaken procedures.
Thank you! Saved my day!
No problem, glad I could help man.
Sent from my SCH-I500
if you need all the files and a straight forward tutorial...check my guide out! I think some of the other guides can be confusing...refer to section 3 when you find it! good luck!!
I'm at my wits end. I was having problems with Google Play. So I attempted to unroot and start over hoping that would solve my problem. Turns out, I screwed something up because I'm stuck in the CWD Recovery v5.5.0.4 and I can't get out of it. I can't even turn off my NT. Power and N does not do anything. I have tried to everything I could find. From the acclaim_update.zip to rerooting to Nook_Recovery_Fix.zip and nothing has worked. I formatted everything that I could through the mounts and storage (I know I shouldn't have formatted the ROM, but I was a little upset at the time). The only thing I haven't tried is throwing it against a wall, but that's next. Does anyone have a solution or an attempt at one? Any help is appreciated.
If you hold PWR for 10s the tablet will certainly turn off.
Boot CWM from microSD and restore the image from this thread.
After that you can make a factory reset or whatever you want.
Once you get things working good again, root, apps installed and everything, make a backup, it will make your life much easier when something goes wrong.
F. Gacrux said:
If you hold PWR for 10s the tablet will certainly turn off.
Boot CWM from microSD and restore the image from this thread.
After that you can make a factory reset or whatever you want.
Once you get things working good again, root, apps installed and everything, make a backup, it will make your life much easier when something goes wrong.
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Well Albert's method did not work, but I attempted AdamOutler's Ubuntu and it worked. Very excited. Now I can start all over. But a thanks for the 10s hold. I had tried it before and it didn't work, so I thought I would try again and about 20s later it powered off. Appreciate the help.
Yeah I agree on the 10 seconds being not long enough. I have both a NT and NC which always take longer than that. I ALWAYS must hold the button combination for 20-30 sec it seems. Don't count, just hold em down! Glad your back up and running
Had it plugged into PC with no problems. Left, came back, the N logo keeps coming up, going black, then back up at 12 second intervals. Unplugging it causes the screen to go dark and I can't power it up. Plugging it back into the PC causes the n screen to start cycling again. Help?
wedmiston said:
Had it plugged into PC with no problems. Left, came back, the N logo keeps coming up, going black, then back up at 12 second intervals. Unplugging it causes the screen to go dark and I can't power it up. Plugging it back into the PC causes the n screen to start cycling again. Help?
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We need more information in order to help you.
What kind of modifications have you made to your NT?
Custom kernel, custom ROM, new bootloader?
What recovery do you have installed? Have you accidentally formatted or erased anything recently?
Not sure I have all the asnwers but I'm running cm7 alpha, no customization beyond repartitioning. No accidental erasure....it was working fine, I walked away for an hour, came back, and there it was...
when it's connected to my pc it makes the sound as if it's trying be recognized every time the N comes up...repeats
Solar.Plexus said:
We need more information in order to help you.
What kind of modifications have you made to your NT?
Custom kernel, custom ROM, new bootloader?
What recovery do you have installed? Have you accidentally formatted or erased anything recently?
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wedmiston said:
Not sure I have all the asnwers but I'm running cm7 alpha, no customization beyond repartitioning. No accidental erasure....it was working fine, I walked away for an hour, came back, and there it was...
when it's connected to my pc it makes the sound as if it's trying be recognized every time the N comes up...repeats
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I would try to see if you can boot from an SD card. Either a CWM bootable card or a CM7 card.
I had the same thing happen recently. If the problem is the same - mine was low on power and I didn't get it on the charger quick enough - take out the SD card and re-plug the tablet. For some reason this worked - I think because it was looking for something it couldn't find on the card. This allowed me to charge up normally.
Ironically the night before i ran it down to 0% power for the first time ever. Wold not allow me to power up until i charged it next morning. I will try powering up without card, as powering up with cwm bootable did not work.
RhinoNelson said:
I had the same thing happen recently. If the problem is the same - mine was low on power and I didn't get it on the charger quick enough - take out the SD card and re-plug the tablet. For some reason this worked - I think because it was looking for something it couldn't find on the card. This allowed me to charge up normally.
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wedmiston said:
Ironically the night before i ran it down to 0% power for the first time ever. Wold not allow me to power up until i charged it next morning. I will try powering up without card, as powering up with cwm bootable did not work.
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Just making sure here, but did you try booting from your CWM SD while plugged into a power source?
A full night charge got it back up and running. But as a follow up - I took out my card with CWM on it, and when i powered it up without it , it still booted up into CWM. So I assume I have it installed internally (must have done that before and forgot about it). Put card back in, did a reboot from CWM and it came up fine in CM7.
is some tweaking in order here?
wedmiston said:
A full night charge got it back up and running. But as a follow up - I took out my card with CWM on it, and when i powered it up without it , it still booted up into CWM. So I assume I have it installed internally (must have done that before and forgot about it). Put card back in, did a reboot from CWM and it came up fine in CM7.
is some tweaking in order here?
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Maybe reflash CWM to your recovery partition. It may have been a bad install the first time.
Hi,
So, basically I just got a G3, and was on a similar situation to; http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/help-wiped-twrp-t2936583, having wiped my operating system through TWRP. The thing is, I didn't think of using USB OTG, and not knowing that the microSD slot was above the SIM slot, I removed the battery, yes... And put it back in. Now I've an LG G3 that shows the boot screen and has the LED indicator flash blue and green, otherwise nothing. Please advise, I'm not really an advanced user.
Thanks
Try holding down power button for a long time, or the power button and bottom volume button at the same time for a long time. I hadn't wiped anything but when my phone was blinking red and blue then that's what I did. If you're saying that your whole operating system is gone, maybe you go about downloading a stock Rom to your desktop and then manually flashing it to your phone? In not really an advanced user either though so don't trust me lol
Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk
joeyb1720 said:
Hi,
So, basically I just got a G3, and was on a similar situation to; http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/help/help-wiped-twrp-t2936583, having wiped my operating system through TWRP. The thing is, I didn't think of using USB OTG, and not knowing that the microSD slot was above the SIM slot, I removed the battery, yes... And put it back in. Now I've an LG G3 that shows the boot screen and has the LED indicator flash blue and green, otherwise nothing. Please advise, I'm not really an advanced user.
Thanks
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Hopefully you have and ext. SD card or USB OTG stick - assuming you do, place your rom and any other gapps, etc. files you want on it. An SD card or USB OTG stick would be easiest, although you *may* be able to do it without. Also, if you succeed in fixing this, I'd make sure you do some more reading before flashing all willy nilly - you'll save yourself and others a lot of headache if you do some more reading to "become" more of an advanced user. Aka, flashing roms, etc. really isn't the wisest idea for "non-advanced" users. Just a heads up to try and prevent you from having to deal with this situation again in the future. Anyways, do the following.
1.) Pull the battery, then put it back in
2.) Hold both the power & volume down buttons to turn it back on (keep holding them)
3.) Once you see the LG logo, release both power & volume down and then immediately press them both in again (again, keep holding them)
4.) Eventually, your phone will restart. Keep holding both buttons. Shortly after this, you should be greeted by a menu, one of the options on which says "factory reset" (or something to that effect. Press it.
5.) On the next screen, confirm by hitting "next" (as long as you have TWRP installed it will not wipe your phone - it will boot into TWRP.
6.) Once in TWRP, flash as usual from your SD card or USB OTG stick
7.) If you do not have an SD card or USB OTG stick, you *may* be able to plug your phone into your PC at this point (you may possible have to go to mount > internal storage) - anyway the goal would be to get your internal SD (internal storage) to show up in My Computer - allowing you to copy any rom/gapps/etc. files you want to it, and ultimately flash that way. I've had mixed success in the past with this route, that's why I said it *may* not work. If not, imho no one should be flashing roms or messing with their phone without at least an ext. SD card, so go get one they're cheap.