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I just currently opened my box fresh out and installed z4root to root it... Sucess!
Now im trying to downgrade as i am "supposed" to according to this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036956
This is what is in my about screen under settings so you know what version ect i have http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1476/20110427032325.jpg
from the aforementioned thread i downloaded the 4349_Downgrade.zip and placed it on my sd card... Renamed it update.zip and closed usb connection, and then powered off and powered up first pressing and holding the "+" on the volume rocker on the top of the tab. and then pressing power.. When i say "+" i mean Volume + witch is on the top left of the tab closest to the right in the direction of the search home menu and back keys...
When im holding this combo of buttons the screen boots up after a second or two says recovery key detected or whatever in the top left for a few seconds and then goes to the g tablet white screen... THen it shows a box with a downarrow on it and a progress bar for a few moments and then shuts off and reboots into the homescreen.......
I read in this forum a topic how the guy experienced the same results but turned out he was holding the Volume - key... I made certian i wasent doing what he did and literally just held the Volume + key on the right edge with the tip of my nail and held power... Same results..
I have tried with the program root explorer going into the file manager... (Why is there a file called sdcard2?? never seen that before) i go into /sdcard find the update.zip i put from the renamed 4349 file and then back up to the "/" dir and mount as r/w and paste the update.zip in there then mount as r/o back out to home power off.. i repeate the aforementioned process and still the excat same thing...
The origonal update that was put on there when i first put in my newly formated fat32 sd card i deleted.. i have searched and search and have no idea what is wrong or how to fix this... Certianly i couldnt be the only one with this issue?
Please help, im just killing time sitting here waiting for help lol.... Thanks..
My end result is im trying to get CWM 08 on there and a great and stable rom witch i choose that RC1 of vegan.. Unless u know of a better one. And once this is all done is there a good kernal i should be flashing? Why and how do i do it.?
Thank you in advance..
1) The downgrade is only necessary if you were on 4349 to begin with.
2) what you described is exactly what should happen in stock recovery for 3588 and older.
3) No... it is not exactly what others have said about holding the wrong volume key because when you do hold the wrong one the screen goes black after a few seconds.
4) SDCARD is your internal storage. SDCARD2 is the mount point for your external (MicroSD Card) storage.
5) It sounds like nothing is wrong...
6) Install CWM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Ooook
The thread i mentioned in my first post the first link if u click it the title of tje topic reads
[STICKY] [ATTENTION] - 3991 and 4349+ VIEWSONIC-LOCKED BOOTLOADER INFO here
Also it has a link to a pic of my about phone so cant u tell from that?
I am lost i did excatly to a T as described in the tutorial in step 6 in your reply and im getting the same thing i hold down volume + it says recovery key detected for a few secs in goes to gtablet screen and flashes to that down with a down arrow.....
What am i missing? Surely i dont have the only tablet with this problem..
Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....[mod edit]
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Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
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Then why can i not flash CWM? I went to your link tried both internal and sd files mounting on "/" and on "/sdcard" /update.zip or /recovery.zip in either folder and im still getting the same issue when i hold Volume + and power...
I cannot get CWM and a Rom on there.
thebadfrog said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....just your knowledge
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From what i gather from that link is that i am to take the files insides cwmod_microsd.zip witch are update.zip and recovery folder that houses command and physically take the microsd card out and mount on my computer witch is technicly SDCARD2 and place those files in that root directly... and then the power down insert card and vol up and power.....
I am getting the same issue same box and same nothing.
Most likely because you aren't following the directions. Take some time to learn at least the basics about your tablet. Then read the instructions again.
you can do it on either the internal or external. It depends on what the line in the command file says. Once you boot once whether sucessful or not the command file is deleted. Your making this harder than it is
Then what am i missing? I got this tablet yesterday at 2 pm and stayed up till 3 am trying to get CWM on it!
I cant imagine what im missing, ive read dozens of posts tried atleast 15 times putting either the downgrade or cwm sdcard update files in the internet "/" or "/sdcard" or "/sdcard2"
And yes i noticed that it deletes the update and recovery folder if i drop it in /sdcard2 or "/", ill put the files there either directly to sd card from the computer or thru root explorer and when i hit vol + and power it does the same thing.
This has to be the most frustrating tablet/ android device ever!
The last time i had something this hard was when i bricked my iphone in early 09 and figured out i had to reload the ipw file via a brand new install of itunes from a virgin computer (that computer turned out to be me using the librarys lol)
so i just got both the internal and external cwm files from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and put them in both /sdcard and /sdcard 2 for some reason when i used root explorer i noticed that for somereason in /sdcard2 there was a recovery/recovery/command so i pulles recovery to /sdcard2/recovery and pasted it there and deleted the other recovery folder.. re did the whole process and low and behold i was lookin at a CWMN screen! so... i have no idea, but if i ever meet the man who created the Vewsonic g tab ill kick him in the nuts.
Now i followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and i mounted the usb put the Vegan Rc1 rom in the ROMS folder and choose zip from sd and installed... and im just stuck at the view sonic screen, so i powered off did a wipe data factory reset and wipe cache and then went to advanced and fix permissions... Then to choose install from sd card choose my vegan rom and installed then backed out to home and hit restart and again its been ten mins or so and im still staring at a viewsoniv screen still..... Is this normal or any more suggestions?
There is a fix but as much trouble as you had installing clockwork I'm suggesting you avoid that fix so I'm not even saying the name. Stick with froyo roms
Thats not very helpfull... Just please tell me what it is i can ifgure it out on my own, i obviously did with the CWM now i just cant get the rom installed for some reason i have a tablet that just boots to the view sonic screen at the moment
Just to update...
I fixed it. THanks for your help and no thanks for your sarcasim.
Was stuck at the viewsonic birds screen
So i did so more, searching... its now 5 am and figured out what nvflash is and
via this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
and making sure u extract EVERYTHING in all the zip files with the exception to the USB folder u drop in the nvflash folder as directed, because if u dont u will get a error when u run nvflash_gtablet.bat
Once that is complete follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Word for word to install Vegan from stock... It may save a lot of confusion to just nvflash from stock and then drop the CWM recovery and update on the sd card and go that route..
Hope this helps and newbs...
See...the search function does work
I am trying to install Gapps on a bootable MicroSD card to run on my Nook Tablet BNTV250 16gb running the BN 1.4.3 software version.
I have successfully booted CM7 in multiple separate attempts (whereby I completely blow away and reformat and re-burn the SDcard in between attempts).
I am using Wind32DiskImager for writing, and diskpart to blow away and reformat the card in between attempts.
Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img
gapps-gb-20110828-signed
I am using a PNY 16 gb class 10 micro SD card.
My goal is to get Gapps working. its the last step to truly get the device's functionality significantly beyond the stock functionality of the Nook.
I have, thus far, been completely unable to get it working.
I have noticed at least a few discrepancies between what my software displays and what has been described in some of the guides I have been following. I am NOT yet set to root my device, and I am trying to keep it to the bootable card for the moment.
I have tried the following methods all without success:
1) install (copy) the gapps Zip file to the root directory and "reboot in recovery mode" using ROM manager
-- this didnt work because the reboot process resulted in the Nook Tablet booting the stock OS, and it gave me the stock error message
-- Yes. I booted CM7 first, enabled Wifi (and my Google account in several attempts), turned the device completely off, removed the SD card, copied the Zip file, turned device completely on, then attempted the reboot procedure.
2) install (copy) the gapps Zip file to the root directory and "reboot in recovery mode" by pressing the power button, then choosing reboot, then choosing "reboot in recovery mode"
-- this didnt work because, for some reason, I do not get the option to "reboot in recovery mode." If I choose "reboot" from the power-button option list, the 2nd window that popups merely says "reboot" with a green circle opposite and "OK" or "Cancel" as the only text in the window
3) "hard booting" into recovery mode by performing the procedure that involves holding the power button and the N button in sequences...
-- this didnt work because I never even saw a loading screen even once. If I press and hold the power button while holding the N key (press the N-key FIRST), It just loads that first CM7 screen, then black, then the loadout with the circle/arrow splash.
no loading screen of any kind.
4) The "Multi boot" method that uses a separate U-Boot.bin file. I tried multiple different U-boot.order files ("10" and "01") but none worked.
-- the reason that this did not work is that as soon as I replaced the u-boot.bin file, it made it so that my Nook would no longer boot up at all.
this is a repeatable bug that only manifested itself after replacing that file.
I hate to say it, but I am completely stuck.
yes. i have spent HOURS reading through posts. unfortunately this forum is cluttered with guides and step-by-step methods and "fixes" that have helped SOME PEOPLE, and you could spend weeks reading through the first 5 relevant search results before you find a solution.
I am by no means new to modding or homebrew consumer electronics stuff. However, this is my first forray into the Android homebrew scene.
I would not be surprised if the solution existed somewhere on the forums. As I am sure everyone understands, there are many situations where the solution may be difficult to find despite it being a common issue.
Please don't respond with a link to another thread. Chances are I have seen the thread. If there are specific points associated with the thread please TELL ME. if it takes you 3 seconds to paste a link, i seriuosly doubt it would take you more than 20 or 30 seconds to type a full response.
I'm going to be completely honest in saying I didn't read your entire post.
But what I know for sure is that gApps are already pre-installed to the CM7 SD ROM.
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!
This guide was created for people who are not as familiar with the world of Switch exploits.
NOTE: This is not the official ROM thread! DO NOT ask questions about using, troubleshooting, etc. the ROM here. I will not be able to help you and it splits discussion. Please ask questions, tips, etc, in the official thread! This post is purely to guide users in setting up their PC and such for installing this on their Switch.
DISCLAIMER: Everything is done at your own risk. Use common sense.
What you will need:
An RCM exploitable Switch console. Check here to see if your device is exploitable. If you have a newer device an exploit may be possible on older firmwares, but if you haven't already set it up you probably updated to a too new version already. Read more here. (for non-RCM exploitable devices)
A jig or other method of triggering RCM. Here's a few methods. Premade jigs can be found online.
A computer. (Assuming a Windows PC for the purposes of this guide)
A good USB-C cable that can connect to your PC and Switch.
A high quality, high speed microSD card of at least 16GB.
A way to read microSD cards on your PC.
Required downloads:
The ROM, find it in the Downloads section of the first post. Select the SD Card size that matches yours. Read through the post as well for latest information.
If desired (but not required), the shield-ifier.zip and/or the Reboot2Payload zipfile also in the ROM downloads section. Shieldifier should allow you to download games meant for the NVIDIA Shield. Reboot2Payload means you'll reboot to Android when you hit "reboot" within Android (or Hekate if you choose reboot to bootloader). Without it you'll reboot to the default OS.
GApps, AKA Google Apps. This will install the Play Store and other Google services. Not required but 95% of people will want this. Select ARM64, 8.1, and then any on the right (Nano is recommended). Hover your mouse over each option for descriptions. If you're not sure just choose Nano.
TegraRcmGUI. This program will push the exploit to your Switch. Grab the latest .msi installer and install it.
balenaEtcher. This program will write the ROM to your SD card.
Hekate. This is the "bootloader" if you will. Once you get to RCM with your jig (or whatever method) this is the payload we'll be sending over. The ROM developer recommends using version 5.0 exactly, and I'll recommend that. Version 5.2+ however does include support for partitioning your SD card so you can use one SD card for Horizon (Switch's default OS) and Android, though I have not been able to figure it out.
I recommend putting the ROM, GApps, shieldifier, Reboot2Payload, and Hekate files all in one folder so your Downloads folder doesn't get cluttered.
Steps:
Insert your SD card into your PC. Backup anything you need to because all data on the card will be wiped.
Open balenaEtcher. Select the "android-XXgb.img.gz" file you downloaded. In the middle make ABSOLUTELY sure the device selected is the SD card you want to use. You don't want to accidentally destroy some other drive you have attached. Click "flash". This can take a while (30mins-hours depending on SD card speed and size!), especially on larger cards. The progress bar will jump around, and get stuck at like 99%. Don't worry, that's fine.
Once it's complete you can close balenaEtcher. You should be able to see two new drives in Windows explorer. One will give an error if clicked (Don't click format when Windows asks!) and another is a 2gb partition Windows can read. If these don't appear then reinsert your SD card into your PC. Mine mounted the unreadable partition as D:\ and the readable one as S:\. EDIT:Redoing this months later it only shows the one drive for me.
Place the GApps .zip (and shieldifier/Reboot2Payload .zip) file(s) in the root of the 2gb partition. Don't unzip them.
Eject the SD Card from your PC and place it in your Switch.
Use your preferred method of booting into RCM. I posted a link with many methods in the "What you need" list up top. You'll know you're in RCM when the Switch screen stays black and doesn't boot as normal when you hold Power+Vol Up.
Launch TegraRcmGUI. Go to the settings tab and select "Install driver". Go back to the payload tab and select the Hekate .bin file as your payload. Connect your Switch. It should say "RCM OK" in TegraRcmGUI. Now select "Inject Payload". Once you see the GUI on your Switch then you can disconnect it.
Tap "More Configs" and then hold down Vol Up and tap "Switchroot Android". Continue holding Vol Up until you get to the TWRP menu.
Tap "Keep Read Only" on the first screen.
Tap "Mount" and check "System" and "Vendor". Then tap the home button at the bottom. (If they don't appear, move your finger up and down in the middle and it should refresh, try that every time it looks like things are missing in TWRP.)
Tap "Install", then "Select Storage", then "Micro SD card" and "OK". Tap the GApps zip, uncheck "Reboot after installation is complete" and slide the slider to the right. Optionally do the same for shieldifier and Reboot2Payload (press back after GAPPS flash to go back). Once finished with all zips wipe the Dalvik cache (it will prompt you). NOTE: If you want GAPPS you MUST install GAPPS before you first boot up Android, so if you accidentally booted into Android, reflash your SD card and restart the guide (you may be able to wipe data and caches through TWRP to fix it, I haven't tested).
Select "Do not install" if it asks to install the TWRP app. Reboot the device (you may have to hold the power button), enter RCM again, and re-inject hekate from your PC. Boot Android again but this time don't hold any buttons. Your screen may be black for a minute, don't panic. First boot takes a while.
Your device should boot into android. Congratulations. Update the NVIDIA Shield app through the Play Store if you installed it. For setting up anything else, or for questions you may have, use the official thread.
NOTE: This is not the official ROM thread! DO NOT ask questions about using, troubleshooting, etc. the ROM here. I will not be able to help you and it splits discussion. Please ask questions, tips, etc, in the official thread! This post is purely to guide users in setting up their PC and such for installing this on their Switch.
You are missing the step where you mount the SD card first before installing GApps. GApps install will fail if you do not mount the SD in TWRP first.
weirdingway said:
You are missing the step where you mount the SD card first before installing GApps. GApps install will fail if you do not mount the SD in TWRP first.
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Tap "Install", then "Select Storage" (If the dialog box is blank just slide your finger up and down to scroll and it should refresh), then "Micro SD card".
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That seems to do it for me.
gorei23 said:
That seems to do it for me.
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That works for me AFTER I mount the SD card "System" in TWRP
EDIT: You even said it yourself but missed adding it to your guide. Just trying to help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ni...ageos-15-1-t3951389/post79971072#post79971072
Paper clip
I need a step by step. Cause that parts so confusing...
weirdingway said:
That works for me AFTER I mount the SD card "System" in TWRP
EDIT: You even said it yourself but missed adding it to your guide. Just trying to help
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ni...ageos-15-1-t3951389/post79971072#post79971072
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Ohhhhh you mean mount the /System partition? I think we had a miscommunication. The "sdcard" is automatically mounted, as shown in the YouTube video I hastily made...
I believe the part about mounting the /System partition is only needed sometimes, depending on what you told TWRP to do with the /System partition on first boot. Got ya.
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I need a step by step. Cause that parts so confusing...
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Not much to it. Short pin 9 & 10 and hold down power and vol up. If you can't manage it look into buying a premade jig that does it easily and reliably.
So one side of the paper clip directly on pin 9,10 and the other near a conductive metal? Also there are several options on amazon. (Quickest shopping method) any chance you can point me to the correct one?
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So one side of the paper clip directly on pin 9,10 and the other near a conductive metal? Also there are several options on amazon. (Quickest shopping method) any chance you can point me to the correct one?
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Just shorting 9&10 should do it. They're just plastic with a tiny piece of metal inside. Just find one with good reviews.
What's the best way to boot into recovery, this is my first time trying to do anything in relation to modding my switch, any help will be highly appreciated!
everything is working but my joycons wont connect any ideas?
One thing that isn't on here that was required for me was to wipe the dalvic and the cache right after flashing GAPPS. It wouldn't boot aftr that, might be a good addition to your guide. Thanks for the guide though, it was absolutely amazing and got be Android!
Does it cleans the data on switch or just clear the sd card?
Please don't advise people to shove a paperclip into their rails. The pins are susceptible to damage. Advise them to purchase a proper jig, instead.
Does this process make any changes to the Switch? Normally I use SX OS and would rather not mess with it just to try Android.
Will the switch boot android automatically, or do you need to inject hekate from a PC or phone every time you want to boot it?
bottmint said:
Please don't advise people to shove a paperclip into their rails. The pins are susceptible to damage. Advise them to purchase a proper jig, instead.
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Yea get an RCM jig from Ebay. Well worth it with no hassle.
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bottmint said:
Please don't advise people to shove a paperclip into their rails. The pins are susceptible to damage. Advise them to purchase a proper jig, instead.
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We asked, he answered. What’s it to you?
Atmosphere and Android
This is awesome news, by chance I had just ordered a hackable Switch today.
Might be a silly question, but I was planning to follow the NH Server instructions to install the Atmosphere CFW
I have ordered a 512GB Micro SD Card for homebrew stuff
The instructions here (Thanks, very clear) suggest that an entirely new / dedicated SD card will be needed for Android.
Anyone planning / see a way to partition and have Atmosphere apps AND Android off of 1 SD card?
Thanks
After injecting payload, screen stays black. Anybody having this issue?
See screenshot showing payload was successfully injected.
Hi everyone,
Just bought a used NT and I flashed cm10.1 and TWRP 2.8.4.0. After a reboot, my NT shows a pixel glitch screen after the N logo then stucks at it. I tried to press power button to hard reboot, but it doesn't change. A recovery sdcard doesn't work to it too.
So I'm here to ask if there's any way can rescue my NT. Thanks.
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CherryRook said:
Hi everyone,
Just bought a used NT and I flashed cm10.1 and TWRP 2.8.4.0. After a reboot, my NT shows a pixel glitch screen after the N logo then stucks at it. I tried to press power button to hard reboot, but it doesn't change. A recovery sdcard doesn't work to it too.
So I'm here to ask if there's any way can rescue my NT. Thanks.
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You need to find a way to either power down or at least reboot (after that you need to remake your flashing file sdcard because there is clearly something wrong there).
Of course, you could let the battery die on its own, then boot up an sd recovery card. That will return your device to FW 1.4.2 and fix any partition issues.
So unless you can force a shutdown or reboot with the power button, you may not have many options other than to drain the battery (or open the device and disconnect the battery for a minute).
Edit: Also, that TWRP version looks way out of range for CM 10.1 Should be more something like 2.2.2. A newer TWRP version may not work at all with an older ROM like 10.1 (why 10.1, and not 11, or 12.1, or....?)
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You need to find a way to either power down or at least reboot (after that you need to remake your flashing file sdcard because there is clearly something wrong there).
Of course, you could let the battery die on its own, then boot up an sd recovery card. That will return your device to FW 1.4.2 and fix any partition issues.
So unless you can force a shutdown or reboot with the power button, you may not have many options other than to drain the battery (or open the device and disconnect the battery for a minute).
Edit: Also, that TWRP version looks way out of range for CM 10.1 Should be more something like 2.2.2. A newer TWRP version may not work at all with an older ROM like 10.1 (why 10.1, and not 11, or 12.1, or....?)
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Thank you for your reply.
Maybe it's not clear that I explained about the reboot (sorry for my bad English, not a native speaker), I can press the power button to shut it down, or hard reboot it. The problem is that the glitch screen shows every time and stucks every time.
May I ask that how to use the sd recovery card you provide? Shut down, insert the sd card, boot up and follow the instructions, is that right?
About the TWRP, I was tried to flash lineage 14.1 to my NT but the latest version of TWRP (3.1.1.0) doesn't work on my tablet, it's just black and blank after I flashed the recovery, so I have to use the older version. Besides that, some versions of TWRP has the famous error that both internal storage and micro sd card are 0 mb size. That's strange. Because I download them all from the official site.
nmyshkin said:
You need to find a way to either power down or at least reboot (after that you need to remake your flashing file sdcard because there is clearly something wrong there).
Of course, you could let the battery die on its own, then boot up an sd recovery card. That will return your device to FW 1.4.2 and fix any partition issues.
So unless you can force a shutdown or reboot with the power button, you may not have many options other than to drain the battery (or open the device and disconnect the battery for a minute).
Edit: Also, that TWRP version looks way out of range for CM 10.1 Should be more something like 2.2.2. A newer TWRP version may not work at all with an older ROM like 10.1 (why 10.1, and not 11, or 12.1, or....?
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P.S. my NT is 16GB version. Is your file work to my device?
CherryRook said:
Thank you for your reply.
Maybe it's not clear that I explained about the reboot (sorry for my bad English, not a native speaker), I can press the power button to shut it down, or hard reboot it. The problem is that the glitch screen shows every time and stucks every time.
May I ask that how to use the sd recovery card you provide? Shut down, insert the sd card, boot up and follow the instructions, is that right?
About the TWRP, I was tried to flash lineage 14.1 to my NT but the latest version of TWRP (3.1.1.0) doesn't work on my tablet, it's just black and blank after I flashed the recovery, so I have to use the older version. Besides that, some versions of TWRP has the famous error that both internal storage and micro sd card are 0 mb size. That's strange. Because I download them all from the official site.
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First, yes, you insert the recovery card, boot the tablet and follow the screen instructions, mostly "are you sure?", etc. This will restore your tablet to factory condition, FW 1.4.2. Should work for either 8 or 16 GB models.
Secondly, I hope you do not really mean CM 14.1. That would be a mistake, I think. That ROM requires repartitioning and there are newer (possibly better) options that do not.
If you are set on Android 7, then I suggest either AOSP 7.0 (which is what I run on my tablet) or LNOS 14.1 (which I have only tested on an 8 GB model, so I can't give a fair assessment:
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Lineage 14.1
https://notredame.app.box.com/s/26a4bygh9vbaw7jjq08xr5evomvaw5ww/folder/3262390066
(there are many versions of this ROM. The link takes you to the "obsolete" folder where you need to hunt down lnos_acclaim-ota-NJH47F.180211.zip. This seems to be the only version without the shut-down bug)
Flashed with emmc-based TWRP 3.0.2-0
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For either of those ROMs you can use the sdcard version of TWRP:
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TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project) version 2.8.6.0, e.g. twrp-2.8.6.0-acclaim-sdcard.img from https://dl.twrp.me/acclaim/twrp-2.8.6.0-acclaim-sdcard.img.html, rename it to recovery.img before copying to SD card. Be sure to use the sdcard.img file and not the one for internal emmc
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in order to flash the higher version of TWRP to the emmc which is what you will need for flashing the ROM:
nmyshkin said:
the flashable_TWRP_3.0.2-0.zip zip file from https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xjwc1a482a6ll/Nook_Tablet
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If you have trouble with the TWRP from the actual website, let me know and I'll post a copy of my file. The emmc TWRP 3.0.2-0 is a little squirrely. The touch interface is shaky and you have to look carefully at what you have selected (or deselected) before going on to another step or you can end up in trouble. Not my favorite version.
Root, etc. for each of the ROMs is achieved a little differently, so when you get to that point, ask.
I don't recommend adding GApps to these unless you absolutely must have it. I do have GApps installed on my AOSP 7.0 install and it's "OK", but it would be more responsive without it. If you must have Google access then microG is probably the better way to go. You can read more about in my post on the 8 GB tablet. Everything there is applicable to the 16 GB tablet, except the ROMs I reviewed would all be expected to perform much better on the 16 GB version.
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First, yes, you insert the recovery card, boot the tablet and follow the screen instructions, mostly "are you sure?", etc. This will restore your tablet to factory condition, FW 1.4.2. Should work for either 8 or 16 GB models.
Secondly, I hope you do not really mean CM 14.1. That would be a mistake, I think. That ROM requires repartitioning and there are newer (possibly better) options that do not.
If you are set on Android 7, then I suggest either AOSP 7.0 (which is what I run on my tablet) or LNOS 14.1 (which I have only tested on an 8 GB model, so I can't give a fair assessment:
For either of those ROMs you can use the sdcard version of TWRP:
in order to flash the higher version of TWRP to the emmc which is what you will need for flashing the ROM:
If you have trouble with the TWRP from the actual website, let me know and I'll post a copy of my file. The emmc TWRP 3.0.2-0 is a little squirrely. The touch interface is shaky and you have to look carefully at what you have selected (or deselected) before going on to another step or you can end up in trouble. Not my favorite version.
Root, etc. for each of the ROMs is achieved a little differently, so when you get to that point, ask.
I don't recommend adding GApps to these unless you absolutely must have it. I do have GApps installed on my AOSP 7.0 install and it's "OK", but it would be more responsive without it. If you must have Google access then microG is probably the better way to go. You can read more about in my post on the 8 GB tablet. Everything there is applicable to the 16 GB tablet, except the ROMs I reviewed would all be expected to perform much better on the 16 GB version.
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Thank you for these detailed instructions. Unfortunately, I write the factory reset file to a 16gb sd card, insert my NT and boot it, nothing change.
CherryRook said:
Thank you for these detailed instructions. Unfortunately, I write the factory reset file to a 16gb sd card, insert my NT and boot it, nothing change.
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Some tablets will not boot from the sdcard unless they are plugged in to external power (either the power pack or USB from your PC). Try shutting down, then insert the power cord to make the tablet boot (it should come on by itself when power is applied). See if that helps.
OK, I should have given a lot more instructions with that file but I have never used it myself and forgot about all the stuff. Here is a link (messy...the important stuff runs down the left side of the screen) that describes how to use that zip file to restore your tablet: https://web.archive.org/web/2018082...06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
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Some tablets will not boot from the sdcard unless they are plugged in to external power (either the power pack or USB from your PC). Try shutting down, then insert the power cord to make the tablet boot (it should come on by itself when power is applied). See if that helps.
OK, I should have given a lot more instructions with that file but I have never used it myself and forgot about all the stuff. Here is a link (messy...the important stuff runs down the left side of the screen) that describes how to use that zip file to restore your tablet: https://web.archive.org/web/2018082...06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
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I hate to say this but it doesn't work, still can't boot from sd card. The interesting thing is, my NT will automatically reboot after stuck at glitch screen for a while.
CherryRook said:
I hate to say this but it doesn't work, still can't boot from sd card. The interesting thing is, my NT will automatically reboot after stuck at glitch screen for a while.
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You may need to try another card, if you can get one. This is often the problem when the tablet won't boot (did you try booting by inserting the power cord?). It may take some trial and error, and as they say in the instructions, you may need to remake the card (reformat, re-write the image) to get it all to work.
I can't think of any other approach for where you are now. The device clearly can't get to either a recovery or an OS.
With no SD card in, does it show up as some sort of USB device? Maybe 0451/d00f?
"doof" is German for stupid.
Renate said:
With no SD card in, does it show up as some sort of USB device? Maybe 0451/d00f?
"doof" is German for stupid.
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Unfortunately no. It has no reaction on mac and when I plug it to PC, windows shows me a announcement that there's a device which doesn't work properly
nmyshkin said:
Some tablets will not boot from the sdcard unless they are plugged in to external power (either the power pack or USB from your PC). Try shutting down, then insert the power cord to make the tablet boot (it should come on by itself when power is applied). See if that helps.
OK, I should have given a lot more instructions with that file but I have never used it myself and forgot about all the stuff. Here is a link (messy...the important stuff runs down the left side of the screen) that describes how to use that zip file to restore your tablet: https://web.archive.org/web/2018082...06/how-to-un-brick-a-nook-tablet-8gb-or-16gb/
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That's weird. I followed the instructions on that page but still doesn't work. everytime I boot up, I got a quick N logo show screen then the familiar pixel glitch one.
Also I tried to change the partition ID to 0x0E FAT 16 LBA according from a thread in Chinese forum, but nothing changes
I was wondering if it's any kind of hardware issues?
CherryRook said:
Windows shows me a announcement that there's a device which doesn't work properly
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Well, that means that there is *something* there.
Go to Device Manager and look for something with an exclamation.
Go to Details and look for Instance path.
I'm not sure even with an external SD card whether it still relies on the loader in eMMC.
OTOH, it could be a case of your regular system working well enough to start (and not go to SD) but too screwed up to run.
Renate said:
Well, that means that there is *something* there.
Go to Device Manager and look for something with an exclamation.
Go to Details and look for Instance path.
I'm not sure even with an external SD card whether it still relies on the loader in eMMC.
OTOH, it could be a case of your regular system working well enough to start (and not go to SD) but too screwed up to run.
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I checked the device manager and found nothing. Literally, nothing there even after the weird announcement popped up.
I agree with your idea: maybe my emmc and system work fine, but something of bootloader or hardware has some problem so I got a pixel glitch screen. In my observation, the pixel glitch scrolls out from the right margin of the screen and covers the n logo and adobe claim. I still can recognize the text and images from those pixel snows, so I highly doubt that something about rendering must be wrong.
CherryRook said:
the pixel glitch scrolls out from the right margin of the screen and covers the n logo and adobe claim. I still can recognize the text and images from those pixel snows, so I highly doubt that something about rendering must be wrong.
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What you describe is "normal" for a NT booting Cyanoboot--up to a point. With a properly functioning card, first boot copies over the cyanobootloader so that subsequent boots are from the emmc (assuming the system is intact). On the 16 GB NT every boot from the powered-down state flashes the pixelated screen briefly, and all at once. On the 8 GB NT, the pixelated effect moves from one side of the screen to the center and then from there to the other side until the entire screen is covered, then boot continues. and the pixelated effect disappears.
The problem seems to be getting a boot from the sdcard. If you read through the now crippled forum, you will see that's not so uncommon. The most common solution is a different card or at least a complete re-write of the offending card.
It has been reported often that some NTs cannot boot from the sdcard unless they are connected to a power source (either the charging pack or the USB connection to a PC). I have not seen this with my two tablets, but it would not surprise me.
Even making the original cyanoboot sdcard is filled with traps. Everything has to be done just right or the card will fail to boot or--worse--wreak havoc on the system.
It occurs to me that one other approach to this situation is to prepare such a card as if you were going to flash a custom recovery and a ROM. These instruction shepherd you through the card preparation:
nmyshkin said:
1. Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on the SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA, and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows
2. Obtain and copy to the SD card the following files:
a. first MLO, then next u-boot.bin, and finally flashing_boot.img in succulent_boot.zip obtained from https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xjwc1a482a6ll/Nook_Tablet
b. TWRP (TeamWin Recovery Project) version 2.8.6.0, e.g. twrp-2.8.6.0-acclaim-sdcard.img from https://dl.twrp.me/acclaim/twrp-2.8.6.0-acclaim-sdcard.img.html, rename it to recovery.img before copying to SD card. Be sure to use the sdcard.img file and not the one for internal emmc
c. the flashable_TWRP_3.0.2-0.zip zip file from https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xjwc1a482a6ll/Nook_Tablet
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Every single step is important, especially step 1. In step 2a the order in which the files are placed on the card seems to be important according to some guides. So every detail is important. No shortcuts. If you can prepare such a card and get your device to boot from it (try with the power cord), into the Cyanoboot menu, you should be able to flash a good emmc recovery and then......a ROM. But if the card won't boot, you can't do any of that.
Edit: Does this work on your tablet, or is it too far gone?
Perform Factory Reset of the Nook Tablet:
PWR off the Nook Tablet.
Hold "PWR" & "∩" & "VOL+" & "VOL-" buttons simultaneously to reboot.
After reboot, release only the "PWR" & "∩" buttons after 2-3 seconds upon receiving the "∩ - Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated." screen while still maintaining to hold the "VOL+" & "VOL-" buttons.
The screen may blink a couple seconds later and then you will be presented with the Factory Reset screen with the following options:
Do you want to reset your device to the factory default?
Press POWER key to exit
Press HOME key to continue
Are you sure?
This will delete all your content and restore the device to the factory default settings.
Press POWER key to exit
Press HOME key to continue
I even accidentally let go of the "VOL+" & "VOL-" buttons once while testing this a few times but quickly pushed them back down again and was still given the factory reset screen so this method works even with a little goof like that. This worked since holding down the "VOL+" & "VOL-" buttons was found to be unnecessary.
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What you describe is "normal" for a NT booting Cyanoboot--up to a point. With a properly functioning card, first boot copies over the cyanobootloader so that subsequent boots are from the emmc (assuming the system is intact). On the 16 GB NT every boot from the powered-down state flashes the pixelated screen briefly, and all at once. On the 8 GB NT, the pixelated effect moves from one side of the screen to the center and then from there to the other side until the entire screen is covered, then boot continues. and the pixelated effect disappears....
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It's just so weird.... I booted it successfully and my NT works well again.
I made a new recovery card, here's what I did:
1. Format a 8GB Kingston card to FAT32, set partition ID type to 0x0C FAT32 LBA, then set it to main active partition;
2. Copy everything for the card (MLO, u-boot.bin, flashing-boot.img, renamed TWRP 2.8.6.0-sdcard, flashable_TWRP_3.0.2-0.zip) to the card;
3. Plug my NT to PC, insert the card, boot;
4. Pixelated screen disappears and it boots normally to the sd card cyanoboot;
5. I entered to the sd recovery and flash the 3.0.2.0 TWRP, reboot.
Now it's running but I still have some problems.
First, when I try to perform a factory reset in the sd recovery, I noticed it has a caution that "Unable to mount /bootdata/," I'm not familiar with the system structure but I think ihat where the boot files save and maybe it caused the pixel glitch;
Second, when I check the partition status in new flashed TWRP 3.0.2.0 on emmc, It doesn't show any partition except ART / Davlik Cahce in Advanced Wipe page. I'm not sure what's going here. Then I rebooted to system, which works fine, and reboot again to recovery, and all partitons come back.
I'm so confused by all these things but at least I can use it now. May I ask, if I want to flash the AOSP 7 ROM, whcih version of TWRP I need? Should I flash it with sd recovery or emmc one?
CherryRook said:
It's just so weird.... I booted it successfully and my NT works well again.
I made a new recovery card, here's what I did:
1. Format a 8GB Kingston card to FAT32, set partition ID type to 0x0C FAT32 LBA, then set it to main active partition;
2. Copy everything for the card (MLO, u-boot.bin, flashing-boot.img, renamed TWRP 2.8.6.0-sdcard, flashable_TWRP_3.0.2-0.zip) to the card;
3. Plug my NT to PC, insert the card, boot;
4. Pixelated screen disappears and it boots normally to the sd card cyanoboot;
5. I entered to the sd recovery and flash the 3.0.2.0 TWRP, reboot.
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So it was the card. Ta-da!
CherryRook said:
Now it's running but I still have some problems.
First, when I try to perform a factory reset in the sd recovery, I noticed it has a caution that "Unable to mount /bootdata/," I'm not familiar with the system structure but I think ihat where the boot files save and maybe it caused the pixel glitch;
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The emmc version of TWRP (3.0.2.0) is full of little goofy "error" messages. Just ignore the bootdata messages. In general, TWRP is not going to wipe out /bootdata/ unless you try really hard. That's to prevent you from ending up with a brick.
CherryRook said:
Second, when I check the partition status in new flashed TWRP 3.0.2.0 on emmc, It doesn't show any partition except ART / Davlik Cahce in Advanced Wipe page. I'm not sure what's going here. Then I rebooted to system, which works fine, and reboot again to recovery, and all partitons come back.
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This I cannot explain, but I hope that things will settle down as you begin flashing a ROM. Just bear in mind that the emmc TWRP has a poor touch interface. Always be sure items you have checked (or unchecked) are really that way. There should be no highlighting around a checked or unchecked item. If there is, it's not really what it looks like and you need to select (or deselect) again until you have a normal checkbox.
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I'm so confused by all these things but at least I can use it now. May I ask, if I want to flash the AOSP 7 ROM, whcih version of TWRP I need? Should I flash it with sd recovery or emmc one?
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The emmc TWRP you have is the correct one for AOSP 7. Continue here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-internally-on-the-16-gb-nook-tablet.3578665/ with step 2d. I do not recommend GApps, but it's in the instructions. If you want it, here is a link to the package I used. All the packages at OpenGApps seem to auto-expand with time until they are too large for our devices. If you don't want GApps, just skip any steps that refer to it.
Then proceed to step 3d since you have already flashed the emmc TWRP.
If you want full root access you'll need the superuser control apk. Here is a link.
I know the instructions are very tedious, with a lot of rebooting, but they are what worked for me reliably, over and over again. Detail counts in this kind of thing (and luck!).
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So it was the card. Ta-da!
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It was the card, yes.
A brand new new questions here:
When sd card is inserted, I can't reboot or reboot normally or to the recovery. I did it from the power menu then it gives me a black and blank screen until I hold the power button to force it shut. If I try to boot it from the shutdown status. I have to remove the sdcard otherwise it can't be booted.
CherryRook said:
It was the card, yes.
A brand new new questions here:
When sd card is inserted, I can't reboot or reboot normally or to the recovery. I did it from the power menu then it gives me a black and blank screen until I hold the power button to force it shut. If I try to boot it from the shutdown status. I have to remove the sdcard otherwise it can't be booted.
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I'm not sure I understand, but the sdcard you have made is not something that you would normally leave in the device. It is for flashing purposes only or for accessing the sd-recovery for some reason (like the emmc recovery gets messed up somehow or you need to flash something that is too new/too old for the emmc recovery).
If you completed the initial cyanoboot installation corrrectly, the device should boot into cyanoboot and then to the ROM (if installed) when turned on (without the card). If you leave the sdcard in and power up without selecting the "n" button to get to the boot menu, you will get an error about "boot magic", etc., and the device will just sit there on the cyanoboot screen.
So, yes (?) you need to remove the card to boot "normally" (i.e., into the ROM), although even there if you are quick you can intercept the boot with the "n" button and go into emmc recovery (from one of the boot menu options).
Is the problem that you don't have any OS? I wasn't clear whether that survived your first attempts with the bad card.
Edit: if you want to use an sdcard with the NT for storage it will have to be a different one than the one you prepared specially for flashing cyanoboot, etc.
nmyshkin said:
I'm not sure I understand, but the sdcard you have made is not something that you would normally leave in the device. It is for flashing purposes only or for accessing the sd-recovery for some reason (like the emmc recovery gets messed up somehow or you need to flash something that is too new/too old for the emmc recovery).
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I restored the ID type of the sd card and now my NT can boot normally with the card inserted.
Tried the AOSP 7 you recommend and it's very good, thank you for it - but I think it would be better to have more custom settings, but Xposed and something like that are too heavy to NT with AOSP 7.
I tried to flash the lineage os 14.1 in your notredame folder but it can't boot. Looped at booting animation. Also, I tried a rom from AndroidFileHost, DrM-14.1-acclaim-Root-OC, but I got the status 7 error when flashing it, nomatter I use 3.0.2.0 TWRP on emmc or 2.8.4.0 one on the sd card. Any suggestion?