So, I recently came in contact with an old Nook Tablet 8G and decided I would turn it into a fully-functional tablet. Every went swimmingly, installed recovery, obtained root, and managed to get CM7 running. No major problems thus far. But, since I had been working in my 8 gig Micro sd for my phone, I decided to remove it and recreate it on a small sd. Well, I must have not been firing at all cylinders, because I formatted the old sd before making a new one. So far I have been able to run CWM 5.5.0.4 off of a SD but the /cache/ partition is inoperable. I have attempted the several "Boot and nuke" -esque techniques of factory resetting with varying results. For the potential fix detailed in this post, I receive the "Do not turn off device" screen, but briefly after I am greeted with a "Device is restarting in 5 seconds" "Make sure to take out the sd card" After this reboot, I am plunged back into the same recovery. I'll try and get a video in case I am being too vague.
Fortunately, this is an old nook, so no one is going to miss it for a bit... or ever potentially. Thanks for reading this.
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The SD card slot on my phone seems to be broken. I've tried multiple SD cards and none of them seem to get read, so I've concluded that it must be the phone.
Im trying to unroot it so I can send it to verizon for a replacement. I was kind of depending on this method to do it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026
but obviously I need the use of the SD card. So I'm kind of in a pickle.
Is there any other way to do it? Something that doesnt need an SD card?
The "Official" 2.1 RUU Utility (= Leak-V3) requires no SD Card
MultiUpload.com - RUU_Desire_C_Verizon_WWE_2.36.605.1_release_signed _with_driver.exe
It runs on your Windows PC.
Charge your phone well (say, > 80%)
Turn it off
Plug it in to your PC (still off)
Start the Eris up in fastboot mode (Send+End)
Run the above (HTC) utility - follow the instructions on the screen.
Thanks, man. Just ran it. Worked perfectly.
Just got to install a few apps before I take it in so that it doesn't look too barebones >_>
This is really strange. I just put in the SD card, to see if it was still broken and it magically worked again @[email protected]
I tried with the same SD cards that I used when I was rooted and they all worked as well.
I guess this means I dont have to turn it in, but this is still very strange.
McFluffnStuff said:
This is really strange. I just put in the SD card, to see if it was still broken and it magically worked again @[email protected]
I tried with the same SD cards that I used when I was rooted and they all worked as well.
I guess this means I dont have to turn it in, but this is still very strange.
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Bummer or Not Bummer? I'm not sure. Nothing like an intermittent problem to give you plenty of confidence.
Well, if you don't take it in, at least you will get more practice at rooting.
If you want to be one of cool kids on the block, you can update the unrooted RUU (= Leak-V3) software to the July 2010 OTA using the honest-to-goodness factory codes. You might want to do this anyway, because it will install the July 2010 HTC radio, if not for the "fun" involved.
Go visit this thread:
Consolidated HTC RUU, Leak, and OTA Downloads
and grab the "4th OTA" which converts 2.36.605.1 -> 2.37.605.4; the file name is
OTA_Desire_C_Verizon_WWE_2.37.605.4_2.36.605.1_release.zip
You rename it to "update.zip", and put it on your SD card in the root folder, then:
- verify the file length and MD5 checksum (of the copy of the file on the SD card)
- charge your phone fully
- power your phone off and boot into recovery mode
(either Vol-Up+End, or HBOOT(Vol-Down+End) -> recovery)
- you will get that screen with the triangle and exclamation point; when that is showing, press Vol-Up+End again, and you will see the stock recovery menu.
- Choose the one that says something about SD:update.zip (or similar)
- Let it run through until it reboots (I can't recall, it may reboot twice).
Then, when you root this, you can take a Nandroid backup - then you will have a Nandroid backup of the July 2010 "Factory" configuration. The "cool kid on the block" part is that almost nobody has ever done this - most Eris rooters were already rooted when July 15-17 rolled around, or if they were stuck not rooted on Leak-V3, they got the OTA automatically. Very few people have actually ever used the factory recovery menu on the Eris. (I have done it just to look at it.)
Cheers
bftb0
McFluffnStuff said:
This is really strange. I just put in the SD card, to see if it was still broken and it magically worked again @[email protected]
I tried with the same SD cards that I used when I was rooted and they all worked as well.
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Did you happen to partition your SD cards for apps2sd on a rooted 2.1 ROM and then try installing a Froyo ROM? If so, that is an explanation - (most) of the Froyo ROMs will not mount an SD card with more than one partition on it.
If this is the case, and you still want a Froyo ROM, you can backup the contents of your SD card, use Amon's Recovery to partition it again (setting the size of the ext2 and swap partitions to 0 bytes), and you should be ok. If the fact that your SD cards were partitioned was the issue...
Good catch doogald - I just assumed that this wasn't the case because the OP mentioned more than one SD card.
No, I was using a Froyo rom.
Also, I forgot to point out that it wasn't the first time it's happened. The Last time, however, I was able to get it to work again after a reboot. When I did get it to work, half the stuff on the card was missing. Luckily I had it all backed up, so it wasn't too much of a hassle.
This time, I couldn't get it to recognize the card at all, even after several reboots and trying several different cards.
But like I said, it works now. Ill probably re-root it again this weekend when I have the time. Hopefully, things work out differently this time.
I received my G Tab from woot on Friday. Yesterday I went through the process to install VEGAn Gingerbread. NVFlash, CWM, and then the ROM.
All was great until today when I decided to add an external card. The only micro SD I had laying around was a 2GB I used in an old phone. Used windows to format it to FAT32 and then inserted it properly into my G Tab. It wasn't mounting so I removed it formatted it again with Windows and then the G Tab mounted it. Hooked up the USB cable to move over some files and after going though the USB screens the G Tab locked up. All you could see was the spinning wheel. Windows wasn't detecting anything either. I left it for 10 minutes with no change and turned off the G Tab.
I removed the micro SD card and turned the G Tab back on. No joy, The Gingerbread screen was in an infinite loop. Decided to flash back to stock and try again.
After booting into APX mode (BTW, what does APX stand for?) and ran NVFlash, everything appeared to load properly. When the G Tab restarted it was stuck in an infinite reboot loop. First the Viewsonic screen than the GTablet screen and then reboot. I used NVFlash again with the same results.
The G Tab was very nice for about 24 hours.
Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. BTW, I am not a programmer but I try to carefully follow directions.
jerirat,
When I see boot loops, I think partition -- you need to repartition the tablet.
To do that you will need to install CWM. You can try and see if you can load
from a microSD card, or you can look at the sticky at the start of the General Forum
and load with nvflash.
When you get CWM loaded, go to the Advanced Menu and Partition (2048 and 0),
Fix Permissions and Wipe Dalvic Cache. Re-partition takes a few minutes.
Then go back to the Main Menu and Wipe Cache and Wipe/Reset Factory Data.
Reboot and see if things are working. If not, shut down and nvflash down to the
bekit 1105 (Version 2638). Then you can OTA up to 3588 or if you want D/L the
.zip version and install it. Getting to 3588 you can go and do what you want.
Rev
I was in a similar situation. Repartitions in CWR as butchconner suggested and it should fix your problem. It did for me.
Had the same thing happen to me only when I tried to repartition, something went wrong and it would not complete. If this happes to you, there is a utility called "format" that is used with NVflash. Do a search on the forums and you will find it. I'd use it only as a last resort as it completely removes everything from the gtab. Then just do a normal nvflash and it should allow you to repartition. Good luck!
So far so good, had to move the bootloader.bin up one directory level for the batch file to work. Repartitioning the SD card right now...
Wiped/reset everything you pointed out and I'm now rebooting. Looks like the stock ROM is loading.... and it's loaded.
Thanks! I'll have to reload the Gingerbread ROM but at least I'm not borked anymore. (I should have my wifi pw memorized by now since I've entered it sooo many times in the last day or so. )
A friend told me he would sell me his galaxy tab and that he had recently done a factory reset (not from system recovery but within the OS) and it had booted up once since then. When we tried to power it on the battery was dead and so we charged it a little. It then kept getting stuck on the "verizon wireless" screen and would not load. This was with an external sd card inserted.
I told him I'd buy it if I could figure out how to fix it and he took out the sd card because he wasn't sure if he had "left anything on it". So I went home without a sd card and did some research. Figured out how to get into system recovery and tried to wipe it. I ended up with this screen below.
I asked a friend who has had android devices and he directed me to the restore directions using Heimdall.
Spent hours getting that to work, but I'm still getting the same errors and no loading. What do I need to do to have a tablet that works like a factory device. And yes, I've already spent hours searching and googling but I don't want to do anything to further screw it up.
Is it as simple as the external sd card that was removed?
[Q] Need help! "Intalling new Software" & "Please restart..." again & again
Yesterday I have tried to flashed my Nook to install rom ONE-STOP-SHOP for CM7 (UPDATE! April/13). At first, everything is ok. But when I connected my Nook to my laptop, my laptop only recognized th 8GB SD Card, not 10GB internal storage. So I've tried something and maybe also hit the factory reset.
Here came the problem! After that, everytime I put Power button,my Nook opened and ran to screen: "Intalling new Software". A few seconds later, it ran "Please restart your device and try again. Therefore, I cannot do anything tomy Nook.
I've tried a CMW boot SD Card and an empty Card with acclaim_update.zip. But it's not working. Seems now my Nook can only boot from internal partition and re-encounter the problem above.
Can anyone experienced this find solution to help me, or simply guide me to overcome this problem?
Before you do anything else, try to also make a bootable CM7 SD ROM, seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22199348&postcount=1
I've seen some people who can't boot into CWM from SD card, but end up being able to boot CM7.
If this doesn't work, you'll have to take a lot of some of the unbrick or total wipe options in the Development subforum.
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried that but it didn't work. Seems my Nook Tablet cannot recognized any bootable sd cards or CWM boot. It just repeat "Installing new Software" and "Please try again..." again & again, I have all day tried many bootable methods but no one worked.
What should I do now?
ozma_t1 said:
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried that but it didn't work. Seems my Nook Tablet cannot recognized any bootable sd cards or CWM boot. It just repeat "Installing new Software" and "Please try again..." again & again, I have all day tried many bootable methods but no one worked.
What should I do now?
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You could try performing a manual factory reset of your device. Details of how to do this are listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408
Or if that doesn't work, you may have to do a complete wipe and start fresh. Here's the thread to do a total wipe: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
Many, many people have had success with these methods, but I can't guarantee they will work for you. The only thing you can do is try.
First off, I want to thank everyone who spends time developing all of this stuff. I can’t imagine the time and thought that goes into it. I have a few nook tablets that have been sitting around my house. I have 4 kids, and their mother decided that they need brand new tablets, which they all got for Christmas. As usual dad (me) get the hand me down stuff. My daughters all have brand new uggs while I have had the same work shoes for 3 years. That being said, here I am.
I have a NT that I just started to modify. I am a noob, but I know enough to make me dangerous. This is what I got so far, and I need help. I started by using this thread-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037368.
I rooted my NT with CWM 5.0, ,and then halfway through I was going to put in my second card which I copied the rom & gapps to.It kept saying “no zip files found” They were definatley on the sd, I could read it on my PC. I gave up.
I tried this way & it wouldn’t work for me either http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4k2pAZuPBQ I could not get it to boot from the card. In that video, he said to just copy the files onto the card, where as the next link I wrote the image to the SD.
After trying a ton of other stuff, I wrote this file to an SD card. http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013...id-4-3-for-nook-tablet-imgsdc-boot-09aug2013/
I got it to work, only after and I jump started it with the usb connection. Also, anytime I want to re-boot I have to do it that way, or it boots right to the nook OS. For me that is just OK, but I want better. I either want to get rid of the nook os, so it only boots into CM (maybe internally), but I am not sure, or get 4.4 running. Last night a goo update started downloading for CM11 zip. I stopped it, because I didn’t want to brick my NT, which luckily has not happened yet.
So to recap, I have a rooted NT (with 5.0 CWM), and I use an SD card for CM 10.2. that only boots via usb. I apologize for the rambling on. Can ultimately get this to run 4.4 with no nook OS from an SD card, or am I better off doing it internally?
Sounds like your NT is one of those units (like mine) that only boots off SD from power-off state and upon insertion of powered USB cable. This behavior will remain regardless of the version of CM on the SD card. If this does not suit you, your only choice is to install CM on emmc (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123 for pointers/tips on how to install CM10.x on emmc).
Thanks very much for your reply. I actually got 4.4 up and running very well off of an sd card. I am very new at this, but I am starting to feel comfortable. As soon as I get nightlies figured out and streamlined for updating, I will be much more comfortable.
Thanks again for your reply.