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[GUIDE] STOCK-2-CYANOGEN / no longer updated after 4.2.1

NOTE: Reference Purposes Only, No Longer Maintained by OP (09/11/2009).
REMEMBER YOU BRICKED YOUR PHONE, NOT ME!
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS INFORMATION.
ROGERS PHONES ARE ROOTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY
PLEASE FOLLOW THE ROGERS ROOT GUIDE
UPDATED 10/07/09 Installing CM 4.1.999
UPDATED 10/18/09 Installing CM 4.1.9999
UPDATED 10/25/09 Installing CM 4.2.1
Required Materials:
G1 / Dream
Micro SD card reader (phone will work in MOST cases)
Computer with Internet connection
USB cable for phone
Data Plan
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Format your SD card using the FAT32 Filesystem:
1) Connect your sdcard to the computer using a card reader
2) A new removable disk should show up on your computer.
3) Right click it and select Format
4) Select FAT32 as the file system type.
5) Click the Start button
Download Everything Here
FILE 1 Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
FILE 2 Download cm-recovery-1.4.img or RA-dream-v1.5.2 and copy it to your SD card.
FILE 3 Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card.
FILE 4 Download the "1.6 Recovery Image" for your Dream/G1/ADP1 or for your Magic/ION/MT3G (This is NOT a recovery image, it is a ROM that you can flash from recovery)
FILE 5 READ THE FIRST POST and download the latest Cyanogen stable ROM then copy it to your SD card
STEP 1: DOWNGRADE
Our first step is going to downgrade your phone to RC29, This is like removing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and installing Windows XP Service Pack 1. It allows us to use a security flaw to gain root access. This section is going to use FILE 1 from the downloads
1) Turn the device power off.
2) Hold Camera button, and press Power button to enter bootloader mode.
3) You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card.
4) As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
5) After it is finished, perform the restart your phone. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
6) Complete the setup process for gmail.
STEP 2: ROOT
Your phone is now downgraded and we can use the security flaw to replace the recovery image. The "recovery" is kinda like a boot disk on your computer, we use this to delete, modify, and create system files while they are not in use my the ROM. The recovery will be used when ever you flash pretty much anything to your phone.This section is going to use FILE 2 from the downloads
1) At the home screen hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. IGNORE WHAT THE SCREEN IS DOING
2) Press Home
3) Goto the market and download "Telnet"
4) Open Telnet and connect to localhost : 23
5) Press enter and you should see a #
6) Now type the following and press enter at the end of each line
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery cm-recovery-1.4.img
cat cm-recovery-1.4.img > /system/recovery.img
7) Press the home button
STEP 3: HardSPL
Now we are going to change the bootloader or "SPL". Currently your SPL will only allow you to flash ROMs that HTC or your carrier have produced. This new "HardSPL" will allow us to flash ANY ROM we want. This section is going to use FILE 3 from the downloads
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You will now enter recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-S to apply the update.zip from the SD card. This is the spl you downloaded.
5) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
STEP 4: ROM
Now we are going to flash the latest ROM from Cyanogen. This is your new "Operating System". This section is going to use FILE 4 and FILE 5 from the downloads
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process
You can NOT run HERO ROMs YET!!!!!!!
You may want to partition your SD Card (See Post 3 or Post 4)
BACKUP FREQUENTLY
Remember that your nanddroid backups are on your SD card so be sure to save them if you do any partitioning.

- Upgrading from CM4.1.11.1 or below to 4.2.XX
Download File 4 and File 5 from first post above.
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-W to wipe all data
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-ota-14721.zip (You won't see the entire filename)
7) When it is done it will ask you to reboot to complete the installation. Press Home+Back
8) You will be returned to the recovery screen in a few minutes, be patient.
9) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
10) Choose update-cm-4.2.1-signed.zip
11) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)
12) Complete the setup process
Upgrading from CM4.1.99 or higher to CM4.2.XX
Download File 5 from first post above.
1) Hold power and turn the phone off
2) Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
3) You are now in recovery mode.
4) Press Alt-B to run a nandroid backup
5) Press Alt-A to apply any zip from sd
6) Choose update-cm-4.2.1-signed.zip
7) After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart. (May take up to 15 minutes to boot)

The functions of the utility script has been replace by the Amon RA recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669

How to easily esperiment with linux-swap partition sizes
So you want to try out different linux-swap sizes, but do not want to lose your data on your sdcard each time? Then this is the guide for you.
To start you will need you cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image (good thing you followed the above guide eh) and some basic math skill.
SETTING UP YOUR SDCARD
Well for this to work you will need to partition your sdcard a certain way, but only once for the entire card. BACKUP YOUR SDCARD!!!
To do this you will go into parted in the recovery console with these commands
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
Do not leave this screen we will come back to it
After you type print you will want to look for the line that says
Disk Size /dev/block/mmcblk0: xxxxmb (you can fill in the numbers )
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Now for the math. (i will explain some of the reason behind certain sizes then clear up the line)
first line in equation:
xxxxmb (total on card) - 96mb (it can be as large or as small as you want it but the highest i have seen people go with good results is 96mb)
so the first line will be:
xxxxmb - 96mb = zzzzmb
second line in equation:
zzzzmb - 500mb ( most people and guides suggest not to go over 500mb for ext2/3/4 so i shall do the same)
so the second line will be:
zzzzmb - 500mb = yyyymb
complete equation:
xxxxmb - 96mb = zzzzmb
zzzzmb - 500mb = yyyymb
;where xxxx = total mb (going to be the end point for linux-swap as well), zzzz= end point for ext2/ beginning point for linux-swap yyyy = end point for fat32/ beginning for ext2
So now with the equations out of the way (yes, I do like math, thank you very much) type this into recovery while still in parted
Code:
rm 1
rm 2 (if it exists)
rm 3 (if it exists)
(for the next commands obviously you will plug your own numbers in)
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 yyyy
mkpartfs primary ext2 yyyy zzzz
mkpartfs primary linux-swap zzzz xxxx
print (to verify it worked)
quit (ignore the update etc/fstab comment)
upgrade_fs
reboot
Now that was the hard part, the next part is really easy.
TO CHANGE LINUX-SWAP SIZES EASILY
With the setup above your linux-swap partition will be 96mb by default, to change it you will need to do the following
Go to the recovery console and type
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
Again do not leave this screen for we shall return momentarily
After you type print, it will show you the sizes of your 3 partitions. The third partition is the one we want to look at. You will need to get the start and end points for this partition.
(for ease of writing this guide, x will be the start and y will be the end)
For a 64mb swap partition you will want to follow this equation:
y - 32mb = y* (y* will be the new endpoint)
For a 32mb swap partition you will want to follow this equation:
y - 64mb = y* (y* will be the new endpoint)
Now go back to your phone that is still in parted and type (of course you substitute in your numbers)
Code:
resize 3 x y*
quit (ignore etc/fstab comment)
reboot
There you go, that is how you quickly and easily change the size of your linux-swap partition without ever taking the sdcard out of your phone.
Also you will need to edit your user.conf and userinit.sh to reflect the new size of your linux-swap partition. Here are instructions for how to edit your user.conf. (thank you kingklick)

Lol why do we have so many guides of the same thing

ThR1LL said:
Lol why do we have so many guides of the same thing
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because some people suck at following the older guide koush made (the one-click exploit will be patched soon) and this has links to newer roms, i didn't realize there was a more current version of koush's guide up, also this one has friendly pics

Also it's structured in a way that we can refer people back to it when they have a specific need like how to update their radio..... Goto step 6.
Oh and lets not forget that all of our ROMs will crash if you install apps2sd YET IT'S FREAKIN A STICKY IN THIS FORUM. The sticky also tells you to install cm-recovery-1.3.1.img.

^ great point/post AND thread. I wish I had this back in the day.
Can you add more info oon why to delete davlic AND a post on WTF a user file is/can do.
I still am not sure if i need to do that?

nice
not a a bad guide, we need to get a newer guide stickied
so got 1 vote from me

gridlock32404 said:
not a a bad guide, we need to get a newer guide stickied
so got 1 vote from me
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and you've got a vote from me to be the president in 2016

Great guide. Stickied.

ivanmmj said:
Great guide. Stickied.
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Thank you for making this a sticky

Wow an honory member of the wrecking crew got top spot sticky, ****. We are essential to xda.
Good job fingerlicken

Data Plan or Wi-Fi?
Hi finger, or anyone with the kindness to help...
This guide is the most perfect one I think....but I still have a question
Is it necessary to have a Data Plan? or Wi-Fi will do the job? Do I have to unlock my phone before I start the guide? or It doesn't matter?? Thanks!

pliundemix said:
Hi finger, or anyone with the kindness to help...
This guide is the most perfect one I think....but I still have a question
Is it necessary to have a Data Plan? or Wi-Fi will do the job? Do I have to unlock my phone before I start the guide? or It doesn't matter?? Thanks!
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you can follow this thread for when after you apply the DREAIMG.nbh to activate your phone, so you can finish rooting it, this is the only time you should have to use this method to activate your phone. once you install a custom rom based on the ADP phone you can skip the activation till you have wifi set up.

New AndPart program is posted. This does not partition the drive for you it is simply a guide that does the math for you.

See what you guys do to me. Leavin me out in the cold.

supremeteam256 said:
See what you guys do to me. Leavin me out in the cold.
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you left yo self out in the cold by being all like yeah "i'm hungry now, david" you got sent the same email (i didn't even get it originally, but i am still that good) everyone else did

So it appears there are several methods of backup the ext partition. Some zipped and some not. What is the easiest (can't F it up) method for terminal, recovery, and adb? I'm going to assume we should stay away from the zipped method.
I got terminal emulator commands down to 3 for backup and 2 for restore. in FAQ

david1171 said:
you left yo self out in the cold by being all like yeah "i'm hungry now, david" you got sent the same email (i didn't even get it originally, but i am still that good) everyone else did
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LOL, you still got any chinese left. My fishsticks and tator tots just didn't cut it.

Cyanogen slow downs?

I'm using cyanogen-4.1.999 and for some reason, I'm seeing a massive speed decrease. I got 4.1.99 to run before it, but it also got slow-downs as well. None of cyanogen's roms did this before.
Example. It takes more than a few seconds for the screen to go from off, to maximum illumination (according to system setting that is).
What should I do?

I don't know what rom you were running before cm-4.1.99 but before you flash 4.1.99 make sure you wipe/clear your ext2/3/4 if you are using a second partition. After you have flashed 4.1.99 you should no longer need to wipe/clear your ext partitions when installing new cyanogen versions

ninjavampire said:
I don't know what rom you were running before cm-4.1.99 but before you flash 4.1.99 make sure you wipe/clear your ext2/3/4 if you are using a second partition. After you have flashed 4.1.99 you should no longer need to wipe/clear your ext partitions when installing new cyanogen versions
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Crap... I only wiped ALT+W style. Oh well. Should I wipe ALT+W again after reformating?
edit: and when you say second partition, you mean the SDcard right?

Instructions to install cm-4.1.99 and 4.1.999 using cm-recovery1.4
Download tmo1.6, cyanogen 4.1.99 and cyanogen 4.1.999 from cyanogen fourm to root of your sd card (not in any folder)
Boot into recovery mode (home+power)
Wipe
If you are not using a second partition ignore next steps
Enter recovery console any type the following:
#mount -o /system/sd
#rm -rf /system/sd/*
#reboot recovery
Wipe again
Fix filesystems
Continue here if you are not using a second partition
Select option flash any .zip from sdcard and flash the tmo1.6 rom
When it is finished select option flash any .zip from sdcard and flash cm-4.1.99. You can do this with out rebooting your phone after the tmo1.6 flash
When 4.1.99 is finished select reboot option (home+back)
After boot and phone setup turn off your phone and boot into recovery again (home+power)
Select option flash any .zip from sdcard and select cm-4.1.999
When finished reboot phone (home+back) and enjoy the awesomness of Cyanogen!

Tactical Fart said:
Crap... I only wiped ALT+W style. Oh well. Should I wipe ALT+W again after reformating?
edit: and when you say second partition, you mean the SDcard right?
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Yes I mean the sdcard when talking about second partition

ninjavampire said:
Instructions to install cm-4.1.99 and 4.1.999 using cm-recovery1.4
Download tmo1.6, cyanogen 4.1.99 and cyanogen 4.1.999 from cyanogen fourm to root of your sd card (not in any folder)
Boot into recovery mode (home+power)
Wipe
If you are not using a second partition ignore next steps
Enter recovery console any type the following:
#mount -o /system/sd
#rm -rf /system/sd/*
#reboot recovery
Wipe again
Fix filesystems
Continue here if you are not using a second partition
Select option flash any .zip from sdcard and flash the tmo1.6 rom
When it is finished select option flash any .zip from sdcard and flash cm-4.1.99. You can do this with out rebooting your phone after the tmo1.6 flash
When 4.1.99 is finished select reboot option (home+back)
After boot and phone setup turn off your phone and boot into recovery again (home+power)
Select option flash any .zip from sdcard and select cm-4.1.999
When finished reboot phone (home+back) and enjoy the awesomness of Cyanogen!
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Ohh i had the same problem too. So Do we need to do the 'alt w' in recovery still?

NOback said:
Ohh i had the same problem too. So Do we need to do the 'alt w' in recovery still?
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Yes in the instructions I posted above "wipe" is the same as "alt+w"

Doing all those instructions seems to be a lil extreme. Clear your data and cache in the browser, google maps, and street view (thats where it's held the most). And then go to terminal and type:
Code:
su
cd /system/sd/dalvik-cache
rm *
exit
exit
Then reboot your phone. It will take awhile for it to boot up like the very first time flashing.

supremeteam256 said:
Doing all those instructions seems to be a lil extreme. Clear your data and cache in the browser, google maps, and street view (thats where it's held the most). And then go to terminal and type:
Code:
su
cd /system/sd/[B]dalvik[/B]-cache
rm *
exit
exit
Then reboot your phone. It will take awhile for it to boot up like the very first time flashing.
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fixed typo (dalvik instead of dalvick)

B-man007 said:
fixed typo (dalvik instead of dalvick)
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Thank you. Way to keep your eye on the ball son.

This only worked until today. When I checked the directory some (all?) of the files there were restored and I had to "rm *" the directory again. Earlier, it took me about 5 minutes to get the phone to cooperate long enough to order a reboot. Ideas?

Tactical Fart said:
This only worked until today. When I checked the directory some (all?) of the files there were restored and I had to "rm *" the directory again. Earlier, it took me about 5 minutes to get the phone to cooperate long enough to order a reboot. Ideas?
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Well when you reboot the phone...android remakes those files. thats why it takes so long to boot after you do that. the phone should run smoother then.
Have you tried wiping your ext partition?

B-man007 said:
Have you tried wiping your ext partition?
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Yes. I used sdparted to nuke the whole thing. Now I have a main, swap, and ext2 partitioned card.

Tactical Fart said:
Yes. I used sdparted to nuke the whole thing. Now I have a main, swap, and ext2 partitioned card.
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is it in that order? because its in the wrong order then. it needs to be FAT32, EXT, Linux-Swap
you should upgrade to EXT3 as it uses journaling (its safer)
did you try booting without the sd card? (wipe and flash the update, remove the sdcard, and reboot)
is there still a problem with the speed w/o it?

No, my partitions are the order you said they should. It was just a basic reformat without any special paramaters.
Also, the slow downs don't occcur until the phone has been on for a while. A reboot fixes the problem quickly, but while the problem is in place, I can't use "su" in the terminal (the phone is so slow that the su permissions manager can't respond in time to give permission and it refuses) and I can't receive calls. Plus it takes about 5 minutes of fighting to reboot, and thats if I don't pull the battery.

Tactical Fart said:
No, my partitions are the order you said they should. It was just a basic reformat without any special paramaters.
Also, the slow downs don't occcur until the phone has been on for a while. A reboot fixes the problem quickly, but while the problem is in place, I can't use "su" in the terminal (the phone is so slow that the su permissions manager can't respond in time to give permission and it refuses) and I can't receive calls. Plus it takes about 5 minutes of fighting to reboot, and thats if I don't pull the battery.
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im starting to get these problems too. Cyan is going to release anotherr rom (probably today) that aims to fix some of the major errors with the rom according to his twitter. I guess we should just wait and see if it makes it better

cyanogen 4.1.99 and 4.1.999 slow down cure
I upgraded two g1’s to 4.1.99 and then to 4.1.999. First they were slow. I had to upgrade my ext2 partition to ext3. I did this from cyanogen recovery console, 4.1 If you already have 4.1 console installed, Go to console, enter/return, on the keyboard and typed the command, upgrade_fs next to the # and then pressed enter.
If you do not have recovery console 4.1 installed. Use this link below, in the instructions for installing it from the terminal emulator make sure you type, su then press the return/enter then type in the flash command per the instruction.
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/downloads/recovery-image
Then you must be in the 4.1 recovery console, you access by holding down the power and home buttons while rebooting, got to alt-x, Go to console)
in console press enter/return
type the command upgrade_fs then press enter/return then type reboot and press enter/return.
I then downlaoded everything I needed and put them on my sd card and installed following these instructions.
http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/10/04/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-4-1-99-on-your-g1-android-phone/
Worked like a charm and runs fast and stable. Hope this helps.

NAND flash help

--Formality of newness here--
I'm a noob to flashing my Vogue, so maybe I'm just ignorant of something important, but I'm a programmer, been using linux for a decade, and comfortable hacking devices, so don't spare me any gory details.
Also, many thanks to everyone who has made this possible. The haret bootloader version is amazing, and I'm sure a nand version is even nicer.
--My problem--
I've never tried to flash my Vogue, so as of a few hours ago, it was a vanilla, but updated Sprint Vogue with a type 3 display panel. It has the latest official Sprint radio (3.42.30?).
I started with tatnai's recently stickied FAQ thread in this forum (I can't link it due to being a new member). I followed the steps linked to unlock my phone. I installed 2.31 CoKe and verified it in my bootloader. So far so good.
I then used RUU and VOGUIMGx320.NBH from the 2010-02-04 dated version of vogueeclairnbh.zip file. It succeeded. Resetting the device loads the Android linux kernel. All is well.
Now for my failure. I load a FAT32 formatted SD card with, say, myn's WarmDonut androidinstall.tar file under /sdcard/andboot/. [ignorethis]and copy in the latest zImageEclair (renamed to zImage of course) and the latest initrd.gz, [/ignorethis] hold the center button down through a hardware reset, it boots into the replimenu like this (minus whitespace and some truncation):
Code:
Android Installer
Choose options for installation or choose defaults
(*) Sys on NAND
( ) Sys on SDCard [...]
( ) Sys on Ext [...]
(*) Data on NAND
( ) Data on SDCard[...]
( ) Data on Ext [...]
[B]1. Fix Permissions[/B]
2. Clear Dalvik Cache
3. Backup /data
3. Restore /data
4. Wipe /data
5. Start Recovery Mode
6. Quit
For more info [...]
Notice that option #1 is not an install option. Running #1, I get errors from umount saying it can't mount /system or /data, which I assume is because it's not installed yet. Same with options 2 through 4. Recovery mode does allow me to mount the SD card as a block device, and quit leaves the installer menu.
Intution is telling me that it's not unlocked correctly and that the Android Installer can't write to nand, but without sourcecode for it, I'm kind of at a dead end of my knowledge, and I can't find a similar issue posted here or at PPCgeeks.
What am I missing? Let me know if I need to provide any more information.

If you're flashing to nand, you don't need a(n additional) zImage or initrd. maybe they're throwing the installer off.

I've removed them from my andboot folder, so that androidinstall.tar is the only file in there and retried. The same menu is presented without an install option. I also just reflashed the phone with the non-eclair nbh and got the same results.
I've used this andboot no-rootfs method with haret before, so I've got a pretty clear idea of what should happen, I just don't know what's gone wrong.

Ok, silly question re: folder structure - you should have just /andboot on the root of your sdcard, not /sdcard/andboot. I can't tell from your post.

burrgrinder said:
--Formality of newness here--
I'm a noob to flashing my Vogue, so maybe I'm just ignorant of something important, but I'm a programmer, been using linux for a decade, and comfortable hacking devices, so don't spare me any gory details.
Also, many thanks to everyone who has made this possible. The haret bootloader version is amazing, and I'm sure a nand version is even nicer.
--My problem--
I've never tried to flash my Vogue, so as of a few hours ago, it was a vanilla, but updated Sprint Vogue with a type 3 display panel. It has the latest official Sprint radio (3.42.30?).
I started with tatnai's recently stickied FAQ thread in this forum (I can't link it due to being a new member). I followed the steps linked to unlock my phone. I installed 2.31 CoKe and verified it in my bootloader. So far so good.
I then used RUU and VOGUIMGx320.NBH from the 2010-02-04 dated version of vogueeclairnbh.zip file. It succeeded. Resetting the device loads the Android linux kernel. All is well.
Now for my failure. I load a FAT32 formatted SD card with, say, myn's WarmDonut androidinstall.tar file under /sdcard/andboot/. [ignorethis]and copy in the latest zImageEclair (renamed to zImage of course) and the latest initrd.gz, [/ignorethis] hold the center button down through a hardware reset, it boots into the replimenu like this (minus whitespace and some truncation):
Code:
Android Installer
Choose options for installation or choose defaults
(*) Sys on NAND
( ) Sys on SDCard [...]
( ) Sys on Ext [...]
(*) Data on NAND
( ) Data on SDCard[...]
( ) Data on Ext [...]
[B]1. Fix Permissions[/B]
2. Clear Dalvik Cache
3. Backup /data
3. Restore /data
4. Wipe /data
5. Start Recovery Mode
6. Quit
For more info [...]
Notice that option #1 is not an install option. Running #1, I get errors from umount saying it can't mount /system or /data, which I assume is because it's not installed yet. Same with options 2 through 4. Recovery mode does allow me to mount the SD card as a block device, and quit leaves the installer menu.
Intution is telling me that it's not unlocked correctly and that the Android Installer can't write to nand, but without sourcecode for it, I'm kind of at a dead end of my knowledge, and I can't find a similar issue posted here or at PPCgeeks.
What am I missing? Let me know if I need to provide any more information.
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If you start recovery mode and plug your device into a linux box you should be able to connect to it using adb (http://cs-alb-pc3.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/adb) use "adb shell" to get a shell and you will be able to see why it doesn't find the tar file. Look at /init, see how it mounts the sdcard and try the same commands.
Hope this helps.

agree with the comments above. your problem does not have to do with unlocking. it has to do with your file structure or formatting of the sdcard or something along those lines preventing it from seeing the file.
things that may be wrong:
1. the andboot folder is named incorrectly
2. the andboot folder is not in the root of the sdcard (as mentioned above)
3. your androidinstall.tar is not correctly named, or is still zipped, or something of that nature. make sure you look at that file from your computer with it set to NOT hide extensions, so that you aren't missing that it is actually called androidinstall.tar.zip.
as dzo said, from the install menu hit Start recovery mode, then you can hook it up to any computer (usb mass storage function will work) and check all of these out.

Sorry about all this fuss. I finally determined that this menu is caused by a bad/misformatted SD card. The device was seeing it as in the slot, and would even mount it correctly in recovery mode, but nothing could be read by the Vogue. After swapping out to a new one, all is well.
Thanks for everyone's quick replies and insight.

[Working] - A2SD (Apps2SD) v2.7 Update 3r1 on Aria - See Post #9

Hi Everyone,
Has anyone gotten A2SD from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087
To work on an Aria.
Please let me know.

I would love to know too. I'm tempted to try it, worst case scenario, I have to restore a backup.

It won't work with the stock kernel. Unless you can build a kernel to support it which I do not know how to it will not work for you.

this would be great, thinking of toying around with it myself.

I just go gave it a quick run through to no avail using rom manager to format the sd card into the proper partitions and then flashing the zip file in clock work as directed. I will try it again tomorrow when I'm not so damn tired. Apparently it works on the stock sprint hero 2.1 rom so maybe I'll research more into how that was accomplished as there is no reason this method needs a specialized kernel.
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I've been playing with it a little this morning. It appears it is having trouble initializing a mount point in /system/SD. I will try a symlink from /sdcard to a created sir named /syste/SD until I figure out why the userland differs so much from the other ''stock'' 2.1 roms this appears to run on.
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It won't work, the stock htc kernel does not support it.

Quit being a naysayer and read the list of stock based roms that support this particular method. There are several app2sd methods and there is no reason this one shouldn't support the stock kernel unlike the cyanogen style methods. I may not be able to do it yet but I defer the possibility of figuring it out to users who may be more skilled than myself rather than regurgitating the same thing over and over without research.
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I have a2sd working on attn's liberated_aria b005
step 1: download Rom Manager from the Market
step 2: select partition sd card; select whichever size ext partition you desire (you can also create larger ext partitions doing this manually on a linux box but I won't cover it.
step 3: reboot phone into clockwork recovery; select partitions menu and mount /system.
step 4 (borrowed from Semigon at SmartQ MID forums):
Create a file called install-recovery.sh at <your android SDK installation>/tools/ on your PC with this code (MAKE SURE YOU CAN SAVE IT AS UNIX, ANSI TEXT , I use TextPad to do this [or TextWrangler for OS X] ) :
*
*
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
Step 5:
Plugin your cable and connect your aria to your computer so ready to use ADB
at prompt type:
"adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh" <-- push file to your aria
"adb shell" <-- shell to your phone.
*
*
Code:
* * #cd /system/etc/
* * #chmod 555 install-recovery.sh* * * * * *
* * #mkdir /system/sd
* * #mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd* * * * *
* * #mount* * * * * * * *
( if everything is ok, you should see something like this:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0 )
now type #exit
Step 6: Test to make sure that it will be automounted after reboot.
on your PC, from command prompt you can type: "adb reboot"
Step 7: After rebooted, you can either use adb or use "Terminal Emulator" to see if your SD EXT2 partition is mounted.
Connect as in step 1)
On your PC, from command prompt: "adb shell"
# mount
"/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0" means you EXT2 partition is mounted after reboot.
Step 8: download Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7 Update 3r1 and place it at the root of your sd card.
Step 9: boot into recovery and select flash zip from sdcard
Step 10: In flash zip from sdcard, select the a2sd package file you downloaded earlier. Press home to flash; now reboot your phone
Step 11: now reconnect to your phone through adb.
#su
#a2sd install
Don't panic-- your phone will reboot as the script finishes
Step 12: adb back to your phone and type ls -l /data
You should see
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app -> /system/sd/app
Now check your phone storage. You should see that you have significantly more available then you did before. If you see it slowly decrease this is because the dalvik cache is still on the internal memory. This too, however, can be moved to the sd.
The following is from tkirton's main set of instructions found at hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7021325&postcount=2
If you want to move the dalvik-cache to the sd card, type:
a2sd cachesd (move dalvik to sd card)
a2sd cachepart (move dalvik to cache partition)
Now you should have even more internal space left. Enjoy.
Note: moving dalvik to sd card may produce instability in certain apps or force quits. If it isn't working for you just pull up "adb nocache" to move it back to internal storage while still installing apps to the ext partition on your sd card.
Credits to semigod, tkirton and thanks to attn1 (for making good stuff for us)
mosamjc

mosamjc said:
step 1: download Rom Manager from the Market
step 2: select partition sd card; select whichever size ext partition you desire (you can also create larger ext partitions doing this manually on a linux box but I won't cover it.
step 3: reboot phone into clockwork recovery; select partitions menu and mount /system.
step 4 (borrowed from Semigon at SmartQ MID forums):
Create a file called install-recovery.sh at <your android SDK installation>/tools/ on your PC with this code (MAKE SURE YOU CAN SAVE IT AS UNIX, ANSI TEXT , I use TextPad to do this ) :
*
*
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
Step 5:
Plugin your cable and connect your aria to your computer so ready to use ADB
at prompt type:
"adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh" <-- push file to your SmartQ
"adb shell" <-- shell to your SmartQ. Now you are at your SmartQ shell
*
*
Code:
* * #cd /system/etc/
* * #chmod 555 install-recovery.sh* * * * * *
* * #mkdir /system/sd
* * #mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd* * * * *
* * #mount* * * * * * * *
( if everything is ok, you should see something like this:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0 )
now type #exit
Step 6: Test to make sure that it will be automounted after reboot.
on your PC, from command prompt you can type: "adb reboot"
Step 7: After rebooted, you can either use adb or use "Terminal Emulator" to see if your SD EXT2 partition is mounted.
Connect as in step 1)
On your PC, from command prompt: "adb shell"
# mount
"/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0" means you EXT2 partition is mounted after reboot.
Step 8: download Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7 Update 3r1 and place it at the root of your sd card.
Step 9: boot into recovery and select flash zip from sdcard
Step 10: In flash zip from sdcard, select the a2sd package file you downloaded earlier. Press home to flash; now reboot your phone
Step 11: now reconnect to your phone through adb.
#su
#a2sd install
Don't panic-- your phone will reboot as the script finishes
Step 12: dab back to your phone and type ls -l /data
You should see
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app -> /system/sd/app
Now check your phone storage. You should see that you have significantly more available then you did before. If you see it slowly decrease this is because the dalvik cache is still on the internal memory. This too, however, can be moved to the sd.
The following is from tkirton's main set of instructions found at hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7021325&postcount=2
If you want to move the dalvik-cache to the sd card, type:
a2sd cachesd (move dalvik to sd card)
a2sd cachepart (move dalvik to cache partition)
Now you should have even more internal space left. Enjoy.
Credits to semigod, tkirton and thanks to attn1 (for making good for us)
mosamjc
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way to stick to your guns, ill try this later after i return from dinner

Please do. I'd like to know if it works for others as well. I can wait for a fully fleshed cm6 port with all working features (or a legitimate froyo for that matter), but additional space for applications is something that I desperately needed now (and now I do).

mosamjc said:
Please do. I'd like to know if it works for others as well. I can wait for a fully fleshed cm6 port with all working features (or a legitimate froyo for that matter), but additional space for applications is something that I desperately needed now (and now I do).
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Just so happens this is the same day that CM6 from attn1 came out so i jumped the gun and ended up playing with his alpha Rom. So i have not validated this, BUT I can confirm apps2sd work on Attn1's new rom

Ha. I picked a hell of a day to try get creative. Hopefully it will be of use to someone until the cm6 build gets all its bugs ironed out.
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

dalvik cache issue
All of this worked fine, except for the dalvik cache part which had an error about not enough space while copying files.
How can moving dalvik cache be undone? It doesn't seem that "adb nocache" is a valid command.
Edit: Oh it should be "a2sd nocache" that seems to have fixed it

Well, I'm glad I have at least one happy customer. The cache transfered over fine for me but caused highly irregular behavior in 90% of the apps that cleared up the second I transfered it back. Could be a permissions issue or simply one that could be solved by reinstalling all your apps into the new sd environment. I'm not terribly concerned as installing the apps on the sd leaves plenty of space free for the caches to do their thing.

I am not very linux or android savy, but I will have to give this a try. It was the only thing missing from the Liberated rom. Now all is well. Thanks!
Hopefully, next we can get a Froyo w/ Sense UI! And our Arias can keep on rocking.

You may try the 2.7.5 RC1 and see if that helps the issue. There were fixes regarding copying files (permission issue...didn't tell it to retain permissions...didn't see that until 2.7.5 PF4A).
Glad to see you guys progressing on this. If someone knows the boot image base address for the Aria, I will modify a stock boot image for apps2sd.
Need any help, feel free to ask me. Any help I can give you to getting this program working on your rom I will be happy to do.
mosamjc said:
Well, I'm glad I have at least one happy customer. The cache transfered over fine for me but caused highly irregular behavior in 90% of the apps that cleared up the second I transfered it back. Could be a permissions issue or simply one that could be solved by reinstalling all your apps into the new sd environment. I'm not terribly concerned as installing the apps on the sd leaves plenty of space free for the caches to do their thing.
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Here is a slightly modified version, mainly just changed formatting and fixed a few typos. Also my phone didn't automatically reboot after step 11. Thanks for the great guide!
Step 1: Download Rom Manager from the Market
Step 2: Select partition sd card; select whichever size ext partition you desire (you can also create larger ext partitions doing this manually on a linux box but I won't cover it.
Step 3: Reboot phone into clockwork recovery; select partitions menu and mount /system.
Step 4 (borrowed from Semigon at SmartQ MID forums):
Create a file called install-recovery.sh at <your android SDK installation>/tools/ on your PC with this code (MAKE SURE YOU CAN SAVE IT AS UNIX, ANSI TEXT , I use TextPad to do this ) :
Code:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
Step 5:
Plug in your cable and connect your Aria to your computer so it is ready to use ADB. At prompt type:
Code:
adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh # push file to your Aria
adb shell # shell to your Aria. Now you are at your Aria shell
Code:
Code:
cd /system/etc/
chmod 555 install-recovery.sh
mkdir /system/sd
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
mount
If everything is ok, you should see something like this:
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0
Now type:
Code:
exit
Step 6: Test to make sure that it will be automounted after reboot. On your PC, from command prompt you can type:
Code:
adb reboot
Step 7: After rebooting, you can either use adb or use "Terminal Emulator" to see if your SD EXT2 partition is mounted.
Connect as in step 1)
On your PC, from command prompt:
Code:
adb shell
mount
If your EXT2 partition has been mounted after reboot you will see:
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0
Step 8: Download Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7 Update 3r1 and place it in the root of your sd card.
Step 9: Boot into recovery and select "install zip from sdcard"
Step 10: Select the a2sd package file you downloaded earlier. Press power button to flash; now reboot your phone
Step 11: Now reconnect to your phone through adb:
Code:
adb shell
su
a2sd install
Don't panic-- your phone may reboot as the script finishes
Step 12: Connect with adb back to your phone:
Code:
adb shell
Then type:
Code:
ls -l /data
You should see
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-07-27 14:56 app -> /system/sd/app
Now check your phone storage. You should see that you have significantly more available then you did before. If you see it slowly decrease this is because the dalvik cache is still on the internal memory. This too, however, can be moved to the sd.
The following is from tkirton's main set of instructions found at hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7021325&postcount=2
If you want to move the dalvik-cache to the sd card, type:
Code:
a2sd cachesd # move dalvik to sd card
a2sd cachepart # move dalvik to cache partition
Now you should have even more internal space left. Enjoy.
Note: moving dalvik to sd card may produce instability in certain app or force quits. If it isn't working for you then move it back to internal storage while still installing apps to the ext partition on your sd card with:
Code:
a2sd nocache
Credits to semigod, tkirton and thanks to attn1 (for making good for us)
mosamjc
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mosamjc said:
Well, I'm glad I have at least one happy customer. The cache transfered over fine for me but caused highly irregular behavior in 90% of the apps that cleared up the second I transfered it back. Could be a permissions issue or simply one that could be solved by reinstalling all your apps into the new sd environment. I'm not terribly concerned as installing the apps on the sd leaves plenty of space free for the caches to do their thing.
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Sounds very similar to what happened for me. The script completed even with a few copy errors, but then many applications had FC after reboot. There is more than enough space from moving the apps, so it was not a big problem.
tkirton said:
You may try the 2.7.5 RC1 and see if that helps the issue. There were fixes regarding copying files (permission issue...didn't tell it to retain permissions...didn't see that until 2.7.5 PF4A).
Glad to see you guys progressing on this. If someone knows the boot image base address for the Aria, I will modify a stock boot image for apps2sd.
Need any help, feel free to ask me. Any help I can give you to getting this program working on your rom I will be happy to do.
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Will give the the newer version a try, by installing the new zip then running the cachesd and cachepart commands again. Thanks!

@MikeChelen Way to polish the tutorial. Looking good! I hammered that out in in only a few minutes originally after pulling together all the parts that made it tick for me. I just wanted to release it to the masses quickly to prove jznomoney wrong (am I a bad sport? Probably).
@Tkirton I will give the new version a go after lunch and see what happens. As far as the boot image address, I believe it is the same as the Legend, as almost all legend roms flash and boot successfully on the Aria. So I would give 0x12c00000 a try on Attn1's Liberated_Aria.

mosamjc said:
@MikeChelen Way to polish the tutorial. Looking good! I hammered that out in in only a few minutes originally after pulling together all the parts that made it tick for me. I just wanted to release it to the masses quickly to prove jznomoney wrong (am I a bad sport? Probably).
@Tkirton I will give the new version a go after lunch and see what happens. As far as the boot image address, I believe it is the same as the Legend, as almost all legend roms flash and boot successfully on the Aria. So I would give 0x12c00000 a try on Attn1's Liberated_Aria.
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Haha, well I am glad you did! It meant the guide was available for me a little sooner. Score another point for stubborn resolve
It was more than clear enough for me to follow, hopefully the edits will help newer users though.
It might also be worth noting that ANSI is not an encoding itself, but a set of encodings? The normal Linux text editors seem to use US-ASCII or UTF-8 and these should probably both work.
Assuming other users don't have any problems, hope this gets added to the Aria sticky topic ^_^
Thanks again everyone!

[Q] HELP! Maybe brick?

I was trying to fix my NC and install the 1.0.1 firmware. So I tried to format everything back to factory setting so I went into clockwork mod recovery and thought formatting the system partitions would restore me back to factory settings. Well I formatted "boot" and now it will not boot.
tl;dr I formatted boot, is it bricked?
help?

wolffboy212 said:
I was trying to fix my NC and install the 1.0.1 firmware. So I tried to format everything back to factory setting so I went into clockwork mod recovery and thought formatting the system partitions would restore me back to factory settings. Well I formatted "boot" and now it will not boot.
tl;dr I formatted boot, is it bricked?
help?
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http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
Do "Method one: Eight interrupted Boots" and post what happens afterwards

As I understand it, it is not bricked. You need to go read both the Nookie Froyo thread and the Clockwork Thread in the Nook Color Development Subforum. There is a way to put Nookie Froyo on an sdcard. You then boot with that and there's a way to put stuff back on the NC.
Do you have a Clockwork backup?
If you can boot back into Clockwork, there are some copies of other folks nandroid backup available. You can then put that on your sdcard and restore it.
I don't have the exact answer for you, but I'm sure it can be fixed.

Geezer Squid said:
As I understand it, it is not bricked. You need to go read both the Nookie Froyo thread and the Clockwork Thread in the Nook Color Development Subforum. There is a way to put Nookie Froyo on an sdcard. You then boot with that and there's a way to put stuff back on the NC.
Do you have a Clockwork backup?
If you can boot back into Clockwork, there are some copies of other folks nandroid backup available. You can then put that on your sdcard and restore it.
I don't have the exact answer for you, but I'm sure it can be fixed.
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Paul22000 said:
Do "Method one: Eight interrupted Boots" and post what happens afterwards
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When I press the power button nothing happens. I.E. screen stays black. Would your guy's ideas work if you can boot at all?

wolffboy212 said:
When I press the power button nothing happens. I.E. screen stays black. Would your guy's ideas work if you can boot at all?
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I had the same thing happen. I tried plugging it into my Macbook, but nothing happened. I plugged into my Windows PC, and it came back to life.

A nookie froyo SD card would work fine. Restore from there manually. Next time make a nandroid and do not delete things that you do not know...

Syco54645 said:
A nookie froyo SD card would work fine. Restore from there manually. Next time make a nandroid and do not delete things that you do not know...
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i have a nandroid back up and i cant get into recovery mode.

Because you deleted boot. Use a nookie froyo SD card and put the contents of boot back manually.

wolffboy212 said:
i have a nandroid back up and i cant get into recovery mode.
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Which button combo are you trying to use to boot into recovery mode? If you haven't already, make sure you're using the three-button method.
Sent from my Nooted friend...

I have gotten it to boot to froyo on my sd card.
Now I need help restoring the boot partition from there.
Thank you very much with the support so far

It is not three buttons. Only need home and power.

wolffboy212 said:
I have gotten it to boot to froyo on my sd card.
Now I need help restoring the boot partition from there.
Thank you very much with the support so far
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I am not certain what to do exactly as I have never used nookie froyo. Generally you are going to want to do
modified /system/boot
mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
then put the files back in there from in nookie froyo.
Someone else may have the exact way. Sorry I cannot be of more help but that will mount boot when in stock. Of course you will have to mount system as RW as well.

Syco54645 said:
I am not certain what to do exactly as I have never used nookie froyo. Generally you are going to want to do
modified /system/boot
mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
then put the files back in there from in nookie froyo.
Someone else may have the exact way. Sorry I cannot be of more help but that will mount boot when in stock. Of course you will have to mount system as RW as well.
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Bare with me I know very basic unix and linux commands but I do have the brain capacity to figure things out (not boot partitions).
I was on the command line and I couldn't get into the nook color stuff just the nookie froyo stuff on the sdcard.
suggestions?

Please read CW recovery thread. All answers are in there!
Really, please take time to browse through existing threads before posting questions which have already been answered several times.
Anyway, considering the number of people asking, here goes:
Note: You can do all this from the Nook, without the need of ADB, except for the fact that you will need gapps on nookie in order to install terminal and root explorer (although you could install those apps by directly installing APK's), see http://nookdevs.com/NookColor:_Nookie_Froyo_Tips, Third-party app support
Please read entire thread before attempting anything!
- Boot into nookie with market installed.
- Install terminal emulator.
- Install root explorer
- Create a new folder at root (/), for example "boottmp" => "/boottmp"
- Launch terminal emulator
- type: "su"
- type: "mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boottmp"
- type: "echo -n -e "\x08\x00\x00\x00" > /rom/devconf/BootCnt" (this will force reset on next boot, as if you did 8 failed boots)
- open browser
- Download boot.zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10470539&postcount=268
- copy zip content to "/boottmp", by replacing existing files
- shutdown
- remove sdcard
- power up, you should see installation process after splash screen. Wait for it to finish, and it will reboot.
- power off
- Next you need to reset to factory settings:
- Boot while using power button and N button. Should boot to menu allowing reset. Proceed with reset.
Boot and be happy.
OR,
If you're able to access ADB (available when booting CW recovery and mounting /system and /SDcard, format from android required on SD to work here), CREDIT GOES TO Duloz, try this:
adb push uRecRam.bak /sdcard/
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
mkdir /system/boot/
mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system/boot
cat /sdcard/uRecRam.bak > /system/boot/uRecRam
umount /system/boot
rmdir /system/boot
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Note: Don't worry about errors concerning unmount.
If you're not back in business, post your questions, being very clear about what worked and what didn't.
Thank you.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Back from Clockwork Recovery to Virgin (Factory) Recovery ... works like a charm!
samuelhalff said:
Please read CW recovery thread.
- Boot into nookie with market installed.
- Install terminal emulator.
- Install root explorer
- Create a new folder at root (/), for example "boottmp" => "/boottmp"
- Launch terminal emulator
- type: "su"
- type: "mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /boottmp"
- type: "echo -n -e "\x08\x00\x00\x00" > /rom/devconf/BootCnt" (this will force reset on next boot, as if you did 8 failed boots)
- open browser
- Download boot.zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10470539&postcount=268
- copy zip content to "/boottmp", by replacing existing files
- shutdown
- remove sdcard
- power up, you should see installation process after splash screen. Wait for it to finish, and it will reboot.
- power off
- Next you need to reset to factory settings:
- Boot while using power button and N button. Should boot to menu allowing reset. Proceed with reset.
Boot and be happy.
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Works perfectly, thanks! I actually used adb instead of root explorer to do the copy and mount (etc.) commands, and did a manual 8-times power start interruption, but essentially the same. This made my poor "sound-failing" Nook a virgin again so I can swap it out at the store today. Crossing fingers that they will provide quick and easy exchange service (and let me test the sound on the replacement before I leave the store!)... Then, back to Autonooking (and even back to Clockwork Recovery...) again; now that I know how to go back and forth.
Owe you (or y'all) a beer!