Here is something to keep you busy... - PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General

So, many of us are waiting patiently of a new ROM for our Alpines, courtesy of aeroflyluby and cottula, but a few people keep bugging them about release dates.
So, here is something for you. It is a linux kernel for the Alpine.
To use it you mus have a
1) Alpine (Obviously)
2) A 512mb or larger SD card (Not SDHC!)
3) Windows Computer
4) An SD card reader (You can't use the Alpine as an SD card reader for this sorry)
If you have all these then follow these instructions.
1) Download the Zip file from http://www.mediafire.com/?m7klbqdkzf4y3w6
2) Extract it to your desktop
3) Find the linux folder and copy the contents to the Storage on your Alpine
4) Open up ghost32 on your computer
5) (NOTE: If it says anything about compatibility, ignore it and carry on.) Click on local and then Disk. Then click on the 699linux.GHO file. Then click on your SD card. (Usually the smallest one) Wait for it to complete
6) Make sure that your alpine is fully charged and ALL IMPORTANT DATA IS BACKED UP.
7) Put the SD card into the Alpine and Navigate to STORAGE - NOT STORAGE CARD on the alpine.
8)Open haret.exe. It it asks for a startup.txt, make sure startup.txt is present. If here is a button ha says run or similar, click it!
9) Wait for linux to boot and Enjoy!
NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage this may cause to either he alpine or the computer used.
I cant test this at the moment as my battery is broken, if anyone can tell me what the correct voltage for the battery is it would be appreciated.
I didn't make this, just found it on bbsfans.net (I think)

btyre said:
So, many of us are waiting patiently of a new ROM for our Alpines, courtesy of aeroflyluby and cottula, but a few people keep bugging them about release dates.
So, here is something for you. It is a linux kernel for the Alpine.
To use it you mus have a
1) Alpine (Obviously)
2) A 512mb or larger SD card (Not SDHC!)
3) Windows Computer
4) An SD card reader (You can't use the Alpine as an SD card reader for this sorry)
If you have all these then follow these instructions.
1) Download the Zip file from http://www.mediafire.com/?m7klbqdkzf4y3w6
2) Extract it to your desktop
3) Find the linux folder and copy the contents to the Storage on your Alpine
4) Open up ghost32 on your computer
5) (NOTE: If it says anything about compatibility, ignore it and carry on.) Click on local and then Disk. Then click on the 699linux.GHO file. Then click on your SD card. (Usually the smallest one) Wait for it to complete
6) Make sure that your alpine is fully charged and ALL IMPORTANT DATA IS BACKED UP.
7) Put the SD card into the Alpine and Navigate to STORAGE - NOT STORAGE CARD on the alpine.
8)Open haret.exe. It it asks for a startup.txt, make sure startup.txt is present. If here is a button ha says run or similar, click it!
9) Wait for linux to boot and Enjoy!
NOTE: I am not responsible for any damage this may cause to either he alpine or the computer used.
I cant test this at the moment as my battery is broken, if anyone can tell me what the correct voltage for the battery is it would be appreciated.
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It's nice, I ran it too.
I think having linux side-by-side to operate on ext2 partitions is really good think, especially for Android.
(btw, android runs really similar, but there is another ways (initrd))

Yeah, I know about initrd but this is the old style, less user friendly but less hassle to make. I think the idea of using a Ghost patch so it's easier is nice oo.

btyre said:
Yeah, I know about initrd but this is the old style, less user friendly but less hassle to make. I think the idea of using a Ghost patch so it's easier is nice oo.
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But you can forget about manual modifying..
Ext2 driver for windows works okay, but sometimes it really corrupts files or all disk too.

Isn't it quite hard to manually modify using the initgrd? I don't know as I've only read about it.
With the .GHO meathod you can use the Ghosexp to modify the .GHO file then flash it again.
Personally I think it's a draw.
NOTE: If you use this, please post. A few screens would be nice too. I would post some, but my battery is dead. If you know where to get one then please tell me by PM, or just post. Thanks

if we're talking about things that would keep yo busy until release of anything new we should appreciate this useful app for PPC2003, pLock.
It provides you lockscreen known from WM5, with ablitity of automatic locking and hardware buttons unlocking.
To configure it after installation, go into Today options and after checking pLock tap on Settings/option (don't remeber, alpine under hard development)
Download from attachment, enjoy (it's not mine)

I've got an error like this when run ghost32
error when create partitions from ghost.
I'can attach my screen shot here
Help Please

Related

SDHC..Try this one Guyz (Link updated 17-12-2007)

EDIT : - 17th December 2007
Try this Guyz :-
How to:
1. Download this file : http://rapidshare.com/files/77211814/SDHC_Driver.cab
2. Make sure your device is running WM6
3. Save the file to a folder (example: My Documents) to your device and NOT your memory card.
4. Remove the current memory card from your device.
5. Switch on your device and look for the saved .cab file using File explorer, then run it.
6. Format your SDHC card using a PC or laptop with FAT32 file system.
7. Now insert your SDHC card your device...
youre done!
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Please try this one guyz..
http://rapidshare.com/files/76471143/SDHC4WM5.zip
PLEASE WRITE YOUR REVIEWS AFTER DOWNLOADING THE DRIVER
you are still have strong spirit to try SDHC card
Yup..even though i dnt have a SDHC card.but im planning on buying it
Not working
Not working for me. Besides, all those SDHC posts contain drivers that are different then on my Hima. The cab contains SDMemory.dll and SDBus.dll while my original drivers are SDMemory.dll and SDBusDriver.dll.
I adapted my registry to correct this difference, but that didn't help. No more Storage Card at all.
My guess is that it is not for normal SD but for micro SD, hence the different bus drivers.
For the record: I'm using the 7.0c of c_shekhar.
New link is also not working. Again not even after changing registry.
hmmmm....well lets see if some one else also comments abt it..
rvdrijt said:
New link is also not working. Again not even after changing registry.
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IMHO changing the file names would be a better way to try than changing registry.
@rvdrijt
Did u follow the instructions written at top
Yes. And then I had no more Storage Card link.
So then I tried hacking my reg, also without good results.
@Maggy
I've tried that before, but I could not remove the old SDBusDriver.dll. That's why I tried changing the reg. Any idea on how to remove the old one and then rename the new?
this might sound like a noob question,
over the universal forum they've figured out a working driver that supports at least an 8GB SDHC and I've tested it myself with a PQI 8GB and it works,
so I was just wondering if we can import that driver out to himalaya and make it work because from my understanding SDHC support is not based on the hardware rather than driver update for the device, and since it's been made for both WM5 and WM6/6.1 over there so technically it should work for our WM6 himalaya too, no?
just my 2 cents.
thanks..but the drivers are not the same..any way if you can attach the file maybe i will take a look..all the drivers i have tested just remove your atm functioning SD cards drivers also
This should be the latest SD driver that was used in Ranju's WM6.1 ROM,
but in case it's different, you might wanna take a look at the cooked ROM yourself as I'm not experienced with that.
Ranju's WM6.1 ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367448
Hi Gurus
I have FXXXXed my xda2 by trying installing sdhc drivers , now forget about sdhc blody normal sd card not working as well ( I should have read those forum about it first)
now the question is how can i get my old normal sd card working on my xda2
Please help
hardreset should help.
Worked for me when i did some driverexperiments
cu
HI thanx for replying
but i can't do hard reset as my camera button is broken from motherboard
and the traditional way (powerbutton + reset) is not working, the only way was to press record + camera + reset, i do have xpshut program thats not hardresetting as well
is there any other way to do hard reset i mean programmcally or any other means
or jst replace the sd drivers
plz help
I think sk-tools can do a hard reset by software, maybe memmaid to, I don't know it exactly. But sk-tools I´m sure.
hi any free tool
plz
Even if sktool is unregistered, this function isn't restricted, as I remember.
Hi thanx
yeah thast right just need to highlight at the beggning for hardreset
so i did hardreset
now problem not gone away no sd card at all
so now what should i do
while hardreset push Camera and Recordbutten to get the early Bootmenu.
With Recordbutten you can select the Item and with Camerabutton you change status.
It should set to
NO
YES
YES
then push the Navbutton in some Direction.
This should erase all usersettings
cu

[Guide] How to install Android

As i see, more and more people are asking, how to install Android. And since previous tutorial is outdated, i will create new one.
So, first some theory. There are two types of releases: ones with ext2 partition and ones without. Second ones are much easier to install (just copy files to SD card), but ones with ext2 partition are faster and works overall better. All newer releases are with partitions.
So, how to install Android?
1. First we must prepare our SD Card. You will need 1GB+ Card. Some users are reporting that there are problems with several cards, so i suggest you stick to card you got with your X1 (it works 100%).
Now it's time to hook SD card to your computer. You can transfer files via X1, but I recommend getting a card reader, since file transfers will be more reliable then.
Before you begin, backup all your files on SD card. When partitioning, all data on your card will be deleted.
So, let's begin. Partitioning is fairly easy, but instead of writing this in text, i will show you video guide of creating partitions (thanks to user e334 for making this tutorial):
(Program in the video is Minitool Partiton Wizard. Grab home version from their page.)
2. After we properly make partition, it's time to download android build. Beware, that root of your SD card will be messy. There is a method to run it in folder (Andboot), but i didn't manage to make it right.
In the time of writing, (my opinion) best release is neopeek's SuperFroyo + v2c kernel. But releases are changing rapidly, since Android is still under development. I will try to update that page, but i suggest you always check the forums for some new releases.
As you can see, this release is in two parts (main release + kernel). But most of the time, there are releases with kernel included, so you don't have to download it separately. So anyway, download and extract main release, kernel and modules into root of the SD card (leave modules in .tar.gz file!).
After copying, use safely remove hardware before disconnecting SD card.
Now it's time for big final. Open file explorer on your X1, navigate to StorageCard\npkinstall folder and click install. If you have done everything right, your phone should go into "text mode" (black screen with bunch of text) and after about a minute, it should start displaying long list of files. That means it's installing android to EXT2 partition. When installation finishes, it will automatically reboot.
Your X1 Android is ready to use now. To launch android, open file explorer, navigate to \StorageCard and tap HARET. Again, it should start displaying text and after that logo should appear. When android appears to be loaded (start wizard pops up), leave it for another several minutes, so Android can initialize all background stuff it needs to.
Happy Androiding!
Frequently Asked Questions
How to return to Windows Mobile?
Simply restart your device. Android won't alter Windows Mobile or on board storage at all, so your windows mobile stays intact.
So, now my Windows mobile is running in background?
No. HARET will shut down Windows Mobile, so Android can have all the memory for himself.
Battery life is very short
Yes, android power management is not very good. But it's getting better, especially last days there were some major improvements in that area.
Camera/FM Radio/Something don't work
Android is still under development, so not all features are working yet.
I can't see my new EXT2 partition in windows
That's OK. Only linux sistems like Android and Ubuntu can see EXT2 partition. Although, you can install 3rd party software, that can add ext2 support to windows (google for "ext2 windows").
How big should i make ext2 partition?
EXT2 partition is system partition for Android. It needs to be big enough to fit all android system files in, but there is no point to make it too big, since data is stored to SD card anyway. Somewhere between 300 and 500MB should be fine. Make it 512 if you have space to spare or 300 if you are really low on SD card space.
I can't enter my SIM PIN!
PIN is currently not working in Android. Turn off PIN in Windows Mobile.
matejdro.. you are one of the best "teachers" thanks a lot.. very kind if you could update this threat everytime if something is new, because there are a lot of new kernels and things coming in.. i try to get in to this matter but at the moment all i understand is.. chinese mixed with japanese.. hehehe
Hey, please, can you add "how install dual boot" in this guide? I really need it, sorry my bad english
Sent from my FRG83 by Neopeek using XDA App
How big the ex2 partion must be? 300 ,500mb?
EDit: i have made the ext2 and the fat32 partition but i can only see the FAT32 in windows. Am I missing something?
viper. said:
How big the ex2 partion must be? 300 ,500mb?
EDit: i have made the ext2 and the fat32 partition but i can only see the FAT32 in windows. Am I missing something?
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Nothing is wrong.
Actually, Windows can't read an ext2 partition, because it's a linux-based partition.
About the size.. i don't know, but i followed the tut' and put the same size. It works well.
Oggy972 said:
Nothing is wrong.
Actually, Windows can't read an ext2 partition, because it's a linux-based partition.
About the size.. i don't know, but i followed the tut' and put the same size. It works well.
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Yep, i have realised that windows7 is unable to read that partition because i did install the android on it and everything went fine. My partition is 450mb large and its working normally. This is so much better then other xdandroid version beacuse with this build you can connect x1 and the pc via usb .
Added both questions to FAQ.
thank you so much for this!
can someone please give the proper instructions on how to use the andboot floder does the folder have to start with capital?
and the v3c kernel needs to be run using someother programs and methords which are there in that thread can you help me with them?
Is it necessary to leave some unallocated space on SD card as shown on video ? And what size of swap partition should be ?
I'm not sure why he left unallocated space, but it's not necessary.
For swap partition, I'm not even sure if android uses it. You can live without it.
hello
I need help
If i start the exe it boot.
But when it is finished it restarts and then there is windows .
Whats wrong ?
Have you done everything correctly? Delete everything and try again.
Also, what is your battery level?
I have successfully install Android with ext2 partition on my X1. But, when I boot to Android, it always hang.
Sometime it hang at the first boot (when Android ask me to configure Google account to sync), sometime it hang when I try to change Android setting, sometime it hang when I play music, but often it hang when I put Android on standby (I press the power button).
I use 4GB SD card and partitioned it into two partition, FAT32 2,5GB and ext2 450MB.
I have try two Android build : CyanogenMod 6.1 and X1-frg83-06112010. Both have the same problem. I also try replace the kernel (zImage) with sp3dev, but the problem still there.
The other thing I try was extract androidinstall.tar.gz directly to my ext2 partition, but Android still hang.
Do you ever encounter this problem? How to fix this?
Hello
Now i have android all is ok and does go.
But one problem if i press the ok and the other buttons does go.
But a little time later no buton does go anymore.
Whats the problem ?
Signing in...
Hi,
All went well.
Now 1st boot it tries to get to me google.
Nothing happens.
It tells me 5 minutes, but that was 10 minutes ago
I am on 3G
Any help?
Edit: (Will boot again, and let you know if it works.)
Edit: Rebooted, and skipped the google account login. Will try with WiFi on loging into google again.
?
Sorry, i don't understand you. What is bugging you?

Cannot write disk image

Folks, I am trying to root my NC for the first time. I am following the instructions found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942424.
I cannot get WinImage to write to the disk. I downloaded auto-nooter-3.0.0. It is about 125 Meg when unzipped. I open Winimage just fine, and point to the .img file. When I try to do the "Restore Virtual Hard Disk Image", it asks me for a VHD file. I checked all the folders I installed, and cannot find a .vhd file anywhere.
I did point it back to the image file and it says it cannot write it because the file is in use...
I also tried the alternate windows application, Win32ImageWriter. No good. It errors out as well. Gives me an undocumented error code: error 8.
There must be something wrong with my setup, but I cannot figure out what it is. I have a brand new MicroSD card, 8GB. The card is visible in windows explorer and it shows empty...
Any help would be appreciated.
Jim
Error 8 means you have to run win32imagewriter as administrator.
Using Win Image 32
Jim,
EDIT: use whatever version of Clockwork Mod that is recommended for the purposes that you are trying accomplish. The one I listed below may not work with what ever you are doing.
I had similar issues when I started to use it, also.
The following is info from another post I made on installing a rom to the Nook. Formatting the XD card with SD Formatter 3.0, and then using version 0.1 of Win Image seemed to be the answer.
A) Download the following software to your PC/MAC for formatting your XD card. This is the best one that I have found.
SD Formatter 3.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC:
- Format your XD card. This step is very important to correctly write the EXT4 compatible bootable SD recovery.
B) You will need “Image Writer for Windows”
- I found that the “0.1 (truckstop) release” worked the best. The newer version seemed to always have some problem.
- Paste the unzipped folder to you C:\ directory. Put the EXT4 compatible bootable SD recovery file in the same folder. This will help prevent issues. This software is originally intended for a Linux environment and thank you to the developer for making it compatible with Windows.
- Make sure that the chosen device is your XD card. It automatically selects the correct one, but you never know. Go to “my computer” in windows and check to see what Letter has been assigned.
- Choose the EXT4 compatible bootable SD recovery file from Image writer directory.
- Click the “write” button. This will take a few minutes to finish.
- Now you can copy misc files to the flash drive. It is ready to boot your Nook into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
They don't trust me yet on this site, so I cannot post links to other sites. The required links are in my original post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997764
Let me know it this helps.
SUBCAN
Solved: cannot write SD image
solved...
Thanks to both Subcan and n1bsbri for the replies. The one that put me on the right track was N1's statement that I had to run as admin. I was running as admin, but obviously I did not have write permission. I then just tried to write something to the card using dumb old windows explorer and found that the card was write protected.
I am embarrased to admit it took me hours to find a post that highlighted the fact that on some microSD adapters you had to tape (yes, good old Scotch Tape) over the switch to get it writeable. I did that, wrote the card, and the NC booted right up.
I cannot begin to tell you how many bad words it took me to figure that out...
Thanks to both of you for your replies. I am very new at this and I know I will have more questions... thanks for getting me over the hump!
Jim

Dummy Guides for SD Card CM7 on Nook Color

I keep seeing SD card rooting questions. I'm providing a link to some guides that describe in gory detail how to get CM7 up and running on an SD card (for both MAC OSX and PC). These guides are built off of verygreen's size-agnostic SD card thread and he deserves any and all credit. All that I (DrAstro) and DrWho have done is expound on the easy-to-follow steps that he provides from the perspective of trying to teach someone who is only mildly computer literate.
http://clubnook.com/forum/showthread.php?953-Rooting-Instructions
If this helps, go to verygreen's SIZE AGNOSTIC card thread and give him thanks.
I've just copied and pasted directly from Clubnook in case people don't want to link over there. If this is useful for you, comment and I'll keep it updated. If not, just let it fall into the ether...
CM7 - SD Card - Mac Version
INSTALLING CM7 (CyanogenMod 7/Android 2.3) ONTO A MICROSD CARD FOR USE WITH NOOK COLOR
Thanks to DrAstro for the following instructions:
I used the instructions from verygreen (who deserves any and all credit):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000957
I did nothing other than follow exactly what he said to do and was up and running with full android market access in about 10 minutes (with a 5 minute nap in the middle!). It was literally that easy. I’ve just expanded, in gory detail, on the basic.
Basically, what you are doing here is taking a microSD card, making it so that the nook color can boot from it, putting a new OS on that card (CM7) and then adding the android market. At the end, you will be able to run a more tablet-like experience from your microSD card without doing anything to the internal software that BN put on there. Here are steps, with heavy borrowing from verygreen’s guide. Hopefully you will read and understand what you are doing, so that you can pick and choose which OS zip you want to use.
NOTE: These are mac specific instructions, as that’s what I used!
1) Downloaded the following files and put them on your desktop:
generic-sdcard-v1.2.1.img.gz
(http://nook.handhelds.ru/sdimage/gen...-v1.2.1.img.gz) - This file makes your SD card bootable. This is probably the “hardest” part of the process as you have to “burn” this image to the card, not just “drag and drop”
update-cm-7.1.0-RCO-encore-2.6.32-beta3.1.zip
(http://coachz.inetpro.org/~dalingrin...32-beta3.1.zip) – This is the latest beta version of CM7 that was available at the time I did this! There may be some instability, but they fixed the battery issues with this release so the tradeoff is worth it.
Or get the latest stable version update-cm-7.0.2-encore.zip
(http://tinyurl.com/3vyanhh)
gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
(http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.ph...Latest_Version) – This was the latest google apps version that was available when I did this. It will give you access to the android market!
2) Get any microSD card that you don't mind trashing the data on. There a LOTS of options out there, but I would HIGHLY SUGGEST getting a SANDISK, CLASS 4, 8 GB or 16 GB card. It is by far the most likely card to work well for you.
Also get a reader for your microSD card. I got one that plugs into my USB port and lets me see my microSD card on my desktop.
3) The first step is to install the .img file to the microSD card. First, you need to double click it on your desktop and let mac osx unzip it for you. It should do this nicely and your resultant file will be:
generic-sdcard-v1.2.1.img (i.e. the .gz at the end will go away)
To install the .img onto the microsd card, put the micro sd card into your card reader. It should pop up on your desktop as a disk. Mine was called “no name”.
To write the image (called burning the .img file to), you need to do the following:
-Find which drive the sd card is mapped to. To do this on mac, you can use the terminal:
how to open the terminal:
a) Go up to the magnifying glass in the top right of your mac.
b) Click on it and search for the word “terminal”. The first thing it finds should be a little black box with the word Terminal.
c) Click on that and a window should open on your desktop. That window should say something like Terminal – bash – 80x24 in the top line and then have a bunch of words, maybe something about Last login: and finally a line that ends in a dollar sign $. Here’s where you will type in your commands.)
Inside of that terminal, after the dollar sign ($) first, type:
cd Desktop
That will take you to your desktop. If you now type
ls
This should show you a list of all the files and folders on your desktop. All the terminal does is let you work with files using text commands rather than a nice graphical interface (i.e. clicking on windows and stuff)
Now that you know a couple basics on “terminals” type this:
diskutil list
This lists all the spaces on your computer where things are stored. You need to unmount the microSD card that you just plugged in. This will allow you to erase the card and put what you want on it. You need to look at this list and figure out which drive# is your microSD card. To the far right, you will see the disk size. Your microSD card should be around that same size as what you bought (for example, I’m using an 8GB card and found the disk that was around 7.5 GB).
Once you know the right disk (mine was disk1, yours may be different) unmount that drive by typing this:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk<#>
(to be explicit, my drive was disk1 so I typed: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1)
It should say: Unmount of all volumes on disk<#> was successful
Next type:
dd if=generic-sdcard-v1.1.img of=/dev/disk1
Everything needed should copy right over to the card. It took my laptop 140 s.
Now unmount the microSD card, but NOT the same way as what you just did. How? Remember when you connected the microSD card and a folder popped up on your desktop? Right click on that and select “unmount”. Note, it might be the case that the folder was renamed “boot”. If that’s the case, that is the folder to unmount.
After the microSD card disappears from your desktop, remove your microSD card from the laptop and plug it back in. The folder named “boot” should pop up on your desktop. Now the easy part.
Drag and drop the file:
update-cm-7.1.0-RCO-encore-2.6.32-beta3.1.zip or update-cm-7.0.2-encore.zip
Into the “boot” folder. Now right click on the “boot” folder and unmount.
Take out the microSD card and put it into the nook color. Turn the nook color on and it will boot. A little penguin might pop up followed by lots of techie looking things flashing on your screen. That’s fine. Keep an eye open and when its done, the screen will go blank. It should turn itself off, but probably won’t reboot. You need to hold down the power button for around 8 seconds to turn it back on. It will reboot into CM7.
(note: This is updated from prior CM7 installations (i.e. these instructions are specific to installing the CM7 beta). If your unhappy with the performance of the beta, you can install a CM7 version that’s labeled as “stable”. The stable versions occasionally need to be turned off manually (i.e. by holding down the power button for 8 seconds)).
You’re almost there. You should have a homescreen with a few icons. Find the one labeled “settings”. Open this up, go to Wireless & networks, and connect to your wireless network. Now CM7 is ready to go online and you can turn off the nook color and install the Android Market.
You need to turn off the nook color. Take out the microSD card and connect it to your computer again. This time, two folders will pop up. One called “boot” and one called “sdcard” or something similar
This time, drag and drop:
gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
into the boot folder. Now comes the second hardest part, booting into recovery. The process depends on the version you are installing.
If you are installing the beta version I reference above then put the microSD card into the nook color and boot into CM7. Once you’re in CM7, hold the power button until a menu pops up and choose to “reboot”. Choose to reboot into “recovery” and you should be all set.
If you’re installing one of the “stable” versions, put the microSD card into the nook color and boot to Recovery Mode. In order to do this hold the nook N key and press and hold the power button for ~5-6 seconds. It may take a couple of tries. The screen may turn off a couple times. You may boot into CM7 a couple times. Eventually, with luck on your side, you will successfully boot into “recovery mode” and google apps will be installed. Once you manage to boot into recovery the screen will flash up lots of techie text, similar to when you started CM7. It should go blank when this is done. At this point you can turn it off by holding power for around 8 seconds. Turn it back on, follow the screen instructions and you should be good to go with an android tablet with the full android market, all running from your microSD card!
Setup Wizard stuck?
I actually got this working on the first try a couple weeks ago and it was fantastic!
I was able to play netflix and flash for the first time, and now my dad wants me to do his nook the same way. He has a 16GB sd card though, and the original instructions didn't work on >8gb cards. I can't just image his SD card to my SD card because I couldn't get my google account to de-register etc, so I started from scratch with my card and planned to image to his before configuring any user accounts.
I'm having repeated trouble with my retry attempt though
Basic CM7 install with the generic-sdcard-v1.2.1 and update-cm-7.1.0-RC0-encore-2.6.32-beta3.1 (the ones recommended as of today in the instructions)
I set up wireless access, shut down, and backed up my card at this point.
Copy the current 20110307 gapps to the boot partition, eject, put it back in the nook, boot into recover (I've gotten good at this), it installs, shut down. Back up my card again as I figure this is where I'll want to start the other card.
Back to the Nook, boot up, get past the CyanogenMod scateboard screen, and it goes to "Setup Wizard". This should be for setting up the Google Apps Marketplace account I think, except it's completely black except for grey bar across the top with "Setup Wizard" on it, and the bar across the bottom with menu/back/search/battery indicator etc (these do nothing).
I can press power button and get only two options: shut down the tablet or reboot the tablet. I can rotate the nook and the UI changes orientation. Nothing else does anything as far as I can tell.
Anyone else seen this problem? I've searched, and even tried to post to the dev thread, but I can't due to low post count.
Help! (and thanks in advance!)
*.gz img file not recognizable & not zipped
Hi. I rooted my Nook with Autonooter and love using it. YouTube and all work fine, but I would like to redo with CM7. I have all that I need, except I'm caught with the img file this time round. It has an extension .gz. Win32DiskImager does not recognize it. Some sites say that it needs to be unzipped, but it's not zipped. I hate being stuck before even beginning. I hope that you can explain why I'm having this trouble. TY!
The .gz file is just a compressed .img file.
There are a number of Windows apps that can de-comress the file, for example: 7-Zip
Martyn
Hi Martyn, Thanks again. Now, DiskImager is coming up with an error when I try to write. It says that there is not enough space on the disk. The unzipped img file shows to be 117megs, while my SD card is 16gigs. After I got the error, I chose to format the disk but have the same error. Do you mind to help again?
I saw this suggested: "I did a full format (not quick) and used WinImage to write the SD card instead. Works every time since then," by TL Jester here. I"m just curious why there always seems to be a roadblock.
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Hi Martyn, Thanks again. Now, DiskImager is coming up with an error when I try to write. It says that there is not enough space on the disk. The unzipped img file shows to be 117megs, while my SD card is 16gigs. After I got the error, I chose to format the disk but have the same error. Do you mind to help again?
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I had this same problem, i discovered that it created a partition on the sd card... I had easeus partition master home edition, which i used to resixe the partition and you can see your full 16GB then.
sGooss said:
Hi Martyn, Thanks again. Now, DiskImager is coming up with an error when I try to write. It says that there is not enough space on the disk. The unzipped img file shows to be 117megs, while my SD card is 16gigs. After I got the error, I chose to format the disk but have the same error. Do you mind to help again?
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I had an error message like this too. It turns out it was because I was trying to use the internal card reader in my laptop. I bought an external USB card reader, and it worked fine with the same card.
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Hi Martyn, Thanks again. Now, DiskImager is coming up with an error when I try to write. It says that there is not enough space on the disk. The unzipped img file shows to be 117megs, while my SD card is 16gigs. After I got the error, I chose to format the disk but have the same error. Do you mind to help again?
babyfine24 said:
I had this same problem, i discovered that it created a partition on the sd card... I had easeus partition master home edition, which i used to resixe the partition and you can see your full 16GB then.
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Ditto, same problem, same solution. When you write the image to the card it seems to create a default boot partition of 117mg. When I tried to put both the rom and gapps in the boot partition after writing the image, I got that message (but not every time). So I made the boot partition bigger before adding rom and gapps, using Easus. I increased it to 150mg or so, that was plenty.
One time image+rom+gapps barely fit in the boot partition, and while installing I got an error that said not enough space in disc. I redid it, making the partition bigger, and it worked. I think the installation process may temporarily use some of that boot partition space.

[Tutorial] How to recover SDcard using HD7

Hi All,
It took me a while but finally I unlocked my 32GB SD card after using it in my HD7 to upgrade it to 32GB, in my case the card proved to be un usable.
Requirements:
1• DFT HSPL/RSPL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195647
Tools you need:
WP7 Update Cab Sender:
download link:
DEV_STORAGELOCK.cab
Download Link:
Download the following ROM
[ROM]XBmod HD7 V 1.01 Build 7720 [25/09] with Custom Cab
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276490
Steps:
1) Boot phone with VOL- Pressed
2) Flash XBmod rom, HARD reset using Vol- and Vol+ pressed while powering on
3) boot to get started
4) extract and place "WP7 Update Cab Sender" folder in c:\
5) in C:\WP7 Update Cab Sender\if needed install this tool\ install correct ver of tool for your OS
6) place DEV_STORAGELOCK.cab in "c:\WP7 Update Cab Sender"
7) Confirm phone plugged in to USB and on get started screen.
8) close Zune and wait for process to stop (or you will get error on next step saying its still running)
9) run WP7 Update Cab Sender.bat in "c:\WP7 Update Cab Sender" click S
10) Once complete phone will show message saying update installed
11) click done on phone
12) complete phone initial setup skipping live ID
13) in your app list you will now show an app called storagelock, run it
14) when prompted answer yes to unlock SD card.
15) power off phone.
16) remove SD card
17) place in Windows PC
18) run CMD as Admin
19) run DiskPart
20) type list disk(this will show you your disks and the sizes so should be easy to see which number is your SD card)
21) type sel disk (then the number for you SDdisk) eg: sel disk 2
22) Being VERY sure you have the correct disk selected now type clean
23) now type cre part pri
24) if all went well remove sd card and reinsert and select it on Explorer
25) it will say its not formated and offer to format.
26) you now have full use of your SD card again
I hope this helps a few people.
Boysie
just used this on the stock 16G card from the phone!! Works like a champ!!!!!
Going to find a pre-mango xbmod rom to try so I can see if it will unlock my 32G card...
Mods,
Can you please make this a sticky???
Tried it myself. Although it's a hassle to put a new Custom Rom on the phone because you lose all your data this tutorial really works!
My only problem was that DiskPart cleaned my SD Card but didn't want to create a partition. I had to remove and reinsert the MicroSDHC card, clean it again and then it worked like a charm.
+1 for making this a sticky. Could be extremely useful to lots of users and the rom that is used is available on all HTC 1st gen devices.
be nice if this SD_UNLOCK could be included in all custom ROMS!!!
5ft24 said:
be nice if this SD_UNLOCK could be included in all custom ROMS!!!
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if the custom rom supports cab sender then you can just send the dev_storageunlock to the device. it will persist even after hard reset but not flashing.
we just need rom buliders to start support cab sender and we will be good for everything. :0)
Whats the purpose of doing this?
Magpir said:
Whats the purpose of doing this?
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When you use an SD card in WP7 the card is no longer usable in any other phone/laptop/device etc.
The SD spec allows for the 'S' Secure password to be setup so only the device that knows the password, in this case the WP7 device you last Hard reset it in, can access the card.
You can remove this password using a nokia symbian device but not every one has access to one.
So the purpose of this tut is being able to use your own HD7 to remove that secure lock so the SD card can be read in any other phone/laptop/device etc. and format or in some cases dual boot to droid if you could be botherd to inflict your self with that rot.
Hope this helps.
Boysie
Ok so does that also mean we can replace the hd7 card with another of our own purchased from off the shelf?
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So if the sdcard , can be read by laptop, is IT possible to change its contents like down grade sol, is ECT while the card is in the laptop
Magpir said:
Ok so does that also mean we can replace the hd7 card with another of our own purchased from off the shelf?
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So if the sdcard , can be read by laptop, is IT possible to change its contents like down grade sol, is ECT while the card is in the laptop
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Go check out the sticky on how to upgrade the memory in the HD7 to 32GB...
you can upgrade it, but you don't need this to upgrade it... This is so once a card is removed from the HD7 it can be used in other things. You can't take it out and modify it etc then put it back in...
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Go check out the sticky on how to upgrade the memory in the HD7 to 32GB...
you can upgrade it, but you don't need this to upgrade it... This is so once a card is removed from the HD7 it can be used in other things. You can't take it out and modify it etc then put it back in...
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Hi there.
Just want to say that my HD7 have Bootloaer(SPL-5.10) and the ROM in there does not support cabs install. But, I have HD2 and install HD2_Updatable_XBmod_Yuki_v2_native with the HD2, and follow the step in this thread in post one(1) and put in my 16GB from my HD7 and BINGO it UNLOCK the card.
Now I am using Android on the 16GB for my HD2 and the 32GB card for my HD7. I might end up switching it the other way round. Won't mind or worry cause now I can UNLOCK the card without any phone.
Thanks for your guide.
PEACE!!!
Great
The initiative taken for the concern is very serious and need an attention of every one.
i like to use any sdcard in hd7 . i heard hd7 only recognises certain cards. how can i do that???
Magpir said:
i like to use any sdcard in hd7 . i heard hd7 only recognises certain cards. how can i do that???
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it will recognize just about any card, but some cards are too slow to operate properly. In the sticky on how to upgrade to 32G, there is a lot of info on what cards will and won't work.
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it will recognize just about any card, but some cards are too slow to operate properly. In the sticky on how to upgrade to 32G, there is a lot of info on what cards will and won't work.
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the card i want to use is a 8GB microSD class 2 but has no brand on it
its taken from an older smartphone around 2009
I am intending to install this card on the phone
Since its a class 2, it may be lower power consumption hence better battery life.
Magpir said:
the card i want to use is a 8GB microSD class 2 but has no brand on it
its taken from an older smartphone around 2009
I am intending to install this card on the phone
Since its a class 2, it may be lower power consumption hence better battery life.
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Best bet is to do the crystal disk mark test on a PC before you install it to make sure it is fast enough. Save time.
5ft24 said:
Best bet is to do the crystal disk mark test on a PC before you install it to make sure it is fast enough. Save time.
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ye si did it, the test taking to long but all the while showing something like 14-15 mb/sec on the screen
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ye si did it, the test taking to long but all the while showing something like 14-15 mb/sec on the screen
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It will take a while...
Make sure to set the size to 4000MB and only 1 iteration... default is 5.
if my sdcard is fast enough, can i install it???
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if my sdcard is fast enough, can i install it???
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Yes you can.
Make sure to do a format when you turn the phone on the 1st time (Power on with Vol+ and Vol- buttons pressed)

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