Database Develop

Formating the SD Card For Moding?!?!

Hmmm, okay....so i am trying to Mod my phone, and have read all the ways to do so. I appear to be stuck at the first step though. Formating the SD card.
I connect the phone to the computer and go to the removable disk and try to format, and i always get the error...."Please Insert Disk" and then it automatically disconnects the phone!
Is there something i am doing wrong?
My phone has been updating to crc1 or whatever, no rc29.
Any help?

READ THIS THREAD!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535232
not the first few pages but the entire thing.
in it you will see all the available ways of doing so. theres a bunch.
anyways. its covered. just get started.
your gonna wanna start with "downgrading" to RC-29 by putting dream.nch (or something similar, check the link)on your sd card. renamimng it update.zip and the rooting. it goes on from there.
ENJOY!!

Basically your computer hates your phone. I have had many problems with mounting the sdcard, which is why i got a card reader. Make sure you don't move the usb cable once it is plugged up to the phone, if it still doesn't work, do you have another device with a sdcard spot thet you can connect it to the computer with. Also its DREAIMG.nbh exactly that. If your card absolutely will not connect to your computer then follow the guide in my sig and download on your phone then move it to the root of your sdcard with astro or something.

david1171 said:
Basically your computer hates your phone. I have had many problems with mounting the sdcard, which is why i got a card reader. Make sure you don't move the usb cable once it is plugged up to the phone, if it still doesn't work, do you have another device with a sdcard spot thet you can connect it to the computer with. Also its DREAIMG.nbh exactly that. If your card absolutely will not connect to your computer then follow the guide in my sig and download on your phone then move it to the root of your sdcard with astro or something.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh...meet one of the masters. He has a point. I'm the proud owner of 3 properly formatted sd cards. . Then I broke down and bought a card reader.
Trust me.....its better to slow down and read then ask a few questions and tate success. The enrire platform is exploding and the things our devs can do is wonderful, understanding the basics will prove to be greatly beneficial soon!!!
Wait till you see the theme threads!!!

TainT said:
Oh...meet one of the masters.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what is that suppose to mean lol.
reading and asking questions is for losers lol, not really though it is best to read through the process a few times and make sure you have all the files downloaded before you start, also if you have a cheap little phone you can pop your sim card into in case something takes longer than you plan is a good option thats a plus.
don't do like i did where i had no clue what i was doing and spent like 2 and a half hours trying to root my phone.

[Q] Honeycomb Root, GApps, Market, etc

Alright, so I'm 100% brand new to the Nook. Infact, I don't even have it yet, but I'm buying it tomorrow (3/3)
If I'm going to use honeycomb on it, do I just simply pop in the SD card and it's ready to go?
Do I need to root it before hand or is it already rooted?
How do I get GApps and Market running?
I honestly looked around a bit but I'm terribly confused. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Also, I can't even seem to get the IMG burned onto my microSD. Win32 Disk Imager keeps spitting back that the SD card doesn't have enough space, but it's an 8GB card with nothing on it, so it has plenty.

1) No, you don't have to root first - just pop in the uSD card and you are good to go.
2) To install Market and GApps you will have to install ADB on your primary machine first (which can be a PITA). There is all sorts of help around to do that. I downloaded a script (search for HoneyGapps.v2 here) that did the install for me in one step.
3) From what I understand the image is too large for Win32 Disk Imager. I used WinImage and it worked fine.
BTW - I am loving HC - I've adopted it completely. My major problem is that many apps are not showing up in the Market, even though they were installed and ran fine on my rooted 2.1 system. I think it is because the Market does not recognize the device name under HC 0.4.

How do I use WinImage to do that?
Sorry, but that program just confuses me, lol

First you use winImage and click disk then restore image. Make sure you have all files selted when looking for the file to restore. Are you going to install it to internal or on a USB card ?

Trying from SD card first unless it's too slow. If I want to install on internal, how do I backup my original Nook data?
Also, I figured out WinImage, I'm burning it now. I used another program, but that didn't do anything when I powered on the Nook. I shouldn't have to do -anything- before booting from the SD, right? The Nook is brand new, I popped in the SD card and it didn't work. We'll see what happens after WinImage burns it though

The SD version is kinda slow and if you look there is a Honeycomb EEMC V4 install that has the google apps and other goodies Installed. It has all you need already put in it. In the post you will find all the links and info needed to install. You just mount your nook like normal to your computer and copie the files from internal memory.
here is the Link use the version 2 dated 2-21
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947071

shadowswittness said:
The SD version is kinda slow and if you look there is a Honeycomb EEMC V4 install that has the google apps and other goodies Installed. It has all you need already put in it. In the post you will find all the links and info needed to install. You just mount your nook like normal to your computer and copie the files from internal memory.
here is the Link use the version 2 dated 2-21
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947071
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haha, I had just started reading that a second ago actually. It lists a lot of problems. Are those problems present in the SD card version as well? Also, is Froyo more stable?

I have been running version 2 for a lil while and it runs smooth. I haven't had any real issues from it. I put it on my wife's nook also. It runs smooth and every app I have installed runs with no issues.

OK, I'm gonna try the script for GApps in a second. Where can I find the drivers for the Nook? I already have ADB installed, I've rooted 3 phones before this, so I got ADB usage down...
EDIT: Also, where can I find info on partitioning the SD card so I can still use it?

Honeycomb is built for tablets and sems more fluid. All are really development builds. We will all be waiting on the devs and google for the actual honeycomb

Which are you going to do the Sd or Internal ? If you load the version 2 internal it already has the Google apps included.

I haven't found a way to backup my original Nook data before installing it on internal. SD card works just fine, as long as I can find a way to partition it so I can still use it as an SD card. Either way, I still need the ADB drivers and the one thread I found so far has a broken link. Boo!

If you install it to internal you can then reformat the sd card and use it as normal.

OK, but then how do I back up the current internal memory and I still need a link to the ADB drivers in case I want to run off SD.

Use my USB mass storage utility (see dev). Make .tar files of internal data and system content.
To restore extract content back onto data and system.
Of course, if you get adb working, make dd images of partitions.. more conventionnal backup than above..
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Alternatively, can't I just have someone send me their files?

Bump? Anyone?
EDIT: Also, how do I get ADB working if I do the internal HC?

gmap516 said:
Bump? Anyone?
EDIT: Also, how do I get ADB working if I do the internal HC?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All your questions in this thread can be answered by doing a little work searching around... you shouldn't expect a personal tutor...
If you put a little of your own effort, you will learn much more than following someone's instructions.

Thanks man, that was helpful. I definitely didn't use the search tool before.

gmap516 said:
Thanks man, that was helpful. I definitely didn't use the search tool before.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See? You're learning already then.

New Nook rotting issues

Hi guys,
This is my first time posting but I have lurked on the forum for a long time so I first want to thank all of you for all the great information that has helped me root my phones, my first nook, customs roms and all. You guys are amazingly smart and makes me wish I played a little less sports in school and studied a little more. So again, thank you for all the sharing of knowledge on this forum.
So to my problem. I have had a Nook for months, was running Cm7 and life was grand. It was on my dresser and my dog knocked it off and split the screen right down the middle. I went 2 days ago and purchased a new one. With the issues of the locked bootloader on the Nook Tablet I decided to stay with the Color that I had already grown to love.
I have been trying to root it but keep running in to problem after problem. I downloaded win32 and half the time when I try to put the CWR image on the SD I get error 8. I have found many ways on here to fix that but it still happens HALF the time. I am running it as admin and running the oldest version. The other half of the time it will look like it is burning to image and says it is done. But after it finishes my computer will not let me open the SD device to put the zip files on it. When I try it says that it must format the SD card to open it. Every time.
Also, just to check if everything is working right, after it says it has finished burning the image on the SD I have put it in the nook to make sure it boots in to CWR, it does not. It boots normal.
My nook is version 1.2.0, I use the correct file for my SD card size, I format it using Panasonic SD Formatter and I cross my fingers, click my heels 3 times and wish upon a star. Nothing is working.
I believe the issue is my computer. I am running 32bit Vista on an older computer. I believe last time I rooted my first nook I used the laptop, but that computer has since exploded in a ball of fire and is no longer available to me.
I'm stressed. I am at the point where I would be willing to pay for somebody to mail me a boot ready SD card.
Any advice is appreciated and thank you in advance.

I assume
+ you have 2 NC, one that been knocked off by your dog and one is new, v1.2.
+ you want to run CM7 off the uSD
am I right?

Correct. I have the broke one with a non working screen and the new one which is 1.2.0
I do not want to run Cm7 off the SD but install it to internal memory. I want to flash CM7 on it and for it to never know it used to be a nook.

Have you considered the possibility you have a bad sdcard on your hands? Thats what it sounds like to me, either that or a bad card reader.
Also try redownloading the image file and maybe pointing us to the link your using so we can verify its correct. I actually just mounted the usb once I was in CWM and transferred the zip files I needed over then.

I have considered that. I have used multiple SD cards, I am trying a different new one at this moment as well. It very well could be the card reader, if that is the case then I am in trouble because there is not much I can do about it.

Here is the version of Win32 I was using.

Trying that one now. Thank you.
Edit.
I downloaded the different win32 and it wrote the image right away. I then went to open the card to pull the zip files on it but again when I try to open it I am told that I need to format it before I can use the disk.
This is frustrating.
Once again though I want to say I am very appreciative of all the help.
Edit Edit:
I put the SDcard in to the nook just to see if it would load CWR from the SD and again it did not and simply booted as normal.

Are you running Win32 as Admin?
---------------------------------
Sent from my LG Optimus V using Tapatalk

I am running it as admin. I learned that lesson the first time I rooted. I am pretty sure the issue is my computer. I've updated my drivers but I am nit sure why there is such an issue. The computer is more than 5 years old so there could be a number of issues.
At this point, I would be more than happy to pay somebody to send me an sd card and return it to them. I travel often for work and it is such a geeat tool for my business and I did not realize how hard my every day work would be without it.

Once I write the image file my computer will not let me open the disk to place the zip files. If I could get past that it would be ok, I just can not figure out why it keeps wanting to format the disk before it will let me open it after writing the CWR image file.

Yep the issue is the burning if the image. Make sure you use one of the USB ports on the back of your machine when burning the image. I've found that the ones in the front can cause issues depending on the machine used.

It sounds crazy, but try formatting the card in your Nook first. I think it might solve your problem.

Alright we got everything working now!
So I tried a few different sd cards. I would use the size of image for the size of SD card. 2gb and 8gb. I formatted the 8gb and used only the 1gb image and it worked no problems.
I had followed some instructions that ended up giving me the black screen of death when it would start to boot up. I reformatted and flashed 1.0.1 stock nook, then re-flashed CM7 and all is well now.
Thanks guys!

[Q] rooted Nook 2.0.4 external SD issue

Anyone else experiencing an issue with the micro sd slot after rooting? it wont read the cards, but it does notice when you remove an sd card. Is there a fix for that issue and has anyone else encountered it?

dcoke said:
Anyone else experiencing an issue with the micro sd slot after rooting? it wont read the cards, but it does notice when you remove an sd card. Is there a fix for that issue and has anyone else encountered it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do you know it is not reading the card? Have you looked at ext_sdcard to see of it is there?
And how did you root 2.0.4? Most folks get automatically updated to 2.0.5.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
How do you know it is not reading the card? Have you looked at ext_sdcard to see of it is there?
And how did you root 2.0.4? Most folks get automatically updated to 2.0.5.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
feel free to steal this little tip from me:
When starting from scratch after purposefully activating the 8 Boot Fail Safe, when it gets to the part where it's looking for an update, while its looking hold down "Power" and select OK to turn the device off interrupting the update process. When you turn it back on, you'll have to start the whole thing over again, but when it gets to the Update step it bypasses it thus cancelling out the 2.0.5 mandatory update. Now that you have 2.0.4 you can run your all-in-one and update cancel program before it has a chance to try updating again.
-Another helpful hint after reverting to stock firmware, turn off your internet until you run all the rooting software.
No I didn't check to see if it showed up in a root explorer.I'll check that out.
.....
Just checked and no it doesn't come up. I even removed and reinserted the microSD in question and still nothing. The little SD logo pops up on the screen (the big blue vector image one) but it never gets read in the device in system or root explorer.
Is there a way to fix it on test disk for windows?

dcoke said:
feel free to steal this little tip from me:
When starting from scratch after purposefully activating the 8 Boot Fail Safe, when it gets to the part where it's looking for an update, while its looking hold down "Power" and select OK to turn the device off interrupting the update process. When you turn it back on, you'll have to start the whole thing over again, but when it gets to the Update step it bypasses it thus cancelling out the 2.0.5 mandatory update. Now that you have 2.0.4 you can run your all-in-one and update cancel program before it has a chance to try updating again.
-Another helpful hint after reverting to stock firmware, turn off your internet until you run all the rooting software.
No I didn't check to see if it showed up in a root explorer.I'll check that out.
.....
Just checked and no it doesn't come up. I even removed and reinserted the microSD in question and still nothing. The little SD logo pops up on the screen (the big blue vector image one) but it never gets read in the device in system or root explorer.
Is there a way to fix it on test disk for windows?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your system after an 8 failed boot reset and before an update is 2.0.4? If it is, PM me as I would like to get a copy of your factory zip.
And you looked for ext_sdcard in /mnt?
Sent from my Galaxy Tab running Tapatalk

Mnt, but of Course
leapinlar said:
Your system after an 8 failed boot reset and before an update is 2.0.4? If it is, PM me as I would like to get a copy of your factory zip.
And you looked for ext_sdcard in /mnt?
Sent from my Galaxy Tab running Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I found it in mnt, man they really do everything strange on Nooks, haven't had one since the original Color. I see the problem. It's lacking any sort of permissions (read, write or anything). How do I get those to stick? since I've noticed things in Root tend to not stay permanent. and as for the PM, I'll get right on that. Thanks for all of your help.

dcoke said:
I found it in mnt, man they really do everything strange on Nooks, haven't had one since the original Color. I see the problem. It's lacking any sort of permissions (read, write or anything). How do I get those to stick? since I've noticed things in Root tend to not stay permanent. and as for the PM, I'll get right on that. Thanks for all of your help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SD cards do not let you make permission changes. I'm not sure why. Are you sure it does not have read write permissions? Can you create a file there?
Read my section on data structures in my HD/HD+ tips thread linked in my signature. It explains why the HD's are structured the way they are.
And thanks for working on the PM.

Fixed?
leapinlar said:
SD cards do not let you make permission changes. I'm not sure why. Are you sure it does not have read write permissions? Can you create a file there?
Read my section on data structures in my HD/HD+ tips thread linked in my signature. It explains why the HD's are structured the way they are.
And thanks for working on the PM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think I figured it out. It seems that the cwmearly builds damage the sd cards, but once reflashed with the ones on your post it gets read just fine. I wanted it fixed since I couldn't find my other SD cards and had to resort into turning a 32gb into a 4gb card to install some zips (lame) and I wanted to get it back to its 32gb glory. So by rewriting my card with your 4gb image and putting it in my nook it got read and then I just formatted it on the nook and it was back to normal, though I had another card with the cwmearly img on it and it was going back to its old ways and repeated the previous steps and it was fine. so CWMearly was the problem.
I don't know how to make a clean back up without my data on it so this one will have my personal info (no credit card info, obviously) but maybe with your skills you can scrub it out of it. I'm not that well versed in this kind of stuff. I have an above average knowledge of android, but not any real knowledge of developing or ADB.

dcoke said:
I think I figured it out. It seems that the cwmearly builds damage the sd cards, but once reflashed with the ones on your post it gets read just fine. I wanted it fixed since I couldn't find my other SD cards and had to resort into turning a 32gb into a 4gb card to install some zips (lame) and I wanted to get it back to its 32gb glory. So by rewriting my card with your 4gb image and putting it in my nook it got read and then I just formatted it on the nook and it was back to normal, though I had another card with the cwmearly img on it and it was going back to its old ways and repeated the previous steps and it was fine. so CWMearly was the problem.
I don't know how to make a clean back up without my data on it so this one will have my personal info (no credit card info, obviously) but maybe with your skills you can scrub it out of it. I'm not that well versed in this kind of stuff. I have an above average knowledge of android, but not any real knowledge of developing or ADB.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No I don't want your backup, I want your factory.zip from partition 7. It won't have any of your stuff on it, it is just what comes from the factory. If you don't know how to get that, I can give you instructions.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

Are you sure it's 2.0.4? Any particular reason you don't want to update to 2.0.5?

leapinlar said:
No I don't want your backup, I want your factory.zip from partition 7. It won't have any of your stuff on it, it is just what comes from the factory. If you don't know how to get that, I can give you instructions.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any progress on getting that factory.zip? BTW, you did not say which device you have.
Sent with XDA Premium from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD

Someone want to help me flash this Nook HD+?

So I'm trying to do the SD Card install of CM10, I will probably want to do the emmc install but wanted to check it out first. I copied the files over to a SanDisk 16GB micro SD, poped it in. It takes a few tries but it will finally load up the bootloader after a few tries. But then when I go to install the zip it tells me it Can't mount emmc or can't mount sdcard. I tried both.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,

Justintoxicated said:
So I'm trying to do the SD Card install of CM10, I will probably want to do the emmc install but wanted to check it out first. I copied the files over to a SanDisk 16GB micro SD, poped it in. It takes a few tries but it will finally load up the bootloader after a few tries. But then when I go to install the zip it tells me it Can't mount emmc or can't mount sdcard. I tried both.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know Im not posting in the proper place thats because I don't have enough posts to do so.
Took 6 hours but I used the emmc tutorial instead and it is going smoothly so far, however I can't seem to download gaps the site is down.

Justintoxicated said:
I know Im not posting in the proper place thats because I don't have enough posts to do so.
Took 6 hours but I used the emmc tutorial instead and it is going smoothly so far, however I can't seem to download gaps the site is down.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I I did the EZ Tutorial and had it done in a flash. Just follow word for word. You might have to reformat your SD card using the SD Card Format Tool to get the full capacity back after you do it.

Shin-Gouki said:
I I did the EZ Tutorial and had it done in a flash. Just follow word for word. You might have to reformat your SD card using the SD Card Format Tool to get the full capacity back after you do it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It might work from a mac but the directions for PC were to "Use WinImage to write" I was unable to get WinImage to write anything. It would only open the img file. However the other tutorial told me to use "Win32DiskImager" which worked fine and was much more straight forward. Maybe I'm not using WinImage right, but I couldn't figure out how to sue this program to write the image to the SD card. Instructions should clarify, because if I'm having a hard time with it most people would be completely lost.
Got it working now eMMC style. Just need to figure out how to get Swype running.

Justintoxicated said:
It might work from a mac but the directions for PC were to "Use WinImage to write" I was unable to get WinImage to write anything. It would only open the img file. However the other tutorial told me to use "Win32DiskImager" which worked fine and was much more straight forward. Maybe I'm not using WinImage right, but I couldn't figure out how to sue this program to write the image to the SD card. Instructions should clarify, because if I'm having a hard time with it most people would be completely lost.
Got it working now eMMC style. Just need to figure out how to get Swype running.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
Oh and you could not pay me to own a Mac. OK, you could pay me, but I would put Linux on it.

make ortesAu
Shin-Gouki said:
I used this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
Oh and you could not pay me to own a Mac. OK, you could pay me, but I would put Linux on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea thats teh one that worked for me.
I installed the swype trial from google play but it there a way I can install the full version?

So I made the mistake of turning the device off and back on, now it gets stuck at the CyanogenMod boot screen? What now!