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Need help with new Nook

Ok i got my NC now what? I have a captivate and can root/ flash roms so i hope this is not alot different. I try to read through the forums but damn there is alot of stuff. Most of it is a jumbled mess.
Anyone got a quick list of things i need to do?
Back up original software? How?
root, update, Flash to 2.2? how?

Stephenxda said:
Ok i got my NC now what? I have a captivate and can root/ flash roms so i hope this is not alot different. I try to read through the forums but damn there is alot of stuff. Most of it is a jumbled mess.
Anyone got a quick list of things i need to do?
Back up original software? How?
root, update, Flash to 2.2? how?
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Welcome aboard! I would say start here at the Nook Color Portal. Plan to do a lot of reading.
Homer

Homer_S_xda said:
Welcome aboard! I would say start here at the Nook Color Portal. Plan to do a lot of reading.
Homer
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Thanks Homer
I will do some more reading. One question. How does this thing update? I see no way so far on the NC itself

Stephenxda said:
Thanks Homer
I will do some more reading. One question. How does this thing update? I see no way so far on the NC itself
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Updates are delivered OTA and also can be done manually from with a DL from the B&N site ... current version is 1.1 and by reading at the NOOKColor Portal you can find how to root from any version.

zdrifter said:
Updates are delivered OTA and also can be done manually from with a DL from the B&N site ... current version is 1.1 and by reading at the NOOKColor Portal you can find how to root from any version.
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I clicked the link above and I may have missed it (Found it) but I did not see the root instructions for the latest firmware update. Is there a different thread I should start reading for this?
Note: I've been a nook owner for all of one week and I'm in desperate need of Android knowledge as I'm really digging this thing.

Here's a good link with very clear instructions on rooting:
http://community.saugususd.org/jklein/weblog/1345.html
In the post that follows that one (it's a blog) he covers updating while rooted and also speeding up the CPU.
I had to restore my stock NC to 1.0.1 so that the currently available autonooter would work. Here's a link to a great thread on how to do that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
Check your version number on your Nook. I bought mine last week but it still had 1.0.0 -- then I manually upgraded to 1.1.0 prior to rooting, which was a mistake!

If you haven't rooted by now, note that an Auto-Nooter version is out that gets you to v1.1 .. it's here ... read thoroughly tho B4 you go and be aware of the changes you will get with this package.

you can also use the clockwork rooting (CWR) method here from TheCubed and then use the Decad3nce rooted 1.1r2 from here. I think the autonooter is easier, but if you can figure out the CWR then you will also build on the knowledge of fixing your NC if you accidently delete the boot/system partition.

[Q] Nook color won't boot?

I just installed update 1.1, then tried to use autonooter, I didn't actually get anywhere using autonooter(The nook wouldn't even turn on?), so I took the SD card out, now I'm stuck at the screen where it shows the nook N, and "contains reader mobile technology by Adobe Systems Inc." at the bottom..
Any help?:/

8 times reboot? CWR for restoring the stock rom? CWR for flashing froyo? There are many options. I did all of them before for fun.
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Here's a couple options for ya'.
Nook Color Restore to stock
Flash back to clean stock ROM
On the plus side, it's almost impossible to brick a nook color, so one of these should work for ya'. Best of luck to you, mate.
~Q

Okay, I got it to boot up again with the 8times reset, and did the power+n.
But for some reason, now it won't let me re-register it? I get an error, and it tells me to reboot.
Anyway, can anyone tell me how to update to 1.01? The B&N site only has a download for update 1.1... I think that's where I went wrong.
Thanks a lot, guys

Fallen41 said:
Okay, I got it to boot up again with the 8times reset, and did the power+n.
But for some reason, now it won't let me re-register it? I get an error, and it tells me to reboot.
Anyway, can anyone tell me how to update to 1.01? The B&N site only has a download for update 1.1... I think that's where I went wrong.
Thanks a lot, guys
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Go ahead and boot it up, then go in to Settings -> Device Info -> Erase & Deregister Device. Let it do it's thing, and after the reboot, you should be at 1.0.0. Go and head and register your device now. =)
After you're all re-registered, head over to here, download the update, then just skip down to "Installing the update" since you'll already be on stock.
Enjoy! =)
~Q

Thank you very much, trying it right now!
I love how helpful the community is. I really want to use autonooter to get android on my nook. I just hate that there wasn't really clear instructions written for people who are noobs at this.
I have another question, if I'm just going to use it as a tablet, do I need to register it with B&N before I use autonooter? I don't plan on using it to actually buy any B&N books, and I'm having trouble regestering it.

Glad to help, bud. =)
If you plan on doing some really advanced stuff like moving Nookie Froyo to take the place of the stock ROM on the eMMC, you really don't need to register. However, if you plan on just using ROMs off the sdcard and keeping the stock ROM on the nook itself (like I do), you probably still want to go ahead and re-register just in case. But, if you just can't get the little fekker to register, don't worry about it. It won't hurt anything.

I suggest you to try out froyo on SD card first see if you like it. When you have time, do read about the cwr in the development forum. It is very easy to flash different rom to NC by using cwr.
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Wifes' Nook won't update to 1.2.....

Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I followed the directions in the email that she got about copying the file. to the root directory of the Nook. It was supposed to update itself but never did. Any ideas?

Did you block the ota update? Rooted?
Fwiw. Mine would not manually update. I restored to 1.0.1 and it took the Ota to 1.2 in a few minutes
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Its a stock nook..... so I'm not sure why it wont update.....

Try rebooting with the power cable plugged in.

KDOG2020 said:
Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I followed the directions in the email that she got about copying the file. to the root directory of the Nook. It was supposed to update itself but never did. Any ideas?
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Perhaps the download is bad. Try downloading it again and placing in the root. It took a few minutes after booting to flash on my backup NC (stock).

KDOG2020 said:
Its a stock nook..... so I'm not sure why it wont update.....
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You could restore to stock and then let it take the OTA update. As I mentioned that is what I did.
Here are a couple of "official" ways to restore to stock.
http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
If the 8 reset way does not work you can replace the ROM the CWM method described here. This is what finally worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
Here is my thread requesting help with restoring to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057482

Not sure if it's relevant but when I restored to stock to try the official 1.2 update, I had to clear /cache before it would take the update. Maybe you can make a bootable microsd card and just do that?

Ok thanks. guys, I finally got it to install. Its a pretty dissapointing actually LOL.

Nook Color update 1.3 - Rooting question??

Hi everyone!
I am very new to rooting and this website. I have rooted my NC using a You Tube Video to go by. I have rooted doing the CM7 and also rooted using just the autonooter.
I like the autonooter version best because I have access to the market, plus the orginial B and N sites. Now, comes the 1.3 update. I love People magazine, and as of now, everyone is saying that is the only way I can get it. Has anyone come up with how to use the autonooter with the 1.3 update??
Thanks!!

No one has any answers?

Rhonda19 said:
No one has any answers?
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Um...not to be rude, but have you bothered to look much? There's a whole (active) thread right here on the general board about this, not to mention the updated manual nooter thread in the development board.

For your information I have "bothered to look" .. I had some other questions, but I will look for my answers elsewhere!......Not to be rude

I was able to root my wife's Nook Color 1.3 using Manualnooter 4.6.16. Look for the Manualnooter instructions in the Nook Color Android Development section. Since the Nook Color had never been rooted, I just burned a CWM image to an SD card and installed Manualnooter 4.6.16 per the instructions. I ran the Fix Permissions from ROM Manager as suggested. I did have some issues with the New Market not showing all the apps that will run on the Nook Color but there are suggested fixes shown in other posts.
It would be great is someone would post some information (directions) specific to rooting a stock 1.3 with a Manualnooter file with a fully working market but I have not see that.

Rhonda19 said:
I had some other questions, but I will look for my answers elsewhere!
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If you had other questions, then ask them. The one you asked was answered without even needing to search.
hikersc said:
It would be great is someone would post some information (directions) specific to rooting a stock 1.3 with a Manualnooter file with a fully working market but I have not see that.
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The manual nooter instructions are pretty much as good as it gets. The market not fully working is more a function of the market than it is rooting the nook.

hikersc said:
I was able to root my wife's Nook Color 1.3 using Manualnooter 4.6.16. Look for the Manualnooter instructions in the Nook Color Android Development section. Since the Nook Color had never been rooted, I just burned a CWM image to an SD card and installed Manualnooter 4.6.16 per the instructions. I ran the Fix Permissions from ROM Manager as suggested. I did have some issues with the New Market not showing all the apps that will run on the Nook Color but there are suggested fixes shown in other posts.
It would be great is someone would post some information (directions) specific to rooting a stock 1.3 with a Manualnooter file with a fully working market but I have not see that.
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Thank you for your response! I appreciate it. Can your wife still download the People magazine??

Rhonda19 said:
Thank you for your response! I appreciate it. Can your wife still download the People magazine??
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The "Shopping" feature is working on her rooted 1.3 so I People Magazine should download just fine.
By the way, the repair to the Android Market for me involved the process where you force close the Market and clear cache, then force close Google Framework Services and clear data, then reboot. There are other tablets besides the Nook for which this process works. As a side note, the LCD density change and Market rollback did not work for me as it has for some of the CM7 users.
Let me know how things work out as I have a rooted 1.1 (B&N Updates are blocked) that I would like to get back to a stock 1.3 and then root. On my rooted 1.1 the "Shopping" feature is broken.

I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I followed the instructions on here for the manual nooter for the 1.3 update. I followed them " TO THE LETTER" ! and after a few min...and some nail biting (LOL) everything rebooted just fine! Now, it did say that my install had failed before it rebooted and I was still connected to my laptop.
At that point, I decided to just cut my losses, wipe and return to stock. but then it rebooted again, and this time I had the market and I could open my People magazine!!
So far I haven't had to do any "fixing" on it!
Hikersc.... I do recommend it!!

Rhonda19 said:
I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I followed the instructions on here for the manual nooter for the 1.3 update. I followed them " TO THE LETTER" ! and after a few min...and some nail biting (LOL) everything rebooted just fine! Now, it did say that my install had failed before it rebooted and I was still connected to my laptop.
At that point, I decided to just cut my losses, wipe and return to stock. but then it rebooted again, and this time I had the market and I could open my People magazine!!
So far I haven't had to do any "fixing" on it!
Hikersc.... I do recommend it!!
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I am still have Market issues with the new Market not showing apps such as Facebook for Androind and Angry Birds (the original). I have tried several fixes but nothing is working. Does your market show these apps?

hikersc said:
I am still have Market issues with the new Market not showing apps such as Facebook for Androind and Angry Birds (the original). I have tried several fixes but nothing is working. Does your market show these apps?
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No, it doesn't show FB yet and I don't like Angry Birds so I've not installed that one. It is showing the other apps I have downloaded. If you would like I can try downloading Angry Birds just to see if it will show.
There is one problem I am having that I don't like. I don't have a back button, so I have to hit the U button at the bottom, the touch Zeam Launcher to go back to home screen and then start over. I may play around with it today, since it's raining!!

Rhonda19 said:
No, it doesn't show FB yet and I don't like Angry Birds so I've not installed that one. It is showing the other apps I have downloaded. If you would like I can try downloading Angry Birds just to see if it will show.
There is one problem I am having that I don't like. I don't have a back button, so I have to hit the U button at the bottom, the touch Zeam Launcher to go back to home screen and then start over. I may play around with it today, since it's raining!!
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If FB is not showing in the Market then it is the same as mine (or my wife's). It is not a big deal as you can always sideload these type apps. Crazy Snowboard is one of my favorites and did not show on my 1.1 rooted so I had to sideload.
You need to use Soft Keys for your back button if no back button is showing (mostly B&N apps) at the bottom. Once you run soft keys, the little soft key icon will bring up a "soft key menu" that will home, menu, back, etc. Give it a shot and see if that works for you.

hikersc said:
If FB is not showing in the Market then it is the same as mine (or my wife's). It is not a big deal as you can always sideload these type apps. Crazy Snowboard is one of my favorites and did not show on my 1.1 rooted so I had to sideload.
You need to use Soft Keys for your back button if no back button is showing (mostly B&N apps) at the bottom. Once you run soft keys, the little soft key icon will bring up a "soft key menu" that will home, menu, back, etc. Give it a shot and see if that works for you.
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You won't believe what happened! I had been reading this morning, and turned it off afterwards. When I turned it back on, it stuck at the "Nook Color" set up menu. That's the first time I have ever had a root to go bad. I've had them to "not take before" but for something to happen like that?? So I had to unroot, set it back up from the beginning, and now have side loaded the 1.3 update. If I try the root again, I will do it just as the directions are typed!! (LOL)
Everything was working fine, I just don't know what happened??

Wish I knew what to tell you folks...I just went back and shut down my nook and restarted it. It always sorta seems like it takes an uncomfortably long time at the color flashing animation, but it went through just fine. What I did initially was exactly what I documented in my other thread...

Rhonda19 said:
You won't believe what happened! I had been reading this morning, and turned it off afterwards. When I turned it back on, it stuck at the "Nook Color" set up menu. That's the first time I have ever had a root to go bad. I've had them to "not take before" but for something to happen like that?? So I had to unroot, set it back up from the beginning, and now have side loaded the 1.3 update. If I try the root again, I will do it just as the directions are typed!! (LOL)
Everything was working fine, I just don't know what happened??
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Is CWM on emmc or the SD card? I avoid CWM on emmc and also don't use ROM manager.

fpga_guy said:
Is CWM on emmc or the SD card? I avoid CWM on emmc and also don't use ROM manager.
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I'm not sure. (LOL) I made a bootable CWM on an SD card. Then loaded the manual nooter on it.
I rooted it over again.. Putting it back to stock version, then side loading the 1.3 update, and then running the 4-5-18. and I ran the Fix Permissions.
What may be going on is I didn't load the 4-6-16a either time, and that may be the entire problem. If something happens to it this time, I'll just leave it at the 1.3 and wait until something else comes up.
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It happened again! I cut it off, and then cut it back on later, and it stuck at the boot. Guess, I'll just have to unroot.....

Rhonda19 said:
I'm not sure. (LOL) I made a bootable CWM on an SD card. Then loaded the manual nooter on it.
I rooted it over again.. Putting it back to stock version, then side loading the 1.3 update, and then running the 4-5-18. and I ran the Fix Permissions.
What may be going on is I didn't load the 4-6-16a either time, and that may be the entire problem. If something happens to it this time, I'll just leave it at the 1.3 and wait until something else comes up.
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It happened again! I cut it off, and then cut it back on later, and it stuck at the boot. Guess, I'll just have to unroot.....
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If you are going back to stock, then simply apply the B&N 1.3 update like they say on their website (put it on the nook via usb, then unplug the cable, it will apply when it goes dark).
After it's done, don't bother with 4.5.18 - just go straight to 6.16. That's what I did and it should work fine. It seems that 5.18 is only necessary if you are going from rooted 1.2 to 1.3.
See how that works for you...

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If you are going back to stock, then simply apply the B&N 1.3 update like they say on their website (put it on the nook via usb, then unplug the cable, it will apply when it goes dark).
After it's done, don't bother with 4.5.18 - just go straight to 6.16. That's what I did and it should work fine. It seems that 5.18 is only necessary if you are going from rooted 1.2 to 1.3.
See how that works for you...
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This is what I did except I used 4.6.16a (I also loaded a 1.3 kernal and ran the "Fix Permissions" from ROM Manager). All is well for me except the Market does not show FB and others. I was hoping a fix for the Market was forthcoming as the various fixes used with CM7 Market did nothing for me.

doncaruana said:
If you are going back to stock, then simply apply the B&N 1.3 update like they say on their website (put it on the nook via usb, then unplug the cable, it will apply when it goes dark).
After it's done, don't bother with 4.5.18 - just go straight to 6.16. That's what I did and it should work fine. It seems that 5.18 is only necessary if you are going from rooted 1.2 to 1.3.
See how that works for you...
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"Doncaruana" ... I finally got it rooted, I think!! (LOL) thanks for all your help!! I appreciate it!

Rhonda19 said:
"Doncaruana" ... I finally got it rooted, I think!! (LOL) thanks for all your help!! I appreciate it!
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I know how frustrating this stuff can get, so I'm glad you got that behind you! I'll keep my fingers crossed it sticks!

[Q] Rooted Nook updated firnmware help

I have or at least had a rooted nook color. I was on 1.4.2 firmware, but last night my nook auto updated to 1.4.3 firmware. I had never installed the app to access the hidden settings and now I am paying for it.
If I turn off my nook or reset it then for about 30 sec. I am able to look at my android apps. It looks like a rooted nook, but then it will go back to the unrooted version. It is strange that it does this and I am hoping that since it boots up as the rooted nook did then I am hoping there is an easy fix.
I am currently unable to access the android market though when it boots up. I try to go to the play store and it says I don't have an account, would I like to add one. When I say yes it won't go let me. If I say no it does the same thing. How do I access the hidden settings now or is there a way to root 1.4.3 firmware?
I am really stressed and aggravated with myself and the situation at hand. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

You can follow the guide up in this forum here to revert your stock nook ROM back to the original stock firmware that came with your nook color. In the first box there is other links you can follow out for guides and downloads you will need to put on your SD card to do so. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699

punkface8 said:
I have or at least had a rooted nook color. I was on 1.4.2 firmware, but last night my nook auto updated to 1.4.3 firmware. I had never installed the app to access the hidden settings and now I am paying for it.
If I turn off my nook or reset it then for about 30 sec. I am able to look at my android apps. It looks like a rooted nook, but then it will go back to the unrooted version. It is strange that it does this and I am hoping that since it boots up as the rooted nook did then I am hoping there is an easy fix.
I am currently unable to access the android market though when it boots up. I try to go to the play store and it says I don't have an account, would I like to add one. When I say yes it won't go let me. If I say no it does the same thing. How do I access the hidden settings now or is there a way to root 1.4.3 firmware?
I am really stressed and aggravated with myself and the situation at hand. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
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There are others here that were able to re-root after the 1.4.3 autoupdate. Just search a few posts back.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

I had the exact same thing happen to me. I have two Nook Colors that I had updated to 1.4.2 before rooting. I rooted them a few weeks ago and one of them auto-updated to 1.4.3 before the other. I just rerooted the one that had updated and it works fine. I didn't have to revert back to stock first. When the second one updated to 1.4.3 I did the same process and that one works fine too.
I followed the steps in the [NC][1.4.1][1.4.2] ManualNooter 5.02.19 thread that I used to root them in the first place.

Well I tried to re-root my nook and everything went fine until i rebooted the nook. It is stuck replaying the cracked nook screen over and over again, and won't let me access any other screen or menu. How do I fix this?

punkface8 said:
Well I tried to re-root my nook and everything went fine until i rebooted the nook. It is stuck replaying the cracked nook screen over and over again, and won't let me access any other screen or menu. How do I fix this?
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You may want to root your NC again. Make sure you are using 5.2.19.
Check the OP in the MN 5.2.19 thread here.

First I want to thank everyone for all the help and advice they have given me so far, but I am still having problems. I have rerooted my nook. I also tried the partition repair zips on my nook and they seemed to have did something, but now my touch screen isn't working. When my nook rebooted it went to the barnes and noble set up video and I was unable to watch it or skip the video. Not sure how to turn the touch screen off or how I even disabled it.
Thanks again in advance for any help. I feel less hopeless now about getting my nook back to the rooted version I have come to love.

meteorrock said:
You can follow the guide up in this forum here to revert your stock nook ROM back to the original stock firmware that came with your nook color. In the first box there is other links you can follow out for guides and downloads you will need to put on your SD card to do so. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
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I followed this guide and got my nook to reroot. Now I am trying to figure out how to access the hidden settings to stop the nook from updating. Any ideas? Thanks a ton.