I just wanted to get root access and Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 for v1.0.1 seemed to be the way to go, right? Well, after I purchased the last Nook Color from Best Buy yesterday and brought it home, I charged it to 100%, played with it loaded up and ran Auto-Nooter from a Sandisk mSD card. When I plugged in the cable to boot, it came up with the battery low-wait 15min screen. (Battery was at 100%) Tried again, same thing. Re-wrote Auto-Nooter to mSD card and tried again, black screen. Nothing. Bricked. What I do get is a black screen with a flash of backlight every 40 seconds or so. I re-created the boot SD Auto-Nooter (using Win32DiskImager) and boot, nothing.
Today same story, just wasted 5 hours trying: Auto-Nooter, Clockwork Recovery image (2gb & 1gb versions on different cards) with complete restore-1.0.1 and repartition-boot-with-stock.zip, Nookie-Froyo.......nothing brings up any life in the NC.
I did follow RileyGrant's "Dummies Guide to Fixing 'My Nook Won't Boot'" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699 to no avail. I do not believe it is a partition issue. If it were, the mSD would at least try to boot to some screen and perhaps hang then. But CWR is not providing a spark at all.
I do believe it is in a boot loop of some sort, trying to boot, screen flashes, turns off, repeat continuously if plugged in. (It does stop the cycle after a while when not plugged in.)
Is that enough information? Ideas??
When you insert the Clockworkmod Recovery sdcard and turn the nook on, Does it boot into CWR?
RileyGrant said:
When you insert the Clockworkmod Recovery sdcard and turn the nook on, Does it boot into CWR?
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No. It boots to nothing. Plug in, wait 10 seconds, a white screen flash (less than a second) then black. Repeats in about 40 seconds. I can tell that the backlight is on for about 30 seconds, back lighting a black screen, then it turns off. A few seconds later the screen flashes white and it is what seems to be a boot loop of not booting.
Create this Sdcard with the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
When you are done, connect your Nook with the SD card inside and make sure you press the power button until you hear it disconnect even tho its still plugged in. (This means its turned off) Then power it up. You should be in recovery. Make a full wipe and see if it turns back on. If it doesn't send me message. I'll be glad to help. Your Nook is fine.
Here are better instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
Fixter said:
Create this Sdcard with the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
When you are done, connect your Nook with the SD card inside and make sure you press the power button until you hear it disconnect even tho its still plugged in. (This means its turned off) Then power it up. You should be in recovery. Make a full wipe and see if it turns back on. If it doesn't send me message. I'll be glad to help. Your Nook is fine.
Here are better instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
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Have done all this. Will not go into recovery. Ideas? (PM sent)
Sounds to me like your battery is dead (it would NOT go from 100% to 15% like you say), or you're not burning the cards right.
khaytsus said:
Sounds to me like your battery is dead (it would NOT go from 100% to 15% like you say), or you're not burning the cards right.
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I followed the Auto Nooter instructions to the letter. I would agree with both except:
1) After the first time I tried Auto Nooter, and it said 15% battery, I took the card out and it booted normal. I checked the battery and it was at 99%. Repeated the process and the same result. (Batt at 15% when trying to root, 99% when not.) I re-built the card and then nook bricked.
2) I have used 2 different cards on 2 computers with 2 different softwares for burning the image. Perhaps the second burn on the uSD card fried something? Perhaps, but the card still was readable by Windoz 7 on either computer. One bad apple can spoil the bunch.......
Heading back to BestBuy is sounding better all the time even though it is 40 min away. That said, I have still not lost faith in XDA and the great help. Anyone with a new suggestion?
IMO you just have a dead battery, plug into the wall and leave overnight. The Nooks ability to boot into sdcard first is built into the hardware, nothing you did could of messed this ability up. If you truly can't boot into clockwork from sdcard it can only really be a hardware failure.
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I followed the Auto Nooter instructions to the letter. I would agree with both except:
1) After the first time I tried Auto Nooter, and it said 15% battery, I took the card out and it booted normal. I checked the battery and it was at 99%. Repeated the process and the same result. (Batt at 15% when trying to root, 99% when not.) I re-built the card and then nook bricked.
2) I have used 2 different cards on 2 computers with 2 different softwares for burning the image. Perhaps the second burn on the uSD card fried something? Perhaps, but the card still was readable by Windoz 7 on either computer. One bad apple can spoil the bunch.......
Heading back to BestBuy is sounding better all the time even though it is 40 min away. That said, I have still not lost faith in XDA and the great help. Anyone with a new suggestion?
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make sure as well you are creating the SD correctly. WinImage can be a pain at times at times. If the bootable SD isnt created just right it wont boot. Im putting up a post in a few minutes to an IMG you might like to try to recover your NC.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11321261#post11321261
Its how I have been rooting my devices, as well, I will be adding the prerooted 1.1 to my IMG soon to simplify things for everyone.
forsakenexile, I appreciate this and am downloading the file now overnight. Perhaps this will solve problems of my NC not booting up ANY rom/recovery solutions from SD, despite all the documented methods known to the community so far.
One thing I noticed under Win7 was to get an image to work properly I had to run winimage as administrator. Not sure if this is just an oddity with my computer or common knowledge I had to discover for myself.
I threw in the rowel
I charged the nook over night with the genuine nook charger and genuine nook cable and no difference this morning. I took it back to BestBuy and waked out with a new one. I charged it, powered up, logged in, powered down, inserted a monster root pack 7 uSD and booted no problem!
Thanks to all for the help in troubleshooting.
Note to self: Nook can be a brick!
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Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
Any tips or advice?
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Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
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Most likely it discharged on you, they have a habit of waking up and draining at the nominal rate of 8-10%/hr. I've found mine dead or nearly dead about 3 times because of this.
It'll take about 15 minutes for it to come on after being on the charger if the battery is flat dead. So... is it working for you now?
It's not bricked.
Link3737 said:
Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
Any tips or advice?
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I really hope you didn't replace your internal memory with that Ad 2.2 rom.
2 ways you may can find your nook back ( at least 1 of the 2 ways will work ):
1, hold the power button at least 40 seconds or longer, until you can see it restart. If this didn't work;
2, Burn a boot-able SD card with CWR, and recover your internal memory to stock rom.
Those are normal things what I did when the bad thing happened.
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Most likely it discharged on you, they have a habit of waking up and draining at the nominal rate of 8-10%/hr. I've found mine dead or nearly dead about 3 times because of this.
It'll take about 15 minutes for it to come on after being on the charger if the battery is flat dead. So... is it working for you now?
It's not bricked.
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My first instinct was to let it sit for a few hours, then try and recharge it, but after having it on the charger for about 30 minutes now it's not seeming to respond.
Normally when it's died, I plug it back in and get the "Battery too low, wait 15 minutes" screen, but like I said, the device is just staying off.
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I really hope you didn't replace your internal memory with that Ad 2.2 rom.
2 ways you may can find your nook back ( at least 1 of the 2 ways will work ):
1, hold the power button at least 40 seconds or longer, until you can see it restart. If this didn't work;
2, Burn a boot-able SD card with CWR, and recover your internal memory to stock rom.
Those are normal things what I did when the bad thing happened.
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I've done #1 a few times now (Thinking that I could hard reset it, if that were the problem)
As for #2, I can't boot from an SD because the device won't power on! I'm running Nookie Froyo in a dual-boot state with the stock 1.1.0 rom in eMMC. I'm not quite sure what the "Ad 2.2 rom" is, though.
And thanks for both of your responses
Ad 2.2 = Android 2.2
If you do this : burn the SD like I mentioned, put that into your nook, plug in the power cable, and just hold the power button . It SHOULD turn on in 10-15 seconds.
I use this way many times to save my brick nook, so believe me it is worth to try.
Were you running froyo off emmc? If so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
I recommend flashing this ROM instead though (pre-rooted 1.1):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
And yes if you insert the CWR sdcard into the nook and hold the power button, it will power on. The reason it isnt powering on currently is because your froyo boot partition is corrupted, not because of the nook itself. The CWR sdcard has a different boot partition that your nook will see and boot to when you hold the power button down with the CWR sdcard in.
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Were you running froyo off emmc? If so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
I recommend flashing this ROM instead though (pre-rooted 1.1):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
And yes if you insert the CWR sdcard into the nook and hold the power button, it will power on. The reason it isnt powering on currently is because your froyo boot partition is corrupted, not because of the nook itself. The CWR sdcard has a different boot partition that your nook will see and boot to when you hold the power button down with the CWR sdcard in.
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I can't thank you enough for this response! Saved me an embarrassing trip to B&N to get a replacement
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I can't thank you enough for this response! Saved me an embarrassing trip to B&N to get a replacement
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Glad to be of use. Happy Nooking!
Not to hijack this thread but this has happened to me and I have tried to install the previous two ROMs with no luck... Any help would be appreciated...
I forgot I had a nandroid backup prior to going to Froyo... Lets see if that works... Restoring now...
UPDATE: Well that didn't work either... Still not able to boot up unless it is by using the SD card... Any suggestions?
flash my boot repartition zip. see my froyo on emmc thread..
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I forgot I had a nandroid backup prior to going to Froyo... Lets see if that works... Restoring now...
UPDATE: Well that didn't work either... Still not able to boot up unless it is by using the SD card... Any suggestions?
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Your boot partition probably got fu*ked somehow. Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
At the very bottom (like the very last line) it says "-Download flashable repartition-boot-with-stock.zip here." Download that file and trying flashing that.
That was it, I must have done something when I tried to recover from the 1.1 push. Thanks to both of you for the help...
Hey there. I have a nook Color on 1.0.1 rooted. This is the third time that I have gotten a random reboot. The first time it rebooted, it refuse to turn on either. I plugged in the cable and it would turn on for 10seconds and turn itself back off. I finally got it to work when plugging in the wall charger plug again. The second time it just rebooted back into the os. The third time it's now refusing to turn on again, I haven't plugged it in to the cable so I won't know. Would you guys recommend me to go down and change for a new one?
What were you doing before/during the reboot?
Are you Over-clocked?
Have you tried the long pwr button press(20+ sec)
Have you disabled OTA(over the air) updates? Could be an issue with B&N pushing the 1.1.0 update
If it's just plain not booting have you tried the Clockwork mod only SD card Image? See if that boots
If all else fails I'd do a factory reset/wipe data and start from scratch (then go to 1.1.0 rooted).
Good luck.
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Hey there. I have a nook Color on 1.0.1 rooted. This is the third time that I have gotten a random reboot. The first time it rebooted, it refuse to turn on either. I plugged in the cable and it would turn on for 10seconds and turn itself back off. I finally got it to work when plugging in the wall charger plug again. The second time it just rebooted back into the os. The third time it's now refusing to turn on again, I haven't plugged it in to the cable so I won't know. Would you guys recommend me to go down and change for a new one?
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Reboot would imply that it's rebooting.... What you're describing is it's turning off.
I would suggest going back to stock 1.1.0 and leaving it that way and see if it behaves the same, this doesn't sound like software problems.
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What were you doing before/during the reboot?
Are you Over-clocked?
Have you tried the long pwr button press(20+ sec)
Have you disabled OTA(over the air) updates? Could be an issue with B&N pushing the 1.1.0 update
If it's just plain not booting have you tried the Clockwork mod only SD card Image? See if that boots
If all else fails I'd do a factory reset/wipe data and start from scratch (then go to 1.1.0 rooted).
Good luck.
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No. No Overclocking.
Just tried it, still off.
Yes I have.
I am unable to try the sd card image because it refuses to turn on at all.
Hmm...
Are you leaving it plugged in to the wall charger?
The nook does have a problem with draining itself dead
Also, just try the clockwork mod only sd image. The nook will look like it's not turning on, when in fact, it has checked for something to boot to and couldn't find it. Could be something up with your eMMC's boot partition.
No. I haven't touched the nook at all since it shutdown. I haven't plugged it in to the wall charger at all since it refused to boot. I am trying to figure out because I don't wanna plug it into the freaking wall everytime it reboots.
EDIT: Didn't see that you said to try the clockwork mod image. I could try it but even so.. I'm not gonna be in the states any longer and i want to be certain it's not a hardware issue.
I know there's a lot of thread about nook color not power on and i have searched the forum. My nook color won't power and i cant get into CWR or see the boot animation "the future of reading". I charged my nook over night and tried to hold down the POWER button for more than 20 seconds but without luck. I also tried to load from the sd card but the computer wouldnt recognize my nook since theres no power. Any help before i return this to BN since I'm still within the 14 days period?
Seems to be a common problem tonight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986092
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985975
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I know there's a lot of thread about nook color not power on and i have searched the forum. My nook color won't power and i cant get into CWR or see the boot animation "the future of reading". I charged my nook over night and tried to hold down the POWER button for more than 20 seconds but without luck. I also tried to load from the sd card but the computer wouldnt recognize my nook since theres no power. Any help before i return this to BN since I'm still within the 14 days period?
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Wait what do you mean by "I also tried to load from the sd card but the computer wouldnt recognize my nook since theres no power."
Have you Burned a CWR SD card yet and tried to boot off the SD card???
Chances are you have just screwed up your boot Partition and while the Nook will power on your not going to get anywhere or see the screen come on if the boot is messed up.
Please FULLY Read. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
If you have done everything to the letter on that thread, then you might have A hardware issue that will need to be exchanged but 99% of "nook wont boot" problems are just problems with the internal memory being messed up and a CWR SD card can fix it.
ive noticed that the nook can sometimes be very unresponsive to powering on. try some random combinations of plugging and unplugging your usb to it and powering it on.
I burned 8gb recovery image into the sd-card and it work. The key to get it work is to plug the usb to your nook first and then to the computer. After you plug into the computer, HOLD POWER AND N BUTTON FOR 20 SECONDS!!!!!!. thanks everyone!
Nook Color: no power on - Battery to low, but no charging possible
I've got a Nook Color via ebay Germany and I rooted it (Autonooter).
For a few weeks I had a great device!!
2 days ago - battery was low - I wanted to have a look onto the worldnews, just for a few minutes. At this moment a software update (from B&N?) began to work.
After this battery was completely empty.
And since this moment I cannot charge or boot my NC.
From time to time there is the Android starting screen with robot or, sometimes, the note, that battery is too low to power on - please wait 15 minutes.
What can I do? Now I'm waiting and charging 2280 minutes.
I'm using original B&N-cable in wall or computer an tried other micro-usb's.
Restore to stock witout power - I don't know how it works. I'm bloody beginner in Android devices and was so glad, that my rooting (with a lot of helpful threads and youtube videos) was successful.
The last 2 days I read a lot of clockwork and restore to stock. How do it work without power?
Please could someone help me? Thanks!!
I had the same problem, I let it sit for a while and re-tried powering on after about an hour and it worked. Good luck.
Using CM7, had no isses since I got everything working.
However, my NC's battery ran out last night. When I plugged it in today and let it charge, it went to "Touch the future of reading."
I cannot get it to boot past this point. I haven't changed anything recently. So what gives?
a quick search and i found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=943201
I was having the same issue when i ran my nook out of power. i rebooted into recovery, ran the CWR-removal.zip and rebooted and i was back up.
So how do I boot into CWM? Put it on an SD card from PC? I just had it on an SD to put CM7 on the Nook.
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So how do I boot into CWM? Put it on an SD card from PC? I just had it on an SD to put CM7 on the Nook.
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Yes. If you still have it on sd from when you flashed CM7, use that.
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Yes. If you still have it on sd from when you flashed CM7, use that.
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I don't I've wiped the SD and been using it as storage. Is there a way to put CWM on the card without wiping it?
I'm running froyo on the emmc and had the battery drain out - got stuck at the future of reading screen. I wound up reloading froyo from the sd.
Peter
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I'm running froyo on the emmc and had the battery drain out - got stuck at the future of reading screen. I wound up reloading froyo from the sd.
Peter
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Did you have to use CWR?
I have the same exact problem.
Me and my girlfriend just bought a Nook Color each, and rooted it with CM7.
We have the 3.0.0.6 bootloader/recovery thing.
The problem occurs when we drain the battery (we usually do before charging to preserve the battery), when we connect the power (the Nook is off) it says "battery charge to low to power on, try again in 15 minutes", and after a couple of minutes, it turns on, showing "Touch the future of reading." Normally after this we would see "Loading", then "Android_", but instead it is locked on "Touch the future of reading."
If I turn it off, it turns it self on again, and it is stuck on the same place. I let it be for 1 hour, still the same. As I'm not to fond of having the screen on all the time, I tried turning it off, then quickly press "Power + Volume Up + n". This started the nook in recovery mode, giving me the message that "install failed, turn off and on again" (which I guess is because I have deleted the original nook partitions). After this, I turned it off, and then it was completely off, not booting up again. Then I tried holding power to power it on normally, and it worked.
The power was connected at all times.
What is wrong here? It seems like the nook doesn't like being off when charging, meaning you have to be careful to never drain the power 100 %, or turn it off when it's below 10 %, because then it won't turn on.
Strange thing.
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I have the same exact problem.
Me and my girlfriend just bought a Nook Color each, and rooted it with CM7.
We have the 3.0.0.6 bootloader/recovery thing.
The problem occurs when we drain the battery (we usually do before charging to preserve the battery), when we connect the power (the Nook is off) it says "battery charge to low to power on, try again in 15 minutes", and after a couple of minutes, it turns on, showing "Touch the future of reading." Normally after this we would see "Loading", then "Android_", but instead it is locked on "Touch the future of reading."
If I turn it off, it turns it self on again, and it is stuck on the same place. I let it be for 1 hour, still the same. As I'm not to fond of having the screen on all the time, I tried turning it off, then quickly press "Power + Volume Up + n". This started the nook in recovery mode, giving me the message that "install failed, turn off and on again" (which I guess is because I have deleted the original nook partitions). After this, I turned it off, and then it was completely off, not booting up again. Then I tried holding power to power it on normally, and it worked.
The power was connected at all times.
What is wrong here? It seems like the nook doesn't like being off when charging, meaning you have to be careful to never drain the power 100 %, or turn it off when it's below 10 %, because then it won't turn on.
Strange thing.
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A couple quick observations--
The 3.0.0.6 recovery thing, also known as clockworkmod recovery, is an older version, so you'll want to update that when you can (via Rom Manager probably as that's the easiest way).
You're misusing some terms. You don't "root" with CM7-- rooting is the process of enabling the root/superuser account, typically on the stock firmware. CM7 is an alternative software/ROM/operating system that includes an enabled root account, but is probably best known for the other additional features it includes beyond standard Android.
The wait-for-more-power message comes from the bootloader, called "u-boot". After you see that "Touch the Future" message, you should be seeing "A N D R O I D _" which is the kernel loading up and the boot starting. If you don't see that at all, I'm guessing one of the following files are missing/messed up on your boot partition (p1, the first partition on your device):
uImage -- the kernel file
uRamdisk -- a small "bootup" file which includes several files bundled together that is necessary for a successful full boot.
Both of these should have been installed when you installed cm7. Assuming you have tried previously, you might again try reinstalling the latest cm7 update.zip from scratch. As of now 7.02 is the latest stable version. I believe there is a thread by eyeballer that walks you through the steps, or if your'e a Windows user, you could watch this video.
Good luck!
funny _ i have the same issue but my battery never ran out - just started happening after I transfered some music to my SD CARD.. If I take the SD Card out upon a reboot, the NC boots fine.
Not sure but when I keep the SD card in - the boot stays at Power of Reading?
Been running cm7 for a few months now with no problems. Battery was full when I left my house, came home and it wasn't turned on. Tried for a while and got no response. Plugged in the charger and it keeps restarting after the cm7 logo screen. The farthest it got was the home screen for about 2 seconds before restarting. I noticed the battery was in the red zone before it restarted even though it was full earlier that day. The battery usually last 3-4 days unplugged......
Have you tried to get it into cwm? If you can, download cm7 rom again on your computer and put on sd card and flash the from again, the rom could have been corrupt due to a bad download
NookColor ICS 9 Nightly "Overclocked"
My guess is it SOD'd, and the battery is dead. I have noticed that my NC will not power up if the battery is very low, even if it is plugged in.
I guess we won't know any more until the OP returns, but often when a charged nook just shows a dead screen, and it is actually on, and you just can't tell. There are multiple workarounds for this, but the easiest to my mind being a sdcard with a burned with a bookable image like CWM or a hard reset. Let us know after you have let the nook charge. If thencord is lot and it still won't turn on, try a bootable card.