Hi Guys,
I just got my nook - unexpectedly, It should have arrived Monday...
I am going to buy an microSD card on sunday but now I don't have one. So can I root it without one?
I do have an old microSD but no way to write to it....
I guess it's a long shot, but now that I got it I want to start using it.
Thanks,
Fingerman.
I am sure that it is possible, however, I do not think that anyone has actually put the time into it since it is an extremely easy process to root the device with an SDcard. Make sure you grab a SD->USB adapter. Trust me, in the long run you will be using it a whole lot
Yeah I know... I just want it "NOW!", but i guess i can wait
Haha I know the feeling! The device is really nothing of use to me unless it is rooted!
Have fun rooting it and good luck
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I'm probably going to sell my Nook Color w/CM7.0.2 on it here soon. How would I prep it for sale as fare as making sure all my personal data is off it, like my gmail account, etc. I suppose I could just change all the passwords to everything so it can't be accessed. But I was wondering if there was a way I could re-install the ROM to a "new" state so the next user has a fresh rig. I'd appreciate any suggestions.
wipe data/cache, reinstall gapps.
or reinstall stock os, and give them the xda link so they can discover and enjoy rooting too
Yeah, just restore, or at least load 7.0.2 + 4/04 kernel (since both are...problem free?).
Or just flash the update 1.2, Did my spare and it worked fine.
or... don't sell it at all!
considering you will get about 150 $ for a used nook color... why renounce to a such awesome device for a few dollars??
Or sell it to me for $100 and I'll make sure that your data gets wiped. No, really, I will.
Uh, I think it will sell for more than that LOL....
Why you giving up on the Nook Color KDOG? Found a Transformer for sale somewhere?
EDIT: I would sell it in dual boot mode. Primary boot being CM7 and secondary boot being stock 1.2.
I think it would be a better Idea to sell it with clean stock and point them in the direction of a XDA HowTo. If they can't do it alone they can ask for help and in the process, learn important skills for later.
This topic makes it dead simple to Flash to a Completely Virgin Stock without leaving anything behind.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
[HOW-TO] : Restore Nook Color back to stock EASILY!
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I would restore a fresh stock 1.2 on emmc with an option of a preinstalled CM7 sdcard.
I may buy it if you're willing to sell for $150
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I'm gonna see if I can get 200 for it seeing as I added a class 10 8gb card and a nice neoprene case for it but I will keep your offer in mind. Any other advice for prepping it?
KDOG2020 said:
I'm gonna see if I can get 200 for it seeing as I added a class 10 8gb card and a nice neoprene case for it but I will keep your offer in mind. Any other advice for prepping it?
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I'd take the SD card out since I've been reading that class 10 SD cards aren't great for booting it off the card. Bring it to like $175
How's the condition of the unit otherwise?
Sending you a PM....
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I'd take the SD card out since I've been reading that class 10 SD cards aren't great for booting it off the card. Bring it to like $175
How's the condition of the unit otherwise?
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$175 is a good price for the NC. I just lost out on one for about $170 on eBay because I forgot about the bid confirm popup when I tried to outbid at 2 seconds left. Sucks, but oh well! Haha If you two don't get something happening on that, send an offer my way!
I have very limited computer abilities and want to use CM7 when my Nook Color arrives. I want to purchase a Sandisk SD card that is already programmed with CM 7 (unless there is a better version available) and is "overclocked" and all I have to do is put it in and turn on the NC.. I need to know if anyone can recommend someone who sells the proper classed card and "no brainer" directions. I have waited several months to save the money for the NC and want to be running as efficiently as possible.
PS- I did try to find the answer on here before I typed this and could not get through the massive amount of info on here.. This forum is wonderful and thanks to all who are so willing to help those of us that are struggling a bit..
Thank you ahead of time.
Michelle
Im a kid so I can't sell mine and I looked around and couldn't find any. I think your best bet is to set asid your fears and start learning the world of uSD cards.
Doesn't get an easier than this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
The worst that can happen is you mess up and have to reformat the SD and start again.
Also, I found it easier to do gapps at the same time as the CM7 install. After CM7 boots just touch the 4 corners, starting in the upper left and go clockwise, to exit the setup wizard, setup your wifi and then add your google account.
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I have very limited computer abilities and want to use CM7 when my Nook Color arrives. I want to purchase a Sandisk SD card that is already programmed with CM 7 (unless there is a better version available) and is "overclocked" and all I have to do is put it in and turn on the NC.. I need to know if anyone can recommend someone who sells the proper classed card and "no brainer" directions. I have waited several months to save the money for the NC and want to be running as efficiently as possible.
PS- I did try to find the answer on here before I typed this and could not get through the massive amount of info on here.. This forum is wonderful and thanks to all who are so willing to help those of us that are struggling a bit..
Thank you ahead of time.
Michelle
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There are such cards available for sale at other sites (and based on work of xda people), but if you've saved up to buy the NC, you know that money doesn't grow on trees. I think your best bet is to use the link in post #3 here. First buy a SanDisk class 2 or 4 (at most) 2, 4 or 8G micro sd card. The brand and class are important, but GB size is not, although smaller ones are very cheap now. I got an 8G at amazon for about $10.
You can follow the steps on that link, and will probably have questions as you do. I did, and people here were very nice to answer quickly and everything went great. It's really more fun that way, and I think you'll do fine.
Here are a couple more links that I found very helpful, in addition to the main one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nenR-mNo0
http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/comple...c4-android-2-3-gingerbread-on-the-nook-color/
If you make an mistakes along the way, it's only the sd card and you can start over. Your NC system is untouched. Good luck!
The risk of buying a pre-loaded card from ebay/craiglist/etc is that you won't have had the first-hand experience of setting up CM7 under your belt. Eventually you'll want to replace/update the ROM for some reason at which point you'll need to learn the procedure anyway.
Given the strength of the NC community here, please consider trying your hand at doing it yourself. Folks here will be more than happy to help you out.
The help the process along a little bit, can you let us know what type of computer you're using and what it's running? (Mac vs Windows, Windows XP, Vista, 7, etc.)
One more tidbit, in terms of compatible sd cards, as others have already said, the Sandisk Class 2/4 microSDHC are very good for this work. Amazon, Walmart, Radio Shack, Office Depot all have these at very reasonable prices, so take your pick where to get it from. I would suggest getting an 8gb right off the bat, the 4gb feels small very quickly.
Thank you so much.. I will give it a try myself.. I have an Acer laptop running Windows 7. I appreciate all the input. I will order a Sandisk 8 MG Class 4 Micro SD card today..
Be sure to get the micro-SD to SD adapter unless your computer has a micro-SD port. Costco has 8 GB cards with adapter for a good price (they were on sale a few weeks ago).
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Be sure to get the micro-SD to SD adapter unless your computer has a micro-SD port. Costco has 8 GB cards with adapter for a good price (they were on sale a few weeks ago).
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Also make sure the SD reader/adapter is HC compatible. I have an older multi-card reader and Patriot brand micro SD to full size SD adapter and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out why I couldn't get either to get the computer to even detect a brand new Sandisk 8gb micro SDHC card.
another issue you might run into tho is that i found my laptops built in SD reader had issues and apparently others found the same thing too.. youmay have to find a friend with a component SD reader
We have a Soyo Bayone Extreme 9 in 1 media Card reader/writer combo, would that work?
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Thank you so much.. I will give it a try myself.. I have an Acer laptop running Windows 7. I appreciate all the input. I will order a Sandisk 8 MG Class 4 Micro SD card today..
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Coincidentally, I also have an Acer laptop w Win7, with sd card reader slot at the front. I ordered this card: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B1AR50. If your Acer is like mine, you do need the adapter, which often comes with micro cards, to read them. Lots of other good advice from members here.
It should work, you will still need a microSD to SD adapter (comes with a lot of microSD cards)
I have a MicroSd card and adapter from Sandisk thanks again guys..
You can do it. We all had to do it a first time too and the support here is great!
I actually ran it off of the sd card first to see if I liked it. Then I flashed it to the onboard memory.
Don't forget to register it before you flash it. After that you just use a google account for the market.
Good luck!
I appreciate all the help. I may be returning my unit due to an unexpected $2000.00 bill for some electrical work. I have to be a big girl and and wear my big girl panties..lol
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I appreciate all the help. I may be returning my unit due to an unexpected $2000.00 bill for some electrical work. I have to be a big girl and and wear my big girl panties..lol
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Hey, you can still read books without any power! Just find some friend with a spare outlet for part of the day...
Anybody see this?
http://www.nook2android.com/purchase-nook2android-cards/
That looks alot like CM7 on those cards they are selling.
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Anybody see this?
http://www.nook2android.com/purchase-nook2android-cards/
That looks alot like CM7 on those cards they are selling.
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Yeah, more douchebaggery. Yay.
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Yeah, more douchebaggery. Yay.
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Speaking of douchebags, Engadget is also promoting it.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/14/psa-got-a-nook-color-then-you-can-get-dual-booting-nook2androi/
This moves it up to the next level: Jack-Assery!
Technically, they are not charging for CM7 - they are charging for the SD Card and the time it takes to prepare the card, right? If so, I don't think it's such a bad thing... As long as they give credit to the CM7 team, that is!
Arrrrgggghhhhh . . . micro SD card won't stay in. I know I'm pushing it in far enough and it feels like it's locking in place. I had NO problem ejecting it so it just doesn't make sense.
I've tried 2 different cards and neither will stay in. I search XDA and internet for solution but the only thing that I find is to return it because it appears the SD card slot is broken. I bought my NC used on eBay over 2 months ago and everything has been working fine, so returning it is NOT solution for me.
Any suggestions are very, very much appreciated!!
By the way, this is my first post . . . so, please be gentle!!!
Can you get it to boot from it if you hold it in with your finger?
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Any suggestions are very, very much appreciated!!
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The same thing happened to me, I also couldn't return it. I bought it from eBay and I live in Europe.
I couldn't fix the SD slot, but I noticed that if I force the card to stay in it connects. In the end I pushed a folded piece of thin cardboard between the card and the plastic, which forced the card to stay in. It has worked ok for the last 4 months or so. I cannot remove the sd-card though, but since I have a 32gb one, it doesn't really matter.
Could it be out of spec cards and not the nook that is causing the problems? Have you tried other cards or brand of card to see if they might stay in place?
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Could it be out of spec cards and not the nook that is causing the problems? Have you tried other cards or brand of card to see if they might stay in place?
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For me at least the sd card slot was definitely broken, I tried at least three different cards from different brands that were official ones/not counterfeit.
Similar happened here. In this case, after about 8 months the 2 retaining springs fell out, so the card wouldn't "latch" in place. At least I could put the card in and have it work but had to use a dental tool to rescue it.
It was still under the original warranty (and I did buy the 1yr extended as well-I think I'm going to be glad that I did).
B+N CS was slow and slightly clueless- but unfailingly nice. Had a "new" refurb in 5 working days.
Even if you're the second owner, you might want to call CS and run the serial # to see if there's still any warranty left. Couldn't hurt.....
Otherwise, if you're brave enough, you can try to get in there and remove the springs entirely. The card will stay in place but you will need a tool of some sort to remove it when needed.
I had the same issue, called B&N and they wanted to to take it to the closest B&N to me which is like an hour away. I kinda did something that was bad for me to do but I erased everything before attempting to install a ROM. I was able to boot into recovery but I can install stuff from the uSD. i ended up erasing the entire nook to where it boots to a screen that says
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and said something had happened and the CS finally sent me a new nook.
Thanks for all of the feedback. The Nook boots up just fine. I needed to install the old version of Marketplace so that's when I discovered that the sd card won't stay in. I had JUST used it to restore a backup and I had no problems ejecting it nor to I recall hearing anything weird or seeing anything fall out (other than the sd card). I'll try rantak's sugguestion of a piece of cardboard.
I spent 45 minutes at B&N when I first bought the NC as I wanted to register it in my name but because I couldn't contact the previous owner to deregister, B&N basically refused to help me with anything! And I felt they were looking down on me because I bought a used NC on eBay. It wasn't like I would NOT be a customer but after that . . . I'm NOT a customer any longer!!!
Mine now does this to, but if I push hard it will finally stay in place, but I'm afraid that will sooner or later cease working as a solution.
And I've rarely removed the sd card.
Mine did this in the middle of a nightly update. I had to physically hold the card in while I wiped it and restored to stock so that I could get it replaced under warranty. Called B&N on a Monday night a new refurb by Wednesday night. Great customer service!
This is why I do not recommend people put CM7 on the card and then keep swapping between stock and CM7. Eventually the slot will fail. Mine failed and I never remove the card.
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Mine did this in the middle of a nightly update. I had to physically hold the card in while I wiped it and restored to stock so that I could get it replaced under warranty. Called B&N on a Monday night a new refurb by Wednesday night. Great customer service!
This is why I do not recommend people put CM7 on the card and then keep swapping between stock and CM7. Eventually the slot will fail. Mine failed and I never remove the card.
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I know it's an option but it would be great if you can write up a little up-to-date instructions and post in one of those HOW_TO thread such this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1303843
It would be great help for others.
I thought about that, but the how to restore to stock thread pretty well covers it other than you have to physically hold the card in during the entire process....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690&page=29
This is why I do not recommend people put CM7 on the card and then keep swapping between stock and CM7. Eventually the slot will fail. Mine failed and I never remove the card.
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What do you mean by this? At first I thought you meant swapping as in taking out/putting in the sdcard all the time, but then you say mine failed and I never remove the card.
I have been running off the sdcard for a long time and only just recently (to update to 7.1) had a need to remove the card.
I could see constantly swapping the card out, but I don't see the effect of simply running off it.
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What do you mean by this? At first I thought you meant swapping as in taking out/putting in the sdcard all the time, but then you say mine failed and I never remove the card.
I have been running off the sdcard for a long time and only just recently (to update to 7.1) had a need to remove the card.
I could see constantly swapping the card out, but I don't see the effect of simply running off it.
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I meant swapping the card in and out. In my case, it was more severe as the slot failed and I never touch the card. Just trying to emphasize the point that the slot is fragile.
Spent all weekend looking for an answer, no luck. Got a Droid Bionic off of Ebay and should have it in a few days. I plan to root, flash to Cricket and then ROM. Lots of info here and out there on the Interwebs about how to do that.
1 question I have though, is will I need to have an LTE and/or SIM card to do this? I've rooted and ROM'd my Optimus C a few times so I'm pretty sure that I can root the Bionic, still lots of support out there for it, a little less on flashing to Cricket but I'm sure I can figure it out, just wanted to clarify the LTE/SIM card info because of the conflicting information.
I've read about the workaround to bypass the activation screen (tap all 4 corners?) but then some flashing tutorials say you need the LTE card to turn off LTE and change it to CDMA only.
SO to make a long story short (I know, TOO LATE!) Will I need an LTE/SIM card to ROOT and/or FLASH (to Cricket) the Driod Bionic?
I just want to know so that I can buy/borrow one (If need be) so that when the phone gets here I can jump right in with the rootin' and the flashin'!
TIA for any/all advice.
Yea there is the guy I bought my phone from left his old one in. I haven't ever touched it, but it's here somewhere.
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Yea there is the guy I bought my phone from left his old one in. I haven't ever touched it, but it's here somewhere.
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Thanks for the offer, I got the phone flashed. It did come with a SIM card, don't know if it made a difference though.
Thanks again!
Okay so I have a MicroSD that I'm putting into my Xbox 360s xk3y. I thought I would be able to just plop in the MicroSD to the Phone and it'll pop up on the Computer lol. Obviously that's not the case.
My question is, is there anyway I can mount the SD Card on my computer, rather than having it under Portal Devices in My Computer
Sorry for the Noob question, I'm brand new to Android, I just got the Note 3 on the 4th and I also rooted it today (AT&T) . So I've had an iPhone since 2007.
So if it's something really simple I'd appreciate it if I didn't get criticism for it lol. If it requires a Root as I said above I am rooted soooo yeah.
Thanks