Ill make this quick.
Ive been messing with HC and CM7 the past few days, but before I did any of that
I used SD CWR to make a backup on my rooted copy of Nook Stock with the way I had it setup and configured, I thought it was a good idea.
The only problem I seem to be running into now is that when it boots back up, I get to the original N boot screen and can't seem to get it past that.
I can still wipe and put back on CM7 or HC at will, but I really want to get this backup copy running again because I have a decent chunk of magazine subscriptions now that I do want to keep using.
Any ideas from anyone on how to get past this?
I do know that in CWR, as per the HC setup instruc, /system and /data are not mounted. Should I wipe again, mount them, and then try redoing my Restore again?
Thanks~
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I've gone thru the paces numerous times, even rolled a rooted install back to a full install of 1.0.1 and reapplied the HC v.4 (following all instructions carefully). I don't have any problems with the file extraction and get the Done message. However, when I reboot the nook it gives me a Loading screen then flickers a few times and then an ANDROID_ (flashing curson) and hangs. I've gotten this far every time I've tried to apply the zip. Once in awhile it will flash between the Loading and ANDROID_ screens a few times but ultimately I end up with ANDROID on my screen and nothing else.
Any ideas or direction I can move in? I'm anxious to try this out but prefer to run it from internal memory instead of an SD card...
There does seem to be one disparity between the instructions and the actual application of them, there doesn't appear to be a way to unmount /boot that I recall, only format it.
Make sure data and system have been formatted without issues before flashing the zip.
If that doesn't work, you might have a system partition size issue. Download shad0wf0x's stock image and dd it to your mmcblk0p5 partition (see specific thread). Then try flashing zip after having formatted both data and system.
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During the formats I haven't gotten any error messages, just a simple Done. when the format of each completes. I do hang when boot is done but a hard reboot, per the instructions, allows me to continue from there and I making sure /system and /data aren't mounted.
I'll give this a shot and let you know how it works out.
Thanks.
That didn't seem to do the trick. The last time I did this I started from a complete reinstall of 1.0.1 with an image I got from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-914690.html
I'm able to boot into the stock install without difficulty, register the nook, setup my gmail association and then root. If I had a corrupted systems directory would I be able to do all those things?
***this is a repost of what i put in Nook General bc no one was even pseudo reply posting to it....***
Ill make this quick.
Ive been messing with HC and CM7 the past few days, but before I did any of that I used SD CWR to make a backup on my rooted copy of Nook Stock with the way I had it setup and configured, I thought it was a good idea.
The only problem I seem to be running into now is that when it boots back up, I get to the original N boot screen and can't seem to get it past that.
I can still wipe and put back on CM7 or HC at will, but I really want to get this backup copy running again because I have a decent chunk of magazine subscriptions now that I do want to keep using.
Any ideas from anyone on how to get past this?
I do know that in CWR, as per the HC setup instruc, /system and /data are not mounted. Should I wipe again, mount them, and then try redoing my Restore again?
Thanks~
I don't know where to turn. I started a thread about my effed up nook but it got deleted (my fault) I'm completely at my wits end here. I had NookFroyo .68 working just fine on mine but like an IDIOT I thought it would be neat to try out CM7. Big mistake would not get past the animated N screen no matter what. I got the SD version of the Customized Nook Froyo to boot up but its very slow and stuff doesn't work. How do I get a ROM back on the eMMC? Some one suggested I get CWR and a ROM on the card and flash it via CWR off the card onto the eMMC. How exactly do I do this? I CANNOT get the winimage method to work no matter what I do and I don't know WHAT I'm doing wrong. Everytime I direct winimage to the place I've downloaded an image to, theres nothing there....
I thought I ALMOST had it a few minutes ago. I can get the CWR to come up and I flashed the flashable eMMC NF. I got my hopes up as it started to boot BUT OF COURSE NOT - went into a boot loop, constantly doing the N screen over and over. WTF.
I'm desperate here. I'm at the point where I'm willing to pay someone a small fee to help me get this sorted out. I'm going to keep on trying....
on win image, when you go to select the file. you must change the file types it see's to everything. that will let you see the .img file you downloaded.
We are talking about Win32disk imager right? It only gives the *img selection.
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We are talking about Win32disk imager right? It only gives the *img selection.
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click the arrow and hit ALL FILES
I AM clicking the arrow, there is ONLY *img....
I've heard of an 8 boot reset. How does that work?
I'm reading the "Recovery" thread. Should I do the "repartiion" zip file? I'm starting to think that maybe the problem...
EDIT: Tried the Repartion.zip. No change. Still continously reboots.
I just tried the Nook restore file and it still gets hung up on a different N screen (the Nook symbol). What in the HECK! It wont' go into CWR anymore, says there isn't any room on the card. AN 8GB CARD!!!! I put the card back in the computer and it says its only 115MB! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE.
EDIT X2: LOOKS LIKE I GOT IT BACK TO STOCK. WHEW! Now I can start over! Tomorrow after I rest a bit. LOL
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I just tried the Nook restore file and it still gets hung up on a different N screen (the Nook symbol). What in the HECK! It wont' go into CWR anymore, says there isn't any room on the card. AN 8GB CARD!!!! I put the card back in the computer and it says its only 115MB! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE.
EDIT X2: LOOKS LIKE I GOT IT BACK TO STOCK. WHEW! Now I can start over! Tomorrow after I rest a bit. LOL
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This will allow you to get the card back to showing 8gb:
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
Hi,
I found this post (in developers/cm7 users thread) very useful for installing
CM7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11535969&postcount=151
It is a little dated (weeks) but very detailed and should hopefully still all work fine.
Some more general information on:
http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor
I find that I never have enough uSD cards to use - so make sure that
you have several spare. The emmc Androids are still in general expecting
an external SD card for storing data such as ebooks etc. and CWM will
backup to the external cards too.
CM7 and Froyo use different disk format types for various partitions, don't know,
but that may be part of your problem?
Your PC won't normally read some of the linux partitions on the SD card
either - hence only 115MB showing. This is the boot partition, formatted with
FAT32 (a PC related format) In general you don't need to reformat this partition,
just update or change some of the files. (Some of the names of formats used include:
FAT32, EXT3 and EXT4)
CM7/17 and CM7/19 Have both been very stable and easy to use for me. I switched
to CM7 from Froyo 6.8 a week or so ago.
Good luck, the Color Nook is a fun device!
Peter
Thanks all I appreciate the help. I used some HP utility to take care of the cards, worked great.
Ok I've got a NF .68 up and running. Titanium backup worked beautifully. SetCPU is running it at 1.1 interactive..... HOWEVER!....
I flashed it with a another version of the CWM flashable .68 NF that I had previously. I tried to reflash the other version and it went to install then stated "Installation aborted". I tried twice and got the same thing. I guess its no big deal since their the same version just this one thats on there had some more tweaks hence the title "Customized".
My question is why did it do that? My guess I was supposed to format or clear the data/system/caches' in CWR. Is that right? If so, which ones precisly do I clear or format before flashing a new ROM? I'm starting to think thats' what happened when I tried to load CM7 (Yes I had CWR 3010) and go me all borked to begin with....
And if someone would like to answer a quick question. What this EXT4 stuff and how does it pertain to flashing ROMs? Thanks guys... Your advice got me back up and running!
KDOG2020 said:
Ok I've got a NF .68 up and running. Titanium backup worked beautifully. SetCPU is running it at 1.1 interactive..... HOWEVER!....
I flashed it with a another version of the CWM flashable .68 NF that I had previously. I tried to reflash the other version and it went to install then stated "Installation aborted". I tried twice and got the same thing. I guess its no big deal since their the same version just this one thats on there had some more tweaks hence the title "Customized".
My question is why did it do that? My guess I was supposed to format or clear the data/system/caches' in CWR. Is that right? If so, which ones precisly do I clear or format before flashing a new ROM? I'm starting to think thats' what happened when I tried to load CM7 (Yes I had CWR 3010) and go me all borked to begin with....
And if someone would like to answer a quick question. What this EXT4 stuff and how does it pertain to flashing ROMs? Thanks guys... Your advice got me back up and running!
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Always format /system, /data, and /cache. Whatever you do DO NOT format /boot.
As to why you may have had an issue on trying the other ROM. My guess is it has to do with what version of CWR you had been using and wha twas on the device prior to flashing it. I've found if you make say a nandroid backup using 3.0.0.6 or earlier, and are currently using CWR 3.0.1.0 they don't mix well. And I think it has to do with the fact the older CWR version only supported ext3, and the newer one has ext3 and ext4 support. So once you install a ROM using CWR 3.0.1.0 that uses ext4, and then you try to go back to a ROM that is ext3 it just doens't work out like planned.
That all said I not longer flash CWR to eMMC, and I have a bootable sdcard running 3.0.1.0 with all my current and old backup files. Make life much much easier IMO seeing as you can always boot to an sdcard, and all backups are in the correct format and will Restore just fine.
Thanks for the info! I'm sure that will make trying to upgrade to CM7 actually work! LOL!
But first can someone explain to me what this EXT3/4 stuff is?
Different filesystems for Linux/Android. Wikipedia has pages for each if you want google them and get too much info
Too much info? No thanks! As you can see I can barely handle the info I'm getting now!
Alright here's my whole story...
Was running Froyo 6.8 flashed to internal memory. Was going to update to latest Phiremod. Booted into clock recovery and formatted system and data. Then went to install the Phiremod zip and it wouldn't work. I forget what it said now because i've been trying so many things. Either way wouldn't go more than a line or two before saying it couldn't install. Now after reboot it won't go past the blue android line in the upper left corner. I can still get into clockwork but now it says it can't mount sd card. Someone please help. I knew I should have left it alone...
Well as long as the hardware itself is ok there should be no need to worry. I wish I had enough experience to help you through this but Im afraid at this point it would be like the blind leading the blind. So just relax and be patient and im sure someone will be able to help get you going again.
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Alright here's my whole story...
Was running Froyo 6.8 flashed to internal memory. Was going to update to latest Phiremod. Booted into clock recovery and formatted system and data. Then went to install the Phiremod zip and it wouldn't work. I forget what it said now because i've been trying so many things. Either way wouldn't go more than a line or two before saying it couldn't install. Now after reboot it won't go past the blue android line in the upper left corner. I can still get into clockwork but now it says it can't mount sd card. Someone please help. I knew I should have left it alone...
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Try flashing it again this time also formatting cache and MAKE SURE NOT TO FORMAT /BOOT! Also make sure none of the partitions are mounted. If that doesnt work write down the darn error msg.. oh also redownload phiremod and compair it against the md5
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I've had a few instances where the sd card just stopped talking to the nook. Usually just taking it out and reseating it seemed to help. Could be this is the issue with not mounting, either that or the card just needs to be reburned with an image. I would start with just popping it out and back in, and if this doesn't work relfash the image to the card. If I'm not mistaken Phiremod is based on CM7, and you need an EXT4 aware CWR. Make sure you have the right version for what you are installing.
Been running the Nook Color after using ManualNooter 4.5.25 for a couple of weeks now.
No problems at all.
All of a sudden today, the NC freezes while using it and I had to do the hard boot (power + N key) and when rebooting, I get the bootloop where it keeps showing Nook Co.... then stops and repeats that.
Anything I can do other than completely wipe and start over?
I know I can do the 8 reboot thing and start clean, but I don't currently have a backup of my apps and app data!
What else can I do?
you could use cwm to mount your system and data partitions and then connect it to usb and use the android's adb to pull the files from it then reflash and push the old files back on.. only way i can think of
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you could use cwm to mount your system and data partitions and then connect it to usb and use the android's adb to pull the files from it then reflash and push the old files back on.. only way i can think of
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Any instructions for that?
That almost seems like more work than wiping and starting over.
Any idea why this happened?
There's no way to recover from it other than doing a factory wipe with the 8 failed boots?
If u have the rom running off emmc rather. Then sdcard. Perhaps remove sdcard n try booting up. Slim chance but I faintly recall early on there was potential for corrupt sdcards.
Other then that just do a wipe n start over. Simplest n quickest fix. Might lose some if not all apps but worth a shot....
Remember always do a backup when going going from rom to rom for when stuff like this happens!
Good luck
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I wasn't installing any rom or anything when this happened. Very weird.
And yes, I did try booting without the SD Card in.
Oh well, I guess it's a wipe and reinstall all apps and lose all my app data.
It's not that big of a deal.