***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~
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Sorry if this isn't in the right place, but i'm hoping it's something simple. I finally decided to take the plunge and try HC on emmc. I have all the right files, and an using the same method to format/write that i used to run off sd. I have tried 5 different cards from (patriot/sandisk/wintec/) various sizes and speeds also. I have also tried re-dl-ing the cwm images, and the hc zip bootable zip. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS, every time...CWM installs fine, The first 3 things I do are "format system", "format data", and "format boot", in that order, and then choose zip from sd card, (making sure none of above are mounted)...Update goes fine, tells me all is good. After I take out sd and repower, blackscreen. Every time. Help? I did notice that when CWM starts, it seems to automatically have mounted cache...Is that correct? What am I missing? I'm going crazy trying to figure this out.
Not 100% sure...
I'm not 100% sure, but I do not think you need to format boot. I made the mistake of formatting boot, and guess what? It stopped booting and took me ages (literally hours and hours trying to piece it all together again).
Finally got it back to stock, now running Froyo 0.6.7 (even though my market doesn't work... it says that it is starting to download... but nothing!!!). Anyhow, at least it can boot though...
So for the time being, I am getting the apks online. But I would say, give it a shot... format data and system, and leave the boot alone. See how that works out.
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.
KDOG2020 said:
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.
When I first got my NC, I installed CM7 on an sd card.. quickly found out that it wasnt stable enough for me and I installed CM7 on emmc. I'm selling my nook to a friend and want to return it to stock with no CWM on it.
Before I installed CM7 on emmc I made a backup of my stock setup. Should I restore this backup or wipe everything and use the zip of 1.2 without CWM (this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720)?
I want to return the nook to how it was on the day I bought it when I first took it out of the box. Are there any other steps I have do to unregister it or anything? He wants to be able to purchase books through B&N with it and all that.
Thanks
The 1.2 .zip is probably simplest. It will definitely leave the NC de-registered without any extra steps.
So I guess I'll follow the guide for a clean 1.2 install. I will then be able to update to 1.3 correct?
Edit: Also, my nook is a blue dot, with the newer partitions. If that matters at all.
Hmm, I'm not sure how the 1.2 image will interact with the newer partitions--that thread you linked and the one with the 1.2 image are both pre-blue-dot, with no mention of how the new partitions interact with those methods. Your best bet may be to clear CWM off eMMC and do 8 failed boots, to be safe.
So instead of messing with the 1.2 zip, should I instead restore the clean stock backup that I made using CWM before I installed CM7 on emmc? If I read correctly, I can unregister the nook in the stock nook settings and then re-register it. I think. Basically I want to make take my personal information off of it and put his on.
I guess I don't HAVE to take off CWM, unless it will cause problems? The person I'm giving the nook to is not very computer literate and I don't want him to have any problems down the road.
My thinking is, if you restore from your back up image (presumably made via CWM on eMMC), it will not remove CWM. The 1.2 image from this thread might install just fine as long as your CWM is up to date (3.2.0.1), but I'm not 100% sure of it. Your safest bet may be to repartition first using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371
Unless, of course, someone can confirm that the 1.2 image works with blue-dot NCs. If your friend wants the 5GB /data instead of /media, there's another zip in the repartition thread you can use after you're back to stock.
ETA: the main problem CWM would cause is blocking future B&N updates.
ETA2: if you're a gambler, you could just try the 1.2 image (make sure you have CWM 3.2.0.1). If it won't boot, try 8 failed boots to restore. If it still won't boot, you'll need to make a CWM SD card and repartition anyway.
Just rebooted into recovery and my CWM version is 3.2.0.1. CWM has gotta go then, since I want him to be able to receive all future updates.
You could also just google around a little bit, there's a guide to repartition the NC back to pre-bluedot partitions.
It's pretty simple. I did it to mine prior to installing CM7.
Here's a guide: http://mrm3.net/nook-color-how-to-blue-dot-nook-color/
Also, from my understanding the newer partitions shouldn't affect any roms being loaded... including the stock one. They're all made to fit on the original 1gb partition, so they'll fit fine on the 5gb one.
Here's a similar thread to this though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125675
Success.
Didn't mess with any partitioning. Put the 1.2 zip without CWM on an sd card, booted into recovery, wiped /system and /data, installed the zip, wiped /cache and dalvik cache. Rebooted into stock 1.3 with zero problems. Downloaded the 1.3 update with zero problems. Loving it.
Thanks all!
Are there any other steps I have do to unregister it or anything?
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Go to your account on the B&N website and de-register it from there.