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How do you access clockwork recovery on the nook? Does the 3 button combo work? Is it different if you are running a rom off of the sd than if it's run directly off of the nook?
You have two options:
If you're booted up you can go to the Rom Manage app and select Reboot In Recovery Mode.
Or you can shut down by pressing power button and then on screen shut down button.
When your NC is completely off press and hold Power and 'n' button simultaneously for about 5 seconds.
It took me two hours of searching to find this answer. Hopefully this thread will come up in search results
Thank you, I was wondering this also.
neither method seems to work for me unfortunately. Both just end up booting normally.
Are you sure you installed CWM? From RomManager you need to select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery". Also, I'm not sure how having an active system on an SD card will affect this process. Are you booting from eMMC or SD?
I don't mean to thread steal (hopefully i am just providing more useful information if my question/problem is answered).
When I boot into clockwork, i get can't mount SD card. Therefore can't install any themes as the themes are on the SD card, is there something I am doing wrong? I think I reformatted my SD card to be fat32 and not NTFS, does this matter? It seems to be able to read off the SD card when I am fully booted up.
TIA
easyski said:
I don't mean to thread steal (hopefully i am just providing more useful information if my question/problem is answered).
When I boot into clockwork, i get can't mount SD card. Therefore can't install any themes as the themes are on the SD card, is there something I am doing wrong? I think I reformatted my SD card to be fat32 and not NTFS, does this matter? It seems to be able to read off the SD card when I am fully booted up.
TIA
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Different problem. Reformat in NTFS and try again.
k2snowboards88 said:
neither method seems to work for me unfortunately. Both just end up booting normally.
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I was having the same issue after flashing the eMMC install for Honeycomb from the dev forums. I ended up going back to CM7 but when I tried to install the new Clockwork Recovery (3.0.1.0) using the manual method it wouldn't work and just kept booting strait to CM7.
To fix it I first restored the stock boot img from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919353
After that I put in my bootable SD card and flashed the cwmr_3.0.1.0.zip from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971197
That fixed my boot issues and got recovery working, after that I could flash the image I wanted using a non-SD recovery.
Before doing any of that it would probably be a good idea to toss in a bootable SD card and doing a backup.
So I'm booting from a SD card into CM7 7.0.2 currently. I'm using a custom boot file so I can choose to hold down the home screen button if I want to boot into the stock 1.2 OS instead.
I only have this single 2gb SD card to use atm. What would be the proper process to update to the nightly 69 build from here? I need to make sure that when I update, my current SD card is in there and that's where the install is saved to. I had an issue prior where I booted with an alternate SD card (which I no longer have) and it installed to the eMMC. That wasn't fun as I had to do a complete restore.
Thanks!
I am booting from an SD card.
To update, I put the uSD card in the PC and then just copy the new build zip file to the uSD card.
Then I put the card in the Nook, press the N + power button and when I see the "Touch the Future of Reading", count to 4 and release the buttons. Don't count to slow. I noticed one time the TTFOR disappeared and it booted into the Nook software. I just shut it down and did it again.
The Nook will automatically see the new zip file, expand it and load the new build. Once done, it will delete the zip file from the uSD card.
I noticed the newer builds automatically reboot the unit but if yours doesn't, it will stop at "Flushing Cache" and sit there. Leave it alone until the screen goes dark (a couple of minutes) and then reboot it (N + power button). You should get the Android. and about a minute later the CM7 spinning logo.
You are updated. And you don't lose any apps or data either!
If you are overclocking, I would set it back to 800MHz before you do this as a precaution.
Finally, there is an easy way to add overclocking to a new build. You just need the overclock zip file, the new build and WinRAR 3.80. Let me know if you want that info.
Well that worked as you said, thanks! I did have one problem but I fixed it myself. As I mentioned, I have a modified boot file which loads the Nook OS if I hold the N button. So trying to get into recovery or have the CM7 noticed the .zip file by holding Power+N didn't work. Luckily I still had the original u-boot.bin file and was able to copy it back onto the SD card and then I was able to get the update installed.
As to the OC, I assume I'd just put it back on the same way I did with the original.
I've read your post, and a few others but I'm either not understanding (my money is on this one!!!!) or missing a step.
I'm running Nook Color Stock 1.2 on emmc and CM 7 on the SD card.
I've tried using ROM Manager as well as copying the latest nightly to the /boot partition of the SD card.
If I boot into recovery and update the zip from the SD, I always end up over-writing the emmc of the nook, losing stock and all my apps, instead of the CD card being updated.
What am I doing wrong?? Would like to upgrade to the latest nightly. But I don't want to screw up stock (hate having to restore and redownload all the apps every time).
Thanks
No matter what I do, I always end up over-writing the emmc instead of updated the SD card.
phoenix1972 said:
I've read your post, and a few others but I'm either not understanding (my money is on this one!!!!) or missing a step.
I'm running Nook Color Stock 1.2 on emmc and CM 7 on the SD card.
I've tried using ROM Manager as well as copying the latest nightly to the /boot partition of the SD card.
If I boot into recovery and update the zip from the SD, I always end up over-writing the emmc of the nook, losing stock and all my apps, instead of the CD card being updated.
What am I doing wrong?? Would like to upgrade to the latest nightly. But I don't want to screw up stock (hate having to restore and redownload all the apps every time).
Thanks
No matter what I do, I always end up over-writing the emmc instead of updated the SD card.
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All you have to do is put the update zip on the boot part' of the sd card and boot up the sd install like normal and it'll see the zip and automatically flash it for you.
I've tried using ROM Manager as well as copying the latest nightly to the /boot partition of the SD card.
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If you're booting CM7 off uSD, you can forget about the "ROM Manager".
phoenix1972 said:
I've read your post, and a few others but I'm either not understanding (my money is on this one!!!!) or missing a step.
I'm running Nook Color Stock 1.2 on emmc and CM 7 on the SD card.
I've tried using ROM Manager as well as copying the latest nightly to the /boot partition of the SD card.
If I boot into recovery and update the zip from the SD, I always end up over-writing the emmc of the nook, losing stock and all my apps, instead of the CD card being updated.
What am I doing wrong?? Would like to upgrade to the latest nightly. But I don't want to screw up stock (hate having to restore and redownload all the apps every time).
Thanks
No matter what I do, I always end up over-writing the emmc instead of updated the SD card.
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You are probably using the install zip option. You do not do this. You just put the zip on the boot partition, boot into recovery and the reboot. DO NOT flash anything.
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Let me try to clarify... when they are saying boot into recovery... they aren NOT meaning Clockwork Recovery... they mean using the boot menu (press "n" button when you see the Cyaonogen logo) and selectin boot from SD card and Recovery. That is the SASD rocovery (install) mode and will install the update zip file from the root of the boot partition.
Thanks for clarifying DizzyDen!!! That's the part that I was screwing up
Like I just screwed up the Stock again...but that's alright...live and learn
Updating the latest right now...then I'll be putting stock back on emmc
Thanks again for the clarification
Updating to the latest nightly on CM7 SD installation?
I'm a newbie so please have some patience. I'm trying to do the same thing, update my cm_encore_full-159.zip to cm_encore_full-177.zip. I boot from a microsd card to Android. When I install it I pushed a button during the early boot process and went to a menu. Changed "boot device" from "emmc" to "SD" and "Normal" to "Alternative". When I turn on the Nook Color after it installs, I do nothing and it boots to Android but if I put a button it goes to the menu where I push the volume down button 3 times and I boot to the stock Nook Color. So, if I copy the cm_encore_full-177.zip to my microsd card, go to the menu, change the "emmc" to "SD" and "Normal" to "Alternative, this should update my 159 to 177 without losing any apps, email, etc.? Thanks
themofoman said:
I'm a newbie so please have some patience. I'm trying to do the same thing, update my cm_encore_full-159.zip to cm_encore_full-177.zip. I boot from a microsd card to Android. When I install it I pushed a button during the early boot process and went to a menu. Changed "boot device" from "emmc" to "SD" and "Normal" to "Alternative". When I turn on the Nook Color after it installs, I do nothing and it boots to Android but if I put a button it goes to the menu where I push the volume down button 3 times and I boot to the stock Nook Color. So, if I copy the cm_encore_full-177.zip to my microsd card, go to the menu, change the "emmc" to "SD" and "Normal" to "Alternative, this should update my 159 to 177 without losing any apps, email, etc.? Thanks
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1. in bold text above... select "Recovery" not Alternative...
2. you either move the SD to your computer to put the update on the boot partition of the SD or you have to mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 to a directory (I created /sdcard/boot for this) and push the update to the BOOT partition.
Nook Color How to Update to CM7 Nighthly
Good Day,
What a fantastic website! I am new to the forum. Could you please answer the questions or provide a link to the answers?
1. What utility and procedure would I follow to back up the stock Nook Color partitions in ROM to include the stock Nook Color apps I have installed?
2. What utility and procedure would I follow to back up the apps I have purchased from the Android Market place for CM7 running off the SD card?
3. I have update-cm-7.0.0-encore-signed.zip installed. I want to update to cm_encore_full-177.zip. Do I use win32image to "burn" the new nightly to the SD card? Or, do I drag and drop the new
nightly to the SD card? If yes, on which directory (folder) on the SD card do I place the new nightly build?
Thank you!
atl10spro
Try my best to help.
1. I don't deal with stock, so can't help here.
2. I never intend to run any backup when booting off uSD, can't help.
3. Assuming you're booting off uSD, then just copy the new .zip file (do not rename, do not unzip) into the boot partition (root folder) of the card. Insert it into the NC, boot it into Recovery. When it's in recovery mode, it'll fully automatically do the update then deletes the .zip file, you don't have to do anything, just wait until it shuts itself down then you power it up.
I am running the following - CM7 - nightly build 08022011 on SD - Dalingrin's OC kernel 2.6.32.9 @ 1200MHz NOOKcolor
I am trying to update to a newer nightly build. I have the file downloaded on the SD card but can't get it to update.
Where does the file have to go?
I tried to reboot into recovery mode and that didn't do anything.
Any help would be great.
***I must have been sleepy yesterday as I got it to work now....
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Rooting the NC, Installing Custom ROMs, Re-partitioning, dual-booting, un-bricking, burning SD cards, Theming, etc for the Nook Color!
This guide is aimed to help anyone (from Newbs to old Android veterans) to get their fancy new Nook Color up and running to their liking. Note that most of this was cooked by ROM devs, not me. So go ahead and thank them for it.
Re-partitioning the Blue-dot NC
You may have purchased a new Nook Color, and looked on the box and said "Huh. I wonder what the blue sticker is there for?" Well, everyone should go check in their boxes right now. The blue-dot Nook Color's give you 5 GB for apps (like anyone could fill that much space up! Normal apps are between 50 KB and 1 MB) and only *gasp* 1 GB for your own data. (Books, Movies, etc). This also messes up everything to do with rooting and flashing ROMs. If you don't have a sticker, you don't need to follow this part of the guide. Skip to rooting. To those who do, to go back to the classic Nook Color partitions, you must flash a package through CWM. Todo this, you will need a microSD card. A cheap 1 GB will work. Once you have the microSD, download this to your computer. Then simply follow these instructions to burn an SD card:
Windows Instructions:
1. Download Win32DiskImager.
2. Insert the microSD card into your computer. You will need a microSD card USB adapter for this. DO NOT USE THE NOOK COLOR FOR THIS! Open up Win32DiskImager for Windows. Then in Win32DiskImager select your sd card. Make sure to have a backup of it as this erases it.
3. Select the file to write and browse for the downloaded CWM image from earlier. Select it and then OK. Hit Write. Once it says it's done, your Done!
Mac Users (If you are on Linux you'll know what these mean on Linux because anyone who runs Linux has a knowledge on computers)
1. Open up Terminal & Disk Utility
2. In Disk Utility, select your sd card on the side pane and then hit Command+I. Somewhere in the popup there should be something like "disk3" or "disk5". If you get "disk5s2" read it as "disk5". Take note of the number, not the "disk" part.
3. Go back to Terminal. Type:
Code:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
Replace X with the number you got from earlier.
Then
Code:
sudo dd if=xx of=/dev/rdiskX bs=1m
Replace xx by dragging in the downloaded file into Terminal. replace X with the number from earlier. Here is a sample command:
Code:
sudo dd if=/Users/Steve/Downloads/cwm.img of=/dev/rdisk6 bs=1m
<-- Note that there is no space between the = and the path to the file.
It will then prompt you for a password, the Admin password. Type it in (I'm assuming you know it, if not ask your parents and tell them this is important) Nothing will show that you are typing, to be secure, but it will type. Then hit enter. Wait until until you see the username on the left again. Done!
-For both Windows and Mac users-
Once that is finished, eject the sd card from the computer. Put it in your Nook Color. Turn off and Turn on the Nook Color. You *SHOULD* see a Loading screen. If not try the instructions again. Then you will be greeted with a yellow+black screen. Take the sd card out and hit the home button. It should reboot the Nook. If not, hold the power button until it does. Put the sd card back in your computer. Then download this and put it on the sd card. Put the sd card back in the Nook and then reboot the Nook. Again, loading and then yellow+black screen. This time use the Volume- to move down the menu, and select "Install zip from sd card" Hit the home button there and then select "Choose zip from sd card" using the home button. Find the zip you downloaded and put on the sd card. Select that, then select "yes". It will flash that and then you will be back to the menu. Hit the power button and then select "reboot system". Now you should be ready to get on with the rest of the guide.
Rooting the Nook Color (Stock)
Everyone want to do whatever they want with the Nook Color. They want to copy files, install Android apps, get a better browser, etc. The only snag is that B&N doesn't let you do that by stripping the Android OS of most of it's features, making it a trivial eBook Reader OS. Well, Mr. Root is here to change that. Now enough of that stuff, let's root your new Nook!
1. You must know the OS version of your Nook Color. Todo that, hit the arrow at the bottom and touch Settings. Go to "Device info" and then select "About Your Nookcolor" Under software version you should see a number. For most, it will be 1.2. If it is anything under that, go ahead and upgrade your Nook using the official B&N method:
The ver1.2.0 update is available over the next week as an automatic download that will roll out to NOOK Color customers connected to Wi-Fi®; or to get the software update right now, follow the instructions above for manual download. (Don't manual update. It's a pain.)
If your NOOK Color is registered and has Wi-Fi® connectivity (Wi-Fi® should be turned ON and connected to a hotspot), your device will be updated over the next week.
The process will take 4-5 minutes for a manual download (depending on your Internet connection). You should NOT turn your NOOK Color off while the new software is being downloaded. Once the software update is completed, your NOOK Color will automatically restart and display the Home screen. The software update will preserve your personal settings, including your registered account information, content, display settings, and Wi-Fi® settings.
Once you have 1.2.0 on your Nook Color, simply follow these steps to burn a CWM sd card:
(Note that if you already have one from re-partitioning the Nook Color you still must repeat these steps.)
1. Get an microSD card for your Nook. This should be a backup sd card to restore the Nook in case of failure. I recommend any cheap 2 GB one. Dependent on your sd size, download the correct image here Use the 1st set of links, not the 1gb image at the bottom. Download that and then follow these instructions to make a CWM sd card:
Windows Instructions:
1. Download Win32DiskImager.
2. Insert the microSD card into your computer. You will need a microSD card USB adapter for this. DO NOT USE THE NOOK COLOR FOR THIS! Open up Win32DiskImager for Windows. Then in Win32DiskImager select your sd card. Make sure to have a backup of it as this erases it.
3. Select the file to write and browse for the downloaded CWM image from earlier. Select it and then OK. Hit Write. Once it says it's done, your Done!
Mac Users (If you are on Linux you'll know what these mean on Linux because anyone who runs Linux has a knowledge on computers)
1. Open up Terminal & Disk Utility
2. In Disk Utility, select your sd card on the side pane and then hit Command+I. Somewhere in the popup there should be something like "disk3" or "disk5". If you get "disk5s2" read it as "disk5". Take note of the number, not the "disk" part.
3. Go back to Terminal. Type:
Code:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX
Replace X with the number you got from earlier.
Then
Code:
sudo dd if=xx of=/dev/rdiskX bs=1m
Replace xx by dragging in the downloaded file into Terminal. replace X with the number from earlier. Here is a sample command:
Code:
sudo dd if=/Users/Steve/Downloads/cwm.img of=/dev/rdisk6 bs=1m
<-- Note that there is no space between the = and the path to the file.
It will then prompt you for a password, the Admin password. Type it in (I'm assuming you know it, if not ask your parents and tell them this is important) Nothing will show that you are typing, to be secure, but it will type. Then hit enter. Wait until until you see the username on the left again. Done!
-For both Windows and Mac users-
Once that is finished, eject the sd card from the computer. Put it in your Nook Color. Turn off and Turn on the Nook Color. You *SHOULD* see a Loading screen. If not try the instructions again. Then you will be greeted with a yellow+black screen. Take the sd card out and hit the home button. I should reboot the Nook. If not, hold the power button until it does. Put the sd card back in your computer. Then download this zip and put it on the sd card. Put the sd card back in the Nook and then reboot the Nook. Again, loading and then yellow+black screen. This time use the Volume- to move down the menu, and select "Install zip from sd card" Hit the home button there and then select "Choose zip from sd card" using the home button. Find the zip you downloaded and put on the sd card. Select that, then select "yes". It will flash that and then you will be back to the menu. Hit the power button and then select "reboot system". Your finished! The nook will boot and as soon as you unlock you will see a white box with 3 options. Tick the check box at the bottom and hit "Zeam Launcher" Now hit the icon with white dots at the bottom and you should see the root apps+the normal Nook apps. Open up the market and download anything you want to! Because you can!
Installing a Custom ROM
Well, once your Nook is rooted, you might wanna change the ROM to a better, more Android experience. In this case you will need a CWM sd card. Use the instructions above for rooting but at the when downloading the zip to your sd card download one of the ROM zips below:
CM7 - An Android 2.3 Gingerbread experience with countless optimizations to make it awesome. Highly supported, extremely HQ ROM. Download the latest here.
Phiremod Nook - A custom ROM based off of CM7. Anything that works on CM7 will work here. Pretty awesome, good support. Here.
Nookie Froyo - A Stock Froyo experience with customizations. Old, minimal support, not really used. Umm.. Download.
Nookie Comb - Very old, Honeycomb themed, unused, old. Very old. Download.
Honeycomb SDK Build 10 - Honeycomb, optimized for tabs, but slow and unsupported. Pretty old. I cannot find a download.
Honeycomb SDK Build 11 - Honeycomb, really optimized for tabs, slow, and a pretty unsupported. Download.
MIUI - Awesome in my opinion. REALLY REALLY Optimized for tabs, awesome UI, great, awesome, supported, great, awesome, sweet, should flash it. Download as of the latest version at this time of writing.
For CM7, HC, and the Nookie builds you must download this after flashing the ROM and flash that too. It will get Market.
Dualbooting CM7 and Stock 1.2
0. Make a CWM sd card using these instructions.
1. Download CM7 to your sd card. I recommend the latest version from here. Also, if you would like to overclock download this. Lastly, if you would like to remap Volume + and - to Menu and Back, download this too. Also, your gonna want (duh) have a copy of Nook Color Stock 1.2. This one is the best in my opinion. Also, if you would like to root Stock 1.2, get this. Now get gapps from here. Almost! Download thishere. And now the multiuboot! Grr... this is tiring... but lasties! Get it here. Put ALL the files you downloaded on your SD Card.
1. Boot into CWM. Go into Backup+Restore and create a backup. Then go into Mounts+Storage and unmount the sd card. Put in an MicroSD reader in your computer. Navigate to /sdcard/clockworkmod/ and find the backup. Copy it to your computer. You can now delete it from the SD Card. Put the SD Card back in the nook. Go into Mounts+Storage and hit "Mount sd card" Now from the same place, wipe system, data, and cache. Now go to the root menu (hit the power button once). Hit "Install zip from sd card" then "Choose zip from sd card" Select prep.dualboot.zip. Then redo the choose zip Select your downloaded 1.2 Zip. It should be called "update_nc_stock_1.2_keepcwm.zip" Flash that. Now wait for it to install. Reboot your Nook. It will boot and will ask you to setup the Nook. Set it up but if you don't have wifi, follow these instructions. After setting up, boot back into CWM using your sd card.
2. Now Choose the zip from sd again, but select ManualNooter. That will take one minute to flash. Reboot again. Make sure your root is setup. To confirm, download an app from the market. Any app.
3. Once that is done, boot back into CWM. Flash the zip "eclair-to-dualboot-0.2.zip" It will duplicate Stock 1.2 to the Second partition. Now go into Mounts+Storage, and wipe system+data+cache. Now choose zip again, but this time pick CM7. Then Choose again, pick GAPPS. Then anything else, like that KeysMod or OC kernel. Now flash Multi-Uboot-0.3.zip. Now reboot without holding anything. It should boot CM7. Reboot, but this time hold the home button. BAM! Stock 1.2. Hope it worked for ya!
To those whom it doesn't work:
Originally Posted by yelloguy
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I had the same problems as everyone else is reporting on this thread. I did this on Tuesday without the benefit of this guide but with the help of other two mentioned in the OP.
So after talking to iKingBlack via PM, I tried it again yesterday. And here is the exact sequence of events in case it helps anyone.
Install removal script for dual boot found in these forums
Install stock 1.2 from the link mentioned in OP
Boot 1.2 and register the device
Sleep 7.5 hours and then chat with iKingBlack
Install manual nooter, then the apk enabler
Boot 1.2 to check root access
(no boot from now on)
Install prep dual boot
Install eclair to dual boot
Format system, data and cache
Install CM7 nightly
Install gapps
Install multi boot
Reboot holding N and check stock works as it used to
Reboot normally, check CM7 works and set it up
Since then I have used both partitions successfully.
Credits:
@GirLuvsDroid for the feedback and testing
@GabrialDestruir for 1.2 Manual Nooter
@Koush for ROM Manager and CWM Flashes
@yellowguy for telling us to flash prep.dualboot
@Anyone else who helped but escapes my mind at the moment
@pndo1 (Who has moved on to better things than our little NC's... aka Flyer) for this orignal project
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Unbricking a "not booting" Nook Color@RileyGrant has done a great job on this so I will quote him:
RileyGrant said:
First off, I need to address credit where credit is due. All credit goes out to Samuelhalff, Nootered, thecubed, iomonster, Decad3nce and anyone else involved with any of the methods I will mention.
As always, everything in this guide is completely at your own risk, I am not responsible for you messing up your device further nor am I responsible in the event that your Nook Color explodes and kills your cat, grandma, etc.
The Fatal Black Screen:
This is the issue where your Nook "refuses to boot up" usually after running Froyo (or possibly HC) off of your internal memory. This is usually caused by, but is not limited too, formatting your sdcard from within Froyo (or versions of HC prior to the flashable zip).
99.99% of the time, this does not mean your Nook is bricked in any way, what simply happened is your boot partition has become corrupted. For you newbies out there, the boot partition is what allows your Nook Color to turn on. The boot partition contains the instructions for what your Nook Color needs to do in order to start up and run.
The Fix:
Thanks to the guys that developed this neat toy, the Nook is set to boot from the sdcard before booting from the internal memory. What this means is, your nook will first search for a boot partition on the sdcard before searching for a boot partition on your Nook's internal memory. Because of this, we are able to boot and run OS software directly from the SDcard. This is how we will be fixing your "bricked" Nook Color.
First visit this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
Download either the Rootpack, or the Clockwork Recovery image (1gb).
Next visit this link and download the 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 restore to stock files:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
From this link you should also download the very last zip on the page. It is titled-flashable boot repartition zip. or something of the like. If you followed all these steps and still nothing, I would recommend flashing this as it can fix a completely screwed boot partition.
If you wish to instead restore to a pre-rooted 1.1, visit this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
Once you have the either version of the bootable Clockwork Recovery (Rootpack or normal standard Clockwork Recovery) and a software version you would like to restore to, you must write your clockwork recovery to an sdcard to make it bootable in the Nook.
In order to do this, you must use Win32DiskImager on Windows or the command line on Mac and Linux. Follow theses instructions for writing the file to an sdcard (substitute the Clockwork file in place of Nooter):
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting
Once the image is done writing, open up your sdcard on your computer and copy whichever restore to stock zip you choose earlier onto the card.
Now with your Nook Color unplugged from the computer, insert the sdcard and plug the Nook into the computer. Your screen should flash to life. After a short loading screen you will see a menu, using the volume keys, you are able to navigate up and down. Navigate down to the menu item that reads "mounts and storage." Navigate down and press "Format Data" then "Yes." Next do the same thing except format system. Using the power button to go back to a previous menu, return to the "mounts and storage" menu, make sure the sdcard is mounted. (If your sdcard is mounted, you will see the option to 'unmount /sdcard'. If it is not mounted you will see 'mount /sdcard'. In this case you would want to press the 'mount /sdcard' option in order to mount it. Again using the power button as the back button, navigate back to the main menu. You will see a menu item that reads "Install zip from sdcard." Select it. Now select 'choose zip from sdcard.' Now pick the zip you placed on the sdcard earlier. Scroll down to the 'Yes' option and select it. Clockwork Recovery will begin flashing the stock image to your internal memory. After a few minutes, the process should complete and you will see a message that says 'Done. Installation Complete.' From here you should remove your sdcard and navigate back to the main menu. Select the 'Reboot Now' option.
Note: Sometimes after you see the 'Done. Installation Complete.' message, Clockwork will freeze up and you will be unable to navigate back to the main menu in order to reboot. If this is the case do a hard reboot (hold the power button for 15 or so seconds so the screen turns off, then hold the power button again till it turns on).
Congratulations, you've unbricked your bricked Nook Color
TO EVERYONE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER THIS, YOU MAY/SHOULD FLASH SAMUELHALFF'S REPARTITION ZIP MENTIONED EARLIER. (LOOK UP A FEW LINES, SAME LINK AS THE 1.0.0 AND 1.0.1 RESTORE TO STOCK ZIPS)
UPDATE:
IF YOUR STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, USE THIS LINK TO INSTALL 3.0.1.0 ON INTERNAL EMMC AND THEN BOOT TO IT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958748
note: to do this, you need to be able to atleast boot to the N screen.
MORE UPDATE:
This link has an updated bootable CWM version on it with ext4 support. Write this to your sdcard, format /system and /data and flash CM7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959240
If anyone has anything to add to this tutorial, post here or IM me and I will edit the OP.
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Again, say Thanks to him. Great Job!
Burning a bootable CM7 or custom ROM sd card
People want to burn an sd card to boot cm7 and then take the sd out to use stock os. This doesn't void the warranty, just don't forget to take the sd card out before running off to B&N.
Here you go:
Download this. Thanks @verygreen for this image. Unpack it into a .img.
Use the instructions for burning an sd card above for rooting the nook color but this time the if= should be this downloaded image. Then download the latest version of CM7. Download the latest here. Put the zip on the sd card. Put the sd card in the Nook. Turn it off then on again. You should see progress installing. Once that is finished, you're done! Reboot and it should boot cm7. To get Market, follow these instructions:
verygreen said:
How to install market and gapps:
After you have booted into the CM7 on SD card for the first time and set up wifi access (important!)
Go to http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version and at the end there is a table with various google apps versions. Get the one suitable for your cyanogen version (CM7 is the latest for now). The file is named gapps-....zip
shutdown your nook and take the SD card out, insert it into your computer.
Copy the gapps-... file to the SD card on the first partition (titled boot) without changing the file name.
Insert the uSD card back into the NOOK and boot into "Recovery mode" (hold nook N key and then press and hold power until the "Loading..." message appears and then disappears with screen going blank. Release power button, then press it again and hold for ~5 seconds, the bootloader "Loading..." message should be on the screen for three seconds or so before you release power button, keep holding N button until screen blanks again. If the screen went off while you were holding the power key, that means you were holding it for too long).
Alternatively if you do not want to fight the timing, boot normally into Android, then from desktop hold power key until a poweroff menu appears, In the poweroff menu choose "reboot", in the next menu choose "recovery" and press "OK". The nook would reboot straight into recovery.
How to update to a new build:
put the new build you want to try on the first partition. (the name must be update-cm-*.zip or cm_encore_full*.zip or just update-*.zip)
Boot from the SDcard in the recovery mode (see above) and the new snapshot would be installed.
The partition layout would be preserved, filesystems are NOT reformatted, so your data should be safe.
Installing other stuff:
Booting in recovery mode would install all files that are named "update-..." and end with .zip The files would then be deleted! Most of the packages should work, but I only tested a subset and not entire syntax of updater script is implemented. Certainly format and delete are not implemented.
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Again thanks to @verygreen for the GAPPS install.
Theming your Nook Color
Many people want to theme it to their liking. There are many different themes, but to get one you must perform a search. Type the theme you want followed by "cm7 theme chooser", because CM7 uses a special kind of theme loader. Once you have downloaded it, you need to put the .APK on your Nook. Pretty easy. First, on the Nook, goto Settings>Applications and tick Allow non Market Installs. On Stock OS, use Nook Color Tools to tick the check box. Then, eject the sd card from the Nook and put it in your computer. Copy the apk to the sd card and put the sd back in the Nook. Download ES Explorer from the market. You can navigate your sd card using it. Find the apk and tap it. Hit install. Now open up the app "Theme Chooser". You should see your theme. Select and apply. Done!
Backing Up and Restoring, Coming Soon!
Credits
@Koush for ROM Manager and CWM Flashes
@verygreen for sd CM7 installs.
@RileyGrant for the unbricking guide
@CyanogenMod for the ROM
@anyone else who I forgot. PM me if I did.
Note:
A lot of this wasn't made by me. Credit the hard working devs. I just threw together it into a guide.
Nice. Thanks for this.
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Re-partitioning the Blue-dot NC
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-For both Windows and Mac users-
Once that is finished, eject the sd card from the computer. Put it in your Nook Color. Turn off and Turn on the Nook Color. You *SHOULD* see a Loading screen. If not try the instructions again. Then you will be greeted with a yellow+black screen. Take the sd card out and hit the home button. It should reboot the Nook. If not, hold the power button until it does. Put the sd card back in your computer. Then download this and put it on the sd card. Put the sd card back in the Nook and then reboot the Nook. Again, loading and then yellow+black screen. This time use the Volume- to move down the menu, and select "Install zip from sd card" Hit the home button there and then select "Choose zip from sd card" using the home button. Find the zip you downloaded and put on the sd card. Select that, then select "yes". It will flash that and then you will be back to the menu. Hit the power button and then select "reboot system". Now you should be ready to get on with the rest of the guide.
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Please help! I followed the instructions and the last thing you said to do was select "reboot system". I did that and am stuck at a black screen with the Nook "n" in the middle and a tiny message at the bottom of the screen that says: "Contains Reader Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated."
After about 5 minutes I ejected the SD card and then powered off and repowered back on. I'm still stuck at the same screen.
Did I do something wrong? What do I need to do to fix this?
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Please help! I followed the instructions and the last thing you said to do was select "reboot system". I did that and am stuck at a black screen with the Nook "n" in the middle and a tiny message at the bottom of the screen that says: "Contains Reader Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated."
After about 5 minutes I ejected the SD card and then powered off and repowered back on. I'm still stuck at the same screen.
Did I do something wrong? What do I need to do to fix this?
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NM, I solved the problem by rebooting back into CWM, choosing factory reset/restore. Then I could reboot. I then rebooted to CWM and flashed the 1GB partition zip again. Then I pulled the sdcard out before rebooting. This time it booted up okay. I think the repartition happened correctly, but I'm not sure how to tell.
awesome! My gf just got one.. this will help a lot once i start modding it..
couple questions.. if i install a custom rom on it.. how big of a difference is the stock 1.2 experience as an ereader .. compared to just having the nook app on cm7 as the ereader app or something? and how does battery life compare?
Any custom Rom will provide better experience and battery life
Well from following some instructions on here for running CM7 off an sd card I ended up installing CWM that I did not know would go to the eMMC. So I have stock nook 1.2 software and CWM on the eMMC (by mistake), and CM7.1 on SD. I want to remove CWM off the eMMC so I can update to 1.3 and to unvoid my 2 year extended warranty. I have read through threads about returning to stock, but I haven't seen anyone with my same problem using those methods to confirm if it would work in this situation. Everyone seems to have been running some kind of root on eMMC and want to keep cwm. Also with my CM7.1 sd card out I can't get into cwm even though its on the eMMC and I have tried many ways. Do I need to have an update file on an sd card in order to get cwm to run?
Might want to post to the thread for the SD card install.
Use the second file in the first post of the link below. It will restore 1.2 stock and remove CWM from the eMMC. You will have to re-register your Nook.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050520
Dave
1. Do I need to de-register my Nook first?
2. Will CWM 3.2.0.1 work for this?
2. If I put the file on a SD card and power on the Nook will it automatically go to CWM?
3. Is the factory reset and option in the CWM menu?
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1. Do I need to de-register my Nook first?
2. Will CWM 3.2.0.1 work for this?
2. If I put the file on a SD card and power on the Nook will it automatically go to CWM?
3. Is the factory reset and option in the CWM menu?
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1. Nope.
2. Yes.
2b. No. Turn off your Nook. Then press power & the N button together and hold for 5 seconds.
3. Yes.
I had the same issue and followed the directions in the other thread with success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13200403&postcount=4
Thanks will give it a try as soon as the file finish downloading.
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2. Will CWM 3.2.0.1 work for this?
2. If I put the file on a SD card and power on the Nook will it automatically go to CWM?
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416inversed said:
2. Yes.
2b. No. Turn off your Nook. Then press power & the N button together and hold for 5 seconds.
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Actually if you have a separate bootable CWM microSD card (3.2.0.1 should be fine as 416 said) the Nook will default to booting from the SD card when you power on. No need to hold the N button. If the update file (zip format) I pointed to is on the SD card then you can pick it and install from the CWM menu that will come up. (I would make a backup of your current state onto the bootable CWM SD card first and copy the files to your PC just in case.)
Dave
EDIT* Ok guys here is my problem now. For the life of me it would not boot into recovery, so I tricked it by trying to install the 1.3 update which goes in CWM but fails. Once in the CwM menu after 1.3 failing I mounted the sd card and tried installing the zip that was on it. When trying to install it says installation failed and something else about verification failed similar to the 1.3 failed. Any help guys?
Would my next option be to create a CWM bootable SD? Anyone have the appropriate link?
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EDIT* Ok guys here is my problem now. For the life of me it would not boot into recovery, so I tricked it by trying to install the 1.3 update which goes in CWM but fails. Once in the CwM menu after 1.3 failing I mounted the sd card and tried installing the zip that was on it. When trying to install it says installation failed and something else about verification failed similar to the 1.3 failed. Any help guys?
Would my next option be to create a CWM bootable SD? Anyone have the appropriate link?
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Hrm.. seems like that may be beyond my paygrade...
Just to clarify (and sorry I can't be more specific as I just removed CWM, so I can't repeat my steps), when I did it:
1. I downloaded the aforementioned zip onto a spare sd.
2. I booted into CWM (it seems like your trick should be fine, after it gets you back to the main menu).
3. I selected "choose zip from SD" or something like that.
4. I selected choose zip from sd again (ignoring the "update.zip" option).
5. It did it's thing.
6. I selected back several times, to get main menu again.
7. I selected "factory reset" (wipe data & cache)
8. It did it's thing.
9. Reboot and I was good to go.
If that doesn't work, this thread has the instructions on taking it back to stock by creating a CWM card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
Hope it helps.
This is what I did
1. placed the zip file on a sd card
2. insert into the nook
3. power on
4. cant boot into recovery so placed the 1.3 update on emmc to fool it into going into recovery
5. 1.3 update failed but just used it to get into recovery
6. mounted sd card
7. select install zip from sd card
8. chose the file from sd card
9. yes install file from sd card
10. did not get a progress bar like the 1.3 update b4 failing
11. install failed...verification error (similar to 1.3 update error)
The problem with the thread you linked is that its using CWM 3.0.0.5 when the thread about restoring NC 1.2 says it need at least CWM 3.0.1.0
Hrmm... maybe the zip is a bad file? Have you tried downloading it again?
Beyond that, someone with more expertise may need to chime in.
Sorry about the out-of-date thread. It's just the one I bookmarked after I realized I had accidentally installed CWM to my emmc instead of my SD. I never got around to it; dtbrewer's post today seemed like an easier fix.
I got it guys. I used this site to make a bootable sd...http://mrm3.net/nook-color-updated-clockwork-recovery-bootable-sd/
Wrote the image to the sd installed the zip file and now I'm updated to 1.3 on the stock software and my 2 year extended warranty isn't voided anymore. THANKS GUYS!
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I got it guys. I used this site to make a bootable sd...
Wrote the image to the sd installed the zip file and now I'm updated to 1.3 on the stock software and my 2 year extended warranty isn't voided anymore. THANKS GUYS!
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Posted this in another thread, but thought I'd ask here as well. If you follow the fix listed in this thread, can you use the dual boot sd card and still have B&N 1.3? Or does updating to 1.3 mean you can no longer use the dual boot sd card. What I'd ideally like to have is dual boot from SD, but when I choose to boot to emmc, it will run the 1.3 B&N firmware. Is that even possible?
I always end up with little green android next to a triangle with an exclamation point in it. CMR reports: failed to verify whole-file signature. signature verification failed. installation aborted.
I have re-downloaded the file 6 times, attempted the process at least 10 times.
Contacted B&N chat support and they could not help, finally suggesting I take the NC to one of their stores. The NC is pure stock. I run CM7 from an sd card.
Any ideas??
I also run cm7 from sd, and what I found out when 1.3 came out is that some form of CWR was written to my EMMC...which prevented the update to the stock os.
I found this video, did it all, and everything worked great, i now am running 1.4.1 perfectly; and cm7 still runs off sd...woot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szlGSBtWbKY
Hope it works for you!
Yoke
ps. After you restore, just plug in your usb cable and drop 1.4 to the root directory, let it sleep, and it should update right away...
It appears there are some remnants of CWM left on mine as mentioned above.
I have a hearing impairment problem and am unable to follow the sound on the video. Does anyone have the instructions written down? i would really appreciate if you would post it.
I'll try....
Goto the video link above, and below the video in the text describing it, you will see 4 links to files you will need. Click on each one, and save them to a known location.
Basically, you need to create a Bootable SD card that has just the Clockwork files on it.
You use the 7-zip program to extract the Clockwork Recovery file.
Insert microSD card to your computer...
Then run the Win32DiskImager program..using the browse button (...), point it to your extracted Clockwork Recovery file, make sure your SD card is the destination..Click 'write'...it will take 5-15minutes to finish.
When that is finished, you can close Win32DiskImager, then open your SD card and drag the Nook Color Restore File you downloaded earlier onto the SD Card.
Now that you have CWR and the Restore file on your SD...put it into your powered off Nook Color and power on! The screen should say "loading" with two skulls on each side...this is CWR.
From the main menu...scroll down to "mounts and storage". You use the Vol +\- keys for this..the "N" button is the 'select' button.
Scroll to "Format System" and select...scroll to "yes" and select..
Scroll to "Format Data" and select..select "yes"
Scroll to "format Cache"..ect...
Scroll to "format boot"...After boot, it will freeze up (normal) just press and hold power till it shuts down, then press and hold power again to reboot....
Scroll to "install zip from SD card" and select ...
scroll to "choose zip from sd card" and select...your recovery zip should be listed...select it...
After it runs through the update, remove the SD card, go back to main menu and select Reboot (the Power button is used as a 'back' button)
It should boot up into Stock, run through registration, then hook it up via the USB cable to your computer and drop the new 1.4.1 file on it...let it sleep, and boom..you should be good to go.
Hope this helps..
Yoke
Thank You so much! All is well now.
Glad I could help....
I certainly don't have a lot of experience, and searching this forum can be daunting with all of the fragmented threads. Maybe this thread will help some others too.
Yoke
worked like a charm, thanks!
Az
Just want to make sure I have all the info. My Nook has 1.2 on it and I want to upgrade to 1.4. I have been booting off of a SD that has [ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 on it. I can't install 1.4 now because CWR seems to be getting in the way. To fix this, I need wipe the Nook and install the software on it again using the above information? This will take the Nook back to a stock install 1.0.1. I then can update the Nook software to 1.4.1. I will then need to setup my Nook again as if it was new and redownload all of the Books, Apps, Mag, ect... that I had been using?
If this is the case, is there a chance on losing old books, ect... if they are no longer available from BN? Can I back up this information before starting this process?
Once I'm back up and running this my old stuff redownloaded and updated to 1.4.1 I can then put my old CM7 SD card back in and boot off of it and everything should work?
One last question, I only have a 32GB microSD card and there is not an option for a 32GB download of the CWR. Do I need to go by a different one to be able to do this or can I make my 32GB one work somehow? Thanks.
The size of the image should not matter... I would try the smallest (1 GB) version. The rest of the SD card will just sit empty. This way the image is written much faster .
ROM Updating only needs around 70 MB (for CM7.1), so 1 GB is plenty.