NOOKcolor unable to power on. - Nook Color General

Unable to power on my NOOKcolor after i powered it off. My NOOK has been sitting here for awhile now as i haven't been able to get it to turn on. No backlight, so it's not even "on."
After it refused to power on, i plugged it into the computer and it detected that it had a device but was unable to find drivers for it. Nothing was on the screen still.
I've charged it for about an hour or so with the ORIGINAL cable and power adapter, still no luck there.
I have held the power button for a minute and both the power and home button for a minute. Still nothing.
Anyone know what's up? Why is it that after i powered down my NOOK it doesn't turn on?
I was running CM7 Stable.

I remember having a problem like this with my original nook. I left it plugged in for a while and it went back on. Look at the FAQ on B&N's website or try calling them... just obviously don't mention your running CM7...
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I'll leave it plugged in for the night then. I also forgot to mention that i'm not in the states anymore. ;P

The same thing happened to me. The only way I could tell if it was booting was listen for the ding when it was plugged into my computer. To fix, I would just hold down the + n and power. I had to do this repeatedly. Eventually, it came back on.

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[Q] Nook won't boot - "Battery too low to power ON"

I recently installed CM7 nightly 12 and it's stuck at this screen. I'm using the stock charger. I've tried plugging it into my computer too.. no luck. Is there anything else to try? Am I screwed?
this sounds like something that was happening to me yesterday. i finally got it to charge by making sure it was completely off. i finally realized that even though the screen was dark it wasn't off, so it never charged (i think it was just recycling the charge enough to keep it on). if you look at it in a dark enough light you can see the screen is still on (backlit).
so plug it in, i would suggest using the wall charger. this usually makes it turn on (at least mine did), once it does, hold the power button until its off, no backlight is on. hope this makes sense and helps out a little
There's many others having this problem (me, on my friends nook, one of them). Hold down the Power button for a long period of time (I heard it's 10 seconds, but someone said they had to hold it for 30) and it will do a hard reset. At that point, try to turn it on again normally. If it doesn't turn on normally, plug it in (using the uSB cable that came with it (that is very important) and into the wall with the provided adapter), wait 30 minutes, and try again. It seems that very few (I don't know if i've actually read of any) who had this problem actually had to return the nook. When it happened to me with my bro-in-laws, he just hed the power button cause he was mad and it turned on, it hasn't happened to him since
Finally started working. I tried holding the power down for awhile with no luck.. Left it charging overnight and tried holding power again and it worked!

Cm7 charging screen timeout & charging

Where is the setting to make the nooks screen time out, and turn off while charging? Secondly does anybody have any idea why my tablet has been charging so slowly lately?
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i think screen stay on while charging because "charging" is one of the possible SOD cause. That's why there is no options (and it's charging slowly because the screen is on..)
Ok thanks, I thought the sod problem was fixed.
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Just press the lock button after you plug it in.
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I normally do turn off the screen when I plug it in, but until just this morning the nook would die in my book bag due, to it waking up when the nook button was hit in my book bag. Thanks to somebodies help I rectified that problem this morning, but long story short I would charge it when I would go to bed, and it would be too dead to turn on when I plugged it on, so by the time it was ready to have the screen turned off, I would be asleep. Sorry for the long post.
Before I went to bed last night (11:40-ish), my nc was at 48% charge. This morning I woke up (7:30) and my nook was dead. About an hour later after charging it for a bit, I noticed my screen somehow turned back on and I hadn't even touched it. It seems the screen timeout is broken, or the option screen always on when plugged in is broken, because I double checked to make sure it was off. Btw I'm on Nightly 177
May just be my nc though.
turdferguson92 said:
Before I went to bed last night (11:40-ish), my nc was at 48% charge. This morning I woke up (7:30) and my nook was dead. About an hour later after charging it for a bit, I noticed my screen somehow turned back on and I hadn't even touched it. It seems the screen timeout is broken, or the option screen always on when plugged in is broken, because I double checked to make sure it was off. Btw I'm on Nightly 177
May just be my nc though.
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It is not broken, nor is it your nook... this is common just like stock B&N ROM works.
If it is dead when you connect charger... when it gets around 15% it turns on... if it is not dead when you connect charger... it does not go into sleep... you have to manually turn off screen by short pressing power button.
Its availabe under Settings->Applications->Developement->Stay awake
but this never works for me here(unselect above option), my screen will never turn off automatically on CM7 while charging.
It does seem like the nook is charging much slower on CM7, even when the screen is off, I remember it charged fairly quickly on stock, but on CM7 it seems like it takes hours, I have left it charging over night, and it has not charged all the way before. I could be wrong though.
arda99 said:
Its availabe under Settings->Applications->Developement->Stay awake
but this never works for me here(unselect above option), my screen will never turn off automatically on CM7 while charging.
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I have the same problem too. Is there a way to resolve it? The reason I'm asking is before I turn my device off and go to bed while leaving it to charge and when I wake up, the device is somehow turned on (I have come to realise that the NC turns on by itself at random while charging) and the screen never goes to sleep which causes my NC not to be recharged even after a whole night.
To actually turn the NC off when charging you have to attach charger... THEN hold the power button in until you get the power menu... select Power Off
DizzyDen said:
To actually turn the NC off when charging you have to attach charger... THEN hold the power button in until you get the power menu... select Power Off
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Of course I did that. What I'm saying is that my NC still randomly boots up. Sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after a few hours.
dawnjc79 said:
Of course I did that. What I'm saying is that my NC still randomly boots up. Sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes after a few hours.
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Mine does that too (turning on while charging from powered off). It is telling you that it is now charged enough to operate. My solution was to not let it run down so far before you charge (below 15%). And don't turn it completely off. Plug it in and just turn the screen off. Then it charges the whole night without turning the screen back on.
I wonder if it would be possible to have the nook color shut back down if it loads into the os or recovery from a charger activation.
With mine as Long as the battery isn't dead when I plug it in, If I turn it off while its plugged in and not move it at all it stays off, but if I move it in any way it turns back on. Don't know why but movement fires it back up when plugged in.
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Seems to be a bad connection....same thing happens wirh my nook also...I plug the cable in, put the nook on one of my floor shelves, turn it off, and leave it to charge overnight....then again ANY kind of movement while the cablle is plugged in to charge OR use usb storage makes it disconnect....maybe a bad cable, unfortunately I haven't found them in stores anywhere lately..
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[q] help! Nook hd+ cm 10.1 suddenly no power on!?

So... I had my Nook HD+ plugged in to my laptop for adding new video files. I went to unplug it, and it said something about "Powering Off" on the screen. I waited until it was off for about 2 minutes, then tried turning it back on. First by a quick press of the power, because I didn't realize it had completely turned off, as it had never done that before when I unplug it. Then I have been trying full 10-second press of power, and several tries, NO POWER! I have no idea what the heck happened, I have been using this tablet with the new CM10 version mod, and have not had any issues. I usually have it in sleep mode and on the charger cord. I was getting ready for a day trip in the morning, and now it's like a paperweight.
PLEASE HELP!
When you plug in the charging cable, does the LED light register anything at all?
Rather obvious but you have tried plugging it in to the mains for at least 10 minutes?
artesea said:
Rather obvious but you have tried plugging it in to the mains for at least 10 minutes?
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I assume you mean the charger? I had it charged to 75%-80% before I'd put the new videos on it, so I didn't think that had anything to do with it, it shouldn't have been dead already, but I did plug it in to the charger so it went to full power, and for a long time it just showed a battery with a bolt on the black screen, but now it appears to be working. Thanks
Try removing your SDCard and turn it back on, welcome to the weird world of Nook. Put the card back in once it has booted up. Can you let me know if this at least lets you boot.
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Try removing your SDCard and turn it back on, welcome to the weird world of Nook. Put the card back in once it has booted up. Can you let me know if this at least lets you boot.
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Well, since I already got it working again, I will just hold on to your suggestion for when it crashes on me again...

[Q] Power on with CM10 tricky from dead battery?

Seems I cannot find any other people asking this question
Basically I have Nook HD+ rooted and CM10.1 and it works great. I have google market on there and the original Nook OS has been sent to the nether region of hell where it belongs. So it's a pretty decent basic android tablet.
But when I let the battery go to zero and it shuts itself down, it seems that it doesn't turn back on so easily.
I'll charge it overnight and then attempt to power it on, but it doesn't do anything. I see the screen backlight come on but no "nook" logo.
So then I try plugging it back in and hold power and the "n" for 10 secs or so. I'll see the screen turn off.. I'll do that a few more times and finally I see the dead battery logo show up..even tho I charged it all night.
So then I let it charge a bit longer and try again with it still plugged in and finally it turns on.
I was just wondering if others saw this and if there was some proper method I should be using to restart it to avoid this.
Yeah, my nook was doing that same thing for a while. Now though, I let the battery die and I can't get the thing to turn on at all. No backlight lights up, no battery charge icon, the thing's led just glows green for 2 secs then flickers to orange and stays orange for a few secs and then the led turns off. No matter how long I hold the power button or the power plus nook button, nothing happens. I hope my tablet isn't dead forever. Anybody else have this problem and find a way of fixing it?
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I also forget to charge mine and it got discharged. I charged it for a bit but couldn't power on. When I plugged the power cable it showed orange light. After changing the power socket and repeatedly press power button for like 7 secs it turned on with 28%. I'm Using CM10.2.
mathedrivein said:
Yeah, my nook was doing that same thing for a while. Now though, I let the battery die and I can't get the thing to turn on at all. No backlight lights up, no battery charge icon, the thing's led just glows green for 2 secs then flickers to orange and stays orange for a few secs and then the led turns off. No matter how long I hold the power button or the power plus nook button, nothing happens. I hope my tablet isn't dead forever. Anybody else have this problem and find a way of fixing it?
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Just keep trying.. i noticed my backlight was so dim that i wasn't sure it was on either until i turned off all lights... then after holding power for like 12 secs i saw it go even darker so I know my backlight was on now.. but like you said.. no logo. Just extrem0 said.. you gotta keep playing with it, unplug it, plug it in again, etc.. it's really hokey. I've been sure to keep it charged up since my last post so I am just avoiding the problem. But it is stopping me from recommending a modded nook to my friends and family because the first time this happens they will come crying to me to help them.
mathedrivein said:
Yeah, my nook was doing that same thing for a while. Now though, I let the battery die and I can't get the thing to turn on at all. No backlight lights up, no battery charge icon, the thing's led just glows green for 2 secs then flickers to orange and stays orange for a few secs and then the led turns off. No matter how long I hold the power button or the power plus nook button, nothing happens. I hope my tablet isn't dead forever. Anybody else have this problem and find a way of fixing it?
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I also have this problem on my Nook HD+. I don't think there is a solution for it, so I'm going for a warranty.
However, before you go for a warranty; flash the stock ROM back on. You're probably think how do I do this with no battery? Well, once your Nook boots up, your tablet will not charge at all. So, we need to charge your Nook whilst it's powered off. Again, how do I go about this? Well, turn on your Nook charger from the wall socket, but do not plug it into your Nook yet. Now, hold the power button on your Nook (ensure that your have no battery at all, and that your Nook does nothing when you hold the power button). Whilst holding the power button on your Nook, plug in your charger. It should turn green, then turn orange. It should stay like this for a while.
Give it a couple of hours, and it should charge up to around ~60% (you may be lucky if it charges more). With that much battery, put the Stock ROM back on and go for a warranty. Don't rely on this method for too long, as with time it will also stop charging with this method. At the moment, it will not charge when the Nook is turned on. Go for a warranty whilst you still can.
All the best.
P.S. Flashing Stock ROM here (step 6) thanks to leapinlar: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613

[Q] GT8.9 not turning on!!!

Hi XDA people,
I was editing a description in Gumtree app and tablet just shut off. It was all fine before that. No problems before. It just shut off.
It has about 70% charge, tried plugging in and holding power key, tried all the button combinations while plugged in and unplugged. Nothing worked.
I opened the tablet up and removed the cable connecting the battery to the device. I waited a few seconds and put it back in. I put the cover back on my tablet. I plugged the charger in and saw the battery icon. I clicked power key to turn it on because there was plenty of charge, tablet shut off again.
I repeated disconnecting and reconnecting the battery cable, nothing happened on the screen. The screen is just black. Won't turn on. Wasn't dropped and not waterlogged. Help me. Nothing i've tried is working. Any other solutions?
Note: When I plug the tablet into PC and go to devices and printers, I see a device called 'APX' in the Unspecified Devices section. Drivers for the device couldn't be found. Kies doesn't pick it up and neither does ADB.
Refer to here and here.

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