I bought the NC in December and rooted it near after. Nothing extensive, just to get filesystem access.
This week I did a full hardware reset (hold power and n). It did a factory reset to a native Nook. I then applied the 1.2 update from an SD card.
From that point on it will no longer lock the screen. The power button puts it to sleep, but if I push again it goes immediately back to the screen I was on (book, web, etc). If I push "n" it also goes back to the same screen. I don't get the "slide to unlock" screen. I went into settings and gave it a password PIN. Saved and it did nothing. Waking up the NC just went straight to the last content I was at.
This is a serious security issue for me and I'm wondering if anyone has seen it before.
Issue is now resolved. I did a second erase and deregister after the 1.2 update, reset it up, and now it locks appropriately.
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My phone was loosely sitting in my shirt pocket when it spontaneously dialed. In mid-call, and w/o any button presses, it dialed again. After I ended both calls, it spontaneously dialed yet again!!! At that point, I reset the phone. It came up with the password screen, and after I entered the password, it had the windows menu bar at the top, an otherwise black screen, and no response to buttons or touchscreen.
I figured I'd try a reflash. I'd been running Zoki's excellent NBD V8.3, so I decided to upgrade to V9.2. The RUU program would connect, but would stop at 0% when trying to reflash.
Next I decided to try to force the bootloader. When I tried resetting w/ the camera button held, I'd get a blank screen w/ no backlight. The only way to get the phone to boot was to pull the battery. After booting, it returned to the password screen.
Next I tried resetting while holding the Comm + Voice Dial buttons. That brought up "Press Send to restore factory default", or something to that effect. I did, it reformatted memory, and booted to the Windows Mobile splash screen. A few button presses brought up the "Tap the screen to set up your Windows Mobile device" message. But the screen is totally unresponsive.
Attempts to force the bootloader gave the same result as before. I would guess the primary bootloader is corrupt. Is there a backup bootloader? If so, how can it be accessed?
Now it will no longer connect w/ ActiveSync, so I can't run the RUU. I'm at an impasse.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm 3 months away from the end of my contract and a new phone.
Thanks,
MR-808
UPDATE:
This morning, I tried turning it on for $#|+$ & grins, and it responded to the touchscreen. Yesterday, I must have rebooted and tried the touchscreen 6-8 times w/ no luck. Weird! Anyway, I was able to get past the touchscreen setup, connect w/ ActiveSync, run the RUU, and update to NBD 9.2.
I'm still not sure whether the problem was hardware or software. I guess the moral is, be persistent!
MR-808
I think this is different from the random reboot issues in the other threads.
I decided to wipe/reset (data and system) my Nook and start over from scratch with a fresh auto-nooter root.
All went well again. Except that occassionally the "Turn off NOOKcolor" screen just pops up out of the blue. I didn't press the button, my fingers was no where near it. And even though I don't even touch the "Power off" choice, it just continues the shutdown.
This is happening a lot. While surfing in Dolphin, browsing the Market, playing a game.
Not much is even installed.
Haha. I figured it out. My Nook has a hardware defect. If I shake it, the screen flashes on and off and brings up the power down screen.
Randomly powering off
My Nook color is randomly shutting itself down also. It appears to be a glitch with the power button because I get the message on screen to verify shut down or cancel. It just shuts down a few seconds later. I have done a complete wipe and reset which has not fixed the issue. I too believe this is a hardware issue, but am not 100% sure.
If I try to return the Nook after I do a complete wipe and reset to factory condition will there be any evidence that I have rooted the device?
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My Nook color is randomly shutting itself down also. It appears to be a glitch with the power button because I get the message on screen to verify shut down or cancel. It just shuts down a few seconds later. I have done a complete wipe and reset which has not fixed the issue. I too believe this is a hardware issue, but am not 100% sure.
If I try to return the Nook after I do a complete wipe and reset to factory condition will there be any evidence that I have rooted the device?
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Not sure. I bought my Nook at Walmart and returned it there. They didn't even turn it on.
Replacement working fine so far.
Nook Color stuck on Android boot screen during root - help?
I am currently attempting to root my husband's Nook Color with the autorooter listed on this website. When I did this to my device a few weeks ago, it went off without a hitch. Today, on this particular device, it gets stuck on the android logo screen for over an hour. I wound up shutting down, reformatted the SD card on my laptop, reburned the image, tried to root again, but have hit the same problem.
I could use some help as my spouse is starting to get testy and go through nook withdrawal.
Thanks in advanced.
Make sure you are using the correct nooter image for your Nook Color version.
Do a factory reset and a hard reset. 8 startup interruptions (hold power button to power on and then hold the power button to shut off when the n shows up, do 8 times), and hold the vol+/nook button and power to power on then following direction on screen. This should reset your nook to purchase setting. Then update your nook to 1.1 with the B&N update file. Then you can use the new nooter image.
Thank you. I did update to B&N 1.1 before using the nooter, so I hope that your instructions make a difference
Factory reset (power+n) should also be applied when doing a system reset (8 failed boot). A factory reset can be done by booting your NC with power+n, until you see the reset screen. Do both resets, before attempting to root again..
Factory reset will erase any data stored on the nook (books, etc)
Sam
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Had same issue and this fixed my problem
No power and no charging
I've got a Nook Color via ebay Germany and I rooted it (Autonooter).
For a few weeks I had a great device!!
2 days ago - battery was low - I wanted to have a look onto the worldnews, just for a few minutes. At this moment a software update (from B&N?) began to work.
After this battery was completely empty.
And since this moment I cannot charge or boot my NC.
From time to time there is the Android starting screen with robot or, sometimes, the note, that battery is too low to power on - please wait 15 minutes.
What can I do? Now I'm waiting and charging 2280 minutes.
I'm using original B&N-cable in wall or computer an tried other micro-usb's.
Restore to stock witout power - I don't know how it works. I'm bloody beginner in Android devices and was so glad, that my rooting (with a lot of helpful threads and youtube videos) was successful.
The last 2 days I read a lot of clockwork and restore to stock. How do it work without power?
Please could someone help me? Thanks!!
I have a weird issue that just started a few days back. I was on rooted 1.1 when the "Do you want to shut-down?" window would randomly pop up. If I did nothing, the unit would completely power off. If I hit the power button quick enough, the screen would shut off (putting it into standby) and the unit would not power off. I could then press the power button, swipe to unlock, and continue where I was.
I thought maybe it was related to me modifying the db to disable the auto-update from 1.1 to 1.2. However, I updated to 1.2 yesterday evening and rooted it as well. Unfortunately, the "Do you want to shutdown?" window started popping up again all by itself.
It's almost as though the unit thinks the power button is being pressed (and held). I tried squeezing the case around the edges, wiggling the power button, cleaning the screen, etc. There doesn't appear to be any particular reason why this is happening. I'm going to try wiping the device and flashing 1.2 again, unrooted, and see if the issue persists.
Does this sound like a hardware issue that requires replacement?
Restore your nook to stock and go to B&N and get your nook exchanged.
It definitely seems like a hardware fault.
I had the same problem with my first NC. I would be reading, doing whatever and the screen would blur and shutdown menu would appear. If I did nothing (and even if I hit cancel) it would shutdown as if the power button was just being held.
I had used the autonooter with 1.1 at the time, though I believe it was pure coincidence since the problem persisted after completely restoring to stock. My advice would also be to restore to stock and exchange it.
I consider myself lucky because I tried multiple times to restore to stock but would get interrupted since I had this problem even on boot. It was common for the device to interrupt boot so many times (>8 times) because the power button would get "stuck" that it would attempt to reflash. The button never felt physically stuck though.
I finally reverted to stock successfully, took it to B&N, showed a manager, during which the NC failed to boot, shutdown automatically, etc. and I had it exchanged no problem.
2nd NC works great though.
Thanks for the input - I will restore to stock tonight and take it in tonight or tomorrow.
I called one store - their "guru" isn't in until Tuesday.
I called another nearby store and the guy on the phone sounded irritated, brushed it off as a registration issue, and finally made it very plain that they will simply mail it off to the repair center if I bring it in...
After going back to stock 1.2 without root, the power-off message issue mysteriously disappeared. I've used it for 2 days now and have yet to see the message pop up.
Is it possible that it's software-related??
I have an AT&T S5 running stock recovery with towelroot. Phone has been fine today, had 4 apps that required additional permissions for updates today so I ran them. I recall 2 were USAA and Tasker. Also FingerSecurity just got an update prior. After I accepted the additional permissions, I turned the screen off. I then heard it make the lock sound 3 times while the screen was off.
Currently I can turn the screen on or off, however the lock screen never comes up, just the home screen. Everything on the screen is unresponsive and the taskbar is gone. I've rebooted, wiped cache in recovery, it comes up the same way, bypassing the lock screen even though I have it secured with fingerprint. On the 3rd or 4th reboot, I did get a dialog saying systemui crashed. It keeps shifting the icons slightly like it's trying to add the taskbar but they shift about 10 times before finally stopping with no taskbar.
When I long press the power button, I have to be quick otherwise the dialog will disappear.
Is there anything I can do besides a factory reset?