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I installed CM7 on EMMC and under Settings-->Storage, I am only seeing ~0.9GB of internal memory - wondering what happened to the rest of the 8GB? Not talking about an insertable SD card here, but the built-in memory on the NC (8GB Sandisk SDIN4C1-8g).
I had this same issue with Froyo, and brought it up but didn't really get any feedback, so now I'm wondering if it's just my install?
My SD card is only 2GB and I use my NC as MP3 player for the car, so it'd be really nice to be able to load up a few more tunes again. Besides this, CM7 is pretty awesome.
not just your install, I am seeing the same thing on mine. I also see the same thing on the honeycomb builds i've tried
i think thats just how the internal memory is partitioned... it'll prolly be fixed by the time a stable cm7 rom is out
Appreciate it! Glad to know I'm not the only one
Known issue that is being actively worked on. Has to do with how the partitions are being mounted on start-up. The other 7 gigs are sitting there unmounted in all current Gingerbread and Honeycomb ports.
Hey everyone,
I currently run CM7 off an SD but I was wondering if there are benefits to replacing the stock os on the emmc?
Are there any speed differences or technical pros to it?
Thanks for the input! This is a really fantastic forum!
sent from my nook color
joelszs said:
Hey everyone,
I currently run CM7 off an SD but I was wondering if there are benefits to replacing the stock os on the emmc?
Are there any speed differences or technical pros to it?
Thanks for the input! This is a really fantastic forum!
sent from my nook color
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From my experience the booting time is almost half if using emmc version. (SD card version ran on a class 4 card). After booting the performance is almost same. You may get better boot time for sd card using a class 6 or class 10 card.
I dont have an answer for you as i picked mine up yesterday and decided to go the SD route at the start i am curious on this question myself.
JustusIV said:
I dont have an answer for you as i picked mine up yesterday and decided to go the SD route at the start i am curious on this question myself.
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Well from my experience, running from the SD card is very smooth... so for ease of use i highly recommend it for a first go.
I have a follow up question- for some reason my macbook recognizes the second partition of my sd card but my pc desktop does not. I am referring to the partition generated for storage by the CM7 installation process that allows storage on the data card simultaneously.
Any ideas why this would be?
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joelszs said:
Well from my experience, running from the SD card is very smooth... so for ease of use i highly recommend it for a first go.
I have a follow up question- for some reason my macbook recognizes the second partition of my sd card but my pc desktop does not. I am referring to the partition generated for storage by the CM7 installation process that allows storage on the data card simultaneously.
Any ideas why this would be?
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I use Macs and Windows machines rarely (and I am guessing you run Windows on the desktop) but my guess is the ext4 partitioning that CM7 uses.
I seem to recall that working- at least somewhat- on Mac but not on Windows, but I am not positive.
i chose sd, because it's super easy to backup my sd card as an image by popping it into my laptop. I can then burn that image back to a sd card if i want to try a new android build without messing up my default android install. I can always boot into the original nook os if i want as it is unmodified.
i used a class 2 and it was pretty slow. moving up to a class 6 and 10 has really helped and i don't notice any slowness.
i have not run off internal memory though so i don't have a baseline to compare.
eMMC is faster than my class 2 uSD cards, and it's easier to swa stuff back and forth from a computer/phone/camera/whatever with a removable uSD.
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Cool, I've been wondering about this myself and was about to make this same thread.
I was concerned because I get a ton of force closes running off the SD, and I wondered if that was a problem that would be solved by going to eemc. Or if somehow I've made a mistake setting up my card and that's the issue. I'm very knew to this whole scene, so I'm still a bit scared of rooting at the moment and would love to iron out the problems I'm having with the SD booting. Things run fast, and fairly smoothly but eventually something will force close, like Market, and then Google Frameworks and then pretty much everything will refuse to run after I tap their icon. Forcing me to restart. Also, some things, trying to download new skins for Beautiful Widgets is impossible. Only get force closes.
I can't figure out if it's anything in particular that causes it to spiral out of control. And what makes it more annoying is this is my girlfriend's new Nook, I'm trying to get it set up for her to work as smoothly as possible. If it was just mine, I wouldn't be as bothered by messing around and trying different configurations and whatnot. But I know she won't be as patient and tolerant of these issues and won't want to keep bugging me with every problem that pops up.
Would you say this is likely a localized problem on my end through some fault of my own? From this thread, it seems people are having pretty great experiences with the SD method. Which might be reassuring. I think I'll do a backup and start from scratch this evening.
@JRSly: What type of uSD card are you using. I was experiencing the same problems you had with booting, force close, refuse to run, thus a final restart. After swapping out four different types of uSD cards, SanDisk (class 2 and 4), A-DATA (class 6), Patriot (class10), I finally deteremined that the Nook is very picky about the type of card. All the cards work fine in my digital camera or PCs, but the A-DATA and Patriot are slow and often hang in the Nook. I am now using the three Sandisk cards with no problem. I recently updated to Nookie Froyo 6.8.5 and it runs great on the SanDisk cards. Just for the test if it will run faster on A-Data (class 6), wouldn't you know it starts to hang and FC just like before. I guess I'll use the A-Data card in my digicam. Try a Sandisk card and see what happens. I even try one of my old Sandisk 2GB card from my Blackberry which is unmarked but has a class 10 performance when measured.
I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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@JRSly: What type of uSD card are you using. I was experiencing the same problems you had with booting, force close, refuse to run, thus a final restart. After swapping out four different types of uSD cards, SanDisk (class 2 and 4), A-DATA (class 6), Patriot (class10), I finally deteremined that the Nook is very picky about the type of card. All the cards work fine in my digital camera or PCs, but the A-DATA and Patriot are slow and often hang in the Nook. I am now using the three Sandisk cards with no problem. I recently updated to Nookie Froyo 6.8.5 and it runs great on the SanDisk cards. Just for the test if it will run faster on A-Data (class 6), wouldn't you know it starts to hang and FC just like before. I guess I'll use the A-Data card in my digicam. Try a Sandisk card and see what happens. I even try one of my old Sandisk 2GB card from my Blackberry which is unmarked but has a class 10 performance when measured.
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I feared that this might be a possibility too. My first attempts were with a little 2Gb card I'd had lying around and it didn't work very well at all. I couldn't get past installing Gapps for all the force closes. The next day I went to Target to get a larger 8 Gb one so I could also play around with Honeycomb, it's a Class 6 Lexar card. I started over last night and tried a couple of attempts at wiping and burning the image and inevitably ran into the same problems. It looks like a crummy(at least in terms of what the Nook likes) card is a distinct possibility. I'll give Sandisk a shot.
BlizzofOZ said:
I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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Yup. (I didn't get it either.)
Since MMC is a sibling of SD cards, it's basically dedicated internal SD storage with a controller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard#eMMC
BlizzofOZ said:
I'm very new to this... and I keep seeing emmc.
What is this? Internal memory?
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You got it in one.
sd card is self explanatory, of course, and emmc is the internal memory of the NC.
The only DISADVANTAGE to running on emmc is that you lose the stock B&N version of Android.
Other than that- it boots a bit faster, may run a bit faster and be less likely to have force closes and similar problems.
xdabr said:
Yup. (I didn't get it either.)
Since MMC is a sibling of SD cards, it's basically dedicated internal SD storage with a controller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMediaCard#eMMC
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That's what I thought!
Thanks for the cofirmation
I have set up the CM7 on an SD boot and it works for the most part.
However it seems very unstable, about 3/10 uses it will crash apps. I really only have Aldiko and the Nook App on it and maybe Angry Birds and a Task Killer.
Aldiko and Nook etc will just go into an error loop saying the app stopped unexpectedly and then I have to hold the power button to shut it down.
My question is if this is typical of using the SD root method?
Then, if I do a full hardware root/ROM is it generally more stable in your experiences?
I suspect that part of my problems are the SD card itself, I had a 4GB Class 2 Sandisk card initially and it worked well but it was very very slow. So I got a Transcend brand 8GB Class 6 card which should work, it is a big name brand and all, and is much faster but CM7 seems very unstable. Is it all just the card?
Yes, your card is the culprit. So far from people reporting here you need a SanDisk Class 4 card. Its all about the 4k read/write speeds of the card you're using. You want a 1.0+ in CrystalDiskMark to get decent performace and get rid of the FC's. I am using the card I linked here and have not had any problems running apps or the Nook freezing.
- Aerlock
I had similar problems (sometimes intermittently) using an A-data card, I think it was 8GB class 6. I finally installed to emmc and have not had any problems since. The CM7 nightlies go to the point of being so good that I never needed to boot into stock anymore anyway.
So if I get it working on the SD, is it even worth doing the perm internal ROM mod?
Or is the SD MOD just as good/better?
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So if I get it working on the SD, is it even worth doing the perm internal ROM mod?
Or is the SD MOD just as good/better?
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Running off the SD is so good I haven't even felt like trying to put it on the internal memory. The only thing you lose by running it from the SD card is the ability to pop out the SD card whenever you want, though the only times I've popped out the SD card is to put the newest nightly on the boot partition. And thats just cause I've been too lazy to figure out the exact mount commands to mount it on the nook. If I want to get/put files off/on the SD card I just plug it into my computer.
- Aerlock
MuGGzyx said:
So if I get it working on the SD, is it even worth doing the perm internal ROM mod?
Or is the SD MOD just as good/better?
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Internal is always more stable.
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I didn't run any benchmarks when I had it on a SD card (16 GB SanDisk class 4) but it seemed about as good as it has been after switching to eMMC.
The CM7 SD card mounts internal memory on mmcblk0 and uses it... (I presume for caching, etc) Speed of the SD shouldn't cause crashes. Slowness yes, but crashes?
Re: SD vs. eMMC, an SD install can be just as fast and stable as eMMC, but SD installs also seem somewhat prone to suddenly and mysteriously losing that stability, developing FCs, WiFi issues, lag and even freezes/crashes. There are also more robust and straightforward tools for managing eMMC installs; both CWM and ROM Manager tend to have quirky interactions with SD installs, performing some operations on the SD partitions and others on the internal partitions. I would advise anyone who finds that their SD install has become their sole or primary OS to eventually move it to eMMC. Even if you're still using stock quite a bit, an eMMC dual boot (see my sig link) has advantages over running one system from SD--mainly, that the two OSes can both use the SD for storage.
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The CM7 SD card mounts internal memory on mmcblk0 and uses it... (I presume for caching, etc) Speed of the SD shouldn't cause crashes. Slowness yes, but crashes?
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See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12964262
There's no such thing as "Speed of the SD." There are several metrics, primarily large sequential vs. small random reads and writes. Card class (what most people assume equates to "speed") is based on the former, whereas performance as a boot drive correlates with the latter. A card optimized for large writes tends to suffer badly in small-block random r/w. There's no such thing, presently, as a card optimized for small-block r/w, but SanDisk class 2, 4, and unclassed cards tend to have very balanced benchmarks, with reasonable performance across all metrics. This places their small-block r/w speeds 10x and 100x ahead of a card optimized to meet class requirements.
I've also been hearing there's an issue with some cards reporting their reads and writes using an oddball protocol that's currently unsupported in the kernel.
I've been looking for a tablet for some time, and the $135 refurb deal from B&N was finally enough to push me over the edge to a NC. Nothing else really comes close at that price point.
The technical explanations and threads for rooting/flashing seem pretty straightforward. As I'm familiar with CM from my Droid Eris, I think I'll be ok here.
What I would like to know is:
What do I lose/gain by flashing CM (such as Kang) over rooted stock?
* Do I lose Youtube/Flash? (I did read that there are issues with HD video)
* Can I still buy or install apps from the Market?
* I have some Humble Bundle android games (world of goo, etc) - is stock or CM better for this?
* I currently have no B&N content. I understand I will not be able to use the stock app if I flash - does the alternative B&N app limit me in any other way?
* If I flash, is there any reason I should *not* install to internal flash (emmc, i think?) ?
Sorry if some of the questions seem obvious, I just want to look before I leap
Thanks in advance,
A Nook noob
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EDIT: A summary for first-pagers:
I installed to the sd card, using CM7 (Kang). No real problems so far. Everything just works. I do have trouble prying the dang thing out of my kids' hands.
For the technically-minded: I will note here that apps that can usually remount /system as read/write fail on my sd-only installs. I always have to go back in through the terminal app and do the following steps manually:
bash
mount -t yaffs2 -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
This does make changing screen dpi and other similar tasks a pain in the rear, but oh well.
I have not upgraded from the inital Kang release I started with - partly because I'm not sure how using recovery mode in the sd-installed version will work (I hate having to reinstall every app), and partly because everything just works so far.
I will also note that I had to set apps to automatically install to the sd card (this is off by default) because I very quickly ran out of space on the 1GB /emmc slice. Apps get installed here by default even on sd-only installs.
I strongly recommend the "Hacker Keyboard" available on the market (free). It's great when you have to use vi in the Terminal app .
I updated framework.jar to include an IMEI number for apps in the Market. I also edited build.prop for the same reasons.
I overclocked to 1200, and it's solid as a rock at those speeds.
bigrat said:
I've been looking for a tablet for some time, and the $135 refurb deal from B&N was finally enough to push me over the edge to a NC. Nothing else really comes close at that price point.
The technical explanations and threads for rooting/flashing seem pretty straightforward. As I'm familiar with CM from my Droid Eris, I think I'll be ok here.
What I would like to know is:
What do I lose/gain by flashing CM (such as Kang) over rooted stock?
* Do I lose Youtube/Flash? (I did read that there are issues with HD video)
* Can I still buy or install apps from the Market?
* I have some Humble Bundle android games (world of goo, etc) - is stock or CM better for this?
* I currently have no B&N content. I understand I will not be able to use the stock app if I flash - does the alternative B&N app limit me in any other way?
* If I flash, is there any reason I should *not* install to internal flash (emmc, i think?) ?
Sorry if some of the questions seem obvious, I just want to look before I leap
Thanks in advance,
A Nook noob
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This is all assuming you use CM7, which is more mature than CM9.
1. You lose the stock Nook ereader software. it can read kids books and other things which the android app cannot.
2. apps from the market work great from cm7. Don't know about Humble Bundle.
3. you do not lose youtube. (you lose HD with the newest version of Youtube, but still works on old versions.) Flash, I really don't remember. I don't think so. (edit, just checked, yes flash)
4. The only reason not to put on emmc is B&N warranty. You lose it with CM on emmc. But if your broke nook still works you can put stock back on and warranty still good.
But CM on SD works as well as on emmc. And you have stock still available for the reader and warranty.
Thanks leapinlar!
CM will allow you to get even more applications from the market. Also, performance is far better, compared to the stock.
And you can try flashing CM7 to an SD card and try it out before you flash it to internal memory (if you have a sandisk SD card, other brands don't work as well).
As leapinlar listed item 1 above, addition to that is you would lose the ability subscribe free magazine directly on your NC, other than that, CM7 is miles ahead.
The question is really what you lose by moving away from stock. Rooting doesn't really give you any advantage if you are willing to mess with stock you might as well go CM7.
As mentioned you will lose the B&N reader which is built into the Nook and has unique functions. You can still keep nearly all of the functionality of the reader though by getting the B&N app from the market. You will also technically void your warranty (though you can always flash back to complete stock).
If losing the Nook reader's specific functions or the warranty are a concern then you have the option of running a bootable SD card which leaves the internals of the Nook totally stock. This also has its disadvantages though in that you loose the extra storage capacity of the on-board memory and you lose the ability to use multiple SD cards. The slot will be filled by the bootable one you are running on so you can't put others in and out.
Everything else is an advantage in favor of CM7 and are too numerous to list. Bottom line is unless you really like the OS B&N has provided including it's limitations, then there is no reason to stay running stock. Either use a bootable CM7 SD card or put CM7 on internal and don't look back.
JP
Thanks very much for the great answers! It seems I will go CM.
J515OP said:
TThis also has its disadvantages though in that you loose the extra storage capacity of the on-board memory and you lose the ability to use multiple SD cards. The slot will be filled by the bootable one you are running on so you can't put others in and out.
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First bold, why do say losing on-board storage? It's always there for us to use, either 1G, 5G or custom set.
Second bold, we're strongly NOT suggesting people keep inserting and removing the external uSD. Minimize to the lowest possible.
votinh said:
First bold, why do say losing on-board storage? It's always there for us to use, either 1G, 5G or custom set.
Second bold, we're strongly NOT suggesting people keep inserting and removing the external uSD. Minimize to the lowest possible.
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1. Because by breaching the SD card wall the user can potentially make changes to the stock B&N that will cause issues and possibly void their warranty. If the concern is to leave stock alone by using the SD card method then they probably will not want to do anything to potentially mess up emmc. This is a consideration for a user that only wants to run from SD card that they may be limited to the space seen on the SD by default by the ROM and not the extra internal space.
2. Not suggesting that a users should repeatedly insert and remove cards. However running from emmc you have internal storage plus up to 32GB of SD card space available and if necessary you can swap out the SD card. However, when running from the SD card you only have the portion of the SD card unused by the ROM. This portion is split between "internal" and "sd card". If you are using a 4GB bootable SD card you may find you have very little space for apps and media with no option of expanding that by adding an external SD card since you are already using that slot.
These are just considerations that people not familiar with bootable SD cards may want to know about.
JP
J515OP said:
1. Because by breaching the SD card wall the user can potentially make changes to the stock B&N that will cause issues and possibly void their warranty. If the concern is to leave stock alone by using the SD card method then they probably will not want to do anything to potentially mess up emmc. This is a consideration for a user that only wants to run from SD card that they may be limited to the space seen on the SD by default by the ROM and not the extra internal space.
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You probably confuse the eMMC system partitions and the eMMC /media partition. The eMMC /media partition is for us to use, it won't hurt the "stock OS/kernel" at all.
These are just considerations that people not familiar with bootable SD cards may want to know about.
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Sure, agree, but you know, say that we have a 16GB uSD card, if utilize internal memory, we have a full 16GB (don't bother to convert) as personal storage, yes.
If running ROM from a 16GB uSD card, we still have roughly 13GB left for personal storage.
Yep, I agree. Over all a bootable uSD with CM7 is a great way to go. Taking it one step further, if you use a 32GB card you really have quite a bit of space even if you only use the space on the card. This is a solid option particularly if you don't want to mess with eMMC or just have something else on eMMC entirely.
Back to the original question I still say CM7 on eMMC or uSD card is the way to go unless you need the stock B&N functions or layout. In that case root would be better than straight stock.
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Guys, I really appreciate all the suggestions. I ordered two 32GB Sandisk cards, I'll probably just boot from them until maybe the warranty period is up. 32GB is a lot of space...
I've been running on an SD card for a while now but I'm considering going dual boot on the eMCC. What are the pros/cons for doing that?
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I've been running on an SD card for a while now but I'm considering going dual boot on the eMCC. What are the pros/cons for doing that?
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Voiding your warranty (if you still have one) and the need to be slightly proficient with recovery either from internal or on a bootable uSD card (in case something goes wrong and you need to reflash) are the only cons I can think of.
Pros are possibly smoother (depending on the performance of the uSD card you were using) access to a straight data uSD card through the slot since you won't have to take it up with a bootable card and the ability to keep your ROM and data/backups completely separate. The last one would be for example if your current bootable card became corrupted and non-readable you might not be able to boot it or recover any backups you had saved on it possibly leading to complete loss of the card and the need to start from scratch. This would be avoidable with a little precaution though. Still it's a pro that if you back up the eMMC to the SD card and eMMC crashes you can restore backups from the card.
So, just so that I'm clear here, I'll summarize (in case anyone else wants to know this):
If I wish to install CM, I need to create a bootable uSD card with the image I want. Once I've done this, I can boot directly from this image. If I choose to do this, I do not need to root or modify my NC. Should I wish to return to the original firmware because my NC dies or whatever, all I need to do is pull the uSD card out.
If I do this, I will have access to the remaining storage of the uSD card, and the /media slice on emmc.
The only media/B&N content that I will not have access to will be that content which requires the original NC reader. Pretty much everything else will be better - I can overclock the NC, have access to normal GApps, bluetooth access, Youtube, Flash, games, etc, everything that having CM gives you.
Using the uSD for booting means I will not be able to swap the card out while the NC is running, and is really the only thing I'm giving up here.
Please feel free to correct me where I'm wrong here, and thanks to everybody for the answers.
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If I do this, I will have access to the remaining storage of the uSD card, and the /media slice on emmc.
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\>>> Forget the eMMC. The eMMC is not the memory you are looking for. <<</
To me, the whole purpose of booting to the uSD is to forget, leave pristine, ignore anything on internal memory. Get a 16G Sandisk and the eMMC shouoldn't be worth your time. Better yet, http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDHC-Flash-Memory-SDSDQM-032G-B35/dp/B004G60AD6?tag=dealswoot-20
If I wish to install CM ...
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If I was you, I would say "If I wish to run CM from the external uSD card ...."
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There is no reason you should not use your emmc media partition in addition to the balance of the SD card. It is there so you might as well use it (especially if you have the full 5GB version). You can never have enough storage space no matter how big your SD card. I have a 16GB card with CM9 on it and have it almost full and emmc media (5GB) almost full too.
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There is no reason you should not use your emmc media partition in addition to the balance of the SD card. It is there so you might as well use it (especially if you have the full 5GB version). You can never have enough storage space no matter how big your SD card. I have a 16GB card with CM9 on it and have it almost full and emmc media (5GB) almost full too.
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There definitely appears to be two schools of thought here. With cloud options these days on board storage is really becoming less of an issue (Dropbox, Skydrive, Box etc.).
It is nice to have an informed decision based on both options but at the end of the day it is a preference call.
JP
Hi all, a few questions here if you don't mind. I'm a recent owner of a HD+ and have had a great time with it but I am ready to get CM on it now. At first I wanted to dual-boot using either Hybrid or Pure but now I think I'm going to just to EMMC.
I have a lot of comics I want to store, if I'm using EMMC is there no problem using a 64gb class 10 card? From what I've read it seems that class 10 cards only cause problems if you are booting from the SD card?
If I do go hybrid or pure, it is better to use a class 4 (32gb max?) card for this correct?
I do think that I am just going to go the EMMC route, does doing this erase everything already on the Nook or just the OS? (I need to remove any other media myself?)
Thanks a lot for reading all that, and any help is much appreciated!
Installing CM into EMMC will erase every userdata and OS on it.
As long as you want to just store files on it, you can go and get the 64GB one.
My experience with those classes are that, that Class 10 is only fast for big continously written files like videos or songs in high quality.
Lower classes or non classified ones are often MUCH faster at tiny to medium sized files with much access on different adresses.
Backup everything, do a backup via SD recovery, then make factory reset via SD recovery and install CM10.1 plus GApps.
I am a HD+ owner since today and I have chosen to go directly to CM10.1 stable emmc, because I already had experience with SD ROMs from my old HTC HD2 (RIP) and I hated the lags and everything...
(I hate every vendor made bloatware that is stacked onto Android...)
The only thing I can say after my first day with vanilla CM10.1 is, THIS TABLET+PRICE+CM10.1 = AWESOME :laugh:
Hello,
I hope you're well, and I hope you're enjoying your Nook. Installing CyanogenMod on the Nook was the best thing I ever did (at the time Stock didn't have Google Play), so I hope you too enjoy CM.
Personally I do believe that installing CM10.1.3 (stable) on EMMC for general usage is the best way to go. I'd avoid CM10.2 for now, until a RC or stable version is released.
If you're running CyanogenMod (CM) on EMMC, there should be no problems at all as regards to what SD card you use. The storage size or class should not matter when on EMMC; although higher class is tied with better performance. The whole best SD card to use is 4GB class 4 arose when we didn't have the EMMC method of installation; back then we used to boot/install the whole CM on the SD card. Now, I don't think your SD card is as important - anything is a go, after all you're using it for storage only.
If you do go Hybrid or Pure, yes a class 4 SanDisk SD card is best. 4GB is also recommended, but you can go higher if you desire. If you do install on SD card, I'd recommend going Hybrid and not Pure. Out of the two, I'd just go EMMC (EMMC > Hybrid > Pure). However, if you do install on EMMC, everything will be erased on your internal; this includes your stock ROM, and all data/apps. You will however have all your B&N books saved on the B&N cloud.
All the best, any more questions please feel free to ask.
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THIS TABLET+PRICE+CM10.1 = AWESOME :laugh:
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I back this statement.
Thanks for your replies guys!
You pretty much cleared up any confusion/questions I had regarding this. Pretty sure I'm going to just do EMMC. Plus even with the GooglePlay on the Nook now, I still have a lot of games that aren't compatible or are from Humble Bundles, so I don't think I'll have much use for stock.
One more question and I'll leave you guys alone. I have a USB MicroSD card reader I got somewhere years ago. Am I to assume the newer microsdcards won't work with this? I'll have to keep an eye out for a good deal on both. Thanksfully black friday is only a month away in the US :laugh:
elektrokuter said:
I have a USB MicroSD card reader I got somewhere years ago. Am I to assume the newer microsdcards won't work with this?
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Haha, no problem at all! We're glad we could help.
Regarding your MicroSD card reader; it shouldn't be a problem, as SD cards haven't changed over the years - only the storage capacity. As long as your card reader can read MicroSD cards, and can write to them, you should be good to go. Of course however, I don't know what card reader you have, so there could be problems. I'm assuming it should be safe though.
All the best.
HiddenG said:
Regarding your MicroSD card reader; it shouldn't be a problem, as SD cards haven't changed over the years - only the storage capacity. As long as your card reader can read MicroSD cards, and can write to them, you should be good to go. Of course however, I don't know what card reader you have, so there could be problems. I'm assuming it should be safe though.
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Nope, SD-Card Readers aren't compatible with SDHC/SDXC Cards as there are some differences.
SDHC-Cardreaders are compatible with every type.
SD-Reader --> SD -/-> SDHC/XC
SDHC/XC-Reader --> SD --> SDHC/XC
SD-Card = <4GB
SDHC-Card = >=4GB to 32GB
SDXC-Card = >=64GB to 2TB
Jann F said:
Nope, SD-Card Readers aren't compatible with SDHC/SDXC Cards as there are some differences.
SDHC-Cardreaders are compatible with every type.
SD-Reader --> SD -/-> SDHC/XC
SDHC/XC-Reader --> SD --> SDHC/XC
SD-Card = <4GB
SDHC-Card = >=4GB to 32GB
SDXC-Card = >=64GB to 2TB
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Thanks for the info! This is the specs of the card reader I have
"Versatile — 9-in-1 USB card reader that works with SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus, MMCmobile, RS-MMC, microSD, and miniSD, MMCmicro"
Seeing as it lists the SD and mircosd compatibilities separate, am I right to assume it cannot read the micro sdxc cards I am going to need?
elektrokuter said:
Thanks for the info! This is the specs of the card reader I have
"Versatile — 9-in-1 USB card reader that works with SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus, MMCmobile, RS-MMC, microSD, and miniSD, MMCmicro"
Seeing as it lists the SD and mircosd compatibilities separate, am I right to assume it cannot read the micro sdxc cards I am going to need?
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As it supports SDHC, your reader should be good to go with microSDHC cards.