I'm getting a used nook color tomorrow. What sort of things should I test/play with and look out for?
The seller had 1.1 on it with 0.6.8 nookie froyo on the emmc and will flash it to stock b&n when he sells it to me. it also comes with 2 matte screen protectors (one on it) and a case.
TIA
Scratches on the screen and physical damage to the unit are the only things I would be concerned about.
I would have it running a full ROM from the internal memory so it really doesn't matter what was flashed on it before. It sounds like the owner will be giving it back to you flashed stock so you won't have any issues even if you intend to keep it that way.
thnx for your quick reply
i guess if i want to put froyo on a sd card later on i should ask if he un-rooted it? or what he rooted it with?
he could have left it with 0.6.8 nookie froyo on but i wanted to learn this process by doing it myself. also a big part of why i chose this device anyways.
You won't need anything from him. Every file you need is in the development section here. The nook is incredibly hard to brick (maybe impossible?). I even corrupted the boot doing something stupid with an ext 4 build and was able to use adb to push the original Color Nook files and factory.zip back and it booted right back up like a champ.
I'm using the latest CM7 nightly with Phiremod's customizations, it is pretty stable and I look forward to future builds of HC (HC4 was a little unstable for me to use as a daily).
Turn it on and look to see if you find any dead or hot pixels...those would be a deal breaker for me...
danknee said:
Scratches on the screen and physical damage to the unit are the only things I would be concerned about.
I would have it running a full ROM from the internal memory so it really doesn't matter what was flashed on it before. It sounds like the owner will be giving it back to you flashed stock so you won't have any issues even if you intend to keep it that way.
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Also check out http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor They have alot of information on the Nook Color and various guides for Rooting, Making a Nookie Froyo SD, ect... You get the idea. They were the ones to hack the Nook Original and are now keeping an updated page for all things Nook Color.
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Bring a Micro-SD card with you to make sure that the slot works. My first Nook wouldn't retail the card. It wouldn't stay "clicked" in the inserted position. The eject springs kept kicking it out.
Might as well check the headphone jack too.
Check rhe screen very carefully, both on dark and light background in order to check whether there are dead piscels.
Also, check hardware buttons, all other things should be perfectly fine since this device can't be older than 4 months...
personally i would check for physical damage(IE drops,scratches,ect), i would check to see if all buttons are working, dead/burnt pixels(unless its like one dead pixel in the very corner and it doesnt bother you) and i would check if head phone jack and sd card slot are working(he had nookie froyo installed on it so i am assuming the sd card slot is working but its always good to double check)
all of the above would be deal breakers for me personally but everyone is different so what bothers me might not bother you
I've been reading some issues with used NC that have been registered. The new owner couldn't register the used NC without the original owner removing the NC out of their BN.com account.
So, be sure you have contact info for the seller. Also look up the device info tabs and verify the seller/owner is who is registered.
I put in CM7 two days ago, and every thing was working fine. I restmy nook and it would not power on at all. I tried for 2 hours, and nothing. I was able take it back to the store and get a new one. What could cause that problem? After I installed cm7 it worked fine, I then took my sd card out reformatted it to put files on it. Then when I reset my nook and no power, no nothing.
Same Issue
I had the exact same thing going on. I installed CM7 and it worked great for a cpl days. Last night I plugged it in to charge it (left it on), and when I woke up it was off and unable to turn on. Black screen.
I put in my CWR sd card and held the nook, volume up, and power buttons to turn it on. I figured I just go back to eclair auto-nooter because I know its stable, so I formatted system and data and flashed the stock barnes and noble 1.0.1 rom. However...
I still have the same issue. The device doesn't power on. I'll return it to the store if I have to, but I'd prefer to fix it so that we can raise awareness.
Edit: I figured it out. The flashable repartition-boot-with-stock.zip was corrupted on my CWR sd card. I made a new one and I'm right as rain. Follow the instrustins HERE to fix the black screen issue with CM7. Although it will restore you NC to stock.
More than likely something happened to your boot partition. Please investigate the threads titled "guide to my nook won't boot"
jd95 said:
After I installed cm7 it worked fine, I then took my sd card out reformatted it to put files on it. Then when I reset my nook and no power, no nothing.
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Thread should be called, I didn't read the directions and broke my nook. cm7, as well as all the other froyo/ginger roms that I've seen run off of the sd card. If you wiped those files off, it shouldn't be expected to still work.
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Thread should be called, I didn't read the directions and broke my nook. cm7, as well as all the other froyo/ginger roms that I've seen run off of the sd card. If you wiped those files off, it shouldn't be expected to still work.
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The CM7 nightlies are not meant to be run from the SD card. There is also a build of HC that is not meant for the SD card. In my experience, nookie froyo ran better from the sd card, but it could also be run off internal storage.
So i respectfully disagree with your opinion. Which was actually a statement of incorrect facts.
jeremiah_mn said:
Thread should be called, I didn't read the directions and broke my nook. cm7, as well as all the other froyo/ginger roms that I've seen run off of the sd card. If you wiped those files off, it shouldn't be expected to still work.
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You're wrong here, I don't believe CM7 even comes available for SD card, it's an internal install..
And there is a very common theme here... Install CM7, works fine, reboot, it's dead.. Have to do XYZ to get it back up running. Something is hosing something, surprised nobody has figured it out yet.
I remain on rooted Stock 1.0.1.
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More than likely something happened to your boot partition. Please investigate the threads titled "guide to my nook won't boot"
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Not trying to be a ****, but I did exactly what you said, and stated so in my post.
I followed the instructions listed here
I've actually done this many times in the past. Most of the time its because I'm messing around in adb. I even keep a spare sd card with me, ready to do this at all times.
In this instance, however, it is not fixing it.
Fixed it. My sd card went bad. The post in the link still works, although it restores your NC to stock.
khaytsus said:
You're wrong here, I don't believe CM7 even comes available for SD card, it's an internal install..
And there is a very common theme here... Install CM7, works fine, reboot, it's dead.. Have to do XYZ to get it back up running. Something is hosing something, surprised nobody has figured it out yet.
I remain on rooted Stock 1.0.1.
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Ive done all kinds of stupid things to my nook including an attempted install of Slackware... but I have never bricked it. Ive been running the CM nightly builds without any kind of problems as well. Well, no problems outside what one would expect from development software that is still in a rapidly changing state. If you want stability and reliability, EMMc installs of CM and HC and even Froyo are probably not where you want to look right now.
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Not trying to be a ****, but I did exactly what you said, and stated so in my post.
I followed the instructions listed here
I've actually done this many times in the past. Most of the time its because I'm messing around in adb. I even keep a spare sd card with me, ready to do this at all times.
In this instance, however, it is not fixing it.
Fixed it. My sd card went bad. The post in the link still works, although it restores your NC to stock.
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So to be clear here, your problem with CM7 not booting was related to your SD card "going bad"? Or was your restore process hampered by this?
You had installed CM7 to emmc and such, right? How would the SD card be affected by that?
If you formatted your card in your NC then that's the problem. Don't format your card with CW because it'll wipe the boot sector giving you a black screen. It's fixable, many people have made the same mistake on the #NookColor channel. Go there for help because it's faster than waiting for someone to respond here.
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combustiblemonkey said:
Ive done all kinds of stupid things to my nook including an attempted install of Slackware... but I have never bricked it. Ive been running the CM nightly builds without any kind of problems as well. Well, no problems outside what one would expect from development software that is still in a rapidly changing state. If you want stability and reliability, EMMc installs of CM and HC and even Froyo are probably not where you want to look right now.
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I agree with this statement. I'm happily back to Eclair and advanced task killer.
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succulent said:
If you formatted your card in your NC then that's the problem. Don't format your card with CW because it'll wipe the boot sector giving you a black screen. It's fixable, many people have made the same mistake on the #NookColor channel. Go there for help because it's faster than waiting for someone to respond here.
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Not helpful information contained in this post.
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khaytsus said:
So to be clear here, your problem with CM7 not booting was related to your SD card "going bad"? Or was your restore process hampered by this?
You had installed CM7 to emmc and such, right? How would the SD card be affected by that?
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The recovery SD card was not in the nook when it went bad. The Nook and the card weren't even in the same building. I would assume that the SD card simply wore out. It was an old card that saw much use. Everything from sitting in a camera to running the R4 in my Nintendo DS. I will give it the burial of a Patriot, Westboro Baptist protest and all.
I still have no idea why CM7 tore up the boot of my Nook. I was reading a book in aldiko before I fell asleep, but I don't rememeber what else I was doing.
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Not helpful information contained in this post.
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YOUR post was useless. His post was completely accurate. If it wasn't what caused YOUR issue, fine, but what he said was 100% true.
By the way, you realize you didn't start this thread, right?
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The recovery SD card was not in the nook when it went bad. The Nook and the card weren't even in the same building. I would assume that the SD card simply wore out. It was an old card that saw much use. Everything from sitting in a camera to running the R4 in my Nintendo DS.
I still have no idea why CM7 tore up the boot of my Nook. I was reading a book in aldiko before I fell asleep, but I don't rememeber what else I was doing.
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So what does your SD card going bad and your NC not booting have to do with each other????
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YOUR post was useless. His post was completely accurate. If it wasn't what caused YOUR issue, fine, but what he said was 100% true.
By the way, you realize you didn't start this thread, right?
So what does your SD card going bad and your NC not booting have to do with each other????
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Right. You asked for clarification on my earlier post. I provided it. It seems you don't like your quesions being answered. Next time use periods instead of question marks. Or properly label them as rehtorical.
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It's the boot partition. Same exact thing happened to me. The nook seemingly won't power on due to not having anything to boot from. Luckily the uSD has boot priority so if you get one of the CWR IMGs floating around here and follow the guides, you can be up and running relatively quickly.
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It's the boot partition. Same exact thing happened to me. The nook seemingly won't power on due to not having anything to boot from. Luckily the uSD has boot priority so if you get one of the CWR IMGs floating around here and follow the guides, you can be up and running relatively quickly.
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So any idea what's causing it to get wiped/corrupted? Formatting SD from within the booted ROM or unknown?
These types of threads are funny. People are too quick to blame the rom alone (even when clearly marked as dangerous / test / experimental, etc ones) after making the decision to risk the normal operation of the device in the first place. Take some responsibility people
Exactly.. I don't usually post in forums but this kind of stuff bothers me. I wasn't able to boot my Nook Color for a few hours but I never blamed it on anyone but myself. Almost every one of the custom Roms, Mods, etc says something like "Use at your own risk" Nobody is forcing you to try anything. If you think you "bricked" your Nook Color (which is almost impossible) you shouldn't blame it on the Rom or Mod or even expect to take it back to the store.. YOU took the risk. Even if you installed a Rom that slapped you and gave you the middle finger it's your fault in the end because no one forced you to try it (most likely...). I'm sorry if I haven't offered a useful solution to "cm7 broke my nook", but anyway all this is purely my opinion and I apologize if I have offended anyone but people need to take some responsibility for their actions.
A couple of days ago my dad got my sister and me nook colors. I installed honeycomb which ran off the sd card on both and rooted both. I was tired of not having YouTube flash and many other apps so I tried out froyo and cm7. After about 50 unsuccessful installs I have decided I must have a hardware problem because they will run on my sisters nook.
The problem is that after the install, it boots off the sd card and loads android completely but when it asks to complete with setup wizard or
Default action it freezes up for a second and shuts off. After I boot again it just says "Powering Down."
I don't know if I should try a native install or go return this one. I already restored it completely to factory conditions so they won't be able to tell. I have searched everywhere and cannot find this anywhere else (problem or solution).
I just find it so strange how it works on the other nook color but not mine. Even setting it up on hers and moving it to mine produces the same issue. I probably will return it unless someone can help me but I'm more curious to what the problem is than how to fix it, since I can simply go get a new one.
Any help is appreciated!
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Thats certainly a new one. I only have one nook so ive never tried them side by side. Ive never been able too successfully boot off an sd card and have it stable. I eventually just decided to go to cm7 internal and never looked back. I wonder if theres something different in the nook in how it reads from the sd card.
are you overclocking the image? or running it stock?
you said you set it up on your sisters nook then move it to yours and you have problems. did you try taking her good, working build and moving that sd card to your nook and seeing if the problems go away. Ive read alot about sd cards and different quality's of cards. maybe theres something up with the sd card you have.
I have problems no matter what. If i put it on hers to setup, it still has the problem. If i set it up on mine, still has the problem. I just tried phiremod v6.1 and it also had the problem (i expected this because it is still cm7). I probably will return it but i wish they would just update these things to android 2.2/2.3 and maybe even full honeycomb when it comes out and save all of us from these issues.
The image is the normal one. I have tried installing directly to the sd, using the "SD CARD TEMPLATE" files that you install and then boot from to install cm7, etc.
They all work on the other nook but mine is being stubborn for some reason.
I am at the airport getting ready to fly home and i might try installing it internally tomorrow. I just don't want to have this problem again and have to spend a bunch of time reinstalling the stock rom to return it.
I completely understand your frustration, especially since you have 2 and are not seeing the same thing on both. Are you experiencing any other problems with the device. based on what your telling me i would have to assume there is something wrong with the sd card slot.
but if you forget about your sisters nook for a min, what you are describing is exactly what i experienced on my nook. that's why i went for internal. I started with the dual boot, but found that i stopped using the stock rom pretty quickly, and with the slow ports of cm7 to dual boot, i just scrapped dual booting all together, and now im full cm7 and its great.
john10101 said:
I completely understand your frustration, especially since you have 2 and are not seeing the same thing on both. Are you experiencing any other problems with the device. based on what your telling me i would have to assume there is something wrong with the sd card slot.
but if you forget about your sisters nook for a min, what you are describing is exactly what i experienced on my nook. that's why i went for internal. I started with the dual boot, but found that i stopped using the stock rom pretty quickly, and with the slow ports of cm7 to dual boot, i just scrapped dual booting all together, and now im full cm7 and its great.
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I tried the internal install, but it is doing the same thing. I am recovering the stock image right now. Thanks for the help, but I am just going to take it back and get a new one and not root it or anything and just install it to the sd card.
I have the same problem too.
I did a search and couldn't find any other topics covering the same issues I'm having, both here and a general Google search. I also called my mother, and she did indeed say I was special.
Anyway, bought a Nook HD+ two weeks ago and left everything stock for a few days before using Bokbokan's Hybrid SD/EMMC. Everything worked great and enjoyed it for a full week until my Nook started freezing and getting an odd ghosting and slow refresh on the screen.
Figured it was a rom issue so I removed the SD but even when powering it back on the screen had the same effect. And it continued into the stock rom. I de-registered and returned to stock and still had the same issue. Washed out screen, slow refresh, slight flickering an odd randomish burning which held even when the device was powered off and left off for hours. Used the HDMI adapter to see what happened and the output to the TV was fine, making me think I just had a defective screen.
So I returned it for a new one. Followed the same path. Stock a few days, then hybrid install (with the newer Bokbokan rom). Ran great for another few days until I had the screen freeze on me. Not ghosting like I had before, just lines like a disconnected ribbon cable. I reset a few times though and everything was fine. The next day it did it again but took removing the SD card and hard resetting into stock to get it to fix the screen. Then a few hours later I could only get it to boot into the stock rom with a normal screen(CM10 would always have lines and be unusable before it even started booting) , but would go out after 30 seconds. Booted into CWM from the SD card and the screen was fine so I did a factory wipe and left out the SD and booted into stock. De-registered before the screen went out and started over. Started re-registering it and the screen would start going out after the 30 seconds but then snap back to normal after another ten or on a new screen. Once it finished setting up my BN account I reset and... now it seems to be running normal... Left it sit like this for a few hours (checking it every few minutes) and I haven't had a single issue.
This seems to me to be something I'm messing up. I can't see having two defects like that in a row, when I know other people who bought the same week/store from me and haven't had any issues (also running the same Bokbokan rom). And the fact that it seems to fix itself the longer it sits in stock. I haven't dropped it. There has to be something I'm not thinking of that's causing the issues. But I'm completely out of ideas.
Is this maybe some kind of new anti-rooting thing by B&N? Does someone have a voodoo doll of my Nook? My SD card have some type of bacterial infection? Maybe a full blood moon overhead? An allergic reaction to my screen protectors?
Any ideas?
Do you have some big magnetic source or other device in your house that could be effecting your HD+? Just grasping for straws. Never heard of this before.
You might try verygreen's NEW SD scheme and see if you get the same thing.
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leapinlar said:
Do you have some big magnetic source or other device in your house that could be effecting your HD+? Just grasping for straws. Never heard of this before.
You might try verygreen's NEW SD scheme and see if you get the same thing.
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My case does have a magnet in it, but this started before I got this new case.
But the way the screen looks is the way a screen looks like when it needs degaussing... But wouldn't explain why it only clears up after running a fresh stock rom for a bit.
Which has me thinking now it is something wrong with my rom. Even though both Nooks used different roms. I shall try using verygreens and see what kind of results I get.
I hate problems like this. =p
I'll report back in a bit!
Hello;
Sorry to bother anyone and thank you for taking the time to create this site. I have a Nook HD "Humming Bird" and recently Installed CM11 on it. The other day the Tablet's battery went completely dead and I was able to get it charging again the next day, Upon turning it on the tablet turned on and just Displayed the Nook logo on the front, I have tried recreating the Bootable SD cards and even reverting it back to stock Roms, the tablet act as tho everything is completing successfully but the I restart it, nothing happens it just stays on the nook screen.
I'm really running out of idea's it was working fine and I have flashed this as well as about 4 or 5 different phone. I have seen other forums stating that I need to revert back to stock recovery, rom and each attempt I haven't been successful phone show it installing it complete's it with no errors but then when I turn it on nothing happens.
The only thing that I have noticed during the flashes is that it says something Offset5124 (I don't know if these are correct) and I think a message pulls up
Installing Boot... Installing Boot... Installing Boot...
Any help would be awesome and thank you very much