Hi there,
I followed the guide to install cm7 on internal memory and everything seems to be working except charging the unit. It seems as my NC charger/cable only works when I have it shutdown. If I'm running the unit the NC cable stay green and won't charge. Anybody having the same problem??
I had the same problem. In my case, it was the data cable.
It used to charge in autonooter 1.x, but it stop charging when I updated to cm7 (green light on cable and status doesn't show charging) Unless I turn the nook off then the nook cable will show red. Is it the cable that's defective??
J
Nope, it is not the data cable. I have the same exact problem. So I restored back to Stock to see if it was the cable, and the cable works fine booted into stock. Obviously, its a CM7 thing.
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I tried posting a day or two ago about this, but wasn't able to get any replies or any help at all actually : /
Anyways, for some reason ever since I rooted my nook, when i plug a charging cable into it, it either
(a) Pulls out of sleep mode and shows the Lock Screen, which drains the batt
or
(b) Will actually turn the device ON and do the above stuff, making it really hard to charge in general
Is there any way to fix this? Right now my nook keeps hovering below the charging line and reboot looping, then when it does have enough power to actually full boot, it drains itself faster than it can charge bc it runs the screen at full brightness.
HELP PLZ!?
Your charger must be bad or some other such problem, because that's what the Nook does: plug it into the charger and it boots itself up or comes out of sleep to the lock screen. It will blank the screen relatively soon after if it is running correctly.
On top of that, the charger supplies way more than enough juice to charge even under heavy use.
Are you using the nook charger and the nook cable?
Im using a MicroSD cable either through the computer or through an actual AC port in an adapter.
Im basically now at the point where I can't charge the thing enough to get it past the "Battery is Dead, wait 15 mins" mark. It sucks so hard :<
Im thinking I may have to take it back to Best Buy and try again, I have the warranty on it, just I really dont want to do that! >_>;
I am having the same problem......
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K41N2358 said:
Im using a MicroSD cable either through the computer or through an actual AC port in an adapter.
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Are you using the official B&N USB cable and charger that came with it or just generic ones?
Using a standard MicroSD Blackberry adapter.
I tried going to bestBuys (i work for them) and getting a black NC cable, no one sells any!
My next stop is going to be BN themself. Is it really that big of a difference what cable you use?
K41N2358 said:
Using a standard MicroSD Blackberry adapter.
I tried going to bestBuys (i work for them) and getting a black NC cable, no one sells any!
My next stop is going to be BN themself. Is it really that big of a difference what cable you use?
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Yes, it does make a difference. A standard USB cable and charger takes 8 hours or so to charge an NC. The B&N cable and charger that came with your NC can do it in 2. Use them.
yes, it seems to make a difference. I can only connect to the PC [mounting the drive] with the originally cable. With the generic cable, it will charge but doesn't seem to charge as fast [less than half the speed]. I would suggest you try to get your hand on a original and see if there is a difference for you also.
from the user manual:
CAUTION: Only use the Barnes & Noble power adapter and custom microUSB cable supplied with your NOOKcolor. Other power adapters might damage your NOOKcolor and its battery. Do not use a power adapter and cable intended for other models of NOOK eReader. Use only a NOOKcolor power adapter and cable.
NOTE: Using your NOOKcolor’s microUSB cable, you can connect your NOOKcolor to your personal computer to transfer files. Connecting over USB cable does not charge your NOOKcolor, however. To charge your NOOKcolor, you must plug it into a wall outlet
I tried to find similar threads but the closest I found were people having battery charging issues with Phiremod rom and they were advised to clear the battery stats in recovery mode, which I did try but still the NC won't charge.
I haven't actually let it drain to 0(it's currently at 23%) to see if it really isn't charging or if it's a software thing that is not showing the correct battery level.
Has anyone had a similar experience and been able to fix it? Or do you think it's not a matter of the installed rom and rather maybe the NC itself is "bad" and I need to return it?
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated. Especially since this is my wife's NC and I told her how "cool" this whole rooting, rom'ing thing was and that nothing bad should happen
Most likely it's the NC USB cable. It doesn't have a good design and fails often. I had problem with mine.
DOH!
Wow this is so embarrassing.
After your suggestion, I went to go check my wife's cable and noticed that she had the right cable with the "N" all nice and lit up...to bad she had it in her HTC Inspire plug!!^%$%^! And her Inspire in her NC plug adapter.
Hmmm...now to figure out how to delete this post...don't wanna give Nookie Froyo rom a bad name but insinuating it cause charging problems.
Actually I noticed this about nook. I plug in a general micro-usb cable, the battery % doesn't change at all.
The minute I switch back to the stock NC plug (with the led logo), the battery instantly shows it fully charged.
Does this mean I can only charge using the NC cable?
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Actually I noticed this about nook. I plug in a general micro-usb cable, the battery % doesn't change at all.
The minute I switch back to the stock NC plug (with the led logo), the battery instantly shows it fully charged.
Does this mean I can only charge using the NC cable?
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I believe the NC cable has extra pins that allow it to charge the NC faster. In addition, the NC charger is a 1.9 amp unit whereas most bricks are less.
A regular USB cable will charge your nook if you turn the nook off. It charges much slower though (overnight for a full charge).
I found out that my NC when using Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 is not chargin while connected to my computer's USB
The icon says its chargin, but the battery level keeps decreasing every hour... It never happened this to me on CM7 or Standard Nook Rom.
I dont have the AC adapter with me... so Im now in a hurry to flash other rom and charge the Nook
I thought the original NC had to be powered-off completely to charge via the USB? Also it would charge much slower.
Ok... This is stupid... But I just rebooted... and now the Charge level has gone from 19% to 50%?!?!
The Nook isn't supposed to charge from a PC connection, because it needs more power than the PC can give. It's actually fitted with a 2 stage uUSB connector that has 5 pin (normal) contact on the first stage, but a custom 12 pin connection on the second stage. Your PC only provides the standard 5 pins...
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crap. this explains why when i plugged my nc into the charger that came with my phone, nothing is happening, or it is charging super slowly.
Running CM7 177 and I can't keep Nook turned on while it is unplugged. As long as it's plugged it works perfect, but the instant I unplug the USB cable it shuts down. Batters says it's is >77%.
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Running CM7 177 and I can't keep Nook turned on while it is unplugged. As long as it's plugged it works perfect, but the instant I unplug the USB cable it shuts down. Batters says it's is >77%.
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I am running 177 and have not experienced that. Try shutting it down while plugged in, unplug when fully charged and then start while disconnected.
I am assuming you did the update while plugged in. I do all of my updates unplugged with at least 50% charge. I only plug in to recharge. The Nook was not designed to be used while charging. That is why the connections get hot when you try to use it while charging.
Thanks for the reply. I reverted to 155 and problems persist. Called up B&N and they are replacing it with a new NC. I'll check the power cable with the new one to see if it is the device or the cable, but I suspect it's the usb connection on the device. It always seemed like the weak link on the device since the beginning.
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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Is this with stock B&N ROM? If not stock, which ROM are you using... some, myself included, have seen carging issues with certain configurations, although I cannot say specifically that my configuration is not causing the issue I see,
[email protected] said:
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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In normal charging operation the light is orange until fully charged then turns green. In CM7 the led would turn green and stay green all the time when Host mode (otg) is activated using Nook Tweaks even when charging. In CM9/10 host mode is activated by default. Root hub is present and host mode is active but the encore otg module is not installed, thus we don't have USB otg yet. So, in a nutshell, having the green led on all the time doesn't indicate anything wrong with the charger/cable. I just charge it overnight or plug it in when it gets to 15 percent when the warning sounds the low battery alarm and unplug it when the lock screen indicated 100% charged.
Edit: If CM10 host mode is not activated by default the setting is a remnant of CM7 Nook Tweaks host mode setting.
Update: Tested the charger/cable from my other Nook with CM7 - light is orange when charging, green when fully charge on CM7. Tested same charger/cable on Nook with CM10- light stays green during charging.
Update 12/28/12: Had to get a new charging cable today $14.95 plus tax. The micro pins bent and broke when nook fell off table while charging.
The new cable now shows orange when charging. So issue may well be a bad cable after all. New cable shows green when fully charged.
[email protected] said:
Recently acquired certified pre-owned Nook Color, but there is a issue: at any level of the battery charging, the green light is lit on the cord, although it should be orange if the battery is not fully charged. While charging is normal (~ 3 hours 15-100%). In what could be the problem? Very uncomfortable, because is not visible when the device is fully charged.
Previously, I had another NC, which worked fine.
Maybe someone else had this problem? How to solve it? Really need help.
Thanks in advance.
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I had the same problem with my Nook Color and it turned out being the cable. If you have noticed, the configuration of the micro USB connector is different than what you see with say a Motorola Droid. This makes the cable a little more difficult to get plugged in and can cause some damage to the pin arrangement if forced. I called B&N and complained and they sent me a new cable free of charge. I keep the old cable as a spare as it works well other than the indicator.
As a side note, I have used various versions including stock, rooted stock, CM7, and CM10 and the problem appeared to be independent of the ROM being used.
I just got a new cable and the indicator stays orange when fully charged. My old cable still works fine (orange while charging, green when charged), but the plastic at the micro-USB end is splitting apart. I have a piece of clear tape holding it together.
I guess as long as they keep actually charging the device, I can't complain too much.
ETA: On stock rom you can still see if it's charged by unlocking and tapping the lower right corner where the battery icon is. The Quick Settings pop up and show % charged.