Ok, so I just got a nook and went through the steps of rooting it by following this tutorial here: http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/nook-color-cm7.html which eventually led me to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957. I then tried to put gapps on my nook so I could get android market but I can't get the nook to boot into recovery mode! I started searching through alot of forums and noticed many people saying you need to have ClockworkMod Recovery which I thought I already had. But in my rom manager it says "You mush have the CLockworkMod Recovery installed to flash and restore ROMs!" So apparently I can't go into recovery mode because I don't have it?? I don't know how to install it either because all the tutorials start out with a stock nook and my nook already has gingerbread on it. I'm extremely cautious to try anything because this is my first time rooting. What do I do????
Well, I figured out how to install Clockwork through the rom manager and I just noticed an update in the bottom bar. It just gave me the option to add google apps and it's downloading as I type this. Confused about recovery mode and the little penguin now.
MusicaFreak23 said:
Confused about recovery mode and the little penguin now.
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Idk if you figured this out yet but in case you didn't, what you were supposed to do is download the latest gapps which is 200110613 if your using latest cm7. Then put that zip in the boot partition of your sd card. Put the sd card back into your nook and boot into recovery by holding down the N and power buttons. When the loading screen appears you release the buttons. It then will install gapps to the sd card and power down when its done.
Tip: If you cant time the release of N and power to get gapps installed. Just let cm7 load up then hold power select reboot then select recovery.
dabiddabird said:
Idk if you figured this out yet but in case you didn't, what you were supposed to do is download the latest gapps which is 200110613 if your using latest cm7. Then put that zip in the boot partition of your sd card. Put the sd card back into your nook and boot into recovery by holding down the N and power buttons. When the loading screen appears you release the buttons. It then will install gapps to the sd card and power down when its done.
Tip: If you cant time the release of N and power to get gapps installed. Just let cm7 load up then hold power select reboot then select recovery.
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What I ended up doing actually is rerooting it to run nightlies instead of the stable version 7.0.3. It rebooted into recovery mode and worked like a charm.
When am I supposed to see the option to Boot to Recovery? I have tried timing holding N and power and that didn't work. I tried holding the N till script appeared but only option ended up booting to B&N Nook Color.
How do I forec a Recovery boot?
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Absolute NooB to the NC here, so please be gentle!
I've got four issues that should be no-brainers but they are beating me up. I've split them into four separate posts to keep things clean.
1. Booting to recovery
What I've read is to power the NC off, power on, hold down power & N key until boot screen (which I assume is the "Touch the future of reading" screen), then release both to boot into recovery mode.
Certainly sounds simple.
I can't make it work. Been trying for days.
So, does this actually work? What is the trick?
Timing on that can be tricky, so don't get frustrated. When the 'touch the future' logo comes up, continue holding N and power and count to about 4. Hopefully that gets you, but if not, try 3 and 5 counts. If it powers back off, you held too long, but it won't hurt anything!
I have the same darn problem with mine---but I never see "touch of the future" script, I see " loading". I always see "loading".
CM7 on the sd card.
I have never booted into recovery.
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I usually reboot to recovery from rom manager.
Thanks! Got it down now. Once I got the timing down, tis as easy as on my original Droid.
john10101 said:
I usually reboot to recovery from rom manager.
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That's my preferred method (on my original Droid) but it doesn't work for me on the Nook.
Maybe because I am still booting CM7 from the sdcard?
I'm on the same boat here cant figure out how to get into recovery mode.
I tried the power/N button combinations, reboot into recovery from CM7 desktop, and ROM manager still doesn't get me into recovery mode.
atrociousNK said:
I'm on the same boat here cant figure out how to get into recovery mode.
I tried the power/N button combinations, reboot into recovery from CM7 desktop, and ROM manager still doesn't get me into recovery mode.
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Problem fixed, stopped using stable build 7.03 and used nightly build 102 and now I could get in and out of recovery mode with no issues.
i cant get into my recovery, i have a recovery image, im on cm7 rc3, i tried flashing to the stable using rom manager, but i get stuck on the htc screen, i take out the battery, try flashing the normal way, and im still stuck on the htc screen, what can i do? i deleted gapps off my sd card and put the new one in, but i didnt flash right away, i tried flashing cm7 stable first, dont know if thats what caused the issue. thanks for your help
It puzzles me you say you can't get into recovery but you posted you tried flashing the rom threw rom manger and the " normal " way. I'm thinking the normal way is from your recovery. If you can get into recovery try this. Make a nandroid of your current rom. Then do a full wipe. As in data,cache & dev-cache. Then flash the rom and see if it boots up. If it does. Reboot back into recovery and flash the gapps. then reboot. See if that works. If you cant actually get into recovery just post back and either myself or fellow xda members will try and help you out.
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i cant get into recovery at all, what i wrote was i tried flashing the cm7 stable from rom manager first, but it got stuck on the htc screen, then tried the normal way which is holding down the red button and clicking on the reboot-recovery option, and still got stuck on the htc screen. these are the only two ways i know to get into recovery, and holding down the volume down button and the power button, which didnt work for me either, basically i cant get into recovery. i thought it was because i deleted my gapps and didnt flash the new gapps file as soon as i put it in my sd card,but im not sure if that is the reason.
With power off
To boot into recovery you
Press & hold the red power button & press & hold the home buttom untill you see your recovery. Or Peres & hold the power button then press and hold the volume down button. A white screen will appear. When you see the white screen press the home button and wait. Your recovery should appear. If you just deleted your gapps zip from your SD it would not effect your recovery at all. I think your just caught in a boot loop and your not booting into recovery the correct way. But I'm not sure.let me know if this works. What recovery are you using???
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i tried what you said and im still get stuck on the htc screen, i saw the white screen and all but when i pressed the home button i got stuck at the htc screen, its the cm7 recovery clockworkmod
kozmo198 said:
i tried what you said and im still get stuck on the htc screen, i saw the white screen and all but when i pressed the home button i got stuck at the htc screen, its the cm7 recovery clockworkmod
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Pull battery, replace battery.
BEFORE POWERING ON DEVICE, press and hold HOME key.
WHILE HOLDING HOME KEY, press and release power button.
WHEN HTC LOGO APPEARS, release HOME key.
You should now be in recovery.
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Pull battery, replace battery.
BEFORE POWERING ON DEVICE, press and hold HOME key.
WHILE HOLDING HOME KEY, press and release power button.
WHEN HTC LOGO APPEARS, release HOME key.
You should now be in recovery.
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same problem after trying this...still on htc screen x/
kozmo198 said:
same problem after trying this...still on htc screen x/
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Are you able to boot normally? Or does that get stuck as well?
yeah i can get into cm7 past the logo and everything, i can run rc3, but i cant get into recovery at all trying everything in the past posts
kozmo198 said:
yeah i can get into cm7 past the logo and everything, i can run rc3, but i cant get into recovery at all trying everything in the past posts
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Then just go into ROM Manager and re-flash the recovery.
ok thnks, ill hfto try where i can get wifi n the morning x.x
If I'm not mistaken can't you tell rom manger were to look for the recovery you want to flash?? If so and you have a copy of the recovery on your sd you can flash it.
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Then just go into ROM Manager and re-flash the recovery.
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how about if he had said no?
thats just straight up a creek right?
I am having the same problem...except I never actually got Cyanogen flashed. I rooted my phone. Installed SuperUser to fix permissions. Installed Rom Recovery and flashed the Clockworks Recovery. Then I backed up the Rom and when I went to boot into recovery to flash Cyanogen, I just get the white HTC screen. I get the same issue with manual recovery (holding down home and turning the power on). I can boot normally, but I can't restore my backup or use any other recovery features. Any ideas?
corey777 said:
I am having the same problem...except I never actually got Cyanogen flashed. I rooted my phone. Installed SuperUser to fix permissions. Installed Rom Recovery and flashed the Clockworks Recovery. Then I backed up the Rom and when I went to boot into recovery to flash Cyanogen, I just get the white HTC screen. I get the same issue with manual recovery (holding down home and turning the power on). I can boot normally, but I can't restore my backup or use any other recovery features. Any ideas?
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Ok....I tried one more time using the Volume Down and Power, then selecting Home and for whatever reason it worked. So I cleared my cache and then I selected to installed zip from sdcard and selected the cyanogen zip file. I get E: Error in /sdcard/update-cm-7.0.0-Hero-signed.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.
Anyone know what that means?
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Ok....I tried one more time using the Volume Down and Power, then selecting Home and for whatever reason it worked. So I cleared my cache and then I selected to installed zip from sdcard and selected the cyanogen zip file. I get E: Error in /sdcard/update-cm-7.0.0-Hero-signed.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.
Anyone know what that means?
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Could just be a bad download. Redownload it and try again. Or it could mean its the wrong type of file. Or the zip needs to be signed.
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Last night I flashed the latest CM7 nightly and everything was running fine until I tried flashing this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982337
Now when my phone turns on it goes into the Phone--!--PC screen for about 10 seconds then the Cyanogen boot screen comes on and loops. I can't get into download mode or recovery no matter what button combos I try. I've looked around and I think I need a jig but I haven't read anything about the looping boot screen. Is there any hope for my phone or do I need to make/buy a jig?
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Last night I flashed the latest CM7 nightly and everything was running fine until I tried flashing this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982337
Now when my phone turns on it goes into the Phone--!--PC screen for about 10 seconds then the Cyanogen boot screen comes on and loops. I can't get into download mode or recovery no matter what button combos I try. I've looked around and I think I need a jig but I haven't read anything about the looping boot screen. Is there any hope for my phone or do I need to make/buy a jig?
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Your just stuck in a boot loop. Phone! Computer is actually the kernel splash for that kernel. Pull the battery, give it a minute, put the battery back in, and hold the 3 button combo until you see the att screen, then release the buttons.
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Last night I flashed the latest CM7 nightly and everything was running fine until I tried flashing this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982337
Now when my phone turns on it goes into the Phone--!--PC screen for about 10 seconds then the Cyanogen boot screen comes on and loops. I can't get into download mode or recovery no matter what button combos I try. I've looked around and I think I need a jig but I haven't read anything about the looping boot screen. Is there any hope for my phone or do I need to make/buy a jig?
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I havent tried flashing cm7 but when you go to odin and hold to the button power up and power down and connect your usb does the odin recognized your phone?
EDIT: oh there you go if thats the case then your fine
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Your just stuck in a boot loop. Phone! Computer is actually the kernel splash for that kernel. Pull the battery, give it a minute, put the battery back in, and hold the 3 button combo until you see the att screen, then release the buttons.
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I tried this and it still goes to the Phone!Computer screen after I release the buttons. no matter what I try I can't get odin to recognize my phone. whatever button combos I try with my phone connected to my computer I hear it connect when it's on the Phone!Computer screen then I hear it disconnect right before it goes to the boot screen.
also when I plug my phone in while it's powered off the loading circle thing comes up like it does when it's charging but instead of the battery indicator is just shows the Phone!Computer screen.
See if Odin recognizes the phone-!-computer screen as a type of dl screen, letting you flash from there.
Connery it to kies and repair samsung kies then when kies opens go to install drivers then jig to download mode and flash as norma
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See if Odin recognizes the phone-!-computer screen as a type of dl screen, letting you flash from there.
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I already told you that odin wont recognize my phone no matter what I do. I already bought the resistors for a jig so now I guess I have to cut a usb cable open.
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]Connect to samsung kies repair kies when kies opens go to tools and install drivers then jig into download mode and
odin will now recognize your phone
First problem your having is the Le Kernel DeJour (Escapist Kernel) hasn't been supported in a long time and as far as I have read any of the other cm7 kernels that are available right now are not working with the newest nightlies. The other kernels are having the same problem and causing a bootloop. There is some beta kernels that you will have to get from IRC for the Glitch Kernel. But I will show you how to fix your issue if you have a external SD card that you can take out of your phone and plug it into the computer, transfer the file I will link and place it on the external SD card.
1. Okay plug in your external SD card into a computer (or transfer the linked file onto the external SD card)
2. Link to the stock cm7 kernel #126 which will install and not wipe your data and only wipe cache and dalvich cache
http://db.tt/LZJqu1hd
This will install and get you out of your bootloop.
4. Power off you phone and insert the external SD card back into phone
5. Hold down the volume+ and volume - buttons along with the Peer button until you see the art screen come up. Let go of the power button and then the volume buttons. You should now go into RECOVERY MODE.
6. Install zip from SD card, choose zip from SD card, navigate to the file you uploaded CM7RevertKernel#126
7. Click on it and choose to install.
8. Should now boot you back into the cm7 rom. If this helps hit the Thanks button, if you have a problem shoot me a pm.
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thanks for the help guys but I finally got everything working. I made a jig and I'm flashing back to stock 2.1 with odin 1 click now.
RockRatt said:
First problem your having is the Le Kernel DeJour (Escapist Kernel) hasn't been supported in a long time and as far as I have read any of the other cm7 kernels that are available right now are not working with the newest nightlies. The other kernels are having the same problem and causing a bootloop. There is some beta kernels that you will have to get from IRC for the Glitch Kernel. But I will show you how to fix your issue if you have a external SD card that you can take out of your phone and plug it into the computer, transfer the file I will link and place it on the external SD card.
1. Okay plug in your external SD card into a computer (or transfer the linked file onto the external SD card)
2. Link to the stock cm7 kernel #126 which will install and not wipe your data and only wipe cache and dalvich cache
This will install and get you out of your bootloop.
4. Power off you phone and insert the external SD card back into phone
5. Hold down the volume+ and volume - buttons along with the Peer button until you see the art screen come up. Let go of the power button and then the volume buttons. You should now go into RECOVERY MODE.
6. Install zip from SD card, choose zip from SD card, navigate to the file you uploaded CM7RevertKernel#126
7. Click on it and choose to install.
8. Should now boot you back into the cm7 rom. If this helps hit the Thanks button, if you have a problem shoot me a pm.
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thank you for that but I wasn't able to reach recovery mode no matter what key combo I used. thanks for letting me know that none of kernels work with the nightlies. I'll steer clear in the future
which bootloader u've got? if it's Cappy one - push Vol + and Vol - and plug into USB and ifi9000 one - Vol- and power button
Having trouble doing anything with my nook hd+, i have it running on cm 10.2. the problem is that after i tried updating twrp from 2.6.xx to 2.7 with the flashify app it i rebooted it to try it out but instead of booting it got stuck in a boot loop. it powers on for about 3 secs and cuts back off and continues doing this until i hold down the power button and turn it off. i have tried everything i could think of but nothing works!! if anyone could help that would be great. ps im new to most of this
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Having trouble doing anything with my nook hd+, i have it running on cm 10.2. the problem is that after i tried updating twrp from 2.6.xx to 2.7 with the flashify app it i rebooted it to try it out but instead of booting it got stuck in a boot loop. it powers on for about 3 secs and cuts back off and continues doing this until i hold down the power button and turn it off. i have tried everything i could think of but nothing works!! if anyone could help that would be great. ps im new to most of this
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Holding power + home doesn't bring up recovery either?
You'd then need to adb flash the recovery or make an sdcard bootable and put the sdcard recovery on there which would then be started by the device and then you can fix from there. Go with the one you have already available first.
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Holding power + home doesn't bring up recovery either?
You'd then need to adb flash the recovery or make an sdcard bootable and put the sdcard recovery on there which would then be started by the device and then you can fix from there. Go with the one you have already available first.
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no ive tried holding power + home but all it does is turn off the nook and i have tried using a bootable sd card but the nook doesnt seem to want to boot up on that either. As of using adb i have tried to use it but it will not connect to the device for me to flash anything to it. It may be to my lack of experience using adb or fastboot.
parkerchad82 said:
no ive tried holding power + home but all it does is turn off the nook...
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You are holding power too long. Hold power and n together for a few seconds releasing power first followed by releasing n. It should boot to recovery (either stock or CWM).
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leapinlar said:
You are holding power too long. Hold power and n together for a few seconds releasing power first followed by releasing n. It should boot to recovery (either stock or CWM).
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i have tried all sorts of button combinations including like you just said. the nook powers on for maybe 3 secs shows the word "nook" and cuts back off not enough time to do anything with
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i have tried all sorts of button combinations including like you just said. the nook powers on for maybe 3 secs shows the word "nook" and cuts back off not enough time to do anything with
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Your emmc is messed up. I suggest you go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and make a new bootable CWM SD per item 1a and then use that to install a plain stock zip from item 6. That should repair the files on emmc and you can start over with CM11.
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If you mess up the internal emmc recovery, your nook will behave exactly as described.
(trust me, I've been there).
The cure is to (re)flash a working recovery from a sdcard recovery.
Some people complain that it's hard to get their device to boot from sdcard.
Sometimes it helps to plug in your nook to entice it to boot from sd.
I flashed the recovery I got from the CM12 thread but im clueless how to access the recovery. Anybody could help?
I tried holding volume up, volume down, pretty much I tried everything.
LordRaZerManh said:
I flashed the recovery I got from the CM12 thread but im clueless how to access the recovery. Anybody could help?
I tried holding volume up, volume down, pretty much I tried everything.
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make an empty zip file, name it "ASUS_BUNDLE.zip" and put it in your external sd card Don't put it in any folder straight to SD card.
boot into droid boot and select SD download option, done your phone will boot into recovery.