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Hello all!
New Nook Color owner here. Love the little thing but I'm not sure what to do next!
Ideally I'd like to root it, get the CM7 nightlies on it, and have a generally stable system. There's lots of resources and tutorials on it, but where do I start? What tweaks should I apply? What's the best nightly build so far (one with deep sleep working)? should I install on the emmc or on a class 2 sandisk?
Help would definitely be appreciated.

penars said:
Hello all!
New Nook Color owner here. Love the little thing but I'm not sure what to do next!
Ideally I'd like to root it, get the CM7 nightlies on it, and have a generally stable system. There's lots of resources and tutorials on it, but where do I start? What tweaks should I apply? What's the best nightly build so far (one with deep sleep working)? should I install on the emmc or on a class 2 sandisk?
Help would definitely be appreciated.
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Starting with the SD card install of CM7 will let you try it without any risks, so try that first. Sandisc Class 2 is fast enough for it, although be aware there will be little lags here and there, particularly in the market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
The biggest problem for some people is writing the image to the card.. If it doesn't boot into CM7, it didn't burn right, period.
I suggest you put both the CM7 nightly and the Google Apps on the SD card for the initial install and it'll install both at the same time. When you get booted and you're setting up your Google Account hit the menu button and you'll be able to connect to wifi, then continue through setup normally.

yup having the right tools is the beginning:
SD cards probably 2 or 3, 4 gb sandisk cards Class-2 or 4
If you plan to move your stock B N to a bootable sandisk card, get an 8 GB one as well.
Then either 16 or 32 gb.
All of these of course sandisk.
You'll need a reader either small one directly for those disks or use a SD adapter.

Thanks for the responses guys. Long-term, would installing to the eMMCbenefit me more than on the SD, speedwise?
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I think that if you have very little use for the stock software, which would be basically for the special ebooks that have some interactive aspects. i.e. the little elephant.
Then you might as well emmc the alternative rom.
Now, if you use the nook as a ereader a lot and have a lot of books already and some of them interactive, you have the option of dual boot, boot of the sdcard (either the alt rom, or moving the stock over to the SD card).
It really depends.
I haven't bought any books outside of the ones that came with the nook color and so, I just backed up my stock rom and nandroided it. Eventually, I came to a night where I wanted to let my kids check out elephant story, so I ended up reflashing the stock, pushing the stock over to an SD card, so if I ever need to boot up that book for them, I can do it.
Otherwise I use cm7 for everything I need.

FWIW, full instructions on installing to emmc are here. Don't bother installing Dalingrin's OC kernel though separately, as it is already included with the recent CM7 nightlies.

penars said:
Thanks for the responses guys. Long-term, would installing to the eMMCbenefit me more than on the SD, speedwise?
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I have run it from both the eMMC and uSD. I really don't notice a difference.
I run from uSD using verygreen's "size agnostic..." guide now because I really like my stock B&N experience too so I put the stock ROM back on the eMMC. This way I can return it no problems if it needs warranty work...
Btw, putting CM7 on it is not rooting it, you are completely replacing the ROM on it. Rooting means leaving the stock ROM on it, and modifying it to allow for additional apps and marketplaces.
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I hope this is the right place to ask my question.
Can the Nook 3G be dual booted?

bobgee said:
I hope this is the right place to ask my question.
Can the Nook 3G be dual booted?
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The Nook 3g? The original black and white one?

dual boot for the nc ftw

cdaters said:
I have run it from both the eMMC and uSD. I really don't notice a difference.
I run from uSD using verygreen's "size agnostic..." guide now because I really like my stock B&N experience too so I put the stock ROM back on the eMMC. This way I can return it no problems if it needs warranty work...
Btw, putting CM7 on it is not rooting it, you are completely replacing the ROM on it. Rooting means leaving the stock ROM on it, and modifying it to allow for additional apps and marketplaces.
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Wrong. CM7 is pre-rooted. Rooting means gaining SU (administrator) privileges. This is used to give you more control and functionality on ANY rom or phone.
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[Q] HELP: SD Slot won't mount any SD CARD

Hi, so for the last two weeks i found this issue that's been killing me.
I run a P970 (Optimus Black) running always the latest NIGHTLY from CM10.1.
Two weeks ago I was updating the phone to the version "10.1-20130121-NIGHTLY" and everything went smoothly but after the reboot the phone wouldn't mount my SD card anymore. Mind you that I use a good SD CARD (Amazon Basics 16gb) and tried going into storage and mounting it from there. After several atempts such as removing battery, inserting SD and booting again I decided to check if my SD was corrupted.
IT WAS NOT! TAM DAM DAM!!!
I could access all of my files just fine from my computer.
Just to clear my mind I decided to format the SD card with SD FORMATER but it did bloody nothing.
After that, still holding on to my good manners I tried 3 other SD CARDS that I had laying around.
Nothing....
Now. It was personal.
I spent these last weeks and many aeons searching XDA and the rest of the internet for a case similar to mine and the closest I got, is a thread about a EVO 4G. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Unfortunatly, my Optimus Black refuses to play nice and still hasn't shape shifted to a EVO 4G so we could all move along.
Does anyone has come to a problem like this one? Know how to fix it?
I have already prayed to the Elder Gods and all that it brought me were these horrible, horrible nightmares.
Please, help!
http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Cthulhu-54946267

AW: [Q] HELP: SD Slot won't mount any SD CARD
shd_cheap_cigar said:
Hi, so for the last two weeks i found this issue that's been killing me.
I run a P970 (Optimus Black) running always the latest NIGHTLY from CM10.1.
Two weeks ago I was updating the phone to the version "10.1-20130121-NIGHTLY" and everything went smoothly but after the reboot the phone wouldn't mount my SD card anymore. Mind you that I use a good SD CARD (Amazon Basics 16gb) and tried going into storage and mounting it from there. After several atempts such as removing battery, inserting SD and booting again I decided to check if my SD was corrupted.
IT WAS NOT! TAM DAM DAM!!!
I could access all of my files just fine from my computer.
Just to clear my mind I decided to format the SD card with SD FORMATER but it did bloody nothing.
After that, still holding on to my good manners I tried 3 other SD CARDS that I had laying around.
Nothing....
Now. It was personal.
I spent these last weeks and many aeons searching XDA and the rest of the internet for a case similar to mine and the closest I got, is a thread about a EVO 4G. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243
Unfortunatly, my Optimus Black refuses to play nice and still hasn't shape shifted to a EVO 4G so we could all move along.
Does anyone has come to a problem like this one? Know how to fix it?
I have already prayed to the Elder Gods and all that it brought me were these horrible, horrible nightmares.
Please, help!
http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Cthulhu-54946267
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Make a nandroid, flash another stock rom, do factory reset from hidden menu and try again. Then you ll see, of it is hard or software related.
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i had a similar problem with my SIM card... I took it back to the lg service and they changed half of the phone

N00BY0815 said:
Make a nandroid, flash another stock rom, do factory reset from hidden menu and try again. Then you ll see, of it is hard or software related.
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Sorry, but how do i do a Nandroid without using an SD Card?

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shd_cheap_cigar said:
Sorry, but how do i do a Nandroid without using an SD Card?
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Oh it also doesnt work in cwm? Then it pretty sure is a hardware bug. I think its called online nandroid. Just google it
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N00BY0815 said:
Oh it also doesnt work in cwm? Then it pretty sure is a hardware bug. I think its called online nandroid. Just google it
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I will try looking into that. Thanks!
Anyone else has any idea of what might be happening in this case?

N00BY0815 said:
Oh it also doesnt work in cwm? Then it pretty sure is a hardware bug. I think its called online nandroid. Just google it
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Also, sorry but I would do a nandroid and then what?
I download the Online Nandroid app but why would I run a backup when I am trying to flash another rom?
Sorry if I sound confusing but I only ever had to install new roms thru the LG software and using CWM.
Thanks :good:

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shd_cheap_cigar said:
Also, sorry but I would do a nandroid and then what?
I download the Online Nandroid app but why would I run a backup when I am trying to flash another rom?
Sorry if I sound confusing but I only ever had to install new roms thru the LG software and using CWM.
Thanks :good:
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You should do a backup, so you can restore it if needed... although restoring it without a working cwm will be... hard to impossible i mean restoring it without being able to mount the sd card is pretty complicated... are you able to access the sd card in cwm?
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N00BY0815 said:
You should do a backup, so you can restore it if needed... although restoring it without a working cwm will be... hard to impossible i mean restoring it without being able to mount the sd card is pretty complicated... are you able to access the sd card in cwm?
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Well... I'm F**ked them.
I am thinking of buying a Motorola Atrix 4G.
Thanks man!
I know have a very expansive old school phone

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shd_cheap_cigar said:
Well... I'm F**ked them.
I am thinking of buying a Motorola Atrix 4G.
Thanks man!
I know have a very expansive old school phone
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I ll ask again. Are you able to access you sd card in cwm? Maybe check if the small switch next to the sd card isnt moving, if you put it in. Also check, if it works, if you put some preasure on the sd card slot. Dont yet give up on it
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The January 21st nightly had an SD card bug, just flash a newer version.

re4lsk said:
The January 21st nightly had an SD card bug, just flash a newer version.
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Hi, can you please teach me how to flash a newer version without an SD card?
Thanks

Download the latest nightly in your PC
Put your SD in your PC
Copy the file to your SD
Put your SD in your phone
Turn on your phone
When is on long press your power button
Select reboot, select reboot recovery
From there you must know the rest.

shd_cheap_cigar said:
Hi, can you please teach me how to flash a newer version without an SD card?
Thanks
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I did! Thank you guys!
I was being incredible stupid actually. I finally managed to flash a new rom. There was some debris inside the SD Slot. I managed to open the smartphone out of its shell and remove it.
Thanks guys!

Should I wipe my Nook HD+ and Install CM10.1, or Load from SD?

Just wanting some opinions here.
I was wondering what the consensus is on running ROMs on Nook HD+ is. I heard SD cards were unstable (I have a Kingston Class 4 32GB), and I wasn't sure how easy it is to go back to stock from a ROM.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
Edit: I should add that I do not have any real problems with the stock ROM except weird issues (ie: SoundCloud's app/webpage won't play the songs I uploaded to it).

I just took the plunge and did the full wipe and installed on internal memory. I tried the Sd method first and was not having good luck on a Sandisk 32Gb Class 4 card. So far everything is working great.

EndemicTruth said:
Just wanting some opinions here.
I was wondering what the consensus is on running ROMs on Nook HD+ is. I heard SD cards were unstable (I have a Kingston Class 4 32GB), and I wasn't sure how easy it is to go back to stock from a ROM.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
Edit: I should add that I do not have any real problems with the stock ROM except weird issues (ie: SoundCloud's app/webpage won't play the songs I uploaded to it).
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just back up your stock ROM with CWM, and you should be fine :fingers-crossed:

omigosh said:
just back up your stock ROM with CWM, and you should be fine :fingers-crossed:
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Hehe just decided to take the plunge and do it. Keep getting an error while backing up though.
"Error while making a backup image of /system!"
Using a 32GB Kingston Class 4 SD card. :crying:

I was going to do the SD card thing but couldn't get it to work so I just did the emmc and I like it. I have no experience with other android tablets so my opinion is sort of meaningless but this seems to be pretty rad. Especially for the price!
I say just do it without the SD card. I think I've seen the stock ROM around here somewhere if you really miss it.
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EndemicTruth said:
Hehe just decided to take the plunge and do it. Keep getting an error while backing up though.
"Error while making a backup image of /system!"
Using a 32GB Kingston Class 4 SD card. :crying:
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The error was because you were using verygreen's small 1GB image, there is not room enough there for a backup. If you followed the 'Dummies Guide' it would tell you to use my 4GB image so you had room on the SD to do a backup of stock first.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

EndemicTruth said:
Just wanting some opinions here.
I was wondering what the consensus is on running ROMs on Nook HD+ is. I heard SD cards were unstable (I have a Kingston Class 4 32GB), and I wasn't sure how easy it is to go back to stock from a ROM.
Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!
Edit: I should add that I do not have any real problems with the stock ROM except weird issues (ie: SoundCloud's app/webpage won't play the songs I uploaded to it).
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For the benefit of those who might read this thread in the future and are less sure of what they want to do:
In my opinion, whether you should keep the stock firmware around depends mainly upon how much you enjoy the stock Nook app(s). The Nook shopping/reading app for Android which can be found on the Play Store is inferior, and is so in some ways that are important to me. If you use it, you lose the capacity for multi-color highlights, and the UI is generally clunkier. This may improve, though, and if it does, I'd wholeheartedly endorse always going straight for a native CM install. In general, it's vastly superior.

[Q] Root questions.

I've tried to read as much as I can about rooting the Nook HD+ here, but I have some questions before my attempts. It sounds like some Nook HD+ taking rooting fine while others do not. Through some of the reading I've done here, it sounds like you can dual boot if you have CWM/CM installed on an SD card. Before attempting anything, can you leave the stock Nook ICS on the internal memory and have CWM/CM installed on an external SD Card? I would feel more comfortable about that because it sounds like this is really hit and miss. If rooting does not take I can pull out the SD card and boot like normal to stock Nook ICS
I've never had a problem with rooting any devices that I've owned. This is the first time I've been hesitant about rooting. I just bought it today. I don't want to brick it. I liked how easy it was to root the Galaxy S3 with odin. I would feel more comfortable if there was something more automated in this case. It looked like there was a lot of different links to files for root. Which one is the current? Sorry if this is asked a lot. Thanks in advance for the help
Richard

I think I found the answers. I should have read a little more. I guess there is no way to do this without removing the stock firmware. That is fine with me, but I'm still nervous because the reports of Nooks boot looping seem to be frequent compared to other devices. I know this can obviously happen with any device. It looks like I can leave the stock firmware/ bootloader untouched if I understand this post correctly? I can install a bootloader and CM 10.1 to an external SD without affecting the Nook bootloader and firmware? Thanks again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500

Well, first off I am very frustrated how so many users get confused about "rooting". Rooting is just the process of giving an operating system 'root' access. You can 'root' stock by flashing a zip with CWM. It is still stock but has root access.
Or you can replace stock with a totally different operating system (like CM). CM comes already rooted and unfortunately many users call installing CM rooting. It is not. It is installing a new operating system that just also happens to be already rooted.
Ok, off my soapbox.
If you are worried about messing up your stock then you should install CM to an SD. That leaves stock unmodified and allows CM to run independently. Just remove the SD and it will boot next time to stock. There are instructions to install to SD in the development threads.
All HD/HD+'s will have no trouble with rooting stock or installing CM. It is the actual ability to boot using a bootable SD that is sometimes troublesome. And you must be able to boot to an SD to either root stock or install CM. And of course if you want CM on SD, that must be able to boot also.
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Sorry, I should have been a little more clear. I was worried about putting CWM on the internal storage. I use the term rooting to broadly here. I saw people had trouble with CWM on internal storage and some not. I have plenty of experience. I'm not worried I would make mistake. Seems like this device has had recent history of problems with making any chances to the stock firmware. Most of the post I read were from people who bought the Nook recently. That is what made me thing before making a change.. The last thing anyone wants is to brick a new device. That's why I liked the idea of using external storage first. Thanks for clearing that up.
Richard

riche1 said:
Sorry, I should have been a little more clear. I was worried about putting CWM on the internal storage. I use the term rooting to broadly here. I saw people had trouble with CWM on internal storage and some not. I have plenty of experience. I'm not worried I would make mistake. Seems like this device has had recent history of problems with making any chances to the stock firmware. Most of the post I read were from people who bought the Nook recently. That is what made me thing before making a change.. The last thing anyone wants is to brick a new device. That's why I liked the idea of using external storage first. Thanks for clearing that up.
Richard
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Well putting CM on internal is very easy and reliable once you get the SD to boot. And that thread you referenced is the right one to be following if you want it on internal.
However if you want CM on SD follow a different thread.
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leapinlar said:
Well putting CM on internal is very easy and reliable once you get the SD to boot. And that thread you referenced is the right one to be following if you want it on internal.
However if you want CM on SD follow a different thread.
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Which one would that be? I thought it was all on that one linj. Thanks for pointing that out.
I'm sure this all works fine on internal storage, like you said. Normally I would go for it, but this is the first time I have been a little nervous.

riche1 said:
Which one would that be? I thought it was all on that one linj. Thanks for pointing that out.
I'm sure this all works fine on internal storage, like you said. Normally I would go for it, but this is the first time I have been a little nervous.
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I would suggest this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087988
That puts CM10.1 on it and it is very stable. There are other threads for CM10.2 and for the SGT7 modified CM10.1 and CM10.2 on SD, but I think the one above would be your best bet.
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[Q] [Nook HD] Possible to install CWM without microSD?

Hey guys, I'm new to this device. My 3 boys all have the Nook HD, and I would like to be able to sideload apps for them, i.e. AdAway, but keep the stock ROM as they are comfortable with it.
I see that the current methods are quite simple and refined, which is awesome, but I have one problem - I can't seem to find a microSD anywhere. Could have sworn I had one kicking around. However, I've got ADB working; do I need to go buy a microSD for sure, or can I use ADB to flash custom recovery to the internal memory and proceed? (Yes, I am that cheap :silly

mrage said:
Hey guys, I'm new to this device. My 3 boys all have the Nook HD, and I would like to be able to sideload apps for them, i.e. AdAway, but keep the stock ROM as they are comfortable with it.
I see that the current methods are quite simple and refined, which is awesome, but I have one problem - I can't seem to find a microSD anywhere. Could have sworn I had one kicking around. However, I've got ADB working; do I need to go buy a microSD for sure, or can I use ADB to flash custom recovery to the internal memory and proceed? (Yes, I am that cheap :silly
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You need a micro SD. You cannot do anything like flash recovery with ADB without being rooted. And you cannot root without an SD.
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leapinlar said:
You need a micro SD. You cannot do anything like flash recovery with ADB without being rooted. And you cannot root without an SD.
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Thanks for the quick response! That makes sense, I hadn't considered that I had to be rooted to flash recovery. D'oh.

Sandisk 8gb microSD cards are available on EBay for less than $5.
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