The LCD has gone haywire on my NC and I can't see any of the screens to reset it to stock.
I am running MIUI on it, and did the 8 consecutive reboots to get it to boot into recovery, but I can't see the options on the screens.
B&N has the replacement on the way, I just need to send this back per the agreement.
Any ideas on how I can get thing back to factory given that parts of the screen is unreadable?
What would you do?
GOODYMAN said:
The LCD has gone haywire on my NC and I can't see any of the screens to reset it to stock.
I am running MIUI on it, and did the 8 consecutive reboots to get it to boot into recovery, but I can't see the options on the screens.
B&N has the replacement on the way, I just need to send this back per the agreement.
Any ideas on how I can get thing back to factory given that parts of the screen is unreadable?
What would you do?
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Use ADB to make it unbootable, just start removing directories.
you can try something like this
Code:
adb shell
format SYSTEM:
format DATA:
format CACHE:
I had the same problem. I used android screencast to help me wipe my nook. It didn't work especially well but it will display the screen on your PC so that you can see what's going on. Unless it's been updated since I did it the screen will be turned 180 degrees and you won't be able to control it from the PC but it will work well enough to help you see what's going on.
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
Thanks guys...I've never used ADB, but I am downloading the SDK now. Its taking forever.
I think I may be able to figure it out between both of those suggestions.
The only other question I have is about my registration for the Market. I read one place where you should deregister your device before the new one comes in. How can I do that if I can't go into settings?
There's no way to deregister the device without doing it from the device itself. If you do the screencast option you can go through the steps to deregister the device which will in turn return it to factory condition and obviously remove it from your account on BN.
GOODYMAN said:
Thanks guys...I've never used ADB, but I am downloading the SDK now. Its taking forever.
I think I may be able to figure it out between both of those suggestions.
The only other question I have is about my registration for the Market. I read one place where you should deregister your device before the new one comes in. How can I do that if I can't go into settings?
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You don't deregister from the Android Market, although you probably want to deregister the Nook from your Barnes and Noble account and you can do that over the phone with B&N support.
I'm stuck.
I can't get Screencast to work because I can't check to see if it's in debug mode or detected by adb devices.
All I see is the boot recovery screen with a bunch of lines going through. The only option that is visible is "wipe cache partition".
If someone could tell me what other options are on this menu, so I can navigate up and down to reset this thing, that would be great.
Like, how many clicks down or up on each screen to completely wipe and reset to stock.
Or, if I just returned on RMA this thing, as is, would that prevent them from sending me a replacement (which I mistakenly though they did already)?
Who has screenshots of all the boot menus?
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something interesting happened to my NC last night. i was messing around with system apks, trying to get better access to the system settings. i copied Settings.apk and SettingsProvider.apk from the 2.1 emulator to /system/app the NC. they didn't work, so i replaced Settings.apk with the original, but forgot to replace SettingsProvider.apk. bonehead mistake. anyway, upon rebooting, the device was stuck in a bootloop. it would get to the white "Nook Color, by Barnes and Noble" boot animation, and just loop over and over. i tried the factory reset twice, but as i expected, it didn't help.
i decided to give up for the night, and left the NC plugged into AC power, bootlooping over and over, just to see if anything would happen. after about 30 minutes, i tried to shut it down by holding the power button. the screen went off, and i set it down. when i looked back a few seconds later, the NC was booting again. this time, it came to the screen shown in the attached photo. on the screen, it says "A new software update is being installed. This will take a few minutes."
the process finished, and the device booted up into a fresh, clean, non-rooted 1.0.0 installation! a real software update wasn't installed. it seems the device decided to reflash the original ROM on itself. can it be that the NC is smart enough to know when something is catastrophically wrong, and flash back to stock? either way, i'm happy to have my NC back in business
pokey and I were talking about this in another thread (though he's better at dissecting this stuff than I am). There's a counter for unsuccessful boot attempts, and after 8 it apparently flashes "factory.zip" from partition 3, which is a full clean factory dump.
This actually happened to me, sort of, two nights ago. I was messing around with system settings, but didn't change anything too important...or so I thought.
Shortly after, I was using my Nook, as it was working normally, and the initial setup screen popped up, said something about being unable to authorize my account, and then went ahead and factory reset itself,forcing me to have to re-root. Pretty annoying, and it was odd, since my Nook seemed to be working fine.
It may be worthwhile to make a modified factory.zip so devices wouldn't lose root, no?
I haven't yet encountered this problem, but it would suck to have to reformat my microSD card if this should happen.
tokyomonster said:
This actually happened to me, sort of, two nights ago. I was messing around with system settings, but didn't change anything too important...or so I thought.
Shortly after, I was using my Nook, as it was working normally, and the initial setup screen popped up, said something about being unable to authorize my account, and then went ahead and factory reset itself,forcing me to have to re-root. Pretty annoying, and it was odd, since my Nook seemed to be working fine.
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Mine did this exact same thing too. I messed with the settings apks and then when I went back to the B&N home screen an error about not being able to authorize and the device needed to be reset. then it rebooted and performed a reinstall of 1.0.0
clockworx said:
pokey and I were talking about this in another thread (though he's better at dissecting this stuff than I am). There's a counter for unsuccessful boot attempts, and after 8 it apparently flashes "factory.zip" from partition 3, which is a full clean factory dump.
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well there you have it. a nice feature, for the reckless
any idea where the counter is kept?
might there be some way to put factory.zip on the SD card, and force a flash? this would just be a parachute in case something gets too messed up for the failed boot counter to work.
This can be done manually too. Look on nookdevs.com for NookColor_UnRooting
Withfeeling said:
This can be done manually too. Look on nookdevs.com for NookColor_UnRooting
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That isn't the same thing. It only fixes a few things (like Ramdisk, obviously), while this thread is referring to a complete clean /system.
clockworx said:
That isn't the same thing. It only fixes a few things (like Ramdisk, obviously), while this thread is referring to a complete clean /system.
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actually, in a quiet, unassuming box at the bottom of the nookdevs unrooting page, it does describe a method to flash back to stock. apparently you hold volume down (minus) while powering on. it's easy to miss. i'll break that bit of information out into it's own page.
Ben74 said:
actually, in a quiet, unassuming box at the bottom of the nookdevs unrooting page, it does describe a method to flash back to stock. apparently you hold volume down (minus) while powering on. it's easy to miss. i'll break that bit of information out into it's own page.
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nookdevs wiki updated:
http://www.nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
Given this possibility, is there a way to backup a rooted NC so it would be easier to rebuild after an inadvertant flash.
Some of us noticed that "quiet, unassuming box".
blacter said:
Given this possibility, is there a way to backup a rooted NC so it would be easier to rebuild after an inadvertant flash.
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This, built-in, mechanism seems like a pretty bullet-proof protection against bricking your Nook Color. The Nook Classic has a similar mechanism. I think it's a great idea and I wish all these new tablets had such a capability.
I'm loving the Nook Color but other things require the money right now so it's going back, for now.
I just did the Home+Power key combination and it did a reset. I re-registered the device to make sure Angry Bird and a few other things were gone and they are. I got a notice at the bottom of the home screen saying something about a software update and it just said I was currently on 1.0.0, I clicked it and it went away. But, in Settings and Device Info there is a Erase & Deregister Device option. When I click the option it says the following "This will remove all digital books and files, including side-loaded content, from this device. The titles you have purchased will remain in your B&N account." I find this interesting since it specifically mentions "side-loaded content" and I'm wondering if this also triggers the 'factory.zip' file and as a complete factory hard reset of files and all. I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else so I thought it might be worth mentioning.
Cheers
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Okay now I don't feel so dumb, I renamed the otacerts.zip thing but i am still getting reset
I did find an application that is call BN authentication service. I can't uninstall it from the normal App installer, anyways to get around this? Like ADB
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Ha I feel so dumb, I just needed to reboot, then change the names. So after i changed the names I rebooted again and its all good now
Thanks eyecrispy
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I have a rooted nook color with a stock 1.0.1 rom, CWR, and a over clocked kernal. I have only 1 real problem, I guess besides not being able to download from the marketplace - my nook keeps on getting reset by B&N! They don't unroot it, and my recovery is still intact, but it really sucks not being able to connect to their shop. It's not that I would use their shop it's just that I accidentaly press it every now and then and it resets my device. I have to back up my device once everyday to make sure nothing gets deleted because sometimes, even when I don't press the shop button, I don't even have to press anything, it resets the device after its been connected to wi-fi for a while. Like the other day, i just set it down to go to the restroom, I come back to find it at the Android setup or the quick setup selection page. When I select Android setup when I press the little android nothing happens. When I select the B&N quick setup it, i can do that no problem. So now I just turn it off from there and load my back up through CWR.
Anyways, is there anyway to stop it from connecting to the B&N authentication service or something? I have seen people with similar problems, but no one seems to have it happen to them over and over and over again.
Plenty of folks have reported this continuously happening. Have you disabled OTA updates?
Sent from my Nook Color
eyecrispy said:
Plenty of folks have reported this continuously happening. Have you disabled OTA updates?
Sent from my Nook Color
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Really? All th threads I have read people say it happened once but after a reboot it was fine. Maybe I just missed it. If you could please tell me how to disable OTA updates that would be a big help. Thanks
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Found what you meant, I am trying to use Root Explorer but am having no luck. I gave it superuser permissions yet it still wont let me changes any system files
Hey all,
I have to send my phone back on insurance. However, the screen is jacked. It got a crack on the inside (no cracks on outer glass or dings on the phone itself - really weird). I can only see a small portion of the screen - the rest is all black.
I'm currently running Perception and I'd like to get it back to stock and do a master clear. Getting it back to stock shouldn't be an issue, but the master clear might be as I'm not sure how I can get it back into USB debugging mode to do a wipe since I can't see enough of the screen to do it.
Is there a way I can have the output display on my laptop, like in the screen shots, or anything like that? Replacement should be here tomorrow.
Thanks!
Super
Same thing happened to me. Why worry about stock? You are paying $125 for the ins claim. You are not filing warranty
Fine enough, but I'd still like my personal data wiped off of it.
Yea, had same concern, not sure how to go about it though
Superguy said:
Fine enough, but I'd still like my personal data wiped off of it.
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Microwave...try 15 seconds
Though I would have just told them I lost it.
Okay, I have an idea. This may work if you can at least get into download mode.
Use Odin to flash back to stock with wipe data. (3 button) Then it should be bone stock minus that your internal SD will still have your stuff on it. Then when stock with the usb connected and powered on, the phone should go to default USB setting and connect to the computer when inserted. Maybe you can delete the internal SD data in there.
Let me know if this works.
The following command should do a hard reset by launching the dialer and dialing the code from a command line if you can adb shell into the phone.
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.sec.android.app.dialertab/.DialerTabActivity -a android.intent.action.DIAL -d tel:*2767*3855%23
The factory reset code would, I believe, be: *%23*%237780%23*%23*
Warning, I don't know if you will be asked for confirmation before the action is taken. If I recall, the hard reset doesn't ask.
Gr8Danes said:
Okay, I have an idea. This may work if you can at least get into download mode.
Use Odin to flash back to stock with wipe data. (3 button) Then it should be bone stock minus that your internal SD will still have your stuff on it. Then when stock with the usb connected and powered on, the phone should go to default USB setting and connect to the computer when inserted. Maybe you can delete the internal SD data in there.
Let me know if this works.
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This worked. Got in enough that I could get what I needed out and delete the rest. Thanks!
So I go to set up my account and when I click continue after entering my barnes and noble information during first bootup it says "Sorry we're having trouble setting up your nookcolor. Please shutdown the device and try again."
Here's what I've tried so far.
1.) Performed the 8 restart trick and went back to default firmware
2.) power + home button for 15 or so seconds and set to factory defaults
3.) Used the Clockwork Recovery image to format and update.
It seems that anything I do I cannot register my device. I need to register my device before I root it because I still want access to the barnes and noble bookstore!! This is so frustrating. I feel like I've tried everything and I keep getting this damn error!! I'm completely out of ideas here. PLEASE HELP.
Firmware is 1.0.0
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This seems to be the issue. How do I fix it!?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876482
error DAD1202 on the bottom left?
this is caused when your nook is registered with B&N as a device but not with your bn.com account. (due to a lack of a credit card on file for your profile)
this is a pretty easy fix:
call B&N and have them unregister your nook in their system. This should take them 3-5 minutes.
then log into your bn.com account on your computer and add your credit card to your account.
once this is complete you will need to reboot your nook and re-register.
refresh you bn.com page and make sure your device is listed before you hang up with the B&N tech support.
Best-POST-EVA
Indeed DAD1202
Impressive with a member with ONLY two posts
Here's the issue though. I called up tech support earlier and the rep removed the serial number and I can tell you that I have bound a credit card to the account and it still doesn't work. I'll call them tomorrow and check to see if it's for sure unregistered on their side though.
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Yea, I usually just lurk
I think I may have left out a step. I'm not 100% on this part though as it was back in jan that I personally ran into this problem.
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Call them back and double check to make 100% certain that your device is not registered in their system at all. Basically, to them it looks as if the device was just purchased and right out of the box fresh.
Then wipe the data, do a factory reset.
To do a factory reset do:
Hold down the power button, +Volume button and the Home Nook button at the same time until your machine powers down. Turn your machine back on and it should give you a choice to reset your nook. Power button will cancel it and the nook home button at the bottom will continue with the reset. Confirm it and it will take a couple minutes and your machine will be back to square one.
Once this is complete, go back through the registering process.
I have a post on reddit about this but since I only have a few (3 now) posts on xda, I dont have permission ;/
So I shattered my display and the screen wont turn on but it still vibrates when i get notifications, i was wondering if anyone would know of a way to sort of project the display onto a TV or PC so i can use apps that i installed to backup messages and app data and stuff?
I'm pretty sure if the phone still works you can run it in ADP on your PC and basically click through the phone. Then do whatever you need to do and back it up.
BlueForce64 said:
I'm pretty sure if the phone still works you can run it in ADP on your PC and basically click through the phone. Then do whatever you need to do and back it up.
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Here's the problem with that:
ADB doesn't work unless you first enable it in developer options. Once you do that, you have to click yes on a confirmation dialog the first time you use it. Both of these processes require a functioning screen.
If you have an unlocked phone with TWRP installed, and you can blindly convince the phone to boot into TWRP (maybe by booting into bootloader and using fastboot reboot-recovery, but I'll have to check and see if that command works when I get home. I think it does.), you'll be able to access the data on your phone by simply plugging it into a computer. If you do not have TWRP installed, and you have no lockscreen set up (no swipe, no password, no pin, no nothing), you might be able to access the data by plugging it into a computer after it boots.
If none of those situations apply, and the data is worth about $100 to you, you might want to look into a screen replacement service. Sometimes you can find little electronics places in malls or shopping centers that will do it, and I'm pretty sure there are businesses that you can mail your phone to and they'll mail it back once the work is completed. A friend of mine even found a service that sent someone to her house to replace her screen then and there.
Thanks, booting into TWRP worked and I was able to get most of the stuff I needed. I completely forgot I could get into it that way.