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The Ultimate Noob Guide-Need Help Please

Hi guys,
I recently bought a Nook Color and i want to root it. I am hearing things about Autonooter and putting an image on my micro SD card. Personally i just want the best option to root my Nook, i want to overclock it aswell .
Really sorry if someone has already posted a thread like this, i tried searching for one.
I havent opened my Nook Color yet so guessing the software would be 1.0.0 so how would i root it to 1.1.1 and also stop OTA and install a overclocking software.
Thanks, XDA is amazing, recently rooted my Notion Ink Adam

I too would be interested in such a thing. There is information all over the place, but most seems to be geared toward people that understand the "lingo" and such...

I agree

reading MD5 hash
I'm pretty new to this- I have my NK running 1.0.1 using autonooter and want to update to 1.1. I think I've got a grip on using ClockworkMod, but in the instructions for downloading the 1.1 kernel, it says to "check the MD5 hash"- how do I get this info from the downloaded ZIP file? I don't want to even try and do the update without making sure the download is not corrupt.
Thanks!

rcsrich said:
I'm pretty new to this- I have my NK running 1.0.1 using autonooter and want to update to 1.1. I think I've got a grip on using ClockworkMod, but in the instructions for downloading the 1.1 kernel, it says to "check the MD5 hash"- how do I get this info from the downloaded ZIP file? I don't want to even try and do the update without making sure the download is not corrupt.
Thanks!
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http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/check-md5sum-in-windows-7/
I have to say though, to the OP, that reading through all the guides (and some comments) in the dev forums would be the best because you'll learn all the ins n outs. Having a noob guide is fine but it's fun searching for the info yourself and you'll learn/remember a lot more about your device. having a noob guide that is not comprehensive enough just promotes needless questions when the info is all over the place elsewhere.

Thanks for the link superkevx! Additionally, is there any way to do the check on the Nook itself? I downloaded it using the stock browser & can pull the SD card and check it on my 'puter, but it would be nice to be able to just do it locally.
I agree with you comment about the noob guide- I've learned so much trolling the dev forums...

i do try to find everything its just some things i dont get:
like clockworkmod, i think its to do with disabling OTA but im not sure
which is better,autonooter or installing on SD
,if you could answer these questions i would be really grateful thanks

From one noob to another...
Patrikc8 said:
i do try to find everything its just some things i dont get:
like clockworkmod, i think its to do with disabling OTA but im not sure
which is better,autonooter or installing on SD
,if you could answer these questions i would be really grateful thanks
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Patrikc8- from my experience (have ROM Manager & Clockworkmod installed in prep for 1.1 update), Clockwork mod is used for making system backups and doing system restores (including installs of custom ROM's)
As far as the SD vs autonooter- installing to the SD means that you typically don't touch the original system files on the Nook itself- good for trying out a ROM that you are interested in but not sure you want to keep. There may be a performance hit though because you're constantly reading from the potentially slower SD media (correct me if I'm wrong on that anybody). I used autonooter to root my Nook and it has worked great since- it is apparently a very easy way to root and I had no trouble doing it.

Aha!
rcsrich said:
Thanks for the link superkevx! Additionally, is there any way to do the check on the Nook itself? I downloaded it using the stock browser & can pull the SD card and check it on my 'puter, but it would be nice to be able to just do it locally.
I agree with you comment about the noob guide- I've learned so much trolling the dev forums...
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For what it's worth- did a little investigating & you can use Astro file manager to get the MD5sum- just do a long touch to the file in question and choose "Details".

SHould i use auto nooter 1.0.1 or the nook color v1.1.1 ROM?
and im guessing you have to root it first then install a rom then install a kernal?
would there be a big difference in 1.1.1 and 1.0.1 ?

I bought my Nook Color a couple of weeks ago. It was on 1.0.0. The first thing I did was update to 1.0.1. I then downloaded the Autonooter for 1.0.1 on my pc. I also installed Win32DiskImage.exe on my pc, and followed the directions to burn the image to my sd card. I followed the instructions exactly as they are laid out on nookdevs. I then reformatted my sd card back to normal to use for storage in my device.
One thing that happens when you run autonooter is that clockwork recovery is installed. This is simply a tool that will allow you to perform functions at a lower level than the android interface will allow. It my look a little intimidating at first, but go slow, and make sure you are absolutely sure that anything you do in CWR matches what it is listed in the instructions posted. Every action requires a confirmation, so, again, go slow and think it through.
A few days later, the 1.1.1 update came out. I used the updated Rom and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
Something that I found confusing is using alternate home screens. I finally determined that Zeam was the right choice for me. It is free in the market. The other tool you should download from the market is called Home Switcher. It will let you switch between different launchers (e.g. Zeam, BN stock home, etc.). Again, you will probably have to experiment a bit to get things working the way you like.
Lastly, to improve the performance overall, I flashed a few different kernels. You may want to play with your nook for a while to get comfortable first. When you choose to flash a kernel, you will boot into recovery (this brings up the Clockwork Recovery program), and pick the zip file that you download to your sd card. My recommendation is to start with the 900mHz kernel first. Make sure your nc is stable, then try some of the faster ones.
As far as MD5s, I have not ever checked after downloading, and have not had any problems as a result. It is something I need to investigate further and start doing.
Hope this helps. I do agree with superkevx above. Browse and search and experiment. It is very unlikely that you will do any permanent damage to your nook, although it is possible. Everyone needs to have at least one bricked device along the way. I have learned more by rendering my devices inoperable and then figuring out how to get them back again. You know you're doing it right if your palms are a little sweaty as you wait for your device to reboot.

you guys have been great , thank you

reboots and wont stuck on android screen

Ok I have searched and read just about every thread regarding this issue and still no luck,,,, I am not a rookie when it comes to android.. Had a G1 weeks after it came out.. Then the mytouch slide.. and now also the G2...
But this whole nook thing is getting to me.. It will work just fine for awhile then suddenly reboot and when it reboots it wont load past android screen... (android on bottom left side of screen) (((NF 6.8))) have tried cwr via sd and installed directly.
My question and i am assuming that for some reason the boot partition keeps getting corrupted.. If im correct what coul be causing this? And if I am booting cwr from sd why would that get corrupted if i dont use it but once or twice..
And two it seems that people are having more luck with Honeycomb installed then with anything else.. Any truth into that?

Just to clarify things, are you using Nookie Froyo via uSD or eMMC?
It's weird that your boot partition is getting corrupted. If you were on NF (Nookie Froyo) 0.6.7, I would suspect you were experiencing the uSD format bug that does corrupt boot. But that was fixed in 0.6.8. And CWR isn't going corrupt boot unless you format boot within CWR, or flash a zip that modifies boot and you have a bad or wrong zip file.
As far as alternative ROMs to stock, I personally feel HC (Honeycomb) is the way to go. NF is a great project and I give kudos to the efforts of all involved. But the NF experience on the NC was lacking for me. I felt that I had to do a lot of modifications/fixes to get the NC to a point I could be as productive as I am with the 1.1 rooted ROM. In the end NF wasn't worth tinkering for me since I realized the only significant payoff for my efforts was gaining Flash capability. And I don't really need Flash for what I use my NC for.
I have since switched to playing with HC and it feels like a much better base to start with. After all HC was designed for tablet use, which is basically what the NC has become. I'm very impressed with the preview version of HC and I'm considering loading it into eMMC if I can get just a few more things figured out.

[Q] New Nook user with a few questions!!

Hi All,
Just joined the forums today after a few weeks browsing. I must say I am very impressed with the level of knowledge here and how helpful people are to others, especially noobs like me
Anyway, I got a nook color, but I am in Ireland, so I can't register it, that didn't worry me too much, because I wanted to root it, and after much reading on these forums I decided to use CM7.
My build at the moment is as follows, built with Clockwork,
CM7 RC4,
Dalingrins's OC kernel emmc 0413A,
Alsa 041411
First thanks to all the people who made the mods/ kernels etc Your work is really appreciated I am loving the nook color now with the mods.
I just have a few very basic questions, lol and I am still getting to grips with the right terminology
1. Does it matter which way I install mods/kernels etc? I understood that you had to install the CM7 mod first, but, for Dalingrin's OC kernel and Alsa, I installed the kernel first than Alsa, or does it matter?
2. If a new kernel comes out, or an update to Alsa, do I have to uninstall the old one? Or can I just boot into recovery mode wipe the caches and install the updates?
3. Same question for the CM7 mod, If I want to try some of the nightlies, can I just put the nightly on an SD card, wipe caches and install it the same way I did the RC4 version? will I have to reinstall the other kernels if I do this?
4. What happens my data and apps if I do update CM7?
5. I made a backup on the SD card using clockwork. Is this just a backup of the system files? or is it a backup of data and apps as well?
6. I am trying to learn more about this, in performance settings there is a thing called VM heapsize. Is there a recommended value for this?
7. And in the CPU settings there are a number of options available under "available governors" what are govenors? and which one is best? Is there an explaination available for each one?
That's all the questions I have for now. Very sorry if these have been answered a million times already!!

reaper12 said:
Hi All,
Just joined the forums today after a few weeks browsing. I must say I am very impressed with the level of knowledge here and how helpful people are to others, especially noobs like me
Anyway, I got a nook color, but I am in Ireland, so I can't register it, that didn't worry me too much, because I wanted to root it, and after much reading on these forums I decided to use CM7.
My build at the moment is as follows, built with Clockwork,
CM7 RC4,
Dalingrins's OC kernel emmc 0413A,
Alsa 041411
First thanks to all the people who made the mods/ kernels etc Your work is really appreciated I am loving the nook color now with the mods.
I just have a few very basic questions, lol and I am still getting to grips with the right terminology
1. Does it matter which way I install mods/kernels etc? I understood that you had to install the CM7 mod first, but, for Dalingrin's OC kernel and Alsa, I installed the kernel first than Alsa, or does it matter?
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Although I haven't installed Alsa, I doubt that the order matters.
2. If a new kernel comes out, or an update to Alsa, do I have to uninstall the old one? Or can I just boot into recovery mode wipe the caches and install the updates?
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You should be able to upgrade with CWR. I have CM7 on a SD card and just add the new kernel and boot into recovery mode.
3. Same question for the CM7 mod, If I want to try some of the nightlies, can I just put the nightly on an SD card, wipe caches and install it the same way I did the RC4 version? will I have to reinstall the other kernels if I do this?
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Since the nightly has its own kernel, you will need to reinstall the OC kernel.
4. What happens my data and apps if I do update CM7?
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They shouldn't be affected.
I'll leave your other questions to someone else, since I haven't dealt with these issues.

thanks for tthe reply Bob.
Can anyone add anything for the last few questions?

Questions about rooting

I have been lurking and reading for a couple of weeks now. I bought a used NC with 1.1 and used Autonooter to root it. Works great.
I bought a second NC which had the 1.2 s/w on it. I used the manualnooter process to root it. That works pretty well.
Now I'm thinking about getting into the nightly CM7 game. I'm wondering is there anything I need to watch out for with the 2 NC's I have if I do this. Do I have to take them back to stock? Can I just follow the CM7 instructions?
Any insight and guidance would be appreciated

50 views and no replies. If you read this and can help I would really appreciate some info. I'm reluctant to proceed until I hear from someone who has traveled the road before. Thanks

You can run CM7, stable or nightly, off of an SD card. You don't have to change anything on your Nooks to do this. In fact, they don't even need to be rooted. Running CM7 on the SD card will not change anything on the built-in memory of the Nook.
Look for the "size agnostic" thread, follow the directions, and you're good to go.
ps. I enjoy your music.

yeah, just follow the instructions on flashing cm7 for the first time. and make sure you understand the CWM instructions. you may want to try a stable rom for now. there are lots of battery and kernel issues right now with the nightly builds. but not to fear the devs are working hard to fix them. just stay with the stable's and your be fine. I hope this was helpful...

boxcar8028 said:
yeah, just follow the instructions on flashing cm7 for the first time. and make sure you understand the CWM instructions. you may want to try a stable rom for now. there are lots of battery and kernel issues right now with the nightly builds. but not to fear the devs are working hard to fix them. just stay with the stable's and your be fine. I hope this was helpful...
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is this the one you mean?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11452450&postcount=19

Well, I went ahead figuring "How hard could it be anyway?".
I did the nand backup with CWM 3.0.2.8
I then ran ROM manager V4.2.0.2 from internal memory.
I choose the option that allows me to download ROMS.
I chose CyanogenMod, and then chose 7.0.3.
I downloaded the ROM
I then chose Install ROM from SD card
It asked me about clearing caches, etc and I chose the default values already checked.
It installed without errors.
I rebooted and it got to the last part of the boot process where the word "color" is rapidly changing and stayed there indefinitely,
I rebooted with CWM on the SD card and tried to reinstall the Manualnooter I loaded on this NC a week ago.
Rebooted. Still hung up.
I copied my nand backup to the CWN SD card and chose restore.
It booted back to my manualnooter install successfully.
So I'm successfully back where I started.
Can someone help me understand what I did wrong on what I need to do to make it work? Thanks

Not sure what went wrong, but I would also suggest trying verygreen's size-agnostic approach. You keep your manual nooter and can run CM7 from an SD card to see if you want to go all the way and remove the stock BN software.
Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
Or, if you want to go crazy, you could try racks' dual boot SD card image of Phiremod 6.2 (a variation of CM7) and Honeycomb. That's what I'm using and Phiremod works great (aside from battery life ) and honeycomb is just plain slick to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045018

I loaded CM7 7.0.2 stable and was able to get it going. Thanks

Which version CM7 to use or Phiremod?

Been reading posts here for weeks getting ready to take the plunge. I got a refurb Nook Color (blue dot) this week and am expecting an 8gb SanDisk card today (after learning here to use SanDisk only). I have bookmarked dozens of xda pages in preparation, and thought I sort of knew which way to go.
But now I'm getting confused about the blue dot and partitioning problems, double booting, which nightly to use, and more worries than you'll want to read here.
I've had androids for a while, but never wanted to risk bricking. Which is one of the many appealing things about Nook. I want to only make changes on the sd card and be able to revert to the original Nook if I ever need to.
I've read lots of the how-to's here and was all set to use CM7, but am getting cold feet, and a little confused. Is Phiremod an updated revision to that? Should I use that? I'm not interested in Honeycomb right now, and don't want to sacrifice stability for excitement in any experimental builds.
Any guidance or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm pretty excited about this, but today am thinking Uh oh, am I in over my head?

kat3k said:
Been reading posts here for weeks getting ready to take the plunge. I got a refurb Nook Color (blue dot) this week and am expecting an 8gb SanDisk card today (after learning here to use SanDisk only). I have bookmarked dozens of xda pages in preparation, and thought I sort of knew which way to go.
But now I'm getting confused about the blue dot and partitioning problems, double booting, which nightly to use, and more worries than you'll want to read here.
I've had androids for a while, but never wanted to risk bricking. Which is one of the many appealing things about Nook. I want to only make changes on the sd card and be able to revert to the original Nook if I ever need to.
I've read lots of the how-to's here and was all set to use CM7, but am getting cold feet, and a little confused. Is Phiremod an updated revision to that? Should I use that? I'm not interested in Honeycomb right now, and don't want to sacrifice stability for excitement in any experimental builds.
Any guidance or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm pretty excited about this, but today am thinking Uh oh, am I in over my head?
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Honestly I would recommend running your rom off of the emmc and not sd card. The majority of ppl with CM issues are ppl booting it off of SD card.
The really nice thing about the nook is even if you completely screw up the flashing to emmc, you can put a clockwork img on your sd card, and the nook will boot from sd card first to restore from. With that being said, I would try one of the newest CM nightlies and go from there.

Personally, I would install the latest nightly CM7. The instructions at the following thread cover both versions of the NOOK.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227

Phiremod is based on cm7, just more heavily themed.

install it to emcc is better for my opinion and also if you are not used to tshooting some bugs that may come with latest nightly. I will go with the stable version from CM with the OC kerlen @ 1.3(I been having that set up for a while and never had a single problem )

richard98 said:
Personally, I would install the latest nightly CM7. The instructions at the following thread cover both versions of the NOOK.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
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Thanks. I have been reading that link for the last few days, so will go with that. I appreciate the other replies suggesting I install to the emmc, but at this point in my life, I definitely want to just use the sd card.
What does "nightly" mean? I picture people working on this every night and coming up with revisions, like a "daily" newspaper. This is probably not what it means, but I was wondering.

kat3k said:
Thanks. I have been reading that link for the last few days, so will go with that. I appreciate the other replies suggesting I install to the emmc, but at this point in my life, I definitely want to just use the sd card.
What does "nightly" mean? I picture people working on this every night and coming up with revisions, like a "daily" newspaper. This is probably not what it means, but I was wondering.
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I have been running CM7 off a SanDisk SD card for quite a bit of time now, and I have not experienced any issues. I am, however, running the latest 'stable' version (7.0.3).
"nightly" does indeed mean (almost) every night, from what I have seen. When you go to the site to get an image, you will see links to nightly revisions.

Thanks very much for the reply. I'm going to get started on this later tonight. And thanks for clarifying the "nightly" part. I was going to go with the most recent stable version, but I wonder if it makes more sense to go with the latest nightly, if that means it's been tinkered with to work out any bugs that pop up. But it also might mean new things being tried in the nightlies at the same time. Stable vs nightlies?

I know it's confusing, but you are better off with the current nightly as it is really "stable". Couple it with the latest gapps and OC kernel, the NC is just a beast of a device!
The stable version is sort of outdated... Or just install the stable version to relieve your apprehension and wait until the next stable release comes out.

ShutterPeep said:
I know it's confusing, but you are better off with the current nightly as it is really "stable". Couple it with the latest gapps and OC kernel, the NC is just a beast of a device!
The stable version is sort of outdated... Or just install the stable version to relieve your apprehension and wait until the next stable release comes out.
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So if the latest nightly is really stable, who determines when the latest "nightly" is renamed "stable"?

I'm just sticking with CM7, tried Phiremod but decided to go back.
As far as nightlys becoming stables, I think the nightlys are built automatically, whereas the stables have a little more human interaction. Could be wrong tho.

ShutterPeep said:
I know it's confusing, but you are better off with the current nightly as it is really "stable". Couple it with the latest gapps and OC kernel, the NC is just a beast of a device!
The stable version is sort of outdated... Or just install the stable version to relieve your apprehension and wait until the next stable release comes out.
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You're right about it being confusing. Okay, I'm about to get started and going with the nightly, cm_encore_full-105.zip (instead of the 106 after reading someone had to go back to 105 and netflix worked again). Got the NC, got the sandisk card, got the nightly link and other links to directions. I hope I don't have to come back with 25 more questions. Thanks for all suggestions.

I got as far as installing image installer on the sd card, removing it, and then pc requires card formatting, which removes the installer. I can use use win32disk imager to write verygreen's image installer on the card, but then run into the formatting problem. Computer does not see card at all after writing the image to it; I remove and reinsert and it wants to format. (Sandisk 8gb) What am I doing wrong?
I haven't even gotten near the NC yet. I can't get past the sd card.

I think I'm doing something wrong with verygreen's installer image. I have to remove the ".gz" suffix for win32diskimager to see it and write it to the card, but it does it in only a couple of seconds, which I think is not right. If I leave the .gz on, win32d will not see it. How else can I get his installer image onto the card? It appears from the directions, I need win32di to write it there.

kat3k said:
I think I'm doing something wrong with verygreen's installer image. I have to remove the ".gz" suffix for win32diskimager to see it and write it to the card, but it does it in only a couple of seconds, which I think is not right. If I leave the .gz on, win32d will not see it. How else can I get his installer image onto the card? It appears from the directions, I need win32di to write it there.
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The .gz file is actually a compressed file kind of like a .rar or .zip file. Use a program like 7-zip to extract the .img file. The image file (.img) is the one you should be burning to the SD via Win32diskimager. Then you should be on your way.

Thank you very much. (Sometimes I wish we could remove questions that sound idiotic after we find the solution, but hopefully it will be helpful to others when they come across them.)
I did the unzipping, then used win32di to put it on the card, installed it on the NC, installed gapps according to directions, and all I can say is:
TOTALLY AMAZINGLY UN***BELIEVABLE!!!
Thanks for help with my questions, and to verygreen: thank you, thank you, thank you!

kat3k said:
Thank you very much. (Sometimes I wish we could remove questions that sound idiotic after we find the solution, but hopefully it will be helpful to others when they come across them.)
I did the unzipping, then used win32di to put it on the card, installed it on the NC, installed gapps according to directions, and all I can say is:
TOTALLY AMAZINGLY UN***BELIEVABLE!!!
Thanks for help with my questions, and to verygreen: thank you, thank you, thank you!
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glad you made it through.
and, there's always the thank button you know.

I always go a few nightlies behind the herd so I can see whos going to be the crash test dummy when something goes borked.

phiremod test v7
Updated from V6.3 to test V7 using ROM Manager update .. smooth install and after one days use appears stable and fast .. great work by phiremod

ShutterPeep said:
I know it's confusing, but you are better off with the current nightly as it is really "stable". Couple it with the latest gapps and OC kernel, the NC is just a beast of a device!
The stable version is sort of outdated... Or just install the stable version to relieve your apprehension and wait until the next stable release comes out.
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and how long dose usually takes for the next stable version to come out?