I bought a nook color for my 9 year old son as a gift, mainly for him to read more books. After browsed this site, I was able to create a bootable SD of CM7, and then I rooted the NC. Now I am thinking maybe it is not a good idea to give my son a rooted NC because he can load game on it.
I did a factory reset, everything back to stock 1.3, but when I use the bootable SD to try to boot to CM7, always failed, even I made a new CM7 SD, first it will boot to SD and install CM7, but after restart, it always goes to nook stock rom, did something wrong?
Thanks for your help.
even I made a new CM7 SD, first it will boot to SD and install CM7,
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Please explain all the steps.....
Sounds like your Nook CM7 "install" SD card is actually a bootable SD card.....
Will CM load with the card in? Is CM not loading only when you take the card out?
If these statements are true, its because CM is actually installed on your SD card and running from there, nothing is actually being installed to your nooks internal memory.
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Hi, thanks for your replay. After tried lots of flushing, I finally found what's wrong. Yes, my SD is a bootable, what I like is, most time NC just run stock rom, only books, no games, for my son. When I use it, I can plug in sd card and run CM7, and use it as a regular tablet (poor kid).
I put CM7 install zip and google apps zip on the bootable SD, it flashed the rom and the gapps no problem, but after a reboot, it never be able to boot from SD card again. The problem is, I shouldn't put both zip at the same time, has to be flash CM7 first, then reboot to CWM again to flash gapps.
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I have a nook myself and I run phiremod from emmc, but I have a friend who wants to keep his nook completely stock, but still use android roms via the sd card.
What would I have to do to make it so he could insert the SD card boot the nook and it boots to a froyo or eclair rom, and when he takes the card out and boots the nook it goes back to stock.
The guide to running phiremod from the sd card is beyond me and anything stable and simple will do.
Also, he's running the latest BN firmware on the nook.
This is the best:
[ROM][CM7] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards. with updater
This gives you CM7(2.3 Gingerbread) and it self adjusts depending on the Size of the card you use.
It also makes installing GoogleApps and Updating the ROM easy without the need to have a Linux PC or ClockWorkMod. You just put the ROM zip on the "boot" partition(the one that shows up in Windows) and Hold N+Power for 6 seconds when your Nook is off to boot to Recovery and it'll Automatically Update from the zip. It works the same way when installing Gapps.
All in all, the best expirience I've had with SD ROMs.
PS: I'm doing the same thing as your friend. I have Unrooted Stock on EMMC and run CM7 off my 4gb Class 6 SD.
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I followed the like here to put a copy of stock 1.2 on my sdcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061523
I am about to replace CM7 back on my eMMC, but I was slightly confused about how to make nandroids of CM7. Given the fact that CM7 requires an sdcard for storage, do I have to have a separate sdcard in order to make nandroid backups or can I simply use the sdcard with stock 1.2 now on it? Thank you for the clarification.
mikey4226 said:
I followed the like here to put a copy of stock 1.2 on my sdcard http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061523
I am about to replace CM7 back on my eMMC, but I was slightly confused about how to make nandroids of CM7. Given the fact that CM7 requires an sdcard for storage, do I have to have a separate sdcard in order to make nandroid backups or can I simply use the sdcard with stock 1.2 now on it? Thank you for the clarification.
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How many cards do you have. If you have only one you will either have to buy a new one or wipe the one you have just to do the install. I kept my original card with the install image on it in the event I ever totally screw the Nook up and have to start from scratch and just bought another card for use with CM7 on the eMMC. You can always wipe the card clean again after your install and use it, but you are probably better off buying an additional card "just in case". You can't leave the card as is because if it is in the Nook when you start up the Nook will automatically boot from the card. You don't want to keep switching it in and out every time you use the Nook as eventually the card door will probably fall off and ultimately the contacts will stop working. Cards are cheap.
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How many cards do you have. If you have only one you will either have to buy a new one or wipe the one you have just to do the install. I kept my original card with the install image on it in the event I ever totally screw the Nook up and have to start from scratch and just bought another card for use with CM7 on the eMMC. You can always wipe the card clean again after your install and use it, but you are probably better off buying an additional card "just in case". You can't leave the card as is because if it is in the Nook when you start up the Nook will automatically boot from the card. You don't want to keep switching it in and out every time you use the Nook as eventually the card door will probably fall off and ultimately the contacts will stop working. Cards are cheap.
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As of now, I have 2 cards: one with stock 1.2 on it, and another used as storage for CM7 for nandroid backups and whatever else. If possible, I would like to just have the one to serve both of those purposes, but I wasn't sure if that was possible.
As far as keeping the stock 1.2 card in the slot...someone in the aforementioned thread made a comment about replacing the u-boot.bin file with the one from this thread for a boot menu. I gave it a try and it worked. I was able to leave the stock 1.2 card in the slot, power on, and select to either boot to CM7 on emmc or boot to stock 1.2 on the sdcard. But I switched it back to the original u-boot.bin file, since I needed a storage card for CM7, which is what I run 90% of the time.
Is there any hope for using the stock 1.2 card as the CM7 storage card, as well?
You can't use a bootable card for storage unless you want to keep taking it out when you boot up first. The NOOK will always boot from a bootable card if it is in the slot unless you use a dual boot system. Even then it is booting from the card first and then switching to the eMMC.
I already have cm7 on my nook color emmc
buddy wanted a bootable sd card, so i thought i ll grab verygreen image and put latest cm7 on it
the problem is, when i pop in the card, nothing happens
it boots cm7 from my nook
it thinks that everything is already installed so it doesnt even ask me to install anything on sd card
am i going crazy?
mrkkk said:
I already have cm7 on my nook color emmc
buddy wanted a bootable sd card, so i thought i ll grab verygreen image and put latest cm7 on it
the problem is, when i pop in the card, nothing happens
it boots cm7 from my nook
it thinks that everything is already installed so it doesnt even ask me to install anything on sd card
am i going crazy?
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If you don't tell us how how you did it we can't offer any suggestions....
I just bought a new Nook, to give to my mother. I am going to put CM7 on it for her(Internal Memory) and I was wondering the easiest way to do this, because I already have an SD card that if you insert it will boot the Nook into Clockwork. I used that to put CM7 on my own nook. Can i just boot the new one up with that SD card in it and CM7+gapps in it, and flash them? Or do I need to somehow *root* the new Nook before I can do this? I'm just not really sure how the entire process works. I should point out that my Nook is from a while back and hers is obviously brand new, in case there have been hardware changes that would effect it.
You do not need to root the nook to install CM7 on it... the hardware changes will most likely already been merged into CM7...
The one caveat... if its an old CWM SD... make sure you have the newest... or convert it to a TWRP card.
Is hers a Color or a Tablet? There is a difference. If it's a Color, see the link in my sig.
So I'm trying to follow everything from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38153094#post38153094 and I got lost at the part where I have to burn the image. When I burn it basically repartitioned my 8gig sd card down to 120mbs... What am I doing wrong? I don't know if I need to burn cwm first or if it's included there?
jmstrat said:
So I'm trying to follow everything from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38153094#post38153094 and I got lost at the part where I have to burn the image. When I burn it basically repartitioned my 8gig sd card down to 120mbs... What am I doing wrong? I don't know if I need to burn cwm first or if it's included there?
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That is what it is supposed to do, be 120 MB. And that 120Mb includes the CWM so you can flash the CM ROM. When you boot it in the nook, it further partitions it so that CM can be installed on the SD. Don't worry, the rest of your 8GB will be available.
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Thanks!
leapinlar said:
That is what it is supposed to do, be 120 MB. And that 120Mb includes the CWM so you can flash the CM ROM. When you boot it in the nook, it further partitions it so that CM can be installed on the SD. Don't worry, the rest of your 8GB will be available.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
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Ok, the problem I had was that I was confused regarding where to put the rest of the files, apperantly I'm and idiot and didn't realize I'm supposed to put them in the internal memory... Ok let's see how it goes, thanks!
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Thanks but how am I supposed to copy the cm10 zip file and gapps/converter file if they wont fit onto it? Also do I just insert the sd card in and then it automatically reformats it and then I'm supposed to plug it back into my pc drag the cm10 files and then put it back into the nook again? Forgive my ignorance I really want to try this out though! I also forgot to mention that I haven't done anything with my nook, it's non rooted and then only thing I've done is sideloaded the playstore on there, that's it. My nook is completely stock.
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I'm not sure you read my instructions. I said to put the CM zip, gapps zip and converter zip on the internal media SD built into the nook, not on the external SD inserted into your PC. So it does not matter if the SD is only 120 MB, you are copying nothing there. Just download the zips with stock to internal SD or hook your cable to the PC with stock booted and copy to internal SD.
EDIT: I just edited the OP to clarify all this.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
You weren't supposed to see that message lol..
leapinlar said:
I'm not sure you read my instructions. I said to put the CM zip, gapps zip and converter zip on the internal media SD built into the nook, not on the external SD inserted into your PC. So it does not matter if the SD is only 120 MB, you are copying nothing there. Just download the zips with stock to internal SD or hook your cable to the PC with stock booted and copy to internal SD.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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Oh no I figured it out!!! I thought I deleted that comment I didnt want to embarrass myself.. I have another question, I'm using an 8gig card, but I want to get a 64gib card, what should I do when I get the new card, reburn and do the same steps? Thank you for replying to my question so quickly you're ****ing awesome! Wow I'm just messing around with cm10, it's like a new tablet, holy ****. Sketchbook pro appears to have less latency, finally I can draw! So what else is possible with cm10 now, what do you like about cm10 that wasn't possible before? Also what build prop is the tablet being seen as now?
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I have another question, I'm using an 8gig card, but I want to get a 64gib card, what should I do when I get the new card, reburn and do the same steps?
Also what build prop is the tablet being seen as now?
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If you want to move to a larger card, use win32diskimager to read the 8GB card to a file. The file will be 8GB. Then use win32diskimager to write that file to your new 64GB card. Then use partitioning software like Mini-Tool Partition Wizard to expand the last partition to the full size of the card.
The build prop is set as a B&N Nook HD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD