Hi all, I recently received a Nook color as was able to create a bootable SD card running CM 7.2 ([CM7.2-RC0] MiRaGe - KANG) via Verygreen's size agnostic SD tool. It works great, but I want to be able to change the default theme of the nook. I have already installed Rom Manager which allowed me to install Clock Work Mod recovery, but every time I try to boot into recovery from CWM nothing happens. I see the linux penguin and text stating that "All steps complete, flushing caches again, Preparing to shutdown."
Is there any way to install CWM recovery from an SD-ran version of CM? I have been looking for a solution for days but each road leads nowhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You do not use Clockwork on an SD install...
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ROM Manager has NO EFFECT on CM7 running off uSD.
"every time I try to boot into recovery from CWM nothing happens." because, nothing is in the boot partition, queuing to do.
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So I finally took the plunge and picked up the Nook color, bought it second hand with HC already on the eMMC so I am not sure exactly how anything was done before. I have been reading the guides and while not completely lost, there's just some things I am unclear of right now.
I installed Rom Manager to install CWR, after installing and flashing it I cant access Recovery, but wasnt sure if it ever worked. Was this the wrong way to go about getting CWR on the unit? I am trying now to boot into a default CWR SD card and run a fix from this thread hoping thats the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11591197
I dont really have a need for the Stock config so putting everything on eMMC for me sounds ideal and am currently trying to get the dual boot config from here running.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959461
Question now is if I get CWR running from the sd card, can i just apply the prep file and load the pre configured installations from that page? Does the dual boot both boot from eMMC? Will I need to format my existing solution to install that setup?
Thanks for any feedback.
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So I finally took the plunge and picked up the Nook color, bought it second hand with HC already on the eMMC so I am not sure exactly how anything was done before. I have been reading the guides and while not completely lost, there's just some things I am unclear of right now.
I installed Rom Manager to install CWR, after installing and flashing it I cant access Recovery, but wasnt sure if it ever worked. Was this the wrong way to go about getting CWR on the unit? I am trying now to boot into a default CWR SD card and run a fix from this thread hoping thats the issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11591197
I dont really have a need for the Stock config so putting everything on eMMC for me sounds ideal and am currently trying to get the dual boot config from here running.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959461
Question now is if I get CWR running from the sd card, can i just apply the prep file and load the pre configured installations from that page? Does the dual boot both boot from eMMC? Will I need to format my existing solution to install that setup?
Thanks for any feedback.
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HC, as far as I know, is the only rom that does not respond well to cwr installed internally (I have had those issues). If you get an sd image of cwr burned, you can add any flashable rom to that same card and flash it in recovery (install zip from sd card). If you want to play with CM7, do a backup of your HC rom from your sd card, do your formats and flash the gb rom. I think in theory, if you wanted cwr installed internally, you can load a cwr zip on your cwr card and flash it. I have not tried to dual boot anything, so can not offer any feedback.
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HC, as far as I know, is the only rom that does not respond well to cwr installed internally (I have had those issues). If you get an sd image of cwr burned, you can add any flashable rom to that same card and flash it in recovery (install zip from sd card). If you want to play with CM7, do a backup of your HC rom from your sd card, do your formats and flash the gb rom. I think in theory, if you wanted cwr installed internally, you can load a cwr zip on your cwr card and flash it. I have not tried to dual boot anything, so can not offer any feedback.
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So I ran the fix permissions and now I can boot into Recovery From Clockwork or boot from the SD card. There are a couple problems, in order to install the dual boot I need to run recovery from the eMMC but that doesnt seem to mount my SD card or I need to adb into the recovery so I can permission something to run, however doesnt seem to have adb running in Recovery and I dont see an option to restart it.
Alright so everything is working, had to format the SD card. Guess CWR SD sets it up as a boot partition so it wasnt mounting, dual booting froyo + HC, just have to figure out the OC kernels now for each.
I've already got my SD card ready to root my nook, and the files are ready to install hc v4 2nd...i can't wait this should hold me over until the 10"ers come down in price
I had my 1.1 NC rooted using the GMPower method (there's also the monster rootpack?). I once tried to install CWM from the market but that caused an infinite reboot into recovery. Since then, a lot of things changed and I'm clueless on how to proceed especially with CM7.
I would like to install CM7 but which method is applicable. I found two:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960542&page=16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
My questions are will these work for my 1.1 rooted NC (GMPower method)? What's the difference and which is better? Can the latest CWM be installed onto my NC without causing the infinite reboot?
I appreciate any help.
This link may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960542&page=16
Second link in your post for installing CM7 on SD card.
I did that, infinite loop. When I install CM from the sd card, it installs fine, but as soon as it reboots, it goes into CM 3.0.0.5 from the internal memory. Should I just wipe /boot?
definitely don't wipe /boot or it won't boot up. So what process are you following exactly? You created a bootable SD card with CM 3.0.10 right? You'll need that for a ext4 system (which CM7 is). That's step #1 in the post nthesame already linked to. Then copy the CM7 .zip (the one for encore final, should be about 90mb) to the SD card and install it using CM recovery (install .zip from location on sd card). If you do this, it will boot into CM7.... make sure to remove your SD card though after installing it, as the default is to boot to SD if it finds any boot files on it.
I used an 8gb image from one of those running 3.0.0.6, not 3.0.0.10, so I'd assume it was good.
It used to be a dual boot, but I removed that and just tried to overwrite stock with no success.
When I tried to install first, I followed the wiki to the tee, nothing.
I just got my nook today, and am about to start the process tonight... but from what i have read so far, your trouble may be that you used CWM 3.0.0.6 vice 3.0.10... seems something was changed to stop the infinate loop...
Hi all,
I hope this is the right place to put this - I'm not sure if it's a Nook Color, Cyanogenmod, ROM Manager, or Clockworkmod issue. I just rooted my NC to CM7 using Clockworkmod and it seems to work fine. I tried installing the GoogleApps .zip file at the same time. It said it was successful, but I don't see any of the Google apps in the apps drawer.
So, I went to ROM Manager to try and fix this. When I first opened ROM Manager it said I needed an SD Card installed to use it (I had removed it after the successful flash). So I inserted the card and mounted it in Settings->Storage and tried again. Now when I click on anything it says "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing! Install the recovery through ROM Manager first."
If I click the Install button, the dialog closes and nothing happens. If I click the menu option "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" the title of the screen (ROM Manager v4.2.0.0) flashes for a split second. That's it. Nothing is installed.
If I reboot while holding the upside-down U button I eventually get an "Update failed!" screen that looks like it comes from the standard Nook UI. If I try to reboot into recovery using the Power button it just reboots as normal.
I've found a large amount of resources online regarding the "unable to reboot into recovery" issue, but I feel like I don't know enough about what I'm actually doing to implement them. I also don't know how the inability to flash ClockworkMod fits into this. It's especially strange how selecting the option to flash it actually does nothing.
Anyone have ideas?
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Since I'm a new user and apparently can't post links, I followed the instructions on the Cyanogenmod site's wiki.
SkittlesAreYum said:
Hi all,
I hope this is the right place to put this - I'm not sure if it's a Nook Color, Cyanogenmod, ROM Manager, or Clockworkmod issue. I just rooted my NC to CM7 using Clockworkmod and it seems to work fine. I tried installing the GoogleApps .zip file at the same time. It said it was successful, but I don't see any of the Google apps in the apps drawer.
So, I went to ROM Manager to try and fix this. When I first opened ROM Manager it said I needed an SD Card installed to use it (I had removed it after the successful flash). So I inserted the card and mounted it in Settings->Storage and tried again. Now when I click on anything it says "You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing! Install the recovery through ROM Manager first."
If I click the Install button, the dialog closes and nothing happens. If I click the menu option "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" the title of the screen (ROM Manager v4.2.0.0) flashes for a split second. That's it. Nothing is installed.
If I reboot while holding the upside-down U button I eventually get an "Update failed!" screen that looks like it comes from the standard Nook UI. If I try to reboot into recovery using the Power button it just reboots as normal.
I've found a large amount of resources online regarding the "unable to reboot into recovery" issue, but I feel like I don't know enough about what I'm actually doing to implement them. I also don't know how the inability to flash ClockworkMod fits into this. It's especially strange how selecting the option to flash it actually does nothing.
Anyone have ideas?
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Since I'm a new user and apparently can't post links, I followed the instructions on the Cyanogenmod site's wiki.
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Question, did you have clockworkmod installed on your sd when you flashed cm7 or was it installed internally? Can you boot into recovery with rom manager? If clockwork is on sd, find the newest clockwork zip and flash it with your card internally. That should allow you to update to the newest version in Rom Manager. Try reflashing gapps.
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Question, did you have clockworkmod installed on your sd when you flashed cm7 or was it installed internally? Can you boot into recovery with rom manager? If clockwork is on sd, find the newest clockwork zip and flash it with your card internally. That should allow you to update to the newest version in Rom Manager. Try reflashing gapps.
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Clockworkmod was installed on the SD card.
I cannot boot into recovery using ROM Manager. It just restarts the device as normal.
I believe I have the latest CWM because I grabbed it from their website yesterday (4.2.0.0). How do I flash it internally? That's what I was attempting to do with ROM Manager. I followed the steps listed in thread #922870 on this forum (still can't post links) and I believe that results in CWM on internal memory, but ROM Manager still behaves the same way.
I did reflash gapps twice, but there is still no Maps, Market, Gmail, etc.
I just noticed something else. When I mount my SD card on the NC it shows up as empty: /mnt/sdcard has no contents. Does this indicate an error with the SD card and/or partitions? I am using the 8 GB image of CWM on my 16 GB card (because there is no 16 GB version).
SkittlesAreYum said:
I just noticed something else. When I mount my SD card on the NC it shows up as empty: /mnt/sdcard has no contents. Does this indicate an error with the SD card and/or partitions? I am using the 8 GB image of CWM on my 16 GB card (because there is no 16 GB version).
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Your SD card has clockwork burned as an image which the nook cannot read. You can format the card later for use (go to nookdevs website). I am attaching a zip file for clockworkmod 3.0.1.0 (credit goes to Mistar Muffin). Put that on your SD card, insert it into the nook and boot it up. It should take you into recovery. You can then flash the zip file and get Clockworkmod on your emmc. You should be able to update to the new version 3.0.2.8 from Rom Manager at that point. I think the nook is confused with the absence of Clockwork internally. As far as your rom goes, I would boot into recovery when the Clockworkmod issue is resolved and reflash the CM7 build, reboot, go back into recovery and flash the gapps. You can repeat the process with an overclocked kernel if you choose. This zip is a file that floated around the forum for awhile. It was removed when Clockworkmod got an update. I have used it on my nook. It should be safe. Good luck
bdcrim said:
Your SD card has clockwork burned as an image which the nook cannot read. You can format the card later for use (go to nookdevs website). I am attaching a zip file for clockworkmod 3.0.1.0 (credit goes to Mistar Muffin). Put that on your SD card, insert it into the nook and boot it up. It should take you into recovery. You can then flash the zip file and get Clockworkmod on your emmc. You should be able to update to the new version 3.0.2.8 from Rom Manager at that point. I think the nook is confused with the absence of Clockwork internally. As far as your rom goes, I would boot into recovery when the Clockworkmod issue is resolved and reflash the CM7 build, reboot, go back into recovery and flash the gapps. You can repeat the process with an overclocked kernel if you choose. This zip is a file that floated around the forum for awhile. It was removed when Clockworkmod got an update. I have used it on my nook. It should be safe. Good luck
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Thanks for your help; unfortunately this did not work. Nothing has changed. I placed the zip file in my SD card that already has CWM imaged. I went to "Install zip from SD card" and installed the zip. It completely successfully. Then I rebooted and entered ROM Manager, which told me I needed the SD card back in. I mounted the SD card and am encountering the same issues as before.
What could I have possibly done to mess this up? I followed all the steps listed on the Cyanogenmod website and they never mention anything about flashing CWM internally. Another question - why do I need the SD card for ROM Manager if that app is downloading things from the internet?
Thanks!
SkittlesAreYum said:
Thanks for your help; unfortunately this did not work. Nothing has changed. I placed the zip file in my SD card that already has CWM imaged. I went to "Install zip from SD card" and installed the zip. It completely successfully. Then I rebooted and entered ROM Manager, which told me I needed the SD card back in. I mounted the SD card and am encountering the same issues as before.
What could I have possibly done to mess this up? I followed all the steps listed on the Cyanogenmod website and they never mention anything about flashing CWM internally. Another question - why do I need the SD card for ROM Manager if that app is downloading things from the internet?
Thanks!
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Try uninstalling and reinstalling Rom Manager. Dont know if that will help or not.
bdcrim said:
Try uninstalling and reinstalling Rom Manager. Dont know if that will help or not.
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How would I reinstall ROM manager? I don't have any sort of Market on the device.
Best best bet is going back to stock and trying from scratch
SkittlesAreYum said:
How would I reinstall ROM manager? I don't have any sort of Market on the device.
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Sorry, my bad. I forget that Rom Manager is part of the CM7 package. You should not need the sd card for Rom Manager to work properly. I am not sure why it is calling for it. Can you reboot into recovery with the power+n method, not the SD card? If you can do that, it tells me clockwork installed correctly. If you can get there, I would do your formats (data, system) and reflash the rom. Another option, if Titanium Backup is part of the rom package try to wipe data in rom manager and give it another try. You may can do that in manage applications (I don't have my nook with me). The link below may or may not help. Look at option 3. The 3.0.1.0 zip it is calling for is the one I sent you prior. I am about out of options. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12674682&postcount=355
AHA! I solved it, and it wasn't directly an issue with anything except my stupidity. I was connecting to my company's guest wireless, which as it turns out requires a username/password before you get anything other than the login screen. That is why the ROM manager was failing to flash itself - it had a worthless wifi connection. When I switched to another wireless access point it works just fine.
Thanks for your assistance bdcrim! Sorry it wasn't a more satisfying conclusion.
SkittlesAreYum said:
AHA! I solved it, and it wasn't directly an issue with anything except my stupidity. I was connecting to my company's guest wireless, which as it turns out requires a username/password before you get anything other than the login screen. That is why the ROM manager was failing to flash itself - it had a worthless wifi connection. When I switched to another wireless access point it works just fine.
Thanks for your assistance bdcrim! Sorry it wasn't a more satisfying conclusion.
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Thats okay, glad you got it going. Made me dig a bit, which probably helped both of us be a little more educated for future issues. Have a great day.
Hi!
I have a problem a Nook of a friend which is stuck on Read Forever screen
I had install the rom of CM on it. and after I went to rom manager to make an update of the recovery i tried to reboot the device.
after of that the nook is stuck in this screen,
I tried to make a bootable SD recovery card but it does not boot from the SD either.
Any solution.
Is CM7 installed on the card or the internal memory?
sorry guys I had made a bad copy of my sd card recovey.
everything is ok now.
please Mods delete my thread if possible!
Thanks in advance!
merry x-mas guys
Got a problem,
Step-son got a nook color from his grams, intended to put CM7 on it so he has some halfway decent tablet, so he can play his flash games on it.
- after setup of the Nook color, it downloaded version 1.4.1 of it's own B&N OS
- did the uNooter from an 8 GB SD card (according to these instructions http://wiki.cyanogen...ll_Update_Guide), worked almost like a charm, at reboot i got a popup reading "default action: Home OR [that special menu-loader from the uNooter on the SD card]. after tapping the special menu-loader i was able to go into ROM MANAGER, did FLASH CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY, 5 minutes later gave SUPER USER/ROOT permissions, reboot, worked fine.
- tried to put the CM 7.1 on said 8 GB SD card, noticing that the uNooter image only has a ~70 MB partition and the rest of the 8GB is unused, so the 100MB "update.zip" doesn't fit (obviously).
- DOWNLOADING Roms via ROM MANGER directly is obviously a no-go, because it has no premium license, and loading it from the 8GB SD-card isnt working because the partition was only ~70 MB small.
- ASSUMING that the uNooter is NEEDED EVERYTIME to get into that special menu-loader for the Color Nook, I selected in ROM MANGER the option PARTITION SD CARD, thinking it will lead me into a menu where i can make another partition, beside the uNooters, to dump the CM 7.1 update.zip to flash the Nook Color's Rom with CM 7.1
- next thing I know, it reboots, and its stuck at the "Read Forever"-boot screen.
I PRESUME that ROM MANAGER's "partition SD card" screwed with the internal/virtual 'SD-card partition' and not my actual microSD chip loaded into the Nook Color's microSD-slot.
Is there a way to restore the device and/or load CM 7.1 on it, and if so, how; or am i ****ed ?
cheers
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PS: is there a way to force-reboot the Nook Color? like as it's on phones often the case, by force-crashing it by holding down a combo of keys ? if so, which ones?
Atlana, same question answered here, as well as over on CM forum.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20677328#post20677328
Hold power button for 20 seconds or so to force power off. Do it twice until you see it start to boot.
After some finagling around with a hybrid install of CM10.1 on my HD+, I've now installed the Carbon rom to EMMC. My main memory card is a 32GB microSD card and I've got a bootable CWM setup on a spare 64MB microSD card.
Switching back and forth just to get into CWM recovery is getting annoying, and I've noticed that in the power button menu on the Carbon rom, there's an option to reboot straight into recovery but it doesn't work. It simply takes me to some error graphic that says "install failed" and that I should power the device off and back on. I've tried to install CWM via Rom Manager and TWRP via the GooManager app, but both tell me it couldn't find a proper recovery for my device and won't install. Rom Manager is quite odd, it says it's detected that both TWRP and CWM are installed. Is there a way to install recovery onto the Nook HD+ so I don't have to keep switching microSD cards? I've looked around the forums and found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43173042&postcount=1195
but that appears to only be for verygreen's CM10.1. Trying to install that via the bootable CWM microSD card fails.
RGM79 said:
After some finagling around with a hybrid install of CM10.1 on my HD+, I've now installed the Carbon rom to EMMC. My main memory card is a 32GB microSD card and I've got a bootable CWM setup on a spare 64MB microSD card.
Switching back and forth just to get into CWM recovery is getting annoying, and I've noticed that in the power button menu on the Carbon rom, there's an option to reboot straight into recovery but it doesn't work. It simply takes me to some error graphic that says "install failed" and that I should power the device off and back on. I've tried to install CWM via Rom Manager and TWRP via the GooManager app, but both tell me it couldn't find a proper recovery for my device and won't install. Rom Manager is quite odd, it says it's detected that both TWRP and CWM are installed. Is there a way to install recovery onto the Nook HD+ so I don't have to keep switching microSD cards? I've looked around the forums and found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43173042&postcount=1195
but that appears to only be for verygreen's CM10.1. Trying to install that via the bootable CWM microSD card fails.
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That boot to recovery is booting to stock recovery and that is what is giving you that error message.
And do not use ROM Manager, it will mess up you device. And GooManager does not support this device.
Verygreen's CWM should work fine on your Carbon ROM. That link pointed to his TWRP recovery and he may have put an assert statement to only flash on his ROM (what was the error message?). Try his CWM and see if it flashes. It should install and work fine.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Oh boy do I feel stupid. I guess I was lacking sleep - I had downloaded the wrong TWRP filesin verygreen's post. Instead of using the flashable zip (twrp-recovery-ovation-3.zip) I accidentally tried to use the other file he linked to (ovation-sdcard-twrp-files.zip). The filenames not being very descriptive didn't stop me from going ahead and wondering what the hell wasn't working.
All's well, TWRP loads fine and the reboot to recovery option in the power menu works as well.