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Hey guys, I think this should be a pretty simple question to answer but I can't find anything specific when I search google. I've been having trouble running different builds of Honeycomb on my nookColor: v2, 2a, and honeybunches all would not let me connect to wifi. Everytime it would go to connect, the signal would drop to zero and nothing would happen. Any thoughts on this?
Also, since I only have 2 microSD cards I would use Easeus to delete the partitions on the disks and then use SD formatter to reformat the cards so I could install a new build of Honeycomb to check the wireless. However, the capacity of my 8GB card has gone from ~7.6-7.8GB to 7.46GB when i am trying to format it for the next time. Easeus shows a 7.647GB unallocated partition, but the formatter wants to format it to 7.46GB. I don't understand why it has gone down, and it makes me worry that I unwittingly lost space on my SD card. Have I screwed up my cards, or can I get this mystery space back? Please help!
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
just use dd command in linux or osx will erase all the partition, don't need format or erase the card first.if you do so the sd size will not decrease.
RileyGrant said:
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
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I'm having issues deleting the partition on the SD. You were successful using the instructions above?
RileyGrant said:
Remove SD card from Nook and boot into stock. Insert SD card, go to settings, Device Info, SD card, unmount sd card, then format sd card. This will/should delete all partitions, format and restore all usable space on the sd card. From here, download and burn the honeycomb image to your sd card. (I recommend ubuntu, dd command. Open terminal, navigate to the directory that contains your nookhoney image. Once there type; "sudo dd if=nookhoney02.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M" without the quotes. Note that nookhoney02.img could be nookhoney02a.img or the honeybunches image depending on which you are using and mmcblk0 could be mmcblk1 etc. depending on what the name of your sdcard drive is.) After the image is done writing, power Nook down, insert sd card and boot Nook. Also, the burning process can be done from windows using winimage and what not, the whole ubuntu thing was just my recommendation. Hope this works for you, any more questions, just feel free to ask. Also, I apologize if this is repeat information, just giving the full experience.
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Nevermind I got it to work.
Thanks!
ok so anyone have any ideas about the wifi problem? I have tried 4 different builds of honeycomb and whenever I go to connect to a network, the reception drops to zero and it gets stuck on connecting. IDK whats up. I type in my password and everything but it just doesnt work.
DZ469 said:
ok so anyone have any ideas about the wifi problem? I have tried 4 different builds of honeycomb and whenever I go to connect to a network, the reception drops to zero and it gets stuck on connecting. IDK whats up. I type in my password and everything but it just doesnt work.
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Have you tried turning WiFi off and then on again? This seems to work for me when wifi is acting weird.
by turn off, do you just mean press the wifi button in "Wireless & Networks" or the enable disable buttons in the dev tools? i've tried the first solution to no avail. I guess I could try messing around with the dev tools.
The nook doesnt have to be rooted for me to run this off my SD card right?
EDIT: I just went over to B&N to check if their wifi works. It does, so i don't know what the issue is. Possibly because my university uses 802.1x EAP for their network? The only thing that is fishy is that my nook at stock would connect fine.
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by turn off, do you just mean press the wifi button in "Wireless & Networks" or the enable disable buttons in the dev tools? i've tried the first solution to no avail. I guess I could try messing around with the dev tools.
The nook doesnt have to be rooted for me to run this off my SD card right?
EDIT: I just went over to B&N to check if their wifi works. It does, so i don't know what the issue is. Possibly because my university uses 802.1x EAP for their network? The only thing that is fishy is that my nook at stock would connect fine.
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Answer to your first question yes turning off and back on in Settings>Wireless.
I know I had mine working on my uni's network which has 802.1x but can't remember if it was stock, Froyo, or HC. Not currently on campus so I can't try it for you.
Google "SD formatter" and download the application. It's free and very easy to use and will format your SD cards.
omega1alpha said:
Google "SD formatter" and download the application. It's free and very easy to use and will format your SD cards.
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That's what I was using, but the size seems to keep getting smaller and smaller. I'm losing about .01GB per format.
EDIT: Okay now the wifi is working in the dorms, and i hate to say this, because it's so humiliating, but I think i was using the wrong password to log into my wireless network. Which is probably why it hung on connecting. Which makes me feel dumb.
DZ469 said:
That's what I was using, but the size seems to keep getting smaller and smaller. I'm losing about .01GB per format.
EDIT: Okay now the wifi is working in the dorms, and i hate to say this, because it's so humiliating, but I think i was using the wrong password to log into my wireless network. Which is probably why it hung on connecting. Which makes me feel dumb.
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Well at least the wifi is working for you.
Have you tried formatting the SD with the Nook itself (assuming you're running off stock ROM?
Settings>Device Info>SD Card> Unmount SD Card>Format SD Card
I have installed bootable cm7 on my 8gb sd card. It only shows the first partition when I connect it to my computer. I tried connecting my nook color to my computer in both cm7 and stock firmware, but the card isn't readable in either case. In fact when I connected using cm7 it didn't connect at all.
I am trying to put some pictures onto the sd card, but can only get them on the first partition, is there a way to get them on the larger partition?
Enable USB mass storage for the use since it's the only way.
Boot CM7 up, connect NC to PC, look at the NC's notification area, usb icon should be displayed, tap to open then enable USB mass storage.
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I have installed bootable cm7 on my 8gb sd card. It only shows the first partition when I connect it to my computer. I tried connecting my nook color to my computer in both cm7 and stock firmware, but the card isn't readable in either case. In fact when I connected using cm7 it didn't connect at all.
I am trying to put some pictures onto the sd card, but can only get them on the first partition, is there a way to get them on the larger partition?
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There is a program developed here on XDA that can mount your micro SD installed CM7 media data partition that you see on your NC but normally can't see when connected to your PC. Normally the pc sees the first partition only (boot). This program will let you also mount your 4th partition on the sd card so that you can add your media files there. Install the program, tell it to mount your 4th partition, and connect your usb cable to the pc. It will show up as a drive letter. You can download the program here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11322639
This is also very useful for those users with ics preview on their micro SD card.
The app had been integrated into CM7 builds so long time ago, no need to install it separately.
votinh said:
The app had been integrated into CM7 builds so long time ago, no need to install it separately.
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I used it on the new ics preview build. It's the first time I had used an SD install, and the usb mount is broken so far so this little app was great.
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I used it on the new ics preview build. It's the first time I had used an SD install, and the usb mount is broken so far so this little app was great.
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I am running nightly from 20121227 on a sd card(2GB) on my nook color. Everything is fine except that when I connect it to my pc, I see the nook as MTP device on my pc. I see the SD card with a storage of 180MB only. the nook internal card shows up as full. I do not see the usb in the notification area of the nook. I want to be able to add music/documents to my sd card so I can access them from my nook(when I boot it from sd card).
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Ram
ram.sundar said:
I am running nightly from 20121227 on a sd card(2GB) on my nook color. Everything is fine except that when I connect it to my pc, I see the nook as MTP device on my pc. I see the SD card with a storage of 180MB only. the nook internal card shows up as full. I do not see the usb in the notification area of the nook. I want to be able to add music/documents to my sd card so I can access them from my nook(when I boot it from sd card).
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Ram
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Go to Settings-Storage select 3 dot menu in upper right corner and select Mass Storage. You will then be able to see the nook USB notification.
The nook will show up as a drive on your computer. Use Clockwork Mod Recovery to partition SD card to reclaim space, but with 2gb not much remains for user media (cm10~700mb, ram~512mb, etc).
hwong96 said:
Go to Settings-Storage select 3 dot menu in upper right corner and select Mass Storage. You will then be able to see the nook USB notification.
The nook will show up as a drive on your computer. Use Clockwork Mod Recovery to partition SD card to reclaim space, but with 2gb not much remains for user media (cm10~700mb, ram~512mb, etc).
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Tried that. Now when I connect to my PC, I see only one FAT32 partition(boot) and it shows only 180MB size. I do not see any other partition. Do I need to use a larger size card (>2GB) to see the additional partitions.
ram.sundar said:
Tried that. Now when I connect to my PC, I see only one FAT32 partition(boot) and it shows only 180MB size. I do not see any other partition. Do I need to use a larger size card (>2GB) to see the additional partitions.
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Take a look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585572&nocache=1
You may need a higher capacity card if you plan on adding lots of music, books, comics or movies.
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I have installed bootable cm7 on my 8gb sd card. It only shows the first partition when I connect it to my computer. I tried connecting my nook color to my computer in both cm7 and stock firmware, but the card isn't readable in either case. In fact when I connected using cm7 it didn't connect at all.
I am trying to put some pictures onto the sd card, but can only get them on the first partition, is there a way to get them on the larger partition?
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See my post above with the link. In cm7 there is a setting to use emmc as sd.
For easy access use a wifi connecting app like WiFi File Explorer Pro; see whole card, quick UL & DL of files.
You can also use debugging over network settings in the ROM and use adb...
The first time you do it do this in a command or terminal window:
adb shell busybox mkdir /sdcard/boot
Then every time you use it to transfer files to the boot partition for flashing:
adb shell busybox mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard/boot
adb push ROMFILENAME /sdcard/boot/DESIREDROMFILENAMEONDEVICE
If you are wanting to transfer files to the "sdcard" partition of the card:
adb push FILE(s) /sdcard/DESTINATIONFOLDER/
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Take a look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585572&nocache=1
You may need a higher capacity card if you plan on adding lots of music, books, comics or movies.
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See my post above with the link. In cm7 there is a setting to use emmc as sd.
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Followed those instructions. Still I see only the main partition in windows explorer. Under disk management I see 4 partitions. In my tablet, I see the 180MB partition. Also I see another with .93GB showing up as internal storage. The emmc shows up as another internal storage. Not sure how to get files into it. I am attaching screen shots.
You are only going to see "Windows"file systems (partitions) in Explorer (FAT, NTFS, etc). The other partitions are Linux type partitions (ext, etc...).. Explorer won't see them. Thus the need for ADB.
Personally I sometimes find it easier to place files in Dropbox and then just deal with them on the device rather than through the cable. You will need the Dropbox app on your NC.. available in Play store.
Since CM ROMs have debugging over network support... there's no need for the cable when adb'ing into the device.
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Please respond to the following. I tried a lot to look the answer to my problem in the forums, but could not find it (or did not get the right forum)
I dual booted my NC with CM7.1.0. It was working fine without any problem, but suddenly stopped entering into the main screen. Whenever i on the nook the Cyanogen loading ... screen comes and then screen flashes and turns lit black.. the NC is not off but it does not reach to the main system. I tried to use update the CM by copying a new file to usd, but it did not let me do so.. computer hanged. I do not want to format it as it has some .xls files in documents folder in the 4th partition of usd. Can someone please tell me how to extract those files using computer's sd car slot ( I can not use nook usb option as it is not booting CM) and how to recover the older working condition.
I assume you have stock working on emmc. I have a flash file that you can temporarily flash to stock to make it read the fourth partition of the SD as 'sdcard'. Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and item B3 in the second post (last paragraph). It tells you how to modify stock to read that partition. If your stock is rooted, you can just edit the file yourself. If not rooted, you need to flash one of the files attached to the post. Instructions are there. After retrieving your files you can revert stock back to normal by re-editing the file or by flashing a second zip, or just keep it that way and use partition four for both systems. Then you can start over with your verygreen SD and reinstall CM7.
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I assume you have stock working on emmc. I have a flash file that you can temporarily flash to stock to make it read the fourth partition of the SD as 'sdcard'. Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and item B3 in the second post (last paragraph). It tells you how to modify stock to read that partition. If your stock is rooted, you can just edit the file yourself. If not rooted, you need to flash one of the files attached to the post. Instructions are there. After retrieving your files you can revert stock back to normal by re-editing the file or by flashing a second zip, or just keep it that way and use partition four for both systems. Then you can start over with your verygreen SD and reinstall CM7.
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Dear,
I am new to Android.. .sod could not understand many things that you wrote in your posts... but thanks a lot for finding the time and writing me back..I did not get it how can i solve my problem. I just want to copy one of my files from the sd card and then I will format and install all dual boot files from start... Please let me know if you can give me any simpler way to access and copy my .xls file and restore the cm in previous working condition( this will save me from installing from the start).... rgds
sanshri57 said:
Dear,
I am new to Android.. .sod could not understand many things that you wrote in your posts... but thanks a lot for finding the time and writing me back..I did not get it how can i solve my problem. I just want to copy one of my files from the sd card and then I will format and install all dual boot files from start... Please let me know if you can give me any simpler way to access and copy my .xls file and restore the cm in previous working condition( this will save me from installing from the start).... rgds
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We'll take this one step at a time. Do you have stock nook still on your internal memory? And if you do, is it rooted or just virgin stock?
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leapinlar said:
We'll take this one step at a time. Do you have stock nook still on your internal memory? And if you do, is it rooted or just virgin stock?
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Thanks for being so patient. I dont think it is rooted and the stock nook is touched as i follow a link provided in this forum to boot usd and dual boot nook without losing warranty to install cm7 on a usd.
When i use boot the nc, i see following responses
1. boot without usd: boots to original nc, all files and applications are there and work perfectly fine.
2. boot with usd without going to boot menu: cyanogen loading banner shows up and then screen flashes. .then a lit black screen .. nothing happens after that
3. boot with usd and selecting emmc in boot menu: boots to original nc but hangs at home screen
4. boot with usd and selecting sd (external storage) in boot menu: cyanogen loading banner shows up and then screen flashes. .then a lit black screen .. nothing happens after that
sanshri57 said:
Thanks for being so patient. I dont think it is rooted and the stock nook is touched as i follow a link provided in this forum to boot usd and dual boot nook without losing warranty to install cm7 on a usd.
When i use boot the nc, i see following responses
1. boot without usd: boots to original nc, all files and applications are there and work perfectly fine.
2. boot with usd without going to boot menu: cyanogen loading banner shows up and then screen flashes. .then a lit black screen .. nothing happens after that
3. boot with usd and selecting emmc in boot menu: boots to original nc but hangs at home screen
4. boot with usd and selecting sd (external storage) in boot menu: cyanogen loading banner shows up and then screen flashes. .then a lit black screen .. nothing happens after that
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Your SD is definitely messed up. You will need to reinstall after we get your file saved that you want.
You will need a spare SD card that you can put my bootable CWM recovery on.
Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and download to your PC three files attached there. The one that starts CWM... and the two that start update-stock...
Extract the CWM zip. It will have a 200Mb .img file in it. Burn that to the spare SD just like you did when you made the verygreen SD. Once that is burned and you can see it on your PC, copy the two update-stock... zips to it.
Remove that SD from the PC and put in the nook. Boot. The CWM menu will come up. Select 'install zip from sdcard '. Then select 'choose zip from sdcard'. Scroll through the list and pick 'update-stockemmc-vold-fstab-modified-for-partition4.zip'. Then confirm the selection. It will flash the zip. Remove the CWM card and reboot to stock.
Insert the verygreen SD and you should be able to connect your USB and see partition 4 on the PC as 'sdcard'.
To return your stock to original after retrieving your file, just go through the process of flashing the other update file with CWM. But most people like leaving it modified so that they can always use just one SD for both systems.
leapinlar said:
Your SD is definitely messed up. You will need to reinstall after we get your file saved that you want.
You will need a spare SD card that you can put my bootable CWM recovery on.
Go to my tips thread linked in my signature and download to your PC three files attached there. The one that starts CWM... and the two that start update-stock...
Extract the CWM zip. It will have a 200Mb .img file in it. Burn that to the spare SD just like you did when you made the verygreen SD. Once that is burned and you can see it on your PC, copy the two update-stock... zips to it.
Remove that SD from the PC and put in the nook. Boot. The CWM menu will come up. Select 'install zip from sdcard '. Then select 'choose zip from sdcard'. Scroll through the list and pick 'update-stockemmc-vold-fstab-modified-for-partition4.zip'. Then confirm the selection. It will flash the zip. Remove the CWM card and reboot to stock.
Insert the verygreen SD and you should be able to connect your USB and see partition 4 on the PC as 'sdcard'.
To return your stock to original after retrieving your file, just go through the process of flashing the other update file with CWM. But most people like leaving it modified so that they can always use just one SD for both systems.
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I did exactly same, but could not see partition 4 on the pc as 'sdcard'. I see two drives 1. mynookcolor ( i can access all files in it), and 2. a removable disk drive I:/ ( that i can not access). I do not see my files (see pic below) those are on the 4th partition of sd card.
You need to mount the card in settings. Go to settings, device info, SD card. And choose 'mount SD card'.
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You need to mount the card in settings. Go to settings, device info, SD card. And choose 'mount SD card'.
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It is already mounted. It shows sd card memory (not available), unmount SD card (\unmount the sd card for safe removal), and format sd card (format (erase) the sd card). However, only third option is active others are grey/inactive.
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It is already mounted. It shows sd card memory (not available), unmount SD card (\unmount the sd card for safe removal), and format sd card (format (erase) the sd card). However, only third option is active others are grey/inactive.
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If it says unavailable and the first two are greyed out, that means it is not mounted. Pull it out and put it back in... wait you had the cable unplugged when you checked that didn't you? You should have.
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If it says unavailable and the first two are greyed out, that means it is not mounted. Pull it out and put it back in... wait you had the cable unplugged when you checked that didn't you? You should have.
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I tried as told... number of times.. but same result.. I do not see any drive for sdcard. I see a removable drive F:/ (that i cant access) other than mynookcolor e:/ all time.
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If it says unavailable and the first two are greyed out, that means it is not mounted. Pull it out and put it back in... wait you had the cable unplugged when you checked that didn't you? You should have.
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I did it number of times.. the results are same. the nc detects a sd card but two areas a re grey..Everytime when i plug usb my nc to laptop, it shows a mynookcolor drive and a removable disk f:\ drive which can not be accessed. I have used another laptop but it is same...
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I tried as told... number of times.. but same result.. I do not see any drive for sdcard. I see a removable drive F:/ (that i cant access) other than mynookcolor e:/ all time.
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What I am asking is with the USB cable removed, what does the settings show? If you remove and replace the SD with the settings window open, is there any difference? You say it detects it, how do you know that?
Edit: I have been searching for a solution for you. There are two ways to see those files with your PC. To view it in Windows, you must make several complicated changes to your drivers. I'm sure you do not want to do that. The other way is to use Linux. It has the ability to see and mount multiple partitions on an SD. You can either find someone who has a Linux system to do it for you or you can make yourself a Ubuntu Live CD that you can boot with your PC. None of these options are easy, which is why I was trying to do it the other way on your nook.
I don't know why your system is not mounting that SD properly. Even if those changes I had you make were not there, it should at least mount partition one on the nook.
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What I am asking is with the USB cable removed, what does the settings show? If you remove and replace the SD with the settings window open, is there any difference? You say it detects it, how do you know that?
Edit: I have been searching for a solution for you. There are two ways to see those files with your PC. To view it in Windows, you must make several complicated changes to your drivers. I'm sure you do not want to do that. The other way is to use Linux. It has the ability to see and mount multiple partitions on an SD. You can either find someone who has a Linux system to do it for you or you can make yourself a Ubuntu Live CD that you can boot with your PC. None of these options are easy, which is why I was trying to do it the other way on your nook.
I don't know why your system is not mounting that SD properly. Even if those changes I had you make were not there, it should at least mount partition one on the nook.
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without usb cable,
1. sd card removed
sd card memory (not available)
Unmount SD card (unmount the sd card for safe removal)
Format sd card (format (erase) the sd card
All are grey/inactive
2. sd card inserted
sd card memory (not available)
Unmount SD card (unmount the sd card for safe removal)
Format sd card (format (erase) the sd card
Now top 2 are inactive, but the third one (format) is active
whenever i insert a card it shows small box flash that shows sd with tick mark, and when i remove it again shows the sd flash box with cross mark.
sanshri57 said:
without usb cable,
1. sd card removed
sd card memory (not available)
Unmount SD card (unmount the sd card for safe removal)
Format sd card (format (erase) the sd card
All are grey/inactive
2. sd card inserted
sd card memory (not available)
Unmount SD card (unmount the sd card for safe removal)
Format sd card (format (erase) the sd card
Now top 2 are inactive, but the third one (format) is active
whenever i insert a card it shows small box flash that shows sd with tick mark, and when i remove it again shows the sd flash box with cross mark.
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The card is not written correctly... if you format it in the nook... you will see it on your computer... then you can remove it... and try writing the uSDcard image again with win32diskimager
DizzyDen said:
The card is not written correctly... if you format it in the nook... you will see it on your computer... then you can remove it... and try writing the uSDcard image again with win32diskimager
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Dizz, he was trying to figure out how to get his data off of partition 4 before he reformats and starts again. I was hoping he could do it with the nook, but it is not reading it. I had him modify emmc so it can see partition 4, but no luck here. Do you have any ideas?
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I just had another thought. Put the card in the PC and open with your partition software. Delete partition one, two and three. Then maybe windows can see partition 4, since it is now partition one. You may have to move it to the beginning of the SD, but I don't think you have to.
Edit: I was able to test this on my spare SD card with the EaseUS partition program and it works. Be sure to give it a drive letter.
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leapinlar said:
I just had another thought. Put the card in the PC and open with your partition software. Delete partition one, two and three. Then maybe windows can see partition 4, since it is now partition one. You may have to move it to the beginning of the SD, but I don't think you have to.
Edit: I was able to test this on my spare SD card with the EaseUS partition program and it works. Be sure to give it a drive letter.
Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
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so, if i do that .. will i be able to get all my applications back and running..i have some paid google apps on my usd. i also tried to make an image of the usd and tried to use boot from this new image written usd.. but it is not booting from the new one..
sanshri57 said:
so, if i do that .. will i be able to get all my applications back and running..i have some paid google apps on my usd. i also tried to make an image of the usd and tried to use boot from this new image written usd.. but it is not booting from the new one..
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No, your installed apps are stored on partition 3. But if you bought them, google lets you redownload and install to as many devices as you want, as long as you are logged in to your Google Play account. What you will get back is things you had stored on 'sdcard' (pictures, books, music and other files like your xls files you wanted, what you saw in that screenshot you posted.)
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I just had another thought. Put the card in the PC and open with your partition software. Delete partition one, two and three. Then maybe windows can see partition 4, since it is now partition one. You may have to move it to the beginning of the SD, but I don't think you have to.
Edit: I was able to test this on my spare SD card with the EaseUS partition program and it works. Be sure to give it a drive letter.
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I had thought of this before I commented about the SD being not formatted correctly... should only have to delete partition 1 ("boot") since windows should use the first fat partition....
However...
Since the nook doesn't show "unmount" or ""sd card memory" active... it is certainly not reading partition 1 correctly.
He can flash my B&N 1.4.1 with SASD vold.fstab edits to see partition 4 (if it can read it) and transfer everything from that partition.
I searched the forums but could'nt find a similar problem. My SD card is read by my phone. But when i connect it to the computer through USB storage, only a few folders are seen(lost.dir, buildprop.tmp, .profig.os) along with any new folders that i create. But while browsing the card through a file explorer on my phone i can see all the files and folders. Anyone know what's wrong??
Try to put it in a card reader and see what happends.
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I bought a sd card from eBay and had countless errors and trouble with it, I bought a new sd and had no issue what so ever. So try a new sd card or even formatt the memory card
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See if you can back the contents up to the pc then run disk check or format.
Formatting at the moment is not an option. I have a lot of data on it that needs to be backed up like photos, videos, music etc. Unfortunately i cant backup the contents onto the PC since they cant be seen! Guess i have to upload everything onto dropbox and then format it. And with my current upload speed its going to take days . Unless there's someother way of doing it
Try doing a backup using a card reader for your pc.
Even with a card Reader only the "New" folders that i create can be seen. But on the phone All the folders can be seen.
Have you tried to connect it with Linux based OS or only with Windows?
Try this also. Currently there's a troyan round the globe. When it activates it hides all the folders on external media devices connected to PC, and creates .exe files with names of hidden folders. When you connect your storage to a PC with good antivirus it deletes .exe files but leaves folders on storage in hidden state. Try to configure your Windows Explorer or Total Commander to show hidden files and folders and maybe you'll be lucky.
Only with Windows XP and 7 based systems as im at a cousin's place. Found this problem when he wanted some songs from my card. I did scan the SD card using AVG. During the scan i noticed that the current files being scanned included those that i couldn't see using windows/commander file explorer. Hope that helps
Edit: A little messing around and i got it!! Folder Options > Hidden Files and Folders > Unchecked "Hide Protected Operating System Files"
Thank you for all your help
Hello,
I'm running Cm 12 (based on this xda thread. I did my original install off of this RootJunky tutorial.
I'm not getting access to the external sd card. I have wiped and re-flashed about 6 times in TWRP, each time pulling my flash files off of the external sd card, I have tested the card in a pc, works fine. But it's not showing when I run the tablet or when I connect the tablet to my laptop with a usb cable.
Any ideas or suggestions on how I can fix this?
Thank in advance for any help!
Gnashy1 said:
Hello,
I'm running Cm 12 (based on this xda thread. I did my original install off of this RootJunky tutorial.
I'm not getting access to the external sd card. I have wiped and re-flashed about 6 times in TWRP, each time pulling my flash files off of the external sd card, I have tested the card in a pc, works fine. But it's not showing when I run the tablet or when I connect the tablet to my laptop with a usb cable.
Any ideas or suggestions on how I can fix this?
Thank in advance for any help!
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Cm12 currently only works with certain file systems, do you know which file system the SD card is formatted to?
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Cm12 currently only works with certain file systems, do you know which file system the SD card is formatted to?
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I just finally solved it, and I hope this thread can help some other people -- thanks for the response, by the way! I have been reading some of your other posts this week, and you are the man!
So, what I ended up doing was backing up my sd card on a pc, then reformatting it. It still didn't work. But CM 12 was giving me a message every time I took the sd card out of the slot, telling to insert a card. I was exploring permission in SuperSu and CM 12, and eventually I ended up activating the "Delete Sd Card" option under storage. I didn't think it was available to me, because it was grayed out and didn't show my card anywhere. It was. I deleted it, and it must have reformatted it with a compatible file system. It works. It's letting move apps to sd card, sd card shows up in file managers, other apps and when I connect to pc.
Now, the only issue I really want to resolve is getting Google Play Games to work.