As an original Nook Color owner from its first day availability, I am now ready to make the leap to the HD+. My primary reason for this is the 8.9 inch screen which emulates "trade paperback" size which has always been my reading goal along with enhanced video.
I have put my NC through numerous iterations over the last two years plus and finally did a full conversion to Android 4.1 a few months ago bidding a permanent farewell to any remaining vestige of the BN software. As the final remaining issue for me was "reading in store" which I no longer need, it was not a difficult decision.
In perusing this forum, I appear to have run afoul of trying to determine if there is a currently viable track for complete conversion of the HD+ eMMc as I simply do not need or want the BN interface. I know full well there are rooted, sdcard, and "hybrid" variations well explained in this forum but simply cannot find or continue to overlook any mention/instruction for full internal conversion as an option.
Am I simply overlooking that info or are we not yet there? If that goal has not yet been obtained, what would be my closest non sdcard option?
I have nothing but accolades and praise for those providing us with the fruits of their efforts. My multiple and varied experiences with my NC provided a truly fascinating experinece and learning curve starting with basic rooting up through several dual boot variations and now in eMMc Jelly Bean and all of its remarkably functional glory! It is clearly continuing with the HD and the "+" and I wish to express my deepest thanks for those continuing efforts in advance.
Any reasoned advice, suggestions, and/or direction would be appreciated.
As yet there is no full replacement of the emmc. The boot loader lock that even checks system makes it very hard.
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Verygreenhas said he believes it is possible but not on his priority list, see his CM10 thread. We don't have many developers working it yet. And being CM working properly, kernels, etc are priorities now.
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I too came from the Nook Color and have enjoyed the versatility of that device. Unfortunately B&N has locked down this device to make it more difficult to modify it. Your only two choices now is to modify stock with my CWM zips or opt for running CM10/CM10.1 from SD. You can get my CWM zips from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
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Get the HD+ and put cm10 via sdcard on it. If you use the right sdcsard (class 4? someone will correct me if I'm wrong) and dont look back. I came from the nook color 10.1 emmc myself. I know how soul crushing it was on there. Lag, reboots, lag, poor display, lag. Did I mention lag? I'd like an emmc too, but seriously you won't notice any difference. Its an amazing tablet with cm10 on it.
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I have also had the Nook Color and the Nook Tablet.. the Nook HD/HD+ are awesome. I have always choose to ditch the stock B&N expereince. Currently booting CM10.1 from mircoSD on my NookHD, thanks to some awesome work by others, and its honestly great! maybe a few tiny little lags every now and then, but nothing close to a deal breaker. And its still early... so it can only get better from here. Going HD or HD+, you won't be dissapointed.
Actually this is strange that we dont have still bootloader lock hack. All tech things that i seen on xda forum are ulocked. And now some BN can lock it
I want help but i dont have knowledge for this stage. And with other words i need it too (run custom rom from emmc)..
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Actually this is strange that we dont have still bootloader lock hack. All tech things that i seen on xda forum are ulocked. And now some BN can lock it
I want help but i dont have knowledge for this stage. And with other words i need it too (run custom rom from emmc)..
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Verygreen says he thinks it can eventually be done, but his priority is perfecting CM on SD. He says no real need to run it internally when running on SD works so well.
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Thanks and Update
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Verygreen says he thinks it can eventually be done, but his priority is perfecting CM on SD. He says no real need to run it internally when running on SD works so well.
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Thanks to all for your comments, updates, and suggestions. I opted to take the "easy way out" this time around and d/l n2a's $19.99 version for the HD+ and installed it on a 32 GB card. Oddly enough, could not get it to run on a new Sandisk Class 10 but it ran on an older class 4 or 6 card that I had used for converted film storage with my NC. Any idea why that happened?
BTW, when formatting a card for the HD+ should we use FAT32 or NTSC?
It is great to have a full JB interface back!
Not at all enamored of the current BN interface which I hope now to leave alone and eventually replace when full eMMc access is achieved. If JB could be made "ready for prime time" on the NC, then I am sure that it is just a matter of time until one of you has a full blown "Eureka" moment and shows the way to a full and total conversion of the HD+.
Will keep you all up-to-date regarding my experiences with the N2A setup.
Rooted Galaxy Nexus Android 4.2.1
Nook Color Android 4.1.2
Nook HD+ N2A SD Card Android 4.1.2
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BTW, when formatting a card for the HD+ should we use FAT32 or NTSC?
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You must to look to this thread. There you find all what you need and step by step.
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Verygreen says he thinks it can eventually be done, but his priority is perfecting CM on SD. He says no real need to run it internally when running on SD works so well.
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Actually i need run it internally because i have 12 Nook HD+ and clients who use these just may pull out SD (maybe steal SD too). All restrictions which one i made on ROm for user side is not working anymore.
Seems i need directly constact with Verygreen.
Thanks about sharing information.
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You must to look to this thread. There you find all what you need and step by step.
Not sure what the above direction has to do with which format (FAT32/NTSC) is best for SDcard use in the HD+ for either simple storage or alternate OS.
Did I miss something or was I unclear?
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This quote at this thread is about SD card formating:
For first time install only (you will need 4G or bigger sdcard, smaller ones are not supported and not tested):
gunzip cwm image and write it to your sdcard (entire sdcard not just one partition of it), use either dd on Linux/MacOS or Win32 Image Writer for those impaired by Windows.
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And when you follow this guide step by step, you dont need worry about formating your SD to wrong format.
harryzee said:
Oddly enough, could not get it to run on a new Sandisk Class 10 but it ran on an older class 4 or 6 card that I had used for converted film storage with my NC. Any idea why that happened?
BTW, when formatting a card for the HD+ should we use FAT32 or NTSC?
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Not all cards are created equal. The recommended card for running a ROM is SanDisk class 4. Others may or may not work well.
And it does not matter what format you had on the card originally before you burned the image to the card. It gets overwritten.
But for using an SD with stock, the card should be formatted Fat32 or ExFat. NTSC does not work.
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Aha!
datas0ft said:
This quote at this thread is about SD card formating:
And when you follow this guide step by step, you dont need worry about formating your SD to wrong format.
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Aha! Now I understand!!
leapinlar said:
Not all cards are created equal. The recommended card for running a ROM is SanDisk class 4. Others may or may not work well.
And it does not matter what format you had on the card originally before you burned the image to the card. It gets overwritten.
But for using an SD with stock, the card should be formatted Fat32 or ExFat. NTSC does not work.
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Many thanks for that clear explanation.
BTW, the N2A card (so far) is working well.
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I'm sorry if this has already been covered but im new to the tablet field.
I have just bought a Nook hd 8gb and want to remove the current pope interface (software) and put on a normal android 4.01 software.
Is there a simple guide on here I can follow to achieve this with stable software?
I just want google play on my nook.
Cheers.
I think you want the HD forum. This one is for the non-HD version.
Nikkiel
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NikkieL said:
I think you want the HD forum. This one is for the non-HD version.
Nikkiel
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Sorry if I'm in the wrong place but can anyone help?
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Sorry if I'm in the wrong place but can anyone help?
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Take a look in the Nook HD/HD+ forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2034
Thread moved to the correct board.
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Sorry if I'm in the wrong place but can anyone help?
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You cannot yet replace the stock software on the HD. And the software available on SD is only available for the HD+. The only thing you can do to the root the stock and make a few mods yo it.
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It sounds to me that you want a different launcher, one that looks like standard Android. You'll need to set up ADB, at least, and possibly root your HD. Then you can install a launcher like Nova or ADW and get a more standard Android look. To do that, check out Leapinlar's tips thread in the
HD/HD+ General forum. Setting up ADB may be the hardest part.
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You cannot yet replace the stock software on the HD. And the software available on SD is only available for the HD+. The only thing you can do to the root the stock and make a few mods yo it.
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Given that I am a newbie on this forum, what would I need to learn in order to help develop things on the HD? I run a linux system, have compiled kernels, went through LFS to learn about linux systems, have written basic android apps, am comfortable in C, and have played with the kitchen and modified my own ROMS with it.
Does the HD boot from the SD card? If so, what needs to be in place to get it to happen?
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Given that I am a newbie on this forum, what would I need to learn in order to help develop things on the HD? I run a linux system, have compiled kernels, went through LFS to learn about linux systems, have written basic android apps, am comfortable in C, and have played with the kitchen and modified my own ROMS with it.
Does the HD boot from the SD card? If so, what needs to be in place to get it to happen?
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I see why not, I think both HD and HD+ can boot from the SD card, that said we don't own one but from the hardware and software perspective, it make more sense that way. As far as what you need to make it happen, you basically have to build your own CM10. Get CM10 source code and compile it for the HD. You probably can use the same instruction method as shown in verygreen CM10 as far as installation goes(meaning making the SD card and CWM), but the image to make SD card you have to do it yourself.
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I see why not, I think both HD and HD+ can boot from the SD card, that said we don't own one but from the hardware and software perspective, it make more sense that way. As far as what you need to make it happen, you basically have to build your own CM10. Get CM10 source code and compile it for the HD. You probably can use the same instruction method as shown in verygreen CM10 as far as installation goes(meaning making the SD card and CWM), but the image to make SD card you have to do it yourself.
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I attempted to boot in store an HD from the CWM SD card of evergreen. It booted into the stock. Now, clearly there are a lot of variables here that could go wrong. Is the required layout of the SD card the same for the HD and the HD+?
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I attempted to boot in store an HD from the CWM SD card of evergreen. It booted into the stock. Now, clearly there are a lot of variables here that could go wrong. Is the required layout of the SD card the same for the HD and the HD+?
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The SD card setup for HD+ won't work on HD. Verygreen said, in another thread, that the kernels in the two devices are different. We need an SD solution designed specifically for HD.
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Windsor1959 said:
The SD card setup for HD+ won't work on HD. Verygreen said, in another thread, that the kernels in the two devices are different. We need an SD solution designed specifically for HD.
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I would like to get to the place where I understand how to approach a problem like this. What questions should be asked? What standards are there? So, for example, what differs between the HD and HD+ on boot? If they both will boot from SD, are they looking in different spots on the SD? expecting different things? Since CWM didn't even boot, this is way before the kernel takes hold (from my understanding at least).
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I attempted to boot in store an HD from the CWM SD card of evergreen. It booted into the stock. Now, clearly there are a lot of variables here that could go wrong. Is the required layout of the SD card the same for the HD and the HD+?
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The HD has different booting files than the HD+. The HD+ version of the SD will not boot in it. There has to be a special version made for it and that has not been done.
Specifically, the bootloader (u-boot.bin) and other files are different. The SD booting structure is the same, just the HD+ files on the verygreen SD won't work on the HD. He explains that on his CM10 thread.
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The HD has different booting files than the HD+. The HD+ version of the SD will not boot in it. There has to be a special version made for it and that has not been done.
Specifically, the bootloader (u-boot.bin) and other files are different. The SD booting structure is the same, just the HD+ files on the verygreen SD won't work on the HD. He explains that on his CM10 thread.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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So I assume u-boot needs to be configured for the specific board in the HD and the MLO provided. I'd also guess that the specific board is not one of the standard supported boards.
Hi All,
I have a Nook HD, recently purchased and then updated to BN 2.0.6 firmware during the BN registration process. I used the sdcard-cwm-early5.img.gz as referenced in Verygreen's post here to create a bootable CWM SD. I then installed the CM 10.1 build posted in thread by Bokbokban here. Finally, I installed latest gapps from goo.im. All seems to be pretty good, excepting that sometimes, seemingly randomly, the device will reboot itself, at which time it bypasses the SD during boot and goes straight for the stock BN rom on the emmc.
Any ideas on how to proceed? I haven't seen a pattern in the reboots yet, so I am not sure what may or may not be causing them. While I'm not exactly a newb with all that is involved with rooting/flashing various android devices (I own 5 of them), I could use some guidance on how to troubleshoot or diagnose problems like this.
I am confused. You used an HD+ image from verygreen and an HD ROM from bokbokan. How did you make that work? They should not have worked.
But if you really only used HD files, the reboot problem is probably the brand and class of the SD you used. It needs to be SanDisk class 4. We have that problem a lot on the HD+. It is cause by a kernel panic when trying to write to SD.
The solution is to get a better SD or use bokbokan's new Hybrid SD setup that puts /data on internal memory so SD speed does not matter.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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I am confused. You used an HD+ image from verygreen and an HD ROM from bokbokan. How did you make that work? They should not have worked.
But if you really only used HD files, the reboot problem is probably the brand and class of the SD you used. It needs to be SanDisk class 4. We have that problem a lot on the HD+. It is cause by a kernel panic when trying to write to SD.
The solution is to get a better SD or use bokbokan's new Hybrid SD setup that puts /data on internal memory so SD speed does not matter.
Sent from my Nook HD running CM10.1 on Hybrid SD
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Thanks for your prompt reply. To be clearer, I did not use the HD+ image, but I did use the CWM image Verygreen posted, 'sdcard-cwm-early5.img.gz', as that version supported using CWM to read .zip's from /emmc (in other words, those that were downloaded via BN stock browser).
At the risk of sounding like I am second-guessing you, I think it's worth noting that I had no trouble with many things related to writing to the SD card: writing the CWM image, booting into CWM from the SD, writing the CM10.1 image onto the card, booting from the 10.1 rom, etc... So if it is, as you say, the card having write issues and causing a kernel panic, I'm wondering how I can prove that. I will check the kernel logs when I get home.
I'm using a Sandisk 'ultra' class 10 16gb... I get that 'class 10' generally means 'crappy for small random write requests', but I've had good luck with this particular card on other platforms that are sensitive to consistency of write speeds (G2, Nook Color). However, I'll try a class-4 Sandisk per your suggestion.
Follow-up question: I can't seem to find a solid guide that shows how to install to emmc... is that a new frontier for this device? Is it just that nobody has bothered, or is there a problem with original bootloader supporting that?
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Follow-up question: I can't seem to find a solid guide that shows how to install to emmc... is that a new frontier for this device? Is it just that nobody has bothered, or is there a problem with original bootloader supporting that?
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The internal bootloader is locked down pretty good. Some day someone will be able to break it, but for now no one has.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
Btw, I have had really bad results with my San disk CL 10. You may find other cars will work better.
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It took me a while to figure it out, but so far what I've done is I've loaded clockwork using the image writer onto a micro sd card.
Load it up on the nook. When it hits menu, I took the card out, reformatted it, loaded on the distro for CM10.
Problem is, when I put the card back in and tried to mount it, no mount.
I next tried keeping the distro on the nook's internal flash memory.
But again, can't mount it.
If I try to move the distro to the card with the image written, it says no space.
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It took me a while to figure it out, but so far what I've done is I've loaded clockwork using the image writer onto a micro sd card.
Load it up on the nook. When it hits menu, I took the card out, reformatted it, loaded on the distro for CM10.
Problem is, when I put the card back in and tried to mount it, no mount.
I next tried keeping the distro on the nook's internal flash memory.
But again, can't mount it.
If I try to move the distro to the card with the image written, it says no space.
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You are not saying which device, except you say CM10, which probably means HD+. If you have an HD+, got to my HD+ SD install guide linked in my signature. It has an image that makes it easier since you can mount with internal memory. Or you can use the Hybrid install which makes it run a bit faster.
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I cannot mount the /emmc.
I have no idea why it won't work. It should work.
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I cannot mount the /emmc.
I have no idea why it won't work. It should work.
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If you are using verygreen's image, it cannot mount emmc. He has disabled it. Use mine from the thread I mentioned earlier, it has been modified to allow that. And you don't need to mount it with mine anyway, just choose "install zip from SD/choose zip from internal memory".
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OKay, did the 4gb clockwork installer. It does allow me to flash, but I'd really prefer to only flash a card and leave the device vanilla if I remove a card.
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OKay, did the 4gb clockwork installer. It does allow me to flash, but I'd really prefer to only flash a card and leave the device vanilla if I remove a card.
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You went to the wrong thread. I said to the HD+ updated guide for Original SD installation thread. That one lets you install CM10. You went to my CWM thread.
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leapinlar said:
You went to the wrong thread. I said to the HD+ updated guide for Original SD installation thread. That one lets you install CM10. You went to my CWM thread.
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No, pretty sure I went to the one you just mentioned.
I'm sorry, I've spent several hours trying to decifer this stuff and it makes no sense whatsoever.
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No, pretty sure I went to the one you just mentioned.
I'm sorry, I've spent several hours trying to decifer this stuff and it makes no sense whatsoever.
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There is no 4GB image in that thread, only My CWM thread has one, and that is for stock, not CM10. If you go to the correct thread, it will all be clear. I made that thread just for people like you that were having problems installing CM10 and confused.
But if you don't want to go there, don't. I just was looking back at the threads and you asked twice in two different threads and I gave you the same answer in both threads. Some people are just beyond help.
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There is no 4GB image in that thread, only My CWM thread has one, and that is for stock, not CM10. If you go to the correct thread, it will all be clear. I made that thread just for people like you that were having problems installing CM10 and confused.
But if you don't want to go there, don't. I just was looking back at the threads and you asked twice in two different threads and I gave you the same answer in both threads. Some people are just beyond help.
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There is no option in the thread to make a pure bootable sd drive with no alterations to emmc memory. I've read it a few times. So your guide is misleading.
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There is no option in the thread to make a pure bootable sd drive with no alterations to emmc memory. I've read it a few times. So your guide is misleading.
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You are still reading the wrong thread. Go here and tell me it is misleading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38572483
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink!
Edit: Now I know why you are not going to the right thread. You are using tapatalk or xda premium and you can't see my signature, so you search and keep finding the wrong one. It is in general, not development.
And the Title and the first paragraph of the CWM thread says it is for stock only. How can that be misleading?
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Hi all,
please help me on this, please.
I think my hd+ was messed up. I remember at first I had CWM boot environment. but when I was flashing NookHDplus-factory-2.20-plain-stock.zip, it crashed. I didn't realize the emmc structure might be lost, I restart and flashed the twrp_recovery_ovation_4.zip into the machine(I heard from somewhere else it might be helpful). but now it is even worse.
I have tried 3 bootable microSD card(1. pny 4G, class4, 2. kingston 8G, class4, 3. sandisk 4G, class2) 1. is imaged with emmc-cwm-early3.1.img; 2. is imaged with nookHDplus-bootable-cWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.11.13).zip. and 3 is formatted with SDformat & actived and with files from NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for stock-BOOTFILES-r4-(05.15.13).rar.
1)so without microSD card in slot, the hd+ did as follows(the power supplier is plugged in for indication):
green light turn on 4 second-->nook icon(with adobe reader statement) 2 second-->white cyanoboot(and blue universal bootloader) icon 4 second
2) with class 4 microSD card.-->loop
green light turn on 4 second-->nook icon(with adobe reader statement) 2 second-->white cyanoboot(and blue universal bootloader) icon 15 second.-->loop
3 with class 2 card.
green light turn on 4 second-->nook icon(with adobe reader statement) 2 second-->white cyanoboot(and blue universal bootloader) icon 30 second-->loop.
So it looks hd+ saw the microSD card, but still cannot enter the correct procedure.
Does anyone has any idea what I can do now? I was so frustrated...
Thank you so much in advance!
It might be that your emmc is bricked. All of the cards require that at least some of emmc is working. Verygreen made a noemmc CWM and ROM somewhere that I don't have a link for. Try searching the forum. Others have reported success with that in booting to CWM and getting a ROM working on SD.
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leapinlar said:
It might be that your emmc is bricked. All of the cards require that at least some of emmc is working. Verygreen made a noemmc CWM and ROM somewhere that I don't have a link for. Try searching the forum. Others have reported success with that in booting to CWM and getting a ROM working on SD.
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Thank you very much! I would like to try it in the weekend. But I noticed in the discussions, that the OS on sdcard will also use some part of emmc, so if the emmc has errors in those part, the OS will not operate successfully, right?
By the way, is there any possibilities that you professionals make a kind of 'tool' microSD, that can automatically format and rebuild the file structures on a messed emmc and then copy/restore the stock OS to it without any manual input. Or even better, since the space of SD card is usually big enough, people can copy different OS zips into it, so that the tool card can let people to choose which OS to be installed after it automatically format and rebuild the file system structure on emmc.
Thanks again.
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Thank you very much! I would like to try it in the weekend. But I noticed in the discussions, that the OS on sdcard will also use some part of emmc, so if the emmc has errors in those part, the OS will not operate successfully, right?
By the way, is there any possibilities that you professionals make a kind of 'tool' microSD, that can automatically format and rebuild the file structures on a messed emmc and then copy/restore the stock OS to it without any manual input. Or even better, since the space of SD card is usually big enough, people can copy different OS zips into it, so that the tool card can let people to choose which OS to be installed after it automatically format and rebuild the file system structure on emmc.
Thanks again.
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Not me. It is too complex on the HD/HD+.
And you are right, the status of emmc can effect SD installs.
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Hello fellas, so I followed one of Leapinlar's guides on how to install CM11 onto my Nook HD+ 16gb. Everything went great and my Nook has been performing flawlessly all this time. I happen so have two Nook HD+ devices, and now that I know how much better CyanogenMod is compared to the stock OS, I want to install CM11 on the second one as well. I still have the bootable 2GB SD card I used to install CM11 on the Nook (used same card to backup stock B&N OS). At this stage, I plan on using the Nook until it dies on me, gets broken, or stolen. I don't see why I would go back to the stock OS.
1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
2. I have already done a Full baseline backup of my Nook on a FAT32-formatted SD card that isn't bootable. Is this backup better than the original bootable backup SD I made originally? Why would I still need the original stock B&N OS backup?
I couldn't find any threads on the subject, so I'm kind of hesitant to try it myself. Don't want to brick the Nook. Maybe one of you has tried it. Well, Happy Holidays to all of you. Thanks for the great forum.
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1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
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My understanding is that even bootable variants of CM11 still go to the Nook's internal storage to get device serial #, MAC address, etc. So, one bootable SD card should be portable between devices.
I originally created a bootable SDcard variant of CM11 and liked it so much, that I decided to install it internally. Before I did that, however, I did back up the entire device (in case I decide to sell it). I then (search for the thread) made a bootable SDcard with B&N's OS v2.20. That way, if there's ever a reason you want to go back to the B&N OS, you can.
Merazomo said:
Hello fellas, so I followed one of Leapinlar's guides on how to install CM11 onto my Nook HD+ 16gb. Everything went great and my Nook has been performing flawlessly all this time. I happen so have two Nook HD+ devices, and now that I know how much better CyanogenMod is compared to the stock OS, I want to install CM11 on the second one as well. I still have the bootable 2GB SD card I used to install CM11 on the Nook (used same card to backup stock B&N OS). At this stage, I plan on using the Nook until it dies on me, gets broken, or stolen. I don't see why I would go back to the stock OS.
1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
2. I have already done a Full baseline backup of my Nook on a FAT32-formatted SD card that isn't bootable. Is this backup better than the original bootable backup SD I made originally? Why would I still need the original stock B&N OS backup?
I couldn't find any threads on the subject, so I'm kind of hesitant to try it myself. Don't want to brick the Nook. Maybe one of you has tried it. Well, Happy Holidays to all of you. Thanks for the great forum.
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Yes the same bootable SD can be used on multiple HD+ devices. But the backup files from the first device should be moved somewhere else since there is not room for two different backups on a 2GB card. And that first backup is unique to that device and should not be used on the second device, but the basic CWM is ok to use.
The original stock backup is useful if you want to go back to the way it was before installing CM. But it is not really necessary since you can flash the stock ROM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature (item 6) to get back to original out of the box condition. This might be useful if you need to return the device to B&N under warranty. Having CM installed on it when you return it voids the warranty.
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leapinlar said:
Yes the same bootable SD can be used on multiple HD+ devices. But the backup files from the first device should be moved somewhere else since there is not room for two different backups on a 2GB card. And that first backup is unique to that device and should not be used on the second device, but the basic CWM is ok to use.
The original stock backup is useful if you want to go back to the way it was before installing CM. But it is not really necessary since you can flash the stock ROM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature (item 6) to get back to original out of the box condition. This might be useful if you need to return the device to B&N under warranty. Having CM installed on it when you return it voids the warranty.
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I'm sorry, one last question. Would it be accurate to say that I can drag and drop the original B&N backup file I have in my 2GB sd card to my computer, zip it, save it, delete it from the sd card, and then do the same process for the second Nook HD+? Zip, save, and delete the original backup. Would the sd card still be bootable to install CM if I were to play around with only the backup and nothing else? DeanGibson and you leapinlar have pretty much answered my question completely. At this point I just want to pick my brain, all of this was pretty interesting. I won't bother you guys with any more questions regarding this subject, so thank you very much for the help.
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Merazomo said:
I'm sorry, one last question. ...
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Actually, you had two questions ... However, the answer to both is yes.
Merazomo said:
I'm sorry, one last question. Would it be accurate to say that I can drag and drop the original B&N backup file I have in my 2GB sd card to my computer, zip it, save it, delete it from the sd card, and then do the same process for the second Nook HD+? Zip, save, and delete the original backup. Would the sd card still be bootable to install CM if I were to play around with only the backup and nothing else? DeanGibson and you leapinlar have pretty much answered my question completely. At this point I just want to pick my brain, all of this was pretty interesting. I won't bother you guys with any more questions regarding this subject, so thank you very much for the help.
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Yes you can copy the backup files to your PC and delete the originals, but there is no need to zip them since they are already compressed and it is best to leave them native since they need to retain their md5 sums. The card will still be bootable.
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