[Solved] Installing recovery? - Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

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[Q] Problem with rooted Nook and ROM Manager

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?
[EDIT]
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?
[EDIT]
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.
bdcrim said:
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.

Nook - No ClockworkMod recovery - Already rooted

I have a Nook Color that has already has CM7 on it, running off of internal memory. (I did not do the install)
I inserted my own SD Card and attemped to install a recent build but I cannot get it to go into the Clockwork Recovery mode to install the update. Even weirder, it will not reset the device, I can't get the previous owners info off the device.
I'm new to the Nook, but have had many Android devices before and have rooted them all.
I've tried holding the N + Pwr buttons to get it into recovery more with no luck... I guess what I need is help on either resetting this device or updating from here?
Any advice would be helpful.
-Goran
Do you have ROM Manager on it? If not, download it from the market. (You need a SD card inserted when using it.) Open it up and the 1st line should show if you have CWR installed and what version. If not installed, does it give an option to install the latest version? I would do that first and reboot. Then, you can use ROM Manager to update to a new nightly....
Yes, ROM Manager is what you need. The Nook is a little different from other devices because Clockwork is run from the SD card during the initial root/install. To get it on the internal memory, use ROM Manager's option to flash latest recovery, then use the option to boot into recovery.
Thank you for replying. I have ROM manager installed and have tried all the Clockwork Recovery version available... when i select reboot into recovery it reboots, says loading, then says android in landscape... and just boots into android.
and just boots into android.
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What do you want it to boot into and why? Does ROM Manager show CWR installed internally? You should be doing everything from there. Open ROM Manager. If you see you have the latest CWR skip down to updating CM7. Pick the newest nightly, include google/market apps and go. On next prompt, wipe Davlik only. Let it do it's thing. It takes a little time to download and install. It will boot into recovery, do the installation and then reboot into the new nightly. Make sure the SD card you have instaolled is not a bootable card.

[Q] Is Clockwork Recovery Mod usable from SD card?

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.

Rom Manager will not flash cwm?

Hello all.
I have an issue.
I recently installed cm10 on the nook color. Recently IN cm10, it stopped reading the sd card....but i could boot to cwm from the sd card....BUT while in cwm it wouldnt read the sd card >.>
So. I made it think the internal memory was the sd card, installed rom manager, and got it to "flash" cwm into internal memory...although everytime i try to reboot into recovery, it reboots and then "install failed" pops up. (Sd card removed)...it doesnt seem like it flashed anything at all.
I honestly just want the default nook color back >.<
Help?
xthedakmanx said:
Hello all.
I have an issue.
I recently installed cm10 on the nook color. Recently IN cm10, it stopped reading the sd card....but i could boot to cwm from the sd card....BUT while in cwm it wouldnt read the sd card >.>
So. I made it think the internal memory was the sd card, installed rom manager, and got it to "flash" cwm into internal memory...although everytime i try to reboot into recovery, it reboots and then "install failed" pops up. (Sd card removed)...it doesnt seem like it flashed anything at all.
I honestly just want the default nook color back >.<
Help?
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That message is from the stock recovery on emmc. So that means Rom Manager did not install anything. If you just want stock back on emmc, go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A10 to make a bootable CWM SD and item A15 to get a stock 1.4.3 rom to flash with it. You will be back to pure stock.
Sent from my HD+ rooted stock using Tapatalk
leapinlar said:
That message is from the stock recovery on emmc. So that means Rom Manager did not install anything. If you just want stock back on emmc, go to my tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A10 to make a bootable CWM SD and item A15 to get a stock 1.4.3 rom to flash with it. You will be back to pure stock.
Sent from my HD+ rooted stock using Tapatalk
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Thing is, when I boot to CWM using an sd card, I keep getting an error that says it can't read from the sd card
xthedakmanx said:
Thing is, when I boot to CWM using an sd card, I keep getting an error that says it can't read from the sd card
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You may need to reburn the cwm SD. Go to my NC tips thread linked in my signature and look at item A10.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

[Q] Nook HD+ Install issue Status 7

Hi Guys, needing a bit of help to see if I can get my Nook HD+ back up and running.
A little background. Nook is 2013 model. Has worked pretty well in past, had added files last year to allow access to Play and flash, worked well, so I came back here when my nook went to the 99% reboot screen and has locked up there. B&N can't seem to help any. None of my computers will recognize the nook, so I can't sideload the NPK update that they said might fix the nook. So after laughing at their offer of an extra 10% off an ereader or the new Samsung, I decided to try changing to CM's Ovation. Have tried to follow Leapinlar's thread on installing CM and have tried 10.2,10.1 and a version of 11 along with another d/l of 10.2 from another poster.
I can boot from the SD card, but with really no currently working ROM, I need to use the install to internal version.
So I've used SD formatter on the SD card, copied over the files in order listed and then booted to the card.
Did a backup and restore, worked
did wipe data and factory reset
then install from sd card,
the system then gives me an error when installing the CM files:
Set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/CM XXXX (no matter which CM I pick)
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any idea as to how I can resolve this?
I'm at a loss and can't find resolution.:crying:
Thank you!!
What recovery exactly are you using to try and install CM? The one you boot from SD card? What version is it?
Some recoveries are too old to install CM11, for example. I suggest you install TWRP 2.7.1.0 as internal recovery on your Nook. You can download it here. Just put that TWRP zip file onto your bootable SD card, boot the HD+ and install the zip file. Then remove the SD card and format it, or use a different one that isn't bootable. Put the CM11 install zip file onto the card, insert it, and boot the internal recovery by holding the "N" button and powering up the tablet. Keep the N button pressed until the TWRP splash screen shows. If TWRP doesn't boot, then something went wrong. If it does boot, you can try and install CM11 with it.
liferj said:
Hi Guys, needing a bit of help to see if I can get my Nook HD+ back up and running.
A little background. Nook is 2013 model. Has worked pretty well in past, had added files last year to allow access to Play and flash, worked well, so I came back here when my nook went to the 99% reboot screen and has locked up there. B&N can't seem to help any. None of my computers will recognize the nook, so I can't sideload the NPK update that they said might fix the nook. So after laughing at their offer of an extra 10% off an ereader or the new Samsung, I decided to try changing to CM's Ovation. Have tried to follow Leapinlar's thread on installing CM and have tried 10.2,10.1 and a version of 11 along with another d/l of 10.2 from another poster.
I can boot from the SD card, but with really no currently working ROM, I need to use the install to internal version.
So I've used SD formatter on the SD card, copied over the files in order listed and then booted to the card.
Did a backup and restore, worked
did wipe data and factory reset
then install from sd card,
the system then gives me an error when installing the CM files:
Set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/CM XXXX (no matter which CM I pick)
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any idea as to how I can resolve this?
I'm at a loss and can't find resolution.:crying:
Thank you!!
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Yes, as the prior user said, you are using the wrong version of CWM to install the CM zip. CM10.1 and CM10.2 need v6028 or v6036. CM11 needs v6046. You can get them from the dummies thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
Tzul said:
What recovery exactly are you using to try and install CM? The one you boot from SD card? What version is it?
Some recoveries are too old to install CM11, for example. I suggest you install TWRP 2.7.1.0 as internal recovery on your Nook. You can download it here. Just put that TWRP zip file onto your bootable SD card, boot the HD+ and install the zip file. Then remove the SD card and format it, or use a different one that isn't bootable. Put the CM11 install zip file onto the card, insert it, and boot the internal recovery by holding the "N" button and powering up the tablet. Keep the N button pressed until the TWRP splash screen shows. If TWRP doesn't boot, then something went wrong. If it does boot, you can try and install CM11 with it.
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I have tried to follow the thread instructions and used what appeared to be matching installers, if I didn't, I did see error for not matching. I'll go and try above recovery. Got to probably get another sd card.
Tzul said:
What recovery exactly are you using to try and install CM? The one you boot from SD card? What version is it?
Some recoveries are too old to install CM11, for example. I suggest you install TWRP 2.7.1.0 as internal recovery on your Nook. You can download it here. Just put that TWRP zip file onto your bootable SD card, boot the HD+ and install the zip file. Then remove the SD card and format it, or use a different one that isn't bootable. Put the CM11 install zip file onto the card, insert it, and boot the internal recovery by holding the "N" button and powering up the tablet. Keep the N button pressed until the TWRP splash screen shows. If TWRP doesn't boot, then something went wrong. If it does boot, you can try and install CM11 with it.
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leapinlar said:
Yes, as the prior user said, you are using the wrong version of CWM to install the CM zip. CM10.1 and CM10.2 need v6028 or v6036. CM11 needs v6046. You can get them from the dummies thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Tried all three of these in that order. none worked. I'll go try above and see if it will work.

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