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Really screwed my Nook HD+ up

I was running cm10.2 nightlies. I tried to go to carbon and it was having some issues with boot looping. I tried to reinstall cwm recovery to emmc off of my sd card being I had changed to twrp. Now it wont boot from sd card and is still on twrp but wont let me install any zips. it gives me error with zip signature. Now it just boots to twrp everytime and wont go to anything even after I tried to restore to 10.2 nigtlies that I had backed up in twrp. How can i get this thing back to a clean slate and start over?

pitmanr2003 said:
I was running cm10.2 nightlies. I tried to go to carbon and it was having some issues with boot looping. I tried to reinstall cwm recovery to emmc off of my sd card being I had changed to twrp. Now it wont boot from sd card and is still on twrp but wont let me install any zips. it gives me error with zip signature. Now it just boots to twrp everytime and wont go to anything even after I tried to restore to 10.2 nigtlies that I had backed up in twrp. How can i get this thing back to a clean slate and start over?
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You can turn off signature verification in TWRP. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and try to flash one of my plain stock zips from item 6. That should restore everything. Be sure to factory reset with TWRP too before you reboot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

I used your stock zips and fixed it. But I'm still having original problem which is reboots and sleep of death. I'm going to flash 10.1.3 stable and gapps no apps and run for a day and see if its a third party app. What do u suggest.
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How can I partition and go back to way it was when I for it just in case I have to send back for warranty
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pitmanr2003 said:
How can I partition and go back to way it was when I for it just in case I have to send back for warranty
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Just do what you did earlier, flash the stock zip. Also do a factory reset with your custom recovery.
And doing what you suggested earlier about not installing apps right away is a good idea. Many have said maps and having GPS checked can be a problem.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

OK did that still no good. I ran log cat and I can't tell why it died from it. How do I get rid of everything to send it back to stock. I may start from scratch. If I can get it to boot to sdcard. That don't work either now
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pitmanr2003 said:
OK did that still no good. I ran log cat and I can't tell why it died from it. How do I get rid of everything to send it back to stock. I may start from scratch. If I can get it to boot to sdcard. That don't work either now
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I just told you twice. Flash the plain stock zip and factory reset.
But if your CWM SD will not boot, you need to try one of the options below.
If you flashed the custom recovery, power on with the power button and n button. Release after about 7 seconds. Should boot to that custom recovery and you can flash the plain stock zip.
If you did not flash a custom recovery, just interrupt the boot 8 times in a row and it will completely reset.
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Sorry for confusion. But can u show me link to stock zip. I flashed chdisk zip and reset zip or something like that.
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pitmanr2003 said:
Sorry for confusion. But can u show me link to stock zip. I flashed chdisk zip and reset zip or something like that.
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It is in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. See item 6. I told you that in my first reply to you in this thread. I am the only one that has replied to you in this thread. It should not be that hard.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

OK I got it to completely reset but boot loops at nook. I'm guessing I know have to make a bootable SD cause I can't get to stock recovery. It resets to stock but like there isn't a ROM to go to
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pitmanr2003 said:
OK I got it to completely reset but boot loops at nook. I'm guessing I know have to make a bootable SD cause I can't get to stock recovery. It resets to stock but like there isn't a ROM to go to
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Do that 8 times in a row and see what happens.
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It goes to nook screen and has a progress bar and then reboots to nook screen and loops again
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pitmanr2003 said:
It goes to nook screen and has a progress bar and then reboots to nook screen and loops again
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When you were messing with TWRP to get things back earlier, did you format /bootdata?
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I may have. I tried re partition
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pitmanr2003 said:
I may have. I tried re partition
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What do you mean you tried re partition? What did you do?
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In twrp you can partition plus I wiped internal data
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pitmanr2003 said:
In twrp you can partition plus I wiped internal data
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ok update. i can now with no sd card boot like normal into stock nook. i think im making progress. my sd card when inserted will show the cyanoboot, but doesnt go to cwm recovery just reboots

pitmanr2003 said:
In twrp you can partition plus I wiped internal data
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In TWRP you can only partition the SD, not internal memory. That is why your SD will not boot any more. Send me your serial number via Private Message and I will make a custom zip for you to flash. You also need to make a new bootable CWM SD since you repartitioned the old one.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

pitmanr2003 said:
In twrp you can partition plus I wiped internal data
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ok update. i can now with no sd card boot like normal into stock nook. i think im making progress. my sd card when inserted will show the cyanoboot, but doesnt go to cwm recovery just reboots
so i went to set nook up and it restarted and went into nook bootloop again. ughh

ok if i can get it to boot again so that I can get serial number.

[Q] Where can I get stock ROM for restoring Nook HD+?

Hello,
Kudos to all the nice folks here for the CM mod and updates.
My Nook HD+ has battery issues and was told to send it back to B&N. I took a backup of the stock ROM before installing CM but I'm unable to find it :crying:
I've searched a lot for this and would really really appreciate a link to download the ROM and copy to the microSD card.
I believe I just need the "clockworkmod" folder on the microSD card, right? If not, it would be great to have quick steps.
Thanks again for your time..

You can get the plain stock zip that is flashable with CWM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. Item 6. That will take you back to pure stock so you can deal with B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You can get the plain stock zip that is flashable with CWM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. Item 6. That will take you back to pure stock so you can deal with B&N.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks a lot for your prompt response, leapinlar.
I downloaded "NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).zip" and extracted it to get "NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).img" which I burned to the microSD card using "Win32DiskImager"
And then, I copied "NookHDplus-factory-2.1.1-plain-stock.zip" file to the card. I tried inserting this card to the Nook HD+ device but it just boots to CM instead of showing options to restore.
I believe I'm missing something. I'm so sorry to bother you but would greatly appreciate if you could spare a few moments to point me in the right direction. It would be immensely helpful.
Thanks so much again for responding.

You can try using my alternate procedure in item 1a in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You can try using my alternate procedure in item 1a in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks again, leapinlar.
I tried the alternate procedure and did the following:
1. Used "SDFormatter" to format the card and used "EaseUS Partition Master" to make the single partition on the microSD card "active"
2. Copied files making sure to copy "MLO" file first before copying the rest. (Please refer to attachment for the files that were in the card)
I was able to complete the "install from SD card" option and it finished with the following message:
Code:
Random Offset: 0xcb
Boot Files...
Boot Files...
Install Complete.
When I tried rebooting the device, Nook HD+ seems to load stock but gets stuck at 99% forever. Not sure how to proceed now. Can I just go ahead and return the device or should I bring it to working condition?
Thanks again for sparing your time, leapinlar.. Greatly appreciate it.

Did you do a factory reset with CWM before rebooting after flashing the plain stock? You need to.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

just to confirm
Hi. I am selling my nook hd+ and would like to restore the B&N stock rom. I am running CM 10.1 stable. Based on this thread and leapinlar's advice in his CWM thread, I have the following steps:
1. Place the backed-up nook rom zip in the CWM folder.
2. Reboot into CWM recovery
3. Wipe data and rom
4. Flash the stock zip file
Based on leapinlar's advice in his CWM thread, it is my understanding that flashing the zip will fully restore the unit to stock rom, including stock recovery. Is that correct?
EDIT: Sorry, but perhaps I was mistaken. The stock rom zip has to be loaded on the bootable CWM sd card?
Appreciate all input. Thank you.

banditsw said:
Hi. I am selling my nook hd+ and would like to restore the B&N stock rom. I am running CM 10.1 stable. Based on this thread and leapinlar's advice in his CWM thread, I have the following steps:
1. Place the backed-up nook rom zip in the CWM folder.
2. Reboot into CWM recovery
3. Wipe data and rom
4. Flash the stock zip file
Based on leapinlar's advice in his CWM thread, it is my understanding that flashing the zip will fully restore the unit to stock rom, including stock recovery. Is that correct?
EDIT: Sorry, but perhaps I was mistaken. The stock rom zip has to be loaded on the bootable CWM sd card?
Appreciate all input. Thank you.
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Restoring the backup will only do the ROM and not recovery. You must flash the plain stock zip if you want both replaced. And yes, you copy the zip to the SD. And just do the factory reset, no other wiping.
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leapinlar said:
Restoring the backup will only do the ROM and not recovery. You must flash the plain stock zip if you want both replaced. And yes, you copy the zip to the SD. And just do the factory reset, no other wiping.
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Thank you!
When you refer to factory reset, you are referring to factory reset of the current rom on the unit (i.e. in my case, CM 10.1)?

banditsw said:
Thank you!
When you refer to factory reset, you are referring to factory reset of the current rom on the unit (i.e. in my case, CM 10.1)?
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I am talking about booting to CWM and selecting factory reset on the main menu. That will wipe all installed apps and settings on whatever is installed on internal memory.
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leapinlar said:
Did you do a factory reset with CWM before rebooting after flashing the plain stock? You need to.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks so much, leapinlar. That worked!

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muchcalmer said:
Thanks so much, leapinlar. That worked!
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Hello guys, I would just like to add to this- I actually wanted to restore to stock rom as well.
I remember using the img burn method as outlined before to get to cwm recovery. I actually tried the new method involving just formatting and copying the 5 boot files and copying the zips as well. However, with the sd card in the slot, the device just boots to the stock rom.
From reading leapinlar's guide, I remember saying that it will take about 10 boots to boot into cwm recovery- however, I did over 15 times now and with no success- is there any other way to get to recovery mode quicker?
I actually ended up running into TWRP recovery and there did the flashing of stock rom, but it didn't get rid of the cyanoboot screen- I think I need to go through one more factory reset in order to get rid of the boot screen, and therefore will need to access the cwm recovery.
Any help will be appreciated. thanks

gomavs123 said:
Hello guys, I would just like to add to this- I actually wanted to restore to stock rom as well.
I remember using the img burn method as outlined before to get to cwm recovery. I actually tried the new method involving just formatting and copying the 5 boot files and copying the zips as well. However, with the sd card in the slot, the device just boots to the stock rom.
From reading leapinlar's guide, I remember saying that it will take about 10 boots to boot into cwm recovery- however, I did over 15 times now and with no success- is there any other way to get to recovery mode quicker?
I actually ended up running into TWRP recovery and there did the flashing of stock rom, but it didn't get rid of the cyanoboot screen- I think I need to go through one more factory reset in order to get rid of the boot screen, and therefore will need to access the cwm recovery.
Any help will be appreciated. thanks
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You flashed my plain stock 2.1.1 zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread with TWRP? That should have taken it completely back to stock without the cyanoboot logo showing. Factory reseting will not remove it. Are you sure it completed properly?
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leapinlar said:
You flashed my plain stock 2.1.1 zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread with TWRP? That should have taken it completely back to stock without the cyanoboot logo showing. Factory reseting will not remove it. Are you sure it completed properly?
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thanks for the reply-
Actually I did do that- and sure enough the nook logos are showing now- but the cyanoboot logo still shows in the beginning. I think the solution is to try these steps again in cwm recovery instead of twrp- not sure how to get there though- can you offer me any advice in booting into cwm recovery mode ? Doing the recovery multiple times haven't really worked out so far.

gomavs123 said:
thanks for the reply-
Actually I did do that- and sure enough the nook logos are showing now- but the cyanoboot logo still shows in the beginning. I think the solution is to try these steps again in cwm recovery instead of twrp- not sure how to get there though- can you offer me any advice in booting into cwm recovery mode ? Doing the recovery multiple times haven't really worked out so far.
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Are you sure you flashed the plain stock and not my rooted stock? Rooted stock would cause the cyanoboot logo to still show.
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leapinlar said:
Are you sure you flashed the plain stock and not my rooted stock? Rooted stock would cause the cyanoboot logo to still show.
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yes! I actually flashed the rooted stock. So then the next question I have is- is it possible to have no cyanoboot logo yet have the device rooted?
also, I am still wondering as to why the cwm recovery is not showing up when I use my sd. is the method using img recovery still valid?
thanks for your help, as always.

gomavs123 said:
yes! I actually flashed the rooted stock. So then the next question I have is- is it possible to have no cyanoboot logo yet have the device rooted?
also, I am still wondering as to why the cwm recovery is not showing up when I use my sd. is the method using img recovery still valid?
thanks for your help, as always.
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Yes, my root methods before rev3 used the old way of rooting, without the revised boot.img. But those versions did not have the /system file protection removed. But I removed it from my site when I published rev3.
And yes the CWM SD is still valid using both methods. But sometimes the img method is harder to achieve.
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leapinlar said:
Yes, my root methods before rev3 used the old way of rooting, without the revised boot.img. But those versions did not have the /system file protection removed. But I removed it from my site when I published rev3.
And yes the CWM SD is still valid using both methods. But sometimes the img method is harder to achieve.
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do you mean by flashing universal root rev2 on pure stock rom, there should not be cyanboot logo?
can you please explain removed system file protection? do you mean the root is not complete? some app can not get su access?

brux4me said:
do you mean by flashing universal root rev2 on pure stock rom, there should not be cyanboot logo?
can you please explain removed system file protection? do you mean the root is not complete? some app can not get su access?
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That is correct, there is no cyanoboot logo with rev2. And rev2 works perfectly as root.
What I mean by no removed file protection is that with rev2 you cannot change any files in /system without it being detected and on the next boot it resetting itself to pure stock with no root. With rev3 that file protection for /system is removed, but it shows the cyanoboot logo. It is a trade off.
If you want rev2 I can repost the link.
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leapinlar said:
You flashed my plain stock 2.1.1 zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread with TWRP? That should have taken it completely back to stock without the cyanoboot logo showing. Factory reseting will not remove it. Are you sure it completed properly?
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So, I have used every trick you have posted to recover or install a new rom. After I install the rom and GAPPS with the bootable SD card, I restart and it just sits on the NOOK screen. I did notice I get a this: INSTALLING UPDATE / Random OFFSET: 0x26d / Boot Files...Boot Files...
The Random Offset number changes each time I try to install the rom.......any ideas?

Stuck in bootloop, ROM running from SD

I have a Nook HD+ that suffers from the emmc bug, so I'm trying to load a rom into the sd card.
I tried burning several recovery images but only one booted properly(early 7) others went to emmc recovery directly(dunno why).
When I finally got into recovery I adbed ROM and Gaps into the tablet, then flashed them, upon reboot i always happened to go back to recovery, so I replaced uImage(i tried 2) in the SD Card with one that i found on xda, now after reboot I did see the boot animation, but it is shifted to the right and stuck in a boot loop.
What did I do wrong?

mmk92 said:
I have a Nook HD+ that suffers from the emmc bug, so I'm trying to load a rom into the sd card.
I tried burning several recovery images but only one booted properly(early 7) others went to emmc recovery directly(dunno why).
When I finally got into recovery I adbed ROM and Gaps into the tablet, then flashed them, upon reboot i always happened to go back to recovery, so I replaced uImage(i tried 2) in the SD Card with one that i found on xda, now after reboot I did see the boot animation, but it is shifted to the right and stuck in a boot loop.
What did I do wrong?
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If it always boots to recovery, you are in a recovery bootloop. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and read item 10.
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leapinlar said:
If it always boots to recovery, you are in a recovery bootloop. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and read item 10.
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But thing is, I have a dead emmc, how can i flash the stock recovery?

mmk92 said:
But thing is, I have a dead emmc, how can i flash the stock recovery?
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I thought you said it booted to emmc recovery. How can you have a dead emmc and still boot to that?
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It boots into emmc recovery but I get a lot of "Can't mount" errors. I got this nook from a friend a few days ago, thought I'd fix it up somehow to boot it up from sdcard.
Do you think that I have a chance of booting from internal memory since Emmc recovery works?

mmk92 said:
It boots into emmc recovery but I get a lot of "Can't mount" errors. I got this nook from a friend a few days ago, thought I'd fix it up somehow to boot it up from sdcard.
Do you think that I have a chance of booting from internal memory since Emmc recovery works?
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Put that stock recovery on it and see what it does. It is trying to repair itself by trying to boot to stock recovery. It cannot get worse than it is. You can use that early 7 SD to flash it.
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leapinlar said:
Put that stock recovery on it and see what it does. It is trying to repair itself by trying to boot to stock recovery. It cannot get worse than it is. You can use that early 7 SD to flash it.
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I flashed the recovery onto it, I get "error mounting emmc" and flash was successful(weird).
Anyway I'm trying to install a noemmc rom, out of all the noemmc recoveries that I have tried, only one seemed to work, all others loaded straight to emmc recovery. What do you think is the problem?

mmk92 said:
I flashed the recovery onto it, I get "error mounting emmc" and flash was successful(weird).
Anyway I'm trying to install a noemmc rom, out of all the noemmc recoveries that I have tried, only one seemed to work, all others loaded straight to emmc recovery. What do you think is the problem?
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Did you boot without the SD in after flashing? If so, what did it do?
Booting only to the early 7 SD is normal with a messed up emmc.
You need to start the SD burning again after formatting it with SDFormatter. Do not change any files on it after flashing the ROM.
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I erased it with SDFormatter then used disk imager to flash the image on the sdcard, I am still getting the same results for this recovery in particular(which was recommended by verygreen for his dead emmc work ouround).
Basically after I boot the tablet, the recovery logo shows up longer than usual, then the recovery shwos up with EMMC RECOVERY written on the top left of the screen. But this emmc recovery is different than the one that usually shows up when I boot without the sd card, same names but the UI has a slightly differnet layout.
This is so weird, what should I do? I really want to get this tab working

mmk92 said:
I erased it with SDFormatter then used disk imager to flash the image on the sdcard, I am still getting the same results for this recovery in particular(which was recommended by verygreen for his dead emmc work ouround).
Basically after I boot the tablet, the recovery logo shows up longer than usual, then the recovery shwos up with EMMC RECOVERY written on the top left of the screen. But this emmc recovery is different than the one that usually shows up when I boot without the sd card, same names but the UI has a slightly differnet layout.
This is so weird, what should I do? I really want to get this tab working
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Not sure you answered my question. It did not boot to stock recovery when you booted without the SD inserted? Stock recovery looks entirely different than CWM. Just a nook screen. It should not have a cyanoboot screen (is that what you are calling the recovery logo?). And it should try to automatically repair itself.
And if you want to install verygreen's noemmc ROM on SD you MUST use his image from that post. And do not change any files.
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I got it fixed!! After 7hours of trial and error I finally got it working, is this problem very common? I am willing to write a very comprehensive guide for recoverying a dead nook, with all problems that I faced and a compilation of threads, posts, and users that helped recover the tablet from the dead.

mmk92 said:
I got it fixed!! After 7hours of trial and error I finally got it working, is this problem very common? I am willing to write a very comprehensive guide for recoverying a dead nook, with all problems that I faced and a compilation of threads, posts, and users that helped recover the tablet from the dead.
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I don't need a comprehensive guide, just basically what it was that worked.
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Stuck in bootloop
Hi LeapLinar,
I'm running into the same issue - recovery bootloop in CWM.
As per the instructions in this thread, I flashed stock recovery but I still got the Cyanoboot logo when rebooting and I also tried flashing your rooted stock 2.1.1 but it got stuck at 99% when rebooting to stock ROM.
Any suggestions ? Should I do a hard reset ?
Thanks

freekyin said:
Hi LeapLinar,
I'm running into the same issue - recovery bootloop in CWM.
As per the instructions in this thread, I flashed stock recovery but I still got the Cyanoboot logo when rebooting and I also tried flashing your rooted stock 2.1.1 but it got stuck at 99% when rebooting to stock ROM.
Any suggestions ? Should I do a hard reset ?
Thanks
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Please don't post the same question in two different threads. I answered you in the other thread.
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Sure. Thank you.

Have broken my Ovation with an OTA CM11 update

I mistakenly tried the OTA update from 10.2 to 11 (EMMC) with TWRP 2.5 I think. It failed and would not boot. I then tried doing a factory reset and reinstalling a 10.2 ROM I found on the internal SD card and it completed (no red FAILED) but would not go beyond the offset circular boot screen. I now tried flashing the cwm-recovery-ovation-6.zip which was successful but when I try to load any new ROM from an SD card I get E: Can't mount /external_sd.
I presume I'm missing something. I don't think I formatted the bootdata folder I see mentioned a lot.
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Bob Simons said:
I mistakenly tried the OTA update from 10.2 to 11 (EMMC) with TWRP 2.5 I think. It failed and would not boot. I then tried doing a factory reset and reinstalling a 10.2 ROM I found on the internal SD card and it completed (no red FAILED) but would not go beyond the offset circular boot screen. I now tried flashing the cwm-recovery-ovation-6.zip which was successful but when I try to load any new ROM from an SD card I get E: Can't mount /external_sd.
I presume I'm missing something. I don't think I formatted the bootdata folder I see mentioned a lot.
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Do you still have the original backup or one from just after you install CM10.2? It might be worth just restoring that using the SD CWM you backedup with.

If the above doesn't work restore to stock grab both stock recovery and ROM from lepinar and get back to a known working state and try again.

what do you mean?
Is there a reason why the CWM is not good? Isn't this a ROM issue, like trying to flash CM 11 with an outdated recovery? and if so, don't I just need to understand how to install a clean 10.2 again?
jpisini said:
If the above doesn't work restore to stock grab both stock recovery and ROM from lepinar and get back to a known working state and try again.
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You may be able to just recover but when I run into issues I find it easier to return to stock and try again. It works for me.
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Bob Simons said:
Is there a reason why the CWM is not good? Isn't this a ROM issue, like trying to flash CM 11 with an outdated recovery? and if so, don't I just need to understand how to install a clean 10.2 again?
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The CWM for CM11 (6045 or 6046) is not compatible with older versions of zips and older CWMs are not compatible with CM11.
If you have an older version of CWM you can use it to flash CM10.2, but you will need to do a factory reset with the CWM before rebooting after flashing to clear out the mess the bad CM11 install created.
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can you point me to the sets of files that work together?
So I see I have CWM 6.0.4.6 on the device. I can do a factory reset and then install CM11 directly or I have to go back to an old CWM and 10.2 first?
How about the issue where 6.0.4.6 does not read the SD card? I tried 2 and 16 gig cards, both EXFat and FAT32. Is that get resolved by the factory reset, or am I formatting the card wrong, or what? Unless there's a general impression that CM11 is not ready, I'd rather go to 11 unless it's necessary to go back first. Do I need to use the internal SD card and if so, how to I mount it to the PC when it's broken like this? Is there a button combination that makes it accessible through Odin or similar?
In the mess I got myself in, I'm to understand that the OTA is always fatal because the recovery does not accompany the flash, and the two are mutualy exclusive? In other words, I need to download the new recovery, the ROM and GAPPS and do all three at the same time to go from 10.2 to 11? But after that, OTAs are OK?
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The CWM for CM11 (6045 or 6046) is not compatible with older versions of zips and older CWMs are not compatible with CM11.
If you have an older version of CWM you can use it to flash CM10.2, but you will need to do a factory reset with the CWM before rebooting after flashing to clear out the mess the bad CM11 install created.
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Bob Simons said:
So I see I have CWM 6.0.4.6 on the device. I can do a factory reset and then install CM11 directly or I have to go back to an old CWM and 10.2 first?
How about the issue where 6.0.4.6 does not read the SD card? I tried 2 and 16 gig cards, both EXFat and FAT32. Is that get resolved by the factory reset, or am I formatting the card wrong, or what? Unless there's a general impression that CM11 is not ready, I'd rather go to 11 unless it's necessary to go back first. Do I need to use the internal SD card and if so, how to I mount it to the PC when it's broken like this? Is there a button combination that makes it accessible through Odin or similar?
In the mess I got myself in, I'm to understand that the OTA is always fatal because the recovery does not accompany the flash, and the two are mutualy exclusive? In other words, I need to download the new recovery, the ROM and GAPPS and do all three at the same time to go from 10.2 to 11? But after that, OTAs are OK?
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The sdcard issue is just with that version of CWM. Once you get CM11 installed the SD works. I don't know the answer on how to get the rom zip on internal. There is a thread for how to install kitkat (CM11). Maybe that tells you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2602796
And whether to go to CM11 is your choice. I have not tried it because I don't think it is ready, but lots of folks like it.
Once you have 6046 on internal memory it is ok to use the OTA for CM11 updates. And you can update now directly without going back to CM10.2.
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Is there a TWRP which works on both CM 10.2 and 11?
The port you refer to seems to require that the nook be operational to move the files from the external to Internal card so there are many extra steps to go from a dead machine to CM11. Unless there is a working TWRP. I know lots of people think TWRP is bad news: is it a possible solution for me or more problems?
I gather that you'd go back to 10.2 if this was yours? Is it the simpler solution? I'm not set on the bleeding edge.
leapinlar said:
The sdcard issue is just with that version of CWM. Once you get CM11 installed the SD works. I don't know the answer on how to get the rom zip on internal. There is a thread for how to install kitkat (CM11). Maybe that tells you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2602796
And whether to go to CM11 is your choice. I have not tried it because I don't think it is ready, but lots of folks like it.
Once you have 6046 on internal memory it is ok to use the OTA for CM11 updates. And you can update now directly without going back to CM10.2.
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Bob Simons said:
The port you refer to seems to require that the nook be operational to move the files from the external to Internal card so there are many extra steps to go from a dead machine to CM11. Unless there is a working TWRP. I know lots of people think TWRP is bad news: is it a possible solution for me or more problems?
I gather that you'd go back to 10.2 if this was yours? Is it the simpler solution? I'm not set on the bleeding edge.
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There is a working TWRP somewhere but I don't know where.
And like the other user said, the best solution is to go back to stock and start over. Once on stock you can put all the files on internal and install anything you want. If it were mine I would go back to CM10.1.3 stable, which is what I use now.
To go back to stock go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new bootable CWM per item 1a, flash the plain stock zip from item 6 and do a factory reset with CWM.
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thanks, that's what I'll do
And thanks for your help.
leapinlar said:
There is a working TWRP somewhere but I don't know where.
And like the other user said, the best solution is to go back to stock and start over. Once on stock you can put all the files on internal and install anything you want. If it were mine I would go back to CM10.1.3 stable, which is what I use now.
To go back to stock go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new bootable CWM per item 1a, flash the plain stock zip from item 6 and do a factory reset with CWM.
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[Q] Downgrade CWM and restore to stock?

Ok guys need a little help. I installed CM13 on my HD+ using the instructions in the HD+ Android Development section. I want to take the HD+ back to stock. I was following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and read that you need to flash the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip using CWM version 6036 or earlier.
So my question is I guess do I need to make a CWM SD card with CWM 6036, boot that, then swap out that card for one with the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip, and flash that, or do I need to downgrade the emmc version somehow to CWM 6036, then boot the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip, and flash that if that makes any sense?
Thanks!

rapidan said:
Ok guys need a little help. I installed CM13 on my HD+ using the instructions in the HD+ Android Development section. I want to take the HD+ back to stock. I was following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613 and read that you need to flash the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip using CWM version 6036 or earlier.
So my question is I guess do I need to make a CWM SD card with CWM 6036, boot that, then swap out that card for one with the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip, and flash that, or do I need to downgrade the emmc version somehow to CWM 6036, then boot the NookHDplus-factory-2.2.1-plain-stock.zip, and flash that if that makes any sense?
Thanks!
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You do not need to downgrade the internal emmc recovery to CWM 6036. Just use a new CWM 6036 SD to flash the stock zip. The internal recovery will be downgraded to stock recovery as part of flashing the stock zip.
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leapinlar said:
You do not need to downgrade the internal emmc recovery to CWM 6036. Just use a new CWM 6036 SD to flash the stock zip. The internal recovery will be downgraded to stock recovery as part of flashing the stock zip.
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Aaaaaah ok, thanks a lot. Figured I was probably making it harder than it is