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How do I reset my nook hd+ back to before I rooted it?

leapinlar: Ask the question on the forum. I don't like using PMs.
Recently the update allowing google play store somehow bypassed the anti-update thing on my nook, so now I can use play store on the nook home, but the update removed my root but kept the android system home.. It uses a lot of ram, which i'd rather have free to play games or other resource heavy apps on.
I know I have to get my nook to start unsuccessfully 8 times, but I don't know how I go about doing that, can I get some help?

flipperz said:
leapinlar: Ask the question on the forum. I don't like using PMs.
Recently the update allowing google play store somehow bypassed the anti-update thing on my nook, so now I can use play store on the nook home, but the update removed my root but kept the android system home.. It uses a lot of ram, which i'd rather have free to play games or other resource heavy apps on.
I know I have to get my nook to start unsuccessfully 8 times, but I don't know how I go about doing that, can I get some help?
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If you want to do it the easy way, just interrupt the boot by turning it completely off (hold power button for a few seconds) while booting eight times in a row. It will take you back to some version of stock, usually 2.0.0 or 2.0.4 then upgrade again to 2.1.0 when you register again.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Another way
leapinlar said:
... just interrupt the boot by turning it completely off (hold power button for a few seconds) while booting eight times in a row. It will take you back to some version of stock, ...
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After my HD+ locked up when I created a "Guest" ("child") profile and I had to do the 8-reboot process, after upgrading to B&N v2.1.0, I experimented with alternate button combinations at power-on. If I held the "n" button when pressing "power", I got a prompt that allowed me to do a factory reset.
Whether that is part of a later B&N recovery module, I can't say.

DeanGibson said:
After my HD+ locked up when I created a "Guest" ("child") profile and I had to do the 8-reboot process, after upgrading to B&N v2.1.0, I experimented with alternate button combinations at power-on. If I held the "n" button when pressing "power", I got a prompt that allowed me to do a factory reset.
Whether that is part of a later B&N recovery module, I can't say.
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That factory reset just wipes data, it does not reinstall the ROM. He probably needs to reinstall the ROM since some of the broken symlinks may still be in /system.
Power + n takes you to stock recovery, which, without other parameters being passed to it, asks if you want to factory reset.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
That factory reset just wipes data, it does not reinstall the ROM. He probably needs to reinstall the ROM since some of the broken symlinks may still be in /system.
Power + n takes you to stock recovery, which, without other parameters being passed to it, asks if you want to factory reset.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks for the help!

I'd like to return my Nook HD+ to stock, too. It has a Cyanogen mod that precedes that startup, and I think that's getting in the way of the 'eight reset' mechanism for a total factory reset to stock software.
Is there a bootloader, system, and gapps zip that I could just flash from an external SD card that would do the job? Seems like there was, at one time, but it's getting very difficult to find them. Any ideas for a quick factory reset (not a wipe, but a complete reset to original OS?).

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I'd like to return my Nook HD+ to stock, too. It has a Cyanogen mod that precedes that startup, and I think that's getting in the way of the 'eight reset' mechanism for a total factory reset to stock software.
Is there a bootloader, system, and gapps zip that I could just flash from an external SD card that would do the job? Seems like there was, at one time, but it's getting very difficult to find them. Any ideas for a quick factory reset (not a wipe, but a complete reset to original OS?).
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Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash the plain stock zip from item 6 there and follow that with a factory reset by CWM.
And it was not the cyanoboot that prevents the 8 reset, it is because when you originally installed CM you also replaced the stock recovery on internal memory with CWM. Stock recovery is needed for the 8 reset to work.
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Thanks, that worked. I also tried the rooted version of stock, but it has a problem: "Unfortunately, Home has Stopped". Is there a workaround to this?

[email protected] said:
Thanks, that worked. I also tried the rooted version of stock, but it has a problem: "Unfortunately, Home has Stopped". Is there a workaround to this?
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Don't use that version, I should remove it. If you want to root, do it per the thread with universal root rev 3.
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Hi there,
I have a device that is also candidate for unrooting to stock. The thing is that I have tried both CWM and TWRP on bootable SD to try and fix the situation tith the apropriate zips but unfortunately none of them can mount sd ot any internal memory for me to reset.
Maybe I should also add that the device is charging without turning on except if there is a proper bootable sd inserted.
I presume a rescue bootable SD of OEM type could bring the device back to life.
I`ll apreciate any help.

ValentinD said:
Hi there,
I have a device that is also candidate for unrooting to stock. The thing is that I have tried both CWM and TWRP on bootable SD to try and fix the situation tith the apropriate zips but unfortunately none of them can mount sd ot any internal memory for me to reset.
Maybe I should also add that the device is charging without turning on except if there is a proper bootable sd inserted.
I presume a rescue bootable SD of OEM type could bring the device back to life.
I`ll apreciate any help.
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When you say a candidate for stock, why? Is there something else wrong with it? I am just trying to see if it is bricked.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
When you say a candidate for stock, why? Is there something else wrong with it? I am just trying to see if it is bricked.
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Maybe Bricked is the situation. The device is charging (the green light is present when plugged to the charger or USB ) but the power button can no longer start any visible boot process on the screen.
The story of the device is nearly the following:
I was using the device for a long time rooted with installed CM updating even with over night builds from time to time.
Once I had a problem booting properly after update but easily booted to TWRP and restored the previouse update.
A week ago the same situation occured, after an update procedure I left the device plugged to the wall charger and on the morning it was stuck on the CYANOGEN universal boot logo. No way found to boot to recovery found.
I figured the recovery has gone bad. Started to prepare bootable SD to try and fox the mess somehow, but could not do the corect procedure of preparing a good bootable SD many times. The only time I successfuly booted CWM recovery from SD I tried to install a zip with CWM recovery and as far as I remember at that time the bootable recovery was able to mount another SD wile it was booted on the device and the zip installed with success according to the software. Sadly after a restart the device was as is, stuck on the bootloader logo.
After 2-3 times successfuly booting both CWM and TWRP recoveries from prepared SD card, doing nothing at all that can alter the device, just tried to see how to mount any usable memory, the device stopped visualy booting without an SD.
Thank you for the reply, hope you can add some wisdome to the happy end

ValentinD said:
Maybe Bricked is the situation. The device is charging (the green light is present when plugged to the charger or USB ) but the power button can no longer start any visible boot process on the screen.
The story of the device is nearly the following:
I was using the device for a long time rooted with installed CM updating even with over night builds from time to time.
Once I had a problem booting properly after update but easily booted to TWRP and restored the previouse update.
A week ago the same situation occured, after an update procedure I left the device plugged to the wall charger and on the morning it was stuck on the CYANOGEN universal boot logo. No way found to boot to recovery found.
I figured the recovery has gone bad. Started to prepare bootable SD to try and fox the mess somehow, but could not do the corect procedure of preparing a good bootable SD many times. The only time I successfuly booted CWM recovery from SD I tried to install a zip with CWM recovery and as far as I remember at that time the bootable recovery was able to mount another SD wile it was booted on the device and the zip installed with success according to the software. Sadly after a restart the device was as is, stuck on the bootloader logo.
After 2-3 times successfully booting both CWM and TWRP recoveries from prepared SD card, doing nothing at all that can alter the device, just tried to see how to mount any usable memory, the device stopped visualy booting without an SD.
Thank you for the reply, hope you can add some wisdom to the happy end
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It sounds like it is bricked. If recovery said it installed successfully and it still will not boot normally, it is usually what that means. By bricking, I mean internal memory has become read only and nothing can successfully be written to it even if it said it was successful. Your probable only option is to use a noemmc version of SD CM. Search the dev forum for that term.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
It sounds like it is bricked. If recovery said it installed successfully and it still will not boot normally, it is usually what that means. By bricking, I mean internal memory has become read only and nothing can successfully be written to it even if it said it was successful. Your probable only option is to use a noemmc version of SD CM. Search the dev forum for that term.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Apart from the the. Is that a BN at a point of too much geting on or it has to deal with the overal life of surge protection meh a chip?

ValentinD said:
Apart from the the. Is that a BN at a point of too much geting on or it has to deal with the overal life of surge protection meh a chip?
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No, it is probably from running CM11. That has a history of bricking devices with the faulty emmc chip due to applying trim automatically.
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[Q] Nook HD+ CM10.1 Boot Loop

Hello,
Earlier today i successfully installed CM10.1 on my new Nook HD+ tablet. After setting up CM10.1 and installing some basic apps i restarted the Nook and it is now stuck in a loop at the Cyanogenmod start up screen. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks guys!

I had this same issue. I made a titanium backup of everything, and then reinstalled cwm, cm 10.1, and emmc ovation. I used titanium to restore and now it resets just fine.
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Same here...
I had the same issue. I went in and cleared the cache then reboot and it was fine. My issue now is it'll randomly reboot on its own and sit at the Cyanogen circle boot up but won't boot up. Anyone else?

I booted into recovery and wiped dalvik cache and the othe cache and it booted fin out of recovery but when i would attempt to reboot it normally it would still be stuck in a boot loop...I just factory reset it and it seems to be working fine now *fingers crossed*!

still no go...
I tried that too and it still reboot randomly. Thought that was fixed with latest version

I had the same problem. This is what I did. In the recovery menu I did a wipe / factory reset. Then installed CM and Google apps again. After that I did another wipe / factory reset. After that I rebooted. No more random reboots and no more boot loops. I hope this helps.

trouble restart
Just got a Nook HD+ on the 26. installed CM10.1. every time I turn off or restart the Nook, For the first 3 times, it would stuck at the fast spinning CM logo. I would have to long press the Power button to turn it off, then turn it back on. For the 4th time it would boot without any problem. same thing with boot into recovery, the first 3 times it would ignore my N+down press, only on the 4th attempt. Not sure why, but that's what I found out. I dont see any random reboot yet. Have not try to reinstall CM10.1. Will do that when I have more time. Anyone else with a newly bought Nook care to sound in?

Very similar problems for me, though I don't know if it's exactly every fourth time that it boots properly.
I did a factory reset, re-flashed everything, and it worked perfectly for a couple of days. Then yesterday, a random reboot, and it got stuck at the CM boot animation. It rebooted properly on the second or third try. I just rebooted it manually, and it worked fine again.
I really like this tablet, but I'm seriously thinking of returning it because of this problem. It seems like it could become completely unusable if it gets worse.

CM 10.1 Boot Loop CWM non responsive
I have the same issue. I used powered up and used Volume Down>Menu and it rebooted my Nook HD+ to back to the original Nook OS. Weird because when installed I deleted factory defaults like the instructions said before flashing. Anyway, now when I hold volume down>Menu on boot it come up Black screen with warning telling me it will delete all my documents and reset to factory. Will this wipe the CM 10.1 OS totally? Is there a way for me to get my CM 10.1 back without going through and making a boot image again and reinstalling from starch? CWM dose not seem to be working or am I using the wrong method to booth into CWM on my Nook HD+?

selwynbaptiste said:
I have the same issue. I used powered up and used Volume Down>Menu and it rebooted my Nook HD+ to back to the original Nook OS. Weird because when installed I deleted factory defaults like the instructions said before flashing. Anyway, now when I hold volume down>Menu on boot it come up Black screen with warning telling me it will delete all my documents and reset to factory. Will this wipe the CM 10.1 OS totally? Is there a way for me to get my CM 10.1 back without going through and making a boot image again and reinstalling from starch? CWM dose not seem to be working or am I using the wrong method to booth into CWM on my Nook HD+?
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What you are seeing is stock recovery (I assume you mean you held n and power on boot, there is no menu button). You must not have successfully flashed the CWM or TWRP recovery to internal memory. That reset to factory it will just wipe your data, not remove the ROM. It will cause you to reinstall your apps though.
If you ever intend on updating your CM10.1 to a newer version in the future, you need to have that bootable recovery SD anyway (or successfully put it on internal memory).
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Reinstalled CWM and CM 10.1
leapinlar said:
What you are seeing is stock recovery (I assume you mean you held n and power on boot, there is no menu button). You must not have successfully flashed the CWM or TWRP recovery to internal memory. That reset to factory it will just wipe your data, not remove the ROM. It will cause you to reinstall your apps though.
If you ever intend on updating your CM10.1 to a newer version in the future, you need to have that bootable recovery SD anyway (or successfully put it on internal memory).
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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In did install both the CWM and CM 10.1 the first time. It booted and rebooted for days without a problem. I believe b what happened was error. I had the alarm set to wake me and half asleep tried to turn it off while the groovy cover was shut by holding down the power button. I may have held down more keys then I thought in a sequence that deleted something that caused the Boot to hang. After that there was no way for me to enter the CWM. The command sequence that would normally send me to CWM sent me to nook factory reset. I noticed that there is a small glitch between hibernate and the b alarm. Holding down the power key to get it to shutdown can cause it enter CWM from time to time.
When I reinstalled everything funny thing is my screen lock settings and background selection (I previously downloaded) stayed along with my user profile. That leads me to believe that everything was in tact on the internal storage. Google play backed up and reinstalled all my apps automatically once I signed in:good:. I'm taking your advice and buying a 4G SD to keep the CMW boot image on with the latest CM. Thanks for your help.

Distorted Boot Animation
Is there a way to fix the distorted boot animation on Nook HD+ CM10.1? I have tried installing a different bootanimation.zip but it didn't make a difference.
I found this post on a similar problem with the nook color running CM10.1, and steven676 fixed the boot animation issue with a new kernel. "I was wandering if it could be used to fix the Nook HD+ as well?"

Josmar1993 said:
Is there a way to fix the distorted boot animation on Nook HD+ CM10.1? I have tried installing a different bootanimation.zip but it didn't make a difference.
I found this post on a similar problem with the nook color running CM10.1, and steven676 fixed the boot animation issue with a new kernel. "I was wandering if it could be used to fix the Nook HD+ as well?"
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Yes that could fix it, but it messes up other things. Best to just live with the distortion.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Thanks for the reply
leapinlar said:
Yes that could fix it, but it messes up other things. Best to just live with the distortion.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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"I guess in order for one to gain, one must lose something." LOL
In meantime I'll just disable the boot animation with Rom Toolbox.
Hopefully it get's fixed in later updates without any lost.

This thread seems to be in the range of what my issues are. The Nook worked fine for about 4 days and then while installing the Retro Arc apk I sideloaded, it picked up on an unprotected Wifi connection in the area. It then locked up as the notifications were flying in, and the screen went black. I powered off then off after that once and the Cyanogen logo just kept looking. Tried again after and it went to Stock Nook.
The last few days have been spent doing clean installs with care taken to follow the exact steps, but now all I get for 2 days is the Cyanogen Logo looping over and over. Help?

nkca6384 said:
This thread seems to be in the range of what my issues are. The Nook worked fine for about 4 days and then while installing the Retro Arc apk I sideloaded, it picked up on an unprotected Wifi connection in the area. It then locked up as the notifications were flying in, and the screen went black. I powered off then off after that once and the Cyanogen logo just kept looking. Tried again after and it went to Stock Nook.
The last few days have been spent doing clean installs with care taken to follow the exact steps, but now all I get for 2 days is the Cyanogen Logo looping over and over. Help?
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Just found this on a thread here. I can't find it at this time. I would really like to credit and thank the poster. I had to go into CWM and wipe dalvick cache on every boot. I have only booted once but this change seems to have fixed this issue.
Firsts go into CWM and wipe dalvick cache.( Hold down the power and n buttons until you get into CWM. Go to advanced and wipe dalvick cache. Reboot)
When you get it booted, go into setting/launcher/home screen and uncheck Wallpaper quick render.
Good luck!
josim
Edit to say credit goes to Arron Camp for this fix. Thanks Arron!

josim said:
Just found this on a thread here. I can't find it at this time. I would really like to credit and thank the poster. I had to go into CWM and wipe dalvick cache on every boot. I have only booted once but this change seems to have fixed this issue.
Firsts go into CWM and wipe dalvick cache.( Hold down the power and n buttons until you get into CWM. Go to advanced and wipe dalvick cache. Reboot)
When you get it booted, go into setting/launcher/home screen and uncheck Wallpaper quick render.
Good luck!
josim
Edit to say credit goes to Arron Camp for this fix. Thanks Arron!
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I have had the same problem in this thread as well (reboots stuck at cyanogenmod logo). I have been wiping the dalvik cache every time (figured it out on my own) and can confirm it works but you do have to do it at every boot (or perhaps after you change wallpaper, not sure).
I got tired of it happening so i google'd the issue and found this thread; mine is stuck right now too (and also out of battery, lol), but once I charge it, wipe dalvik and boot into android I will try the "quick render" trick and see if that fixes the boot problem to begin with.
Edit: I can confirm that disabling quick render has fixed the need to do a dalvik wipe every reboot.

Question
I have a nook Tablet Color + I think, well three of them actually one of them acts like the battery is dead, however when I plut it in using the "Nook" cable it goes green tab turns on, at the first splash screen with the big N for the nook symbol, and than it powers off and loops there? Suggesstions

Tinyneustra said:
I have a nook Tablet Color + I think, well three of them actually one of them acts like the battery is dead, however when I plut it in using the "Nook" cable it goes green tab turns on, at the first splash screen with the big N for the nook symbol, and than it powers off and loops there? Suggesstions
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I don't know if the color+ has sdcard recovery but if it does that would be the way to go except for...
The other thing is that if you had put on a custom recovery then holding what ever buttons to go to it could allow you to fix it. Or waiting until 8 reboots or whatever if its the same as the nook hd+.
I think there may also be additional stuff that can be tried on the nook logo screen via various button presses as well but don't have any knowledge about that especially for the color+

CWM-Cant reboot to recovery

I'm sure this is an overwhelmingly noob question and should be easy to answer. But after installing CM 10.1 through the "Cyanogenmod for dummies thread", I haven't been able to access the CWM Recovery reboot. Everytime I try to reboot into recovery, I get an error message that tells me to restart the Nook. I think I need I might need add a file onto my nook, but am not sure how or which file needs to be added or in which directory. I want to update my CM 10.1 with the newest updates, but if I can't reboot into recovery then I have a problem. If anyone could help it'd be much appreciated. Thanks!

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I'm sure this is an overwhelmingly noob question and should be easy to answer. But after installing CM 10.1 through the "Cyanogenmod for dummies thread", I haven't been able to access the CWM Recovery reboot. Everytime I try to reboot into recovery, I get an error message that tells me to restart the Nook. I think I need I might need add a file onto my nook, but am not sure how or which file needs to be added or in which directory. I want to update my CM 10.1 with the newest updates, but if I can't reboot into recovery then I have a problem. If anyone could help it'd be much appreciated. Thanks!
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How are you trying to reboot to recovery and be a little more specific about the error.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

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leapinlar said:
How are you trying to reboot to recovery and be a little more specific about the error.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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After having "advanced reboot" selected under delvopment options, I hold the power button and select "reboot in recovery." It will then shutdown and restart with the nook logo appearing, but not the CM logo. It then shows the power symbol with the words "Install Failed" under it, along with the text "Press power OFF and back ON to try again. if you continue to have issues visit nook support"

n1kgqh said:
After having "advanced reboot" selected under delvopment options, I hold the power button and select "reboot in recovery." It will then shutdown and restart with the nook logo appearing, but not the CM logo. It then shows the power symbol with the words "Install Failed" under it, along with the text "Press power OFF and back ON to try again. if you continue to have issues visit nook support"
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Ok, your issue is you still have the stock recovery installed on your internal memory. That message is from that. You need to install verygreen's CWM or TWRP recovery to emmc before it will work. See the instructions to do that in verygreen's thread.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Ok, your issue is you still have the stock recovery installed on your internal memory. That message is from that. You need to install verygreen's CWM or TWRP recovery to emmc before it will work. See the instructions to do that in verygreen's thread.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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That should do the trick, thanks a bunch!

[Q] NOOK HD+ Stuck On NOOK boot screen

Nook HD Plus has been running great. Cyanogen running fully on internal memory with no issues. I was using TWRP and wanted to go back to CWM. So I flashed it and all seemed fine. Then I rebooted, and now it is stuck on the First Nook Splash Screen. I have tried to reinstall everything using a bootable SD card but still will not get past the Nook Screen. I can use the SD Card to boot into CWM and it takes all the installs just fine, but still stuck on the Nook Screen. Any ideas??? I have tried to install everything from stock to Carbon with the same results.

tccc143 said:
Nook HD Plus has been running great. Cyanogen running fully on internal memory with no issues. I was using TWRP and wanted to go back to CWM. So I flashed it and all seemed fine. Then I rebooted, and now it is stuck on the First Nook Splash Screen. I have tried to reinstall everything using a bootable SD card but still will not get past the Nook Screen. I can use the SD Card to boot into CWM and it takes all the installs just fine, but still stuck on the Nook Screen. Any ideas??? I have tried to install everything from stock to Carbon with the same results.
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Have you found a solution yet? I am facing the same problem since trying out cyanogenmod 11 (SD-Version) alongside CM 10.2. Always stuck on NOOK Screen TWRP and CWM bootable from SD, no installs possible.

guuus said:
Have you found a solution yet? I am facing the same problem since trying out cyanogenmod 11 (SD-Version) alongside CM 10.2. Always stuck on NOOK Screen TWRP and CWM bootable from SD, no installs possible.
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I have not. I did find out that the main issue is the internal drive was somehow formatted and that is why it will not boot properly. Not sure how it happened, but I think the main bump here will be to try and reformat the drive so it can load the bootloaders properly......it works with the SD card because the bootloader files are on the SD.....driving me nuts.

tccc143 said:
I have not. I did find out that the main issue is the internal drive was somehow formatted and that is why it will not boot properly. Not sure how it happened, but I think the main bump here will be to try and reformat the drive so it can load the bootloaders properly......it works with the SD card because the bootloader files are on the SD.....driving me nuts.
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Try and install stock plain rom and let your device charge (must be turned on!) for 5 hours.
Worked for me:good:
Link for HD+:
https://www.mediafire.com/?a4dzagv0hp1e57a

Hi so you have any Solution for this Problem. I tried the charging and i can go to recovery via sd and flashing Works Fine but i won't get past the nook boot screen without an sd.
Any ideas what i can do i already installier stock but an Hard reset or 8 Times shutdown wouldn't work ether.

tccc143 said:
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but I think the main bump here will be to try and reformat the drive so it can load the bootloaders properly...
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Beware that two of the HD+ partitions (see section #16 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34168454#post34168454 for a complete list of partitions) namely /rom and /factory contain your device's unique factory-installed data such as WiFi MAC address, encryption keys, etc. You'd lose all this data, without which your HD+ cannot run, upon reformatting the entire drive -- unless you know how to backup and restore them.

Actually before doing any of those, you will always need to select the wipe data option when you boot to the CWM Recovery. Since you went from TWRP to CWM, you'll need to wipe it, and then flash it. Try that and see if it works.

Need help. Flash of stock recovery will not stick.

Hello folks. I got a Nook HD+ a few days ago. Made a CWM sd card and flashed emmc CWM. For some reason it didn't take. When I would reboot the stock recovery would still be there and the cyanoboot logo would not show.
I tried booting from a SD boot image and then using the newer method from a SD with only one fat32 partition with the boot files unzipped/unrared into it. It would boot into CWM fine from SD but would not flash into emmc.
After trying a bunch of other times I finally got emmc to flash. I think. The reason I say I think is because even though I would now see the cyanoboot logo but it wouldn't go past that.
I tried flashing back the stock recovery. Nothing. It wont stick. I'm not sure how to get into CWM if it really is in emmc. I also tried to flash CM but it will not flash either.
Please advise how I should progress from here.

kolosus said:
Hello folks. I got a Nook HD+ a few days ago. Made a CWM sd card and flashed emmc CWM. For some reason it didn't take. When I would reboot the stock recovery would still be there and the cyanoboot logo would not show.
I tried booting from a SD boot image and then using the newer method from a SD with only one fat32 partition with the boot files unzipped/unrared into it. It would boot into CWM fine from SD but would not flash into emmc.
After trying a bunch of other times I finally got emmc to flash. I think. The reason I say I think is because even though I would now see the cyanoboot logo but it wouldn't go past that.
I tried flashing back the stock recovery. Nothing. It wont stick. I'm not sure how to get into CWM if it really is in emmc. I also tried to flash CM but it will not flash either.
Please advise how I should progress from here.
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How are you knowing it is not sticking? Are you trying to boot to emmc CWM by using the key combination? Hold power and n simultaneously when booting for a few seconds, releasing power first before it turns itself off, followed by the n key. It should boot to whichever recovery you have installed.
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I'm turning the device on. I've tried holding the on and the n button while the nook logo is on the screen and when that didn't work once I see the cyanoboot logo on the screen. Both times of hold the power and the n button for roughly 7 seconds and then let go of the power button and then the n button. I've been asked if I want to test the nook to factory and haven't seen any other kind of menu. Certainly not CWM.
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Update. Got into some sort of stock recovery. Immediately did some sort of reset. And booted into nook software. At this point it is back to normal. Time to pay attention and try to get cwm in it again.
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kolosus said:
Update. Got into some sort of stock recovery. Immediately did some sort of reset. And booted into nook software. At this point it is back to normal. Time to pay attention and try to get cwm in it again.
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I would suggest re-downloading the cwm file from the site to make sure you don't have a corrupted file.

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I would suggest re-downloading the cwm file from the site to make sure you don't have a corrupted file.
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I've done that. Checked the md5 on both the download and the sd card. It's still not sticking.