Bought a new color nook two days ago and began rooting it after i bought it using the walkthrough here. I made the bootable SD and that went fine. Put the Zip for nooter on there and that went on fine. I got on and created an account with the android marketplace and all. Then I got the Cyanogen mod from their site, the latest stable version and tried to install it. Got stuck at the color splash loading screen. Turned the unit off and have been constantly messing with it and got it to boot to CM7 but i have no google apps and when i press the home button i am still getting 3 options (Zeam, Softkeys, and something else).
I have tried numerous times reloading MN but it will get stuck at the n screen and not do anything. Sadly my idiot self didnt make a backup before i started rooting and the erase to factory in CWM doesnt do much.
Any ideas? It seems like i might be able to just get by with getting the gapps and putting them on but i dont think it will be that easy...
Thanks in advance for the help
UPDATE: Got the gapps to install but everytime i try and go to something in the market it force closes. Sounds like i need a wipe and start over but i am not sure..
make sure you have a class 2/4 sandisk(brand is what counts here).
Otherwise, I'd just reinstall everything over again through your cwm recovery disk.
As easy as it is to flash back to stock I just don't see the merit of running CM7 off a micro SD. Yes, it can be done, but if you're new to rooting your Nook my suggestion is to start over, wipe everything and install to internal memory.
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.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Brand new Nook HD+ rooted with CWM 6028 (05-13-13). Was reading magazine via Zinio app and screen just went totally black (had used zinio multiple times before w/ no problems). Battery was about 60%. Charging lights show it is charging but every single reboot effort has been tried that has been recommended in this forum and still no success. Still black screen. What can I do?
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Brand new Nook HD+ rooted with CWM 6028 (05-13-13). Was reading magazine via Zinio app and screen just went totally black (had used zinio multiple times before w/ no problems). Battery was about 60%. Charging lights show it is charging but every single reboot effort has been tried that has been recommended in this forum and still no success. Still black screen. What can I do?
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You need to give a little more info.
By rooted with my CWM, do you mean you flashed my universal root zip so that stock is rooted, or do you mean you used my CWM to flash CM10 to replace stock?
Can you still boot with the CWM SD inserted?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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You need to give a little more info.
By rooted with my CWM, do you mean you flashed my universal root zip so that stock is rooted, or do you mean you used my CWM to flash CM10 to replace stock?
Can you still boot with the CWM SD inserted?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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That's exactly right, I used my CWM to flash CM10 to replace stock. Called B&N today and they told me to just return it to Best Buy and they will replace it with a new one. Fortunately I didn't have very much data on the device so no big loss there, just the time to go and get it replaced. Thanks for your help anyway. Cheers!!
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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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.
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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.
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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.
Updated my CM10.2 mod to the snapshot daily last night, resulted in a massive boot loop. Couldn't get it to stop, restore didn;t work for some reason. So I tried to take it back to CM10.2 using a bootable sd card, it was updating then rebooted...and all I get now is a non working nook hd+. I can't get it to even power up connected to my PC. I did the power/home key combo and no results. I'm crushed. I don't know how to fix it. I have a $200 paperweight atm. :crying:
Please help!! Heck I'd be happy to get back to stock at this time, even though I can't stand it.
basilia said:
Updated my CM10.2 mod to the snapshot daily last night, resulted in a massive boot loop. Couldn't get it to stop, restore didn;t work for some reason. So I tried to take it back to CM10.2 using a bootable sd card, it was updating then rebooted...and all I get now is a non working nook hd+. I can't get it to even power up connected to my PC. I did the power/home key combo and no results. I'm crushed. I don't know how to fix it. I have a $200 paperweight atm. :crying:
Please help!! Heck I'd be happy to get back to stock at this time, even though I can't stand it.
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You said you got it to boot to a bootable CWM SD. If you can still do that, go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and flash a plain stock zip from item 6 there followed by a factory reset with CWM.
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Any results?
Hey Basilla as someone trying to balance whether to root/install cyanogen, did you have positive results restoring to stock? Hope you did. Cheers.
It was quite easy AFTER if got the darn thing to boot into recovery mode. First I got it into recovery & immediately
installed the last stable version of CM. Then I rolled the stock ROM. After I registered my device etc again in went ahead & rooted it and put the stable CM 10 back on my device. East peasy, took about 15 minutes total after it booted to recovery mode. Will not update again until another stable version is released.
Basila
Thanks
Hey Basilla, thanks for the info on your success. Have a great day and I'm glad you got it working!