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[Q] CWM recovery reverts back to stock recovery

Installed "NookHDplus-CWM-6028-for-internal-memory-rev0-(05.24.13).zip" and I am able to to hold power and n buttons to get into CWM recovery, but if I let the nook HD+ boot up into stock rom, recovery reverts back to stock recovery. I have repeated this several times, flashed CWM recovery to emmc and after boot up it reverts back to stock recovery.
I guess my question is, it appears that the nook HD+ stock checks boot and restores stock recovery on bootup. Is this the case? And how can this be prevented? I have no problem booting CWM recovery from SD, but would rather have CWM recovery permanent in emmc.

I don't know why that is happening to you but I can tell you my HD+ does not do that. I have CWM installed and it does not reflash.
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robak1965 said:
Installed "NookHDplus-CWM-6028-for-internal-memory-rev0-(05.24.13).zip" and I am able to to hold power and n buttons to get into CWM recovery, but if I let the nook HD+ boot up into stock rom, recovery reverts back to stock recovery. I have repeated this several times, flashed CWM recovery to emmc and after boot up it reverts back to stock recovery.
I guess my question is, it appears that the nook HD+ stock checks boot and restores stock recovery on bootup. Is this the case? And how can this be prevented? I have no problem booting CWM from SD, but would rather have CWM permanent in emmc.
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Stock does have a mechanism built in where it can rebuild stock recovery if it thinks it is necessary. That is how it installs the new stock recovery after an update to the stock ROM.
I'm not sure I have tried my internal CWM when running stock on emmc. Why do you want CWM on internal if you are running stock? There is generally nothing to flash after the initial set of mods are done. And stock needs the stock recovery to be able to update itself if need be.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Stock does have a mechanism built in where it can rebuild stock recovery if it thinks it is necessary. That is how it installs the new stock recovery after an update to the stock ROM.
I'm not sure I have tried my internal CWM when running stock on emmc. Why do you want CWM on internal if you are running stock? There is generally nothing to flash after the initial set of mods are done. And stock needs the stock recovery to be able to update itself if need be.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I installed CWM on stock as I wanted an easy way to make backups. I figured I could always reinstall stock recovery if need be.

jpisini said:
I installed CWM on stock as I wanted an easy way to make backups. I figured I could always reinstall stock recovery if need be.
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That is not a bad idea, but I'm not sure stock will let you do that.
Have you added any of my zips to stock before you put CWM on internal memory? If you flash either extras or root to stock, it should remove the ability of stock to rebuild stock recovery. The file is in /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. I reuse that file for my purposes by symlinking a new version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

jpisini said:
I installed CWM on stock as I wanted an easy way to make backups. I figured I could always reinstall stock recovery if need be.
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That;s exactly the same reason I am trying to put CWM recovery on stock. Just a convienience for backup/restore, but keeps reverting back to stock recovery after I bootup into stock nook. The only think I can add, is that this is a brand new HD+ with the latest software update.

leapinlar said:
That is not a bad idea, but I'm not sure stock will let you do that.
Have you added any of my zips to stock before you put CWM on internal memory? If you flash either extras or root to stock, it should remove the ability of stock to rebuild stock recovery. The file is in /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. I reuse that file for my purposes by symlinking a new version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I can verify that I have not flashed extras or root, and that makes perfect sense, that was my next step to see if if would stop it from rebuilding stock recovery. Thanks for the help, I appreciate the info.

I did flash both your extras and root. I have made backups I guess now I need to test them to see if they work. I am currently running rooted stock and boot able CM on an SD card. Both work really well.
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jpisini said:
I did flash both your extras and root. I have made backups I guess now I need to test them to see if they work. I am currently running rooted stock and boot able CM on an SD card. Both work really well.
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I am curious, which recovery zip did you install to emmc?
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robak1965 said:
I am curious, which recovery zip did you install to emmc?
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I am 90% certain it was NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).zip

jpisini said:
I am 90% certain it was NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).zip
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That's an SD recovery not an emmc recovery zip. Anyway, just trying to find alternative or most recent emmc recovery to use.
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robak1965 said:
That's an SD recovery not an emmc recovery zip. Anyway, just trying to find alternative or most recent emmc recovery to use.
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OK I will see if I can find the one I used. I thought that was it.

robak1965 said:
That's an SD recovery not an emmc recovery zip. Anyway, just trying to find alternative or most recent emmc recovery to use.
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There are only two CWM emmc zips, my 6.0.2.8 and verygreen's 6.0.3.2. There are several TWRP emmc zips, the latest being 2.60
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
There are only two CWM emmc zips, my 6.0.2.8 and verygreen's 6.0.3.2. There are several TWRP emmc zips, the latest being 2.60
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Yep, thats exactly what I found. Thanks for confirming.
What are the major differences between your build and verygreens if you don't mind me asking. I expect you have tailored the build for a specific need/s?
I am partial to CWM recovery, all my other devices are on it.
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robak1965 said:
Yep, thats exactly what I found. Thanks for confirming.
What are the major differences between your build and verygreens if you don't mind me asking. I expect you have tailored the build for a specific need/s?
I am partial to CWM recovery, all my other devices are on it.
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Besides mine being just slightly older than verygreen's, mine has been modified to protect any hybrid files that may be on internal memory. Verygreen's does not. That way if you choose to run hybrid on SD, it will not be effected by any CWM actions you take on emmc. That is more important to users that run stock on emmc and hybrid CM10.1 on SD.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

[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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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?

[Q] NookHD wont let me boot to stock after trying to install new rom

I was trying to install this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2097731
because my tablet kept having soft reboots. I updated everything it told me to and now I have cyanoboot. I forgot to download the updated rom from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2063968
to my NookHD and I'm stuck at the bootloader like an idiot. I tried to adb-push the rom but no luck. I tried a tutorial but it wanted me to adb push to sdcard which I'm very sure it doesn't have enough space. I tried removing the micro sdcard to and see if it'll boot me back to stock but instead it tries to boot to cm which is not on the tablet anymore. Help me please.

Darkdeity9194 said:
I was trying to install this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2097731
because my tablet kept having soft reboots. I updated everything it told me to and now I have cyanoboot. I forgot to download the updated rom from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2063968
to my NookHD and I'm stuck at the bootloader like an idiot. I tried to adb-push the rom but no luck. I tried a tutorial but it wanted me to adb push to sdcard which I'm very sure it doesn't have enough space. I tried removing the micro sdcard to and see if it'll boot me back to stock but instead it tries to boot to cm which is not on the tablet anymore. Help me please.
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Got to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per item 1a (make sure to make a new one, don't use the one you had for the hybrid). Then use it to flash a plain stock 2.1.1 zip from item 6. Then do a factory reset with CWM. You should be fixed then and can start over.
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leapinlar said:
Got to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a bootable CWM SD per item 1a (make sure to make a new one, don't use the one you had for the hybrid). Then use it to flash a plain stock 2.1.1 zip from item 6. Then do a factory reset with CWM. You should be fixed then and can start over.
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Thanks so much! You saved my life there XD

[Q] Return to stock from cm10.1

Last night I flashed my new hd+ following verygreen's instruction, replaced the recovery to TWRP,installed cm10.1.
Now I want to return to stock and change TWRP to original recovery,can anyone help me?Thanks.
I tried another post from verygreen,it can only install stock on sdcard and can not update to a new version.

applexx said:
Last night I flashed my new hd+ following verygreen's instruction, replaced the recovery to TWRP,installed cm10.1.
Now I want to return to stock and change TWRP to original recovery,can anyone help me?Thanks.
I tried another post from verygreen,it can only install stock on sdcard and can not update to a new version.
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Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash one of my plain stock zips from item 6. It will replace the recovery too. Be sure to factory reset with CWM.
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[Q] How to Wipe the Nook HD+ ?

Hey Guys,
so I've decided to sell my Nook HD+ and wanna make sure I deleted it properly.
I installed the CM 10.2 from this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
Is there anything else I need to do except using the standard Factory-Reset-wiping from the settings? (I also deleted the SD card and removed it ofc.)
As far as I remember I did use the Nook original software for a short time before I installed CM10... Is that gonna be an issue?
Thanks for your help!

BluBBa said:
Hey Guys,
so I've decided to sell my Nook HD+ and wanna make sure I deleted it properly.
I installed the CM 10.1.2 from this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
Is there anything else I need to do except using the standard Factory-Reset-wiping from the settings? (I also deleted the SD card and removed it ofc.)
As far as I remember I did use the Nook original software for a short time before I installed CM10... Is that gonna be an issue?
Thanks for your help!
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It depends on what you want running on it when you sell it.
If you want to keep CM10.1 on it, go to CWM and factory reset and to clear your media files go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'.
If you want it back to stock, do the same wiping with CWM followed by flashing the plain stock zip from item 6 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
And having run stock for a while makes no difference.
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leapinlar said:
It depends on what you want running on it when you sell it.
If you want to keep CM10.1 on it, go to CWM and factory reset and to clear your media files go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'.
If you want it back to stock, do the same wiping with CWM followed by flashing the plain stock zip from item 6 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
And having run stock for a while makes no difference.
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Hello leapinlar, thanks for your response.
I want CM10.2 running on it, and thats also the one thats currently on it. (I typed in wrong before)
Uhm, as far as I remember I only got into CWM with the SD card, I created with your guide. Is there a combination boot into CWM the Nook? Or do I have to make a SD card again?
I didnt wanted to try it out because last time I tried to boot into it and I ended up restoring Stock Nook and had to start over... (Its been a while though)
/edit: so I found this, from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032364
When you need to get into recovery, you can either do "reboot to recovery" in reboot menu (need to enable that in settings) or reboot the nook, and when you see original nook boot logo, press and hold power + home buttons for about 4 seconds.
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but I cant find any reboot into CWM option and if i do the reboot + Nook+Power Button then I get a small window that asks me whether I want to factory reset or not..
I created a new SD card now and got into CWM and reinstalled CWM into eMMC and could boot into it afterwards. Then I factory reset and formatted "/data and /data/media (/sdcard)"
Thanks
Looks like its good to go! Man I'm sad to part my ways with it. ;_;