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[Q] Unable to Backup to SD in CWM on Nook HD

Hello,
First off, thanks to e.mote for the CyanogenMod 10.1 for Dummies guide and to the work put in by verygreen, leapinlar and bokbokan. The guide was simple and straightforward, I installed CM10.1 and CWM (seemingly) without a hitch.
However, when attempting to do a baseline backup, I'm running into some problems. I've searched the forum overall and gone through pages and pages in the Nook sections and not found any real solution. On my 8GB HD, when rebooting to recovery and attempting to backup to an SD card, I'm having the following issues:
When CWM loads, I get a "warning: no file_contexts" message. I've read mixed things about whether this is significant or not and what to do to correct it.
When I go to backup and restore>backup it seems to backup to the SD card without a hitch (although it has shown differing amounts of free space on the cards whenever I've attempted this). But when I insert the card into my computer to copy the backup, the only thing on the card is a folder called "LOST.DIR" and all the space but 3.1MB is free. I've done this 3-4 times so far, with two different microSD cards (one 4GB, one 32GB). I've both checked it and formatted the card (in FAT32) on a computer running Windows XP and one running OSX. Same results on both every time.
At some point when attempting to do the backup, the screen of the Nook begins to flash/flicker and doesn't stop until I restart it.
The first time I tried to do the backup, after I tried to restart, it didn't boot back up and the power button was unresponsive. Possibly this was due to overheating? I plugged it into the charger and it started up on its own after about 10 minutes.
Anyone else encounter this? Any solutions. Obviously I want to be able to back things up. I just rooted the device this evening, so I'd rather to not have to go through the install process all over again rather than have a proper backup.
Thanks!

You need to tell us which version of CWM you are running. And is installed to internal memory or SD?
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leapinlar said:
You need to tell us which version of CWM you are running. And is installed to internal memory or SD?
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Ah, of course! Sorry, that's what I get for doing this so late. Okay, so it's installed to the internal memory. The files I downloaded were this and this. When I reboot into recovery is says "EMMC CWM-based recovery v6.0.3.6".
Thanks

elcapitansmirk said:
Ah, of course! Sorry, that's what I get for doing this so late. Okay, so it's installed to the internal memory. The files I downloaded were this and this. When I reboot into recovery is says "EMMC CWM-based recovery v6.0.3.6".
Thanks
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Ah, ok. That means you have the newest version which puts the backup on internal memory. If you look at the menu choices closely, you will see it says to internal sdcard and the other choice is to external sdcard. So you will not find the backup on your external card.
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leapinlar said:
Ah, ok. That means you have the newest version which puts the backup on internal memory. If you look at the menu choices closely, you will see it says to internal sdcard and the other choice is to external sdcard. So you will not find the backup on your external card.
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Thanks! That'll teach me to just blindly follow instructions rather than looking around and exploring on my own - I didn't even notice the "Backup to External SD" option. So, thanks for your patience, your work on this and your speedy replies. Seems like all is well now.

[Q] Nook HD+ 32 hangs on "NOOK" Screen

i have a used defect Nook HD+ 32 GB bought. I have the following Problem.
allegedly someone has flasht CM 11.
now the Nook Hd+ does not start any longer
I see "NOOK" in the Screen, thats all.
I can boot with the SD Card and i follow this Steps from leapinlar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
but i see only the NOOK Screen,
i cant start TRWP or CWM , only from the Sd card
i have boot into CWM and go to the advanced options and try to format partitions,
i do this and make than this Step again.. but again and again it is the same
I have try this Plain Stock Rom NookHdplus-factory-2.1.1-plain-stock.zip and the Version 2.22.0
but it is the same
Can anyone help me ?

nooknerd said:
i have a used defect Nook HD+ 32 GB bought. I have the following Problem.
allegedly someone has flasht CM 11.
now the Nook Hd+ does not start any longer
I see "NOOK" in the Screen, thats all.
I can boot with the SD Card and i follow this Steps from leapinlar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317500
but i see only the NOOK Screen,
i cant start TRWP or CWM , only from the Sd card
i have boot into CWM and go to the advanced options and try to format partitions,
i do this and make than this Step again.. but again and again it is the same
I have try this Plain Stock Rom NookHdplus-factory-2.1.1-plain-stock.zip and the Version 2.22.0
but it is the same
Can anyone help me ?
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What version of CWM do you have on the SD?
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leapinlar said:
What version of CWM do you have on the SD?
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Thanks for your Answer
i have testet:
cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip
cwm-recovery-ovation-3.1zip
cyanoboot-ovation-2.zip
twrp-recovery-ovation-4.zip
flash_recovery_ovation_TWRP_2.6.3.0_intern.zip
flash_recovery_6.0.4.5_internal.zip
i use win32diskimager and SDformatter
Testtime Fri. 5 Hours, Sat 13 Hours, Sun 12 Hours

nooknerd said:
Thanks for your Answer
i have testet:
cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip
cwm-recovery-ovation-3.1zip
cyanoboot-ovation-2.zip
twrp-recovery-ovation-4.zip
flash_recovery_ovation_TWRP_2.6.3.0_intern.zip
flash_recovery_6.0.4.5_internal.zip
i use win32diskimager and SDformatter
Testtime Fri. 5 Hours, Sat 13 Hours, Sun 12 Hours
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Try using the version from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. Make it per item 1a. Use that to flash the plain stock 2.2.0 in my item 6 followed by a factory reset with CWM.
PS, and don't be formatting those partitions with CWM, it just gets you into trouble.
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leapinlar said:
Try using the version from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. Make it per item 1a. Use that to flash the plain stock 2.2.0 in my item 6 followed by a factory reset with CWM.
PS, and don't be formatting those partitions with CWM, it just gets you into trouble.
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OK i Have format my SD card with SD formatter, then i
set the Partition active with EasyUS Partition Master
i copy the Bootfiles from Item6. to the Sd Card
now i copy the NookHdPlus-factory-2.2.0_Plain_Stock.zip in the SD card
i put the SD Card in the Nook an push Power and Nook Button
now starts CWM
i copy the NookHdPlus-factory-2.2.0_Plain_Stock.zip in the Nook
than i make Wipe/factory Reset..than the SD Card out
new Start...Stuck directly i see only NOOK

nooknerd said:
OK i Have format my SD card with SD formatter, then i
set the Partition active with EasyUS Partition Master
i copy the Bootfiles from Item6. to the Sd Card
now i copy the NookHdPlus-factory-2.2.0_Plain_Stock.zip in the SD card
i put the SD Card in the Nook an push Power and Nook Button
now starts CWM
i copy the NookHdPlus-factory-2.2.0_Plain_Stock.zip in the Nook
than i make Wipe/factory Reset..than the SD Card out
new Start...Stuck directly i see only NOOK
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Your description does not say you installed the zip with CWM, just that you copied it. You mean you installed it?
If you did, I know nothing else to help you.
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leapinlar said:
Your description does not say you installed the zip with CWM, just that you copied it. You mean you installed it?
If you did, I know nothing else to help you.
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Yes i installed the *.zip
next Test with Plain 2.1.1
on the Screen...
Install from SD Card complete
Random offset: 0xc1
Thank you for your Support :good:

Did it fix the issue? I am also having almost same issue and flashing the Stock 2.2 didn't fix it up for me.

Suryasis said:
Did it fix the issue? I am also having almost same issue and flashing the Stock 2.2 didn't fix it up for me.
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No , i think my Nook is death....forever

Nook HD+ doesn't boot CWM-Image form SD

Hi
I have a Problem. My Nook HD+ doesn't boot the cwm Image provided here from various SD-Cards i've tried.
I tried the old way of writing the 4gb image with win32imagewriter and the new way just copying the files of the image to an active partition on the sd card. It simply doesn't boot.
Did i miss something? Do i have to press a key-combo or anything else?
I am pretty familiar with flashing differnt roms and recoveries from my time with my good old HD2.
Maybe someone can give a hint.
Thx!

Your HD+ might be one of those units that have difficulty booting off SD card -- see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288688.

Cant get to recovery screen
Was clearing personal info and got in a situation that I can no longer recover what is on my sd card. I cannot recover. I try to push the nook key and power. I just returns to the boot screen.I probably removed some program that was necessary. I tried to return it to stock. It was rooted and had a different ROM.
I tried vol dn, nook, pwr combo with no luck. when I get tho the welcome screen and start I get an error saying the setup wizard has stopped.
I have uImage,U-boot.bin,ramdisk.cwm,kernal, MLO,Lost Dir, cm10-1-3 hummingbird.zip, cwm hummingbird-2.zip, gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip, NookHd-HDplus-Extras-rev3-(05.06.13).zip, NookHD-HDplus-universal-Root-rev(02.02.13.0.zip on my SD card.
Is there a way to add from the SD card other than pushing the nook button and power?.
As I recall when in the recovery mode I would use the vol +_ to move about. Can't get ther. Thanks for your rescue.

@fxstsb: thanks for the hint. I'll read it tomorrow because it's quite a read.

fxstsb said:
Was clearing personal info and got in a situation that I can no longer recover what is on my sd card. I cannot recover. I try to push the nook key and power. I just returns to the boot screen. I tried vol dn, nook, pwr combo with no luck. when I get tho the welcome screen and start I get an error saying the setup wizard has stopped.
I have uImage,U-boot.bin,ramdisk.cwm,kernal, MLO,Lost Dir, cm10-1-3 hummingbird.zip, cwm hummingbird-2.zip, gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip, NookHd-HDplus-Extras-rev3-(05.06.13).zip, NookHD-HDplus-universal-Root-rev(02.02.13.0.zip on my SD card.
I just can't add anything.
As I recall when in the recovery mode I would use the vol +_ to move about. Can't get ther. Thanks for your rescue.
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You kind of lost me on what is wrong. What do you mean you can no longer recover? Please explain a little clearer.
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When I reboot, I get no recovery. I get a screen that says, "Install Failed"
I can not get to the screen that allows me to choose the .zip file.
When I boot up I get the normal cyanoboot then a spinning box, spinning ddummy, they go around each other and the dummy goes in the box. After that I get a normal Welcome that a new user would get. I just can get any further. It says the setup wizard has stopped. Also when I look at the internal directory it is sparse. can I put the zip files in a internal directory possibly?

fxstsb said:
When I reboot, I get no recovery. I get a screen that says, "Install Failed"
I can not get to the screen that allows me to choose the .zip file.
When I boot up I get the normal cyanoboot then a spinning box, spinning ddummy, they go around each other and the dummy goes in the box. After that I get a normal Welcome that a new user would get. I just can get any further. It says the setup wizard has stopped. Also when I look at the internal directory it is sparse. can I put the zip files in a internal directory possibly?
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That install failed message is from stock recovery. That means you do not have CWM recovery installed to internal memory. That means if you want to use CWM you must make a bootable CWM SD. You can make one by going to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one per item 1a there. Then use that to reinstall your CM zip followed by a factory reset/wipe data with CWM.
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digixmax said:
Your HD+ might be one of those units that have difficulty booting off SD card -- see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288688.
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It worked finally. I found an other old 2gb sd in my old ds flashcard. worked on the first try with that card.

leapinlar said:
That install failed message is from stock recovery. That means you do not have CWM recovery installed to internal memory. That means if you want to use CWM you must make a bootable CWM SD. You can make one by going to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one per item 1a there. Then use that to reinstall your CM zip followed by a factory reset/wipe data with CWM.
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Will try.
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leapinlar said:
That install failed message is from stock recovery. That means you do not have CWM recovery installed to internal memory. That means if you want to use CWM you must make a bootable CWM SD. You can make one by going to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one per item 1a there. Then use that to reinstall your CM zip followed by a factory reset/wipe data with CWM.
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May I as a very basic question before I trip. How do you know your SD card is bootable? Looking at my original post, the files on my disk should represent a bootable disk. I used winImage to put the 4gb file on a 4gb sd card. The SD card, does it require a "boot.xxx" file? Thanks

fxstsb said:
Will try.
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May I as a very basic question before I trip. How do you know your SD card is bootable? Looking at my original post, the files on my disk should represent a bootable disk. I used winImage to put the 4gb file on a 4gb sd card. The SD card, does it require a "boot.xxx" file? Thanks
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You will only know by trying it. Sometimes it is just finicky. I noted in the list of files you had hummingbird files (which are HD). Did you use an HD image? No it does not require a boot.xxx file. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and use the new procedure in item 1a. Then you can use any size SD.
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leapinlar said:
That install failed message is from stock recovery. That means you do not have CWM recovery installed to internal memory. That means if you want to use CWM you must make a bootable CWM SD. You can make one by going to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one per item 1a there. Then use that to reinstall your CM zip followed by a factory reset/wipe data with CWM.
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Well, I tried your file for the 4gb SD card. I installed that ISO file only using winImage. (5 files on SD card)
I put it the nook, did the N+ PWR and restarted again. I get the welcome screen and after I allow wifi it tells me the setup failed. Some happens if I skip Wifi. So then I hit the Pwr button and choose recovery, hit the N twice and it says the installation failed.
I cannot get to the point if selecting the .zip file to install. Thanks
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digixmax said:
Your HD+ might be one of those units that have difficulty booting off SD card -- see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2288688.
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I can see the SD car on my computer along with internal memory when connected vis USB

fxstsb said:
Well, I tried your file for the 4gb SD card. I installed that ISO file only using winImage. (5 files on SD card)
I put it the nook, did the N+ PWR and restarted again. I get the welcome screen and after I allow wifi it tells me the setup failed. Some happens if I skip Wifi. So then I hit the Pwr button and choose recovery, hit the N twice and it says the installation failed.
I cannot get to the point if selecting the .zip file to install. Thanks
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You do not use the power + n combo if you are trying to boot to SD CWM. That takes you to internal recovery which is stock. Just let it boot with no keys pressed.
What ISO file are you talking about? Mine is a .img file. And don't use that method, use the new procedure from item 1a in my thread where you copy individual files. It is more reliable.
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leapinlar said:
You do not use the power + n combo if you are trying to boot to SD CWM. That takes you to internal recovery which is stock. Just let it boot with no keys pressed.
What ISO file are you talking about? Mine is a .img file. And don't use that method, use the new procedure from item 1a in my thread where you copy individual files. It is more reliable.
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Hi, I stand corrected. It was an .img
When I ask questions i feel like a dummy because I should know these thing. The fact is that I modded many android devices and they all are different so I forget the fine details.
I think a good sticky for the nooks is how to boot from different locations on different nooks.
Anyway I used the 4gb for the hd and it is now back to being a nook. That is good. Now I will have to add files to make it cyanogen or whatever. So I relearned how to boot from an SD card, and for that I get the confusion award. Lets see what else happens.

Duplicate an SD card install.

Is there any way to duplicate an SD card install for my Nook Color? I have the latest Cyanogenmod nightly on an existing card but I can't seem to burn a new nightly starting from scratch. The new nightlies all update the existing card. I figure if I can just duplicate the existing, working card I can update it.
As a side note the new installations all give me an endless reboot at the cyanogen logo. I am using Win32Disk Imager, generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b.img, and can't get past this reboot loop. The cards all had working installs on them previously so I know there is not a compatibility issue with them.
Thanks in advance
f1jim

You can use win32diskimager to make an image of the existing card and write that image back to a new card. But be warned, depending on the size of the existing SD, the image can be quite big (same size as the card).
On writing the new 8b image, are you letting it boot first to set up the partitions before you add the CM zip? Also, you said those cards had working installs on those before writing the image. Did you format the card first using SDFormatter? You need to to clear the prior installation. Use size adjustment and overwrite options too.
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Thanks
I will try your suggestion on booting first without the zip file.
Thanks
f1jim
leapinlar said:
You can use win32diskimager to make an image of the existing card and write that image back to a new card. But be warned, depending on the size of the existing SD, the image can be quite big (same size as the card).
On writing the new 8b image, are you letting it boot first to set up the partitions before you add the CM zip?
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f1jim said:
I will try your suggestion on booting first without the zip file.
Thanks
f1jim
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see my edit above. You need to format the sd first.
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I formatted the SD card, used Win32DiskImager, took the card out of the machine, reinserted it, inserted it in the Nook, It did it's thing till it got to the line that looks for the file starting with CM or ends in zip. It goes no further and just flashes a cursor. I take the SD card out of the nook and with it in the PC copy the nightly zip. I then insert it in the Nook and boot up. It appears to be installing everything then shuts down.
I reboot and it starts the reboot cycle over and over. Am I missing a step in the process?
Also I open Win32DiskImager and don't see a way to copy the working SD install. Seems like it only will read and write .img files.
Thanks
f1jim

Win32diskimager is not supposed to copy the install. It is supposed to create an image (read the card to an img file) of the existing SD. Then use it to write that img file back to a new SD.
And when you formatted you used SDFormatter with the options I suggested? If you did not, then you only changed the SD headers and did not erase the prior data and it is still there when the SD partitions itself.
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I can't figure out how to get Win32DiskImager to make an image of the existing install. I see no menu selection to allow this. Are you sure you are not thinking of another program.
Or am I not seeing something obvious?
f1jim
leapinlar said:
Win32diskimager is not supposed to copy the install. It is supposed to create an image (read the card to an img file) of the existing SD. Then use it to write that img file back to a new SD.
And when you formatted you used SDFormatter with the options I suggested? If you did not, then you only changed the SD headers and did not erase the prior data and it is still there when the SD partitions itself.
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f1jim said:
I can't figure out how to get Win32DiskImager to make an image of the existing install. I see no menu selection to allow this. Are you sure you are not thinking of another program.
Or am I not seeing something obvious?
f1jim
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Yes the obvious thing you are missing is the read button. The read/write buttons mean read or write the card. When you press the write button with the 8b image file in the box, it writes that image to the card. When you select the read button, it reads the card and makes a new image file that you have typed into the name box. The new image file will be the same size as your whole SD. Then you can use that new image file to write to a new SD. It does not guarantee that the new card is bootable though. Just try it.
You did not answer my question about using SDFormatter.
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When I run the program the box that opens says image file and a white box that's empty below it. To the right of that box is a blue navigation button that allows one to navigate to an .img file. Still farther right is a device box that only allows the selection of my removable SD drive. The read and write buttons are grayed out till I select an .img file in the white box. Since my current useable SD card had no .img file on it how do you propose I select the SD card to write an image of?
Honest, I have looked this over with a fine toothed comb but cant see how to select my SD card to write an image. The blue selection box will only look for .img files. Till that happens nothing else is an option.
I have been formatting the SD card with Mini Tool Partition Wizard. I format the SD card using Fat32. After that the PC sees it just fine. I will look for SDFormatter and use it.
Sorry if I am overlooking something that should be obvious to me. Your help is greatly appreciated.
f1jim
leapinlar said:
Yes the obvious thing you are missing is the read button. The read/write buttons mean read or write the card. When you press the write button with the 8b image file in the box, it writes that image to the card. When you select the read button, it reads the card and makes a new image file that you have typed into the name box. The new image file will be the same size as your whole SD. Then you can use that new image file to write to a new SD. It does not guarantee that the new card is bootable though. Just try it.
You did not answer my question about using SDFormatter.
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What happens when you type a new file name in the box? Does the read button come ungreyed? Pick a location and type a name like mycard.img.
And as I told you, unless you use SDFormatter with the overwrite and size adjustment on, you are not really formatting, just writing new headers.
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I used the name "test" and yes, the read button became ungreyed. I hit read and it continued for awhile until an error message popped up at 3%. It says "An error occurred when attempting to read data from handle. Error 1117: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. Tried it twice. Same outcome.
f1jim
leapinlar said:
What happens when you type a new file name in the box? Does the read button come ungreyed? Pick a location and type a name like mycard.img.
And as I told you, unless you use SDFormatter with the overwrite and size adjustment on, you are not really formatting, just writing new headers.
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Since it is obvious you are going to continue to have issues with this method, I suggest you abandon that and use one of the two below.
1. Use SDFormatter with the size adjustment and overwrite options selected. This truly erases everything on the SD. Other methods, including Mini-Tool, just 'quick erase', leaving old data there when it re-partitions itself back to the old partition structure. So when CM tries to run it has the old data from your prior install and hangs.
Or
2. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and get the Alternate CWM from item B5. After you have burned the image and let it boot the first time to repartition itself and installed the CM zip, install the Alternate CWM and boot to it. Use that to do a wipe data/factory reset. That clears your old data from your old install so CM can boot properly. If it still hangs using this method, you may have to go to mounts and storage and format /system. Then re-install CM using the copy to boot partition method, not the Alternate CWM.
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Once more......
I'll give this a try once again. There has to be something obvious I am overlooking. I have 2 SD chips that have previously worked with android installations on them. Following your advice this is what I have done with both of them and with no success:
I have formatted each chip with SDFormatter using the OVERWRITE and AUTO SIZE options turned on. I then use Win32DiskImager to burn the image generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b.img. I then copy the latest nightly to the root directory and boot the chip in the Nook Color. It appears to go through the setup process and shut down properly. Upon rebooting the nook color it comes up to the Cyanoboot Universal Bootloader and says loading. Then the screen goes dark and it reboots back to the Cyanoboot Universal Botloader screen and reboots yet again. It seems stuck in this loop. Same issue using both SD chips.
I'm utterly lost.
Thanks
f1jm
leapinlar said:
Since it is obvious you are going to continue to have issues with this method, I suggest you abandon that and use one of the two below.
1. Use SDFormatter with the size adjustment and overwrite options selected. This truly erases everything on the SD. Other methods, including Mini-Tool, just 'quick erase', leaving old data there when it re-partitions itself back to the old partition structure. So when CM tries to run it has the old data from your prior install and hangs.
Or
2. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and get the Alternate CWM from item B5. After you have burned the image and let it boot the first time to repartition itself and installed the CM zip, install the Alternate CWM and boot to it. Use that to do a wipe data/factory reset. That clears your old data from your old install so CM can boot properly. If it still hangs using this method, you may have to go to mounts and storage and format /system. Then re-install CM using the copy to boot partition method, not the Alternate CWM.
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f1jim said:
I'll give this a try once again. There has to be something obvious I am overlooking. I have 2 SD chips that have previously worked with android installations on them. Following your advice this is what I have done with both of them and with no success:
I have formatted each chip with SDFormatter using the OVERWRITE and AUTO SIZE options turned on. I then use Win32DiskImager to burn the image generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-10.1-10.2-11-largest-Rev8b.img. I then copy the latest nightly to the root directory and boot the chip in the Nook Color. It appears to go through the setup process and shut down properly. Upon rebooting the nook color it comes up to the Cyanoboot Universal Bootloader and says loading. Then the screen goes dark and it reboots back to the Cyanoboot Universal Botloader screen and reboots yet again. It seems stuck in this loop. Same issue using both SD chips.
I'm utterly lost.
Thanks
f1jm
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Nightly of what, CM11? And what date? A fresh download?
And as the text is scrolling past are there any error messages? Are you installing in two steps? In other words are you letting it boot first to make the partitions followed by copying the CM zip and booting again?
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Once again
Yes, the nightly CM11. cm-11-20140510-NIGHTLY-encore.zip to be exact. Yes, fresh downloiad. I will try to boot to the chip before copying over the nightly this time.
Fingers crossed.
f1jim
leapinlar said:
Nightly of what, CM11? And what date? A fresh download?
And as the text is scrolling past are there any error messages? Are you installing in two steps? In other words are you letting it boot first to make the partitions followed by copying the CM zip and booting again?
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No luck.
This time I started from scratch again. Formatted the chip with SDFormatter(4.0), Used a fresh downloaded copy of the generic img file. Botted it in the Nook. No error messages and it stopped at the place where it looks for the zip file. Pulled the chip, copied a fresh download of the CM11 nightly. Popped in the chip and started up the Nook. It went through the installation process with no error messages and properly shut itself down. Rebooted the Nook only to have it load the Cyanoboot universal bootloader page, says it's loading....then it goes black and reboots to the same bootloader page.
Any more ideas that don't involve dynamite?
f1jim

f1jim said:
This time I started from scratch again. Formatted the chip with SDFormatter(4.0), Used a fresh downloaded copy of the generic img file. Botted it in the Nook. No error messages and it stopped at the place where it looks for the zip file. Pulled the chip, copied a fresh download of the CM11 nightly. Popped in the chip and started up the Nook. It went through the installation process with no error messages and properly shut itself down. Rebooted the Nook only to have it load the Cyanoboot universal bootloader page, says it's loading....then it goes black and reboots to the same bootloader page.
Any more ideas that don't involve dynamite?
f1jim
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Before doing anything drastic, read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52506409&postcount=283.

Once again....
I most definitely have a Nook color. I think I mentioned early on I have a chip with the latest nightly on it and it works beautifully. The other chips used to as well. I just can't figure out why they stopped working when I tried to start from scratch with them.
I do appreciate your efforts in helping. It's not the end of the world if I can't get them to work. I'll keep trying.
f1jim
hwong96 said:
Before doing anything drastic, read this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52506409&postcount=283.
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f1jim said:
This time I started from scratch again. Formatted the chip with SDFormatter(4.0), Used a fresh downloaded copy of the generic img file. Botted it in the Nook. No error messages and it stopped at the place where it looks for the zip file. Pulled the chip, copied a fresh download of the CM11 nightly. Popped in the chip and started up the Nook. It went through the installation process with no error messages and properly shut itself down. Rebooted the Nook only to have it load the Cyanoboot universal bootloader page, says it's loading....then it goes black and reboots to the same bootloader page.
Any more ideas that don't involve dynamite?
f1jim
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What are the sizes of these two chips you have used previously? You know CM11 requires larger chips.
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Once again....
Both chips are 8Gb. The one that is working properly is 16Gb.
f1jim

HELP Nook HD+ cyanogenmod fail...

Hi guys,
I tried installing cyanogenmod on my new Nook HD+ but when trying to install CM11 it gave me a status 7 error!!
I did make a backup before installing and so I wanted to know how to recover back to factory setting or whether I can still install CM11? When turning the tablet on it just goes to CWM v6.0.4.6
What do I do???

To get to stock go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new bootable CWM SD per item 1a. Use that to flash a plain stock zip from item 6. Follow that with a factory reset by CWM. That takes you back like it came out of the box.
I don't know which guide you used to try to install CM11, but I suggest you use this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2602796
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Thank you for your reply. I did use that guide but I think the CM11 file I downloaded must have been corrupt?
Is there anyway of trying to put another CM11 file on the device without installing stock rom?
I need to get another SD card to try to restore to factor setting.

You said you wanted together back to stock. That is what I told you how to do. You can't use that 6046 CWM to do it.
If you want to try again with CM11, just do it.
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Yes I appreciate that, thank you.
I was just wondering whether I could somehow do something now to get CM11 on the device without having to get back to stock?

abu_Yahya said:
Yes I appreciate that, thank you.
I was just wondering whether I could somehow do something now to get CM11 on the device without having to get back to stock?
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Just follow the guide. Can you get the SD to boot? What steps were successful? And there must be more to the error message other than status 7. Tell us more.
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leapinlar said:
Just follow the guide. Can you get the SD to boot? What steps were successful? And there must be more to the error message other than status 7. Tell us more.
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I don't think I have made myself very clear. Since following the guide I received an error, so I can;t follow the guide now. I just need to try to change the file that was corrupt or start again. I would prefer to change the file but I don't know whether that is possible. If it isn't I will have to buy another sd card to try to solve this problem.
At the moment I can't use the device but it does boot to CWM.

You are not making yourself clear. There had to be more to the error message than "status 7". Maybe you don't remember. Or maybe you lost the file and you cannot try again. And why can't you use the SD you used the first time?
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leapinlar said:
You are not making yourself clear. There had to be more to the error message than "status 7". Maybe you don't remember. Or maybe you lost the file and you cannot try again. And why can't you use the SD you used the first time?
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this is what happens:
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E: Error in /data/media/sm-11.....zip
(Status 7)
I suppose I could use the same sd card but don't I have to put the files on the internal sd card for it to reboot to the factory setting?

abu_Yahya said:
this is what happens:
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E: Error in /data/media/sm-11.....zip
(Status 7)
I suppose I could use the same sd card but don't I have to put the files on the internal sd card for it to reboot to the factory setting?
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Now that you have CWM v6046 already on internal memory, it is ok to have the files you want to flash on the external SD. It is only the version on SD that needs the files on internal SD. Get SDFormatter free on the web and use it to format the SD so it goes back to its normal size. Then you can put the CM and gapps zips on the SD. CWM v6046 has an option to flash a zip from external SD.
But that being said, that error message tells me that you have too old of a version of CWM on internal. Are you sure it is version 6046?
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leapinlar said:
Now that you have CWM v6046 already on internal memory, it is ok to have the files you want to flash on the external SD. It is only the version on SD that needs the files on internal SD. Get SDFormatter free on the web and use it to format the SD so it goes back to its normal size. Then you can put the CM and gapps zips on the SD. CWM v6046 has an option to flash a zip from external SD.
But that being said, that error message tells me that you have too old of a version of CWM on internal. Are you sure it is version 6046?
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When CWM loads that's the version that comes up. I couldn;t see any option of loading from external sd card?

...Also if I take the sd card out then the bootloader doesnt load. the Nook logo just loops?

Thank you, I got it back to Stock and will try the install again!

I got there and installed CM11 now. Thanks for your advice.
I downloaded the wrong CM11 file, instead of downloading the emmc.zip I downloaded Sd-card zip!