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[USER][PARTITIONS] Nook Color EMMC Partition Repair

Several users have complained that they get blank screens and cannot flash new roms to their Nook Color. And sometimes they end up in a recovery bootloop where it will do nothing but boot to recovery no matter what they choose in the boot menu. Sometimes this is due to corrupted partitions on internal memory.
DizzyDen has prepared some .img files that can be burned to emmc to repair some of these issues, and they work well. But some of the files are very large and it takes a little knowledge of adb commands on the part of the users. And some users cannot get adb working on their machines. So I started investigating other solutions, and I have made some tools that work that I hope are user friendly.
Dean Gibson has a thread that describes how to repartition emmc to set the partition sizes for data and media to the user's preference. He repartitions partitions p6 (data), p7 (cache) and p8 (media). In studying his zip, I figured out how to make his tool repair partitions p4 (extended), p5 (system), p6 (data), p7 (cache), and p8 (media). And I was able to add additional commands to also repair partition p1 (boot). I asked Dean's permission to post his tools as modified by me and he agreed. Thanks Dean!
So that takes care of partitions 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
Partitions 2 and 3 are very special and one must be very careful with them. Partition 2 is 'rom', which holds information that is specific to the user's device (serial number, etc.), and it is used by the system to set flags for deciding whether to boot to recovery or not and set the boot count that is used to decide whether to do a reset to factory conditions (8 failed boots). Partition 3 is 'factory' and holds the factory.zip file used by the 8 failed boot reset (if you want to learn more about the 8 failed boot reset, go to my tips thread linked in my signature). It also holds a backup of the device information in partition 2. So it is possible to repair partition 2 if partition 3 is still intact.
A few users have somehow managed to flash Nook Tablet ROMs to their Nook Colors and really messed up partition 4. (Edit: and now I know how it happened, some idiot recommended that they remove the first line of the updater script. NEVER do that! That line is a safety check to make sure you are flashing to the right device. You can also defeat the safety check by using an old CWM that has the toggle, 'disable asserts'. Never do that either.) And since partition 4 is the extended partition that holds partitions 5, 6, 7, and 8, they get messed up too. To repair those partitions along with partition 1, use CWM recovery to flash the two zips attached below. Be warned that everything in emmc media (p8) will be wiped out, so you may want to back that up first if you still can. The first zip to flash is 'NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip'. It will recreate those partitions on emmc. As soon as you have sucessfully flashed that zip, you must reboot the Nook Color back to CWM so that the updated partition table is read by CWM. Then you need to flash 'NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip' (partitions 1 and 4 do not need formatting). It will format the newly created partitions to the correct structure. Now you can use CWM to restore an earlier nandroid backup or flash your favorite ROM (including stock, get version 1.4.3 that I have modified to be flashable with CWM here, or DizzyDen has posted some excellent 1.4.1 stock ROMs here). If you are going to flash a stock ROM, you must be sure to use the format zip or the stock ROM will not boot properly.
If you are in a recovery bootloop, the first thing I recommend trying is to use my CWM version 5.5.0.4 bootable SD that is discussed in my tips thread linked in my signature and has been modified to help get out of some kinds of recovery flag bootloops. If you are in a recovery bootloop that just hangs, it may get you out of it after exiting my CWM with the 'reboot' command in the menu. But if you are still in the loop after doing that, it may be because your device info is missing or corrupted in partition 2. It will not boot to a ROM without this info. (Specifically, it needs a file in /rom/devconf named DeviceID. It is a text file with your 16 digit serial number in it followed by a line feed, 17 bytes.) Try flashing with CWM my 'NookColor-emmc-repair-partition-2.zip' attached to this post to recreate that info. But I recommend this as a last resort, since messing with that partition is risky. That zip will recreate the partition, reset the flags and copy your device specific information from partition 3. But your partition 3 must be intact for this to work. If it is not, the zip will abort and do nothing.
Additionally, for those that do not want to use CWM, I have made a bootable SD that has an older version of TWRP here. Newer versions of TWRP will return an error message when trying to flash these zips. It also has been modified to get you out of some kinds of bootloops.
Two points of information. First, I have included a temporary copy of CWM 5.5.0.4 on the boot partition of my repair so that if tries to reboot to emmc before you put a ROM on it, it goes to CWM. It will be removed as soon as you restore a backup or flash a ROM. Second, the new partition scheme created with my zip is for the original Nook Color's 1GB data and 5GB media. If you want one of the other schemes (5GB data/1GB media or 2GB data/4GB media) go to Dean Gibson's thread and flash his zips after you have repaired your system with mine. See his thread here.
I'm adding a little extra information about emmc partition structure for those interested. With any MBR disk there can be a maximum of four primary partitions. So to have more than four partitions the last primary partition is created as an extended partition so multiple logical partitions can be made inside it. The emmc structure is: p1 (boot, fat, primary), p2 (rom, fat, primary), p3 (factory, ext3, primary), p4 (extended, going from end of p3 to end of the disk), p5 (system, ext2, logical, inside the extended), p6 (data, ext3, logical, inside the extended), p7 (cache, ext3, logical, inside the extended) and p8 (media, fat, logical, inside the extended).

You save my nook color
Thank you so much. My serial number and other information were recovered successfully. Without those information I could not boot into any rom. If you cannot boot into ROM after following the first 2 steps, try recover partition 2. It works for me.
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Thanks
My nook has been stuck in a "will not boot" state for about a week. I could run CWM and cyanoboot, but when ever I tried to boot CM I would get stuck at the "loading..." screen. I tried loading both CM7 & CM9 but neither one would boot.
I ran both repair scripts, reloaded CM7.1 and success!
Thanks Leapinlar! :good:

THANK YOU!!!!!!
Right from my 1st install I couldn't get the bar at the bottom of the screen, which made using the Kindle app more than a little difficult. This finally cleared everything off so I could start with a clean slate, and BINGO! I know have the bottom bar on all the screens. I assume when I go in to the Kindle app it will be ok now also (I just have to format a 16gb microSD and put in the Nook Color 1st).
I can't thank you enough!!!!

Ugh! Tried this method too, and I still cannot get the nook to boot into CWR or CWM. I tried the 8 boots thing too, but I don't know if I ever did it right because I have cyanogen mod installed on emmc. Not sure how to repair the partition if I cannot even boot into anything that allows me to flash the zip to the chip. I thought it may be the sd, but the sd cards work on my other nook. I have now basically dissembled my nook color trying to find any other solution I wish I knew what happened in the first place.

czarofthefrozentundra said:
Ugh! Tried this method too, and I still cannot get the nook to boot into CWR or CWM. I tried the 8 boots thing too, but I don't know if I ever did it right because I have cyanogen mod installed on emmc. Not sure how to repair the partition if I cannot even boot into anything that allows me to flash the zip to the chip. I thought it may be the sd, but the sd cards work on my other nook. I have now basically dissembled my nook color trying to find any other solution I wish I knew what happened in the first place.
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Did you try my version of the CWM bootable SD card? It is on my tips thread and has been modified to boot in certain types of recovery bootloops. Unless you get CWM running you cannot flash things to internal memory. And depending on where in the boot process it hangs, you may not be able to get adb working to put things there either. And the 8 failed boots will not work unless you have stock recovery still on emmc.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

leapinlar said:
Did you try my version of the CWM bootable SD card? It is on my tips thread and has been modified to boot in certain types of recovery bootloops. Unless you get CWM running you cannot flash things to internal memory. And depending on where in the boot process it hangs, you may not be able to get adb working to put things there either. And the 8 failed boots will not work unless you have stock recovery still on emmc.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk
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Yup. Tried the card. I believe I replaced the emmc with cyanogenmod back in the day. Starts, goes to loading, turns black, then done. Cannot do anything after that. Bummer, sounds like it is actually toast.

czarofthefrozentundra said:
Yup. Tried the card. I believe I replaced the emmc with cyanogenmod back in the day. Starts, goes to loading, turns black, then done. Cannot do anything after that. Bummer, sounds like it is actually toast.
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If you can get adb working while it is sitting there black, you can push the stock recovery files to partition one. Then you may be able to do the 8 failed boots. You can extract the stock recovery files from my zip in my tips thread.

leapinlar said:
If you can get adb working while it is sitting there black, you can push the stock recovery files to partition one. Then you may be able to do the 8 failed boots. You can extract the stock recovery files from my zip in my tips thread.
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Worth a shot. Have nothing more to lose other than time. Maybe adb will work with you card in it. It didn't work with everything else I tried.

OMG OMG thank you soooo much for this thread , you saved my reading addict self from going insane ......

You've done a great job on collecting all of these useful things, especially for those who are stuck with their Nook Color boot looping. (I was once that guy) Dean helped me out with his data zips as well way back! Thanks for all this! :good: :victory:

Much thanks, leapinlar. Restored a nandroid with TWRP that was corrupted and lost my boot partition. I used your first 2 repair zips and I'm back in business. Your many contributions are greatly appreciated.
Mike T

OMG! Thank you so much for putting this up! Back at the beginning of the year I was having problems with my NC not going into USB Mode and only showing a black arrow when trying to load books and following this finally fixed it. Great write-up and instructions, thanks for the hard work.

I've been trying to restore my NOOK for about 2 weeks and this post has gotten me the farthest but i'm stuck at the point where my nook will start up, the "Read Forever" splash screen will come up and then it attempts to recover the system since i see an greenish Android screen come up for a second and then i get an error screen saying "Install Failed" with an image of a nook with an exclamation point in it's screen. I'm assuming i've really messed the nook up but here is where I am.
I've reformatted the partitions using your 1-4,5,6,7,8 zip
Rebooted to recovery
Formatted partiions 5,6,7,8 with your zip
Flashed your 1.4.3 stock rom
At this point I can't get any further since it appears something else is wrong and i didn't want to attempt the reformatting of partition 2 without asking if there is anything else i should try. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

jmiklus01 said:
I've been trying to restore my NOOK for about 2 weeks and this post has gotten me the farthest but i'm stuck at the point where my nook will start up, the "Read Forever" splash screen will come up and then it attempts to recover the system since i see an greenish Android screen come up for a second and then i get an error screen saying "Install Failed" with an image of a nook with an exclamation point in it's screen. I'm assuming i've really messed the nook up but here is where I am.
I've reformatted the partitions using your 1-4,5,6,7,8 zip
Rebooted to recovery
Formatted partiions 5,6,7,8 with your zip
Flashed your 1.4.3 stock rom
At this point I can't get any further since it appears something else is wrong and i didn't want to attempt the reformatting of partition 2 without asking if there is anything else i should try. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Do the partition 2 repair. That is what is messed up and causing the reboot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using Tapatalk

leapinlar said:
Do the partition 2 repair. That is what is messed up and causing the reboot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ using Tapatalk
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I've tried the partition2 zip and received an error trying to mount the factory partition. Status 7 was the error code. Is there a way to fix this?

jmiklus01 said:
I've tried the partition2 zip and received an error trying to mount the factory partition. Status 7 was the error code. Is there a way to fix this?
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Oh, that is really bad news. That means your partition 3 is corrupted and there is no way to retrieve your device info, like serial number, etc. PM me and maybe I can help you get it partly working, but much of the device info is lost if that partition is truly corrupted.
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Restore NC back to stock
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leapinlar said:
Oh, that is really bad news. That means your partition 3 is corrupted and there is no way to retrieve your device info, like serial number, etc. PM me and maybe I can help you get it partly working, but much of the device info is lost if that partition is truly corrupted.
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I've been trying to restore my daughter NC back to stock for couple months now and no success.
I did flash the P 1-4-5-6-7-8.zip and got this message after reboot:
"CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
during the reboot, there is a menu option to hit "n" for reboot mode option. when i hit "n" it gives me (attachment).
but it won't let me move up or down to select except for the 1st option
Help would be very appreciated

big64dave said:
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I've been trying to restore my daughter NC back to stock for couple months now and no success.
I did flash the P 1-4-5-6-7-8.zip and got this message after reboot:
"CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
during the reboot, there is a menu option to hit "n" for reboot mode option. when i hit "n" it gives me (attachment).
but it won't let me move up or down to select except for the 1st option
Help would be very appreciated
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During reboot it should automatically go to CWM because everything else is wiped. The boot menu only lets you make the first choice because that is all that is there, everything else is wiped. You need to continue to use the CWM to flash the format zip next. Then you can flash a ROM. If the CWM that pops up is not working, use the bootable CWM SD.

leapinlar said:
During reboot it should automatically go to CWM because everything else is wiped. The boot menu only lets you make the first choice because that is all that is there, everything else is wiped. You need to continue to use the CWM to flash the format zip next. Then you can flash a ROM. If the CWM that pops up is not working, use the bootable CWM SD.
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Thx for replied, the Nook just stock on loading and it won't let me do anything except for power up and down

[Q] nandroid backups failing

Hi all,
I run CM10.1 on my phone but am new to the Nook HD+. I have emmc-cwm-early2.1.img dd-ed to an SD card, and it boots just fine. I have cm-10.1-20130719-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip downloaded on the Nook. The problem I'm encountering is that backups are failing with "Can't mount /system!" after boot is backed up. It seems foolish to flash any ROM without an initial nandroid backup.
If I select advanced->show log I see this line:
W: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (Invalid argument)
However, the Nook boots just fine into my unmodified stock if I remove the SD card.
Help? Thanks!

crazybikeperson said:
Hi all,
I run CM10.1 on my phone but am new to the Nook HD+. I have emmc-cwm-early2.1.img dd-ed to an SD card, and it boots just fine. I have cm-10.1-20130719-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip downloaded on the Nook. The problem I'm encountering is that backups are failing with "Can't mount /system!" after boot is backed up. It seems foolish to flash any ROM without an initial nandroid backup.
If I select advanced->show log I see this line:
W: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 (Invalid argument)
However, the Nook boots just fine into my unmodified stock if I remove the SD card.
Help? Thanks!
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If you are trying to backup to the sdcard, there is not enough room there to hold a complete backup. It usually fails about the time it gets to /system. The solution is to backup to internal memory where it has plenty of room. That mmcblk1p2 failure is just not finding the sd-ext partition on SD. A normal error.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium

leapinlar said:
If you are trying to backup to the sdcard, there is not enough room there to hold a complete backup. It usually fails about the time it gets to /system. The solution is to backup to internal memory where it has plenty of room. That mmcblk1p2 failure is just not finding the sd-ext partition on SD. A normal error.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium
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"backup to internal sdcard" failed as well with "Can't mount /system!"

crazybikeperson said:
"backup to internal sdcard" failed as well with "Can't mount /system!"
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Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and try one of my 6.0.2.8 CWM SDs from item one. Try backing up with it.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium

leapinlar said:
Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and try one of my 6.0.2.8 CWM SDs from item one. Try backing up with it.
Sent from my Galaxy Tab 2 using XDA Premium
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That seemed to work. I also flashed an sdcard version of CM10.1 and it boots. However, I forgot to install gapps. Now I can't seem to get the Nook to boot into recovery - it only wants to boot CM10.1. Sigh.

crazybikeperson said:
That seemed to work. I also flashed an sdcard version of CM10.1 and it boots. However, I forgot to install gapps. Now I can't seem to get the Nook to boot into recovery - it only wants to boot CM10.1. Sigh.
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When the cyanoboot logo first comes up, hold the power and n button together for a few seconds and release. It should boot to CWM.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
When the cyanoboot logo first comes up, hold the power and n button together for a few seconds and release. It should boot to CWM.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Unfortunately that didn't work. What did work was replacing the bootfiles on the sdcard... but recovery can't find the gapps .zip file, or anything I downloaded while running CM. I reinstalled CM, and now I can't get back into recovery.
Ugh, this is hard. I'm starting to regret buying it, since the point was to put CM on it.

crazybikeperson said:
Unfortunately that didn't work. What did work was replacing the bootfiles on the sdcard... but recovery can't find the gapps .zip file, or anything I downloaded while running CM. I reinstalled CM, and now I can't get back into recovery.
Ugh, this is hard. I'm starting to regret buying it, since the point was to put CM on it.
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You need to go to settings and about tablet. Tap the build number several times until developer options is activated. Then go to developer options and check off advanced reboot. Then when you choose reboot on the power off menu, recovery shows.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You need to go to settings and about tablet. Tap the build number several times until developer options is activated. Then go to developer options and check off advanced reboot. Then when you choose reboot on the power off menu, recovery shows.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I tried that in the beginning. It just rebooted into CM.

crazybikeperson said:
I tried that in the beginning. It just rebooted into CM.
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You have all your boot files all mixed up. I give up.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

CWM Touch 6.0.3.0 error

Hello,
I recently was forced to due an AE swap of my device due to the mic failing on the hardware side. As I was going through the process of unlocking and rooting the new device the recovery flash seemed to error out and not work. After a couple flashes it finally stuck and everything eventually appears to be working after many headaches, however CWM is still acting up. Every time I am in recovery it says.
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/command
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/last_log
etc...
I have tried everything even to RUU back to full stock and re-do the process but I still have the error. Also when I go to install from SD Card it only sees some random folders that are actually on my internal storage. So even though I placed the SuperSU zip on my SD with my computer I cannot flash it as the recovery doesnt see it. Does anyone have any insight?

Have you tried fastboot erase cache (while in fastboot)
Just throwing it out there not sure if it will do any good.

bigdaddy619 said:
Have you tried fastboot erase cache (while in fastboot)
Just throwing it out there not sure if it will do any good.
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I did try that actually. No dice.

Bump. Anyone got any insight?
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[Q] NOOK HD+ Only Boots to Recovery

with no external SD Card, the NOOK HD+ only Boots To Recovery. It will not Boot from external SD image.

RLeeA said:
with no external SD Card, the NOOK HD+ only Boots To Recovery. It will not Boot from external SD image.
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Ok, NOOK HD+ finally booted with a External SD image CWM 6032 , but at bottom of CWM page it says
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open/cache/recovery/last_log

RLeeA said:
Ok, NOOK HD+ finally booted with a External SD image CWM 6028 , but at bottom of CWM page it says
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open/cache/recovery/last_log
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You could have a few things wrong. If you formatted /bootdata then it will only boot to recovery. Or you might be a victim of the emmc bug.
You need to tell us more how you got to this state.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You could have a few things wrong. If you formatted /bootdata then it will only boot to recovery. Or you might be a victim of the emmc bug.
You need to tell us more how you got to this state.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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was working fine Installed CM10.1 and tried going to 10.2 but something happened and all I could get was Nook HD+ booting to Recovery without external SD installed.
I tried several images , but the only one that would Boot is the Stock CM 6028 . and that is were it is at. the Screen reads what I posted first, except on Top it reads " SDCARD-based recovery v6.0.3.2 "
can this be done from were I'm at ?
6. Full HD/HDplus 2.1.1 Stock with Root
I now have full stock 2.1.1 rooted ROM zips. They can be flashed with the CWM above and have the verygreen boot.img that removes the /system file protection. They also are rooted and have superuser and busybox. Get the HD version of the rooted stock here or here and the HD+ version here or here. They can be flashed over whatever version you have. You can do it without any wiping so your installed apps and settings will remain intact. If you had previously flashed the new Enable Unknown Sources zip, that is a setting and should stick. But the ROM zips will replace your entire /system so any other zips you flashed here like Extras or swaps will be gone. After flashing this ROM, you will need to reflash any mods you want from this thread (except the new Enable Unknown Sources). ??

RLeeA said:
was working fine Installed CM10.1 and tried going to 10.2 but something happened and all I could get was Nook HD+ booting to Recovery without external SD installed.
I tried several images , but the only one that would Boot is the Stock CM 6028 . and that is were it is at. the Screen reads what I posted first, except on Top it reads " SDCARD-based recovery v6.0.3.2 "
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That is not my 6028 version for stock. That is verygreen's SD install version 6032. You had to have gotten that from his early7.1 zip.
When you tried to go to CM10.2, did you do any wiping? If so, what did you wipe?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
That is not my 6028 version for stock. That is verygreen's SD install version 6032. You had to have gotten that from his early7.1 zip.
When you tried to go to CM10.2, did you do any wiping? If so, what did you wipe?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Ok, I have used " NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13) " Boots to Recovery
" CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.8 for HD+ (stock)"
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /sdcard/
E: Can't mount /emmc/
and yes I did Wipe all that I usually do Factory, cache, delv cache ... then install

RLeeA said:
Ok, I have used " NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13) " Boots to Recovery
" CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.8 for HD+ (stock)"
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't mount /sdcard/
E: Can't mount /emmc/
and yes I did Wipe all that I usually do Factory, cache, delv cache ... then install
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But you did not wipe/format /bootdata?
You should be able to flash a plain stock zip. I recommend trying the 2.1.0 version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
But you did not wipe/format /bootdata?
You should be able to flash a plain stock zip. I recommend trying the 2.1.0 version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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OK , I put the " stock-ovation-2.1.0.zip " on the bootable SD
when i " choose Zip from SD Card"
it says a bottom
E: Can't mount /sdcard/

RLeeA said:
OK , I put the " stock-ovation-2.1.0.zip " on the bootable SD
when i " choose Zip from SD Card"
it says a bottom
E: Can't mount /sdcard/
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You have really got your files mixed up. If you are using the sdcard 6032 CWM, that is why you got that error message. You are getting your files from the verygreen thread and that version expects sdcard to be somewhere else. Use my thread and use my 6028 CWM bootable SD.
You quoted my section 6 about the rooted 2.1.1. There is where you get the plain stock 2.1.0 I was suggesting. But verygreen's should work.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
You have really got your files mixed up. If you are using the sdcard 6032 CWM, that is why you got that error message. You are getting your files from the verygreen thread and that version expects sdcard to be somewhere else. Use my thread and use my 6028 CWM bootable SD.
You quoted my section 6 about the rooted 2.1.1. There is where you get the plain stock 2.1.0 I was suggesting. But verygreen's should work.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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OK , I put the "NookHDplus-factory-2.1.0-plain-stock" on the bootable SD
when i " choose Zip from SD Card"
it says a bottom
E: Can't mount /sdcard/
could the internal ram be messed up ?

RLeeA said:
OK , I put the "NookHDplus-factory-2.1.0-plain-stock" on the bootable SD
when i " choose Zip from SD Card"
it says a bottom
E: Can't mount /sdcard/
could the internal ram be messed up ?
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Which CWM are you using?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Which CWM are you using?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).img
2: I can only Boot with this image , It will not install anything from this external (4gb sandisk SD card)
1: I did have this Booting from Internal 32gb SD , and same thing ,, could not install anything from there.
I think the internal Ram is messed up, but I do not know how to check it ?

RLeeA said:
NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).img
2: I can only Boot with this image , It will not install anything from this external (4gb sandisk SD card)
1: I did have this Booting from Internal 32gb SD , and same thing ,, could not install anything from there.
I think the internal Ram is messed up, but I do not know how to check it ?
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It is possible it is messed up. There was a discussion in verygreen's CM10.2 thread about trim and bricking emmc. In a post there I think he gave instructions on how to check emmc. Not fix it, but see if it was bricked.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
It is possible it is messed up. There was a discussion in verygreen's CM10.2 thread about trim and bricking emmc. In a post there I think he gave instructions on how to check emmc. Not fix it, but see if it was bricked.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I'll check that out ,,, Thanks for all your Help

RLeeA said:
Ok, NOOK HD+ finally booted with a External SD image CWM 6032 , but at bottom of CWM page it says
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/command
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log
E: Can't open/cache/recovery/last_log
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Im having this same issue and at my wits end. I was running Slimbean 4.3 for a couple of weeks with no issues. Whatever happened, happened while the device was running, and not in recovery mode because I was at work at the time, and my daughters told me the nook just turned off. They dont do or know anything about recovery.
Needless to say, none of my nandroid saves will load. Leapinlar, I made an SD boot of your stock 2.1.0 image (using the older winmanager method because im more familiar with it), and it begin to flash, then get stuck halfway and shutdown. Then I reboot and Im stuck at the same CWM bootscreen, which continues to loop. I also tried the flashing the 2.1.1 with the same results. I followed your instructions in your CWM thread to the letter. What can I do?
ps-is there a way i can check for the emmc bug while Im stuck in recovery?

Help please
Soooooo, I have the same problem: recovery loop with CWM version 6.0.3.2
I was stock, and I was able to use the non-image-burn version of the sd-card method to put TWRP. This proved useless because I could not find any documentation on using it properly.
I then burned an image of 6028 and was able to boot right into recovery.
i then attempted an install of 10.1 and gapps .... this is the last time I would reach nook loading screen.
I have actively formatted nothing, though I attempted to install a different recovery
Errors i am receiving:
e: can't mount (volume(s))
installation aborted
internal memory replaces sd-card and sd-card replaces ext-sd.
also, according to "mounts and storage" there are three partitions that are, upon EACH reboot,
unmounted:
/bootdata
/system
/data
/wits
Please help me, this website is my only hope.
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Jahallah said:
Soooooo, I have the same problem: recovery loop with CWM version 6.0.3.2
I was stock, and I was able to use the non-image-burn version of the sd-card method to put TWRP. This proved useless because I could not find any documentation on using it properly.
I then burned an image of 6028 and was able to boot right into recovery.
i then attempted an install of 10.1 and gapps .... this is the last time I would reach nook loading screen.
I have actively formatted nothing, though I attempted to install a different recovery
Errors i am receiving:
e: can't mount (volume(s))
installation aborted
internal memory replaces sd-card and sd-card replaces ext-sd.
also, according to "mounts and storage" there are three partitions that are, upon EACH reboot,
unmounted:
/bootdata
/system
/data
/wits
Please help me, this website is my only hope.
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Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and try flashing the plain stock 2.2.0 zip from item 6 using that burned 6028 CWM SD.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

Thank you
leapinlar said:
Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and try flashing the plain stock 2.2.0 zip from item 6 using that burned 6028 CWM SD.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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It [email protected]!
Thanks You, Thank you, Thank You, Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you,.
So, if I get back to normal very soon, and then decide after 5-10 minutes of stock that I need some CYANOGENMOD, I can use the same boot drives for wreaking some havoc?
So, thanks, I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks Again!

Jahallah said:
It [email protected]!
Thanks You, Thank you, Thank You, Thank you, thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you,.
So, if I get back to normal very soon, and then decide after 5-10 minutes of stock that I need some CYANOGENMOD, I can use the same boot drives for wreaking some havoc?
So, thanks, I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks Again!
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Yes, as long as it is CM10.2 or lower. CM11 requires a different version of CWM.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

stock rom recovered my mount issues

[Q] Bricked Nook Restore standard boot logo

Hi all,
My Nook seems to have broken over night, more than likely the trim command was fired and broken my partition table.
I would return the item, but the Cyanogen Boot logo still appears. Is there anyway to remove it based on the nooks current bricked status?

smurfster said:
Hi all,
My Nook seems to have broken over night, more than likely the trim command was fired and broken my partition table.
I would return the item, but the Cyanogen Boot logo still appears. Is there anyway to remove it based on the nooks current bricked status?
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If it shows that logo, it is not likely bricked by the trim command. Try making a bootable CWM per my HD/HD+ CWM thread and try flashing a plain stock zip from item 6.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
If it shows that logo, it is not likely bricked by the trim command. Try making a bootable CWM per my HD/HD+ CWM thread and try flashing a plain stock zip from item 6.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Thanks for the reply,
Ive now tried different SD cards and both ways of creating a bootable sd card. but nothing works. I cant get past the cyanogen boot screen.
The TWRP image did boot but didnt get passed the splashscreen.
Any advice?

smurfster said:
Thanks for the reply,
Ive now tried different SD cards and both ways of creating a bootable sd card. but nothing works. I cant get past the cyanogen boot screen.
The TWRP image did boot but didnt get passed the splashscreen.
Any advice?
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I have this EXACT same problem, I would love to find a way to get the cyanoboot splash screen to go away so I can get it exchanged for a new one.

Both of you only have two choices.
If you left stock recovery on internal before it screwed up, you can do the 8 failed boot procedure and it will reset itself to stock.
If you replaced stock recovery with CWM or TWRP, you must boot to it or a bootable CWM SD so you can flash the plain stock zip I have in item 6 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. To get to your custom recovery on internal, power up from the powered off condition and hold both the power and n button simultaneously for 5-8 seconds. Then first release power and then a couple of seconds later the n key. It should show the cyanoboot logo followed by the recovery.
If you cannot do any of those things, you are screwed.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
Both of you only have two choices.
If you left stock recovery on internal before it screwed up, you can do the 8 failed boot procedure and it will reset itself to stock.
If you replaced stock recovery with CWM or TWRP, you must boot to it or a bootable CWM SD so you can flash the plain stock zip I have in item 6 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. To get to your custom recovery on internal, power up from the powered off condition and hold both the power and n button simultaneously for 5-8 seconds. Then first release power and then a couple of seconds later the n key. It should show the cyanoboot logo followed by the recovery.
If you cannot do any of those things, you are screwed.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Looks like im screwed. It is strange though how the TWRP bootable image actually attempts to boot?
UPDATE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44797803&postcount=73
I tried this and have managed to boot into cwm.
I then noticed a error that kept repeating. E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
So I then did the following
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache partition
3. mounts and storage > format /boot
4. mounts and storage > format /system
5. mounts and storage > format /data
6. mounts and storage > format /emmc
7. mounts and storage > format /data and /data/media (/sdcard)
Alot of this did cause mounting problems. but I did notice I could mount /boot and browse sdcard from the "install zip" option. The only problem is the partion in the SD i can see isnt the partition that CWM can see.
I'm going to try and sideload the stock recovery using adb when I get in from work as I dont have the usb cable on me.

If you made a backup of stock prior to loading another ROM, you may have better luck restoring it than flashing the stock zip. That has been my experience. In addition to doing the restore, you may need to flash the stock recovery zip.
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Well I couldnt get ADB to work with my tablet. So I couldnt sideload the stock emmc. So I then used "Paragon ExtFS for Windows" to copy the files to the other correct ext3 partition on the MicroSD.. I then booted into recovery and attempted to flash the zip. It didnt work, I recieved a error stating
E: unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/last_log
Looks like the nooks dead.