[Q] Various problems with root and sideloading - Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Several months ago I wanted to sideload apps (mainly for humblebundle) on my Nook HD so I followed the dummies guide instructions and got it all working, I remember the whole CWM thing coming up first time and it all going swimmingly. I put the little boot sd card away and then somewhere along the line either lost it, or someone in the house swiped it for themselves. So anyway I don't have it now. All was going well and then everything started crashing ALL THE TIME on my Nook HD, so I decided to wipe it as I wanted to put everything on a bigger sd card anyway. I thought wiping it would unroot it, because I don't know anything, but now I realise it didn't, it still comes up with Cyanoboot when booting up, but it has forgotten the side load app stuff I could do, it won't let me install them anymore. But it's definitely rooted, I just have no idea to what version (must be 10 something) because I am able to use link2sd no problem. So I have been trying to recreate the boot sd, so I can flash the sideload app thing and it is not working. I have followed all the steps carefully again and again, and tried on 3 different sd cards, and it will not boot from that little card at all, just boots normally every single time. Is there any other way I can get this one little setting to work? I'm not all that interested in putting 11 on there, just want this one thing to work. Is there a way to unroot the whole lot so I can just try and start over? Frustrating.

Have you tried to boot to internal CWM? If you followed the dummies guide you should have it installed internally. Look at the latest version of the dummies guide for how to set it up to boot to internal CWM.
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"but it has forgotten the side load app stuff I could do, it won't let me install them anymore."
Can't really figure out what your talking about from all your confusion.
Put cm on there and its one little check box from within android @ device settings -> security -> unknown sources. Everything you did would be non-valid.
If your talking about the offical bn rom, then I have no idea how the rooting effects sideloading.

leapinlar said:
Have you tried to boot to internal CWM? If you followed the dummies guide you should have it installed internally. Look at the latest version of the dummies guide for how to set it up to boot to internal CWM.
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Ok, I have tried to do this, and it won't. Every time I try it just comes up with a factory wipe question. I even tried downloading an app to boot into recovery, and it just rebooted normally.
Is there a way to just completely unroot easily and start over? Or is there something else I can try? Seems like getting this thing to sideload apps should be fairly simple, but it's not turning out that way.

sandsofmyst said:
"but it has forgotten the side load app stuff I could do, it won't let me install them anymore."
Can't really figure out what your talking about from all your confusion.
Put cm on there and its one little check box from within android @ device settings -> security -> unknown sources. Everything you did would be non-valid.
If your talking about the offical bn rom, then I have no idea how the rooting effects sideloading.
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Sorry for the confusion, I'm confused and frustrated with this.
Basically, my nook hd is rooted. I flashed it so it would sideload apps. All was well. Then all was not well, and I factory wiped it. It is still rooted apparently, but it no longer lets me sideload apps. I no longer have the sd card that I originally rooted it with. I want it to sideload apps. I can't figure out how to make that happen.

ladyynara said:
Ok, I have tried to do this, and it won't. Every time I try it just comes up with a factory wipe question. I even tried downloading an app to boot into recovery, and it just rebooted normally.
Is there a way to just completely unroot easily and start over? Or is there something else I can try? Seems like getting this thing to sideload apps should be fairly simple, but it's not turning out that way.
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That message means you still have stock recovery installed. To easily start over, just interrupt the boot 8 times in a row by hard powering off the device before the boot completes. Hard power off means holding the power key for several seconds until it turns off. On the 9th boot, let the boot continue and it will reset itself to stock the way it came in the box. Then you can start over using the dummies guide.
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leapinlar said:
That message means you still have stock recovery installed. To easily start over, just interrupt the boot 8 times in a row by hard powering off the device before the boot completes. Hard power off means holding the power key for several seconds until it turns off. On the 9th boot, let the boot continue and it will reset itself to stock the way it came in the box. Then you can start over using the dummies guide.
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Thanks so much, I think that worked, after a few attempts it did a different kind of loading while saying nook and didn't say cyanoboot, and has reset itself. Now to try again!

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Nook Color help!? Please

Ok so i've been looking around and trying to fix my nook that's stuck on the "n" boot loading screen and won't go pass that.. I recently used the autonook and just restarted the nook but it froze as soon as my first restart.. Now it won't even turn on it seems like. Anyway to fix this? I've read around but they're all a little confusing, i don't care if i go back to factory either.
I also did a factory reset but it seems like it still gets stuck on the "n" loading screen. I think that's what i did wrong as i probably messed up the loading files.
Do both resets. 8 failed boots ans power+n to boot.
If that doesnt work. download monster's rootpack and my restock to stock zip in dev and flash my restore to stock zip (or newer)..
Its all explained in dev forums.. take tike to read a bit..
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I think i'm starting to get it.. One thing though i used a 2GB microSD and i burned CWM on it and i have 114 MB free, i used a 8GB microSD and i still get the same space left.. How would i go around this? I'm trying to flash a zip on after formatting through CWM.
Use the second link on Monster's thread. 1gb image. Then copy the zip file to the root of your SD. Then flash..
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Cool, thanks! that helped and brought things back to normal.. I just rooted my NC now and it still has 1.0.1 and i have market and gmail but market won't download any apps.. Can't seem to figure out what's going on.
Edit: Nevermind it doesn't automatically download, i had to go in downloads for it to start. Thanks!! Guess it's not really like an android phone like i'm used to but i've figured it out!
I do have a question though. I'm not planning to flash any roms on this and keep it original, when i download apps from the market. where does it go and can i put it some place or is this only for people who flash?
Ahh i answered my own question. Once i restarted the device it was there under Extras. Thanks again!
Now it seems as if youtube app won't open or play videos on the website.
uEih said:
Cool, thanks! that helped and brought things back to normal.. <snip>
Ahh i answered my own question. Once i restarted the device it was there under Extras. Thanks again!
Now it seems as if youtube app won't open or play videos on the website.
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Use Titanium backup to clear user data .. should be fine .. several threads on this ...

boot looping when I update with Viperboy 1.1.0

I am rooted on a Sprint One and had stock HTC. Then downloaded the Viperrom 1.0.4 and had no trouble get it on, did not loose any of my settings or folders. Now when I download and try to run the viper 1.1.0 zip, it does the install and starts up shows my walpaper and icons appropriately, then crashes and constant reboots to the same point. Able to get on to recovery and reinstall the back up i had made with no rpoblems.
What do I need to do? If I wipe, what do i wipe? Have TWRP.
Will I loose all my settings and data?
Please help
Under advanced wipe select the first 4(dalvik,cache,system,data).
Then reflash the Rom.
You will lose settings.
Thanks, will try that in the morning.
Is there anyway we can save settings and restore them after upgrades?
aviatordoc said:
Thanks, will try that in the morning.
Is there anyway we can save settings and restore them after upgrades?
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Htcs built in backup through dropbox works very well. It restores apps, settings, homescreens. About the only two things it doesnt restore are accounts, autorotate and lockscreen password
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youkosnake said:
Htcs built in backup through dropbox works very well. It restores apps, settings, homescreens. About the only two things it doesnt restore are accounts, autorotate and lockscreen password
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yes but i also disables google backup
I fond HTCs better than googles. The only thing I manually use google sync for is contacts. And thats just force of habit.
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youkosnake said:
I fond HTCs better than googles. The only thing I manually use google sync for is contacts. And thats just force of habit.
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good to know, thanks
aviatordoc said:
I am rooted on a Sprint One and had stock HTC. Then downloaded the Viperrom 1.0.4 and had no trouble get it on, did not loose any of my settings or folders. Now when I download and try to run the viper 1.1.0 zip, it does the install and starts up shows my walpaper and icons appropriately, then crashes and constant reboots to the same point. Able to get on to recovery and reinstall the back up i had made with no rpoblems.
What do I need to do? If I wipe, what do i wipe? Have TWRP.
Will I loose all my settings and data?
Please help
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Need to wipe before installing. In TWRP, hit Wipe>Swipe to wipe
gmentals said:
Under advanced wipe select the first 4(dalvik,cache,system,data).
Then reflash the Rom.
You will lose settings.
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Do NOT do this. It will wipe everything including your internal SD card
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I did the same thing as you. Mine got caught in a bootloop, I couldn't get the damn thing to force restart either. The bottom home & back key just kept flashing no matter how long I held it. I had to wait forever for the battery to die. I think something might be wrong with the restart fail safe HTC built in. So I relocked it, flashed back to stock, go to sprint store of course it reboots perfect every time. The people at the store are morons I hate going there. The guy says to me you just hold it down and the restart menu will come up. I'm like if the phone is frozen that doesn't work. None the less I don't expect them to replace something that is working. So I re-unlocked, cleared everything and installed latest build fresh works great haven't had any issue. I didn't back up either so I had to re set everything up which takes forever. I'm not a fan of restoring backups anyway as it can cause issues. I will be doing a nandroid next time and be more careful with dirty flashing. I always dirty flashed on MeanBean on my LTE without issues and Mike made it very clear when dirty update was not advised. In my opinion they shouldn't release a major update that will bootloop a phone over goo manger. It's still my fault but I didn't think twice about it when I tried to update viper. It still pisses me off that I have to fight with it to get the phone to reboot, the entire point of a fail safe is incase something goes wrong. It's the first time I have ever bootlooped a phone.
Do NOT do this. It will wipe everything including your internal SD card
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I do this everytime I flash a new Rom and it doesn't wipe my internal SD...
Thanks all, I am just where I was. so many opinions and would like to have a concensus.
It won't wipe internal unless you specifically check it in advanced. Never wipe internal, but davlic, cache, data and system are fine and constitutes a full wipe..you should always wipe that way when trying different roms or going to a new base. Or use a superwipe script to make things easier.
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[TOOL]smw6180 Superwipe
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Mrlakadaddy is absolutely correct.
Consensus achieved
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OK here it goes. Went to advanced, wiped all except internal. will see how it goes.
scottspa74 said:
Mrlakadaddy is absolutely correct.
Consensus achieved
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What's up Scott did you get a One?
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All went well and am on the new base. Only, I lost all my settings and it is such a pain to recreate all the screens, shortcuts, sign ons and accounts...
Thanks to all.
same problem
ive had the same problem, i actually had to use the ruu to get back to stock, unlocked it again s-off rooted and no matter what i do everytime i install any custom rom it goes into bootloop. ive tried every rom on here i cant even get viperrom to fully boot up. looking thru all the forums nobody has a clear answer as to why this is happening.
im stuck in boot loop after the viper rom and i just got it yesterday .. i dont know what to do at this point . when it does boot it ask me for the wifi login and fails says poor connection when its right next to me
Boot Loop
I'm also stuck in boot loop. I've done research and tried all kinds of stuff with no luck. This is what I get...
Phone boots
I get the notification bar and a black screen
Can't do anything with that.
After about a minute, it reboots.
Can anyone help with this? I have the 1.31 version. Clearing cache/data/delvik does nothing for me.
Can someone help me get it back to stock, or at least usable?
Thanks in advance.
erickr5 said:
ive had the same problem, i actually had to use the ruu to get back to stock, unlocked it again s-off rooted and no matter what i do everytime i install any custom rom it goes into bootloop. ive tried every rom on here i cant even get viperrom to fully boot up. looking thru all the forums nobody has a clear answer as to why this is happening.
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Are you wiping before you flash a new rom?
matt406regal said:
im stuck in boot loop after the viper rom and i just got it yesterday .. i dont know what to do at this point . when it does boot it ask me for the wifi login and fails says poor connection when its right next to me
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Same question are you wiping before flashing a new rom?
huebenthal said:
I'm also stuck in boot loop. I've done research and tried all kinds of stuff with no luck. This is what I get...
Phone boots
I get the notification bar and a black screen
Can't do anything with that.
After about a minute, it reboots.
Can anyone help with this? I have the 1.31 version. Clearing cache/data/delvik does nothing for me.
Can someone help me get it back to stock, or at least usable?
Thanks in advance.
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RUU following this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390821
All of you should really start your own topic so people see it and help you.

[Q] HD+ 2.2.0 update

Anyone applied this? If so does it kill root, and if it does can root be re-established easily?
nook not booting after software uodate on 19 Dec 13
Efros said:
Anyone applied this? If so does it kill root, and if it does can root be re-established easily?
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My nook shows green led when plugged in but doest start on power in press, tried home and power together for 20 secondscouple of times but no luck. I had applied the zip to allow outside apmarket apps but not rooted.please help -I haven't blocked auto updates and i think the new version caused the issue.
Is it possible to revert to original stock now!?
johnpsing said:
My nook shows green led when plugged in but doest start on power in press, tried home and power together for 20 secondscouple of times but no luck. I had applied the zip to allow outside apmarket apps but not rooted.please help -I haven't blocked auto updates and i think the new version caused the issue.
Is it possible to revert to original stock now!?
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Home and power for 20 seconds is too longtime. Even if it tried to turn on, if would power back off before 20 seconds. Try for 8 seconds, then release power followed by n.
If you make a bootable CWM SD per my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature, you should be able to flash one of my plain stock zips in item 6 there. If you flash the rooted version, it should not successfully update to 2.2.
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In reply to my own question. I forced the nook to upgrade to 2.2.0, downloaded the upgrade file stuck it on the internal SDcard and the nook did the rest. Once the upgrade was done root was borked. Rebooted with CWM and flashed with NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev2-(02.02.13).zip, rebooted and found that root was restored all seems to be working fine at the moment, certainly adaway successfully asked for root permissions and got them to download and update its files. I'll update if I find anything strange going on.
nook hardware reset
Efros said:
In reply to my own question. I forced the nook to upgrade to 2.2.0, downloaded the upgrade file stuck it on the internal SDcard and the nook did the rest. Once the upgrade was done root was borked. Rebooted with CWM and flashed with NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev2-(02.02.13).zip, rebooted and found that root was restored all seems to be working fine at the moment, certainly adaway successfully asked for root permissions and got them to download and update its files. I'll update if I find anything strange going on.
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Is it possible to use power, home and vol up together to boot from the internal recovery ? I saw a YouTube video but it us not mentioned in nook support. When you updated did the nook boot after restart? Did it show anything on screen? Apologues if i am asking silly questions
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Anyone applied this? If so does it kill root, and if it does can root be re-established easily?
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I tested this and if you have universal root rev3, the update fails. If you have universal root rev2 or earlier it will break root. But you can get it back by flashing universal root rev3 again.
The enable unknown sources zip still works.
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johnpsing said:
Is it possible to use power, home and vol up together to boot from the internal recovery ? I saw a YouTube video but it us not mentioned in nook support. When you updated did the nook boot after restart? Did it show anything on screen? Apologues if i am asking silly questions
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To get to internal recovery, from powered off press power and n together for about 8 seconds, then release power and then release n. Don't hold power too long or it will turn itself back off. It will boot to whatever recovery you have installed. Stock recovery looks different and will only ask if you want to clear data. You can do nothing else with it. If you have CWM or TWRP recovery installed to internal memory it will boot to them.
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Is there any real reason to go to the trouble to install this update if you have rev 3? I didn't see anything in the official description that seemed compelling.
Nuor60 said:
Is there any real reason to go to the trouble to install this update if you have rev 3? I didn't see anything in the official description that seemed compelling.
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The only reason I did it was that I wasn't aware of rev 3 and didn't want the HD+ to be updating itself on its own whim which, looking at the B&N forums, it seems to be doing, with some mixed results. If I had had rev 3 I wouldn't have bothered. I was hopeful that the crosswords and hulu+ apps had been made uninstallable but they reappear after a reboot. The 'upgrade' seems to be more about B&N offering services than any improvement to the user experience, at least from what I've seen.
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The only reason I did it was that I wasn't aware of rev 3 and didn't want the HD+ to be updating itself on its own whim which, looking at the B&N forums, it seems to be doing, with some mixed results. If I had had rev 3 I wouldn't have bothered. I was hopeful that the crosswords and hulu+ apps had been made uninstallable but they reappear after a reboot. The 'upgrade' seems to be more about B&N offering services than any improvement to the user experience, at least from what I've seen.
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I read that in the Changelog and thought something HAD to have been changed, tweaked, or improved other than just that crap. Really disappointing...
On the bright side, the KitKat Rom runs pretty nice and doesn't seem to have any broken functionality.
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felacio said:
I read that in the Changelog and thought something HAD to have been changed, tweaked, or improved other than just that crap. Really disappointing...
On the bright side, the KitKat Rom runs pretty nice and doesn't seem to have any broken functionality.
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Tried to flash to SD card with rom but it doesn't boot. Is it a low battery issue .. is there any way to see if battery is charged or not?
As mentioned whenever I plug in it shows green led, please help
johnpsing said:
Tried to flash to SD card with rom but it doesn't boot. Is it a low battery issue .. is there any way to see if battery is charged or not?
As mentioned whenever I plug in it shows green led, please help
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I'm not quite following you. 'Tried to flash to SD card with rom', what does that mean?
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leapinlar said:
I tested this and if you have universal root rev3, the update fails. If you have universal root rev2 or earlier it will break root. But you can get it back by flashing universal root rev3 again.
The enable unknown sources zip still works.
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To get to internal recovery, from powered off press power and n together for about 8 seconds, then release power and then release n. Don't hold power too long or it will turn itself back off. It will boot to whatever recovery you have installed. Stock recovery looks different and will only ask if you want to clear data. You can do nothing else with it. If you have CWM or TWRP recovery installed to internal memory it will boot to them.
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dude i'm so glad rev3 works. good to have root again. good to not have ads again. thank you

[Q] upgrading Nook Hd+ from 10.1.3 to 11M6

I want to upgrade to 11 releases but not able to do it. initially it was due to the CWM. now i have the latest cwm installed.
I followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2602796
but everytime after installing all the thre zips( recovery,Cm11,pa gapps ) when i reboot it is simply stuck at cyanoboot universal bootloader logo.only option i have is put the micro sd in and reboot and restore the back up again.
Can anyone help me on this. i dis the install after factory reset so it's clean.
one thing i do noticed is the CM11 got installed within 2-3 seconds. is this supposed to be so quick.
I already tried the full process twice but no luck. :crying:
It is not supposed to be that fast. You probably have a bad download. Start over.
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It Worked. Finally.
leapinlar said:
It is not supposed to be that fast. You probably have a bad download. Start over.
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I was finally able to make it work. i redownloaded and instead of putting in in internal memory kept it in sd card only and installed from there. this time the installation worked.
Kitkat is much smoother in nook.
Loving it.
Thanks.

[Q] Advance Wiped, selected all, screwed myself over

Hey guys,
I've had my HD for a while, and after watching some tutorials, and reading through some things on here, I decided to root. I got TWRP and everything set up, downloaded CM11 and the kk gapps, I even made a backup. and then, like an idiot, wiped my entire device. I've tried pushing files over, but they stay on the screen they should transfer from no matter how long I leave them, and nothing happens. I even made a .txt file with nothing in it and left it for 30 mins because I thought it might be the sheer crappiness of my computer. Nothing. I'm assuming that I deleted something on my kindle that should work as the receiver. I've read talk of mounting it, but it never pops up on my computer. When looking on my computer, and reinstalling my adp drivers, it says that it installed those ones, but that the regular kindle ones didn't work, and it refuses to come up in my computers finder. Can someone please, PLEASE, help me? Trying to root this was stupid and I really regret it now. I'd be content with getting to install the Fire HD ROM again, or the KitKat one.
EDIT: Guys, read this, and pay special attention to the .zip part if you're having my problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929
If you have a fastboot cable you can boot it into fastboot and revert to stock by flashing stock images, then reroot, install twrp, and flash CM11.
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