Unable to power on my NOOKcolor after i powered it off. My NOOK has been sitting here for awhile now as i haven't been able to get it to turn on. No backlight, so it's not even "on."
After it refused to power on, i plugged it into the computer and it detected that it had a device but was unable to find drivers for it. Nothing was on the screen still.
I've charged it for about an hour or so with the ORIGINAL cable and power adapter, still no luck there.
I have held the power button for a minute and both the power and home button for a minute. Still nothing.
Anyone know what's up? Why is it that after i powered down my NOOK it doesn't turn on?
I was running CM7 Stable.
I remember having a problem like this with my original nook. I left it plugged in for a while and it went back on. Look at the FAQ on B&N's website or try calling them... just obviously don't mention your running CM7...
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I'll leave it plugged in for the night then. I also forgot to mention that i'm not in the states anymore. ;P
The same thing happened to me. The only way I could tell if it was booting was listen for the ding when it was plugged into my computer. To fix, I would just hold down the + n and power. I had to do this repeatedly. Eventually, it came back on.
My rooted NC with Cyan and Phiremod7 (very stable!!) has just started having a problem today. Left alone, it has turned off by itself. Doesn't turn off when I'm using it. Don't really know how long it is taking to do that, but around 2 - 5 hours probably. Actually takes 5 - 8 seconds of holding power button in to turn back on. Usually just sleeps and a tap of the power button wakes up the screen. That function still works, tho. But what could be causing it to turn off? Could a recovery using Rom Manager be the answer? Rather fix the problem than use recovery
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+1 I am having the same problems too
It worked fine through the night but shut off again this morning. Had been browsing xda, pushed the power button to turn screen off, left it for a while, then later tried to turn screen back on by touching power button. Didn't work. As if it was turned off. Had to hold button in for a count to 10 seconds before it booted back up.
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Just uninstalled several apps that I installed recently (latest) and turned it off. Turned it back on, and it only took the usual 5 seconds holding the power button to turn on.
Keep you posted as to what it does today
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the power button issue is normal...it takes about that long for anyone on any CM version on a Nook Color....as for the powering off after it's sitting there for a while...i do not know what the issue there is, I am running Phiremod 7 as well and i have not had any problems with it since i flashed it which was about 1-2 months ago
Isn't this the sleep of death?
I've been having it pretty routinely now lately with several different rooms including the ics ones.
Starting to wonder if it isn't hw related.
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xc68000 said:
Isn't this the sleep of death?
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Yes, that definitely sounds like it. The device isn't off, it's just frozen in sleep mode or while trying to wake up and it can't turn the screen back on. Holding the power button is first forcing a hard power-off and then turning the Nook back on
Is hard power off the only solution? It's happened another time since my last posting.
I'm having this same problem. I'm running Cyanogenmod 7 on my Nook Color and it either goes dead or the screen doesn't turn on if I leave it idle anywhere from 1-3 hours. It seems to happen randomly and without warning. It is very frustrating. I even reflashed to a different CM7 nightly build and it still happens. Is there any help for this problem?
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I was having the same issue (SOD like symptoms every day or other day). I re-calibrated my battery and haven't had the issue since. Just charge up to 100% and run down to the warning by keeping a video playing and the brightness at 100%. Run it down past the warnings until it shuts off and recharge back to 100%.
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My rooted NC with Cyan and Phiremod7 (very stable!!) has just started having a problem today. Left alone, it has turned off by itself. Doesn't turn off when I'm using it. Don't really know how long it is taking to do that, but around 2 - 5 hours probably. Actually takes 5 - 8 seconds of holding power button in to turn back on. Usually just sleeps and a tap of the power button wakes up the screen. That function still works, tho. But what could be causing it to turn off? Could a recovery using Rom Manager be the answer? Rather fix the problem than use recovery
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Definitely sounds like Sleep of Death (SOD). It happens when you leave wifi on all the time and it goes into deep sleep. Wifi and deep sleep get tangled up and it locks up. It is on but you cannot turn the screen back on. Only solution to get it going again is to turn it fully off and back on. The solution is to apply a patched wifi kernel module to your system. You can get it several places including here:
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=8VPCE7N
OK, I've seen this twice (so it isn't complete death) but wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas. I've done a complete shut down (power button for 8 sec) and then couldn't get it to turn back on. When this is happening, I can plug it in and see the green charging light. Holding the power button then for 8 sec will make the green light go out. Pushing it again, light comes on. So the button is working... If i leave it for awhile, the nook will then reboot and appear to work normally...
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OK, I've seen this twice (so it isn't complete death) but wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas. I've done a complete shut down (power button for 8 sec) and then couldn't get it to turn back on. When this is happening, I can plug it in and see the green charging light. Holding the power button then for 8 sec will make the green light go out. Pushing it again, light comes on. So the button is working... If i leave it for awhile, the nook will then reboot and appear to work normally...
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If your device battery level is below 10 percent it will not turn on until it charges up to at leat 15 percent level. Then it will turn on.
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If your device battery level is below 10 percent it will not turn on until it charges up to at leat 15 percent level. Then it will turn on.
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I think that is the mechanism stopping it, but it is malfunctioning, I'm at about 90% this last time...
Is there ther equivalent of 'battery stats' somewhere that can be affecting this? or is this hardware? It should be turning on fine at 80-90% but no. However, plug in for 10 mins and it works fine. So that seems to be the problem.
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I think that is the mechanism stopping it, but it is malfunctioning, I'm at about 90% this last time...
Is there ther equivalent of 'battery stats' somewhere that can be affecting this? or is this hardware? It should be turning on fine at 80-90% but no. However, plug in for 10 mins and it works fine. So that seems to be the problem.
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OK, this is getting worse, I'm now at 100% charge and it happened. Weirder still, if I leave it plugged in for awhile, it will reboot on its own.
I have not had this happen on my HD but something similar has happened on my HD+. It seems to be related to whether an SD is plugged in. I have to take the SD out, press power off for a while, then release and momentarily press power again.
I know on the Nook Colors, they would not turn on unless it could find the boot files to boot from. So if a user formatted his internal boot partition by mistake, it would not turn on unless a bootable SD with active boot files was in the slot. Something akin to this may be happening, only in reverse.
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Huh- will try removing the sd next time- it is a nd plus. Of course then how sui I boot to sd?
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Huh- will try removing the sd next time- it is a nd plus. Of course then how sui I boot to sd?
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Once I got it booting, then I could put the SD back in and boot to it.
(And your thread title says HD).
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(And your thread title says HD).
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Fixed
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Once I got it booting, then I could put the SD back in and boot to it.
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OK, this seems to have worked. I tried to change the partition of my CWM SD card using EaseUS, but that seemed to make it no bootable, and removing it does seem to have worked. Now I can boot a new reimaged CWM card.
Thanks!
Good to hear that your nook is working again.
It seems i am having a similar issue, only a little more severe.
I described it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088893
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It seems to be related to whether an SD is plugged in. I have to take the SD out, press power off for a while, then release and momentarily press power again.
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Something similar happened to my HD+ running the 12/31 build of verygreen's CM. In my case, I think it was precipitated by the battery draining too far first, though. Very weird and a little spooky, but glad there's a workaround.
Wow, this is dumb. I can't believe a badly-formatted SD would cause it to look like it's broken. Put a message up or something. Thanks for the help, thought something was really wrong!
Nook HD Plus won't charge
I've seen dozens of reports of this. The symptoms are all about the same.
The unit drains the battery, even if you plug it in, it still drains, so although the charger and cable are fine, something inside the Nook doesn't get the memo.
It drains down to the point where it turns off. Then every time you plug it in, the light goes green, then amber, then off. The battery never charges.
I tried taking the unit apart and disconnecting the battery overnight, but that didn't seem to help. I suspect something in the software gets in a "vapor lock" where a dead battery condition is mistaken for a fully-charged battery condition. I only paid $109 for it refurbished, so it isn't worth another $60 for a new battery, and I don't think there is anything wrong with this battery.
If I knew the pinouts of the battery connector, I might try charging it without going through the Nook. Perhaps if it was actually fully charged, the "vapor" would realign.
Does anyone have another idea, apart from the nitwit stuff Barnes & Noble allows on its forums, like "push the cable in harder" or try another adapter. I notice they aren't interested in entertaining any idea that their firmware is at fault.
It will not charge when plugged in if OTG USB is activated (e.g., to connect a USB keyboard). That's happened to me a few times using unofficial VG CM versions where the USB state can be changed inadvertently from a pull down drawer. If the USB isn't toggled back to normal in time to recharge the battery before its completely discharged, it might not be revivable.
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dbh369 said:
OK, I've seen this twice (so it isn't complete death) but wanted to see if anyone else had any ideas. I've done a complete shut down (power button for 8 sec) and then couldn't get it to turn back on. When this is happening, I can plug it in and see the green charging light. Holding the power button then for 8 sec will make the green light go out. Pushing it again, light comes on. So the button is working... If i leave it for awhile, the nook will then reboot and appear to work normally...
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I've the same problem, except even if I leave it a while, it doesn't boot or even appear to start. Is there something wrong with the battery or display? It was working perfectly fine until suddenly the screen froze and I had to do a complete shut down.
I cant get my nook to turn on. I try charging it and a little green light comes on at the bottom and stays on for about 3 seconds and then a orange light comes on for about 3 seconds and then it shuts off. I dont know if the light is supposed to stay on while it is charging. Sometimes it comes up with a dead battery sign but it just goes right back off.
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I cant get my nook to turn on. I try charging it and a little green light comes on at the bottom and stays on for about 3 seconds and then a orange light comes on for about 3 seconds and then it shuts off. I dont know if the light is supposed to stay on while it is charging. Sometimes it comes up with a dead battery sign but it just goes right back off.
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Have you tried charging it with its wall-charger for an extended period (8+ hours)?
So... I had my Nook HD+ plugged in to my laptop for adding new video files. I went to unplug it, and it said something about "Powering Off" on the screen. I waited until it was off for about 2 minutes, then tried turning it back on. First by a quick press of the power, because I didn't realize it had completely turned off, as it had never done that before when I unplug it. Then I have been trying full 10-second press of power, and several tries, NO POWER! I have no idea what the heck happened, I have been using this tablet with the new CM10 version mod, and have not had any issues. I usually have it in sleep mode and on the charger cord. I was getting ready for a day trip in the morning, and now it's like a paperweight.
PLEASE HELP!
When you plug in the charging cable, does the LED light register anything at all?
Rather obvious but you have tried plugging it in to the mains for at least 10 minutes?
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Rather obvious but you have tried plugging it in to the mains for at least 10 minutes?
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I assume you mean the charger? I had it charged to 75%-80% before I'd put the new videos on it, so I didn't think that had anything to do with it, it shouldn't have been dead already, but I did plug it in to the charger so it went to full power, and for a long time it just showed a battery with a bolt on the black screen, but now it appears to be working. Thanks
Try removing your SDCard and turn it back on, welcome to the weird world of Nook. Put the card back in once it has booted up. Can you let me know if this at least lets you boot.
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Try removing your SDCard and turn it back on, welcome to the weird world of Nook. Put the card back in once it has booted up. Can you let me know if this at least lets you boot.
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Well, since I already got it working again, I will just hold on to your suggestion for when it crashes on me again...
Hi,
I recently updated my nook HD with the June 14 CM11 nightly update, and now my device won't charge at all. I plug it in and nothing happens. I have tried multiple cords and none work. Also, I can't power off the device. Every time I turn it off, it just reboots. Even when I hold the power button to turn it off, it still turns back on. How can I fix this? Any help is appreciated.