Help me save my Nook HD+ from Bricking - Nook HD, HD+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

In order to fully erase my tab from previous contents, I wiped data/factory reset, cache partition,dalvik cache and then went to mount and storage and formatted /system,/cache,/sdcard,/data,/data and /data/media options. Now while I am trying to install the rom from sd card, it shows
"Couldn't open directory
No files found" for all of my 3 sd cards.
Now I'm kinda stuck in CWM. If I go to advanced and either select reboot recovery or reboot to bootloader option, will my Nook HD+ brick? Is there any other options for me?

It should not brick. But it will also not boot because you wiped /system. You need to put a plain SD in the slot with your ROM zip on it and power off, then boot holding the power and n key together for a few seconds, releasing the power key first followed by releasing the n key. It then should boot to CWM where you can flash the ROM zip again. Don't be so quick to format so many things you know nothing about next time.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
It should not brick. But it will also not boot because you wiped /system. You need to put a plain SD in the slot with your ROM zip on it and power off, then boot holding the power and n key together for a few seconds, releasing the power key first followed by releasing the n key. It then should boot to CWM where you can flash the ROM zip again. Don't be so quick to format so many things you know nothing about next time.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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Thanks for the help leapinlar. I did what you said and now it's stuck at "cynaboot universal bootloader" page for about the last five minutes.

Thank you leapinlar. I searched the forum for boot loader loop and found your 4gb CWM bootable sd card image and it helped me get past the bootloader loop. Now reinstalled CM 11 snapshot 12 and learnt to live with battery issue. Thanks again for the help.

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[Q] Did I brick my Nook?

I was trying to install HC from CWR, and on the formatting part, CWR crashed and the nook went black. Now it won't turn on at all. I hold the power button and nothing happens. Did I brick it already?
probably got your boot partition messed up.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
and download the clockwork mod only sd card image
burn the image to your sd card via winimage
in mounts and storge format boot/system/data(it may crash, that's fine, just hard reset)
now you should be able to reflash the image of your choice.
hope this works, good luck.

Stuck at Boot Screen Help Please

Hi guys,
I tried installing CM7 onto my nook, i installed the zip of it onto the root of my sd card and then went into clockwork and installed the zip without wiping anything. Now im stuck at the stock android root boot screen not the even the CM7 one. I tried to go into recovery but i cant and i cant do the 8 interruptions either. I was just wondering if i have to restore the NC back to 1.1 or can i just burn the image of clockwork onto my sd card and zip another rom instead?
This happened to me, too.
I think it was because I wasn't using the latest Clockwork.
Take your SD card out and redo it making sure you use CW 3.0.1.0.
Then follow the steps listed here:
Download a working build of CyanogenMod and place it on the root of the card.
Optional: Download the Google Apps archive and place it on the root of the card.
Turn your Nook Color completely off. (Hold power button then tap "Power Off")
Insert the SD card you installed ClockworkMod Recovery onto.
Once ClockworkMod Recovery has booted, use the volume buttons to highlight options, the "n" button to select the highlighted option, and power to go back a menu.
Select Wipe data/factory reset.
Select Wipe cache partition.
Go to install zip from sdcard, then choose zip from sdcard and find your build of CyanogenMod.
Optional: Repeat step 6 with your Google Apps archive instead.
Go to mounts and storage --> unmount sdcard --> remove sdcard. (Rebooting without this step may just return you to the CWR menu.)
Go back to the main menu and select reboot system now. The Nook Color should now boot into CyanogenMod.
(In my case it froze and I had to hold power to shut it off with no negative effects. Your results may vary.)
Sigh, had to copy n paste the steps since I can't post links yet.
I re-did mine and it turned out just fine.
Thanks a lot. Im going to try that out and report back.
Yeah, sounds like you missed the wipe /system /data /cache step. I did the same once, and resulted the same bootloop -> took me a few minutes to realize what I had done.
Did what you guys said and my nook is back . Thanks a lot for the input. Saved me!

HELP! Bricked Nook HD

I was trying to install CM10 onto my Nook HD and I somehow screwed it up. I flash ROMS all the time on my MyTouch 4G and i am not a complete stranger to flashing, but I messed it up some how. Now the Nook HD will get past the Nook Banner. I tried a hard reset but it gets like 98% then shuts off. I can still insert an SD and access CWM but nothing will flash and i get this error when I try to do anything.
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
I made a backup on the internal SD but it says there are no files in recovery. I am at a loss. This is my first post I am hoping someone would have an idea.
Thanks
If you tried a hard reset, the first thing it does is format everything. That is why you no longer have a backup on internal memory. Never store backups on internal memory without copying them to SD or your PC for safekeeping. It is the first thing lost on a reset.
Those cache errors mean that the cache partition is not formatted. You need to boot to a CWM SD for stock and format /system, /cache and /data. Then flash the plain stock 2.0.0 stock ROM that I have linked in my HD/HD+ CWM thread. Then you can boot to it, let it update and register again.
Then you can start over with CM10 to SD. And when you said you tried to install it earlier, I hope you meant install to SD. It cannot be installed to internal memory.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
I'm the same situation. The problem is that these partitions are physically gone.
How do we recreate them? It sounds like something that has to be done using adb, a disk partioning utility (fdisk maybe?) and the names of the devices that need to be created, and then marking /boot as boot.
I've tried to format /cache and the other partitions but it says they don't exist. This problem is also preventing me from installing images including the stock Nook HD software, too, which apparently needs these partitions to exist already.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
aegrotatio said:
I'm the same situation. The problem is that these partitions are physically gone.
How do we recreate them? It sounds like something that has to be done using adb, a disk partioning utility (fdisk maybe?) and the names of the devices that need to be created, and then marking /boot as boot.
I've tried to format /cache and the other partitions but it says they don't exist. This problem is also preventing me from installing images including the stock Nook HD software, too, which apparently needs these partitions to exist already.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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I will give you two clues, then do some research.
First to understand the HD/HD+ partition structure, go to my HD/HD+ Tips thread linked in my signature and read item 16.
Second, the HD/HD+ uses a GPT partition structure rather than the standard DOS MBR structure. You need to use gdisk instead of fdisk. Search the Nook Tablet forum to understand a little more about gdisk and GPT. The NT also uses it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
I will give you two clues, then do some research.
First to understand the HD/HD+ partition structure, go to my HD/HD+ Tips thread linked in my signature and read item 16.
Second, the HD/HD+ uses a GPT partition structure rather than the standard DOS MBR structure. You need to use gdisk instead of fdisk. Search the Nook Tablet forum to understand a little more about gdisk and GPT. The NT also uses it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks for the clues. I was hoping someone could have a plug-and-play solution for this that I can use.
But, I'll see what I can do to solve this puzzle but I'm about to mail this thing to someone who can restore it and buy a new one at this point.
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bricked my nook hd+
Hi guys, I'm a noob and yet I took a chance to upgrade my nook hd+ into CM 10.2. On the initial boot with CWM sd card, my nook recognized it right away. I followed "installing cyanogenmod 10.2(instead of 10.1) for dummies After much trouble I was able to "reboot system now". Now as I rebooted from the CWM 10.2 install, all I get is an initial boot with nook for a few seconds which flashes in and out then switches to the cyanogen universal bootloader after power button is pressed a number of times. Then much to my surprise it loaded the page EMMC CWM Based recovery v6.0.3.2. I pressed reboot system now but it didn't load CWM cyanogenmod but only loads nook's initial boot page, flashes same page in & out, then after pressing on the power button a number of times, would switch to the cyanogen universal bootloader, pressing the power button some more brings the screen to EMMC CWM Based recovery v6.0.3.2. The choices here are: 1. reboot system now, 2. install zip from sd card (CWM sd card is still inserted in nook hd+), 3. install zip from sideload, 4. wipe data/factory reset, 5. wipe cache partition, 6. backup and restore, 7. mount & storage, and 8. advanced. What should be done from here? PLEASE HELP. Thanks
newbienyc said:
Hi guys, I'm a noob and yet I took a chance to upgrade my nook hd+ into CM 10.2. On the initial boot with CWM sd card, my nook recognized it right away. I followed "installing cyanogenmod 10.2(instead of 10.1) for dummies BUT when I was about to "reboot system now", instead of pressing the n button, the power button was pressed. Now as I rebooted from the CWM 10.2 install, all I get is an initial boot with nook for a few seconds and switches immediately to the cyanogen universal bootloader and NEVER progresses but simply stays there. The only way to turn it off is by pressing on the power button to shut it off. Is the nook hd+ rendered useless from now on?Is there any remedy to this? If and when I download and write on another microsd card the nook 2.1 zip to revert to the original nook will the nook hd+ be able to recognize the microsd card and boot from it? Thank you.
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Quick question leapinlar. Does the 8 failed boots hard reset also restore the /boot partition to stock given your recovery is stock and not cwm or other?
ididitforthenookie said:
Quick question leapinlar. Does the 8 failed boots hard reset also restore the /boot partition to stock given your recovery is stock and not cwm or other?
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You need stock recovery still on internal memory for the 8 failed boot to work. But if it works, everything is completely back to stock, including /boot.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
newbienyc said:
Hi guys, I'm a noob and yet I took a chance to upgrade my nook hd+ into CM 10.2. On the initial boot with CWM sd card, my nook recognized it right away. I followed "installing cyanogenmod 10.2(instead of 10.1) for dummies BUT when I was about to "reboot system now", instead of pressing the n button, the power button was pressed. Now as I rebooted from the CWM 10.2 install, all I get is an initial boot with nook for a few seconds and switches immediately to the cyanogen universal bootloader and NEVER progresses but simply stays there. The only way to turn it off is by pressing on the power button to shut it off. Is the nook hd+ rendered useless from now on?Is there any remedy to this? If and when I download and write on another microsd card the nook 2.1 zip to revert to the original nook will the nook hd+ be able to recognize the microsd card and boot from it? Thank you.
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The only 10.2 out yet is an SD install. If you haven't already, I would suggest to power off, remove the SD card and try booting from internal storage.
Sent from my HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc
Sherip said:
The only 10.2 out yet is an SD install. If you haven't already, I would suggest to power off, remove the SD card and try booting from internal storage.
Sent from my HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc
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Hi, thanks for the quick response. Do you mean rebooting the nook hd+ without the CWM sd card? Yes, I've done this step to no avail. It would boot to the EMMC CWM based recovery v6.0.3.2. I've to be honest, whilst waiting for a response, I tried to remedy the situation by trying to install CWM 10.1 but the upgrade cannot get installed, then the android mascot just seemed to die (open chest with an exclamation point inside a red triangle). Does this mean it's irreparable?
newbienyc said:
Hi, thanks for the quick response. Do you mean rebooting the nook hd+ without the CWM sd card? Yes, I've done this step to no avail. It would boot to the EMMC CWM based recovery v6.0.3.2. I've to be honest, whilst waiting for a response, I tried to remedy the situation by trying to install CWM 10.1 but the upgrade cannot get installed, then the android mascot just seemed to die (open chest with an exclamation point inside a red triangle). Does this mean it's irreparable?
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As Sherip said, the CM10.2 is an SD install only. You should not have been following the Dummies guide for installing that. That is for installing to internal memory. You need to go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and put stock recovery back on internal. I have a link to it in my item 5 in that thread. Then the device can successfully do an 8 failed boot to get back to stock.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
As Sherip said, the CM10.2 is an SD install only. You should not have been following the Dummies guide for installing that. That is for installing to internal memory. You need to go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and put stock recovery back on internal. I have a link to it in my item 5 in that thread. Then the device can successfully do an 8 failed boot to get back to stock.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks. (sorry for being such a dummy) I tried flashing NookHDpus-emmc-...zip to my nook hd+ but this is the response I get each time I try and choose zip from sdcard, E: Can't mount /sdcard?
ididitforthenookie said:
Quick question leapinlar. Does the 8 failed boots hard reset also restore the /boot partition to stock given your recovery is stock and not cwm or other?
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Forgive me but does 8 failed boots mean turning on my nook and the initial phase of boot-up with"nook" just fades in and out and does hard reset mean pressing on power and n buttons simultaneously till it comes on? Thanks
newbienyc said:
Forgive me but does 8 failed boots mean turning on my nook and the initial phase of boot-up with"nook" just fades in and out and does hard reset mean pressing on power and n buttons simultaneously till it comes on? Thanks
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It means
1. turn on the nook,
2. when it starts to boot up press and hold power until it turns off.
3. turn it back on,
4. repeat steps 2 & 3 8x.
It needs to be 8 "failed" boots, that get interrupted before it has a chance to get all the way through the process.
bpaulien said:
It means
1. turn on the nook,
2. when it starts to boot up press and hold power until it turns off.
3. turn it back on,
4. repeat steps 2 & 3 8x.
It needs to be 8 "failed" boots, that get interrupted before it has a chance to get all the way through the process.
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I did this twice and it booted up alright but right into this screen "EMMC CWM based recovery v6.0.3.2". I'm at myself, but I thank you all for your best efforts at helping me .
newbienyc said:
I did this twice and it booted up alright but right into this screen "EMMC CWM based recovery v6.0.3.2". I'm at myself, but I thank you all for your best efforts at helping me .
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8 failed boots will not work unless you have stock recovery still on emmc. It looks like you replaced stock recovery with CWM. You either have to flash a stock ROM (which also replaces the CWM with stock recovery) or you need to flash my stock recovery zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
8 failed boots will not work unless you have stock recovery still on emmc. It looks like you replaced stock recovery with CWM. You either have to flash a stock ROM (which also replaces the CWM with stock recovery) or you need to flash my stock recovery zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Thanks, I will be following your instruction (perhaps flash your stock ROM) with a new microsd card. :fingers-crossed: Hope i'll get it right this time.
leapinlar said:
8 failed boots will not work unless you have stock recovery still on emmc. It looks like you replaced stock recovery with CWM. You either have to flash a stock ROM (which also replaces the CWM with stock recovery) or you need to flash my stock recovery zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I did try using a new sd card and an old one, both failed; why is the message always "E: Can't mount /sdcard/"? I was hoping to sideload but my laptop cannot even recognize the nook attached by usb.
newbienyc said:
I did try using a new sd card and an old one, both failed; why is the message always "E: Can't mount /sdcard/"? I was hoping to sideload but my laptop cannot even recognize the nook attached by usb.
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I don't know why it gives you that error message. I recommend you go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one of my CWM bootable SDs from item 1. Then flash my plain stock 2.1.0 zip from my item 6.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
I don't know why it gives you that error message. I recommend you go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make one of my CWM bootable SDs from item 1. Then flash my plain stock 2.1.0 zip from my item 6.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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I'll do that, thanks.

[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.

Nook HD+ Boot Fail, no Access to recovery

Hi at all,
my Nook went out of power during a holiday and when I wanted to start again it stays at the caynoboot screen. I´ve tried to access the recovery to mak e a factory reset but this is also not possible. So I tried to use an image on SD card with CWM and TWRP on to get into recovery but still no success. When trying to Boot to TWRP the screen stay at Teamwin Recovery Project 3.0.1-0.
Any ideas how to get my Nook back to life?
Would be great to get some help.
Regards
Sinner
Chances are your emmc is bricked, in which case you can try running off sdcard the CM11 ROM build specially made for bricked/no-emmc available at https://iamafanof.wordpress.com/201...-4-4-4-for-bricked-no-emmc-nook-hd-04nov2014/.
digixmax said:
Chances are your emmc is bricked, in which case you can try running off sdcard the CM11 ROM build specially made for bricked/no-emmc available at https://iamafanof.wordpress.com/201...-4-4-4-for-bricked-no-emmc-nook-hd-04nov2014/.
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Hi digixmax,
thank´s for your reply. I´ve tried to follow the instructions on the page you posted but at one point it there is a problem to go on.
I have burned the image to sd and the result is that I have got a boot CD, an ext4 (system) partition and some unallocated space. Theinstalltion guide says that I have to copy the Image (zip file) onto the sd card. So i copied the file to the first and active partition. When I boot up the TWRP I press mount and select boot (changes to blue color). TheI press the home button and the process will lead me back to the menu. After that I select install and navigate to boot but I can not see the zip file to install. I have serched all the other files also but could not find the file.
Any idea?
Regards
Sinner

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