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I'm apparently and idiot. Help?

I bought my daughters Nook Colors for Christmas. They are registered on B&N and are running the 1.4.1 B&N Software. I've been trying since last night to figure out how the heck to get these things rooted and get CM7 on them.
I followed these directions (androidforums.com/nookcolor-all-things-root/327798-how-make-bootable-cwm-clockworkmod-version-3-2-0-1-recovery-sd-card.html[/url]) and cannot get it to boot to clockworkmod. No matter what I try, it just boots up to the nook software. I'm using a 2gb Sandisk card.
I'm not new to modding, I've been running CM since the G1, and I thought I knew what I was doing. Apparently I don't. I've been reading threads all over here and everywhere, and until I can get past the rooting step, I can't do anything.
What am I doing wrong? Can I wish for a Christmas miracle and maybe someone can walk me through step by step what I should do? I'm frustrated as can be.

You do not need to root the stock firmware if you are planning to run Cyanogenmod from either SD (external) or eMMC (internal).
It may help to keep in mind that you have no less than three options, each of which require different steps.
If you want to root B&N 1.4.1, read up a few pages in GMPOWER's updated ManualNooter thread in the Development forum: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400486 HINT: Load ONLY his latest ManualNooter on BN 1.4.1. Be sure to block automatic B&N OTA updates to preserve root in the future.
If you want a bootable CM install from SD, try the Size-Agnostic bootable thread: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
For an internal eMMC install, his thread looks good: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
Sorry, I'm at the ER and can't search right now. Editing forum posts on my NC is a bit awkward!

bobstro said:
You do not need to root the stock firmware if you are planning to run Cyanogenmod from either SD (external) or eMMC (internal).
It may help to keep in mind that you have no less than three options, each of which require different steps.
If you want to root B&N 1.4.1, read up a few pages in GMPOWER's updated ManualNooter thread in the Development forum: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400486 HINT: Load ONLY his latest ManualNooter on BN 1.4.1. Be sure to block automatic B&N OTA updates to preserve root in the future.
If you want a bootable CM install from SD, try the Size-Agnostic bootable thread: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
For an internal eMMC install, his thread looks good: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227
Sorry, I'm at the ER and can't search right now. Editing forum posts on my NC is a bit awkward!
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I do want to do the internal eMMC install, but that also requires the CWM bootable sd card. That's the step I can't seem to complete successfully.

Got it up and running!! I think I must have had a corrupted CWM bootable file or something.

[Q] Does the HD+ sd boot require rooting?

(caveat: I am new to android and have done searches within xda and general online searches and while I think I have the answer, I'd love input from those who know for certain).
As the title states: does the HD+ CM10 sd card boot require rooting the HD+? Optimally, I would love it if it doesn't so that I, in my utter newbishness, could jump into android without voiding my warranty.
Thanks!

No it doesn't need rooting. It is independent from the system in internal flash.
You insert the card, it boots CM10, you remove it, you have old untouched original system

fanoush said:
No it doesn't need rooting. It is independent from the system in internal flash.
You insert the card, it boots CM10, you remove it, you have old untouched original system
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Thank you! That's what I thought, but wanted to verify that what held true for the nook color/tablet was still true for the HD+ (and hopefully HD in the future).

Please post links for instructions, root files, CM 10

chesspupil said:
Please post links for instructions, root files, CM 10
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Just look in dev forum for CM10. There are not that many threads there. And for root look at someone0's all-in-one thread in general.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

[Q] CM 10.2 flash with Windows for starters

Hello everyone!
This is indeed my first thread and i am totally new here. I ordered a new nook hd+ and read on a thread, that it runs a lot smoother with CM 10.2 on it. So i read some other Threads... some seemed out-dated and the development thread was quiet full of infos but nothing to start with. I hope, someone can help me and this thread maybe of help to others, who start from scratch.
As far as i understood, i need
* an appropriate SD-Card (want leave the original/stock ROM on it for warranty reasons) . I buyed a transcend 32 GB class 10 microSD card as i read, it is quite compatible with the Nook HD+.
( http://www.amazon.de/Transcend-Spei...id=1382202139&sr=8-5&keywords=transcend+32+gb )
* an Image i want to boot. From the development thread, i downloaded cm-10.2-20130923-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-sdcard.
( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389813 )
* a bootable SDCard. There some systemfiles in the zip file and a ramdisk.img. I use Win32 Disk Imager, choose this ramdisk (?), write the files to the (unformatted) sdcard and copy the systems files after that.
( http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/download )
* a optional package for the google apps (gapps). From the "flash for dummies" thread i took gapps-jb-20130813-signed which has the same file structure, so i assume, i need to copy that to sd card too.
( http://goo.im/gapps )
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I hope, there is no flaw in this procedure so far What i missed is: What comes now? Does the Nook automatically boot from the sd card? I would assume, that it does not. I read some hints, that i should copy the "install files" (i assume all of the unzipped files) to the Nook first. Some say, you need root, some say you don't actually and yeah... this is the point where it starts to become misty :fingers-crossed:
Can someone assist me? I would say, i read most threads as far as i could but at some point i was lost. TWERP? USBHost? Set permissions manually? Superuser app? I have an idea what to do but it is no straight line anymore
Thanks in advance

You have it right except for the making a bootable SD. You need to go to verygreen's CM10.1 SD thread referenced in the post you got the cm zip from. Look for early 7.1 zip and extract it and burn that with win32diskimager.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

I would not recommend side loading as your first ROM experience. just follow the guide and before you flash the rom make a back up of the device. That way when you need to revert you have a complete image ready to just load.
SO make sure you log into you B&N account and get the Google play app update(i.e. latest update, just search for updates, just to be sure) before you start. This will save you loads of time later if you need to revert.

mshunter said:
I would not recommend side loading as your first ROM experience. just follow the guide and before you flash the rom make a back up of the device.
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What do you mean sideloading a ROM? You mean installing a ROM to SD? Why recommend against that? It is the safest way to go since it does not modify internal memory.
And what guide are you recommending he follow?
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Thanks for the replies! I am a little bit unsure what to do but i think, i want to give SD Card a try.
I will try it according to your suggestions! Thanks alot!

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install cm after rooting

Hi, i wanted to ask this to leapinlar in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613, but since i can't, i will ask it openly. I've rooted a Nook HD+ 2.2.0 following that guide succesfully. Now I would like to try out cyanogenmod, but just try it out so if possible i would to run a hybrid configuration without changing to much in the internal file structure. My goal is to be able to use the tablet without the high temps i get whenever i look at videos or even use the web browser in the stock os.
So, after following the guide from that thread what would be most simple way to install cyanogenmod? (i mean, without following the other guide which would mean doing a factory reset, getting a 4gb sd card and other stuff)
Thanks

porompom said:
Hi, i wanted to ask this to leapinlar in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2062613, but since i can't, i will ask it openly. I've rooted a Nook HD+ 2.2.0 following that guide succesfully. Now I would like to try out cyanogenmod, but just try it out so if possible i would to run a hybrid configuration without changing to much in the internal file structure. My goal is to be able to use the tablet without the high temps i get whenever i look at videos or even use the web browser in the stock os.
So, after following the guide from that thread what would be most simple way to install cyanogenmod? (i mean, without following the other guide which would mean doing a factory reset, getting a 4gb sd card and other stuff)
Thanks
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Try one of bokbokan's SD install versions. Either CM10.1 or CM10.2.
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Thanks leapinlar for your response, yeah that was the guide i was referring to, the "for dummies guide". So this would mean i have to get a 4gb sd card, do a factory reset, install CWM in the internal memory and everything else that is written there? (this would mean overwriting the root i already did?) Or can i just use the CWM sd card that i used for the root and install cyanogen from the zip?

porompom said:
Thanks leapinlar for your response, yeah that was the guide i was referring to, the "for dummies guide". So this would mean i have to get a 4gb sd card, do a factory reset, install CWM in the internal memory and everything else that is written there? (this would mean overwriting the root i already did?) Or can i just use the CWM sd card that i used for the root and install cyanogen from the zip?
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The 'for dummies guide' is for putting CM on internal memory replacing stock. You said you wanted to leave stock alone and install to an SD. That is why I suggested one of bokbokan's SD ROMs in the dev forum.
But yes, you can use the CWM SD you created to do the root to install a CM ROM to internal memory replacing stock. Just follow the dummies guide after the creation of the CWM SD.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
The 'for dummies guide' is for putting CM on internal memory replacing stock. You said you wanted to leave stock alone and install to an SD. That is why I suggested one of bokbokan's SD ROMs in the dev forum.
But yes, you can use the CWM SD you created to do the root to install a CM ROM to internal memory replacing stock. Just follow the dummies guide after the creation of the CWM SD.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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hi again, i've been using the hybrid install and now my SD card is full and the OS is slow (i can't see the files that are making it full)... should i expand the partition in the sd card? (it is 127 mb)

hi again, so today i had another problem: i had to restart the nook because the cyanogen OS froze and during boot the SD card was never detected... so i turned it off, got the SD card out and the nook did a factory reset on its own with which i lost all my data!
i am wondering if the root was also lost amd what should i do to prevent this from happening?

porompom said:
hi again, so today i had another problem: i had to restart the nook because the cyanogen OS froze and during boot the SD card was never detected... so i turned it off, got the SD card out and the nook did a factory reset on its own with which i lost all my data!
i am wondering if the root was also lost amd what should i do to prevent this from happening?
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Yes, if the device reset, you lost everything, including root if you had it. The way to prevent the device from reseting is to not let it fail to boot 8 times in a row. Turn it off until you get an SD inserted that boots properly.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

[Q] Can I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 on multiple Nook HD+?

Hello fellas, so I followed one of Leapinlar's guides on how to install CM11 onto my Nook HD+ 16gb. Everything went great and my Nook has been performing flawlessly all this time. I happen so have two Nook HD+ devices, and now that I know how much better CyanogenMod is compared to the stock OS, I want to install CM11 on the second one as well. I still have the bootable 2GB SD card I used to install CM11 on the Nook (used same card to backup stock B&N OS). At this stage, I plan on using the Nook until it dies on me, gets broken, or stolen. I don't see why I would go back to the stock OS.
1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
2. I have already done a Full baseline backup of my Nook on a FAT32-formatted SD card that isn't bootable. Is this backup better than the original bootable backup SD I made originally? Why would I still need the original stock B&N OS backup?
I couldn't find any threads on the subject, so I'm kind of hesitant to try it myself. Don't want to brick the Nook. Maybe one of you has tried it. Well, Happy Holidays to all of you. Thanks for the great forum.

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Merazomo said:
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1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
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My understanding is that even bootable variants of CM11 still go to the Nook's internal storage to get device serial #, MAC address, etc. So, one bootable SD card should be portable between devices.
I originally created a bootable SDcard variant of CM11 and liked it so much, that I decided to install it internally. Before I did that, however, I did back up the entire device (in case I decide to sell it). I then (search for the thread) made a bootable SDcard with B&N's OS v2.20. That way, if there's ever a reason you want to go back to the B&N OS, you can.

Merazomo said:
Hello fellas, so I followed one of Leapinlar's guides on how to install CM11 onto my Nook HD+ 16gb. Everything went great and my Nook has been performing flawlessly all this time. I happen so have two Nook HD+ devices, and now that I know how much better CyanogenMod is compared to the stock OS, I want to install CM11 on the second one as well. I still have the bootable 2GB SD card I used to install CM11 on the Nook (used same card to backup stock B&N OS). At this stage, I plan on using the Nook until it dies on me, gets broken, or stolen. I don't see why I would go back to the stock OS.
1. Could I use the same bootable SD card to install CM11 onto the second Nook? was the serial # or anything of that sort saved onto the SD card making it unique to the device or something?
2. I have already done a Full baseline backup of my Nook on a FAT32-formatted SD card that isn't bootable. Is this backup better than the original bootable backup SD I made originally? Why would I still need the original stock B&N OS backup?
I couldn't find any threads on the subject, so I'm kind of hesitant to try it myself. Don't want to brick the Nook. Maybe one of you has tried it. Well, Happy Holidays to all of you. Thanks for the great forum.
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Yes the same bootable SD can be used on multiple HD+ devices. But the backup files from the first device should be moved somewhere else since there is not room for two different backups on a 2GB card. And that first backup is unique to that device and should not be used on the second device, but the basic CWM is ok to use.
The original stock backup is useful if you want to go back to the way it was before installing CM. But it is not really necessary since you can flash the stock ROM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature (item 6) to get back to original out of the box condition. This might be useful if you need to return the device to B&N under warranty. Having CM installed on it when you return it voids the warranty.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app

leapinlar said:
Yes the same bootable SD can be used on multiple HD+ devices. But the backup files from the first device should be moved somewhere else since there is not room for two different backups on a 2GB card. And that first backup is unique to that device and should not be used on the second device, but the basic CWM is ok to use.
The original stock backup is useful if you want to go back to the way it was before installing CM. But it is not really necessary since you can flash the stock ROM from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature (item 6) to get back to original out of the box condition. This might be useful if you need to return the device to B&N under warranty. Having CM installed on it when you return it voids the warranty.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app
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I'm sorry, one last question. Would it be accurate to say that I can drag and drop the original B&N backup file I have in my 2GB sd card to my computer, zip it, save it, delete it from the sd card, and then do the same process for the second Nook HD+? Zip, save, and delete the original backup. Would the sd card still be bootable to install CM if I were to play around with only the backup and nothing else? DeanGibson and you leapinlar have pretty much answered my question completely. At this point I just want to pick my brain, all of this was pretty interesting. I won't bother you guys with any more questions regarding this subject, so thank you very much for the help.

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Merazomo said:
I'm sorry, one last question. ...
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Actually, you had two questions ... However, the answer to both is yes.

Merazomo said:
I'm sorry, one last question. Would it be accurate to say that I can drag and drop the original B&N backup file I have in my 2GB sd card to my computer, zip it, save it, delete it from the sd card, and then do the same process for the second Nook HD+? Zip, save, and delete the original backup. Would the sd card still be bootable to install CM if I were to play around with only the backup and nothing else? DeanGibson and you leapinlar have pretty much answered my question completely. At this point I just want to pick my brain, all of this was pretty interesting. I won't bother you guys with any more questions regarding this subject, so thank you very much for the help.
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Yes you can copy the backup files to your PC and delete the originals, but there is no need to zip them since they are already compressed and it is best to leave them native since they need to retain their md5 sums. The card will still be bootable.
Sent from my BN NookHD+ using XDA Premium HD app