This is for the Nook Tablet 16Gig version only. Do not use with 8Gig version
Introduction
Making a magic SDCard which will take you back to stock 1.4.0 is easy!
This method will allow you to restore 1.4.0 firmware onto your Nook Tablet. Personally, I think holding the buttons and halting the device boot 8 times in a row is a bit time consuming. So, here is how you make a "Magic SDCard".
Instructions
Just follow these 4 easy steps to restore your device to 1.4.0.
Download this file: http://devftp.xda-developers.com/files/AdamOutler/NookTablet/acclaim_update.zip (Do not change the file name. Make sure it is named "acclaim_update.zip" without quotes).
Copy the file on a Micro SDCard.
Insert the Micro SDCard into your Nook Tablet
Turn on your Nook and observe a factory restoration.
Conclusion
This will initiate Recovery Mode and flash the entire zip. acclaim_update.zip will restore your device to stock firmware and wipe all user data. I will be working on other methods and I believe it is possible to force the device to boot it's entire firmware from Micro SDCard.
Troubleshooting
"N" Button is inoperative
solution:
Press and hold the Power and "N" Button until the device reboots.
Continue to hold the Power and "N" button until the device reboots 8 times. This will wipe data and restore the "N" button functionality
SDCard method does not work
solutions:
Ensure you have a Nook Tablet, not a Nook Color (funny as it sounds, this is a big problem)
redownload the acclaim_update.zip
Use the Nook settings menu to format the sdcard
Use a different SDCard
Video walkthrough
This video will walk you through switching firmware versions, rooting, backing up, and several other techniques
At the risk of sounding clueless..... How will placing a .zip file on a non-bootable card help? What about the signed bootloader issue? Are we assuming the Nook Tablet is not broken to the point it will not boot on it's own?
Part of the boot process checks the SD Card for this exact file (and checks the contents I assume). If it exists, it gets executed. Someone else has already confirmed this works, though we can't yet get it to work for any other firmware (ICS, etc).
Nice. Use the old 1.4.0 factory image to restore. Brilliant.
Now if only we can do that with custom roms.
Initial registration process with B&N
Does this .zip boots up just as if the NT came out of the box? if so, would the initial registration process with B&N push the 1.4.1 to us, or rather the NT pulls it from B&N?
It will (I believe) reset it to an out-of-the-box condition. The registration process might pull the update automatically...if you set up wifi. Don't set it up (right away), and you won't have an issue. Go in, root, side-load what you need to block the update, and you should be good to go.
according to BN's website, the update takes 5-10 min to download onto your device, and they instruct you NOT to power it off while this is occurring.
I would think you have a few minutes when it comes up to quickly find and install a few apps you may need for the 'fixing' process, (es file explorer, mount /system), then shut off the wifi.
Worst case scenario, you lose 5 minutes and are forced to restore again...
Just to be clear, this doesn't require root right?
Cubanluke88 said:
Just to be clear, this doesn't require root right?
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No. Root is not required.
A few painfully obvious noob questions. I have a 16gb sd card installed in my tablet. I have sideloaded numerous apps and they show up on my go launcher. Can I use that sd card to install the download you recommend? I assume you mean download the link you provided to my computer and then side load it to my SD card from the usb port on my computer.
Do I need to port all my side loaded apps from the go launcher onto my computer prior to this installation as the factory reset will wipe out all my third party sideloads?
Sorry for the questions. I'm sure this is obvious to most if not all on here but I learned to use a keyboard with a Underwood manual typewriter in 1957 and I'm just now getting comfortable with windows XP.
AdamOutler said:
No. Root is not required.
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This is the answer I was looking for and I would also like to thank you very much.
this will save many people!
Can this be done over the new B&N update? I don't have a Nook Tablet yet and was wondering before I buy it if I can still root it.
Kazba1626 said:
Can this be done over the new B&N update? I don't have a Nook Tablet yet and was wondering before I buy it if I can still root it.
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Yes, this is (currently) it's primary purpose.
What if you haven't received OTA yet?
I am really nervous. I bought my wife a NT for Xmas...i rooted it and loaded it with everything she'd like to have on it. Then, i turned it off, wrapped it, and placed under tree.
When she opens it Xmas morning, will it automatically load this 1.4.Bull****? Is there anything that can be done to prevent the update before it happens so that you don't lose hours of work?
Thanks,
Tommy
Voyaging said:
I am really nervous. I bought my wife a NT for Xmas...i rooted it and loaded it with everything she'd like to have on it. Then, i turned it off, wrapped it, and placed under tree.
When she opens it Xmas morning, will it automatically load this 1.4.Bull****? Is there anything that can be done to prevent the update before it happens so that you don't lose hours of work?
Thanks,
Tommy
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Okay, so i went in Titanium backup and froze the devicemanger and bn cloud service. That will enable me to NOT receive this update, correct?
If you installed the gapps with indirects root script you shouldnt have to worry about the update as it installs FOTAKill.apk as well which should kill ota updates like this.
Edit: Does this mean the tablet is unbrickable if you end up bricking it by messing with its software?
Thanks so much for this file and the information.
Montisaquadeis said:
If you installed the gapps with indirects root script you shouldnt have to worry about the update as it installs FOTAKill.apk as well which should kill ota updates like this.
Edit: Does this mean the tablet is unbrickable if you end up bricking it by messing with its software?
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Not yet.. we need to prove it.. however, it will take all the root folder files in the update.zip uncompressed and named in a special way to do that.
I just checked and my wife NT is still 1.0.
What is the improvement of 1.4.0? Seems like i missed it.
And can i use this package to upgrade from 1.0?
Much thanks
. . . i use xda app for gtab. . .
Related
I had some free time so I thought I would upgrade my nook. I had read some issues with sideloading 1.4.1 and using adb so I stayed on 1.4.0 until today. I also wanted a freshstart but more of a migration. To follow what I did today you will need the following:
titantium backup installed on your 1.4.0 (purchase the app)
micro sdcard installed to hold your backup apps
an empty 2 gig or greater micros sd card to root and install gapps
root explorer installed on your 1.4.0 ( you can choose to install this after rooting if you wish)
sqlite3 installed on 1.4.0 (you can choose to install this after rooting if you wish)
reasons why I updated and was happy after the fact.
1. heard better battery management.
2. 5% processor boost. (quadrant standard of 1786 before 1896 after)
3. had lots of crap and residue
reasons not to go to 1.4.1 and stay on 1.4.0
(I will fill this in if they come up)
Please read through all steps first. if you do not understand everything and feel confident then take the blue pill and go back to what you were doing before reading this post.
step 1: backup up applications.
using titantiumbackup, back up all apps you wish to keep and update backups of apps already backed up! do not backup and restore everthing and especially not system apps. don't forget to look for titanuim backup icons (their names are all green) and select "Wi-Fi access points"
remove sdcard of your backups and data from nook and power down the nook.
step 2 factory reset of 1.4.0
make sure your nook is charged to 20% or better.
while nook is powered down, hold both volume up and down buttons at the same time and keep them held as you you hold down the power button down also for 8 seconds. you will see the screen go black and the nook powers down at the 8 second mark. repeat this process 8 times then do a standard power up and allow image to reset fully and reboot.
or you can do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420408
step3 register with barnes and noble to receive update ota.
this could take some time to receive the update so what I did was use my pc and go to barnes and noble and log in.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Tablet/379003187/
there I copied the 1.4.1 update file to my pc. do not unzip the file. Now, without an sdcard in the nook, I plugged my nook into a pc and without changing the file name I copied the "nooktablet_1_4_1_update.zip" to the root of the nook. after the file is copied disconnect nook from pc and let it go to standbye mode. this is when it applys the update. takes a minute or two for process to start automagically. you should now be updated to 1.4.1
step 4 rooting and installing google apps.
I followed instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413734
all they are basically asking you to do is download 2 files.
1 file is the image creator you will use with 2gb empty sdcard. the other file "Gapps_and_root.zip" you copy to the created image root of the 2gsdcard for installing root and google apps. so place card in nook tablet, boot it. it boots into cwm and apply zip file from sdcard called "Gapps_and_root.zip" use the volume up and volume down to go through the menus. use the "n" button to select. and use the power button to go back in the menu while using cwm.
step 5 your device is now rooted and on 1.4.1 and we will begin restoring apps.
press the n button once and select search. seach on "market" and launch the market app. login to the market and download both titanium backup and licensed titatinum backup app. if you did not purchase "root explorer" do that now. if you did not backup sqlite3 with titanium, do that now. Use titanium backup to restore your apps, wifi settings etc and root explorer and sqlite3.
step 6 enabling sideloading of apps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473973
step 7 kill ota updates.
do a search on this.
Apps I like on my rooted nook
zdbox
adfree
dropbox
myappsharer
remote rdp enterprise
quadrant standard
home catcher
button savior (gotta have this one)
go launcher
fakegps
es file explorer
home switcher froyo (go back to barnes and noble desktop)
quick settings
slingplayer
amazon app store (extra free apps for the kids)
xbmc remote.
Do u have the right link? Isn't that Indirect's?
I am so you posted this cuz this pc is my dad's, and I wanted to root with just a SD card. Your instruction will help, but those 2 files; are you talking about Indirect's link? Also the Gapps file, I downloaded two zip at Mediafire, one is just zip, the other is zip.md5. Which do I use? I am still at 1.40, nonroot, and I was waiting until I got hit with the update, and someone was out of town, then I read about the SD method and thought how sweet. Now I think I understand what I have to do. If I do it before I get hit, I have to do a factory reset as well? I do have a whole lot of third party stuff on the tablet.
2013 class said:
I am so you posted this cuz this pc is my dad's, and I wanted to root with just a SD card. Your instruction will help, but those 2 files; are you talking about Indirect's link? Also the Gapps file, I downloaded two zip at Mediafire, one is just zip, the other is zip.md5. Which do I use? I am still at 1.40, nonroot, and I was waiting until I got hit with the update, and someone was out of town, then I read about the SD method and thought how sweet. Now I think I understand what I have to do. If I do it before I get hit, I have to do a factory reset as well? I do have a whole lot of third party stuff on the tablet.
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nope. if you don't know what .md5 file is....as the song goes for you..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
just kidding here to help .md5 google it.
you missed one of the files which has the winimage application and the .img file which you use winiamge to write the .img file to the sdcard. the reason this is required is because you have to addon special attributes to the first partion which is difficult for most users manually with applications like gparted(linux distro) so somebody very helpful made it easy for you.
horribly humilated.
Better battery management? Can anyone confirm this? Not that I don't trust you, OP, just wondering if it's a significant enough change for me to decide to update to 1.4.1.
Solar.Plexus said:
Better battery management? Can anyone confirm this? Not that I don't trust you, OP, just wondering if it's a significant enough change for me to decide to update to 1.4.1.
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+1 i wonder the same, i dont get crazy for updates anymore lol im stuck with 1.4.0 till CM9 arrives.
~ Veronica
^Haha I'm the same. And by the looks of things, they're definitely getting close.
Hi
Trying to root my table tand get it to work, I have not succeeded something operational yet. I have made a root & CWD sd card, and in the process had backed up my tablet. I copied thgis backup to my PC as I had to try different things with the sd card.
So now I d like to restore (to start afresh) but... I google it around, and dont find any procedure!?
I am sure it is known... and am dummy... but can't invent neither.
I need use those files, because I still can't read .apks and try the apk based nook restore.
How should I go?
Your help appreciated
Thanks, Agnes
Restore method did not work....²
I have found my 3 neurons and realized I could just re do a CWD sd card, do a backup, and then take the card to my PC and add the other backup aside there (they are orgnaized by folders and date)
Then back to the tablet, go CWD / restore... but I only get a MD5 error and it does not want. Same with advanced restore.
I finally found this very simple method from Adam to restore to 1.4.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190
It semt it worked, but then when it starts again... I get the same broken rooted / whatever I have now .
Is your device 16GB or 8GB model? depending on that i can tell you what to do.
16GB model has more development and some modified stock ROMs , i even made 1 of them check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494367
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
Is your device 16GB or 8GB model? depending on that i can tell you what to do.
16GB model has more development and some modified stock ROMs , i even made 1 of them check here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494367
~ Veronica
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Veronica,
You wouldn't happen to have an un-modified stock ROM would you?
LonelyTV said:
Veronica,
You wouldn't happen to have an un-modified stock ROM would you?
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You want a sotck stock unrooted one? yet you need to reply me if your device is 8GB or 16GB model.
Depending on that i can upload it for you , but later 'cause right now i've got to go.
~ Veronica
lavero.burgos said:
You want a sotck stock unrooted one? yet you need to reply me if your device is 8GB or 16GB model.
Depending on that i can upload it for you , but later 'cause right now i've got to go.
~ Veronica
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Yeah, an unrooted unmodified stick would be great. I've got a 16gb model.
Thanks.
16Gb device now messed uo....
Hi Veronica, thanks for the reply. I am deseprately in need of expert advice here, instead of guessing and trying...
I have a 16 GB Nook Tablet, that was bought with 1.4.0.
I now seriously again need to make a restore, as I did some bad mismanipulation and my tablet is now out of order:-(
One of my best chance I guess would be use one of the backups I have (I have several copied on my HD), but after I formatted and wrote on my SD card several times (is this the reason?), now when I try restore, I have this MD5 error.
I hope I would not run into other problems, as it seems my prop.build may have changed in the process....!
May I ask you to have a look what I did, and then confirm it would be wise try the restore you provided in the thread?
The history what I did:
- I initially had a 1.4.0 with some tweaks to sideload apps, and could no more sideload with 1.4.2 of course (and that is all I need: be able get Kindle, Le Monde, and few other apps!). I understood I had to root and was ready to try get CM7 on my internal drive, and tried a few things (Rooting with Indirect's method, ...), and could not get it to work, until I got very close:
- I restored 1.4.0 using this thread restore 1.4.0 from Adam Outler. It worked fine and apparently erased some of the problems I had that were previously preventing me to move with rooting etc.
- Then I used Albert Wertz's Backup of a rooted 1.4.0. It worked. It seems it had already OTA bloked (displaying version 9.9.9 or so)
- Then I was to install CM7 using this tutorial from ebook-reader, based on this Celtic XDA thread ("team B") (choosing the internal method) , and used the CWM flasher apk. That is where somewhere I did a mistake: after backing up and erasing all data, I somehow stupidly rebooted and got in trouble, and restored the old B&N I don't know how.
- Willing to go back to stage 1, I tried using the 1.4.0 basic restore from Adam Outler, but that did not work anymore, like if my build.prop had been changed in the process (where?)
It said "assert.failed: getprop ("ro.product.device" = blaze" or something alike.
- Then I got a long powercut (am in Africa) and some sleep
- The worse is, the NOOK does not boot and work anymore at all, it is stuck on "read forever" screen
- The curse is, I cant use other restores I have, it says MD5 mismatch
- I also can't use simple root procedures (with CWM and installing zips), as my basic system seems corrupted.
I guess a proper restore may work if I manage to do it, but I wonder what happened with my prop.build and why it was mentionned up there (was it changed in some of the process) - and whether it will create more trouble.
Your advice will be very precious!
Thanks, Agnes
agnes00777 said:
Hi Veronica, thanks for the reply. I am deseprately in need of expert advice here, instead of guessing and trying...
I have a 16 GB Nook Tablet, that was bought with 1.4.0.
I now seriously again need to make a restore, as I did some bad mismanipulation and my tablet is now out of order:-(
One of my best chance I guess would be use one of the backups I have (I have several copied on my HD), but after I formatted and wrote on my SD card several times (is this the reason?), now when I try restore, I have this MD5 error.
I hope I would not run into other problems, as it seems my prop.build may have changed in the process....!
May I ask you to have a look what I did, and then confirm it would be wise try the restore you provided in the thread?
The history what I did:
- I initially had a 1.4.0 with some tweaks to sideload apps, and could no more sideload with 1.4.2 of course (and that is all I need: be able get Kindle, Le Monde, and few other apps!). I understood I had to root and was ready to try get CM7 on my internal drive, and tried a few things (Rooting with Indirect's method, ...), and could not get it to work, until I got very close:
- I restored 1.4.0 using this thread restore 1.4.0 from Adam Outler. It worked fine and apparently erased some of the problems I had that were previously preventing me to move with rooting etc.
- Then I used Albert Wertz's Backup of a rooted 1.4.0. It worked. It seems it had already OTA bloked (displaying version 9.9.9 or so)
- Then I was to install CM7 using this tutorial from ebook-reader, based on this Celtic XDA thread ("team B"), and used the CWM flasher apk. That is where somewhere I did a mistake: after backing up and erasing all data, I somehow stupidly rebooted and got in trouble, and restored the old B&N I don't know how.
- Wwlling to go back to stage 1, I tried using the 1.4.0 basic restore from Adam Outler, but that did not work anymore, liek if my build.prop had been changed in the process (?)
It said "assert.failed: getprop ("ro.product.device" = blaze" or something alike.
- The worse is, the NOOK does not boot and work anymore at all, it is stuck on "read forever" screen
- The curse is, I cant use other restores I have, it says MD5 mismatch
- I also can't use simple root procedures (with CWM and installing zips), as my basic system seems corrupted.
I guess a proper restore may work if I manage to do it, but I wonder what happened with my prop.build and why it was mentionned up there (was it changed in some of the process) - and whether it will create more trouble.
Your advice will be very precious!
Thanks, Agnes
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Thanks for post the whole history of what you've done 'cause pfff that saves a lot of time.
Now in this part "after backing up and erasing all data, I somehow stupidly rebooted and got in trouble"
1. Did you get to flash CM7 succesfully
2. When you mention you backed up means you backed up CM7?
3. when you mention erasing all data you mean only wipe data (factory reset) or did you wiped maybe formatted anything else?
4. What method did you use to format your sdcard
Edit: i have a MIUI backup that i made for a guy that could not install it with the other way (install .zip) of the same ROM. So at list try it for now to see what happens, if it works then go ahead and flash back the ROM you want, and always make sure to check the md5 of what you download.
http://minus.com/mwIltnw1I/4f - NT_MIUI_Tweaks_backup.zip | md5: 3518f9a3289ca6e97b569777873b899b
* Uncompress the .zip and put the folder (do not change the name of the folder) in your sdcard and flash in CWM >> backup and restore >> restore
~ Veronica
LonelyTV said:
Yeah, an unrooted unmodified stick would be great. I've got a 16gb model.
Thanks.
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*This is a flashable .zip:
http://minus.com/mwIltnw1I/5f - NT_stock_1.4.0_B&N_ 16GB.zip | md5: f8ae4f8e88e0ced9f252e9440df3910c
~ Veronica
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Now in this part "after backing up and erasing all data, I somehow stupidly rebooted and got in trouble"
~ Veronica
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Thanks Veronica. Here is as much as I remember:
1. Did you get to flash CM7 succesfully?
No. While following the procedure, I did some mistake after backing up and before even trying to installing CM7. I did not realize I was in CWM within my existing rooted 1.4.0 (using the .apk), so somewhere I wiped and rebooted... to realize I was rebooting into nothing! Or actually into the original 1.4.0 B&N. And then I did some attempts to go back step by step (like restoring that 1.4.0 from Adam then the rooted 1.4.0 from Albert) and somehow went into more troubles.
2. When you mention you backed up means you backed up CM7?
No, since I did not go so far as to install CM7.
I have a backup of my initial (tweaked) 1.4.2 system, then one of Albert rooted 1.4.0 (not mine), then another one of a Nook normal OS that worked (not sure, I think 1.4.2) at some point later.
These backups were OK, I used at some point, I don't understand why then I got this MD5 errors.
3. when you mention erasing all data you mean only wipe data (factory reset) or did you wiped maybe formatted anything else?
I used the command within CWM, both to wipe data and cache
4. What method did you use to format your sdcard
I usually use Acronis Disk Manager, a quite powerful programme to change partitions on disks and also handle formatting. When I really want to make sure, I first use HP USB formatting tool, and then sometimes check on Acronis to get the partitions I want. I am not sure in what order I did that time, but was not using partitionning in fact.
I will redo it all again as I wonder if it is not a mistake on the disk that lets it misread the MD5, as I think my backups were fine.
I don't undestand:
- why my MD5 are wrong, and is it something I can fix by properly reformatting mys disks
- what is this story with "assert.failed: getprop ("ro.product.device" = blaze" and where I may have changed the build.prop. Is it somehting that will bother me further or should push me into one direction rather than another.
I will try your MUI backup. (What means MUI?). (It may take ma a day or 2 to download this through Lesotho poor internet :-(
Thanks and wil tell you what happens!
agnes00777 said:
Thanks Veronica. Here is as much as I remember:
1. Did you get to flash CM7 succesfully?
No. While following the procedure, I did some mistake after backing up and before even trying to installing CM7. I did not realize I was in CWM within my existing rooted 1.4.0 (using the .apk), so somewhere I wiped and rebooted... to realize I was rebooting into nothing! Or actually into the original 1.4.0 B&N. And then I did some attempts to go back step by step (like restoring that 1.4.0 from Adam then the rooted 1.4.0 from Albert) and somehow went into more troubles.
2. When you mention you backed up means you backed up CM7?
No, since I did not go so far as to install CM7.
I have a backup of my initial (tweaked) 1.4.2 system, then one of Albert rooted 1.4.0 (not mine), then another one of a Nook normal OS that worked (not sure, I think 1.4.2) at some point later.
These backups were OK, I used at some point, I don't understand why then I got this MD5 errors.
3. when you mention erasing all data you mean only wipe data (factory reset) or did you wiped maybe formatted anything else?
I used the command within CWM, both to wipe data and cache
4. What method did you use to format your sdcard
I usually use Acronis Disk Manager, a quite powerful programme to change partitions on disks and also handle formatting. When I really want to make sure, I first use HP USB formatting tool, and then sometimes check on Acronis to get the partitions I want. I am not sure in what order I did that time, but was not using partitionning in fact.
I will redo it all again as I wonder if it is not a mistake on the disk that lets it misread the MD5, as I think my backups were fine.
I don't undestand:
- why my MD5 are wrong, and is it something I can fix by properly reformatting mys disks
- what is this story with "assert.failed: getprop ("ro.product.device" = blaze" and where I may have changed the build.prop. Is it somehting that will bother me further or should push me into one direction rather than another.
I will try your MUI backup. (What means MUI?). (It may take ma a day or 2 to download this through Lesotho poor internet :-(
Thanks and wil tell you what happens!
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Try formatting your sdcard again, i recommend SDFormatter. Sometimes sdcard can be the cause of many weird errors and issues.
Then copy back one of your backups within clockworkmod >> backup folder
If no go with that then try the following.
* First you need adb working
Here is a tutorial i made about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22049356&postcount=1
* Plug your NT to your PC using USB cable
* Download the file attached which is 1.4.0 stock build.prop, uncompress it, put it in the same folder adb is located and push it using adb while in CWM
> cd path-of-adb-tools
> adb devices
(verify that you get a code with numbers and letters)
> adb remount
(if this command does not work for you then please mount /system manually from mount&storage > Mount /system in CWM)
> adb push build.prop /system
* Unplug cable
* Try Adams acclaim_update.zip again ( preferably with nothing else in your sdcard only that .zip
* Report back
~ Veronica
OK I now was finally able to download the files.
- I guess I'll try first what you suggested with the MIUI backup after a proper reformat.
(I am just not sure which CWD file to use, as many dont leave any space on the card to put backups....)
- Then the ADB method if the 1st one does not work.
Though, part of the ADB tutorial is this "ADB root hijack" where they say you must already be rooted - that is not my case....
I'll try do tomorrow... and report! So glad to have your help here.
Successfully restored MIUI backup... what next?
YES!
@Veronica, I have been able to restore your MIUI backup!
I am not sure what it is... it looks like for a phone.... but it seems Market is working YEAH! 1st time on this Nook!!!!
Veronica you are a queen !!!
May I ask you what should be my next step now?
As a reminder, I basically want to get here Kindle (because I bought this Nook for Xmas for my Mozambican husband without realizing B&N does not have any Portuguese books, while Amazon does) and a few more apps I like. So this would do! But I d like make sure:
- my system is more or less stable
- I don't get messed up with more OTA updates
So I wonder:
- is this system recommendable? This is rooted, right? Should I prefer Launcher or Zeam Launcher here?
- should I rather use another system? Go into CM7?
Since I dont have even any Nook here behind, I am afraid of more troubles following the normal procedure, should I?
- Do I need at all to set the normal version of Nook behind (like I could use with the Nook button app) - in fact, I don't really care...
HELP PLEASE!!!! Nook 8Gb!
Can somebody help me? I bricked my nook tablet 8Gb!!
This is the whole story:
1) Rooted my NT
2) Used this apk to install CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458630
3) Tried to flash CyanogenMod 7 ROM but while it was flashing the tablet blacked out and rebooted
4) Now the tablet is stuck at the READ FOREVER screen
5) I can boot in CWM holding power+N button, but it can't flash anything, it freezes anytime I try to flash something.
6) I followed these 2 guides to unbrick my NT but they didn't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130
Can anyone help me restore my NT at least to stock???
Please I'm desperate!!!!
@JohnDorian, Seems you got very similar problem to mine...!
It seems we got the same problem trying to do the same thing... So the same solution may work? (the only difference beeing I have not tried the unbrick mehods you did)
What I just did with Veronica's guidance, and worked for me:
- I created a 50MB sd card to boot into CWD, using this
- booted into CWM with it
- copied onto another SD card the MIUI backup Veronica provided earlier in this thread:
http://minus.com/mwIltnw1I/4f - NT_MIUI_Tweaks_backup.zip | md5: 3518f9a3289ca6e97b569777873b899b
- inserted it and did restore. It just worked and provided something that seems acceptable!
And at least, next steps may be possible...
I hope it works with you too!
Thank you for your answer!
Will this work also with my 8Gb NT?
agnes00777 said:
YES!
@Veronica, I have been able to restore your MIUI backup!
I am not sure what it is... it looks like for a phone.... but it seems Market is working YEAH! 1st time on this Nook!!!!
Veronica you are a queen !!!
May I ask you what should be my next step now?
As a reminder, I basically want to get here Kindle (because I bought this Nook for Xmas for my Mozambican husband without realizing B&N does not have any Portuguese books, while Amazon does) and a few more apps I like. So this would do! But I d like make sure:
- my system is more or less stable
- I don't get messed up with more OTA updates
So I wonder:
- is this system recommendable? This is rooted, right? Should I prefer Launcher or Zeam Launcher here?
- should I rather use another system? Go into CM7?
Since I dont have even any Nook here behind, I am afraid of more troubles following the normal procedure, should I?
- Do I need at all to set the normal version of Nook behind (like I could use with the Nook button app) - in fact, I don't really care...
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Hello im glad to see you're back, about launchers, addons & apps it all depends of your likes.
What i gave you is MIUI ROM (operative system) without major modification (as-is) and yes it has zeam launcher but all can be modified.
I'm personally not a fan of gingerbread CM7 because i really like the eye candy of MIUI and even stock (which the buttons and menus are very similar to MIUI) so i use MIUI.
About stock i didn't mind using it even though i don't use B&N application and buy books from them buy i enjoyed the eye candy (interface/GUI), now that @cobrato released MIUI i immediately switched to that as im a huge fan of MIUI.
I have always used GO launcher as my main launcher but now im starting to use ADB in MIUI because it manages better the grid feature.
All systems you're going to find already come rooted which is standard and is the feature #1 of custom and stock ROMs, without root there is no fun. If you're in this community is because eather you have a rooted device or you came to learn how to root it and other stuffs.
If you like B&N stock ROM but don't use their apps and services you can bypass the registration and forget about the OTA updates, you can also apply on top of that the OTA block with titanium backup if you want to make sure. That is the methods i used and never ever had a problem. I also recommend you that when you flash a stock ROM do the whole procedure of OTA block and don't guess is already blocked, nothing better than do it yourself manually.
If you decide you want to make use of B&N services then you can eather go back to stock for a complete B&N experience or just install their app from the market if you're on CM7, CM9 or MIUI that is, nothing fancy but it does the job.
I have mentioned days ago that i was going to make a thread for MIUI users with how-tos and info about set it up but i've got very busy with many bricked devices around lol, but i eventually will do.
~ Veronica
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JohnDorian said:
Thank you for your answer!
Will this work also with my 8Gb NT?
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no, it is only for 16GB tablet, let me read your problem
~ Veronica
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JohnDorian said:
Can somebody help me? I bricked my nook tablet 8Gb!!
This is the whole story:
1) Rooted my NT
2) Used this apk to install CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458630
3) Tried to flash CyanogenMod 7 ROM but while it was flashing the tablet blacked out and rebooted
4) Now the tablet is stuck at the READ FOREVER screen
5) I can boot in CWM holding power+N button, but it can't flash anything, it freezes anytime I try to flash something.
6) I followed these 2 guides to unbrick my NT but they didn't work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130
Can anyone help me restore my NT at least to stock???
Please I'm desperate!!!!
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I don't have a 8GB nook tablet to upload a backup of stock ROM and actually is very important to have nobody has been nice to upload it and post it in development section. Anyway let me give you the link of the official update to see if that helps, i was checking yesterday and they provide one for both i think there is not a separate section for the 8GB model so i assume that update is for both models containing 1.4.2
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Tablet/379003187/
under -Get Version 1.4.2 Today
~ Veronica
How can I flash this update?
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How can I flash this update?
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right you dont know how, ok let me download the file and see if i make a kind of acclaim_update.zip for you to try.
can't flash any rom as a flashable.zip and backup folder? have you tried both?
~ Veronica
No, I can't flash anything from CWM...
Hello,
I've installed CM internal to (2) NT 16GBs without incident, and I got stumbled by the n button not working with 1.4.1 that was on my third. Ultimately - I downgraded to 1.4.0, installed CM7, and then did the dumb thing.
I meant to hit wipe data and cache, and I clicked factory reset in CWM. (And at this point - it is stuck in a state where I can boot to CWM - but cannot get CM7 to boot in any form from the internal rom).
I attempted the following
1) acclaim restore (just tried didn't do anything)
2) backup / restore from alternate nook Tablet 16Gb (man this seemed promising ...)
3) couple of the different unbrick scenarios - but I don't have adb, and it seems like windows 7 is not a happy camper with nook usb devices, (and adb isn't happy either.)
4) meghd00t restores (couple of different variations.)
does anyone have any starter threads that I should start walking down for the same stuff - I have browsed, and it's been a couple of hours and I'm exhausted. will poke back in tommorow, and will get this thing plugged into a linux host.
It didn't seem like adb could be so hard ...
--Adrian
Hmmm interesting... ok first of all doing this "I meant to hit wipe data and cache, and I clicked factory reset in CWM" is not dumb is ok to do but is not good signal the hang actually is very weird. Maybe all you have is a corrupted cwm recovery flash. Now be explicit if you indeed could try some unbrick methods succesfully (the ones running from sdcard) and what methods exactly did you try.
~ Veronica
things I've tried - part 1
1) just try to restore to factory with acclaim_update.zip on non-booting sdcard , (this is the 1.4.0 image) - I get the grey n, a flash of white - (like it's going to boot), and that that "please restart your device and try again..."
(This worked when it was factory), but it seems like the logic to check the sd card and start to recover isn't working.
2) Tried the thread here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562130 - meghd00tr4-sdimg.zip boots, but first time - get red reverse highlighted line - "booti: bad boot image magic in memory" - s5 in the upper left corner of the cyanoboot screen, and the n button doesn't seem to do anything.
3) same thread different image - repart.img, this runs fine- and after about 30 seconds of boot, I get a green check, (waited a full (2) minutes after that green check before I unplugged it.) - same message after boot.
4) full restore of nook tablet from current good cm7 image (and this is the one that most concerns me) - NT16gbV4_6 based cwm v5.5.04 - attempting restore of backed up alternate nook tablet - and the exact same thing happens at boot - does the image not touch partions that aren't related to the root install -(this seems like maybe there is something the bootloader is looking for in the image that isn't right, and it wedges?)
I am going to work on getting an adb setup going that works and then start working down a couple of fix recovery scenarios today / tonight.
It doesn't seem like this is unrecoverable - and the worst part is -I had cm7 booting fine for a couple of reboots, and then something went awry.
--Adrian
as I think about this ...
I do have (2) differnt backups, and I wonder if that restore was the wrong thing to do.
I got to thinking this as I saw the restore of the .android_secure file, from the ALTERNATE nook. I have the backup from the 1.4.0 "original working" image of this nook before the cm 7 issues- but I put it on an SD card that is safetly out of my reach. (In a friends cell phone.)
I think an easy thing will be to restore that backup as another test.
-Adrian
peril said:
I do have (2) differnt backups, and I wonder if that restore was the wrong thing to do.
I got to thinking this as I saw the restore of the .android_secure file, from the ALTERNATE nook. I have the backup from the 1.4.0 "original working" image of this nook before the cm 7 issues- but I put it on an SD card that is safetly out of my reach. (In a friends cell phone.)
I think an easy thing will be to restore that backup as another test.
-Adrian
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Right, try that first, dont attempt anything advanced yet. Your problem could be solved easily
Just to make sure you flashed cwm from @Indirect app?
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
Wait, can you boot into a CM7 SD ROM? From there you could try reflashing recovery.
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FIXED
I used this method - and I was good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
In one of the flashes - must have hit the power prior to something being complete with the recovery.
thanks all for your support - and really appreciate the time in the forum. I'm going to put together a torrent with the recovery stuff in it, and make sure it's available as my little part. (Give me a day or so.)
Thanks again.
--Adrian
The problem with that is that you will lose your original serial ID's and MAC address if you didnt backup your rom partition (mmcblk0p5) first so if you use B&N services you wont be able to register after flash any stock rom.
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
I also screwed up...Reverting to 1.4.0
Tried to revert to 1.4.0, and followed all instructions as showned on a youtube video. Unfortunately, as it was reverting back to older version as soon as it finished the process - the tablet wouldn't start back up. Did any one ever have this happen to them.. Fortunately, I had just bought today at WalMart. So, I'm going to replace it...
Was just curious, if it ever happened to any one. If so what did I possibly do wrong....
mr_truevision said:
Tried to revert to 1.4.0, and followed all instructions as showned on a youtube video. Unfortunately, as it was reverting back to older version as soon as it finished the process - the tablet wouldn't start back up. Did any one ever have this happen to them.. Fortunately, I had just bought today at WalMart. So, I'm going to replace it...
Was just curious, if it ever happened to any one. If so what did I possibly do wrong....
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Hmm i think you have a 8GB Nook Tablet and the acclaim_update.zip is only for 16GB NT.
~ Veronica
ubuntu recovery.
This was strictly for CM7. I have no problem with being locked out of the B&N services. (I use the nook application for that access.)
Wish I would have known the serial number before / after. I was able to login to my B&N account after 1.4.0 was restored from ubuntu.
--Adrian
lavero.burgos said:
The problem with that is that you will lose your original serial ID's and MAC address if you didnt backup your rom partition (mmcblk0p5) first so if you use B&N services you wont be able to register after flash any stock rom.
~ Veronica
Sent from my Nook Tablet using xda premium
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I hope I am in the right forum for this thread. I have plenty of questions and hope to get answers to a few..... Here goes -
A few weeks ago I bought a nook 16Gb Tablet essentially for my wife and created a CM7 SD card to allow using it in stock BN system as well as experiment with Android use from that card. The end result is I decided I needed one for myself so I wouldn't conflict with her use. I had months ago rooted my nook eink but regardless of its expanded capability it was still only a great ebook reader and hopeless as a web browser, etc. So bought a Certified Preowned 16Gb nook Tablet for myself and duplicated the CM7 SD card process and was able to switch between stock nook use and Andorid use from the SD card using the dual boot process. I found myself mostly in the Andorid side and began to wonder why I was keeping the unused nook side around. After a ton of forum reading I decided to root my tablet and leave my wife's in its dual boot format - undoubtedly a safe move....
I used this process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583&page=24
it is titled:
How to root 1.4.1 (or any other version) using just an sdcard {easy}
and I followed the detailed steps and links from "liquidzoo" post #240. Creating the SD card for the rooting process was easy. It went well up to the point of the step of powering up after inserting the SD card in the powered down nook. It kept booting into the stock BN nook side by use of the power on button. It began booting to the SD card only after I allowed it to power up by plugging it into my pc with the usb cord. Then the following steps went fine after I discoverd I had to use the volume controls to step through the menu selections. Thereafter it did go smoothly through the process. When the process indicated it had completed powered off, removed the SD card, and powered up into Android.
It seems to be somewhat faster than using Android from a dual boot (CM7 on SD card). I guess I missed somewhere that it would have dual a home selection menu allowing the stock nook home menu choice along with Android - so the best of both worlds. I am still familiarizing my self with the new configuration but so the fiirst of a few questions are:
Aside from experimentation, is there any way of finding out what all the icons in the status bar are for on the vbarious screens? Some are obvious but at one point I had a flashing-inverted-chevron icon that seemed to be maybe a downloading indicator but I couldn't find what.
Is there a simple toggle to switch from nook to android screens? Seems to be several taps to achieve that.
How do I install the Amazon Android App? I can' seem to find it.
I'll probably reply to this with other questions after I do more experimenting but answers to these woiuld be helpful.
Thanks in advance. I'm still a noob so I can't post to the link above but I think somewhere I saw the ability to 'Thank' as well as 'Donate' - both of which I need to do now. I think I'm really going to like the newly configured nook Tablet.
sawbuck00 said:
I hope I am in the right forum for this thread. I have plenty of questions and hope to get answers to a few..... Here goes -
A few weeks ago I bought a nook 16Gb Tablet essentially for my wife and created a CM7 SD card to allow using it in stock BN system as well as experiment with Android use from that card. The end result is I decided I needed one for myself so I wouldn't conflict with her use. I had months ago rooted my nook eink but regardless of its expanded capability it was still only a great ebook reader and hopeless as a web browser, etc. So bought a Certified Preowned 16Gb nook Tablet for myself and duplicated the CM7 SD card process and was able to switch between stock nook use and Andorid use from the SD card using the dual boot process. I found myself mostly in the Andorid side and began to wonder why I was keeping the unused nook side around. After a ton of forum reading I decided to root my tablet and leave my wife's in its dual boot format - undoubtedly a safe move....
I used this process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583&page=24
it is titled:
How to root 1.4.1 (or any other version) using just an sdcard {easy}
and I followed the detailed steps and links from "liquidzoo" post #240. Creating the SD card for the rooting process was easy. It went well up to the point of the step of powering up after inserting the SD card in the powered down nook. It kept booting into the stock BN nook side by use of the power on button. It began booting to the SD card only after I allowed it to power up by plugging it into my pc with the usb cord. Then the following steps went fine after I discoverd I had to use the volume controls to step through the menu selections. Thereafter it did go smoothly through the process. When the process indicated it had completed powered off, removed the SD card, and powered up into Android.
It seems to be somewhat faster than using Android from a dual boot (CM7 on SD card). I guess I missed somewhere that it would have dual a home selection menu allowing the stock nook home menu choice along with Android - so the best of both worlds. I am still familiarizing my self with the new configuration but so the fiirst of a few questions are:
Aside from experimentation, is there any way of finding out what all the icons in the status bar are for on the vbarious screens? Some are obvious but at one point I had a flashing-inverted-chevron icon that seemed to be maybe a downloading indicator but I couldn't find what.
Is there a simple toggle to switch from nook to android screens? Seems to be several taps to achieve that.
How do I install the Amazon Android App? I can' seem to find it.
I'll probably reply to this with other questions after I do more experimenting but answers to these woiuld be helpful.
Thanks in advance. I'm still a noob so I can't post to the link above but I think somewhere I saw the ability to 'Thank' as well as 'Donate' - both of which I need to do now. I think I'm really going to like the newly configured nook Tablet.
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First, read this.
Now, just so we're on the same page.
You created an sd card that allowed you to boot into a custom recovery and then using the volume up/down buttons, navigated to install and installed a zip file that allowed you to root the device correct?
If that is the case, you are still on the stock OS (as it sounds from your description). This is why you have both the stock B&N user interface (launcher) and a custom one (the one that looks more like cm7 did when booting from an sdcard).
Still have that custom recovery card? Here's my suggestion. Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store). Store these files on your internal storage. Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. DO NOT FORMAT SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT (people do this for some reason, I don't understand why and it breaks things - don't do it.) Upon rebooting, you will no longer have the stock OS installed You will have a custom rom, cm7 installed.
The difference from your current setup is that right now, the core of the device is still based on B&N version of Android. The alternate user interface is nothing more than a tease of what Android is truly capable of. A custom rom opens up many more doors and should be a much smoother experience.
Any questions post them. And please read the first post of the thread I linked.
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Also, I'm morally obligated to advise you to return the Nook and buy a Nexus 7, if you truly prefer the Google experience.
A bit to more to chew on....
Cubanluke88 said:
First, read this.
Now, just so we're on the same page.
You created an sd card that allowed you to boot into a custom recovery and then using the volume up/down buttons, navigated to install and installed a zip file that allowed you to root the device correct?
If that is the case, you are still on the stock OS (as it sounds from your description). This is why you have both the stock B&N user interface (launcher) and a custom one (the one that looks more like cm7 did when booting from an sdcard).
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Any questions post them. And please read the first post of the thread I linked.
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Also, I'm morally obligated to advise you to return the Nook and buy a Nexus 7, if you truly prefer the Google experience.
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Thank you, Cubanluke88, for you thoughts and suggestions.
First, I did grab your first linked post and realized some misconceptions. I still need to digest it more thoroughly, though.
On the part of your response that I have edited out in the qoute, I also want to read more troroughly and pose some questions in a later response.
As for the final suggestion, I have been eyeing the Nexus 7 for some time ane even though it is a bit more expensive than the nook Tablet I currently own I think I might get it (or a similar device) when fortune and convenience presents itself. For now, I am still in a learning mode with the Android-like device I currentlhy have and need to read and educate myself further. As stated in my opening post - I am a noob - there is a lot of experimenting I need to do.
I will be replying with some questions after more reading and thought on your offered suggestions in the section I edited out for the time being.....
questions....again
Cubanluke88 said:
First, read this.
Still have that custom recovery card? Here's my suggestion. Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store). Store these files on your internal storage. Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache. DO NOT FORMAT SYSTEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT (people do this for some reason, I don't understand why and it breaks things - don't do it.) Upon rebooting, you will no longer have the stock OS installed You will have a custom rom, cm7 installed.
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Cubanluke88,
Thanks again for giving me something to think about.
I have read/reread both of your linked posts and your complete response to my post. Further, it is useful to comment that with my nook Tablet hardware it is not at all important for me to have the BN OS. I have a classic nook eink that is totally satisfactory for anything I may need for BN usage alone - mostly, ebook purchase and reading. I purchased the tablet as a means to get access to Android applications not possible from the nook classic which was also hopeless as a general web access device. As a rooted Android device, I anticipate it's nook app to be satisfactory as an ebook reader as well.
Referring to the quoted segment of you initial response:
Still have that custom recovery card?
Yes.
Download a custom rom like cm7 and the appropriate gapps file (google apps, including the play store) Store these files on your internal storage..
Can you suggest a pointer? I get swamped and cofused on what to choose when I google. The verison I have filed on my PC is embedded in an SD image file and I suspect that is not what you were referring to ( I have: -->> "Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img".
By "internal storage" do you mean in the recovery card or within the Tablet through USB connection?
Next, boot back into the custom recovery and create a backup. Then, just as you did before, navigate to installing a zip and find the cm7 zip file you found before. Install the gapps zip file as well. When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.
The backup would be my current loaded system - in case I need to get back?
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When you're done, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.
Is this a single menu item on the recovery card or separate commands?
I appreciate the help and apologise for the need for spoon feeeding but I hope it helps avoid making further mistakes......
One last thought, on the recovery card I downloaded and included "flash_B&N_Stock_v1.4.3_8-16gb_emmc" which I assume would restore to stock 1.4.3 BN version. Is that prossible? and would that be easier to do and start fresh?
Thanks in advance....
sawbuck00 said:
Can you suggest a pointer? I get swamped and cofused on what to choose when I google. The verison I have filed on my PC is embedded in an SD image file and I suspect that is not what you were referring to ( I have: -->> "Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img".
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That .img file is what you used to create the sdcard your wife and you used. Just as with the recovery sd card, you take said .img file and burn it to it to create a "bootable" sdcard. Thats not what we want to do now (if you're ready to replace the stock OS). Go to this thread for cm7. See where it says "Internal version 8GB & 16GB Compatiable?" Grab that. That is the rom zip file itself. To get gapps, youll need cm7 compatible gapps, found here.
By "internal storage" do you mean in the recovery card or within the Tablet through USB connection?
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By internal storage, I'm referring to the internal storage on the Nook itself. (like what you see when you mount it via USB on your computer). It should come up as "My Nook" or something to that effect. If you store the rom zip file here, you will be able to boot into recovery via the sdcard you created, navigate to the internal storage and find the zip file and install it. Now personally, I would recommend, that if you plan on using internal roms, that you should also change the internal recovery to a custom one. With an internal custom recovery, you could swap between various roms without ever needing to use that recovery sd card. You would simply boot into recovery, grab the zip file for whatever custom rom you want to use and install it.
The easiest way to get a custom recovery is via this app here. Simply install the app and flash the custom recovery within it. Its also a great tool to return to stock recovery should you ever need to.
The backup would be my current loaded system - in case I need to get back?
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Yep.
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Is this a single menu item on the recovery card or separate commands?
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Its in the recovery menu there right at the front. You should see something like reboot system, apply sdcard, wipedata/factory reset, wipe cache, install zip, backup and restore. Backup/restore to backup your current installation, install zip to install the rom + gapps, and wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache after installation.
One last thought, on the recovery card I downloaded and included "flash_B&N_Stock_v1.4.3_8-16gb_emmc" which I assume would restore to stock 1.4.3 BN version. Is that prossible? and would that be easier to do and start fresh?
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I'm not sure what this is. I'll take a look at it.
Cubanluke88 said:
Now personally, I would recommend, that if you plan on using internal roms, that you should also change the internal recovery to a custom one. With an internal custom recovery, you could swap between various roms without ever needing to use that recovery sd card. You would simply boot into recovery, grab the zip file for whatever custom rom you want to use and install it.
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Read much of the following thread and while I think it will be simpler in the future I assume I can do that at any time. Right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458630
Albert Wertz's youtube video throws a lot of stuff into the process which looks very interesting but I think I'll "crawl" around a bit and use recovery card for little longer while I become more familiar with a rooted tablet.
I grabbed the CM7 and gapp zips you pointed to and I'm going to give that a whirl with my current recovery card and post back with results - hopefully good......
Note that if you install cm7 to the device, you are not simply on a "rooted" tablet anymore. You will be on a custom rom that also happens to have root access (most custom roms do). Its also worth noting that cm7 is a custom rom based on Android 2.3.4, so the roms capabilities and limitations will be subsequently limited to what cm7 is capable of. The latest version of Android is 4.1 and we are lucky enough to have a custom rom (cm10) in development based on it.
sawbuck00;33537204.
I grabbed the CM7 and gapp zips you pointed to and I'm going to give that a whirl with my current recovery card and post back with results - hopefully good......[/QUOTE said:
Well it seemed to go smoothly. Currently geting updates downloaded. Back to exploring and experimenting....
Thank you, Cubanluke88, for help and advice. I expect I'll be back in awhile when I'm ready to install the internal recovery app and probably will screw things up at some point but it is my aim to get a better understanding the capabilities......
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Been doing some exploring and contemplating addition of a few apps. However, some of the apps loaded with CM7 and Gapps (like car home, phone, camera to name a few) don't make sense on a nook tablet - unless I'm missing a reason they should be there. What is the best way of uninstalling/deleting these or any I may install but discover no need for?
TIA....
sawbuck00 said:
Been doing some exploring and contemplating addition of a few apps. However, some of the apps loaded with CM7 and Gapps (like car home, phone, camera to name a few) don't make sense on a nook tablet - unless I'm missing a reason they should be there. What is the best way of uninstalling/deleting these or any I may install but discover no need for?
TIA....
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They're there because cm7 is a port of a phone based OS (Android 2.3 was designed for phones). You can disable them but I believe camera is tied to gallery so that could screw up picture viewing and phone might be tied to contacts so that could screw up your contacts database if you use gmail. If you have a file explorer that has root access (I use root explorer, paid app in play store), you can navigate to /system/apps and all the apks for those apps (system apps) are found there. You can add a ".bak" extension to each one, then reboot and see if anything breaks. If for some reason things break really badly, you can always reboot to recovery and just flash the rom on top of it again.
Hey Everyone,
So here's what's happening:
I have an original Nook Tablet (16GB) v1.4.0 with Blocked OTA updates. Well I did...it's sort of dead now.
Initially, I purchased the device for my son on Christmas 2011. Back then, we only had 'Indirect's' ZergRush exploit to root and install CWM on Nook Tablets. There wasn't a whole lot to choose from. The Bootloader was still locked and there were no Custom ROMs in sight.
This actually worked fine for us, since my son got to enjoy his new rooted Nook Tablet with all the benefits of a 7" Android Tablet, yet he still got to enjoy the 'Nook Tablet Experience', as he's purchased/downloaded over a dozen Nook Books over this past year.
Earlier today, I went to turn on his Nook Tablet and instead of it booting up like normal, it fell into an endless bootloop.
It would power on, I could see the 'n' logo along with the verbage at the bottom that mentions the Adobe Flash technology and that's it. It keeps doing that over and over again.
Now since I do have quite a bit of hacked android devices, in this situation I would normally just manually boot into Recovery and flash my Nandroid.
Well, for whatever reason, I guess that's not possible here. No matter what I do, it's stuck in that horrible bootloop.
I found a thread on here where I can make a bootable MicroSD Card that would boot me into CWM. From there I could restore the Nandroid.
I actually 'made' this MicroSD Card, or I thought I did...but unfortunately the Nook Tablet will not boot AT ALL from it. So if I leave the Micro SD Card in the Nook Tablet, it's pretty much dead. It won't turn on, power on or anything.
As soon as I take out that MicroSD Card, there goes the bootloop once again.
Question(s)
1. - Does anyone have the correct files or a better way, so that I can make this bootable MicroSD Card, so that I can boot into Recovery and flash the Nandroid?
In case this doesn't work, I did make another MicroSD card that contains the v1.4.2 Stock Partition Image. Apparently, I can boot off this and it will do a Factory Restore of the Nook Tablet, running v1.4.2 Stock. It will not be rooted or anything.
2. - If I go this route, what are my options for rooting and installing custom recovery on v1.4.2?
3. - If I do choose to do this, I may just look into a Custom ROM. That said any recommendations?? I would prefer JB over ICS. I would prefer a VERY CLEAN, FAST, lightweight ROM, over heavy mods.
The one consideration is that it needs to still allow us to utilize the native Barnes & Noble functions, where we can sign into our account, download books from our library, purchase and download books and etc.
Again, if I can just boot into CWM and flash his Nandroid, that would be a hell of a lot less work. But if not, then so be it.
Thank you!
BJ
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b1ggjoe said:
Hey Everyone,
So here's what's happening:
I have an original Nook Tablet (16GB) v1.4.0 with Blocked OTA updates. Well I did...it's sort of dead now.
Initially, I purchased the device for my son on Christmas 2011. Back then, we only had 'Indirect's' ZergRush exploit to root and install CWM on Nook Tablets. There wasn't a whole lot to choose from. The Bootloader was still locked and there were no Custom ROMs in sight.
This actually worked fine for us, since my son got to enjoy his new rooted Nook Tablet with all the benefits of a 7" Android Tablet, yet he still got to enjoy the 'Nook Tablet Experience', as he's purchased/downloaded over a dozen Nook Books over this past year.
Earlier today, I went to turn on his Nook Tablet and instead of it booting up like normal, it fell into an endless bootloop.
It would power on, I could see the 'n' logo along with the verbage at the bottom that mentions the Adobe Flash technology and that's it. It keeps doing that over and over again.
Now since I do have quite a bit of hacked android devices, in this situation I would normally just manually boot into Recovery and flash my Nandroid.
Well, for whatever reason, I guess that's not possible here. No matter what I do, it's stuck in that horrible bootloop.
I found a thread on here where I can make a bootable MicroSD Card that would boot me into CWM. From there I could restore the Nandroid.
I actually 'made' this MicroSD Card, or I thought I did...but unfortunately the Nook Tablet will not boot AT ALL from it. So if I leave the Micro SD Card in the Nook Tablet, it's pretty much dead. It won't turn on, power on or anything.
As soon as I take out that MicroSD Card, there goes the bootloop once again.
Question(s)
1. - Does anyone have the correct files or a better way, so that I can make this bootable MicroSD Card, so that I can boot into Recovery and flash the Nandroid?
In case this doesn't work, I did make another MicroSD card that contains the v1.4.2 Stock Partition Image. Apparently, I can boot off this and it will do a Factory Restore of the Nook Tablet, running v1.4.2 Stock. It will not be rooted or anything.
2. - If I go this route, what are my options for rooting and installing custom recovery on v1.4.2?
3. - If I do choose to do this, I may just look into a Custom ROM. That said any recommendations?? I would prefer JB over ICS. I would prefer a VERY CLEAN, FAST, lightweight ROM, over heavy mods.
The one consideration is that it needs to still allow us to utilize the native Barnes & Noble functions, where we can sign into our account, download books from our library, purchase and download books and etc.
Again, if I can just boot into CWM and flash his Nandroid, that would be a hell of a lot less work. But if not, then so be it.
Thank you!
BJ
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this is a link to download cwm "mediafire .com/?tpckcmp9pr5e826" i had to put a space between "mediafire and .com" cuz the forum wont let me post links yet. Just put this file on a micro sd card..turn nook off and insert card... and when you turn on the nook is should boot to recovery..hope this helps
Systems6,
I went ahead and downloaded your .zip, and extracted the files and placed them on the root of the SD Card. I placed the SD Card back into the NT. Still no dice, not booting up at all. Any other suggestions?
Thx.
BJ
hope this helps you out...
b1ggjoe said:
Systems6,
I went ahead and downloaded your .zip, and extracted the files and placed them on the root of the SD Card. I placed the SD Card back into the NT. Still no dice, not booting up at all. Any other suggestions?
Thx.
BJ
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well it looks like you have to reboot to stock...then root and flash rom again...here is the link to return to stock "http://raywaldo .com/2012/06/make-unbrick-repartition-image/" again i put a space in between the 'raywaldo and .com"...looks like your going to take the long route to fix it good luck hope you get it running again
** UPDATE:
I was able to follow the instructions on the following thread and made a bootable MicroSD Card running CWM v5.0.2.8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958
Once I was booted into CWM, I tried to do a Nandroid Restore, the way I always have. Unfortunately, I got the following error message:
'MD5 mismatch!'.
Now, I have never encountered this. I made sure that MD5 Signature verification was toggled 'Off'. Not sure if that would have made a difference or not.
Unfortunately, it didn't help. Now I'm stuck with a Nandroid that I cannot restore.
Can anyone suggest something for me to try, in order to try to restore this Nandroid? If not, I will go Plan B and restore to Factory v1.4.2.
However, if I go that route, I still would like some answers to my initial questions about which ROM to go with and etc. Might as well go to JB if I have to start all over.
Thanks!
BJ
Plan B starting to look better and better...
Well here another plan B that was tested earlier and it took 15 minutes from start to finish.
If you want to go to JB then I would recommend this rom and the only thing that you can't do on BN app is that you will not be able to use the books that have record your voice in book or play the read to me books (I think once you are not on the stock bn rom, those two parts stop working). I run kindle app for library loans, overdrive other e-readers without problems,
b1ggjoe said:
** UPDATE:
I was able to follow the instructions on the following thread and made a bootable MicroSD Card running CWM v5.0.2.8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958
Once I was booted into CWM, I tried to do a Nandroid Restore, the way I always have. Unfortunately, I got the following error message:
'MD5 mismatch!'.
Now, I have never encountered this. I made sure that MD5 Signature verification was toggled 'Off'. Not sure if that would have made a difference or not.
Unfortunately, it didn't help. Now I'm stuck with a Nandroid that I cannot restore.
Can anyone suggest something for me to try, in order to try to restore this Nandroid? If not, I will go Plan B and restore to Factory v1.4.2.
However, if I go that route, I still would like some answers to my initial questions about which ROM to go with and etc. Might as well go to JB if I have to start all over.
Thanks!
BJ
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I got the MD5 mismatch error once when I renamed the Nandroid backup directory. I don't think it liked the spaces in the directory name. Try renaming it to the original name (if you even changed it).
There is a link in my signature that works to root at the very least firmware 1.4.3. Anything that you purchased from the B&N store will still be there if you restore to stock, if you install the Android Market again, anything you purchased will still be there (and you can go online and see anything free that you had installed, and install it from there).
If you do choose to install another ROM, same thing. Books purchased from the B&N Market should be available in the Nook app from the marketplace (I have not confirmed this with my own tablet, though).
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liquidzoo said:
There is a link in my signature that works to root at the very least firmware 1.4.3. Anything that you purchased from the B&N store will still be there if you restore to stock, if you install the Android Market again, anything you purchased will still be there (and you can go online and see anything free that you had installed, and install it from there).
If you do choose to install another ROM, same thing. Books purchased from the B&N Market should be available in the Nook app from the marketplace (I have not confirmed this with my own tablet, though).
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I have done this with a nook color and it works.