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[Nook Color Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Try getting into recovery by:

1. With Nook powered off, press power button to turn Nook on.

2. As soon as the screen flashes, press and hold BOTH the power button and the Home/Nook key until you see the message 'Entering recovery ....'

3. Release the button and the key.

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
Thanks but I get the same results using this process to get into recovery as I got before.

The file "update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip" is gone but the "Mod version" hasn't changed.
[Nook Color Android Development] dcharleyultra:
That seems strange to me. Did the messages while in recovery seem to change between the 2 methods?

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] Aerlock:
How big is your original SD card? I've had some probs with making an image of mine. I have a 16GB card and only get a 4GB image, making me suspect there's a bug in Win32DiskImager.

- Aerlock
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
It's an 8GB card and I too only get a 4GB image from Win32DiskImager. There may very well be a problem there but I don't believe this problem is caused by a problem with Win32DiskImager. I've used the exact same process to upgrade from nightlies before.

I also came across this which is a similar problem.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239043
[Nook Color Android Development] darkhunter139:
Can you still use the stock BNN software by installing cm7 with this method? If so how?
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
Power the Nook off. Remove the uSD card with CM7 on it. Power the Nook on. It will come up on the stock BNN software.
[Nook Color Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Or power into the boot menu.

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] dator97:
will doing this void the warranty?
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
Not if you follow the instructions in the original post. You'll just create a microSD card that you'll boot off of. All of the B&N code will be left untouched.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
No it won't.
[Nook Color Android Development] dator97:
ty now if i can only get it to work im using the uboot 1.3 and trying to get cm7.1 on the nook ive don everything i read or so i belive but it just boots up into the stok it wont install i even tried unzuping cm7 to no help well the onlything i can figure at first i hadnt figured how to make it into bootable finally did but still my micro sd must not like bootable for i cant get it to work even with the encore cm7
[Nook Color Android Development] bitmancn:
First Thanks to OP for the excellent work.

I ran into some problem and need some help.

I am still using the stock rom with nooter and want to switch to cm7. Following the instructions in the first post:

I downloaded and unzipped the img, and write it to a 8G class 4 Kingston card with winImage.

I can see the 4 files on disk. Then I copied the stable CM7.1 to "boot".

After inserting the card to NC, I tried to power it on. However NC won't power on at all. The screen stays black without any loading information.

I have tried downloading the image files couple time and re-write the sd card several times. I have verified the update*.zip md5 is correct.

The sd card should be working fine. I have been using it in NC. I also used it to make the nooter disk before.

I really want to try CM7 on sdcard.

I will appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:11 AM ----------

re-write the image one more time and put it in NC.

This time, it can boot up, But into the stock rom, instead of the cm7 I put on sdcard...... I don't know why. The image and the update.zip are on the card.

My stock is still at 1.10. Do I need upgrade it first?
[Nook Color Android Development] bitmancn:
I though it might be the sdcard. So I tried it on a different microSD card, which is 2G only.

After writing the image (with WinImage) and putting the update..zip there, I put the card into NC. Same result. NC won't boot at all.
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
I think you're homing in on the right thing by trying a different uSD card. I wonder about WinImage. People have different luck with different programs. I'm using win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip. What version are you using?
[Nook Color Android Development] bitmancn:
I am using WinImage Version 8.50

fastoy, thank you very much for your information about win32DiskImage. I downloaded that version; wrote the image again; Now it started loading after powering on.
[Nook Color Android Development] dator97:
ty fastoy you helped me getting cm on my nook now tyvm

ok i got cm7 installed anyone know how to access the rest of the memory on the sd card cause i have a 16 gig and it only shows 115m on pc
[Nook Color Android Development] warb:
Windows only wants to show you the first partition of a removable drive. I don't know

if there is a work around. When I wanted to go back to a normal disk I had to use

HP USB Disk Storage Formater.

I think you can boot a live Linux , it will show multiple partitions on a removable.
[Nook Color Android Development] angomy:
You'll have to either:

(Easier)

- Mount the SD card via mounting your Nook Color using the USB storage mode to your PC to access the rest of the space. Windows is limited to only viewing the active partition. No fear, verygreen's agnostic image will have expanded to fit the rest of the SD card so you'll be able to see it once you mount it this way.

The 115MB is enough to install any CM7-based ROM for NC + gapps, if need be.

(More tricksy)

- Using a partitioning software like Easeus swap active partitions from the boot one to the storage one. Be careful not to accidentally wipe, and don't forget to set active partition back when done. Personally if you're just putting stuff to use on your Nook I'd do the first option.
[Nook Color Android Development] deanerh:
Not looping but stuck on spalsh screen

Had 7.1 working fine for the past month, then this week when I did a reboot, it gets stuck on the CM7 splash screen. Does not loop in terms of restarting or rebooting, just keeps sitting there with the arrow going round-and-round-and-round.

The only two things that I can think of that changed were 1) I booted into Nook stock to let it update to 1.3 at some point last week (which it did), and 2) when it was running CM7, a number of apps updated.

I've seen some threads where there is a discussion that updates to Adobe Flash and Air can cause loop issues. They've posted a solution that removes the updated apps but it appears that the solution is for folks who are running off the internal ROM and not an SD card.

Suggestions before I start from scratch?
[Nook Color Android Development] dator97:
ty it helped though i decided to wipe the sd after i got it now to decide what i really want
[Nook Color Android Development] INSM Sin:
ok noob here. im new to the whole nook color thing and i was wondering if i have to rooot my NC to do this? im assuming i do. also, what is the best mothod to root 1.3.0? manual nooter? i want to be able to run CM7, but also keep the stock system intact. thanks SO MUCH to whoever can clarify this for me. i will be forever in your debt.
[Nook Color Android Development] angomy:
You don't have to do anything to the internal workings of your nook if you use this installer. It will install CM7 and a custom recovery only to your SD card, and your Nook will be completely untouched/unrooted. You will be able to access either one via the nice boot menu fattire &c. created.
[Nook Color Android Development] kjmott:
where is the boot menu? I just got cm7 on my SD card and would love to choose where to boot. Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] angomy:
If you used verygreen's agnostic sd install image, the part of the boot process where the green cyanogen rectangle shows up with text underneath --- gives you several seconds to hold down N to go into the boot menu choices. You will be able to select from there an initial drop-down menu option with another drop-down menu (sub options)

EMMC or SD, with the option for either to boot regularly (into the OS) or into recovery.

You use the volume + / - keys and the N key to navigate and select between the two menus.

Sorry I can't be more specific, I no longer run an SD install regularly but afaik that hasn't changed.
[Nook Color Android Development] threebeers:
Stuck on ADW Launcher after update

Hi, I need help.

Setup: 16 gb Sandisk uSD, no CWM, was running 7.0.2 stable fine, about 300 apps, decided to go to 7.1. Used the OP's updater to get to the 1.3 installer on the card, install worked. 7.1 rom then installed fine. Didn't wipe anything beforehand (from what I could tell earlier in the thread, wipe is only used with CWM).

But now ADW only half loads, then the screen freezes. What I mean is on the ADW home screen half the home screen icons now show generic android guy, and no screen touches respond to anything, and I can't close the launcher or get to another app to remove the launcher since the screen is frozen.

I have a Titanium Backup from prior to the 7.1 install, residing on my computer.

Any ideas? How can I get ADW not to start up, alternatively just get rid of/clear its setting on the card from my computer (where is its settings file to clear?), or force another launcher, so it starts and loads simple and I can rebuild the launcher? Since the screen is frozen, I can't get into usb mode, but I can see the three partitions in linux, if that helps. Or is there something I can do from the choices in the sd boot menu?

Otherwise I am facing a full reinstall (by the way, if I do a full reinstall what do I need to avoid to end up in the same place?). Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color Android Development] fr0zenblood75:
I need some help. I burned cwm to my 2gb SD card and everything worked perfectly but now o only had 118 MB of usable space so I formatted the card and its still the same way but now I don't even have a bootable recovery -_-
[Nook Color Android Development] ceroglu:
Just got my NC today and before even I booted into stock rom I installed CM7 on my 8gb class 4 sandisk. Everything went smooth and I am so happy that I have a CM7 tablet now. Thanks OP and everyone who worked on this.

Quick question, I see some lag while switching the home screens is that normal? I am so used feeling of smooth CM7 and this feels a little slow for my taste. I am not complaining just wondering if it is normal?
[Nook Color Android Development] archie53:
What class is your SD card? I'm using a sandisk class4 and see almost no lag.
[Nook Color Android Development] ceroglu:
8gb San disk Class4. The lag seems to be while switching between home screens and while typing. I have different sdcards that I can try to see if it is a sdcard issue. Also I am getting a lot of FCs like XDA app keeps FCing and a lot more.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
You may want to look into overclocking the NC a little... should help the feeling of lag... as for FC's... if they keep up I'd recommend trying again... I've only seen that on higher class cards.
[Nook Color Android Development] ceroglu:
Ok after playing around my NC last night, I tweaked ADW settings a little and now home screen is a lot more smoother. I also OCed my NC to 1.2mhz with ondemand daemon. It seems to handle OC well but I am having a little trouble while using the Kindle App. Switching between the pages lags and also still getting FC on XDA app. I had 8gb class4 sandisk before and decided to try another sdcard and now I am on 16gb class2 sandisk. There seems to be very minimal performance gain from class4 to class2 but still having some lag and FCs. Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] threebeers:
Hi I posted a few earlier without response. My card was borked after I went from 7.0.2 to 7.1 stable following OP's guide. So I started over. Two hours later I was the proud owner of a running uSD Nook, rebooted and running fine. Then I downloaded Nook Color Tweaks, to apply Daligrin's OC to 1100 and bump the speaker. I checked the apply on reboot boxes in the app. The nook seemed to run faster. On a reboot I had a bunch of issues, including not being able to connect to wifi. I can't say for sure if the problem arose with Dalingin's app, since I had done other stuff too before the reboot (restored some apps with Titanium, but only restored data and not any system settings) before rebooting.

So I have started over once again (5 hours now on this thing). All is good again, but I would still like to bump the speaker, and if possible overclock to 1100, with 7.1 stable running off a Sandisk card, using the app.

So my question is, can you safely use the Nook Color Tweeks app to overclock and bump the speaker with a uSD, or is it only for emmc installs?
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
It is not eMMC install only... I would recommend testing the OC and voltage settings for a while before checking the apply on boot... then you can simply reboot if what you select is unstable.... after verifying stability... or tweaking for stability... then check apply on boot.
[Nook Color Android Development] jgu71424:
SD Boot Issues

Okay so I followed the instructions but when I turn off the nook and place the SD card in then turn it back on it goes back into normal boot so it doesnt boot from sd card is there like another way of booting from sd card or im I just doing something wrong?:confused:

P.S I got 8gb sd card
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
What program did you use to create the SD card? People have different luck with different programs. I'm using win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip.
[Nook Color Android Development] jgu71424:
I am currently using that one that you said (win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary.zip.) and still its not wanting to boot from sd card??
[Nook Color Android Development] fastoy:
My only other thought is to make sure your SD card is one from the top of the list in this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12964262
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
You might want to get a cheap usb sd reader/writer... several computers have been reported to have issues creating a bootable SD with internal SD writers.
[Nook Color Android Development] angomy:
It also matters, like the previous two posters have said a) what brand/class your card is (for reliability, your boot issue points to something else) and b) *how* you are physically writing to the SD card ---

are you using an internal card reader on your desktop/laptop? All my attempts to burn SD images via my laptop's built-in card reader fails. A $10 generic USB card reader writes just fine, unless I'm using it with one of the front ports of my desktop machine in which case I experience the same failures as my laptop's reader. YMMV, but try switching around how you're writing to the card.

Lastly, did you verify md5 checksum on the zip to make sure that you haven't downloaded a corrupted file?
[Nook Color Android Development] jgu71424:
Wonderful was doing it from laptop but went out bought usb sd reader and did it from my desktop and it Works! Thank you for your help :D
[Nook Color Android Development] cybertimber2007:
Verygreen,

Just a note... currently in 1.3 when you try to extract gapps it looks for gapps-gb*.zip (among a few others). Currently the latest gapps is named gapps-ics-20111125-2.zip.

Any chance you can release an update that also checks for a gapps-ics?

In the mean time I'm just going to rename it gapps-gb-ics-20111125-2.zip and all should be good.
[Nook Color Android Development] joehempel:
So I've run this on a 16GB Class 2 SanDisk

It installs and gives no errors, but then boots right into stock.

I'm just updated to 1.4.1

EDIT: I just tried with a Class 4 4GB card and it did the same thing.
[Nook Color Android Development] Kohr-Ah:
Do the same steps - Dont do Google Apps. Leave it off.

Let the card run. Let it power off. Boot on Nook

You will see it power on into Cyanogen mod

Power down nook

Put SDCard back in PC and put GAPPS zip in the boot partition (like you did cyanogenmod .zip)

Boot up Cyanogen Mod

when it boots up push and hold power and say reboot -> Recovery

It will boot into recovery and add Google Apps

Shut itself off

then Push and hold power and it will boot into cyanogenmod again
[Nook Color Android Development] gallahad2000:
I'm getting the same experience as the previous poster. I made a boot disk a couple of days ago to install CM7 253 so I know my card reader shouldn't be the issue. In fact, the card boots up and "installs" and turns off. Booting the nook afterwards takes me to the stock OS. Leaving gapps out didn't change anything.

I'm trying to install CM7 253 to a sandisk C4 16gb card.

Putting the SD card in my personal Nook Color (post install) boots to emmc as well.

Somehow the card is making itself non-bootable.

I did the install step with my personal Nook Color and afterwards it boots to the card like it should. It now works on the new Nook. Apparently the new Nook can not make a bootable CM7 card.

***I have repeated this with two other new Nook Colors (Christmas presents ;) ) with similar results***
[Nook Color Android Development] ajw101:
"Factory Reset" of NC with CM7 on SD

Sorry if this is a newbie question and/or if it is a repost (I did try to search this thread but couldn't find an answer) ...

First off, thanks for all the information. I was able to get CM 7.1 running on my Nook Color with no problems. Set up GAPPS, etc. You guys rock!

I am lending my NC to a friend for an extended amount of time and want to do a "factory reset" on it so I can get my Google account (and all other data) off of it. "Settings - Privacy - Factory data reset" didn't seem to do anything. And when booting into recovery there wasn't any way to wipe data there (or I missed it).

Any ideas/solutions?

Thanks in advance!

-Andy
[Nook Color Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Just remove your SD card.

Swyped from my Evo 4G using Tapatalk
[Nook Color Android Development] ajw101:
LOL, dcharleyultra, sorry, I should have been clearer. I wanted to leave the SD card in so he could use CM7.

My solution was reformatting the SD card and reloading CM7.1 and GAPPS from scratch.

Thanks for the reply though!
[Nook Color Android Development] viskon:
Did renaming the file work for you?
[Nook Color Android Development] Marid:
No I inserted my sd card and then I used win32 to write the image and drag the zip file. Then I put it in my nook. My firmware is 1.3.0 is that important?
[Nook Color Android Development] davidr415:
I am running into the same behavior.. the bootable SD cards I previously made with 1.3 are working fine after the 1.4 update., but I cannot make a new bootable sd card after the 1.4 update.

I have followed the size agnostic procedures that I have used several times in the past.

Any thoughts?
[Nook Color Android Development] danvee:
I had no issues creating an SD for the new CM9 pre-alpha and have the 1.4.1 update. I'll give a shot to building a new one based on 7.2.0 and post back....

Dan

I just did a quick install of 7.2.0 and all went well.
[Nook Color Android Development] davidr415:
Oh.. forget I asked.. I just found my STUPID mistake.. improper installation of the generic image..duh!!

Thanks for the response. Hope I don't cause you any extra work..
[Nook Color Android Development] danvee:
No problem at all. We all make mistakes...:cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] gregh77:
so can the CM7.2 be used to run off the SD card?
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
Yes, I've had it running on an 8gb uSD since the first release. Works fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] miss_october:
Thanks. Just decided to try this and it is great. now I can finally experience cm7! and test out the 1.4 stock, thanks for the hard work and to all who help answer questions!
[Nook Color Android Development] doncaruana:
What's CM7.2? I didn't think we were there yet. Been pretty happy with 7.1 since the stable was released though.

And does anyone know if/when the build bots are going to be back up?
[Nook Color Android Development] danvee:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1344873

I don't recall seeing anything since the HD crashed.....
[Nook Color Android Development] gregh77:
whats the process for loading it from scratch? it isnt an image like the v1.3 where you just drop the file on the SD card. or do i have to drop it over 7.1?

thx

EDIT.. i dropped the zip on the boot partition and it inflated it in recovery, but on boot it gets stuck on the blue circle CM7 mod screen and just sits there....
[Nook Color Android Development] calixt0:
since I've been using my cm7 of uSD my mother in law is buying my father in law a nook color for xmas. She wants me to set up a uSD card like mine for her husbands new NC. Can I go through the process and everything on my nook color and then just give him the a functional uSD card or do I need to run the the script on the same unit as its going to be used on? thanks for the help.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
You can set it all up on your's... except gApps... unless you have his google information (or are creating a new gmail for him)
[Nook Color Android Development] sfsilicon:
Has anyone encounter a problem where initially you are able to install and boot CM7 from the SD card. Then after some changes that were not under you control all of a sudden CM7 will not boot at all from the previously working card? Basically it will show the initial CM7 boot logo, but instead of showing the CM7 boot animation it goes into the Nook Color animation and starts the Nook SW. Any idea how to fix this?

Interestingly it is possible to boot from an SD card using Nookie Froyo.

Any idea what might be different between the too releases that allows Nookie to boot but not CM7?
[Nook Color Android Development] zombieflanders:
The build bots for CM7 have been put on hold until CM9 is officially up, according to the CM leads. I don't know how to link to the announcement via Google+, but here's the text:
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
If you read carefully you will see CM7 nightlies are not on hold, they have been terminated. When the buildbot is restarted it will be for CM9.
[Nook Color Android Development] DominoDoug:
I am looking to format my 16GB SanDisk class 4 back to original so that I can start fresh, but came across the issue that it only sees 119mb. Is there a method or program that individuals are using to work around this? I apologize if this has been asked already.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
Find SD formatter... or simply use EASUS or MiniTools partition manager to delete partitions 2, 3 and 4 and extend partition 1 to full SD.
[Nook Color Android Development] kapnkool:
Root?

Sorry in advance for the noob question. After creating the CM7 boot microsd card, does CM7 add the superuser icon and root capabilities? Or is that something I would have to manually add post card creation? Thanks everyone.
[Nook Color Android Development] scottgti:
Yes it does.
[Nook Color Android Development] Shortyred:
Update cm7 on sd to cm7.1

When I boot from disk and want to upgrade to 7.1 I just put it in the boot section of my card boot to recovery on the SD card and install from zip right? I thought I did this right and my emmc was updated to cm7.1 I must have done something wrong?
[Nook Color Android Development] b30sam:
Has anyone been able to use adb?
[Nook Color Android Development] John Redcorn:
Sorry if this is a repeat, set this up a few nights ago, logged in with my account all works good but now I want to do a factory reset of cm7, I'm giving the card to my mom for her nc. reset from settings privacy isn't doing anything for me. I don't have a pc available to me now, only my cm7 phone and my wife's stock non rooted nc. Anything I can do?
[Nook Color Android Development] viskon:
By factory reset I assume you mean that you want to erase your account information. In order to do a clean wipe I think you will need a pc and write a new card. Without that , I suggest you try going into settings ->accounts and removing your account. Then your mom will have to give her info to access market and email.