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[Nook Color General] joabne:
I'm installing cm-10.1..3-RC2-encore. I initially only found cm-11-20150705-NIGHTLY-encore, but that failed to unzip onto the Nook. Searching around I found a the CM10 I'm using. A big problem I'm facing is encountering dead links on any pages with instructions.

I let it go for about an hour, and figured it was caught in some kind of loop. When you say it takes a long time, are you saying hours? If so, can I just turn it on again and let it run, or do i need to reinstall again?

Thanks.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
There is a better rom, CM10.1.3 stable. Click on the stable button on the cm site.

And no, not hours, 10 or 20 minutes. Start over.
[Nook Color General] goathouse774:
Hmm. I have rooted this Nook before and had CM10 working on it -- loved it -- but then it mysteriously reverted to its factory condition and OS, one day. I'm trying to get it back to CM10 but after following the guide using both images (from the first step) my Nook just boots normally and nothing appears to have happened besides the Nook writing a few new folders onto the SD card. What did I do wrong?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
It reset itself to stock because your cm failed to boot 8 times in a row. It has a failsafe mechanism to do that.

The nook is finicky about having the sdcard prepared just right or it won't boot. Go to my nook color tips thread linked in my signature and read about it. I think it is item A9.
[Nook Color General] goathouse774:
Ok, I'll definitely do that, but do you have any idea why the OP method isn't taking for me, now?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Obviously is because the sd is not made perfectly to its liking. That is why I steered you to my tips thread to read about that.
[Nook Color General] blakegriplingph:
Wonder if that would do the trick on a friend's Nook Color. We tried CM11 on it, but it was too slow to be deemed stable, and one of the CM10 zips ended up throwing force close errors on first boot.
[Nook Color General] LKJEFoi234:
Guide doesn't work on 1.4.4 Nook Color. Won't boot into recovery or whatever.
[Nook Color General] LKJEFoi234:
I can't get either of these to get the Nook Color to boot into recovery on 1.4.3.
[Nook Color General] Jimbo67:
using sd card for updating nightly's

Hey guys,

I am sure this will sound very Noobie, but here goes-

Can I use the sd card that is running apps in my nook, to update to a new cm7 nightly. What I mean is, do I have to format it to use it to flash?

I don't have to much on the card, but I really don't want to have to re-download what apps I do have.

I guess I could by another card.

Thanks in Advance!
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
I updated OP with slightly clearer instructions on this.
[Nook Color General] Jimbo67:
Thanks eyeballer for the quick reply, and all of the awesome work you have done for us !!!
[Nook Color General] richard98:
Somehow I created an issue with my battery in applying the updates. The yellow light on the usb cable is on when I power off the nook, indicating that it is charging. When I turn on the Nook, the green light on the USB cable stays on and the battery discharges. Any help would be most appreciated.
[Nook Color General] Hiro666:
I decided to try CM7 (coming from Froyo) and everything has gone swimmingly. I do have one question I have not been able to find the answer to. I installed Dalgrin's OC kernel but when I go to adjust the CPU settings via CM7, it tops out at 925. I would like to try at least 1 ghz. Part of CM7 instructions are not to use other CPU setting apps. What am I missing?

I am using the latest nightly and OC kernel, btw.
[Nook Color General] richard98:
Are you using Settings>Cynagoen
[Nook Color General] yl328:
boot image

I think I might be in the minority here, but I tried to update to CM7 on Friday from auto-nootered 1.1. I never formatted boot and I did everything else just like these instructions, however, when I start up, I get the Touch the Future of Reading and then the "Install failed."

I read somewhere that the 1.1 boot sector can only load eclair and that I would have to load up Customized Froyo 0.6.8 on there (as it has a bootable boot sector).

As I am going through this topic though, it looks like no one has had this issue.

Has anyone else had this issue?

I also have to ADB to my Nook from CWR to restore to stock and couldn't just flash. So I think I just have a weird Nook.

I am restoring my backup right now, but I doubt that'll fix anything.
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
Sounds like the kernel didn't flash. Stock CM kernel will let you OC to 925. Put the kernel on your sdcard and reflash it.

Or, you can download Kernel Manager from the market and flash it using that.
[Nook Color General] Hiro666:
Does running CWM from an SD card make any diff? I have always done all my updating using CWM 3.0.1.0 from SD. Since I have started over a few times I figured I would just use a dedicated card that holds the various ROMs I have tried and corresponding updates. While flashing the OC kernel, I do get the messages that is installing the update and then the corresponding finish message without any error.

I suppose I could try installing CWM to my EMMC and give it another go.

I do appreciate the responses!
[Nook Color General] bkdrum87:
Dual boot

1. What are the differences between the different size cm7 files available?

2. Is there a way to dual boot cm7?

3. Does the recovery return the NC back to stock completely, so as to be able to attempt to get action for any potential warranty issues from BN?
[Nook Color General] Rhegaana:
Did you try to reboot after the message? I was in the same exact situation from 1.1 and nooter 3.0. Kept trying and getting the same message. After a couple of hours I just rebooted and it booted to CM7. Its been a couple of weeks now. Good luck.
[Nook Color General] d00med:
I went from rooted 1.1 to CM7. When I finished everything and first booted, I got that error, but after shutting down, it booted fine after that.

This is the same thing I'd like to know. I have a dedicated card also, and would rather just use that to flash the nightlies, but this method isn't mentioned in the OP.

edit: Thanks eyeballer. I used ROM manager and it was easy as cake.
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
You can always use a dedicated CWM SD card to flash updates. IMO it's more of a pain to keep removing the sdcard to flash etc. It's easier to download the update to your nook, boot into recovery, flash and reboot. But either way works.
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
For those following the thread, just posted an update to the guide. nemith has released an updated clockworkmod (3.0.2.8) that is now correctly installed via rom manager. So go ahead and update to it.

Details here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=971197
[Nook Color General] Jimbo67:
Thanks eyeballer, you have helped me tremendously-and I am sure many others too!:D
[Nook Color General] CCivale:
Big thanks to all in this thread...

Just wanted to give a HUGE amount of thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread. I read through this entire thread yesterday and decided to migrate from an Auto-nooter-ed NC to CM7. With all of the information provided here, it went PERFECTLY.

I couldn't have hoped for an easier transition.

Thanks again all.
[Nook Color General] yl328:
Thanks for the information about powering off and back on. It somehow worked after that. My Nook is one of those finicky ones so when everyone else wrote that after the reboot from CWR they got into CyanogenMod right away, I just thought it was my Nook that was the pain in the butt. Thanks!
[Nook Color General] BrotherZero:
Great guide! Should be pinned!

A question though. Isn't overclocking built in in CM7? If you dont flash the dalingrin addon, will the overclock option from menues in cm7 disappear?
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
I had PMd our forum mod to request sticky.. but no reply :(

Anyway, updated the OP regarding your other question, the stock CM7 overclock is still available without flashing the OC kernel, but the range is much more limited (max 925MHz vs 1.3GHz).
[Nook Color General] docfreed:
emmc or SD for CM7 - which runs better?

I'm running CM7 Stable (7.0) from an SD Card with a dual boot system - stock Nook 1.2 updated on emmc. Do I gain anything significant by installing CM7 to emmc?

I kinda like having the stock system on emmc 'cause I can always boot into it and keep a nice long battery life for a long trip but if I can gain a really significant performance boost by CM7 on emmc, I would do it.
[Nook Color General] MaraDonAlex:
Might be a noob question, but doesn't your Nook to be rooted first prior to installing CM7?
[Nook Color General] docfreed:
Yes, usually has to be rooted - of course I am asking the question for AFTER root. I have not seen a quantitative comparison of running CM7 from SD vs emmc.
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
If you have a fast (brand name, class6+) sdcard, I think the difference is probably somewhat minimal, however the only way to know if YOU notice the difference is to try it.

No, you don't need to root the stock rom to install CM7. The EMMC is unlocked from the get-go, so gaining root access on the stock rom isn't needed.
[Nook Color General] BrotherZero:
This was easily the easiest and most up to date guide I've found.

Regarding OC, I only have the option of 1.1GHz with the latest dalingrin (040411).
[Nook Color General] ziggy34:
Thanks eyeballer for the Great guide.

I am running CM7 on my mytouch 4g and was looking at tablets just for the fun of it. After reading a lot on the Nook Color, I decided to get one this weekend to "Play" with. I have been reading all the guides and was starting to get lost on what I needed to do. You guide is GREAT. I don't think I will have any problems this weekend.

Thanks again.
[Nook Color General] Jimbo67:
I upgraded to cm7.0.2 stable and then added dalingrin's test kernel 042411 to this flash. It has been flawless, running in-Interactive govenor, min. cpu 300mhz, and max cpu 1300mhz. I have read in a thread from him personally(correct me if I am wrong dalingrin ;)) the only reason he has not added it to the daily(or newest kernel list) is because some folks NC cpu's are having trouble running this kernel, not that the kernel itself is not spot on ready.

Hope this helps!
[Nook Color General] rxsleeper:
Might as well add to the knowledge base. First off thanks to the developers and all that have taken the time to help those of us "old farts" that only know how to keypunch a deck for programming :)

Now for my contribution, I was running a an auto-nooter nook at 1.0.0, well at least that is what it said when I reverted back to stock rom. I then updated to B&N 1.2.0. Re-registered and then came over here to root. I decided to see if it would work for the latest official rom. It does!

I then successfully updated to CM stable 7.0.2 following the directions in the first post of this thread. I also ran gapps and the OC module and everything has worked great. My only issue is I haven't yet figured out how to get my periodicals into the B & N app. Minor issue and it is probably me just not looking hard enough.

Once again, Thanks!!

Ogre

BTW this is my first post from a long time lurker
[Nook Color General] ziggy34:
Not sure how much this will help. I don't have a nook color yet. but I do have a myTouch 4G phone running CM7 and the nook app. on my sd card there is a nook folder and in there is a mydocuments folder. I put my epub books in there and they show up in the nook app
[Nook Color General] rxsleeper:
I have my books, just not my magazines but thanks for the quick reply. I do enjoy Car and Driver and Road and Track but not having them on a rooted nook is not that big of a deal.

Ogre
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
Unfortunately the only way to access B+N periodicals is with the stock software. The android app doesn't have this functionality.
[Nook Color General] bdubs4200:
when i "burn" the image to the sd it acts like it does ( takes about two minutes) then i copied the cm7 nightly, oc kernel, and gapps to the sdcard, and pop er in and it boots right into B&N stock... any help.. ive spent a couple hours tonight and last night trying all the options (formats, different sd cards...) still nothin. sooo could anyone help me out/see somthing im over looking. please and thanks
[Nook Color General] MaraDonAlex:
After this can you always create a dualboot with stock 1.2 running on the 2nd partition of eMMC?
[Nook Color General] whisper14072:
Flashed CM7 last night

Ok.... tried the new update from B&N nice but wanted my tablet back.... soooo flashed CM7 with the OC kernel in this guide....

so far the verdict is WOW!!!!!

BIG performance jump... much more responsive... overall very happy with this. Didn't have a lot of time last night to mess around online with it... will do that tonight and post later.

Thanks to all of the peeps that worked on this... YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!
[Nook Color General] jericho831:
total newb with the color nook rooting but pretty good with rooting of android phones but I have two questions -

1) Anyone noticing any wireless issues with this setup?

2) is there a market for Apps via Tablet? I thought there was a app store for Tablet related apps so that when I use fb or twitter, its not made to look like it belongs on a phone?
[Nook Color General] danootz:
It's a dumb question, but I just don't want to make assumptions even though it seems pretty clear that a user can upgrade to the latest official Nook software and still be able to turn around and use this guide to put CM7 on the internal storage if it turns out the latest official software isn't much compared to having CM7... right?
[Nook Color General] danootz:
1) When I was on the stable 7.0 release of CM7, I didn't notice any wifi issues.

2) The Android Market looked exactly like the phone version. I don't think there was a special sections listed for tablet customized apps. What you could try though is to go to market.android.com and on there they have a tablet optimized app section, you can direct the download to occur on your Nook.

However! I was just reading an article today about enabling ipad apps on iphones. Normally you can't do it, but a modification to some coding allows it. It may be the same case with Android, where market.android.com will determine you're not on Honeycomb and deny the download. It's worth testing though.
[Nook Color General] jericho831:
thanks! quick thing, I didnt do the dalingrin part during this root process - can I just go back in and run it as is or do I need to wipe data or start from scratch? Im not sure what it is used for but people posted speed postings and whatnot, why not.
[Nook Color General] danootz:
Did you install CM7 coming from 1.2 BN software? or an earlier version?
[Nook Color General] jericho831:
i just bought it yesterday and immediately followed the steps on page 1.
[Nook Color General] danootz:
Okay, I'm not sure if they've shipped Nook Colors with v.1.2 software yet. I'm guessing you had version 1.1 :T

i can't seem to get a definite answer on if it's possible to follow OP's instructions if the nook is using the very latest update.
[Nook Color General] jericho831:
well if my internal rom is now on 2.3.3, does it matter?
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
Actually there's an even easier way. Go the market and grab "kernel manager." Once you open it, you'll see dalingrin's latest stable test kernel, hit more info and then download and flash. Easy as pie.

PS: Kernel Manager is courtesy of my buddy Shinzul of #teamwin :)
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
It makes no difference what you have running on your Nook, the guide will still work since it boots from sd and then wipes the internal memory.
[Nook Color General] danootz:
thank you eyeballer. i've been waiting hours for that exact answer :)

Also, does it matter if the Nook Color is registered with B&N before flashing CM7? I guess I remember it being part of some instructions, but maybe that was just when it comes to rooting the official firmware???
[Nook Color General] s52m3:
My understanding is that this guide will install CM7 on internal memory, overwriting whatever it is that's there now. Do we have a similar guide to get CM7 installed on a micros SD card? I have a completely stock not rooted nook that I want to keep that way, except I want to be able to run CM7 whenever I want from the card.

Thanks.
[Nook Color General] docfreed:
See the following - I'm using it to run a dual boot system: 1.2 Stock on emmc and CM7 on my SD Card -works very well.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
[Nook Color General] s52m3:
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
[Nook Color General] dijohn59:
Sorry, I'm new to rooting. Want to buy a Nook Color tomorrow, 4/28/11. Will this guide work for the newer units and should i update to the new B and N 1.2.0 version first or root with whatever version is on there? Thanks
[Nook Color General] dalingrin:
Eyeballer, with the new clockwork recovery it might be easiest for some to install CWM with Rom Manager directly to eMMC. No SD card imaging required.
[Nook Color General] whisper14072:
yes... I am a total newb to rooting and I definately noticed better performance and smoother interface then the rooted Nook 1.1. I installed my apps last night and got it all set up for me like I had before, and I love it!!!!!!! even the nook app works really well on this still...

advice from a newb... CM7 ROCKS!!! if you are unsure run it from the SD card for a bit. I just took the plunge and am not looking back...lol :)
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
I've been thinking about this.. People coming from rooted stock or froyo could definitely just install CWM through rom manager and wipe/flash that way. Maybe I'll add a section for that over the next couple days. Thanks dalingrin.
[Nook Color General] docfreed:
Installed Very Nicely But....

Seems to take a long time to boot up (even after several reboots) - about 4 minutes. Does anyone else see this behavior?
[Nook Color General] happy_jitjit:
B&N automatic update thru wifi after installation?

I am sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am totally new at this.

So if I install CM7 to EMMC, there won't be any automatic update through B&N anymore right? :confused:

My nook color is at stock 1.1 right now, and I am afraid after I installed CM7 to EMMC, B&N will automatically try to update the nook color to 1.2 through WiFi next week and mess up the nook...

I hope this question make sense, thanks in advance for the answer.
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
No, if you have CM7 on the emmc, nobody can update it. (except you =P)
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
Guide updated with links to CWM 3.0.2.8 sd images (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13283643&postcount=34). This allows users to backup whatever rom they're running before flashing cm7.. even stock!
[Nook Color General] micksh:
I just used this guide yesterday and replaced my stock 1.1 with CM7.

What is the best method to upgrade CWM 3.0.1.0 to 3.0.2.8 now? One of these with 3.0.2.8 files?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12674682&postcount=355
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
Just open rom manager and update it through that.
[Nook Color General] -shift-:
holy crap, eyeballer... fantastic write-up!

mods! let's sticky this puppy! this is super useful!! :D
[Nook Color General] micksh:
Thanks, that worked. BTW, the guide is great.
[Nook Color General] ink84:
CM7 is excellent! Thank you!

One thing that I need help with is the lockscreen. When it locks, the 'lockscreen' is about about 1/3 the size of the screen and situated top centre of the screen... :(

Is there any way that I can fix that?
[Nook Color General] dawgman25:
I installed the newest version of CM7 a few days ago and everything works great with the exception of my Wifi sites disappearing once in a while. Last night it shut down while I was reading with about 15% left on the battery. I then plugged it in for a couple of hours. When I try to restart it gets to the cyanogenmod screen then reboots itself and repeats. Any ideas?
[Nook Color General] ziggy34:
Thanks for the GREAT guide, got a Nook Color for my mom for mothers day.

Have CM7 running with out a problem. Just trying to find some games for her that she likes that work full screen. So far finding everything I need.

I almost got a Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi for her for $349.99, so glad I got this instead. Now do I want this or the ASUS Transformer Tablet.
[Nook Color General] envied:
for some reason no keyboard comes up at all after doing all this, everything

else seems fine...any ideas?

I cant connect to my wifi bc i cant type in the password..

wow ok, nevermind it just popped up all of a sudden after i posted sorry weird.
[Nook Color General] ExploreMN:
I'm not sure if this is the place to ask, but here goes. I notice there seems to be a lot of debate over running this off SD or internal memory. Since it seems like an easy process to go back to stock, why is there so much concern over installing this on internal memory? Is there something I'm not seeing in the forums?

Also, what is the reason/need for registering the device with the stock ROM first? (very beginning of the guide)
[Nook Color General] ExploreMN:
NVM... I just went for it. Things seem to be fine with the nightly build #55 or whatever. LOL I have no patience. Someday it will be my downfall.
[Nook Color General] ziggy34:
LOL, I'm the same way, but I do love how this nook is running on CM7. I could not figure out why I had to register the nook either, I did just to be safe, but I never really used stock at all. went right to CM7.
[Nook Color General] tablo:
I have CWM 3.0.1 installed on emmc. What's the best way to update to clockworkmod recovery 3.0.2.8? Can I just flash the zip file from my already installed CWM?
[Nook Color General] ziggy34:
Just up date from rom manager
[Nook Color General] happy_jitjit:
no boot animation?

Thanks for this awesome guide, the process is rather painless, everything seems to work fine, but whenever I reboot, there's no boot animation from CM7 at all after the nook's "the future of reading" (something like that), the screen just went blank for 5+ minutes before going into the main screen...is this normal?
[Nook Color General] Alle9ne:
1st post: Big thx for this guide! After using my NC with the rooted stock 1.1.0 I finally was brave enough to upgrade to CM7!

So far everything is working fine, I am just monitoring the battery usage...I hope further updates will optimize this issue :)
[Nook Color General] rowdyroddypeeper:
can someone post a link to the 1gb sd card image? i can't figure out how to download it from the link posted on step 1. i'm a noob :(.
[Nook Color General] hockeyfamily737:
If you follow the link in step 1, and scroll all of the way down to the bottom there are downloads for the recovery images......But seriously, if you are already stuck and you're only on step 1 this could be a very frustrating endeavor for you.
[Nook Color General] dmc111:
haven't done any re-rooting since autonooter. this worked like a dream. thanks so much for posting this. it should be stickied!

only thing is mybackuppro wanted me to buy the pro version since it saw the cm7 modded as a different device. now i gotta beat all my games again!
[Nook Color General] eyeballer:
I would shoot an email to the dev and I'm sure they can reset it for you. Also they have MyBackup Root which has most of the benefits but is free.