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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GabrialDestruir:
It seems odd they'd start with that number as opposed to just doing it outright on all devices that come with 1.2 stock.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
No dice. image burned correctly, popped the sd card in, and still booted from emmc.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine_Madcat:
Aye.. but we cannot disprove it yet. We need a 201146 sn (or higher) device that can SD boot, and then it is shot down.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchNYadM:
This is not cool. I'm hoping for Divine Madcat's wife's sake and then the rest of the nook community's sake this is not the case. If Barnes and Noble really did stop it from booting from sd, then shame on them. This is the reason the Nook Color has been as successful as it is. Hi Carl. It's Chad :p
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
Ok, here's the scoop... He is a reader. He just said "I'm probably going to keep it and just read on it for now." (Which means I can have access to it at least a few days a week, and can attempt things with it, as long as he can read when i'm done attempting things.)(He also realizes that if he does have a new "currently unrootable" device, that everyone else will soon be getting them, and someone will find a new hack. Look at how fast the Google IO tablets were hacked... less than 24 hrs...)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine_Madcat:
To be fair, they actually weren't hacked at all. All they needed was an update zip that added Su and superuser; no hacking required.

While its true, more people may get them, it does not guarantee we will quickly find a solution. Remember, we have a MUCH smaller dev base than other devices (yet, still have an amazing amount of dev work that gets done), which won't help our odds of getting new devices cracked...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmyjoe42:
so, did you try to a full format on it?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
So, why cant we craft a manual update to give us su/superuser? Probably something about signing it...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
I reset it 8 times, and let that go, and I also held all of the buttons and it prompted for a "factory restore" which brought it back to stock 1.2. Neither of these allowed me to boot from μSD.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kristoff1313:
hey guys.. kind of a confirmation here.. spoke to anquantance at B&N store and asked about 201134 and higher, only thing that was changed with these and newer versions was bigger nook partition to store more securly downloaded content and not the side load partition (like mine 7gb/1gb setup) sd cards are all readable including the latest ones and no reports given to employees about any changes other than this.(the repartition thing)

B&N store in mankato MN is where I confirmed this.

I am definately thinking this one was just a bum luck.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine_Madcat:
Huh... can't say i had heard abotu the emmc partion change.

As it is though, the SD still readbale on the device in question; just not bootable...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bled82:
why not just download the 1.1 software and put it on the nook and change the file name so it thinks its an update then try the sdboot ?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebubar:
Anything helpful happen if you try holding Power, Nook Button and Volume up? This has helped some people get restored to factory 1.1.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john10101:
The issue being described here would be a hardware change, not a software change.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robedney:
Or perhaps firmware? Just curious here: In my PC it's the BIOS that determines boot order, and because I have access to the BIOS I can change the boot order without changing anything in the hardware. The BIOS is separate and distinct from the operating system. Is there such a thing on the Nook?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john10101:
This is very possible. the better question is how can we change this firmware. I remember reading somewhere that the chip in the nook could be set to turn off usb boot, but they did not.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GabrialDestruir:
If I recall correctly, the disable usb boot/sdcard boot they'd have to come out with a new revision cause it was effectively hardwired to boot the way it does. Until someone else gets a 201146 serial NC or higher and can SD Card boot we can't confirm that this is a fluke or if it isn't.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Divine_Madcat:
OK, now i am really confused as to what is going on.

Taint posted the other thread:

I dont want to call shenanagins, but I am realy consufed. Just what serial number DO you guys have?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjskier:
I didn't know the Nook would boot from USB first. But you are correct, it is hardwired... 1st post on this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841912&page=3
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariel9898:
I am reading this thread with great interest.

I lurk on these boards and have learned a lot here. I created a thread on the B&N site to see if anyone else has this problem. If they are registered here I directed them to post here, otherwise they should post there.

Here is the link to the thread. Hopefully it will provide some useful information.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angomy:
If you're looking for a still rootable Nook (if the OP is correct and this is a hardware revision), Best Buy probably has the older ones. When I got mine replaced (creaky bevel) yesterday I asked to get one with a 2011 SN and all they had was 2010.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iDidItAll4theNookie:
More to what I was saying on my USB micro SD card reader. Just now, I took a known working, size agnostic prepared mSD card and dropped it into my card reader and into the USB slot. Win7 detected it and brought up the autoplay like it should. Several minutes later, as I'm waiting for the latest .32 build to download, I get a "your device could perform faster" dialog, and then the autoplay reopens, and now the card is being accessed at USB 1 speeds. I didn't touch anything. I know the card works, but it's giving windows fits. I'm not saying this to thread-dump, but rather to show that what should be working just fine by all accounts is acting really strange. Maybe my card reader is broken, but not to the point of complete failure, and maybe this NC is suffering similar issues at the microSD slot? Just a thought.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussianMenace:
I have a question for you guys, and I apologize in advance. So here's the deal. My girlfriend just finished her graduate school (graduation is Monday) and I wanted to give her a present. Since she loves reading and our apartment is slowly running out of shelf space I thought this would be the way to go.

However, judging by this post it seems like I need to be on a lookout for certain S/Ns to make sure I pick her one that can be rooted. Realistically, what serial numbers should I be looking for (physical retailers only, don't have the time for online vendors plus you can't grantee SNs online). Also, would it be out of place to ask a retailer for a specific SN model and where would it be located?

~cheers
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
FORGET WHAT i SAY....i posted because we where concerned and Carl doesnt post here much. THIS IS THE THREAD THAT MATTERS

We know have folks with the higher serial numbers and are walking them through the imaging the sd card steps. We should know something as soon as we can turn FB users into techies.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicbennett:
Consider buying from a best buy or staples. Chances are if it's a new hardware revision Barnes and Noble stores will have gotten them first with the other retailers lagging behind. No guarantees, but I'd guess that's your best bet.

Also, I wouldn't hesitate to ask about serial numbers. I think they would be able to get it, and if not the worst they'll do is tell you no. So no harm done.

Good luck! The nook color is a beautiful device and I've never regretted buying it.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchNYadM:
Just want to clear up that even though computercarl and myself don't post much, we are both admins on a respected nook rooting community on Facebook (customizing your nook color) and he asked me about this first thing this morning...every workaround to get this rooted I assure you Carl knows and knows how to do them. I know it was cleared up, but I just wanted to reiterate the point. We have someone now testing this for us, and will post results as soon as we have them.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussianMenace:
Checked the nearest BnN, BB and Staples...lowest SN I could find was 201130XXXXXXXX. So..guess we'll see how it goes.

Edit: According to the sysinfo it's running 1.1.0 so that means we're in the clear?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchNYadM:
Problem semi resolved!!!

Ok so we just had one of our users with a serial number higher than 201146 successfully root their nook colors, so for the moment we may all be in the clear! Woot Woot let the rooting continue. I will ask if anyone else stumbles onto this thread and either rooted or was unable to, please share with everyone! Thanks, and a big, loud, phew
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GabbleRatchet:
computercarl, do you have all of the original packaging? On the back of the box, is there a colored (blue or green) dot? I BELIEVE it would have been under the shrinkwrap... cabbie can confirm if he's around
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GchNYadM:
It was his coworkers nook color, so I don't know if we can get an answer to that until Monday at the earliest
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
Yeah, I wont see him until Wednesday... I'll attempt to txt him, but cant guarantee a speedy reply.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computercarl:
So, over at our facebook group, we just had someone root with a 46. Looks like my buddy just has a bum nookcolor. I told him to take it back, the ball is in his court.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angomy:
From the can't write to /data thread here:

A requote:

"Barnes & Noble has started shipping new NOOK Color devices that are partitioned to allow only 1 GB of "user sideloaded" storage. The remaining 7 GB are partitioned for the OS, apps from the new B&N Apps store, and items downloaded directly from B&N. For the typical (non-rooted) device, the user would have to use the microSD slot for additional storage. I suspect you got one of the newly partitioned devices, which is why you are now seeing only 1 GB instead of the previous 5 GB of storage available."

Anyone know if this is true? The OP of that message had 1 msg count only, so I'm not sure how reliable this is. Sounds as if B&N is doing some restructuring of later Nooks.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariel9898:
That would not surprise me as only 900MB is available for apps, and since some of the 100+ apps on the store are actually enhanced e-books which are pretty large, some people are already starting to complain that they are running out of space for apps.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FRSP:
FYI, the serial number is on the outside of the box... if one was concerned (and it doesn't seem there's reason to be) you could probably check it at the register before completing the transaction.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
I've actually had two certified refurbished nooks from them as a "replacement" in which both had files in /emmc dated to May 4th. They also both had 1GB space available as well as having problems installing CM7 and/or trying to setup dualboot.

Though I can boot from the SD card fine.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjskier:
I got mine from B&N a couple of weeks ago and it has a 2010 serial number (and was running 1.1)

Maybe my local B&N doesn't sell that many of them (although there are a lot of people checking them out). When did BestBuy start selling them?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
BestBuy has always sold them. Well, since November anyways.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angomy:
This from B&N Nook forums:

"Re: Out of App memory?:

If you take your Nook to a store they can now repartition your Nook so 7gb are allocated for apps. Keep in mind that if you do this, B&N can not reverse it.

"

I'll bet all newer Nooks are going to come like this from now on, given the complaints re: lack of app space. If they can repartition without destroying data (unless B&N backs it up temporarily) then can't you do the same except to make the sideloaded content partition larger than 1GB? Assuming you can still boot from SD.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
Is there a way to repartition the space with parted and fdisk? If so, that'll just solve the issue with newer versions like me.

EDIT

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/features/index.asp?cds2Pid=35583

*1GB = 1 billion bytes; Actual formatted capacity may be less. Approximately 5GB available to store content, of which up to 4GB may be reserved for content purchased from the Barnes & Noble NOOK Store.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
There has been another report of this issue. Might want to not strike the tents just yet...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Some of the questions I have for "rookie1" are:

1. Suppose, instead of using his "prep-dualboot-0.1.zip", someone creates partitions 0p9 and 0p10 (for /system and /data for the alternate OS) and resizes /media (0p8) appropriately (and leaves it as the last physical partition on the emmc), using fdisk or parted. Will his "eclair-to-dual-boot-flashable-v0.2.zip" still work (and generate the appropriate uAltImg file), or is "eclair-to-dual-boot-flashable-v0.2.zip" specifically configured for the sizes that are in "prep-dualboot-0.1.zip".

2. Does "eclair-to-dual-boot-flashable-v0.2.zip" have any code/values specific to Eclair, or is it generic? Note that I have used it to replicate B&N v1.2 from the primary partition set to the alternate one, with apparently no ill effects.

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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyr757:
Yeah, I rooted my previous NC with no problems, but when I put a bootable clockwork SD card into my warranty replaced NC, it won't even power on. I don't know what they've done, but I'm PISSED. I don't have the S/N with me because I'm at work, but if I can't root it it's basically useless for me.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Am Marino:
More info on this please.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drmom73:
Zephyr,

Your SN is probably irrelevant if this is a refurb that has been repartitioned to meet the "new" standards. If this is a brand new unit given to you as a replacement then the SN could be helpful.

For those who have these 1GB units, what sorts of rooting/modifications have you been able to make?

Brooke
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyr757:
It's a refurb unit, so I doubt the SN is helpful. I've tried to do the Manual root method, using 3 different images, I have a HC memory card that I burned from before that I'm going to try tonight to see if that works. The strange thing is that when I have a bootable SD card in the slot it doesn't even power on, no "pulse" or anything. It's very frustrating.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
It won't power on at all with an SD card in? Is that with a non-bootable card in as well? If so, then that might indeed be "faulty". Let us know please...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyr757:
I wish it were that easy. It boots fine with a non-bootable card in it, but it won't power on at all with a bootable card in it. I can't get to ADB to root it because ADB is disabled, too!!!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncaruana:
This is slightly different behavior than in the OP of this thread, where he said it just ignored the card and booted from emmc. Do you have another nook (from a friend maybe) that you try that card on? Or could you try making a new card? I know you've done it before, but maybe the card reader's a little dodgy now or something.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
I did an intentional repartitioning at my local B&N today, of an NC that started out as v1.1 but had been since updated to v1.2.

I was able to boot Honeycomb from an auxiliary SDcard afterwards, and also apply the ManualNooter 4.5.6.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaun?:
I don't know if this is the same issue, because I'm able to boot into clockwork off of an sd card, but I just got a new NC for my Mother for mothers day. I've been trying to install CM7 and some others, but nothing works, I keep getting a data write error when restoring in clockworkmod. I can root the device. Or I think its rooted. I'll get the serial, but I have to do another restore. CM7 install failed again.

SN: SN201113009015XXXX

The box also has a blue sticker dot added just to the left of the SN sticker.

Bought it from B&N's website a few days before Mothers Day.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegameksk:
I just received a new nook. I dont have the sd card boot problem. I was able to root it through my sd card. My issue is it only shows 1 gig of memory.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GabrialDestruir:
B&N has started releasing NookColors with 5GB of /data and 1GB /media (Sideload storage) This was to address the problem of users running out of space for apps. So this is gonna be the format of new NCs
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimbo67:
Well, now that we have come to this conclusion, what steps can we take to repartition the internal memory--to be able to load roms to it?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadehawk:
Newbie Nook Color User

Hi all I like to add a few notes of Data here.. I purchased a used nook color from B&N website on 5/6/11 and after reading instructions I loaded a CM7 SD bootable SD Card. My NC booted and ran CM7 with no problems except that after I took out the SD card and booted to stock ROM I also only had 1gb of storage available (I figure I did something wrong during the CM7 install and I never checked what I had prior to using CM7 SD Boot). I was not aware until I read this thread about the new repartition done by B&N so I search and search with no results and I figure I had a bad unit since it was a Refurb.. I took the unit back to B&N and got a NEW NC this was on 5/16/11 I power up the unit and it shows 5gb of storage. So If you are getting a replacement from B&N the odds are that unless the unit is still new you will get a repartitioned NC.

Old NC S/N:200523013382xxxx

Pre-loaded with 1.2

8x failed reset does not restore the 5gb storage space remains 1gb

New NC S/N:201125006690xxxx

Pre-Loaded with 1.2

It does boot from SD card..

Thank you for all the info..

P.S.

There was no color sticker on the NC box near the S/N... (or anywhere in the box)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Repartitioning facts

I do now. ClockworkRecovery (3.0.2.8)﻿ apparently can't restore to a partition that's bigger than 2GB. Further, with a "/data" partition over 1GB, B&N will load both apps and B&N books/etc into it.

Summary:

If you use the old B&N partitioning (slightly less than 1GB for "B&N storage", slightly more than 5GB for "user storage"), apps will be loaded into the "B&N storage",﻿ and B&N books/etc will be loaded into the "user storage"﻿.

If you use any partitioning that allocates 1GB or more for "B&N storage", both apps,﻿ and B&N books/etc will be loaded into "B&N storage"﻿.﻿

If you use any partitioning that allocates 2GB or more for "B&N storage"﻿, you will not be able to restore a ClockworkRecovery (3.0.2.8) backup into that partition.

Needless to say, I picked 1.96GB and 4.2GB for my NC.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
Can you post the necessary steps to repartition the NC so users can dual-boot?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
I booted nookie froyo from a SDcard and connected from ADB fine. I'm getting this error when I'm doing step 2.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Be careful ...

Probably the device names are different on CM7, than on B&N OS configurations and similarly-configured OSes (eg, the Honeycomb v0.4 distribution for NC that is what I used). I don't use CM7, and I don't know what the device names are over there; they probably can be substituted for "/dev/block/mmcblk0", but don't go marching past the failed mount and expect anything to work.

HOWEVER:

Do not, do NOT, DO NOT leave the "xbin/" off of the front of the "xbin/busybox" lines, or you will get a different busybox (ie, the default one on your system)!

Even if the "same" program is there, it may not have the same capabilities:

The version of ClockworkRecovery that RomManager installed on my system, apparently doesn't support formatting partitions over 2GB in size. Considering that fact, I'm very suspect of using any "mke2fs", "mkfs.ext2", or mkfs.vfat that comes from the CM folks, until proven otherwise.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Update ...

Ah, I see now that you have now booted Froyo, not CM7. Do a "mount" (no parameters) to see what the device names are. Report them here if necessary.

Oh, and I see I have a typing error, which you copied: it's not "mmsblk0" ...; it's "mmcblk0" ...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
I sent you a PM btw.

I'm using the latest nookie froyo on the SDcard now.

Doing ./busybox give me a not found error

But doing busybox on here gives me the following commands.

And on your step 11, that displays the partitions again rather than the partition editor.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Converging ...

My typo on step #11 fixed; thanks!

However, the above busybox output you provided has the identical version # as the one I used, so it should be OK for the steps I published, without prefixing the lines with "xbin/".

Sorry about forgetting the "xbin" ...
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
Just finished following your steps and it worked out great! I now have 5.23GB Available Storage after restoring my NC 1.2 rooted backup completely (/data restored with no problems)!

I'm going to try dual-booting to confirm that works as well!

>>Edit<<

Running prep-dualboot-0.1 and/or eclair-to-dual-boot no longer errors and runs their scripts fine now! Looks like we finally have the solution to reverting the new partitions!

Thanks Dean :)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeanGibson:
Success!

Thank you for being the "beta tester" for that documentation. I did it from memory, albeit having done it several times in a row, to determine certain "limits" in both B&N and ClockworkRecovery software.

Besides, all this dialog finally got me over the XDA forum's new "10 posts in a regular forum before we will let you post in a developer forum" policy (the problem is real, but the policy is not the answer, I think).
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyr757:
This takes me back to the early days of rooting the G1, back when you had to manually enter all the commands. This should be fun, but without a keyboard! LOL!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jla34:
WOOOOT!!!

Thank you! jb7038 and DeanGibson

First off I want to thank jb7038 for his relentless efforts. I've been following his post and threads in hopes that he would solve this problem as I also have the same one. I would also like to the thanks DeanGibson for his great solution.

If you guys are awesome as I know you are, can you start a new thread with detailed explanations and steps on how to "fix" the new partitioned nooks. Can you write it so that people who are new to the android and nc scene can follow because ,like me, that is where many people who recently bought the nc are coming from.:)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jb7038:
I can write a guide on how to do this process from beginning to end if Dean doesn't mind or plan too! :P