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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I am proud to present you with: Nook Tablet Unrooter One click APP!

By Indirect​

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Information?: Well, the way to best unroot the nook tablet (as it's easy to see if you have done mods to it) is to do a factory system restore, so I decided why not exploit that and make it into an application? Well that's exactly what I did and best of all, it's 1 click (technically 3 but i don't count accepting SU permissions as part of the app). You need to grant SU both times it asks for it to automatically reboot.

//I take no responsibility what happens with this application or your device and assume that any problem during this process if user fault.
//

Download link?:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15069134/Nookunrooter.apk

Instructions?:

Install app, open, click button, grant SU permissions (twice), and let it restore. That's about it.

Warnings?:

You WILL lose ALL data on the tablet except the Sdcard. Be sure to back everything up using titanium backup.

Changelog?:

1.2: Initial release

Credits?:

Dodgejcr for his code on github so I just had to change a few things as well as his help in IRC. Thanks man
Myself for rewriting parts of the app to be a one click unroot for the nook tablet
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Added the download link meaning it's live! I tested on my device and it worked flawlessly! :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Reserved as well
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
Thanks for this, I have it downloaded as a just in case. Seems much simpler than the 8 or 10 failed boot techniques.

Dumb question, but I am assuming this has been tested on an actual NT?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Yeah, tested it on mine last night before release.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kingbobyjr:
This does indeed work although it didn't reboot my Nook Tablet automatically. After I clicked on Unroot Device, it didn't automatically reboot. I tried rebooting it myself and then it began the process of restoring to factory. When it booted back it it was indeed unrooted. Or at least I think it is.

Is there anyway to verify that is truly is unrooted?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Get terminal emulator apk and then type su

if you get permission denied, it's unrooted. I know it's unrooted since I had to re-root.

Edit: The developer and I are working on it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Updated app to now properly reboot the device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Loglud:
BAD ASS!

Just outa curiosity are you doing a QF or a FF (quick format or factory format)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Factory Format. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjxZxHoUsY
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
I know this is off-topic, but what launcher are you using there?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] suicideclown:
ADW Launcher. It is what I use on my transformer and phone.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kes00601:
Thanks much. Just happened to see the EX version of ADW.Launcher is 10 cents today, so went ahead and bought it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nookabee:
Good spotting! Thanks for the tip!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] HMG10:
We are in the 10 days christmas sale for android market. There are a selection of apps each day that are 10 cents each. If you haven't seen that, make sure you take advantage of it. Someone already made a thread about it, but it sounds like you haven't seen it yet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Guy, stay on topic please

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gammaworks:
minor concern

reverse back to factory stock without a hitch. Got all my paid content back after clicking on them one by one. Good deal.

Just curious though, will registering the same device multiple times raise a red flag with BN?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bmeyer40:
I press unroot and it just sits there. It does not reboot. I manually shutdown and startup and it does not run the wipe. Any suggestions to full unroot and wipe.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Bmeyer, run adb shell then type

su
echo -n 0000 /bootdata/BootCnt
reboot
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Just start a factory data reset. (hold n button and power button while the device is off.

Sent by breaking the sound barrier
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bmeyer40:
Will this kill the root and os mods that your one click root program performs?

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I believe it is still rooted.

Can you provide all the commands to perform the unroot manually?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] albertwertz:
run the unroot app and click unroot and allow super user permission 3X in a row and it will work. I think it was a built in requirement to make sure you dont accidentally unroot. Try it again. I have had no problems unrooting on several devices multiple times.

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also you can check to see if your device is rooted now by running nook zergy again. if it is rooted it will tell you it is already rooted. if not, it will offer to root.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bmeyer40:
I ran Zergy again, I am indeed rooted.

When I run the unroot app here is what happens.

1. Press "Unroot Device"

2. pop-up window "Are you sure you want to unroot your device? Your device will reboot."

3. Press "continue"

4. Screen goes back to the unroot app where I can press Unroot Device or Paypal Donation.

I have downloaded and installed the app 3 times now. It has never once restarted and wiped the system.

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I got it. Superuser was not installed for some odd reason. It is unrooting as we speak.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Adapt0r:
It looks like you killed Superuser.apk

Try this:

1. Start terminal (DOS won windows) and navigate to the Nook&Zergy folder

2. Run command

>adb devices (checking if your Nook tablet is recognized by ADB)

>adb install Superuser.apk

3. Run Nook Unroot.apk once more. Now you should see this app asking Superuser permissions, allow and touch Unroot and continue.

You may need to repeat Unroot twice.

This will restore firmware of the tablet to its factory condition erasing root.

So far this is the only true unrooting method known to me. All others didn't work.

Good luck!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cellhead:
Took a few tries but I think it's finally working.

If you do a factory reset or wipe, superuser goes away and the unrooter doesn't run, it just sits there asking over and over if you want this. Find & download superuser.apk to your device, install, then run the unroot again. Confirm superuser access 3 times. Third time's the charge, I see mine going through the wipe & reload factory software this time.

I'm hoping to fix a slightly botched early root attempt and try again with indirect's latest script. Maybe this time the android market will actually work instead of fc'ing every time. Wish me luck.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] adri72:
ok so the unrooter app is gone... what are the shell (adb) commands to run in order to perform the unroot manually?

I need to unroot it in order to be able to apply the latest rooting script and get the updated apps it comes with.

Thanks,

- Adriano
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Unrooter app is now BACK. :) Courtesy of a public source code and myself, I now have a -working- unrooting app for you all that I made. :) (This is my first java application so I didnt want to get into writing a GUI thats why the source was used.)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] geebake:
OK, I freely admit my boneheadedness before I ask this....

Where is the download link? I can't find it to save my life.

Thanks,

Greg
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
I'm still working on it but it will be up shortly. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Link is now live! Enjoy everyone! I don't want pm's about this as it's the easiest damn thing on the planet! :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] geebake:
Awesome! Worked perfectly for me. You don't know how badly I needed this. One shouldn't 'play' with the significant other's Nook when she isn't looking :)

Greg
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] adri72:
I installed nookunroot.apk, ran it, pressed the "nook unroot" button. Superuser dialog appeared, I pressed "allow", tablet rebooted and wipe took place.

Once it's done I booted up, connected to the pc, launched nookandzergy.bat to re-root, and it told me the device is already rooted.

So I installed nookunroot.apk and superuser.apk, repeated the process above 3 times already. Nothing changed so far :(

Did I miss something?

- Adriano
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bebopblues:
Its not working for me, when I run it, it doesn't prompt for superuser, it just opens normally but when I press unroot, it shows an echo error of something. I do have superuser installed and it seems to be functioning normally. What am I missing?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
check for su.txt in the nook and zergy folder.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bobapunk:
This!

This app saved me an very uncomfortable 1.5 hours car ride yesterday! We were at my in-law's, wife went shopping with her sisters and came home to a rooted Nook. She was not very happy... Mostly because somewhere along the line the stock Nook email apk got broken or deleted and her "n" button was changed. I could change her "n" button back but could not find out how to fix the stock email app. Launching into Go Launcher to use the other email app was not an acceptable solution...

So again, Thanks for the quick fix! It was great because I installed the APK and then let my wife click through to do the unroot. She really felt like she "fixed my screw up" ... LOL!:p
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brandilton:
unroot doesn't work for me

when I run nookunroot.apk it prompts to run as superuser, I click allow. It immediately reboots, gets stuck in a reboot look for 8 tries then launches back into a rooted environment. any thoughts? is there another set of instructions for manually unrooting with adb or something else?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] cfoesch:
The manual adb process should be doing exactly what the Nookunroot.apk is doing...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brandilton:
I found a batch file that is supposedly and unrooter (addictivetips[dot]com/mobile/unroot-nook-tablet/), when it runs:

it reports back:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] MrEddy:
I'm having this same issue. I do not have "su.txt in the nook and zergy folder".

SuperUser is installed and lists 5 apps as Allowed. The Unroot app is not one of them.

I had everything working on 1.4.0. Trying to get back to "rooted normal" after the 1.4.1 update but not having much luck.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 424aca:
Help me please

Need help unrooting my nook this app fails me every time with an error message
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Sharakk:
This worked for me. Thank you! When it rebooted I was back to the nook setup screen as if it was right out the box.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] schtuka:
amen to that
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] VH99:
Does this work on 1.4 or 1.4.1 or both?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jsp254:
Does this restructure the folders, etc. back to the original configuration? Somehow when I ran the snowball unroot, some things got crazy. IE when I use dropbox, the downloads go to an internal folder instead of the sdcard. I want to absolutely turn this thing back to stock, no root, and folders rewritten and cleared. I know with the evo shift its called RUU.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It's the same thing except the RUU is preloaded to the device. This just exploits the safety protocol its attached to and resets your device to factory firmware.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tamaramarrero:
When I try this method it just reboots through recovery and then it tells me that the Unroot APK had to force close :(
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dirkdm:
Did not work for me

Ok I have read through these post and I get the same thing. When I run it , select super user it reboots, comes up as android and says it

"Sorry

The application Nook Unroot (process com.indirect.nook.unroot)

has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

Force Close"

Can someone help please? I rooted this because my daughter wanted to work on android. Now she has a nice android phone and actually likes the reader part of the stock nook color than the android reader. Any help would be much appreciated.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tmjohnsonfse:
This is a forum for Nook Tablets not Nook Color. Not sure what device you are looking for help on.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sebastian1978:
Apk doesn't work for me for 1.4

I have the same problem. When I click button "Nook Tablet unroot" I have the same errors. Also when I turn on device I get Sorry! window: The application Nook Unroot (process com.indirect.nook.root) has stoped unexpectedely.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dirkdm:
Thanks for the response.

I do have a nook color that I am having the issue with. Interesting this is just for the nook tablet as the video shows a color nook getting unrooted. Worked good for him the whole way through. Whats the difference between the nook color and a nook tablet? They look the same...

Dirk

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Ok So I found this

The differences:

NC: 800 Mhz single core processor

NT: 1 Ghz dual core processor

NC: 512 M RAM

NT: 1 G RAM

NC: no microphone

NT: microphone

NC: 1.3 update (1.4 coming soon)

NT: 1.4 update

So based on this seems like unroot should still function. No?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tomc585:
can this be done via sd card if i do a sd boot to cm7? I cant get my rooted nook tablet to go past the home screen. hard restored and still hangs at home.

edit: so I did the dual button reboot 8 times and it restored again. This time I think its un-rooted. How can I be sure. I dont see any evidence, shows v1.4.2
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] eybarra2:
Does this apk revert to stock if the NT is running Team B CM7? Or is it only for strictly rooted NTs?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
It works even with cm
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Next update (When I get around to it) will include:

Flash stock recovery before unrooting to ensure device will act appropriately

ensure compatibility with 8gb just incase there's any differences.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
I'm planning on getting a replacement Nook Tablet - have you updated the app to flash stock recovery first?

No biggie if not, I can do it myself first.

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
The app was never updated to flash stock recovery. You can just do it with Indirect's other app. Or manually with the recovery image.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DanGeorges:
Thanks Solar.

I've used Nook Tab Recovery flasher in the past - works great.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sailerph:
Will this revert cm10 back to stock ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Indirect says it will. He's the man!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Indirect:
Actually it restores the ROM to stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Oh nice! Thanks for the correction, I thought it was just a wipe to remove the root. Will edit my post.

Sent from my Slider SL101
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] varxtis:
So, a while back I was like "Hey, Im gonna root everything... Yay!!"... Then I realized I don't get this stuff enough to do it with any sort of confidence. So, then I decided "Eh, Im not gonna root anything anymore." Unfortunately, a friend once to sale their Nook Tablet that I had rooted for them, and the want it unrooted before they sale it. I need help. I Thought the unroot apk thats provided here would do a full unroot, but The Nook Tablet Im trying to unroot has

- CWM-Based Recovery v6.0.1.9

- Cyanogemod Bootloader

- Cyanogenmod 11 Rom (11-20140210-SNAPSHOT-M3-acclaim)

All internally installed (Not SD Card boot)

If anybody recognizes my name, they are probably sick and tired of seeing me on this forum asking for help, but you have my word I won't be rooting any more devices. If anyone can help me do a full factory unroot of this device, it'd be deeply appreciated
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Lizzdmc:
APK Download Issue

The download link no longer works. :( Where can this apk be downloaded?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Unroot Help
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Maybe just use the return to stock here: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78237984&postcount=204
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Thank you -Downloading now and will try. Do you happen to know if I should be deleting the Phiremod files and folders from my SD card first?

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I downloaded stock firmware from our site here and placed the zip in my SD card. Cyanogen logo comes up and when I look at everything, it seems that Phiremod is still in play. I even removed all (?) Phiremod and Clockwork Recovery files / folders fom the SD Card. Should I be starting with a fresh SD card and / or removing the card, doing some factory reset and then reinserting the card with the stock firmware?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
I have no idea what Phiremod is, but I think you should start with a new sdcard just for the purpose of returning to stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
I will keep trying. Phiremod is the developed files that I used to root my Nook. And the Cyanogen icon keeps popping up when I try to reset my device. I'm wiping and reformatting the sd card and will try again.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
You should be able to get there with a bootable sdcard following the instructions from the Bishoptec website. When you're done, don't forget to go to the B&N website and get the TLS 1.2 update for the Nook Tablet to update the stock OS.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Thanks but it's the same issue. None of these locations / links are active. I can't access the B&N zips. None of these function or one takes me to the Russian page.

Download the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip file or from this XDA thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663836 or here http://narod.ru/disk/49411891001.ac6…overy.zip.html (type the numbers in the box and hit the green button) from this XDA thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562130
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
No, I realize most of the links at the bishoptech site are down. It's the

instructions

that matter. If you really are having trouble finding the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip file, I have a copy here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/07fbs2usj7pk0pp/bn_142_factory_recovery.zip/file
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Thank you kindly! I look forward to trying this tmrw morning with hot coffee.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
The Nook keeps turning on with the Google screen with turning cogs and keeps restarting like this until the battery dies. It is on the charger to recharge but then eventually restarts on its own an shows this Google screen. I did follow the simple steps of formatting and burning the image file to the disk.

I hope that you can lend a hand.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Wow, I have no idea what that image is. At first I thought you were talking about the CWM opening screen but

Google

?!

DISCLAIMER: I have never done this.

According to the bishoptec website instructions these are the steps:

1. Unzip the bn_142_factory_recovery.zip file on your PC

2. In the unzipped contents find the file repart.img

3. Using Win32diskimager or similar, write repart.img to the SD card

4. Remove the SD card from your PC

5. Turn the Nook Tablet off.

6. Insert the prepared SD card in the Nook Tablet and power up.

7. "Within about 15 seconds, you should see a message “Please DO NOT turn off your device…..installing new software”

8. "Do NOT DO ANYTHING until a green checkmark appears at the top right corner (opposite the corner with the SD slot)."

9. "When the green checkmark appears, remove your SD card from your Nook Tablet."

10. The tablet should reboot on its own and begin the process of a factory re-image.

So....is that sort of what you did, starting with a clean (newly formatted?) SD card?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
So....is that sort of what you did, starting with a clean (newly formatted?) SD card?[/QUOTE]

Thanks - I did follow the directions carefully - (not very different from those to root the Nook). That Google screen is normally what showed up after the Cyanogen / Phiremod system screen. Then afterward, it would be the 'desktop' screen / background with apps icons. So yes, I wiped the sd card, formatted, wrote the image file ("repart") to the disk, and then loaded it in the Nook card slot. Once charged a bit, I turned it on as instructed, but it just went straight to the Google loading screen. Maybe should just reload the Phiremod operating system back on the disc. Not sure what to do now and any relevant threads are years old. Thanks for this correpondence. I feel like Will Smith in a post-apocalyptic world roaming empty streets.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
Try booting from a powered down state by attaching the charger/cord. Don't use the power switch, just plug in the cable Some Nook Tablets have issues with booting from the SD card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Thanks - Plugging in to instigate booting didn't work since charge was down but I did finally make it to a workable screen. The only issue is that when I chose to open from zip on sd card, it said 'Found no files." I attached photos including how the sd card appears. My question is how I'm able to still use Clockwork Mod Recovery or is that part of B&N system? I thought that was part of the rooted system. Anyway, ....Lost in space....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] nmyshkin:
The fact that you have brought up CWM indicates that you are not booting from the SD card but rather from your internal recovery. So there is likely an issue with your card.

Do you have a bootable SD card with CWM on it? Actually I guess it would not matter. Since you are having these issues I can see two possible ways forward:

1. Use your internal CWM to install the 1.4.3 update zip which you can put on any SD card. This will give you back the stock OS but no stock recovery so no factory reimage option.

2. Convert the image file on the SD card you made to a flashable zip so that your internal CWM can recognize it. This should yield the complete reversion to B&N stock, recovery included. I would need to look up that part. I know it has been done with TWRP images to make them flashable.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sGooss:
Thanks again for continuing to write and offer ideas. The Nook stopped letting me sign into Gmail but otherwise was fine. It has sat for two years and I wanted to use it for reading again. The Gmail issue made accessing the Nook app for downloading/updating an issue, hence my desire to get back to normal stock and make a clean slate.

I had removed the Phiremod system from the sd card so now the Nook has nothing from which to run. Your idea to make the B&N files into a flashable zip describes the result I would like. I've been researching but haven't found yet and from what I see from other set-ups, there are key files that need to be selected and a method. I wouldn't have a clue where to begin.

If you find, please let me know.