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[Nook Color General] SCWells72:
Yeah, I was going to say something similar. Ever since I picked up a TouchPad and got CM7 going on it, I've been toying with returning my Nook Color to (rooted) stock since it's really resumed its role as an eReader and lightweight email client rather than a full-time tablet for me. I'd still need the Kindle app, hence the need to root (I assume? been a long time since I've run anything but CM7), but otherwise I think stock has most everything I need. I just thought I'd hold out for 1.4 since I knew it was coming and would prefer to have the transition back to stock be as few steps as possible. For my purposes, it doesn't matter if stock is based on FroYo or Gingerbread, just that it lets me read the stuff I want to read, see my email, and do some simple browsing.
[Nook Color General] mikelav456:
Sorry but I am a total n00b. I am also running CM7 off an SD card and the nook itself is on stock 1.3. If I update the nook to 1.4, will I still be able to pop the SD card in and boot into CM7 just as before?

Thank you in advance for your help.
[Nook Color General] sangahm:
Yes, correct. It did not change booting from SD functionality.
[Nook Color General] pavlos46:
Ok so the sideloading option could be a problem..

Although anything you download .apk will bring up the package installer none of the tricks mentioned in the Nook Tablet forum will bring app the app settings menu.

Only way to do it is through Manual Nooter and its Tools.

Pavlos

One side note on the MN is that although Market seem to work fine it won't download anything, at least on my Nook.

And having flash player under data/app and system/app wont bootloop the device any more ..
[Nook Color General] mikelav456:
Thank you so much!

It worked btw. I can now read my nook magazine subscriptions and boot to CM7. Best of both worlds indeed. So happy I jumped on this wonderful device.

Thank you again for your quick response. I really appreciate it.
[Nook Color General] valinhorn:
I downloaded the update and put it on the root of the memory just like it says but for some reason my nook doesn't recognize it. Never had a problem with any other updates. Anyone have any ideas about what I can do to get it to update?
[Nook Color General] Tynen:
anyone know what version of android this is?
[Nook Color General] :
It is Froyo
[Nook Color General] sangahm:
When you say it "doesn't recognize it" what do you mean? Are you getting an error message, or it just doesn't do anything? Have you unplugged the usb cable after copying to the root of the Nook Color drive? Let it go to sleep?
[Nook Color General] mejack03:
I am also having issue with updating to V 1.4.1 i downloaded the *.zip file and it is in my root directory but the update doesn't start automatically.

My zip file name is nookcolor_1_4_1_update.zip
[Nook Color General] Paul22000:
Delete this...
[Nook Color General] ColdSunNC:
After you put the zip on your Nook, in the root folder, eject your Nook from the computer. Set it aside - totally leave it alone. It will go to sleep mode. Shortly after, you will see it reboot and then you will see it begin installing the update. Don't touch it at any point. Once its done it will reboot again and go to the normal lock screen. Unlock it and check for the little 'n' at the bottom of the screen. It should tell you an update was completed.
[Nook Color General] 4regt4:
If you download, will they leave you alone?

Slightly off topic, but still relevant:

If you download and install 1.4, do they "check your name off the list"?

Here's what I mean: I am running manual nootered 1.3. I have a backup of box stock 1.3. If I reinstall stock 1.3, update it to 1.4, play with it a while, and then reinstall my nootered 1.3, will they try and do an OTA update to that nootered 1.3, or will they ignore me? Will they check my Nook, see that it has been reverted back to 1.3, and update, or will they know that serial #whatever has already been updated?

I would like to wait to nooter 1.4 until others report more experiences doing so. It was already mentioned previously that somebody had trouble getting Android Market to download properly. At the moment, I just don't have the time to experiment, and I'd like to wait and see what others find.

Thanks.
[Nook Color General] sangahm:
You have it slightly backwards. It's not THEY that check your serial number, it's your Nook having a setting that basically says it's not the latest version. When it connects to BN servers and compares with the latest, it starts the update process.

There are many threads on these forums on how to prevent an automatic update, from changing settings in config files to modifying records in the SQLite database. Not sure that any have proven 100% foolproof. For me, I use CM7 on SD which doesn't have the BN stuff on it, so no update unless I want it.
[Nook Color General] 4regt4:
Thanks. I was afraid of that.

Yes, I've seen at least some of those 'prevent update' threads, and it looks like that is the route I'll have to go. Just thought (yes, I know, I shouldn't.....) perhaps that doing an update would prevent another.
[Nook Color General] michaeljr10wv:
Is it possible to run this from the sd card?
[Nook Color General] Schwacker:
Ok. Here's my NOOB question, months ago I rooted my NC with auto nooter 2.12.25.img. however, I never did put on another ROM (like CM7). So I think it's just rooted. It's my understanding that I cannot download this new ROM unless I return it to the stock ROM.

Is this true? I mean, I kinda enjoy playing Angry Birds and other games one my NC when I travel.

Hope this makes sense. Much thanks...

Schwacker
[Nook Color General] roustabout:
You will just need to root the new Nook OS after installing the update.

We're still waiting for more reports on the Android market. Obviously if the A market doesn't work for some reason, that's a bit of a headache.
[Nook Color General] hanasaseru:
Does anyone know if Manual Nooter will work on 1.4 without any previous root? (ie 1.4 installed over stock 1.3, not rooted 1.3)
[Nook Color General] roustabout:
It ought to work just fine.
[Nook Color General] sangahm:
Not a noob question at all. I haven't seen a manual nooter procedure that has been proven out for 1.4.1 yet, so I would wait until that's confirmed. (Unless I just missed the thread). Otherwise you risk losing your root-ness.

But as with 1.3, the root came fast.
[Nook Color General] banks8170:
4-5-18 MN should work. Used it to re-root but it should also work with stock..might have market issues though, can't test it yet.
[Nook Color General] ghrubi:
I have a question along this same line. I rooted my gf's nook last year. It's been running rooted 1.1.0. Now, she could care less about root, but she just wants to retain her 50 magazines and books. Can I just manually download the .zip from B&N, stick it on the root, and let it update? Also, is this full install? Or, just an update where I'd have to update 1.2.0 then 1.3.0 first?

Sorry about all the questions. I've been out of the loop for a very long time.

Edit: I've been reading up on this and many suggest doing a full restore to stock and going from there. If at all possible, I would like to avoid that in an effort to retain all data. I did find an article where a guy claimed to rename the clockwork recovery image and put the official 1.2 recovery image in it's place so an auto-update can run successfully. Otherwise, it sounds like clockwork "gets on the way" and won't allow an update to run entirely. Can anyone confirm this?
[Nook Color General] jaymtee:
4.6.16a rerooted but the market doesn't work. I need to get titanium backup back on and then I'll see what else works... Or doesn't
[Nook Color General] GorillaPimp:
Is copy and paste included in this update?
[Nook Color General] Bobioden:
Mine goes to sleep and the update doesn't start. How shortly after does is begin? going on 15 minutes now.

Had MN 2.6.16 installed, wiped the NC and went back to stock 1.3, and am now trying to install the the 1.4.1 update.
[Nook Color General] roustabout:
As of now, in my hands, the manual nooter 4-5-18 works as far as getting working superuser.

Apps can be installed via ADB.

But, and it's a huge but - the BN shop is broken. The reader works fine, but you can't download from the shop.

Also, and it's a pretty big also, the Android Market is not working on rooted 1.4.1.

I have had success keeping 1.3 off my main Nook Color by modifying the build prop file to tell the Nook it's running 1.3 -- the build signature, date, etc. are all pulled from the 1.3 file.

I wrote a clockwork script (two, actually) to flash in a modified build.prop that IDs the device as running 1.4.1.

This should work to prevent the OTA update.

The first script is at http://www.mediafire.com/?kfprb6oj9uzibd0 and is called 1.3-preserve.prop.zip.

It can be installed only from a Clockwork environment. It does two things:

- back up your current build.prop

- install a modified build.prop which IDs your NC as an HTC to Android and Amazon markets, and identifies your device as running 1.4.1 to Barnes and Noble.

Devices running 1.4.1 already obviously don't need the update. This is the method I have used to block the 1.3 update.

The second script is at http://www.mediafire.com/?qbc7kycx9b95eku and it is called restorebuild.prop.zip

Once a viable root for 1.4.1 is available, you can run this script to restore your old build.prop file and become eligible for the update. You should not run the restore script unless you ran the preserve script - the restore script needs to have a backup to restore from.

Both of these scripts can be copied to a CWR bootable SD card and run via the "install zip from sd card" menu item (NOT the "install update from SD card" option.)

To roll back to 1.2, http://nookworks.blogspot.com/2011/05/clean-12-install.html
[Nook Color General] mejack03:
Can somebody tell me what is exactly root folder means?

If i connect my NC in usb mode with my pc i will get two drvies in my PC

one is my Sdcard and second is my NC. So in which drive should i copy my *update.zip?
[Nook Color General] pavlos46:
On your NC not the sd card and then just let it sleep for a while, don't turn it off.
[Nook Color General] fpga_guy:
A much easier way is to modify the OTA field with SQLite and change it from "auto" to "manual". I have two NC. One is running BN1.2 since 4/2011 and has not been updated. My NC with BN1.3 is still at 1.3.

There is even a legit free version of SQLite you can use.
[Nook Color General] Schwacker:
Well I followed the instructions and placed the ZIP file on the main directory of my rooted NC. Eventually something must've happened for my NC did reboot itself (so I was thinking -- cool, it worked). However, I checked my version and it wasn't updated. So I'm beginning to think that I will need to return my ROM to stock before I attempt to upgrade it.
[Nook Color General] HarleyChick:
I also had this problem. Followed the directions EXACTLY. After I "left it alone for awhile", it came up with the android guy and the exclamation point inside a triangle (ERROR!). I hit the power button and then it went into CWM.

My Nook was previously rooted, but I returned it to stock several months ago, and have been running CM7 from the sd card. Do I have to somehow remove CWM from my Nook to get the update to install, or can I possibly put the update onto an sd card and install it via recovery?
[Nook Color General] roustabout:
fpga_guy: When I first developed this methodology for blocking OTA, it was in part because there was debate about whether the database hack worked.

I also wanted something that could be distributed to and used by people who did not have root and perhaps did not want root.

Granted, that's a different audience from this one, but once I had the files made...

@HarleyChick: At this time, you have to have a stock /boot partition in order to get the update to run. DeanG may well rewrite the update so it is clockwork flashable but be aware that doing that will probably rewrite your boot partition in any event.
[Nook Color General] eserviss:
HarleyChick,

I had the exact same issue. Even though I run CM7 exclusively from my SDCard, ClockWorkMod kept getting in the way when I tried to update my Nook from 1.3 to 1.4.1 (removing the SD card, putting the B&N zip file on root and letting the Nook Color go to sleep).

I ended up following the instructions here (replace mm with tt):

hmmp://theunlockr.com/2011/02/14/how-to-restore-the-nook-color-to-stock/

...to get my Nook Color back to factory stock (1.0 I think). THEN I updated to 1.4.1 and it worked. Then I put my SDcard with CM7 back in and it booted to CM7 fine.

I can go back and forth between stock 1.4.1 and CM7.

My only worry is I deleted ClockWorkMod from by Nook Color when I restored it back to factory stock and I have no idea on how to get it back. But, everything works?

-Emory
[Nook Color General] HarleyChick:
Thanks for the info. I was hoping not to have to go all the way back to stock, but I guess it can't be helped. Oh well, will give it a shot tonight.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
CWM will not flash the stock ROM, what will happen is it'll try to do it repeatedly and fail, at least that's what used to happen. So every time you boot up, it'll see the file to flash, reboot to flash it, fail. Repeat.

If you want the stock ROM, look for someone to create a zip for it, or return to the stock recovery.
[Nook Color General] mejack03:
No luck guys. I copied update.zip to my root folder and i left my NC for 5 Hours nothing happened.

I wonder that is that because of modified Build.prop, i modified my build.prop to play gamesloft games. can anyone upload original build.prop?
[Nook Color General] sangahm:
Returning to stock doesn't necessarily mean that you lose all of your data, at least it did not for me even after wiping /system and /data. If you are concerned, use Titanium Backup to save data before you return to stock, and reroot and use TB to restore any removed data.

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Root is the bottom folder of your drive. When you plug your Nook in you should get a drive labeled "MyNOOKColor". Just drag or copy the file to that drive and it should go to the root, not to one of the folders.
[Nook Color General] 4regt4:
1.4.1 OTA?

Has anyone had 1.4 "pushed" via OTA yet? (Yeah, I know, technically the NC requests it......) Or is it only via download at this point?
[Nook Color General] ghrubi:
I haven't updated my gf's Nook that's still running rooted 1.1.0 because I've heard about the ClockWork recovery "getting in the way". I found this, but haven't had enough time to try it yet. Maybe this will save you a lot of time returning back to stock. It pertains to the 1.3.0 update, but should be the same for this new one.
[Nook Color General] daft009:
I had a CWM version of stock 1.2 and 1.4 refused to auto update, the nook kept rebooting back into CWM and staying there till i chose the reboot now option.

So I installed the stock 1.2 from here update-nc-stock-1.2-signed.zip, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050520.

Once done followed the 1.4 update instructions on the B&N site and its now at 1.4 with everything 100% stock.
[Nook Color General] bobstro:
A report from a completely unqualified user:

I flashed my NC back to stock B&N 1.3, then copied 1.4.1 over per the B&N instructions. It updated just fine.

I tried the manualnooter-4-5-18 + manualnooter-4-6-16 procedure that worked for 1.3, and got pretty much the same results others are seeing, although I was able to download and read existing magazine and newspapers from the B&N app, as well as download a new (free) book. Softkeys loaded, and I was able to grant superuser permissions.

Repeating the process but stopping after manualnooter-4-5-18 lets me get further with market, but everything seems to stop at "Starting download...". One app I purchased hangs at "Authorizing purchase...". This is at least different than my previous attempt where I was yanked back to the B&N interface. Everything else works as above.

Interestingly, if I attempt to download a file using the stock browser, everything appears to work, but when I go to view downloads, I get a similar "Starting download..." message. Could it be that download functionality has been disabled outside of the B&N apps?
[Nook Color General] ghrubi:
I believe this is what I need. One question, did you wipe /data and /cache? If so, was your B&N downloads (if you had any, my gf has tons of old magazines) retained? That's the only info I can't find.
[Nook Color General] bobstro:
FWIW: On mine, they are still there, ready to be downloaded if desired. I did a full restore to stock, formatting /data and /system, applying 1.3 then updating to 1.4.1.

The same is true on any other device running the B&N Nook reader, either off their Nook stock ROMs or the Android version. I see books, magazines and even a newspaper I purchased via the B&N online store. Of course, sideloaded books are not present, so be sure to back those up!
[Nook Color General] daft009:
yes i wiped data & cache too.

dont really have any B&N downloads, except for some free apps from their market, which all popped back up ready for download again.
[Nook Color General] HarleyChick:
This is exactly the method I used and it worked perfectly! I've been using CM7 from sd card, and that booted up perfectly this morning, too. I'm in Nook-Geek heaven! :D
[Nook Color General] ghrubi:
That's great to hear. My single goal is to not lose her many archived subscribed magazines. Sorry, but I have one last question. Did you flash from recovery on an SD card? Or, from internal emmc? I was reading all the comments in the 1.2 update thread and it looks like if the recovery on the emmc was v3.0.0.5 there were problems, so they suggest updating to v3.0.1.0. The version for the bootable SD card was much newer. I ask because v.3.0.0.5 is what is currently installed, and Rom Manager says the only update found is v3.0.0.7... Thanks!
[Nook Color General] jaymtee:
This was the same situation I got to using MN 4.6.16a. SU gained, adb allowed sideloading, titanium backup sideloaded and homecatcher installed. Unfortunately both the standard Android Market and the BN Shop refused to download items. The items I had downloaded before applying MN were still there, but new items were not.

As I use the device as a reader and have quite a few books and magazines on it, I reverted back to stock.... again.

P.S. Is there any compelling reason to use MN 4.5.18 instead of 4.6.16a?
[Nook Color General] r0n1n69:
So, would an accurate summary of rooting 1.4 at this point be: the device is stable, but is unable to download from any source (B&N, Android Market, web, etc.)?
[Nook Color General] billingdl:
My experience with a device that was stock manual-nootered to 4.6.16 has been that the device is pretty stable, but downloads from Android Market and the BN Shop do not work. You also definitely need the HomeCatcher app. In Market, it force closes at varying points. In BN Shop, no FCs, but the actual download process doesn't work. I can successfully download and install from the Amazon App Store just fine. Icons for my BN subscriptions come down to my BN Home screen dock, but won't download. The other anomaly I've noticed is I get repeated "New E-Mail" notifications from the stock E-Mail app that I have set up with my Yahoo account. Also, JFYI, I've modified my build.prop to be a Galaxy Tab.

My husband is in the midst of upgrading his NOOKcolor after a reset to stock. The reset was actually unintentional, but we'll see if he ends up with a different outcome than me. He also won't have a modified build.prop.

It seems the behavior has been confirmed by a number of folks now. I'm hoping someone smarter than me can come up with a fix soon. =) The only big bummer is not getting my subscriptions from BN.
[Nook Color General] doncaruana:
When 1.3 came out, a number of folks, myself included, found that the only way to get the market working properly was to first use 4.5.18 and fire the market up, then apply 4.6.16a.

That was then. Haven't fooled with 1.4.1 yet, but will try a few things, like going straight to 4.6.16a.

The only thing is that the kernel looks to have changed (based strictly on checksums) from 1.3, so I'm not quite sure how everything will work exactly. I previoulsy had luck using Dalingrin's kernel after he redid it using the 1.3 base.
[Nook Color General] daft009:
i flashed 1.2 from a SD card. can't remember my cwm version now but from memory it was 3.0.0.5
[Nook Color General] r0n1n69:
Thanks for the summary billingdl. Think I'm gonna hold off until the d/l issues get resolved. I'm happy with my overclocked 1.3, and finally have it set up pretty much the way I want it. I'll have to put 1.4.1 on my daughter's new Color and see what the OS looks like that at.
[Nook Color General] billingdl:
Just an update that I fixed the odd Yahoo e-mail notifications behavior. just went into the Accounts area and deselected/reselected something (don't remember what now, but don't think what it was was significant) and after that, it has been fine.

Now just wish the download issues were as easy to resolve!!
[Nook Color General] jaymtee:
So.... I reverted back to stock 1.4.1 after successfully rooting (with MN 4.6.16a), sideloading Homecatcher, and then sideloading Titanium backup and restoring most all my apps. The straw that broke the camels back for me was the inability to download BN books and magazines. I use my nook as both and android tablet and a reader. I can live without the increased functionality of all my android apps but not without the books and magazines.

Once the market and BN download issues are solved, I'll reroot and reinstall...
[Nook Color General] billingdl:
I know what you mean. I'm very close to going back to 1.3 w/root. :(
[Nook Color General] r0n1n69:
On that note... I primarily use my nook for reading and media (netflix, mp4s on my sd card) and occasionally listening to music via google music. Are there enough new and shiny features in 1.4 to make a stock 1.4 device a compeling alternative to my rooted 1.3?
[Nook Color General] billingdl:
My personal opinion is no. I wouldn't consider going with stock 1.4 versus rooted 1.3. I will be going back to rooted 1.3 soon...unless the tech geniuses here come up with a solution to the Market and BN Shop downloading problem. :)
[Nook Color General] bobstro:
I like the launcher changes. The reader is much improved, with a nice two-column landscape mode, night and color modes, and other tweaks. The Nook Color can also now read Conde Nast publications such as Wired, so I get all the neat interactive features my wife will on her Nook Tablet. Sideloaded book covers show now with no extra work.

All features I want, but I can't give up other feature root provides. I'm switching over from CM once a fully-functional root is available, at least for reading.
[Nook Color General] GorillaPimp:
Can you copy and paste text now? For example could you open Evernote, copy some text, compose an email and paste into the body?
[Nook Color General] billingdl:
I actually don't like the launcher change. :) I had the perfect set up before with Task Switcher, Zeam Launcher, and Nook Home. It is okay now, but an extra step to see running apps. I agree being able to read in landscape is nice. I'll have to check out the night and color modes. I wish there was a full list of the 100 updates somewhere, but I haven't found one...although. I haven't looked to hard.

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No, I haven't found a way to do copy/paste. I have limited copy/paste using Opera (all has to be within the browser). I've heard the SwiftKey keyboard has copy/paste, but I like Thumb Keyboard too much to switch.
[Nook Color General] GorillaPimp:
Thanks for that. I never could get any of the workarounds to work on my NC. I use really long wifi keys and passwords and it's a PITA having to retype them constantly. Can't imagine why they feel compelled to remove such basic functionality from the NC. Phiremod 7.1 is pretty great though so I'm still happy.