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[Nook Color Android Development] Hoibb:
Folks - I'm so sorry to have to keep coming back. I'm still struggling with this partitioning.

Let me see if I have it right: GParted shows p7 and shows it as 27.5gB wide as a FAT32 element. This tells me I have already "widened" out the rest of the card. From reading (over and over) I believe that the imposition of the /img lays out all partitions and places all of them into their respective postions including p7. I've yet to have the NC be able to find and view that supposedly empty p7. Does p7 have to be formatted or prepped in some way first before it shows?

I thought I'd installed the 2 gApps flash files. I've really not been able to install either of the two gApps zips. Using Windows, I place these two directly under the root of the SD card using the reader. Yet, putting the card in the NC, this CWM Recovery facility never shows me the .zip files so I can install them. (For the life of me, I can't understand how this was so simple a few months ago!) As I say, I've little or no experience with Linux except to tinker around with my live-CD version which doesn't teach me much. Question: Where (folder or root) should the gApps.zip files be positioned and what should I use to position them - Windows or some Linux application that I don't know about?

Thanks again for any help. I regret having to be such a bother...

Hoib

Update later in the day (after a few hours thinking about it...)

I fired up my copy of Ubuntu Linux Live-CD. This OS sees the partition and the "root" where the two gApps exist. Moved these to \sdcard. Booted NC into Recovery. Install from zip - it grabs the both of them (where they weren't before). Installs gApps. Then took the NC and USB'd it to the computer containing my music files. There they are and in they go.

Hoib.
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
The way to put the zip files on the uSD card is to hook the Nook up to your Windows (or Linux) computer and let it boot (if it's not already on). I suggest you do this booted into CM7. You'll see the android icon appear in the notification bar. You have to allow the Nook to connect by USB to the computer manually by opening the notification bar, selecting the connect to usb icon (not the debugging one) and following directions. Once you do, you'll see two drives appear on your computer file manager (if in CM7). One is the uSD card FAT partition and the other is the Nook internal memory (emmc). You can put the flashable zip files on either. I prefer to use the emmc because you can select it from CWM (as internal SD) even if the SD card is messed up. Plus putting flashable zips on the emmc allows you to store them so that you can flash other uSD cards without having to store them on each card. Whereever you decide to put the zips, you select it from the CWM menu and navigate to the proper folder, select the zip, and let it flash.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
I'm glad you finally figured it out... I was going to ask to make sure you were using Rack's cwm... and yes... you put them on the "SD" partition... if you connect the nook to the computer with the SD in... it is the one it will see.
[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
I did everything except the Gapps part. Can anyone explain what to do in detail?
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Explain what exactly?

About the gapps, you need to flash them ever time you flash another rom.

Produced by NookColor at CM9 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Are you sure? With most install zips, if you are installing the same version (eg. a CM9 rom over a CM9 rom) the zip will automatically backup the existing gapps and restore them after installing the new ROM.

But Racks may have modified his zips not to that.
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
I corrected my previous post.

Krylon's Rom also need gapps but also Racks 's gapps are working fine with that rom.

Produced by NookColor at CM9 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
How do you know this? That they must be flashed every time.

Edit: I just looked at one of Racks' zips and it still has the backup function there. You should not have to flash new gapps with every flash of an updated rom of the same version.

Edit 2: Oh wait. In his zips he calls /system /system2. So that may mean his backuptool.sh fails. I guess only his users know for sure.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
Racks uses system2 for the alt boot and the script also modifies happened for although boot to system2...

That's why its important to run the scripts when updpating, the ROM or happened.

He also uses system1 for the primary... which is why the script has to be ran on primary boot ROMs and gapps as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
So does that mean the backuptool.sh does not work?

Can backuptool.sh be modded with yours/racks script so it points to the right /system so that users don't have to reflash gapps? Or does it only modify updater-script? Of course that is a lot of work for you guys and it may cause hiccups in your script. May be just better to flash gapps each time.
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Cause I have tried different Roms on Racks setup and gapps always need separate flashing.

Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Ok, thanks for the feedback. You have confirmed the backuptool.sh fails, probably for the reason I stated in my earlier post.

Fixing that is probably not worth the effort. Very easy for users to just reflash the gapps.
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
We can certainly modify backuptool.sh to work properly...Its just one more file to extract and replace text in... I'll look into that and get with Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
1.32 GB only?!

I dual booted this on an 8 GB card, and I get 1.32 GB only. Is this the norm?
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Is your card partitioned as it should be?

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[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
Yes it is.
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Do again the procedure but pay special attention to step 3 of the guide of 1st post.

Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
The 7th partition needs to be resized. The issue is discussed in this thread and other places. Search for "partition resize"
[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
When I boot into CM9, apps like TransProxy and Auto Proxy don't work while they work perfectly on CM7. The error message says I need to update the Kernel.

Is there any solution? I need to bypass proxy to run wifi of my college.
[Nook Color Android Development] alexwick:
Hey guys, I just copied one if my backup cards for a friend... Now unfortunately I also have my account linked.... And can't seem to get it in linked from that nook.... How can I do that?

Sent from my EVO LTE Form tapa talk 2
[Nook Color Android Development] halrulez:
Delete the account and have them make there own on that nook

I'm all thumb's
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
Is there anyway i can get the the Newest versions of Gapps & CM9 as a pre-made dual..... for some reason the ones i find and can make are all over 100MBs and i need it smaller than that so it will fit on my card

and i can not resize the card after i burn the dualboot img on it. i can only add to the "SD Card" size at the end

i use MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition v7.5.1

i have a 8gig card and on the "boot" it says i only have 102mbs unused
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
Anyone help?
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
Rom and gapps zip goes in the /sdcard partition. Boot to sd recovery and flash the zips from /sdcard
[Nook Color Android Development] spdsl:
I thought we had to use specific roms and gapps modified to work with this dualboot setup. For example the ones found on the first post of this thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
Yes you are correct. However if you want the latest update. You could use my convert2dualboot tool and convert it yourselves. Check my sig.
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
i have used that tool but the file size of the Zip is too big so it does not fit on to the card so i can update it

like i said before i only have 102MB i can use on the card for Updated zips.... all the zips i can find, edit and make are anywhere from 120MBs-130MBs
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
All roms that I tried are bigger than 100mb, so I think you should do something with the limited sd card space.

Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
I think you are trying to put the zip on the boot partition (taking the card out and putting in PC). With the dual boot SD you do not do it that way. You put the zip on partition 7 which is 'sdcard'. Then when you boot to CWM it can find it. You put it there with CM when booted to it.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
On windows I believe it only recognizes the first partition which is /boot and not /sdcard
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
^^^^ Yup ^^^^

so any ideas or any other way i can do it, im running Windows Vista Pro 32-bit
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
using adb ;)

or by connecting the nook color to the computer with it running... you can see the SDCARD partition then.

You just can't take the SD out and put it in a windows computer... but when the nook is running... you can see the partition that is flagged as the sdcard.
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
Thank you so very much. that works!!!

now i have a new prob.every file i make. when i go to install it says "can't install (bad file)"

i got the files from: http://techerrata.com/browse/nightly_kangs/encore

than i use the dual booting tool to make that into the alt-boot

than i add it to the card
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
If you're using the DOS tool... its because I haven't come up with a viable work around for DOS/Windows not recognizing symbolic links from unix.... use the android version of the tool.
[Nook Color Android Development] fta321:
Link down

Is the download link down? //techerrata.com/browse/nightly_kangs/encore
[Nook Color Android Development] {davros}:
Awesome ROM's finally the wife retired the nook so now I get to "have my way" with it.
[Nook Color Android Development] AACThaKid:
link works for me... you do not have a full link posted

Full Link: http://techerrata.com/browse/nightly_kangs/encore

from there you can go down the page and hover over the one you want, click on it than wait for your download to start
[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
Please help anyone
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
That is not related to this thread... I'd suggest you start your own thread with the problem and maybe you'll get some help with it... some people may not follow this thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] rockyddroid:
With all due respect, I have this rom in my NOOK. Since there is no discussion thread for this ROM, I think this is the only thread where people will understand.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
Sorry I haven't responded sooner. As you said, this is a kernel issue. I'm not sure if updating to a later build might help. But you could always try. Download latest cm9 build from eyeballer and use my convert2dualboot tool so it will work with the dual ot SD. Check my sig
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
I was thinking of.... the CM9 user thread
[Nook Color Android Development] Ahiko:
I couldn't find it in this forum, but I was wondering if anyone else had issues with the default Homepage being stuck in landscape mode?

It never adjusts to portrait mode even though I have screen auto-rotate enabled.

Just curious if there is a fix for this. :)

Loving the ROM so far! Great work and thank you in advance for the help!
[Nook Color Android Development] kumarnarain:
Quick doubt

Hi

I tried using a a new 16 gb sdcard ( unpartitioined)

After I use dd command thru my linux term and boot with card on

my NC, it boots a s a normal NC thru. It says unrecoginzed sdcard format.

Am I missing something?

Also noticed that the filesystem of the card gets corrupted after dd command sequence.

Noticed it when I used the card with a gparted command

Regards

Kumar
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Did you follow these instructions to burn the card?

http://nookdevs.com/Nookie_FroYo:_Burning_a_bootable_SD_card

Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
[Nook Color Android Development] kumarnarain:
Sd card partitioning and flashing dual boot ROM

Hi

I followed the structure mentioned here and used gparted to create the partitions on my 16 gb SD card. I used FAT32 as the file system. Then I downloaded the dual boot rom and followed the instructions mentioned in

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1634441

After that I used dd to copy the dual boot image file to the sd card. Yet when I boot my nook with this card, it boots off the device and refuses to boot from the card. When I inspected the card it shows unknown file-system Is there a clear step-by-step tutorial from start to end? Sorry to sound noobish. But I think I am repeating a stupid mistake.

Regards

Kumar

Yes I did follow the url you have mentioned. I think I will need a more basic tut set.
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
This is a better description of how to make a bootable SD card:

Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards

then follow the instructions in this thread.
[Nook Color Android Development] Zirus69:
looking for a new finished Image

Dear All,

I am looking for following new Images for the Dual-boot-SD.

I know there is App "Convert2Dualboot-SD Tool" but could be great to get a pre-tweaked and finished Image (incl. needed fixes).

Primary boot:

NC-MROM

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904129

with/also GApps

Secondary boot:

CyanogenMod 10 Beta 2 for Nook Color

with/also GApps

because I just got a daughter I dont have the time to read several threads, guilds and workaround for Issues to do it myself.

If somebody have a working Image of this maybe could send me a link via PM where I can find it.

Thank you so much.

Zirus
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
Well, you've certainly come to right place for free services 'cause none of us have daughters....
[Nook Color Android Development] Zirus69:
Maybe I didn't write it correctly. Nobody need to do a free service but I would be happy if somebody did this for him self and could share it with me.

Thanks anyway!

And the spare time I had in the past to read, convert, update, test and read to solve bugs - I just don't have at the moment with a little baby at home but I am still a nookie Fan.
[Nook Color Android Development] alexwick:
I am having problems to get access to the Playstore.... with all versions I have on my nook.... also tried my backups etc...

just no connection?

Am I alone... anyone else has this problem!?
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Did you install the right version of gapps?

Is gmail working?

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[Nook Color Android Development] alexwick:
uhm... first off... hvant used the nook in several weeks (maybe month) since i could not find the charger....

and then I recharged... started without problems... but the playstore would not work.... so i though use a backup... same story...

So was there a recent update to GAPS, that the old version wont work anymore? I am on the newest version provided in THIS thread here....

Help appreciated! ! !
[Nook Color Android Development] Hoibb:
Problem keeping Wi-FI "on"

Hi. I have the NC with the Triple-boot ROM off the SD card set up. It is version: Android 2.3.7 and Kernel version 2.6.32.9. Yes I know this is way old and I probably should take the time to update the ROM. Frankly, it's worked so well for me in most cases, I hate to destroy it. The one thing I do miss is not being able to run the Chrome browser. Anyway...

I want to find the setting that enables the Wi-Fi to stay on temporarily. Right now, after X minutes the NC blanks the screen and shortly thereafter the Wi-Fi shuts off...very annoying if I'm trying to stream content over my home network. I have to reawaken the NC and then restart the stream.

Would someone please point me to the setting that would enable Wi-Fi "on"? Is it the kind of setting I can then disengage after streaming so that the Wi-Fi reverts to it's standard set?

Hoibb
[Nook Color Android Development] leapinlar:
Go to wifi settings and push menu and choose advanced. It is there. Tell it to never turn off wifi in sleep. And yes, you can disengage any time you want.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook Color Android Development] Hoibb:
Well, I'll be dipped! How long have I owned this thing and NEVER knew that Menu press was there.

Outstanding! Thank you very much.

I guess I should try to move along to CM10.

And, by the way, I took some time and actually did pull out some of your articles in your sig. Wish I'd done that long ago. I would recommend these especially for those (like me) who are trying to learn how to handle the NC. I couldn't get through them all in one evening. But, they're

excellent

.

Hoibb
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Recently my main tablet broke down, so I returned to NC till I decide which device to buy next.

I am happy to report that I managed to install successfully to the Primary Partition of Sd card the CM 10.2 Rom (Android 4.2.2) and it's working flawlessly!! :o

Never failed me this small tablet or this great community here.
[Nook Color Android Development] Hoibb:
I am seriously considering moving to CM 10.1 from my really old triple boot ROM on my NC. I really like using Mirage CM7 - haven't delved much into using the ICS side. I would like to know if I do this upgrade:

Will this upgrade to CM 10.1 permit me to install the latest Google Chrome web browser? Right now the Play Store says my system doesn't support it. Perhaps a better way to ask this is: Is the failure to install Chrome a hardware issue or a software issue? I'm guessing it's probably a software issue...

Will this upgrade to CM 10.1 permit a "smoother" U-Tube experience? Right now, less than five per-cent (5%) of U-Tube vids successfully play. The majority of attempts yield "An error was encountered while playing this video. Tap here to retry." And, of course a tap to retry just results in the same notification. Strangely, if I navigate to U-Tube via the Browser, video's play very reliably with no errors encountered at all. But if I try to use the stock U-Tube app (which I've updated via the Play Store), it fails.

Anyway, I'm looking to see if an upgrade to the latest CM ROM is worth it from these standpoints. Any comments?

Thanks.

Hoibb
[Nook Color Android Development] RASTAVIPER:
Concerning Chrome, just checked that for U and its available at Play Store for my 10.2 installation. How will this perform, I have no idea, as I prefer Opera and Dolphin.

About U tube, I am sure that U have something wrong in your installation, as I can imagine that I had flawless U tube experience from my both Cm7.2 and Cm9 installations. Maybe U should check for other apk which is more suitable for our device.

In general, keep in your mind that Cm10.2 is quite heavy for our device. No comparison running JellyBean to one core NC with running it at a 4core Nexus 4. Most important issue is the low amount of free ram, that always stays around 80-100mb, which means U can't run many applications in background.
[Nook Color Android Development] Ray2047:
I don't suppose there is anyway to get this to work with 10.2? Long thread if the answer is in there somewhere just point me to it. Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
You could try clearing market cache and rebooting. Or try reflashing the gapps that came with the DualbootSD.

Just pop in the card. No need to do anything else before running any roms off the SDcard. :D

-Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] trybal057:
Word, good response time inspires confidence, so I can update to 1.4.1, without messing anything up with the sd?
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
Yep. Shouldn't touch your sdroms whatsoever. Go ahead and update your stock nook software. If ur iffy about it. Just pop out the dual boot sdcard and boot to emmc and update. Then pop the dual boot SD back in and u should be good Togo.

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] webdroidmt:
racks, glad I could be of help with the calendar sync issue. I just finished loading up both roms with apps, pics and music and this thing works really great!

Between changing SD cards for CM7 and CM9, as well as my addiction to constant flashing, I figured my sd slot would be crying for help in a very short while. :D

So, thanks again for a sweet contribution, it's appreciated.

Mike T
[Nook Color Android Development] trybal057:
ok, so when i hit write to burn image on sd, it says there is not enough space on disk, its a brand new 16gb sandisk
[Nook Color Android Development] webdroidmt:
Are you using win32diskimager? If you are, try running it as administrator.

Mike T
[Nook Color Android Development] trybal057:
All is well, this is nice, ics is on point, looking forward to new releases, what if I were to unmounted as card while in mirage? Can I mount it on USB and load apps, or do I have to remove sd?
[Nook Color Android Development] Homer_S_xda:
Racks,

Awesome stuff here. Is there any chance at making it support unchanged update*.zip files? I'm thinking of Verygreen's 1.3 which recognizes when it is flashing that the image is non-SD and fixes it on the fly, or more correctly makes the changes during cleanup.

Homer
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
Only if I had source code for verygreens installer. Then maybe I could modify it to look for specific update zip names and it would modify and flash to the correct partitions. To have CWM Recovery do it on the fly I would have to rewrite a lot of code. And that's still a little bit above my head at the moment. Still a noob in the coding world. :o

I'm not 100% sure how the edify scripting works. If it can actually look outside of the .zip. Maybe I could write a script that you can flash where it would look for a specific zip on the Sdcard partition and then do everything from there. Hmmm...??? Maybe??? Not sure. But I'll look into it I guess. Why not. I'm always willing to learn. :)

Thanks,

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] shumash:
Racks,

This is a superb effort! One request, however. After flashing from CWM, the reboot option boots to the emmc ROM, which for me is the stock 1.4.1. Can you set it up to reboot from the sdcard so we can select the boot or just let it run?

Thanks.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
This is a CWM bug I believe. It shouldn't boot to emmc. But it's happened to me as well. Also this is CWM 5.* I forgot the actual number. But it's still in beta. But it looks so nice! And still gets the job done. :D

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] aaron8466:
Was wondering...can we flash over the ICS build you have here to like the nightlies found here?

or no?
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
I don't see any reason to flash nightlies yet. Unless there are more changes coming from upstream, And from what I see in the thread. The newer nightlies seem to be breaking for some people. Also it states in my OP that:

7-This .img also includes a modded CWM Recovery that only works with .zips from this thread. Do not use it to flash with anything else besides .zips prepped by me for this thread!

But I will prep a new zip once I see changes that will greatly improve the ICS rom :)

Thanks

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] OrganizedFellow:
I did this in both CM7 and ICS, and it continues to boot into CM7.
[Nook Color Android Development] mrkavanagh:
You are a god!!! OK not really, but close. I have been working on dual booting ICS for over a week and here you come along and serve it on a platter with a side of fries.

How do I buy you a beer?