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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] natkat:
SD Card Issues

I thought this might help someone else who might be having trouble getting the .img CM7 file to write to your SD card. I tried two different readers and still was getting errors using Win32 Image Writer. I finally tried inserting the SD card into the NT and gave it a few minutes to mount and then flawlessly wrote the .img to SD, removed it, turned NT off, then reinserted to boot CM7 from SD. Hope this helps someone!

PS I tried writing to SD card on both a PC and Mac. Finally success was using my PC.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Pecanh:
Thumb keyboard force closing

Has anyone been successful using Thumb keyboard without it constantly force closing after a reboot of SD CM7?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
OK, need some ideas here. I am using the microSD card version burned a couple of days ago. Love it!

But, I wanted to make the icons and icon text larger. People have recommended the paid ADW Launcher and the Go Launcher EX; both are said to provide some icon size control.

I tried to download ADW, and was told it was incompatible!! Now that's silly since this runs ADW already, no? So tried Go Launcher EX. Same message. I

was

able to download another paid app--a calendar program 49c.

Any ideas why market is not letting me do this?

CANCEL: Fixed. When I did the search, ADW came up as the ONLY ADW option, so that was what I was trying, not ADW EX--because that was not even shown. So the market was saying it was incompatible because it was already installed--still a pretty bad 'error' message. ADW EX did download and install once I found it.

Now to figure out how to get all the shortcut icons and widgets over into EX from the basic launcher .
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
I'm not quite sure whats going on there, I can download it and install it...in fact it’s the launcher I'm using. Have you considered going into settings, applications and clearing data for market / play ? Sometime tat can help. Have a go and see what happens please.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
SD Version CM7 Booted to CWM

All the threads indicated the SD version would boot to CM7 and run from the SD card. My NT booted into CWM. First the packing box, screen dimmed and brightened a few times and I'm at the menu. Do I install Zip from SDcard or did I mess up big time. I don't want to loose my Indirect root and all my B&N stuff. Just wanted to see what CM7 is all about.

Thanks,

Bill
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
Don't flash anything! The SD version DOES boot form sd and go straight into CM7. It does not alter anything in the tablet at all...

Sounds like you possibly have a bad SD. Please unzip the .img and try burning again.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] CelticWebSolutions:
New internal release version Alpha Final released today 9th March

When posting a bug or issue please use the following format to keep things easy for us

Which install are you using (Internal or SD):

What version is your CM7 download that you are using (should be alpha final now):

Do you have any mods on your NT (updates or system modifications)

If yes to above what have you installed

Where is this bug (main system or which application):

Can this bug be easily replicated:

If yes to above how can we replicate it to check:

Description of the bug

Any other information we may find useful
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] c600g:
Small fix in the instructions...

You might want to rename the file in step 4 from CM7_NT_alpha12_Public1.zip to Nook-Tablet-CM7-Alpha-Final-TEAM-B-signed.zip.

Otherwise, thanks much!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] SCClockDr:
Installed CM7a-Final, internal without a hitch! Great work devs.

Swyped from my Nook CM7a-Final using Tapatalk
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] chaqfoistylo:
Day/Month Error?

Hi,

Thanks so much for this release!

Running the internal alpha Final.

One thing I noticed, that on my Beautiful Widgets, the day (Friday) and month (March) are displayed as the numbers 6 and 3, respectively. It seems that the system has "forgotten" the names of the days of the week and the months of the year?

When I go into the *system* settings and set the date, it says above "6, 2012 3 09" to denote "Friday, 2012 Mar 09".

Also, audio notification ringtones can't seem to be accessed in settings, always causes android.process.media to FC. Also FC's on receiving any notifications.

Great work on the build,

Swyped from my CM7.2 NT!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tonyp22:
Installed Alpha final internal without a hitch. Dumb question - do I use the same CWM method to install the ZIP'd gapps?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
I did it that way before I even booted. Worked fine for me.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Internal final,

I've been restoring things by TB like crazy and it's all good. Looks like there might be an audio lag in MX player. Are there settings for hw acceleration?

(my wife says there's no lag. Maybe she's right)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] enahsyemotp:
Market not working

I'm really new to all of this, but I had managed to flash the previous alpha version of CM7 internally and had been using it without any issues. So, I just finished flashing the new alpha final internally, as well as the gapps zip that was linked in the instructions, but for some reason I get the following error on every app I try to install.

"app title" could not be downloaded due to an error.

Any ideas?

When I flashed, I cleared data/cache/davlik. I've also tried fixing permissions, and clearing the market data from in the app manager. Nothing seems to be helping. Did I instal the wrong gapps or something? I selected the CyanogenMod 7 version from the google apps wiki page.

**** FIXED ****

I booted back into recovery and re-flashed the same gapps zip, cleared davlik again, and it now seems to be working!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] brentb636:
My install went without a problem. Only cleared the cache, and installed over the first internal Alpha version. It's my wife's TAB ( I have merely the NC), and she's testing it out. She likes to load all the junk she can find, so it should be a good test ! :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] dang69:
Alpha final internal,

Sure seems buttery smooth.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jashack:
1) Batch backed up all user apps via Titanium

2) booted to CWM

3) installed the new alpha final,

4) performed factory reset

5) installed Google apps

6) rebooted

7) performed batch restore via Titanium

8) enjoying

Everything is working perfectly and my environment is exactly as it was before the upgrade.

The new release is amazing. Hardware acceleration seems to be working and I can't express how happy I am that the TI wifi module seems to behaving now. :thumbup:

Amazing job Celtic and Gonz
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TheBigDogz:
Is the SD version Alpha final too? It looks like only the internal. Version is March 9th release. SD version states in the dev thread that it is March 7th release. Can somebody confirm?

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ShinnAsuka:
Well if he is running cm7 I couldn't find any setting in cm settings that would increase font size. Sorry.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lukeskope:
Use Spare Parts to increase font size. I have it set to extra large and it makes a noticeable difference.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ShinnAsuka:
Ah right I forgot about spare parts nice find
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] seteva:
books

I am trying to make it through all the pages on this post, but I'm getting frustrated. Made my micro SD card, no problems, it works great. But I may have messed up what I was supposed to do first. I have over 200 books on my nook tablet, as well as purchased apps. How do I get those to work with the CM7? Should I have partitioned the micro sd card first? The books/apps are all on the internal memory, and I've been reading that we can't access that. But, when I plug my tablet to my computer while the CM7 sd card is inserted, my computer does not recognize it, or I'd move the files that way. I have copies of the books on my computer, want to figure out the easiest way to get them to come up on the cm7
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Look for better answers from others (and see my previous questions about knowing what folders are on what partitions--still not answered). But I simply re-downloaded my B&N content from my account into the CM7 "side."
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] seteva:
These are not B&N books though, so I can't do that :( These are books I got from other sources
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
I came across a little problem:

I got an 8 GB (4) and burned the CM7 image to it using win32diskmanager, then used easeus to partition my drive. Put it in my nook, perfect, everything works.

A few days later I got my 32GB (4) card in the mail and did the same thing. Put it in my nook, and it wouldn't boot. I can see the TEAM B+ splash screen but nothing else, screen turns black afterwards and nook reboots to nook stock.

I don't know why it does this, could be sd card problem.

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If you have access to these somehow (maybe a backup or what not), the easiest thing you can do is use DropBox.

Just drag your raw epub files over to dropbox and then download the app to your nook- you can reach your old files that way.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] seteva:
Does that then use the Nook reader app to read them?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Why don't you take the SD card out of your NT and use an SD reader to put it in your computer? Then you can transfer your books that way.

Or use "adb push" if you have adb up and running.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Transfer them into what folder exactly?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] sangahm:
To whatever folder you want on your PC. Then when you have CM7, copy them back to a folder on your Nook or SD card (I call mine ebooks).

If these are non-DRM books, you can then use any number of good ebook readers - just point them to that folder. For the DRM books, there are other ways you can research to make them not.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
I meant what folder to put them in on the SDcard so that the Nook app will list them in the library.

Do I read what you are saying that you can put them anywhere or in any new folder you create at any level on the sdcard (root or inside some other folder further down the tree) and they will be picked up by the app?

If not, then my question more precisely is where to place them so that they are automatically seen when the app is opened.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Here is what I did.

step 1 - copy your epubs over to dropbox

step 2 - download dropbox app in the nook tablet

step 3 - download your preferred reading app (I used the google reading app)

step 4 - go into dropbox on nook, and click on the file. The epub file will automatically download to your SD card AND get opened by your reading app.

step 5 - your book should show up on the app library.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
OK, thanks. That is good detail on how to do that, and I will keep it as a guide if I cannot get them into the Nook app.

But that question remains: where do you put them if you want the Nook app to show them in its library?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jasming917:
You have to open the nook app foler on sd card and them go to documents. This is where you can put all your ebooks gor the nook app to open and list them.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Oh... simple. You can put them on internal storage. My nook (I:)->My Files->Books
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
SO when you are running from the sdcard, it sees that internal storage????!!!!

I don't think we are on the same page. We are talking about running CM7 from the sdcard. Sorry, thought that was clear.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Sorry, I'm confused as to why you're asking to have books appear on your stock nook app if you seem to be running CM7. :confused:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Ack. More confusion. I am talking about the Nook app for android IN CM7!! Not the stock Nook--you don't have access to that when you are running in CM7!

Yet again I say, we are talking about running this thread's CM7 installation on an sdcard. We are talking about using the android Nook app while running in CM7. We are talking about how to put ebooks onto the sdcard (where, what folder) so that when you open the android Nook app while in CM7 running off the sdcard you automatically see the books in THAT apps library.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
I think movrshakr meant the Nook eReader app downloaded from android market place.

I too would prefer to use the Nook eReader app if it were not for its inability to work with eBooks placed in the NT internal user space.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
And that is the precise, exact reason I have been trying to find out where to store ebooks (obviously other than those we can download from the B&N account--which work fine) so that they show up in this app!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Oh ok, now I get it and I have a solution to that.

step 1 - put all your files into dropbox

step 2 - open dropbox

step 3 - select file and "export"

step 4 - "save to sd card"

step 5 - find Nook-->MyDocuments-->hit export. The folder you're looking for should just be named "Nook". It is the folder that the Nook app automatically created on your sd card when installing the app.

step 6 - open your nook app on CM7

step 7 - enjoy books

Of course instead of using dropbox you can transfer the files the same way from your computer. But I use dropbox for everything.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
OK!! I will try that tomorrow...Battery too low to open it now (it says)--did lots of reading this afternoon. Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Let me ask this, how is the performance of your nook? I ask because I am using an SD boot to CM7 as well and I notice apps tend to open really slow. For example when you install something from google play and hit 'open' It takes about 10-20 seconds to load up. I just wanted to see if this was normal.

Same with the nook reading app- opening books takes a while.

Let me know, thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
All my books are in sdcard\nook\content. Nook app sees them in library.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
miniblue, we have had immense confusion in this conversation about books. Somepeople were talking native Nook and some were talking CM7 sdcard.

So which does your comment apply to? We need to be very explicit in our comments because things are different between the two (three if we include CM7 internally flashed).

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Mine is quick opening apps running from microSD. First open after an install sometimes is slow with some apps that have to unpack themselves (not all), but after that, it is very responsive. That is one of the reasons I like it.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] The_Joe:
I tried the SD version very briefly, the performance wasn't great. (Cards fault) I then installed it internally and I never looked back. Its easy to do (Or undo) and then if you really wanted to, you could put stock NT software on your SD card.

I know this is not directly related to your question, just my take.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Thanks. Worked.

May I suggest you amplify step three for dummies like me...

Folders will not export--only files

(wish we could export the folder of a single author).

Get the 'export' option by long-press on the filename. "Select" is usually a quick press equivalent to a left-click. In this case though, it 'runs' the file (non-standard). Long-press is a "right-click" to bring up a menu, and that does work right here.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Which method did you use to install CM7 internally?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tel864:
Are you using a Sandisk card? If not, I would bet those delays go away when you switch. I was previously using a Class 10 card of some other brand, but after switching to the Sandisk Class 4, everything starts instantly.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
Really? Ill give that a try then. I'm running a Memorex right now. Is there any way I can transfer my apps/settings/themes when burning a new card? Or I'm I going to have to start from fresh?

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You are correct- I have yet to find a way to export folders yet, however, I don't think you can have another folder under 'Nook->MyDocuments'- not sure if the nook app would read it if you do.

You can also use windows/linux to drag and drop those files you need to your card (much faster).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] The_Joe:
My family has two NT, the first one was rooted before CM7 was ported, making it very easy to install CWM and go from there.

I'm on my phone, and won't be at a computer till 1130pm PST, if you can tell me if your tablet has root access I will write up instructions for you after my shift.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tel864:
When I changed my cards while running CM7, I plugged in the Nook and copied everything on the old card to a folder on the PC. After making the new CM7 card, I booted with the new card, plugged in the Nook, and copied everything from the PC folder back to the new card. I usually back up anything important using Titanium, but in this case, I don't think I even needed it. I picked up the Sandisk from Amazon for around 5 bucks and even though I didn't need an adapter, for that price I was shocked to discover it came with one.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] JRam13:
I just switch from my Memorex 8GB (4) SD to a Kinston 8GB (4) and OMG, what a difference. Apps open in a flash, this is amazing.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Thanks for the offer, I am currently running CM7 off an SD card but I plan to install and run it natively in the near future.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kazzaz:
now after rooting with 8 gb sd card it only show 1.38 gb ? is this normal ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Assuming you are running CM7 off an SD card, in which case you can use a disk partition tool (I use EASEUS Partition Master) to extend the 4th partition from the default ~1.3GB to ~5GB (taking up the rest of the unallocated space of the card).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
And a question I have been unable to get an answer to...

if I do that, when I look at the file structure with some file manager, which folders now have that space available to them?

A more complete question would be, which partition does each folder showing in the file structure belong to?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Still not fully understanding your question.

The CM7 SD Version image creates 4 partitions on the card. You should have extended the 4th partition so that the CM7 SD ROM is able to use all of the remaining space on your card.

In an Android file manager, /sdcard (or /mnt/sdcard) is the 4th partition of your SD card.

If you take the SD card out of your NT and put it into Windows PC, you will only be to view the 1st partition (boot partition, about 190MB) of the card.

Hope that clears things up a little.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kazzaz:
thank you but i didn't understand should use EASEUS Partition Master before or after rooting ? i know it may look like a silly question but sorry i'm not po this is my first time rooting and i'm trying to learn .. and yes i'm using Cm7 and i tried easeus partition master but just i don't know how to convert the 1.3 g to the 5 ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
You have to use the partitioning software after you write the CM7 .img to your card. The CM7 ROM is pre-rooted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
You understood it perfectly. Thanks.

Side question then...why was someone insisting the 1st partition was the one that should be expanded? I guess because it is the one you "see" when the card is out of the Nook--but so what, as space added to 1st partition would be unusable as soon as it was back into the Nook, right?

Or is it that the OTHER folders (other than sdcard) belong to partition 1?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kazzaz:
Solar.Plexus thank you done it perfectly but it's strange that there are about 2g still unused why is that ? or they go for the system ?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Yeah, you're basically correct. They just wanted to extend the first partition because they have a Windows machine and they want to be able to view the contents of the card when it's outside of the NT.

You can make an edit of a system file to allow the CM7 SD ROM to mount the 1st partition of the card as the "userdata" partition, but it's absolutely easier to just make the 4th card partition for userdata. Not to mention safer, since the 1st partition contains all the boot files.

If you're interested, I made a tutorial a while back to allow Windows to mount all the partitions of your SD card.

Are you using a big SD card, 32GB or so? In that case, the card needs a few GBs for itself, meaning you actually have a little less than 32GB, even when you buy it and take it out of the packaging.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
If you make no changes other than extending the 4th partition (sdcard; /mnt/sdcard), what partitions are the other folders "on?"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Which folders are you talking about?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
All of the ones you see when opening a file manager.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
I believe this is how the CM7 SD .img writes to your card originally, before you repartition:

1st partition: /bootdata, 200MB formatted as FAT32

2nd partition: /system, 1.30GB formatted as EXT4

3rd partition: /data, 1.30GB formatted as EXT4

4th partition: /sdcard, 900MB formatted as FAT32

I think it added up to 3.7GB, and I may have be off a few megabytes. I can't remember the exact partition sizes because I ended up making my /data a little bit bigger.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Here are the folders I see on mine, at root, using ES File Explorer...

acct

bootdata P1

cache

config

d

data P3

dev

etc

mnt

proc

rom

root

sbin

sd-ext

sdcard P4

sys

system P2

vendor

I hope you understand, I am not trying to be a jerk. I am just really curious to understand how all this fits together. So, where might be the partitions for the other ones?

And how does one tell, other than just "knowing?"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
What? Everything else is on your actual NT.

Think about this: If you take your SD card out and plug your NT into a computer. X: drive pops up as My NOOK, because the /mnt/media is on the NT, not the SD card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
OK, terrific. I am learning great stuff with every post. So, how did you know that? Did you at one time write posts like I am doing, or find some place/book that taught you this, or ....?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
I guess just spending a lot of time around with the NT. You start to pick up on little things you didn't realize before. It's nice to have as a hobby, too. Besides, college weekend activities get really old, really fast.

The biggest thing I can say is don't just follow directions, because it's impossible to learn about your device that way. It's better to understand what you're doing to the device so that you have better knowledge on how to fix it or change it later on.

And that's just what these forums before. Even before I had my NT in my hands, I read up on everything I could find so I knew how to revert back to 1.4.0 if necessary, root, and block OTAs. With every new device you have to learn the way it works.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
OK, now with all the help here, I pretty much understand the file structure with the CM7 alpha on microSD card.

Now, would someone kindly point me to the right thread for this: this NT16 I am using has updated itself to 1.4.2 in native mode. What should I do? Leave it? Install the OTA block for future? Revert to 1.4.0?

Here is not the right place--looking for where to go to figure out what to do with it, then HOW (I already kind of understand indirect's OTA block).

PM is OK.