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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] otisw:
Cannot write cm7 sd image to4g uSD card

Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img is 3,974,103,040 bytes, the card I have formats to 3,956,789,248 using partition wizard. Thus, win32diskimager fails due to a slightly larger image (about 17MB).

Is there a way to resize Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha_final.img to make it fit? Any other method than to use a different card? I would suspect the original SD card was just imaged directly and it was a bit bigger.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] johninsf:
Pardon if I missed this issue but did not see it after searching and reading in this thread.

Here are details:

(Internal or SD): Internal install

CM7 version: Alpha Final

Updates or system modifications: No

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

Can this bug be easily replicated: Yes

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

1. Use ADW EX (Set as default Launcher)

2. Select a non-default icon and main dock theme

3. Re-boot

Description of bug:

Since updating to CM7 Alpha 12, each time I re-boot, ADW EX theme returns to default.

It is easy enough to perform ADW restore settings/config but was just wondering if this is something others experienced.

If this has been covered elsewhere, please let me know and I will remove this post.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] koyotegambit:
I followed the instructions and I'm still not seeing my Nook internal as a partition when connected to the PC. Is there a setting I need to activate?

Internal install - CM7 version: Alpha Final
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] :
I have the internal CM7.2 rom installed and I'm missing the USB host functionality. I hope Team-B adds that in the kernel in the future. Also when I start a movie in the standard media player, the top/buttom status bar and the backbutton disappear until you are on the homescreen.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
It requires a reboot of your device. Have you rebooted since you changed the build.prop?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] koyotegambit:
After the reboot, it worked like a charm. Thanks a million. Problem Solved.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
No problem. Glad to hear you got it working.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] freonchill:
but is that b/c of the model of the NT hardware you have or the SD that you have?

with my first post about that, i was hoping to get feedback from ppl who did verses didnt require power, when they got their NT and their SD card model to try to ascertain if it was the hardware of the specific specifications of the SD card that was causing the 'power to boot from SD card' requirement

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i had this problem with win32diskimager. the README said i had the version from dec 12, 2011 - supposedly 4.x. i went to the win32diskimage website and noticed they had 5.x out. downloaded it, the README was still the 4.x version. though the interface (gui) of the program appeared to be different, like they had redone it in the win7 theme verses a winxp theme, but i digress. it worked without a hitch. so, go download and try the latest verison of win32diskimager... it might still not work since your card, but it might just be a rounding error?

btw - what kind of card do you have?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mikedett91:
I've used this setup and I haven't seen this before

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go into settings>cyanogenmod settings>tablet tweaks and check Disable Lockscreen
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] blackhat007:
i really dont know what exactly problem i meet! when i'm using cm7 alpha final; sometimes i put it into sleep mode and after hours i want to use it again, i pressed power button to unlock but it didn't work! it turned off itself previously and i hold power button to turn it on back! it didn't boot into cm7, it turned into update firmware screen of b&n !! and sure after that i couldnt use cm7 anymore! i must flashed cm7 again! and another problem i met like the one above! when i left it in sleep mode after use; after that i unlock it; i received the wifi status is turning off! and i couldnt do anything such as turn on or turn off wifi ! so i much restart my NT; but when i turned off and turned on back; i received the update fw of b&n like problem above ! these problem happens frequently about 2 or 3 days ! until now; i havent used cm7 for more than a week!!!

so now i must use stock rom for not flashing rom usually anymore! can any one help me please! i really like cm7 rom but i'm tired of flash it again after some days using !!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] miniblue:
SD Version boots w/o cord

My Nook was purchased around the end of December and the version of Win 32 Disk Imager is, according to properties, 0.0.0.1 and it is dated May 4, 2011. My SD card is a Verbatim 8 GB Class 4.

As in the title it boots without any external connection. The SD card is very slow and I have a lot of FC's with Go Launcher, Dolphin Mini and Email.

I have a couple of Sandisk 8 GB Class 2's on order and will test and use the fastest of the two on small block. I probably won't get them until next weekend and I will post results.

I love CM 7, but, at this point I am sticking to the stock and will try again when I get the different SD cards.

Bill
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] otisw:
I can't restore with titanium backup on the sd version of cm7, that option isn't available. Setting the backup dir to the proper one with copied files from stock rooted 1.40 makes them show up in the backup/restore list, just no button to restore appears. I tried turning on system migration, no change. Do I need to backup in a special way (with or without system data)? Maybe restore to a location other than "default"?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
SD Card question

Which install are you using (Internal or SD): SD

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

Do you have any mods on your NT (updates or system modifications): No

If yes to above what have you installed

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

Can this bug be easily replicated: For me, yes. For others? Not sure

If yes to above how can we replicate it to check: I don't know

I have an odd question and though I searched through things, I didn't see it.

I'm using a SanDisk, Class 4, 32G card. I've reformatted it, wrote the SD image using Win32 Disk Imager. I'm on a Windows 7 (which I HATE) 64bit system and no matter what I do, when I write the image to the card, I end up with only 2G of storage on the card. I can't move anything to the card at all, either through my card reader on the PC or via USB on the Nook. Everything boots, I don't have any trouble with the WiFi once I powered off and restarted the first time, things run great, but I just can't utilize the entire card.

Has anyone else reported this at all? I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Part of the reason I use the 32G card is so I can run CM7 and load movies and books on the card.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Not a bug. Think about it...if the image was made so that there was a partition that used up the 32GB of space, how would someone burn that to a 4GB card?

Answer--they couldn't. So, the image is made to fit (I think) it is a 4GB microSD. For larger cards, if you want the space, you have to resize that partition.

There are instructions in a previous post of how to do that--search to find it. The tool you use will depend on Windows or linux as your connected machine.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
SD Card question

Thanks! I did that though, following the instructions and downloaded the recommended program (rather than using Easeus), made the first partition 4G, active and boot, used the remaining unallocated area as the logical drive, labeled it Data, didn't matter. The only thing either my computer or the Nook sees is a 1.89G partition on the card. Nothing else.

I'm wiping the card now, again, and will try once more. I'd really like to put my movies and things back on the card, but I can't right now. Also, if it's FAT32, I can't move anything bigger than 2G on it unless there's a way around that. I've a couple movies at 2.3G I'd like to put on there.

If I don't root and make the card NTFS, I don't have a problem, but can't run the SD root.

I'm stuck :confused:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
I'm also trying to figure out how to make Windows be able to view and edit the different partitions of my SD card. I believe there is a solution where you install certain drivers to the card or reader, which allows a different partition to be used in Windows. I'm not positive about this though.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
EaseUS worked great for me, and it was one of the recommended tools.

And don't do ANYTHING to the partitions except extend the correct one to full size of the unallocated space. If you did other things, no guarantees! And it sounds like you did ("...used the remaining unallocated area as the logical drive, labeled it Data,..."

In EaseUS, there was no need to do that; the only change was to extend the edge of the last 'real' partition to full size.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
SD Card question

Okay, as soon as this wipe process is completed, I'll redo the image and try again. Will report back when I'm done.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Fillimerica:
More SD Card Testing

Apologies if this reply is lengthy, but I did extensive testing on my NT.

2 SD Cards: (A)=8gb Sandisk Class 4 purchased at Radio Shack

(B)=16gb Patriot Class 4 purchased at Micro Center

In short: SD Boot problem is unrelated to card contents (so it's NOT a CM7 problem). The boot failure / success can be reliably reproduced regardless of the boot data or the formatting method (image write vs. manual partition method).

On my NT card (A) ALWAYS boots from battery, and card (B) NEVER boots from battery.

Focusing on card #B, if I "goose" the power, i.e. plug in the usb cable for 1 second (or longer) and then remove it, the NT will boot both SD cards equally well. If I shorten this interval to less than 0.5 second then card #B will not boot (boots internal), but card #A still boots from the SD. Note that in the cases where I am successful with card #B, the power cable is removed from the NT a few seconds before the display even gets initialized. In no cases do I need to touch the soft power button.

Here are the respective card CrystalDiskMark tests from my PC:

Card (A) :

Sequential Read : 10.592 MB/s

Sequential Write : 5.807 MB/s

Random Read 512KB : 10.474 MB/s

Random Write 512KB : 1.151 MB/s

Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 2.608 MB/s [ 636.8 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.917 MB/s [ 224.0 IOPS]

Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.541 MB/s [ 620.3 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.701 MB/s [ 171.0 IOPS]

Card (B) :

Sequential Read : 18.772 MB/s

Sequential Write : 4.815 MB/s

Random Read 512KB : 18.303 MB/s

Random Write 512KB : 0.688 MB/s

Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 2.514 MB/s [ 613.7 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.353 MB/s [ 86.2 IOPS]

Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.660 MB/s [ 649.4 IOPS]

Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.389 MB/s [ 95.0 IOPS]

My personal opinion (lab coat removed): I think this is a hardware timing issue where the boot code is checking the SD card for data prior to it being electrically ready for certain cards. Having external USB power either changes the internal boot sequence or provides extra power to the SD card so it can initialize faster.

I don't really think that B&N changed the hardware. This can be normal electrical variance in the way that high speed circuitry is manufactured. Also, as more people try these methods, there will be more "needs power to boot" reports in the forum.

Can we discover a spec parameter that will identify which category a specific SD card will fall? That's the big question.

I would be willing to test other's SD cards on my NT if someone feels that might help.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] slgooding:
UsbListener Warning

When running logcat I get UsbListener warnings all the time. Does anyone else get this? Here is the error...

I/O error in socket communication, retrying

java.io.IOException: No such file or directory at android.net.localsocketImpl.connectLocal(Native Method)

at android.net.LocalSocketImpl.connect(LocalSocketImpl.java:238)

at android.netLocalSocketConnect(LocalSocket.java:98)

at com.motorola.usb.UsbListener.openSocket(UsbListener.java:133)

at com.motorola.usb.UsbListener.run(UsbListener.java:199)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)

I'm constantly getting this error, so it can't be a good thing. I forgot to mention that I have nothing plugged into the USB port.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Great detective work and analysis. Thank you for the effort.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
Still the same...

Okay, am reporting back to say that I marked the 4G partition as primary, extended the unallocated partition to the end and I'm still only seeing a 1.30GB partition on the SD card. I can't download any of my apps from the market now, though I could before I decided to putz with the card, and I still can't transfer anything to the card from my computer.

CM7 is working great! It just doesn't do me any good if I can't download any apps or load anything in the unallocated space.

And yes, I enabled the Install non-market apps, so that's not it.

I haz a sad...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Why? As I said, I did not do anything other than extend the partition. That is what the instructions said.

are you "building the partitions" or burning the image? I would suggest just try using the 'burning the image' approach if the other way is not working for you.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
I can't

burn the image without a primary drive on the card. I can't make the unallocated space on the card the primary. I don't know why. I tried. It wouldn't let me.

So I'm at a loss at this point.

Edited to add:

I have another 32G card. I'll try again with that, see what happens.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Format the card, burn the image to the card, put card into Nook with power off, turn on Nook.

May have to do the turn on by plugging in USB--some people's are working that way.

First boot takes long time--be patient.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
Unfortunately...

That's what I did the first time and now, for whatever reason, I can't format the card. I shouldn't be having problems with this one, but I have something else to try first to see if I can get it to format again.

Maybe it's just not meant to be for me. Who knows?

I got the other card to work and though it still shows just the 1.30GB, I was able to copy a couple of movies to the card. I just can't copy anything over 2GB because it's FAT and not NTSF.

Edited to add:

So, everything is up and running, as I said before, CM7 runs great! But my 1.30G partition which is the only one the computer sees, won't take any movies or anything else because it's already full so my 32G card is rather useless.

For the time being, I'll go back to using one of my cards as storage only and running the Nook OS. And I'll keep watching to see if anything else comes up on this.

Thanks for all the help. As always, you guys are awesome!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
Screenshots

Here are the screenshots of what's going on.

The larger shows what I see in My Computer, the smaller is from the EaseUS showing how the completely unallocated space turned out after I burned the image using Win32 Disc Imager. Evidently, the image for whatever reason, is partitioning the card. Only thing I can think of anyway:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Of course the image is partitioning the card...it has to have the partitions it needs to operate!!!

The partition just above the unallocated space it the one to expand, using up all of the unallocated space.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
I guess I didn't realize

That it would do four separate partitions and then completely disable the unallocated portion of the card. If that's the case, then it's rather useless to use anything over a 4G card, which I don't have, so I'm back to square one.

It's absolutely my mistake to think I could use any of the card beyond the initially partitioned space. I thought I would have the other 29G for storage, but I admit, I was wrong. It's useless.

Thanks again for the help.

Edited:

Sorry, I didn't see your post explaining which partition to expand. I'm doing that now. I'll see how it goes.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
Just to confirm, this is correct. Extend your fourth partition with all of the unallocated space. After that, your SD Card storage in the NT will show the (approximately) 27.39GB partition that you made.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tmlee51:
Would you please provide the link to the instruction? Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Solar.Plexus:
The software I used to resize the SD partition is here:

http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html

I'm running Windows 7 and it got the job done. Use it at your own risk!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jashack:
full dmesg for tiwlan module issue

Hi again,

The issue with the ti_wlan module upon sleep/wake still persists.

Again, the issue of WiFi hanging until reboot would be trivial if the hang did not result in the kernel thrashing the CPU... naturally, this kills the battery, so whenever I sleep the tablet, I cannot depend on it to have any battery remaining later on.

Because of this, the Nook Tablet running CM7 has a low dependability. Will my battery be full at ~80% or dead when I try to wake it next... who knows...

Aside from this kernel stability issue, the nicely polished exterior of this "Final" alpha of CM7 seems very visually appealing. In terms of hardware accelerated eye-candy, it is very much an improvement over the stock B&N android.

Attached is a full dmesg log showing the WiFi module hanging upon sleep/wake.

See also:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23477457&postcount=119

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23593276&postcount=264

I also posted about this issue in the original CM7 support thread, which has since been deleted...

The issue does not occur with the stock B&N kernel.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
Well, I feel defeated...I have been searching for 15 minutes and cannot find the post(s) I used for the procedure.

But the steps were...

Assuming you have a microSD card that is 'ready,' like a new one or reformatted one...

In your master machine, write the image to the card using Win32DiskImager.exe

(other programs were mentioned for non-Windows systems)

Put into Nook, power on and boot with the card (takes long).

Power off.

Take card out of Nook and put card in your master machine.

With EaseUS, Repartition the last 'real' partition (just ABOVE the unpartitioned space line) to use all of the available, unused room.

--that meant getting to the resize function, and sliding the slider of the partition end all the way to the right.

There is some good info in the first post here also, if ignore all the parts about Linux if you have windows

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22199348&postcount=1

THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT THREAD Do not post support questions there!

And once you have a working card, there are a few mods necessary to "see" some of the mounts.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23487384&postcount=138
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
Update on SD Card

Okay, so far after I extended the 4th partition, I am able to copy/paste my media files to the card though I can't drag and drop them because of the FAT system and the inherent limitations.

However, though everything else seems to be working well, the one bug I've now found is, I can't see anything but a white screen in the My Apps area of the Play Store (which is such a stupid name and why couldn't they have left it Android Market? But I digress...)

If I search on the store, things appear in the listing and those I've installed or purchased in the past are noted as such, but nothing lists under My Apps at all. I didn't see this listed in this thread though admittedly, I didn't search the entire site, just this particular thread, but thought I'd mention it.

And yes, I do have Unknown Sources enabled, so I'm not sure what's causing the bug.

Anyway, thank you for your patience and help. I realize I frustrated you no end, but this was not something I had to do when I ran CM7 on the SD card in my Nook Color so had to ask.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] movrshakr:
You haven't installed any apps in CM7 yet. Why do you expect any to show? With CM7 loaded, this is an entirely new device to the market.

I don't understand how it could have worked otherwise on the NC.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
Market Apps

No, they show on my list in the Market regardless of which device I'm on. The difference is, it shows what is installed and what isn't on each device. The list is different on my Photon than it is on my Evo as to what's installed, but the entire list of any app I've used is there.

But in this case, I don't have anything on the My Apps page in the Market. I don't have a header, no buttons, no nothing. Just a big, white screen. It's as if the My Apps page won't load. The rest of the market is good, and like I said, if I do a search, I find all sorts of apps and those I've purchased or what have you are marked as such.

And I have installed some apps because SU and something else that was preloaded on the card were updated. So that's working.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] freonchill:
wonder if he got used to how in cm9, there is an option to "sync" apps with your android devices. i might have selected a feature not fully implemented yet, or should i say not implemented in cm7 at all, let alone in the cm7 alpha for the NT...

but yea, Tigrisan will need to either have to manually re-download any apps downloaded on previous devices via the market before... or have backed them up with titanium backup and either manually re-install the apps or use the batch option

side topic for Tigrisan's issues

cant android read/write to ext3/4 file systems?

if so, to put his 2.2gb movies on his NT, rather than expanding the 1.3gb 4th partition to fill the rest of the space, could he not make another 5th partition in ext3 format and copy the files there? or is there a limitation of how many partitions there are? and he should be able to access the ext3 formatted drive from windows over a network b/c its just a smb share then
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tobdaryl:
I think your NT is now showing up as a different device 'Nook Tablet' instead of 'Barnes&Noble BNTV250'. If this is true you need to register your 'Nook Tablet' in google and it will show as you wish. This is the way my NT showed before CM7 and after CM7.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Tigrisan:
I guess I got used to going to the market and even when I updated to the Photon, everything I'd ever used showed up in the My Apps tab, even though I'd not downloaded anything yet on the new phone.

I'll get it figured out.

As to the fifth partition, nothing worked. I had to do as movrshakr said before I even showed more than 1.30G storage at all. I do think the limitation has something to do with the FAT file system though. I've never been able to load, drag-n-drop or copy/paste a file larger than 2G without getting the message that the file is too big when I'm trying to put it on anything in FAT format. NTSC isn't a problem

Copy/Paste is working now though, so we'll see how things go.

And no biggie, but I'm a 'she', not a 'he' and before we start with the dumb broad comments... :p

OH! And tobdaryl, the online Market sees my tablet so who knows?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] freonchill:
sorry, i didnt get "female" from your nick

but then again, didnt really think about it that much either way, just trying to lend a hand.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] tmlee51:
Thank you. I downloaded and repartitioned the SD card. It's working well.