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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] albertwertz:
So we are all confused with the tablets that boot straight to SD from power button and others that boot from usb cable put in. Everyone wants to see the tablets boot straight to sd when they hit the power button.

As seen in the below video, I was able to turn a usb only boot tablet into an always boot to sd from power tablet by forcing my tablet to brick and then recovering it. this got me thinking... maybe Barnes and Noble isnt as inconsistent as I thought... maybe they made all tablets to boot from usb and something some of us have done caused them to now always boot without usb.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HC9XL_9aXk

So, I need some tester. I am not responsible for the loss of your tablet, you do this at your own risk.

Requirements: You need to have an 8gb or 16gb nook tablet that can currently only boot to SD from usb. This means that with bootable sd in, you can not boot to sd by hitting the power button from an off state and you require the usb cable to be connected from an off state to boot to SD.

File you must download: We are going to test this with the CWM bootable SD cards I have made: File here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1439630

FIRST

Make the SD card and then make sure you

cant

boot to it from the power button, and then make sure that you

can

boot to it from the usb

Second

Make sure you make a backup of your tablet, I am not going to tell you to do anything that will brick you, but I am not going to be responsible for lost data

... or atleast not bricks that I dont know how to get out of ;)

Stop testing at any point that you become successful

Third TEST 1 Perform an 8 failed boots

With the SD card in and the tablet off, I want you to hold the power button down until you see the black N appear and maybe a white screen and the tablet turn off. This is one failed boot. Do this 7 more times and then let it boot the 9th time and allow it to factory restore. Now test to see if you can boot to sd with power button, if not, test with usb.

Fourth TEST 2 Unrooter http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380235

Root your tablet, then install the unrooter app, and then run the unroot script from the app

Test power and usb boot again

Fifth Test 3 Brick (8gb only)

Install cm7 rom, should brick on bootup, then flash back your recovered rom that you should have made before you started all this crap. Then test boot again for power or usb.

Fifth Test 3 brick (16gb only- Warning, I have not tried this)

Install my recovery rom for the 8gb NT, I think it might brick, then restore back with the recovery you should have made before starting all this.

Sixth Test 4: CWM, after installing CM7, clear cache, factory restore and clear devlic. Then restore back to your recovery and test.

Make sure you post as soon as something becomes successful. Do not proceed if something started working.

Please report back in this thread your findings.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lost101:
Sorry Albert, I just noticed this thread. I will get a hold of an 8gb nt this weekend that I'm fairly sure only boots with usb.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
Albert - thank you for looking into this. Bless you if this can be resolved. Just a quick note about your post, however: I think there are several places you talk about "boot to usb" when you meant "boot to sd". I've made the same typo lots of times myself. :o

I am one of the people who can only boot with USB attached. I will be HAPPY to try this out as soon as I can.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
So interesting thing here, my nook tablet behaves differently depending exactly how long I hold down the power button and the home button.

If I hold it down for ~1 second after the "boot flash" (screen flashes)

it will boot to the sd card

if I hold it down much longer and it either turns off, or reboots (or tries recovery)

an odd thing is if I turn off the power, let it power off completely, wait an hour and turn it back on, it almost always boots SD and then any further reboot boots to stock.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
Is this after any of Albert's experiments or just as you have it now? What root method did you use? 8GB or 16GB?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lost101:
Ok, so I managed to pick up the 8gb NT today. It has been previously rooted. Here are the results of TEST 1:

First try, I must have miscounted because on what I thought was the 9th time, it loaded normally, and did not try to factory restore.

On the second attempt, @ power-on no.5, CWM loaded.

Third attempt, CWM loaded @ power-on no.2

Forth attempt, CWM loaded @ power-on no.4

At no point was the usb lead attached. Also I was only using the power button, never touching 'n'.

Will I remove the card, do a factory restore and proceed to TEST 2?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
pretence ryiutte

16 GB root through the SD card, I've since done a complete factory restore from the 8 boot recovery partition and the behavior persists this way.

I haven't had a chance to mess with it, since my wife sold her nook which I used for reading books while I messed with mine...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
I got a new 16GB class 4 card on which I've backed up my apps with TB. I hope I will have some time to do some tests in the next few days. I have a bootable 32GB card (SanDisk class 4) with CM7 alpha final on it that I'll use as my test card for booting.

My Tablet is a 16GB model, so I'll likely have to try the "brick" with the 8GB image of CM7.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] albertwertz:
los101, so I am confused, did it work with just powering it on to start? or just doing 8 failed boots got it to boot to sd with just power and not usb?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
FWIW... Just got my wife a n 8GB Nook Tablet for our anniversary. I used my MacBook to image your root card from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1439630

I imaged it to a 2GB Kingston card. No idea what class it is because I haven't tested it. Stuck it into the 8GB NT, booted it *without* the power cable and it boots to SD just fine.

I then stuck in the 32GB Sandisk class-4 card onto which I installed CM7 alpha final... and it booted to stock.

It would seem we still might have a card issue, not just an internal issue. Tried turning off the 8GB NT, ejected the 32GB card, re-inserted it, still booted to stock. Turned the tablet off, removed the 32GB card, replaced the 2GB card and it immediately booted into the CWM recovery tool.

I then rooted by applying the zip using CWM from the 2GB card. Rooted successfully and asked CWM to reboot. Tablet rebooted to the (rooted) stock. I turned off the Tablet, turned it back on with the 2GB card still inserted and it, again, booted immediately to the CWM menu.

ALL BOOTS (except from CWM menu) WERE DONE WITH JUST THE POWER BUTTON. No finagling with the "N" button required.

I don't know if this helps, Albert. I'll still plan on eventually testing on my 16GB model. Also, when I have a free moment, I'll see if the 2GB card boots on my 16GB NT. If it does, what I would find interesting is if there is a way to get cards in general to boot more reliably across the board.

Edit: BTW - the 32GB Sandisk does boot to CM7 using the power cable.

Edit 2: Yes, indeed, the 2GB CWM root utility card boots great on my 32GB tablet without using the power cable (just pressing power).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lost101:
Booted off SD just by powering on. '8 failed boots' was

not required

.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
You know, just had a thought. I can try writing the CWM root image to the 32GB Sandisk SD card to see if it truly is the card at fault or how the partitions are set up. I'll also expand the last partition to fill the entire card as a test.

Is there anything fundamentally different in how the boot partition is set up for your root image over the CM7 (external SD) image, Albert? I want to make sure my tests actually are valid for comparison's sake and that I'm not just making the proverbial comparison between two dissimilar fruits...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PJLLB:
I have CM 7 and have tested booting on two NTs that I have. I also have 32GB, 16GB and 8GB SD cards (each created from the same image and then increasing the 4th partition to full capacity for the card), and each behaves the same as the other depending on which NT I use. One NT always boots directly to CM7 using any of the cards, the other does not. However, if I first tether the one that doesn't normally boot to CM7, and immediately remove the tether when the first screen comes on, the unit will boot to CM7 (as expected) but will the always boot to CM7 again without tethering (even after a reboot to NT mode, a shutdown and then a new power on) until the unit is charged. After a charge I then have to re-tether the NT once, removing the tether quickly at power on, and from then on tethering is not required (again, until the next charge) just like before.

This behavior is fully repeatable for me and has been checked over the course of several weeks. It's magic I'm sure.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] PlacidCat:
My vote is Leprechauns.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
This has been working for me when using the CelticWebSolutions' CM7 SD, but I found that it does not work for the Succulent "CM9 SD" (created using the method posted here).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] leapinlar:
I had trouble getting succulents dual boot setup to boot at all. Neither from power button nor usb cable. I finally got it to work by burning celticwebsolutions cm7 image to sd (which booted perfectly from the power button), and modifying it with MiniTool Partition Manager per succulents instructions. It worked perfectly. Now I have stock rooted 1.4.2 on emmc and cm7/cm9 on sd. See my description here.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wbickler007:
Perhaps this is not the place for this oddity/question, but I am attempting to root my 16GB NT and it will not boot to SD by *any* method. Neither Power, nor Power+N work, and when I try USB method, it will boot to stock after about 2-3 minutes, whether I've left the cable plugged in or not. Ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
In my experience, if the NT cannot boot off an SD card with powered USB then the problem lies with that SD card's format and/or content. You would be better off researching & asking your question in the forum thread that covers the SD-card rooting method you're using.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] wbickler007:
I am using Albert's R3 SD card (4.6 I think) method, one I created from his video instructions not one received from Albert. But I did locate Albert's troubleshooting thread and will try reposting the issue there, thanks. Otherwise, I'd be happy to help with the experiment! ;)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
I too was not able to create a bootable R3 card, until I abandoned using PowerISO to assemble files for the R3 disk image -- see my post here re: the alternative method suggested by Albert.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mmigliore:
This solution works for me, somewhat inconsistently.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
So oddly, I tried to create a bootable card using succulents method, and I can get it to boot, when plugged in, I can't get it to boot otherwise, I'm going to try and see if I can image a card with CeleticWeb's image and just nuke the hell out of the data involved, and then see if I do a "fresh install" using succulents method if it will boot.

so, yeah should be fun.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
So, CM7 boots when holding down N to my nook, my wife's nook is no good only boots when plugged in, I did a factory 8 time reset on my wifes to no good ends or means, and i'm really kinda stuck... any ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
No good up to flashing CWM to the device itself and going from there... it seems like it's skipping the whole OMAP SD bootmode entirely unless it's got the USB and kinda pauses at the processor access level (or whatever it does, I'm going by conjecture here)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] BoostedB18C:
Anyone still trying to figure this one out, or is it a lost cause. Just wondering if help is needed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DemonicPhantasm:
I'm trying to figure it out to the extent that I'm messing with flashes and the like, not that i understand OMAP dev or anything.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] risky the dwarf:
My experience with bootable SD cards

My experience is the same. I can boot an old 2gb sd card (with no class rating) straight from the power button to CWM. I can't boot an 8 gb card (class 6) with the same CWM image without plugging in the USB cable from either the power supply or computer.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Do the 2GB and 32GB cards have identical versions of MLO and u-boot.bin?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] spangeman:
Boot to sd without usb - possible solution

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[HTC One X] AZanshin:
I have a HTC one X with a t-mobile branded rom and I wanted to get rid of this branding and use a stock rom that comes with unbranded sim free phones.

Is there a rom available for this and how would I go about this.
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
*SIGH*

You can't unless you go for a custom ROM. If you'd bothered to follow Rule #1 of this forum and use the search function you would've found that out for yourself
[HTC One X] agento:
See the link below.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1533

There is loads of info here, just have a read.
[HTC One X] gaiden0000:
If you can't reply without sighing or making a useless comment then your as bad as the person you are telling off.

I've been flashing for years, my HD2 has had more costume changes then a drag queen and even I have been wondering the same question. My HD2 was the same and I was able to gold card it to get it to do what he asked, so it is an honest question.

Sent from my HTC One X
[HTC One X] Demented-Idiot:
OP,

I have a Vodafone branded OneX (or had! :D)

You need to unlock your boot loader and then flash Clockwork mod recovery.

All details here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24678690&postcount=1

Once that is done you are free to flash a custom rom. Personally i use Android Revolution HD 3.0.0 however before i used that i did put unbranded stock rom on my phone.

Stock ROM located here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546970

The stock rom is a Clockwork mod compatible zip file so it makes it nice and easy to flash for you!

Please note however that this doesnt change your CID so you still probably wont get OTA updates until your carrier has released them.

Good luck!
[Motorola Droid 3] RaTTeDH:
I have two droid 3's and I rooted them both and went to install a blue theme on one of them from the rom manager app and it worked great, so I did it on my second one, too. When it was in the reboot process it never finished bootoing and it stopped at the red M. All it shows is the boot logo, not the boot animation. I have tried flashing it with rsd lite, but it always fails. Is there any other ideas as to what I should do?
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
You need to get rsdlite working(does it work on the other phone?). Get the drivers installed from motohelper (or reinstall) if needed, get the phone into ap fastboot and sbf to stock and go from there. Check this thread on users with the same issue.
[Motorola Droid 3] RaTTeDH:
Yes, the theme works on the other phone. I will get the drivers and try again and will get back to you. Thanks for the help so far.
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
I meant rsdlite, have you ever used it with either phone without having an issue? I edited my previous post, added a link you might want to check out.
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
Instead of RSD Lite, I'd suggest using the quick unbricking script. It works for XT862 (maybe why Willis didn't recommend it). I have a mirror of it below. It's a ~450MB .zip file that is NOT flashable from the phone, but must be unzipped onto your desktop where you then boot into AP Fastboot, connect with the stock cable, and run a batch file from the download and it'll restore the phone's software to box stock in about 5 minutes.

http://minus.com/mB0zknQrL/
[Motorola Droid 3] RaTTeDH:
I have never used RSDLite before. So I do not know if it works. But when I am flashing it with the stock 5.6.890 it fails at step 5. It reboots the bootloader. But it fails always at step 5. Let me try the other replys...
[Motorola Droid 3] RaTTeDH:
I have downloaded this and tried this. When I run the application moto.fastboot.exe it takes like 30 seconds and when I run the batcch file it immediately finishes and says moto fastboot is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable file or command. And finishes immediately. Sigh.
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
The unbrick script will flash a vzw rom to your xt860 and have you stuck at the M logo anyways so I wouldn't suggest trying that. If you haven't used rsdlite before and are having trouble with it now you probably need to install the drivers from the motohelper software.

1./ download the drivers (from motorola)

2./ shutdown phone and turn it on by hold m + power

3./ select ap fastboot mode, enter and plug your phone into the computer ignoring any add new hardware

4./ start the driver install and follow it through

5./ unplug and replug your phone with computer leaving it fastboot mode.

Rsdlite should show your device under listed devices when you start it up at this point and allow you to flash w/e rom. I would suggest using the iucell or brazil retail fastboot files from the xt860 fastboot thread to get your phone up.
[Motorola Droid 3] RaTTeDH:
I fixed it using CMD in Windows flashing some stuff. Thanks guys!
[HTC Sensation] SensationNation:
This is coming from an apprehensive stock HTC Sensation user. I long to have AOSP ICS or CM9, but I must have a 100% success rate. I just can't mess things up, as there is no time to have the phone down for even an hour.

So what causes them to brick? I hear you all say to follow the directions, but what if they aren't clear? It's like when you try to teach someone something you have done for a long time; there are things that you just assume you do that are not spoken of.

What are things that are always assumed when you are in the process of rooting and changing ROMs? Trying a new kernel? (For instance, always superwipe here, but only a dalvik there...)

Thank you very much.
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
The directions dont leave out any steps. The guides are very thorough.

Bricking is caused basically when you screw up the ability of the phone to boot into the bootloader or accept commands from a computer. Many other things will prevent the phone from working, but other stuff is usually easily fixed. The big problems are caused by something going wrong while the bootloader is being altered. If you kill the bootloader, there is no bootloaderrr to get to where you can fix things.

But on the sensatio you almost have to try to do that by doing something stupid like pulling the battery while the bootloader is being modified. The software you use to root this phone is fairly idiot proof and does all the work for you.

However.....the first time you root a phone you will go really slowly (as you should) and your down time will be at least an hour from the time you first start to the time when you have a working phone again.

It can be done in as little as 15 minutes, but for your first time you will be super meticulous about everything and itll take an hour.

Sent from a rebel ship by storing the message in an R2 unit. (Help me, XDA. You're my only hope)
[HTC Sensation] sshede:
Honestly, just don't mess up any commands in revolutionary.io - seriously, double, triple, then quadruple check those commands - those who are inexperienced in command line tend to miss a thing or two.

Then, if for whatever reason you have to update the firmware, make sure you flash the right thing, and make sure you don't pull the battery while you're doing it.

Those two things should give you that 100% success rate, then again, nothing's ever 100% certain.

When changing roms, wipe data + cache. If you want, you can also wipe system and boot but it's not necessary. When flashing a kernel, wipe cache + dalvik cache. When it comes to rooting and what not in general, anything you flash in recovery is 100% safe. As in, worst case scenario, you'll have to reinstall your current rom. However, you'll never accidentally flash something from recovery that will kill your bootloader. Think of it like so:

BOOTLOADER > RECOVERY > ROM

The bootloader is the lowest level interaction you have. It's like your PCs BIOS. Recovery is kind of like a mini OS that can change the main OS. The rom is the OS you have installed.
[HTC Sensation] SensationNation:
Oh man, you guys are great! Starting to lose my anxiety about rooting now...

In what cases would you be altering the bootloader, or have the opportunity to corrupt it?

When you have a file you want, do you always flash it? To where? What files need to be under /root? I have heard of flashable zip files; flashable as opposed to what?

What is the best method of data backup (Besides a full nandroid)? Do you recommend Titanium Backup (Pro)? Does it always work? Is this a smarter alternative?

I really do apologize for the amount of questions. I want to be totally confident of knowledgeable of what I am doing.

Much thanks!
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
Titanium is great. Use is.

You will modify the bootloader during thevs off process. (Takes just seconds)

You may have to downgrade the bootloader if you have version 1.27.

Dont use the htc unlocker. Use revolutionary (search for more details)

Flashable zips are what you will use to install roms and kernels. You will install these from the recovery module.

The bootloader is where you will install new firmware or radios.

Sent from a rebel ship by storing the message in an R2 unit. (Help me, XDA. You're my only hope)
[HTC Sensation] Skipjacks:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

Everything you need to know.

But use 4ext instead of Clockwork when you are done. (Simple market download)

Sent from a rebel ship by storing the message in an R2 unit. (Help me, XDA. You're my only hope)
[HTC Sensation] SensationNation:
Thank you so much Skipjacks! I plan on using 4ext if I root. So, when would there be non-flashable zip files? I have heard people say "I'll wait until their is a flashable zip file". So what is the difference? (I hope I have enough thanks left to thank you after this. :D)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palerider GB:
Okay, so I've rooted my phone and installed Clockworkmod.

Before I even think about attempting to install a new ROM I thought I'd back up my existing rom.

I've dl'd clockwork mod yet when I try to create a backup i get...

--Installing package...

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:Failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

I'm new to all this and I'm not entirely sure what's going on here. Hopefully someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
That text looks like what you get when you are trying to install a non-signed package and your signature verification is turned on. NOT when you are creating a backup.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duraaraa:
Make sure you are choosing backup, not install zip file. If you get that text when choosing a backup, something is wrong with your version of CWM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZACQ8:
Where did you rebooted to Clockworkmode from ROMmanager??

try with Vol-up+Home+Power and select backup option from CWM menu
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Palerider GB:
It is indeed when I try to use ROMmanager. Ihave Flashed ClockworkMod Recovery (Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 4.0.1.5) I select "Backup Current ROM" and get the message I posted above.

If I turn the phone off and then try VolumeUp+Home+Power the screen only flashes once and thenjust stays on download mode screen...:confused: