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[Nook Color General] claudiaa:
Mystery force close of app

I have searched where to ask this without breaking the rules. I read your tips and can't see the answer but believe you must know what I should do. If this is the wrong place to ask this, please tell me where it should go.

I put CM7.1 on my NookColor more than a year ago. Loved it, purchased NookTablet intending to sell NC but found I needed both. I actually use my Nook all day long, have spreadsheets, etc. that are on both so no battery issues with 2 Nooks.

I use CatchNotes on both. No problem for a year. Last week CatchNotes forced closed on the NC (there was an update on Catch but it worked for a week before the problem). I uninstalled, reinstalled, still force closed. I decided to update to CM7.2 to be more like the NT. That worked great, but I still have the force close on CatchNotes.

I emailed CatchNotes the problem and they said they forwarded my email to Barnes & Noble! I don't think B&N are interested in what I did to their Nook.

Any idea what I should do?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
I'm sure it is a problem with the new version of Catch Notes not being compatible with CM. The only solution I know of is to somehow find and install the older version back to the NC. Maybe they will send the old version to you. If you are successful doing that, you need to tell market/play store not to automatically update Catch Notes in the future.

Sent from my Nook Color running ParanoidAndroid and Tapatalk
[Nook Color General] claudiaa:
CatchNotes

I thought that too but the update worked for a week in the NC and is still working in NT. I have searched Google and seen to be the only one with the problem.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Then use CWM to do a factory reset to clear out your installed apps and prior settings. Backup your other installed apps first with Titanium Backup so you can easily reinstall them later.

PS - It is best if you ask these questions in Nook Color Q&A. That way it gets more exposure to other users and they may be able to help too.
[Nook Color General] dltebojr:
Files on Mac

Can someone provide me a step by step process to get the provided zip files to burn as an img while on a Mac? I have a boot loop issue and really need to run the romrestore.zip; however, I am unsure how to get the img file operable. Thanks in advance!

(I've already tried the terminal but am getting nowhere.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
I know very little about OSX and Macs, but I believe that you can use the 'dd' command to burn to the SD. Maybe do a little research on that, or maybe a Mac user can help you.
[Nook Color General] Ahiko:
Hi leapinlar,

I think I might have replaced my stock BN OS with ParanoidAndroid by accident. I wanted to be able to dual or triple boot and keep BN stock (was using the triple boot SD card method).

My Nook doesn't seem to be connecting to WiFi now.. is it because I possibly did an incomplete root install without knowing it and it removed the stock WiFi capabilities which my SD card boot used to connect?

I'm going to try using my boyfriend's Wifi connection tomorrow because I'm working on this from home and I had Wifi connections at home whereas I connected flawlessly at his place (maybe my router is more protected than theirs).

Here are the steps I took, from your SD card boot:

- Burned CWM version 5.5.0.4 onto the SD card

- Added the new ParanoidAndroid ROM and GAPPS to SD card

- Put SD card into Nook

- It went straight to the boot menu options - Recover(uRecImg/uRecRam)

- Heading says: CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4

- Install zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard > pa_encore-1.6a-14SEP2012-171646.zip

- Rebooted

After that, I tried to setup Wifi, but it didn't connect. It kept looping the "Obtaining IP address..." and then it would disconnect because of a slow connection.

It wasn't until I was trying to wipe the SDcard that I noticed the Nook was running Android without it. Not sure if that's a bad thing or not.

Questions:

1. Did I accidentally overwrite the stock OS with Android? :(

2. I'll be looking up ways to revert back to BN stock. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.

3. Could the BN stock being overwritten be the reason why the Wifi isn't connecting?

4. Any recommendations to dual booting via SD card will be appreciated, too.

Been having a rough night. With all the SD card wipes, I accidentally wiped my USB drive which had all my files and programming projects for work and school.. Hopefully I can get this Nook problem resolved so that I can feel better about all of this.

Tough lesson learned, though. :P No flashing ROMs past midnight!

Thank you again for all your help. I swear I'm not a total tech noob, but I'm just having some bad luck. Hopefully my luck will turn around and I can get this right! :)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
1. Yes, you did overwrite the stock OS.

2. To fix it go to item A15 in my first post above where it tells you how to flash the stock rom.

3. Don't know for sure what the wifi issue is for you, but putting stock back on emmc may fix it.

4. Unless you need the triple boot of having stock on emmc and both CM7 and CM9 on SD, I recommend just putting one system on SD. If you want to try PA on SD, go to my item B1 in the second post above and follow the link to Taosaur's blog. Follow that guide substituting the PA zip when he talks about the CM7 zip.

So, first fix stock then prepare a new SD with PA installed.
[Nook Color General] chopsticksny:
i am running dual boot primary pa1.6 alternate cm7.2 with the dual guide by taosaur method. if i flash your modified stock 1.4.3, would it ruin my setup? thanks in advance.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You probably should be asking on Taosaur's thread to get the best answer. But, since you have modified the partition layout and put special bootloader on the boot partition, I would think trying to put stock back on without correcting the partition would mess up your setup. But I do not really know that much about his setup, so best to ask there. (The only mod I made to the original file was to make the assert test pass when using CWM. If you ask there tell them that.)
[Nook Color General] natenword:
THANK!!!

I this this cyanoboot loop bricked my phone. But you saved my @$$, thanks LEAPINLAR!

And just a side note. I dont know if anyone else experienced this, but that goo.manager was the culprit for me. Its caused a boot loop twice for me.
[Nook Color General] mateorod:
Ok, I got one for you...I talked about this once before, but I didn't see it in your tips thread. Don't kill me if it is there...

Create a file called custom_backup_list.text in system/etc. Populate it with whatever you wish to survive a CM install.

You can skip moving things to data, and just put it here.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Dual Boot eMMC

FIrst of all, love your write up. This has been and will continue to be my authority on NC when fixing my mothers tab.

But I have to say, I didn't see a section on setting up a dual boot with stock and CM on eMMC. This is the setup I want to give a try out in a day or two. I am currently looking at this thread. Attempt to steer me away from dual boot emmc if you want, I would like the knowledge, but if you can recommend a guide or consider adding your own, I would be further indebted. :D
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
If you are going to dual boot your emmc then Taosaur's thread is the one to use. I usually do not recommend dual booting off emmc since playing with the emmc partitions is risky. But I now have my emmc partition repair thread to help you get out of messed up partitions. But if you mess up your partition three you are in a world of hurt. So do it if you want, but realize it is risky.

You can accomplish dual booting with leaving emmc alone and make a bootable SD for the second ROM. And if triple booting is what you want use Racks dual boot SD still leaving emmc alone.

EDIT: I just expanded my section B3 in my second post of this thread to discuss dual booting in general. Thanks for the suggestion.
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
Before you do any internal partition modifications (dualbooting emmc, etc.) I strongly encourage you to make images of partitions /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 and mmcblk0p3 at a minimum. These are the partitions that contain your device specific information and backup.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Thank you for the replies.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Two more questions, if you please, sirs.

1. I would prefer to install CWM internally to avoid needing a uSD card at all, but I don't see a method mentioned. Is there a preferred way to do this or is it standard to keep a backup CWM uSD somewhere?

2. Taosaur's guide uses CWM to make a backup of stock to restore after repartitioning. Is it safe to assume that the above mentioned "partitions /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 and mmcblk0p3" would be included in this backup? Is it recommended to use this image if I wanted to fully restore to stock partitions?

Thanks in advance.

[Edit]

After some more reading, this is my best understanding to answer my first question. I begin with CWM on uSD then instead of restoring my own stock backup, I flash Taosaur's "1.4.1-keep-CWM" which leaves me with 1.4.1 and CWM internally. Then optionally, I can update to 1.4.2 inside stock OS then root with Manual Rooter (MN 5.12.20).

After typing all this I realized my position of asking you about another author's process. Apologies and thanks for for help thus far.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
There is not an easy way to install any ROMs on emmc without a working copy of CWM. It can either be on emmc or on a bootable SD. But there is not an easy way to get CWM on emmc without a bootable SD. So your best tact is to make a bootable CWM SD. It can be any size SD as long as it is 1/2 GB or larger. And any class quality. Get the image to burn this SD in my first post of this thread. Most people keep this for later use to make changes as necessary in the future.

I just saw your edit and you can use that CWM SD to install the dual boot. And flashing his zip to 'keep CWM ' does not put CWM internally, it just keeps it if you already have it.

To answer your second question, no, a CWM backup does not back up partitions 2 and 3. I know of no way currently to do that easily. You can use adb and your PC, but in my opinion that is not easy. I will look at that to see if I can create a zip to do that, but for now there is nothing.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Thank you for your reply.

I was unclear about not wanting to use a uSD card "at all." I meant to not need a uSD to boot stock, boot CM, or boot CWM after setup is finished. Using a CWM uSD initially would be fine.

I read your explanation of the "keep CWM" zip as a zip to flash 1.4.1 without wiping out an existing CWM internal install.

This leaves me lacking a method to backup internal partitions 2 and 3 (perhaps through adb) and a method to install CWM to eMMC.

Thanks again, I have lots of experience with my HP Touchpad (everything short of abd and opening the case) but have only used uSD installs for NC and NT so far. I have much more to learn. ;)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Backing up those two partitions (as partitions) is not easy but backing up the data stored there is easy once you are rooted.

Putting CWM on emmc is very easy. If you look at my item A8 (under the listing of 'to fix a corrupted or missing...') I have links to a flashable version 5.5.0.4 that puts it on emmc for you.

Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Are you running android? And you are trying to update the android market to a newer version?

If yes and you have used CWM, the answer is as simple as downloading the correct version from goo and flashing the zip file.

goo.im/gapps

Did I understand you correctly or do you have anymore questions?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
I answered the question in the other thread. But the last user was right, you can update market by flashing the correct version of gapps. And for 1.1 that is eclair. And you need a bootable CWM SD to do that.

PS, It is not considered proper to ask the same question in two different threads. It gets very confusing for users when you do that.

EDIT: There are now different answers in that other thread. This is why it is not proper to double post.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Almost there?

Progress report:

I and currenty running CM9 from uSD so I downloaded ADB Wireless from the market and have a ADB connection. (Actually, I got ADB over USB to work too, bonus points). Using the app, you open a dosbox in windows, type in a one line command displayed in the app and you can now use ADB. Then using the partitions listed at nookdevs.com/Dump_NookColor_Partitions :

ADB SHELL

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/2Rom.img

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/3Factory.img

I now have two images on the sdcard, one ~70mb and one ~300mb, respectively.

These are the mentioned backups, yes? In the event that I save them to PC then break my Nook, how would I go about restoring them?

Next, I plan to make my CWM uSD using CWM-6.0.1.2-bootable_SD.zip and follow Taosaur's Guide to repartition and setup stock and CM/gapps. Then flash update-encore-cwm.5.5.0.4-emmc-racks.zip to install CWM to eMMC.

Does this seem proper?

One more note.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050520&page=19

I followed this thread to download 1.4.3 from B&N then used the nookcolor_CWM-OC-SASDmod.rar mods to update it, removing modsys which contains verygreen's vold.fstab and Dalagrin's wifi patch(tiwlan_drv.ko). I believe this gives me a 1.4.3 stock zip that is compatible to be flashed with CWM if I choose to.

My question would be, is there any advantage in doing so? Do the uAltImg and uAltRam files install CWM for me?

other sources

ADB drivers nookcolor-easyADB-0.3.exe pulled from code.google.com/p/monster-rootpack/downloads/list

Had to install drivers manually (ie Have Disk) from c:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver\

Again, huge thanks to Leapinlar for being supportive and inspiring, as well as DizzyDen.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Great you are making progress.

The backups look like you did it properly for partitions 2 and 3. To flash them back, just use adb again and reverse the dd command. But don't worry about that unless you have a problem.

It is easier to use my 1.4.3 that I modified for CWM flashing. Get it from item A15. Flash that first before you do anything. Then use Manual Nooter 5.08.20 to root it. Then start using Taosaurs zips to move things around and the CWM SD to install CM and gapps. Do not flash the CWM to emmc until you are all done.

And no, the AltImg and AltRam are used by Taosaur to boot to the second ROM, which will be stock. Do not mess with them.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Curious, can one get ADB running without installing android? I have a 2nd NC with only stock that I think I will experiment on first.

[Edit]

Ah, nice. Still curious, but made do with putting a uSD CM9 install into NC#2 to backup partitions. Android is so cool. This has been a fun day.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
If you boot with a bootable CWM SD, you can connect with USB adb. But you said you had CM9 on SD. Can't you just boot that?

And stock NC is android, so if it is rooted you can turn on USB debugging and connect via USB there too.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Yes, exactly. I booted NC#2 with the CM9 uSD card to use the ADB I had working from earlier on. I will have to figure out the right steps to get ADB working on stock, that seems quite powerful to me. But that can wait.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Hey, great news. I had the install on NC#2 take perfectly. Thank you again, LeadinLar.

I may decide to come back and give a quick write up of the process I did, start to finish, for anyone else that approaches this challenge from the same starting point.

:highfive:Victory:highfive:

Android fever is telling me now to dual boot a uSD so I can have stock/cm7/cm9/cm10! :D
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
If you do, post it in the dual boot thread. It will be the most use to users there.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Well, 1 for 2. NC#1 is fine, except I can't get it to take B&N. Currently, I have returned the partitions to factory and installed CM9 with no problems, however if I flash 1.4.3 or 1.4.1 or try to restore my original B&N CWM backup, it either does not boot (no looping) or it will reach registration but fail after the wifi step. It commonly halts on the nook "N" loading screen. I may just leave it how it is with fine partitions and a bootable CM9 with CWM, but to try more, what might be the problem? would restoring partitions 2 and 3 help in any way?

Thanks in advance.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
After you returned the partitions to factory, did you flash my format partitions 5 6 7 zip? I found I had to if I wanted to put stock back on emmc.

And no, I don't think you have to do anything with partitions 2 and 3.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Yes, flashed

NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip

rebooted CWM then flashed

NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip

then flashed CM9

(thank you for those tools)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
No, I meant after you flashed CM9 and wanted to try stock again. You have to format them again after having CM9 on it.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Yes, flashed

NookColor-emmc-repair-partitions-1-4-5-6-7-8.zip

rebooted CWM then flashed

NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip

then flashed CM9 <-- This is incorrect

then flashed B&N <-- This IS correct

tried different versions, but really 1.4.3 should have worked because I used the same uSD as on the other nook.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
I'm not sure what is wrong, but I recommend going to my item A15 and downloading my 1.4.3 and my format 5 6 7 zip from the tips thread. Then flash the format zip followed immediately by flashing my 1.4.3 zip.
[Nook Color General] Jinato:
Again, LeapinLar is a lifesaver. B&N installed just fine.

somehow somewhere I picked up the file

NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7-8.zip

which apparently has subtle yet critical differences from your correctly working

NookColor-emmc-format-partitions-5-6-7.zip

which I just download from A15.

Personally, I think this device just wanted to spite me while I was showing off to a friend.

[Edit]

Oh, I see now. 5678 was what I downloaded to help return the partitions to normal. I simply missed the 567 tip. This has been helpful.
[Nook Color General] alexwick:
alright... SO i since i am using a CM10 Beta 5 SD card install... I am wondering if i can install nightlies with the goo manager, or would that install it on Emmc?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You can, but you have to set it up right. Go to the second post in this thread and read item B4. That installs my sdboot mod so that you can use goo manager to download directly to your boot partition.
[Nook Color General] alexwick:
can this methode also be used with the app "Cyandelta" ? for update SD installs?

and also let me ask is there a way to make something similar to a nandroid backpup?! Like a Image of the SD card!?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
I don't know what Cyandelta is.

You can go to my tips thread and look at item B5. It will tell you how to install a CWM that has been modified for SD installs. It will do a nandroid for you.
[Nook Color General] alexwick:
So according to this i can't flash "recoveries"....

but make nandroid backups.....

Are recoveries not nandroid backups!???

THANKS!

btw... Iguess cyandelta is a app that lets you just download the changed part of a new nightly instead of the whole file... have read about it in the Cm10 thread...

post #957...and following
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
No, recoveries are not nandroid backups. CWM and TWRP are recoveries. So what I was saying is you cannot flash new versions of CWM or TWRP with the CWM for SD. But make all of the nandroid backups you want. That is not flashing.

I modified the SD script to handle differential files that are made for Goo Manager, but I doubt they will work with cyandelta.
[Nook Color General] alexwick:
ok gotcha...

can i use the flash function in goo manager or would i be able to download with goo, but just reboot in recovery?!

also i just used the alternate boot with CWM . . . I thought it was TWRP... it is probably similar, but i am familiar with TWRP...

can this also be used with TWRP . . .?? :)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You can use the differential function in goo manager to download a file. But you still must copy it to the boot partition and boot to SD recovery. I have a script that lets you do that while the card is still in the nook. Look at my item B3, the section that talks about sdboot.

And NO, you cannot use TWRP at all with an SD install.

You should read my WHOLE tips thread and then you can stop asking questions that are answered there.
[Nook Color General] alexwick:
Thanks Again... I actually did read the whole "B" tips... but maybe i did not quite understand it all... will re-read

did you mean B4? because I did B4 and it worked!
[Nook Color General] CyanoLou:
LeapinLar: I wrote on the CM10 thread that I was stuck at the Cyanoboot flash Screen (for reboot or recovery). You responded, I took your advice and headed to this thread. I followed Paragraph A10 as you recommended and then A8 for a new EMMC CWM. I was back up and running in a...ummm...Flash. The Racks EMMC zip worked for me. The amount of useful information and needed zip files in your thread is truly amazing. Excellent work. Thanks again!
[Nook Color General] lynnji:
Another appreciative customer here. I lost partitions on emmc, and your zips saved me. Your explanations are very clear and easy to follow, and you've shared a lot of helpful information. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] semininja:
Thanks + Question

Having read my way through your posts and tips to installing CM10 on an SD card on my nook, I'd like to thank you for all of your work in making the process so much easier.

Now the question: How can I make it so that I don't have to copy the update from \cmupdater\ into the boot folder? If that's not possible, I'm just fine with copying by hand after downloading, but if it can be done without too much trouble, I like easy.

Thanks again for all your work,

semininja
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
The simple answer is no.

But one of the changes I made to the sdboot script was to make it show up at the root level without the need for root permission. That way GooManager could download the zip directly to sdboot. With GooManager you can set the download folder. And it worked. until they updated GooManager for CM10. Now it won't. And with CMUpdater you cannot choose the folder to download to. It always goes to the CMUpdater folder. So, no.

Edit: It seems I had installed the wrong version of my own script file. I was using an old one. Now that I have the latest version on my Nook, GooManager still downloads to sdboot just fine. But I don't think they are mirroring the CM10 nightlies on their site. So the modified answer is no to CMUpdater, yes to GooManager.
[Nook Color General] KitsapB:
User Tip B5 Noob Question

"EDIT: (10/29) I just added three SD format zips to the post attachments. I made these zips because I believe they do a cleaner job of wiping than CWM."

For user tip B5, what is the right way to install and/or use the three added SD format zips that were added recently? Thanks in advance!