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[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

No, it is not your nook, it is the SD. Something is still not exactly right on it.

It might help to clean the contacts on the SD too. Remove any fingerprints, etc.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] DapperDG:
Defective SD Card?

I am pretty savy when it comes to troubleshooting computers, but this one has me stumped.

For some reason my Nook Color will not boot to an SD card (SanDisk 32 gig class4) Is there any way to know if I have a defective SD card? I have tried every possible variation of the following I can think of.

Wipe card clean with SDFormater.

Create partition with MiniTool.

Unzipped "

generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-larger-Rev5

" and burned image file with same name I did the above with both Win32Diskimager and WinImage.

Copy and paste two un-zipped files to boot partition: "

cm-10.1-encore-b2

" and "

gapps-jb-20130301-signed

"

Insert SD card into powered off Nook and power up.

The Nook ignores the SD card and boots up normal and writes standard Nook folders to the boot disk.

I have also tried this on a 32 gig PNY class 4 with same results.

Hmm… What have I missed here? Could the SD card be the problem? Do I need to buy a different variation of the same card that is specifically designed for this task? We live in a remote location so I had to buy the SD card at our local Wal-Mart. Perhaps I need to take it back and get something different onlinei?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

First, you do not want that PNY. Take it back. That SanDisk class 4 is the best you can get.

Second, it is very critical how you burn the SD. Do NOT use a built-in card reader. Use an external USB card reader. Run your software in administrator mode. I recommend win32diskimager. Close all unnecessary windows. Do not use partitioning software. And when you use SDFormatter, do a full format, not just quick. And hold your mouth just right.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] DapperDG:
Zip Zero Nada

I guess the disk is either defective, or I'm still not holding my mouth right.

I not only shut down open windows, but also everything I could in the Taskbar

Run SDFormater as admin and tried both "Full (Overwrite)" and "Full (Erase)"

Run Win32DiskImager as admin to burn image

Remove and re-insert USB card reader and copy CM and GAPP files to Boot partition

Put SD card in powered off Nook and power up

Same results. Nook just flat will not recognize this as a book disk. Boots normal and writes generic Nook folders as before.

If I am missing something here, I sure can't figure out what it would be? Anyway, i really do appreciate your help! I"m need to make a business trip to New York the last of May, and trying hard to get this working first so I can load up a few specialized apps :)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

I guess I forgot to ask you the first question that needs to be asked. Are you sure this is a Nook Color? It could be a Nook Tablet. The Tablet has a silver bezel and is model no BVT250. These cards will not boot on the Tablet.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] DapperDG:
Yikes!

Wow! I asked the B&N salesman for a Nook Color, so all this time that's what I thought I had!

Okay, so in your opinion, now what? Personally I think I'll sell this one on Ebay and upgrade. Then again, maybe I'll do the android thing on this one first just to test it. If so, could you point me to the right webpage so as to download all the right stuff?

Thanks again, and sorry about the hassle. I'll let you know when I finally have "arrived"
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

I have a Nook Tablet that I modified a long time ago. It depends on which model you have. They come in 8GB and 16GB models and the software mods are not compatible with each other. I am not sure what the latest tool is for upgrading these. Look on the XDA Nook Tablet development forum.

If it were me, I would upgrade to an HD or HD+. I have both and never touch my Tablet any more and only touch the Color when I need to for helping people. The HD/HD+ can be modified with CM on SD just like the Color.

If you want to know more about the HD/HD+ I have some threads about them linked in my signature.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] DapperDG:
Thanks!

Thank you. I'm reading HD vs. HD+ reviews right now. I initially bought this as a proofing tool to validate EPUB's before uploading to retail outlets. Once you have an EPUB formated correctly, Mobi's not a problem. I suppose the Tablet version would do, but I like the multi-user aspect of the newer versions. That way my wife and I could both veiw our seperate email accounts on the road. In this case, I wll be in NY and St. Louis in June promoting "Certified So: Redefining Happiness"

Thanks again, and please let me know if you'd like a free EPUB when it's ready. It's small, but comes with rave reviews :)
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

I just replied to another user about the HD/HD+. You might be interested in what I said.

'"And to answer your question about the HD/HD+, they both are capable of running CM from an SD. The mechanics are a little different than for the Nook Color, but the principle is the same. And the SD card property needs are the same, ie SanDisk class 4 is the best.

I have both the HD and the HD+ and the only real difference is the size/form factor. But each needs its own SD card setup. They are not compatible with each other (kind of like the Nook Color/Nook Tablet issue).

We have two devs supporting CM ROMs on SD for these devices right now, one for each device. At the moment the support is better for the HD as CM10.1 ROMs are available and we get new builds routinely. The builds for the HD+ are more sporatic and focus on CM10.

You will not regret moving up."

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
Problems loading cm7 card onto nook color

I have followed the instruction at least ten times with the same result.. After I get the little penguin and it loads everything (I think), the Nook shuts down. Then when I restart the nook it comes up with loading on the screen for a couple of seconds and then the screen goes to a grey color and nothing else happens. I have tried reformating the sd card, redownloading all three files tried both loaders mentioned for windows, different unzipping programs for the generic file. Also I have cleared the cache many times. Any one with any info would be appreciated.

I watched the videos also.

Thanks:(
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

What brand and class of SD card are you using. Some just do not work. You need to be using a SanDisk class 4.

Also what version of CM are you trying to install?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
sandisk 8gb, i have tried all three 7, 9, 10 with all the appropriate other files for each.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

Get the program SDFormatter free on the web and do a full format to make sure all of the card is wiped. Then try burning and installing again. And try booting with just the CM ROM and wait on doing the gapps til later.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
Ok will get that and try and come back with results, thank you!!
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
lock up

OK, I formatted the sd card and reloaded cm7, put card in nook and it loaded to a point then just locked up art this screen.

this is exactly what I am trying to load Generic-sdcard-v1.3-...-larger-rev5 (1).zip

cm.7.2.0 encore (1).zip, Gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

That means you either do not have the CM7 file on the card or it is not named properly. Read the words in the picture about how to name it. Put the card in the PC and look.

Edit: you named the CM file cm. not cm- (cm dot is wrong cm dash is right). Rename it. And you do not put the image zip on the boot partition. Just cm- and gapps-, remember the dashes.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
typo

That , was a typo, Whatever it is named when unzipped is what i use for winimage to write to the sd card. then i do a copy to for the other two zip files.

The last two tries I watched the scrolling line and there were a lot of error lines flying by. the best i could see before everything went off was 10 errors in MMCBIK1P2-8 I think.

when I restarted I go a green bar in center of screen with loading under it. then grey screen again.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

Errors either mean you have a bad card or bad downloads.

That MMC... error was while it was trying to format /system. That tells me a bad card. I had a couple of SanDisk cards that did that and it turns out they were factory rejects some vendor on Amazon sold me cheap. You get what you pay for, I guess.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] Carfanatic:
Thanks for the great guide

I just set this up on my daughters Nook I got for $40 before doing this she didn't want it at all once I got it up and running and installed a few apps that she has on her phone and said I was going to keep it for myself everything changed :)
[Nook Color General] robhim4:
Thanks for in info.

That may explain why the card quit working.. I had purchased the programed card on line, a few months ago and one day all it did was have an arrow spinning around the little man. I guess will have to buy new card and go from there.

Thanks again for the help!!
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Re: [GUIDE] Nook Color Updated Installation Instructions for CM7/CM9/CM10/CM10.1 on S

No, just reburn over the top of that one. They usually are quality cards. Unless that is the one you were having trouble with. In that case, it is probably a counterfeit card.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] kerplunk1974:
Leapinlar,

Thanks again for the great guides! I have successfully loaded 7.2 to emmc and I have 1.4.3 Nook OS on the very green sd card. The nook would normally boot to SD first, which in my case would load the Nook OS.

Is there a way to have the Nook boot to EMMC by default, thus avoiding the SD boot of the Nook OS? I want to avoid holding the home button while booting and having this occur automatically.

Thanks,

Rob
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Yes, you can set that up by putting a special file on your device.

Boot to emmc CM using the cyanoboot menu. Use your root file manager to create a file on /rom. (If you don't have a root file manager, you can get Root Browser Lite free on Play Store.) Create u-boot.device there as a text file. Put the value 1 in it. Then after you boot again, it will override the SD and boot to emmc. The cyanoboot menu still comes up so that you can tell it to boot to SD if you want, but doing nothing makes it boot to emmc. You will also notice a new menu item in cyanoboot that lets you change the default boot device.

If you want to leave the stock SD in your device all the time and also use it as a media storage SD, then you need to go to my NC tips thread linked in my signature and look at item B3 in the second post there. It will tell you how to set it up to use the same media partition for emmc and SD installs.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] romeroom:
Hello. This is my first time installing anything on an SD card and having it run Android software. Thanks to the clear guide here, it went without a hitch. Many things.

Now, had a cheapo Kyros Android 4.0 to compare to, the Nook's response is quite delayed comparatively. I will be looking through the Nook Color Tips Thread (under section B. as suggested). My Kyros had a 1 Ghz processor and 1 gig of ram, so that may explain the delay a bit.

I'm wondering if any of you have suggestions on how to speed things up? Would a lower version of Android help things run faster? Thanks.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Lower version of Android? You have to tell us what version you are running before we can answer that.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] romeroom:
Sorry about that. I am running CM10 off an SD card on the Nook Color.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
CM7.2 will definitely make it snappier. But it should not be that far from the other device. Did you go into developer settings and set the CPU speed to 1000? There are also lots of tips for speeding up the system in the threads for CM10 and in general and Q&A , just search.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] sorin_u10:
Can't use SD card when booting in NC

First of all, great work with everything that you guys are doing.

I am extremely new with this, but your instructions were very clear, so I managed to install CM10 on my NC (on a SD card of 32GB).

Everything works fine, but now I want to use the card for when I'm in NC (emmc), not only in CM. I have no idea how to edit the vold.fstab file when booted to emmc (that would be the NC, right?).

I opened a file vold.fstab in CM (went to emmc and /etc) and it was already switched to "sdcard1 4", but I believe this is not the emmc of the NC, right?

Please give me some advice or point me to a "manual" so I can get this done. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Look at my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and read item B3 in the second post of that thread. There are instructions and zips there to do what you want.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] sorin_u10:
no can do

Thank you for the fast input, unfortunately I still can't do it. I read your instructions many times, the problem is that I can't find the vold.fstab file when booted to emmc. Should I use a special app for Nook? I tried that File Digger, but it doesn't work. And what zips are you talking about?
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Unless you have stock rooted you will not find vold.fstab. I have zips there that you have to flash with CWM to modify stock for what you want. You can't find the zips attached to my post there?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD
[Nook Color General] dragonfly1113:
Quick question waiting on my nook to arrive in mail just was getting the sd card set up followed all the steps but after doing the img in the win32 program it says theres only 256mb on the card its a 16gig card. The cm and gapps copied to it fine just dont want to have issues when I go to use it when device comes in. This happen to anyone else?
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
That is normal... The img partitions the card with a boot partition, then the installer (SD recovery mode) will create and format the other 3 partitons on the SD.
[Nook Color General] volpo222:
I'm not an expert but the installation routine will create 3 more partitions on the card. The last one - let's call it 'partition 4' - will be 1 - 4 GB in size. I believe it varies with the size of the SD card. After the original installation you can increase that final partition to the max of what's left on the card with any number of free partition tools. I used 'EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition' (but you can use anyone that you like best). Worked like a charm. I had an 8gb card and I recovered 4gb to make my '4th' partition 5gb. This would be the free ram on a tablet or phone where data like books, music or video would be stored. Some of the other more expert members could surely go into more detail.

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[Nook Color General] dragonfly1113:
Thanks for the info excited for my nook. Saw alot of people use in car. I like the idea esp since I already have daily driver tablets [touchpad n transformer prime], found the nook on craigslist for 35 figured can't hurt to mess around with.

Thanks again.
[Nook Color General] sorin_u10:
Sorry about answering so late, I was out of town. Since I'm the newest beginner:(, I don't want to mess up my NC (my kid uses it all the time!), so could you be more specific about how to do a "stock root"? Thanks.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Why do you want to root stock? Just to fix this vold.fstab issue? Or do you want to have it rooted for other reasons. If you just want the vold.fstab edited, you can do that without rooting. If you want it rooted for other reasons, I can point you in the right direction.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook Color General] sorin_u10:
I just need to edit the vold.fstab in order to use the same SD card for storing media when I'm booted on emmc or CM, not to switch the cards when I switch the os's. I'm supposed to find and edit this file when booted in NC (emmc), but I can't seem to find it.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You do not have to root stock to make that change. I made a couple of zips to help with that. Quoted below is an excerpt from my NC tips thread linked in my signature. Section B3 in the second post.

Those zips referenced can be downloaded from that post also. You will need to make a bootable CWM SD to be able to flash them. Instructions to make one is in that thread too.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook Color General] NBushyy:
So I'm stuck at the cyanogenmod first boot screen, left it on all night even wiped and reflashed gapps and cm 10.1 ... Any ideas why it wount boot? I have a 32 gb class 10 micro sd

---------- Post added at 07:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:51 PM ----------

I also haven't rooted but I have fixed permissions, and ideas or oppions appreciated
[Nook Color General] wmuflyer:
Could be the class 10 card they don't do very well running OSs Sandisk class 4 do the best.
[Nook Color General] AgentCherryColla:
From what I've seen. Class 10 SD Cards don't play to well with CM. I remember there being issues with my phone with class 10s on CM7. Could be the same with CM10.1.

Sent from my ~Ballin'~ Nook Color
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
On the other thread you were saying you used CWM. You do not use CWM on SD installs. Read the OP.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook Color General] NBushyy:
Hmm maybe my problem is I use cmw to I stall cm10.1 then I use your generic rev6 and I think I reinstalls the Rom and falls?
[Nook Color General] theandies:
Scratch my previous question. I used Win32diskimager and it worked like a champ. Now I have ICS on my old Nook Color. Thanks for breathing new life into my old device.
[Nook Color General] beckerzz:
Sleepmode recovery

Hi again.

I noticed that when my jb nook falls asleep it needs to reboot to recover. Is this that "sdcard1 4" issue mentioned in the OP? I tried to do that but couldn't figure it out.
[Nook Color General] theandies:
I noticed that too on CM9 ICS.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
No. That issue with sdcard was just for those first 42 users that downloaded rev 4 of the image before I modified it. It has nothing to do with waking up.

That not waking up is the sleep of death (SOD) issue. It is a bug in CM10. Read about it in the CM10 discussion thread. And it should not be happening with CM9.
[Nook Color General] beckerzz:
Thanks!

Thank you, will check it out.
[Nook Color General] theandies:
This will be the first full day running my NC on the SD. I'll see if it was just a glitch. I charged up to 100% overnight with the NC powered down so I am on a full battery and a fresh boot.
[Nook Color General] theandies:
Well the SOD that I saw must have been a glitch because it didn't happen all day. I have noticed if the NC is powered on it takes forever to charge (on the AC adaptor) for some reason (CM9). If I turn in off the charge time is better.

One question - Say I want to run CM7 or CM10 off this SD card how would I change the ROM on this image?

I also want to say thanks to all the DEV's out there. Without your work on stuff like this old devices like my NC would just be collecting dust. I also can use the NC to learn more about Android. I want to unlock my Transformer Prime (as soon as the warranty runs out) and with the NC I can gain confidence that I can tackle the Prime when the time comes.
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Since the ROM should be wiped when you move to different types of ROMs, I know of only two ways to do that with an SD install.

1. Reburn the SD and start over. This will wipe everything, but too well. Your media sdcard gets wiped too. So any downloaded or saved files will be gone.

2. Install my Alternate CWM modified for SD installs. Then you can go into the mounts and storage menu and wipe /system, /data and /cache. That will leave your media sdcard intact. You can get the Alternate CWM in my tips thread linked in my signature. Look at item B5.

After reburning or wiping you can install the new ROM and gapps like described in the first post.
[Nook Color General] ejaf:
Quick question by this noob, and if anyone decides to give me an RTFM answer, no problem, just point me to the manual.

I have CM9 running on EMMC. Have created an SD image using Rev5 of the image, and the Alpha of CM10. No issues and loving the CM10 alpha.

Here's my issue. I only installed CM10, not gapps. I now want to install gapps onto the SD card. I boot into recovery, and it seems as if CWM (I believe that's my recovery screen) is running from EMMC, so when I try to install zip from sdcard, I think it's installing it onto EMMC, since next time I boot, there's no google play app, etc.

I read how evergreen's sd card install works in leapinlar's other thread, but I thought I took the right steps.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

TIA...Eric
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
Put the gapps zip on the boot partition and then boot. Use cyanoboot menu to select SD recovery and finish booting. The gapps will install to the SD.

Just updated the original post with those instructions. Thanks.
[Nook Color General] ejaf:
looks like that did it. Damn, that recovery message goes away so fast, hadn't even noticed it.

Thank you!
[Nook Color General] chris_saeger:
stuck at running gapps?

I am attempting to use the sdcard installation. I get the boot spash, then optimizing apps. then running gapps. It seems to hang there, I let it go for about 30 minutes and it just continues to run. any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

cm-10-a1-encore-fullofbugs.zip

gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip

the sdcard was imaged with generic-sdcard-v1.3-CM7-9-10-larger-Rev5.img

I usually run the 7.20120826-nightly-ENCORE

I did run the cm9 unofficial from Sept4 for awhile but it was a bit too laggy

I have one of the early nook colors nov 2010
[Nook Color General] leapinlar:
You say 'running gapps'. What does that mean? Is it a message in the same box as 'optimizing apps'? I think mine did say 'starting apps', but nothing about gapps. Is it hanging in that box after optimizing? Give us a little better description.

Edit: I would suspect a bad download. Probably the gapps file but maybe the ROM. I would start over with new downloads. Also what kind of SD are you using? Needs to be a Sandisk Class 4.

Sent from my Nook Color running CM10 and Tapatalk.
[Nook Color General] chris_saeger:
Sorry, I was going from memory about what it said. I went back and ran it again. It go through the optimizing apps and counts up through the apps and then in the same box went to a message "starting apps"where it hangs up. It is a kingston card not sandisk. I am not sure of the class. I tried a new download of the two zip files with the same result so perhaps it is the card as you suggest.

Edit. I missed the instruction about the Sandisk. I found one around the house and boom it works just fine. Thanks,