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[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
Nook HD won't boot with CWM SD card inserted

Hi

I've created a CWM SD card for my Nook HD with a view to rooting it and flashing a few zips however the Nook refuses to boot at all with the card inserted, if I remove the card and power up the Nook it boots into stock. Have I created the SD card correctly? It has the 5 boot files and zips on it, formatted as FAT32 with a primary(active?) partition, I used Easeus to format and check the partition (did I need to use SDformatter instead?). Hope some can help!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
Update

I formatted the card using SDformatter opened up EaseUS and created two partitions so that I could make the primary one active, copied the files over again, inserted the card into my Nook HD but it still refuses to boot with the card inserted, again if I remove the card it boots into stock. I thought this time around I'd successfully created the CWM SD card but obviously not? Anyone got any thoughts? Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Try using Mini-Tool partition wizard. It is easier to see if it is set active. It must be primary AND active. You don't need to have the second partition.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

Hi

I checked the cards partition, it's definitely primary and active. I have noticed a couple of times that I the first time I insert the card and boot it boots but boots to stock and hangs at 99%. I've then got to fully power down, remove the card, insert charger (even though the battery is 100%) and power up/boot if I want to use the tablet. The tablet boots up first time with a 64GB SD card that I'm planning on using as the main storage. Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] troworld:
Just wanted to report in here about the CWM SDCard creation process. I have an HD+ (32GB) and was trying to get it to boot from an SDCard with no success. I tried with a Kingston 4gb class 4 and an SP 32gb class 10. I burned them using Mac's dd command as well as trying iPartition to set the first one as active before copying bootfiles files there. For the SP card it was just booting to stock. For the Kingston it was not booting at all.

What fixed the issue for me was to use the emmc-cwm-early2.1.img.gz image from this thread. Burned that onto the Kingston 4GB and it booted into CyanoBoot immediately.

Thanks for all your work on this!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

I've attached a pic of the SD card.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

I've tried using a different card but the tablet still refuses to boot. Am I just having bad luck with my cards or is the tablet to blame??
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You mention in your 1st post that you have an HD. Are you using the 6027 versions of my files? And you are sure it is an HD (7 inch) rather than an HD+ (9 inch)? As I said earlier, I have never heard of an HD having trouble booting to SD if you are using the right files.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

Is it possible to flash the SD swap mod any other way apart from booting from a CWM card? Thanks

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Hi

I've double checked and they're definitely the HD files on the card. I noticed from some of the posts how problematic the HD+ is booting from SD card but didn't think I'd have any problem with my HD. I don't think any of my other devices have ever caused so much frustration when trying to root them! :(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Not on stock. You have to have an CWM SD that works so it can make the changes. It can be done manually, but it requires root to do that.

On the HD+, the issue seems to be related to the SD slot. Some have gotten them to boot by blowing air into the slot or holding the SD completely in and not letting it click back out while booting. You can try that.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

I've just tried another card (and the above tips) and still no joy :crying:

Is there a way of rooting 2.1 via PC (ADB) or is that not possible?

My main goal is the internal/external memory swap so I can use the 64GB card as my main storage.

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Not possible since 2.0.4. They closed that loophole.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Emale1999:
SD Card

Just a quick update - I've tried another card (SanDisk 32GB Class 4) and it still refuses to boot, is there a chance I could have a HD with a (problematic) HD+ card reader on board??

Is it worth trying the older method of creating a CWM card or not?

Is development still continuing for rooting the HD/HD+ via ADB or has that ceased in favour of the SD card method?

Many thanks for the advice so far
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You have not tried the old method? By all means, try it.

And there is positively no way to root anymore via ADB since 2.0.4.

It is possible that you do have a faulty sd slot, but not likely. Is there no way for you to exchange for a different device?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
Broken HD+

I originally used the hybrid cm10.1 on my nook hd+ on a 4 gb sd card and it worked great. I bought a 32 gb card to use and I was able to install to that card. Unfortunately It was not showing a /sdcard location so I couldn't use a host of apps. I decided to restart and on the nook software I did a factory reset and started over. However I can't get the hd to go past recovery, while the main nook software works fine...any suggestions?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You need to clarify what you did.

Were you running my old hybrid SD scheme with verygreen's older SD ROM zip? Or were you running bokbokan's newer hybrid scheme with his HD+ ROM zip?

And when you went to the new 32GB card, what did you use? I suspect based on your symptoms that you used my old obsolete hybrid image with verygreen's new SD ROM zip. They are no longer compatible with each other (his ROMs as of early June have a different layout and no sdcard partition).

And you said you factory reset. How did you do that? With the stock software or CWM?

In any case, if you want to continue to run CM10.1 on SD, you must either run bokbokan's pure or hybrid, or verygreen's new SD scheme. In both cases you must start with a freshly burned SD using the image from the right thread. I recommend verygreen's new SD.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
I used the new one :) I did the reset using the stock software...I feel like I'm supposed to clean out the emmc or something...but I have no idea how
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You used the new one what? Verygreen or bokbokan? Image or ROM? Please be more specific as to what you did with the 32GB card.

And if you erased and deregistered with stock, that cleans out the internal hybrid files. You need to do nothing more to wipe.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
New Boboken - image on a 32 gb sd that was running it at some point...It wont go past the bootloader...it just hangs on a blank screen...really bizzare...is there anyway that me reimaging the sd card isn't rewriting everything
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Ok, which bokbokan image, the hybrid or pure? And did you boot the SD image in the nook one time before you flashed the ROM?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
So first I did the hybrid and then tried the regular...btw I can't get the storage back on the sd card...it reads 117 mb...how do I unlock all the 32 gb...that could be the problem
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, that is the way it is supposed to be. I suggest you go get SDFormatter free on the web and format the SD before you re-burn the image again. Then you need to boot the SD one time in the nook before you flash the ROM.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
okay working on that now...but when it does the first boot that's when the partitions are supposed to be made...if I never recovered it I could have broken it
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Huh? Recovered what and broken what?

Edit: ok, I think I know what you meant. You meant you had not recovered the full size of the SD, so you might have made it unusable. It is something like that. The partitioning code that bokbokan wrote first looks at the partitions and if already partitioned, it stops the rest of the code and does not finish. That is why I suggested you format first.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
Sorry never mind on that...when doing a hybrid...how long should it hang between the recovery menu and going to the install to sdcard page...it just hangs for me
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If it did not finish per my edit above, it would hang.

Edit: When it boots the first time, it should hesitate for several seconds and then reboot itself. If it does not reboot, that means it aborted the partitioning because it thought it was already partitioned properly.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
So thinking that it hung because it was already partitioned I installed the rom...nothing...hangs on after recovery splash again...so now I can get sd only to work but not hybrid...I still think something is staying on the emmc that is messing it up even after factory reset
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you did the erase and deregister from stock, there is nothing on internal memory from before.

The only thing I can suggest is to start fresh with the SD formatted to full size using SDFormatter. Just because the installer detected that it was partitioned, it did not finish, in particular it did not prepare internal memory.

I also suggest you take this discussion to bokbokan's hybrid thread. He might be able to help you.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
Unfortunately since I'm a newb it wont let me post there...thanks for your help and holler if you think of anything...annoying I had it working and I broke it
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
two more posts here and you can post there. It only takes ten posts. See the sentence I added above. In fact, reread all my posts to you, you may have missed my edits.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mcrommert:
Sounds good, I appreciate your help

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I will tell you how this turns out :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ryan647:
Daily Telegraph on Nook HD+

New to posting on XDA so please be gentle...!

I am thinking about upgrading my Archos 80 Cobalt (good value, but not great) to a Nook HD+, but I have a very specific question that I need help with. Have read your thread LeapinLar about sideloading and installing the amazon app store. A fantastic source, thank you. Has anyone installed or tried installing the Daily Telegraph for Kindle Fire App ( tried to post link, but as I'm new I can't - its on amazon.co.uk in the newstand and called The Telegraph ) on a Nook HD plus. Its a bit of a deal breaker for me (sad I know) as I subscribe to this newspaper in the UK and can read a digital version free on my Archos Tablet.

Other Amazon App publications like National Geographic don't work on the Archos so I dont want to buy the Nook and find that I should have stayed with what I already have.

My thanks in advance, and I hope I am not out of line posing such a specific question to yourself or the wider forum.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tigrisan:
I see they offer an Android app: http://goo.gl/aJh9S so you'd have to check. Since I'm not in the UK, I have no way of testing it. It's not offered in the US at all. I would imagine if it's offered in the UK for Android that you should be able to download or sideload it though.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ryan647:
Thanks very much for the swift reply. I wasn't sure if people in the US could do it or not as I seem to have been able to get amazon.com to work from the UK. Thank you for looking into it/trying it anyway. Hopefully there might be someone out there in the UK who can try it or with a UK account.

The actual Telegraph Android app is pretty rubbish and their mobile webiste is better. The Kinde Fire edition is actually a digital version of the days newspaper which I like reading on my current tablet.

Thanks again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You cannot restore your stock backup with the CWM SD that you made for installing CM10.2. You must make a new one from my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. Then you can copy the backup files to it and restore.

Edit: I would be interested in that link that told you how to update a ROM with ADB.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] toplist:
I downloaded the NookHD-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4 from your HD/HDplus Stock Root and other Mods post. I wrote the image on my sd card. I copied my original bn rom backup from the very first time. When I clicked on restore on when CWM booted, it says no files found.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What directory do you have the backup files in on the SD?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] toplist:
I'm not sure about the directory but attached images show what my sd card looks like.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That is wrong. It needs to be /clockworkmod/backup...

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] toplist:
Thank you so so much.:laugh: Everything is working fine. :good::good::good:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ryan647:
I have made a copy of the relevant APK, does anyone know if that means after following the relevant sideloading instructions it should work or is there still the possibility that it may come up with "not compatible"?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The only way to know is to install it and try it. It should install ok, just whether it will run properly is the question.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ryan647:
That's kind of what I thought. Thank you for the speedy reply.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
I see B&N released v2.1.1.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jpisini:
Any notes on the changes?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
The NOOK HD+ Ver2.1.1 update contains important system enhancements. is all B&N states.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Windsor1959:
Let me confirm that Universal Root works on 2.1.1. I just had to try it!

Sent from my Nook HD+
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
Ditto, I updated through Settings. Worked! (So far)

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] Sherip:
I never utilized wireless or wired ADB in stock or CM 10.1. I'm trying to set it up in CM 10.2. I had backed up the app after I originally installed your Extras in stock.

I restored wireless ADB with TiB in CM 10.2, and entered the proper connect command in at an admin PC command prompt (Win8). It said it was connected. But "adb devices" says the item is "offline". Nothing works. Same thing happens without running adb wireless, if I enable "ADB over network" in settings (Developer Options), and enter the connect command and address at the PC command prompt.

Do you know if the PC has to be on wireless? Both the PC and the Nook in the same network (can access the pc using LAN addresses in ES File Explorer) but my PC is wired to the router.

Edit: Never mind! I got the most recent Android SDK and extracted the most recent versions of the files in your zip. Then it worked, and I didn't need the wirelessadb app, only the setting to enable ADB over network. When I attempted to connect wirelessly, I had to approve a prompt on CM 10.2 to allow the connection. After that the device is not shown as offline and I can get a shell. Never used this, is it possible to use PC storage? Suppose for example I want to backup all my partitions, such as you've documented for the factory partition. Can I direct the out file to be saved on the PC?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It must be something mounted that the device is seeing (like an sdcard). You can use adb outside the shell to pull the file to your PC after you created it in the shell with dd.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
I have Documents To Go 3.0 and Documents To Go Full Version Key, both through the Amazon Appstore. When I switch to the B&N Nook home and back to Zeam, the Full Version Key disappears and Documents To Go 3.0 reverts back to the 'free' version. Would this be an issue with Unknown sources?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Unknown sources is only in effect when trying to uninstall something from outside of the play store or the Nook store. Since you must have already installed the key with Amazon store you must have already enabled Unknown sources. So that should not effect already installed apps. It must be something else.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
Recent Drawer broke with 2.1.1 update -- Incompatibility with "Extras"

Hello leapinlar,

I installed your Extras mod on my Nook HD a few months ago. No rooting or anything else. When I updated my HD to 2.1.1, the Recent Drawer broke. From what I can gather, it's an incompatibility with the Extras mod. How do I know? Someone else on the MobileRead forums has both an HD and an HD+. The HD+ has just your Extras Mod. The HD is just pure stock with no mods. She updated both devices to 2.1.1. Only the HD+ with the Extras mod has the broken Recent Drawer. It is working normally on the HD.

The Recent Drawer is "broken" in that no apps will get updated to the drawer with the exception of Google Chrome. And if I remove any app, it will not come back at all. Have no clue why Google Chrome is the only app I've found so far that works in the Recent Drawer. It's strange.

Here are my questions:

1) Can I revert back to 2.1.0 using the bootable CWM sd card and the methods described in your "Root-Extras" thread? I made a backup the day I flashed the Extras mods but I don't want to use that as it has older apps and app data. I just want to flash 2.1.0 -- which I also backed up -- on top of 2.1.1 and hopefully that will preserve all current apps and data.

2) If I can flash 2.1.0 back, but it won't preserve current apps and data, is there a way to backup the app data -- particularly on games -- before I try and restore it later? I am not rooted.

3) Alternately, is there a chance you will be making tweaks to the Extras mods to make them more compatible with 2.1.1?

4) Perhaps you have an idea how to fix the Recent Drawer without reverting to 2.1.0?

I had no problems with 2.1.0 and do not notice any improvements with 2.1.1 so I’d rather get my Recent Drawer back.

TIA.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I do not have stock installed anymore so have not tried 2.1.1 and don't know why the recents thing is failing.

If you want to save your app data, you can do another CWM backup and then you can restore your earlier stock backup. Then you can do an advanced restore with CWM of /data only from your new backup. That should restore your apps.

If you want to prevent the device from automatically trying to update to 2.1.1 again, you can try my new OTA block. But some users have said it updated anyway. But I don't know for sure if the were using my new version of the block.

I have no plans to update the extras zip since I don't know why it is failing. Did you reflash it after the 2.1.1 update? If you didn't, try that first before you try anything else.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] paccity:
CWM on emmc, backup broke root

I backed up stock 2.1.1 with root and extras and now root seems to be broken. Adaway and AFWall+ both report no root, cant su in terminal, etc. I reflashed the root zip - didn't work. I then I then flashed the unroot zip then root zip - also didn't work. Finally I restored the backup made earlier - still no root. Any ideas on what went wrong?

Thank you for all of your help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
leapinlar, thanks for your quick reply and the suggestions. I will tackle them one by one starting with reflashing the Extras. Will let you know what happens.

Question -- Does the OTA block just prevent the firmware updates? Or other updates by B&N as well? For example, I have some subscriptions from B&N that automatically get updated. I want to keep them. If the OTA block goes further than just firmware updates, I think I will skip it. When I updated to 2.1.1, I had to manually check for a new update from within settings anyway. My HD did not automatically update on its own. So I'm not so sure I even need OTA block.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It may block all updates since it blocks access to su.barnesandnoble.com.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
My experience is not all apps, after opening, are logged into Recent drawer. But with that said, you might want to power down your HD and power it back up twice. And use the HD some between powerdown/up's. It seemed that my HD worked better after that. Maybe some indexing or whatever needs to occur before the update 'settles down', so to speak.

Also, there is a setting in Settings/Applications/Home where you can toggle the "Show my Recent Drawer" on and off. It should be checked. If it is checked, you might want to un-check it, exit Settings, and then enter Settings again and re-check it. Sometimes, resetting a setting fixes an issue.

As to 2.1.1 update, I had to re-root using the zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NoobieTech:
Is there a guide to root this way?

I have read both of these posts yeah have not seen the guide on how to root with this option. Am I just overlooking it?

Thank you for the help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Both of what posts? If you want to root stock, go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. It has instructions there.