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[Nook HD, HD+ General] specu:
Hi Leapinlar,

I've restored my nook hd+ to 2.0.2 and now I've been trying to update to 2.1.0 via B&N and i can't - I get error 107 via OTA update and the .npk on "internal storage" is not recognized, I've rebooted, deregistered device, nothing helps - Perhaps someone knows the solution to that?

Last resort is to update to 2.1.0 via your zip from rooting instructions point 6. I wanted to make sure that update has no modifications whatsoever so I compared the 2.1.0 zip against the official npk file. The only difference is that the zip misses this file:

no_factory_override("do not update factory.zip by default");

which is only briefly mentioned in the post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43069891&postcount=821

What did that line do?

Thanks,

specu
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I removed it as it is an instruction for the stock recovery that CWM does not understand. It has to do with whether stock recovery tries to replace the factory.zip on your system.

You can feel safe using my zip to restore.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sandersonsister:
Hi. New to android and have a new nook hd. I really like the stock os and would like to keep it but I want to be able to sideload xbmc to it.

I assume this is possible with CWM? If so, I know that I need to burn the relevant CWM image to a 4gb sd (I'm very familiar with that software so this will be my preferred method) and then copy over the extras zip file. I'm assuming I get to keep google play and the upgraded firmware from b&n if I do this - yes?

Also how I can get back to stock os if I ever need to. On leapinlar's main thread for this there is mention of a new rom for factory stock. Should his be burned onto an sd card all of it's own or is it added as a zip file to the CWM that I will be creating? Or is this not needed at all and some form of restore is already built in.

I'm really sorry if these have been answered elsewhere but I want to cover my back in case I brick it!

Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, just burn the CWM card and flash the extras per my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. It will keep the ROM and Play Store the same.

You have three options to get back to pure stock.

1. Restore the backup with CWM that I recommend you make in my post.

2. Flash the plain stock 2.1.0 from my item 6, followed by a factory reset with CWM.

3. Do an 8 failed boot procedure as explained in the OP.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sandersonsister:
Thank you so much for your prompt reply. Install was smooth and I'm looking forward to giving it a whirl after work! Thanks again!!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sandersonsister:
Hi

The only zip I added to my sd card on creation of this mod was the extras zip. Can I add further zips to this existing sd card in the future (just by copying in a new zip to the card itself) or will I have to recreate the whole image? Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just copy more zips and flash with existing card.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sandersonsister:
EXCELLENT! Thank you.

And lastly (although this is perhaps not the right place but you seem so knowledgable you may know the answer!) I'm trying to copy my epubs and pdfs from my pc onto the micro sd card in the nook. The nook is recognising the card and has formatted it but it won't allow file transfers of the books onto the sd card. The error message talks about epub not being a recognised media format. I've copied books onto the internal memory in exactly the same way and had no problems but copying to the sd card is a total no go. Do you have any idea how I can get round this. I'd rather not take up space on the internal memory with books if at all possible. Thanks again!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sandersonsister:
It's ok. Solved - silly human error!

Site is great and your mods are amazing. Well done and thank you so much.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can take the plain SD that you want to use as the external media storage area with stock out of the Nook and insert in a card reader in the PC. Then you can use windows explorer to copy the epub and pdf files to the SD.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
Creating CWM SD with image file can corrupt sd card

leapinlar, in some cases, using the image file to create the CWM SD card can corrupt the micro sd card. This happened to me, and at first I thought I did something wrong. When posting on the Nook forum at MobileRead, I found that it happened to at least one other person. We both are on Windows XP, so the assumption is that the image file method is not compatible with the Windows XP system.

I was eventually able to create the CWM SD card using the alternative method where you drop the boot files into an active first partition. I was also able to eventually recover the card -- but many traditional tools/methods did not work. For example, I first tried Windows Disk Management, Acronis Disk Director, and the default settings of sdformatter. None of that worked. Only one of the alternate settings in sdformatter was able to finally recover the card.

So I suggest you put a warning in the OP in your rooting thread advising those on Windows XP to use the alternate method for creating the CWM SD card.

Thanks for putting together that rooting thread. I used it to enable sideloading of my Nook HD and the mod works perfectly. I like that you gave users many options to mod their device instead of just providing an all-or-nothing solution. I purposely wanted to keep and use only the B&N launcher and your methods allowed me to do that.

--Pat
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is not Windows XP causing the problem. I use Windows XP with no problems. It could be any number of things. The card, the card reader, what other programs are running, the version of win32diskimager, whether you run in administrator mode, many things. But I agree the burning solution can be very problematic. The new procedure works best.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] toplist:
Nook HD+ CM download

I got a new HD+ and trying to download CM. I'm using a 16 GB Sandisk class 4 Micro SDHC card (14.8 GB space). I was hoping to make a hybrid tablet. When I download sdcard-cwm-ovation-hybridv3.zip from leapinlar, I end up with only a 117 MB card. In fact, if I write any CWM boot image other than NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4, I end up with only a 117 MB card. The NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4 gives me a card of 3.88 GB. I'm also trying to download cwm-recovery-ovation-2.zip but the link on verygreen's post is not working for me. Is there an alternative link available? Just to be clear, after writing CWM (NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4) in my sd card and copying CWM (cwm-recovery-ovation-2.zip), CM10.1 (latest version), and gapps on my sd card, I should install them in that order after inserting the card. If I follow this procedure, should I get CM working? Will the tablet be already rooted or I need to use Universal Root?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Those sizes after the making of the SDs are correct. That is what they are supposed to be.

If you wanted to make a hybrid tablet, you have all the wrong files. Those files you listed are for putting CM10.1 on internal memory. If that is what you want, you have the correct files to flash. But you should run the backup before you flash them. And you do not have to do any rooting to stock before you begin. Search for and follow the dummies guide to installing CM10.1.

Verygreen should have that link fixed by now, but if not you can go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and got to item 5 there and use the CWM v6.0.2.8 instead.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
I used the same card reader and had the same programs running as when I used the alternative method, which works. I had also downloaded the latest version of win32diskimager from the link in your thread. And I am the only user on my computer with full administrative rights. At any rate, I just thought it might be helpful to put a warning in your OP and to advise users to use the alternative method first. There is no warning now and I almost wrecked and threw away the first card.

--Pat
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I will not add warning but will recommend the alternate method as preferred. Thanks.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] toplist:
Thank you so much leapinlar. I figured out how to set up the hybrid options. One more thing, when I installed CM, I used the file from 20130705. I'm trying to update it to the latest build (20130711) to get the new security patch. First of all, in the setting>about tablet options I don't see cyanogenmod update (attached photo). I tried the manual update from e.mote's post (wiping cache partition and Dalvik cache, installing new CM). CWM says that it installed the new update but when the tablet reboots, it stays in the original/old build. Is there a way I can update CM? Thanks again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Sounds like you are mixing CMs. You should not be following e.mote's guide if you are on the bokbokan hybrid. His guide is for verygreen's emmc install, not hybrid. Follow bokbokan's guide for the hybrid. He tells you how to update the hybrid.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
My nook HD + bricked

Please help me, what can be done!

My nook HD + bricked,

Cyanogen 10.1 no load, when loaded into cwm appears

E: Can't mount / cache / recovery / command

E: Can't mount / cache / recovery / log

E: Can't open / cache / recovery / log

E: Can't mount / cache / recovery / last_log

E: Can't open / cache / recovery / last_log

I deleted with "NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13). zip" cwm from the internal memory to allow freely reboot and recover after eight reboot. It did not help. Cyclic loading, logo, after a few seconds, repeat.

I tried to install on your computer adb, but can’t to install the drivers for Nuka. Computer nook with a yellow triangle.

I can not restore from a backup

I can not do wipe

What to do?

I would be very grateful for the advice and help!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Sherip:
I would suggest to boot from you cwm SD card that addresses emmc and restore a backup.

Sent from my HD+ Running CM 10.1 from emmc
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What do you mean it did not help? Do you mean the 8 failed boot procedure did not complete? It did not revert to the stock ROM? What does cyclic loading, logo mean? You mean the nook logo or the cyanoboot logo?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
"Do you mean the 8 failed boot procedure did not complete?" Yes, nook booted, I see the white logo of nook, then a few seconds screen goes blank and again, many times.

when cyanogen not booting, I flashed "NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13). zip" trying to get back to the original settings

this is probably removed from emms cwm?

If I try to recover from backup, then bakup stop on "error mount system"

if I do wipe factory reset, nook freezes on formatting / cashe

thank you very much for your reply! (Excuse me my English)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What I meant was after it fails 8 times it should boot into stock recovery and wipe your device and flash the stock ROM. Did it ever do that?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
sorry, if I understand you correctly

I booted in cwm recovery v6.0.2.3 for hd+ stock in cd card and tried to flash stok rom (2.1.0 and 2.0.0). recovery was freezing at about half

If I did wipe from cwm that the process freezing am formatting /cashe
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You were not understanding me correctly.

What I was asking was whether after you flashed the 'return to stock recovery' zip and you took the SD out of the slot and rebooted, did the reboot fail? And did it do that at least 8 times? After the 8th fail, it should look different. It should come up with a screen with a blue bar and do some other things. Then it should finally boot correctly into stock. It did not do that?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
yes, I understand, thank you!

Now I turned on nook. He froze on the white logo nook and nothing happened. Half an hour later I turned it off, turned on again and it started, as usual, reboot (range nook logo about three seconds). After eight reboots nothing happened :(

thank you very much for your help!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
cyprode infamy

really nothing can be done? ((
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you have the stock recovery, it should try to reset itself. When the nook logo first comes up, hold the power key and the n key together for about 5 seconds and release. It should boot to recovery, either the stock recovery or the CWM /TWRP version.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
Now I've done it many times, nothing changes. I still see loop boot ((

may be damaged the internal partitions?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Earlier you said you "deleted with ...emmc stock recovery...". Did that zip say it flashed successfully? Try flashing it again and report back what it says.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
mass hrFisha

Now I flashed "NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13). zip" several times successfully -

emmc cwm-based recowery v6.0.3.2

Installing: /sdcard/nookhdplus-emms-stock-recovery...zip

E:Can't mount /cashe/recovery/last_install

E:failed to open last_install: invalid argument

Finding update package...

Installing update...

Installing...

Done..!

Install from cd card complete

E:cat't mount /cashe/ .... and so on

After trying to recover - the same thing, to no avail, loop boot
[Nook HD, HD+ General] EpicGilgamesh:
Can the micro sd used for rooting also be used for normal use?

I was looking over the rooting instructions, but didn't understand if the rooting card is only used for rooting and not storage. My only SD is a 64GB SanDisk micro sd. Can I use that one for rooting or would it be better to buy a smaller one and then I'd later insert that one for storage?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cdaters:
You can use it to backup and root your device, then you just reformat the card using the SanDisk Formatting tool (copy your backup to your computer first) then use it as additional storage for your device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Diablo2k:
Won't boot to CWM Sd Card

I am trying to root my HD+, I made the CWM SD as per the instructions and my nook will not boot from it. I just got the Nook today and promptly installed Apex launcher and like the system much better, however I am unable to install Amazon Apps, this is why I am trying to Root the Nook. I have read that a lot of people with a newer Nook have been unable to boot to a N2A card and was wondering if this is the same case for the CWM card?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Some of the newer HD+'s are hard to get to boot to SD (N2A, CWM and others). But many still will boot with a lot of effort, like changing SDs and other things.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
With the ability to change emmc boot files to run CM and have stock on a sd has anyone tried to built a new emmc stock kernel without the /system check?

I know I asked this when EMMC CM first came out and was told it was theoretically possible but at the time all work was on improving emmc CM.

I know I an not able to do it and expect the "if you can't do it yourself" insults I've often gotten when asking about things outside my area of knowledge but I'd like if my question could be addressed too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I have been working on one, but have not perfected it yet. I too think this would be useful.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Diablo2k:
It works

Thank you. I switched SD Cards and it booted into CWM right away. Both were 2gb cards, the one that didn't work wwas a Transcend Branded Card the one that workred was a generic branded card.

Installed the Root zip file and the extras and it seems to be working fine.

Amazon Apps installed fine. Thanks again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] The Old One:
Great to know it's being worked on.

Sent from my rooted Nook HD+
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
dear leapinlar, earlier you asked me

"Earlier you said you "deleted with ...emmc stock recovery...". Did that zip say it flashed successfully? Try flashing it again and report back what it says"

I wrote:

"Now I flashed "NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13). zip" several times successfully -

emmc cwm-based recowery v6.0.3.2

Installing: /sdcard/nookhdplus-emms-stock-recovery...zip

E:Can't mount /cashe/recovery/last_install

E:failed to open last_install: invalid argument

Finding update package...

Installing update...

Installing...

Done..!

Install from cd card complete

E:cat't mount /cashe/ .... and so on

After trying to recover - the same thing, to no avail, loop boot"

Does that mean anything?

maybe you can suggest something else?

is it possible, as I have problems, boot stock or cm 10.1 with external CD card?

I created a bootable card 32gb sandisk class4 with n2a cards, but when nook boot from it, I'm see cwm with the usual message

can't mount cashe... and s.w.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Don't worry about those can't mount cache errors. It is not really necessary that you mount cache.

What I want to know is can it boot to the stock recovery when you take the SD out and try booting? Can you hold the power key and n key together for a few seconds and have it boot to stock recovery?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
If I take out cd card, I can not boot into the stok, I see the beginning of booting - white logo nook, after 3 seconds later it disappears, then appears and so infinitely
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I did not say to try to boot to stock, I said stock RECOVERY. You do that by holding the keys I told you to hold when the first logo shows up.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
I have done this many times! if I keep a short time these two keys, then bootloop continues, if longer - nook off
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is supposed to be short time (~5 seconds). Longer turns it off.

8 fails should cause it to fix itself. You may have bricked it.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
This means that my internal memory is probably physically damaged? Is it possible, as I have problems with internal memory, boot stock or cm 10.1 with external CD card?

I created a bootable card 32gb sandisk class4 with n2a cards, but when nook boot from it, I'm see cwm with the usual message

can't mount cashe... and s.w.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, your internal partitions are messed up. If you PM me with your serial number, I can make a zip that might let CM10.1 run on SD. It repairs one of the partitions so that it no longer tries to automatically to boot to CWM all the time. CM10.1 on SD may run, but stock on SD will definitely not run.

Edit: did you try making a CM10.1 SD? It might work without my repair.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
Thank you very much, dear leapinlar, I have hope :)

my serial number 3024710072644314

first two months ago I did cm 10.1 on the external CD but when I flashes cm 10.1 in emms, I deleted it

a week ago I tried unsuccessfully n2a cards.

I do not know how to make cm 10.1 on CD, because I must to upload the image to the emms

but I do not have access there. I could not install the drivers for your computer

Thank you very much for your help, I will wait!

---------- Post added at 05:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:07 PM ----------

I'm sorry, I could not install the drivers for my computer
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I just sent you a PM (Private Message) with a link to a repair zip I made for you. It may allow your N2A card to boot.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
I flashed this zip with cwm-based Recovery v6.0.3.2 on external CD

and got this:

Installing: /sdcard/NookHDplus-repair-emms-bootdata-rom-r4.zip

E:can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install

E: \failed to open last_install: Invalid argument

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Installing update...

assert failed:mount("vfat", "EMMS", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmms.1/by-name/rom", "/rom") == "/rom"

E:Error in /sdcard/NookHDplus-repair-emms-bootdata-rom-r4.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That means your internal partitions are messed up. I think your device is toast.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
Now I flashed zip with recovery v6.0.2.8 for HD + (Stock)

and it worked!

This means that I used the wrong version of cwm??

Now I'll try to write n2a cards and check out!

thank you!!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That other version should have worked too. Hope it is fixed.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jeack61:
nothing happened

when loading CD with n2a cards goes in cwm recovery :(

---------- Post added at 10:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 PM ----------

now there are other symptoms. When I boot in cwm cd card, I can not select any zip

says can't mount cd card
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I think your internal partitions are messed up and no amount of flashing things will take. That is why the stock recovery is not working after it says it flashed ok.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] porear:
Regarding OTA blocking and ad blockers like AdAway... could a blocker put the hosts file in a non-root-accessible location, like SD card, and then symlink to that in /system? Such that you could root, install ad blocker and symlink, then unroot and retain ad (and OTA) blocking? Apologies if there is more to it that I am missing.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, theoretically that could work. But the ad software would need to know the new location in order to update it to the latest ad files.

But if you were not interested in keeping the ad blocker up to date, you could do that now. Just unroot after rooting and setting up the OTA block. The OTA should still be blocked.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] porear:
Thanks for the response. I'll email the dev with a suggestion to allow the user to choose the file location for scenarios like this.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
FWIW, Edit: my charger quit working. Had nothing to do with Swiftkey.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] TommyC1969:
Flashed the Plain Stock 2.1.0, but....

With the recent price drops on the Nook HD+, I got one for myself and one for my wife. I have CM 10.1 on mine, and I put it on my wife's as well. She, however, doesn't like it and wanted to go back to stock. For some reason, even though I went through the steps to create a backup before I flashed 10.1 to hers, CWM Recovery said that there were no files. So I found leapinlar's threads and flashed the Plain Stock 2.1.0 to restore hers back to stock. Everything seemed to be going alright. After I took out the SD card and rebooted, it started to load the Nook software. But it is hung up at 99%, and has been hung up for more than 20 minutes.

Is this normal? Did I do something wrong? What should I do now?

Thanks in advance...I am really new to flashing ROMs, so please explain everything like you're telling a five year old! :o
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Turn it off by holding the power button for a long time. Then boot again. It it still hangs, put the CWM SD back in, reboot, and choose 'factory reset/wipe data'. Then flash the plain stock 2.1.0 again. Remove the SD and reboot. Should work ok then.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.