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[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The purpose of that step is to make sure it is formatted correctly. Search for the program on the web.

It could also be your SD, brand, class, etc causing the problem of not booting.

Edit: I have a feeling you are not telling me some things. You mentioned the cyanoboot showing earlier and you could not have done that without having the SD boot in the past.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
I got it, I formatted my SD card. Used the Wizard Partition and the card wasn't active, then I right clicked and made it active, applied the change.

Then added the 5 files to the card: kernel, MLO, ramdisk, u-boot.bin, uImage. Each of them is an individual file, they're not all compiled into a single folder.

On the SD card as well is your Universal Root rev3.

I booted it up from power-off and still didn't get any root options, did I miss any other steps? Or could I have missed anything else?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No this last time you did everything correctly. You said this is a new SD. What brand and class is it? You said you were rooted before, how did you do that? With a CWM SD?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
The newest SD card, I bought today. It's an 8GB PNY-brand microSD.

If it helps, I also have a 16GB Maxell-brand microSD card.

The last SD card I used for 2.1.0 was a CWM SD, and my sister broke it (I don't remember what brand it was, but it was also an 8gb)

Now, on your main post, you said that you need the boot.img file on the Nook's internal memory to disable the B&N /system. Can you explain that bit?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You don't need it if you flash my full 211 rooted zip or my universal root rev3. It is included with them. But if you don't flash either of my zips, you can flash verygreen's version instead. What it does is put a custom boot.img on the device replacing the stock one so that B&N's file protection scheme is defeated.

I have had good success with my PNY 8GB class 4 SD. Just keep trying to reboot with that last version you made. Sometimes it takes many tries.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
Nook 2.1.1

I will keep trying, and I thank you very much for your assistance!

My last question is: would putting any files on the internal memory of the Nook make the boot not work?

On your original post, you suggested installing it to the internal memory so I did, would that affect this process at all? or do you think it's just a matter of many tries?

and a last question, when you boot up from power-off, all you have to do is hit the power button right? You don't have to hold the home "n" key to install the root, right?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What files you put on internal memory should make no difference.

And just the power button is what you want.

If after many tries it is still failing, try the Maxel card.

And just to get your terminology straight, it should boot to the CWM menu, not root menu. Then you can flash anything you want, including root zips.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
Tried both about 10 times a piece, and still nothing.

I know recently, it was dropped in some water, but only enough to get the headphone port wet, and the speakers in the Nook were out for about a day, overnight though, the speakers would play sounds again.

Also, it was dropped once by my sister, and the screen is slightly cracked.

Would either of these make a difference?

I don't imagine they would because the Nook still realizes that an SD card is in it's slot, and the Nook recognizes the SD cards, but still nothing on boot up
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
On the HD+ some have said they have to try 50 times, but the HD has been much more reliable. And just because the slot recognizes an SD does not necessarily mean it will boot.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
I guess what I was asking was, since the Nook recognizes an SD card is in the slot, that means it will eventually boot, right?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No. Those two things are not necessarily connected. When it boots, it not only has to recognize the SD, it has to meet all the booting prerequisites which can sometimes be nebulous.

That said, all devices should boot when those prerequistes are met. Like I said, the HD usually has been very reliable, it is the HD+ that is so finicky. Read the thread I linked in my warning box about the HD+ not booting and try some of the tricks others have used to make it boot.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
Can you provide a direct link please? I can't seem to find the warning box.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Do you have windows media player installed. I don't remember what windows you are running. It gets the drivers from there.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
Or abd shell, su, copy that file to save spot like /data/su, change the permission, exit out of adb shell then adb pull it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Running WMP12 on a Win7 x64 Ultimate system.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Then your PC should have MTP drivers. Try opening wmp and then connect to see if it works.

Edit, you want MTP working. It is the only way to transfer files with your cable.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Back to database editing. I used my file manager to copy the db to sdcard. Then installed the free aSQLiteManager. That will let you edit it since it is not using root. Then copy back to right location. Be sure to set permissions to the same as the original file. My only problem is I run at 300 dpi and Play Store said that app was not compatible, so I installed manually. For other users it may show in Play Store.

Edit, nope not my dpi. You are going to have to get it on another device and copy it there.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Didn't work. Isn't there a way to install manually?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Try going to settings, storage and USB connectivity on the HD. Click on camera instead of MTP. Then try connecting again.

Edit, you can try searching the web for how to install MTP on windows. It is generic and has nothing to do with android or the HD.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
I think I'm getting somewhere. I had to Uninstall the Unknown Device, and turn off the HD+ and turn it back on (all while still connected to the PC) to get what looks like something that works. I'm now showing a BNTV600 under Portable Devices (and Win7 gave me the options of what I want to do with this device when I plug it in - Sync etc). So now do I take the next step of enabling ADB on the HD+?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
yes, but unplug first.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Hmm, I unplugged the device, enabled ADB, just for kicks cycled power on the HD+, made sure ADB was still enabled, and then plugged it back in via USB. No new devices showed up - it got ID'd immediately as an MTP device. I verified ADB is enabled.

Unplugged it, disabled and re-enabled ADB, plugged it back in. Still showing up as a MTP device. Funny, I couldn't get it to be a MTP device and now it won't

un

-be a MTP device!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
MTP should always be there now that you have it installed, with or without adb enabled. Just keep playing with the cable and scanning for new hardware until devices show up. And sometimes it takes a minute or two for your PC to recognize them.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
I've left it hooked up this whole time, tried unplugging and plugging back in, power cycle, verified ADB enabled about a dozen times. It still will not come up in Win7 as anything other than a MTP device. Even rebooted the PC.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Did you check the device id of MTP against the list I published earlier? Is it right? I think my list is still current, even with the new procedure.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Yes. It matches yours. USBDeview shows no other devices at 2080, 0005.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The only thing I can think of now is to uninstall that and start again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Might be worth posting this as a separate thread to get more visibility.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I was just thinking, now that you got MTP to install once, you may be able to uninstall it, enable adb, install the composite driver, ignor MTP and do your adb things. Then when you have it set up go back and try to get MTP working.

Feel free to start a thread, but make sure you have HD+ in the title so the Color users won't get confused.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Tried it. Got me back to having a composite driver installed, but no Device ID when I run adb devices. Just for the heck of it tried to see if MTP would install after disabling ADB in the HD+, and I got the exact opposite problem from before. It would not see that there was a MTP Device attached - it kept coming back as an Android Composite device. It's like Win7 only sees it as the last device type that it was when a driver was installed.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Does the USB composite show under USB controllers? The one with the serial number.

I don't have a lot of experience with win7, you might want to do a little web research on installing drivers, etc. Especially 64 bit. You know, that might be part of the problem. 64 bit drivers are much different than 32 bit. Can you run a winxp vm? Does that have it's own drivers or does it inherit those from win7 64?

Edit: I just had another thought. Do you have to do anything special with the dos prompt in win7 64 to make it run 32 bit stuff? Like run as administrator or something? Maybe it can't see the 64 bit drivers.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] someone0:
I'm not sure if this is related, but when I got my ADB to work, I never have to do any editing on the inf. But I had to manually delete a lot of oem***.inf files to clean thing up. And I don't see how the MTP is related to ADB. I can have both ADB and MTP actually working simultaneously. So, actually this kinda confuse me. I think the reason nobody is giving you the answer you are looking for is because, they have no clue. I have no clue, I don't want to confuse you with anything because this ADB things on the Nook HD is ATM is kinda like a dark art. Nobody very know what's going on, the information on the B&N site is kinda generic and it's no help to most people. Most other Android devices, which I have to say more than a few, all they need is just a drivers. And ADB just works. Except for Nook, which is kinda pain in the rear to get it working. And the meaning is quite almost literally since you have to sit for a long time to figure it out.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Not in this thread, in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature where you got the CWM files. I guess it does not say warning anymore. The quote box after the bold introduction.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
Found it a little bit before you replied.

Mannnnn, still no boots are coming up on either card, Im calling it quits for now, nothing is working. Maybe tomorrow =)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
What I don't get, is that this same old Nook used to boot up CWM every single time.

Nothing changed except for it having been dropped by my sister and it got cracked, she also dropped in the toilet by accident once, screen side up.

So, I don't see why it's taking so many attempts to get CWM to boot up properly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It may have damaged the slot. Try cleaning it out. I know it reads it but maybe not good enough.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
What's the best way to clean it out? Q-tip?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Don't know, I would think not. Start with just blowing air.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
I don't know what's going on Leap, I've tried everything and its still not booting up.

I was wondering if their is internal damage preventing a CWM boot up, but that's why I was mentioning the fact that the device recognizes an SD card is slotted. I was wondering if any internal damage might stop CWM from booting up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Since this is an HD rather than an HD+, I suspect some sort of hardware damage from the accidents. I know that the HD+ shows us that hardware can make a difference on how well it boots. The OMAP chip firmware does not change, but other hardware items make it unreliable.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zphix:
I'm guessing my device can't be rooted in its current condition, so, I'm going to save up for another one.

In the mean time though, Leap, all I'm trying to do is run GameCih or GameGuardian, do you know of any other ways to run these with a semi-root, or no root at all?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Sorry, I don't know anything about either one.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
SD Card

Sorry I am a noob at this and apologies for all the questions.

I am a little confused as to what file I run initially. I have a Nook HD+ 16gb.

Do I run this file first?

NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-BOOTFILES-r4-(05.15.13).

then this one?

NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip

then this one?

NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).

Then this one?

NookHD-HDplus-SDSwap.zip -

Or do I put this one on?

a repackaged verygreen CWM (v6036) for internal memory for HD+ instead of NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-BOOTFILES-r4-(05.15.13).

If I have the verygreen above does that stop updates from Nook?

Is this one

NookHDplus-verygreen-New-SD-add-bokbokan-Cyanoboot zip

better as you can boot to stock and custom?

and does this one

NookHDplus-verygreen-New-SD-fix-stock-to-use-New-SD-Media

do the same as NookHD-HDplus-SDSwap.zip?

I am a little confused about stock and rooting also. Do I need to root to have a fully working android tablet or can I install the custom files on top of stock and swap inbetween. What are the advantages of rooting?

Thanks for your patience.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That is why I say it is a waste. You cannot use the SD as a general media storage SD because it will always boot to CWM instead of stock if you leave it in the device. If you want an external media SD, you must have a separate SD.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
order of files for installation

Thanks for your reply. I edited my previous thread just as you were replying I think. Sorry. Could you help me understand the correct files to run and in what order please. I have listed them above but I wasnt sure if some of the later files superceded earlier ones.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You do not want all those files.

It depends on what you want to run. Most of the zips in that thread are for modifying stock. It will add root access and allow sideloading apps not from the stores. It is still stock, but it has more capability.

Another option is to replace stock with a custom CyanogenMod (CM) ROM. It gives you a more Android feeling than stock. And it comes rooted already. But it totally replaces stock.

Yet another option is to run the new CM ROM from an SD leaving stock intact.

Let me know which you prefer and I will send you to the right spot.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I suppose I would like to run as much as I can. I would like to have a stable platform though and maybe one which was easy to update. If it could run along side the NOOK OS I suppose that would be better wouldn't it? I see you are running CM10.1 on emmc. Is that the one you prefer? That is run on the internal memory isn't it? I would definitely like to utilise the 32gb SD card I bought so if I could put my apps on the SD card that would be perfect. I am happy to run the OS off the internal memory though especially if that makes it faster.

Thanks very much for your help. I really appreciate it. http://xdaforums.com/images/icons/icon11.gif
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I do prefer CM10.1 on internal memory. It is stable and fast. And you can flash my CM10 swap zip after you get it installed to make it so you can use that 32GB card. Go to this thread for instructions on installing CM10.1 to internal memory:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42399961

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Thank you. This is a great forum. You have been very helpful.

Okay I have just had a go at it and I am having problems formatting the SD card. I only have a spare 2gb card so I used the NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-small-rev4-(05.15.13).zip instead. I have formatted it to FAT32 using Windows and partitioned it to 1 partition active logical. When I run Win32DiskImager it makes the card capacity shrink from 2gb to 115mb and then the rest of the files can't fit on. What am I doing wrong please?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
In the second paragraph of the OP (post #1) is a link to make the bootable CWM: here. In short, this is the instruction:

Note the bold and underlined items. SDFormatter seems to work best with the Nook HD/HD+ devices. There is some other good information in that post too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Yes as I suspected it didn't make a blind bit of difference. I used SD Formatter and exactly the same thing happened.

The problem lies in the way the SD card is partitioned I think. When I use Easeus partitioner (

which is allowed because it is in the instructions

) the SD card has one primary partition of 115mb and another inactive partition totalling 1.8gb. Somehow I need to make 1 partition out of the two I would guess. What I did was to extend the partition of 115mb to 1.9gb (its maximum size of a 2gb card equaling 1 partition) and then made it primary. What happens is when I format the card it goes back to its original partition size of 115mb.

In the meantime I will have a look around to see how I can partition the card properly so that when it formats it doesn't revert back to its original primary partition size of 115mb. I'm off to work now. :( Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
I suggest that you use the uSD card's manufacturer's apps to reformat/partition it back to either original state or to a state that removes the proprietary partitions. Sandisk has a utility to remove it's proprietary stuff, but you have to look for it. They hide it pretty well.

After restoring the uSD, do the SD Formatter and complete the process again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It sounds like you did not follow the rest of the new procedure that bluepe61 suggested. Did you use the BOOTFILES rar and copy the files after formatting with SDFormatter?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Thank you bluepen. I will have a look around for it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
In SDFormatter set the option to size adjustment on and it should format to full size.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
It definitely has something to do with the partition on the SD card. There were two partitions already on it. The larger partition was 1.8gb but unformatted and unknown and the other partition was much smaller but primary (I cannot see an active anywhere). I could not see any other way of doing it than extending the 115mb partition to its full length of 1.9gb. I am at work now so I can't mess around with it but I will have a look for the Sandisk formatting tool tonight (we have internet) and mess around with it tomorrow. It might be that I have to delete the 115mb partition but that would mean I would have to repartition which it says not to do.

Yes, I copied over the bootfiles rar and that is when the card shrunk from 1.9gb back to 115mb. When I went to copy the other files over it said I didn't have enough room. :(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are extracting those files, right? So there are 5 files to copy? And you formatted using that size adjustment option?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You should not be copying the rar file. It is an archive file like a zip is. You need to extract the five files that are in the archive then copy those.

Edit: and with this new procedure, you do NOT use win32diskimager to burn any image. Just format, set active, copy the 5 files and boot. If it works, then copy the ROM zip and gapps zip and boot again.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I unzipped the bootfile so that there was an ISO or some kind of image. I used win32 on the image which extracted it and put it on my SD card in the form of 5 files (but reduced the partition size). I then attempted to copy over the necessary rar files (zipped) to the SD card. I did not boot at any point though. I can use an ISO manager to extract the files out of the image if that is better and then copy them over to the SD card?

Sorry what do you mean by " And you formatted using that size adjustment option?"

I didn't change any options in Win32. I just left it as default.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, you got it all wrong. You must have the wrong BOOTFILE file. It starts with nookhdplus, has CWM, BOOTFILES, in the title and it ends in rar. You unarchive (extract) the file so it has 5 files on your PC. Then copy those files (don't use win32diskimager at all) to the freshly formatted SD.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I just checked the instructions

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42399961

and it asks to download this file:

NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).zip (boot image for SD card)

so I downloaded this one as I didn't have enough space on my 2GB card for the 4GB image:

NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-small-rev4-(05.15.13).zip

Is this the right file please? As this extracts as an image. Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I told you no. It is the one with BOOTFILES in the title. Those instructions are for the OLD procedure. Since you only have a 2GB card, you need to follow the NEW procedure that bluepen61 quoted for you.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
The instructions are not right then and need to be amended. This is the link I was following:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42399961

The instructions say to use win32 but that is no longer valid, to download NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13).zip (boot image for SD card) but that is not right either.

It says to download this file: cwm-recovery-ovation-2.zip (CWM recovery - to install into Nook) but there is only a rev3 that I could find.

I am not being funny, I really do appreciate the help, but I can only follow the instructions given which I am doing.

If you have the patience and do not already want to kill me I will have to go through it step by step tomorrow if that is okay please. I really don't want to brick my Nook especially if I am replacing the OS.

Is this the right file?

NookHD-bootable-CWM-6027-for-emmc-stock-BOOTFILES-r3-(02.13.13).rar -
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No that is for the HD, you need the one for the HDplus. And he is going to amend that instruction to incorporate my new procedure. In the mean time just follow my new procedure in 1a in my thread.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
This must be it surely: :eek:

NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-BOOTFILES-r4-(05.15.13).

Thanks Leapinlar. I am sorry for being such a :confused::silly:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes.

And that recovery-ovation rev3 is the most current and you should be using it instead of the rev2 from the instructions.

The problem is e.mote has been busy and has not updated his instructions to the very latest.

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