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[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Okay. I have the 5 files on the SD card and it has formatted to 1.9gb this time. There still appears to be 2 partitions though. One is the active 1.9gb and the other is now a small partition not active.Does that matter?

I already have some apps and games on the Nook. Will these be effected when I boot the SD card?

I boot the SD card now before I add the other rar files?

Thanks again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
As long as the big partition with the files on it is the first partition, the other partition is no problem.

Booting the SD will have no effect on what you have on internal memory. But once you install the zips and factory reset, the apps will be gone.

Since booting the SD is sometimes iffy, it is best to have everything on the SD that you need. So put the CM zip, the gapps zip and the recovery-ovation zip on the SD. That way, if it boots successfully, just go ahead and backup and install the zips. In that order. Follow that with a factory reset before taking the card out and rebooting.

EDIT: One you have successfully made the CWM SD using my instructions, follow the rest of the dummies guide to back up and install the zips.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Thank you Leapinlar :)

Can I double check the files before I transfer them over please as I haven't had a very good track record.

Is it these?

cm-10.1.3-ovation.zip (I seem to have downloaded this one too - cm-10.1.3-20130801-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc?)

cwm-recovery-ovation-3

gapps-jb-20130812-signed

NookHD-HDplus-SDSwap.zip

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, not exactly. You need:

cm-10.1.3-ovation.zip

gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip

cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip

NookHD-HDplus-SDSwap-for-official-CM10.1-CM10.2-on-emmc-rev6-(09.04.13).zip

Follow the dummies guide to backup and flash the first three and factory reset and booting to set up. After you have everything working, reinsert the CWM SD, boot and flash the last one.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] hajalie24:
Ok it looks like I screwed something up when trying to enable unknown sources. I modified the file and changed the 0 to a 1, rebooted, and afterward my home button and top right settings bar doesn't work. I went back to the file and found it changed itself back to 0. I figured I might have done something else so I deleted the file since I know it will be created again on reboot. Well it was but the problem still persists.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I don't understand what you changed or why. Are you talking about my zip file or manually editing the database file?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] hajalie24:
Manually editing the database file.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You may have to factory reset to get that database back to normal. Then I suggest you use my zip from my HD/HD+ CWM thread. It is fool proof.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Okay, so I finally got it to boot to SD and performed the backup. I have a message saying "Error while making a backup image of /data!"

What do I do now please as the backup has frozen. :confused:

The backup went this far:

Backup of boot image completed

backup of recovery image completed

backup of system completed
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You probably ran out of space on the SD because you had too many zips there and your SD is so small. Reboot and this time choose backup to internal memory.

Edit: That is why e.mote recommended to use the 4GB version. It has plenty of room for backups.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Backup has now completed:

Backup of boot image completed

Backup of recovery image completed

Backup of System Completed

Backup of data completed

No/sdcard/.android secure found.Skipping backup of applications on external storage.

Backup of cache completed

No ds-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext

Generating MD5 sum

Backup complete!

Does this look okay to you as it has skipped a couple of things.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yep
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I have installed CM 10.1.3 Ovation, cwm recovery ovation 3 and gapps jb 20130812.

I was a bit worried about the battery level (you cant see it in cyanogen) so I have taken the SD card out and am recharging for a bit.

I am just about to factory reset the Nook and then reboot. Do you reboot with the SD card in or out please?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
After the reset, reboot with it out so you can set up the rom and after setup, put back in and flash last one.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I am having trouble getting the factory reset to work. I am pressing power and N for 20 seconds, letting go and pressing both buttons again but no factory reset option is appearing.

Sorry I see no. I must use wipe data/factory reset from SD card menu.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, you got it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
I think it's almost there now. When you say setup the rom do you mean set up the time, google mail etc.... or should I be loading something else?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just do everything it asks, register gapps, etc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
One last question. (I hope). I have flashed the sd swap file. Do I need to do anything with the 32gb Sandisk micro card? I have just taken it out of the packaging. Does it need partitioning or formatting? Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Should not require anything. Just boot with it in.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Something weird just happened. I put the card in and went to storage and it said 29gb free. I downloaded a game which I previously purchased and now the SD card says there is only 12.67 gb of total space. This is the amount of internal space. The SD card total space and the internal storage space are identical.:confused:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Ignore what settings says. It does not work right with the swap. Go by what your file manager says.

Edit: And yes, I have that warning on my OP.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Thanks again. Whereabouts is the file manager or do you need to download one from the Google Play store?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Best to get one from play store.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Okay. Thanks very much for your time and patience with me Larry. I am very happy with the results. I have left you a donation to show you my appreciation.

I am off to bed now.Work again tomorrow. :(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jvinga1:
question about removing Cyanoboot

I've rooted a couple of tablets with 2.1.1 and installed a custom app to the system folder. I want to leave the device rooted and with this app in tact. All I want to do now is remove Cyanoboot. I want the device to boot with the entire normal logo sequence so that someone using it would not know that it's been rooted or had anything custom installed.

I'm guessing that since I see the Cyanoboot logo every time it boots that it must be installed to internal memory (I guess this is emmc?). So I had thought that flashing the file NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13).zip might return it back to the normal boot sequence, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

How can I accomplish this?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can't if you want to keep the app installed to /system. The cyanoboot logo is part of the scheme that removes the file protection check.

And putting the recovery on internal does not effect the normal boot at all, only the recovery boot.

You can go back to my old universal root which does not have the cyanoboot, but the /system is still protected with that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jvinga1:
Thanks for clarifying. We'll have to live with the logo because we need an app in the system folder.

So next I need to figure out how to get the device back to looking unmodified so that the local nook support folks will work on them and even warranty repair them if necessary. They already said they won't do this if there were any modifications. So I'll need to a) remove our app from the system folder, b) unroot and c) restore normal boot logo.

I see the zip for restoring plain factory stock: NookHDplus-factory-2.1.1-plain-stock.zip. But I'm not sure if I really need that to accomplish what I need. Plus I think that won't erase my app from the system folder right? It seems to me I can just use ES File Explorer in root mode to accomplish that. It don't need to erase anything like apps or user data or anything else, and it would be better, in fact, if all of that could be left in place.

Can you point me to the easiest way to accomplish this task of making the device look unmodified? The idea is that I'll simply re-root and re-install our system app once the service work is complete.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You really need to flash the plain stock zip. It removes the boot.img, root and your added /system app. Otherwise they will see the mods. But it keeps your normal installed apps and data in place.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jvinga1:
Oh, cool, so it keeps registration, user apps, settings and all. I just tried it and it works great, thanks!

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Am I correct that if you use the universal root, it includes the unknown sources fix too? It seems to be working that way, but I've done many experiments on these few tablets and I want to have the right procedure as we do more later.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, the Universal Root does not include the unknown sources fix. But it is a setting so once set, it stays set unless you wipe data.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ilprofesionale:
I'm using my Nook HD + as pure stock right now. Could someone please explain the easiest way I can force full screen (at least remove the top notification bar)?

I see that some apps, like Adobe reader, remove this bar. But apps like citrix receiver do not.

Since Adobe reader can remove it, it must be possible somehow to force it with a simple hack, when I am using citrix receiver app.

Thank you so much for your help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] WIMMPYIII:
did i mess up?

I put BOOTFILES-r4 on my sd and installed the "NookHDplus-stock-2.1.1-rooted" right away.

I cant seem to get it back into recovery to add the "NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13)"

I guess I was thinking if I installed the rooted ROM mod right away the unknown sources wouldn't be needed.

How do I get it to boot to the sd card recovery again?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just insert the SD into the slot and boot again.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] WIMMPYIII:
maybe I just haven't tried enough times.

the first time I got it to work I let it start by plugging in the power.

Do sideloaded app show up in the modded stock ROM or do I need a launcher?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Sideloaded apps do not show in the stock launcher. That is why I included a launcher (zeam) with the Universal Root.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] janner66:
Can you help please. I have installed the above files on my Nook HD+ and everything is working apart from certain apps don't install. I get the x app not installed message. I have done a bit of research but am a bit confused. Is it because I need to install from the app folder in my system files? If so I can't seem to move files from my SD card to the system files folder. Does this mean I am not rooted or do I need to install the unable unknown resources zip? There is an option to untick or tick unknown resources in the settings though.

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, the issue is you installed my swap zip. The swap is a kludge and messes up some app installations when trying to install manually. Try copying the apk file somewhere else (not the system app folder though, use the internal media folder) before trying to install it. (See my warning under item 4 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Software Guru:
leapinlar

I would just like to say thanks for all your efforts

Using your guides I was out of the box, rooted and installing APK's in a little under 15 mins

Very easy and clear instructions, all I have left now is to swap the SD cards

One thing I'd like to ask is if I installed all my required zips in CWM and the device was configured the way I like, if I take a backup

at that point in time I can return to that state incase anything goes wrong by just by restoring the backup I made...correct??

Thanks again
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
SoftwareGuru,

That is right, a nandroid restore using CWM will restore your state exactly as it was when you backed it up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
need help

I rooted my new nook HDplus but now I cannot find out how to read all the books I had from B&N, is there wa dual boot or am I just too new to this and not seeing how to use the root?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tigrisan:
Did you install a launcher? If you used LeapinLar's, Zeam is already there. Then you will find your "Library" in the apps drawer which is where all of your Nook Books, Magazines, etc are stored. Also, you can look for AnyCut here on the forum. I haven't seen it in the Play Store lately, but with it, you can put a shortcut on your screen or your taskbar to switch between the Launcher and the Nook Basic Home screen.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
dualboot

I followed http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317500 I see a launcher in settings but noting in drawer :(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tigrisan:
I had to go back to the stock screen to do this:

Top right hand corner by the time, there's a gear. Click that, then All Settings, Applications, My Apps, then scroll down to Home. Click that, clear the defaults and then push the N on the bottom of the Nook. If the other launcher installed correctly, you'll get a pop up that will ask you what you want to use. Pick the launcher instead of Home and click 'use as default' if you want to do that. You can always download a different launcher from the Play Store as well (Nova or Launcher Pro are nice) and install them and then when you push the N, it will again ask you what you want to use. Just don't click on Home and Use as Default or you'll be in the same boat again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
Launcher

Problem is I cannot get to the gear from the new CM rooted screen I go to settings and cannot find anything that will let me get back to a B&N screen. I rooted my Nook tablet and it had ADW and would let me switch back and forth I dont see that in this root.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tigrisan:
How do you get to the settings now? If you go to the settings and click Applications, what do you see?

Since I only did the hybrid root from LeapinLar, I didn't deal with CWM, but you have to be able to get to the settings and then from there, the applications. It should work the same way an Android phone does as far as the settings go. Under the applications list, there has to be a Home application. That would be where you'd clear the defaults.

I'm sorry, but that's as far as my knowledge goes with CWM. I imagine Lar can help more than me. There is an app in the Play store called BoLong AnyCut that is based on the original AnyCut app. You might try that. It would find your Home 'app' and let you put a shortcut on the home screen so you can switch back and forth.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
Home

I dont know what's going on, I am just wanting to read my books. I have tried the loaded launcher, I looked in apps, tried appcut it doesnt even list a home button. I tried to reistall backup img. from the install and it tells me it cant find the file. Ive tried google how to store my nook back to factory from the Nook Stock ROM backup to try again using Leaps install but Im kinda exasperated. Now the screen is blicnking on and off when I use a web page. Grrr Im sure someone will tell me how to get things back and start over.

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Finally got the SD card to recoginze the restore img and getting a MD5 Mismatch error
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tigrisan:
I'm so sorry. I don't blame you for being frustrated. Sit tight, someone will be here, I'm sure. In the meantime, there's always a hard reset to factory stock which I *think* you can do with CWM, but you'd have to read through the thread you used to root to make sure. I ended up after going through the hybrid root, etc, to the stock Nook, installing a different launcher and sideloading anything that said it wasn't compatible to see if it really was and would work. Most of the apps do work sideloaded, so I just left it more or less stock.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and read item 6. I have a plain stock zip there that will take you back to plain unrooted stock.

In your original post you just say you rooted it. Do you mean you flashed my universal root rev 3? If you did, I have instructions in that thread on how to get back to the stock launcher so you can read your books.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
leap

Leap I used this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317500

I don't know if its yours but this flashing screen is driving me nuts lol... I tried to put back the backup but it gets a MD5 mismatch error on a dated file not the same as one backed up to my pc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That is not rooting, that is replacing your stock ROM with a new ROM, CM10.1. See my response to you in that thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bcross66:
thank Leap

Got itback to stock and will follow your thread and install #6 rooted this time...

I am now running a Rooted Nook HD+ with no problems, following LeapInar's thread was all it took... Thank You
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
White on white issues with stock

Hello leapinlar,

I have a HD+ and HD, both running stock 2.1.1, plus your earlier Universal Root mod, plus your EXTRAS sideloading mod.

I have a problem with some third-party apps and the fields in their Settings being white-on-white. It is almost impossible to modify those fields. It's only a few apps like perhaps 8 apps out of 200+. For example, MyBackup Root and Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder (free version) are two such apps which have this problem on both my devices.

I notice that with some earlier mod zips for HD/HD+ you had a fix for this issue. But I don't see the files anymore on your other thread. Are they still there? Would they work for 2.1.1 stock? If not, is there anyway to isolate that fix from your earlier zip to use it for 2.1.1?

Maybe someone else has a suggestion for how to fix this issue in another way that's not too difficult to implement?

I don't know how to edit an apk but could probably edit simple text files. So any fix that involves editing an APK file is not feasible for me.

TIA
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, I have not made the white on white fix for 2.1.1. They dramically changed the color scheme so it is not as much of an issue. It is not easy modding the framework-res.apk to fix the colors. And if you mod it so it is ok for those few apps, it will probably screw up other apps. I think you have to deal with it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
OK, thanks, leapinlar. Damn B&N!

The reason I won't put on a new ROM which could fix these quirks in the stock firmware is because I use a lot of B&N content and don't want to lose access to it. And I don't want to have to dual boot either.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bluepen61:
1. You won't loose your B&N content.

2. On my NC, I could use the NOOK app for android in CM 10.1. I presume the same goes with HD/HD+ and CM 10.x.

I don't have CM 10.x on my HD, still at Stock/rooted.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] specu:
comment on 9/10/13

Hi leapinlar, in the rooting instructions in point 6 first paragraph I'm not clear as far a unknown sources: you say "If you had previously flashed the new Enable Unknown Sources zip, that is a setting and should stick." and then "After flashing this ROM, you will need to reflash any mods you want from this thread (except the new Enable Unknown Sources)" - what if I didnt previously flash unknown sources? do I need to flash it after root or is it already part of root?

boot.img development is great news, I think nook hd+ will benefit from changing build.prop to spoof other devices, didn't google if people are doing it yet.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Unknown sources is not part of the rooted zip. What that meant is if you already flashed it before you flashed the rooted stock, you do not have to do it again. But if you have never flashed the unknown sources zip and you want it, you need to flash it.

And yes, you can play with modifying build.prop without danger of resetting, but not many users have reported success in getting more apps to show as compatible by doing that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] specu:
If I may suggest then if you could add something like "Unknown sources is not part of the rooted zip, so if you've never had and you want it, you need to flash it in addition to root zip".

Also given the boot.img your excellent post "HD/HD+ Stock Root User Tips from LeapinLar" needs to be appended in AdAway section 4 to say with new boot.img changing target hosts file to /data/data/hosts is no longer necessary.

I use those tablets mainly for kids so if I get kid apps such as Beck and Bo (amzn.com/B009MO89Y4) and others like that work that will be a step up. They work fine on Nook Tablet pretending to be DROID3. For myself it would be great to get those "Kindle Table Edition" apps from amazon appstore working on nook. I saw some people say that copying apks from Kindle to Nook is enough to go around that, but I dont own any kindles.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I did already earlier update (after your post) the item 6 description in my HD/HD+ CWM thread to say the rooted zip does not include the enable unknown sources.

I will look at this thread to see if I need to update if the new boot.img is installed.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] specu:
I've been googling a bit and haven't found an answer to that yet: now that we can modify /system does that mean that lib flash (in /system/lib ?) can be modified to spoof windows platform and pre-installed apps be deleted (pandora, hulu plus etc)? Is there perhaps a tutorial for those already? I'm also thinking about getting rid of officesuite viewer with full version of officesuite (it was offered free or almost free several times).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can modify anything in /system without it resetting. But that does not necessarily mean the modified files will work. Also I have no idea what you mean by spoofing a windows platform.

And Pandora and hulu get installed to /data, not /system. You can uninstall them in settings, but B&N just reinstalls them as soon as they discover they are missing.

But you can remove the OfficeSuite viewer from /system and install the full version if you want.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] specu:
Replacing AND with WIN in libflashplayer.so but thats no longer an issue either...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] metropolitans:
Hi bluepen. I'm pretty sure that once you put a new ROM on you lose this: The ability to download any catalogs subscribed to when on the stock ROM, the ability to add any new catalog subscriptions, plus scrapbooking capabilities. Installing the Nook app will not get any of that back. I use the catalogs quite often, especially ones like Sharper Image. And while I don't use the scrapbook feature often, I have used it on occasion.

So while sideloading the Nook app can preserve my B&N books and magazine subscriptions, I'd still lose some stuff that I want to keep right now.