yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] xdajauser:
thanks for the reply ... :)

i know that, but, i'm sorry about my english, what I mean is that there is a specific option that says "everything is installed on the sd", so I'm unsure :o

I hope to explain. choosing the option "install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from internal" i'm know the zip was internal but does not say where it is installed, so my doubt.

another question, once in CWM, when try to backup to internal sd remanded me these errors:

can not mount / system!

can not mount backup path

E: can not mount sdcard

so I wonder if everything is correct. that in step 7 of the thread I'm following

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2300132

says: "Wait until the CWM Recovery is displayed (At this point in time, the SD card will be formatted and partitioned Properly, ready for flashing ROM)."

but according to Mini Tool Partition Wizard, after burn the image "sdcard-cwm-ovation-sdv1.img.zip" for sd puree told me that there were only two partitions and in other threads said that 3 or 4 partitions were necessary.

I can keep going this way or I have to modify the partitions...

Thank you very much! :good::good:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You really should be asking these questions in that thread, but I will try to answer.

You said you looked at the SD with the partitioning software after burning. You should look at it after booting it once and CWM shows so that the software partitions the SD. Those backup errors indicate that the automatic partitioning of the SD did not complete properly. And if you did look after partitioning and only two partitions showed, it definitely did not complete properly. How large is the SD? I suggest you start over with the SD.

And just because the zip was originally placed on internal media storage does not mean it is installed on internal. The CWM that comes on the SD automatically installs the zip to SD (assuming you got the zip from that thread).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] xdajauser:
thanks again!

confirmed there are 4 partitions, I guess that's right. I checked the card again and have these partitions:

Name, size, used , format type , type, active

1. N:boot 118mb 10mb Fat32 primay active

2. Other 769mb 769mb Other Primary None

3. Other 863mb 30mb Ext4 Primary None

4. CM10SDCARD 5.7gb 11mb FAT32 Logical None

think I can move on, right?

Thanks! :)

T
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes that is correct. Go ahead and install the CM10.1 zip from that thread and the linked gapps.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] xdajauser:
:victory: :victory: :victory: :laugh:

yeah, yeah, yeah

we made it!

many thanks for your help!

Now I can try before deciding to put it on the internal memory. Sure everything will be more fluid.

At the moment I am very surprised with fluided, I was able to install applications and everything is working!

Thanks and thanks again :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] xdajauser:
Hi!

Apologies for writing in the wrong thread then I continue there with the latest news :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] kc12:
thanks

:)

WOW! this is crazy good information! thanks for taking all the time to do it!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Hangman_:
I do appreciate your endeavors in this software & documentation you have posted, it is extraordinary.

I have a question regarding your HD plus Universal Root Rev-3 in that I have been receiving B&N's OTA update since Jan 10th (I am currently running 2.2.0) for something - I don't know what - as it fails in its attempt (as you designed the root package to do) however it forces me to reboot each morning which is rather frustrating. Now I've been rooted with the UR Rev-3 for a year now, and I am wondering if I use the "Disable Root zip" file, will it automatically update the HD plus? If so, can I then use the UR Rev-3 again to re-root the HD plus? If it is this easy, could you please point me to where the Disable Root zip file is at, for the life of me I cannot find it.

Thank you Leapinlar.

Think I've found it: The tool ? and question I had.

So basically I need to deal with the reboot every time I get an OTA update from B&N, or reflash my backup ROM, accept the update, then reapply the UR Rev-3.

However my curiosity remains for the "Disable root Rev-2 (02.02.13) zip", If I run this, will it replace the original B&N file the UR Rev-3 initially replaced?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, the disable root zip will not work on rev3. What you need to do is go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and flash plain stock 2.2.1 zip. No need to wipe, all of your apps should stay. Then you will get no update notices. Then you can root again with rev3.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Hangman_:
Another thought comes to mind when you mention this, If a user wants to know / use the update, then what should they do? How would they put their system in line to receive the OTA update?

Then again, I'm currently running 2.2.0 and you mentioned flashing stock 2.2.1. You don't get each update from B&N and put it on here do you (of course you might, with an update to the system file to reject the OTA?)? If you do, impressive ... and Thank you.

---------- Post added at 09:05 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:52 AM ----------

By the way, I'm not finding the plain Stock 2.2.1 zip on the HD/HD+ CWM thread. Could it be buried in the immense posts or should it be in the OP's list of downloads at the bottom of the first post?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are right that 2.2.0 is the latest I have. There must be a newer BN update I don't know about. In any case reflash the 2.2.0 zip and it will remove the universal root r3. Then let it update and reapply ur3 again. I am not positive that ur3 with work with a new version, but it should. If not go back to 2.2.0 and apply ur3 to get back to where you are.

I will see if I can find the new version and post it.

Edit: the newest version (2.2.1) is now posted.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] wine4me:
Enable unknown sources

I just did an accidental return to stock on my HD+ while trying to get a bad SD card to boot so I could go to KitKat on SD. Now I need to enable unknown sources, which I did before I guess since I loaded Amazon apps. Anyway, I was going to use your SD card method, but I don't understand the statement about .rar files and where they come from. as you talk about below:

Unarchive the appropriate set of BOOTFILES for your device (HD or HD+) from my .rar file attached below and copy them to the SD. There should be five files. Make sure you copy the MLO file first before you copy the other four. DO NOT INSERT THE SD INTO YOUR NOOK UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO IN SECTION 1c BELOW!

Where exact;y are these files?

Also, if I boot into the SD (KitKat) and make a backup to internal using the CWM that is loaded there, will that be good enough, or is there a way to make a backup to an SD card? I always have to start over since I never have a good backup. I made one to internal this morning and then lost it when it reset to like new.

I know this is confusing, but when I have problems with the SD boot and don't have time to fix them, I go back to stock and like to have all my apps available. Thanks for your help..
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The .rar is attached to the first post of this thread. Rar is an archive format like zip. You must use an unarchiving program like winrar to extract the BOOTFILES contained in the .rar file. The backup you make using the CWM on the kitkat SD can be put whoever you like it. But the backup is of the kitkat ROM on SD, not the ROM on internal memory.

And the reason your device reset is because the nook has a safety feature were if it fails to boot 8 times in a row, it resets. So if you are having trouble with the SD booting, be sure to not fail 8 times in a row. Let it boot successfully to stock once in a while.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] twiztid_:
I can't get the driver from usb_driver_r04-windows-B&N.zip to install. When I select the folder to install the driver from, Windows tells me:

http://i.imgur.com/jCg4zd2.png

Could this be related to Windows 10? Or is something else wrong?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes most likely. Try unzipping on your tablet and transfer to the PC. Of course Windows 10 could take completely different drivers too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] twiztid_:
I installed Windows 8 and the driver install still gives me the same issue, and I also tried unzipping it on my tablet, then copying the files to PC, but the error is still the same on both Windows 10 and Windows 8: http://i.imgur.com/C68trHW.png

"The hash for the file is not present in the specified catalog file. The file is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering."

Do you have a hash you could use to possibly check that the zip that gets downloaded is the proper file?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I don't run Windows 8 or 10 so I have no idea what it is talking about with a hash.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] twiztid_:
After digging a bit, it turns out the Nook drivers aren't properly signed, so the checksum will not match the driver. You have to disable Driver Signature Enforcement to install it. Instructions here: https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/e...loper-start-up-guide#_Install_Android_Drivers

Thanks for the help, I'll try this in a bit and update if it worked.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] TalEvans:
Unknown Sources on unrooted, unregistered Nook HD?

Hi

I recently bought a Nook HD which is unregistered and unrooted, and I'd like to keep it that way if possible. I've used a lot of the brilliant advice here to skip the OOBE experience and sideload free apps using adb. However, I'm hoping to be able to buy a few useful apps and I don't like Google Play. The apps I want are available on Amazon, but if I understand correctly I'll need to enable installation from Unknown Sources.

Leapinglar's long post [CWM/ROOT/UNKNOWN SOURCES] HD/HDplus Stock Root/other Mods - via CWM flashable zips looks like the way to go if I just want to enable Unknown Sources without rooting....but it also says

Is this true if I only create a bootable SD card and use it to backup and then install the zip for Enable Unknown Sources? If so, are there any workarounds? (Including for my overall goal, ie a way to buy and install an Amazon app without registering/rooting my Nook HD?)

Thank you for your help and for such a great resources!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You should be able to do the unknown sources zip without registering with B&N. You definitely do not have to root it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] TalEvans:
Update!

Thank you for your help!

Interestingly, although mine is a Nook HD which apparently usually boots to an SD card quite easily, I had a lot of trouble initially. Most of the time it would just boot to stock, and every so often it wouldn't do anything at all, apparently wouldn't even power on. I tried dozens of times.

So I read the HD+ troubleshooting thread New Nook HD+ will not boot from SD card. I was all ready to run out and buy a Class 4 SD card (the one I was using was Class 10 8GB which apparently doesn't work as reliably with many Nook HD+s), when I read the suggestion to insert the SD card into a powered-off Nook without letting go, then power on and and release it into place when you see the logo.

It worked on the first try! I successfully backed up and installed the Enable Unknown Sources zip. I've only tested installing one apk directly so far, but it seems to be working perfectly - thank you!!!! :) :) :)

I have no idea why this Nook HD is so fussy, but that tip for the HD+ worked very well. :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] marioluigi123:
I recently re-flashed my Nook HD+ to the following from leapinlar's other thread:

* NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-BOOTFILES-r4-(05.15.13).rar (5.64 MB)

* NookHD-HDplus-stock-enable-Unknown-Sources-rev0-(09.08.13).zip (727.9 KB)

* NookHD-HDplus-Universal-Root-rev3-(09.10.13).zip (9.86 MB)

Titanium Backup claims root is not working (though I do have Superuser), but I really don't need that.

My issue is two-fold but I think both parts are related. The Home (Nook n) button no longer functions in Android applications or the launcher and the Settings dropdown in the top-right corner no longer opens.

The N/Home button is working physically - it wakes up the screen when turned off. Applications (including launchers Nova and Zeem) don't seem to respond to the Home button even if I map actions to it which some apps allow.

The settings panel at the top can be "clicked", meaning it will be highlighted when pressed but no dropdown menu will appear.

Both of the issues are obviously not showstoppers, but I'm a little surprised and annoyed. I previously had this exact same setup working (though the tablet would reboot whenever apps were installed/uninstalled ... I think due to /system modifications). From that setup, I restored using what I think is the Nook stock restore (holding N on boot to get small pop-up menu) but that kept the Cyanoboot bootloader. I created the SD card as usual and installed the aforementioned zip's and ROM image.

Has anyone experienced these symptoms (N button and/or Settings panel) or have a guess at what components handle these?

P.S. My profile area shows "No NOOK Profile" and attempts to click there do nothing or occasionally error with the Android "Service xxx has stopped working".
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Ninja515:
Thanks was looking for the windows drivers.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] r1c47:
The site for the procedures to skip OOBE is dead.

Could you or someone repost them. I remember I had to press an edge of the screen but I can't remember which and can't get it to work.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] nmyshkin:
Just rooted HD and I've got problems

I finally convinced my husband to at least root his HD. He is totally happy with stock and I can side-load via adb so that's about all he wanted. Just in case you wonder, rooting allows installation of Ad Away and that combo affects some apps in an unexpected way (that's a good thing).

Anyway, I used the Universal Root zip with a CWM card I prepared when he first got the tablet so we could do backups. That went just fine. I uninstalled Zeam, Any Cut, and updated SuperUser from the market. Everything is fine except...after booting and settling down, the HD displays this message:

Then you dismiss it, none-the-wiser, since there isn't any useful information there to remedy the problem. This message appears again during use, infrequently but annoyingly.

I found mention of this earlier in this thread but no one seemed to have a response for the problem. I found similar on the B&N Nook support forum and there someone suggested clearing the data and cache from the PlayStore. That actually worked for the OP there, but did no good for me.

My husband is ready to return to the pre-rooted backup if I can't get this solved :( I'm thinking maybe pulling down the logcat after a boot (and the message display) might reveal something useful? Suggestions?

Edit: So it looks like the cache clearing of the Play Store and a few reboots resolved the issue :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] IndyRoadie:
You could always try following the 5 Easy Steps thread method of install, or download a different ROM, boot into Recovery and try loading that. Those are the things I would try first, personally
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Lanchon:
hi, thanks for the info!

what is the source of this information? where are the contents of /factory discussed?

i don't have this device, this Q is regarding a port request of REPIT to the Nook HD+:

https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT

EDIT: more info here...

https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT/issues/57#issuecomment-260150283

thank you again
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I have no source for this data. It was developed by me by looking at the content of the partition itself and knowing how other Nook devices operated.

Rombackup.zip is just as you surmissed, a backup of /rom partition. /rom has vital factory set information to allow stock to boot and operate properly. Some info is specifically required by stock and some it even needed for other roms to work properly. It is susceptible to corruption and the backup zip is there so the device can repair itself. At boot the contents of /rom is checked and if a certain file is not there it attempts to repair itself. If the repair fails because rombackup.zip is not there, it goes into a bootloop. This is true on all roms, not just stock.

As for factory.zip, it is a complete zip of the original stock rom. The HD/HD+ had a unique antipiracy feature that prevented attempts to changing any /system files. On boot it would compare all the files to a checksum and if it detected a difference, it would trigger a system reset and reinstallation of that factory.zip. That has been discussed extensively by me and others on the forum. That feature has been largely defeated by myself and others.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Lanchon:
thank you for your help!

so if i understand the situation correctly, for custom roms:

- /rom is the partition that contains the vital information.

- /factory's only valuable content is a backup of /rom.

my problem is that /factory is aprox 0.5 GB in size and the /rom backup is probably around 10 or 20 MB, which means that most of /factory space is gone to waste. i want custom rom users to be able to recover that wasted space (and most of now-unused /cache too), and enlarge /system and/or /data with the recovered space. (/system enlargement is very welcome as i hear that recent OSes with gapps don't fit.)

given that rombackup.zip is valuable, my plan is to just resizing /factory without wiping its contents. (my tool does that, moves and resizes partitions without wiping them, sort of like gparted for recovery.) is there anything else typically stored in /factory with custom roms? or is it mostly empty? what would be a reasonable default size that most people could apply to /factory without deleting any of its files? it'd be great if something around 32 or 64 MB were enough...

this is the only info i'm missing to green-light and publish the ovation port of REPIT. it's a ***** to develop without having the devices, sorry to bother you. thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I have retired all of my HD devices, but I have .img backup files on my laptop. You might learn something from the img file sizes. P7 (factory) is 458,753 KB, P8 (system) 688,128 KB, P9 (cache) is 475,136 KB.

Within P7 are 4 files, factory.zip 346,363 KB, fsck.zip 353 KB, rombackup.zip 4 KB and romrestore.zip 225 KB.

I don't know how your tool works, but if you delete the factory.zip it frees up about 338 MB of the partition before resizing. You need to keep the other files. So its minimum size could actually be as small as 1 MB. Without deleting factory.zip it has about 90 MB of free space.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Lanchon:
thank you! i had a user forward me a /factory. yes, i plan to delete factory.zip only, wipe /cache, resize both partitions to 32mb, and gain a somewhat less than 1G to increase /system to 1G and the rest to /data. thanks so much!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Lanchon:
thanks again for your help! in case you are interested:

[Nook HD+] REPIT: enlarge /system and /data partitions without wiping your data

http://xdaforums.com/nook-hd/development/nook-hd-repit-enlarge-data-partitions-t3503615
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Goggles2114:
For some reason attempting to go back to stock using clockwork mod to flash throws an error. Why would it do this? Literally I load SD card up with stock image for my nook hd, tell it to go look on the external sd card to try flashing the image, and then the thing falls over.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Make sure you are using an old enough version of CWM. It must be older than 6045.

Go to my other thread to get instructions. Here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2062613
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Goggles2114:
Thanks man. What broke compatibility/made flashing the old rom not possible?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
CM added functionality and flashing requirements in CM11 that made the older CWMs obsolete. And the newer CWMs would no longer work on the older zips.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sweettooth45:
I am kind lost all I want is to get helium to work on my nook hd to transfer files to my new devices I have enable debugging usb and turn on the mtp but helium still cant find my device I downloading the usb driver for window for bn. Do you download this to your pc or to the nook hd. What other steps do I need to take.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] little callow kid:
Okay, I'm a little leery of posting on here because I'm afraid I may be being redundant but I've searched for answers everywhere I know. I've been trying to sideload apps onto my kid's stock-rooted Nook HD. And I'm so super new at all of this it takes me hours to do the simplest task.

First let me just say, I know I should probably just pitch the nook because oh man... it's so old. But I adore the things for my kids' home school apps. I love the separate profiles for the lock features and the ability to turn off features to make it very safe for them. I've tried APK Extractor from an old Samsung S5 to a APK installer to the Nook HD. The files have a "Parsing Error."

The only way I've been able to get most of the incompatible apps on the nook is to use Aptoide which has been great. But the big issue here is that there is no option for me to get my paid apps from my other devices to my nook HD that have been successful.

I have done the old method only to be told by command prompt that I have to use the old KitKat method with which I am unfamiliar and can't see why it would be any different from what I tried in leainlar's original post for this thread. I made sure I had the proper SDK installed on my computer.

All that to say, has anyone had any success getting apps that are paid versions onto their nook HD/HD+'s? This is my last ditch effort before I accept the little guy for what it truly is. A old dog that can't be taught new tricks.

Please let me know if I wasn't specific enough or if there's anything you might need to know of what I did. I'm a little bashful because I'm no more than a tinkerer right now pining after every words you guys say. Thanks a million for all of your knowledge and willingness to share your time and work here on this site.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Reckless71:
Hi [MENTION=349198]leapinlar[/MENTION]!

Could you please help me to reconstruct/rebuild my Nook HD+ partitions layout that are been destroyed by running a wrongly configured Lancon-REPIT?

I can only boot through CWM or TWRP bootable SD Card and I tried to run properly configured Lanchon-REPIT script that was worked me before, but both CWM and TWRP shows my EMMC has 0 bytes available.

I hope you can understand my problem as I am not so good in English language.

I will be grateful.

Thanks in advance.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tonyp22:
Hmm, making a bit of progress on the laptop. I created the ./android/adb_usb.ini file (with 0x2080 in it). Plugged in the HD+ with debug enabled, and got nowhere. I decided to try the uninstall of the MTP Portable Device. As soon as I did that I got both the BNTV600 and the MTP showing up with '?' in Other Devices.

So far so good, but when I navigated to the B-N inf file to install the Android driver I got "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware".

???
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
On windows XP, edit that inf file to say &M02 (for HD+) instead of 01 and see if that helps.