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[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Vol4Ever:
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I came to this link from your reply on Veronica's thread on the development board. I am trying to create a bootable 4GB SD card with the entire 4 gig dedicated to flash file storage. Only planning to use for emergency backup. Following the subset of directions above, the card created fine & showed up in Windows with the entire space available. I copied the 3 boot files from the list, and tried both cwm_6025_sd.img and twrp_2330_sd.img, renamed to recovery.img.

When booting the NT with either, the little cardboard box image pops up like it did for my old version 4.7 card using Albert Wertz's posts. However, it just freezes there and nothing else happens. It never finishes booting into the recovery menus. Any idea what could be wrong? Are the 3 boot files from instruction [2a] completely universal, or do they have to be matched with a specific version of the files from step [2b]? That's really all I can think of.

Thanks!

~Vol

EDIT: I think I just figured it out. From step [2b], I renamed the file as boot.img instead of recovery.img and it worked. Not sure if that's a typo in your instructions, but it fixed my problem anyway. Thx!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
My ROM flashing/backup SD card has CWM and TWRP respectively as recovery.img and altboot.img, and it works just fine without any boot.img. But I would have to press and hold the "N" button as soon as Cyanoboot comes up in order to bring up the menu and select SDC Recovery (i.e., CWM in my setup) or Alt-Boot (TWRP). If the "N" button is not press and held, Cyanoboot by default would proceed to locate and start up boot.img (which does not exist) resulting in a freeze/hang. That is the reason why renaming CWM boot.img also works, and in fact would be more convenient for your purpose (i.e., not having the extra step of holding down the "N" button).
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] FullScreen57:
Digixmax,

I am experiencing issues backing up my device using both TWRP and CWM. It is a 16GB NT and is one of those devices which need to be plugged in to boot from the SD Card

TWRP successfully backups up /SYSTEM and /DATA and then just sits there while the progress bar goes all the way to the end. The only way out is a hard shutdown

Using CWM as the altboot, CWM goes almost all the way to the end of the progress bar and then just sits there. Again, the only way out is a hard shutdown.

I have tried this using 2 different micro SD Cards, SanDisk & A-Data, with the same results.

Can you provide any suggestions on how to backup and then install CM10 on emmc.

Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
When you say "TWRP successfully backups up /SYSTEM and /DATA", did it finish computing the MD5 checksum? The backup operation is not done until the MD5 computation is done which can take quite a bit of time.

Also, you need to make sure you have enough space in the boot partition for the backup.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] FullScreen57:
I was using the entire 16GB on my SD Card. It would finish backing up & computing the MD5 checksum for both /SYSTEM & /DATA and then hang.

I even tried downloading and using the latest versions of TWRP & CM from iamafanof's Recovery for Nook Tablet (TWRP & CWM) (12/25) page - http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/twrp-v2-3-1-1-for-nook-tablet/, without any luck.

What finally worked was Erasing & Deregistering the Device, and then registering it again. I was then able to successfully use the CWM 6.0.2.5 SDCARD version from the above link to backup my NT. It was smooth sailing after that - installed cm-10-20121231-NOOKTABLET-acclaim-HD.zip and gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip, followed by a Titanium Backup Restore.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] chris996:
All is still well here with my NT8GB running CM10 by this guide.

Though I have a small issue with my file system. I have 2 problems that I assume are related:

1. I can not access my files/folders on the internal storage of the NT. Whenever I open the 'file manager' app an empty window shows. There are no files or folders to be found anywhere in this window. At the bottom a popup appears shortly saying: 'This action requires higher authorisation. Try to go to root access mode.' or something similar.

FYI: I kept most settings to default, so root access is still enabled.

2. Whenever I connect to a computer using USB, it recognizes the device as a Nook Tablet, it shows a new disk 'Nook Tablet' and in it a folder called 'Internal storage' , however the folder is empty and I can not copy/create any files or folders in it. Applications such as Calibre have problems connecting to the device.

I'm sure there is a simple solution, I'm just missing it :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Re: #1: I am not familiar with File Manager, but if you use ES File Explorer (free from Google Play) you can set its "Root Settings" Root-Explorer and Up-to-Root which would enable you to browse to and open any directory/file.

Re: #2:prior to build v12/31, when you connect to your PC over USB you should see a "USB connect" message icon on the notification bar, if you pull on the bar you'll get a prompt menu to enable USB storage access. With build v12/31 the internal storage and sdcard would be automatically connected as MTP devices upon dectection of a USB connection.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] chris996:
Thanks for the comments.

1. When I open ES File Explorer it's pretty much the same experience: It opens the folder \sdcard\ by default and it shows no files or folders. On the (otherwise empty) screen it says 'SD-kaart not found'. I can't go up a level or select any other folders/drives.

[edit:]>> Solution found: When I insert a SD card, all file explorers can browse both the internal storage as the SD card

2. Hm, I don't see any notifications whatsoever when I connect the NT to my PC via USB. :/

[edit:] >> Solution found: When I insert a SD card, Windows shows BOTH the SD card as well as the internal storage. So I can access both now

[edit:] Weird huh, so if anyone has the same problem. Inserting a SD card may provide a solution :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rrvball:
This might explain my issue. I followed the instructions in the OP, using CWM 6.0.1.2 as recovery.img and TWRP 2.2.2.0 as altboot.img. I put all the files on a single 8GB partition microSD card (over 7GB free so plenty of space for backups). I currently have Team-B's version of CM7 running internally and have backed it up using CWM 5.x. During the process, I first tried using CWM 6.0.1.2 and on step 5 tried to make a backup and it hung with the progress bar indicating about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through and the lower right corner (holding the NT in portrait mode) was getting quite warm. I let it hang there for at least 10 minutes with no movement on the progress bar and no other messages and that corner getting warmer, so I hard shut it down (held the power button until it turned off). Then I rebooted and loaded the altboot (TWRP 2.2.2.0) and tried to perform a backup to the microSD card. Again, the backup hung 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through and that corner of the NT started getting warmer. So, I hard shut it down. I rebooted back into CM7 and that is where I am currently.

Today, I read through this entire thread and found the above post. From all the other reading I did in preparation for trying this, I read that CWM 6.x was necessary to flash CM10, but I didn't realize that you couldn't backup CM7 with CWM 6.x. Since I have already backed up the CM7 install with CWM 5.x. I will skip the backup using CWM 6.x and try to flash CM10 later tonight. ** fingers crossed **

My computer/electrical engineering background has me curious. Why would the backup software care about what was in the NT's partitions?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
I recall observing the same behavior you described in v12/08. If my recollection is correct, after the external SDcard is inserted the first time, it can be removed and the internal storage is still visible/accessible.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
It doesn't seem to me either that the backup/restore function (which appears to archive entire partitions) should care what is in them.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mtran1978:
Internal Storage

I've followed the instructions and my tablet is running fine. My question is how can I use the Internal storage to add movies and pics. When I open the gallery it says "No External Storage Available" I have an SD card I can use and that works but I would like to use the internal storage.

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Which CM10 build version are you using?

Also have you tried browsing the internal media storage using a file manager app (e.g., ES File Manager)?

On my NT running Succulent CM10.0 dated 12/31 (http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/cm10-0-jelly-bean-for-nook-tablet-uploading/), internal storage is only accessible/visible if SDcard is present in the card slot at boot time, and they would be auto-mounted over USB on my PC as "Nook Tablet" MTP device folders.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] asawi:
Once you have your media in your storage, just go to them with a file explorer and open them from there. Once you've done that once Gallery will go there and look for files the next time you run it. That's my experience anyway. You don't have to keep the sd card inserted.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mtran1978:
That worked! Thanks.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] melvsmeister:
I'm too excited to post finally I got this thing working! but the boot animation is really not quite right? but it fix itself after few seconds just like want we have in Kindle Fire 2. Is that normal? I flash 0202 version.

Thanks to everyone!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Re: Installing CM10 Internally on Nook Tablet

The 10.1 boot animation's brief initial distortion is a known but strictly cosmetic issue.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mtran1978:
Internal Storage

So I've got everything working and my issue with videos resolved. My issue now is that I'm limited to .99 GB of internal storage. Is there a way to increase that amount?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] satan89:
Re: Installing CM10 Internally on Nook Tablet

You have to repatriation, here,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1531120

Sent from my ST27i
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Temetka:
OP's instructions worked like a charm.

My 16GB NT is now running JB.

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mtran1978:
Thanks for the reply.

My issue now is I can't get the Nook Tablet drivers to install in device Manager in order to get ADB working

I see the NookTablet with /!\ in the device manger.

Downloaded the drivers from this thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22049356&postcount=1&nocache=1

But when I select the driver folder I get this message

Windows was unable to install your NookTablet

Windows could not find driver software for your device.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35971559&postcount=13.

BTW, if you're looking to repartition your NT to get a large user media partition, take a look at the threads http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562130 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663836. With these methods/tools you do not need to use ADB, but they will revert your NT to BN stock ROM after the repartition, so you should backup your current CM10 before the repartition then restore it afterward.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bigsnow81:
First of all thank you very much. I have a couple of questions. If you could answer them it would be appreciated. I installed

cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip to my 16gb Nook Tablet's emmc.

1. The sleep of death issue if the battery is completely drained. Has this been fixed with this rom?

2. My wifi seems to drop on and off, is there a fix?

3. What does the 10 touch driver do?

4. Does turning on usb debugging cause issues? I turned it on for Titanium backup and it caused issues connecting to my pc. The pc would connect to the device and disconnect while plugged in.

Thanks again, your instructions took about 10 minutes to install cm 10 on my tablet.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
The SoD issue is fixed in this build. However be aware that the NT when asleep does not detect insertion of the USB cable and go in charging mode, so you'd have to wake it up for it to go into charging mode, then you can put it into sleep again and it will stay in charging mode.

I have not had the WiFi dropping on/off. I also have not run across the USB Debug issue, probably because I tend to use ADB Wireless for ADB Debugging and data transfer, but with ADB Wireless I do notice that the connection would get drop if the NT idle-timeouts and goes to sleep.

The 10-touch driver in the ROM enables use of the multi (greater than 2) touch capability of the NT touch-screen (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTL2DBbgNaY), but to activate it you'd need to flash the multi-touch firmware for the touchscreen using the Touch FW Flasher app; however beware that the Stock ROM does not work with multi-touch so you'd have to undo again using the Touch FW Flasher app, if you ever go back to stock ROM.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bigsnow81:
Gracias!

Thank you, It doesn't get any easier than following your directions.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jonathan.hemming:
rely on google backup?

Ok should I rely on the google backup service? Seems like something I've been disappointed with as much as google's backup & restore isn't a good bet....
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
There are three different types of backup:

Backup of your current setup using CWM/TWRP which covers boot, recovery, ROM, your apps and their data/settings. This is typically done as a protection in the event of some bad flashing errors/mistakes.

Backup done by Google Backup/Restore which covers all your downloaded apps and the data/settings of some of the apps (I recall reading somewhere that whether a given app's data/settings get backed up is an option selected by that app's developer). In my experience this has been a hit-n-miss affair, i.e., my apps don't always get auto-restored after a CM ROM upgrade. When they do get auto-restored I still have re-enter personal settings for most apps.

Backup done by a Backup app such as Titanium Backup which cover the apps you specify and all their data/settings. I have found some apps restored by TB suffer fatal crashes and ultimately have to be uninstalled and re-installed.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] mynickname:
I am trying to install cm10 for the first time on my 16gb nook tablet.

I copied all the files requited into the 1gb primary partition and started nook. The cyano boot loaded successfully. However after selecting sdc recovery, n icon appeared and the tablet shutdown instead of boot into CWM recovery. Can anyone help what might have went wrong.

Thanks in advance.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] satan89:
Re: Installing CM10 Internally on Nook Tablet

In root of sdcard (not internal 1gb, external one only) keep the recovery.img ( and even altboot.img if you like)

Then try booting, it should open.

Sent from my ST27i
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] jamesgg:
I copied all the files over to my external sd card. After cyano boot loads I select sdc recovery, a few moments later cyano bot reloads and if I don't hit the N button it gives me an error message " booti: bad boot image magic " (hitting the N botton gives me the same options to load recoveries.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Did you rename CWM cwm_60xx_sd.img (or twrp_2220_sd.img in case you prefer TWRP) to recovery.img before copying it to your SDcard boot partition?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] techzero:
Same here

Unfortunately, I am having the same issue. I followed the instructions and renamed the CWM file to 'recovery.img' and got the "booti: bad boot image magic (in memory)" error message. I went back and tried it with the TWRP file, and the more recent ones for each (they begin with 'flash'). In all cases I got the "booti" error.

I'm currently searching to see if others have overcome this issue. I'll post back if I find something out, but if you have any ideas, please let us know!

Thanks!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] satan89:
Re: Installing CM10 Internally on Nook Tablet

The files starting with ' flash ' (have emmc in file name) are flashable recoveries, not bootable images. Take the ones with sdcard in file name, extract file, rename it to recovery or altboot.img and place in root of sdcard.

Sent from my ST27i
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] techzero:
Thanks

You were right, satan89.

I realized my stupidity soon after I posted. I was actually taking the entire CWM zip file and renaming that to "recovery.img." Yes, I am a dope.

I went back and started from the beginning. I formatted the SD card using SDFormatter. I used MiniTool to create a boot partition on the SD card (Primary, Fat32, ID type to 0x0 Fat32 LBA, Active Flag). I copied all the requisite files over (this time taking care to pull over the correct files and unzip the CWM file for cwm_6012_sd.img and renamed it recovery.img) to the SD card and put it into the Nook Tablet.

But, unlike before, where I could get into CyanoBoot, it just bypasses that directly and goes into the stock Nook Tablet OS. I tried reformatting the card a couple different ways, re-downloaded the files and put them into the SD card again, but now it always bypasses CyanoBoot.

I have no idea what I was doing correct before but am doing incorrectly now. Chances are it's (again) something stupid, but I can't figure out what.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] techzero:
Success!

Okay, I got everything installed and it's working beautifully now. Here's what I did.

I used the same SD card (thought it might be the problem, but it wasn't) and downloaded SDFormatter version 4.0. I used SDFormatter to quick format the card. I then used MiniTool and deleted the partition that was on the SD card. I created a new Primary FAT32 partition (named Boot) that used the entire space (1 gb). I then hit apply. I changed the ID type to 0x0 Fat32 LBA, and then hit apply again. I changed that partition to an Active Flag, and then hit apply for the final time. (Previously, I changed everything and then hit apply one time; I'm not sure this made a great difference, but it got me through to the final product, so I'll take it).

Next, I downloaded the boot.zip files, Cyanogenmod, and GApps from the iamafanof site (newer post with a February Acclaim 4.2.2 ROM -- sorry I can't post the link, I haven't posted enough yet to earn that right).

I used the MLO, u-boot.bin, and flashing_boot.img from the boot.zip file in the above link, but I used the clockwork recovery from digixmax's original instructions. I loaded all of those onto the SD card and popped it into the NT.

I plugged in the power cord and it booted right up into CyanoBoot, where I hit n immediately. I followed the rest of his instructions and did not run into the "booti: bad image" problem like I did before (which was, admittedly, due to my very stupidly renaming the CWM base file to recovery.img rather than extracting the actual img file and renaming that).

That let me into CWM where I wiped everything, then installed CM and GApps from the SD card, powered off, removed the card, and finally rebooted into a beautifully functional Android JB 4.2.2 install.

Thanks to everyone on this thread for their help! You guys are awesome :D
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] .AndroiD.:
i have done what you said and downloaded every-thing but every time i press "N" on SDC RECOVERY i get "booti: bad boot image magic (in memory)"

help???
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Make sure what you rename to recovery.img and copy to SDcard is the file cwm_6012_sd.img from inside the zip file CM9-10_CWM_v6.0.1.2_8-16gb_tools_sdcard.zip -- not the zip file CM9-10_CWM_v6.0.1.2_8-16gb_tools_sdcard.zip itself.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] berginas:
I cant get my nook tablet to boot from the sd card. when i plug the tablet into the powered usb cable it does nothing but after a few minutes MAY randomly boot into the stock rom. ive tried holding down the N button when it boots into stock but nothing happens. ive tried reformatting my sdcard and re-partitioning it but that didnt work.

any ideas?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
See section on "Making a Bootable Recovery SDcard" at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] berginas:
Thanks for the reply digimax

I remade the partition on my sdcard (using the full card) double checking that the partition was " cylinder aligned, primary/FAT32 with partition ID type 0x0C and with LBA and Active flags set" as it states in the post you directed me to.

i also made sure i added the mlo file first to the freshly made partition as it suggests in the same post.

still the problem persists that is also listed in the post "The NT screen stays dark for minutes then eventually boots to stock -- most likely the MLO or u-boot.bin are corrupted. Check the exact size of these two files in bytes, they should be respectively 38,356 and 179,812."

I double checked the sizes of the mlo and u-boot.bin file were the correct sizes and even sourced another location of those files from another iamafanof post.

still wont boot :(

any other suggestions?

---------- Post added at 07:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:59 AM ----------

So i decided to test whether i could get another SD card i have lying around to boot.

i followed the instructions as i did before and was able to easily get the card to boot in the NT...only problem is the card is 64mb so i cant add the rom to it!

so i guess somethings up with my other card.

---------- Post added at 07:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 AM ----------

OK i was able to get it to boot! i think what fixed it was making the partition smaller on my sdcard (2gb)

only problem now is my vol up/down buttons seem to by broken so im not able to navigate through menus...:eek:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
In place of CWM you can use TeamWin Recovery Project (aka TWRP) (e.g., twrp_2220_sd.img in CM9-10_TWRP_v2.2.2.0_8-16gb_tools_sdcard.zip at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640958), as TWRP uses touchscreen menu instead of power & volume buttons for navigation/selection. Just rename TWRP .img file to recovery.img before copying to SD card /boot partition.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] berginas:
but dont i have to navigate the cyanoboot menu to select the recovery in the first place?
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
Yeah, I forgot about the "Cyanoboot navigation" part. To work around it, rename twrp_2220_sd.img to boot.img (rather than to recovery.img) -- making TWRP recovery what Cyanoboot would automatically load by default if you don't hold down the "N" button to bring up the Cyanoboot menu, then just skip the step of "hold down the "N" button when Cyanoboot boots up and you should land in TWRP.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] berginas:
amazing, ill try that out immediately and let you know how it works
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] berginas:
ALRIGHT, so everything worked perfectly! With a little fiddleing about i managed to get the rom installed and working just fine :laugh:

the only problem im having is with the internal storage working properly which seems to have been addressed in earlier posts.

thanks a ton digixmax, you've been very helpful :good:
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] somerandomname:
I formatted everything in CWM :ROM, bootdata, factory, system, cache, emmc, data, sdcard, data1., what do you suggst I can do now save my tablet since I am stuck in boot loop?

Thanks
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] digixmax:
You should not have formatted some of these partitions -- take a look at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37515697&postcount=31 re: what each partition contains and which one should not be modified or reformatted.

At this point, if you'd like to install and run a custom ROM I'd suggest taking a look at the first post of this thread. If you'd like to go back to back to stock, you might consider using flash_stock_1.4.2.zip posted at Succulent's SD-based recovery tool repo https://github.com/succulent/acclaim_recovery_sdcard.