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[Nook HD, HD+ General] Aaron Camp:
That worked....unfortunately it was already turned off. I also disadisabled the other transition style effects and am going to go through go launcher settings to disable similar items.

Thanks for the avenue to look into.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] AlonsoQ:
Cannot connect to 802.11n 5GHz network with Nook HD+

Hi there and thanks for all the great guides and follow up. I have been able to get answers to most questions already but I have not been able to connect to a 5GHz network with my HD+. I tried with both Carbon and CM ROMs to no avail. I only get a "Not in range" from my device.

Do I need special drivers or something like that?

This is what I have tried so far:

Changed the SSID so it contains only alphanumeric characters.

Tried short and long names.

Short and long passwords

Stopped and restarted WiFi

Rebooted

Forgot other networks

My router is a Netgear 1450, which is a dual 2.4/5GHz router (Maybe the cause?)

Any help/comments are welcome.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DeathEvil:
my guess is its your router... are you connecting to phone/other wifi electronic without problem?

routers are really cheap these days so do yourself a favor and snatch some quality wireless-n router (perfect for streaming 1080 from lan to the nook)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] colema19:
I'm fairly certain the Nook HD+ doesn't have a dual band radio, i.e. it doesn't support 5 GHz. 802.11n supports 5GHz but also runs over 2.4Ghz, 5Ghz support isn't a requirement. I know that has been the source of some confusion in the past.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gkapoor77:
Nook HD+ doesn't have 5G radio. I don't think any drivers will help.:(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] AlonsoQ:
Thanks for the quick replies! :good:

[MENTION=3765353]DeathEvil[/MENTION] the 1450 is actually an 11ac, the next step after 11n. AC uses both bands to increase throughput while maintaining backwards compatibility. But, as gkapoor77 and colema19 say, I didn't know that not all N radios were capable of dual frequency. Bummer :(

I still get decent WiFi speed, just not as fast as my phone or my PC.

Thanks to all
[Nook HD, HD+ General] BJGunner:
I did "dirty installation" when upgrading to the new ROM and checked the storage afterwards. It seems to me that the used internal storage increased about 200MB. Does it mean there are unneeded old system files left? If so, how to clean them?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
One of the things that CM10.1 does after installing a new ROM is to optimize apps. That means rebuilding the dalvik cache. Some of the dalvik cache is included in /data (internal storage). You could try going to CWM and wiping dalvik cache to clear out any old files. It will rebuild again after that. See if that helps with storage.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] BJGunner:
I am a bit confused. I followed e.mote's guide and wiped the dalvik cache right before installing the new ROM. So there should not be any old files left in the dalvik cache, right?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Right, but you said you dirty flashed, which means to me you did no wiping.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Apk07:
What do I have to do differently here to go from stock to verygreen's latest more "official" build? I noticed he has a different CWM and obviously a different Rom than the ones you reference here, but his post isn't nearly as foolproof as yours
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ben7337:
This is probably a stupid question, but none of the guides I can find on here mention it specifically, nor does this one.

Will this method work on the new version 2.1.0 software? It seems the nook's force the update to install, so it is kind of impossible to avoid, but I just wanted to ask to make sure it would work and isn't likely to mess anything up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>Will this method work on the new version 2.1.0 software?

The stock version doesn't matter, since you'll be booting to a bootable SD card and overwriting stock with CM (after backing up of course).

>What do I have to do differently here to go from stock to verygreen's latest more "official" build?

The guide uses the '####' filename designation to mean whatever is the latest CM ROM version from verygreen's development thread. Put differently, the "install from stock" process is the same for any build. I'll add a section for "update" installs for newer ROM versions.

I used leapinlar's CWM boot image because it is a 4GB image and allows more space (for backup) than verygreen's 1GB boot image. I used verygreen's CWM installable package.

I initially used TWRP (from verygreen's thread) over CWM, as TWRP is more navigation friendly, being touch-based, and allows more options. Unfortunately, my test backup/restore routine failed. The backup finished and checked out with MD5 verify, but the restore crashed and corrupted the SD card which has the saved files. This happened twice in a row, and the failure was at the same place (when restoring /boot partition).

The guide relies on the KISS principle, which means simple and foolproof. There may be faster ways to image a file onto media, but any additional software or step introduced is another potential point of failure or confusion. With KISS, you don't give newbies options, as that forces them to make decisions and increases complexity. The guide is responsible for picking the best option for them. "Best" here means most tried-and-true, aka foolproof.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] baberswallet:
Nice, a guide for the rest of us.

With Cm10.1 can the nook hd still read exfat?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
CM 10.1 doesn't support exFAT or NTFS. There are add-on solutions available, one is here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38264385). Perhaps verygreen will take requests to include exFAT/NTFS support into the build itself.

PS: I've updated the guide to include eMMC install for the Nook HD, now that it's made available by verygreen. But I'll leave it to others to answer questions on the HD since I don't have one.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] baberswallet:
exfat seems to work using that, thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] RVD26:
I just want to thank the OP for this easy to understand guide.

I finally have my HD+ working the way I want.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] SteveCoops:
Got it all working here thanks :)

One thing though, I only seem to get a 802.11g connection on wireless - do these devices do 802.11n?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tvince0913:
Awesome guide, thanks for making it. I got everything installed and working correctly; however, I used a 16gb micro sd card and now it is only showing that it is a 4gb card. I want to use the full 16gb capacity for storing media. How do I return the micro sd card to its original state, and is this a good idea or not? Thanks for any help you can provide.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Taosaur:
SD Formatter: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
[Nook HD, HD+ General] fatgit:
HI. I've followed the guide and have CM10.1 running on my 8GB Nook HD, but I wondered if there was any way to move apps to the external SD card ?

I've tried a number of options and apps, but they all seem to fail because of the emulated SD Card (I think that's correct?).

I was running CM10.1 from SD previously, but I was suffering freezing at random (using a SanDisk 16Gb Ultra HC Class 10 card).

Cheers!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tgreenstein:
I have a brand-new Nook HD+ with 2.1 on it. The only way that I can boot into CWM is if I "erase and deregister" first. Obviously, I want to register the device before installing CM10.1 (and then make a backup of my registered stock image), but if I register the device and install the SD card with CWM on it boots into stock every time. Any suggestions? I've tried reloading the image file and I've tried five different SD cards.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>The only way that I can boot into CWM is if I "erase and deregister" first.

I've done 4 HD+'s and haven't seen that. One was a little finicky and took 3 attempts to boot from SD, but they all boot into CWM while registered. You can try verygreen's 1GB boot image from the CM10.1 development thread, or leapinlar's alternative method of making a bootable card (from his sig's CWM entry). Last resort of course is to exchange the Nook for another one.

>if there was any way to move apps to the external SD card?

Android 4.2 introduced multi user accounts, which makes things a little more complicated since each account has its own separate storage, so pre-4.2 solutions aren't likely to work. It's a little-used feature thus far, as it's only on tablets and not on phones, and Android tabs for the family have yet to be sold in large numbers.

As with exFAT, it's a feature that perhaps verygreen can get to, or simply to wait for future Android/CM versions, which will probably address it.

>How do I return the micro sd card to its original state, and is this a good idea or not?

PC/Mac can format SD cards. PC can format flash to exFAT (or NTFS with a setting change), and hopefully the Nook will be able to read those at some point.

>do these devices do 802.11n?

Yes but only in 2.4GHz, not 5GHz.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That is correct, the emulated SD card and the way CM10.1 operates prevents moving apps to SD. The 5GB of free space you have in the internal memory seems like a lot of space until you fill it up with media files and you have no more room to install more apps. If you are still in the return period, I would recommend returning it and buying the 16GB model.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rushless:
I have less than 6gb free on my Nook 32 and have not installed MCW3 or Nova 3.

Yes, I am a statistical outlier.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] swinte:
Thanks for the great guide, e.mote! Except for a bit of finickiness around the micro-SD card everything went great (had to try around 20 or 30 times before it would boot to card!).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] fatgit:
Thanks for the reply.

Returning isn't an option unfortunately, and there weren't any with larger capacity in stock when I bought it (I'd dropped my Nexus 7, and needed a replacement quickly, and cheaply).

I don't mind putting media on the external card manually (I've already done that, and it seems fine), but I would have liked the option to move apps - I'll have to consider the options, such as getting a more compatible SD card for an SD install or putting up with it - luckily, I don't really bother with games :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tgreenstein:
You're right, it had nothing to do with registration. It's just VERY finicky. I've probably done fifty reboots now and three have booted into CWM. This last series I used the 1GB boot image. I'll see how this one works, but I don't think I want to take a chance on not being able to restore the original stock image because the thing won't boot into CWM.

UPDATE: I swapped the unit for a new one. I'm running CM10.1 with no problems now. Thanks for your help and hard work!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NotShorty:
Thanks for the great tutorial. This is the first time I've flashed a ROM via an SD card and I'm pleasantly surprised how easy it was.

BTW, I used an 8 GB SanDisk Class 4. Not sure whether some of you are using the faster Class 10, but I had no problems booting to the SD with mine.

Also, I had a hard time finding the CMW recovery file (took longer than I'd like to admit). Could you link the file directly as I did above? Maybe I'm the only dimwitted one here though...

EDIT: Hey, um... My 8GB card is now only showing as 4GB after doing a quick format in Windows 7 x64. How do I get back to a 8GB card? Thx.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mingm:
great guide, very helpful and easy to follow. I would also add steps to wipe cache and the davlik cache after the factory reset.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Mugby:
This is probably a ridiculously dumb question, but this IS for dummies after all. Do I put the 10.1 zip, CWM, and gapps on the SD card after I've written the image to to it, or do I put them on the nooks internal storage? :silly: I see it plain as day in the guide now.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Do either. Just be sure to select them with the correct menu item based on where you put them.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alchoi:
I installed 'verygreen' CM10.1 on my new Nook HD+ for 3 days now without any problems. I followed 'e.mote' dummies guide but use 'leapiniar' new method to create the boot CWM with Kingston 8GB Class 4 microSD card. No problems with bootable microSD card, no soft reboot, no freezing, no problem with touch screen sensitivity -- I am lucky to not experiencing any of the problems mentioned so far. I installed 'Traditional Chinese Keyboard" from Play Store and it works great. MX Player plays all my Videos. Music Folder Player plays all my music except wma files which I have to convert to MP3. FLV and MP4 videos works fine under YouTube with Chrome browser. (I have Adobe Flash Player sideloaded). ES File Manager works great. Titanium Backup works ok. Kingsoft Office works fine. Avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus works. I tried 'pie control' but do not like it because it is not very consistent so I disable it. So far so good. Thank you so very much, vergreen, e.mote and leapiniar!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] BJGunner:
Sorry for the confusion. I thought everything short of a clean installation was deemed as a "dirty" one.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No biggie.

I think I know why your storage increased. The ROM you downloaded goes to /sdcard, which uses the same free space as /data.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gkapoor77:
LED charging light

I have rooted my Nook HD+. I noticed that when Nook is switched off and connected to the charger, the LED indicator light goes off. I noticed it was the same case before rooting the device.

I wonder if there is any setting where we can enable it to show when my Nook is actually fully charged (light turning green from orange). So it can be taken off from charging?

I know its not a must have feature but will be good to have. Any ideas?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Is it really charging with the power off and no charging light? Other users say it is not.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gkapoor77:
I noticed earlier today that my battery level went up from ~67% to ~95% while the Nook HD+ was plugged into the charger and switched off.

I am using it now extensively to drain the battery and will leave it plugged in all night. I will report the results tomorrow morning.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DeathEvil:
that sounds like something is wrong with your nook (hopefully just the LED). Anytime you plug the charger you should see either green or red light)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] breadman2843:
Rom Install Issues

Long time phone rooter, first time Nook HD rooter. No issues with booting from card, and accessing the CWM image on card. Backed up stock with no problem, and installed CWM to internal storage without issue. Followed instructions for wiping and install, but cannot seem to get either the rom, or gapps to install. Getting can't open file error message. Redownloaded both rom and Gapps, and placed on another SD Card. Boots into CWM on internal storage without issue, but still getting the same error message when trying to install rom. What do you think is the best next step, try another card, use adb to push rom and gapps to internal, or restore stock and start over? I appreciate the assist.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Some people are having trouble getting the internal CWM to read the ROM zip from an SD. Try making the CWM SD again and flashing the ROM and gapps zips from there.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gkapoor77:
Does not charge when powered off

leapinlar - you're correct. The nook HD+ does not charge when switched off. I had left it plugged in at 50% battery level last night and it was still at 50% in the morning.

I wonder if there is a way to change that feature.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I believe that is hard coded into the hardware. That is why it acts that way no matter what ROM you have installed.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alchoi:
Force USB does not work?

On HD+ CM101-20130801-UOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc. Follow Q10 at Post #2, I bought the female to female USB gender changer form eBay, and I swipe down to the Quick Access Settings panel to tap 'Normal USB' button to change it to ;Forced USB Host'. Then, I tried to insert a SD card reader and then a USB 4GB flash drive, both of them will not be recognized. Looks like the insertion did not cause the HD+ to do anything because I went into Settings->Storage and did not see anything under USB0, and also File Manager does not show anything under USB0. Is this supposed to work? Anybody? Am I doing something wrong?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DeathEvil:
have you tried the gender adapter on computer first? friend of mine got one of ebay it was simply faulty (mine is working great from the same guy)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Sherip:
Very often you need to use a USB hub between the Nook and card reader because the card reader requests more power than it really needs. Even an unpowered USB hub usually works for flash drives.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM 10.2 from SD card
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alchoi:
Force USB problem solved

verygreen gave me this solution below and it solves all my problems and now works perfectly: Bravo, verygreen!

"It's possible that your reader claims it needs more than 100mA of power from the port (you can see this in dmesg in terminal after inserting it). Same for the flash drive.

What I usually do in this case is hide the device between a usb hub (that is, plug the flash drive into a usb hub, plug the upstream port of the hub into the nook). The hub does not need to be a powered one."
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Vegas771:
Thanks!

Just wanted to throw in a big thanks like others have done. I got the HD+ and was somewhat disappointed after having a 'real' tablet with a proper OS. This mod makes it into so much more! Runs faster with more options/features. Apps that were 'not compatible' in the play store are now compatible. Well, with the exception of the Nook app... it still says it's not compatible, lol.

I'll try to find an appropriate thread, but my only problem is self generated. In looking at settings, I noticed under 'display' that the Auto rotate wasn't checked (however, it was auto rotating just fine). I figured it should be checked, and now the home screens won't rotate (apps that are supposed to rotate do so, it's only the home). I tried unchecking/ rechecking/restarting and a combination of those to no avail. Any ideas on that one?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] YogiYahooeys:
Voice search crash

Okay, first of all, much thanks for the "dummies" thread. I'm not sure I would have taken the time to do this if not for the excellent directions provided.

Now, to my problem. I just purchased a Nook HD+ and rooted it using the instructions here. Everything seems to be working great, except the google voice search doesn't seem to function at all. A screen pops up with a small message stating "Unfortunately, Google Search has stopped" and then almost immediately it disappears.

I did some searches in the forum and found some references to earlier problems with that feature, but from what I've seen it's supposed to be fixed now.

I used all of the files as directed and chose the latest build, cm-10.1-20130801-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.

I'm not sure what other information that I can provide to further help diagnose the problem, but if I can provide anything, please let me know.

Any ideas on how to fix this issue is much appreciated.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You need to update the voice search app in Play Store.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] YogiYahooeys:
Wow, thanks for the quick reply.

Okay, I went into the play store and is shows that the Google Search app is up to date. Do I need to side load or mod it in some way?

Thanks!

Edit: {sigh} and suddenly it begins working for the first time, even though I took no action other than looking at the app in the Google Play store. Is there anything more frustrating than fixing something without knowing how you actually did it? Oh well, thanks for the assistance. I really appreciate it!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DeathEvil:
you must have enabled auto update apps, and when you checked voice search it was already updated:)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] breadman2843:
Up and running

Wanted to report back on my install issues. No matter what I tried, could not get rom, or gapps to install while in the SD card based CWM. Re-formatted, re-downloaded, etc., etc. Tried another card, ( class 10 Sandisk) which was not recognized in CWM. Finally, as a last resort I booted into the internal CWM, and inserted SD card, and mounted, then the install of rom was successful. Gapps returned the same error message, so I can only assume the download was corrupted from Goo. Happy to report that the Team Blacked Out gapps and apps aroma installer worked fine. But again only if I followed the same process listed above. Never been a fan of messing with SD card with the device on, but it worked!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] YogiYahooeys:
That's just it. Auto update for apps is definitely not on. Really strange...

I'm having another issue now, though. I transferred via bluetooth several pics and ringtones to use as wallpapers and notifications. The thing is that the system cannot find any of the pics when they're located in the pictures directory, only the bluetooth directory and none of the settings that use sounds (not the alarm or even the basic notifications) can find the mp3 clips even though they are copied into both the ringtones, the alarms, *and* the notifications directories.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Well, it got updated somehow. The search app that comes with gapps a different version than the newest one on Play Store and definitely does not work with CM10.1.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DeathEvil:
2 days ago I completely drained the nook, and it charged fine while being off (on CM10). on stock, it was charging until about 5-10% and turned itself on.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
(Aug 10) I've updated the guide & FAQ to reflect the Nooks' official CM support. Basically, updating to a new build is now much easier. The downside is that USB Host switching is gone from Quick Settings panel, and is now an app.

>I noticed under 'display' that the Auto rotate wasn't checked (however, it was auto rotating just fine). I figured it should be checked, and now the home screens won't rotate.

Yeah, it is confusing, as there are multiple "rotate" settings, one in Launcher and one in Display (also another one for Lock Screen). Enable the one in lock screen, and leave the others alone. Add the 'Orientation' button to Quick Settings panel, and use that exclusively.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ej72:
performance

How has the overall performance been for people who are running CyanogenMod on the Nook HD+? I had purchased an HD+ late last year and I returned it because the launcher and interface and overall performance in apps was very lacking. Does it run more "quickly" on CM 10.1?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alchoi:
[FAQ - Q7] this CM10.1 guide is useful to me

I found this useful as a first time guide to CM10.1

http://www.addictivetips.com/android/cyanogenmod-10-1-complete-review-guide/

(Title for this post should be [FAQ - Q17] and not for Q7.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Holysmoke99:
I am getting constant reboots when doing almost anything now. It reboots itself at least 5 times a day. It did not do this after fresh install and many updates. It started after the update that took advantage of new security, and even did it today after the 8/9 nightly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Begin33:
Nightly-Ovation Updates

Hello,

Just a quick question, I've installed CM 10.1 on my Nook HD +, and it's great. I do see the nightly updates here. How do you install them? I thought I saw the instructions here, but couldn't find it anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.