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[Nook HD, HD+ General] lorensalas:
Nook HD+ checklist

First, a big thanks to [MENTION=349198]leapinlar[/MENTION], [MENTION=3654172]verygreen[/MENTION], [MENTION=3673364]e.mote[/MENTION]..and everyone else here for that matter. Much knowledge gained; I will donate! I've read the threads to get a clear idea, and I'm almost ready to rom with CM10.1. Coming from rooting Moto Droid, DG2, Droid X, and Color, I'm having to clear my head of those tedious processes. I bought 2 Nook hd+. I'm rom'ing mine; my wife is keeping her BN stock, which is actually pretty good too. Ok, here are some of my assumptions.

1. For CM 10.1, I believe I read to wipe data, cache, dalvick, and format system, correct? When this is done, no pieces of BN stock 2.1.1 remain, correct?

2. Early posts from [MENTION=349198]leapinlar[/MENTION] suggested that unless root is necessary, it's better not to. However at this point, BN updates no longer mess up root, which is good, but does the original suggestion of not rooting still apply if unnecessary?

3. With CM 10.1 installed, BN updates are not even possible cause none of BN remains, correct?

4. Unknown sources zip... the "other app" store is not mentioned here (maybe the utterance of that company is forbidden..haha) but would the zip for unknown sources need to be installed for that app store as well OR is it referring to individual .ipk's from various web sites?

5. I understand all the downloads except this one, cwm-recovery-ovation-2.zip (CWM recovery - to install into Nook)…what is it's job that regular CWM cannot do?

6. It's recommended to backup BN stock 2.1.1, which I understand. I assume this is better than the BN stock 2.1.1 that is listed in the other thread because my own BN stock back up will have registration and any tweaks I made to it prior to ROM'ing.

7. The universal root rev3 is only for those wanting root on BN stock, correct? Rom'ing with CM 10.1 automatically makes it rooted, correct?

Oh man, my mind is on fire. You guys are awesome to create and support this gadget hobby. Thanks in advance.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You only need to factory reset and flash the zips. That removes stock.

That does not apply if you are using universal root rev3 or higher. All danger has been removed. And future BN updates are blocked.

Correct.

Unknown sources is necessary to install anything not from the Nook Store or Play Store. That means Amazon.com or 1mobile.com or sideloaded apks.

That puts CWM on internal memory so you no longer must boot it from the CWM SD.

Correct.

Correct.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] benba86:
the version i'm using is CWM-based Recovery v6.0.2.8 for HD+ (Stock)

and the file is called cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Why are you flashing verygreen's stock unlocker before you flash CM10.1? That may be the issue.

Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash my plain stock 2.1.1 zip. Then try CM10.1 again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mist8rioso:
Any way of making this ROM see the "tablet" section of Google Play? I'm running 10.1 as per this guide and it appears it's not detected as a tablet hence it does not see tablet apps. Has this been mentioned before?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
There is not a way that I know of. And it has been mentioned that many apps that run fine are shown as not compatible (like tablet apps). The only solution I know is to get the apps at another store (like Amazon.com or 1mobile.com) or side load the apk file from another device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mist8rioso:
How about changing the build.prop file? I've seen it mentioned before for other devices. We would need to know what to change specifically.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can try it, but others have reported no success. Look in verygreen's CM10.1 thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dr0xlunltd:
Restore to Stock ROM from Clockworkmod backup

Hi,

I backed up the Stock ROM and zipped it up per the instructions, so now on my pc, i have a folder that has ClockworkMod and a Zip file of the same. Inside the folder, there is a 16mb boot file. How do i wipe the cyanogenmod from my Nook HD and restore per the backup i have shown on my computer?

Do i just copy the entire folder back to the SD card and boot CWM to wipe, and restore backup? Or do i need to write that boot file back onto the SD card first?

Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You put it back on the CWM SD and restore. No need to wipe or do anything else. But be sure to put the folders back in the same exact structure that they originally had.

But if you want it back exactly and you replaced stock recovery with CWM or TWRP, you need to go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and read item 5 to learn how to get stock recovery back.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Thinkar:
Double-backed

Greetings,

I double-backed up the baseline to the internal sd rather than the card by accident. As a result, I lost a deal of space on the internal. However, per FAQ #19, I am not finding anything in the folder. In fact, the entire path after "data" is nonexistent for some reason (checked hidden folders and it's still empty). Everything on the device works fine. I have no other issue than that I cannot locate the backup folder. I was hoping to erase those unnecessary space-hoarders (are they single image files?). I searched the thread but could not find a post with this particular issue and a solution this regard. Does anyone else have experience with this matter? (FYI, I'm using Astro File Manager for viewing.)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You need a root file manager (which Astro is not) to see inside /data. Try root browser lite, free in the Play Store.

It is a folder with several files in it. Under the backup folder there will be two folders, one for each backup you did. Delete one of them.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Erick Silver:
Thanks!

Just got my Nook HD 7" today and brought it home. This was by far the easiest Root and ROM I think I have ever done! Smooth and simple. Thanks so much for a guide that was easy to understand and follow. I only wish that everyone else wrote up these types of guides the same way. I'm no dummy, but even I have a hard time following some of the more technical guides out there. Thanks again!

My only question is how do I get the Boot Image off the SD Card now? I have an 8GB card with the boot image on it and now I am only seeing about 4GB of space available.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Format the card with SDFormatter (full with size adjustment).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Sambhar:
Thank you for the OP and the Mod community, I did my Nook HD and it was so easy. In fact, it took me longer trying to make the SD card sit properly in the slot than time it took to complete the steps. The manual says insert the card until it clicks but I couldn't hear any or felt very minimal resistance when I insert the card so I had to try it a few times before it sat in the slot happy enough to boot. I have never own a smartphone or Android device, so this is my first venture into all things Android. I have a weird question. When I connect the nook hd with the PC via usb, I am not getting a drive letter, i.e. under my computer, I see Nook HD, then underneath that, internal storage and sd card. No drive letter means no Eject or Safely Remove option. Now I don't know if this is the case with stock as I haven't used it that long to notice. Any advice?

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I used parted on my raspberry pi but you can also get a gparted iso if you don't have linux handy.

1. Plug the usb card reader into my pi

2. do a dmesg to find out what drive letter it is, mine is sda

[328812.804450] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access Mass Storage Device 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[328812.976031] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 15693824 512-byte logical blocks: (8.03 GB/7.48 GiB)
[328812.976886] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off

3. do sudo parted /dev/sda and print, this will tell you you have one 4Gb partition

4. do resize 1, leave start as before (32,3kB), don't change it, for the end, use the capacity you found at step 3, mine is 8035Mb

5. after it's done, do print again and you will have everything intact but a 8Gb card instead of the 4Gb.

Hope this helps:)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Android now uses a new protocol called MTP for connecting. It does not use drive letters anymore. So there is no need for eject, etc. The protocol itself takes care of that. And stock is the same.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Sambhar:
ah right, learned something new:)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] brux4me:
great guide. i followed step by step, and succed. thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jpisini:
Do you have HD or HD plus? I have plus and I see tablet apps with 10.1
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dr0xlunltd:
Thanks for the response here. Sorry, this is all really new to me. I have the backup clockwordmod folder on my computer so do i copy the the zip or just the entire folder to the SD card? And what do you mean by i have to put all the folders back in the correct order - I thought the stock ROM came with Google Play already, so wouldn't i just be restoring to the single backup folder?

Thanks again!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What I meant was the original set of files when the backup was on the SD was not a zip. It was several files in a folder. The instructions had you zip the original files when you copied it to your PC. So what I meant was you need to unzip the archive back to the original set of files.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lorensalas:
Flashing BN stock backup / CWM backup

Before my inquiry, wanna say the the directions to flash 10.1.3 worked exactly as detailed from start to finish. Amazing that I can buy a $150 Nook HD+ and turn it into a slick Android tablet. Thanks devs…awesome!!

So onto this point made above. I was kinda wondering how the zip backup would be restored in necessary. If I'm reading this correctly, [MENTION=349198]leapinlar[/MENTION], the zip must be unzipped and copied to the original clockwork mod folder in the SD card. If this is the only way, why can we installed from ROM zips but not back up zips? What is the difference I guess? Thx.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Because the ROM zips are specially made for installing with CWM. They include script instructions to tell CWM what to do. The backup zip is something you created when you copied the backup files to your PC per e.mote's instructions. It is an ordinary compressed archive, not an installation zip. It is unfortunate that e.mote instructed users to zip those files in the first place. The files are already compressed in tar format and adding them to a zip does not compress them further. And now users have to unzip them to make them usable by CWM to restore.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dr0xlunltd:
Hi, sorry - i tried copying the folder to the SD card and booted to recovery, but can't seem to restore anything from the SD Card. It mentions that it's not able to mount the SD Card. Do i need to either write the boot.img or the stock recovery.img from the link you referenced before I can restore? Would you mind listing the steps here?

Thanks again.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Are you using recovery installed to internal memory or are you using a bootable CWM SD? And what version?

And no, don't do anything with those .img files.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mainertodd:
Won't connect to WIFI

Hi, thanks for the clear directions! I've done all the steps and gotten to the point where I am trying to boot up for the first time (I have a Nook HD+). When it asks me to enter my Google account info, it tries to set up the wifi--all good so far. However, after I enter my wifi password, it gets stuck on "Obtaining IP address" and won't go any further. After a while, I get the message that it "Avoided poor internet connection" (I'm only 10 feet from the router, and it says my signal is excellent, so that doesn't make sense.) Any ideas what is going on? I already tried wiping the initial install and reinstalling the three zips again, and I have the same problem. I'm using CM 10.1.3 (ovation). Thanks!

Edit: never mind! Long story, but I had the wrong password. Wifi works now! :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Cyberd0g:
Superbity!

Guys - Thank you all very much for this! Leapinlar, Verygreen, Bokbokan...and last but not least e.Mote for starting this thread. The re-install went like clockwork (if you'll excuse the lame joke ;) You guys are freakin geniuses!...and you've made this particular Android Noob very happy :laugh:

I've had 'a problem' with the B&N Stock Rom since the first time it informed me that it couldn't allow me to install apps from unknown sources. 'YOUR tablet has been blocked from installing software from unknown sources' (is the gist of what it said)...like..."Nah, Sorry! Can't let you do that - you might wreck it man!"..."But it's MY tablet!"...I mused. Since it has already been purchased from Barnes & Noble...and given to me as a gift...it it now MY property - to do with as I please. If I wish to render it useless by immersing it in water, setting it on fire, strapping 20 tons of TNT to the device and blowing it to kingdom-come...surely that should be MY prerogative!...and MY tough-luck...as it quite an excellent device.

Thankfully, none of that was necessary...Thanks to you guys :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] tenshiru:
Thanks so much for this guide! I finally have time to sit down and put CM on the nook HD+ I bought a few weeks ago from staples. While I didn't mind stock so much, being unable to install apps from others sources got me to jump. Very very happy!

Sent with the Nook HD+, running CM 10.1.3, using Tapatalk
[Nook HD, HD+ General] greggo777:
Hi, being a noob I paid a site for cyanogen software a year ago. Running off micro-sd card.. Can't remember name of site as I'd go there again to update.

Basically I have a nook HD 7 inch. Very happy with it but want to upgrade to android 4.2 and install miracast if possible.

I've done the cyanogen updates thru settings on the tab but cannot get further than android 4.1.2

Currently running 10.20130101-unofficial-hummimgbird and have tried to upgrade to cm-10.2-20131026-nightly but nothing seems to change.

Can anyone please explain the easiest method for me to get android 4.2 in a simple manner?

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] dr0xlunltd:
I am using the recovery installed to internal memory. It says EMMC CWM-basec recovery v 6.0.3.6 and I have the original clockwordmod files stored on the SD Card.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
With that version pay attention to what the menu choices say. The first choice is the restore from internal memory and further down is the external SD. And the external sd must be formatted fat32, not ExFat, which is standard for 64GB SDs.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] usefulidiot:
Leapinlar - are you aware of any plans to bring cm11 to the hd's? Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
See this post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48285489
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mrlupr:
Thanks everything worked

Everthing worked great. Thanks for the clear instructions. My Nook HD never worked so good!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] timmyd463229:
Is using the internal storage switch mod stable
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you are referring to my CM10 swap zip, I say in the post that it is a kludge. That means in certain situations it gives wrong information, it only works with SDs formatted fat32, etc. But if by stable if you meant does it stay there, yes it does stay there unless you disable it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] timmyd463229:
I have never done a sd swap on any device I have rooted I just dont want any problems that may happen I'd rather not do it if there are issues
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You really don't need to do it unless you have an 8GB HD. That model only has 5GB of media storage space for internal and that is generally not enough space for most users. The 16GB and 32GB models seem to have plenty of room and users only do it if the have huge amounts of media files.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] timmyd463229:
Oo ok cool thank you for replying

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Can I do apps to sd
[Nook HD, HD+ General] webman2k:
Just wanted to share my experience with this. I couldn't get a bootable card for my new Nook HD with the image listed in the OP. I tried this one:

http://nook.rootshell.ru/hd/nookhd-emmc-cwm.img.gz

... which boots flawlessly every time. Threw the hummingbird CWM, stable 10.1 CM and gapps on there, installed, everything works perfectly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Not with the HD/HD+.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] benba86:
Thank you so much! my tablet is working again. what did i do wrong? how can i update it to cm10.2?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] derwoodbones:
Thank you love it ! Boot logo ? Anyone

Loving Cyanogen-mod 10.1 on my new Nook HD+ so far its just plain awesome. But it does seem to have one problem when booting and the beautiful Cyanogen-mod logo appears its distorted and off center towards upper left for a few seconds before it centers and clears

Anyone have a fix ? :p
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Nope, you just have to live with it. Everyone has it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mdwsmith:
Thanks for the hint.

However, but I should be able to see sd cards when they are inserted under /storage/sdcard1

Internal I think is /storage/sdcard0

When usbhost are mounted they appear on /storage/usb0
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, you should, and you can't? What is there? Blank? Then something is wrong with the SD. Is the SD a new blank one?

EDIT: How are you looking for it? With that funky CM file manager? If so, you need to set it for root access. Go to settings, general and click on root.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mdwsmith:
The directory appeared blank. Given your comments I reformatted it to FAT32 under linux (Gparted) and it worked!

The previous FAT32 reformat under windows worked when mounted on a SD adaptor on the nook using USB host, but not as a SD card in the nook.

This confused me.

I guess the nook is fussy about the low level details of the formatting,

I was using ESexplorer but the CM filemanager looks good as well.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] darkpollo:
I was able to backup everything on the internal and now i have the 10.1

It is great.

two days and still at 65% battery! :D

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rushless:
I had to format from exfat and Vista formatted to fat32 fine. I used quick format.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] nesbo:
So guys, installation went great, everything works fine, except when I am in the lock screen, if I swipe to open up to the main screen, it keeps sending me back to the lock screen. Eventually I can get to the main screen, but I have try 9 or 10 times,

Am I doing something wrong here?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sil180sr:
Oddly enough this did not work for me. I used a 32gb micro SD and had no problem flashing to CM 10.1 but could not restore my SD back to full capacity from the 3.66GB it's currently at. Tried SDFormatter 4.0 with FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT checked. Any thoughts?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Did you have it in an SD adapter with the write protect switch set on. Get any error messages?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] sil180sr:
I was using a micro SD to SD adapter with the write protect switch off. It didn't throw any errors, it actually completed successfully. I ended up using a micro SD to USB adapter and that fixed it.. Very strange... Appreciate the prompt reply!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] neelhow:
I also I have experienced this it seems to happen when I have my case on and close it without manually locking it. I have noticed after I open the case and the lock screen shows if I manually lock it then wake it back up it works fine. As far as I can remember this has not happened if my case is not on.

And a big thanks for writing one of the easiest to follow guides I have ever used.

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I was having trouble finding the latest nook app so I backed it up from my RAZR m.

Here's the link if anyone else needs it.

http://db.tt/dYd9gEHW
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carlosp_uk:
That's a great guide, thanks so much for taking the time to write it up.

I flashed the SD card, copied the ZIPs, booted into CWM and installed all the software onto my Nook HD+ - all seemed to go fine.

Unfortunately, when I take out the SD card and reboot the Nook, the screen remains black and it refuses to boot from emmc. Any idea what might be wrong, or how I could go about finding out?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] e.mote:
>the screen remains black and it refuses to boot from emmc

Try booting from boot SD card. If it stays dead, return Nook for exchange.

If it boots from SD card into CWM, redo the install. Watch for any failed or error messages. Remove card and reboot when done.

If upon install completion, Nook again can't boot by itself, re-boot with SD card for 2nd time, this time restore from stock backup. Again, watch for errors. Reboot when done.

If Nook doesn't boot into stock firmware, return for exchange.

If Nook boots into stock, use your zip program and test for zip file integrity among the zips on boot SD card. You can also run CRC/MD5 on the files and compare it against known-good values. Would also suggest using a different SD card.

At this or any subsequent point, you can try install for 3rd time, or you can return Nook for exchange.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] airbus001:
Random reboots

Great guide.

I just wanted to say that I am getting about one or two random reboots throughout the day typically when the nook is just idle. I will post the output of the log later.

Does android use dmesg or systemd's journal?

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mitsurugidgb:
Just wanted to say thanks to e.mote and verygreen and everyone involved in crafting these steps. Have cm 10.1 running perfectly and had absolutely no trouble installing. :good:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] danovision:
No screen lock when rebooting

I'm having an issue that is a bit of a security risk and am wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

I have set up options for the screen lock and have encrypted the tablet, both of which should make the device ask for a pin when locked. Works fine when it goes to sleep and after pressing the power button briefly to turn the screen off.

However, when I reboot (or turn it fully off then on again) the tablet goes directly into the launcher home screen (I can open apps, see contacts, etc). If I press the home button at that point then instead of taking me to the home page I get the lock screen. After that it functions normally.

This is on a new Nook HD 7" cleanly flashed with ROM cm-10.1-20130615-UNOFFICIAL-hummingbird-emmc.

Is this a known issue? Does anybody have a workaround for this?

Thanks to everyone here for the help they've already given.