yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DonRankin:
Have rebuilt my SD card twice and reflashed new downloads of CWM. Still can't get internal recovery. SD card is usable so I'll use that. Tnx fer help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
How are you trying to boot into internal recovery?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DonRankin:
Getting into internal CWM

I Have tried all 3 ways below, same result - blank screen with backlight.

boot with home + power button etc

power off into recovery

Use Rom Manager choice of reboot into recovery.

Also when a short press on power button - Nook dies instantly instead of sleep mode

a press on home or power button gives same blank backlit screen back again

thats why I think its hardware related - Nook is a refurbished second user device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Could be hardware, but I doubt it. Your power button could be messed up. I guess using SD based CWM is best for you. The recovery uses the same kernel as the ROM does. Maybe the kernel is messed up. Did you try a different ROM so the kernel gets replaced?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gokogt386:
So, I've managed to get the installation process completed up until the part where Cryanogen boots up.

My Nook HD's volume buttons have been broken for a while now. Is there any other way to scroll around or am I stuck?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
I don't see any way around it, although maybe someone else would have an idea. There is another recovery called TWRP but I've never used it so can't say how you get around in it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You mean the CWM boots up but you can't use the volume keys? You said cryanogen, whatever that is. If you meant CWM then yes TWRP would help you, it uses the touch screen. Check the other dev threads for TWRP. Remember if installing CM11 or newer you need a new version of TWRP too.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Frenchdroid:
How to reinstall "something"

Hi Leapinlar

I installed CM10.1 on three Nook HD+ in the house over a year ago and one has just gone weird. It won't boot now and it won't restore a back-up (gets hung up on /data).

Would you be able to give me some advice about what to do to get the Nook back a few steps where I can install something that might work please ? I'm not sure how to start from scratch if you like.

Thanks in advance
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and flash the plain stock zip from item 6 followed by a factory reset.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Korgy:
You will most likely have to install the stock ROM and then from there you can decide to upgrade back to a CM rom. It sounds like you can load into your recovery which will make the task a bit easier.

Leapinlar has a good guide written up on how to do this. You should be able to find all of his links in his signature.

Edit: Wow. Beat by the man himself by 5 minutes. =)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Frenchdroid:
Thanks Leapinlar and Korgy. It flashed fine back to stock - just about to try and get CM11 M12 on there - not brave enough to go to CM12 yet, especially on the wife's Nook.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] DonRankin:
Power switch broken

Many thanks for your help on this problem. I have reloaded the stock Nook ROM and tested the power switch. Same fault using this kernel. So I know the broken power switch is to blame. I can work ok now I know.

Kindest regards.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zspeciman:
Will a nook hd 7" with 8gb internal memory be enough to run cm11? How much space will be left after the installation?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, you would have about 5GB for apps and media storage left. And you could add an SD to give you more media storage.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zspeciman:
thank you leapinlar. I saw it on sale but it didn't come with a charger. Does the nook hd 7" use the same charger as the hd+ 9" ?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lucian the purifier:
Stuck in recovery boot loop forever

I followed all the steps given by you and in the first try it worked very well. Since, I wanted to install another custom rom I downloaded that and then installed that. But after that at first it went into emmc recovery boot but then again I tried to install CM 11 with your methods but now its stuck on cwm recovery boot loop it comes up regardless of I sd card in my nook or not. I get no error or anything, everything installs fine but when I restart after installing everything the recovery comes up.

And I also forgot to backup my ROM so no chance or recovering the old rom.

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Try going back to stock by going to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new CWM SD per item 1a and use that to flash a stock rom from item 6. Follow that with a factory reset by CWM.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lucian the purifier:
Thanks for replying, just few moments ago I just turned on my Nook and finally I got the Rom loading and now it seems to be working fine. I dont know what caused that to happen before. Anyway tips to avoid that when I flash next time?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lmacmil:
Going back to 10.2.1 from CM11M12

After a couple months of running CM11M12, I'm ready to go back to 10.2.1. The tablet is quite slow to bring up the apps screen, sometimes taking 2 or 3 seconds. Also sometimes the keyboard won't open when I press in a text field. I can't really see any benefits to CM11M12 vs 10.2.1 and the shortcomings are enough to make want to go back.

Can I just install 10.2.1 the way I did before (i.e., booting into the appropriate CWM from an SD card and installing the zips) or does going backward require some special process or extra steps?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just to make sure you get rid of the newer gapps, I would recommend that once you are in CWM that you wipe /system as well as a factory reset before flashing the CM10 zip. And remember you need to use a CWM older that v6045 to flash CM10.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Crossvxm:
I'm lost as I was reading a different thread before arriving here. Other methods mentioned an img file, which I do not see in this method. As far as I understand, I format to fat32, set the sd card as active and just toss all the files in the sd card as is? The files have no extensions, they're simply... files except one which is .cwm. I don't see how it works, which is isn't for me on any microSD card.

I'm very new to this device BTW, and I have the HD+.

Thanks in advance for any help and information
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
This uses a different approach than the writing an img file to the SD. And yes, just copy the files as is except for extracting the 5 files from the .rar archive file. And be sure to copy the MLO file first. Don't worry what the files do, just trust they will work.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Crossvxm:
Thanks. I've been trying for for over an hour with different SD cards and no luck. Ive rebooted the tablet so many times that it reaches a point where it resets itself and all its stock based updates. No luck so far. The SD card slot works, but it doesn't wanna boot into the card no matter what.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Go to my hd/hd+ cwm thread linked in my signature. There in the first post (in the warning section) is a link to another thread about stubborn HD+ devices that are sometimes hard to get to boot to SD. There are suggested tricks in that thread to help you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Crossvxm:
Seems to have been close enough as the Nook's reaction changed. If his was stubborn, mine is just a big jerk. It initiated the reboot but never turned on. It stayed off for about 3 minutes then turned itself on and continued to upate.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Crossvxm:
I read that these things hate big SD cards...niiiiiice. Thats all I have.

I tried that one particular threas you suggested and its like I said, it seems like it wants to work, but it will not boot up at all, screen stays completely off. When I forced shut down and turned it back on, it will boot normally. However, reading more, i read about the holding the N and power for 3 seconds, and again, same reaction, screen stays completely off, will not boot. Thats where things completely changed. Its to the point where it will stay off no mater what if the SD card is in. If i force shut down (hold power for 10 seconds) while its in this weird off state, and try to boot again, no go. But once i do this with the SD card removed, it boots normally. No idea if this has to do with the size of the SD card or what. Its as if it wants to do it now but its just the screen stays off...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I had some of those same issues myself. And they were all with a newer hd+. I have no advice other than what is in that thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ErickCorderoAK:
Is there a way to get the Hulu app to work?

Otherwise, this was the best guide I have seen. Make it a breeze and my Nook HD+ works even faster than with stock.

Thank you!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You need to post that Hulu question in the thread for the version of CM you installed. Or maybe in the apps thread. This thread is for installation issues.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jamesduen:
So I finally decided to install CM11, now that my warranty is up, I not too worried I'll break my Nook HD. I did try searching this thread for my issue, not that it is severe really, but has anyone noticed the screen flashing while performing the nandroid backup? Its very much like when you turn off the screen via power button, but instead of going black, it goes back to the default brightness, like when you press the power button to unlock the device.

The backup was proceeding just fine, even with the screen flashing, then after a while it stayed black. I suspect the battery went dead because I plugged in the charger and it booted. Just the same the battery was very warm like the flashing was causing a large draw on the battery. Could I have done something wrong?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Your battery may have just been low when you started. I have not heard of that before.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zspeciman:
"Your device isn't compatible with this version"

There are some apps that I'm getting this message "Your device isn't compatible with this version" for example the "inside out thought bubbles" app. I'm on CM11 M12.

I've read about Market Helper and other solutions but they are a couple of years old and not sure if they still apply.

So what are the options available?

Not the most convenient method, but would sideloading work?

Would prefer a more permanent solution.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] yanezdelta:
What method should I use to downgrade from CM11 to CM10?

Can I use the SD card to install it?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
There are many properties that play store looks at to decide what apps to show compatible. Just because play says it is incompatible does not mean it will not run on the device. There are generally two solutions, one go to an alternate app store like Amazon or 1mobile.com. Two, download the app from another device and install it manually.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Install what?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] yanezdelta:
I Have CM11 Nightly installed on my Nook HD+, but I want to return to CM10, how can I do this?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Kingsama:
So I just got 2 nook hds reburbs for my two sons, I had one since october. They love them, but now that the older one has profiles on it, it seems to be getting stuck at 99% every week or so. At this point I am tired of dealing with it and am looking for solutions. If i flash CM on the tablets, which one is the most stable? My boys want to read and play games and maybe even netflix. Any advice on cm10.2 vs cm11?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
My favorite is still cm10.1.3.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Follow the instructions in the first post.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zspeciman:
The quickest solution I found so far was to download the app on my pc and install thru airdroid (drag and drop). Does 1mobile.com give you direct download to the tablet? It keeps directing me to get the app and within the app it directs me back to the google play store where the device is still incompatible. I was reading about market helper, but that seems to be outdated. There is also a build.prop, which disguises the tablet to appear as another tablet such as asus or samsung and that lets your download from google play. Any experience on build.prop and does it actually work for the nook? And if it does, is there a guide as simple as the one leapinlar created as to what to edit in build.prop?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Editing build.prop has never been successful for me. I haven't done 1mobile.com for a long time, but they used to have an app that directly installed the app. Never used market helper. And you are right an easy method is to install the apk file directly that you get somewhere else. Do all these you must enable unknown sources in settings.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carefulone:
Thanks for the excellen guide

I now have a cm Nook after looking thru it there is a lot to learn but not difficult with your guide.

I do have one problem although I haven't searched yet it seems my wifi will not respond although it worked fine before.

I will search but if you know what is wrong lease let me know .

Again I can't thank you enough for the excellent guide. I am old school but if y ou need help with your home wire ing are if you need to design continuous process for a plant., or Bio oxidation , or steam generation call on me to help.

careful one old time graduated in early 50's

thanks

Carefulone
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carefulone:
Wifi OK with Reboot

Wifi works just fine after Reboot . I am liking my new Nook. The reader is much better and there is A lot more to do and see with the new cm 10.1.3 many thanks again for getting me on the right track.

Is there a way to upgrade to 4.3 and still use the stable 10.1.3 ?

Need 4.3 to run movnow plus for my new watch

Happy with my new Android device.

Thanks

carefulone
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is easy to upgrade to CM10.2.1 stable which is android 4.3. Just go to back to the first post to get the required downloads (the cm and gapp zips) and flash them. No need to do any wipes coming from cm10.1.3. It is good too, I just like 10.1.3 better because that is what I use and has always worked well for me.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carefulone:
need to change but dont want too

I sure hate to change , this version is working so great no problems at all in fact it works better than the original. You can't get better than that and I can't thank you enough for taking the time to set me on the right track. I have been so busy with other things (like making a living) that I haven't worked on any now hobby items .

Careful one retired
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
Help please

First off, I want to thank Leapinlar for a great tutorial in Post #7. That is what I followed with my Nook HD+. Everthing went smoothly (once I figured out I forgot to click Apply in MiniPartition). I installed cm-11-20150712-NIGHTLY-ovation.zip.

I thought everything was running well, but I've had a couple problems. First, when I was using Google Voice Search, it completely and suddenly just shut down the whole Nook. I rebooted and tried again and that time it was ok. Then I installed YouTube app. As soon as I started playing a video, I got the same thing, where the Nook shut down instantly. I rebooted and tried it again. This time the video played, but about 5 minutes into it, the Nook shut down again.

So, now I would like to install cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-ovation.zip instead of the Nightly that's installed now. I'm just not sure how I would do that, and wondered if someone could tell me the steps I need to take. I would like to stick with Kitkat so I'm assuming CM11 is the only one to use.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Since you are going to an older version of cm11 you need to do a factory reset with cwm before flashing the M12 zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] carefulone:
How to flash

I am not sure how to flash. I am thinking you put 10.2 on a mini disk and follow the procedure listed earlier in the post.

If that is correct do you delete also or just update from zip. Just trying to be careful and not ruin a good thing.

Carefulone
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
Thanks for the reply, Leapinlar, I much appreciate it. Interestingly, I was searching through the forum to see if anyone else had a similar problem and found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2545839#post62301381

Although that guy said he opened up his Nook, I did not .

First, I uninstalled Youtube (I did not clear the dalvik cache, but maybe I should have). I reinstalled Youtube, then went into Settings and then Sound. I saw that all levels were at the highest. So I put them about 1/2 way.

Then I ran Youtube and also Google voice search, and I had no problems. Everything ran great. I'm wondering if when I was on stock rom, if my volume settings weren't all the way up, like right after I flashed CM11. Maybe it's a hardware problem and not software related? It was odd how quickly the Nook shut down. I would think if it was software, that just the app would have crashed, and not the whole unit.

So at this point, do you think I should just keep the nightly on and see how it goes for a while? If I do a factory reset and install m-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-ovation.zip, would I also need to use different Gapps and Recovery?

I really like my Nook HD+ now. Movies looks amazing on it, and I like having a "normal" tablet :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You might try using the nook as you fixed it. If you decide to downgrade, just factory reset with the same recovery and flash the M12 zip. No need to reflash the gapps zip, but you can if you want to. It uses the same version as the nightly.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
Thanks, Leapinlar. I think for now I'll stick with the Nightly. But good to know now how to flash the M12 if I need to.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] zbaudo13:
Can this method be done using a chromebook?

I think the only thing I don't know how to do is activate the partition
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I don't know enough about a chromebook to help you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] humbug12:
Cannot install Nook App from Play store, says incompatible with device

I followed the instructions in this otherwise fabulously useful and detailed post using

cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-ovation.zip

NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6046-for-emmc-BOOTFILES-rev0-(07.13.14)

pa_gapps-modular-micro-4.4.2-20140426a-signed.zip

and I get the (subject) error at the Google Play store. Should I have used the internal memory version of NookHDplus.... or is there something else different that I should have done?

I am a newbie to CWM and rooting Android, so thanks for your patience.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It looks like you used all the right files. Not sure what you mean by the error description.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] humbug12:
The error description is something like that my "device is not compatible with this version" of the Nook app in the Google Play store. I seem to remember I saw the error message when I accessed the Play store via the Nook HD+ browser and tried downloading it to my device that way, instead of accessing the Play store directly from the Nook HD+ because this way the Nook app doesn't even show up.

With all the advised stuff from your article the Nook HD+ now seems to work fine except for this issue with the Nook app. My wife has a ton of stuff from the Nook store. I originally decided to go this route because the Nook HD+ with stock firmware was having difficulties rather as if the internal storage had become fragmented. It was taking forever to do even very simple things.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mhunt13:
Known issue, you can sideload the Nook app (search for and download the Nook apk file and install it). You can also use other app stores (Like 1Mobile) to install the Nook app. Nook app will work fine once installed.

i.e. You have to enable 'apps from unknown sources' in settings to install apps from other than the Play store.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] FirePsych:
EDIT

Went back to TWRP 2.7.X.X and reformatted back to EXT4 fromF2FS.

All good.

I'm on TWRP 2.8.7.1.

I'm running Jon Lee's 10.2.1

I want to downgrade to plain, simple stock 10.1.3.

Do I have to downgrade my recovery and if so, how far back to I have to go?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
I got the same message with my HD+. I have CM11 but a newer nightly version of the Ovation zip. I think even if you got the app to install, you still wouldn't be able to access your Nook account at B&N through it (I read this somewhere, so can't say for certain it's true).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] humbug12:
In fact, I took the advice to install 1mobile market app, install the Nook app from there and we CAN access my wife's B&N account normally through the Nook app now. Much kudos for that suggestion to try 1mobile market app, though I made sure in Settings that I reverted to not permitting installs from "unsafe" sources.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] m4p:
Thanks for that. I might try this one myself.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] musicalpa:
I must be dumber than dummies

I've tried relentlessly following the instructions and haven't had any success. I must be dumber than dummies. The only change that occurs is on the micro SDcard with an empty folder called "LOST.DIR"

Any suggestions for this dumber dummy?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bazza1603:
Hi,

I am having problems installing CM11 20141129 and have got myself into a mess! My son was complaining about lack of apps so thought CM11 was the answer

I have CWM V6.0.4.6 installed and when I attempted to install set_metadata_recursive some changes failed error. I have hunted for an answer without success

I have tried restoring, but it got stuck in a continuous boot. I have managed to lose all the files from the device with the external SD now showing nothing...

I have tried to connect the device to my PC, and it doesnot detect, so can only move files from the SDcard...

What Do I do now?? Appreciate anyone help!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bazza1603:
Okay my error seems to be with CMW 6.0.4.6. Get the same error with CM 10.1.2 and Cm10.2 and also the stock Barnes software...

Any ideas please????
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bazza1603:
Got it working by downloading the following to get over the 7 error

cm-12.1-20150906-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip

BaNkS-dynamic-gapps-5.x.x-8-18-15.zip
[Nook HD, HD+ General] samuraitheta:
Not working.

I am having the same issue as musicalpa. I have tried multiple SD cards (even the one specially recommended for rooting this device) and can not get my HD+ to do anything other than put a lost.dir onto the root of the SD card.

Any help???
[Nook HD, HD+ General] superanima:
Hi, I installed CM10 on my nook hd maybe 2 years ago. Now it has become extremely slow, I think the system become corrupted, so I decided to make a clean install of the newer CM available. Seen that I already have CWM installed, I thought that I could just

1- download on my nook the latest CMW, CM and gApps

2- reboot in recovery

3- launch a wipe data/factory reset

4- install CWM

5- install CM

6- install gApps

is that the correct procedure?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
No, as the old CWM you use with CM10 is not compatible with newer CM11 or CM12.

You need to first flash the new CWM, then reboot to it and use it to flash the new CM and gApps.

FWIW I'd recommend using CM11 (make sure to use a compatible version of CWM to flash it), as CM12 for the Nook HD/HD+ is still maturing.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] superanima:
so I should flash the new CWM via fastboot? I hoped I could do it directly with the currently installed cwm. Laziness uh :D
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
You should be able to use your current CWM to flash the new CWM.