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[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall with this just now, have read through the dummy guide and attempted it as per the instructions and either get no CWM boot process on the Nook HD+ and no mention of any SD card issues or I get the standard Nook boot process and a message popping up saying 'Damaged SD Card'

I've then tried to do the second approach with not writing the CWM image to SD card but I feel just like I'm Alice dropping further and further down the rabbit hole... So, looking for a bit of advice if you guys can help, any help at this point is greatly appreciated!

If I do leapinlar's CWM step 1a I format my SD card with SDFormatter and then set the partition as active in the mini tool partition wizard linked. I then unarchive the 5 files (MLO, kernel, ramdisk, u-boot and uImage) I copy MLO over first (what's the reason for that?) and then copy the other 4 files.

At this point I'm looking to jump over to the original step by step process of this thread, what should I be copying over to the SD card now? I copy the three files listed 'cwm-recovery-ovation-2.zip, cm-10.1-2013####-UNOFFICIAL-ovation-emmc.zip, and gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip' - should I also be copying the image file which I've extracted 'NookHDplus-bootable-CWM-6028-for-stock-4GB-rev4-(05.15.13)' - if I should be copying this what is the difference between just copying the file across and 'writing' it with the disk imager tool that I downloaded?

I'm just running through the process one more time just now and will let you know what (if any) messages I get on screen.

Thanks for any help folks, have read through this thread and not seeing anyone just struggling constantly to get the CWM booting to happen, I know it can take lots of times but I've tried about 20 times with two different memory cards and making zero progress.

*EDIT*

Nook booted as normal, notification bar at top has the exclamation mark through the SD card symbol and when tapped brings up a message box saying 'Damaged SD Card - SD card damaged. You may need to reformat it' - should I just keep trying to reboot at this point or does my SD card look goosed?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] 320flyboy320:
When I tried to set my SD card up the first time and I set the partition as active, it wasn't actually being set active. I had the same problem where it wouldn't boot from the card, just boot directly to the OS. I had to use a different computer to get the partition set as active. When I used the SD format program, it said it set the partition active, but when I restarted the program, it didnt show it as active....:confused:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Mine was showing as active after I closed and reopened the programme, I'm trying a factory reset just now to see if my card gets picked up in the post software download restart, if that's still goosed I'll hit the sack for tonight and pick it up again tomorrow. Might try a new partition 'active' programme thing to see if that sorts it out.

I'll try another laptop as well and see if that has an impact, might just be this one playing up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Thanks HG, my head is burst again after the past few hours so will hit this again in the morning, it definitely seems like something is going awry between my PC and the card being inserted in the nook, I'll double check all the files I've downloaded through here and if they don't match up with the ones you've listed above I'll get the correct ones. Think I might have a third or fourth micro SD floating around, not sure on sizes but hopefully 4gb or above to keep things simple.

Really annoyed it's taking me so long to get nowhere, really just looking to get xbmc on this so I can easily watch a wee programme or two in bed with the mrs at night but so far I'm not managing that and not even getting to bed at the same time as her because I'm struggling away through the same processes time and again :silly: certainly not winning the popularity contest this weekend lol

Will update you guys tomorrow and you can help chip in to save my mental breakdown ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] 320flyboy320:
You also don't need a 4GB SD card. I used a 128MB one to install CWM with. Just look for the small CWM-BOOT file and just copy it onto the SD card, no need to burn it on.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] srm1973:
I have completed all steps and now have 10.1 installed there is an update to 10.2 available, do I just download this and install or is there something else I should be doing?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] myvisione:
Just one quick question:

How do I get Superuser for multiple users?

Just the owner has root access and also superuser.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just download the CM zip and install it just like you did the original CM10.1.

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Go to settings, superuser, menu, settings and set the multi-user setting.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] myvisione:
Ah thank you so much. Sometimes I just forget to got to the settings menu of the settings. :laugh:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Is it just the two other files (the enable unknown sources and universal root) that I need to do in order to get XBMC installed off the back of copying this file to my SD card?

What is the difference between copying files and writing them as per the dummy guide?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] 320flyboy320:
I used this thread to flash CWM to my nook....
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Is it just the 'BOOTFILES' download you need to do or do you need to do the 'BOOTFILES' and also either the small or normal sized 'image' file?

If you need to copy the two things, do you unzip the image thing or just leave that compressed?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you use my BOOTFILES version, just copy the 5 files extracted from the rar file to the SD. You can also copy whatever zip you want to flash there too. Do not copy the 4GB or small image files to the SD.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Thanks, I've just done this and still not booted in CWM, even using this process is it expected to take up to 10 or so attempts with that SD card?

Is it better to do the factory reset thing instead of just rebooting 10 times with card in and out?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
What is it you are trying to do? Get back to stock or install the CM10.1 per this thread?

If getting back to stock, just interrupt the boot 8 times in a row.

If trying to get CWM to boot so you can install CM10.1 per this thread, go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread and look at the post I referenced in my warning about the difficulty of getting an SD to boot.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
I'm trying to get XBMC on my HD+

Been reading the thread about difficulty to boot, not sure what point I call it a day and try the next SD card, none of the processes (holding N, pushing card, rotating nook counter-clockwise three times and singing my name in reverse on the second rotation. Nothing working lol I'll do the factory reset and keep doing the switch on, pray, reset process until something works :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I have no idea what XBMC is. Is it a ROM? Did you look at that one specific post in that referenced thread and try it?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
CM10.2M1 is out. I downloaded the file from the system update settings. Afterwards a pop up message says system recovery is also necessary to upgrade. What does that mean?

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
System recovery means you have to have either CWM or TWRP recovery installed on your internal memory so that they can install the zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
XBMC is just an app for media streaming, it needs the unknown source install.

I've done specific post stuff, I've tried holding the 'n' whilst powering on and just boots to stock

I've tried to do a factory reset and then insert card at the language select screen, follow instructions and then boot but this just goes to stock

I've tried pushing hard on the card and not releasing it until the nook bit fades but still just stock booting.

I've done the above with 2 different memory cards, one is a samsung 8gb one (I read someone say they had issues with samsung not working), the other is a Sandisk 16gb one but this still has the same issue. I've seen reports of various cards working but also read on the referenced thread that some cards which work in some devices don't work in others so I'm loath to buy a new card just to find it doesn't work although I reckon that might be the way I need to do this.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I was asking if you looked at this specific post and tried it. (#92 in that thread.)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
Yep, done that at least 3 times with each card I have, still no joy. I'll pick up a different SD card on the way home tonight to try it out.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Help with "external" SD card usage

Not sure I'm in the correct thread for this but here goes. I'm running CM10.1.3 on emmc per the instructions from the OP. Luvin it! Have one problem though and it's probably cuz I don't understand something somewhere.

The stock CM File Manager will not let me "see" the SD card in the slot. I can see it mounted in settings and even see the usage. I just can't access it for use for some reason. Can't even see a directory.

I have also loaded the USB Host apk and it appears to be working the same way. From settings I can see mounted SD cards via USB and their usage. Just can't access a directory or any files.

I feel kinda stupid. What am I missing? I have the cards formatted FAT32 from my PC. Is that an issue? Perhaps I need a different File Manager?

If this has already been addressed here, or anywhere else, I can't seem to find the post.

Help appreciated.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
Have you tried formatting it with SD Formatter?

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Per your thought, I just tried SD Formatter. No change. I can see cards in the slot, or via the USB Host Switcher app, ONLY in Setttings. And the Settings menu does give me Mounted and Usage. Just can't access via CM File Manager (or I simply don't know how :confused:)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
Did you look for extSDcard in the file manager? The storage naming in android is a mess and can be confusing. Sometimes the internal storage is named SDcard.

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
No such listing. I have the internal "Parent" folder and it's default contents, including "My Files" and the various default contents.

Across the top of my File Manager screen I see the File Manager icon>unlocked padlock icon> and a 0 (zero). I can't find any options to access an additional storage device.

Thanks for you help, BTW...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
Well I am running out of ideas then. Sorry I could help. The last thing I could think of is to format with the device. Don't know how but when I first inserted my SanDisk in there, my HD+ said it should be formatted and I followed that.

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Well, I just installed ES File Explorer and it can access everything, including both my externals, "sdcard1" and "usb0". Must have an issue with my stock CM File Manager. Perhaps something was corrupted during my root & CM install. I will try your idea to format with the device as well.

Thanks for your help & ideas!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The problem could be that you do not have the CM File Manager set for root access. Either set it or use a different file manager like Root Browser.

To set for root access, go to the Cmfm settings and set it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Thanks leapinlar. I did try that (root access). It didn't help either. ES File Explorer did though.

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leapinlar--

What does your NookHD-CWM-6036-for-internal-memory-rev1-(09.22.13).zip do exactly? I haven't used it but I did save it for possible future use.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It puts CWM recovery on internal memory replacing stock recovery.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Not quite the same as cwm-recovery-hummingbird-2.zip? Or is it? Since I can boot into recovery without an sd card, I assumed I have it on internal memory. Am I mixed up again? I really appreciate your patience with me. :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gk141054:
Hi guys,

Firstly, massive thanks to the OP for a great guide and for everyone who contributed to getting CM10 onto the Nook.

The small issue i'm having is when I try to download the GApps from the OP, it doesn't seem to be working, think the server is having problems. Is it working for anyone else? Is there anywhere else I can download them from?

Cheers
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Had same problem. Got mine here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877490000128
[Nook HD, HD+ General] gk141054:
Getting a "file not found" on that link mate...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jck_p:
Try my edit. I goofed.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is the same, just packaged differently.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
New sd card for the trick, thanks again everyone for putting the thread together, the mods together and all the help you've provided along the way, appreciate it!

ps it was a SanDisk 4gb class 4 card that worked, no idea why my class 4 16gb SanDisk one didn't work but hey ho in action now anyways! Thanks folks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
It's funny the 16 GB SanDisk class 4 works for me. After I inserted the card the second time, it booted.

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] HiddenG:
Eureka! Congratulations, haha. ;)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rorifett:
I can't figure it out, I'll try it again now I know I have a working one, if it works I'll cry :laugh: :silly:

:good: was getting so frustrated with trying everything before, tablet working perfect now, thanks for all the suggestions folks, this thread is a godsend for people (as I'm sure the rest of the forum is!)

Cheers, R
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
Bought a like new HD for my boy to read and surf Internet. Installed CM10.1.3 and it flies now. Not that I don't like the stock rom, but I am a control freak. And this thread makes it possible. Thanks again! Oh and BTW I used an A-Data card to boot and no problem with that. So it looks like HD is less picky than HD PLUS?

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[Nook HD, HD+ General] Nick1066:
Unzipping Ovation Boot Img

I previously installed 10.1.3 on my Nook HD+ following the instructions in this great thread and am loving it.

However, I'm trying to do the same now with my girlfriend's HD+, but after I download and extract the Ovation file from the Cyanogenmod site (the latest, 10.1.3 stable release) the boot img is only showing up as about 5 mb, and I know it's supposed to be 4 GB. I've tried every way I know of extracting the file once I download it, and since I did it once before, I'm at a bit of a loss.

After I extract the download, I have the 10.1.3 folder with the following in it:

boot.img (which again is about 5 mb)

meta-inf (folder)

system (folder)

Any suggestions?

Much thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are not supposed to extract the CM zip. You put it intact on the bootable CWM SD you used on your device. That is the thing that is supposed to be 4 GB. You did keep that SD didn't you?

Sent from my BN NookHD+ ushating xda premium
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Nick1066:
Hmmmm. Well, I'm just following the instructions from page one of this thread, which say the following:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are mis-reading the instructions, the CM zip is not the boot image file. See a few lines above that that says NookH.....4GB....zip is the boot image file.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] msmmr:
Google Play Server Error

Hi guys,

All was running well for 5 days, but today ive hit a problem. When i open google play it says server error. Tried restarting etc but didnt work. When i go under settings, accounts, and google i get sync error, it says....sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly. Calender, contacts and sound search have a exclamation mark next to the sync sign, and at the bottom is says .sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly..

I read i may have to reinstall gapps file but i am so confused, what shall i do and can someone give me guide by guide steps as to how to do it?

For example if i have to reinstall gapps file can i just put in on sd card via the usb cable, and enter the recovery software by holding two buttons, and browse for the file on sd card and install it or is it complicated etc? Any help urgently would really help!

Thanks

FIXED----JUST BROWSED THIS THREAD AND SAW IT WAS BECAUSE OF PROXY FROM ADBLOCK PLUS
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Silent3sniper:
Just wanted to say thanks in advance for this extensive tutorial. Waiting for my Nook HD+ at the moment (refurb firesale).
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Nuieve:
Never mind...you might want to update the links on the 1st page... sdcard.org website is dead.

The gmaps core app link is non-functioning either.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mdemetri2:
hi, little help required here. I have a nook hd 7"

so I managed to put the image onto the SD using win 32 disk imager (that in itself caused problems, due to an internal laptop card reader, and error 8, so got old version).

Also, put cwm recovery, hummingbird nightly (cm-10.2-20131104) then google apps.

Booted into CyanorgenMod ok, but no keyboard. So, I downloaded hummingbird nightly 20131108, installed, it did an update but still no keyboard - Unfortunately, Adroid Keyboard (AOSP) has stopped.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You have the wrong version of gapps. CM10.2 needs 20130813.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mdemetri2:
thanks, do you know where I can can 20130813, only the links at the beginning of this thread go to go.im/gapps but 20130813 is not found....anyone know where I can get that version?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rickhuizinga:
I had to download it via BitTorrent. The torrent file can be found on the official CyanogenMod Wiki for this device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] PaluUK:
10.2 issues

There is a link on the first page of the 10.2 updated thread.

On a separate note, someone has reported a problem with wi find analyser with the monthly 10.2. This appears to be a common problem with 4.3. I have got this app to work by checking latest version 6.3.2. Then reboot, open app, then close app, then go to security and disable privacy guard for the app and finally re-open. This has worked on both my HD and my son's HD+ so unlikely to be a flook. Apologies for posting on a 10.1 forum but I'm too junior to post there! :o
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
For those looking for gapps-jb-20130813-signed for running on CM10.2, I have uploaded it to my server here:

removed

I will see if I can find the CM10.1 version (20130812) also and upload it. I will keep them up until goo.im gets them back.

Edit: Never Mind, goo.im is back! Link removed.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Add me to the chorus of thank you's for this very detailed and easy to follow guide. I've rooted every device I've had, but never did a bootable sd card method. Everything went (relatively) painless (a corrupt download of CM sent me into a temporary panic lol) and now I'm enjoying my tablet.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] x2h:
Why is the link removed? Anything wrong with the file or it's just a legal issue?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I removed it since it is not needed. The original link at goo.im works. They were just updating their server.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] melmc:
Wifi Authentication Problem

I followed the original post instructions and installed the stable version of 10.1 to the emmc. However, wifi will not connect, indicating there is an authentication problem, although it recognizes my network and characterizes the signal as strong. I did not have this problem with booting 10.1 from my sd card with the 10/28 unofficial version of 10.1. I am using wpa/wpa2 psk protocol and am certain that I did not enter an incorrect password. Any suggestions on how to solve this wifi authentication problem?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mogators1:
Have you installed the correct Google Apps? I have had similar problems with my Nook Tablet when installing new builds. After flashing the Google apps package, everything was then fine.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] don030167:
Having problems

Hi all

first post!

Based in England, changed my Nook HD+ to 10.1 end of last week, no problem.

Worked fine over the weekend, not recharged whilst in use.

Realised on sunday it had crashed, it now only reboots to the cwm boot prompt.

Tried reloading 10.1, rebooting to saved original Nook android, reloading the SDcard. Nothing seems to work. Just reboots to the cwm prompt.

Not done this before, so please any responses as simple to understand as possible.

So at the moment I have a new Nook HD+ that does nothing now!

Appreciate any help.

Thanks.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Your /rom partition got corrupted. You need to re-install the stock recovery so that it can repair itself. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and go to item 5. I have a link there to a stock recovery zip. Flash that and let it boot a couple of times and it will repair itself.

Edit: This has been happening to so many users, I just added item 10 (recovery bootloops) to my HD/HD+ CWM thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] melmc:
Yes. I installed the correct Google Apps. Based on a posting I saw elsewhere, I tried turning wifi off and on several times and it eventually authenticated properly. I have rebooted several times and it now seems to be operating correctly, i.e. connecting promptly after booting up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] b3b0:
Bluetooth mouse trouble

Hi!

I bought this bluetooth mouse:

http://www.dx.com/p/242563

- I bring the mouse into the pairing mode

- I press search on the nook

- the mouse was found an schown under available

- I press the text pairing is shown, after 1-2s pairing is gone, the pairing led at the mous stops blinking

- but the bouse does not work...

I tried it several times...

... any hints??

KR

BeBo

at my motorola atrix the mouse works fine!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] don030167:
Thank you for your reply. After much searching/frustration, this has worked. :D
[Nook HD, HD+ General] deadlysteve:
I'm hoping someone can help me.

First of all, thank you for your awesome guide. I used it to install android on my Nook HD 7 two months ago. Everything went

flawlessly

.

My wife decided she wanted a nook just like mine, so I bought another one and here's where I'm stumped:

I run windows 7 64-bit. I used a Sandisk 8gb class 4 micro-sdhc card.

I used win32diskimager to flash CM-10.1.3 onto my memory card. The ISSUE is, it doesn't flash right. It says it completes, but only takes 2 seconds to complete (where-as the first time i tried this a few months ago, it took like 8 minutes).

Then the memory card is unreadable and I have to re-format the card to get it to read again.

I used the SAME files I did 2 months ago which worked fine.

I've now:

I've re-downloaded hummingbird 10.1.3 around 5 times.

I've tried 4 different versions of win32diskimager.

I've bought a 2nd memory card.

I've bought a new card reader (it is not a multi-reader... just a sd reader).

I've tried it on TWO completely different computers.

It does the same thing every time!!! Flashes wrong and isnt readable. It wont even flash the backup of the stock rom either (I tried it for the hell of it).

Is there some crappy windows update that came out or what? I'm dumbfounded especially since It worked before! Any help would be appreciated.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are putting the wrong zip on the SD. You need to burn the image file, not the CM zip with win32diskimager. And there is an easier way to do it now without win32diskimager. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and use the new procedure in item 1a.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] deadlysteve:
Perhaps i wasn't clear. I am using the .img file extracted from the zip file; not the zip file itself. but I will check out your thread!