yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bk_xda80:
I had looked at this before: There are no apps (in All Apps) whatsoever that start with "Google...". It's as though these are blocked from installing, yet when I do install, I get a message indicating success (and no failures). Baffling!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That is really strange. I would suggest you have the CM10.2 and gapps zips ready and boot to CWM and factory reset and go to mounts and storage and format /system. That will wipe both the rom and gapps. Then before rebooting flash the rom zip and gapps zip in that order.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bk_xda80:
Wipe/factory reset seemed to fail completely (I attached a photo of the screen). I stopped there.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
The CWM version you have is 6.0.4.6. Flashing CM10.x ROM and Gapps requires CWM versions older than 6.0.4.5, e.g., verygreen's CWM recovery contained in flashable zip file cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip which is linked in his post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41024398&postcount=1. Just use your current or SD-based recovery to flash his flashable recovery zip then reboot into it and flash CM10.x ROM and Gapps.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bk_xda80:
That recovery cotains more than just an img file, with no explanation of how to use it. So I avoided it. What do I do with all the files in it?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Don't use that recovery. Use the v6036 recovery from the first post in this thread. (I don't know why you used that version 6046 from the seventh post, that one is for exclusive use for CM11). Install that v6036 zip to internal memory by flashing the zip, not by burning an image to an SD.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] channelgirl:
MLO - where are you

Hi, just wanted to say as a first timer to the Root process, your instructions have been fairly clear, and I appreciate that.

To root my Nook HD (hopefully today, but I'm starting to doubt), I've gone through all the steps - downloaded the correct CM and GAPPS boot files, reformatted and Set Active partition on my SD card, and am ready to copy over files to it in preparation for Installing on Nook. However, you instruct to put in the MLO file first - I can't find anything called MLO!

Also, I noticed when I extracted the boot files, the CM and GAPPS folders both have files named META-INF and SYSTEM - had to extract them in different folder to prevent "name" issues... Please assist! Thank you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] neutronjeff:
Don't open the other zip files, they are meant to be flashed in that format. Only extract the one that is specifically indicated.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
Don't open/extract the cwm-recovery-ovation-3.zip, flash that recovery zip file same way you would flash the ROM and/or Gapps zip files -- i.e., on recovery menu select "install zip ..." -> "select zip ...".
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Like the previous user said, do not extract the CM and gapps zips (they are not boot files). They are meant to be installed with the CWM. But you do extract the files in the BOOTFILES rar. That is where the MLO file comes from.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] channelgirl:
Missing linked download!

thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bk_xda80:
I used version 6046 from the seventh post because I am casting about blindly. The first time I did this (to another Nook HD +, about 6 months ago- it took all of about 15 minutes and couldn't have gone more smoothly). This time there was a hiccup. Thank goodness for the kind users here who are sharing their wealth of "tribal knowldege" with me and helping me to extricate myself from this technical mire.

I am actually doing this for a 90+ year-old with poor eyesight. He wanted a tablet, and I didn't want him to spend $500 for a decent one. The Nook HD+ is a fine tablet at a very attractive price (wish they were still making 'em) so I am working my tail off trying to get this thing working because I promised him I would, and I want to see the benefit this will hopefully bring him since he just lost his wife and now has lots of free (read lonely) time. The help of you kind people is so much appreciated. There's literaly no other way I would possibly be able to hope to get this working for him.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] bk_xda80:
IT WORKS! - problems solved

Thank you for all your help! Bob thanks you too. Tomorrow he will have a new tablet to help him deal with the very recent loss of his wife of 73 years. This should keep him busy and let him do some things he will really enjoy. I just wanted to let all those who patiently stuck with me and offered help, what effect they've had on a good man's life (what he has left, anyway).

Now to get all the accessibility stuff working for the guy- he has very poor eyesight.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] little callow kid:
gapps shutting down nook

I am pretty sure this has been addressed but I am having trouble finding the thread. I am running CM11 m9 on my nook HD and I was having this same problem when running 10.2 but any gapps that run like a game shut down my device. I am not running cm11 through my SD but I do use an SD card for extra storage. If I remember correctly, some people that use sd cards struggle with this issue, but is there any other solution to this issue, I really need extra storage? My son shares my device with me and only apps he uses are shutting down the nook so he is very sad. Otherwise this root is amazing for anything I need.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I'm sorry, I don't know what thread it is that you can't find.

And it depends on which HD you have (8 or 16) whether you need extra storage. 8Gb, sometimes and 16GB, no.

Edit: I understand now. You should be posting this in the CM11 thread to get these answers. This thread is for installation issues.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] goingup:
I have done all explained in the post 7 thread to install CM11 and all went fine. Thank you for the directions. My question is can I transfer the card contents used to create CM11 and nook hd+ backup from the 32gb card to a smaller card after the fact?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, just make a new card using the same procedure on a smaller card and copy the zips and backup files from the 32gb to the smaller using your PC.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] little callow kid:
I did find the thread, thanks to you. It was there where I searched for it. Still trying to work at it, but this should help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Brian2489:
Thank you to everyone for their work on this. Much appreciated :highfive:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] domkalan:
Recovery Loop

My Device Seems To Be Stuck In A Recovery Loop! I have found out that my /bootdata was missing could this be the problem?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
If the BCB file or the BootCnt file located in the /bootdata partition is missing or corrupted the Nook will boot into recovery. See http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21381141&postcount=1 for explanation (the post was written for the Nook Tablet but it applies to the Nook HD/HD+ as well).

Is your entire /bootdata partition missing, or only its content missing?

If the /bootadata partition still exists and only its content is missing, I have created a flashable zip file (adapted from succulent's flashable_fix_bootloop.zip for the Nook Tablet) which can be flashed using recovery to re-install on an

HD+

the two BCB and BootCnt files (which I extracted from the BN stock ROM zip file for the HD+) -- see https://www.mediafire.com/#6a4rivb8kkdfu.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] domkalan:
Missing Entirely

My /bootdata partition is missing entirety. Is there a way i can get this back and where do i find your zip?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
How do you know it is missing? Did you try to mount the partition?

You don't say what your version of recovery is. If it is older than v6045, you can use that to flash the plain stock zip from item 6 in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature. That sometimes fixes it. If your version is v6045 or newer you must make a new bootable CWM per item 1a of that thread and use that to flash the plain stock zip. If that does not fix it, I will make a custom zip for you.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] domkalan:
My CWM Version

Currently I Am Running CWM v6.0.4.6 on my EMMC and on my SD card i have TWRP 2.5. When i try to install CM i get an error that says failed to mount /bootdata and then the installation aborts. I will try what you mentioned above.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
My flashable zip files can be obtained at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/6a4rivb8kkdfu/Nook_HD+, the file flashable_fix_bootdata-hummingbird.zip for the HD, flashable_fix_bootdata-ovation.zip is for the HD+.

If flashing the file does not fix it, I think it's best to re-flash & restore to stock as the updater-script in the stock ROM restore process includes the reformatting the /bootdata partition.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] domkalan:
Flashed Stock

I Flashed Stock Rom Back On My Nook HD but now i am getting a page that says: "Install Failed Please power off and back on to try again. If you continue to have issuses please visit www . nook . com / support" could this be due to the fact that the stock recovery needs to be flashed.

I also tried cliking on your link and it takes me to a page with no file on it digixmax.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
You need to restore stock recovery, see section 5 of http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2062613, the file to flash is NookHD-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(07.21.13).zip.

Sorry, link is now fixed.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] domkalan:
/bootdata missing

I was able to download your bootdata file and i tried flashing the file but got an error that said cannot mount /bootdata. Any advice on how to fix this... I am beginning to think that my nook is bricked and not fixable. :confused:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
I'd suggest you try to flash stock ROM and stock recovery, using

SD-based

CWM recovery, using a version of CWM older than 6.0.4.5 such as 6.0.2.x linked at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2062613.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The issue now is your /rom partition is corrupt. That is why you got the install failed message from stock recovery after you installed the stock zip. Send me your serial number by PM and I will make you a custom repair zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If he flashes the stock ROM zip he does not need to flash the stock recovery zip also. The stock recovery is installed as part of the stock ROM zip.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] garycomps:
Hi, I wondered if someone can advise me,

I rooted my nook HD+ to cm10.1.3 nearly a year ago and have been fairly content with it. I have always had slow down and lots of "app not responding" . anyway recently its become an unbearable, unresponsive mess.

My question - can I update to cm10.2.1 via the cm internal updater (or an app like ROM toolbox) as I am without a computer for the foreseeable future.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You can, but you must also update the gapps to gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip and you must have the CWM installed to internal memory. It is probably better to go to the cyanogenmod download site and goo.im and download both zips to internal media storage and boot to internal CWM and install both manually.

And updating to CM10.2 will probably not help with your speed issues. It is probably LAG and you need to run trim.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
I'd suggest you flash the new CM10.2 using CWM recovery:

- download the zip files for CM10.2 and the corresponding Gapps package (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps) to your Nook

- reboot into CWM recovery

- wipe /data & factory reset

- install CM10.2 zip

- install Gapps zip

- reboot

If you had previously enabled Google backup service on your CM10.x your Google Playstore apps will be auto-downloaded (but their settings will not be auto-restored). If you want to save the apps settings, use a Backup app such as Titanium Backup.

Updating to new CM would not your performance issue if it's caused by some cpu-hog or mal-behaved apps.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mrwormburn:
So I can't find anything on my particular problem and it's just troubling/perplexing me. I installed 10.2.1, love everything about it, have had no problems save the fact that when I try to move a file to another folder within google drive, it makes CM crash/restart; always! It'll sync google drive perfectly fine, but it's just that I cannot move files within CM using google drive. I can do it anywhere else I access google drive, just not on my nook. One time I tried it, it even put me in a bootloop? At least I think it was one...it seemed like it wanted to restart and I saw bits and pieces of my lockscreen for a while.

But other than that, no real problems. Well, I have had the recent apps button issue that others have mentioned, but not for some time now. Anyway, anyone have any clue what's going on? Does anyone else have any issues using google drive, specifically moving files between folders, on their hd+ on 10.2.1? Always makes my nook restart. Always. More a google drive issue? More a CM issue? Help! Enlightenment. Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I run CM10.1 and don't run Google Drive so have no experience with it. Are you saying you are using the Google drive app to move files on the internal SD? If you mean that it may have something to do with the fact that the internal SD is emulated on the HD/HD+.

And this thread deals mostly with installation issues and you might get better responses on the CM10.2 thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mrwormburn:
No, simply from moving files all within GD itself - just on the cloud. Weird huh? Thanks for the tip and all the hard work! I'll give that thread a try.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rapier216:
General question re: backing up the Nook (HD+)

Greetings...

I am in the process of reading through a lot of these messages so I can put CM on my Nook HD+ (and looking to get a couple of larger SD cards :) )

I have a question regarding the backing-up of the stock system... do I have to back it up to an SD card via the Backup option? I can access the nook via the charging cable and have copied all of the folders/files from it to my HD, but is this all that is needed, or are there some 'hidden system files' that are 'flashed' to be backed up?

Thanks and keep up the good work :)

Rapier216
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
That copying by cable only backs up the media (music, books, etc) and not the system and data files that are hidden. The CWM backup backs those up.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Rapier216:
Hi leapinlar... thank you for the info.

I'm planning on resetting to factory before doing the CM stuff :)

Have a great day :)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cleverusername:
Md5 mismatch

My first post here...

I sucessfully followed the steps to install cm11 onto my nook hd. All went well.

I backed up both my original stock and the newly installed cm11. When I tested the restores, they both come up with the md5 mismatch error.

I then attempted to restore nook to original 2.2 stock. After several tries I found out I needed to flash the cwm 6046 in order to do that. I backed up the stock and tested restore and it worked. I went back to cwm 6046 to install cm11 and once again the restores will not work.

Thanks for this guide and for any help anyone can give me.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You have to restore the backup with the same version of CWM that you made it with. If you made it with v6046 you must restore it with v6046. If made it with v6036 you must restore it with v6036.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cleverusername:
success

Thank you leapinlar for your quick response.

I reinstalled the stock rom and saved it in cwm v.6046 and now I am able to restore both.

I am now back on cm11. It runs great with the exception that I am not able to connect the device to the computer through usb connected as mtp.

It appears that windows cannot connect it (error 43) because no drivers can be found.

Thanks once again for the help.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Turn off USB debugging in developer settings and try the MTP again. It is not really searching for MTP drivers, it is searching for ADB drivers when it says that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] cleverusername:
MTP now works

Thank you again leapinlar- such an easy solution! You have helped me solve in a few hours that I have been working on for 6 days.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Mr. Odor:
I hate being a noon, but...

I'm baffled. I installed the latest ovation snapshot and it is running flawlessly. Then I did the easy part, gapps, and promptly failed with a Status 7. I've tried multiple gapp versions, rebooted many times, and spent hours googling without finding a solution. What am I missing?

Edit: "noob autocorrected to noon." Total noob mistake.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
what version of gapps and CWM are you using? Where did you get them?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Mr. Odor:
Thanks for the reply, leapinlar!

I've been trying to follow this guide. I'm using the CWM image included there, which is 6.0.4.6.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600572

I'm using the file cm-11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-ovation from the CM site.

For Gapps, I've tried multiple, including:

- gapps-kk-20140606-signed.zip

- GApps_Light_4.4.x_signed

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

- pa_gapps-stock-4.4.4-20141008-signed

I'm pretty tied into the Google ecosystem and am content using stock Google apps; if I could make this thing act like a Nexus I'd be pretty thrilled.

---------- Post added at 07:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 PM ----------

I just realized you're the guy who wrote the dummies guide!

I tried following it, but had trouble creating the SD card. I don't have access to a windows machine; my home machine is linux. I tried formatting the SD card with gparted and copying the files over in the order you specified, but it wouldn't boot. I figured I'd messed up the "active" partition you talked about, but couldn't figure out how it works in gparted. So I tried the other guide because it has an SD card image that you can move to a drive using dd.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] ST Dog:
In linux you need to set the boot flag to make the partition bootable.

http://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-manage-partition-flags
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Mr. Odor:
That did it! Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Crashbandit3:
It works!

I wanted to share how I got it to work. Sorry about the (dot). The site doesn't let new users post links....

I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSD XC I card (www (dot) amazon (dot) com/gp/product/B009QZH6JS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

I combined the instructions from this thread and wiki (dot) cyanogenmod (dot) org/w/Install_CM_for_hummingbird

In linux I used fdisk ( fdisk /dev/sdj ) to remove all the partions,

wrote the changes ( "w" ),

went back into fdisk and created a new partition with the default sectors/blocks,

set the partition as active ( "a" ),

then changed the partition type to "W95 FAT32 (LBA)".

I then wrote the changes ( "w" ).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disk /dev/sdj: 63.9 GB, 63864569856 bytes, 124735488 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdj1 * 2048 124735487 62366720 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I then formated the partition using mkfs.vfat ( mkfs.vfat /dev/sdj1 )

Still in linux I mounted the partition ( mount /dev/sdj1 /mnt/sdj/sdj1 ) and copied each file to the disk in this order:

cp MLO /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp kernel /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp ramdisk /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp uImage /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp u-boot.bin /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp NookHDplus-CWM-6046-for-internal-memory-rev0-\(07-13-14\).zip /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp cm-11-20141018-NIGHTLY-ovation.zip /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

cp pa_gapps-modular-micro-4.4.2-20140426a-signed.zip /mnt/sdj/sdj1/

I then unmounted the partition and put it into the powered off Nook HD+.

Holding the HOME button I pressed and held the POWER button, counted to three, released the POWER button while still holding the HOME button, then pressed and held the POWER button again. Within one second the Cyanogenmod bootloader was working and I was on my way to installing to internal memory on the first try with this setup.

Additional information about my setup:

Gentoo Linux ( Linux version 3.14.0 (root@blank) (gcc version 4.7.3 (Gentoo 4.7.3-r1 p1.4, pie-0.5.5) ) #15 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 4 17:56:18 UTC 2014 )

fdisk from util-linux 2.22.2

mkfs.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)

SD to USB ( Digital Concepts Converter Drive SD/MMC Reader/Writer ) ( No idea when or where I bought this )

MicroSD to SD Adapter ( SanDisk ) ( Came with the card I bought )
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Terryv06:
Nook app won't install with Nook Hd+ running kitkat 4.4

First off, thank you very much for the detailed install instructions for putting this mod on my nook Hd+. Seems to be running great and I think it is much faster than my stock version. That being said, I can't get the nook app to install on the device. In google play it says that it is not compatible. I've searched around and seen some dubious solutions and one .apk that I wasn't sure was credible. So... what do I need to do. I know that I can just use caliber and move my library to the device, but I'd like the app..

Terry
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mhunt13:
You have to side load the Nook app, or use an alternative app store, like 1Mobile.

Once installed , works great!!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
This has been asked and answered many times. You will need to sideload the apk file. Get it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53722849
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Terryv06:
Thanks for your patience, and also for the link... I did indeed do some searching before asking, just didn't look in the right place I guess. Also, I couldn't get the search on this site to work for me. Thanks also for this mod!!!!!

Oh yes, you have to understand that this "is" a dummies thread.....

Terry
[Nook HD, HD+ General] clu1688:
Won't boot from SD

Hi, thanks to OP ans others who contributed.

I have been trying to follow #7 for CM11 with no success. I tried on 3 Sandisk (8GB, 8GB, 2GB) and 1 Samsung (4GB), all class 2 or 4.

Turn Nook HD+ off,

Coping files from PC to SD cards, then insert the SD to Nook HD+, then power ON the device by holding briefly the Power button. It always start with Nook boot up screen. I never see CM logo.

I have copied 5 files to SD root, and then three zip files too. All 4 SD cards have been formatted by SDFormatter as suggested in Post #7.

I am wondering what I did wrong? I pretty much followed exact steps as outlined in Post #7.

Anyone shed some light? Very much appreciate it.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You did not mention setting the SD as active after formatting with SDFormatter. This is mandatory.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] clu1688:
When SD card was reformatted on Win7 laptop last night, I checked with the program you mentioned in #7, Mini-Tool Partition, it showed active. But, the SD cards were not formatted by SDFormatter, instead they were formatted by Win7 only.

Today I reformatted SD cards with SDFormatter in office, but I do not have Mini-Tool Partition to check active partition. I will check it when I go home, and report back.

My Nook HD+ has software version 2.2.0.

Thanks for the quick feedback.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Yarpie:
Ok, trying my best not to feel like a dummy here but I'm on an HD+ and after following the directions after I clicked reboot system now it rebooted to a backlit blank screen, I was able to get back to the recovery on the sd card but now I don't know where to go from here.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Are you sure all of the steps completed properly? Did you successfully wipe data/factory reset before attempting to reboot?