yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
I don't completely disagree there. On the older CM10 SD install versions of CWM it was not labeled as EMMC, but was called internal storage.

Not sure why they changed the labels in the menus.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bokbokan:
OP updated 20140622.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] granny smith:
Play Store graphics issue

Bokbokan, 4.4.4 seems very smooth to me. Great work!

I have an issue where the graphics and colors of the icons in the play store are super funky. It started happening with 4.4.3 and now 4.4.4. I downloaded the correct gaps and wiped my cache each time. I have attached a screen shot of the problem. Any idea on what I should do? Thanks for your help.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
I have the same issue, noticed it with the previous release (haven't tried the latest yet).

I think I saw where other had similar issues on many platforms over the past few years. No luck with a solution though.

I noticed it's not all icon/images. Some icons/images display fine, and all video preview images look OK.

Haven't had time to look at the image properties to see if I could find something that differentiates the good/bad display.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
preliminary questions

I've used Verygreens Sizeagnostic method for running from sd card for my old Nook Color quite successfully and this looks a bit like that. I'm planning to use it with my HD+. Just a couple questions. What are the partition sizes that the image creates on the card and can I change these later with a partition manager if I'd like my system partition to be larger for storing apps or should this be done prior to image install? Also, since I've already downloaded GAPPS to my PC, does that go onto the SD card after I've initially booted the Nook with the image file (remove sd card and transfer to sd card with reader then reinsert sd card and boot)? Just want to confirm the order of flashing/booting. I do realize the rom needs to be put onto the emmc. Can I assume I could do that via dropbox rather than usb? Also, should I use the Google Stock Package or Modular GAPPS (unclear of difference)?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
I don't know all the answers to your questions, but realize that this is set up much differently than the nook color with its script installer. It does self setup (partition) the SD like the nook color did on first boot, but it uses a special CWM to flash the ROM to the SD. You can use partitioning software to re-partition the SD if you want. It should be done before you flash the ROM the first time. And it is not the system partition (p2) that needs to be larger for more app storage, it is the data partition (p3). And that is already very generous for this setup.

And you do not copy ROMs and gapps to the boot partition like you did the nook color.

I don't know the answers to your other questions.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
Thanks leaplinar. Does this mean I should put the gapps zip file on emmc like the rom zip and flash it from there?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Yes
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bokbokan:
OP updated 20140624
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
emmc space required for install

Looks like the zip files are quite large (~ 500 mb for rom and GAPPS) to be adding to an emmc of a device that already has quite a few things loaded on it. Will I just need to remove some things from the Nook HD+ to make some space and how much space is needed when these files are unzipped/installed?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
The ROM and gapps get put on /system on the SD when installed so you do not need to worry about freeing space for them. And bokbokan has made the /system partition with plenty of space.

You only need to remove some media files from the HD+ if you really have it loaded up. The HD+ has a minimum of 12GB internal space available for media files, which is where you put the ROM and gapps zips. 500MB is nothing.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
Thanks for the guidance!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leswgnr:
gapps and other display issues fixed

On initial trial, this release seems to have resolved any display issues I was experiencing, including the gapps store display and MX which continually fc'd for me, and the odd mis_display in the browser.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Yeah. :good: That was really annoying.

Double yeah!!! :good: :good:Now why was it ever lost?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] granny smith:
The icons in the Play store are fixed for me too. Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] z28james:
I'm seeing about 6.5% battery consumed in standby for a 24 hour period. This seems to be way better than previous releases. I used to turn off my device between uses because it would drain so hardcore in standby.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
I guess I was prematurely happy about this rom. As of today, my Nook HD+ will no longer get beyond the cyanogen mod screen. I've tried all boot options (emmc, cm rom and recovery) and all of them stall. I tried shutting off Nook and removing card then restarting and it just goes to the Nook screen and freezes. What is my way out of this? Is there a boot/button pushing sequence to reset it somehow?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jpaden:
Hey everyone, and thanks for all the great work put into this ROM. Got a couple of questions I can't seem to find the answer to. For reference, I'm on a Nook HD running the 6/24 build on an SD card, with the full stock GApps flashed.

1) The internal microphone volume is extremely low for me. I have to get my mouth within inches of the mic hole for the tablet to respond to "OK Google". Mic was much louder on CM10.1. Is anyone else noticing this... Is it a known issue? Is there a way to turn up the mic?

2) Also, the B&N Nook app doesn't show up in the Play Store for me to install on this device. Can't remember if I had that issue on CM10.1... I had the app installed, but maybe I sideloaded it a long time ago. Is that normal?

Thanks! Enjoying the ROM so far, been running it for the last 5 days or so.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Well, I tried to boot to stock to check something and it wouldn't.

Removed the SD card and tried and for some reason it started to load cyanoboot.

Not sure where it got that from, but it just hung.

Forced power off, put the card back in and it tried to boot to stock, but hung at 99%.

Rebooted to CM11, and EMMC is wiped. Went back to CWM to be sure and nothing on EMMC, not the ROM or gapps zips. The whole directory structure is gone. All the media files, the B&N directory, everything

All that's there now is Android and obb. obb is empty. Android has just a data directory with a few (9) app directories.

Looks like the boot loader is hosed and stock is toast.

So, how to restore stock on EMMC?

And any idea why cyanoboot is trying to load w/o the SDcard?

Everything was normal before I went to CM11. I wiped my SD card and started form scratch on it.

Didn't touch stock though.

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You would have had that issue in CM10.x. It has never shown up in the store.

Have to change the tablet ID so it doesn't show up as a Nook, or sideload the app.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
frozen at boot

Does anyone have suggestion for me? The Nook HD+ will no longer go past the cyanogen boot screen. Holding down the n button and selecting any of the options only leads to a freeze. Removing the sd card and power on ends with nook screen and freeze. Plugging in to power turns it on and then same freeze conditions. If I power off while plugged in, the charge light is no longer lit. Does this provide any clues to what is wrong? Tried the the soft reset of holding down the power and n button for 30 sec. and the tablet just stays off. Is a hard reset necessary. Hate to go that route unless have to. This is a real drag since it was working well with the cm 11 sd card for several days I thought I'd really improved the tablet.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
You may need to try restoring the stock ROM. Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new bootable CWM SD per item 1a and flash a plain stock zip from item 6 followed by factory reset.

You can also try an 8 failed boot reset. Just try booting (without the SD) 8 times in a row and see if it resets.

If that does not fix it you probably have a bricked emmc. You can either do a warranty exchange or try to put a noemmc version on SD.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] DigiPimp75:
installed this on my mothers hd plus tonight and i noticed the same issue. i thought it wasnt working at all at first until i read this and then put my mouth real close and it barely picks anything up. seems like the input on the mic has been turned down a lot. maybe someone knows how to fix it or if theres an audio app that can change mic input volumes.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] DigiPimp75:
Sorry if my search missed it but I have a another quick question. If I remove the sd card and boot the device will it screw things up or will it just boot into the stock nook setup?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Should just boot to stock.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] DigiPimp75:
thanks, got any ideas about the microphone question in the two posts above, the low input volume makes it almost unusable to speak into
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Nope.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
I am currently working on your suggestion. Just wondering whether I should try the stock recovery zip before I do the plain stock zip. Is there an advantage to doing that if it's some kind of bootloop that's causing problems? The 8 failed boot reset didn't do anything for me.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
The plain stock zip also puts the stock recovery back. Just flash the stock zip and factory reset.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
Tried your bootable cwm sd and it just loads the cyanoboot universal boot loader screen and freezes there. From what you've mentioned before, that sounds like a bricked emmc. Is there a way to check if it's bricked by connecting to pc? Any ways to unbrick it? I would imagine others will have the same difficulties as I followed both your and bokobans instructions for this sd install to the t.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Verygreen had some instructions on one of the threads to check somehow. I don't remember. Maybe search for the term noemmc.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jpisini:
I don't know if this is the one leapinlar is referring to or not but here is a link to one.

http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2014...-4-4-2-for-bricked-no-emmc-nook-hd-02apr2014/
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
Thanks, jpisini, that one looks a bit complicated for my limited abilities. Would be nice to find verygreens method. It should be similar to his one I used to run my nook color from sd though I still also had a functional emmc with that device. I really like the screen size and res. of the Nook HD+ for my Mom's use and would be sad to loose it completely.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
Just wanted to mention that another thing I've found with my probably bricked Nook HD+ is that when plugged into pc I get "Device driver software was not successfully installed and Blaze_tablet. Does that signify anything? Is there a device driver I could install to pc and a method to "fix" the tablet via the pc connection? I bought the tablet on 07/10/2013, so, I guess I'd better get to s B&N store pronto if I can't figure this out and take my chances on an exchange.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] lorddunlow:
So, I was perfectly happy with running the CM10.2/SGT7 hybrid build on my hd+ until for some reason my SD card went read only making everything a pain and only slightly functional.

So, I figured I'd throw this on a 16gb SD card I had lying around (SanDisk 16gb class 2). Unfortunately, my SD card doesn't play nice as its so slow that I can't even get past the Google sign in at the startup. (I thought all the class 2 SanDisk cards were okay?)

Two questions:

1. Is my 4gb card that I was running CM10.2/SGT7 hybrid on still usable (if I format)?

2. Is 4gb going to be big enough to run this rom?

Thanks in advance!
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
That's a new one on me. Never had a card suddenly stop writing as you describe.

Formatting might help, or it may be broken.

My /system partition is 756MB and /boot is 128MB, so that would leave 3GB on the card for apps and media plus the Nook internal storage.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bokbokan:
OP updated 20140706
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] kbuster2:
store return/exchange pia

Wow,

This turned into a very unrewarding experience. Called the nearest B & N store (40+ miles away) several days ago and described my inability to get the Nook HD+ to boot beyond the initial nook screen after trying hard reset and that it didn't register when plugged into pc. The manager said sounds like we'll probably be unable to get it working again either but if you bring it in we can exchange it for you and we only need the device itself you can keep the charger and cord and we'll also give you a free replacement for your screen protector since we have them in store. I finally found my receipt this morning dated 07/08/2013 so realized I needed to make a quick trip to the store today. At the store, after they tried all the things I'd previously attempted to get it running, they called me to the desk while they had service on the phone and I waited for them to go through the process all over again with tech support. When it was finally established that the problem and purchase were legit, the B & N clerk asked for my shipping address. What? Turns out they didn't have any units in store to exchange, so, I made the trip to the store for them to call the same number I could have called from home to set up a replacement. I ended up talking to the store manager, who at least gave me a charger to compensate for the one I no longer get to keep, but, what a giant pain! Didn't even bother asking for a screen protector as promised since I was not happy about the wasted time and trip. I hope the device I receive is in good shape and I will be hesitant to try any modification with it. I hope others have better luck with the device. The manager did say that they will be getting a new nook made by Samsung in the near future.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] jpisini:
That is how mine got exchanged as well. You only get one right away if they have them in stock. Even though they didn't mention overnight I got mine the next day it said refurbished but looked brand new.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bmwh0r3:
Someone refresh my memory... Do I dirty flash this? My nephew needs a new tablet and I've moved on to a note 10.1(on cm11!).
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Well, really odd.

I finally located a spare SD card to restore stock.

While copying files to the card, I tried booting the HD again. Did'd want to boot at all, then suddenly it rebooted into stock.

Looks like it finally entered recovery and flashed. So, reregister and update stock.

Put my CM11 card back in, test booting to stock and it works. Reboot for CM11 and I get stuck in recovery.

Reboot to cyanoboot menu, and notice that the CM option is not available.

Check the partitions on the PC, and all 3 are there, showing appropriate usage (according to Mini-Tool Partition Wizard)

Compare the boot partition with a backup and ramdisk got deleted (ramdist.cwm and ramdisk.stock were still there)

Any thoughts on what deleted the file?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] PMikeP:
Sorry to hear abt the hassle, but interesting to get some inside info that the new Nook is indeed coming, per latest rumors. I hope they kept the 3:2 display. And I hope it roots as easily as current. Time will tell.

Update: time has already told. "The device will be a 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 co-branded as a Nook with Nook's digital reading software already on it. The tablet will be available at Barnes & Noble's 700 U.S. stores in early August. A price for the device will be announced then."

Rats. Why is it that people who live in corporate towers haven't got a clue when they have a good product? I mean, 7 inches? What's trend setting w/ that? Why not the 8.4 Pro? The Tab 7 is a huge drop in resolution.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Roots easily? Obviously you were not around in the early days. Rooting this device was a bearcat, with its locked bootloader. Verygreen finally broke the code. Now folks think this was simple like the Nook Color was. Not so.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] PMikeP:
You're correct, I was late to the party. I assumed that rooting the Nook was easier than most since it can boot from SD. I see that the Acer A1-830 hasn't been cracked yet. And the HP Slate 8 Pro looks difficult to root. I'm glad Verygreen figured it out for the Nook.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Some of us like the 7" size.

It's not that big of a drop from the 7" HD, 1280×800 v/s 1440×900

And maybe they'll also offer the 10" top replace the HD+, though that's a much bigger resolution drop (1280×800 v/s 1920×1280).

Of course the announcement says a version of, so they might replace the display)s) with higher res versions.

The cameras are a nice addition, though I'd be happier with just the front facing camera for video chat. A 3MP rear camera w/o flash isn't really helpful.

(PS, your link was broke. I removed the space in the above quote to fix it)
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sam4android:
Can anybody confirm, after following the instructions of installing cm11 on sdcard, if I remove the sdcard and boot the nookhd will it boot into the stock nook rom?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] andtron:
No, it shouldn't be.

Are you sure the cm11 you installed was successful?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
The CM11 SD install doesn't even require removing the card. Just select stock form the cyanoboot menu and it should boot stock.

Definitely if you remove the card it should boot to stock.

Just be sure you use the SD card install (this thread) an not the EMMC install.

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It darn well better. That's the whole point of installing to the SD card.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sam4android:
thanks... but "Just be sure you use the SD card install (this thread) an not the EMMC install." missing thread link... can you please add the link. of the dualboot cm11 and stock.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
No missing link. It's the thread we are posting in. Go to the 1st post of the thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sam4android:
have you tried this and check ?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
That is what this thread and SD ROM is all about. Why do you doubt it?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sam4android:
Sorry for my doubt... actually am just a new in flashing on nook. Thanks for all your hard work leapinlar :good:
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Yes. Been using it for a few months. And I used the SD install of 10.2 for many months before that.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] sam4android:
Dual booting is working like a charm.... thanks to all the hard work of the devs!!! just one question class 4 sd is a bit slow... will this work on a class 10 sd card ??
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
Class 4 is the best speed for SD installs. Class 10 is sometimes actually worse because of small file write speeds on higher class cards.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] lorddunlow:
I tried to install this on a SanDisk 16gb class 4 card and it would barely even run. Is there a chance it was a bad flash on my part, or should I just assume not all class 4 are equal? Is there any way to know for sure without just trying a specific card to see?
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
SanDisk class 4 is supposed to be the gold standard for running a ROM on SD. It is possible that the card was defective or not prepared properly, but I have not heard of that. It also possible that you have a dirty or defective slot in your device.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] lorddunlow:
The card worked fine in my Droid 4 for storage. I run CM 10.1 of of a Class 2 4gb card on the same device, so probably not the slot. I think I'll try to reformat and start the process over again.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] leapinlar:
You could also have a counterfeit card. I had one once. It was marked SanDisk but would barely work. I bought it bulk packaged from Amazon. You might try some benchmarks on it. Look here for how to do it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12330898
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
My thoughts too. Was fine for storage due to less often access. So slow read/write and errors were not noticed.

Wouldn't be surprised to see lots of errors in dmesg.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] bokbokan:
OP updated 20140804
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] cwmoser:
KitKat is slow on my Nook HD+

Just installed CM-11 ovation on my Nook HD+.

It ran fast for a while, but for some reason now its very sluggish.

Thought it was the Facebook app so I removed it - but still runs slow.

Tried a later nightly - cm-11-20140815NIGHTLY-ovation.zip and its slow too.

Anyone have any ideas why the performance is so poor?

Thanks

Carl
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] cwmoser:
Uninstalled a few apps and now KK is running fast.

I uninstalled:

Fox News

Huffington Post

USA News

Amazon App Store

Maybe it was a memory issue, maybe it was some app misbehaving.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] ST Dog:
Eclectic combo of apps....

I'm guess they all ran in memory to provide notifications. That would certainly put a load on the available memory.
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] cwmoser:
The "Eclectic" load of news sources was that I don't trust any single one of them :)

I think you are spot on that they were putting a load on the available memory.

My Nook running KK nightly is running much faster than the JB version I had been using.

KK is definitely a good thing for Nook HD+'s.

Carl
[Nook HD, HD+ Android Development] cwmoser:
As a heads up for anyone moving from JB to KK:

I had been running JB on my Nook HD+ and really was not satisfied with how it performed.

Reading that KK significantly improves performance, a couple weeks ago I got

interested in upgrading to KK. I spend a lot of time trying to figure out exactly

how to do this.

As a heads up for anyone moving from JB to KK:

- I did not use the Micro SD card at all.

- I connected the USB cable to my PC and transferred the files to the Nook

- You will need a new later version of the CWM recovery - namely CWM 6046

here at bottom of page: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42406126&postcount=7

- If your CWM is not 6046 you will get a "Status 7 Installation aborted" error.

- You need to go to the Ovation nighlies for the KK ROM: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=ovation

- You need to use the "Paranoid Android" GAPPS: pa_gapps-modular-micro-4.4.2-20140426a-signed.zip

at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

Flash the 6046 CWM recovery first, reboot.

Then flash KK and GAPPS, clear data and cache and enjoy.

PS: Be wary of news Apps -- some will really slow your Nook HD+.

BBC, CNN, AlJazerra, News and Weather, and NPR wrok well for me.

Also, look for the Lagfix app that will fstrim your memory.

The Speed Up app is good at clearing unnecessary files in RAM - like CCleaner I guess.

I use Nook touchscreen app to adjust the sensitivity on how the Nooks screen responds to finger presses.

If you don't have the Play Store app installed, locate the *.apk file and copy it to your Nook - its

named: MarketHelper-1.1.apk. All you have to do for *.apk files is just use File Brower and click on it to install.

You might need to go to Security settings and enable this ability.

I will say my Nook HD+ is running faster than it ever did before. This KK rom should be on every Nook HD+.

Carl