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[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is not the rooting or installing CM that destroys the ability of the HD/HD+ to repair itself, it is replacing stock internal recovery with internal CWM or TWRP that does it. If you skip that step in installing CM11, the self repair ability is still intact. If you have already done it I have a zip in my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature that allows stock recovery to be put back. See item 5. But be warned, it needs to be flashed with an older CWM version.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] atisha:
Can I flash cwm10.1 with the same recovery as that used to flash cwm11?

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Rereading your post, does it mean if I flash back stock Rom, don't do factory wipe before installing cm10.1.3, I'd be able to restore to factory setting by pressing the eight times Home power button?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No that is not what I am saying. Restoring your stock backup is not enough. You must actually flash the stock recovery zip in my thread I referenced above. And I did not say anything about not factory wiping when you install CM10.1.3. I said do not flash the internal CWM recovery (one of the three files used as part of the installation). Then if you interrupt the boot 8 times in a row by hard powering off (hold the power off button until it turns off, 8 times in a row), it will reset itself to pure stock like it came out of the box.

And you cannot use the same CWM to flash CM10.1.3 that you used for CM11. If you want to know how to install CM10.1.3 follow the dummies guide linked in my signature. And in fact you cannot flash that stock recovery zip with the CM11 CWM either.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NTAB:
Hi everyone. I'm very new to hacking android devices and followed the instructions by the OP to install CM11 on my HD+. It worked but I cannot reboot into CWM recovery without the SD card. When I was installing zip files from the internal memory during the backup/install process, the nook said there is nothing in the folders for CWM. Any ideas? Can I correct this without starting from scratch?

the nook is running KitKat and all is well except that it's a bit laggy... ie. Slow to change orientation and select different user profiles on unlock...

TIA!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, go to the dummies guide linked in my signature and flash the internal 6046 CWM zip from post 7 of that thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NTAB:
Ok, I'll do it again tonight when I get home. Any idea why recovery didn't find any files in the CWM backup .zip that I put on the internal memory? I was going through the subfolders and got to a file that had a date/time file name and after that, nothing...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Yes, the issue is where CWM puts the backup vs where CM thinks it should be. I'm not sure which version of CWM you used, but normally CWM put the backup internally at /data/media/clockworkmod/backup. And it is not a zip, it is in a subfolder. CM looks for /data/media/0/clockworkmod/backup.

If you are starting over, follow the dummies guide instead of this guide, it is more up to date and foolproof.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NTAB:
Oh, I put the stock backup on a separate SD card and then put the bootable one back in and proceeded to wipe the factory rom and install CM11. What should I do in this situation? I wasn't sure if backing it up on the bootable card would erase or overwrite anything on it or cause any other issues, so I stuck another card in for the stock backup.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Just hang on to that separate SD in case you need it. You probably won't. It is usable from there once you install the internal CWM.

Go ahead and use that bootable SD to flash the internal 6046 CWM zip from the dummies thread.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NTAB:
thanks for your help!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] NTAB:
One other question...Is it normal for the rotation response speed to be soooooo slow? I don't recall it taking 3-4 seconds to initiate rotating the screen before CM and I have a buddy who put CM 10 on his HD+ and its the same way...
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The early versions of CM10 had that problem. You had to hold the device vertical to get it to rotate. But that has been fixed for a long time. I have CM11 M9 on my HD and it takes about 2 seconds for the rotation to happen. I have CM10.1.3 on my HD+ and it takes about 1 second.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jnics:
Like a new tablet

Thanks for posting the steps to get kit kat. I bought a refurbished Nook HD+ in November of last year. This tablet had become just about useless, restating itself for no reason and failing to connect to my work email account. I was just about to throw it in the trash and go with an ipad (I had a similarly horrible experience with a Acer A500 and was about to give up on android devices) but I wanted to try a custom ROM. I followed your steps and it worked great on the first try. Now I have a great tablet with a pure android interface (no more nook bs). The battery life is way better. I feel like I just bought a new tablet and couldn't be happier. I had only flashed one other tablet so I am a novice. Your instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thanks again!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] seymour71:
I have messed up!

Edited - please ignore. (can't seem to delete!)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] lancorp:
Insufficient space to install GAPPS

Got everything working, except when I went to install the GAPPS ZIP, I get an "insufficient space on the system partition..." error and the GAPPS ZIP install is aborted.

I tried the FULL and STOCK versions. It suggests the MICRO, but why should I have to use that?

I searched here and did not find any posts related to insufficient space error when installing GAPPS.

Advice?

Right now, it does boot into the 4.4 KitKat install from the first post, but of course, no Google Apps exist.

HELP!

Thanks!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mrcpu:
Just a thanks for this post, I finally broke down and EMMC installed CM11 from 2015-01-05 on my HD+, and went for broke and switched to ART. For my purposes, it's working very well, once google stopped restoring all my apps...

Might have to get a couple more of these bad boys.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] JamesW1975:
Status 7 error

I've tried to install CM11 but I keep getting Status 7 errors,.. I double checked and I am working with the Ovation version,.. is there any possibility that my Nook HD+ isn't Ovation? Is there anything I can do?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
Most likely you used a wrong (older) version of CWM recovery; flashing CM11 requires CWM v6.0.4.5 or newer. For more info/pointers, see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2679899.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
You are probably using too old a version of CWM. CM11 requires version 6045 or newer.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] atisha:
I'm planning to root a nook HD 7 inch. is version 10.1.3 the most stable?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
In my opinion, yes.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] atisha:
Hi

I've been trying to install cm10.1.3 into my nook hd, I'm stuck at booting from card. It keeps booting unto stock. It's my tenth or more time of trying. Tried with Sandisk 1gb, and 8 gb card but to no avail. Now I'm downloading cm11 elements hoping to have better luck. Is there any other way to root it?

I had previously tried with hd plus with cm11 and it was a breeze. But this nook hd is very stubborn. I took a day off to do this and half day it's gone:(

Would need to pick up my toddler very soon.:(

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And I even printed off your thread, and followed it to heart.:(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Usually the HD is easy to get the CWM SD to boot. Are you sure you are using the right HD files?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] atisha:
Very sure I did. Anyway I gave up rooting it and just present to my father in law who seems happy with it. Unable to use what's app but I hope messenger will do just fine. Maybe that item is not root-able hence on eBay auction. A cheeky seller who described it as ten inch hd plus when it's hd nook seven inch. Cost of sending back makes it not worthwhile to return. But seven inch has its merit- it's easier to handle with one hand.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] wayover13:
I have a Nook HD+ I've been using for awhile and I'm getting kind of fed up with the stock OS they put on it. I thought from the very beginning of reflashing or rooting it, but did not want to take the time and effort at that point. Things are now reaching a point where I'm ready to make the plunge.

So I ran across this thread, which provides directions that I understand fairly well. I've done a lot of flashing of routers with DD-WRT and OpenWRT, plus I've rooted a couple of iphones. So a lot of the basics of what's at stake here are familiar to me. I do have to adapt directions like these since they seem usually to be written for Windows users, whereas I have no Windows machines and run only GNU/Linux--but I can usually grok GNU/Linux equivalencies pretty readily.

The problem I'm confronting at the moment, though, as I consider doing this more seriously, is getting up to speed with the latest developments for this device. This thread was created over a year ago, so I assume some of the directives will be outdated with subsequent developments. As a case in point, when I look at the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2600572, which is linked to from here, I see discussions about 12.1 as opposed to 11, and indications of how the process of flashing a new image for this device has become less convoluted. I also see references to using TWRP on the Nook HD+. In short, there's a lot to digest, which leaves me uncertain how/where to start, and in a bit of confusion.

As a preliminary request, then, I'd like to ask if there's some location where the latest developments for this (already dated) device are summarized?

LATER ADDITION: I also note that the Google apps thread linked to from here is now closed. Some digging through that thread did produce a URL where I thought I might find a downloadable file, but if I'm understanding correctly the files at that link are not for Kit-Kat (they're labeled 5.1, not 4.4). So that part of these directives has apparently become invalid.

EVEN LATER ADDITION: This seems to be the resource I'm looking for: http://xdaforums.com/nook-hd/general/install-cyanogenmod-12-1-barnes-noble-t3211119#post63086928
[Nook HD, HD+ General] saboratorista:
Status 7 error with CM 11 on NOOK HD+

Being this my first tablet, I decided to install kit kat on it and play around a bit with this ROM.

Thanks for this noob-proof guide to getting CM 11 on the NOOK HD+. I followed all the steps on the guide, however I couldn't flash the ROM from the internal zip, I got a status 7 error on CWM while attempting this.

I was wondering if I should try to modify the updater script, copy the ROM to the SD card and try again or just download another version of CM 11 and try to install it from the SD card.

Any thoughts?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] Tight Git:
@up - status 7 error message normally means you are using an old CWM recovery. Ensure you are using 6.0.4.5 or later and try again
[Nook HD, HD+ General] saboratorista:
I am using CMW v6.0.4.6. Does it make a difference if the ROM is installed from the SD card or the internal storage?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alegend1979:
No - either way it works fine for me
[Nook HD, HD+ General] saboratorista:
Ok good to know!

Real noob question here:confused: Once you burn the bootable image onto the SDcard, the capacity changes and I'm not sure if I can copy additional files onto the SDcard. I only have a 2GB card that will boot. Is it simply a matter of using one SDcard to boot and once you're in CMW, swap it out for one containing the files?

Thanks to everyone for your help here.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alegend1979:
I don´t know if it is just me...

Im using CWM 6.0.4.6 and when I swap out the card and put another one in, the card doesnt get recognized anymore....

I would try and see if it works on your device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] QuickSilverAWD:
I am using EMMC version 6.0.4.6 I am getting the status 7 error also and I figured out it is because the CWM Recovery Image linked is only version 6. If someone could link the CWM Recovery version that is needed for this then that would be great.

Thanks in advance!
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rogerlig:
Booting from one card, zips on another.

I've had no luck at all booting from one card, then trying to install zips from another card. I think the tablet is using the image from the original card only, and won't run files that weren't there on boot up. Just my experience, maybe I'm missing something.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
I'm also getting the Status 7 error when trying to flash the ROM. I'm not sure how to tell which version CWM is beyond version 6. I used the one in the link provided at the beginning of this thread. Anyone have any ideas?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Thanks for the link. I take it I'm going to need to restore my original Nook OS in order to copy this file to the internal SD card?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Thank you for the suggestion. It sounded a little more challenging for me than just doing a restore to stock, so I opted for the latter but it's not working. It says that the restore was successful, but every time I reboot it it just boots back into recovery. Is there a trick to restoring to stock?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
No dice. :(
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
I've tried it with the SD card in and the charger plugged in, as well as without the SD card in and the charger unplugged. Either way, it just keeps flashing the "nook" screen for a while, then eventually goes back into recovery.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Thank you for trying, I appreciate the help. Does anyone else have any ideas? I followed the instructions to a "T", but I'm dead in the water currently.

EDIT: I was able to successfully restore it to stock, thanks to TheJeremyWhite. I unplugged the charger and removed the SD card, then re-ran the restore and rebooted. I'm now going to try flashing CM with the newer CWM version.

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Well, I'm back to square 1. I used the flash_recovery_ovation_CWM_6.0.4.5b_internal.zip but I'm still getting the "Status 7" error when trying to flash CM 11. Should I try a newer version of CWM? And where could I get one?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] QuickSilverAWD:
I am having the status 7 error still after I loaded the recovery listed above. I luckily loaded my sd card with all the files needed for CM11 and CM10.2 into different folders so when the status 7 error popped up I was able to load the CM10.2 instead just fine. Looks like we need a direct link for the 3 files from goo.im instead of a link to a page that has the link on it to some other link :silly:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Yeah, you were definitely right. I have a question about your modified script...I read through the thread that you referenced to see what the solution was. It seemed that all it proposed to do was to delete the first few lines of the script up to the first semicolon. However, it looks like the script in your file is slightly different than the one I have. After deleting those lines, the first line in my file reads as follows:

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk1p2", "/system");

The first line in your file reads as follows:

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/system", "/system");

Do you know what these differences mean?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] barth2:
I followed OP instructions and got kit kat running (thanks!), but i'm looking to squeeze the max out of my nook hd+

for those who've tried both, how does the kitkat build compare to CM10 performance wise? obviously kit kat is newer and sexier, but maybe cm10 performs better on the relatively weak hardware?

thanks

ps: to try cm10, can I just reboot into recovery and flash the cm10 zip?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
No, CM11 and CM10 are not backwards compatible. To go backwards start over with a different CWM (from the dummies thread) and use that to do a factory reset and install things fresh.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] alxndrs:
I would also like to know, I tried the kk sd card on my nook a few weeks earlier when it first came out but went back to CM10.1. I think it was hogging too much resources on my HD+. I'd like to try the latest emmc kk when I have time.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] rogerlig:
KitKat vs CWM 10

I just like to play around with this stuff, so I change just for the sake of doing it. KitKat worked well for me, and I'll return to it. The only downside I observed (but can't document) is that it appeared to drain the battery a bit more quickly.

It's fun to try, but I don't think you'll find any life-changing improvements in KitKat. It's more evolutionary, than revolutionary.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
The issue is you probably had a bunch of media files stored when you were running stock. An ordinary wipe with CWM does not delete those and they are hidden from the CM internal SD. You can either use your root file explorer and go to /data/media and erase all files there except those in the 0 folder (those are your CM media files). Or you can boot to CWM and go to mounts and storage and format 'data and datamedia'. That wipes everything. The first option is best if you don't want to start over.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
I tried the "Status 7" error fix (by removing those first few lines) and got a "Status 6" error. I then used Notepad++ to change the newline characters back to Unix format, but then I returned to the "Status 7" error. I then re-downloaded the CM11....emmc.zip file and tried it again. This time, it said that it installed successfully, but it was awfully quick (less than 30 seconds). I rebooted and got stuck at the rotating arrow Cyanogenmod screen. I let it sit there for nearly 30 minutes before giving up and powering it off. Tried it again, no difference. Any more ideas?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I don't know who recommended you remove the first few lines as a fix, but you should never do that. Those lines are there to protect you from flashing an inappropriate ROM to your device. You may have bricked your device by doing that.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
It's not bricked. I removed those first few lines based on the recommendation provided in this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2302599
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Well, you are lucky then. You should NEVER do that, especially with our devices where it is easy to mix up HD and HD+ devices. I have helped Nook Color users who removed those lines when they tried to flash a Nook Tablet ROM to a Nook Color. Bricked the unbrickable device.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Point taken; I was just following what appeared to me to be legitimate advice. Anyway, I'm not going to go that route again. Do you have any ideas on what I could try next?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
I would suggest you go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new bootable CWM SD per item 1a. That is version 6028. Use that to flash the plain stock zip from item 6, followed by a factory reset with CWM. That should fix you. Then you can start over. And btw, there are now official nightly builds for CM11 on the cyanogenmod site. But unless you are burning to go to CM11, I recommend you stay with CM10.1 or CM10.2. Follow the dummies guide. CM11 is not yet ready for prime time and the CWM you have to use just gets you into trouble.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
If I can get into recovery, do I still need to go through all that stuff (flashing stock, etc.) just to be able to start over?
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
Not if the recovery is 6045 or higher. That is the source of your problems.

But you have an older version of CWM working, you can try without flashing stock first, but my advice is to do stock first.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] craichead:
Thank you for your help, leapinlar. I went ahead and installed CM 10.2 and it's working!

Side note: every time I unlock the screen, it opens the web browser. I'm wondering if there's a setting for that some place...

EDIT: Um, so yeah, I don't have a lot of words for this. It is one of the more boneheaded moments of mine. The web browser opens when I unlock the screen because - wait for it - that's what I told it to do. Whoulda thunk it?

Evidently, I'm not used to this version of the unlock screen. =)
[Nook HD, HD+ General] wow bob wow:
Hey everyone -

Thanks OP for the great guide on rooting the tablet. I followed all the steps and successfully rooted the tablet to run the latest version of Kit Kat for my girlfriend.

However, when she was using certain apps if she would hit a certain key it would cause the device to automatically reboot. Because of this jankiness, I decided the best thing to do would be to restore the Nook OS until I could figure out what was going on. Unfortunately after restoring the backup of the Nook OS I made the device is now caught in some kind of bootloop (the word "Nook" will come up for a bit, the screen will go dark, and "Nook" will come back up again.. rinse and repeat).

I can still access CWM-based Recovery but I'm not really sure where to go next. I've tried to wipe and restore multiple times with no luck.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] digixmax:
Sounds like you still have CWM recovery on emmc. You can try flashing stock recovery (NookHDplus-emmc-stock-recovery-rev0-(05.16.13).zip at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35811322&postcount=1) and see if that would get the HD+ into stock recovery mode.

You can also try re-flashing stock ROM -- see item #6 of the same post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35811322&postcount=1.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] jpisini:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2062613

Go to section 6 and restore to stock.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
If you are saying you forgot to backup stock first with CWM, it is too late, stock is already gone.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mug2k:
I flashed the recovery and then rebooted the nook, just checked the clockwordmod folder on the internal SD and it's empty. I'm guessing I should of backed up the stock ROM to the external SD :silly:
[Nook HD, HD+ General] kvssvarma:
Thanks.

thanks OP. I am total newbie and I was able to install CM11 last night without any issues.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] leapinlar:
It is probably on your internal SD, just a different place than you were expecting. Look in /data/media/clockwork. Your SD is at /data/media/0.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] mug2k:
Yep you are correct :good:

Thanks for that, I think I better copy that folder to my pc as a precaution.
[Nook HD, HD+ General] azpatterson3:
Did a modified flash. Was coming from 10.1. Placed updated cwm, cm11 and gapps on internal sd. Did titanium backup and nandroid moved them to external sd card. Removed card. Flashed cwm. Rebooted into new recovery wiped data and delvik. Flashed cm11 then gapps. Rebooted, and worked like a charm. Recovered apps from titanium. Very pleased. I notice the response is much better even w/o art. Thanks for the useful post.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I527
[Nook HD, HD+ General] therealMazingerz:
Very useful post se1961, thanks!