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[Nook Touch General] FoxForceFive:
Mine did the same. Picked it up to start reading, then got a text & replied on my phone, as I did so the Nook switched itself off, then back on with an updating message.

The big difference is I still have my apps installed, but no root access.

If I click on SuperSU It says 'There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!'

I can live it with like this, as I've just gone back to using Button Savior to help navigate instead of using the Xposed edge mod to let me use the 'n' button as I was before.

I'm so tempted to just re-run the script, but I'm in the UK & is this isn't sold here if it bricks I have no way of getting a new one.

If anyone has run the script or re-rooted by any means successfully since this latest update please let us now so we can fix ours!
[Nook Touch General] MikeN68:
FoxForceFive.

I've been using Xposed and Xposed Additions Pro with root to get the 'n' to go back and obviously had to root to get this working. Just seen Button Savior has a non-root option and giving that a go, so haven't tried to root yet, but I cannot imagine root cannot be achieved with this update. I'll give it a go later and update here if no-one else has. Yes, I'm in the UK too and ebay is the only way to get hold of one.

update - Root is still working fine (rootGLP-3 method used)
[Nook Touch General] FoxForceFive:
Good man for trying!

There's no way I could afford to buy another right now (not currently working) so couldn't take the risk myself, at least I can go ahead & root again now!
[Nook Touch General] FoxForceFive:
Successfully rooted using rootGLP-3!

Thanks Mike!
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
N+ Toolkit updated to v0.8.9

changes:

added ability to block OTA updates;

added ability to force a screen refresh after disabling screen saver;
[Nook Touch General] gobeye:
Mine just did the same ota update. Was ok for a while until I attempted to restart and then got stuck in a boot loop, had to factory reset, annoying. Your new update to the toolkit RyogoNA will be a useful one!
[Nook Touch General] kawibby:
Got the ota and rerooted just fine but now I get a network signing in everytime I wake the screen or reboot. Anyone else? Used rootglp and on latest n+ toolkit.
[Nook Touch General] meskio23:
After the update of few days ago I'm unable to access the device over adb. adb devices tells me that the device is not authorized. I don't get the 'authorize device' window in the nook. I tried to disable debugging and reenable it, reboot the device, but I'm running out of ideas.

Now when the device connects to a wifi network or sometimes when I try adb I get a full screen window saying "<- Sign-in to network".

Any idea how can I get adb back to work?
[Nook Touch General] kawibby:
I'll give adb a try but I get this sign in screen frequently when turning on or ending screen saver.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Does this signin popup happen even with the WiFi off?

In any device, if ADB is unauthorized and you can't hit the authorization screen you could either:

Add authorization credentials manually (add your adbkey.pub to /data/misc/adb/adb_keys or /adb_keys)

Disable ADB security (ro.adb.secure=0 in default.prop) 0 is disable security

Unfortunately, you probably need ADB working to do this.

If you have recovery working or can get into fastboot you can go from there.
[Nook Touch General] kawibby:
Will try with wifi off tonight and see if sign in screen pops up. I still have adb after checking this am.
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
N+ Toolkit updated to v0.9

changes:

disabled annoying dialog "Sign in to network" on fw 4.9;
[Nook Touch General] meskio23:
Yes, it happens sometimes when the authorization screen should show up.

I have a terminal, but I don't have rights on /data/misc/adb neither to modify default.prop. How do you get into the recovery or fastboot of the device? Is there a combination on boot for that? Is the same than doing a factory reset?
[Nook Touch General] Nicador38:
Hi, i have a question: is it okay to disable nook and nook.partner apps with Titanium Backup, or will it brick my Nook GLP?

Also, i tried various apps to replace the status bar, and all of them only work if the nook app runs, (i can only edit the backlight or turn wifi on using Hive settings) and norefresh app keeps stopping, not doing anything. If someone can help...
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
Take a look at N+ Toolkit.
[Nook Touch General] Nicador38:
Is that an Xposed module? Because i'm afraid to install Xposed on the Nook, because i had some bootloops on my other devices with the Xposed Framework (luckily i had TWRP on all of them and recovered and reinstalled Xposed Framework). My rooting process on the Nook with Cazar's rooting method didn't run perfectly using Linux (rooted, but with errors) so i was afraid to install Xposed. Now i booted via adb into recovery, and saw that i have the stock recovery. Then i tried to install just the recovery from Cazar's script, but i got an error: bad interpreter: no such file or directory. Unluckily, i haven't got Windows, just Linux.
[Nook Touch General] MikeN68:
Nicador38,

Xposed is OK if you use the correct version. I'm running de.robv.android.xposed.installer_v32_de4f0d,apk with no issues after rooting with rootGLP-3. Just seen the N+ update so I'll update mine later.
[Nook Touch General] dotancohen:
On the Glowlight 3, can NGP Toolkit fully show the status-bar? With ReLaunchX my status bar completely disappears, but I would really like it back.

The only application that I use the device for is AnkiDroid, so if there is a way to show the status bar for specific apps, I could use that as a workaround. Thanks.
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
yes

you can install TWRP on Glowlight Plus too.

yes
[Nook Touch General] Nicador38:
If you could tell me how? Is it something close to the rooting script, because until now i only installed TWRP via Odin.
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
Take a look here: https://github.com/Ryogo-Z/bnrv510_device_tree
[Nook Touch General] Nicador38:
Sorry for bothering. Until i saw your answer, i already did that. Thanks a lot. It works!

Something else: a lot of people are trying to get the Play Store to work. Why don't just get Yalp Store from F-Droid and sideload it on the Nook. It does the same thing , you can even buy paid apps (it connects to G.Play servers). Also, instead of launcher, i use FAST app search tool from F-Droid, and this way i solved any wallpaper problem.
[Nook Touch General] Nicador38:
RyogoNA, God bless you! The module is SUPERB!

Now, a final question for anybody who knows for sure: can i freeze/disable the Nook app and the nook.partner app using Titanium backup?

Edit: never mind about that. The Nook app hibernates well using Greenify with all reattach paths cut, and i think i need the nook.partner app for the status bar. Thanks for the help and i won't bother you anymore.
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
Yepp, you need partner.apk to get status bar and many other things to work properly.

And also - google play works crappy on Glowlight Plus/3, so I'd vote for yalp store too.
[Nook Touch General] myshyak:
Ok, finally managed to install almost everething I needed.

CoolReader as Launcher, swiftly switch as the app to launch other programs, Relaunch as the file and app manager

Twrp,Xposed, then MicroG pack that allowed me to start Play Store Succesfully, then through store- Bookmate and Google Books

The only problem left is Google Books as it always asks for upodate of Google Services....

Have seed the workaround to edit the manifest of Play Store but fail at the moment.

Also have seen pached play store, but do not now to to make another zip file to patch through recovery with other Play store....

Also would try to search for older version of Play Books - maybe it would not reqiure updated Google Play Services..

So, is there anyone who managed to start Play Books on our device? Please share the workaround....
[Nook Touch General] jinside:
Desktop pngstream to nook using ntoolkit

Here's a demo of playing a YouTube video on my nglp using a browser pngstream over WiFi from my desktop and ntoolkit. To me its watchable, wish it was on a bigger screen though.
[Nook Touch General] jinside:
Gifstream over wifi

I made a gifstream that's a bit faster. Editing documents are pretty fast with a white background editor. Anyone put Android 5 on the nook? I wonder how fast adb reverse would be, and certainly would save radiation :)
[Nook Touch General] jinside:
Went back to pngstream and optimized it. This is the end of my experiments, I think it's pretty fast and if I can ever get USB networking it might become an eink monitor project. I am thinking I might buy used nook glowlight pluses and tape 4 of them together to make a diy monitor.
[Nook Touch General] jinside:
Back to pngstream

Went back to pngstream and optimized it. This is the end of my experiments, I think it's pretty fast and if I can ever get USB networking it might become an eink monitor project. I am thinking I might buy used nook glowlight pluses and tape 4 of them together to make a diy monitor.
[Nook Touch General] peter_rong:
Same here... tried on 2 PCs still the same...

no ADB = no root = no button savior, greenify, DisableServices..... big trouble

---------- Post added at 07:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:59 AM ----------

Is it possible to do something about the offial offline update.zip(ht[delete]tps://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.9/piper/2.37/update.zip) to get root/recovery directly?

Looks like a pretty standard update pack but I do not know how to do it...

Folders: META-INF, recovery, res, system

Files: boot.img, recovery.img, u-boot.win, logo.jpg.header, logo.jpg.raw4
[Nook Touch General] peter_rong:
Update: I tried to edit default.prop in boot.img and the repacked update.zip is not recognized by nook. Must be some kind of checksum authentication. this noob needs help...

从我的 PRO 6 Plus 上通过 XDA Forums 发送

Update: Went back to 4.5 with old official update.zip, then rooted, installed TWRP, trying to flash the 4.9 update.zip with edited default.prop, got the classic error 7 on TWRP...

Update: changed updater-script:

getprop("ro.product.device") == "ntx_6sl" || abort("This package is for "ntx_6sl" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");

to

getprop("ro.product.device") == "BNRV510" || abort("This package is for "ntx_6sl" devices; this is a "" + getprop("ro.product.device") + "".");

and

package_extract_file("recovery.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2");

to

# package_extract_file("recovery.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2");

now flashing... wish me luck

update:

done, now on latest 4.9 and adb working...

what I did to default.prop is

a) set ro.secure to 0 and

b) add ro.adb.secure=0

c) set ro.debuggable=1, this avoids developer options from crashing!

I used android-image-tools-windows (ht[delete]tps://github.com/wuxianlin/Android-Image-Tools/tree/windows/bin) to unpack and repack boot.img

Old official 4.5 firmware is downloaded at ht[delete]tp://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.5/1.14/update.zip, just put it in internal storage root directory and nook will automactically upgrade (downgrade as a matter of fact). You can get ADB in 4.5, root it with rootGLP-3, and TWRP is installed using Ryogo's method (change permission of /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 to 0777 before running dd in adb shell). Then just flash your edited update.zip in TWRP. I did not do any wipes it seems no problems so far.

There must be more clever ways to get there but this is what my limited knowledge can do...
[Nook Touch General] gundamwfan:
[MENTION=4474482]Renate NST[/MENTION] Hoping to get your attention here, pored over all the latest threads and had gotten my NGP up and running (rooted) with Zerolab's method but now I'm somehow stuck in a bootloop. It happened right as I unchecked usb debugging and disabled wifi, the entire nook froze and rebooted. It's been stuck that way since yesterday, I have grabbed a logcat and I'm posting the only (it seems) indicative statements I found so far:

I/SystemServer( 2445): Window Manager

I/WindowManager( 2445): No existing display settings /data/system/display_settings.xml; starting empty

I/PackageManager( 2445): No secure containers on sdcard

W/MountService( 2445): getSecureContainerList() called when storage not mounted

W/PackageManager( 2445): Not granting permission android.permission.DEVICE_POWER to package com.harasoft.relaunch (protectionLevel=18 flags=0xbe46)

W/PackageManager( 2445): Unknown permission com.android.vending.BILLING in package org.coolreader

D/dalvikvm( 2576): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1K, 4% free 4111K/4264K, paused 6ms+2ms, total 46ms

W/WallpaperService( 2507): Failed to add window while updating wallpaper surface.

W/WindowManager( 2445): Attempted to add wallpaper window with unknown token android.os.Binder@41489748. Aborting.

My most recent attempt at a fix was just uploading the update.zip for 4.5 onto the Nook and rebooting via adb (Which thankfully I can still access) but still no luck. I didn't intentionally delete any system files or install anything nefarious I can think of, hopefully I didn't accidentally brick this (I can run Noogie but, not sure what to do with it)

EDIT: Unintentionally figured out that rebooting to recovery immediately goes into factory restore mode (I had not installed TWRP yet) and that looks to have at least gotten it accessible again. I'll re-run the root script and leave my comment here for any future searchers. "Adb shell reboot recovery" was able to at least recover the device so that now I can reroot it.
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
Hi all,

The EINK screen of my NGP was broken several days ago, always wallpaper and nothing else displayed, and I would like to copy my books from it. However, when the NGP was plugged into the computer, it can not be recognized as USB device. Long press the power button, the backlight will show, still no USB device. I am not sure whether it boots up successfully. BTW: there is a 4-digit password protection for the screen saver.

Could anyone help? Many thanks.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Hmmm... (to the last two problems).

One of the barriers is that the u-boot has "magic buttons" to make it go into fastboot.

This might be either screen presses or physical buttons.

B&N never really implemented it correctly.

I believe they had it work with multiple corner presses on the screen, but they hadn't had a touch screen driver loaded at that point.

I've tried to figure out if the Glow 2 has this implemented, but no such luck.

I've had the advantage of being able to see the u-boot log as it boots up (since I have a hardware console on my NG2 & NG3).

I can of course just hit "any key" on the hardware console as it boots to stop the automatic booting.

Then I'm in u-boot command line and can just type "fastboot".

From there I could load a backup, a recovery or Neo Noogie.

[MENTION=2888370]gundamwfan[/MENTION] How is ADB working if you turned it off? I'd guess it didn't actually go off.

If you have ADB going just:

getprop|grep bootanim

You probably just screwed up partner.apk or your home activity.

If it has nothing to do you just get the animation.

[MENTION=3737967]klemperer[/MENTION] If there is no ADB and no recovery you're stuck with factory restore.

I have to look into whether the NGP has any brief OEM USB popup.

Windows is not a useful OS for transitory USB connections.
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
no adb and no recovery， and what's worse, no screen display so that I can't figure out what's happening.
[Nook Touch General] tarnagy:
Unfortunately, I got into trouble. I downloaded the su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.5/1.14/update.zip file, copied it to the root directory, restarted the device. For a while the old one left everything but in a minute started upgrading ... Then he restarted and came the surprise: "Unfortunately, NOOK has stopped." And another subtitle appears: "com.nook.partner is not responding. Do you want to close it? " Choosing: Wait or No.

Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with these things, so I would like to ask for help after the NOOK brick.

What can I do???
[Nook Touch General] FerociousAndroid:
Hard reset

I just did the same... Here is how I resolved it. You need to do a HARD RESET per B&N NOOK support.

STEPS:

0. Make sure you have at least 20% battery charge or plug in a charger.

1. Power off your NOOK.

2. Press and hold the power button for 3 sec, screen will light up and will start booting.

3. While booting HOLD (1) the POWER button for 12 sec or until the three boot dots stop/freeze.

4. Press and hold the power button for 3 sec.

5. While booting HOLD (2) the POWER button for 12 sec or until the three boot dots stop/freeze.

6. Press and hold the power button for 3 sec.

7. While booting HOLD (3) the POWER button for 12 sec or until the three boot dots stop/freeze.

8. Press and hold the power button for 3 sec.

9. While booting HOLD (4) the POWER button for 12 sec or until the three boot dots stop/freeze.

10. Press and hold the power button for 3 sec, let the NOOK fully boot up. You will get Factory Reset screen. THIS WILL ERASE ALL YOUR SETTINGS & DATA.

NOTE:

If are on firmware version 4.5 you will not be able to register your device with B&N. "Error: Unable to connect to the NOOK service. Please try later.". Need a newer firmware. You can download the latest firmware here under the "Manual Download Instructions"

ht[delete]tps://help.barnesandnoble.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4212/kw/4212

B&N firmware

ht[delete]tps://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.9/piper/2.37/update.zip

ht[delete]tp://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.7/2.102/update.zip

ht[delete]tp://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.6/2.13/update.zip

ht[delete]tp://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.5/1.14/update.zip
[Nook Touch General] FerociousAndroid:
On 4.5 how did you get pass the Sign In screen? I can't get pass the "Error: Unable to connect to the NOOK service. Please try later." due to not a new firmware according to B&N support. I'm trying to enable USB debug mode.

Thanks in advance.
[Nook Touch General] tarnagy:
FerociousAndroid

I was able to recover the device and I installed version 4.7. I turned off the wifi, so do not upgrade to 4.9. Now I'm trying to move on and use adb to install android apps!

Thank you very much for your help!

Now I know at least that it can be reset to 4.5 version. Can it be similar to higher versions?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
I tried to see if there were any OEM USB on boot up, but it appears that the USB is not configured until the Nook software does it.

I don't know if B&N has any secret way to recover bricked NGPs without opening the case.

I know that if I opened your case, used the hardware console and the u-boot were ok I could recover it.

Sorry
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
I've opened the case. Could you let me know the steps to recover it using the hardware console and the u-boot? And will the data be erased during the recovery?

Thanks.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
The hardware console is described here: https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/general/nook-glowlight-plus-t3230323/post63456985#post63456985

You should be able to see activity on it when you power up your NGP.

You can follow the directions here: https://xdaforums.com/nook-touch/de...low2-glow3-t3784575/post76391539#post76391539

This will allow you to boot a system without altering the internal memory at all.

I'd advise that you do a backup before you plow forward seeing what the actual problem is.

If you can't get Neo Noogie and the splash screen going you may have either a trashed u-boot or hardware problems.
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
Thank you for your quick reply. I have an USB2TTL line on hand, which has VCC/GND/RXD/TXD for connection. Then I should connect RXD to RX, TXD to TX and GND to J4?
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
No.

The "TX" or "RX" is from each side's perspective.

Connect TX to RXD and connect RX to TXD.

And connect ground, obviously.

Leave the VCC alone.

All the logic levels are 3.3V

It's best if the adapter works at this level, but 5V won't kill the Nook.

(As long as you leave the VCC alone.)
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
I see, my connector works at 5V only. I will buy another one and try later.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
If you don't want to live dangerously, you can:

Just connect the TX out of the Nook to the RX of the adapter (and the ground too).

That way you can watch the boot up on the Nook without any fear of blowing anything up.

If you have any resistors, like 1K to 5K, you can connect the TX out of the adapter through the resistor to the RX of the Nook.

(Then you can additionally type at the Nook.)
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
I tried and the output messed up, as attached. The serial port (COM3) and the bit rate were configured as the same.
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Are you really sure that Putty is configured for 115200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop, no parity, no flow control?

It looks like the incoming data rate is faster than Putty is reading it.

If something really strange happened it could be using 921600 (8 x 115200). You can try that.

Do you get a reasonably busy flurry of traffic continuously for a minute after power-up?
[Nook Touch General] klemperer:
The chips of my USB2UART converters are FT232RL and PL232TA (TTL). Maybe I should get an USB2RS232 converter? (Sorry, I have few knowledge on such areas)
[Nook Touch General] Renate:
Well, we could get into a whole discussion about FTDI chips, fakes, performance and drivers, but that's probably not your problem.

Connect the USB adapter all by itself from TX to RX.

Twiddle some keys.

Do you see what you typed?

If you did that's good enough.

It's sometimes hard to tell which direction (too high, too low) a baud rate mismatch is just from a screen display.

It's harder to tell from a screen shot.

If I were really scratching my head I would just look at the signal with my oscilloscope and see what the baud rate is.

Are you positively sure that you're at 115200?

In Putty you can change the baud rate on the fly under Change Settings > Connection > Serial > Speed (baud).

Try 'em all.
[Nook Touch General] peter_rong:
I did not encounter this problem... Maybe because I wasnt using NOOK as default launcher...? Can you somehow get to settings?
[Nook Touch General] FerociousAndroid:
In FW 4.5 can't get to the NOOK settings until I sign in. Was wondering if there is a way to bypass or how can I install the launcher without enabling debug? :confused::(:crying:

EDIT

Just linking to my FW links.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77151774&postcount=568
[Nook Touch General] RyogoNA:
new url for TWRP releases: https://github.com/Ryogo-Z/nook_ntx_6sl_twrp/releases