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[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I didn't do reformat of any sdcard, except the one you told me which was also 1 GB.

I'm not sure if I did get it inserted quite in time.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Still not started with the above instructions, except 1, 2 & 3 which I completed so far.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
My backup is around 430 MB. You have more than 900 MB on the card free. Plenty of room.

Your first image is, I believe the device rebooted with the NookManager card still in it? If so, the card is damaged. If the card were OK the device would boot into NookManager. As it is, the device doesn't even recognize that the card is formatted. You need to make a new card.

The second image confirms this. You have only a single partition with most of it empty. On a working card you would have either a single partition of only a few KB with a large "unallocated" space (if you have never made a backup with the card) or else two partitions, the larger one being "Backup". Your card is in neither condition.

The directory in your third image seems to be OK, but that does not mean the boot sector is OK and/or the MLO or have not been corrupted.

Reformat the NookManager card and then look around on your PC for the NookManager.img file and use win32diskimager to write the image to the card. Don't do anything else with it except use it to make a backup.

Before you do a backup, however, if you want to make a few more changes I believe I have solved the problem of the the system killing the GL Gesture app occasionally. I also noticed as I was doing that there was a statement missing from the last time I worked on the code. The new version is less erratic with the slide adjustment. Because the app cannot monitor itself and restart itself if it gets killed, I added that function to NST_UI. So there are new versions for both (attached below). Uninstall both, install the new versions, tap on both icons to initialize and you're good to go.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I did copy of the current backup (the two files: .gz and .md5) to my PC, it turned out that both are 381 MB :) Then I deleted the same files from the dedicated partition of the NM SDcard, which remained with 2 partitions, the designated for BackUp is empty now as you mentioned in P#246 that only one single back up is possible at a time.

Yes

I used the other one 1GB micro SD, same which you allowed to format, I did FAT32, 512 bytes by default format.

The damaged NM card I formatted after completion of all with the new back up here. :)

You are very right! I screwed up my NM SDcard long time back with cutting the unallocated partiotion/sector... :(

I did it :) and then as per P#246 did the back up, please P.1-7

First of all I did this here with the 2 updated files as you instructed, then I started all of the above process and finally with happy end with this final BackUp :)

After removing the new NM SDcard and inserting the Storage SD 16GB card now everything is back to normal as before.

You are gorgeous!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You are done!!!

Congratulations. I hope the device gets the use it deserves. You've certainly worked hard to customize it and extend its capabilities.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Is that over? :( I wish to continue its improvement :) it was so excited and challenging time which I liked so much! And what now... reading time only? :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You must be going through hacking "withdrawal" :) You'll get over it. A good book will help.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Sounds great, time for reading now :) I think as you early said with NSTG the pleasure of reading is better, not so good will be with more heavier color Nook Tablet...

Thank you so much!!!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
BTW, I found a website where I have option to choose between different formats of download of a book: mobi, epub, pdf, sfb.zip, fb2.zip, and txt.zip... Which one format would you recommend as best for reading with most pleasure? And after download where to transfer the files: inside of the SDcard folder Nook?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I think the simplest format is epub. You should be able to read that in the stock reader, have a dictionary available, etc. mobi would be my second choice for the Kindle app. There again you have dictionary access.

epubs go onto "Nook"

mobis go into "kindle"
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Can you confirm P#16? not P#11?

In P#16 nothing to follow in numbering steps... P#11? or P#16?

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yes, the quoted part in P#16:

Step #4 refers to the instructions you will find when you follow the link given in part a:

1) Download my "nook_region_changer" file

"nook_region_changer.zip" - click here

2) extract the zip file and run win32diskimager

3) Write "nook_region_converter.img" to the SD Card

4) Factory reset your nook ("N"/home key > Settings > Device Info > Erase and Deregister Device") and let it boot back up to the setup wizard, then power off.

4) Power up NSTG and as soon as you see the splash screen change, press and hold the two

lower

hardware buttons (either side) until a message appears about erasing data or something like that. Just say "Yes" to whatever. When you're at the "Welcome" screen use the power button to turn off the device and continue with the instructions at step 5.

Yeah, you don't want to do that. That bypasses registration but all the B&N stuff then gets agitated because it can't phone home so the system runs and runs, draining the battery. Even though you will not buy any books from B&N, if you intend to use their reader and library software, you have to register for optimum battery charge life. Also, if you ever want to connect to WiFi, you will be able to without a bunch of errors.

When you have flashed the US ROM using CWM, then let the device boot up to the

"Welcome" screen and resume with my quoted instructions above at step b.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here came a problem... may be because my SD card is 1 GB only? How many GB and what class SD card should be used?

16 GB class 4 is OK? No other available with me... :( except 8 GB class 10 as recovery for Nook Tablet bootable SD card...

Photo is attached...

I want to continue with below :(...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Don't

use the one for the Nook Tablet!!! After all that trouble.... You don't want to lose that card.

The zip file is only 256 MB so I'm not sure what the problem is with writing to a 1 GB card. What I have been able to read about this error online suggests two things: 1) some other program is accessing the SD card at the same time in the background (check Task Manager) OR 2) do a clean default Windows FAT32 format on the sdcard and be sure there is only one partition.

I guess there is another possibility. That's a really old version of Win32DiskImager and you probably have a 64 bit PC, so maybe there is a problem there. I am running version 0.9 on my machine. Also, some people have reported that they can't get anything to work unless the program is started in Administrator mode (right click on the .exe and choose "Run as Administrator"). I guess this last thing is the easiest to try first.

The 16 GB card should also be fine, of course. But you're running out of cards and you'll want something for rooting the NSTG and doing backups, so somewhere you're going to need another card......
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Sure! This SD card is well secured & not for use, got it.

Yes, my PC is 64 bit, I used your v. 09. I always use such activity in Administrator mode. P.1-3 it turned out 1 GB is not enough, then after clean format to FAT32 SD16gb came the error in P.2 and after restarting the PC v.09 managed to write the img file into the SD16GB... Now starting with following instructions in detail.

Definitely, will think about at least one 8GB SD to find to use as bootable and for recovery purposes. Do you think 1 will be enough, or to find 2, hope 2 will be fine.

Thank you Bro!
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Here I reached with Power Off on this screen attaches as P.1

Got it, Thanks!

Will do, let's get there :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Unfortunately you need three cards, believe it or not. One you've just prepared. That's a CWM card. You'll need a second card for NookManager (rooting and backups). Actually the 1 GB card should be OK for that if it will write successfully. NookManager itself is small and a backup is about 250-400 MB. You can only have one backup on the card at a time (limitation of the software, not the card) but backups can be copied to your PC. That's what I do.

Finally you will want a storage card for files, etc., just like the one you have in your NT right now. 8 GB should be fine.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
If the result is not sufficient or you are interested in some aspects of the makeover in this thread, then we can talk.

After following everything in P#16 and using the region changer to convert fm UK to US 1.2.1 and then I updated manually to 1.2.2 before registering, now I'm in your hands again. P.1-4, all as per your instructions is completed.

What better could be to flush the stock ROM with the same you specify as more stable, reliable, fresh and good?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Good job!

Now format your 1 GB card and see if you can write the image from https://xdaforums.com/t/nst-g-updating-nookmanager-for-fw-1-2-2.3873048

Choose the "traditional" one.

If you successfully write the card we'll go from there.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
NookManager_Traditional.zip = 25.2 MB as Compressed Archive (.ZIP) ready inside the formated SD1GB

Ready, THANKS!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Excellent. Keeping my fingers crossed that the card will work properly :)

1. Turn off the NSTG.

2. Insert the NookManager card and power up. You should get a white screen saying something like "Nook Manager Loading". Eventually a screen with two options appears. You should opt to continue without wireless (lower right button). There is no touch-screen interface to NM, it's all done with the buttons.

3. First we're going to back up the stock, registered device as a fail-safe. Choose "rescue" (upper left) then "backup" (upper left) and finally "create backup" (lower right). This will create a Backup partition on the card which may or may not be visible when the card is inserted into your PC (depends on how you set things up; by default Windows usually only shows the primary partition). But if you connect your NSTG to your PC while NM is running, the Backup partition on the card will be visible and you can copy off (or copy back) backups (two files). This is important because NM was written for only a single backup on the card, unlike CWM or TWRP. In other words, every time you make a backup whatever was on the card before will be overwritten. So...when you see that the backup is complete, connect the device to your PC, locate the Backup partition on the card and copy the current backup (two files: .gz and .md5) to somewhere on your PC. I like to save mine to dated folders and include a small text file in the folder that tells me what this is (like: stock, registered).

4. Using "back" (generally lower left), return to the main screen. Select "Root" (upper right). Respond "yes" or "do it" or whatever to any additional prompts until the job is done. Then return to the main screen and Exit (lower right). At this point you swap out the NM card (sort of quickly) and replace it with the card you will use for storage (clean, formatted FAT32). Then wait.

Let me know.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
NookManager SDcard was Insert and the NSTG was powered up. I didn't get a white screen saying something like "Nook Manager Loading", the loading was as usual direct to the normal Home Screen :( SD was properly formatted and file was safe inside as archive file: NookManager_Traditional :(

P.S. Will format again SD in default FAT32 than will change the partition type to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and will try again after waking up :( now total dead :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Wait now. What was that? Did you just copy the zip file to the sdcard?

You have to extract the .img file inside the zip and use win32diskimager to burn the .img file to the sdcard. Like you did with the CWM region changer.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
First was formatted to FAT32, than zip was copy/paste to the SD...

Got it :) From NookManager_Traditional.zip to extract the img file and by win32diskimager to burn the .img file to the sdcard.

Now clear :) will continue after awaking ;)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
After extracting the archive file: NookManager_Traditional , inside I see many files and one .img NookManager, which with win32diskimager to burn to the sdcard, but what about the rest of the files and folders inside?

After this burn to the sdcard will follow P#32, 2, 3 & 4... this is clear.

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
The other files are settings files and instructions for applying them. Do that after the rest.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
P.1 indicate the view before creating finally "create backup" (lower right). After choosing finally "create backup" (lower right) is the P.2 holding for very long time this view of the screen :(

Plugging the charger and jumping to my bed at 03:10 am :( dead again :( still P.2 create Backup :(

P.3 BackUp completed :)

Here I'm at P.4

Here I stopped, running out of available SD cards :( ... "At this point you swap out the NM card (sort of quickly) and replace it with the card you will use for storage (clean, formatted FAT32). Then wait."... No available SD card now :(

:( No more SD :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yeah, it does warn you about the time needed to create a backup. Pleasant dreams.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I updated P#37 till the end... no SD available to finish :( so many SD consumptions :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Yeah, I know :-(

You can't get much farther without a card for storage because some of the next steps rely on files positioned there. Time for a break then.

Edit: actually if you would rather keep moving forward, you can recycle the NookManager card as long as you have copied off the backup. It should not be needed again until it is time for another backup. Maybe by then another sdcard will appear.

If you want to do that there is a special step needed to merge the two partitions. Let me know.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Yeah, I copied the two files of the Backup partition from the SDcard just these two files: .gz and .md5 to my PC. Now in this step in P.4

I'm not able to see the NSTG Internal Storage & SDcard on my PC at all... only noise sound when I connect the USB cable, but thats all :(

I want to continue till the end of the border life where the spirit of my NSTG will return back with happy end :)

Here I'm now in "4. Using "back" (generally lower left), return to the main screen. Select "Root" (upper right). Respond "yes" or "do it" or whatever to any additional prompts until the job is done."

Right, new SD card will be available soon, the same SD1GB in storage service of my NT when I receive my new ordered one SD32GBclass10 which I'm planning to use as storage for NT... may be today or tomorrow will get it... Till then no available SD :(

I'm ready for the next whatever it is ;) It will be great if there is some way in this condition without SD and waiting screen in P.4 :)

Thank you so much for your strong support!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Time to put that poor thing out of its misery. Select "back" (lower right) and then "exit". Remove the sdcard and let the device reboot. At some point it will throw up an option for "Home". Tap the little check box at the bottom and select ADW Launcher. Don't be alarmed by the appearance of the screen. Things look a bit fuzzy, especially in the app drawer. You're going to fix that with the other files and instructions that were in the NookManager zip.

First you need to recover the card. Put it in your PC and start up Minitool Partition Wizard. Find the sdcard (lower part of the screen). You should see 2 partitions. Right-click on the one that is NOT "primary". In the context menu choose "delete partition" or similar. Then click on the check mark to execute the command. Next right-click on the primary partition and choose "extend". When you get the option box you want the drag the arrow all the way to the right so the partition takes up the entire card. Then click the check mark again to execute.

This gives you a single partition again. Close the program and format the sdcard FAT32 with Windows. Put it in the NSTG. Then copy the two settings files (one for ADW launcher and one for ES File Explorer) to the sdcard with your NSTG connected via USB.

Follow the directions in the text file for each. That should clean up the display and get the file manager ready for the next steps.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
P.1 Both are "primary" which one?
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
Sorry about that, so they are. I was winging it from memory. Delete the "Backup" partition.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Folder ADW_Backups & Archive file ESSettings already transfered to the SD.

Remaining one folder Wallpaper and one ReadMe.txt file not used so far :)

What should I follow "the directions in the text file for each"... I didn't follow anything, but all went itself to P.1-4

I did nothing...
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
You can leave the wallpaper behind because it will be replaced in later steps. But the ReadMe file contains instructions for how to use the files you have moved to the sdcard.

Edit: when you get that done, download https://www.mediafire.com/file/c4i3tw4zte2o0wb/Multitouch%2BNoRefresh%2BUSBHost-1.2.2-CWM.zip/file

Copy the zip to your CWM card (that's the one with the US/UK region changers--if you're running out of room there you can delete the region changer zips).

Power down the NSTG and swap out the storage sdcard for the CWM card. Boot up and select "install from zip file" then "select zip" and finally select the file you just added to the card. Let that do it's thing, back up to the starting menu (says "reboot" at the top), remove the card, replace it with the storage card and press "n" to reboot.

Your NSTG will reboot with multi-touch enabled for those apps that support it (pinch-to-zoom, etc.) as well as USB Host mode enabled (no extra power used for that if you never use it).
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
I didn't read and did nothing... Should I follow something from ReadMe file? or is basic information...?

This SD is big, 16GB, but no idea why indicating 1.18GB free of 1.75 GB... so I transferred by copy/paste Multitouch+NoRefresh+USBHost-1.2.2-CWM = 6.48 MB

All above Done! but what does this meaning "USB Host mode enabled" what will be the difference?

Thanks!
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
USB host is for things like attaching an external keyboard (no idea why...) or an external audio dongle (I do this on occasion). Alas, no external Bluetooth ;-)

Well you are ready to start the big stuff. Go back to post #11 and take a look. You already have a CWM card so you don't need to make one.

You might want to take a look at the video again in post #1 (poor as it is) to review some of what all this makes possible as there are parts of the process you may not be interested in and options are indicated in the steps of post #11.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
To keep the original download small and allow users to have different sizes of sdcards, people generally create images of the least possible size. The region changer .img file is 2 GB so when you write that to your sdcard, that ends up being the "size" of the card as far as Windows can see. To fix this, use Minitool Partition Wizard to extend the primary partition over the entire card (like you did to prepare the NookManager card for reuse).

I thought of two other minor housekeeping things that were mentioned at the bottom of the Updated NookManager thread and so you probably didn't see them.

1. By default the Superuser app notifies you

every

time an app accesses root, despite that fact that you gave permission. All those pop-ups get very annoying after awhile. To fix this, open the app, tap the "settings" tab and untick "Notifications". You'll still get the initial request for permission, but you won't see constant reminders of what is going on in the background. IF the app refuses to open for you, go to /data/data/com.noshufou.android.su/shared_prefs and delete the xml file there. Then try again (reboot if no better).

2. I hate nag-ware. That's what the Nook Community app is that constantly spits out those "friendly" little notifications about sharing with friends. To disable the app, go to /system/app/NookCommunity.apk and add ".bak" to the name as you have done before. It is

not

safe to do this wholesale to a bunch of the B&N apps. Jenga! (long-press on the app to bring up options)
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
So, generally, I think I would not need "USB Host mode enabled"... or I'm wrong...?

Now will take a look in P#11, but which one is the CWM card, 1GB or 16GB? :) I'm crazy between so many SDs for both N :)

Will see the video in P#1 as well to confirm if I'm not interested in some apk... Generally, I'm following your instructions and advises and later on when I start using NookyBooky will see what is for uninstall if not using with purpose....

And this P.1 is my newborn baby 32GB fresh in flesh 10 :) with intention as storage for NT, where now is only 1GB... again SD replacement with settling down the SD32GB :( OMG, never ending story :)
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
I'm guessing no, but the option is there, takes no space or other resources (including battery).

The CWM card is the last one you used to flash the multitouch/norefresh/usb host. You need to label the cards.

Let's hope not.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Which one of both in P.1, 16GB or 1GB? And why 16GB is indicating only 1.18 GB free of 1.75 GB?

Can I combine both contents in SD1GB?

After I found which one is the proper ;) CWM card after wake up will continue with P#48 & #49. Now again in knockdown at 0200 am, no power now :(
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
That's the card in your image (16 GB). Look back at post #49 to reclaim the full card size. You must have missed that one.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
So before we go any further we should probably straighten out the sdcard business. Best case is to have 3. The largest should be for general storage on the device, the one you keep in there all the time. The other two. (NookManager and CWM) can be as small as 1GB ( actually a 500 MB or so would work). The CWM card can be recycled after this is all done. You should keep the NookManager card somewhere for making/restoring backups.

The reason you had issues trying to get CWM onto a 1 GB card before is that the person who made the region changer package used the 2 GB image of CWM. But there is another image file that is only 128 MB and is the same thing without all the region changing stuff. So if you have the cards and you want to straighten all this out before we get really serious we can start there.
[Nook Touch General] aykov77:
Good day dear nmyshkin,

Sorry for being so busy last few days, I was running out of time to step here inside to continue with my challenge of NSGT recovery. Now I'm able to proceed with reclaim of the full card size stated in P#49 to original size of SD16GB.

P.1 indicating all size and capacity of use with all content inside. Ready to continue now with P.48 & 49 where I ended up last time.
[Nook Touch General] nmyshkin:
OK, so what kind of card do you have for storage (i.e., the one that will live in the NSTG)? It's not necessary to have such a large card for CWM. If you can stand to do it again, you could use a smaller card (1 GB?) and burn the image inside this zip. Then you could use the 16 GB card for storage. You'll "never" need anything more (unless you download the British Library).

You do not need any of the zip files currently on your CWM card as we're done with all of them.