[HOW-TO] Installing CM10.x Internally on Nook Tablet

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[See post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123 for the new version of this post with updated links/pointers to Succulent's recent CM10.1 builds as well as CWM/TWRP recovery tool compilation].

[Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].

I've been running CM10 build by XDA Developer Succulent version 12/08 on SD card since its release ten days ago, and its reliable/stable performance has crossed the threshold for me to finally take the plunge and install it internally on emmc.

FWIW, here the process I used to install CM10 internally on my 16GB Nook Tablet (i.e., on its emmc).
  1. Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows. If you are going to use this card for backing up your NT, keep in mind that each backup will require at least 600MB (for a barebone stock or CM config) and size the partition accordingly.
  2. Obtain and copy to the SD card the following files:
  3. Put the SD card into the NT, and boot from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable. Press and hold the N button as soon as CyanoBoot comes up to get the boot menu to display.
  4. Select either SDC Recovery (or Alternate Boot depending on which recovery tool you want to use).
  5. Select Backup to backup your current NT config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data). Before proceeding to next step, see note (ii) near the end of this post.
  6. Select Wipe data & factory reset.
  7. Select install zip from SD card and install cm-10 zip file.
  8. Select install zip from SD card and install gapps zip file.
  9. Select power of and remove SD card from NT and power NT on again using the power button (alternatively you can just remove SD card and select reboot).

Once the NT boots up, set up the wifi connectivity and your google account info. If you had previously used Google backup service your apps will be auto-downloaded (but their settings will not be auto-restored)


A few additional points worth noting:
  • Installing CM10 ROM and gapps will override your NT's BN-provided boot, recovery, ROM, and Apps, so make sure that you backup all this stuff using backup process in step #5 above, safekeep the backup data on your PC/Laptop and better yet archive it on CD/DVD. Your media files in the NT media partition BN allocates for user should be intact.
  • To play it safe you should do the above in 2 phases: steps 1 through 5, then exit recovery and remove and mount SD card on PC to verify that backup data got newly created; then insert SD card and continue steps 6 through 9.
  • CWM and TWRP use different backup archive formats, so keep this in mind if you decide to switch. Furthermore, CWM has changed its archive format going from release 5.x to 6.x, so I think it would be prudent to save a copy of the recovery program together with the backup data it generated. (FWIW I prefer the tar/zip compatible backup data structure TWRP uses (which CWM 5.x had also used) over the BLOb structure which CWM 6.x use -- but YMMV).
  • To restore from backup data, boot into SD card and select from boot menu the same recovery program that was used to create the backup data, then select the particular backup dataset (indexed by date/time) you want to reinstall on your NT.
  • I would advise against blindly using other functions of the CWM and TWRP without looking up info and researching to understand what they really do.
  • See my post at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48612997#post48612997 for more "Info and Tips for Mitigating Risks in Rooting and Flashing Custom-ROM".

My thanks to all the developers who collective work created this wonderful ROM as well as the tools and info I made use of to install it. IMHO this ROM helps make the Nook Tablet one of the best-value tablets for the money (at least at the moment).
 
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great post...fwiw here's my experience to get two NT16's up and running (I started with an old CM7 on both of them).

  1. Backup nook with titanium backup on existing 32GB card.
  2. Take screenshots for replacements
  3. Reset nook to stock (1.4.2) and update to latest (1.4.3) with a fresh SD Card with repart.img copied to root (my red 2GB card):
  4. Create a CWM SD Card (ideally 4GB SanDisk) as per these instructions - http://raywaldo.com/2012/05/root-nook-tablet-with-cwm-sdcard/
  5. Copy CM7 BETA and compatible GAPPS onto this card or another blank one. You can get the files from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1481826 and http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps
  6. Boot into this CWM Card, wipe data/wipe cache and dalvik cache. Install zip from sdcard (either current or pop in the new one). Choose cm-7 beta first, then gapps. Remove sd card. Reboot. Wait a while for it to set itself up.
  7. Go into settings/applications and clear the cache for google market/play.
  8. You now have CM7 installed and can setup the basics (google, wifi etc..)
  9. Insert your 32GB (or 16 or 8 or whatever) Sandisk SD Card (it should ideally have the Titanium Backup folder from step 1, any media you want in Music and Movies folder and the CM10 and gapps zip in the downloads folder -- and that's it!)
  10. Once mounted, download Goo Manager from the google play store and run it, accepting superuser requests.
  11. Choose settings menu and "Install OpenRecoveryScript" and it should install openrecovery twrp recovery manager. Once it has installed and informed you of success, reboot into recovery (this is important), upon reboot hold the "n" and choose internal emmc recovery from the menu.
  12. You will now find yourself in TWRP. From the install menu, add the CM10 PURE AOSP 4.1.2 JBV06.1-Hashcode and then the gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip and swipe to confirm flash. This is it. Fingers Crossed!
  13. NOTE: On one NT 16 (I have two), step 12 DID NOT WORK. It wouldn't install the CM10...zip -- and simply rebooted itself or hung...so I powered off, and rebooted to the CWM Card in #6..and used CWM to wipe caches etc… and then installed the two zips...and voila.

hope it helps.
 
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digixmax said:
I've been running CM10 build by XDA Developer Succulent version 12/08 on SD card since its release ten days ago, and its reliable/stable performance has crossed the threshold for me to finally take the plunge and install it internally on emmc.
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How do you feel about it now that you've installed it internally? I took the plunge as well today, but I'm not sure it's runs any better internally than it does from the sd card. Having said that, it runs so incredibly well from the card, so it's really hard to beat, but still... I'm actually having more issues with the internal install than the sd version.

I had had enough of the stock reader (that I'm actually pretty fond of) not remembering my place in sideloaded books, so I didn't feel I had anything to loose and am glad I made the install though. Installed once makes it easier to reinstall when an even better build comes along.
 
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I made the switch since the stock ROM was so barebone and clumsy I virtually never use it since I had the NT, and the rooted stock ROM is just marginally better -- I found out there are so many apps I 've been using on CM10 that are simply not available for BN's (Android) Gingerbread. I also like the fact that I can now reboot (if ever needed) untethered.

I think performance-wise it runs about the same as it was running on SD, if it's better then it's not yet noticeable.

What kind of issues are you having with your new setup?
 
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Some apps misbehaved. Didn't install properly or gave error messages. I decided to re flash and this this second install hasn't had any issues at all. Same files from the same card.
It is nice to have it internally and be able to switch sd cards should I want to.

Sent from my Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet using Tapatalk 2 and SwiftKey
 
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I ran into a problem with v12/08: when I connect the NT to the PC I do not get the “USB connected” notification with option to “turn on the USB storage”, and thus cannot access neither the emmc media partition nor the sdcard. The problem exists with both CM10 running on emmc and running on sdcard. Furthermore when running on sdcard, hitting “storage” in “settings” results in a force-close of “settings”.

I am curious if anyone else has the same problem, or I am just missing some setup setting somewhere.

In the meantime, I am back to running another ROM off SD.:)
 
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Those storage setting issue I had with the 1118 build but not with later ones. Connection to PC work fine but I don't think I need to do the turn on USB thing. No PC nearby at the moment
Edit: I am now near a PC, and I do get the "touch to turn on USB" or words to that effect. So it works as it should..

Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk 2 and SwiftKey
 
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Thanks, I've tried reinstalling a couple of times (as well as installing a different ROM) without success.
 
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I found the answer to my problem: I was used to getting the full-screen alert “USB mass storage” (upon insertion of tethered USB cable), and didn’t notice the tiny alert “USB connected” on the status bar (which when pulled down would in turn launch the “USB mass storage” alert).
 
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Question: I'm not new to rooting and flashing, but am new to NT. I rooted my wifes NT, installed a launcher to switch back and forth, and loaded a few apps. I did not change the stock recovery and used a boot sdcard to run an older version of CWM. I forgot to hack OTA off so while messing around the darn thing upgraded to 1.4.3. The stock rom is such an old version of GB it is really worthless. So here is my question. Can I use this method to go directly to CM10? Im not too concerned about the issues mentioned in this thread, but more concerned about the method and the type of issues I might encounter. I see some threads say to flash CM 7 first, why I'm not sure. It almost looks to simple. Just looking for confidence. If it were mine I wouldnt care. Thanks for any help.

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Dean1650 said:
Question: I'm not new to rooting and flashing, but am new to NT. I rooted my wifes NT, installed a launcher to switch back and forth, and loaded a few apps. I did not change the stock recovery and used a boot sdcard to run an older version of CWM. I forgot to hack OTA off so while messing around the darn thing upgraded to 1.4.3. The stock rom is such an old version of GB it is really worthless. So here is my question. Can I use this method to go directly to CM10? Im not too concerned about the issues mentioned in this thread, but more concerned about the method and the type of issues I might encounter. I see some threads say to flash CM 7 first, why I'm not sure. It almost looks to simple. Just looking for confidence. If it were mine I wouldnt care. Thanks for any help.

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Cm7 is a gingerbread rom, it can be flashed by cwm 5 and 6 both. But cm10 is jellybean and must be flashed with cwm 6 only (or twrp) . And once you have cm7, you get cyanoboot (2nd bootloader) which is necessary to load cwm6, whether its internally flashed recovery or SD card recovery.
If you still have your bootable SD card, boot into recovery and check the version (cwm 5 most likely) , then do the longer, but simpler method - stock > cm7 > flash cwm6 internal and boot into it from cyanoboot > cm10.
 
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I see the difference between the 2 methods..a few more questions. I dont see where or how recovery gets flashed in the first method. Looks like either/both are used but not flashed. In both methods, I dont see any sdcard additional partition requirements so can I assume everything can get copied to the boot partition? Haven't looked at the card I made yet, but if CWM is current enough for CM7 it should work fine. I appreciate this thread. It has cleared up a lot of questions.

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I forgot to hack OTA off so while messing around the darn thing upgraded to 1.4.3. The stock rom is such an old version of GB it is really worthless. So here is my question. Can I use this method to go directly to CM10? Im not too concerned about the issues mentioned in this thread, but more concerned about the method and the type of issues I might encounter. I see some threads say to flash CM 7 first, why I'm not sure. It almost looks to simple. Just looking for confidence. If it were mine I wouldnt care. Thanks for any help.
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Yes, you can use this process to go directly from stock or rooted stock to CM10 -- I used it to go from rooted 1.4.3 directly to CM10. With SD-based flash, there is no need to go the circuitous multi-stage flashing process.

And if you use Succulent's CM10 builds from http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/cm10-0-jelly-bean-for-nook-tablet-uploading/ his ROM zip files all include emmc recovery so you don't even have to separately flash recovery as you would have with other ROMs. I think his approach, in addition to being convenient, has the benefit of avoiding intermediate states where there is potential incompatibility between ROM and recovery versions (which I think is conducive to causing bootloop).

Of course if for some reason you later prefer a different version of recovery than the one he includes (CWM 6.0.2.5) you can always reflash your particular choice of recovery by itself.

FWIW I am running Succulent's cm-10-20121225-acclaim-HD.zip (GCC 4.6) at the moment and it works great.
 
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Dean1650 said:
I see the difference between the 2 methods..a few more questions. I dont see where or how recovery gets flashed in the first method. Looks like either/both are used but not flashed. In both methods, I dont see any sdcard additional partition requirements so can I assume everything can get copied to the boot partition? Haven't looked at the card I made yet, but if CWM is current enough for CM7 it should work fine. I appreciate this thread. It has cleared up a lot of questions.
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Everything that gets flashed via recovery (either CWM or TWRP) comes in zip archive form, and this applies to ROM, gapps, as well as recovery itself. (If you ever want to flash recovery, the simplest way is to get a recovery zip file, such as one of those with keyword emmc from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640958, and flash it from SD using the process in the first post, just as you would flash a ROM build or gapps).

If you are curious about what gets installed and where, just open (but don't extract) the to-be-flashed zip file (e.g., using winrar/winzip/7-zip): everything except the META-INF folder is what get installed, and the updater-script file in META-INF\com\google\android\ (which you can open using a text editor like notepad) contains installation script detailing where (i.e., which partition on the NT) various components of the zip file get installed.

Typical ROM builds zip contain boot.img which gets installed on /boot partition, and a bunch of system files and apps to be installed on /system partition. Succulent's ROM builds also include recovery which gets installed on /recovery partition. Finally gapps apps get installed on /system as well.
 
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Really, really appreciate this OP, the replies, and the knowledge. VERY helpful. Wont do this til the 1st and will let you know the results... Again, THANKs

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Well your method worked flawlessly. I had a few minor operator errors but it went just as you explained. I did, however, have a fatal bug in the rom. Not sure who to report it to, but while messing around in settings I tried to change the color of the clock in the status bar. It totally blew away systemui. I tried everything I knew of to restart and recover but had to resort to wipe/factory reset. Could not figure out what data file got corrupted. That in turn made me have to flash the gapps again because none of the Google apps worked including play store. The net result is to add 1 more step to your method. BEFORE messsing with settings, and after the initial setup is complete, boot to recovery and do another backup..I forgot to mention I flashed 20121231, which is the latest release. Thank you so much for your knowledge and reseach. STOCK ROOTED TO CM10 RELEASED.

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Stuck on backup in CWM 6.0.1.2

My 16gbNT is currently running Team_B CM7. I'm trying to install Kuzma30's CM10.1 from a SD card. Following the instructions from this OP. While trying to perform my backup the process gets about 3/4 of the way through and then sticks at the file named "generic11.lda". It doesn't continue after that and I have left it alone for a considerable amount of time. Any idea what's causing the stick? I've tried it about three or four times with occasionally sticking at different files but it is still about 3/4 of the way through. Backup will not finish.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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I'd suggest trying a version of CWM that is considered compatible with CM7, e.g., CM7-9_CWM_v5.5.x_8gb-16gb_tools_sdcard.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640958 (but then remember to flash CM10.1 with 6.0.1.2).

Also check and make sure that you have enough space on your SDcard (you can/should remove backup data associated with failed partial backup attempts).
 
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Backup success, Install failure

digixmax said:
I'd suggest trying a version of CWM that is considered compatible with CM7, e.g., CM7-9_CWM_v5.5.x_8gb-16gb_tools_sdcard.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640958 (but then remember to flash CM10.1 with 6.0.1.2).

Also check and make sure that you have enough space on your SDcard (you can/should remove backup data associated with failed partial backup attempts).
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Backup successful! Thanks button pressed. Now on the install I used CWM 6.0.1.2 and I'm not allowed to complete the install. It aborts installation and gives the following error:
"Installing update...
set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /sdcard/cm-10.1-20130102-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted."

Any ideas?:confused:
 
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Your guide is quite clear but somehow it is not working for me. I have a fresh NT 8GB with stock 1.2 on it.

I obtained the 6 files you mention:
- u-boot.bin
- MLO
- flashing_boot.img
- recovery.img (= cwm_6012_sd.img)
- gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
- cm-10-20121231-NOOKTABLET-acclaim-HD.zip (from: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/cm10-0-jelly-bean-for-nook-tablet-uploading/)

I copied them to a 16GB 10x SD card and placed the SD card in my NT.

The problem is that whatever I do, it always boots the stock os and never into Cyanoboot. I know I have to connect the NT to my computer with USB and wait for it to boot, but even then it only load the stock OS.

Am I doing something wrong here?

Help much appreciated!
 
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    [See post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123 for the new version of this post with updated links/pointers to Succulent's recent CM10.1 builds as well as CWM/TWRP recovery tool compilation].

    [Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].

    I've been running CM10 build by XDA Developer Succulent version 12/08 on SD card since its release ten days ago, and its reliable/stable performance has crossed the threshold for me to finally take the plunge and install it internally on emmc.

    FWIW, here the process I used to install CM10 internally on my 16GB Nook Tablet (i.e., on its emmc).
    1. Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows. If you are going to use this card for backing up your NT, keep in mind that each backup will require at least 600MB (for a barebone stock or CM config) and size the partition accordingly.
    2. Obtain and copy to the SD card the following files:
    3. Put the SD card into the NT, and boot from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable. Press and hold the N button as soon as CyanoBoot comes up to get the boot menu to display.
    4. Select either SDC Recovery (or Alternate Boot depending on which recovery tool you want to use).
    5. Select Backup to backup your current NT config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data). Before proceeding to next step, see note (ii) near the end of this post.
    6. Select Wipe data & factory reset.
    7. Select install zip from SD card and install cm-10 zip file.
    8. Select install zip from SD card and install gapps zip file.
    9. Select power of and remove SD card from NT and power NT on again using the power button (alternatively you can just remove SD card and select reboot).

    Once the NT boots up, set up the wifi connectivity and your google account info. If you had previously used Google backup service your apps will be auto-downloaded (but their settings will not be auto-restored)


    A few additional points worth noting:
    • Installing CM10 ROM and gapps will override your NT's BN-provided boot, recovery, ROM, and Apps, so make sure that you backup all this stuff using backup process in step #5 above, safekeep the backup data on your PC/Laptop and better yet archive it on CD/DVD. Your media files in the NT media partition BN allocates for user should be intact.
    • To play it safe you should do the above in 2 phases: steps 1 through 5, then exit recovery and remove and mount SD card on PC to verify that backup data got newly created; then insert SD card and continue steps 6 through 9.
    • CWM and TWRP use different backup archive formats, so keep this in mind if you decide to switch. Furthermore, CWM has changed its archive format going from release 5.x to 6.x, so I think it would be prudent to save a copy of the recovery program together with the backup data it generated. (FWIW I prefer the tar/zip compatible backup data structure TWRP uses (which CWM 5.x had also used) over the BLOb structure which CWM 6.x use -- but YMMV).
    • To restore from backup data, boot into SD card and select from boot menu the same recovery program that was used to create the backup data, then select the particular backup dataset (indexed by date/time) you want to reinstall on your NT.
    • I would advise against blindly using other functions of the CWM and TWRP without looking up info and researching to understand what they really do.
    • See my post at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48612997#post48612997 for more "Info and Tips for Mitigating Risks in Rooting and Flashing Custom-ROM".

    My thanks to all the developers who collective work created this wonderful ROM as well as the tools and info I made use of to install it. IMHO this ROM helps make the Nook Tablet one of the best-value tablets for the money (at least at the moment).
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    Installing CM10.x Internally on Nook Tablet

    [See post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51377882&postcount=163 for the new version of this post with updated links/pointers].

    [Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].

    I've been running CM10.1 build by XDA Developer Succulent version 06/29 on SD card since its release a weekago, and its reliable/stable performance has crossed the threshold for me to finally take the plunge and install it internally on emmc (updating the tablet from Succulent’s CM10.0 build dated 12.31).

    FWIW, here the process I used to install CM10 internally on my 16GB Nook Tablet (i.e., on its emmc).
    1. Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows. If you are going to use this card for backing up your NT, keep in mind that each backup will require at least 600MB (for a barebone stock or CM config) and size the partition accordingly.
    2. Obtain and copy to the SD card the following files:
    3. Put the SD card into the NT, and boot from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable. Press and hold the N button as soon as CyanoBoot comes up to get the boot menu to display.
    4. Select either SDC Recovery (or Alternate Boot depending on which recovery tool you want to use).
    5. Select Backup to backup your current NT config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data). Before proceeding to next step, see note (ii) near the end of this post.
    6. Select Wipe data & factory reset.
    7. Select install zip from SD card and install cm10 zip file.
    8. Select install zip from SD card and install gapps zip file.
    9. Select power of and remove SD card from NT and power NT on again using the power button (alternatively you can just remove SD card and select reboot).

    Once the NT boots up, set up the wifi connectivity and your google account info. If you had previously used Google backup service your apps will be auto-downloaded (but their settings will not be auto-restored)


    A few additional points worth noting:
    • Installing CM10 ROM and gapps will override your NT's BN-provided boot, recovery, ROM, and Apps, so make sure that you backup all this stuff using backup process in step #5 above, safekeep the backup data on your PC/Laptop and better yet archive it on CD/DVD. Your media files in the NT media partition BN allocates for user should be intact.
    • To play it safe you should do the above in 2 phases: steps 1 through 5, then exit recovery and remove and mount SD card on PC to verify that backup data got newly created; then insert SD card and continue steps 6 through 9.
    • CWM and TWRP use different backup archive formats, so keep this in mind if you decide to switch. Furthermore, CWM has changed its archive format going from release 5.x to 6.x, so I think it would be prudent to save a copy of the recovery program together with the backup data it generated. (FWIW I prefer the tar/zip compatible backup data structure TWRP uses (which CWM 5.x had also used) over the BLOb structure which CWM 6.x use -- but YMMV).
    • To restore from backup data, boot into SD card and select from boot menu the same recovery program that was used to create the backup data, then select the particular backup dataset (indexed by date/time) you want to reinstall on your NT.
    • Do not blindly use other functions of the CWM and TWRP without researching to understand what they really do.
    • See my post at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575489 for more "Info and Tips for Mitigating Risks in Rooting and Flashing Custom-ROM".
    • This guide is written for use with Succulent's ROM builds which typically have recovery.img included in their ROM zip archive files. If you are coming from stock ROM and plan to adapt this guide to use with another ROM build (such as CM10.x nightlies) that does not contain recovery.img in its ROM zip archive file then you should also flash (either CWM or TWRP) recovery.img to replace the stock recovery (in the /recovery partition) on emmc. Flashable recovery zip files can be found in Succulent's recovery repository at http://goo.im/devs/succulent/acclaim/recovery. Alternatively, see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47680141&postcount=2 or http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49111924&postcount=8 on how to create flashable zip for emmc recovery.
    • Flashing CM11 requires CWM version 6.0.4.5 or later, or TWRP version 2.6.3.0 or later, in step 2(b); you can find the SD version of TWRP 2.6.3.x at http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/acclaim.
    • If you install an older or newer release of CM10.x than the one I referenced in this post then make sure you install the right corresponding Gapps version. Some potential repositories for Gapps are http://goo.im/gapps and http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps-mini.

    My thanks to all the developers who collective work created this wonderful ROM as well as the tools and info I made use of to install it.
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    skavan
    great post...fwiw here's my experience to get two NT16's up and running (I started with an old CM7 on both of them).

    1. Backup nook with titanium backup on existing 32GB card.
    2. Take screenshots for replacements
    3. Reset nook to stock (1.4.2) and update to latest (1.4.3) with a fresh SD Card with repart.img copied to root (my red 2GB card):
    4. Create a CWM SD Card (ideally 4GB SanDisk) as per these instructions - http://raywaldo.com/2012/05/root-nook-tablet-with-cwm-sdcard/
    5. Copy CM7 BETA and compatible GAPPS onto this card or another blank one. You can get the files from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1481826 and http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps
    6. Boot into this CWM Card, wipe data/wipe cache and dalvik cache. Install zip from sdcard (either current or pop in the new one). Choose cm-7 beta first, then gapps. Remove sd card. Reboot. Wait a while for it to set itself up.
    7. Go into settings/applications and clear the cache for google market/play.
    8. You now have CM7 installed and can setup the basics (google, wifi etc..)
    9. Insert your 32GB (or 16 or 8 or whatever) Sandisk SD Card (it should ideally have the Titanium Backup folder from step 1, any media you want in Music and Movies folder and the CM10 and gapps zip in the downloads folder -- and that's it!)
    10. Once mounted, download Goo Manager from the google play store and run it, accepting superuser requests.
    11. Choose settings menu and "Install OpenRecoveryScript" and it should install openrecovery twrp recovery manager. Once it has installed and informed you of success, reboot into recovery (this is important), upon reboot hold the "n" and choose internal emmc recovery from the menu.
    12. You will now find yourself in TWRP. From the install menu, add the CM10 PURE AOSP 4.1.2 JBV06.1-Hashcode and then the gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip and swipe to confirm flash. This is it. Fingers Crossed!
    13. NOTE: On one NT 16 (I have two), step 12 DID NOT WORK. It wouldn't install the CM10...zip -- and simply rebooted itself or hung...so I powered off, and rebooted to the CWM Card in #6..and used CWM to wipe caches etc… and then installed the two zips...and voila.

    hope it helps.
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    digixmax
    digixmax
    Installing CM10.x Internally on Nook Tablet

    [Caveat emptor: adopt/follow this guide at your own risk].

    The following is the process using SD-based recovery to install CM10.x internally (i.e., on emmc) on a Nook Tablet running stock ROM. (To flash CM11 see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2692403).

    1. Using a disk partition tool (such as MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition) create on SD card a Primary FAT32 partition, and set the partition ID type for the partition to 0x0C FAT32 LBA and set its Active flag. Once this is done, the partition should appear as a (read/write accessible) drive under Windows
    2. Obtain and copy to the SD card the following files:
    3. Put the SD card into the NT, and boot from its power off by inserting a powered USB cable. Press and hold the N button as soon as CyanoBoot comes up to get the boot menu to display.
    4. Select SDC Recovery.
    5. [Optional step but highly recommended] Select Backup to backup your NT current ROM config (/boot, /recovery, /system, and /data).
    6. Select Wipe data & factory reset.
    7. Select install zip from SD card and install flashable CWM recovery zip file.
    8. Select install zip from SD card and install CM10.x zip file.
    9. Select install zip from SD card and install Gapps zip file.
    10. Remove SD card and select reboot.

    Once the NT boots up, set up the wifi connectivity and your google account info. If you had previously used Google backup service on your NT your apps will be auto-downloaded (but their settings will not be auto-restored).

    Notes
    • If the Nook fails to boot off SD -- the two most common symptoms of failed SD boot and their likely causes are:
      • The NT boots straight to stock -- most likely the boot partition's type and/or flag are not correctly set, or the NT cannot find the MLO in the boot partition (make sure that MLO is the very first file to be copied to the freshly made /boot partition).
      • The NT screen stays dark for seemingly a long time then eventually boots to stock -- most likely the MLO or u-boot.bin are corrupted. When in doubt, compare the size of the two copies of the files in bytes.
    • Installing CM ROM and Gapps will override your NT's current boot, recovery, ROM, and Apps, so make sure that you backup all this stuff using recovery backup function, for easy in reverting to previous ROM if desired. See my post at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48612997#post48612997 for more "Info and Tips for Mitigating Risks in Rooting and Flashing Custom-ROM".
      Also, I would advise against using any other functions of the recovery without first carefully researching to understand what they really do.
    • Skip steps 2(b) and 7 if using Succulent's CM10.x ROM (as his ROM zip file already contains emmc recovery.img).
    • The "boot/reboot to black screen" is a known and AFAIK unresolved issue for 10.1 and 10.2.x. Its frequency of occurrence varies with users (30-40% in my case), and some users have reported (just as you seemed to have also experienced) that given more elapsed time the boot/reboot would eventually complete. See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2388520&highlight=black+screen&page=23 for brief discussions of this issue as well as the "sputtering boot animation issue".

    My thanks to all the developers who collective work created the wonderful CM ROM for the NT as well as the tools and info I made use of to install it.
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    digixmax
    digixmax
    varxtis said:
    I need some help please.
    I used the process and all the files of the initial thread post. Worked perfectly. I thought CM 10 was a bit old, so I wanted to update to CM 11.
    I recreated the exact same sd card, only instead of "cm-10-yyyymmdd-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim.zip from http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/...let-uploading/" I used cm-11-20131222-UNOFFICIAL-acclaim from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2535421.
    I was under the impression that in order to do an update I have to "Flash" again... but I think I did the process wrong.
    ...
    Selected Wipe data & factory reset. <<<<<I think this is where I went wrong>>>>
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    You need to do "wipe /data & factory reset" if you come from stock ROM (or another ROM flavor).
    Selected install zip from SD card and installed cm-11 zip file.
    Then I got an update failed. <<<I did not choose anything that specifically said "Update". I just chose install>>>> :confused:
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    To flash CM11 you need newer versions of CWM or TWRP -- see note (viii) of post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43326042&postcount=123. Alternatively you can install 10.2 and subsequently upgrade to CM11 using the approach outlined in http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50141401&postcount=241.
    ...
    Is the backup I made got lost because I formated the SD Card when trying to make a clean one for CM-11
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    Yes, unless you had copied the backup dataset to your PC prior to reformatting your SD card.
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