I'm writing the image (72%) but this was downloaded before your recent additon to allow unknown sources. Should I abort, redownload and re-write the image or is the unknown source toggle something that can be added later?
Description:
This is a image, and flasher for windows designed to make it so that anyone can flash make a magic SD card to load up CWM, and root their device. THIS IS A UNIVERSAL ROOT, AND CAN BE DONE ON ANY FIRMWARE.
Why:
There are way to many rooting methods out there for this device, and with so many rooting methods, it is very hard to help trouble shoot a device, and make it so that rooting is available to everyone. Also with the 1.4.1 breaking normal root, it is very hard to teach people how to flash back to the previous 1.4.0, without stepping them through it, and then they have to beat the gun, and root and block OTA's. Also there is a lot of "geometry" involved in making a bootable SD.
What is it?:
There are two things in this package, the first is a flasher, and an image. These can be used to flash an SD card from windows with CWM, as a bootable SD. The second package is a CWM flashable zip that will add su, superuser, gapps, and the side loading package to your Nook.
What do I need?:
You will need:
Credits:
- SD Card >2GB (all information will be lost, so back it up)
- Windows
- Nook Tablet (any Firmware)
Loglud
Indirect
Nemith
Bauwks
Instructions:
Downloads:
- Download the packages listed in the download folder, and extract them to your desktop.
- extract ALL the files from the single zip.
NOTE: Do not extract the .zip with superuser and su.
- Open the image flasher .exe, and browse for the .img that you extracted from the same zip
- Put your SD Card into your nook or reader, and select the drive letter from the drop down on the right.
- Press write, and wait
- Once it has completed open the SD Card from the Windows browser and place the .zip in the root of the SD card.
- Turn your Nook off.
- Turn your Nook on while holding both the N+Power button. Your device will turn on, and then turn off after holding it.
NOTE: Do not let go of either button until your device has powered on and off again.
- Put the SD Card into your nook.
NOTE: If it is already in there eject it and then put it back in.
- Power your Nook on normally.
- You will see a picture of N on the screen followed by a box with a white background followed by CWM booting up.
- Select flash update.zip.
- Select Select from SD card.
- Select your .zip
- Reboot device
NOTE: Remove the SD card after your device reboots as if you don't it will continue to boot from the SD card.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dwwhzaixwwh2015
Yes, this works! Then, as a test, I took a working Indirect image and backed up the partition, then resized it slightly, reformatted it, and restored the files, and it no longer worked. That means that the busybox versions of fdisk and mkdosfs do something that keeps the SDcard from being able to boot, which explains my prior difficulty with this process.Dean;
Try the post right above this, and don't change anything, just format using the flasher (will automatically write all of the partitions as they should be), and see if it works. (Though I'm about 90% sure it should)
I had a rooted NT, and decided to try this rooting method. If you know how to read and follow instructions. It works!
Those bashing "indirect", shame on you. The guy just saved the day for all those that could not easily get adb drivers in Windows.
Thanks a million dude.
This works perfectly.
Just a quick question: does this open the door to easily installing ICS on the NT?
I only have a 1GB card around that isn't SDHC. Could we possibly get the img file reformatted to be only a 256 (or even 128mb) image? This way it'll work on almost anyone's SD card.
Follow-up to this: My 8 GB SHDC card which originally came with my old Evo 4G worked fine when formatted this way. I remember reading somewhere that they don't work.
But now the N button isn't working. I know there's a fix around for that somewhere but I don't remember where.
Fix for the broken N button is to hold the Power + N button in simultaneously until the device turns on and off. You do this 8 times and on the 9th time you simply start the device which will prompt you to do a factory reset.
I haven't had the need to perform this but after the reset others have stated that all is well with the button.
Indirect....you da man! I've been lurking/waiting for this...THANK YOU!
Will be installing this tomorrow....when I have some time.
You asked for FUTURE SUGGESTIONS:
How about a feature on the SD card to return the Nook to stock for us chicken-sh*t newbs who are paranoid about rooting! (insert flame here ) If this is already there, or an utterly stupid request please disregard....just thought I would add, as you were asking for suggestions on your first thread.
Again, thanks for contributing so much, and making our nook into way more than just a book reader!
Alright. But I never managed to get that to work when attempting to downgrade to 1.4.0. I bought this NT just before christmas.
I'll give it a try again though. I assume I'll have to reapply the root + gapps zip. They didn't all seem to install, anyway. superuser and talk did but vending did not.
Edit: After doing a factory reset as such (finally got that to work). It went back to 1.4.1. I re-applied the zip from the SD card and no n-button. It was working fine before the zip. Looks like I'm on the hunt for another solution.
I just spent the past 3 days trying to root my NT 16gb which auto updated to 1.4.3. I still cant get it to go. Are there any clear instructions on how to do this?
You could have made a request rather than bashing. I would have said indirect, can you use zips rather than spitting patents and bashing. That's the thing that makes people quit projects because its not worth the headaches. Maybe resstate bashes as suggestions it helps.
I trust Indirect as well, and have credited him over on the B&N forums. Did you know that? It's the authors of the closed-source compression software that I have the issue with.
As for trolling, if you look at my contributions to repartitioning the NC or rooting the NT, you will find that I have the first root of 1.4.1. Did you know that? I also think Indirect's method here is superior to mine (because it is more general), which is why I am interested in it, and will promote it.
Before you go around with your tiny post/thanks counts calling people "trolls", you might try something even easier than trolling. It's called reading.
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Yes I am, and I thank you very much. I think this makes the collection easier for a lot of people.
Nevermind I found the update.zip link in a post. Might want to update the windows directions with a link so idiots like me don't keep bugging everyone