[Q] Restoring NookColor After Botched 1.2 Update

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I sort of did myself in with a perfect storm of derp, but I'm hoping I can still recover...

My NookColor is -- or rather, was -- a rooted v1.1.0 system (AutoNooter'd). I last picked up my NookColor a couple of days ago. During that interval, it downloaded and applied the 1.2 system update.

As it happens, I had an SD card installed that I was using for other things, but which also contained the old AutoNooter tools for rooting a 1.0.1 system. So the 1.2 update was applied, the system rebooted, and the AutoNooter started applying patches for a 1.0.1 system. The result was a machine that wouldn't get past the 'n' logo.

Since there was nothing important on the machine, I decided to wipe it and restore it to default using the 8-reboot trick. But... Surprise! I had installed ClockworkMod 3.0.0.5 earlier (as part of applying the rooted 1.1 update), and it was now taking control of the restore process. I used it to format both /system and /data, in the hope that the regular boot process would notice they were blank and do a restore from /rom (or wherever). But no, that didn't work. And CWM has no option to mount /rom and attempt restores from there.

I tried downloading the 1.2 update ZIP file from B&N's site, copying it to an SD card, and using CWM to install it, but CWM refused, claiming it couldn't open the file (the error message was simply, "(bad)"). I tried using 'zip -F' to repair the ZIP file, but it still wouldn't work.

So, I'm now officially stuck. Can anyone point me to resources on how to get my NookColor back into working order?

Hmm. This thread appears to describe how to do a full restore to 1.0.1, complete with links to SD card images. This falls under the "good enough" category, so I'll be trying that shortly (just as soon as I can find a usable uSD card).

But feel free to chime in with additional suggestions.

Create a new CWR 3.0.0.5+ sd card. Get hold of the 1.01 restore and 1.2 update. Copy 1.01 to the CWR sd and boot it up. Do a wipe on the nook using CWR. I think it's system and data under the mount and restore menu. Then run the 1.01 restore and reboot. Do all the registering and such. Then attach to usb and drop the 1.2 update into the "nook color" drive that pops up. It will update shortly and you should be up and running again with 1.2 again.

Sorry if that is kind of thrown together. I don't give very good directions. lol