06-19-2011, 06:30 PM | #1 |
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Nook STR stuck on "Rooted Forever" screen
I tried to root my Nook STR. I messed up the step on copying over the uRamdisk_rooted file. I thought I was reformatting the microSD... but I formatted the Nook. (I'm stupid. I know. I can't explain it except to say I was not paying attention. Feel free to expound on my stupidity.)
I flashed clockwork recovery onto the microSD card and put the appropriate firmware in a zip file on the microSD, as I have read one is supposed to do. Well, I press and hold the power butt so the Nook reboots and... nothing. It stays at the Rooted Forever screen. If I take out the SD and hold down the power button and in about 5 seconds the screen flashes, goes blank, then comes right back up to Rooted Forever. Any ideas? Did I permanently brick the thing? TIA! Rosy |
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06-19-2011, 07:35 PM | #3 |
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I'll try it. Wish me luck! Will post back how it goes. I hope I didn't format the whole freaking thing.
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06-19-2011, 08:36 PM | #4 |
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Ok, since I can't make the thing reboot once, let alone 8 times (with or without the microSD in) I tried to use the adb shell through Terminal (I'm on a Mac). The Nook is connect to my Mac via usb and when I try to run shell, I'm told the device could not be found.
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06-20-2011, 12:46 AM | #5 |
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The 8 boots trick is "failed boots", so you have to stop the boot process by pressing and holding the power button as soon as you see the device starts to boot, until it shuts down.
ADB will not work because you need to boot into Android for that to work, and you're not getting that far. |
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07-01-2011, 11:27 PM | #7 |
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Ok, I got someone to get the Nook to the point it gets to the "Reading Forever" splash screen and then it ends up with the "Install Failed" screen. I've tried booting from the microSD with a variety of img's that are supposed to fix the Nook. I've tried from the Mac terminal as well as setting up the SD through WinImage. I bricked the damn thing. I cannot believe I bricked it.
I'm open to any and every idea you can throw at me. Let me know what information you need from me. |
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07-02-2011, 10:13 AM | #9 |
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Ok, I've got the the Nook booting off the SD card. The screen says "Rooted Forever". On once I've connected the Nook to my computer, it mounts as a drive labelled "boot". I don't see partitions. How do I voice the partitions? Or does that show me that there aren't any? (Thanks for the help. I feel like I'm asking stupid questions. I should've done a lot more reading before I attempted this...)
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07-05-2011, 11:35 AM | #11 |
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i'm having the same problem. i'm stuck on the Rooted Forever screen. seems to be bricked. what do i do?
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07-08-2011, 08:23 PM | #12 |
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Same problem
I've got the exact same problem. I've posted it to xda-developers.com over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=231 Is there anything that can be done? The only image that will boot is Touchnooter, and that has no recovery capabilities. |
07-23-2011, 12:13 PM | #13 |
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Hi,
I got the same problem with my all new nook touch, the screen display "rooted forever". Here is what i did, i pull out sd card, hold power and n button at the same time for about 10 sec and its work. My nook is working now. |
07-26-2011, 10:21 PM | #14 |
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Ugh. I accidentally formatted my nook touch too. Is it possible to at least get it from the Rooted Forever screen to Read Forever?
Please help if you can! |
07-27-2011, 06:11 AM | #15 |
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i would suggest combing xda for a 'full restore' incantation...
didn't anyone back up first? a simple dd command can back up and restore if you first boot using noogie.img! unfortunately, from what i have read, is that even using another pristine nook's internals won't work? (hard-wired MAC address/registration problem) i guess what is needed is a 'droid-only image? not sure the touchnooter-1-6-24.img provides that? |
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