[HOW-TO] Download, Run CM7 off SD Card (Easy to follow! No root!)

**jackchaos** · 11-03-2011, 09:30 AM

Many thanks to kcls for compiling this instructions into a concise simple to follow format. I had the whole thing done in less than 15 mins after having read the instructions post twice and this entire thread once.

I had tried CM7 quite a while back and never could seem to get it all installed and working quite right. After putting a LOT of time into it I ended up just rooting the nook and using it like that. Not sure if it was the card I was using or if it was user error but quite ashamedly as an IT professional I had admitted defeat with CM7.

CM7 is rocking now! Wow. After having used the NC rooted for 4-5 months having the soft buttons and home screens that do portrait or landscape orientation I am throughly impressed with CM7. I'm running 7.1 RC on a Sandisk 8GB class 2 card.

**lafountain** · 11-05-2011, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by kcls

First, you will want to get everything you need for CM7. You will need:

1. The image. This is what you will be writing to the SD Card, so the Nook can recognize it to boot off of. You can download the image .

Anyone know where else to get this file, it says that the page doesn't exist.

**racerx3165** · 11-05-2011, 08:03 PM

I think i am doing something wrong, every time I try and follow the directions it formats my SD card to 117mb or so with 115 available. This does not allow me to drop my cm7 folder into that partition. BTW im using a 16Gb SD and when i open it up in disk manager it shows 14Gb unallocated. Any help please,

Thank You
Craig

**chshrkt** · 11-07-2011, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by lafountain

Anyone know where else to get this file, it says that the page doesn't exist.

I too would like to get this file.

**koopakid08** · 11-07-2011, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by chshrkt

I too would like to get this file.

You should be able to get it here

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**lafountain** · 11-07-2011, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by racerx3165

I think i am doing something wrong, every time I try and follow the directions it formats my SD card to 117mb or so with 115 available. This does not allow me to drop my cm7 folder into that partition. BTW im using a 16Gb SD and when i open it up in disk manager it shows 14Gb unallocated. Any help please,

Thank You
Craig

Not sure what is going on as my setup was quite similar to yours and everything worked. My suggestion would be to use sdformatter to get the full 16gb back on the card and try again.

**bigrawr** · 11-07-2011, 09:48 PM

Still can't get to the file:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~green/nook/generic-sdcard-v1.3.img.gz on this server.

Apache/2.2.19 (Fedora) Server at crimea.edu Port 80

**koopakid08** · 11-07-2011, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by lil rawr

Still can't get to the file:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~green/nook/generic-sdcard-v1.3.img.gz on this server.

Apache/2.2.19 (Fedora) Server at crimea.edu Port 80

You can get it here until it expires on nov 14:

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**bigrawr** · 11-07-2011, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by koopakid08

You can get it here until it expires on nov 14:

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Thank you, greatly appreciated!

**kcls** · 11-08-2011, 05:57 AM

Is that the official link, koopakid? Thanks for posting it up, I've been busy lately. I'll try and find a more permanent link after school today.

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**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 12:01 PM

Hey guys I'm new here and have a question about a step in the instructions. Step 10 says, " Drag your CM7 file onto the SD Card. There will be only one partition".

Well, that's what I did. I dragged the UNzipped CM7 file to the sd card. I somewhat know what a partition is, but don't know how to do it/whatever. The instructions did not say to actually do anything as far as a partition goes, just said it would be that way.

I guess I'm just unsure of myself

I'm about to plug it in to the nook. Will let know how it goes. Thanks for the write up

**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 12:16 PM

DANGIT!!!!!

So, I thought all was well. I got the penguin, the blue scrolling text, but eventually it stopped. And here is was it says:

Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with.zip

That's exactly what is says/how it looks. Any idea's? Should I do what it says? Or did I do something wrong in the initial setup. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Edit: I went to linuxhacker.ru and haven't come across any "updatei-cm" zip files yet. And hopefully it was ok to turn off the nook (held down the power button) while it was in this sort-of...startup mode? Anways....

**kcls** · 11-08-2011, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by crailberry

DANGIT!!!!!

So, I thought all was well. I got the penguin, the blue scrolling text, but eventually it stopped. And here is was it says:

Looking for the install images...
Initial install files not found.
Please download it from nook.linuxhacker.ru
and put on first partition of this SD Card
the name should start with updatei-cm and end with.zip

That's exactly what is says/how it looks. Any idea's? Should I do what it says? Or did I do something wrong in the initial setup. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Edit: I went to linuxhacker.ru and haven't come across any "updatei-cm" zip files yet. And hopefully it was ok to turn off the nook (held down the power button) while it was in this sort-of...startup mode? Anways....

If you got to the blue penguin, you arxe good. You just didn't exactly follow the directions! It says to NOT unzip the cyanogenmod zip file. Follow those links, redownload the version you want, put it on the SD card without the gapps, the put the SD card in the nook and boot it. Tell me if it works.

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**koopakid08** · 11-08-2011, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by kcls

Is that the official link, koopakid? Thanks for posting it up, I've been busy lately. I'll try and find a more permanent link after school today.

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No, the official link is dead for now. I found this link over at XDA.

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**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 07:57 PM

Ok well I will try it again. And sorry, I typed it wrong. I actually did not unzip it, to my knowledge. I should've typed "the zipped file". But regardless i'll try it again.

**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 08:31 PM

Ok that's really weird. I downloaded the cm7 file again, did the same exact thing I did before (which was not unzip it), and it appears to have worked! I got the penquin, scrolling text, and then for some reason it shut down. Decided to wait 30 secs and turn it back on, and now I got the cyanogen(mod)7 little blue guy with an arrow going around him. Although it has been stuck on this screen for a good minute....nvm! it works! it works I say! Thank you very much for this write up, and still being proactive about helping people. You are awsome!

**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 09:06 PM

How will I know if Google Apps worked or not? I Reboot>>Recovery, and let it do its thing, and it them shut down. I turned it back on, and nothing was there to indicate something happened. I tried rebooting then, and still don't see anything.

**kcls** · 11-08-2011, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by crailberry

How will I know if Google Apps worked or not? I Reboot>>Recovery, and let it do its thing, and it them shut down. I turned it back on, and nothing was there to indicate something happened. I tried rebooting then, and still don't see anything.

Ok, now that you have cm7 working, put the SD card back into your computer, put the Gapps in the partition named BOOT and put the SD card back into the nook. Boot into CM7, hold the power button down until the menu comes up and reboot>>recovery. Let it do its thing, boot, and see if the market is there. The Gapps are the market, so if you have the market, you ate good to go. If you don't, repeat those steps till you do!

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**kcls** · 11-08-2011, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by koopakid08

No, the official link is dead for now. I found this link over at XDA.

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Ok, I have the file sitting on my laptop, think it would be bad to upload it here?

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**crailberry** · 11-08-2011, 10:03 PM

Edit: Nvm I realized what I did, and I believe it is working. Attempting to create a google account right now.

**kcls** · 11-08-2011, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by crailberry

Okay wow I am so sorry, but I am so confused with the whole "put the Gapps in the partition named BOOT". I tried dragging the zipped Gapps file, into "u-boot.bin", but there's nothing, out of everything that's on the card, that allows me to put anything into it.

Now, I have a feeling i'm just not understanding how to put something into a partition. And by the way, if you're being literal, there's nothing that's actually named "BOOT". The only boot there is "u-boot.bin".

Ok, so a partition is basically the folder that pops up when you plug in the SD card. So when you plug it in, and go to "My Computer" on windows, there will be a folder called BOOT, with like a letter and a colon in parentheses after it. Drag the GApps file into this folder, not any file within the folder.

I'm off to bed, I'll check up here again in the morning

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**crailberry** · 11-09-2011, 06:11 AM

I got it! But....I went to download the nook app, and it wont let me! Says "your device is not compatible".

Haha, man I feel high maintenance. With all my questions an all

postted this from my nook

**crailberry** · 11-09-2011, 11:04 AM

Ok well I'm definitely concerned now. It says my device is not compatible with the nook application, the youtube application, Adobe Flash Player 11, and I'm assuming more (only tried those 3 apps so far). I can download games though. Also, another issue I have is when, for example I try to log on to here, android central. I'll type in my username and password, press log on, and it just doesn't even do anything. Doesn't try to load, nothing. I realize there are going to be bugs, but I don't think these are your average bugs, because this isn't usable. I might as well use the original nookcolor OS if these are issues that 'have to be dealt with'......

I will try googling the issue and see if I come up with anything.

EDIT: Ok I should have just googled it before I posted. My bad. But I figured it out. Seems like it is somewhat of a common issue. Steps to fix the "Device is not compatible" problem can be found here:

**Mooncalled** · 11-09-2011, 11:33 AM

Got everything to boot fine. I got some FC issues,but I can attribute that to my class 6 card.

The issue I am having is that Angry Birds will not load. I just get a black screen when it starts.

Also I get no USB mass storage option on my nook after I connect to my win7 PC. Do I need to dl. Some drivers for that?

**kcls** · 11-09-2011, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Mooncalled

Got everything to boot fine. I got some FC issues,but I can attribute that to my class 6 card.

The issue I am having is that Angry Birds will not load. I just get a black screen when it starts.

Also I get no USB mass storage option on my nook after I connect to my win7 PC. Do I need to dl. Some drivers for that?

No, USB mass storage should work stock, no drivers needed. What version of CM7 are you using? If it is newer, you shouldn't have a problem. If you aren't using a newer version, try clearing data, cache, and uninstalling and reinstalling. Then you can restore your data with TB or whatever if you need to.