THIS GUIDE IS FOR WINDOWS XP, THOUGH IT WILL ALSO WORK ON VISTA AND 7. SEE KOOPAKID'S GUIDE HERE FOR MAC/LINUX INSTRUCTIONS.
BEFORE STARTING, READ THE ENTIRE GUIDE! NOT HALF, NOT TWO THIRDS, THE WHOLE GUIDE!
About:
This write up is adopted from
koopakid08's writeup which was adopted from a
writeup by
verygreen from the XDA Forums. All original credit goes to verygreen, and to koopakid08.
SD Card Info:
First, your SD Card. First rule of thumb: DON'T BUY A CLASS 10 SD CARD! I had used one before I got my new one, and got all sorts of FC's (Force Closes), and market downloads would go agonizingly slow. Like a 400kb app would take 30+ minutes to download on a super speedy WiFi connection. I switched over to a Sandisk branded class 4 8gb SD Card that I got on sale for 12 bucks from Radio Shack and the speed difference is incredible. Here is the one I bought (
Link).
Now, to install CM7 to your SD Card, there is NO NEED to root! Simply pop the SD Card in to run CM7, and if you want to return to stock, pop the SD Card back out, simple as that!
What you will need:
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
HERE.
2. Win32 Disk Imager. Some use WinImage, so you can use that if you know how, but DiskImager is much (Read: A lot) easier to use. You can find Win32 Disk Imager
HERE. Download the one that says "Binary".
3. The version of CM7 you are going to use. There are 3 different types that you can download.
- Stable. This is the one that has had all the bugs worked out, but when I used it was the slowest. I would not recommend using this version.
- Release Candidate, or "RC". This is the version that I use. It has most of the bugs worked out, and is newer then the stable version, so it has more features, etc.
- Nightly. This is the most cutting edge, and buggiest version. There is a new one every day, but they are not tested so I would not recommend using them. If you do prefer these however, use later then nightly 87.
Find the stable release
HERE. Find the RC
HERE. Find the Nightlies
HERE.
4.The GApps. These are the google apps (I.E. Market, etc.) They can't be included in the ROM for various legal reasons. You can find them
HERE. Scroll down all the way to the botttom and download the CM7 version.
Now to start!
1. Create a working folder somewhere on your computer to put all of your files on for easy access. Within that folder, make 2 more folders, one titled "Imager", and one titled "CM7".
2. Go to your downloads folder, and unzip your Imager to the filder you created titled "Imager". Unzip all contents of the Imager there.
3. Unzip the Image file into your folder titled "CM7"
4. Move your GApps Zip, your CM7 Zip to your folder titled "CM7". DO NOT Unzip either of these files.
5. Plug your SD Card into your computer somehow. You can use a built in port, or an adapter. When it is recognized by the computer, go to "My Computer" and note the drive. It will say something like "Removable Disk (E
". the"(E
" will be the drive.
6. Start Win32 Disk Imager. Click the button that has a little file on it and navigate into you "CM7" Folder and double click the image file.
7. Click your device. It will be the letter that you noted in step 5.
8. Click "Write", and wait.
9. When it is done, remove it from the computer, then reinsert it.
10. Drag your CM7 file and your GApps file onto the SD Card. There will be only one partition.
11. Turn off your Nook and insert the SD Card. Turn it back on.
If all goes well, you should see the little linux penguin and a bunch of scrolling text! When it is all done, you should be greeted by the CM7 Boot Screen, and then CM7 itself!
Whenever you turn on your nook, you should always lock it, and then unlock it. Otherwise you will have some screen lag. Also, if you are experiencing "Phantom Touches", download
THIS APP.
No Market?
1. Turn off your nook and take the SD Card out.
2. Put the GApps file on the SD Card again. I believe it is the partition titled "BOOT".
3. Reinsert the SD Card, and turn on the Nook.
4. Once it is powered on, once again hold down the power button, but this time select "Reboot", then "Recovery". When it is finished, you should have the market.
I had to do this a couple of times before I got the market, so just keep trying if you don't get it the first time.
To Update:
If you are using nightlies, you will probably want to update relatively often.
1. Turn off your nook, and insert your SD Card into your computer.
2. Place your new CM7 File on the "Boot" partition of your SD Card, and reboot into recovery.
Your data should be preserved.
There may be other ways to do everything in this thread, but I can not vouch fo them, as I have not done them.
I hope I helped out!
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