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

[kcls]

Glad I could help! Enjoy your new and improved tablet

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[atlgapr8hd]

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Need help please. Just got my NC a few weeks ago and was able to install CM7 and market but somehow I accidently cleared the card. I have been trying for a week now to reinstall things but it just stops. I get to the final screen where it downloads the CM7 and gapps and shuts down. Then when I turn it back on it just goes through the same thing and shuts down again. Never gets to the flashing ANDROID screen. My NC just updated itself to the 1.4 a few days ago---is this the problem. I also tried using a different SD card just to see if that was it with the exact same results. I have tried many different CM7 files---stable,RC and nightly and get the same results. I am not very computer savvy but was able to get this work once and would love to get it going again. Any advice in non-tech terms is appreciated.

 

[reisb]

Re: [HOW-TO] Download, Run CM7 off SD Card (Easy to follow! No ro

Format your card and start the install over. You already have the drives, adb, etc so you can skip that part. Just format card (boot into nook regular, goto sd card, and choose format). Then load img, cm7, etc as per directions. very easy now that beginning part is done.

1.4 doesn't matter. I just did same thing to my nephew's. upgraded to 1.4, and wiped his card (had old honeycomb attempt) and flashed all cm7 files. hardest part was getting market to show up. It finally just appeared after I connected wifi (weird).

 

[bill.edenfield]

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Got everything setup (after a cpl attempts) and it nworks BEAUTIFULLY!!! Thanks so much!!

One weird thing tho, my clock time is wrong and I cant figure out how to change. Any suggestions?

Thanks for all ur work, great job...as usual!!

 

[kcls]

Got everything setup (after a cpl attempts) and it nworks BEAUTIFULLY!!! Thanks so much!!

One weird thing tho, my clock time is wrong and I cant figure out how to change. Any suggestions?

Thanks for all ur work, great job...as usual!!

Can you change it if you go to settings>>date and time?

Tapatalkin it from my IHO CM7.1'd, MIUI Themed Optimus V

 

[bill.edenfield]

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Can you change it if you go to settings>>date and time?

Tapatalkin it from my IHO CM7.1'd, MIUI Themed Optimus V

talk about a "Duh!!" moment, the date and time under settings was hidden by the menu, had to scroll down and there it was. Thanks again.

 

[kcls]

talk about a "Duh!!" moment, the date and time under settings was hidden by the menu, had to scroll down and there it was. Thanks again.

No prob! We all have our moments

Tapatalkin it from my IHO CM7.1'd, MIUI Themed Optimus V

 

[mtrimmer#AC]

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What's the smallest card you can use? I have a 2GB that I'm trying to use (cannibalized my father-in-law's cell phone!) and I keep getting an out of space error with cm71 / gapps... maybe I've had too much egg nog..

 

[kcls]

What's the smallest card you can use? I have a 2GB that I'm trying to use (cannibalized my father-in-law's cell phone!) and I keep getting an out of space error with cm71 / gapps... maybe I've had too much egg nog..

Lol. Well, what do you mean an "out of space" error? On win32?

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[Skulltula]

Re: [HOW-TO] Download, Run CM7 off SD Card (Easy to follow! No ro

THANKS!!!!

To all those who made this possible.

 

[Irpack]

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I have read this over and over and have and my only question is on the "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." When I attempt to download, I get generic-sdcard-v1.3(1).img.gz and it is not a folder or anything that will open. Am I doing something wrong?

This threw me off as well initially. A "gz" file is a compressed file. If you're computer does not have a program that recognized this, you'll need to download one that will uncompress it. I used 7-Zip. Use that (or another of your choice) program to unzip the image file (.gz) and you'll be back on track with these excellent instructions!

 

[kuttlazz]

Re: [HOW-TO] Download, Run CM7 off SD Card (Easy to follow! No ro

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"

in step 3, what image file do i unzip to the cm7 folder?

 

[ilovethemarket]

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i cant get past the first step i download the image and i cannot write it with win 32 im so stuck pls help

 

[kcls]

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i cant get past the first step i download the image and i cannot write it with win 32 im so stuck pls help

Be a bit more specific. What OS are you using? What is the error? Is it giving an error?

 

[ilovethemarket]

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i have windows 7 64bit my problem is when i download the image write the file seems like i followed the steps but nothing boots up in the nook after my first atempt when i failed i retried then after i ran win32 as administrator and go to put the whole cm7 file on my card its says it will not fit i have a 16gb car

 

[ilovethemarket]

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i guess im not that savy as i thought wahhhhhhhhhhhhh i want the android up on ma nc help me

 

[mccornwall]

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Got a NC for Christmas. Made a CM7 card very easily firsttry with these instructions. Excellent. I do have a question. I used a 4gig card because that's what I had lying around. Can I copy the contents of that card to another larger card at a later date? Or would I have to start over? Thanks.

 

[ilovethemarket]

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if u made a cm7 card easy what am i doing wrong

 

[ilovethemarket]

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i got a 16bg sandisk class4 is the card to big

 

[charkswitlazers]

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I have a question.. If im running my OS from the memory card, will I still be able to save things on my internal memory? Or will it all have to be saved on the sd card