Extract the Windows Disk Imager files you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop. Essentially users boot from a microSD card that loads either the NOOK OS or Android. The Nook Color, released by Barnes and Noble, was originally intended to be an eReader based on Android.In the hands of Android hackers, it quickly became one of the best-value tablets that could be purchased. 2. In this chapter: • Information about the Nook Color • Rooting the Nook Color. Yesterday it suddenly became unrooted. It's as easy as inserting a … Turn off your NOOK Tablet and insert the microSD card. Despite my every effort for hours, I can not get this Nook Color v1.4.3 to boot from the SD Card. Change the boot mode configuration to boot from the microSD card. The reason we are creating the example with the Nook Color is because we just happen to need on so might as well write as we do it. Then, power it up, and you should see the android operating system. U-Boot is capable of starting a complete Android system from a microSD card. Power off the device. Turn off the Nook Color and remove the microSD card to boot to the device’s factory-installed operating system. Root a NOOK Tablet with just an SD card 01/27/2012 at 3:10 PM by Brad Linder 7 Comments Barnes & Noble has been playing a bit of cat and mouse game with NOOK Tablet hackers. Preparing the SD card. Thus your original Nook Color software or any Android version that you have installed on its internal memory remains the way it is. 11. Brought my new one home today, and it would not boot any of my bootable SD cards. The Nook Color, released by Barnes and Noble, was originally intended to be an eReader based on Android.In the hands of Android hackers, it quickly became one of the best-value tablets that could be purchased. Thankfully, the Nook Color has a bootloader that is not locked and so it is easy to boot and load other operating systems on it. It ended up dying, so I had to exchange for a new one. The Nook Color is a 7-inch tablet that was created by Barnes and Noble.It runs a stock Nook OS, which is an old version of Android that is pretty much useless. Despite my every effort for hours, I can not get this Nook Color v1.4.3 to boot from the SD Card. Now I can not get this thing read any SD Card, with any Image, created on any computer. In this tutorial we will be showing you how to create a bootable ClockworkMod SD card for the Nook Color. must be substituted with the device node assigned by Linux to your microSD card. To do so, set the boot mode micro-switches as follows: SW3.1 OFF; SW3.2 ON; Power up the board. Push the power button to go back, then select Install zip from sd and then choose zip from sd and then select the stock nook ROM we put on the sd card earlier and wait for it to finish flashing. 10. Thankfully, the Nook Color has a bootloader that is not locked and so it is easy to boot and load other operating systems on it. CyanogenMod 10.1 running on Nook Color. In this chapter: • Information about the Nook Color • Rooting the Nook Color. I had to Force a Factory Install. To do this, right-click on the drive letter corresponding to the card, and click on format as shown in the picture below. Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. The applications that you can download offer a window of endless possibilities. Android Tablets are very fun and useful. Run both Gingerbread and Nook OS on your Nook Color, without voiding your warranty. 9. How to Run the Android Operating System on a Barnes and Noble Nook Color from a MicroSD Card. Thanks for this and thanks to all the folks who worked hard to make it available. Was really impressed with the speed of the card based OS. Create a Gingerbread/Ice Cream Sandwich Dual Boot SD Card for the Nook Color. Chapter 13: Nook Color: Rooting with a Bootable SD Card. Then, power it up, and you should see the android operating system. II. The Nook Color is a 7-inch tablet that was created by Barnes and Noble.It runs a heavily customized version of old Android created by B&N. Remove the sd card and then turn the Nook back on. Chapter 13: Nook Color: Rooting with a Bootable SD Card. How to root the Nook Color running v1.41 OS (SD Card Method) and install Google Apps - This tutorial will show you how to gain root access on the Nook Color if it has been updated to v1.41. The same procedure should also work for almost any I bought a Nook HD+ for the mothers day sale, booted CM10.1 from the SD card, and it ran fine for about a week. In this tutorial we will be showing you how to create a bootable ClockworkMod SD card for the Nook Color. Since the latest 1.41 update from December, rooting the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet has gotten a lot harder ... and you should directly boot into CWM. When that completes, power down your nook color and put the SD card in your NOOK. Once it says install from sd card complete, turn off the Nook. Thanks for this, followed it step-by-step and booted my Nook Color with an SD card, leaving my Nook intact. Boot Android from the microSD card. Download the NT-CWM-SD.zip file and unzip the contents to the root directory of the microSD card. Insert the microSD card into the microSD card holder (bottom side of the board). 1. I had 3 that worked on my old HD+, and none of them work on this new one.