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bhartman36 · 04-16-2011, 11:08 PM

I was trying to root my friend's Nook Color tonight, and I ran into a snag. I was able to get the data written to the card via WinImage, but it didn't appear to root the device. After watching Huskermania's video on YouTube, I'm wondering if I didn't follow the procedure closely enough.

1) The SD slot on my computer wasn't able to read the card that I had, so I hooked up the NC with the micro-SD card in there. Doing that, I was able to write to the card.

2) I didn't have my friend's NC cable, so I was using my own Kindle cable (which has the same size micro-USB slot).

I assume that things will work better with the NC cable, but I'm not sure why. Is the technology in the cable different than the Kindle's? Also, is there a difference putting the micro-SD card in the computer via an adapter vs having it in the Nook and attached to my computer via the cable?

Thanks for the assistance. Sorry for the newb question.

04-16-2011, 11:08 PM	#1
bhartman36 Wizard Posts: 1,323 Karma: 1515835 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (2021)	Is there anything special about the NC cable? I was trying to root my friend's Nook Color tonight, and I ran into a snag. I was able to get the data written to the card via WinImage, but it didn't appear to root the device. After watching Huskermania's video on YouTube, I'm wondering if I didn't follow the procedure closely enough. 1) The SD slot on my computer wasn't able to read the card that I had, so I hooked up the NC with the micro-SD card in there. Doing that, I was able to write to the card. 2) I didn't have my friend's NC cable, so I was using my own Kindle cable (which has the same size micro-USB slot). I assume that things will work better with the NC cable, but I'm not sure why. Is the technology in the cable different than the Kindle's? Also, is there a difference putting the micro-SD card in the computer via an adapter vs having it in the Nook and attached to my computer via the cable? Thanks for the assistance. Sorry for the newb question.