UnRooting a Nook

[Nimitz]

I am trying to restore a Nook to factory settings so it can be used as a book reader again. I tried to reset & deregister the device from the settings menu but got the msg:

deregistration failed (blind failure). Local reset will not be attempted

I had the NST conncetdd to my home wireless network at the time

Edited June 27, 2015 by Nimitz

[Youngeyes]

This might help.

How to do a Manual Restore

This will actually restore it to the same exact way you got it from the store, brand new, including with the un-updated software assuming that there have been updates since you got it. It's the Nook equivalent of restoring your computer with a fresh format and new Windows/Mac/Linux installation.

1. Pop out your SDCard if you have one installed, again just to be safe.

2. Turn off your Nook by pressing the Power Button on the top of it.

3. With it off, showing you the blank white screen, press and hold the power button until the screen flickers black for a second, then continue to hold it for another 12 seconds. You won't see anything happen at this point, the screen will stay white.

4. Repeat the above step 6 more times in a row. Yep, you read that right, 6 more times in a row. My assumption is they do this so people don't accidentally restore their Nooks during normal use.

5. Now press the Power Button once to turn the Nook back on.

6. You'll see the touch screen go black, with a sky blue progress bar, and a description of what it's doing, such as mounting the drive, formatting, etc. This takes a few minutes so be patient.

7. Once it does that, it'll boot up to your main screen, (it can take a while) with any previous version of the software showing, and you'll need to treat it just as you did when it was brand spanking new. i.e. re-register it, set the display name again, reload your screensavers, books and so on.

8. To update to the latest software version, press the "My Library" button, and make sure you're in the "My B&N Library" area; tap the "Check for new B&N content" button, it'll re-discover that it needs to be updated to the latest software, and automatically go through that process again for you. It can and often does take some time, and do some reboots, partition mounting, etc., so just be patient and let it do it's thing.

[Nimitz]

hmmmm .... tried that twice and when I press the power button once (after the 6 times) Practiscore just comes on ...

when I press and hold the pwr button to turn it back on after the initial power off it flickers once (screen goes completely white with nothing on it) and then while holding the power button on a white screen comes up with a big "n" and it says "Read Forever", your NOOK is starting up ......

I hold for 12 secs & then repeat, each time the screen flicks once & the same above is shown on the screen

After the 6th time I pushed the power button once & nothing happens, the white screen with the " ... your NOOK is powering up ...." just stays there. If I push and hold

[wgnoyes]

Forget all that "press and hold 15+ seconds and repeat 6-9 times and hold your mouth right and shake beads and hope for the best" nonsense, that part of nooks always drove me nuts. Create a rootnscoreit card and boot off of that. Within the advanced options you'll find an selection to reset the nook back to factory. It works; I've used it.

[Nimitz]

thx. worked like a charm ....

[wgnoyes]

Excellent!