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Fix your nook's frozen screen with these helpful tips

If you think your screen on nook may be frozen, you may want to try these steps to reboot your nook:

First, try holding the power down for 10-15 seconds, and then pressing the power button again. If that doesn't reboot your Nook, try:

1. Unplugging the nook.
2. Remove the battery (if you don't know how, there are further instructions in the manual).
3. Plug the nook in, without the battery.

The Nook should begin to go through its booting process. Once booted, replace the battery (don't turn the nook off or unplug).

If these steps don't work, you may have to call our digital support team in customer service. They can be reached at 1-800-THE-BOOK (1-800-843-2665).

via nooktalk.net

It's really interesting how plugging in your nook to an AC adapter after removing its battery can fix a lot of the screen freezing issues some users are having.

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Posted January 23, 2010
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How to update your nook to 1.1.1 if you have 1.1.0 a.k.a. how to fix Adobe Digital Editions

Trying to update to 1.1.1 on your nook and getting an "Invalid Update" error? I've figured out a way to get the update to work.

  1. Install Python if you don't have it installed. (Macs already have it installed by default.)
  2. Run the script from here using Python.
  3. Wait until the script finishes getting the firmware file downloaded.
  4. Connect your nook via the USB cable.
  5. Copy the "signed_bravo_update.1.0.0.dat" to the root of the nook drive and rename it to "signed_bravo_update.dat".
  6. Eject and disconnect your nook and watch it revert back to 1.0.0 automatically.
  7. Download the 1.1.1 update from Barnes and Noble's website.
  8. Connect your nook to your computer through the USB cable again.
  9. Copy the 1.1.1 update that you've downloaded to the root of the nook drive.
  10. Eject and disconnect your nook.
  11. Your nook will reboot and you will have 1.1.1 on your nook with all the bug fixes and optimizations that it offers (including the Adobe Digital Editions bug that some users are having).

Update: A 500 error keeps on occurring with this script, so I guess I'll have to find someone who has the 1.0.0 update saved somewhere.

Update 2: Grab the 1.0.0 firmware from here or here.

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Posted December 28, 2009
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Can't register my nook

My nook isn't able to be registered due to an error appearing: Error Could not connect at this time. Please try again. I bet it's Barnes and Noble's servers being pounded by people coming home from work. Oh well! I'm willing to wait some time.

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Posted December 9, 2009
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