Okay folks. I'm taking the plunge. I really need to do a factory reset so I figured I might as well go whole hog. I have a Sprint Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.1. I've downloaded the toolkit for Galaxy Nexus from XDA and watched a YouTube video that mostly followed along with the XDA toolkit. However, the video missed a bunch of steps so here I am hoping you will fill in the gaps.
1) My version and build, version 4.2.1 build JOP40D match the GSM US model with wallet, not the CDMA/LTE Sprint model. Which do I choose? This seems like it's the most important thing NOT to mess up.
2) To do the backup, it says "Run in Android"? What does that mean? That my phone needs to be hooked up to the computer?
3) Flash Recovery. Okay, I'm not really sure what this is. I always assumed it was something that allowed you to put your phone back to normal but it didn't seem that way on the video. He got all excited about using this to clear his cache. He also did the Flash Recovery step AFTER doing the 1-click step which says that it does the Flash Recovery as part of the process. Is this necessary or is just if you want to switch recoveries?
And last, but certainly not least,
4) Once I'm rooted, then what? I would like to upgrade to 4.2.2 since Sprint hasn't pushed it and update my radio. How do I do these?
Thanks for any and all help.
1) My version and build, version 4.2.1 build JOP40D match the GSM US model with wallet, not the CDMA/LTE Sprint model. Which do I choose? This seems like it's the most important thing NOT to mess up.
2) To do the backup, it says "Run in Android"? What does that mean? That my phone needs to be hooked up to the computer?
3) Flash Recovery. Okay, I'm not really sure what this is. I always assumed it was something that allowed you to put your phone back to normal but it didn't seem that way on the video. He got all excited about using this to clear his cache. He also did the Flash Recovery step AFTER doing the 1-click step which says that it does the Flash Recovery as part of the process. Is this necessary or is just if you want to switch recoveries?
And last, but certainly not least,
4) Once I'm rooted, then what? I would like to upgrade to 4.2.2 since Sprint hasn't pushed it and update my radio. How do I do these?
Thanks for any and all help.