HOW-TO OEM unlock the Galaxy Nexus

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by rodeojones

And now I'm rooted. Once I figured out the ADB mess, it took about 5 minutes total to unlock the phone and get it rooted.

What root method did you use? Link me?

[rodeojones]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

What root method did you use? Link me?

Sorry for the delay in replying. I used the walk-through (which also includes the two necessary files) from Droid-Life.com. Here's a link to it:

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Just make sure you put both files that you download into the same folder that has adb.exe (for me it was platform-tools/). Two commands later you'll be rooted and running CWM.

[tostler]

This was the exact solution to my problem.
Like jms.flynn over at XDA-Developers, I'm running Win 7, 64bit.

Worked like a charm .

[bplewis24]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before or if anybody noticed, but after the bootloader is unlocked, there is a new icon displayed while the phone boots up. It's during the "Google" splash screen, and at the very bottom of the screen is a lock icon verifying that the phone is not locked (the latch is not completely secure in the lock).

This is not a big deal, but I imagine that Verizon is training their reps to look for this when accepting any returns. If you are returning for a hardware defect, this may be important to you.

Brandon

[st0ic_1]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before or if anybody noticed, but after the bootloader is unlocked, there is a new icon displayed while the phone boots up. It's during the "Google" splash screen, and at the very bottom of the screen is a lock icon verifying that the phone is not locked (the latch is not completely secure in the lock).

This is not a big deal, but I imagine that Verizon is training their reps to look for this when accepting any returns. If you are returning for a hardware defect, this may be important to you.

Brandon

That's why it's important to lock your phone back up when returning.

[shane1341]

In the device manager "android 1.0" does not show up because I have a code 19 error. Under "USB controllers" there is a yellow exclamation point next to "Samsung usb mobile device". Automatic updates does nothing so I go to "browse my computer>let me pick> ?"

Then there is about 8 choices for different samsung manufacturers and more options for each models. I'm just not sure which to chose to fix the error. Any help is appreciated

[Hand_O_Death]

Originally Posted by surfacinglove

Anyone having issue with waiting for device or the Android 1.0 driver issue when in bootloader, read this:
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This worked, I had to go through "All Devices" and then through about ten different "Samsung Intl" options to find the ADB option, but then I installed it and it worked great. Thank you and I suggest this to anyone with the trouble of the FastBoot mode not connecting your your PC.

[bluedimness]

Thanks everyone. From this post I was able to unlock without any issues. Didn't even need to install the Samsung usb driver that was posted. I just installed the SDK, included the Google USB driver package, Android 4.0.3 and Android SDK platform tools with the install. With the phone in fast boot mode and connected to my PC, in device manager I selected my phone, clicked update driver then chose the driver installed by the SDK in the android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver directory. No fancy stuff needed. Hope this helps some people

[elarquitecto801]

So I am having some problems here. I have followed all the steps up to entering "fastboot oem unlock" and the comand prompt then says "waiting for device" is there anyone who can point me in the right direction to unlocking i would like to load 4.0.4

Update:

I tried the method pointed out by Hand_O_Death. This method ended up getting me lost and worried that I could brick my phone. If any one can still help it would be appreciated.

Finally found the right samsung drivers and it is now i'm unlocked and full joy. Thank you to all of the wonderful people who are willing to help out those of us who just can't seem to get it right.