HOW-TO OEM unlock the Galaxy Nexus

[kichard]

Anyone having issue with waiting for device or the Android 1.0 driver issue when in bootloader, read this:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [HOW TO] Unlock Bootloader & Root GSM Nexus

I had no "samsung" option. This really shouldn't be so annoying...

 

[surfacinglove]

Install this driver:
Samsung

 

[jimmyk0789]

i did everything but in command prompt is say device not found

 

[jbizzle]

Anyone having issue with waiting for device or the Android 1.0 driver issue when in bootloader, read this:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [HOW TO] Unlock Bootloader & Root GSM Nexus

WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! Thanks!

 

[jimmyk0789]

it says waiting for devices now

 

[anon(42011)]

Anyone having issue with waiting for device or the Android 1.0 driver issue when in bootloader, read this:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [HOW TO] Unlock Bootloader & Root GSM Nexus

Worked for me, Thanks!

 

[kichard]

Installed the driver from the Samsung site. Same problem when I'm in bootloader. Update drivers refuses to work.

 

[Nightowl33333]

To those having trouble getting the "Android 1.0" driver to install and not finding Samsung. Not only did I install the Samsung driver posted a couple posts above, but also: when right clicking on the Android 1.0 device and updating driver, then choosing "Let me pick from a list" I then chose "All Devices". There were about 6 different entries for Samsung (Samsung, Samsung Co., etc) and one of them had the Android ADB Interface entry, which worked. Originally I was just looking under "portable devices", which isn't it.

Hope that helps!

 

[kichard]

This is so frustrating. It's gotta be the most simple thing that I'm missing. Alaways is. I just don't get it. Everything is installed I cannot find "samsung" in the list of drivers. Although I've installed it two times. This is crazyness. :/

 

[Headhunter]

Anyone having issue with waiting for device or the Android 1.0 driver issue when in bootloader, read this:
xda-developers - View Single Post - [HOW TO] Unlock Bootloader & Root GSM Nexus

Install this driver:
Samsung

The combo of those two things worked for me. Initially, the Samsung option didn't have the Andriod ABD option. After installing the driver that surfacinglove posted there were a TON of Samsung options and the Android ADB driver was mixed up in there. I updated the driver from the Device manager and then ran the command and all went well.

Now I can start setting up the phone and actually using it! Thanks guys!!!!

Woohoo!!!!!

 

[xelhabb]

Got all the way to the command prompt, entered "fastboot oem unlock" and got this error message:

"This program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer"

What now?

 

[kichard]

Ok I GOT IT lol wow. always the most simple things. Install the Samsung drivers, device manager, update andriod 1.0 driver. select from computer and then I actually had to select all devices, thats where I was going wrong. THANK YOU for all your help my friends. Happy Nexus days

 

[Turbod]

No matter what I did, I could not seem to get the Sammy drivers to install. I installed PDA net and used those drivers. Went in to device manager, picked the device, selected install from specific location, selected search and picked browse, C:\Program Files\PdaNet for Android\usbwin and picked the android-usb.inf. I have no idea why, but anytime I went into Sammy folder, the proper drivers would not show, grrr.

 

[cam30era]

For those still having trouble with drivers

To those having trouble getting the "Android 1.0" driver to install and not finding Samsung. Not only did I install the Samsung driver posted a couple posts above, but also: when right clicking on the Android 1.0 device and updating driver, then choosing "Let me pick from a list" I then chose "All Devices". There were about 6 different entries for Samsung (Samsung, Samsung Co., etc) and one of them had the Android ADB Interface entry, which worked. Originally I was just looking under "portable devices", which isn't it.

Hope that helps!

Thank you Nightowl! This is the only thing that worked for me. Pointing the driver update utility to the Samsung driver folders, and to the Android SDK driver folder did not work for me. This finally did, after hours of frustration. And I'm not a noob at this.

 

[swarlos]

After changing the path i also cant open the sdk manager again.

 

[JoeUserTX]

Here's another alternative for the missing Android 1.0 USB driver issue:

1) Unplug the USB cable from the phone
2) Right-click on the "Android 1.0" entry in Device Manager (that shows the yellow exclamation point), then click 'Remove'
3) Install this USB ADB driver from xda-developers forum: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4174784/usb_driver.zip (download it locally, unzip into a folder where you can find it, then right-click on the android_winusb.inf file and choose 'Install')

Once the driver installs, plug the phone cable back in and the device will be recognized.

 

[JoeUserTX]

After changing the path i also cant open the sdk manager again.

It could be that your Windows profile is not an administrator account. Make sure that the PATH variable you change is for the System, not the User.

 

[killroy420]

Thanks everyone for the help. It took a little effort to solve those driver issues (I had all of the same issues mentioned already), but it finally worked!

 

[bphelminski]

Thank you everyone for all the tips. I just finished unlocking mine. First time I've ever done it. I feel so dirty

 

[JoeUserTX]

One thing not mentioned in the first post: You use the volume keys for selecting Yes/No, then tap the power button to confirm your choice.

One final question, y'all (since I've never done this on a phone before): Once you get the "Fastboot Status = Okay", all that remains is to press the power button?