It's time!

[wyseguy77]

That's it, I've had enough! I'm done with 4.0.2. I've decided to unlock the bootloader, root, and flash. I will be using Wug's Toolkit to root, and I think I'll give Patient Zero a shot with 4.0.4 and Franco's kernel. I used to mess around with my old Fassy so I'm not new to the game, although it has been a while so I must ask, any words of wisdom?

 

[rufflez]

Sure... don't bother rooting. its not needed if you're just going to flash another rom. Its a complete waste of time really. All you need is an unlocked bootloader to flash clockwork mod (or just boot into clockworkmod and flash that way).

 

[zero neck]

Make Nandroid backups of course.

You may as well root i don't know what rufflez is talking about. You will need root access to do many things you're going to want to do probably.

Read up Cyber warriors sticky about flashing roms and backing up to get the rust off.

And have a good time

 

[rufflez]

You don't need root to flash a rom. If you are coming from a stock phone, why root when you are going to just overwrite the whole process and flash a ROM that is already rooted... hence pointless.

Please, I know what I'm talking about. I created the videos on here that explain how to do it.

Coming from stock:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Install clockwork mod
3) flash ROM
4) profit

Why add another pointless step?

 

[zero neck]

You don't need root to flash a rom. If you are coming from a stock phone, why root when you are going to just overwrite the whole process and flash a ROM that is already rooted... hence pointless.

Please, I know what I'm talking about. I created the videos on here that explain how to do it.

Coming from stock:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Install clockwork mod
3) flash ROM
4) profit

Why add another pointless step?

its literally one command?

 

[rufflez]

Well, once you've unlocked the bootloader, yes

fastboot boot recovery.img

you need to have the recovery image name correct there and it has to be in the folder with adb and fastboot. But that will let you boot into clockwork mod without installing it if you wanted to backup your unrooted phone, install a custom ROM, or do what I did and install stock 4.0.4 while keeping everything unmolested. Since you don't overwrite the stock recovery, you can flash stock signed files this way.

Now if you wanted to install Clockwork, its still one command

fastboot install recovery recovery.img

this command overwrites the stock recovery, so you won't be able to install stock updates.

 

[rufflez]

Hope I was clear, made a video.

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLfXDP7C09M[/YT]

literally, just made the video, let it process if it doesn't show

 

[zero neck]

Hope I was clear, made a video.

Click to view quoted video

literally, just made the video, let it process if it doesn't show

Ok I wasn't trying to argue with you. Thanks for the vid and tips.

 

[2defmouze]

lol While rufflez is correct... seeing as following all the unlocking instructions pretty much include rooting, and it takes about literally 2 seconds... its not so much a waste of time, you might as well. No need to confuse the guy

 

[dmmarck]

Yeah. I see no disadvantage in rooting TBH. Gives you easier access and a better sense of control.

 

[davey11]

Yeah. I see no disadvantage in rooting TBH. Gives you easier access and a better sense of control.

Not to mention using essential root apps like TiBu and adfree among others.

 

[dmmarck]

Not to mention using essential root apps like TiBu and adfree among others.

Yup. In a way, not rooting seems to complicate the experience a bit IMHO.

 

[oxymoron]

Not to mention using essential root apps like TiBu and adfree among others.

Adfree FTW! Love how it blocks ads when browsing on the compy while tethered too.

Charlie Sheen!

...or Winning!

Same.

*customized tapatalk signature*

 

[wyseguy77]

I rooted. Over all good experience it all came back to me once I started. Man this rom has a lot of customization options. Gonna take some time to get this thing the way I want it. Thanks for the help. Oh, are there themes for Patient Zero? Thanks again.

 

[dmmarck]

I rooted. Over all good experience it all came back to me once I started. Man this rom has a lot of customization options. Gonna take some time to get this thing the way I want it. Thanks for the help. Oh, are there themes for Patient Zero? Thanks again.

I believe Nexus Plus--which I ran on Liquid 1.25--has been ported over. For themes, check out the droidHive post (linked in the AXI0M thread) and root around.

 

[SOTK]

That's it, I've had enough! I'm done with 4.0.2. I've decided to unlock the bootloader, root, and flash. I will be using Wug's Toolkit to root, and I think I'll give Patient Zero a shot with 4.0.4 and Franco's kernel. I used to mess around with my old Fassy so I'm not new to the game, although it has been a while so I must ask, any words of wisdom?

All the Roms are pre-rooted with busybox and super user. Don't worry about rooting yourself. Just unlock (caution: back up your SD card as unlocking will wipe it) and flash clockworkmod. Then flash Rom of your choice.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[rufflez]

Wow, this thread went on and on and no one read what I said. I didn't say you should or shouldn't root. That choice is yours. What my point is, why add the step when its going to be included in whatever ROM you flash? Its a nonsense step as I showed in the video I posted.

 

[zero neck]

Wow, this thread went on and on and no one read what I said. I didn't say you should or shouldn't root. That choice is yours. What my point is, why add the step when its going to be included in whatever ROM you flash? Its a nonsense step as I showed in the video I posted.

I woulda rooted based on habit - from the days of dinc and tbolt. never had a nexus device before.

Also, would do it, despite its irrelevance, so that my stock nandroid for safe keeping is rooted with certain apps, although with this phone everything root related is such a breeze to fix that i dont really need the stock rooted nandroid for a safety net.

But, seeing what you mean, makes sense. Not much of a bother to do, but not much point to it either.

Anyway - thanks for info.

 

[dmmarck]

Wow, this thread went on and on and no one read what I said. I didn't say you should or shouldn't root. That choice is yours. What my point is, why add the step when its going to be included in whatever ROM you flash? Its a nonsense step as I showed in the video I posted.

I think it's good to at least know how to root and to know the effects of rooting with your stock rom before flashing a custom rom. Becoming familiar with things like Root Explorer and such are always good IMO. It might be a "nonsense" step, but I think it's a good one for someone unfamiliar with Android and customization.

That and it's such an "assumed" step (at least for the past couple years) that "not rooting" seems foreign to many folks.

 

[rufflez]

You can still root! I included the files in the video!
lol. I think its a much more crucial step to learn adb and fastboot commands if you are going to do things like root and ROM