[MAC METHOD] Root,Unroot & Unlock Your VZ Galaxy Nexus

[zero neck]

Yeah that's how its done. Glad you got it going, Congrats!

 

[dmmarck]

Enjoy your device the way God and Andy Rubin intended it .

 

[resu_ruot]

Funny Story. My phone is acting up . . . Again. The phone I have now is the last of 3 replacement phones I received from Asurion. The first phone had a pink hue to the whole screen that really bugged me to look at (it was a new phone manufactured in China). The second phone was a remanufactured phone, which looked like it had a screen repaired as the screen on it was sunken in at the bottom of the phone creating a lip. I finally got the phone that I have now and I thought it was good enough (didn't display whites as "white" as my original phone) so I kept it.

I did notice that every once In a while the phone would completely loose signal to the point that there was a little "x" in the signal bar area. I thought "oh well maybe it was a one time thing". I also have heard that some radios are "bad" on some phones.

So my great idea was to root my phone install 4.0.4 and install the new EK06 and EK04 radios and that would fix the problem. I was wrong. My phone continues to drop calls and I get voicemails left on my phone because the call never came through.

I now have to unroot my phone and return it stock so that I can call Asurion again and have them replace my phone for a fourth time (they must hate me).

After that long story, my question is:

Do I just follow the instructions at the beginning of the thread even though I installed 4.0.4 and installed the new radios? Will following the directions reset me to stock 4.0.2 with the old radios? I did create a backup using clockwork recovery when I rooted my phone and before I changed the radios.

Sorry for the long post. Again the help is appreciated.

tl;dr - need help returning my phone with 4.0.4 and EK06/EK04 radios back to stock so that I can return for warranty replacement.

 

[dmmarck]

The new radios are FA, not EK. You sure you installed the correct ones?

Follow zero's guide!

 

[resu_ruot]

I'm going to look for and try those radios first and see how it works out. Thanks for the heads up. I definitely have the EK radios.

 

[dmmarck]

zero's guide is amazing, I recommend using that. It's in this subforum.

 

[resu_ruot]

I changed the Radios to the new ones: "FA" radios, the process was extremely easy using Zero's Guide as you had said. But the problem is I'm still having issues with my phone. I rebooted the phone after installing the new radios and then I turned wifi off. As soon as wifi was turned off the 4G signal dropped to nothing and was replaced with an "x". At this point I think there is something else going on with the phone.

 

[dmmarck]

I changed the Radios to the new ones: "FA" radios, the process was extremely easy using Zero's Guide as you had said. But the problem is I'm still having issues with my phone. I rebooted the phone after installing the new radios and then I turned wifi off. As soon as wifi was turned off the 4G signal dropped to nothing and was replaced with an "x". At this point I think there is something else going on with the phone.

I would try it out in different areas first, just so you get a decent "diagnosis" (so to speak). I've had the X come up, but it usually goes away.

Go to Settings ==> About Phone and check the Baseband to double check the radios installed properly.

 

[zero neck]

If you need to unroot, being on 4.04 doesn't matter you can still use the guide.

 

[resu_ruot]

Yup. Tried the phone a few times at different locations, with the same result. There is definitely something else going on with it other than software.

 

[kderentz]

If you need to unroot, being on 4.04 doesn't matter you can still use the guide.

I just used this guide to unlock the boot loader and root my phone (was on 4.0.2) and now I just updated it to 4.0.4 and its back to having no root. Can I still use this again to re-root? or should I just go with this instead:

Root Galaxy Nexus CDMA Android 4.0.4 ICS Install ClockworkMod Recovery

 

[zero neck]

I just used this guide to unlock the boot loader and root my phone (was on 4.0.2) and now I just updated it to 4.0.4 and its back to having no root. Can I still use this again to re-root? or should I just go with this instead:

Root Galaxy Nexus CDMA Android 4.0.4 ICS Install ClockworkMod Recovery

Yes that should work. You could also follow this guide by titansjonne from this forum:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html

 

[kderentz]

Yes that should work. You could also follow this guide by titansjonne from this forum:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html

Yea I used this guide to root when I was on 4.0.2 .... but wasnt sure it would work on 4.0.4

 

[zero neck]

word. it should work.

 

[resu_ruot]

Hey Guys. I'm back again! Ok so I'm in the process of unrooting my phone and locking the bootloader. I'm trying to follow the steps at the beginning of the post but they don't seem to be working for me I think it might be since the files might be named differently.

Up to Step 3 worked fine:
3) Open a terminal and use the following commands:

Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader

Step 4 I think worked:
4) Wait for bootloader to reboot on phone.
I get this screen:

Then I try typing in step 5:
5) Then, in terminal use the following commands:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img

The result I get is:
error: cannot load '/Users/Pablo/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img'

I think it might be that there is no file named boot.img in my adb-fastboot folder.

 

[resu_ruot]

In Step 1 I downloaded this stock image:

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

It's located at the bottom of the page.

 

[zero neck]

I'll look at that when I get to a CPU.. probably like 1 hr

 

[zero neck]

In Step 1 I downloaded this stock image:

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

It's located at the bottom of the page.

OK you need to unzip that file (make sure you dl the one for toro), then in that folder also unzip the image mysid folder. from there, move all the files - the bootloader, boot, system, recovery, both radio files, and userdata .img files into your "adb-fastboot" folder.

the command you are entering is instructing that the files are in desktop>adb-fastboot - if they are in other folders, you would have to tell it which folders they are in.

if you move these files to the adb-fastboot folder, the command as you have entered it should work fine.

If you need anything else just ask.

gl

 

[resu_ruot]

Thanks again for the help Zero.

I finally was able to figure it out last night. I used the following instructions (both from AC Forums and some from Droid-Life):

How to Unroot, Re-Lock, and return to factory State:

First step:

Download factory image found at the bottom of this page:

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

and then . . .

OK you need to unzip that file (make sure you dl the one for toro), then in that folder also unzip the image mysid folder. from there, move all the files - the bootloader, boot, system, recovery, both radio files, and userdata .img files into your "adb-fastboot" folder.

Step 2: Open a terminal and use the following commands:

~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader

This should take you to this screen:

At this point Type the following commands (or copy and paste, and hit [return]), allowing each to finish before moving onto the next:

Step 3:
./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
Step 4:
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
Step 5:
./fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
Step 6:
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
Step 7 (this might take a while, be patient):
./fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
Step 8:
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
Step 9 (this installs factory image, so it will also take a while. Be patient):
./fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
Once step 9 is complete the phone restarts and takes you to the Welcome Screen

Step 10:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
Step 11:
fastboot oem lock

Once that last step is finished. You will be back at this screen:

Reboot the phone one last time by highlighting "Start" (it should already be selected by default), and pressing the lock switch.

And that is it.

Once I logged into my phone everything was back to stock. Even the .zip files that were previously transfered to your phone are gone.

I hope this helps anyone that gets stuck like myself

 

[Cbry77]

Got it unlocked. Whenever I go to copy/paste the rooting commands in terminal I get

Macintosh-2:~ Courtenay$ chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh
chmod: install-superboot-mac.sh: No such file or directory

Any recommendations?


EDIT: Got it. First time working in terminal. Thanks for the guide. Lots of help!