Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 root help

**dmmarck** · 06-18-2012, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

Okay . . . as I showed above, that's not quite the filename I have, but I assume I use the filename I downloaded? (And I can go be sure I get the actual CW Touch img, too.)

Yes. Just substitute your file name for that.

**zero neck** · 06-18-2012, 09:23 AM

Yup whatever the cwm img is called

**Steve Hall** · 06-26-2012, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by zero neck

cd desktop
cd adb-fastboot
./fastboot boot ~~recovery~~ clockworkwhatever5.5.0.whatever.zip

that should get you into recovery temporarily, then you flash the su zip on the phone thru recovery, then you reboot system now, unplug the phone when it starts back up (not in fastboot mode! regular mode) - and from there you should be able to download rom manager and just flash cwm the easy way.

good luck!!!

Finally home and FINALLY getting around to fixing this. Turns out you had an extra 'recovery' in the fastboot command line; once I got rid of that, voila! So now I'm well on the way to getting CM9 installed.

Thanks again for the help—couldn't have done it without you!

**zero neck** · 06-26-2012, 05:30 PM

Awesome. Time to flash roms???

**Steve Hall** · 06-26-2012, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by zero neck

Awesome. Time to flash roms???

Yup yup . . . just rooted via Superboot; going to flash CM9. Have CM7 on my Nook Color, so I'm comfortable with it. Any other suggestions for ROMs to check out?

And I can do that completely from CW Rom Manager, right?

**zero neck** · 06-26-2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

Yup yup . . . just rooted via Superboot; going to flash CM9. Have CM7 on my Nook Color, so I'm comfortable with it. Any other suggestions for ROMs to check out?

And I can do that completely from CW Rom Manager, right?

You can do it thru rom manager but I never do. I dl the file from goo.im or a rootz thread, place in downloads folder, and flash thru recovery mode.

I like aokp and when I'm feeling a change lately its been paranoid android. Cm9 is heating up tho. I was a big fan of cm7 on my incredible.

**Steve Hall** · 06-26-2012, 07:34 PM

**sigh** Okay . . . have flashed CWM Recovery, both regular and Touch (Touch is awesome, btw), and SuperUser 4.0.4. Several times.

Problem is, as soon as I try to reboot into recovery, I get the dead Android with the red triangle. I thought SU404 was supposed to fix that, by overwriting the VZW file that keeps wiping out root? And even with root inspectors, I can't change the filename or delete the file, because it's read-only.

Enough for today, but I'll try again tomorrow. (I really think the 4.0.4 OTA from Verizon, with my bootloader unlocked, has something to do with this, but not really able to think clearly about it now.)

So any suggestions are welcome.

**zero neck** · 06-26-2012, 07:48 PM

You have root access (to apps, like rom manager), right?

you need to reflash recovery every time you want to boot into it, if you are stock and havent overwritten the stock recovery file manually - once you reflash recovery (thru rom manager or fast boot whichever you prefer) you should be able to boot into it. then, once you've flashed a rom, you won't have to keep doing that - it'll work without reflashing recovery.

just make sure when you flash the rom, wipe data, cache partition, and dalvik cache when you go from stock to a custom rom.

gl!

**Steve Hall** · 06-26-2012, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by zero neck

You have root access (to apps, like rom manager), right?

you need to reflash recovery every time you want to boot into it, if you are stock and havent overwritten the stock recovery file manually - once you reflash recovery (thru rom manager or fast boot whichever you prefer) you should be able to boot into it. then, once you've flashed a rom, you won't have to keep doing that - it'll work without reflashing recovery.

just make sure when you flash the rom, wipe data, cache partition, and dalvik cache when you go from stock to a custom rom.

gl!

Bingo! Going straight to Recovery after flashing CWM was the secret. Dunno why I didn't do that before, but I'm now running CM9. (It was the only one I had on the phone, and I didn't want to screw around with trying to find something else!)

BTW, I couldn't find AOKP at goo.im, but I think I have a link for it elsewhere.

Thanks again for all the help—and the patience! Hard to believe I had an easier time flashing CM7 to my DroidX! Guess I am getting older.

**zero neck** · 06-26-2012, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

Bingo! Going straight to Recovery after flashing CWM was the secret. Dunno why I didn't do that before, but I'm now running CM9. (It was the only one I had on the phone, and I didn't want to screw around with trying to find something else!)

BTW, I couldn't find AOKP at goo.im, but I think I have a link for it elsewhere.

Thanks again for all the help—and the patience! Hard to believe I had an easier time flashing CM7 to my DroidX! Guess I am getting older.

np, if you search goo for aokp it will always bring up the latest version. it can be a pain locating it otherwise

**greyhd** · 06-27-2012, 11:37 AM

I downloaded Wug's toolkit, can I use it to unlock and root my Nexus phone running 4.0.4 or will I need to download the new su file from the links provided? TIA

**zero neck** · 06-27-2012, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by greyhd

I downloaded Wug's toolkit, can I use it to unlock and root my Nexus phone running 4.0.4 or will I need to download the new su file from the links provided? TIA

Wugs has it I think just select that you are rooting 404 stock