Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 root help

**CovX** · 05-22-2012, 12:09 AM

I unlocked my Gnex on stock 4.0.2 then updated to 4.0.4 with cwr. When ever i try to root it using wugs tool or gnexroot kit it doesn't work.But juice defender says i have root. How can i root it?

**silverdog** · 05-22-2012, 02:24 AM

i finally got mine rooted/unlocked but cant get the rom to show up. i even wiped my phone clean. i was mad as hell. then i heard about the update supposedly coming out today ota.

**CovX** · 05-22-2012, 08:58 AM

On 4.0.4?

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**dmmarck** · 05-22-2012, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by CovX

On 4.0.4?

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You need to flash the updated SU.zip found in the 4.0.4 update thread (in the general forum). That should do it.

**2defmouze** · 05-22-2012, 09:03 AM

If you have root on your 4.0.4 ROM then just download superuser from the market. If you don't, then flash this in CWR:
ONLY FOR STOCK 4.0.4

@silverdog... when you unlocked everything got wiped, including your sd, so you need to stick whatever ROM you are trying to flash back on it.

Nobody should be waiting for a useless OTA. Flash a 4.0.4 ROM, and not a boring stock one, go with AOKP and just enjoy all the options you get with it. You have nothing to lose.. you can always go back to stock in just a few minutes with this phone, but believe me you will not want to.

**CovX** · 05-22-2012, 09:18 AM

I'll try that now

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**CovX** · 05-22-2012, 12:53 PM

Thanks guys it workes

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**dmmarck** · 05-22-2012, 12:57 PM

Excellent, enjoy!

**jessesmith8888** · 05-22-2012, 12:57 PM

Here is the correct su:

And you'll need root explorer to delete a script that over writes cwm with the stock recovery every time your phone reboots

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**jessesmith8888** · 05-22-2012, 01:07 PM

stock rom has an automatic "feature" that will reapply the stock recovery on reboot, overwriting CWM, etc.

You can delete or rename the file "recovery-from-boot.p" from /system folder to stop it doing this

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**chubb** · 05-29-2012, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by 2defmouze

If you have root on your 4.0.4 ROM then just download superuser from the market. If you don't, then flash this in CWR:
ONLY FOR STOCK 4.0.4

Thanks. Everything else I've tried never worked. Good work.

**newguyandroid** · 06-05-2012, 06:30 PM

Help! I am new to this whole experience: Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I have unlocked the Bootloader, flashed the CWMR 5.5.0.4 beta 6 recovery. I cannot get the su.zip or any zip file to show up. I adb push them to the phone, it seems successful, then I go to the recovery "install zip from sdcard" and it says "no files found" . Yikes. Now my phone is useless.

I would appreciate anyones help. BTW I am using a mac.

Thanks,
newandroidguy

**zero neck** · 06-05-2012, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by newguyandroid

Help! I am new to this whole experience: Verizon Galaxy Nexus. I have unlocked the Bootloader, flashed the CWMR 5.5.0.4 beta 6 recovery. I cannot get the su.zip or any zip file to show up. I adb push them to the phone, it seems successful, then I go to the recovery "install zip from sdcard" and it says "no files found" . Yikes. Now my phone is useless.

I would appreciate anyones help. BTW I am using a mac.

Thanks,
newandroidguy

use the mtp connection with your computer to put the su.zip (use this one )

so place that file on your sd card somewhere, like download folder or wherever.

then, boot into recovery mode (you can do so manually by powering off, then powering up while holding Vol up, Vol Down, and Power all together) - then use volume keys to navigate to Recovery, then power key to select recovery. Then go thru recovery, install zip from sd card, find the su-latest and install.

**Steve Hall** · 06-17-2012, 07:46 PM

I was rooted on my Verizon GNex under 4.0.2. Got the OTA update to 4.0.4, but apparently have lost root (naturally

).

When I go into FastBoot mode, it displays "LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED," but won't read the phone when I connect via USB to my Mac. I have downloaded the latest su.zip, but I can't reboot into recovery (nor can I do anything else a truly rooted phone can do).

Tried to rename/delete the "recovery-from-boot.p" file using Root Explorer, but it keeps telling me the file is untouchable because it's a system file.

Have run out of ideas; anyone have any other suggestions? (Obviously, it's past time for me to put a custom 4.0.4 ROM on the phone, but I need to root, first.)

Thanks in advance!

**zero neck** · 06-17-2012, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

I was rooted on my Verizon GNex under 4.0.2. Got the OTA update to 4.0.4, but apparently have lost root (naturally

).

When I go into FastBoot mode, it displays "LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED," but won't read the phone when I connect via USB to my Mac. I have downloaded the latest su.zip, but I can't reboot into recovery (nor can I do anything else a truly rooted phone can do).

Tried to rename/delete the "recovery-from-boot.p" file using Root Explorer, but it keeps telling me the file is untouchable because it's a system file.

Have run out of ideas; anyone have any other suggestions? (Obviously, it's past time for me to put a custom 4.0.4 ROM on the phone, but I need to root, first.)

Thanks in advance!

are you at all familiar with fastboot?

i would have you download the 404 su .zip straight from your phone (so it will be in your sd/downloads folder).

then download the latest version of clockwork mod and place it in the same folder as fastboot on your computer.

then you can put usb debugging mode on the phone while connected by usb to cpu, open up terminal or command prompt (depending if you use mac or pc), and "cd" to the folder that contains fastboot.exe (as well as the zipped up copy of cwm you will download), then you can enter this command:

Code:

./fastboot boot recovery whatevertheclockworkfileiscalled.zip

then you should have cwm temp booting on your device - navigate to install zip from sd card, go to downloads, and flash the latest su.

after that reboot, flash cwm permanently whichever way you prefer (rom manager, fastboot) and you'll be good to go.

any questions feel free to ask here

gl

**Steve Hall** · 06-17-2012, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by zero neck

are you at all familiar with fastboot?

i would have you download the 404 su .zip straight from your phone (so it will be in your sd/downloads folder).

then download the latest version of clockwork mod and place it in the same folder as fastboot on your computer.

then you can put usb debugging mode on the phone while connected by usb to cpu, open up terminal or command prompt (depending if you use mac or pc), and "cd" to the folder that contains fastboot.exe (as well as the zipped up copy of cwm you will download), then you can enter this command:

Code:

./fastboot boot recovery whatevertheclockworkfileiscalled.zip

then you should have cwm temp booting on your device - navigate to install zip from sd card, go to downloads, and flash the latest su.

after that reboot, flash cwm permanently whichever way you prefer (rom manager, fastboot) and you'll be good to go.

any questions feel free to ask here

gl

Doh . . . I meant, I was unlocked under 4.0.2, not rooted. So yes, familiar with FastBoot. (And no, I can't reboot into recovery from FastBoot—I see the "LOCK STATE—UNLOCKED" notice, but it pretty much acts as though it's locked.)

I'll try your suggestions—thanks a ton!

**zero neck** · 06-17-2012, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

Doh . . . I meant, I was unlocked under 4.0.2, not rooted. So yes, familiar with FastBoot. (And no, I can't reboot into recovery from FastBoot—I see the "LOCK STATE—UNLOCKED" notice, but it pretty much acts as though it's locked.)

I'll try your suggestions—thanks a ton!

Word I meant boot loader mode on phone and fast boot via CPU using commands.

Let me know if that works out or if you need clarifications.

**Steve Hall** · 06-17-2012, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by zero neck

Word I meant boot loader mode on phone and fast boot via CPU using commands.

Let me know if that works out or if you need clarifications.

Okay . . . phone is in Fastboot (bootloader) mode, lock state = unlocked (according to the phone). However, I can't find JUST Clockwordmod Recovery (zip file) to put in the same directory on my Mac as Fastboot is, to run the recovery.

(Also, I'm away from home, so stuck with my Macbook Air, which never seems to see the phone in Finder, although other apps see it connected as a media device or camera.)

I'll fiddle with it a bit more, but it's probably going to have to wait until I get home late this week.

Thanks again for stepping up!

**Irvgotti** · 06-17-2012, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

I was rooted on my Verizon GNex under 4.0.2. Got the OTA update to 4.0.4, but apparently have lost root (naturally

).

When I go into FastBoot mode, it displays "LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED," but won't read the phone when I connect via USB to my Mac. I have downloaded the latest su.zip, but I can't reboot into recovery (nor can I do anything else a truly rooted phone can do).

Tried to rename/delete the "recovery-from-boot.p" file using Root Explorer, but it keeps telling me the file is untouchable because it's a system file.

Have run out of ideas; anyone have any other suggestions? (Obviously, it's past time for me to put a custom 4.0.4 ROM on the phone, but I need to root, first.)

Thanks in advance!

On you mac Do you have Android File Transfer downloaded? thats what i had to download for it to reconize my phone

**Steve Hall** · 06-17-2012, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Irvgotti

On you mac Do you have Android File Transfer downloaded? thats what i had to download for it to reconize my phone

HAH! On my iMac, yes . . . not on the laptop. Doh! (again). Thanks for the reminder

**zero neck** · 06-17-2012, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Hall

Okay . . . phone is in Fastboot (bootloader) mode, lock state = unlocked (according to the phone). However, I can't find JUST Clockwordmod Recovery (zip file) to put in the same directory on my Mac as Fastboot is, to run the recovery.

(Also, I'm away from home, so stuck with my Macbook Air, which never seems to see the phone in Finder, although other apps see it connected as a media device or camera.)

I'll fiddle with it a bit more, but it's probably going to have to wait until I get home late this week.

Thanks again for stepping up!

you need this:

that's cwm touch - place that file in the same folder as fastboot.exe on your computer. for example, if you downloaded the superboot folder and left it on the desktop - inside that folder (mysid or whatever it's called when you downloaded the files to unlock/use adb/fastboot etc) - so inside that folder is adb and fastboot files (theyre executables but on a mac they will just say adb or fastboot).

so, download the recovery file to the cpu and leave it untouched (still zipped), and place it inside that folder that contains fastboot.

so you already have the latest su package in a zip on your phone after you download it from your phone browser - so you make sure usb debugging is checked, then you connect your phone to the cpu with usb.

next, power off phone and power back on with vol up, vol down, and power held together to get to bootloader mode.

next, open terminal on the cpu and cd to the folder that contains fastboot.

for example, that folder is called "adb-fastboot" (i dont know what you're folders are called you have to enter the name of the folder, thisis just an example) - and that folder "adb-fastboot" is on the desktop.

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!!!

**Steve Hall** · 06-17-2012, 09:26 PM

*sigh* Not working. The download is an image, so I made a zip of it as well.
Used the following command, and one without .zip:

Code:

 /Users/sbhall52/GNexRoot/fastboot boot recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-toro.img.zip

For both, I got this:

Code:

cannot load 'recovery'

I think I'm going to have to wipe the phone and start over—seems that having the phone saying it's unlocked, but not really being unlocked, is playing hell with everything else.

Appreciate all the help—I love how the people here go the extra mile to give anyone that extra bit of knowledge!

I'll fight with this again when I'm not on vacation, and can give my full attention.

**zero neck** · 06-17-2012, 09:58 PM

Wait my bad. You want the img

Leave it as an image: just cwm, su is a zip

Just do everything I said but .img instead of .zip in the commands.

My bad sorry

**zero neck** · 06-17-2012, 09:58 PM

Its been a long day

The command is ./fastboot boot recovery clockwork4847484747whatever.img

**Steve Hall** · 06-18-2012, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by zero neck

Its been a long day

The command is ./fastboot boot recovery clockwork4847484747whatever.img

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.)