Galaxy Nexus 4.0.4 root help

[zero neck]

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: Goo.im Downloads - Downloading recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.0.2-toro.img

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]

*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:

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

For both, I got this:

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]

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]

Its been a long day

The command is ./fastboot boot recovery clockwork4847484747whatever.img

 

[Steve Hall]

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.)

 

[dmmarck]

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]

Yup whatever the cwm img is called

 

[Steve Hall]

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]

Awesome. Time to flash roms???

 

[Steve Hall]

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]

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]

**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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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