[GUIDE][MAC/PC/LINUX][4.2] Unlock, Root and Flash Recovery

[Silken1987]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Yes

Excellent, have done that and now have the 'welcome' screen again. Am I right in thinking I can just carry on to root now?

 

[zero neck]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Excellent, have done that and now have the 'welcome' screen again. Am I right in thinking I can just carry on to root now?

Yeah just make sure debugging is on, you have plenty of battery, and get back in bootloader Mode and you can root it

 

[stinkyfischer]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

I have been able to unlock the bootloader using my mac.

But when running the scrips for rooting....everything seems to go well.... it downloads the boot.img and reboots, but i still have no root access.

also is there anyway of knowing if i killed tinkerbell during this process? i really dont want to be responsable for this!!

 

[Silken1987]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Yeah just make sure debugging is on, you have plenty of battery, and get back in bootloader Mode and you can root it

Have done this successfully All done I think. Is there anyway I can double check that root has been successful?

 

[ragnarokx]

Have done this successfully All done I think. Is there anyway I can double check that root has been successful?

If you download the app Titanium Backup, it will tell you if you're rooted when you start the app.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[Edwill86]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Root checker in the market.

Didn't want to flash cw so tried this..unlock was as simple as my gnex but the root did not work. I'll have to try something else.

 

[Droidintorrance]

Re: [Guide][NEXUS 7] UNLOCK & ROOT, FLASH RECOVERY, and MAKE BACK

How to flash a custom recovery ... coming soon

oops, I might have jumped ahead... dl Rom Manager, boot-into Recovery,, and am getting he robot on his back, with a red triangle exclamation mark...

what to do now...?


suddenly realizes that battery pull won't work... remembering to stay calm..

oh,, just hold volume down and power again... phew... ^_^

 

[Silken1987]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Rooted successfully

 

[2defmouze]

oops, I might have jumped ahead... dl Rom Manager, boot-into Recovery,, and am getting he robot on his back, with a red triangle exclamation mark...

what to do now...?


suddenly realizes that battery pull won't work... remembering to stay calm..

oh,, just hold volume down and power again... phew... ^_^

Rooted successfully

Double-like.. Never panic. With a Nexus just about anything can be fixed

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[zero neck]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Root checker in the market.

Didn't want to flash cw so tried this..unlock was as simple as my gnex but the root did not work. I'll have to try something else.

Its probably the update I'll fix the files

 

[Edwill86]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

OK let me know when you do I'll retry to root. Other then the root not working due to the update great walk through. :-D

 

[zero neck]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

I'll try to get to it asap.

Kinda trapped now BC of the rain were having here, but I'll be home a little later

 

[teckee]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

My roots run deep... Thanks for the clear instructions, worked beautifully!

 

[Edwill86]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

No rush. I'm in nj and its coming down pretty hard out there right now.

 

[Droidintorrance]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

So....

Do we need Rom Manager on the N7..?

Sorry.. total Noob here.. <--

how.. do we nandroid backup, boot into recovery and flash a new rom when we are ready..?

again, sorry if I sound really dumb...

 

[ragnarokx]

So....

Do we need Rom Manager on the N7..?

Sorry.. total Noob here.. <--

how.. do we nandroid backup, boot into recovery and flash a new rom when we are ready..?

again, sorry if I sound really dumb...

ROM Manager is not needed. In fact, I would stay away from it until we get an official version of Clockwork.

Download the free app Quick Boot, and you can use it to easily boot into Recovery.

To backup, in Clockwork go to backup/restore>backup
To flash a ROM, put the zip on your SD card and in Clockwork go to install zip from SD>choose file>then select your zip. Make sure to follow any extra directions the maker of the ROM gives you.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[jpd5150]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

When I get to fast boot oem unlock it just hangs there. It never Promps the seven to allow me to unlock? I have the SDK's from a few months ago could this be the issue from ICS to jb?

 

[zero neck]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

When I get to fast boot oem unlock it just hangs there. It never Promps the seven to allow me to unlock? I have the SDK's from a few months ago could this be the issue from ICS to jb?

download superboot in the OP - if you're on pc, you'll also need the universal naked driver (also in op).

if you have an outdated sdk, the superboot should have covered but if not, downloading a newer version of sdk wont hurt.


pc or mac?

 

[Edwill86]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Im itching to root. how are the files looking?

 

[moates4]

Re: [GUIDE] How to Unlock and Root the Nexus 7

Clockwork Mod 6.0.0.6 is now officially supports the N7. That means if you want the CM recovery, all's you have to do is download rom manger from the market, select "Flash CM recovery" then select your device. When you go to recovery the first time it will ask if you want to disable the stock recovery. select yes and your golden... easy peezy...

remember that if you do this you will not get OTA's anymore...