Hello everyone! New to Galaxy Nexus root.

[HurrrDurrrDURP]

Hello everyone! First off, I promise I am no noob when it comes to rooting, I'm coming from the Optimus V to the Nexus. Anyway I have some general questions I was wondering if someone can answer for me before I decide to root.

1. Will rooting void my warranty? Or only if I unlock my boot loader?
2. Is there a way to root without unlocking the boot loader
3. Are there any Android apps that will auto-root for me?

Thanks in advanced!

 

[AppleBonker]

2. You must unlock the bootloader in order to root.
1. Having answered number 2, unlocking the bootloader MAY void your warranty. Not a definite yes or no.
3. Wugs toolkit (stickied above in this subforum) can root for you. However, being a Nexus device it is stupid simple to root manually.

Edit: Wugs is a Windows program, not an android app. AFAIK, there are no apps that you can download to your phone that will root. You will need a computer to do so.

 

[pool_shark]

You do not have to unlock the bootloader to root.
A friend of mine was rooted for months before unlocking the bootloader.
Some people were even flashing ROMs with the bootloader still locked, and that was before the following thread.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894717

 

[AppleBonker]

I stand corrected ^ (didn't even know that was out there). Though I'm failing to see much of a benefit to doing it this way. Not losing your data would be about the only thing beneficial from rooting without unlocking.

 

[bbudnick5001]

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[dmmarck]

You do not have to unlock the bootloader to root.
A friend of mine was rooted for months before unlocking the bootloader.
Some people were even flashing ROMs with the bootloader still locked, and that was before the following thread.


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894717

It's an exploit that effectively temporarily unlocks it. So while you don't have an unlocked device, it functions effectively as a temporary unlock. Unless that's different than the one from a few months ago...

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