How to root on 4.2.2

[digitalslacker]

Or just search for and use the Nexus Root Toolkit. Pretty well fool proof from what I can tell.

No, they are not fool proof. I've personally had them fail on me before, especially right after new versions of Android get released and the toolkits haven't been updated to support them yet.

When something screws up and you've used the manual approach you know more about the problem than you do with a toolkit. That, plus the knowledge you have from reading one of the manual guides puts you in a much better place to fix your device than you would be if a fancy GUI threw an error and left you with a door stop of a tablet or phone.

I'm a developer, putting a fancy wrapper around things and hiding all but the basics from the end user is what I do and that's all a Toolkit is.

GUIs are great, end users don't want to be burdened with what they perceive to be an overly complex process to perform a simple task. And I agree, it's complex the first time you do it and it doesn't need to be. Google can and should do better. But until that GUI is provided by Google directly, I won't be using toolkits anymore.





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[nodehacker]

When i choose recovery it just shows a black screen

 

[Angie Studt]

Hey everyone, posting from my girlfriends computer/facebook. I feel very comfortable tinkering around in command, and with my devices, and am usually confident in my abilities to diagnose and fix any issues (or at least find help online!) that may arise. Thanks so much! Although I am not too knowledgeable in Android I definately agree about not using toolkits. I like to learn as much as i can for not only preventative measures but combating future issues. I had previously bricked (for all intents and purposes) my Nexus 7 in an extremely dumb and highly preventable way and just got it restored to 4.1.2. From there I had updated to 4.2.2 without re-rooting and was struggling to find a clear way to root it. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, oh well. Thanks for a clear, concise guide, and also helping illustrate why toolkits are not the greatest option although sometimes useful. Now my Nexus 7 is once again Unlocked, Rooted, and will soon be using Buttered AOKP and possibly Motley Kernel. Any other ROMs that are good for battery life, and just general use/light gaming? Thanks again!

 

[chris2391]

Step 10 - Once completed, choose RECOVERY from the Fastboot menu and enter Recovery Mode.

After choosing recovery, my phone is stuck at a blank & black screen. If I hold down power, power + volume down, or power + volume up, it just boots back into a black screen. It vibrates as if it's rebooting but won't get out of the black screen. Any ideas?

 

[gotta have it android]

This is for the Nexus 7

After choosing recovery, my phone is stuck at a blank & black screen. If I hold down power, power + volume down, or power + volume up, it just boots back into a black screen. It vibrates as if it's rebooting but won't get out of the black screen. Any ideas?

 

[gotta have it android]

You are very welcome! And you also kinda sound like me! I'm always asking questions to either learn new stuff or just troubleshot something from someone

Hey everyone, posting from my girlfriends computer/facebook. I feel very comfortable tinkering around in command, and with my devices, and am usually confident in my abilities to diagnose and fix any issues (or at least find help online!) that may arise. Thanks so much! Although I am not too knowledgeable in Android I definately agree about not using toolkits. I like to learn as much as i can for not only preventative measures but combating future issues. I had previously bricked (for all intents and purposes) my Nexus 7 in an extremely dumb and highly preventable way and just got it restored to 4.1.2. From there I had updated to 4.2.2 without re-rooting and was struggling to find a clear way to root it. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, oh well. Thanks for a clear, concise guide, and also helping illustrate why toolkits are not the greatest option although sometimes useful. Now my Nexus 7 is once again Unlocked, Rooted, and will soon be using Buttered AOKP and possibly Motley Kernel. Any other ROMs that are good for battery life, and just general use/light gaming? Thanks again!

 

[krishtrinity]

Go to krishtrinity for 100 %working trick on how to root nexus 7.

 

[2defmouze]

There is no "trick" to rooting a Nexus device. There are 3 steps:
1. fastboot oem unlock
2. Boot into a custom recovery of your choosing (CWM or TWRP)
fastboot boot nameofrecovery.img
3. Flash Koush's open source superuser.zip
....
Profit.

 

[krishtrinity]

Go to krishtrinity for working jellybean 4.2.2 root.

 

[dannyjoebrown]

OH HELP I got all the stuff right except once i got the bootloader I must of hit sideload zip and now I cant get anyting to happen cant get it to go back to bootloader with pwr and down it says sideload started now the send the package you want to apply and my pc keeps saying now waiting for device

what do i do - let the battery run out i cant get this thing to budge

 

[dannyjoebrown]

hmmm not sure why I did this now CM has no app store, Liquid has no app store. The app store wont install it just blanks out my screen and the downloaded stock recovery fil just keeps aborintng every time I flash it, of couse CM and Liquid does not. Neither set my clock right, Ive spent so many hours on this already. Fun times, stock-recovery and com.android.vending-4.0.25.apk just UGGG

 

[2defmouze]

hmmm not sure why I did this now CM has no app store, Liquid has no app store. The app store wont install it just blanks out my screen and the downloaded stock recovery fil just keeps aborintng every time I flash it, of couse CM and Liquid does not. Neither set my clock right, Ive spent so many hours on this already. Fun times, stock-recovery and com.android.vending-4.0.25.apk just UGGG

You did not flash GApps... Almost all ROMs do not include GApps, the pack must be flashed separately. This is ROM Flashing 101

Read the ROM thread or page to see which GApps pack they recommend, but by default it will usually be the latest one available on goo.im

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[jeff202]

The guide says copy files to the SDcard but the Nexus 7 doesn't have one. Where do I copy the files to?

 

[akHiL parakKat]

i have a rooted galaxy nexus running on JB 4.1.2 version AOKP custom ROM.how do i update my phone to 4.2.2 without unrooted..and wen im updating will i lose my data? i have titanium backup at the moment.
pls give an advise asap