[MAC METHOD] Root,Unroot & Unlock Your VZ Galaxy Nexus

[zero neck]

word. on stock rom, you need to flash recovery each time you want to boot into it. once you flash a custom rom, that won't happen.

 

[Snareman]

Alright, up and running on the Kang!!! Can't wait to see how my battery life and all are tomorrow.

So, what is this about flashing new radios? Do I need to do that too?

 

[zero neck]

Alright, up and running on the Kang!!! Can't wait to see how my battery life and all are tomorrow.

So, what is this about flashing new radios? Do I need to do that too?

you can update thru the thread in my sig for radios = the rom doesnt contain radios so you'll ahve to do it in cwm yourself

it's very easy tho!

 

[Snareman]

Uh, there is no Market/Play. How do I get that on there?

I need the gapps right? I'm slowly learning...

 

[zero neck]

Uh, there is no Market/Play. How do I get that on there?

I need the gapps right? I'm slowly learning...

Yes flash the 4.22 gapps or whatever is newest. There's a link to it from the aokp release page.
Don't have to wipe anything for gapps but cache and dalvik won't hurt

 

[Snareman]

Yes flash the 4.22 gapps or whatever is newest. There's a link to it from the aokp release page.
Don't have to wipe anything for gapps but cache and dalvik won't hurt

Ah. I think I had flashed an earlier version of them. I have Market instead of Play and my phone isn't syncing with all of my apps. Should I/Can I flash the more current version of gapps over what I already have on there and will that update it?

 

[Snareman]

Well, I installed new gapps over old gapps and now none of them work and just crash every time I try and launch one. Ideas?

Well, I did a wipe and it seems to work again. I'm not sure what it did to the gapps stuff, but my market is now upgrading to Play store, so I guess all is well again. Sorry for talking out loud here so much while I was working all this out. Again, I appreciate all your help

 

[SpaceHippie]

Do a search on XDA, you may also want to give the touch recovery a try

 

[sh0ryken]

thank you that was quick and painless

 

[sawihsiwi]

Please help: Need to unroot phone and restore to factory setting in order to return to Verizon.
Tried the unroot steps but get 'device not found' in terminal after this step:
3) Open a terminal and use the following commands:

Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader

So went back to square one: locked and unlocked bootloader, trying now to following the steps to root but phone is stuck on Google boot screen. Waited for about 20 minutes but was stuck on a boot loop. Last lines from terminal read: downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
How can I make this stop? How do I get my phone back to work? internal SD card is completely wiped and I have no idea how to return to stock.

Thanks.

 

[pat0neill]

is anyone available to help me? i've unlocked the bootloader but can't get the phone rooted...

 

[zero neck]

Please help: Need to unroot phone and restore to factory setting in order to return to Verizon.
Tried the unroot steps but get 'device not found' in terminal after this step:
3) Open a terminal and use the following commands:

Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader

So went back to square one: locked and unlocked bootloader, trying now to following the steps to root but phone is stuck on Google boot screen. Waited for about 20 minutes but was stuck on a boot loop. Last lines from terminal read: downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY
booting... OKAY
How can I make this stop? How do I get my phone back to work? internal SD card is completely wiped and I have no idea how to return to stock.

Thanks.

is your phone in fastboot mode when you entered that command?
if you're stuck in a bootloop, you may have to do a battery pull.
for fastboot commands to work, your phone has to be in fastboot mode, and the terminal has to be opened (cd) to the folder that contains fastboot.exe. for example, that folder is on desktop so you

cd desktop
cd folderthatcontainsfastboot

is anyone available to help me? i've unlocked the bootloader but can't get the phone rooted...

where exactly are you stuck? what did you get up to?

 

[pat0neill]

i'm getting stuck in the terminal steps, says

patoneill$ /Users/patoneill/Desktop/r4-galaxynexus-lte-superboot chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh ./install-superboot-mac.sh
-bash: /Users/patoneill/Desktop/r4-galaxynexus-lte-superboot: is a directory
Patrick-ONeills-MacBook-Pro:~ patoneill$ /Users/patoneill/Desktop/r4-galaxynexus-lte-superboot chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh

 

[zero neck]

if it's saying it's a directory it sounds like you're trying to push a folder not a file.

But ok lets go thru the steps - you downloaded the package from the OP correct?

and unzipped it. So you have a folder, whatever you named it (for example "adb-fastboot" is an easy one to name it). where did you put that folder? desktop?

if this folder is on desktop you enter:
cd desktop
cd adb-fastboot (or whatever it is you named this folder that contains these files)

next your phone is in bootloader mode and connected to cpu via usb -
then you enter these commands, pressing enter after you enter each one:

chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh
./install-superboot-mac.sh

if that doesnt work you can enter the command like this:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh

if that doesnt work, i can upload you a different version of superuser.

also - what are you trying to root - 4.02 stock?

 

[pat0neill]

yes, 4.02 stock...

it keeps telling me there is no such file or directory

 

[pat0neill]

also i'm noticing that file doesn't exist in the extracted folder from the op's link

yes it does

 

[zero neck]

ok here's what we'll do.

download this: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...0.2-toro.img&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13373135338631
rename this file recovery.img

that's clockwork mod recovery.

place that file in the same folder that contains fastboot.exe (the folder on your desktop that you renamed "adb-fastboot" or whatever)

also download this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25213603/su-latest-404.zip

that is superuser. place this file on the SD card of your phone and remember where you put it (use the mtp connection on your phone to move the file from cpu to phone).

now here's what you'll do:
put the phone in bootloader mode. (power off phone, and power back on while holding Vol up, Vol down, and Power all held together).

open the terminal window and cd desktop then cd adb-fastboot

then, enter the following commands:
~/desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot boot recovery recovery.img

this will temporarily boot clockwork on your phone.
when it loads up on your phone, navigate with volume keys and select with power key.
navigate to install zip from sd card.
choose zip from sd card.
find the su-latest-404.zip and select.

after that installs, select go back and then select reboot system now.

when you boot back up, you should have super user in your app drawer. that means you have root.

at that point, download rom manager and flash recovery for permanent recovery mode.

 

[pat0neill]

Patrick-ONeills-MacBook-Pro:adb-fastboot patoneill$ /Users/patoneill/Desktop/adb-fastboot /fastboot boot recovery.img
-bash: /Users/patoneill/Desktop/adb-fastboot: is a directory
Patrick-ONeills-MacBook-Pro:adb-fastboot patoneill$


nothing happened

 

[zero neck]

try to enter the command like this:

./fastboot boot recovery recovery.img



and tell me what files are in your "adb-fastboot" folder


also there seems to be a space here in what you typed: Patrick-ONeills-MacBook-Pro:adb-fastboot patoneill$ /Users/patoneill/Desktop/adb-fastboot /fastboot boot recovery.img
there shouldnt be a space. dunno if that's how you typed it or not.

the line should be ~/desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
assuming that the folders are named those names and placed on your desktop, of course.

 

[pat0neill]

Patrick-ONeills-MacBook-Pro:adb-fastboot patoneill$ ./fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
cannot load 'recovery'