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GSM Google Nexus coming tomorrow, what should I do immediately?

Hey everyone,
Im relatively confused about this phone since there are so many threads that are for the other versions(VZW/Sprint/Intnl).
What Im looking for is any help(direction?) as to what I should do first on my Nexus that I ordered from Google Play.
What is the first thing I should do(root or unlock bootloader?) and what should I download(Roms or kernals?). Any links to said advice would be much appreciated also.
Many thanks in advance.

Put sim in . Then battery then back cover . Then best of all turn it on
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stewartk said:
Put sim in . Then battery then back cover . Then best of all turn it on
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Touche...
Thank you for the obvious and the laugh. However, I really am looking to get past the two weeks of thread reading, and get guidance from those who have this Google Play version with working roms and stuff.

unlock the bootloader, you can decide to root or flash whatever later. unlocking the bootloader does a factory reset which is why you want to do it before you do any setup or add anything to the phone

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
This has everything you need to know.

nodstuff said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
This has everything you need to know.
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Ok, now I saw this, and I might sound newbish here, but the title of that thread is for the VZA/Sprint/GSM versions of the phone. To my understanding, even the unlocked GSM version originally sold is not the same as the current one in the Google Play store.
If the link above will work for all the phones including mine then that is what I was looking for.

HyperM3 said:
Ok, now I saw this, and I might sound newbish here, but the title of that thread is for the VZA/Sprint/GSM versions of the phone. To my understanding, even the unlocked GSM version originally sold is not the same as the current one in the Google Play store.
If the link above will work for all the phones including mine then that is what I was looking for.
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Lucky for you even if u unlock the boot loader after u sign in and sync all ur stuff your data won't be erased... something about the Takju version that allows users to unlock boot loader without wiping any data =P
- Google

HyperM3 said:
Ok, now I saw this, and I might sound newbish here, but the title of that thread is for the VZA/Sprint/GSM versions of the phone. To my understanding, even the unlocked GSM version originally sold is not the same as the current one in the Google Play store.
If the link above will work for all the phones including mine then that is what I was looking for.
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It will work. Yours is still GSM, yakju, takju, yakjuux, whatever. Its still GSM.

first thing you should is jump up and down, and pat yourself on the back for being tied to your carrier for a phone upgrade

I would unlock the bootloader before anything else...
Then if you're feeling brave (and before you start configuring the device to your liking) flash a third-party ROM based on 4.0.3/4 (The most recent ICS versions):
l'd recommended Cyanogenmod 9 nightlies if you like to be on the bleeding edge (Although you might have to get used to flashing EVERY day, which isn't so bad once you get used to it)
Or, moving to something like LiquidSmooth (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1555667)
or
EaglesBlood ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1388728).
Each of which will bring different things to the table, you'll have to do your research as to which one you'd like if you go that way.
Alternatively, just stay on stock ROM and enjoy your phone the way they intended you to...

^ Thank you for that. I was actually confused as to what order Im supposed to do things(root, unlock bootloader...Rom...Kernal??)
Ive seen a lot of positive reviews for an AOKP rom and a Frances(?) Kernal. Anyone agree they make a good match?

HyperM3 said:
^ Thank you for that. I was actually confused as to what order Im supposed to do things(root, unlock bootloader...Rom...Kernal??)
Ive seen a lot of positive reviews for an AOKP rom and a Frances(?) Kernal. Anyone agree they make a good match?
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You unlock the bootloader first because it wipes your phone, SD card as well.
Flash clockwork mod recovery.
Flash a custom rom and kernel.
Sorted.

The guide I wrote (previously linked) details how you can also back up your applications (not that you'll really have any to begin with...but if you decide to wait) without root.
Then unlock and restore...and backup again with titanium for all future restorations.

nodstuff said:
It will work. Yours is still GSM, yakju, takju, yakjuux, whatever. Its still GSM.
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This is true and if you use the toolkit i linked below you will need to know that your phone is specifically the takju or its also labeled as the gsm version with google wallet
GNex TOOLKIT V6.2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310

HyperM3 said:
^ Thank you for that. I was actually confused as to what order Im supposed to do things(root, unlock bootloader...Rom...Kernal??)
Ive seen a lot of positive reviews for an AOKP rom and a Frances(?) Kernal. Anyone agree they make a good match?
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it's fanco kernel

Jelly bean root

I have this big problem where I flashed jelly bean and lost root and cwm, boot loader is still unlocked, but I can't access recovery I get this android sign with a clap open and an exclamation mark on it and it doesn't go to recovery so how do I root ? Sry if this is already posted but I can't find anything help full
Thanks I advance
Sent from my Asus Transformer Pad Infinity

ray3andrei said:
I have this big problem where I flashed jelly bean and lost root and cwm, boot loader is still unlocked, but I can't access recovery I get this android sign with a clap open and an exclamation mark on it and it doesn't go to recovery so how do I root ? Sry if this is already posted but I can't find anything help full
Thanks I advance
Sent from my Asus Transformer Pad Infinity
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Try rerooting or flashing the stock image using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454314

This one works also, out of experience.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310

jprocha101 said:
Try rerooting or flashing the stock image using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454314
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Rerooting doesn't work I may flash 4.0.4 stock back and then install cwm and stock 4.1 and imediatly super su... but will this wipe any of my files ?
Many thanks
Sent from my Jelly Beaned GNexus

ray3andrei said:
Rerooting doesn't work I may flash 4.0.4 stock back and then install cwm and stock 4.1 and imediatly super su... but will this wipe any of my files ?
Many thanks
Sent from my Jelly Beaned GNexus
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Just flash the file that is located in post #2 in the "flash" link in my signature.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

ray3andrei said:
I have this big problem where I flashed jelly bean and lost root and cwm, boot loader is still unlocked, but I can't access recovery I get this android sign with a clap open and an exclamation mark on it and it doesn't go to recovery so how do I root ? Sry if this is already posted but I can't find anything help full
Thanks I advance
Sent from my Asus Transformer Pad Infinity
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jprocha101 said:
Try rerooting or flashing the stock image using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454314
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Mikedick said:
This one works also, out of experience.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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why are you suggesting using a toolkit to a user that doesn't know what's happening manually, let alone what a toolkit does.
It will be that much harder to track down any issues that may arise.

bk201doesntexist said:
why are you suggesting using a toolkit to a user that doesn't know what's happening manually, let alone what a toolkit does.
It will be that much harder to track down any issues that may arise.
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LOL, I think that's the whole point of the ToolKit.. So the user doesn't have to go through the manual stuff. Kind of hard to mess up on the V7 toolkit. The Dev made it pretty much dummy proof. As long as the drivers(Android 1.0) are installed on your computer you're pretty much good 2 go

Screwhead24 said:
LOL, I think that's the whole point of the ToolKit.. So the user doesn't have to go through the manual stuff.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469909
Screwhead24 said:
Kind of hard to mess up on the V7 toolkit. The Dev made it pretty much dummy proof. As long as the drivers(Android 1.0) are installed on your computer you're pretty much good 2 go
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I beg to differ. Take a look at some of the linked posts in the link I posted above, and you may feel differently.

efrant said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469909
I beg to differ. Take a look at some of the linked posts in the link I posted above, and you may feel differently.
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Yeah I'm aware of that thread but 90% of that entire thread are just back and forth post of their experience with other toolkits with other phones and how people should learn how to do it manually and yada yada LOL.. I read that entire thread before I used V7 toolkit to root mines and have to say I don't see what the big fuss is about when someone wants to do it the easy way. It's very simple and very hard to mess up.. All you do is press 1,2,3 ect.

Screwhead24 said:
Yeah I'm aware of that thread but 90% of that entire thread are just back and forth post of their experience with other toolkits with other phones and how people should learn how to do it manually and yada yada LOL.. I read that entire thread before I used V7 toolkit to root mines and have to say I don't see what the big fuss is about when someone wants to do it the easy way. It's very simple and very hard to mess up.. All you do is press 1,2,3 ect.
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It's not about other toolkits, and it's certainly not about other phones -- it's a GNex thread...
It's fine to use a toolkit when you understand how it's doing things, but if you don't, AND something screws up, you'll be right back here with a new thread saying something like: "I used a toolkit to do abc and now it won't xyz", and asking for help. (Did you click on any of the example links in that thread?) Thing is, it is much more difficult to troubleshoot when a toolkit is used, compared to typing in the commands yourself.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

efrant said:
It's not about other toolkits, and it's certainly not about other phones -- it's a GNex thread...
It's fine to use a toolkit when you understand how it's doing things, but if you don't, AND something screws up, you'll be right back here with a new thread saying something like: "I used a toolkit to do abc and now it won't xyz", and asking for help. (Did you click on any of the example links in that thread?) Thing is, it is much more difficult to troubleshoot when a toolkit is used, compared to typing in the commands yourself.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah efrant you said it, I don't have your way with words man.
Sent from my i9250

efrant said:
It's not about other toolkits, and it's certainly not about other phones -- it's a GNex thread...
It's fine to use a toolkit when you understand how it's doing things, but if you don't, AND something screws up, you'll be right back here with a new thread saying something like: "I used a toolkit to do abc and now it won't xyz", and asking for help. (Did you click on any of the example links in that thread?) Thing is, it is much more difficult to troubleshoot when a toolkit is used, compared to typing in the commands yourself.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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At the end of last year, knowing that I will get a Nexus One and encourage by a relative, I decided to mod my G1.
It was a painful experience, for the XDA devs and Forum members, because I was totaly new and inexperienced.
I would like to pay tribute mostly to Frankdrey for his constant and kind help.
I was embarrassed and ashamed by my misunderstanding and mistakes. He never gave up on me.
I am for ever grateful to him. Should I say I hate him for giving me the virus of toying my phones.
He was not alone in his help. Demkator brought his much needed contribution too.
I am very thankful to him. And, of course, I took advantage of the outstanding job done by Ezterry.
Without them I would not have succeeded in rooting my G1.
Without them I would have not learn how to unlock, root, select the right radio, a Rom, a Kernel. Without the knowledge I acquired from them I would not have tried to mod my Nexus One after getting my GSM GalaxyNexus.
Maybe I would have had two bricks.
If at the time I had found a Toolkit chances are that, during my strugle to understand and implement the different steps to use Adb and Fastboot and to install a Rom, I would have embrace it.
That is why I fully agree with you, Efrant: we learn and the more we learn the more we increase our capabilities.
As far as my Galaxy Nexus is concerned I am waiting for the OTA to use and play with it.
Then I will unlock it (thanks, Efrant for the tutorial) and put a Rom and apps.
Needless to say I hope that we will be able to install a "unified search" as it is now with ICS 4.04.

Trying to load custom recovery

Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!

gbdavidx said:
Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!
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What recovery are you trying to install? the -eng is unfamiliar to me.

gbdavidx said:
Hello, all i am quite new here. I have a kindle that i have successfully moded to ICS but i am having difficulty trying to load a different recovery option for the evo 4g
it is fully rooted, however when i attempt to go into the boot loaded, it just asks me if i want to update the PC36IMG-ENG.zip and not install it any idea on what im doing wrong here? just trying to load ics on here
thanks!
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Did you press volume up to confirm the update?

Just make sure you rename the recovery file to PC36IMG.zip, put it on the root of your SD card, boot into bootloader, them press volume up to accept the update.
Hope this helped!
Sent from my Rooted Google Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD

What is that "-eng" at the end of the op's PC36IMG? I've never seen that?!

It means English...no seriously it means English
You must mean unlocked. If you had rooted, you would already have a custom recovery because you flash from custom recovery to root

om4 said:
It means English...no seriously it means English
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hmmm...I have never seen that, I was thinking perhaps it meant Engineering, as in hboot eng blah blah blah.
I learned something new today!
But---English??!! English what tho?

Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC. I've mostly seen it with Huawei and a few international phones that are for a specific region, think of it as a language pack on windows
gbdavidx you should read my guide Don't Panic, it has all the info you need. The link is in my sig

om4 said:
Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC. I've mostly seen it with Huawei and A few international phones that are for a specific region, think of it as a language pack on windows
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Good to know...I just wonder what recovery the op is trying to install? I thought all recoveries installed via hboot just had to be renamed PC36IMG.zip...whether it be Amon, Smelkus etc....
Thanks for the answer tho!:good:

om4 said:
Some updates are regional, it happens but I've never seen it on with HTC.
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Scratch that, I saw it once with my sister's GSM Evo 3D. When I told her I had never seen that before she was pretty pissed

om4 said:
Scratch that, I saw it once with my sister's GSM Evo 3D. When I told her I had never seen that before she was pretty pissed
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And I just looked at your "Don't Panic" link...that is AWESOME info...I'll read more tomorrow...VERY informative...that should be stickied in this forum also (saw it was in the Evo LTE forum, but most, if not all applies to the OG Evo eh?):good::good::good: I bookmarked it!

Yeah it does, HTC has pretty much the same boot loader for these phones just different variations. I'm so tired I clicked into the wrong forums lol

om4 said:
Yeah it does, HTC has pretty much the same boot loader for these phones just different variations. I'm so tired I clicked into the wrong forums lol
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Well, your tiredness led to me being more informed and I appreciate it...(btw the last couple sentences in that guide---HI-LARIOUS!)
Now, go to bed:silly:

I left to computer to hit the head and my gf added those last 2, I went ahead and left then there. She's absolutely brilliant!
Edit: I've been out of the game for about a year and a half but most of the relevant knowledge is there in regards to HTC Unlock method. It was originally more of a universal guide. I started aiming it towards LTE users since thats what I have now. You guys are free to take my guide and tailor it to the Evo 4G. I would love to do it myself, but like I said I've been out for a year and a half and trying to play catch up with a device I no longer even own will be very frustrating lol
Edit: the fact that I can even write a guide that applies to such a broad range like htc is because understanding the theory helps. Half of that guide could easily apply to Motorola, Samsung, lg. But like I said I began to aim it towards the EVOLTE

[Q] I don't know exactly what is wrong HELP!!!

I have an HTC EVO V and I have unlocked the bootloader, however, when I attempted to 'flash a new ROM' the file called for 'CWM-SuperSU-v0.87' -however- I saw the upgraded version 'CWM-SuperSU-v0.96' so, instead of using the prescribed file I saved the new one instead to my phone. I then 'deleted the cache' and if I remember correctly my phone screen went the white background with green lettering and was stuck on that screen for probably 10min? So, I took out the battery and I had my stock ROM but when I went to change clocks, my widget clocks were gone and also, I am trying to flash the stock ROM to get them back I guess? But, I am unable to flash a ROM now or even root my phone. I hope I have not soft bricked it! I know it's probably just a file that needs to be uploaded or something but I don't know what to do to fix this and if someone helps me here I promise I won't do it again! Please help me! I want to root my phone but I don't care about flashing a rom now I just want my phone to do whatever I want and when I am more comfortable with flashing ROM's then I will try that but for now Rooting is all I need with my original ROM.

What method did you use to unlock your bootloader?

I don't know exactly what is wrong HELP!!!
FinZ28 said:
What method did you use to unlock your bootloader?
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OK, I am not trying to spam and I am a new member -well old but I have never posted before that I can remember- But here is where I fonud the info for the process htcevohacks htc-evo-4g-lte-root how-to-root-htc-evo-4g-lte unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/[/url]
I brought it up to the point where I erased the cache. Then I am not exactly sure what happened after this. But it was stuck on the white HTC screen.

ghetto Ginny said:
OK, I am not trying to spam and I am a new member -well old but I have never posted before that I can remember- But here is where I fonud the info for the process htcevohacks htc-evo-4g-lte-root how-to-root-htc-evo-4g-lte unlock-bootloadertwrp-recovery/[/url]
I brought it up to the point where I erased the cache. Then I am not exactly sure what happened after this. But it was stuck on the white HTC screen.
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That method is for the EVO 4G LTE. The forum for that device can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1592
This is the OG EVO forum.

Boot Loop After Rooting

Hey Everyone!
I've been trying to fix this problem for hours with no luck, and while I've found solutions that have worked for others I can't find one that is specific enough to my situation.
So I just got an HTC One X that is locked to Rogers today from Kijiji, and I love it - great phone. The thing I didn't like was the hoard of stock apps that took up about four pages on the app drawer, so I thought hey, I'll root it and delete them. I didn't have any intention of using any custom ROMs, just wanted superuser permission to delete stock apps. Unlocking went fine (finding the token and what not using the app I found on here), and the rooting seemed to go alright until it turned off and didn't start again. I pulled out the cable from the computer and now things are weird..
I can sometimes get into the hboot, but when I try to just start the phone normally it goes to the HTC splash screen and has red writing telling me "this build is for development purposes only", etc etc. I really wanted to get rid of those stock apps but at this point I just want my phone working again. Am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.

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Little update: I just figured out how to re-lock it assuming that might make my factory reset work.. it didn't.
oot-n-aboot said:
Hey Everyone!
I've been trying to fix this problem for hours with no luck, and while I've found solutions that have worked for others I can't find one that is specific enough to my situation.
So I just got an HTC One X that is locked to Rogers today from Kijiji, and I love it - great phone. The thing I didn't like was the hoard of stock apps that took up about four pages on the app drawer, so I thought hey, I'll root it and delete them. I didn't have any intention of using any custom ROMs, just wanted superuser permission to delete stock apps. Unlocking went fine (finding the token and what not using the app I found on here), and the rooting seemed to go alright until it turned off and didn't start again. I pulled out the cable from the computer and now things are weird..
I can sometimes get into the hboot, but when I try to just start the phone normally it goes to the HTC splash screen and has red writing telling me "this build is for development purposes only", etc etc. I really wanted to get rid of those stock apps but at this point I just want my phone working again. Am I screwed?
Thanks in advance.
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Try here.
You may be in the wrong forum, this is for Tegra3 One X. I'm not sure though so don't quote me on it.

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Hmm I didn't see a Rogers specific one so I wasn't sure. As for the link you posted it might have worked but a don't have a TWRP backup? I didn't think it was necessary to make a backup as I wasn't even trying to flash a custom ROM, just get myself superuser permission.
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Try here.
You may be in the wrong forum, this is for Tegra3 One X. I'm not sure though so don't quote me on it.
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You haven't bricked your HOX yet. I would look into getting a recovery on to it, from there you'll be able to flash a RUU to get back to where you started. Make sure you get the right instructions for your phone though.
You might get some info here

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Thanks! I'm trying to find the RUU for my phone. I've found the one for the AT&T version with LTE, but mine is the one without it. Will the same RUU work? Thanks

Don't flash anything from here!! You are in the wrong forum m8!
This is the correct forum for you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538

AHH thanks! I just thought the XL one was for the LTE model?
vin4yak said:
Don't flash anything from here!! You are in the wrong forum m8!
This is the correct forum for you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
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