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[Q] Update to 4.04

I apologize if these answers are elsewhere _ I feel like I have been searching the forums and not finding them.
I am running Stock 4.02. I would like to upgrade to 4.04. My understanding is:
1. I need to unlock my bootloader I found instructions on Droid-Life is there better set?
2. I don't need to be rooted for this upgrade, I will not be rooted after - correct?
3. When I rooted my Fascinate, I lost the ability to rent movies from the Android market (even after I unrooted) - any reports of unlocking the boatloader, or putting on 4.04 that will break typical apps like the Android Market? (google play)?
Thanks!
gw

gwhitevt said:
I apologize if these answers are elsewhere _ I feel like I have been searching the forums and not finding them.
I am running Stock 4.02. I would like to upgrade to 4.04. My understanding is:
1. I need to unlock my bootloader I found instructions on Droid-Life is there better set?
2. I don't need to be rooted for this upgrade, I will not be rooted after - correct?
3. When I rooted my Fascinate, I lost the ability to rent movies from the Android market (even after I unrooted) - any reports of unlocking the boatloader, or putting on 4.04 that will break typical apps like the Android Market? (google play)?
Thanks!
gw
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yep no root needed...yep you need to unlock the bootloader (you can relock it after the update)
No you can still buy movies and market stuff...it's not rooted (you can root it of you want)

[Q] Rooting Galaxy Nexus?

I have a Galaxy Nexus (Verizon) that I recently unlocked the bootloader and upgraded to 4.0.4. I now want to root the phone to gain superuser access. If I do this, is it going to wipe my phone? If so, will I then need to re-run the 4.0.4 upgrade (when upgrading, I used the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit V5.4).

I had the exact same setup and just used the toolkit to add root for an app that needed it. No loss of data.
You should make a backup just in case, as you never know when or why you will need it.

Why Should i root this phone?

Hello guys,
Just traded my Galaxy S2 for a GN and am new to this phone.
Since i allready have android 4.0.4 IMM76I is there any need to root this phone?
What will it add or improve.
Please enlighten me with your extensive knowledge
Thanks in advance.

I still haven't rooted mine, after spending a couple years rooting and ROMing my devices. Love this phone bone stock.

Of course you should. Root gives you admin access to your phone. Do you own a computer and not have full admin access? Same situation.
Its up to what you can imagine and you can change it with root. Tweaks, theme status bar, system folder access, hide nav buttons, on and on.

root is a definite...flashing roms though, thats not entirely necessary since stock is still awesome

You should root it because it's a Nexus
Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile

The *only* reason I root is to install an ad blocker. The only reason I install custom ROMs is to get rid of bloatware. So for this phone, I rooted it almost immediately, but am still on stock ROM (Thanks, Google!)
Other people will give you other reasons why to root, but it'll all boil down to "I desperately want to [activity] but I can't if it's not rooted." If you have something like that, by all means root. Otherwise, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Because you can't use any of these apps properly without root:
Adfree
Adaway
Market Enabler
Quick Boot
Titanium Backup
Google Wallet (for those of us outside the U.S.)
Market unlocker
Light Flow
Call Recorder
Car Home
Chainfire3D
SetCPU
And, most importantly: StickMount

[Q] Root vs Bootloader Unlock

I am pretty sure this has been asked/mentioned before, but to be honest, I really dont feel like looking through/over hundreds of posts and comments trying to get a true solid answer.
My question is, plain and simple. What is/are the major differences between rooting the Galaxy Nexus version 4.0.2 Android and unlocking the bootloader on it ?
I have been searching and so far it looks or sounds like you need to do one before the other, one of them is good for restoring files or something, etc. I have also read that if you are just trying to get the 4.0.4 Android update without having to wait on Verizon stupidity, I can unlock the bootloader, flash the update (or whatever its called) and it will be as if my GNex is rooted, but when I reboot it, it will be stock with all the new stuff that comes with the update, anybody know if this is true or not ?

Unlocking the bootloader just gives you access to the utilities like fastboot that let you root and ROM your device. It removes the "security" that gets in the way of hooking up the phone to a computer and having full control.
Rooting is the process of giving yourself "superuser" (think of it like Administrator) access on the device. Rooting itself doesn't do anything for you, its more about giving apps you install more control of the device.
If you unlock the bootloader to flash an update, you are not rooting your device. You're just flashing a file.
Rooting and unlocking are often confused because on many phones, they're both in the same process and you rarely do one without the other. Usually "rooting" is a catch-all word for modifying your device and changing the software.

Rooting allows you to customize your os. It gives you root access (ie access to everything). To root the nexus you must unlock the bootloader.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

I was wondering the same thing, thanks for the answers.

bwcorvus said:
Rooting allows you to customize your os. It gives you root access (ie access to everything). To root the nexus you must unlock the bootloader.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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I rooted my nexus without unlocking the boot loader. Via exploit
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Galaxy Nexus Rooting questions

Hi,
I have a couple of questions regarding rooting my verizon galaxy nexus. I'm now on 4.0.4. Judging from what I read on the forums, it used to be possible to root the phone without unlocking the bootloader in 4.0.2. Now this exploit has been patched?
In addition, suppose we were able to root 4.0.4 without unlock, is it possible to run new roms/kernels? The reason I am hesitant to unlock is that I've been stock for a long time, and don't really want to lose all the data on the phone right now.
I heard Wugfresh's toolkit is able to fully backup the phone, but does this preserve everything as it is now, without root, so that after unlock, I could get all this data back?
Thanks

rajsris said:
In addition, suppose we were able to root 4.0.4 without unlock, is it possible to run new roms/kernels?
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New custom roms/kernels, no.
sent from my tf201

rajsris said:
I have a couple of questions regarding rooting my verizon galaxy nexus. I'm now on 4.0.4. Judging from what I read on the forums, it used to be possible to root the phone without unlocking the bootloader in 4.0.2. Now this exploit has been patched?
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No, you need to unlock.
In addition, suppose we were able to root 4.0.4 without unlock, is it possible to run new roms/kernels? The reason I am hesitant to unlock is that I've been stock for a long time, and don't really want to lose all the data on the phone right now.
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No.
I heard Wugfresh's toolkit is able to fully backup the phone, but does this preserve everything as it is now, without root, so that after unlock, I could get all this data back?
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You can do an ADB backup and restore. Requires the full SDK and it takes a while but it works with relatively high success.