Hey guys I just wanted to get a few answers from the Galaxy Nexus community! I'm new to the Verizon Galaxy Nexus and switched from the Thunderbolt!
1) Is it worth it to update from 4.1 to 4.2? I have my Galaxy Nexus but my battery isn't here yet from Amazon so I'm not able to check it's software. Also, is the update from 4.1 to 4.2 difficult to do? I read somewhere that you've got to be rooted and/or have the bootloader unlocked as well.
2) If I'm rooting my Nexus, I plan to use this guide I found from YouTube. Here are the links!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&feature=iv&src_vid=gyXMq4XFcKQ&v=oSmd9ZbUH50
http://galaxynexusroot.com/galaxy-n...iversal-guidegsmverizonsprintwindowslinuxmac/
I don't know if anyone has used this guide before, and I was curious if it does work. I do see that there are Multiple guides here on XDA but this seems to be the simplest one I found.
3) If I'm planning to run a custom ROM anyways, do I even need to update my software to 4.2 from the stock 4.1? And is Tajku and Yajku codenames for the 4.2 OTA update?
Wow I can tell you are really new to this.
1. First for Verizon galaxy nexus the official 4.2.1 update isn't out. The only way to achieve this is custom ROMs.
2. Although the galaxy nexus is the easiest device to root its still takes hours to learn the work arounds and learn about how it works.
3. Taiku and etc. Are codename for the devices. For example toro is Verizon's model and toroplus is sprints.
4. Their are plenty of videos and guides and all provide valuable information, its up to you to see which one you understand better.
5 I suggest using the galaxy nexus toolkit found in the development section. Its has everything you need to root and much more. It also has an option for one click root which automatically walks you through the steps but you really should try to learn how to push files over just in case something goes wrong.
6. Little tips. To root you have to unlock boot loader(wipes all internal memory like music and pics) custom recovery to flash root files and custom roms, and then a root app to allow access to all aspects of the OS like superuser or supersu(I prefer supersu). Download ROM toolbox for all in one tools and ROMs once you root. And finally when you flash a custom recovery, clockworkmod or twrp, make sure you have the latest one if you want to flash a 4.2 ROM. There is a multiple user feature in 4.2 that puts your files in a "/0/" folder which is fine but if you want to flash another ROM or go back to 4.1.2 it keeps creating "/0/" folders within itself and really screw up you internal memory. Newer custom recovery fixed this.
After you learned this look into how to make nandroid backups(for when the ish hits the fan you can go back to a good time) and custom kernels to get better performance and battery life.
Hope this helps and if it does just hit that thanks button!
Sent from a slice of Galaxy Nexus with some Rasbean Jelly!
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Hey Guys,
I used the galaxy nexus root kit to unlock my bootloader and to root my phone (I didn't install a custom rom, I just used what was default on the program after backing up my phone)
Here are my questions:
1) will I receive the official OTA upgrade / be able to install it?
2) If I am able to will that re-lock the bootloader on my phone?
I'm pretty hesitant to install any custom rom of Jellybean since I've had problems with them in the past almost leading up to a bricked phone, so I just wanted to make sure that the OTA will come to my phone, and that it'll work after I being installing it.
Thanks!
~Mike
If I remember right, if you don't have a custom recovery installed, you should still be able to get the OTA.
hmmm well I know that there is clockworksmod on here, but nothing else. I know thats a recovery program... I wonder if I should just flash the google asop direct from google for my verizon nexus :\
My understanding of the matter is that once you are rooted with a custom recovery, you should steer clear of OTA updates. They can definitely break root and have the potential to hard brick the device. This information is from my experiences with an Evo, so things may be different with the Nexus. I've only had mine for a month or so and haven't done enough reading yet to say for certain. If you really want the OTA there is a one-click method to return to stock over in the development section. Haven't been in that thread yet, so I don't know what kind of success/failure rate it's getting. Just read the last couple of pages and you should have a pretty fair idea of how it's going. If it seems doubtful, there are also several excellent guides for doing it manually. efrant has a link to one in his sig I think. Hope this helps!
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The OTA won't auto-install if you have CWM recovery flashed. You can use CWM to flash the update manually, but it will never work automatically.
So at this point I've given up on Samsung and Sprint releasing an official copy of Jelly Bean anytime soon and am looking to root and flash Cyanogenmod 10 to my GS3. I just had a few questions about the rom and such before I commit to this.
1. I've heard the camera app isn't as good as the stock Touchwiz one (i.e. can't save to SD card, less features). Is there anyway to get the stock app on CM10?
2. Everyone says rooting a GS3 is easy, but from what I've read keeping the flash counter at 0 is a bit more difficult. Does increasing the counter void your warranty, and if so how would I go about keeping it at 0?
3. I know it's possible to get Google Now on CM10, but are there any more steps than just downloading and installing the APK?
4. I own a Macbook and would prefer to do everything through it. Using a PC isn't out of the question but it'd be kind of a hassle. How much of this can I do through my Mac?
(EDIT) 5. With CM10 M2 I don't need to flash every new release, right? I remember hearing they recently put in OTA updating and will push new versions there. It'd be great if that were the case.
I know these are kind of noob questions, but I've only every rooted my OG EVO and have almost no experience flashing roms. And considering I'm not paying for my phone or service plan I'd love to keep my phone as stable as possible with the warranty intact.
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So at this point I've given up on Samsung and Sprint releasing an official copy of Jelly Bean anytime soon and am looking to root and flash Cyanogenmod 10 to my GS3. I just had a few questions about the rom and such before I commit to this.
1. I've heard the camera app isn't as good as the stock Touchwiz one (i.e. can't save to SD card, less features). Is there anyway to get the stock app on CM10?
2. Everyone says rooting a GS3 is easy, but from what I've read keeping the flash counter at 0 is a bit more difficult. Does increasing the counter void your warranty, and if so how would I go about keeping it at 0?
3. I know it's possible to get Google Now on CM10, but are there any more steps than just downloading and installing the APK?
4. I own a Macbook and would prefer to do everything through it. Using a PC isn't out of the question but it'd be kind of a hassle. How much of this can I do through my Mac?
(EDIT) 5. With CM10 M2 I don't need to flash every new release, right? I remember hearing they recently put in OTA updating and will push new versions there. It'd be great if that were the case.
I know these are kind of noob questions, but I've only every rooted my OG EVO and have almost no experience flashing roms. And considering I'm not paying for my phone or service plan I'd love to keep my phone as stable as possible with the warranty intact.
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1. You do have the option of using the Touchwiz JB build. which has all the camera features and that can be found at the link below http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32152586&postcount=1
2.It will void your warranty but as long as you put it back to stock and remove the root you should be fine. (Remember to make a Nandroid Backup)
3.Google Now comes preinstalled on any Jelly Bean Rom.
4.You can do all of this through a Mac its very similar to the PC setup
If you need any tutorials on anything check out QBKing77 on Youtube he does video tutorials for all of this.
averymlewis said:
1. You do have the option of using the Touchwiz JB build. which has all the camera features and that can be found at the link below http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32152586&postcount=1
2.It will void your warranty but as long as you put it back to stock and remove the root you should be fine. (Remember to make a Nandroid Backup)
3.Google Now comes preinstalled on any Jelly Bean Rom.
4.You can do all of this through a Mac its very similar to the PC setup
If you need any tutorials on anything check out QBKing77 on Youtube he does video tutorials for all of this.
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Thanks, that helped a lot!
I guess I realized this voids my warranty regardless of the counter haha, but would going back to stock with a Nandroid backup reset it?
Also, say I decide to go with CM10 over a Jelly Bean leak, would Google Now still come pre installed or would I need to find the APK?
TheDude113 said:
Thanks, that helped a lot!
I guess I realized this voids my warranty regardless of the counter haha, but would going back to stock with a Nandroid backup reset it?
Also, say I decide to go with CM10 over a Jelly Bean leak, would Google Now still come pre installed or would I need to find the APK?
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No, this will reset it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
So will this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
And Google now is available in ANY jb rom including CM10 provided you flash the gapps with it
Hey all!
First Nexus device ever here, and I'm loving it! I've long been an amateur tinkerer with Android things (I've been through the Droid X, Bionic, Razr, Razr Maxx, and currently rocking the SGS3; Tablet wise I've had the OG Nook Color pimped out with Cyanogenmod, the HP Touchpad with Android, and more recently an Asus TF201 Transformer Prime).
Needless to say, I'm not completely useless with this type of stuff! I am, however, a little curious as to the rooting / unlocking process.
1) It looks like you need to unlock to root this device? Just double checking because that's new to me. (yes, I already know you lose your data if you do)
2) If I unlock / root but don't change the system files other than the custom recovery, can I still flash the OTAs when they come? I am not currently interested in a custom ROM, and I know I won't actually be PROMPTED for the OTAs if I have a custom recovery, but can I simply sideload the official update .zip and install via TWRP? Or is that impossible? I also understand Voodoo would be necessary (or re-rooting if Voodoo doesn't work on the update)
3) If 2 is impossible, what is the procedure to install official updates while rooted / unlocked?
Sorry for all the questions! Any help is appreciated
Yes. Unlock is needed. But it is sooo easy on Nexus: fastboot oem unlock
Now, with OTAs, I would stick with a stock deodex or odex ROM and just update when your dev updates. Trust me, saves a lot of headache.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
swagstr said:
Yes. Unlock is needed. But it is sooo easy on Nexus: fastboot oem unlock
Now, with OTAs, I would stick with a stock deodex or odex ROM and just update when your dev updates. Trust me, saves a lot of headache.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Thanks for the quick response! See the thing was, I didn't want to have to have to flash a ROM because I like how quickly Nexus devices get updated and I'm worried it'll be delayed by that process.. I'm not even certain I need to root yet anyway haha..My phone is rooted (mostly for hotspot, wireless adb, etc.), but I've yet to come across a compelling reason to root the N7 in the first place. Can anyone offer some examples?
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Thanks for the quick response! See the thing was, I didn't want to have to have to flash a ROM because I like how quickly Nexus devices get updated and I'm worried it'll be delayed by that process.. I'm not even certain I need to root yet anyway haha..My phone is rooted (mostly for hotspot, wireless adb, etc.), but I've yet to come across a compelling reason to root the N7 in the first place. Can anyone offer some examples?
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Titanium backup. Adblockers. Etc. If you don't got a reason to root. Don't
Here's my Nexus 7 rooting notes (I use fedora linux on my system and root from there):
http://home.comcast.net/~tomhorsley/hardware/nexus7/hacking.html
you are always safe with nexus
all nexus devices have stock images located on google's site and they are flashable in fastboot so you will never be outdated only these methods you will lose your data my suggestion is with whatever you do in your tinkering is back up everything just to be safe and make data recovery a breeze good luck
albundy2010 said:
Titanium backup. Adblockers. Etc. If you don't got a reason to root. Don't
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I don't use Titanium Backup, and I don't use adblockers on principal (I'm an app developer and make most of my revenue from ad clicks).
At this point, I'm thinking I'm just not going to go through the trouble if I can't think of a specific reason to. Thanks everyone.
There is plenty of ways to root and unlock with AIO's out there but there is no point of really doing it at this moment as there is not that much development for N7-2
I would suggest you do the unlock, even if you don't plan on using custom recovery or rooting at this time.
Otherwise if you find something where you need root or custom recovery for in the future, you'll end up wiping your data then, after everything is set up and you've installed your apps.
Unlocking won't affect your ability to receive OTAs and neither will installing root.
Custom recovery can affect your ability to receive OTAs, but you actually don't need to install custom recovery to root. You can just temporarily boot into twrp or cwm (ie don't write the custom recovery onto your phone) and run the update.zip for SuperSU. Use fastboot boot twrp.img to do a one-time boot into custom recovery.
Will it be good to root my Nexus 7 and what will be the precautions that should be taken after rooting it ,as I have heard about accidentally update can u make it clear for me.
And I also want to know that will I lose Android updates after rooting or custom ROM as Android update is the best part of Nexus.
I also want to know should I root my Nexus 7 (2013) or custom ROM it first.
Please give a brief sketch about custom ROM and rooting .which is safe ,easier,and how to root and custom ROM Nexus 7 and what are the precautions to be taken while doing this.
I would be very thankful for u...
Before you root I recommend you back up your data. Then unlock the bootloader. This will wipe all your data. Root has pros and cons. For starters, if you are on 5.0+ it's updates will fail to install. There are many to it techniques, but the easiest for me was to use the nexus root toolkit by wugfresh. Custom operating systems usually have more features, but usually more bugs as well. I own two nexus 7s. One is running 5.1.1 with the latest version of Xposed, the other has the custom ROM called VRToxin which is far more buggy but at the same time far more feature filled. If you install one, ALWAYS follow the instructions to a tee. Lastly, what I love most about root is the apps. Adaway removes ads from all apps. Titanium backup a lows me to backup all apps and there data. Root is usually safe, just be careful.
Toxicsleet said:
Will it be good to root my Nexus 7 and what will be the precautions that should be taken after rooting it ,as I have heard about accidentally update can u make it clear for me.
And I also want to know that will I lose Android updates after rooting or custom ROM as Android update is the best part of Nexus.
I also want to know should I root my Nexus 7 (2013) or custom ROM it first.
Please give a brief sketch about custom ROM and rooting .which is safe ,easier,and how to root and custom ROM Nexus 7 and what are the precautions to be taken while doing this.
I would be very thankful for u...
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You should root if you want more features, want to customize more. But you should be ready to invest time and read through forum posts to learn more. You should not root if you are happy with what you have got and is not ready to take some risks. Of course it is not risky it you do your homework before doing anything and follow instructions clearly. Yes, you will lose OTA updates. But it doesn't matter. You can always flash the latest stock ROM if you want, which will be available right here in XDA.
If you want to root, first thing you should do is to unlock the bootloader. You can use any of the toolkits available to do that. Then only you can root. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your data. (I don't remember if the internal storage is wiped, look it up) But after this first instance of data loss, then it's more easy. You can do backups and clean install, or dirty flash. You should install a custom bootloader (like TWRP). I use the multirom TWRP. Multirom is interesting which will allow you to install more than one ROM at once and dual boot easily. You can look up about it. You can then install any ROM you want.
Now sticking with the stock ROM or going for a custom one is your preference. Custom ROMs have many features baked right in. Some custom Roms (like cyanogenmod) even has OTA updates. Personally I like to use stockish ROM and use xposed to get the features I want. Xposed is another super tool which you should look at.
Now talking about precautions, always do a backup before doing anything. This is the no. 1 and the most important one. Personally, I have never done any backing up till now. But I am just careless and have been very lucky. Also, Google is getting better at doing app backups automatically. And most of my data is uploaded to the cloud anyway. As far as I know, it is impossible to hard brick Nexus 7. That means you can always rectify any problems that arise by giving your time. Unless you do something which damages the hardware.
Your friend is this forum. Read through posts and learn things. But be prepared to lose a lot of your time. You are warned!!
Hi I am convinced that I want to root my Nexus 7 2013 LTE & remain on stock MMB29V. I have tried using NRT to root however always ended in bootloop & have to reflash stock under softbrick condition. Please point me to a tutorial that works thanks
iluvatrix said:
Hi I am convinced that I want to root my Nexus 7 2013 LTE & remain on stock MMB29V. I have tried using NRT to root however always ended in bootloop & have to reflash stock under softbrick condition. Please point me to a tutorial that works thanks
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Read the FAQ linked in the OP of the NRT thread...
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Unlocking and rooting is easy. In order for obtaining root to be beneficial, you have to know how it works. Somewhere between trial-and-error and reading is where knowledge is gained, and knowledge trumps everything in the world of software modification. I never bothered asking any questions, but spent thousands of hours trying and reading for myself.
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You should root if you want more features, want to customize more. But you should be ready to invest time and read through forum posts to learn more. You should not root if you are happy with what you have got and is not ready to take some risks. Of course it is not risky it you do your homework before doing anything and follow instructions clearly. Yes, you will lose OTA updates. But it doesn't matter. You can always flash the latest stock ROM if you want, which will be available right here in XDA.
If you want to root, first thing you should do is to unlock the bootloader. You can use any of the toolkits available to do that. Then only you can root. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your data. (I don't remember if the internal storage is wiped, look it up) But after this first instance of data loss, then it's more easy. You can do backups and clean install, or dirty flash. You should install a custom bootloader (like TWRP). I use the multirom TWRP. Multirom is interesting which will allow you to install more than one ROM at once and dual boot easily. You can look up about it. You can then install any ROM you want.
Now sticking with the stock ROM or going for a custom one is your preference. Custom ROMs have many features baked right in. Some custom Roms (like cyanogenmod) even has OTA updates. Personally I like to use stockish ROM and use xposed to get the features I want. Xposed is another super tool which you should look at.
Now talking about precautions, always do a backup before doing anything. This is the no. 1 and the most important one. Personally, I have never done any backing up till now. But I am just careless and have been very lucky. Also, Google is getting better at doing app backups automatically. And most of my data is uploaded to the cloud anyway. As far as I know, it is impossible to hard brick Nexus 7. That means you can always rectify any problems that arise by giving your time. Unless you do something which damages the hardware.
Your friend is this forum. Read through posts and learn things. But be prepared to lose a lot of your time. You are warned!!
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Hey tank u alot for ur answer . It has helped me alot and made me clear but can u tell me more briefly about about coistom boot loader TWRP and multirom is kind of coustom ROM or what?? And which are the OTA updates receiving roms ??? After rooting if I hav a coustom ROM ,should I need to install OTA updates external??? And installing OTA updates externaly is wat called flash ???is it a too lenghty procss .
But bro tumbs up to your answer ....thank you alottt.....?????????
Looking to unlock, root and flash this device. There seems to be a lot of guides but not many of them are very recent. What's the simplest and cleanest way to do this? Is there any Android 7 ROMs that are completely stable and as vanilla as possible? Sorry if there is already a post out there answering these questions but I couldn't find any concentrated up-to-date guide on the procedures to follow. I plan to use this device for work and school so I need the ROM to be fully functional, reliable, and secure. (A lot of posts seemed to mention Youtube and camera issues but they seemed super old). I haven't done any rooting or flashing since the OG Droid so I'm a bit out of touch but not totally oblivious to the process. If you just hook me up with some recommended links, I can probably take it from there!
Thanks for any help!
The simplest, cleanest, safest, and fastest way to unlock the bootloader and root is to use the Nexus root toolkit. Sadly 6.0.1 is the newest official system update so you would probably be best off installing one of the custom ROMs that are available. I recently installed the latest version of SLIM 6. After installing that you can re root using the same technique. Slim 6 is really minimal and you can install GAPPS after performing the other tasks I mentioned