So i am enjoying my galaxy nexus for over a year now. Had a prety bad experiance with previous phone (sony ericsson xperia x8). Last phone was crap, so i rooted it and and changed rom. I thought i will never want to root my galaxy nexus, but probably the sole reason for me to do it is so i could connect my ps3 controler through bluetooth. I did some research about it with some success but i'm still a bit confused, so i want to ask a few questions about rooting before doing it.
On xperia x8 the rooting came before unlocking bootloader, on galaxy nexus as i see it is the other way around ? Back in the days when i had x8 there was a lot of warnings everywhere that i can brick my phone, but as i read about galaxy nexus rooting i dont find much warnings, is it any safer ? There is a toolkit i found called Nexus Root Toolkit by WugFresh that would do about every thing that i need to root it, but is it safe to use ? There is another guy who asked about how to root galaxy nexus and another guy said that he shouldnt trust the toolkit and that flashing custom recovery is safer. Also, does rooting somehow depend on my phones date of assembly or any nuber behind the batery just like it did on xperia x8 if i remember corectly?
Sorry for bad english.
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that toolkit is good to go... no problems when using it.
custom recovery included in that toolkit. twrp preferred..
galaxy nexus i9250 > 4.4.2 slimkat
Please use fastboot. It is really easy and failure proof.
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I also had Xperia X8 before Galaxy Nexus and I know what are you worried about. First of all, every Galaxy Nexus can be unlocked and rooted easily (it doesn't depends on manefacturing date as on X8). All you need to do is Unlock bootloader via fastboot and install custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) and flash SuperSU zip through recovery. As it's Nexus device, it's really easy. There are many tutorials around, so it shouldn't be a problem
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One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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xdomisx said:
One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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After unlocking yes. Rooting not. Flashing factory image yes.
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Unsure really why, but I tried the tool kit.
all i want is a simple root, I don't see why it's so hard after all this is a nexus.
Should I try the windows version of the other root app that's out?
I just want root access, nothing more.
This was much more simple on my nexus s
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Also I'm only on 4.0.2, should I be on 4.0.3?
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U have to unlock the bootloader first. Not sure if u did that yet or not.
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Also I don't see why I Have to loose all data just for root.
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Its for security reasons... not so much for root, but for unlocking the bootloader. To be fair, almost every guide for the Galaxy nexus warned people to root on day one to avoid just this issue. That said, you may be able to follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402347
to create a full backup you can restore post unlock.
intheb0x said:
Also I don't see why I Have to loose all data just for root.
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It just happens as a part of unlocking the bootloader. If you really want to save your data you can back it up manually or using the adb backup method. then restore it after rooting.
Hello guys,
First time posting to this forum.
I would like unlock and root my nexus. But i just thought that if I can install updates normally after rooting my phone?
Im not gonna install any custom rom, just rooting to get acces apps like volume+, and other who needs rooted phone.
thx, and sorry if this is wrong place to ask this question.
Unlocking and rooting will not affect updates. Flashing a custom ROM will.
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Thanx for this information.
Lähetetty Galaxy Nexus
hey i have a galaxy nexus 4.02 on verizon i used the gnexrootkit to unlock and root the phone. My phone is requesting to download the 4.04 update. Is it safe to do the update? I dont care for root much anymore. Will it just return my phone to oem stock or will it brick my phone?
Q&A forum for this bro but if you're stock rooted and do the update you will lose root. You would have to lock up the boot loader again if u want to do that
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You do not have to lock your bootloader
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I am wondering if I flash a stock ROM to my Gnex, will it void the warranty?
Thanks!
You'll have to unlock the boot loader in order to flash so I'm assuming yes.
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I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?
efrant said:
I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?
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You clearly didn't give him the answer he wanted to hear (twice) :cyclops:
Good old fashioned crossposting. Brings back the usenet days.
I didn't find them there...
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Let me make this clear (Hopefully),
In order to flash ANY ROMs, you have to either boot into or flash the custom recovery (Such as TWRP or Clockworkmod). In order to do that, you need to unlock your bootloader. If you unlock your bootloader, you will void your warranty. SO the answer is yes.
HOWEVER, If you EVER need to send it to Samsung, you just need to flash the stock ROM, radio, etc (If you ever need to go back to stock, Efrant has an amazing thread about it), and then just re-lock your bootloader. Then, you'll get your warranty back. Beauty of Nexus devices if you ask me.
OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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For me . I just flashed yakju image and locked the bootloader and I have a Yakjudv variant which of course I changed
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OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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I'm glad you understand
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz
How can I root a s3 (SPH L710) im currently on 4.1.1 and Im thinking of rooting it, Ive rooted other phones before but they were the one click type of roots. I have a nexus 4 as my main phone but I have this s3 and I have no idea how to root it. Any ideas how I should root it?
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Yeah, follow any of the methods in the dev section
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How can I root a s3 (SPH L710) im currently on 4.1.1 and Im thinking of rooting it, Ive rooted other phones before but they were the one click type of roots. I have a nexus 4 as my main phone but I have this s3 and I have no idea how to root it. Any ideas how I should root it?
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You can't root it.. It's not allowed..
Seriously, Here ya go.. I used the method in the QBKing Vid (First link) i'll direct you to needed downloads and take you step by step through it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558
Personally I found the All in one tool kit on the development forum freakin awesome:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680
Literally, after download installing, select your phone select rooting options, plug in your phone and make sure it is in USB debugging mode (developer options settings) and follow the instructions on screen. Soo easy, and a lot of is automated so install a few other things too.
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
Fail proof method bud!
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