Unlocking the bootloader and rooting an Android device can be a bit intimidating, if not overwhelming, for those who don’t feel comfortable with both the jargon and using the command line to carry out the process. Even with the most thorough of guides, sometimes the easiest thing to do is wait for a streamlined solution to be released.
In the case of the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, an automated method for unlocking the bootloader as well as rooting is now available. Wug’s Galaxy Nexus root toolkit was released earlier in the week, affording Galaxy Nexus owners the ability to unlock and root their device in a few clicks. Currently, the process is only compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for Verizon, with GSM compatibility coming soon.
The entire process is very easy, and should take less than 20 minutes once you have downloaded and installed the root toolkit.
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1. The following steps will work only on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. Do not try it on other phones.
2. Rooting your phone means voiding your warranty. While we have tried and tested the method (and make sure it works) before posting, we are not responsible if you bricked your phone during the process.
3. The method shown below is for Windows only.
Rooting your Galaxy Nexus
There are a few things that you will need to have in order to proceed further in rooting your device. Those are:
All the required utilities are included in the above root package so you don’t need to download each file separately. Moving forward, the steps below should be followed.
1. First of all, you will need to have Android SDK and the ADB installed on your system. These can be obtained using the above download links. To make the process a little bit simple, install the SDK in C:\android-sdk-windows.
2. After installing the SDK, extract files from the Root package to the below directory.
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
3. You will see four files after extraction, among them, one is the drivers file. You need to install the Samsung USB drivers in order to get your smartphone recognized by your computer. It is named as Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Moblie_Phones_v1_4_6_0.exe. Double click on it and install it.
4. Now, it’s time to play with your device. Turn off your phone and connect it to your PC via the USB cable.
5. Open the Command Prompt on your Windows. Type the following command to change your current working directory to the SDK directory.
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
6. Turn on your phone in bootloader mode so the aforementioned task can be completed. It can be done by holding the volume up and the volume down key and then pressing the power key. It lets you enter into the bootloader mode.
7. Get back to the Command Prompt again and type the following command to see whether your PC recognizes the phone or not.
..\tools\fastboot devices
8. If the PC has recognized your phone, it will show it on your screen. That was just to check the connection between your PC and your phone.
9. The below step will wipe all your phone data. So, if you have stored your important data on your phone, backup it now.
10. Now, we need to unlock the bootloader to soft-boot the unsecured boot image. Type the following command in the command prompt to do so.
..\tools\fastboot oem unlock
11. After the bootloader unlockes, we need to boot up the phone with the boot image, following command will do that.
...\tools\fastboot boot boot.img
12. The boot image has successfully been installed on your phone. Start up your phone as normal and enable USB debugging to finish the final step. USB Debugging can easily be enabled by going to “Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging“, mark the box.
13. Here goes the final step that will install the super user access on your phone. Type the following commands in the CMD one by one. Be sure to type commands as they are given below.
adb root adb remount adb push su /system/bin adb push Superuser.apk /system/app adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su adb shell chmod 06755 /system/app/Superuser.apk adb reboot
After finishing the above steps, your phone will reboot and then it will be a rooted phone. You will be prompted for the Super user permission when any app requests for it.
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