Hello, Im new to rooting and Android devices. Im thinking of buying a Nexus 7 and root it.
The question is....what can I do with a rooted Nexus 7? Please try to explain with detail, Im new to this
Custom ROMs built by devs to improve speed stability and battery life.
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The question would be, what cant you do with a rooted nexus 7?
Thank you! I for one don't know where to start since I'm a newbie myself. I just got my n7 also and had the same question as the op.
Parting from your answer, I see that the n7 system is pretty good with speed and battery life already. Could you please tell us what other benefits await for us after rooting, or flashing, o whatever the heck is that us noobs should be doing to our mint n7s?
Thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
A brand new android noob.
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GhostDroid7 said:
Thank you! I for one don't know where to start since I'm a newbie myself. I just got my n7 also and had the same question as the op.
Parting from your answer, I see that the n7 system is pretty good with speed and battery life already. Could you please tell us what other benefits await for us after rooting, or flashing, o whatever the heck is that us noobs should be doing to our mint n7s?
Thanks for your help!
Sincerely,
A brand new android noob.
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rooting gives you the priviledge to access more commands on your phone/tab,you can delete system files which you dont need,use titanium backup which can back up all your apps and can also give you the ability to flasher rom/kernel while a custom rom provides the user more option not available on the stock one(Untouched) ie. Tablet mode for our device.but beware since rooting/using custom roms invalidates your warranty
Sorryfor the late response and thanks for all the useful replies. I'll continue searching and gaining some knowledge.
Another q....the member above me posted that rooting voids the warranty. So the questions is, if I need to return my Nexus to the store for whatever reason after I root it, can I just restore like with iPhones?
Red_Gh0st said:
Sorryfor the late response and thanks for all the useful replies. I'll continue searching and gaining some knowledge.
Another q....the member above me posted that rooting voids the warranty. So the questions is, if I need to return my Nexus to the store for whatever reason after I root it, can I just restore like with iPhones?
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Yeah, you can restore it back to stock and lock the boot loader again no problem. No one will know that it was even rooted.
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hey guys i am pretty sure i am smart enough to root my phone, im just curious about what all i can do by just simply rooting. I am more than content with the stock rom so im not really thinking bout flashing a custom one.
I've had 3 android phones but never successfully rooted any of them lol. so i just pretty much gave up. From what i can see the process of rooting the vibrant seems fairly simple. Once i have rooted the phone how would i go about uninstalling bloatware? What else can i do besides tethering? I guess what im needing help with is what to do once i have rooted. Im sorry for being a noob lol i've read a lot of different threads on rooting but im still really confused about what to do once you have rooted. Any help would be greatly appreciated and sorry again for bein nooby. Have a great day ya'll
(sorry for typos and grammatical errors im posting from my phone)
rooting on this phone is literally a 2 minute process. I just got the phone yesterday (first droid device ever, jumped ship from symbian) and I rooted it right away. I made a stock backup with ROM manager first, and then purchased rootexplorer to clear the bloat off. Most advanced functionality requires a rooted phone...I would definitely recommend doing it
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Awesome I will definitely give it a try. If anyone has any advice or pointers please let me know. Thanks
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Just saw the tips and tricks thread didnt realize it would cover rooting and things to do lol
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Title says it all. I'm about to download the root kit for my Nexus 4, and I know I have to unlock the bootloader and then click "ROOT" but when I root, do I need to install CWM? What the heck is "busybox"? Do I need it?
Tonight I am planning to take the plunge and unlock the bootloader and root my Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, but I want to know what EXACTLY I need to install.
I'm planning to stay on the STOCK ROM, nothing else, so is it necessary to install CWM? What happens when I "root" the Nexus devices? When I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S3, it automatically installed Super SU... will it do the same for the Nexus devices?
Would love to get some answers, sorry for sounding like a noob xD
I'm new to this whole "Bootloader, busybox, root" thing for Nexus..
The terms are the same no matter what device you have. The steps to get them may vary from device to device.
There are already guides and 101s on the forum. Efrant made one. Read it. It was made for this very purpose
If you don't know how to root a device, you shouldn't have a nexus
AshtonTS said:
If you don't know how to root a device, you shouldn't have a nexus
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I do know how to root, I did it to my other Android phone >.> I just wanted to know if it was any different for Nexus devices since most of the things are already accessible out of the box.
If you don't know how to answer my question, you shouldn't reply to my thread.
See sticky.
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See sticky.
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Wow, just saw that. Thanks !
Hello all, first I'd like to say this is a pretty neat site so far. Secondly, I am fairly proficient with computers and love technology so I purchased a Nexus 7 and am loving it. However I want to root it and I donated so I could get the toolkit however I am unsure of where to find the donators version? I thought I bricked it last night attempting to do it myself. Any feedback would be appreciated!!
You should receive an email that is tied to your paypal that will help you unlock your toolkit.and are you sure you have bricked it?
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Don't worry, you can't really brick these things easily. They all have a very low level connectivity to push and flash files even if there is no OS.
Outside ADB and Flashboot commands there are also NVEdit commands.
Although I didn't know they were forcing donations for the toolkit. pretty cut and dry method. After you root and have clockworkmod installed, you can cut the cord from the PC. Then you download roms on your tablet itself, reboot and flash.
Piece of advice:
Upgrade to 4.2.2 before you start. Unlock, root, install a custom recovery and BACKUP your rooted stock 4.2.2 Rom before flashing a custom one.
This is nice to have if you ever want to flash back to stock for whatever reasons.
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They were not really forcing for donations. Its just that OP wanted to donate for skip's work. The toolkit is pretty good anyways
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kawshigan said:
You should receive an email that is tied to your paypal that will help you unlock your toolkit.and are you sure you have bricked it?
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forgottenwoden said:
Hello all, first I'd like to say this is a pretty neat site so far. Secondly, I am fairly proficient with computers and love technology so I purchased a Nexus 7 and am loving it. However I want to root it and I donated so I could get the toolkit however I am unsure of where to find the donators version? I thought I bricked it last night attempting to do it myself. Any feedback would be appreciated!!
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I didn't brick it I found out how to hard reset it :S Like I said I'm a noob. I never got an email about anything regarding the donation but the money was taken out of my account :/ I'm going to attempt to root it again, and update with my results.
I just got a developer edition Razr M off eBay and I wanted to know if it comes rooted already or just unlocked?
I have searched but can't find rooting instructions for a Razr M.
Would someone be willing to point me in the right direction, please?
I'm also wondering, with the new software update, on the dev ed it should still remain unlocked even if the update is accepted, no?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
reyxlp said:
I just got a developer edition Razr M off eBay and I wanted to know if it comes rooted already or just unlocked?
I have searched but can't find rooting instructions for a Razr M.
Would someone be willing to point me in the right direction, please?
I'm also wondering, with the new software update, on the dev ed it should still remain unlocked even if the update is accepted, no?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Which update are you on?
Head over to Motorola's website, or better yet Google 'How to unlock RAZR m dev edition'. You will need ADB tools on a PC and some knowledge regarding rooting. Anyway, the Motorola website will provide a code to unlock your boot loader. Which you have to input via ADB. Than you can follow the rooting instructions on this forum. Be aware if you do it via Motorola's website you need to make an account with them.
I did this myself and it worked
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ShadowRAZR said:
Which update are you on?
Head over to Motorola's website, or better yet Google 'How to unlock RAZR m dev edition'. You will need ADB tools on a PC and some knowledge regarding rooting. Anyway, the Motorola website will provide a code to unlock your boot loader. Which you have to input via ADB. Than you can follow the rooting instructions on this forum. Be aware if you do it via Motorola's website you need to make an account with them.
I did this myself and it worked
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Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
reyxlp said:
Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Bare with me, I am on mobile, will help you when I'm on desktop I have all the files
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reyxlp said:
Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Okay well the link that I had to instruct me on how to root my dev phone originally has disappeared :/ My best advice would be to try the exploit method, as the method that I did was what I consider a 'manual' way to root the phone as you must flash each package one after the other. Next best thing you could do is ask someone else on the forum. Sorry friend I will still upload the files that I used if you want to have a crack at it.
Flash the recovery image followed by the superuser one via ADB/Fastboot. Worked for me, best of luck.
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Okay well the link that I had to instruct me on how to root my dev phone originally has disappeared :/ My best advice would be to try the exploit method, as the method that I did was what I consider a 'manual' way to root the phone as you must flash each package one after the other. Next best thing you could do is ask someone else on the forum. Sorry friend I will still upload the files that I used if you want to have a crack at it.
Flash the recovery image followed by the superuser one via ADB/Fastboot. Worked for me, best of luck.
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Thank you so much -- you rock!!
reyxlp said:
Thank you so much -- you rock!!
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Make sure you do a nan-droid of stock!
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Make sure you do a nan-droid of stock!
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Oops - too late, lol...
I couldn't get CWRM to work for some reason so I ended up using TWRP instead.
Did a "Backup" prior to rooting, does that count?
Not planning on flashing any custom ROMs or anything..
reyxlp said:
Oops - too late, lol...
I couldn't get CWRM to work for some reason so I ended up using TWRP instead.
Did a "Backup" prior to rooting, does that count?
Not planning on flashing any custom ROMs or anything..
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So your still running stock? If so just go into your recovery and run a back up to internal or external storage. If internal than get it onto another storage location straight away. That way if you do in the future plan to flash a ROM you can go back to pure stock if you brick it.
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So your still running stock? If so just go into your recovery and run a back up to internal or external storage. If internal than get it onto another storage location straight away. That way if you do in the future plan to flash a ROM you can go back to pure stock if you brick it.
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Yeah, stock for now. I used to mess around with custom ROMs when I first got my Thunderbolt but I'm so much busier at work and trying to keep a girl in my life these days, lol... I'm not good enough at this stuff like you guys to do it quickly, takes me forever to read every post and trudge my way through the How-To's.
If I find the time, I'd love to run a stripped down, battery optimized, de-bloated ROM, something like that...
I did do a backup onto the SD card, I try to keep everything on the SD card. Bummed they make it so hard or not possible to run apps from it. Makes no sense to me but oh well..
Thanks again!
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Yeah, stock for now. I used to mess around with custom ROMs when I first got my Thunderbolt but I'm so much busier at work and trying to keep a girl in my life these days, lol... I'm not good enough at this stuff like you guys to do it quickly, takes me forever to read every post and trudge my way through the How-To's.
If I find the time, I'd love to run a stripped down, battery optimized, de-bloated ROM, something like that...
I did do a backup onto the SD card, I try to keep everything on the SD card. Bummed they make it so hard or not possible to run apps from it. Makes no sense to me but oh well..
Thanks again!
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No problem mate If you need a hand just ask. Also AOKP is quite good. It is probably the second best for battery that I've tried with CM10.1 being the highest, not including stock of course. I run it with themes and the such. Its quite smooth and clean to with not so many features which is good if you just want things simplistic. Let me know if you run into issues
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Well I just got a new one in the mail and I'm kind of afraid to root it, I rooted my htc evo 3d now it's bricked dwith a red light. Windows detects it but it won't boot but that's another ordeal. Anyway is it possible to brick my nexus 4 on 4.3?
No need to root this beast. Imo
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No need to root this beast. Imo
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I'd like to root it to get rid of the soft keys and enable lte if possible.
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I'd like to root it to get rid of the soft keys and enable lte if possible.
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I wouldn't worry about it. Just root using one of the software packages, or do it manually. There are many guides for this. It really is no big deal and almost nothing to worry about IMHO.
The biggest worry is that once you unlock and root, you'll want to flash. Then the addiction begins!!!!!
Just read and do all your researches. Go for it.
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way2muchcoff said:
I wouldn't worry about it. Just root using one of the software packages, or do it manually. There are many guides for this. It really is no big deal and almost nothing to worry about IMHO.
The biggest worry is that once you unlock and root, you'll want to flash. Then the addiction begins!!!!!
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Is One Click root legit?
http://www.oneclickroot.com/download-now
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Is One Click root legit?
http://www.oneclickroot.com/download-now
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did you find that here... This is your first problem if you ask me, you come to xda to ask questions but you do not use the multiple root options that are stickied(for a reason mind you). Try to use a root from another area. Do yourself a favor and read the wugs thread or mskip. No need to go looking elsewhere since its all right in here.
If you have bricked other phone and not sure about what to do then I suggest you enjoy HSPA+ and try and deal with the buttons. Its a great phone and selling cheap now but that does not mean your brick it if you are not sure about rooting.
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did you find that here... This is your first problem if you ask me, you come to xda to ask questions but you do not use the multiple root options that are stickied(for a reason mind you). Try to use a root from another area. Do yourself a favor and read the wugs thread or mskip. No need to go looking elsewhere since its all right in here.
If you have bricked other phone and not sure about what to do then I suggest you enjoy HSPA+ and try and deal with the buttons. Its a great phone and selling cheap now but that does not mean your brick it if you are not sure about rooting.
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Let's try to not be rude here. I was simply asking if it was legit. No rule against asking questions like that is there?
I'm glad you enjoy that but I do not.
Enjoy your evening.
Nah my bad not rude at all just a straight forward person... Sorry if you took it wrong but too me if you are worried don't root
Edit: I agree with below comment if you gonna do it learn it all but also that means take time to research as well and know what you are doing and what it takes to make it right in case something goes wrong.
Also as I read my thread I had some points there that were helpful again sorry you took it wrong way
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The only right way of unlocking & rooting your Nexus.
Learn why you do things, what happens at different stages.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Nah my bad not rude at all just a straight forward person... Sorry if you took it wrong but too me if you are worried don't root
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Edit: My bad its probably legit but I really only trust xda methods myself
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Is One Click root legit?
http://www.oneclickroot.com/download-now
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IMO the only thing daunting in this is the unlock procedure. Once unlocked then rooting, custom recoveries, custom roms, mods, themes, and all else become possible.
When I did it I went old school and used adb and the sdk and did everything manually. I learned a lot on the way, even as I was nervous and worried. I strongly recommend this approach though as it will help you to understand your phone and its operating system. And you also can begin to appreciate the beauty of open-source.
Just follow the directions in the guides posted here at XDA. Go slow. Read. Download the requirements. Be patient. Be meticulous. You will be ok... And if you really don't want to get your hands dirty use one of the 'kits' also available for download here at XDA.
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Edit: My bad its probably legit but I really only trust xda methods myself
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It's understandable, I'm really just looking at which is the best and easiest method since there seems to be tons of options.
way2muchcoff said:
IMO the only thing daunting in this is the unlock procedure. Once unlocked, rooting, custom recoveries, custom roms, mods, themes, and all else become possible. When I did it I went old school and used adb and the sdk and did everything manually. I learned a lot on the way, even as I was nervous and worried. I strongly recommend this approach though as it will help you to understand your phone and its operating system. And you also can begin to appreciate the beauty of open-source. Just follow the directions in the guides posted here at XDA. You will be ok. And if you really don't want to get your hands dirty use one of the 'kits' also available for download here at XDA.
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The weird thing was I installed superuser just fine then went to install a few roms and couldn't get anything to work..
I'm just afraid of having a new phone and it instantly being paperweight.
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It's understandable, I'm really just looking at which is the best and easiest method since there seems to be tons of options.
The weird thing was I installed superuser just fine then went to install a few roms and couldn't get anything to work..
I'm just afraid of having a new phone and it instantly being paperweight.
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sounds to me that you are not sure of yourself or have not done enough homework prior to flashing or rooting.. If thats the case leave your new phone alone and just enjoy it. Rooting is honeslty easy and fun but if you are not sure of yourself it could be a nightmare.
Its unlock bootloader run a command to push recovery and flash and su.zip quite simple by original 40 step Evo root procedure back in the days
That's the reason for old school. If you get a handle on the basics of adb your phone is almost indestructable from an OS and software standpoint because you can just return to stock images if things go south a little bit....
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My advice: just do it!
The fear will vanish.....
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I say go for it.
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So guess what, I rooted and everything got Miui rom installed went to restore now my phones stuck on fastboot menu.
Any links on how to get 4.3 back on or am I screwed? cmd still detects my phone, theres gotta be a way to get out of this?
Never mind! Was able to download the stock img from google and restore the phone, whew.