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So I've had my N7 for 30 minutes. So could someone please direct me to a rooting procedure and suggest a ROM.
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k5mitch said:
So I've had my N7 for 30 minutes. So could someone please direct me to a rooting procedure and suggest a ROM.
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Good, I would recommend keep diving through post for your better knowledge and understanding. Happy learning
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There isn't too much out for 4.2 but 4.1.2 has plenty of options. The easiest way to root would be a toolkit. You don't learn much but if you don't care that's fine. Otherwise keep reading.
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Warrior1975 said:
There isn't too much out for 4.2 but 4.1.2 has plenty of options. The easiest way to root would be a toolkit. You don't learn much but if you don't care that's fine. Otherwise keep reading.
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I'm pretty savoy rooting and installing ROMs on my Samsung skyrocket S2. So I didn't know if there's a better way w/N7. It has already updated to 4.2.
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There aren't many ROMs supporting 4.2. I think there is one that is stock deodexed. 4.1.2 has plenty of options. You may like 4.2 though so try it for a bit. Wug has a good toolkit. One click rooting. Easy
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Hello,
You should try the 4.2 roms in the development area. There are stock ones with root enabled by default. I'm using scrosler's one for 3 days now and it's working ok. Better than the OTA anyway.
You do need to flash clockworkmod first to be able to flash roms.
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Thanks for the suggestions.

[Q] ASUS Google Nexus 7 32gb wifi only tablet

I just ordered an ASUS Google Nexus 7 32gb wifi only tablet and was just wanting to verify that this is the right forum to reseach rooting my tablet. If it is do the tools work on wifi only and 3G tablets.
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This is the right forum, I used the tool kit in the link below and it worked a treat. Just make sure to read through the thread and search it if you have any queries. You can always ask for help if your stuck. Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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Right forum. I use MSkips toolkit for mine. I think its more user friendly. It offers an all-in-one unlock, root, flash custom recovery, recommend which boot loader is most compatible for rooting, etc. It also offers an option to download fresh 4.1.2 or 4.2 if you want to regress from 4.2 or you mess something up. Good stuff.
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You can also find tutorials that will step you through the process manually.
Toolkits have the disadvantage that if something goes wrong, you will have no idea what it was doing or how to fix it.

Thanks for the heads up.
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[Q] Rooting and Installing CM10 On Nexus 7 version 4.2.1

I'm a noob, I'm not good with tech. And I am willing to guess come christmas time when kids unwrap their presents they will need an answer to the exact question "Rooting and Installing CM10 On Nexus 7 version 4.2.1".
I have a 16GB Nexus 7 wifi model. Please tell me as simple as you can for me and others on this site how to proceed in a safe and stable manner.

Don't root the nexus. It Is already amazing
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idevice12345 said:
Don't root the nexus. It Is already amazing
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I want to use the PS3 controller and rooted apps.
How ?
And also CM10

Nexus root tool kit
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Do it manually. It's extremely easy.
http://www.androidcentral.com/how-unlock-bootloader-and-root-your-nexus-7
It's pretty much the same as every other Nexus device and doing it this way teaches you how to use fast boot and adb commands which is very useful in the future.
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idevice12345 said:
Nexus root tool kit
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a root tool kit is the most dangerous way to do it, for someone that is inexperienced especially.
read up on it, there is a lot of information here how to root your device properly. a root toolkit would do it, but you wont learn anything. and when itll come to needing to fix something, you wont know how, even though it might be a simple fix. at that point you might make it worse for yourself. do yourself a favor, educate yourself first, then root your device the way youre supposed to root any nexus. the right procedure is simple.. fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash the su binaries or a custom rom in your recovery, reboot. thats it.

[Q] What is busybox and what does it?

I rooted my nexus 7 with WugFresh nexus toolkit. Afterthat I saw the app busybox. So I would like to know if I can unistall it because I do not want to flash anything, I only what root permission for my PS3 controller.
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Busybox contains common Linux commands/utilities that android does not have built-in. Many apps that use root will make use of busybox. If you are using any root apps its best to keep it. I guess you could have Googled that yourself in the time it took me to write it!

Ofcourse I googled it but couldend find anything
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IAmNice said:
Then what did you google? -.- Learn how to google next time. Here some extra information:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox
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Then I am sorry. XD
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IAmNice said:
Then what did you google? -.- Learn how to google next time. Here some extra information:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BusyBox
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İ always wondered this myself and Scott doyland did a very good job at explaining it. It's used by apps that require root! Great piece of information!
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I was told it was necessary for Root. I have a S3 and it was installed automatically as well.
I don't think the OP needed to be slammed by IAMNICE for his Google searching skills. Internet tough guy talk is sort of gæ.
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Rooting problem - need help and guidance

Hello all,
I've followed all the instructions posted on how to root my Nexus 4 on either YouTube and XDA. However, I keep getting the same "waiting for device" message once I set my device into bootloader mode. Any tips on what can or must I do next to solve this issue?
Thank you and I appreciate any help I get in here in advance
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Use Wugs toolkit to install the device drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34674471
And you should really have posted this in Q & A
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Well my first thought is to make sure you have USB debugging enabled. After that I would try the PDA net drivers instead of the one that came with the toolbox. I had a similar issue and that fixed it.
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Mine was a pain to root. Drivers wouldn't update, other things didn't work, and the toolkit kept saying my ADB was off. The problem was my sdk wasn't up to date. Once I fixed that, I just used the ADB method and it was done in ten minutes.
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BIGSimon said:
Use Wugs toolkit to install the device drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34674471
And you should really have posted this in Q & A
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Thank you so much. I'm downloading the Wugs toolkit now. Will revert back once I've installed and root my device
p/s - sorry for the noob mistake of posting this in the wrong thread. I think it was already moved by an admin.
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fishhelmet said:
Well my first thought is to make sure you have USB debugging enabled. After that I would try the PDA net drivers instead of the one that came with the toolbox. I had a similar issue and that fixed it.
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I have apparently enable USB debugging but the issue still persists. I'm gonna try BigSimon's suggestion and will let you know if it works.
Anyway, thank you so much for the feedback
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I used this package....worked flawlessly...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
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maulich said:
I used this package....worked flawlessly...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
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Thank you and I'll try it out if BIGsimon's suggestion don't work for my device. Appreciate this so much
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I have finally managed to root my Nexus 4. Thanks guys
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