I am a complete noob to rooting. I got my 16GB Wifi-Only Nexus 7 at X-Mas, and didnt know you could root things until a few weeks ago. It is my first android device. Can anybody give me a step by step guide to rooting my nexus? I don't know anything, although I've seen these words (rom, flash, fastboot, kernel) thrown around, and I have a general sense of what a rom and a kernel is. I've looked at the advantages of rooting and decided I want to do it, can anybody help? I already have a bunch of stuff on my tablet btw, like a few pictures, some music, a few videos, and a whole bunch of apps also. OH and also, I just got 4.2.2, as I've seen other post's here about trouble with that, or something...
U have to Unlock boot loader first ,it will wipe all ur data then root it
U can easily unlock and root using wugstool kit ..search development thread
There are tons of advantages of rooting
Kernels,custom Roms,use apps that require root etc
Go ahead and root ur device
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To backup your app data before unlocking I would recommend Carbon Backup. It can backup app data without root (using adb backup). The app is available in the playstore
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There is loads of info here on xda so I would start reading and learning before attempting it. The reason this is suggested so often is because what will happen if you as a total noob do something wrong, miss a step, create a black hole etc etc. You are now still a total noob except now you either have a tablet that wont work/you cant use or a black hole sucking you in to where ever black holes suck people to. You don't want to be relying on someone typing up a step by step get out a black hole of impending doom guide as you are sucked into it now do you.
The point being, learn from the excellent resources placed here. If you want to learn,teach yourself with the help of those resources. The step by step guides are out there, but learn the terminology also.
I've seen posts that say its better to root and unlock the bootlader manually rather than use wugs kit. It is this true?
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Irule88 said:
I've seen posts that say its better to root and unlock the bootlader manually rather than use wugs kit. It is this true?
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YES!
Irule88 said:
I've seen posts that say its better to root and unlock the bootlader manually rather than use wugs kit. It is this true?
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That is correct
What are the advantages of doing that? Another question, since I'm pretty sure wugs kit backups the tablet for you, does it backup everything? Pictures,songs,app data, videos?
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It is correct that manually unlocking bootloader by using adb fastboot is easy, I will tell you how to unlock boot loader and root
First of all backup your data
it is simple you copy all the data to your PC and you can do a backup of your apk's by sending them to a Bluetooth device by the help of a app ( Bluetooth file transfer) , you unlock the boot loader and send all apks back either by Bluetooth or by using stick mount when you are rooted , and restore all data,
For rooting I will give you a link to my post for rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38195329
I was also a total beginner in rooting but theses steps are very easy , they look very big but are easy to follow
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Hey guys, I'm new to rooting (recently switched from iOS) and sort of the whole community. I want to root my i9300 but I want to be as cautious as possible. My question is does my baseband version matter when rooting my factory unlocked S3? I don't think it should but just as a precaution, I want to know everything there is to it. Btw, I have also attached a screen shot of the device info menu, and I was wondering if anybody could confirm that the rooting process go flawlessly without any worries on my device. Thanks.
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Baseband is modem relative to local networks.
It is not firmware version and has no bearing on root.
Please read the faqs and guides first.
[READ THlS FlRST] POST QUESTIONS IN THE Q&A SECTION AND NOT HERE!!!!
As above, you really need to read and understand before you take another step -otherwise you are likely to destroy your phone.
A good tip is to use CF Auto Root to obtain root, which has very little chance of breaking the phone if you follow the instructions exactly. Then backup your efs folder before you do ANYTHING else.
Im sorry for posting blindly. As a side question, would I need to back up the EFS folder if I dont want to flash any custom roms? I just want the cool root apps Thanks again
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always backup efs
Guus iv got a galaxys s4 i9505 uk model thats unlocked its running 4.3.. after a fair bit of googling on hiw to root I used motochopper on my macbook.. however when I go to the superuser app it wants to update/install anf I get an error if I then try and use an app that uses superuser rights then it tells me theres no root access.. can anyone give me a definate way to gain root on a mac I have installed heimdall but I can find any tutorials or files to use with it any links or help would be greatly recieved.. my s3 was soo much easier than this to gain root!
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I had to have my screen repaired last week and they seem to flash new software as standard when returning the phone. Anyway I have lost root access so I can't restore my titanium backup and I can't find a way to root 4.4 apart from this one link on Youtube which is very difficult to understand what the guy is saying and he doesn't post links to help clarify (I'm not allowed to post links as a noob but the video is called How to root nexus 4 running android 4.4 KitKat)]
Are there any suggestion on how I can get my root access back?
Did you unlock the bootloader?
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SMillerNL said:
Did you unlock the bootloader?
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Hi thanks for the response.
I managed to find the brilliant Nexus Root Toolkit from WugFresh. I can't post links but google it. Really easy and automatic for noobs like myself.
I'm using a Canadian (Rogers) 1337M and I've never had any experience with rooting at all. The most I've done with non-stock stuff is using different launchers. Can anybody please help me with a step-by-step guide to rooting and installing with Cyanogenmod? This is probably the millionth post like this, but all the guides I've found just seem to confuse me
EDIT: I have a Mac, and I'm on 4.4.2
This is the best guide you're going to get
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
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Also, if you need to set up adb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293800
For the canadian s4 this is what you need. I used it too and it worked perfectly.