This worked for me.
Give it some time, keep running adb devices and it'll show up eventually.
When I attempted the 2nd time with superboot I kept everything. I believe it's only the OEM Unlock that wipes your phone.
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[International / GSM] [HOW TO] Root the GSM/HSPA+ Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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This worked for me.
Give it some time, keep running adb devices and it'll show up eventually.
When I attempted the 2nd time with superboot I kept everything. I believe it's only the OEM Unlock that wipes your phone.
efApple
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Try downloading PDANet for Android to your computer and installing those drivers instead.
civicsisedan
Android Expert
I will give it a try later... Setting up phone now
William T Riker
Android Enthusiast
so I just booted into odin and wiped data and im booting fine again hope you guys get it sorted im just gonna leave it unlocked and wait on root too freakin scary for me never had a problem with my other devices lol..
BigRedNole
Well-Known Member
I am doing the "Slightly Easier Method". I get the to the point where it is unlocked and I have to enter: fastboot boot boot.img. At this point, I get a message that says booting... OKAY in the terminal window. The GNex sort of restarts with Google and an Unlocked icon on the screen.
It just sits there. Nothing is happening or has happened. How long do I leave it sit there?
OK, I pulled, went back into the loader, ran fastboot oem lock, now I am in a boot loop.
OK. I got this to work, FINALLY. I used the SUPERBOOT method (r2-galaxynexus-superboot). Once you run it, it has to sit at the Google with the Unlock icon for about 5-10 minutes. It takes a good 2 minutes to boot at that point. This method worked for me and I was on 4.0.2
It just sits there. Nothing is happening or has happened. How long do I leave it sit there?
OK, I pulled, went back into the loader, ran fastboot oem lock, now I am in a boot loop.
OK. I got this to work, FINALLY. I used the SUPERBOOT method (r2-galaxynexus-superboot). Once you run it, it has to sit at the Google with the Unlock icon for about 5-10 minutes. It takes a good 2 minutes to boot at that point. This method worked for me and I was on 4.0.2
Travillion
Well-Known Member
And I'm good! Rebooted and attempted to run as root a second time, told me I already was, then pushed the files and ok-dokey!
This.
civicsisedan
Android Expert
Dunno what i did but did the superboot.. wouldnt let me do adb root said couldnt find device..
Did battery pull and i have su. Titanium works so does light flow oh well
Did battery pull and i have su. Titanium works so does light flow oh well
Airmaxx23
Android Expert
So you don't need to go in and turn on USB debugging after using the superboot boot.superboot.img in step K?
Edit: and you typed: fastboot boot.superboot.img for step K?
Guys,
Thanks to all of you...
I picked-up my GNex this morning, but am stuck at work and cannot pay any attention to these forums until this evening when I get home.
Airmaxx23 has the ability (and, of course, my blessing) to update the first post with any warnings or notes of issues you guys might encounter.
I just cannot be of much help right now (and obviously haven't done these methods on my phone yet either since I just acquired it).
Good luck and thanks!
Thanks to all of you...
I picked-up my GNex this morning, but am stuck at work and cannot pay any attention to these forums until this evening when I get home.
Airmaxx23 has the ability (and, of course, my blessing) to update the first post with any warnings or notes of issues you guys might encounter.
I just cannot be of much help right now (and obviously haven't done these methods on my phone yet either since I just acquired it).
Good luck and thanks!
residualimages
Newbie
As a summary of my Nexus rooting and unlocking:
First, I installed the Samsung USB drivers from:
Samsung under 'software'
whenever the phone was booted and in USB debug mode, those drivers worked fine.
Whenever the phone was in fastboot, i had to go to Device Manager of Windows to add driver manually from Android SDK folder for the unknown 'Android 1.0 Device'
I tried the "Manual Method" from the first post. Once I got to step K, with the boot.img, it just stayed on the Google logo screen for > 10 minutes. Pulled battery, and the thing went into a perma boot loop.
Pulled battery, loaded stock recovery. Red triangle of doom.
Pulled battery, fastboot boot boot.superimage.img , took about 3 minutes, booted in, and SU and Superuser.apk are installed automatically. no need to run adb root or anything. rebooted, root was kept.
(i got the .img from [MOD] 30 Nov r3: Superboot - rooting the GSM + LTE Galaxy Nexus - xda-developers )
Installed ROM Manager from market, flashed CWM for GalaxyNexus (GSM) [yes, i know it's an LTE version, but the GSM worked fine]. Reboot into recovery from ROM Manager app.
Install zip, choose zip, googlewalletfix_1.1R38v5_ICS_aok_galaxynexus.zip, reboot.
Opened Google Wallet, associated with Gmail account, the app kept looping back to setup. Force quit in applications menu, launch Google Wallet again, and i'm in. added new Prepaid Card, got $10 from Google.
First, I installed the Samsung USB drivers from:
Samsung under 'software'
whenever the phone was booted and in USB debug mode, those drivers worked fine.
Whenever the phone was in fastboot, i had to go to Device Manager of Windows to add driver manually from Android SDK folder for the unknown 'Android 1.0 Device'
I tried the "Manual Method" from the first post. Once I got to step K, with the boot.img, it just stayed on the Google logo screen for > 10 minutes. Pulled battery, and the thing went into a perma boot loop.
Pulled battery, loaded stock recovery. Red triangle of doom.
Pulled battery, fastboot boot boot.superimage.img , took about 3 minutes, booted in, and SU and Superuser.apk are installed automatically. no need to run adb root or anything. rebooted, root was kept.
(i got the .img from [MOD] 30 Nov r3: Superboot - rooting the GSM + LTE Galaxy Nexus - xda-developers )
Installed ROM Manager from market, flashed CWM for GalaxyNexus (GSM) [yes, i know it's an LTE version, but the GSM worked fine]. Reboot into recovery from ROM Manager app.
Install zip, choose zip, googlewalletfix_1.1R38v5_ICS_aok_galaxynexus.zip, reboot.
Opened Google Wallet, associated with Gmail account, the app kept looping back to setup. Force quit in applications menu, launch Google Wallet again, and i'm in. added new Prepaid Card, got $10 from Google.
I'll try to answer as many questions as I can. First, make sure you have the latest adb / fastboot drivers installed (I used a combo of the Samsung drivers and Naked Samsung (here: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service)
No, you don't. I downloaded the superboot, hooked up my fastboot unlocked GNex in fastboot mode, ran "install-superboot-windows.bat", it pushed the new boot image, google logo showed up, waited a few minutes for adb to start up, then pushed su and Superuser.apk through adb
Once you're there, you should keep trying adb devices until you see it show up. Make sure you can see the phone as "Android ADB interface" in device manager
No, you don't. I downloaded the superboot, hooked up my fastboot unlocked GNex in fastboot mode, ran "install-superboot-windows.bat", it pushed the new boot image, google logo showed up, waited a few minutes for adb to start up, then pushed su and Superuser.apk through adb
Once you're there, you should keep trying adb devices until you see it show up. Make sure you can see the phone as "Android ADB interface" in device manager
Drfeetseconds
Newbie
This saved me. Thanks.
One hitch, I had to battery pull after the unlock running this since it stuck at the animation (vs just the Google logo). After that, everything has worked fine.
I am rooting on a Mac and I was following the instructions for the easier manual method.
I got to the part where it says start in fastboot mode (which I did) then type "./fastboot devices"
My computer says - ./fastboot no such file or directory
I am in the extracted folder in terminal...
I got to the part where it says start in fastboot mode (which I did) then type "./fastboot devices"
My computer says - ./fastboot no such file or directory
I am in the extracted folder in terminal...
Travillion
Well-Known Member
I successfully rooted 4.0.1, got titanium backup working. Then I updated to 4.0.2 and it seems to have broken my root. Not even superuser was granted superuser permissions. Tried to go back and boot the boot.img to repush the apk's, and it's stuck at the google screen. Has anyone successfully rooted 4.0.2, and if so how?
civicsisedan
Android Expert
Google wallet zip?? Where at please? And cwm through rom manager?
Which driver did you point the device manager to?
residualimages
Newbie
[APP] Flashable Google Wallet for Galaxy Nexus (1.1-R38v5) [Last Update: 02/12/2011] - xda-developers for google wallet.
and yes, sorry, I flashed CWM through ROM Manager
residualimages
Newbie
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\
"Android Bootloader Interface"
residualimages
Newbie
i edited the post but it was too late. use the android_winusb.inf and select "Android Bootloader Interface" when you get a choice of a few installs from that inf.
For what it's worth, I started with 4.0.2, unlocked without incident, and then was getting stuck on the Google screen after trying boot.img. I did some reading and then retried it with the 'superboot' image, and even though it got stuck on Google screen, after a forced reboot, it appears I have root, w00t! Titanium Backup Pro reports that it is happy with root access. It's a little unclean but seems to be working for several people.