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Root Nexus 7 Rooted

Yes it is. :D

I'm not real clear on the "After oem unlocking" though.

Think it would be this?

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
 
Atmazzz said:
Yes it is. :D

I'm not real clear on the "After oem unlocking" though.

Think it would be this?

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
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That sounds like it's what he meant, yeah. Though I'm sure that by the time they arrive, someone will have put together a more complete set of instructions.
 
Xyro said:
Though I'm sure that by the time they arrive, someone will have put together a more complete set of instructions.
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Yeah I was thinking by that time maybe we wouldn't even need to use ADB.

This just makes me more excited to have my Nexus 7 now. :D
 
lol .. The way things are going by the time mine arrives it may already be rooted. :D
 
I'm debating whether I should root this at all. Neither of my tablets are rooted and I can't say that I miss it.
 
A.Nonymous said:
I'm debating whether I should root this at all. Neither of my tablets are rooted and I can't say that I miss it.
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I'll play around with mine a couple of days and see what's what, but I'll probably root it. I have some good apps that require root.
 
From my expereince with phones, I've always found custom ROMs to end up vastly superior to the stock firmware.

Admitedly, this will be my first non-HTC Sense device, so there won't be as significant of a difference, but I still plan on installing custom firmware.
 
I don't think pre-rooting is a good idea, since beginners or even people who think they know but don't have a clue might ruin their phones. Usually when you read the instructions on how to root a phone you also read the warnings.

What I think Google should do, however, is to provide an application that runs on Windows, OS X, Linux and allows the user to quickly root it after reading a warning and a quick explanation of what it involves.

This could also be done directly within the phone with the same warnings.

Because if you root your phone and scrap it, it's not Google's problem. If they give you a phone and without making any changes you scrap it, then it's kinda their problem too.
 
And when I root you guys gotta bear with me. I know my way around a phone (atmazz will tell you I knew him in the ov forms) but this is my first tablet so I'm like crap my pants excited :p
 
BingoRingo said:
What I think Google should do, however, is to provide an application that runs on Windows, OS X, Linux and allows the user to quickly root it after reading a warning and a quick explanation of what it involves.

This could also be done directly within the phone with the same warnings.

Because if you root your phone and scrap it, it's not Google's problem.
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I completely agree with the disclaimer. Kinda like how firefox (No, I don't use chrome:D) tells you to be careful when you go in and edit. I like the idea of there being a system app installed that will root you (Sorta like gingerbreak) but it shows a scary warning before rebooting into a rooted device.
 
DanielM426 said:
Why doesn't google just ship their nexus devices rooted already?
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Maybe they do :-). My Triumph came with very little Virgin Mobile branding added, and it was a breeze to root since someone noticed that it already had a /system/xbin/sudo setuid program on it, copy it to su and chmod su to be setuid as well, and the su that everyone expects to give root access is there.
 
DanielM426 said:
I completely agree with the disclaimer. Kinda like how firefox (No, I don't use chrome:D) tells you to be careful when you go in and edit. I like the idea of there being a system app installed that will root you (Sorta like gingerbreak) but it shows a scary warning before rebooting into a rooted device.
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Just like they do in Mac OS X, the first time you use the Sudo command, it shows a warning, enough to scare off those who are just copying anything from a forum without knowing what they're doing. If they still do it, at least they knew it can have consequences.
 
Slayerx said:
I'm new to android software, what are the main benefits to rooting a device?
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You can use apps that require root. Such as Titanium Backup for backing up apps (and doing many other things) or Adaway for stopping ads in apps or Es File Explorer for file management. Just to name a few.

You can delete annoying stock apps (bloat) and free up system rom.

You can back up your whole system and restore it in the future.

More specifically for Nexus 7, you can use StickMount and get a flash drive to work.

Basically rooting gives you more options and control over your Android device. Kind of like having administrator rights on your computer.
 
Unlocking the bootloader wipes your entire device... sdcard and all so you want to do it first thing. If you set up your device, then unlock the boot loader, you'll have to activate and set it up again. :D
 
colchiro said:
Unlocking the bootloader wipes your entire device... sdcard and all so you want to do it first thing. If you set up your device, then unlock the boot loader, you'll have to activate and set it up again. :D
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Presumably that's because it's all internal memory rather than an sdcard.

On your galaxy nexus, when you're messing around with custom ROMs, is it possible to factory reset without wiping the internal memory? I'm used to having my titanium backups of my apps on the sdcard and just restoring it from there to a new ROM.
 
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