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Problem in the middle of rooting! Please help!

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cannon11

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So I am trying to root my sprint galaxy nexus.
I was following this tutorial online:How to Root Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean / Ice Cream Sandwich [GSM,Verizon,Sprint] [Mac] - YouTube

Then I get to about 8 minutes where you have to go into recovery mode and it an android guy with a red exclamation point just pops up! Now I don't know what to do. Find a new tutorial? But since I'm already almost done with this one will that effect starting a new one because ive already messed with it? Not sure exactally what i did so far but my bootlocker is unlocked, and I installed clockwork recovery I guess? I don't know I was just following the tutorial up about until 8 minutes when it went wrong.
Can anyone please help?
thanks!! :D

THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS AT 8:42 in the video
 
At that point you're just installing SuperSU - the phone is already rooted (su is already installed). You could try that step again (install from zip) or you could install SuperSU from the Play store.

At that point, if you have access to a Windows computer, download Kingo It makes rooting much simpler. (BTW, CWM is not part of rooting. The video does 2 things, it installs a custom recovery [CWM] and iit roots the phone.)
 
Rukbat said:
At that point you're just installing SuperSU - the phone is already rooted (su is already installed). You could try that step again (install from zip) or you could install SuperSU from the Play store.

At that point, if you have access to a Windows computer, download Kingo It makes rooting much simpler. (BTW, CWM is not part of rooting. The video does 2 things, it installs a custom recovery [CWM] and iit roots the phone.)
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So I could just install superSU from the play store and I will be rooted?
I only have a mac
 
I tried downloading supersu but its telling me the binary file was not found so im guessing the rooting didnt work. I tried this fix and I got it into recovery mode, but then the supersu update file wasn't even there! I checked on my computer and it was there though! So what should I do? Start a new tuturial? Do I have to reset my phone first to clear all the stuff from the other tutorial?
 
I'm getting so frustrated! I've been working for the last 4 hours trying to fix this. I tried another tutorial that used a different recovery, but that didn't work either, maybe its because clockwork is still installed? I just wanted to root my phone, I though I could get it done in 20 minutes, its been 4 hours and still nothing. I should have never bothered.
 
Want me to upload a supersu file for you to try flashing in recovery?
(Do you have clockwork recovery installed now?)
 
funkylogik said:
Want me to upload a supersu file for you to try flashing in recovery?
(Do you have clockwork recovery installed now?)
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Hi, I started a new tutorial. This time i am using a TWRP recovery. But I am still having one problem. The super user file that I copied into my device directory thing NEVER APPEARS IN THE RECOVERY THING. When it tells you to select it in TWRP, its not there! Why isn't it there, when I can see it there on my android file transfer on my mac? I can see it in the directory on my galaxy nexus storage, but why doesn't it appear on my phone? Do you know?
 
Not sure how I did it, but I got the recovery thing to work and i found the superuser file and I am now officially rooted! Thanks to everyone who helped! you guys are great.
 
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