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Root Unlocking and rooting using Ubuntu.

palmtree5 said:
I would think you would do it manually using adb and fastboot

Assuming you already have adb and fastboot, do this:

[GUIDE] Unlock and Root a Nexus 7 - xda-developers
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OK, I've followed the guide on my fedora box, and got the phone unlocked, but no power on earth seems to be able to install the new recovery. It claims it works, but any time I try the next step (reboot to recovery mode), I find I'm back in the stock recovery. Any ideas?
 
Nevermind. Two pieces of information no one seems to think are worth mentioning:

When the instructions casually tell you to select recovery mode from the menu, and you don't see a dadgum menu anywhere, it really is there with only one entry visible at a time and you select the entry by using the volume up/down buttons.

When the instructions casually tell you to boot into recovery they mean use the "fastboot reboot-recovery" command from the SDK tools.

Once you discover these minor missing details, the manual procedure seems to work fine (though I haven't actually installed the super SU yet, but I imagine it will work OK).
 
jmartino5920 said:
I did this fairly easily with my GNex...anyone know how for the N7?

Scary Alien?

jmar
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Sorry, jmar, didn't get around to seeing this until now...

Everything looks identical to me on the N7 as it was/is for the Galaxy Nexus as far as booting into fastboot/bootloader mode, navigating it's screens, using fastboot and adb, etc.

Let me know if you still have any questions.

Cheers! :)

Claghorn said:
OK, I've followed the guide on my fedora box, and got the phone unlocked, but no power on earth seems to be able to install the new recovery. It claims it works, but any time I try the next step (reboot to recovery mode), I find I'm back in the stock recovery. Any ideas?
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Claghorn,

The normal fastboot command syntax would be this for flashing a recovery:

fedora> ./fastboot flash recovery <recovery-image-name>

If you want to soft-boot (i.e., run by not flash) the recovery:

fedora> ./fastboot boot <recovery-image-name>

(notice you omit the word "recovery" in the fastboot boot command since you're not flashing to a partition, but loading and running the recovery image into memory).

Claghorn said:
Nevermind. Two pieces of information no one seems to think are worth mentioning:

When the instructions casually tell you to select recovery mode from the menu, and you don't see a dadgum menu anywhere, it really is there with only one entry visible at a time and you select the entry by using the volume up/down buttons.

When the instructions casually tell you to boot into recovery they mean use the "fastboot reboot-recovery" command from the SDK tools.

Once you discover these minor missing details, the manual procedure seems to work fine (though I haven't actually installed the super SU yet, but I imagine it will work OK).
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Also, there's a few ways to put your device into either recovery or fastboot/bootloader mode:

(note: this is copied directly from this post: http://androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/474570-how-all-things-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html#misc)

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Q: how to enter into fastboot / bootloader mode?

A: three ways:


  1. from a powered-off state, press (and hold!) volume-UP and volume-DOWN and power (keep holding all three until you see the little green Android laying down with his chest plate open)

  2. if you are already in fastboot / bootloader mode, you can issue the "fastboot reboot-bootloader" command to re-launch

  3. if you are in an adb mode (i.e., USB debugging is enabled while Android is running or you have custom recovery (ClockworkMod) running), you can issue an "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot-bootloader" command to put your phone in fastboot / bootloader mode

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Q: how to enter into recovery (custom or stock)?

A: several ways:


  1. put your phone in fastboot / bootloader mode (see above) and use the volume up/down keys to toggle the mode (displayed at the top of the screen) to "Recovery" and select that mode by pressing the power button

  2. use the (free) Market app Quick Boot (Reboot) and select "Recovery" (or my app, Android Root Toolkit)

  3. via the ROM Manager app's "Reboot into Recovery" option on the main menu

  4. via an adb reboot recovery command (only when you are in adb mode)

  5. many custom rooted ROMs also support a boot-into-recovery option in the same menu that you get when you long-press the power button to shut down
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Cheers!
 
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